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HYPNOSIS BICYCLIsTARUM.
The Trouble With a Bicycle Rider
Who is Stoop-Shouldered.

The Trouble With a Bicycle Rider
Who is Stoop-shouldered.
There is no canon of art under which
such name as "kyphosis bicyclistarunu
can be considered beautiful SAYS the
New York Tribune. Speak it as you will,
1t is an offense to tongue and ear. But
that very TACT demonstrates its fitness for
existence and for use. An ugly thing
should have an ugly name. And If
human perversity has invented anything
much uglier than that for which this
verbal cacophany stands, the fact is not
recorded i'll the annals of the closing
century. Unhappily the thing itself is
not as unfamiliar as its name, but OBJ
trudes its deformity upon the outraged
eye in every hour, at overy turning. 1t
is one of the characteristic evils Of the
age, and III the name of its multitude
nous victims, subjective and objective.
requires immediate and severe repres-
sion. "Kyphosis bicyclistarum," then,
being interpreted, is "bicycle-rider's
blind will ask. Many men, we might
perhaps say the majority of men,
especially if they be young, on learning
the graceful and useful art of bicvcle
riding, appear to forget that they were
made in the image of their maker and in
tended to be physically upright. Instead,
they diligently seek to transform them
selves into the image of some creeping
thing. The head goes down, the back is
bumped, the arms assume the position of
fore-legs, and the once erect and graceful
Antinous becomes wretched travesty of
Quasimodo.
Upon esthetic grounds alone, no repro
baton of this attitude can be too strong.
There Is no uglier object outside a freak
museum than even the handsomest young
man bending in colicky curvature over
the steering-bar. But other and graver
considerations arise. The chest is con-
tracted and the lungs cramped, the spine
is permanently curved and perhaps other
wise injured, and thus not only are the
good effects of bicycle riding prevented,
but positively evil effects are brought
about. Physicians of the highest stand
ing testify that dorsal curvature posteri-
orily, once rare, Is now alarmingly COM
mon, especially among young riders of
the wheel. 1t is thus an actual and most
serious fact that this perversion of a
beniticent gift threatens the world with a
race OF narrow-chested and humpbacked
men. Ugly and pernicious as this habit
is. it is no less Unnecessary In racing a
wheelman may bend forward so as to
offer the less resistance to the air. as one
walking stoops low when facing a furious
storm. But otherwise there is no excuse
for so doing.
In ordinary wheeling an erect attitude
gives one even better command of the
wheel than does STOPPING, as the ele-
ments of natural philosophy readily
prove. Women who ride wheels do not
stoop. They sit erect and graceful. Yet
they ride as securely. and, in due proper
ton, as strongly as their brothers.
The secret of the evil probably lies in
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general proneness of the masculine spine
toward relaxation. Observe any number
of average men sitting on benches that
have no backs. How many of them are
erect, or, rather, how few? Their backs
are bowed, their shoulders droop for
ward, they seem to emulate the attitude
of frogs. And so they do when they get
upon bicycles, and thus give to the world
"kyphosis bicyclistarum''-the name and
the disease. By all means, out upon it /!
To squat bumped up belts the tramp on
the park bench. But the energetic young
athlete, riding his steed of steel, should
remember that he has muscles in his
back, as well as in the calves of his legs.
Shoulders back! Chest forward Eyes
front! No HYPNOSIS bicyclistarum %
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2 TOM Middlings, S21 p ton; Ground Barley.
s2l y ton; Straw, 5oG55c p bale.
SAN FRANCISCO STOCK MARKET.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aurust II. 1904.
HOW CREMATION IS EFFECTED
The Method Is simple and Has Few
Objectionable Features.


From the mouth Of the furnace long,
narrow platform is built out, on the top
of which are rails and a sort of grille or
trolley, with two wheels under it at the
outer end. Oval-shaped irons are placed
on this trolley, and on them is placed the
corpse, either in q light pine coffin or,
what IS far better and more appropriate,
IN long wrapping of some light material
which completely covers the body, head
and all, and allows of its being lifted out
OF the coffin without its being In the least
uncovered or unnecessarily handled.
once the corpse is in its place on the
trolley, with the head toward the furnace.
the smallest pressure on the long lever
handle of the trolley raises it without any
dlfhculty, and the corpse is gently and
reverently gllded into the furnace on the
rails. The oval irons just rest on the sides
OF the groove which is meant to receive
the ashes. AS soon, therefore, as every
thing Is in its appointed place the trolley
drops under the supporting irons and is
withdrawn; the heavy iron doors are
shut, the inner one that separates the
furnace from the fire (which has been lit
an hour and half previously is with
drawn by means of external weights and
pulIeys, and the god-head OF flame, most
divine element, rushes in to claim the
body of its woIshiper.
a low wall partly divides the fire from
the chamber in which the body is placed,
so the flame rising over the obstacle
sweeps in torrent over the body until
it reaches the feet, where opens the re-
turn tiue that leads directly back under
the furnace, down covered-in passage
and up the beautiful campanile-like
chimney, at the base Of which is another
furnace of coke, through which the
smoke and flame have to pass, thus being
thoroughly purified before being allowed
to escape into the outer air.-New York
Telegram.
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FORTY PILGRIMS PER DAY.
The Number Who WearIly Climb to
the Dome of st. Paul,s Cathedral.

The Number Who Wearlly Climb to
the Dome of st. Paul's Cathedral.
There is only one St. Paurs. and upon
the summit of its dome there is but one
bail. At long intervals a Londoner, and
more frequently tourist, climbs to this
ball ana sticks his head and shoulders in
side. Having done this and looked upon
the heart of the world from the stone gal
lery and the golden gallery, and upon the
congregation from the whispering gal
lery, he returns TO earth ana Tells his
friends and acquaintances of his feat, and
advises them to follow his example. The
numb ber of persons who make this pill
grimage average about forty day. To
reach the ball it is necessary to climb 64O
steps Of many varieties. The proportions
OF the gllded globe are in perfect keeping
with its surroundings. 1t has diameter
of SIX feet, and twelve persons can stand
within It's walls. 1t weighs 5000 pounds.
The gilded cross that towers above it is
fifteen feet in hight. From this ball
nearly all London IS seen on clear day.
Why there are so many kinds of steps IN
the cathedral no one pretends to explain.
In the opinion of those who have counted
them, to climb these steps is equal to COW
ering twenty miles on an ordinary road.
1t is universally considered, however,
that the return journey is equal to
russian bath. The first steps are of
wood. These are succeeded by steps of
stone, and these in turn by iron ones.
Then there are ladders, some with gentle
slant, while others stand so straight that
to those who climb they appear to lean
backward. The first ladder stands on the
crown of the second dome, where an Of
ticer gives necessary directions to such
men as want to see the ball, for few try to
go above the crown of the dome, being
content to rest there and watch some ex-
ceptionally active sightseer do the rest.
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A Hangman's rribulatIons.

A hangman struggling with his con-
science and financial embarrassment is a
spectacle touching enough to rouse the
sympathy OF the most callous occupant of
the condemned cell. Mr.. Berry. after
discharging for some time with credit to
himself and satisfaction to his patients
the duties of public executioner, suddenly
resigned to become a lecturer against
capital punishment, and the author of a
treatise on the same subject. In neither
capacity has financial success attended
his efforts, and he has now written to the
Under Sheritts of London and the Pro-
vinces, earnestly pleading for a share in
any executions of which they have the
patronage. II always held" he says,
good and trusted positions before l was
hangnan. Now the public are afraid to
engage me-such is tho stigma on the
person who holds such an office. Nv wife
has completely broken down in health
with worry and trouble of the affair. My
daughter, eleven years of age, l have had
to bring away from the Sevenoaks Hos
pltal, in Kent, owing to my embarrass-
ment and financial difficulty. | am now
ruined. My home was happy one be-
lore, but now nothing looks bright"
Under such circumstances he asks the
Sheriffs TO give him fresh start" and
should they honor him with a share of
their hangings he assures them that
every move" will be kept strictly pri-
vate, and they never will see his name
mentioned atterward. The case is a sad
one. If Mr.. Berry could dismiss his
financial embarrassments with the "long
drop" he might still be happy man, but
apparently he finds them more difficult
to dispose of than condemned criminals.
London Daily Telegraph.
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SOMETIME.

Sometime you'll think of these summer days
Dreamingly fading in purple haze.
Sometime, with n thrill of passionate pain,
You'll long for this sweetness over again.
Sometime when the moonlight isesilvering ali.
And the pansies sleep by the garden wall
In the deepening twilight's odorous dusk,
Weighted with clustering rose-bloom's musk
You win watch for "A cleaning figure fair,
Whiterobed and nOiseless, with falling hair;
And gazing deep in luminous eyes
That made for your life its paradise
The light by music and odorous calm
OF this golden-crowned summer will linger
like balm,
Till, starting, you waken to clasp but air
And list to a Hitting football there.
Sometime you'd give all the wide worlds
praise
For one of those vanishing summer days;
For only one leaf from the swaying bough-
Sometime you'd clasp ito. why not now?
Lillian Whiting in Godey's.
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GIVING BESSIE A sENDoFE.
Students Take Up Farewell SaIuta'
tion and Embarrass a Bride.


Passengers on the steamer Puritan en-
route for New York were the audience at
Newport recently of a bit of col
lege burlesquing which may perhaps be
characterized as somewhat rude, but
which was certainly very funny, says the
New York MdiJ and Express. There was
a goodly crowd of university men upon
the deck and another crowd was waiting
on the dock. When the two crowds
recognized one another there was much
chatting, cheering and giving the college
yells. Things were getting on very nicely,
however, when just as the big steamer
was about to swing Off, the dock was in
vaded by bridal party. The boys
watched with much curiosity the alight-
ing from the carriages, the congratula-
tlonS, the huggings, the kissings, the
heartrending farewells. They behaved
pretty well until just as the embarrassed
and blushing bride was going up the
gangway on the arm of the beaming
groom an enthusiastic female friend
rushed up after them and casting hand
ful of rice in their wake cried in fresh,
joyous voice, "Good-by, Bessie %
This was too much. "Good-by, Bes-
sic" yelled half a hundred boyish voices.
"Goodby, BessieW and amid pande-
monium of good wishes the young couple
disappeared between decks. But the in
terest i'll the affair did not end there.
WHATS the matter with Bessie?"
yelled one young rascal upon the boat to
the crowd on the dock.
"Nothing's the matter with Bessie.
She's all rightV came the prompt an
swer, given with an evident relish, from
those below.
whats the name of the groom ?''
came the question.
I'VE don't know" was the answer, and
then, after a slight pause, was added,
with the same old gusto and evident con-
viction, but he's all right ="
And so on for half an hour questions
concerning Bessie were asked and an
swered by her new-made friends, and,
though very little information was
ELECTED, the universal opinion was that
she and everything about her from the
groom down was satisfactory and en-
tirely ''all right.'
The young couple were left in peace.
but in the morning the gilded cage was
empty, the birds had flown, and Bessie is
now probably carrying her own hand
bag ana pretending to be very old mar
ried woman.
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Eastern and Foreign.

NEW YORK, August 11th
WHEAT-August, 6S1sc; Septem Der, 7O54c;
october, 1886; December. 7S1zc; May, S455c.
CHICAGO, August 11th
WHEAT-August, 62Ac; september. CSC;
December, 7o5sc.
LIVERPOOL, August 11th.
WHEAT-More disposition to buy. Califor-
MIA spot lots, 5s 912d; off coast, 2Ss 3d@2Ss
sd; Just shipped, 29s Sd; nearly due, 2Ss Sd;
cargoes OFT coast, steady; on passage, higher
prices asked, but no advance established
Mark Lane Wheat, firmer and held higher
Wheat and Flour IN Paris, firm; weather in
England very fine.
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| For the RECoRD-UNION.l
THE FOOTHILLS.

As from my valleys level floor
| gaze to where the foothills lie
Scarce owned of earth, scarce owned of clay
But just dim streaks between that DER
The shimmering, heated plain seem more
Like phantoms than like mills my eye
Grows dim, and from my heart a sigh
Breaks forth with pain scarce known before.
But just a step within those hills
As leads the trail with crooks and turns
The wild quail calls amid the ferns
With jubilant echo from the rils;
And there In that deep freshness spills
True inspiration from the urns
OF Nature. o how strongly yearns
My poet soul tor those foothills!
-ELWYN IRVING HOFFMAN,
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PITT To Elicit

- all the peculiar troubles that beset a wo-
man. The only guaranteed remedy for them
is DR.. Pierces Favorite Prescription. For
women suffering from any chronic female
complaint or weakness; for women who are
rundown and overworked; for women ex-
pecting to become mothers, and for mothers
who are nursing and exhausted; at the
change from girlhood to womanhood; and
later, at the critical change of life - it
is medicine that safely and certainly builds
up, strengthens, regulates, and cures.
II it doesn't, if it even fails to benefit or
cure, you have your money back
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Meat Market.

Following are the rates for whole carcasses
from slaughterers todealers:
BEEF-First quality, 5951!c; second quail
ity, 4H3@5c; third quality, 31$04c p n.
CALVES-Quotable at 4@5e for large and
507c p ID for small.
MUTTON-Quotable at 518@61%c % ID,
LAMB-Spring, 7C9sc p b
.PORk-Ltve Hogs, on foot, grain fed, heavy
and medium. SCI stock Hogs, 41Sc; dressed
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Rates to Producers.
Following are the prices to producers of the
various articles mentioned:

various dEtlcIes IuSiltlOneu.
GREEN FRUIT-Apples-S 75c
2 box; Green, soc Pears -Bartetts, 6Oc
Plums-Peach, 35c; Purple Duane, 35c;
Green Cages, Soc. Prunes-German, soc;
Washington, 32c. Peaches-Crawford, 6Oc:
Tustin clings, 45c; rapes-Sweetwater,
SOC; Crab Apples, SC p 70; Watermelons
S1@2 p dozen; Cantaoupes, 81 80 = dozen;
strawberries, S1@1 rs p case; Blackberries,
DRIED FRUIT-Apricots, 6g7c p II;
Peaches, 9g10c; Apples, 59Sc; Prunes, 90
10c; Pears, 4@5c; Nectarines. 79sc; Raisins,
81 90 y box: Figs, &c; Grapes, &c.
CITRUS FRUITS S-Limes-Mexlcan, 81 q
case. Lemons-Common, 81 so p box;
Riverside, S3 so; St Paula, 80. Oranges
Riverside, So = box; Los Angeles, 81 l s..
Bananas, 81 75&2 so p bunch; Pineapples
DAIRY PRoDUCE-Butter-va Valley, 17Kc
p d; Fancy Petaluma, 19c Nevada Cream
cry, 21c; Firkin, 159171zc; Cheese-CaIifor-
mia, 10c; Young America, lie; Eastern
Creamery, 15@16c; Limberger 1791sc;
Genuine Swiss, 2oc; American Swiss, So Sc;
Martins Creamery, 15916c.
EGGS-Ranch, 21c 2, dozen; eastern. &C.
POULTkY-Turkeys- Hens, Ice p 10:
Gob6lers. 81; dressed, 1sc; Chickens-Hens,
S595 so p dozen; Springs, S494 so; Broil-
ers, 50; Tame Ducks. S6 so; Geese. 81 . pair
NEGEFABLES--Peppe &c 4 n; Cucum-
bers, sc dozen; Garlic, sc 2 b; Sugar Corn
75c = sack; Beans-GTeeu. &c; Yellow, &c;
Shell SC q h; Linnas, &c: Tomatoes l5c . box.
Squash Scallop, 1c y n; Crookneck, &c; Egg
Plant. &c: Okra, Sc y 10: Lettuce Raw 25r 4
dozen; Root Vegetables, Sc 2 dozen; Cabbage
14c r u; Peas-Sacramento, 3c Alameda, SC;
Radishes, 1214c p dozen; Green onions, s15c
2 dozen; Celery, soc y dozen; Caulifiower,
PoTAToES-Early Rose. 4oc p sack: Bur
banks, 3oc; Peerless, soc; Sweets, I54c = n.
MEArS-Beef, 5h96e; Mutton 75z9sc;
Lamb, sG9c; Veal, large, 505%c; small
dressed, 5@9c; Hogs, 5149654c; dressed Pork
&c; Hams, Eastern. 17@20c; California, 159
17c; Bacon, 1215917c.
BREADSTUF FFS-Fiour, S4 . Dbl; Oatmeal
lO-D SACKS, 31zc p D; SO S5 . 1O0-D sacks;
Cornmeal-White, 81 80 q 100-b sacks; yell
low, 81 so = 1O0-D sacks; Cracked Wheat.
50 35 2 1oo-b sacks; Graham, SO ? 1Oo-D
sacks.
HAY AND GRAIN-Oat Hay, S1O0l3 q
ton; Wheat. S1O013; second quality. $40.
Alfalfa, S9G10 SO; Wheat, whole, 81 80 .
ctl; Barley, soc; Corn. 81 rs; Bran, SIG so
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What you are sure of, if you use DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy, is either a per-
feet and permanent cure for your Ca
tarrh, no matter how bad your case may
De, or $500 in cash. The proprietors of
the medicine promise to pay you the
money, if they can't cure you.
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She Attracted Attention.

Mrs. Crook, the widow of the Indian
fighting General, has attracted more at
tention in Chicago recently than most
other feminine visitors to the Worlds
Fair. She is very fine-looking woman,
W tn snowy white hair that is in striking
contrast to her youthful and vivacious
spirits.
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The Worlds Fair-The Chicago s'Inter-
ocean,

This great weekly and the WEEKLY
DAILY RECORD UNION and the Inter
Ocean for So so a year. All about the
great Worlds Fair will be elaborately
treated in the Inter Ocean. Can be had
for this price only by subscribers to the
RECoRD-UNIoN and WEEKLY UNION.
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An ordinary transparent glass globe
absorbs about 10 per cent. of the light
passing through it. Ground glass alb
serbs about 30 to As per cent. and opal
glass from 80 to 80 per cent.
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For Indigestion

USE HoRsFoRD's ACID PHOSPHATE.
DR.. J. K. Secord, San Jose, CAL, says:
81 have used it with marked success in
cases of slow digestion, i'll toning the
nerve centers, and in extreme nervous
debility, producing refreshing sleep"
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SACRAMENTO MARKET.
Business in Local Circles Continues of
Very Quiet Tone.
SACRAMENTO, August 18th.

SACRAMENTO, August 11th.
There was very quiet tone to business in
local market circles to-day stocks moving off
very slowly. In the Vegetable line there IS
but very little new. Celery and Caulifower
were added to the quotations to-day, each of
which are sold at retail for o cents per mead.
In other lines no changes are to be noted.
Retail Prices.
Following are the prices asked by retailers
for the various articles mentioned:
GREEN FRUIT-Apples-S 81
2 box; Green, 75c; Pears-Bartletts, 4c;
Plums-Peach, sc; Green Gage, sc; Purple
Duane &c; Prunes-German, 5c; Washington
5c; Peaches-Crawford, 4c; Tustin clings, Sc;
G:apes-Sweatwater, sc; Crab Apples, SC;
WaterInelons, 10000 each; Cantaloupes,
20c; Blackberries two for sc.
DRIED FRUIr-Apricots, 1O@12c q u:
Apples, S@l0c; Peaches, 12@16c; Plums, l
g lac; Prunes, S910c; Pears, 799c; Nectar
ines, 12@l6c; Grapes, 81 q box; Figs, 5@Sc
CITRUS Standardization. 1Oc "A
doz; Lemons-Sicily, 4Oc q doz; common, 25c;
st. Paula, 40c; Oranges-Riverside, csc: Los
Angeles, 15c = doz; Cocoanuts, 1Oc each:
Plneapples, 25c each; Bananas, 25@35c p
DAIRY CE-Butter-vaIlev. q roll
40c Fancy Petaluma, SOC; Nevada Creamery
00c; Eastern, packed, zoe r tb; Firkin ISG
20c Cheese-gaiiiornia, 15c p u; Young
America, Ice; Eastern Creamery, 2Oc; Linn.
burger, zoe; Genuine Swiss, 4Oc; American,
25c Martins Creamery, zoe.
EGGS-Fresh kanch, 25c p dozen: Eastern.
2219c.
POULTRY-Turkeys- zoe ID; Cob
blers, zoe; dressed 24c. Chickens-Hens. 500
. 90 y doz, 6OD75c each; Springs, 50 y
doZ, oOc each; Brolers, 81 q doz, 4Oc each;
tame Ducks, SO q doz, 9oc each; Geese, 81 35
each.
VEGETABLES-Pepp Sc p II; Cucum-
bers, 1Oc = dozen; Garlic, Sc z ID; Sugar
Corn. 15c p dozen; Beans-Green, sc p ID;
yellow, 5c; shell, 7ci Lima, &c. Tomatoes 2 &c.
Squash-Scallop, 213c; Crookneck, &c. Egg
plant, sc 10; Okra, 10c; Lettuce Day. three
heads for 25c; Root Vegetables, 1215c v doz;
Cabbage, 1c q b. as-Sacramento, sc p b;
Alameda, Sc. Redishes, three punches for sc;
Green Onions, three punches for sc; Celery,
1Qc . head: Caulltlower, 1Oc = head.
POIATOES-Early Rose, 60c q sack; Bur-
bank. 34c: Peerless. &c; Sweets, 215c q 70.
Chuck Roast, 10c; Rump, Sc; Brisket. Sc;
Corn Beef, sc; Porterhouse Steak, 15@I Sc:
Loin Steak, 1217@15c; Round Steak lOc;
Chuck, 1Oc. Neal-Loln and Rib Chops, sc;
Roast Veal, 12c. Mutton, Leg, 1I@12%c
Loin and RibChops, 1218c; Mutton Stew, Sc;
15c. Corned Pork, 15c; Sausages, 1910; vi
emma Sausage, 15c; Bacon, 14@19c Ham, 16
@2Oc
BREADsTUFFS-FIour 81 40 y Dbl, S11o
for 50-b sacks, 81 90 for 10O-fb sacks, Oat-
meal, l0-fb sacks, 40c; Cornmeal, ION sacks
2bc; Cracked Wheat, lob sacks, 35c; Hom-
my, Ion sacks, 40c; Graham Flour, ION
35c p lob sacks.
HAY AND GRAIN-Oat Hay zoe , cwt;
Wheat, zoe; second quality, 60c; Alfalfa, soc;
Wheat whole, 5 10; Barley, 95c; Ground
Barley, 81 5; Feed Oats, 81 COOL S5: Mid
dlings, 81 10; Bran, Csc; Straw, 7o9soc.
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The first building erected in the United
States for the Federal Government was
the United States Mint in Philadelphia.
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Dry Hldes, usual selection, 6140G7c; Dry kips
6@7c q tb; Calf skins, do 697c; Gull Hides,
Kip and Calf 4@5c; Pelts, shearlings, 100000
each; do short, 25@40c each; do medium, 400
summer, soc; do, good medium, 2Oc; do
winter, 5@l0c p ID; Goat Skins. 3O@5Oc
apiece for prime to perfect, 1o@25c for dam
aged, and 591Oc each for kids
TALLOW-Refined. 6@6I4c; rendered, 5&
&c 2 b.
TANBARK-We quote; Whole sic cord;
Ground, $24 = ton.
POSTS-Quotablea at 1Ocapiece
WOOD = We quote: Redwood, So; Oak
rough, 5 25@7 so; peeled Oak, So; Pine,
S6 2 5 u cord.
STAVE BOLTS-We quote: Spruce. first
class, S10911; second-class, $9@IO; Fir,
hrst-glass, $l0911; do, second-class, $500 p
cord.
RAILROAD TIEs-Quotable at 35c apiece
for 6xS, 45@5oc for 7x9, and Ale for 7x8.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-17
Conducting War on snow.hoe,,

A novel idea of military operations in the
great lake region in winter is outlined by
Captain Thomas Sharp, L. S. A After
citing the commercial Importance of the
waterway between the lakes and the sea
and the incalculable benefits of proposed
canal system that will let IN ocean steamer
loaded at Chicago discharge ITS freight at
Liverpool, be proceeds to the serious ques-
ton of who shall control the great gateway
to this country, the St. Lawrence river.
The discussion of the commercial question
need not be entered upon here, as all who
have given the matter any thought at all
know that the advantages of direct, ade-
quate communication between the great
lakes and the sea mean the saving of many
millions of dollars year.
The vital thing in Captain Sharp's little
pamphlet is the explanation of the ease
with which Canada could get possession of
and control this source, and its traffic in the
event of war with this country. The whole
secret of the advantage as set forth is the
facility with which the Canadian forces
could operate in winter by reason of their
being habituated to the use of snowshoos.
Were hostilities declared when the snf
lay deep on the ground, the Canadians
could move into formidable offensiveness
with such promptness as to be strongly in
trenched in strategic positions before the
American forces could be advanced to the
borders
Comparatively few Americans along the
northern border are accustomed to snow
shoes, and in the military service such
thing as snowshoe practice is unknown
Chicago Inter Ocean.