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The Opelousas courier., 1891-03-07
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The Romans etched their public
records on brass.
The Chinese do not permit thei
women to be photographed.
A Circassian mothers first care. is tt
promote the growth of her children's eye.
lashes.
Florists are said to add perfume tc
flowers by dipping them in some fra,
grant essence.
There are about 80, 900 arrests each
year in Paris, and of those arrests thirty
five are assassins.,
A petrifed man, seven feet long and
weighing 600 pounds, has been discov-
cred in a Colorado canyon.
Into the streets of Denver, Col, $25, =
900, 900 in gold and silver coin are
shoveled from the mountains every year.
Darnio persimmons weighing eighteen
ounces have been grown on the place Of
Colonel Church, just east of Orlando,
Fla.
There are FIVE women and one man
living at 162 Amherst street, Toronto,
Canada, who sleep every night in their
respective collins.
An orange tree in Polk County, Flor
ida, is seven feet in circumference, and
has yielded from twenty-five to fifty
boxes of fruit yearly since 1856.
A little armadillo, the mulita, of Uru-
quay, is mentioned as the living repre-
sentative of those antediluvian giants,
the mylodon, mastodon, megatherium,
etc.
A Connecticut boy is famous just now,
because he has a tin whistle one and a
halt inches in diameter and several inches
long in his stomach. He swallowed the
toy while playing on it.
Occasionally the return of the swallow
or the nightingale may be somewhat de-
layed, but most sea fowls may be trusted,
it is said, as the almanac itself. Were
they satellites revolving around this earth
their arrival could hardly be more surely
calculated by an astronomer.
General Du Temple, whose death in
Paris is announced, obtained his gen
erals stars in a curious way. He wa a
Captain in the French navy in 1870, and
was accidentally gazetted General by
Gambetta, who mistook him for his
brother-also a naval captain.
The Ural Mountains, in Russia, were
anciently the subject of various myths.
The Slavonians who, in the eleventh
century frequently visited the region of
the Urals for trade, described them as
mountains reaching the sky, intersected
by terrible p~recipices, and as being in
habited by a population of cave jewellers.
It has been estimated that the volume
OF. water poured into the Rio de la Plata,
Brazil, exceeds the aggregate discharge
of all the rivers of Europe put together.
Its ordinary flow at some points is 100, 900
cubic feet per second. The ordinary
volume OF water in the Uruguay River
averages 1900, 900 of cubic feet per
minute.
AT a quarry near Salt Lake, Utah, re.
Gently a frog hoped outeof a pocket in
the center of rock which had just been
blasted. The animal was of small size
and perfectly white. Its eyes were un-
usually large, but apparently blind.
Where the mouth should have been there
was only a line. The frog died next
morning
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ons. W. never either of us mar

votions. We never either of us mar
ried.
Last week I learned he was dead. He
had been thrown from his horse on the
plains and was killed. He had been
drinking.
Long since I lost the power to care. I
can only wonder at the prodigality Of ma
ture, who can create bodies like that of
John Temple, SO beautiful, so gracious,
so full of charm, and then leave them to
perish as should misshapen creatures, by
neglecting to provide them with a soul.
-EpocR.
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HUMOR OF THE DAY.

The supreme court-A youths first
wooing.
A good thing to have around the
house-A ence.-Stdtesman.
SIS Mr.. Robinson a single mani"
No; he has a twin brother. life.
A comb may show it's teeth, but it
never gets its back up.-Binghamton
Republican.
The favorite plant of the political
worker is the famous itching palm
Chicago Post.
81 draw the line right here" as the
fisherman said when he got a bite
! Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Customer-"Is the manager in7 I
want to buy some doors" Boy-"Yes,
he's in-but he's out Of doors."-Ne
York Herald.
A lawyer defending a burglar used as
an argument in favor Of insanity the fact
that the BURGLAR left $40 in the safe
DansviNe Breese.
! Age comes to every man, but fate
Is j n to woman fair,
For when she reaches twenty-eight
She stops right then and there.
Cape Cod Item.
Father-ttAnother bad report from
your teacherl I hope next time you wall
do better" son-"That's right, papa
don't lose your courage.'-Flieoends
Blaetter.
Patient-"That medicine you gave me
for my cold, doctor, cured me entirely"
Doctor (i1 surprise)-"Did it7 Well
believe Til try it myself. can't get
rid of mine"
Visitor-"I suppose your daughter is
busily preparing for her weddings"
Mother-stYes; she is up to her oom
now, destroying all her old ftters." y
Household Monthly.
The Duke of Norfolk, who|was much
addicted to the bottle, asked Foote, the
actor, in what new character he should
go to a masquerade. "Go SOBER was
the instant reply.-M Chicago Neus.
ssTm saddest when I sing" l said;
Twas little Maud / said it to.
She sighed and raised her pretty head
And spoke-"There's others just like your
-New York Herald.
Chow does it happen that DIR. World
" performs the marriage ceremony for so
many old maids % ooh, he always asks
them in an audible tone if they are of
age, and thev all like him."-New Yors
Herald.
Fashionable Young Lady-"Papa,
what would you do if you found out I
was going to elope" Father-"Why,
I'd stand outside the house and hold the
ladder for your Romeo."-Nsw Kor1
Journal.
sIf You wish in the world to advance,
Your merits you're bound to enhance,
You must stir it and stump lbs
And blow your own trumpet
Or, trust me, you haven'ta chance
The newspapers are forever speak
ing of "the blushing bride" Well,
when you reflect upon the kind of hus-
band not a few of the brides marry, you
cannot wonder that they should blush
Boston Transcript.
"What kind of a physician is DIR.
Scalpel9" "Splendidl I never saw his
equal. His diagnoses are wonderful.
He makes a dead sure thing of it every
tiee." ''Does he2 Well, I guess / won't
have him."-B0ston Transcript
Salesman Showing samples of wall
paper to young couple)-'Here, now, is
. pattern with a beautiful chocolate back.
ground that" Youthful Bride-stOh.
Herbert; that will just suit mel You !
know I almost live on chocolate."-Ci-
cago Tribune.
'Five years ago." began the stranger
to Wentman, III sought that womanto be
my wife. / believed her to be congenial,
and beautiful. Has our
life been pleasant! Nop
stWhy not2" asked Wentman. "Why
not3 Because she declined to marry me,
course in-American Grocer.
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Tabernacle OF Migrstory Birds.

The Wild water fowl which spend the
summer in the North begin in the fall to
make their way southwark, stopping on
their way to feed on stubbles and in
swamps, lakes, and rivers. They finally
reach the warm climate where food Is
abundant during the winter, staying un-
I'll the heat is uncomfortable, when they
go northward again by gradual stages.
The same habit prevails among land
birds, as robbins, swallows, bIaekbirds,
etc.-New York Tines.
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The Sultan of Turkey is not in all
respects the e%ase-loving monarch he is
reported to be, observes the New York
World. He passes a good part of the
day with his secretary, discussing mat
tiers pertaining to the empire, and it
is his boast that he has never signed a
State paper without reading it.
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CLEANING.

Tbs setting sun has dropt below the sandy
reach;
The laggard rocks come home. belated, from
the beach:
Here in tie garden beds the flowers close
their eyes.
And twilights soft wan mist across the wood
land lies.
Oh, is not this most sweet of any time or
hour,
After the garish day, and ere the night
clouds lower?
It's as though Natures self should pause
upon her way,
Gray-clad and pilgrim-like, to mediate and
pray.
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An Austro-H Hungarian exhibition is to
be held in Paris in 1892, under the aus.
pieces of the Austro-H Hungarian Chamber
iof Commerce in the French capital. II
the project comes to anything, the ex-
Inhibition will probably be transferred to
London in 1898.
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D~PELoUsAs, LOU

s. F. Hershey says in a recent article,
"Woman lives longer than man, goes in,
sane less numerously, commits suicide
'one-third as often, makes one-tenth thu
demand on the public purse for support
IN Jail, prisons and almshouses."
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The u gives 600, 900 times as much
light as the full moon, 1000, 900, 600
times a. much as the brightest star in the
sky. and 80, 0ou, 900 times IS much as all
tbs stars the heavens combined.
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OPELOUSAS
Female Institute
oPELoUsAs, ST. LANDRY PARISH, La.

This institution is undenomiuational, prac.
deal and progressive. Discipline firm ana
based on sound principles ennohting, and de-
veloring character. Honor and self respect
promoted. Methods of training and culture
thorough. Toe curriculum prepares thu
comfortable and CONN odious. Patronage
solicited. For further particulars apply Ia
MRS. NJ. NJ HAYES, PRINCIPAL
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The Lehigh Valley Railroad owns the
longest freight house in the United
States. II il situated at Buffalo, N. 7.
Its length is 1850 feet.
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DRoPERTY EoR GAR
Il OWN ROPERTY Z OR 0AEE

A CENTRALLY 10 ated and desirable
guinness stand on Main street, Opsaolsas.
eopsattng OF building suitable for rfsdspse
and small store. ba7g the property nsxs "
iAs posto61ce. This property will be slM
gsky cheap for cash, or half cash a laianes
u 8erzasto suit purchaser. ARg&Bs 10 MM
Edmund 9, Oupre.
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NEW SHAVING SALOON

HAVING recently built and refurnished
u throughout, my Barber Shop, sN
row prepared, with increased facilities ~
ssFve the public in irsArclass style W ny
aeP quarters between Brand and Moriar2sS&
Shaving, Hair Cutting, Shampooing, So,
5ene In the highest style of tho art Jaw
% O call. r. A BODEMULLEh.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-15
HousehoId Hints.

In Judging as 70 the odor Of meat pass q
clean knife, which has been dipped IN not
water through il. and examine subse
ouently as to the odor Of the knife. faint
ed meat often gives Of a plainly percepti-
bic and disaZreeable odor while being
cooked. Good meat Is elastic TO the touch.
Meat that is wet and fsbby should be dis
carded.
II often happens that eggs get frozen BE-
fore being gathered. II kept frozen till used
they can then be taken into warm room
and scaldinC water poured over them. then
left to cool. when the egg VIII Dc found IN
injured for use They viii then beat as
nicely As il they had never been chilled
They should be used at once after being
thawed
Warm water and CASTLE SOAP. with a
thorough rinsing after they are taken OUT
Of the suds. Is excellent for washing white
silk handkerchiefs.
Old brass may be cleaned 70 look new BIZ
pouring strong ammonia on It and scrub
binz with a scrub brush. Rinse in clear
water.
EQUAL parts Of ammonia and turpentine
will take paint out Of clothing. even Il Il
Be hard and dry. Sarurats the spot a.
often IS necessary and WASH OUT IN soay
suds.
a little borsx put in water il which
scarle, ns1Sins and red bordered towels
are 70 be washed viii prevent them from
fading
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-15
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

Whereas, In adjourned session OF the City Council
| Of the city Of Wichita, Kansas, the evening OF
approved authorizing and directing the mayor TO
call special election the purpose OF SUBMIT ng
10 vote OF the qualhed electoroi the said city OF
W ichita and III PasO Railway company in securing
terminal facilities in the said city q wichita; and
W hereas, said ordinance was duly published on
the I'd day OF February, ISL, in the Official paper OF
said city; and
Whereas, said bonds. If voted, are to bo delivered
20 said company upon the following conditions, to-
wit: % That said company shall build within the
corpo ate limits OF said city suitable passenger de-
agreed upon by sad mayor and council. ana have
said road in operation specified IN the petition Of
resident taxpayers; O. That the headquarters and
general Offices Of said company shall be established
ana forever maintained in said city; CD That the
general shops for said company for the Kansas di-
vision shall, when built, be built. and thereafter
Whereas Said bonds shall be for the amount Of
Thirty Thousand Dollars. due in thirty years from
their date at per cent interest per annuln,
Now, Therefore, !. George ". Clement, mayor OF
me vested by law and in accordance with the pro-
visions OF the ordinance aforesaid, do hereby pro-
claim and give notice that special election shah be
held in said city OF Wichita on the
TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY. 1891,
TO determine whether said city shall issue said
Thirty Thousand dollars Of bonds for the purpose
aforesaid said election shall be conducted in ac-
cOfdance with the PROVISIONS OF the statutes OF kan
sas for such cases made and provided The form Of
the ballot 70 be used at sUcn special election for and
against Sad proposition 50 submitted. shall be as
follows, tO-wit: Each qualified voter voting for said
proposition shall have printed or written on his bal
lot: For terminal ala bonds 10 the Wichita and FL
PaSO Railway company and each qualified voter
voting against said proposition shall have printed
or written on his ballot: Against terminal aid
bonds TO the Wichita and FL paso Railway com
pany.'
In witness whereof ], said mayor have hereunto
set my hand officially this IN day OF Fe6ru2ry 1891
Attest-w. p. 1lcNAIR, City CLERK IS igt
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The Missouri Pacific railway is the only
line running three daily trains between
Wichita and Kansas City and Wichita and
St. Louis Morning train leaves Wichita
at S:i0 a. m. arriving at Kansas City same
afternoon, Chicago next morning at 5
o'clock, and st. LOUIS $40 a. m. st Louis
express leaves Wichita at 20 o'clock p. m.
with through Pullman sleeper and chair
car Wichita to st. Louis without change.
Night express leaves Wichita at 9:45 with
sleeper and chair car through to Kansas
City and st. Louis. This train also CON
meets at Yates Center with the through
express for Little Rock, Ark, and Mem
phIs, Tenn, via Fort Smith, Ark. ii you
are going east, west, north or south, re-
member You Will save time and money by
going via the Missouri Pacific railway. It
Is the short line to all points east and west,
St. Louis and Pueblo and Denver For
information, Pullman reservations and
tickets TO ali parts Of the globe, call at the
city ticket Office, 100 North Main street. or
depot corner Second and Wichita streets
+. +. BIECKLEY.
96 If Passenger and Ticket Agt.
Wichita, Kansas
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Please Take Note

That the change of time card on the
Santa Fe Route has brought about the
following pleasant features Tor the Wich-
ita trade, viz:
Wichita express leaves for the east at
S:45 a. m; arrives at Topeka p m. and
Kansas City $50 p. m, making all connec-
lions. This train runs solid and has in its
equipment new reclining chair car.
Chicago express leaves Wichita 10 a. m.
and has a through Pullman from Calves
ton. Makes no stops at local stations,
connecting at Newton with the vestibuled
Chicago express; arriving at Kansas City
?. n. and Chicago $50 next morning
The 9 p. m. train has free reclining chair
car to Kansas City, Pullman chair car TO
Topeka, Atchison and st. Joseph; also
Pullman car TO Kansas City. South bound
Texas express leaves an hour later. $40 p.
N. This train has a through Pullman car
and day coaches to Fort Worth and Gal
weston, Tex. Further information VIII be
given at Union Ticket Office, l22 North
Main street, or Union passenger station.
cerner Douglas and Fish avenues. d-7tf
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ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.
Some of the Attractive Fancies Now In
Vogue in Table Decoration.

Some of the Attractive Faneies Now in
Vogue in Table Decoration.
It is agaia much more the custom to put
dessert on the table, and in winter the
lovely coloring of the apples and oranges,
intermixed with the various shades of nuts,
adds very much to the general effect and is
very pretty.
A handsome table arrang ement is entirely
Of foliage, introducing every shade, from
deep greens TO reds and the pale yellow of
the dead leaf Very large full bows of yell
low silk knotting these bouquets and
sprays have a fine effect, and, with the
pretty little silver lamps so much used
their yellow shades to match the ribbon
this table would be both handsome and
uncommon.
Glasses and bowls are more in use now
than the elaborate designs so much liked
al one time, but some OF these latter, when
carried out entirely with flowers, are most
effective. Baskets and bowls of cyclamen
and primulas. arranged with delicate fern,
are very lovely and make pretty change.
An effective way of arranging chrysan-
themums is to form bank OF moss down
the entire length of the table, into this put
ting the flowers, taking care that 10 two
are exactly the same height. Intermixed
with the flowers is their own foliage and
the shaded leaves procured at the present
season. The leaves must be arranged care
lessly at the edge of the bank, entirely do
ing away with the hard line so objectiona-
bic to an artists eye.
A white table is too cold looking for the
time of year. Still baskets of arums, with
their lovely green leaf, mixed with ferns
and any other attainable foliage, are most
deep rose colored ribbon and arranged on
the cloth, add very much to the beauty of
the table. The mountain ash is bright
and pretty decoration, and when obtain
able in quantities the result is most salts
factory
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-15
To Clean soiled Chamois Skin.

The Neurological Review recommends
the following process for cleaning channels:
Make a weak solution of soda and warm
water; rub plenty of soft soap into the
leather and allow it to remain in soak for
two hours, then rub it well until quite
clean. Afterward rinse it well in a weak
solution composed of warm water, soda
and yellow soap. It must not be rinsed in
water finally, for then it would be so hard
when dry as to be unfit for use. 1t is the
small quantity of soap left in the leather
that allows the finer particles of the leather
to separate and become soft like silk. After
rinsing wiring well in a rough towel and
dry quickly; then pull it about and brush
it well, and it will become softer and bet
ter than most new leather. This would be
a good plan to try or the chamois vests
that are SO difficult to clean.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-15
REPRESENTATIVE SATEe.
The following are the representative sales OF
hogs q the Yards
RrIef Mentinn.

Hogs closed weak and 21I cents lower to
day.
George Houser, Marion, marketed load
of hogs
Gilchrist & Sceloff, Belle PLANE, had a
car Of hogs on tOday's market.
J. B. Kell, Clearwater, sent in a car of
cattle and hogs
NJ. NJ Munger sent in car of cattle
from Harent.
Ritenour & Ratcliff, Cunningham, had
load Of hogs on the market.
Sykes Bros, Murdoch, marketed car
Of hogs.
j. c. Porter, Greensburg, sent in a car
load of hogs.
Kilgore q Kirkwood. Bluff, had car of
hogs on today's market
Edridge 81 Campbell shipped two loads
of hogs to Fort Worth today.
Hog buyers today were: Whitaker 364,
Fort Worth ISL, J. p. Co. 20, Reese IS.
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Elegant RECLINING chair cars on an trains and
Pullman slecpers from Wichita 70 Kansas City and
hicagp without change on night trains Tickets
sod and baggage checked through Co an points
north, south east and west. and steamship tickets
sold to an European points az lowest rates. city
ticket 0ficc 10 last Douglas avenue, corner Msiq
street. passenger station conner Douglas and Mead
avenues. Telephone IN
". n. wTsHART, rciset GENT
mo. SrHA SFIAN. q. T. a. =. A. Chicago. m.
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OYSTER Pie.

Cover deep plate with rich puff paste
and bake it. Then fill with oysters, sea-
soned with salt, pepper and plenty of but
ter, and two hard boiled eggs sliced. Cover
with just a sprinkling of cracker crumbs;
over all pour the liquor from the oysters
and cover with puff paste, securing the
edges well and pricking the paste with
fork. Bake twenty minutes in hot oven.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-02-15
REPRESENTATIVE SAFES.
HOGS

The run of hogs today was very small
The market was active all day and early
sales were made at yesterdays prices.
There was only one good load of hogs in,
which sold for 1915, and they were not
very choice; the other offerings were COM
mon and poor stuff The packing houses
wanted several hundred good hogs and
would have paid top prices for them. Tops
sold for So IS; bulk 50 271l@33O; pigs and
lights S2.25@275. Everything was sold at
the close. The market closed weak, and
was 212(15 cents lower.
REPRESENTATIVE sAIFe
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New Mexico Is 'koted rs having one Of
the most eqUable climates in the world.
Sudden changes OF temperature are almost
unknown. II Is an ideal place Tor winter
residence. Very low excursion rates 10
Las Vegas Hot Springs, where the cele-
brated Montezuma hotel Is located Il
does not cost much 10 run over from Hot
Springs to Santa Fe, the capital of New
Mexico, noted for its many scenic attrHc-
tons. Inquire Of local agent Of Santa Re
route, - North Main street, or union
passe1g ger station, or address G.. T. Nichol-
sen. O. T. & 7. A, Topeka, Kansas. for
copy Of New Mexico folder, Just issued
dT.4-rf
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A Taking Arrangement.

A new and attractive fad is the combina-
ton of chair and work bags, of which a
pretty example is here illustrated. This is
dainty chair in rosewood, upholstered
with plush and brocade. At the back and
under the seat are suspended two bags or
pockets in Louis XVI silk, prettily finished
Of with palon and ribbon bows.
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Proof Positive.

Dashaway-I went into drug store yes
teriay to get a bottle of cough mixture.
andnet fellow named Wanger, who said
he used to go to schoo. with you. He i'm
pressed me as being the biggest fool ever
saw.
Cleveton - Indeed What made you
think sss
Dashsway-He was buying a bottle of
the'sams cough mixture I was.-Harper's
Bazaar.
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CHATR ~ wORK BAGs COMBTNED.

The same idea might be carried out with
one of the slender old fashioned chairs that
have perhaps been relegated to the attic
on account of their marred condition, by
scraping and revarnishing or enameling
the woodwork, and carrying out the uphol-
stering in any of the various pretty and in
expensive materials that are now provided
for such purposes.
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LIVE STOCK MARKET.
By Telegraph.

ST. Louis. Mo, Feb. H-CA TTLE-Receipts
tOO shipments so, Market steady. Natives S3 20
g. 20 stockers and feeders 80 4o9$ 40 Texans and
Indians - a. -. HOGS-ReCeps 100 ship
ments 800 Market higher. Heavy IS J0a3 CO.
mixed - 2SGa s.. SHEEP-RcCeipts 200 shipments
Market steady, Good 10 choice Uld5 %
KANSAS CITY. Mo. Feb n.-CATTLE-Re
cell q 1890 shipments 100. Market steers higher
COWS lower Steers * S0G5 A. cows ] 9De2 *
Etockers and feeders tlG6 So HOGS-Receipts
t27O shipments $40. Market 5al5c higher. Bulk
s. 1903 % all grades 0o82 O. SHEEP Receipts
Bl0 shipments TO Market steady. Good TO
choice muttons $ 25e4 lO.lambs 5J&5 40 stockers
end feeders O0a3 81
CHICAGO. H., Feb H-CArTIE - Receipts
boz shipments lU0y. Market stronger Steers
fancy - 3d5 We med um 10 choice 4 O3S4 IS; heif-
ers ;cows 25a5 ,5. stockers - & as 20 Hoes
Receipts lt0o0. shipments i0Ol Market active
Rough and common 80 as 60 prime mixed and
packers 81 ,Ae5 So prime heavy and butcher
weights y 5j@S O. Ugh: IS 55GS %. SHEEp-Re-
Ceipts sO00 shipments ....,. Market higher
Natives - 095 So westerns e. 40&5O5 Texans
81 2sG4 IS.