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Hlt Ps~tnsr smith with . Msllst $50 Tssh
9sns 81 The riru's Money, Smith says.

Hlt Ps~t.sr Smith with Msllst eaA Tssh
esne 81 The Firu's Money, Smith says.
James B. Smith and Edward A. Msrwin COM
possd the firm OF Smith 4 MerwiA. Wholesale
dealers In tea and coffee at $50 Washington
street. The partnership was formed on March
10 for one year. Mr.. Merwin buyinR an interest
in the business for 5000. M. Smith. who
had been In the business for several years. put
the stock. machinery. and fixtures into the co.
partnership ~ bis capital He ha. applied for
the dissolution OF the firm and tho .appoint-
mot Of . receiver. and has himself been an.
pointed receiver. He alleges that HE par ner
has disappeared and that he has not been at
the store silce July 80.
On that day. Mr.. S,uith says. Merwin. while
Intoxicated struck him violently on the fore
head with wooden msllet. severinR an artery.
Smith declares that Merwin did not attend to
the business properly. and that he drew Q
check for 81 900 In the firm name on the Irving
National Bank and kept the money. and over.
drew his share OF the profits.
Smith sent w. H. WallinR to Msrwin's house
on Aug. 8 TO ascsrtain Merwin's whereabouts.
WallinR aAva Merwin'a wife and children In.
formed him that Merwin had left homo several
he had gone. They cried about his disap-
pearance.
bA about $4,000
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P.ovI,loss1Lard futures were again slightly d-srsr
:: s:;s:! =. :ssI T.
si se''s:s e:
s$' ~ a,$ 's !: f. ss: ..
sss. sssss;9: Il; :ss:: s'S; s;!is
AZ meal. gu,s, and price: ii.s: Gns:!ssln: sale:
* ps. pal ssms # re ns rss
smoked Shoulder 7a7Ac hams l!Ql2Hc. Dressed
S as: ss;l oi s';. ne. sssf Su Y.i
is @ :: .Ss r. - ::sss St
@ :a @ % ~. .sa 's es:.s g.
Sa IL:
trade de- dull; state f.esory tall cream, 7AesSc Esas
HEY! : IN; I'll: .p:sn.,sn
pfoh,S.sa esp.l rom Tia. souns.y s.iss rs
ss;1i : - s:sss
au, @
spflna 's
MANLY red :'Ss .ns
$sa: :, s e,sss ssis: o.
''f corn 70:
QUO .h't nsss nss ios a. ms g. y en
ShIs' ;sssis G.!s .'i. ,I@si: eas asi! sale: I:Aoo
:nd on ,ss spot mixed = %s .ad Whit. = 20
:isy.,s ., $is.s :i:y:,s. J:
e ass D:ss%s:; s. !sssst, .Si
S.: s:;y RI ssss ~
s:s @
S:,s .,s.1x ,.:ss s,s
August. !seoe November. iasc. February Is 100
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srATE1fENr FROM Mr. FLAGLER.
TIE 0un Supposed it was Oaly . MisuH-
Aerstsnaipg. and 80 it waa

TIE 0un Supposed it was Oaly . Misun.
Aersssnaisg. and So it wsa
Mr.. q. NJ. Flaxler Of the Standard on Trust
authorized this statement yesterday:
when made my statement denying that
gentlemen connected with the Standard OIL
Company had any interest whatever In tho
Economical Fuel and Gas Company I did so
under misapprehension Of the facts. have
not the slightest desire to do Any person An
injustice. believe that automatically and
through Ignorance Of the facts have allowed
myself to do injustice to some Of my friends.
have since Learned that the statement OF Mr..
Henry II. Rogers. concerning his interest in
the company. is positively accurate. am only
too elad to say this. can very readily under
stand how l came to mako the error tho
other day. did not SEQ any newspaper re-
porters but communicated with them through
my private secretary. These reporters told my
private secretary that the newspaper accounts
OF tho Economic Gas Company said that 1t was
IN iaet 81 andard concern. told Mr.. Boards
Icy 1.-The private secretary to say TO them that
I did not know that It as . Standard concern:
that did not know anything about tho mat
ter. but I did not believe that 1t WAa in any
sense Strn dard corporation. associated with
Standard OIL people. You cannot make my re-
traction OF the atat en- emit made the other day.
hastily and through ignorance OF tho facts. too
specific. now know that the statement Of Mr..
Rogers 10 accurate. and positively So"
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tlon Of that great staple crop has been Get bssk
. few points since the last report
DESPITE frequent showers an unusual deeree
Of cloudiness. ana occasional heavy local down.
pours. great progress has been made In sscur-
Ing tho hay and ripsned grain crops. and the
yield has boon exceptionally heavy In nearly
all portions OF the State. ThrsshinR opera
tions have begun and the returns are
very encouraging. And even II the corn
crop should be cut short BY early frost. the ~.
ersgate value Of the output Of Iowa farms Will
be fully MP to the average OF recent years.
Comparisons with the report OF Aus. I. 1890.
show very heavy gain in all crops. The con-
dition OF corn. - shown By 954 correspondents,
is S9h Dor cent. . decrease Of 5k Der cont
since July I.
Nine hundred and forty-pin correspondents
give potatoes n hatterine showing. placing the
average at 11Ok per cent.
Tho estimated average yield per acre Of
crops harvested and thrashed Is: Winter
wheat 20h bushels: spring wheat, 14S BUSH
els: winter barley. 26 bushels; spring barley.
20 1-6 bushels; winter rye. 20 bushels: spring
rye. 1885, bushels: oats. 39S bushels; hay. TX
tons.
JAMESTOWN. N. D.. Aug. a-The last three
days Of extreme hot weather 10 causing great
alarm about tho wheat CROP which 10 now
within ten days OF harvest The hot wave has
prevailed over the entire State. and 10 also re-
ported 40 being felt to an equal extent in South
Dakota. The crop 10 In . critical state. and
much anxiety 10 manifested as to the outcome.
WEST SUPERIOR. Wis. AUG. a-Great North.
ern Railway officials here have been com.
putting tho volume Of grain to be handled. and
It is estimated that there will be an excess Of
20.00o,000 bushels over last year. This will
make total Of 100000 An order has been
issued from Northern headquarters to officers
hero to perfect all equipments and cars to
handle 100000 bushels more than the road
handled last year. which aggregated 16.0OO.-
600. Other roads figure on . proportional In.
their percentage of increase will exceed this,
A sharp advance In lake freights 10 antici-
psted
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New York Markets.

sA.unp.r. Aug. s-rLoun AND h.AL-rhs market was
close was firm with an up yard tendency Quoted /:
Flour, p bbi.Fns. eao$lso: supernne ts.s00sS7 IS;
sSsei5S 'r.ss,: s.eosss; Ss!sn,ss :HIins &c
E us Rys nou; SeL,IsapsIans sA!sStS IS
for Brandy wine.
Sor1os;;.u!nrss opened huoysnt and % een.,nu.1
s,lnR steady at TO points advance from yester
d..s closing pricee The early buoya was due
appear 70 hay. been under n. inausne: Of ever:
the weather for JULY. published in this mornings
financial thr.ncle, were rather unfavorAbls to crop
sold At and January at as2e there sell.
ing to realize and the bears pucksd up rnt
out lines Of shorts under which prices rsceded sos
pnamd spot e"t o Gn,. ss1n nss s, Minalins
the details OF the transactions in futursa with sales Of
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Neal Estate Transnsra.

20 Az, " cor Goth St l5i.sxio5; Chas Martha
and Wife 10 VIM Martin Observation-Disclosures. 4
9th NV. W 8 ~ ~ l3tth Ct, +s,US5; John A
Rockford Hai wife 10 Francis N wilmurt.
Intervae av e cor l67th St AxiuOx irreR;
Frchk Mclarry 70 Johann Merke. .......... L2O
NTH and WHO TO Louis Bossert ........,.
<sth at - l%la o 9TH Av. l6.t 4 zoos; Ella New.
berger tn Jacob New berger. ..............,.,.'.
Az u VS. ~ n tth St ..bx7u; Osiss Chroback
to Mary ChrObncE. Observation-Disclosures. ,.....,..
Washington St . a ts.a n Jay st. 2Uxv,; walton
Storm. ref 10 John II Newton. ........,,,.. " 2aso
loSth .tss ~ TO- . 9th av. 81 sxiotii; julia
87ths ms Isl W sth Ay laxiOnS; Edw
Prison TO Katherine G Rsall ......,......,...,
Same prop; John heAii to Edw ii Prison
Norris Av. l. LIS n Teeth st. Hx IOx i25x25sajx
lux35xlsas; Arthur Parreu to Elix Parrstt.. son
REcoRpEp AORrCAGFs
Fntwistle John and wife to Harlem Say Bank
ms - tn St ~. AIMS Av " "a mtgs) - o2J 90
Haefeln, Joseph. and wife to Horace + Hutch
inaon, eR IN hv . lB5th d dem and. -. 400
heizsr John II. and wIIs to Masdaitin schuizs
ms airmonnt place, " asrrion Av. yrs,,,. Is,
Martin. William Z. 10 Charles Martin. W "a
No,dn m Jnhn 81 70 Ts Js Is mis, i,.cv &C"
Mu "n Il iiai Id 10 wov.r; Saw b.ni $50
cor 7th av aud 57th o. yr.... .........,... 500
kEcoRprp LKAsEA
Lashmuslier. lily to Antonio Flavio 3o7 East
IOth St 4 yrs per yr,. ..,...............,. ri us
Nathan. Max 10 chas scblesingsr. part ~ snd Wv
~ Li3ert, 81 q Yrs psT yr......:.......73 Lso
sshi.. ngsf. ths. . Max Nathan store Io. o. j."
ana ~ Liberty ss 7yrS per yE,............... 400
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TRof. AUG a-Crops Of oil kinds IN this vicin.
ity are looking finally. Hay 10 better In quality
but less In quantity than usual. Oats arc be-
Ing harvested. and there will be larger prod
uct OF grain aud straw than for the last i've
years. Corn and potatoes are thriving and
there will be q bountiful crop of each.
Dies MONIES Aug s.-The following crop re-
port has Just heen issued; The daily tenpern-
ture throughout the month OF July averaged
about g. below normal, making II the coolest
July within the last twenty years This made
1t pleasant for man and beast and favorable
for work In the harvest fields, but the growth
Of cora was ssyiously checked and the eendi-
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1LURRY IN THE OH PIE

A jump OF Eight Cents Makes the Shorts
Hustle At the Consolidate Exchange.
There was great deal Of excitement on the
Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange
yesterday in the oil pit Tho last price Of oil
on Friday in New York was 52c. and In OIL
City 6oc. The opening price yesterday morn
ing hsre was co cents. and tho closing price
WAS 70x. This great jump was caused By the
official announcement that tho Standard OIL
cents !. barrel which Il had place. On oil in
field. The order was issued on Friday after
cover. They found that they could not buy
from those who had boon making large pur-
cheses in the last six weeks 1t was . Stand
ard squeeze.
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The seh... work.s q. wre.. w.

The residents Of Rutherford. N. J.. have LONG
complained that there we're far more than 9
reasonable proportion OF vicious cur doss IN
their village. and recently some unknown and
ultra-zealous persons have attempted to re-
duce the number by the simple expedient OF
scattering poisoned meat whore the yagrant
and hungry animals wore Kelly to find II. but
the cur however degraded his social position
to da'e. 90 far As oan be learn Cd NOT q sin slo
homeless or low-bred dog has been tempted 10
persons are mourning tho loss Of their vsiua-
BILE nets. who came home TO die In spAsms. and
aIS .ondsring why dogs who can feed On the
esrbsSs which shrsWdsr ours sai6 at ssd pass
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-09
Mrs.. Cooke. cI.,. for Salary Allowed.

@Ts' C0ukeb CI~th IOF SAIAry AU0Wod.
WARRINGTON. Aug. 8.-The Attorney. General
has given an opinion to acting Secretary Net
taton that there 10 no legal objection to the
payment Of salnry to Mrs. Susan Gale Cooke
as Secretary Of tho Board Of Lady Managers
OF the Worlds Fair. and her claim for com:
BY tho department The Attorney General
does not discuss the question OF tho validity
OF the removal OF Miss Phoebe Couzins further
than to Say that 1t appears to have been affirm.
ed In the United States Circuit Court for the
Northern District OF Illinois.
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T RE LINES,

Direct route to Passaic. Paterson. Tuxedo New
SuEsh. hidas.owr Por, Jsryi y, Monticello White
spring. Rschssser Horn.lisviiIa Bua sio Niagara fa
eai. hs.so and POINTS vssaa od 4an. T.
tween Ysw York and Chicago No change Of cara
Choice Of routes via Chautauqua Lake or Niagara fa
Streams through trains New York foot OF Cham.
ben at. a. follows. and nve minutes earlier. unIsn
O.nn 4 Il D.ilvlS,a Niagara Fall. and ch.p
sleeper HornelIsville to Cincinnati Connscts At Fort
sTHsR. . ' sea rn To-
O.OO Chicago, via Chautauqua Lake. with dining
car 70 chicago. slsspsrs to Chicago. Cleveland. and
q III N; except sund.y-7Mounss,n express ios
lor to Port Jsrvts Through saturday for Aon
e m ?. Y: D.ily-solid train 70 ohieaeo VIA Mas.
C.OU ara FallA solid train TO Chicago sloepsrsts
DokT e pays.s;,s A. n tasa 81. s:s
ss:soS: ssrdS SsE S.ssSs' i. H ssnd.1:-sAs (:
NEwBURGH-wssk Days-.i5 4. NJ c2sd st. s,ssL
~ An. s'*3 Z n d;sa 7. NJ 6P. NJ P. N. sua.
z 2s for s HaT ln sls N: FOR Port Jery,
containing select list of hotels ana boarding houses
sS.Tfsan nom.n sdsssI,nin. visin,sy Of New York
iTicKErs AND PULLMAN ACCOMMODATIONS A.
asa st. FerreA New York ssi and Fulton St. BROOK
~
from hosIs and residences through to drstination,
W. C. RINEARsoN. General Passenger Asen.
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Mr. scHzEEEEL1x WANTS $4,000.

he Says HE Arrest NJ the Instance Of Z.
J. Dennise 4 Co. Was Uawsrrsases.
Brsdhurst Sohleffelin has brought an action
IN tho Supreme Court claiming $4,000 dam
ages for alleged malicious prosecution against
+ J. DenninG. l. G. Sylvester. Henry E. Hilton.
and ]. p. Patterson. successors to the dry
goods firm OF A. T.. Stewart d Co.
The frm secured q Judgment for merchan-
disc sold to Mrs. Schlenelin. and her husband.
the plaintiff. was arrested and hold to bail on
S charge OF conssallng hts wife's property 10
was unwarranted. and that he was forced to
remain In the jurisdiction of tho Supreme
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xiIfo1aa.
AMERlCA'0 GREATEST RAlLR0AD
nEM YQRk Central
d
Hudson River Railroad.
Al trains arrive and depart from
GRAND CENTRAL STATION
EoArfh A and l2d ST. Neap Fork
&xils11aA.

-
TIE oNLYRAILRoAD STATION IN THE CITE
Trains leave - followss
s.lc A, M.IrAsT NAIL AND loo ISLANDS srE.
S. sns su snisp' sunday
L s.Hsios. sc sss r. AMP
1886 4 Sgi EIsIisb
,:s W. ii ia csf =.
sou, 4, y Z, y.s1Isy1Eo LIN
k Ioo. sP.asnn.a ,O'sa ina.n.Do''. '''' H.
xsSsIS
due at Detroit At s:ia A. H. Chicago 4:so r \. next
500 r. Mast WESTERN ExrREss-Dus Chi
isb t GSsT H. IL
RsotF Ill., loo
s:ikfi SEWsSsSa, D lSu snEsEss .u,r,
kpFH EEIpssoSNTo a." t,o hAosk1 ts.S
s as Is ~. sS ~ o as s ss'
Tor t.atiil station s.s:tiii aud inc s.,s.ii. Noun
is'1s = 1s "a ,i.S y \:
sAsS Ss pa ss s so s's so ,SS t IL g
.s I;s 81 ..e{ :is' to 7 si5 n ts.o TOO
uE|Hs 4sR E. 'Tsto sa sa ~ s9 s sss sia
KSik5s1Ess AR ~. q. sSr. st s 1894
xisxs az 81 tses;;t;F ics toso ~ $50
Abiso sits aoJs!Alss AND xos7nr4-.sg 10
~ 7Go =, 80 r n Also or ]dIioadseE Noun.
CARE yINoEMr CLAYTON ooDENsBuRs AND
H. isI o'x. 70 ec co 1875, 81 '' ~ ~
.S3s$5 Ss '9os
SiyoS SS asasaas9 KIN, " r.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-09
Banker King Not Seriously Ill.

Mr.. Richard King Jr.. the son OF the Presi-
dent OF the Bank OF Commerce. who in the last
two or three days has been reported on tho
his iathsr had not suffered stroke OF pRrai-
ysis. His father. he added. had not been well
siAoe the death OF bis wife q year ago. but
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-09
NJ. H..ry g. Hubbard. win.

MIppLr1owN. Conn. Aug. s.-By tho will Of
Henry @. Hubbard Chrlst's Church ct South
Farms receives The income Of $4,000. An
WIDOW. dsushtsr. and three srsndchildrsn
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o. T. vs. SILK sToCKx1oa
H. W. u. 0nith's Thisgs 20 bs 0olA AZ
Auction n Jeraey CITY.

United States District Attorney Mitchell has
directed United States Marshal Jacobus to sell
on Thursday next ct the Post ONCE building
IN Jersey City the goods seized from William
B. Smith. the Yonkers Republican who ar
rived from Europe three weeks ago. Mr..
Smith lives at 222 Fifth avenue These are the
Goods to 10 sold:
ne Uatses states ~ sAlyty Satss stu sseeesnss "a,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-09
finai sales compare with those OF yesterday

North . sin. g.. I sSx Wheel 's' 's'
ors }nmn. bends G s.ss. Ths q closed z
decline. We're In Htchison a. !, eene.. to TX.
and Richmond and Terminal So. | cent. to
81. The Noteworthy advances were IN Kansas
ciflc IDS. X y cent. to 2Sh.
In bank stocks 81 shares Of Bank Of State
OF New York sold at 1U9h.
Silver % bullion Pm certificates for 1900 ounces
q ounce.
Money on call 1902 p cont. Time money
4 cent, for sixty days. s 2 cent. for ninety
stock E1ch snee Collateral; Gommercial paper
very dull Prime On Iorsed bills TsssiySb!s r.
sis.name paper at ssS7js p cent. 0
s4.sz@s4.sls Tor long bills and s4:s6asi ssS
H sss. s9si,: sis5sS ss Ss5'::
The weekly bank statement shows:
S:s .Ss::
s;::: :s:s$ s:ss:$ e. e. e
;:ss Be- Be:
surp,u, -. So 4sis,o sis42o $50 Dec 81. oeos io
NJ surplus Ayear ago was ST. $500 and two years
Railway gross earnings for July compare
w ,I1h those OF the same month OF last year az
sss ma i:.s: ss5 E ss
Nv Central s ss!s3 Inc inc: 5
The San Francisco and Northern Pacific
% Is sna
s7a;s54 oper atm sspensss. s:4a; an IN
crease Of S5S.674: Interest and sinking fund,
S2sl6s3 4. an I. lIcrsass Of 1854 lowing sur
The Southern Pacific company. Atlantic Sys-
as ar aS The
@se fer b ana six Rss end
ns 80 the s earnings
$l.2sl.66S. a decrease OF $366.200.
The receipts from customs for the week were
H. tSa again. sss
week 70, and making the total since July l. $780,
NsSps bank note cEs1a,i9n
81. aud dsstroSed :44U5 Bsianse q i'S d..
week.
Treasury balances compare with those Of
last Saturday as follows:
;:s !:;.:
treasury note. ........'... loo4+s4l ll.o2e $40
Totals. .....-.$lh.ooLi 39 $l52Ii6,7f
Deposits In national banks. SO 97s.9 AGAINST
$24. S4J.479 last Saturday. Bonds dsposited
10 secure the same. S23.9J5. 800 In addition to
the foregoing the Treasury reports silver bull
lion purchased under tho act OF July II. 1880.
t56.lOstb03. and Treasury notes Issued against
the same, s55.7lS.O35 OF which $a3e22,0I9 aie
outstanding.
Money In London .4oH 2 cent Rate OF dis.
count IN the cpen market for both short and
three months bills. l.. Y cent. Amount OF
bul lion Withdrawn from the Bank Of England
on balance day fSj.cOO Paris advices quote
s. y cents Mt % francs 30 csntinss. and ex-
change on London q 20 francs 2G cenimes.
Tho Standard Investment Company offers at
par and accrued interest first mortgage 6 T.
cent; twenty.year bonds OF the Atkinson steel
and Spring Works OF Chicago. The CAPITAL stock
81 the company H. s3OO.OOO ana first mortgage
bonds 3lUO00l: The proceeds OF sales Of bonds
are to be applied to payment OF floating debt.
constructinR a plate mil and providing ad-
tlitional working capital The resent net
earning capacity OF the " orks 10 $36.00O
The ~ description books of the Demorest
Publishing and Sewing Machine Company will
close on Monday Aug. 10. 1t is Officially an
no1ncet that the subscriptions have been very
satisfactory.
The sales Of min ne stocks AZ the Now York
COnsoliantsd Stock and Petroleum Exchange
to-day were as fOlloWs:
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rvr ,srrD IMPAIRMENT rpANsAcrroys-

UNLISTED DEPARTMENT TRANSACTIONS.
O1en- High Lo,u- Czos
Edlsa Ing ssk mo.
|OSi Amer. Sugar Ref Co.. 7sA tan Tef 7ek
Amer. Sugar Ref. pr ey& EVA 6sA oait
SEQ National Lead Trust.... l5A l6H 15L l5s<
so Plymouth CON. .......2.c5 2,2o 2.25 2.2h
4SO1U Georgia PAciho "a en-. So 81 % 81
0SOUIi llpe Line ctfs. .....-.... 81 20 W 20
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-09
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL

New Ysrk stock ExchasGe-saies Aug. ..
UNITED STATES AND STATE BONDS TN $1.oO0sl
AN: C Las! iSsh a1'nn Set o ".''oo
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FSb
Thirty pairs Of sirt stock,
TWO smbrsidsrsA table Gov
One lace shawl
Two pairs SIX oorDetA
Two wool shawIa
One medallion In CASA
Ono gold cup saucer, ana
spoon In case.
One scarf pin. diamond and
Ono hnrsr rins. diamond
and sApphirA
One breaStpin. turquoise
One bfeastpin. eold.
One ash receiver, gold
Twelve rolls pomAde.
Eighteen salt cellars gold.
tortv. eight sm all tsa-
spoonA gold.
Thirty one unmOuneed pho
togrsphA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-09
The List or Referees.

Thsss referees appointed in cases in the State
Courts In this city last week:
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CLOSING PRICES OF UNITED STATES honda
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-09

~ Judge O. Brien.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-09
COMMON FtHAS,
by Judge Fyyo,

xs...r Of s..a. ............H. .. xs,ss.su.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01
CAUGHT BY ACCOUNTS.

How . Pennsylvania Dairyman Kept Fab
on Ills Employees.
The habit of keeping strict accounts
Is one cause of the common success OF
the farming OF fofmer business men.
The farm needs business habits as much
as store does 1 was once cunning
dairy with q large and valuable milk
route. Two men we're employed to de-
liver the milk. Each helped at the
milking, weighed the milk and recorded
the weight on sheet hung in the barn,
and changed weekly. Occasionally ]
watched the milking and che weighing
SO that standard Of the yield was Sc
cured. Any falling off in the yield of
course would be noticed at once, and it
varied very little from day to day. By
and by found the returns Of sales
much shorter than Che yield of milk.
The difference made SOB in one month.
At payday kept back Che wages Of
the two men until the shortage was ex-
planned. ] was sued by one and as I
produced in the court the statement of
the milk yield in the mans handwriting,
and he could not account for the short
returns recovered Judgment against
him. Then che other fellow confessed
to sne he had been induced to keep back
every day so much money. Had the
men not left a witness in their own
writing they could noe have been con-
victed of the stealing. This hint may
be valuable Co owpers Of milk routes.-
N. u. Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-01
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
A PRACTICAL DEVICE.

r;ew and Simple Method of Fore-Short-
ening q Wagon.
On a narrow street in crowded city
noticed what appeared to be a wagon
shed, but on quite reduced scale. It
was about six feet wide and not more
than eleven or twelve feet deep, and
was closed in front with close picket
gate. A wide plank spiked edgeways
on. either side was greasy. marked and
SCARED where the wheel-hubs had
scraped it, so there was no doubt that
a heavy wagon was stored there when
off duty; but where did the tongue
lodge when the wagon was quietly
sleeping in the shed? It would not be
permitted to protrude over the sidewalk
for people to trip over, besides the
pickets would not allow of it, so con-
cluded it must be cart-shed instead OF
a wagon-sled. One night, however, 1
CHANGED to see the teamSter come home,
and the cart was afOur-wheeled wagon,
and a heavy one at that. 3 watched
with considerable curiosity to see the
puzzle solved.
Opening che picket gate he backed
Che wagon in, eaking very little heed to
where the horses faced, for when the
hind hubs were once inside the wagon
was bound TO go straight, as the planks
preventea any erratic wanderings from