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The Helena independent., 1893-10-27
The Saunterer.

"Oh, tell me. brave aeronaut-
And tall me true, pray
Why do you risk your precious life
In such a reckless way?''
The hero sadly smiled and said,
"A man by harsh fate whirled
Will risk his all If only he
Can get up In the world"
Boston Budget.
The Helena independent., 1893-10-27
Every Tim


Teacher Clearing arithmetic class recite)
Mike, if you should see seven birds on a
tree and should shoot three of them, how
many birds would renain2
Mike-Nary one. mum. The rest O. them
would be afther fyin away. - Boston
Courier
The Helena independent., 1893-10-27
At Regular Intervals.

At Regular Intervals.
Patient Old Lady Ito elevator boy read
ing dime novel)-How often does the ele-
vator go up. boyf
Elevator Boy-It goes up at the end Of
every chapter, ma'am.-Texas Siftings.
The Helena independent., 1893-10-27

The Bee Hive win continue this wcok to allow
= discount OF ~ per cent on their line Of baby
carriages. few more choice ones lstI
The Helena independent., 1893-10-27
PennyroyaI Pills.

DR.. Perryis Feliable are the safest and best
eeegulAter Ter ladies'; nothing unpleasant. and
slways sfeetnA Advice frsa Packages 81
md u direct. THE CATION CO.. Drssy ,sta
The Helena independent., 1893-10-27
Alas, Mol

Mr.. Lingalate Gocosely)-Oh, well, Miss
Marie, in this age, you know, everything
goes.
Miss Marie (glancing wearily at the clock)
Some things don't.-Life.
The Helena independent., 1893-10-27

"Boarders Taken In.''
The farmer has little tin,
Which he has saved with care.
All summer he took boarslers in
And now takes in the fair.
New York Press.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-17
New York Produce.

NEW YORK, July Is. = Flour Re
ceipts. $4,000 pkgs; exports, $3.50 bbls,
$500 sacks; sales. $500 pkgs; market
very dull; unchanged and steady. Win
ter wheat, low grades, SI.9502.45; do
fair to fancy. S2.45@3.45; do patents,
S3.40@410; Minnesota clear, s., 5O@3;
do straights. $4,000; do patents. $40
4.35. Cornmeal dull, steady; yellow
western, s2.6O@2.70.
Rye dull, steady; western, 5715c.
Barley malt quiet, steady; western 65
@9Oc.
Wheat = Receipts. $4,000 blu; ex-
ports, 1000 Blu; sales, 100000 bu fut-
ures, 10000 bu spot; spot market
dull, easier, with options closing steady;
No. 2 red, store and elevator, 7215c;
afloat, 1880; f. o. b., 7219@744c; I'M
graded red, 70@7Sc; No. l northern, 73c;
No. hard, nc; No. 2 northern, 7O1Sc;
No. 2 Milwaukee, 7015c; options were
very dull and without special feature;
trading was only local scalplng and
switching, and the close steady at 20
s6c below yesterday on realizing and
with the West; No. red, August,
72 15-16@735s5c, closing re; September,
rs 5-l6@7555Sc, closing 7519c; December,
S115@s1Ac. closing SlIc.
Corn-Receipts, 100000 bu; exports,
$4,000 blu; sales, 10000 BY futures, no
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-17
LIVING sCARECROWS.
A Farmer UtiIizes His Children
to Keep the Crows From Pull

A Farmer Utilities His Children
to Keep the Crows From Pull
ing Up His Corn.
Port Jervis On. " Special to New York SUP.
A wreeking gang on the Delaware
division of the Erie railway was clear
ing up wreck at Nobody's Block, not
far from Coshocton, last week, when its
attention was called to curious, shrill
cooling sound winch came at short and
regular intervals from a corn field
directly across the Delaware river, in
Wayne county. Pennsylvania. They
made an investigation, and found that
the sound emanated from the children
of a German farmer, who had been sta
toned around his cOrnfield to scare
away the crows from pulling up the
young and tender shoots of corn. The
farmer hGd been unusually we'll blessed
with progeny, his wife having borne
him no less than twelve children, in
Guiding four pairs of twins.
He had been yearly bothered with
crows i'll complaining time, and he had
adopted all the scarecrOw devices in
common usage among farmers, such as
placing stuffed straw men in the fields
stringing Irvine over poles with bits of
white rags tiuttering in the wind, ETC.,
but the crows had become used 20 these
things, and, crow-Iike, would post their
Sentinels OH lofty treetOps to give warn
ing of danger while their companions
were at work uncovering the hills.
A happy thought struck the farmer
by which he could protect his corn and
utilize his several offspring. Aiming
two OF them with old tin pans each day.
he placed them in the field at at 4
O'Clock in the morning and told them to
call out Goo! coon7 and pound their
pans whenever they saw any crows
flying near. When the children became
tired the father replaced them with two
others, and thus by successive relays
the crows were kept away. This process
was repeated each day until the corn
was of a size sufficient to protect itself.
1t was this strange noise, kept up all
day long, from early morn till eve, that
made the Erie wreekers marvel. 1t is
said that this is the second year in which
the Wayne county farmer has protected
his cornfields with living scarecrOws.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-17
ON THE BOURSES.
Condition Of tEae Money Market
of the Continent.


LONDON, July 16.-Discount during
the past week was quoted at IA for
three months and q for short. Money
there was dull tendency in every de-
partment. Realizing that the failures
of the settlement just closed have
thrown OH the market an amount of
stocks which, while the general weak
ness lasts, it cannot absorb,
dealers will not increase their
commitments, preferring to seize
every chance to unload. The most eX-
perienced members of the stock eX
change believe that the financial
troubles are not yet over. and that the
next settlement will see firms ham
mered that got over the last settlement
by the skin of their teeth. English
railway securities closed with falls
ranging from y to 213; Brighton GAS"
declined ~. American railroad secu-
rites closed firm yesterday on better
New York quotations. The variations
of the week include the following de-
creaseS:
Louisville & Nashville. 6; Denver &
Rio Grande preferred, 81; Atchison
mortgage So, Lake Shore and Union
Pacific, 3 each; Central Pacific, MeXi-
can Genital and Northern Pacific, %
each: Wabash debenture, 9; AtchisQn
ordinary, Missouri, Kansas & Texas and
Norfolk d Western preferred, 10 each;
Denver d Rio Grande common and
Ohio 81 Mississippi, II each.
Grand Trunk tecurltieS were heavily
sold, first preference falling So, second
preference AZ, third preference and
guaranteed and ordinary l.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-17

knows how to mail letters. 'Dolphus
taught her to drop letters down the
mail chute in the Office, and he and
Lucy are very proud of the achieve
ment. 1t nearly brought them to grief
one day. The office boy III one of the
upper offices is deeply enamored of
pretty type writer on the floor beneath,
and occasionally, SO rumor says, I'D
diteS tender miSsives to her.
The other day, when he was writing,
ne called Lucy to him before the letter
was ready TO mail. Lucy sat there on
his writing table for some time, and
the boy seemed in no haste 10 finish his
espistle.
Finally,Lucy could stand it no longer,
and snatched the open page in her beak
and flew through the tranSom to the mail
chute in the hall. The open letter was
too big to go in. Lucy knew her duty;
that letter must go down, so she flew to
the elevator shaft and dropped it gently
down, then flew away with trlum-
plant cav"
The office boy was in despair. He
tore madly down stairs only to find that
the engineer, who had been oiling the
top machinery of the elevator, had
caught the letter and was reading it
aloud to an interested audience, among
which was the office boys hated rival,
the elevator boy.
Lucy fights very shy of the office boy
now. 'DolphuS says Lucy can under
stand every word he says, SO it may be
that she understood when the Office boy
announced that if he caught her he'd
wiring her neck.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-17
HUMOR OF THE COMMONS,
The Honorable Members Have
Ouiet Fun Over DrOlI BIunders

The Honorable Members Have
Quiet Fun Over Droll Biunders.
Manches ter Times.
Sir John Lubbock, NJ. p, in a recent
address. described some amusing in
cidents of the house of commons. A
member from the other side of the
Tweed, alluding TO the vote of g., 600, 900
in support of the Afghan war, described
it as ''lea--bit in the ocean," Another.
while advocating an increase in the
European troops employed in India.
remarked: You may depend upon it,
sir, the pale face of the British soldier
is the backbone of the Indian army"
Mr.. Sullivan once delivered a speech
on the relative merits of Irish and
Scotch whisky. He was complaining
that Scotch whisky was introduced into
Ireland and passed off as genuine
Irish.' 1.-THE stuff" he said, sis so
hot that it goes down the throat like a
torchlight procession"
In 1879 yound IriShman got up very
late to speak on particular subject
He (Sir john was sitting about six feet
from him. and to his surprise, was un-
able to hear word he said. He per-
severed CALAMITY. with profuse gestic-
ulatiOn, and he was on his legs about a
quater of an hour, during the whole of
which time no one heard a single word.
He believed that the gentleman in ques-
ton was very nervous, was simply
speaking to himself, and thought he
was talking loud.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-17
Duluth Wheat.

Special to the Globe.
DULUTH, July 15.-There was fair
milling demand here for wheat, and the
market opened and closed firm. Sep
TENDER wheat was dull. Receipts for
the week have been fair, aggregating
about $50, 900 bushels; the shipments
have been light, aggregating not over
$4,000. Wheat in store today is little
over 100000 bushels. Cash wheat
was firm, but September broke &c
owing to the bad financial news. The
session ruled steady and the close was
dull at 4c decline for cash. 35015c low
er for July and &c lower for September
No. / Northern. The close as COM
pared with Saturday a week ago, was
&c higher for cash, sc lower for July,
and 134c lower for September. The
close was as follows:
Cash-No. hard, G713c: No. l north
ern, 64c; No. 2 northern, 603le;
No. 8, 553lc; rejected, 1870. July
No. hard, Csc; No. northern, 64$5c.
September-No. hard, re; No. l
northern, 6S$Ic.
Receipts = Wheat, S9,517 bu. Ship
ments, 5O,577 bu. Cars inspected, 145.
Cars on track, 2O2; last year, 100.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-17

Wheat-The cash wheat market was
quiet; receipts were not large. and the
demand was only fair; No l hard sold
at 63@64c; No. l northern, 60@60; most
ly 601ac; No. northern, 5715059c.
Corn-Market dull, with small offer
ings; No. 3 sold at 3615@37c. Some bad
reports received from Nebraska had
little effect on the prices.
OatS-Cash oats sold UP pretty well;
No. 3 white sold at 30@3O19c; No. 3, 300
2915c.
Rye-NO. 2 quoted at 44@45c.
Flour-NO change for several days;
patents quoted at S3.5O@3. 90, with
straights, S3.25@3.5O; bakers, 1902. so.
Bran and Shorts-Demand good:
supply light: prices higher. Bran held
at SS.50@950; shorts, S9.50@1O, according
to quality.
Ground Feed Car lots held for No. l,
S14.75@15.25: No. 2, s15.25@15.75; No 8,
S16.50917.25. Coarse coInmeal, S14.5O@
Is. Granulated meal, S1S.50(019 so.
Hay-Receipts of new hay are in
creaslng some. but demand is good for
choice upland at 81, with no sale for
poor grades. Some poor hay sold today
S:S(CQ4 pc" tom
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-17

spot; spot market dull, steady; No. 2,
4S19c in elevator. 1870 atioat; options
were dull at sc advance, but without
feature.
Oats-Receipts. $4,000 bu; exports.
IS, 600 bu: sales. $4,000 bu spot; spots
dull; whites lower; options dull, NOM
inally unchanged; No. white, 3219c:
No. 2 Chicago. 3Sc: No. 8, 361sc; No. 3
white, 3S19c; mixed Western, 37@3S19c;
white Western, 39@441Sc.
Hay-Steady, quiet; shipping, roo
75c; good to choice, S0@95c.
Hups-Dull, steady; state common
to choice, 19@22c; Pacific coast. 1900
s2115c.
Hides -Steady, fair demand; wet salt
ed. New Orleans selected. As and 60 lbs,
413@6c; Texas selected, so and 90 lbs, 5
@7c; Buenos Ayres, q and "a lbs, 121ac;
Texas dry. 81 to 81 lbs, S(91012c,
I Cut Meats Quiet. steady; picked
bellies, Il pounds, at 12c; picked shout
ders. nc; picked hams, 12@1215c;
lniddles dull; short clear, 9$4c.
Lard quiet, easier; Western steam
closed S10.05; sales, none; option sales,
none; July closed $40; September,
S10.3715 asked.
81 Pork quiet, steady; no sales; new
mess. SlS'5O@19.
ar Butter quiet, steady; Western dairy,
11519@1Sc; do creamery, 17@22c; do
factory, 1512@171@c; Elgins, 22c.
Cheese quiet, firm: part September
and sc lower for December than the
closing figures of yesterday.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-17
LOWER AND VERY DULL
BUSINESS DEPRESSION The WEAKEN
INC FACTOR or THE MARKET.
CEREALS IN CHICAGO SUFFER-.

Professional Wreokers Made Most,
Desperate Attacks on the Stock
List During the Week With
Little Success-Great Improve
ment in Confidence.
CHICAGO, July 15.-Wheat was weak
er today in spite of the heavy exports,
the bad crop outlook and the steady to
firm cables. The weakening factor
was the list OF bank suspensions and
business failures. This was more than
sufficient to offset the more favorable
news III the way of exports and poor.
crop prospects, and after a moderate
display of firmness there was gradual
decline of nearly half cent, with a.
subsequent slow and uncertain rally.
In some parts the conditions were I'M
usually fayorably; the exports from
both coasts for the week were 4, $4,000
bushels in wheat and flour, the largest,
it is said, with four exceptions, ever
made in one week in the history of our
export trade, and shows the foreign de-
mand to be OIL gigantic scale. but with
little fuss or noise, as though buyers
were quietly picking up all they could
get. Fluctuations were confined within
3sc range, and the closing was about
sc lower for July.
In corn trade was light and fiuctua-
tons limited to &c range. The close
showed little change from yesterday.
Local operators were inclined to sell at
the start owing to the financial troubles
in the Southwest, but the offerings
were readily taken by commission con-
Germs. Though showers were reported
over the West, more rain is said to be
needed, especially through Kansas and
the central portions of this state. The
crop is said TO be the most promising.
but the past few days, owing to the eX-
ceSsive heat, it was feared might
change the prospect in some localities
Receipts. while liberal, were not nearly
as large as predicted.
Offerings of oats were light. Prices
advanced &c for July from yesterdays
close September advanced &c and
closed steady. Receipts were less than
expected.
a feature of the provision market is
the fact that the new speculative pro-
ducts are not being traded IN. Which
is quite unusual at this season Of the
year.
Charley" Wright was an open seller
of ribs. His sales for the last few days,
it was reported. would probably ag-
gregaIe 4,00O,000 pounds. Lard re-
ceived the lions share of attention. 1t
was sold by the packers and after be-
ing bid up zoe by Cudahy's broker, de-
clined 2715c from top prices. AT the
close. compared with last night, lard
showed decline of DC for September
and 2719c for October. Ribs are ESQ
271%cc off. Pork closed at an advance
OF 15c, but with scarcely any business
done IN it.
Freights were slow, with light Offer
ings of vessel room. Agents asked nc
for wheat and corn to Buffalo, but
shippers only bid 1c.
Estimated receipts for Monday:
Wheat, 43 cars; corn, 500 cars; oats, 1870
cars; hogs. q, 200.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-17
AN EXTINCT FISH.
1t Seems to Have Been Extermi
ated by Sudden Cold in 1882.

1t Seems to Have Been Extermi-
ated by Sudden Cold in 1882.
Forest and Stream.
The national museum has issued an
extract from its report for 1SSSS9 re-
lating to animals recently extinct or
threatened with determination, and rep
resented in the collections of the
United States national museum. f.
A. Lucas is the author OF that very in
teresting illustrated paper. He
treats of the West Indian seal, the Cali
fornia sea elephant, the WalruseS, the
European bison, the Arctic sea cow, the
mamo or Pacific sickle bill, the Cali
fornia vulture. the dodo and the Soli-
taire. the Labrador duck, the great aux.
PaIlas's cormorant, the Galapagos and
Mascarene tOrtolSeS and the tlle-fiSh.
Nearly all of these animals are figured,
the last in colors.
The tile-fish was discovered in 1879
by the late Captain William II. Kirby,
Gloucester Mass. while fishing for
cod about eighty miles south by east Uf
Norman's Land. Late i'll the same year
the fish was described by Drs. GoOde
and Bean. The tile-fSh, on account of
| its large size. great beauty, abundance,
| edible qualities and activity in taking
| the hook, soon came to the notice of
people in Boston, New York and other
Eastern cities. The newspapers wrote
| it I'D. Forest and Stream illustrated it;
epIcures passed favorable Judgment
upon its flesh; it was supposed that q
! new and highly important fish had been
] permanently added to our store.
| The fish commission steamer Fish
| Hawk on one occasion took seventy
| three tiIe-fSh. weighing SAL pounds,
and presenting masses of lemon yellow,
| brown, black and white, such as may be
| seldom eQualed Oh Vessels deck.
The tile-fish is one CT the most re-
markable among fishes in having large
soft (or adipose) fin on the top of its
head behind the eyes. Mr.. Lucas tells
| the story of its sudden and total dis
| appearance early in 1882, as detailed in
the History of the Tlle-Fish'' by Capt.
j. w. Collins. Vessels arriving at
| Philadelphia, New York and Boston in
! the month of March and April reported
| having passed large numbers of dead
| fish covering water area OF many
| square miles.
The NaYarina sailed "for no less than
$50 miles through water dotted as far as
| the eye could reach with dying fishes"
| and most of these victims were tlle-fSh.
| The explanation of this wholesale
| destruction of life as furnished by Prof.
| VerriIl, is connected with sudden lower
| ing of the temperature of the belt OF
water inhabited by the fish by encroach-
| ment upon it of the Arctic current on
| the one hand and the cold sea depths on
| the other. Since the fatality noted
the tile-fsh has not once been taken in
its former haunts. although systematic
and diligent search was made for it;
neither has the fish appeared elsewhere
as far as We know.
The Information contained in the
article of Mr.. Lucas cannot fail to prove
| interesting to all lovers of nature.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-17
Union Stock Yards.

Receipts-Hogs, 715.
Hogs 5@10c lower. following the
Eastern decline. Quality was some bet
ter than yesterday, bulk being fair.
Yards closed early to packers 1T $3.50
$40.
Cattle No receipts, and the only
trading was couple of Gamers at $3.50
@1-75. Fair demand for butcher cattle
and buyer is on the market for good
feeders. Quotations: Prime dry fed
steers, s3.5O@4.25; good grass steers.
S2.50@3.50; prime cows, 81. 75@3.25;
good cows, $2.25@2.75; common to far
COWS, Sl@2; light veal calves, So. 1905 :;
heavy calves, S1.5O@2.75; stockers, S1.5O
@225: feeders, S2.25(92.75; bulls, $1.5O
@2.25.
Sheep-Fat muttons steady; all others
dull. The sheep market here, as else
where, is weak on all grades except fat
muttons for butcher demand. Quota
tons: Muttons, S3.25@4.25; lambs, So
@4: stockers and feeders, S2@3.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-17
MINNEAPOLIS.
Chamber of Commerce

The exports last week were the
largest of any week during the year,
amounting to 4,134,000 blu. This was
1900 600 bu above those of a year ago.
Crop reports showed no Improvement,
but had little or no effect on prices,
English farmers deliveries last week
were 301, 200 bu, against 5000 bu the
previous week. Closing cables were
firm. Trading in futures was light.
Prices had narrow range and were
below fridays close all day, finally
closing &c lower than Friday for
September and sc lower for July.
Wheat ranged as follows:
July, opening, 5976c; highest. 5915c:
lowest, $3.50; closing, SOC; Septem-
Der, opening, 6418@4c; highest, 6415@
&c; lowest, 63$l@6358c; closing, s6415c;
December, 7013c; highest, 7019c; lowest,
704c; closing, 70$5c.
On Track = No. hard, &c; No. 1
northern, 60c: No. 2 northern, $50
SOC.
FLOUR AND COARSE GRAINS.
Flour-Receipts, 493 bbls; shipments,
2S.O5O bbls. Quoted at S3.55@3.S5 for
first patents; S3.35@3.50 for second pat
ents; s1.9O@2.40 for fancy and export
bakers; S1.10@1.45 for low grades in
bags, including red dog.
DIdu anu lOI
these commodities is somewhat excited
because of unusual inquiries from
abroad. 1t is we'll known that Europe
is short as to its fodder crop, and late
reports are truly alarming. 1t was re-
ported today that the local mills had
contracted for months ahead for their
entire output of bran and shorts to go
abroad. Prices are hardly quotable,
but 75c to 81 per ton advance over quo
tations has undoubtedly been made
and perhaps more. Quoted at S7.75@
S.25 for bran; SS.5O99 per ton for fine
Corn-Receipts, $500 bu; shipments,
1920 blu. Corn is somewhat easier, with
no sales.
Oats-Receipts, none; shipments, 8, 46O
Blu. Demand good.
Barley-Receipts, none; strong; ship
ments, none. The season is about over
tor barley, except for feed purposes.
Rye - Receipts, none; shipments,
LILO bu.
ton: less than car lots, Si5@16; with
cornmeal, S13.50@14; graduated meal,
S1S@19. Probably higher, bat not fixed.
Hay-Receipts, 145 tons; shipments,
none. Receipts are quite liberal of new
hav. which brings SS@S.50. Old hay is
being sold at s3@7, according to quail
ity. AS far as could be learned, there
was no demand for export, but such is
expected.
Some Sample Sales-No. hard, sam
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-17

pie, to arrive, 2 cars. &c; No. north
ern, 80 cars, Coo; No. northern, old,
choice, 1 car, 62e; No. northern. s
cars, 601ac; No. l northern, sample,
choice, to arrive, 2 cars. Gle; No. l
northern. cars, Gle; No. northern,
elevator, 10 cars, 59$lc; No. 1 northern,
5000 blu. Coo; No. northern, Car, 5915c;
No. l northern, choice, 1 car, &c; No.
2 northern, Is cars, 5Sc; No. northern,
1 car, 5719c; No. northern, choice, 2
cars, SOC; No. 2 northern. car, 5s15c;
No. 2 northern, 6 cars. soc; No. 2 north
ern, 5 cars. SIC; Nos wheat.2 cars, soc;
No. wheat, l car. SIC; rejected wheat,
Id off, soc; rejected wheat, 2 cars, lib
oft &c