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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-12-18

plants rather than for fruit crop, as
there is more money in plants at present
prices than in the fruit. An old plant
can be made to produce in single season
from three to eight or ten young shoots
suitable for planting, whereas it could
produce but one pineapple If the fruit
were permitted to remain and mature
the number of suckers that the plant
would put forth would probably be re-
duced by one-half. The method resorted
to to increase the number of shoots is to
remove the fruit bud or the young fruit,
thus compelling the vital force of the
plant to exert itself in reproduction. A
pineapple of the smooth Cayenne variety
will weigh from three to seven or eight
pounds. The pines are sometimes smaller
than three pounds, and occasionally spec
linens have been raised weighing eleven
70 twelve pounds. Such pines will sell
at Is cents to ST. e.ch. Each pine has a
crown or top that when cut off and set
in the ground will produce a plant.
About the base of the fruit will grow
from one to four or five suckers, each
one which will grow and form mature
plant in eighteen months to two years.
If the fruit is broken out as soon as the
bud is well formed, the plant will at once
throw out suckers to twice or three times
the number that it would produce if it
were allowed to remain. AS these suck
ers or the young plants find ready sale,
and command 30 to 80 cents each, it will
be readily seen that SO long as the pres
emit demand keeps up there is more
money in the plants than in the fruit,
even at the fancy prices.
sThe question is, how long will the de-
mand be kept up? When the whole
country is supplied with plants, will not
the area planted in pineapples be so
great that there will be an over-supply
Of fruit? This is a question we'll worth
considering. About 5000 to 1000 plants
is the number usually planted on an
acre of ground. Suppose that when we'll
started but one-half Of this number, or
5000 plants were to fruit in a year, and
that the price should fall to 10 cents each.
This would still leave an income of $500
per acre per year from pineapple plan
tation.
The fruit is always in demand and
would be consumed as freely as apples
if the price permitted. 1t can be easily
canned as any fruit that grows, and is
thus available at all seasons of the year.
Those who have experimental with 1t
claim that a superior wine can be made
from the juice, which fact,if true, opens
an avenue for the inferior fruit. 1t is
always good table fruit, and can be
used In variety of ways no. common
at present. Everybody likes the old
fashioned strawberry shortcake. If pine
apple is substituted for stra wbearies,
the person who partakes of it for the
first time will discover that one-half of
his or her life has been spent in vain.
Pineapple shortcake is revelation and
a coming necessity.
But little land is adapted to the growth
of this fruit, and climatic condions re-
strict 1t to a narrow limit. It is des-
tined to be and to remain a permanent
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LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
Trade I'm Most Lines Quiet, with \
Important Changes.


Important Changes.
Four days of rain has cut into trade per-
ceptibly. With the dry-goods houses, gro
GERS, and, in fact, all lines except in holi-
day goods trade is quiet. Unusually steady
prices Is the leading characteristic. The
hide market shows more activity and prices
are firm at the slight advance of Thurs
day. Poultry Is In good request, receipts
being readily taken. Demand for turkeys
is large. Eggs are weak. Provisions are
in better request and prices more steady,
and the tendency to lower prices is SEEM
ingly checked On Commission row a fair
business is in progress. but considerable
complaint is heard when business is COM
pared with last year. No oranges to handle
of Florida growth and hat few California
oranges are yet offered. This one item
makes a good deal of difference when COM
parisons of sales are made with last year.
Fruits and vegetables are selling so much
lower than last year that the footings are
less favorable.
The local grain market is fiat and re-
ceipts small Wheat and corn show a good
demand at the following prices, track:
Wheat-No. 2 red. CSC; No: red. .6oG6lc:
No. 3 white, 26c; No. white mixed, 25lzc;
No. white mixed, 25l9c; No. 2 yellow,
% NE Mixed dyes5H@; sc esTe ear corn 0 c iNeo Z'c
Oats-No. white. &c; new No. white,
2lc; No. mixed. l9c; new No. mixed,
1Sc.
Hay-No. timothy, sls.5Oa145o; No. O. sl2
Q1250: No. prairie, $9q1l.
Poultry and other Produce.
prices paid by shippers)
Poultry-Hens. &c; springs, 51zc; cocks. &c:
turkeys, old hens, &c; old toms, &c; young
turkeys. &c; ducks. &c: geese, $3.50 per
dozep.
Bufter-Choice country, sS@10.
Eggs-Candled, shippers paying 1Sc
Honey-New, S15Q1Sc per ID.
Beeswax-20c for yellow; 15c for dark.
Wool--Medium washed, lac: fine merino.
unwashed. 10c; tubwashed, 20q23c; bury
and understandable, &c less.
Feathers-Pr.me geese, 30Q32c per ID;
mixed duck. zoe per 10.
Rabbitsr70dS0c.
Quail-N.25.
Ducks-S 2Jn2ao.
HIDES. TALLOw. ETC.
Green-salted Hides-No. ], Sac; No. 2,
SC; No. calf. CSC; No. calf. 5Ac-
Green dIoes-No. /. ic; No. z. &c; No. i
calf, 5ihc; No. calf, &c.
Grease-White. s4c; yellow: &c; brown. &c.
Tallow-No. 1, sac: No. 3. sac.
Bones-Dry, S12q13 per ton.
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nEAL-EsTATE TRANSFERS.
Twelve Transfers, with Total Con-
ssdera tiOu Of &13.6O1.

Twelve Transfers, with q Total Con-
sidera atiOn Of $13,6O1.
Instruments filed for record In the re-
c1rder's office of Marion county. Indiana.
for the twenty-four hours ending at p. m.
Dec. 90 1885, as furnished by Theo. Stein.
abstracter OF titles, Hartford Block, No. IS
East Market street.
Charles Z. Thornton 20 Samuel 7.
Trueblood and wife, lot H. square IS,
Indianapolis Car Company's addition $425
Albert ]. Beatty to Eliza ]. Beatty.
part Of lot %. /. Fletcher's first addi-
tton NV
George H. McCaslin to John w. De
Busk. lot IS. Ogle's East Park addi-
John ohm Diiiinser to Philander E. Phil.
lips. trustee. 1ot 30. Cooper's subdivi-
sion Of Fletcher's Oak Hill addition. 100
James Nickerson to Anderson Frank
lin, north half of northeast quarter
of section 80, township Is, range b.. 1,500
J. Cantwen. part of lot 2si. Mobiles
subdivision Of outlot 45, etc. 800
Emma O'Donnen to Gertrude Ralston.
lot az, Metzger's East Washington
street addition ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 350
George F.. Traub to Elmer E. Town
addition .......................... eOC
Andrew j. Bonnsall to Sadie Hesse, lot
81. block 2, Tuxedo Park ............. 275
Eliza 8. Hoerger to Mary Lehnert. lot
80. Martha Johnson's addition to
Thomas White to Anna Bruce Hamil-
ton, part of lot 344, Spann & Co.'s
second Woodlawn addition ........... 2,600
VIM. +. Wiley to Henry j. Banta and
wife, lots 80 and a. Cress, trustees,
Transfers, II; consideration ...... .as, COZ
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TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotations at st. Louis, Philadelphia,
baltimore and Other Points.

ST. LOUIS, Dec a.-Flour dull and un-
changed. Wheat badly depressed on ac-
count of the Decentralization OF the New
York stock market and the menace OF war;
late in the day the market rallied and
strengthened. but closed lower than yester-
day No. red. cash. &c: No. 2 hard &c.,
December. 5si4c; May, 51a.c bid. Corn. al
though lower, was not so badly affected by
the financial furry as wheat; No. mixed
cash. 23I5c: December. 23ssc: January, 23ssc
asked: May. &c asked. Oats-Futures cas-
Ter in sympathy with wheat. Spot lower;
No. 2 cash and December. 1880 bid; May
l91sc: Rye sold late at sSlkc for No. 2. T. O.
b.. east side. Barley steady. Bran irregu-
lar; sold on east track at 45G47c. Flaxseed
steady at Ssikc. Timothy lower at $3G3 40
Hay about steady. Butter unchanged
Eggs higher at 19c. Whisky, $1.22. Cotton
ties and bagging unchanged. Pork lower,
STANDARD mess jobbing at s.. Lard lower:
prime steam. 510c; choice. 5.17Ikc. Bacon,
boxed shoulders. 5.25c; longs, 5.l21kc; ribs.
525c: shorts. 5.50c. Dry salt meats-Boxed
shoulders. 4.50c: longs. 4.50c: ribs 462iLc:
shorts, 4.75c Receipts-Flour, 5000 brls:
wheat, $4,000 bu; corn. 10000 bu: oats, Is 900
bu. shIpments-Flour, 1000 brls; wheat,
BALTIMORE. Dec. 20. = Flour steady.
Wheat weak and lower: spot and month.
red. 6lq6lhc; receipts. 4s6 bu; Southern
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AT NEW YORK.
Ruling Prices I'm Produce mt the Sea-
boards Commercial Metropolis.


NEW YORK. Dec. 2o.-Flour-Receipts,
5000 brls; exports, 1920 brls. Market nom-
inally lower, but hard to quote. Spring
wheat unsettled, while winters are fairly
steady, but lower to ,sell. Rye flour dull
and easy. Buckwheat flour dull and easy
at s1.2OQ130 Buckwheat quiet at 40q401ac.
Corn meal more active; Brandywine, $3.50.
Rye nominal. Barley dull.
Wheat-Receipts, 81 100 bu; exports, Is. 600
bu. Spots active and weak; No. 2 red.
667sc; No. / hard. 65Sc Options opened
weak under the depression in Wall street,
and declined until late in the afternoon
under heavy liquidation, weak early cables
and continued weakness In financial cir
cles, was finally steaded on the enormous
export business, closed 1Q1ssc lower; No.
hard Msy SSe SssS closed IS eat at sc;
Corn-Receipts, 1lS.oO0 bu; exports, $1,000
bu. Spots dull; No. 2, 335sQS3s4c. Options
opened steady on the lighter movement, de-
closed unchanged to Mc higher. May. S4i4@
S4Ssc, closed at 34asc; December. $3.50
% datsRssseas lsc sssea at tS ssG bu: exnorts 100 b
Spots dull; No. 2, 22%c. Options dull and
nominal all day. closing ,n unchanged; ds, May
c'fIev Hav St STEADY adv % Hor. weak l,o Hides i'd nomi-
nal. Leather steady. Wool quiet.
Beef steady. Cut meats easy; picked
hams, SAQSl2c. Lard weak; western steam
closed at 5.45c asked; December, 5.45c nom-
inal. Pork dull.
Tallow firmer; city. 3%Q4c; country, "a
4kc.
Cotton-seed oil inactive and nominal.
Coffee-Options opened dull at points
decline, ruled generally. weak under in
huence of Wall-street failures and mac
tivity of spot market, closed steady at 50
20 points decline Sales, 900 bags, includ-
ing: March. 13.35G13. .45c;. December 1900
l3. soc. Spot Rio-Dull and easy; No. Z. 14ikc.
Mild duh. Cordova, 1Sq1S13c. Sales, 500
bags No. 6 spot at 15ssc; 2,0C0 bags Mar
acaibo 100 bags Savanilla and 100 bags Gen.
trail American, p. t. Rio-Steady; No. Z
Rio lac. 500. Exchange, 94d. Receipts,
1000 bags; cleared for the United States,
5000 bags; for Europe. 5000 bags; stock,
2lS,0o0 bags. Warehouse deliveries from
New York yesterday, $3.50 bags; New
York stock %, $50 bags; United States
stock 29S076 bags; afioat for the United
States, 237.000 bags; total visible for the
United States, 535.076 bags. against 562. i2s
bags last year.
Sugar-Raw steady; refined steady.
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prime. A5ql55; sheep choice to selected
wethers. Ss.15Q3.e5; culls and common sheep,
$.2592.
NEW YORK, Dec. 0-Beeves-Receipts
1859 Market slow and slightly G easier; sic Ma Ma
s. 50q3.75: bulls, s.. 20d25o; dry cows, Azsg
$50. European cables quote American
orator beef at sasikc. Calves-Receipts.
10. Market quiet and steady. Veals, poor
to choice. s5Is: barnyards calves, 2Qz-Si52'
Nia HossNReceipts. 4.s7s. Market dull at
Sheep and lambs-Receipts. e.sss Market
Ismbs xeTy dI ;nierIo9 seesp' sp cboce pGce ssa4 "
KANSAS CITY. Dec. 2o-Cattle-Receip
$500; shipments, $500 Market steady; Tex
as steers. $2.15@s: Texas cows. N-s5g2 50:
2.S' ssSeAs's anu 'ss's'S' ~
Hogs-Receipts. $780, shipments none:
Msh adgsnse ftrans osi se ss
packers, $s.3etka345 45; mixed, S.3013- Ssh;
lights: @.sGsS5: Yorkers. S-Sass; pigs.
Sheep~Receipts. 100; shipments, l.loO.
Market steady; lambs. SG4.25; muttons. y
@3-25.
93.75: best butchers. s.. 40d3.S5; feeders. Sq
$50; stockers, $1.7513
Hogs-Market easy: choice packing and
butchers. $50; fair to good, $40: roughs.
s.. 1893
Sheep and lambs-Receipts light and mar
ket unchanged.
EAST LIBERTY. Dec. 2O.-Cattle steady
and unchanged.
Hogs slow: prime light, s3.eOGoe5: medium
grades. S.5Oqe.eo: heavy. ss-45Qs.55; roughs.
8. 25G3.30.
Sheep dull: extra, s3ds.2o; fair. sl.50a2 Is
culls and common. 50cG$l.25; lambs. $500
440: veal calves. S6.50q7
CINCINNATI. Dec. 2-Hogs steady at
$685. Receipts. 400; shipments, 1900.
Cattle steady at s2.25Q4. Receipts, 300;
shipments 100.
1,000 shipments, 5000
Lambs slow and easier at s2.75G425.
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Cash quotations were as follOws: Flour
8 spring wheat. bS1aQ641zc; No. red. 59a6Oc
No. corn. 25c; No. yellow, 25Ac: No. 2
oats. lie; No. white, 19@19Ac; No. 3 white.
nominal: No 5, 211ka2iNc; No. 4. I. o. b.. 70
@25c; No. l flaxseed, 9Ac; prime timothy
seed, S.45q95o: mess pork. per brl, T.75as6o:
4.2Ol425c; dry-salted shoulders (boxed), 40
4ssc; short-clear sides (boxed). 4ssQ41kc:
S1.22
Receipts-Flour, 5000 brls; wheat, $4,000 bu;
corn. 5000 bu; oats 10000 bu; rye. 1000 bu
barley, $500 bu. Shipments-Flour, II 900
brls; wheat, $1,000 bu; corn, 162.0 900 bu; oats,
164. 900 bu; rye, 5000 bu: barley. 10000 bu.
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THE JOBBING TRADE.
The quotations given below are the SELL
ing prices of the wholesale dealers)
Candies and Nuts.

The quotations given below are the sell
ing prices of the wholesale dealers.)
Candies and Nuts.
Candies-Stick &C per lb; common mixed.
&C; c.. A. II. mixed, 612c: Banner stick, Zoe;
cream mixed, SC; old-time mixed, &C.
Nuts-Soft-shelled almonds, 12Ql6c; En-
r,ish wainuts. i2c; Brazil nuts, 1Oc: filberts,
lie; peanuts, roasted. 6qIc; mixed nuts,
l1Q12c.
Peaches-Standard 3-pound. H50Ql.75: 81
pound seconds, $l.20a 40; 3-pound pie, s5Q
zoe: California standard. $l.15Q2; California
seconds. N4OIl50. Mscellaneous-Black-
berries. 2-pound. 70GS0c; raspberries. =
pound, s0@soc; pineapple. standard. 2-pound.
81. 25fll .35, choice, S2q250; cove oysters. l.
pound. full weight. sOets5c: light, eOq6sc: 3
pound. full, weight, IeoQl-5o; light H;1o@ g
al 20: peas. marrowfat, 90cdSl.10: early
June, 9ocGl.l0: Holsters, N-S5n2: red cher
ries. 90cGnsl: strawberries, 90u9oc; salmon,
1-pound, Sl-10d2: 3-pound tomatoes. SouSSc.
Coal md Coke.
The following are the prices on coal and
coke as retailed in this market:
Anthracite coal, $50 per ton; Pittsburg
lump 81: Brazil block. 3: Winifrede lump,
81; jackson lump. $40; Green county lump,
$40; Paragon lump. $50: Green county
nut, $50; Blossburg coal, $3.50: crushed
coke. g per 25 bu; lump coke. $50: foundry
coke. Sc per ton-
Alcohol. s.. .44ff2.6o; asafetida, so6ia5c: alum.
2z44c. camphor. Sei7oc: cochineal. 50ff55c;
chlorcform. 65ttioc. copperas, brls. 45N50c
cream tartar. pure ?sQSoc; indigo. 65asoc:
licorice. Calab.. genuine. 30qioc; magnesia.
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OFF FROM THE START
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
MADE QUICK DECLINES.
Trouble in the stock and Money Mar
kets Reflected ON the Western
Board of Trade.

CHICAGO, Dec. 20.-Depression took
possession of wheat operators to-day at
the opening of the session and gripped
them so tight that there was no escape
during the entire course. Compared with
last night, wheat closed 15sQ1lac lower,
corn 1sc lower, oats 1sc and provisions
104121zc lower.
Wheat opened weak and finally became
panicky. selling Off before noon 11zc
from the close last night and there was no
material reaction. The disastrous panic in
stocks set the pace for wheat, for outside
news was not much worse than yesterday.
Northwestern receipts were the smallest for
some time and while the rain had filled the
ground with the moisture. there was some
danger Of cold wave which could hardly
fail to injure it more or less. But the
conditions abroad were such as to thor
oughly demoralize it. There was a panic
in American securities on the English
stock exchanges, where nearly everything
American was being pressed for SALE This
was soon reflected in the New York stock
market. Gold shipments were expected to
increase, confidence was speedily eliminated
and wheat commenced to follow stocks.
Longs made haste to hquidate so that be-
fore noon the price had dropped 17sc from
the. close yesterday. Even the shorts who
to take it as the considerations seemed to
warrant the expectation OF getting more.
So the downward pace was easy and rapid.
Some big lines held by private warehouses
were thrown on the market and country
commission houses sent heavy selling or
ders. New York was an aggressive seller
from the start and kept it up with vigor.
1t is said that the Wall-street clique let
go almost it's entire line Of long wheat.
May sold early at 6s1Eq5sAc, being being quite
unsettled but sold quickly to 5S14c up to
5S15c On buying by Armour, who is said to
have taken over 100000 bushels then OF
to 574c, and at noon was 67lsc. There was
May sold to 57Xc, but off by / o'clock to
571ac, closing at 5711Q57ssc.
Corn was heavy, influenced chiefly by
the slump in wheat. The bad financial con-
ditions were factor and more long stun
came out. The continuous rains In the
country and prospective falling receipts
served In a measure to & check the the weak.
market held quiet during the last hour
| and closed at N7sc.
Oats were heavy, but without any very
| serious break. May sold at 1870 to 100
| 1880. There was steady decline during
| the final hour, with May at 1S3s919c. where
| IT closed.
Provisions started weak on account Of
| the heaviness in grain and in railroad
| stocks. Those features continuing through
out the session prevented any but very
| limited change in feeling. The reaction!
| from the bottom prices of the day were
small and the close showed the following
losses: Pork, 121kc; lard. .05Q.071zc. ant
Estimated receipts for Tomorrow
Wheat. 10 cars; corn. 265 cars: oats. IA
| cars; 1900 hogs.
| Leading futures ranged as follows:
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The applications OF the following-nar
Indianians have been granted:

The applications OF the following-named
lndianians have been granted:
Original-Albert Carter. Fort Wayne.
Additional-James Ryder, Je1ersonvlles
James A. j. Bean, Lac0nia.
Restoration and Additional = William
Posey, first (deceased), Newburg.
lncrease-Sigmund Neudorfer, Lafayette.
westfall. Newburg: George Parnell. Bridge
port.
Reissue-Archibald H. Mcdonald. Logans-
port.
Original. widows etc.-Nary Lostutter.
Rising sun: Sarah A. Miller, Dugger: Electa
Modlin, Cowan, Sarah 0rt. Elkhart: Emliy
E. Nicholson. Indianapolis: minors OF Jo-
scph Lockr1dge, Manyille.
Mexican War widow-Alonzo Miller. Du-
pont
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One Haunting Fenr.

Pittsburg Chronicle telegraph
Henry"
''Yes, your ExcellencyT'
II rather iatter myself that I stirred ~
the animals this time
You did. Indeed, sire"
''Still. Henry. there's one thing that wor-
ries me-"
What Is that, sire?"
81 am afraid that Bayard will step over
to Salisbury and apologize for me and
Monroe"
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ings were on a heavy scale. aggregating
3.24S.00o, or about three times the recent
daily average.
Government bonds sagged sharply on sales
OF $1,000. the new fours falling of 1i1 per
cent State bonds were heavy, particularly
up $780, 900.
The following table. prepared by James E.
Berry. Room Is. Board Of Trade, shows the
range of quotations:
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Fridays Bank C1earings.

AT Chica ago-Money on CALL 5G5h per
cent; on time, 697 per cent. Demand good.
New York exchange, sc discount. Foreign
exchange market strong; bankers Oon-
dom sterling, S.S91s.
At New York-Clearings, S11 $50, 1886; bal
anees, s6,116,035.
At Boston-Clearings s15.752.Oz balances.
s., ,292, 500.
At Baltimore - Clearings, $2,021, ,149; bal
ances. s2f9.6e7.
At MISUNDERSTANDING, $40, 900; bal
ances, S1,5I3,S ,S52
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TO Bradstreet & Co. for the week aggre-
gate $50, compared with 353 last week. 80
in the like week one year ago. 353 two
years ago fmore than az the clsse OF the
panic year,. and z9s and $40 IN similar
periods I'm 1892 and 1871.
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Prisoner at the bar" demanded the
Judge sternly, ''have you anything 10 say
why the sentence of the law should not
be passed upon your mo, indeed, your
smiling pleasantly; I've had a delightful
trial. and the newspapers have very kindly
given me seventeen columns more than any
murderer has got this year. Don't let ne
detain You. Judge"
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All Ha!


washington Post.
So the challenge issues. We have struck
Great Britains shield until 1t rings again.
end our gage lies there for him TO lift who
will. There Is q new exhilaration I'm the
air. A rich Olympian ichor fills the Nations
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Pearson's Weekly.
do you pay for peetyr' asked the
pretty girl
hesitation.
What do you pay?'
sSComDfments
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Bradxtrcet'x Weekly Review.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2o.-Bradstreet's re-
port will say: The general business situ-
alton has been affected by the precipita-
ton OF possible complications with Great
Britain. First to feel this were prices OF
cotton and wheat. The serious nature Of
the Presidents statement OF the case had
the effect here and in London OF causing
free selling OF securities. even In spite OF
the fact that expectation OF war is slight
The most unfavorabe feature Is continued
negotiations and the uncertainty which
must exist
Total exports OF wheat C1our included as
wheaD from both coasts OF the United
States this week amount to 100000 bushels.
compared with 2,4ss,o0o last week, 3,554. 600
In the week one year ago. 2,6O5.0o0 In the
week two years ago. as contrasted with
4.247.0oo in the third week OF December
1892. Exports OF wheat from the Pacific
coast show a sharp decline as compared
with preceding weeks.
The total number OF business failures
throughout the United States. as reported
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Metals.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2O.-Rice steady. Mo-
lasses steady. Pig iron quiet; Southern,
sl2Q14; Northern, sl2ql4. Copper dull. Lead
quiet Tin dull. Plates dull. Spelter quiet.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 20.-Lead dull and weak
at 29Oc. Spelter at 3.20c.
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Dry Goods.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2O.-There has been a
very light demand, and that at the instance
of a request for small to moderate selec-
tions to meet urgent wants; otherwise
there was nothing doing. Printing cloths
dull at &c. with sales Of contracts at that
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CHICAGO, Dec. 20.-There was no partfc-
ular change in prices. the great bulk Of
in holiday beeveS is now about over
Christmas cattle sold at s5Q5.50. Most of
the beef cattle sold at $s5oa4.5o. while lin
tied numbers OF common steers sold at
s3Q3.4 Some holiday steers that averaged
but 1,224 pounds found purchaser at $3.50
Butchers and Gamers stuff was in small
the break being chiefly in fat COWS, with
cow and heifer sales largely at S1SOd3.
aeady and Sus a 6 Texas cnoee eae saves arrsS sOS
In moderate numbers and sold at $2.6OGf2 80
for grass steers and at $3Q3.S0 for fed
lots. Mexican cattle continued to sell at
Hogs-Trade was active in spite of the
rain at stronger prices. Common to prime
d5oyss sedg sed at 81 packers Sa
was mostly sold early, prices ruling pretty
much the same as a week ago.
o4 and lambs at a 6anse
sheep. $3.50. Western sold at s2.75QS.25 a
few Christmas lambs fetching A.6Oai 10.
Some sheep ,nsa from :. California "a averaging Ill
Receipts-Cattle. 5000; hogs. 1900: sheep,
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 2o.-cattle-Receipts,
1000; shipments, LOCO. Market steady; ex-
port steers, s4.5Oq5; fair to choice shipping.
$s.75G450; dressed beef grades. $Sd4.5O; bulk
of sales. $.25q4; steers under LOCO pounds.
fss@srs BULK st ses S bSk Sf sse 8 @
800; cows and heifers, S1.75lis.25: bulk OF
sales. s2d2.75; bulls. mostly. sl.75a2 so; Texas
steers. grass, S225q2.s5; fed. S3u3.75; cows
Hogs--Receipts. 1900: shipments, 100.
Market steady; heavy, $3.20Q345; mixed.
s. s1Oa3.40; light, S asG3.40.
Sheep-Receipts. 300; shipments. 100. Mar
ket SOW: natives. $2.25d325: bulk OF sales.
81 iOa2.75; lambs. sSq4.2o; Southern sheep,
s2Q3.
EAST BUFFALO,, Dec. 20-Cattle-Re-
Hoh hut NTH hos t.ofl
SALE The market was very dull and slow.
Hogs-Receipts, 70 loads. The market was
duh. Workers. fair to choice. SS.6o9s. .e5
stays, common to choice, $2-50Q3; pigs, COM
mon to fair, $3.50Q3t5.
Sheep and Lambs-Recelpts. g cars. The
rls, mhrhet ~ was xns,l tns canad. cnoice 20 70