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Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-27
For the Reunion nj Richmond,

Mr.. ]. T.. Lockwood, General Passenger
Agent, Kansas City, Fort Scott 4 Mem
phis Railroad, Kansas city. Mo.
Dear Sir;-MaJor General 10 o. Shelby.
commander Missouri division United Con.
iederate Veterans, has instructed me 10
here to Richmond and return, TO attend
the reunion tc be held in Richmond on
June 80, He desires that you announce in
all the papers that the rate of S9i for round
"trip. and, $3.50 sleeping car each way. has
been made, and that application should be
made az the Grand Junction ticket office,
10 secure sleeping. car accommodations.
This. arrangement being Intended for Mi
the Confederate veterans and such OF their
families that may desire 10 attend the re.
union from the western part Of the state.
Yours truly. X. ii. KETTLE"
Assistant Adjutant General
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-27

New. York, June 2s.-CoFFEE-option,
opened firm at loHS0 points advance on
stronger European markets and foreign
ing; closed barely steady at jG2O points net
advance. Sales. 1850 bags. Including June
Spot conee-Rio quiet. No. :. i7c; mild,
slow: Cordova, iGdisc sales. eca Rio No.
Z lis.c 9 and {: i.2N Naracaioo. y. T.
zsuGAR-strone; fair refining, 3 ll.iec,
bags centrifugal. - test at . 9-l6c ex-ship;
500 bags Muscovado. 30 test. at 3 ll-iGc ex.
ship. Refined strong and active. Standard
"A" -4A.c; corfectloners a." iA,c, cut
loaf. SIC. powdered. jisc; grnnulnted. l7sc.
New Orleans. June 26.-COFFEE-lilo,
dull; ordinary to low fair, l5a, Ti67.c.
centrifugal. whites. 4ka4i.c; ~yeiiows. 9-it
Gic: seconds. 2-sI3 9-isc.
MoLASsEs-Duii; centrifugal. 4dec.
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changed. Messina, fancy. tiocdl.so per
box. in a small way; California, S.caS.5o
.oRANGEs-s,eady and in good demand.
Mediterranean sweets. A.@Qt.5o; seedlings,
Y BAS,NsANs nXSss Sc In :g siowiy at at old prices.
shirpinst sls9nS@ per bunch. and ped
MELoNsLsteady and in very fair de-
mand;, Choice Texas stock is selling fair.
y we'll and is Of good quality. at s"oa2s:
&c. MuskmelSns r and Tx can,eioupes. sAGrkann.
sas stock IN good quality. but the Texas
sfrivals are very poor and inferior; 75ed
,oTHER tRTiTssF Florida inais7 river
rrtwn cherries. scarce, ts'c5ns.te per crate.
Ar asp on, ard Mi.sogri pf.ohss-Texas
stock sbuniant and almost supplies the
demand. shipped stock. lemon clings and
sh9,cS freeSiones tnq5eS per ,ons.,hird
i5c; home grown. 2og25c a peck; Icd5os
per one-half bnshel. Texas plums, wild
s1SfS' feceiEis hsayy and ,hg market slow;
third busRoi box: yellow echhiftkasaw. f &c
per crate: Texas white grapes, siHf5 per
t-hasket crate; home apricots, sjc peck
VEGETApLEs-cabbare. home grown
stock, the receipts are heavy and farm
ets barely realize enough TO pay for haul
lHE " IN ana u NUMBER nave Ccascl; &c
pei, dozen for extra fancy: medium. zoe:
new stock. Mississippi and Arkansas stock.
sngEtc per hishel In barrels: Texas stock,
io9iI5c IN n jobbing way: S5dgcc in n small
why; Jobbinr. S.ooq2.i5 in barrels; green
stock. 3 punches for &c. Bcets. fancy.
25I3oc per bushel: bunch stock. home
grown. 2jc per 3 dozen punches. Lettuce,
herre grown. 2Fi25c per bushcl. Raiishes,
Pc for I to 6 dozen lunches. Asparagus,
home grown, ranges from 10 to zoe per l
dozen punches. Pie plant, &c for 3 dozen
punches. .Cucumbers. home grown, 25c
pAr dozen for fancy; medium. l5p20c. Pars-
ley. home grown. sec per bushel. Spinach.
horne grown. eGI30c per bushel. Green
peas. home grown. fancy. jod eoc per BUSH
el string beans, home grow stock. wax.
2tfSoe per hushol: green. 2ou30c. Cnulltlow-
err, fancy. 5casoc per dozen. Kohlrahi, ,i5c
for ?5c: sc per bushel.. Carrots. SC dozen
bunches. Egg plant; large sound stock.
sSc4f$l.o9 per, dozen; Michigan celery, dull.
.el25c per dozen punches. Corn, Early
Adam" inferior, $3.50 per dozen.
BROOM CORN-Short and commo s.D
40 per ton; sclf-workirg. fair to good, $40
40; .self-working. choice. si5i59; all
FEATHERS-Prime geese. 35c per pound:
dark and soiied. 25Q50c; mixed and old, i6I
SOC; ! per cent tare on small sacks and 3
per cent on large.
>BEESW.AX-No. 1 amber. osc per pound;
No . amber. &c.
GROUND. L1NsEED CAKE-we quote:
car lots, 81 per ton; 1000 pounds. SIS: 100
pounds; SO, and less. sie5 per owt.
HoNEi--l pound comb. white. lie: fall.
California. dark. l0Gl3c; extracted. In cans,
&c; extracted. in barrels bTGr
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land cut, IS TO 80 pounds. 2ss 81; short ribs.
y pounds. 2es: long clear, light IS to As
pounds. :is; long clear heavy, b5 pounds,
Cd: short clear midiles. heavy. IS pounds,
23s.;. clear bellies. u to i6 pounds. 23s Cd.
FLotR-Dull: demand poor. 81. Louis.
fancy winter, 6s cd.
sHouLDEhs-sauare. 1? to IS pounds.
TALLow-Fine North American, nomi-
nal.
B~EEE-EX,ra India mess. AS Cd: prime
mess, SIS Cd.
PoRk-Prime mess. fine Western. ass;
MEDIUM mess. 3ss 81.
LARD - Dull. Prime Western, 2is;
refined. In pals, cSs.
The receipts OF wheat during the past
three lays were $4,000 ccntals, Including
ss.Vo American. Receipts Of American
com during the past three days. 1850 CEN
tails. Weather fne.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-27

New York. June es.-SucceedinC the large
sales OF hlenched cottons In the last ten
days the market Is more quiet. yet there IS
q feeling OF greater confidence and some
crate stocks OF autumn goods, Print
have. done we'll through advance purchases
and large sales are recorded, For the re-
mainder OF the month and until after In
dependence day little business t. expected
until semi-monthly account are closed.
The greatest factor to a more active trade
is the contemplated shutdown OF five
million cotton splndles that only waits de-
tails TO go into effect.
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Money Mt home and Abroad.

New York, june 2s.-hioney on cali easy
nj l'af2 per cent; last loan ., closed lisd9
per cent: prime mercantile paper. il5is per
cent. sterling exchange steady, with actual
business In bankers bills NJ N,NSTissI, for
demand. and SlSTu4.S7i4 for sixty days:
posted rates, sissHissis and Ns9G i.Sii.
commercial bills. SiS6is.
London, June ZG-Monoy, INK. The rate
OF discount In the open market for three
months and demand bills, | 3-l6 per cent.
Nov York. June 26.-Clcarings, So, 329. ajs
balances, $5,2Gl. 3l9.
Roston,, Mass, June es.-clearings. sl4.-
3Sti2; balances, Sl,sgI.iS3.
BnldpoTe, Md, June a,-Clearings So
c53.t72; balances. SifS. lis.
Balimore. Pa. June 26-clearinss. &c.
S5n.aSb. balances. Sl.jlG.3si.
Cincinnati, June 2G--Aionoy, iT6 per cent;
New. York exchange. par: clearings, 81
81, Louis. June 26.-Clenrings, s2.T57,09T
balances. Si6T,657: money. 6dS per cent
New York exchange, 2jc premium bid, soc
premium asked.
Memphis. Tenn. June eG.-Clearings. S2il.-
81; balances. SsT.g7s: New York exchange
selling AZ sl,iO premium.
New orleans. June 2j-ClearinEs. 1857.
$50; New York exchange. $3.50 per Sl.UOI
premium; commercial. a1c per Sl.0J prem
ium.
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A Chicago board of trade membership
sold yesterday at $T25 net TO the buyer.
An Indiana man who has been sending
in bad crop reports was asked: 'If the re-
ports are as bad as they say, how is II
you are not buying any wheatg"
Ben u. Bryan. OF F. G.. Logan & Co.. Of
Chicago. was az their Kansas city Office
yesterday. When asked II anything on the
board Is a purchase. Ben shook his head
and said prices were Low.
The July-September spread In wheA ~
Chicago that a few days ago was - {
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ga. interest.


New York. June 95.-The speculation to,
duy was practically -monopo!ized by The
Industrial shares and thu movements in
some of the high priced stock IN this cata.
ipgue were specially noteworthy. Sugar
a. usual recently, led the market and fig-
uTed for over ons-half OF the aggregate
dealings. IL displayed aggressive strength
ticularly al The close. when the price rose
= llG.. on heavy transactions. Although
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Wool, Hides ana pcIts.

WooL~Steady. but dull. We quote
Ease; fine medium. afrilc; medium, llGi2c:
conbinE. iinl2c: coarse. lOIlic. Kansas,
Nebraska and Indian Territory-Fine, sI
Sc; fine medium. 7d9c; medium. Sd1Oc;
comblng. s1ioc; coarse, Ease. Colorado
Fine, sGsc: line medium. Tdsc; medium. So
luc; coarse and carpet, 71Sc; extra heavy
HIDES AND PELTs-s,ow sale. blu.
steady. Quoted: Green and sailed, free
Of brands. No. !, 5&.c per pound: No. :,
SO; green salted. butt branded. No. /, SIC:
No ?. iA.c; green sailed, side branded. No
! i,sG; No. 2; &C.; green sailed kips. Is to IS
green sailed hides. Nos. l and 2, butt
branded, around &c; green uncurcd, No. 1,
iigc; dry flint. hides. No. /. 7isc; No, .,
Sic: dry sailed hides. No. j, Gi.c;' No, 2 &C.:
sheer, pelts. green. i0a6oc; dry. sale per
TALLowawe quote as follows: No. l.
St. Louis June s.-wooI-Firm and in
fair demand. We quote: Missouri, I'LL
nois. etc.-Medium %conbing. iSaisi4c: lirht
tino, aisTl0c; heavy fine. siaQsc, Kansas
AM Nebraska medium. loni!c; light inc,
kansas. Indian Terriotory fall ana sipring
medium, ll'gnlec: light fine, 9d9i.c: heavy
fine. IETSci Western medium, liigGIoc.
light fine, sIsiac; heavy fine. 7d7it,. Iub
w~ashed-Choice. ISL; fair. IjGlGc.
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Chicago. June 2s-Rye-No. 2. cash. SOC;
September. 3l@c. FlaNseed-No. !, cash,
Igc: September. soc. Timothy ~seed-Cash,
s.. 90; -september.S2.s0 30.
Flaxseed-7eiac. Timothy ~seed-Prime,
cash. $500
Toledo. o., Jun 2s.-Clover seed-steady:
prime October. si5o.
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New Orleans, June 26.-CoTToN-rutures
steady; sales, $500. June nominal; July.
6.7ld6.73c: August. 6.Gtnd.G5c; September,
6.39nd.4oc; October. 6.3eu637c; November,
6.35dd.SIc: December, 6.Sgf5.i0c: January,
6.i$lsL,c February. 6.i746isc; March.
6.5ias.53.
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But there Is no change o. cnrs n, ,,x
class on the Chicago Great Western III
way to st. Paul, Minneapolis. n.brane Ia
Chicago. Note change OF time Nav mn
Tickets at I West Ninth street. ' 4''n'
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sHEEP-Movements for the past .

nOurSs
keCclptS . . : . d. ..l,oSt
shipments .... .... .... .......,.......... iIa
DTlNt-puIS zee. .... go.
There was quite n drop in the receipts
yesterday. but as most OF he offerings
were of poor quality and killer. had pretty
well stocked up the previous days OF the
week, sales were slow. What few good
muttons and fat lambs on sale met with
a fair demand at steady prices, but low
grades duh and weak.
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New York. June NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ok-
ers'. $500; exchange, S3.O0I3,Oj, Spelter-
Dull; domestic. Si,0iI+1O.
st. Louis. June 26.-LEAD-Easier. $3.50
sellers. but no bids. Spolter-Held at sass.
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widened TO NC. 20 that the elevator PEG:
pie are getting good carrying charges, and
few are changing their wheat over.
The four Atlantic ports cleared for eS.
port yesterday 2sg.oO bushels OF wheat,
cleo packages OF Hour. 2g1.oO bushels Of
corn and 900 bushels Of oats. The wheat
and flour clearauces for i've days amount
TO l,G3ols' bushels.
a Fort Worth. Tex. message said:
From tho best Information we can get,
the condition OF the corn crop in Texas
IL about - per cent OF last year. Corn is
selling here at Zoe, as against 22isc sixty
days ago. onts &c against l5c ninety days
ago. The crop Is alsp very short In Texas"
a letter from Salina to the Benton Grain
Company says; The continued wet wealth
er IL becoming almost alarming and fears
ar" entertained OF sorious loss In yield ard
quality OF wheat. Harvest work Is only
fairly begun and IL at a standstill all this
week on account of the heavy rains, thu
fields being too soft to carry up the har.
ycsters. Thin wheat on bottom lands il
fast being lost To View on account OF the
tremendous weed growth. Corn. Of course,
is doing well. but generally weedy. oats
are reported as fusting badly.
Wichita reported yesterday .56 i.chos %
rain. Concoriia 10. Sedan OF. Dodge city
.0i, Manhattan ~. Mcpherson 10. Rains
were general IN Missouri.
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Tho following arc the bId and asked
prices OF stocks OF Kansas city banks and
other local securities, as furnished by II
j. Wright y Co, brokers, Armour building.
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For COP Of illnstr7'ed excursion fo,ss,
Dress j. T. FOLEY. Box r.. Kansas civ a. a
When you go TO Chicago i5I-o ~, g.,
IA FE ROUTE and ny a am M ane SAN
alnlns car, All meals served nn IN me
What nian, and guests simply pay ~
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'rOyfsI0ns.

The general tone OF the market con,
tinues weak and but little moving saw, in
a iobbinE way. There is SIN an absCnca
OF investment buying and the situation
favors buyers.
We quote car lots:
GREEN MEATs-shoulders, s.s5 per
cwt.: hams, SO. "
s. p. MEATs-Hams. s7.25a7.5o: shoulders,
II. s. MEATS partly cured)-Shoulders.
cash, sa.ttV3.Io per cwt.: short ribs. sides
cash, $3.50; Ions clear sides. $3.50: short,
clear sides, $3.50.
LARD-Cash. $3.50: Juiy, $50.
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-27

The Chicago Daylight EXPRESS r., 81
SAETA FE ROUTE leaves KansSs rtinne
NJ l;So a. ~. ani arrives IN Chicago III,
such service, "Ne can oter
Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-27

\ telegram from Washington says: Tho
department OF agriculture unonlciaily esti-
mates this years crop at iIj,ppO.oD bushels.
This has been exceeded only six times
since 1850. The wheat outlook Is particu.
larry good In the Western states. taking
them as a whole. The acreage In the yrin-
cipal states Is given as follows: Winter
statss-Caltforria, 3.0ll.en acres; Kansas.
2%,Gsi,co: Ohio. 2.i22.O50; Indiana 2.2ai.O10. IL
linois, 10000; Missouri, 1~,ils.cD; Pennsyl-
vania, l.23y,sD. Michigan. l,2o2,0Do. other
states, 6,6lser: total winter area, 22.Tat.cpo,
against a2,6o2,GD last year. Spring states
Minnesota. 100000 acres; North Dakota. -
$4,000; South Dakota, 2,iGS,co. Ne.
braska, l,22i.g0; other states, g.
40s, go. total spring area. il.s25.cD acres.
against 1~1,42s,cjO last year. The net in.
crease in the combined acreage is 572.ooo
acres. Tho condition of spring wheat in
dic1tes a prospective yield that closely APP
proximatcs a full or normal crop. the aver
age FOR the country being 9y,a per cent. The
average for the year 1895 was gIs. I'm
official advices Indicate II normal corn
crop probably equal to last years large
yield OF 2,l5l,oo.Qco bushels. The outlook
for oats, rye and barley is good.
Yesterdays Chicago Mnrket.
Furnished nv y. l.. Smith. Corrpspnntert
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REPRESENTATIVES, SALES.

HORSES AND MULES-Movements Tor
the past ~ hours:
Receipts -. -. ....
shipments zee. . So. .'.....s...s......-
There We're no fresh arrivals yesterday
and little or no demand. Horses and mules
both continue TO drag and prices as low as
ever.
W.. ,uo,a.
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. TEXAS AND INDIAN nMdLLs,
TENN! si AND lI { lN'i HEIFE t:i 50
g.. sS3.... Si5 e.. 5es".. Is
% TEXAS ANb' INDIAN cX siii 80
:O...13arI. ys' { e AZ. Is7;g: coo
II. qlS.. . Ii il-5 o -
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cArITLESSATixE DIVISION.
sO..,,..iisi;f s29 i3,asBi .99i.... 800
37.....,l03i... J 10 Solos,, 2 70
ARIZONA STEERS.
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New York, juno sl-Clus.uE ulotations
on the New York stock exchange;
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N,y York, June Enclosing quotations
,n tho New York stock exchange;
Evening journal., 1896-09-03
spoRrINa NEWS NoTEs.

The Wilmington riders who ara to
tahe part In the fine Wheelmen'B cen
tury run on Saturday win meet to nighf
at the the Wilmington B o5cle Club
house The men In the 100 Dpils Iun
will report 60 Captain Kirk. aud those
ia the century will report 70 w. N
Bloc 'rhs msn vii leave Wilmington
about o'clock tomorrow night gnd Ro
direct to The Time Wheslmen's einb
house The start will bs made early on
saturday morning.
The Dslawars Field Club Is arrauglne
for golf aud tannis Tournament TO be
held IN abort time.
m2R calling hlmself George Davis is
eoilg about trying to arrange mgtches
for Charles AcCsrthy, OF Philadelphia
The fellow 10 evidently a fgsud,
40 Mccarthy has never authorized
any person OF that namo TO do business
f9r hlm he was Ia Wilmington shortly
after the Moriarity MCCARTHY 60 was
srfsigned. bat was not taken up by the
sporting fraternity.
Joha R. Gentry. ths stallion pscinR
king, msds the fastest three consecutive
beats yesterday tnet we're ever run.
time WAS O34 OBJ 2 203t.
The Mckinley WheeiMen viii make 9
club run on Tussdayl night next. leaving
lhe houso Of tho Young Mems Republican
Club et O'clock
The WILMINGTON Kennel Club IL con-
sldeIing. the advissbllity of holding =
dog chow this Fall.
Evening journal., 1896-09-03

day. and be shnt out New York. Fore
man Is one OF the greatest pitchers "a
the country when he tries 70 b, BE
stsr'ed out with the Petersburg club Of
the Virginia Stste League ia 1898, aud
pitched pbeOomsual ball BE was
snsppsd up by Pittsburg. but beyond
ole work Ia one or two games hs I'D
nothing wonderful.
Gallagher. Hulen, Lothy. Geler and
Ellis are oompesitorB for sba position Of
snortstop on the Philsdelobis club
Wandering Willis" Setleg, ~ Nav
ark, was t'run down with bang by the
Brandy zine Club Of Wrst Chester. yes
terday. II pitched for C5atssvills and
" Was defeated By soors of 10 TO 3
Fifteen bits With toial OF tse lty.tbree
bases weie made cH him
HeIne, the Newark short3tcp had bi
nose broken by a batted ball 10 iserd ~
Nothing new has turned up IN the
negotiation for N'ps by Cincinnati.
Pitcher Kesusn oi tho Wilkas5srre
olub is Ga eomsnd, several OF the M
liouAl Lesgns clubs belnR after him.
B,fore the Cleveland pleyers were ed
miit'd 20 their dressing room At Eastern
Psrk. Brooklyn, vesterday, Manager
rfbesu had 70 pa7 s. 20 to ths Brook ~
management for bail that was thro gn
over tie fencl and door that wac
broken Ia the last series between ths
bVo clubs
Evening journal., 1896-09-03
Enr norlne ana TaltooInr.

In Burma thero arc two ceremonies
which mark the Important passage of the
borderlard between childhood and woman
hood on manhood In girls tits tho boring
Of the ears and in boys the tattooing of the
legs above the knees. To the ceremony OF
tho boring of the cars friends and rela-
tives are invited apd it is made the occa-
sion of q house festival. With the prick of
the needle the little maid Of IA is promoted
TO the privilege of flirting and lovemak-
ing and the serious business Of life then
hogins A succession Of straws IS gradual
ly inserted into tho hole bored till it is
largo enough 20 oarri1 tho tip of the finger
or even lnrgor. la tLesc ugly holes glass,
silver, gold or ieweled tubes or short rods
are wern. In Che ears Of the women of tho
Kachin hills have seen rods OF silver worn
six inches long and an inch In diameter
and It Is not unusual to sec woman whom
travelling place her cheroot or railway tick
ct into the gaping hole IN the lobe Of the
ear
Every Burmese man Is tattooed from
the waist TO just below tho knee. Tho col
ors are indigo blue and dark red, and the
subjects lions tigers etc. Tho operation
is very painful, so that these ornamental
skin breeches are tattooed gradually, The
boy being at the time placed under the in
luence Of opium. A Burmnn would con-
slider it 60 be a sign Of unmanliness not to
have his legs tattooed -Longman' s Maya
zine
Evening journal., 1896-09-03
A peeoraiIon aIoItl.e 90 Net.

Once Moltse undertook an official jour
ney to the court of one of the smaller Cor
man states. His reception there was most
hearty and cordial, and it was in high do
light that the general took leave of his
princely entertainers after dinner. AS no
went down the staircase he suddenly paused
and said to ono of his aids-dc-camp:
Really, how very forgetful ami j ought
20 have worn the princes order today" To
which the officer addressed replied, 81
should have taken the liberty Of drawing
your excellency's attention 10 the fact, but
it has not yet been conferred on you, and
50 you are not entitled TO wear it. There
upon Moltke looked at him gratefully, and
said highly pleased: Really, really 1 am
glad TO hear you say so. 1 was afraid
had been guilty Of an impoliteness -
Forum.
Evening journal., 1896-09-03
The Uses of vveods.

1t is hard to find anything in tho world
that has not a dark as we'll as q bright
side and that has not a bright spot, no
matter how darl, the outline may be. Pro-
fessor L. II. Bailey has a good word for
the vilest weed He says the truth is that
weeds always have been and stin arc tic
closest friends and helpmates of the farm
err 1t WAS they which first taught tho
lesson of tillage Of the soil, and it is they
which never allow the lesson, now that it
has been partly learned, to be forgotten.
The one only and sovereign remedy for
them Is the very tillago which they have
introduced When their mission is finally
matured, therefore, they viii disappear be-
cause there win be no place in which they
can grow 1t would be a great calamity IL
they were now TO disappear fron-the earth,
for the greater number of farmers still
need the discipline which they enforce
Probably not ono farmer in ten would till
his lands well if It were not for these pains-
taking schoolmasters, and many Of them
would not till at all. Until farmers till
for tillage's sake and not to kin the weeds
it is necessary that the weeds shall exist,
but when farmers DO till for tillage sake
then weeds win disappear with no effort Of
ours. s.-practical Farmer.
Evening journal., 1896-09-03
OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY.

At Newark-Hartford won its sec
ond game OF the season from Newark
on the home grounds yesterday. Lipp,
the Hagerstown pitcher, was batted
heavily. seventeen hits being made of
him. Hartford secured the lead in the
fourth inning, and held il throughout
the game. The fielding on both sides
was extremely ragged, nine errors be-
ing made. The score:
r. II. e.
Newark .......2 O1 2 O o 1 O-6l0 g
Hartford 80 o ? 3 2 Xii Il 4
Batteries-Iipp and Rothfuss: Bowen
and Bottemus. Umpires-king and Hoag-
land,
At ncaster-Lancaster and Ath-
letics gave one of the worst exhibit
tions of base ball that has been seen
lately, yesterday. That Athletes won
was due not TO the fact that It played
better ball, but that Lancaster played
worse. Each team made six errors.
Mills, who played shortstop for Lam
caster, threw three balls over the first
basemans head giving home
runs on balls that should have
been easy put out Yeager
pitched a good game, striking out
twelve men, but he could not win by
himself The score:
R.H. e
Athletic ....l Q o22 80 x-iS i2
Batteries-Ames and Schaub: Yeagel
and Roth. Umpire-Jones