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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28
TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotations at St. Louis, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Other Places.

ST. LOUIS. Feb. 27.-Flour firm and I'M
changed. Wheat opened higher on cold,
wave. prediction and reports of decreased
supplies, but there was no increased pull
speculation; toward the close domestic mar
ketS became weak, but closed for futures
hqssc higher than yesterday; spots dull and
steady; No. 2 red. cash, elevator, I2c; on
track, 73c; No. 2 hard. &c; February, 62c;
May. 647sc: July. 637s@64c. Corn-During the
greater part of the session speculative trad trad
change in prices, but later in the day be-
came weak and declined somewhat. closing
sc Febrpary' s@ae: july a ssssssc oats
Futures dull. with but little change from
yesterday; spot, dull but steady; No; 2,
July. 1850, Rye dull; 10. e aSc bid. Barley
steady. Corn meal. S1.35d1.4O. Bran, Acc,
sacked. east track. Flaxseed quiet and
steady at Sc. Timothy seed, s.. 35G3. 40. Hay
Choice grades firm and in demand, but
scarce; prairie. $5qS.50; timothy. $S@12.5O,
this side; Butter easy; creamery. f7@22c;
Whisky, sl.22. Cotton ties and bagging un-
bing. new, $40; old. $3.50. Lard-Primss
shoulders. 5.62lsc; longs 5.6Olsc; ribs, 5.62lse;
shorts, 5.75c. Dry-salt meats-Boxed shoul-
ders, 4.75c; longs, 5 l2l9c; ribs. 5.25c; shorts,
1900 blu; corn, $1,000 blu: oats, 24,C0O blu.
Shipments-Flour. 1900 brls; wheat, $1,000
bu: corn, 1900 bu; oats, 1900 blu.
BALTIMORE, Feb 27.-Flour unchanged:
month, 74t741sc; May, 7slk@7ss4c; receipts,
s5lkc. Corn dull; spot and month, sa7sqa4c;
May, 35144S514c; steamer, 32asQS2&4c; receipts,
3. 100 blu: shipments. 10000 bu; Southern
No. white Western, 27m271sc; receipts, H.
coo blu. Rye-No. 2 Western, 45@4Sc: re-
ceipts, 40 bu. Hay active and unchanged.
Grain freights steady and unchanged Sugar
and butter firm and unchanged. Eggs weak
and unchanged. Cheese steady and I'M
changed.
TOLEDO. Feb. 27-wheat dull and high
err; cash and February. 74c; May, 747sc; July,
70Ac. Corn dull. Market steady; cash. 29c;
No. 3, 2Slsc; No; 4. BE. Oats dull and steady:
mixed, 22Ac. Rye quiet No. 2. Ale. Glover
February. A45; March. 81. 40. Receipts
Wheat, 5000 bu: corn, $1,000 bu; oats. LOO
bu; clover seed. 500 bags. Shipments-F1our
1900 brls; wheat, 1850 bu; corn, 1000 bu;
clover seed, 457 bags.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 27.-F1our dull and
steady. Wheat firm; No. red. Tic; re-
ce:pts, 500 bu; shipments, 800 bu. Corn
firm; No. mixed, 30lac. Oats weak; No. 2
mixed, 224c. Rye dull No. 2, 43c. Lard
lower at 5.15c. Bulk meats barely steady
at 5.1212c. Bacon easy at 5.S71sc Whisky
steady; sales. 57S brls, at sl.22. Butter ac-
at 91ac. Cheese quiet and steady.
DETROIT, Feb 27.-Wheat higher; No. /
white, 741ac: No. 2, 74c; May. 751sc; July, 71c.
Corn-No. 2, 2312c. Oats-No. white, 2315c.
Rye-No. 2, 401sc. Clover seed, $4.45.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28
REAL-EsTATE TRANSFERS.
Five Transfers. with a Total COnsid-
Grafton of $3,925.

Instruments filed for record in the re-
corders office of Marion county, Indiana,
for the twenty-four hours ending at .. M.
Feb q, 1895. as furnished by Theo. Stein,
abstfecter of titles, Hartford Block. No. Sc
East Market street
Sophia L. Buchhorn to Ernest Kottlow-
of outlot IS ~ ..................... $3.50
David Weybright to William III. II.
Childs, lot 10. Jefferson Park ......... 525
Elijah B. Martindale to Urban r.
Weaver. lot %, square 10, Lincoln
Park addition loo
Lincoln Park addition .................. LOCO
Jane L. Sewage to Clara Z. Needler,
part of lot "a. Bruce Place addition. 1.150
Transfers, 5: consideration .. s., 925
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28
Feeling the City Pulse.

Several people have talked with Controller
Johnson in regard TO the sale OF the city
bonds which We're authorized for the i'm
provement of the fire department and City
were feeling the city pulse. so to speak.
He is confident that in a short time he
will be able TO get bids that are much bet
ter than those offered some time ago and
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28
To Repair Paved streets.

a letter has been sent to all the paving
companies requesting them to Immediately
put In repair all the streets on which tina
guaranty has not expired. When the work
Is done the city engineer will make an in
spection and require such work as he may
deem necessary Heretofore IL has been the
custom for the engineer 10 make an inspec-
ZION and notify tn companies where they
were to make repairs The Board OF Works
will not allow the paving companies TO be-
gin new work until the repairs have been
made.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28
Oils.

OIL CITY. Feb 27.-Credit balances, 81. 80.
lowest. SIS; closed, $1.25i5. Sales. 5000 brls;
shipments, 1887 brls; runs, 102. 1874 brls.
WILMINGTON. Feb N.-Rosin hrm;
strained, s1.25 good, sl.30 Spirits of tur-
pentine steady at 2614Q26a4c. Tar steady at
soc. Turpentne firm.
NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-Petroleum dull
Rosin firm. Spirits of turpentine steady at
23@291ac.
CHARLESTON, Feb 27.-Rosin firm at
$1G135. Spirits Of trrpentine firm at 2Siac
SAVANNAH, Feb. 27.-Sprits OF turpen-
tine firm at 27c. Rosin firm.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28

per cent New York exchange, $l10 dis
count. Foreign exchange firm; bankers
Q1ondon) sterling. sfS7as and si.S6%.
At New York-Clearings $1Ol .6io.5s4: bal
ances 81 7oe. $40.
At Boston-Ciearings s13.477 $50; balances,
8, $40 600.
At CIncinnati-CIearings s1,si1.s5o
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Elsewhere.

CHICAGO. Feb. H.-Cattle-There was
stronger market to-day for choice beeves,
which were not very numerous, but prices
crate. Sales a basis of $S-30ui40 for
common 10 prime beeves. with the bulk OF
are dull and lower, the decline in fat cattle
having discouraged buying. Butchers cattle
were In fair demand at lower prices. cows
Tsxas fsd steers were 8 dsnsad = 8i57
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28
Butter. Eggs and Cheese.

NEW YORK, Feb -Butter-Receipts,
1888 packages. Market steady; Western
creamery, H@o2c; Elgins, p. Cheese-Re-
ceipt,, 1858 packages State large, 6G10Ac;
small, 6G104c; part Skins, 31d6c; full
skins, 2@3c. Eggs-Receipts. 1882 pack
ages. Market steady: State and Pennsyl-
vania, 12q12lsc; Western, 12c; Southern, 11@
11hc.
CHICAGO, Feb. 27.-On the Produce Ex-
change to-day the butter market was firm;
dairy, 9018c; creamery 14Q21c. Cheese quiet
at 9@101ac. Eggs weak; fresh, 10G101ac.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. N.-Butter dull
and firm; fancy Western creamery, 2l12M22c.
Eggs dull; fresh Western, 12I2c. Cheese
quiet and weak
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28

NCy,r opIrA>,c T.,

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 27-Cotton quiet.
Middling, 9-16c; low middling, 7$sc; good
ordinary, 11-16c. Net receipts, 4,2l6 bales;
gross, 5,127 bales; exports to the continent
$3.50 bales; sales, $500 bales; STOCK 800, 729
bales.
NEW YORK, Feb. 27-Cotton closed
quiet middling uplands, Z 13-16c; middling
gulf, 1-16c; sales, 2l5 bales.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28
Inst Day for VehicIe LIcenses.

Tomorrow will be the last day for tho
payment OF vehicle license. without being
subject TO arrest and fine. Less than three
thousand of the seven Thousand bicycle rid
ers in the city have secured their little plates.
The total number OF all kinds Of licenses
issued is 7792.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28
Dry Goods.

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-Agents have adj
vanced the prices of such brown sheetings
as Ora liteville, Wilmington Ettrick, Magin-
mis-, Warwick and Brunswick from lac to
Ac and the Gramteville and Miginnis stand
ard drills Ac per yard. Such details and a
better demand show that public sentiment
as to the values of goods is changing in
regard to their cheapness There was
more general inquiry and more business
in staples, while for more seasonable spe-
the demand, especially for fancy dress
goods. Printing cloths very dull at 2sc to
11-16c.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28

Information received from Cataract, Ind
yesterday. states that Mrs. Zerelda G. WAL
lace's pneumonia has succumbed somewhat
to treatment, but she is in such an ex-
hausted condition from her illness that
little hope for her recovery Is Entertained
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28

NEW YORK, Feb N.-Pig iron steady;
Southern, ST. 75Gpl3.25; Northern, $12 75GIl3 So
Copper strong; brokers', 1O7sc; exchange, IL
@ll.10c. Lead firm; brokers' 3.121bc; ex-
change, 3.22l1Q3. Sc Tin firmer; straits. 13. 10
11355c. Plates dull. Spelter firmer; domes-
tic, 4G410c.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 27.-Lead strong at &c
bid for any description and ten cars selling
at that. Spelter easier at 3.75c asked, with
sales of two cars.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28
LIVE STOCK.

Cattle scarce "no stronSer-Hoss Act
i've and Higher-Sheep Steady.
INDIANAPOLIS. F'eb. 27.-Cattle-Receipts.
and shipments light. There were but few on
sale. The market was strong at unchanged
prices. All sold early.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28
Thnrsday's Bank CIearinu.

At 81. Louis-clearings. s3.sle 4ss; balances.
100. ia Money. sns per cent. New York
exchange, soc discount bid.
At New Orleans-Clcarings. sl3o0.4H
At Observation-Disclosures. so. s60. 367; bal
ances. <1-s 5.0e5
ancex. ts88 81
Al chicsgo-cIearinEs. sis.7G.75i. Money
- call steady At per cent; on time, 6Q7
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28
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The Board Of Health is considering the
advisabiiity of cutting of the allowances
OF $50 a month made to the Home for
Friendless Women. IL is stated that in the
last four or five months there have been
only 1--WE persons in the home from this
city. which makes the cost too great In pro-
portion to the number OF women cared for.
The board sent letter 10 the manager
asking for list OF the people from the city
who had been I'm the home, but yesterday
mad received no answer. Another letter
was then sent stating that unless the report
the next voucher for the monthly allow
ance. AT the home. the manager says the
first letter was received. but that IL was inn
she says ii will be sent 10 the board ia =
few days.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28

Steel cut nails 50 %: wire nails, $3.50 rate.
Horseshoes, per keg, so: mule shoes. per
keg, s475: horse nails. $415 per box Barb
wire, galvanized. - %; painted. $l-so
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28

zoe: French kip, eocMsf2o: city calfskins. soc
oslo; French calfskins. S120n2.
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fully identify the lot which be examined T1o
committees recommendation VIII be on TIE
line OF such an ordinance. -.
The most important point In the whoIe'
matter IS not covered by either the State l41g
or the ordinance that Is now In the commits
tees hands. The State law provides a pen
atty for the use OF poisonous drugs in the
manufacture OF liquors. but does not men
ton fusel oil In any way FuSel oil II not
used in the manufacture, but Is a product Of
distiilaton. II is In all whisky. when new.
10 some degree. A large per cent. OF II II
caused by the ayarice OF distiilers. who want
TO get as much liquor possible out OF their
mash Being heavier than whisky. IL does
not pass over In dstillation as readily as
the whisky. and therefore the most OF IL
will remain in the still II the process II not
carried too far. For this reason the cheaper
grades OF whisky contain the most fusel OIL
Age viii disintegrate the fusel oil to a large
extent. and IL is that fact that Qhakes old
whisky better than new. and much less In
furious.
AS fusel oil Is not an adulterant and Is not
used in the manufacture OF whisky. but Is
one OF the products OF it's manufacture.
neither the State law nor the ordinance COW
ers the case OF the sale OF whisky contain
ing IL. This is one thing that the sanitarian
wants covered in the ordinance. and the
point is also favored by the committed IL
is probable that the Old ordinance will be
stricken from the files next Monday night. or
sent back TO the committee with instruc-
tons 10 prepare substitute embodying
these changes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-02-28

MINING STOCKS.
Doubleday. Rope & Co.. OF Colorado
Springs. Col. give the following quotations:
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-02
Glad to See HIn.

New members of congress feel shy and
lonesome. To be thrust suddenly in
among almost 400 members, many of
whom they have never seen, and only a
few Of whom they have ever heard Of,
is rather trying experience. TO make
speech under these conditions takes
some courage. James Kerr, ex-member
of congress from Pennsylvania, recently
told of his experience in going into con-
gress for the first time. He came down
from Pennsylvania raw and green. He
sat in his seat for several days, and in
that time managed to pick up formal
speaking acquaintance with one or two
of his neighbors. One day he was sitting
in his seat, disconsolate, listening to the
reading of some tiresome bill, when the
member who sat next to him, who had
served two terms, came in like breeze
and said cheerily:
"Hello, Jim"
Mr.. Kerr wheeled in his chair and
said eagerly:
"Say that again, will you, old manH
1t sounds like home"
"Well, Jim, let's 60 down to Murray
vile and talk about home"
The reference to Murrayville is unin-
telligible to the outsider, but Mr.. Kerr
had learned by that time that the name
referred to the house restaurant, where
oysters and the cup that cheers were to
be had, and they wended their way
down stairs. New York Tribune
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-02
The Soil Is Acid.

"You may say what you like about
your chemical fertilizers, whenever use
stable manure or wood ashes l always
get better results than 1 do with the
chemicals alonew That is a statement
often made by good farmers who are
unable to explain it. But Rural New
Yorker comes to the rescue with the
following: THE soil is acid, The ma
nure is alkaline, and the ashes contain
lime. This 'sweetens' the soil and en-
ables the plants to thrive. The fertili
zers are acid and cannot be used to ad
vantage until the sourness is neutral
lied. We believe that this will explain
many apparent failures with fertilizer:
on we'll drained soil that no one sus
pected Of sourness.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-02
Napoleon's Generosity.

Count de P had been raised by
Bonaparte to honors and dignities, but
for some unaccountable reason he be-
trayed the confidence which his patron
had reposed in him. When Bonaparte
became cognizant Of the mans treach-
cry, he ordered him to be arrested. He
was to have been tried the following
day and in all probability he would
have been condemned, as his guilt was
fully established. In the meantime
Nine de p solicited and obtained
an audience Of the emperor.
"I am very sorry for your sake, ma
dame" he said, "that your husband
should be mixed up in an affair which
places his ingratitude in so glaring a
light.
"Perhaps he is not so guilty as your
majesty supposes," said the countess.
"Do you know your husbands sigma
ture?" inquired the emperor, taking a
letter out Of his pocket and handing it
to her.
Nine. de P rapidly perused the
letter, recognized the handwriting and
fell into a swoon. When she came
around, Bonaparte put the letter into
her hands, saying:
"Take it, This is the only legal evil
dence that exists against your husband.
There is lighted fire behind you. ="
The countess quickly snatched up the
important document and threw it into
the flames. P--'s life was saved, but
as for his honor, not all the influence of
a generous emperor could avail to restore
it.-Chicago Daily News.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-02
A Polite Child.

Professor Sully, in an article in The
Popular Science Monthly, commenting
on the jealous regard for ceremony and
the proprieties of behavior as seen in the
enforcement of rules of politeness by
children, cites a delightful instance
that fell under his own observation as
he was walking on Hampstead heath.
ut was a spring day, and the fat buds
Of the chestnut were bursting into mag
nificent green plumes. Two we'll dressed
misses, aged, l should say, about 0
and /, We're taking their correct morn
ing walk. The. elder called the attention
of the younger to one of the trees, point
ing to it. The younger exclaimed in
highly shocked tone, oh, Maud, you
know you shouldn't pointP The notion
Of perpetrating a rudeness on the chest
nut tree was funny enough. But the in
cident is instructive as illustrating the
childish tendency to stretch and gener.
alize rules TO the utmost. +"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-02
Wordsworth and Burns.

A friend writes us from England: We
visited the simpi. tomb of William
Wordsworth i'll Grasmere churchyard,
The old church stood near it, among
the ancient trees. The rapid Rotha
passed the graves and the grand hills
lifted their green domes in the cloudless
sky.
We bad ridden past the poet tuned
lakes Of Windermere and Grasmere,
with memories of Coleridge, De Quin.
cey, Christopher North, Mrs. Hemans
and Harriet Martineau, and had rested
by Rydal Water in the shadows of Ry-
dal Mount.
Wordsworth, " said one of our par
ty, calling to mind the author of the
Excursion, " "seems TO be the soul of
all these scenes. He made himself the
ever prevailing spirit of the English
lakes.
Burns was his teacher" said anoth-
er.
"How was that?" we asked.
There, under the grand trees lifting
their solemn tops to the sun, our friend
repeated a single verse from Words
worth poem on the death of Burns:
Imourned with thousands, but as one
More deeply grieved, for he was gone
Whose light hailed when first IL sL one
And showed my youth
How verse may build u princely throne
On humble truth.
Youth 8 Companion.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-02
Al WITTY .InfIre.

The late Lord Bowen, besides being a
great judge, was also great wit, and
many interesting bonmots of his are be-
ing recalled just now. On the occasion
of the queens jubilee the judges were
drawing mp an address to the queen.
Conscious as we are Of our shortcom-
ings, ran the address. Conscious as
we are OF one another's shortcomings, "
suggested Lord Bowen.
Sometimes his wit was very incisive,
as, for instance, when he remarked :
"Truth will out--even in an affidavit "
Not the least happy of his recorded wit
ticisms was the remark he made when
congratulated ON his appointment to be
a law lord. He would, he said, find the
work easy, his duty being to give his
opinion after so many others had given
theirs. "In fact, only have to agree,
and might well have been raised to the
peerage as Lord Concurry. F."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-02
Making the Sound of Hoof Keats.

In these days Of war plays and stage
realism the sound of hoof beats is worked
into pretty nearly every melodrama.
Very few people know how the effect is
produced, and very few, too, could make
the noise right even if they had the ap-
paratus. 1t takes quite a lot of practice
to be a good "horse," as it is called.
The necessary outfit consists Of a table
on which is long marble slab covered
with rubber graduated from an inch
thick down to the thinness Of piece Of
paper. The operator has strapped to
each hand half a cocoanut she'll, on the
edge Of which is fastened horseshoe.
He starts in pounding them on the thick
rubber to initiate hoof beats in the dis
tance and gradually works along to the
thin part as they are supposed to come
nearer, and finally ends up with clat-
ter on the bare stones as the horse is
pulled up just outside the scene.
This is considered generally to be the
most effective Of all the hoof beat ma
chimes. New York Herald.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-04-02
Papnw Vines For Luck.

The Rev. T. d. Witherspoon in a SER
mon at Paducah related an amusing
story Of his experience while evangeliz-
ing in the mountains. One day while
passing a cornfeld in Leslie county he
was surprised to see long strings Of
papaw bark knotted together and tied
to stumps. He asked his guide what it
meant and was informed that it was
"to bring luck. -
"And does such a foolish superstition
exist all over this community" asked
the minister.
"Oh, no." said the mountaineer
"the old preacher over in the settlement
yonder says papaw viues don't do nc
good"
''An intelligent man." interrupted
Mr.. Witherspoon. I'm glad 70 find one
man who isn't lost III ignorance. "
"Yassir," the native continued, she
lows that yarn strings beats papaw
strings all hollow when it comes to
bringin luck. Fact is, he don't use
nothin but yarn strings, "-Louisville
Courier Journal.