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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-14
EIGeWherP.

CHICAGO. Sept. BIN cattle a few extra
stI1ng al eghtynye choice steers good holiday
beeves, selling up TO $3.50. but good to choice
that decline on steers OF good enough quality to
burdened with half fed native cattle many OF
which are now forced to market by burned-up
paStures and lack of water, such thin native
steers We're hard to sell to-day at 10615c decline
values close to the late range last week. Texas
cattle also sold at :S.1O@4.10 for steers. Native
COWS scd mostly at l0c decline. few choice lots
and fancy heifers making about as good prices as
late last week. and small supply Of veal calves
went at good strong prices, the best making
In hogs shippers filled some urgent orders at
only 5Gsl0c decline. but the bulk of the useful
hogs sold fully l0c lower and packers bought
last weeks late values Prices ranged as follows
Choice u fancy heavy shipping. S40544.l5; heavy
ss:sO@4.10; pigs and culs. sl.SO@4 10 -. 49,.
ing in some black-faced stocks. Ewes sold at
sssoS @ and most coed thrifty feeders at So
Eat western In n Mest enemy N ybe az 90 ~
good quality had 10 sell below $50 only very
con- egs g1ag doTn ar9Snd wv was
interior and few were good enough 10 make $3.50,
good native and fat Western lambs went at s5G
5.25 and Western lambs Tor feeding purposes
Receipts~catue 24OoO: hogs. $1,000; sheen.
Is COO
export steers. s5.2oQ5.35: medium to heavy. sl75
al IS; coarse rough g. 75f4 choice heifers, $40
S. 75m4.1O; fancy mixers. S44a45; common 10 fair.
S1SGsz5 good to fancy sprtngers, S45H90; prime to
e H hS 10 choice Workers s44oa4sG: ork-
ers. "a 50d455 mixed packers grades. a S9Q 10:
nies' common to good ssa4lO
Sheep and Lambs-Yearlings choice to prime.
e extra S. seas So sheep. choice to seIecasg
wothers. s425a4.5o; mixed. Aa4.25; export sheep
ST. LOUIS. Sept .-cattle--Receipts. 1900:
shipments. 1000. Market steady for choice others
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LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
The Week Opens with an Active Trade
and Strong Prices.

On the wholesale streets business yesterday was
active and doubtless the transactions reached
the largest figures of any Monday in some years
With all this strong prices were the feature. All
staple groceries, unless it be coffee, are in strong
position and dry goods markets are all very firm,
the tendency to higher prices increasing with each
week on several lines of goods. The leather and
the hide merkets very active and prices hrm
Ut recent revisions. The provision market carries
easier tone at the revision Of Monday. on
commission it was a good day and the supply
% fruits of ali kinds and vegetables was reduced
10 small stock. This market is now depending
Minnesota for its potatoes. Michigan potatoes
will probably be on the market in ten days. Mich
sgan peaches are now here and choice fruit sells
The local grain market is sluggish on light re-
little of. while corn advanced. Track bids ruled
MneaSa1No. red. ste; No red. sOaslc; Sep
corn1No. ] White. Sis4c; No. 2 white, slAc 10.
mixed, SOl4c; No. 3 white mIxed. SO14c; No 4
white mixed 2S NS, yelo%S No SCe ax MS c vel
No. mixed. S0Ac No. mixed, 2i14c; ear corn.
oats.No; white. AIS; No; white. 2Ol4c; No.
tnspeetions.yWIheq5t: No: red, car; No; 9 81
rejected g. total, 10 cars; Corn; No. white 6
cars. oats: no mixed, cars; total cars cars
Poultry and other Produce.
prices paid by snlppers)
Poultry-Hens. &c; springs aee cock; sc;
4Oc fer full feathered SOC for plucked.
Butter-Country, choice, &C. mixed, &C.
Eggs-Strictly fresh, 1lQ12c.
Feathers-Prime geese, SOC per lb prime duck.
10@l7c per Id.
Beeswax-SOc for yellow. 25c for dark
Honey-l2Q14c per Id.
Wool-Medium, unwashed 15c fine merino,
washed, loG11c; tub-washed, 20Q25c; bury and
Understandable, &c less.
HIDES. TALIOW, ETC.
Green-salted Hides-No 1, SIC; No. 2. TIC; No.
1 calf, 10c; No calf, Size.
Talow-No. l, Sc; No 2, 2l2c.
Bones-Dry, $i20Il3 per ton
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Butter. Eggs and Cheese.

NEW YORK, Sept FREDERICKSBURG, ~
PACKAGES Market firm; Western creamery, 100
Sc; Eigns. iSc; factory s@l2c Cheese Receipts
10 COS packages Market quiet; large white, 9esc;
snail White. &c; large coored, slsc; small col
ored, sec; part SKINS, e4g7c; full skins Sadfc
State and Pennsylvania, 17q1Sc; Western, l6c.
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 13.-Rutter higher on =, n
adequate receil is; creamery, l5anc EggsL1tppe Ire
demand is poor and the quality Of stock does not
improve; fresh candled Missouri and Kansas
stock. 10c.
CHICAGO. Sept. 1S.-On the Produce Exchange
to-day the butter market was firm; creamery
ieM17ibc; dairy 9d15c. Cheese easier at SQ9c
Eggs frm; fresh, 1212c.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 19.-Butter quiet and
steady: fancy Western creamery, lie. Eggs hTn,
but quiet: fresh nearby tic; fresh Western, 1919
017c. Cheese unchanged.
ELGIN, Sept. 13.-Butter firm; sales 100 TUBS
at 17lac, so tubs at 1Sc.
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REAL-EsTATE TRANSFERS.
Nine Transfers, with Total COnsid-
GRAFTON of $7.05O.

Instruments filed for record in the recorders
Office Of Marion county. Indiana. for the twenty
four hours ending at p. m. Sept. 70, 1897
furnished by Theo Stein, abstracter OF titles.
corner Of Market and Pennsylvania streets. In
dianapolis Suite 229 first office floor. The
Lemcke. Telephone 1850;
William McMahon to Matilda Nlemann. Lot
/, Square 2 Walkers East Ohio-street adj
Horace G.. Study TO Arthur Brakeman and
wife. Lot g.. Crane s north addtion........ go
William Leeman to T. a. Mills trustee OF
Decatur township, part Of east half OF
northeast quarter of Section 49, Township
10, Range lUO
Christian Wiese administrator 10 Dietrich
Alike. Lot 8, r. T. Fletchers subdivision
OF K. r. FletcheIs first Brookside addi-
Henry g. Long TO David Nicholson. Lot is
and part OF Lot II. Square IL, s. A.
Fietcher's northeast addition ...~...-..... $500
Levi r Harlan 10 Lewis Lanhan ct al,
Lot r. Brennemanns first addition 10
Wellington ~
Ellis r. Jones TO Emma l.. Hensley part
Of Lot 2 Block TO- North indianapolis. $50
David +. Hickman to Elmer n. Trcster.
lot 90 Block L. North indianapolis ........ 1900
Susan O. Todd to Title e. Coneway part
OF Lot 81. Greer & Waters's subdivision
of Outlot lOl 1000
Transfers 8: consideration ................s.s5 $50
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NEW YORK Sept. 13.-The dry goods market
opened with fair trading at first hands and ac-
tive buying with jobbers. Staple cottons IN an an
lines for domestic are in steady request IN
all goods suitable for export use the demand Is
light and prices, although advanced, are unsteady
FioWn sheetings and drills therefore made a COM
parativelj poor showing in all grades. Bleached
goods IN distinction are quite active and prices
on them are remarkably firm in all classes. Coarse
colored cot-cns are firm and in steady demand no.
Print cloths are very strong. me bids Tor extras
at 2gkc are steadily refused. Odd goods ere firm
and more active than extras. Prints continue
very strong. Open advances in both tanctes ana
staples have not vet been made, but prices are
very firm. Trade is active throughout ana as
tribution at second hands is active WooIen
FOODS in all grades strong and fairly az tive on
recorders.
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Marriage Licenses.
James A. Kelley and Rosa Miller.
John w. Seyfried and Margaret Wiesel.
RuiIding Permits.

Isaac Myers cottage. North indianapolis $3.50
Miss Margaret Steinmetz. frame house, Shelby
street. $3.50.
Charles Roesenar. two frame houses Shelby
Anselm Hobbs. repairs. 2221 North Illinois
Rebecca PARROT. repairs. 627 East Walnut
street, SIPS.
avenue, So. coo.
Hetherington & Eerner, storehouse South street.
Annie NJ. Stokes. addition, North Shade street,
S1SU.
Mrs. c. Troy. addition, Al Davidson street. $3.50.
Julia F. Crane, cottage, Sheldon street, $3.50.
William Marainscksky, frame house, Orchard
avenue. $500.
fSichclas McGinnis repairs, S1o West Eleventh
John A. Glfin. repairs. Sl9 Adelaide street SIS
IL l. Toms, frame house. Orange avenue, 81, 600
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loc lower fair to fancy shipping and export steers
S4.25@55O dressed beef and butchers, steers, 81
and feeders, S2.5Od4.15; cows and heifers s.. 1o9
as su ba ef S9g Texas os and nd e9T steers o
SI.60G4.iO; cows and heifers, $2@S.25.
SC lower; light. s4i5G42g; mixed, sa90a4SO:
sheep~Recepts. 1000; shipments, 200. Market
ismSs, ss aaS u''0"' ''''' S'00Ns '-g'4V
NEW YORK Sept. .-Beeves-Receipts, 1892
Market quiet; rough stuff weak; good steers
steady and others lower; native steers, S3.sOG5.3O
coloradss and h3f,breedss- Ss;5O@l.50; stays. and
S.z5 European cables quote American steers at
Caives-Receipts. 1,770. Veals steady: other
calves lower; ,veals. s5QS; grassers and butter
iiogs~Receipts. S.Ss5. Market easier at $4,000
Sheep and Lambs--Receipts. 1859 Market
quiet closing 20 s nlh ~ easier sNth, sheep Zoe
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 1S.--Cattle-R Receipts.
5000. Best natives steady other cattle gdloc
9Ser n ns1%s steers steers T na9e COWS
heifers, s1.5O@3;75; stockers and feeders. $500
Hogs~ReceiPts. 1000 Market 5a1Oc lower; bulk
Of sales sa.soass5 hesayyes s$s5@4o73s packers.
Workers g s5gt; pigs -4c s9$4 .oau ,a,,.
50 l5g5; nations. $3.50 MARKET s'eaos
EAST LIBERTY Sept. 1s.----Cattle fair at I'M
changed prices: veal calves. $e5ogf5
sa5o65,55; best medium; g 45@3s5o; common e
a aniF Y s3aS5e and ss5as hsavg
roughs S2.75Q375.
az 40 choice lambs. S5.20Q550 common to good
lambs $4n510.
LOUISVILLE, SEPT. -Cattle-Receipts 3, 700.
Market dull and 10Q15c lower on all grades.
Hogs-Receipts g. DOC Market dull and l0c low
err than Saturday; best sold at $425 lights dull
Sheep-Receipts, 1000 Market steady; fat
sheep, S3G3.25.
CINCINNATI. Sept. 1s.--Cattle dull at $3.50
525
Hogs duh at 50. aOG440.
sheep active at s2.z5Qs.75; lambs active and
firm at So 75M5.50.
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Oils.

SAVANNAH, Sept lg.-Spirlts Of. turpentine
firm at 277sc bid; sales. about $40 bIls receipts
759 brls Rosin firm and unchanged; receipts
5,014 brls; no sales reported.
WILMINGTON, Sept. 13.-spirits of tTrperntine
firm at z76p2715c Resin firm at fl.l3Mlg1 Cruoe
turpentne firm at $780, S1.S0 and $3.50. Tar Ilm
a. s.. 10.
NEW YORK Sept. 1S-Petroeum, dull. Resin
steady: strained common good, Sl.43WlJV.
Spiri:s of turpentine easy at e9sl430Ac.
OIL CITY, Sept 1S.-Credit balances, ESQ., GER
tiGcates no bids offered at 6912c; shipments
lsl, SIS brls; runs. 12l,7o7 brls.
CHARLESTON Sept. 1S.-Sp-its Of turpentine
firm at 27I5c sales zone. Tcsln firm; s?les Lone.
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At Chcago-clearinss, Ssl659i.s42. New York
exchange 55c discount. Sterling exchange dull;
posted rates. S4.S4ia and s4971s.
At St Louis-Clearings, ss,e2i, iS7; balances,
Al MISUNDERSTANDING. slSl,211; balances,
Ii New York-Clearings. SIS. SIG. 1913; balances
S. 40S.
At Boston-CIearings sl8.s57,09S; balances.
81 Cos 515
At New Orleans-.-learins IS. sGs2 J0a
At Observation-Disclosures, 81, 1876 balances,
$55S, $50.
At ladelohia-Clearings sS,2e1.GO4: balances.
&
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VITAL STATISTICS-SEPT. 10.
Deaths.

Kate B. Schumacher nineteen years, Ills Lex
ington avenue hemorrhage.
Howard II. Bassett. twelve years. S5 Hadley
avenue, colitis.
;. Infant Logan, one year. "a Grant street. dph-
liberia.
Infant Wood SSS Hosbrook street, premature.
Grace Donovan, twenty-siX years. 81 Bradshaw
street. septicaemia.
hose Kelly. twenty-one years. 1926 South Me-
rdfan street, pulmonalis.
Paul Barth, eight months. Central avenue chol-
era morbus.
James Cummings, sixty years. 226 Indiana ave-
nue. dropsy.
Infant NlcKenna, thirteen months. West In
dianapolis cholera infantum.
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. JS.-Cctton irregular;
sales 2l50 bales; ordinary, sac; good ordinary,
middling &c: middling fair, 714c receipts, 5,6l9
bales; stock, 20,907 bales.
MEMPHIS Sept 13.-Cotton steady; middling,
exc; receipts S42 bales shipments, 80 bales;
stock 1855 bales; sales. 45O bales.
NEW YORK, Sept 13-Cotton closed easy at
Lice decline; middling uplands, 7ssc; middling
gulf, 1850; sales. 34S bales.
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Leading futures ranged as follows:

Cash quotations were as followS Flour trl1e
easier No spring wheat s4as51$e: No spring a
Q30c; No. yellow corn, 2sAQSOc. No oats
19%I2oc; No wyyhitteej f. o b., 22A@2Se' No.
barley nominal; No; I. O. b., 2ld45e; No 4 +
timothy seed. 81 s; Mess Fork per brl,, $3.50
QCose), $515M5.45; dry-salted shoulders (boxed)
$5:5oQ5.75;, shortclear sides boxed, s5622Q575
Whisky, distillers finished goods, per gal, $l.22
Recepts-Flour, 1000 brls wheat, $4,000 blu:
corn, 9l3 600 blu; oats, 492 coo blu: rye, 2000 bu;
barley, $1,000 blu. Shipments-FIour, II. coo brls;
wheat, $4,000 bu corn, 10000 bu oats, SS7 600 bu
barley, "A 900 bu.
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TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotations at st. Louis, Baltimore,
Cincinnati and other Places

ST. LOUIS, Sept l3.-Flour dull and lower;
patents S5l5.l0; straights. S465d4I5 clear. S. 25
0450 medium, 50 5o4S.!5; low grades, sSaS 25.
Der nc May 1sac lower tnan Saturday. Deem
her opened &c lower. went off ssc more, advanced
lsc, declined si4c and subsequently rallied &c,
closing quiet and strong at sc relapse. Spot
lower. No. 2 red, cash, elevator, 96c bio. track
sSc@si; No hard. cash; soc, track September,
g65sc; December 96Ssc May, e6iac. Corn opened
10 lower in sympathy with wheat. but rallied,
closing the same on Saturday. Spot lower;
80 q cash, 2Sc bid; September. 2Se; December,
29Ac; May, 32c bid. oats-Futures quiet and
bid; track. 2Oslc: No. white. cash. 22Q22&c: sep
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Great Pay for a story.

NItNNIdIIU AsNaNNKs
Rudyard Kipling is said to have received
about ST. 500 for a story OF z 900 words which
was published in a recent issue of an Amer
lean magazine AS the young Anglo-Indian
genius is a swift and rather prolific writer,
this means a rate of not less than $500 or
$500 day, Working only two hundred days
in a year he would earn from $4,000 up
ward. Such rates of pay for making litera-
ture rival the earnings of eminent lawyers
and physicians of more than national fame
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Metals.

NEW YORK, Sept 13.-rhe Metal Exchange
calls the market for all metals quiet, with pig
ilIOaI zoe. Tin. 1SeoQlS zoe speter 1904 g. SOc
at 4c by the firm which fixes the settling prices
for leading miners and smelters in the west
ST. LOUIS, Sept. l3.-Iead lower at 415c asked.
nominal 4.O2ia0l4. 05c.
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Births.

Letta NJ. and C. o. Van Horn. IS Hamilton
avenue. boy.
Mary i. and Clarence Z. Weir 309 Hamilton
Lizzie c. and Edward f. Rofert. 231 East Mer-
rill street. boy
Ida and Jerry .. Dunn, A King street. boy.
Kate and Ed Wood, SS3 Hosbroolx street, boy.
Elsie and Frederick Albrecht city.
Amelia and Harry Grigsley, 10 South Rural
Sarah and Oliver Hargrove. 215 South SUMMIT,
Ida ana Martin Noroney. 1912 Church street,
hnN
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Dried Fruits.

NEW YORK. Sept. 1S.-California dried fruits:
Tyaporated apples frm; other dried fruits steady;
cvaporated apples, prime wire tray 6Ac; wood
dried, prime 64c choice 634c; fancy. &c; prunes,
lie; peaches, unpeeled, 1W10c; peeled, 1l4l4c
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ST. LOUIS, Sept; 18;-Wool firm and higher;
medium l5@l0lac; light fine, 9@l5c heavy tine,
sQ1l21ec; tub-washed, 2042S12c.
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Cattle Scarce and Steady-Hogs Active
and LOVver-Sheep Weak.

light: shipments light. There were hardly enough
here to establish a market. 1t looks steady for
IL
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Hams-Sugar-cured, IS to 20 lbs average 91bea
10c 10 lbs average, 9AMlO4c: II lbs average,
10ANnAc; all first brands; seconds, zee less.
breakfast Bacon-cIear drsts. l0Q1lc: seconds.
9%c
Lard = Kettle rendered. in tierces. csc; pure
shouiders-lS lbs average TIC; II to IA lbs aver
Picked Pork-Bean pork clear. per brl. 200
80 10 40 lbs average, 7ssc; 20 to 30 lbs average
TIC; bellies, 70 lbs average &C. IA is lbs aver
age, sac; IA 10 10 lbs average SEC. Clear backs,
7ssc; to lbs average, Si5c. In dry salt 80
less
Timers Supplies.
Best brand charcoal tin. &C. lOx14. 14x2O. 12x12
$5.5OQy6; TX 10xl4 l4x20 12xl2 s675Q7.50; roofing
Q9.50; &c, 20x2S, old STYLE $lS block tin IN pigs
&c., block tin in bars, 1Sc zinc. sheet &c; copper
bottoms, 2lc; planlsned copper, 2lc; solder IlGD
12c iron. 27B. $3.50: &c, SO; iron, best bloom,
window Glass.
Price per box of SO square feet Discount, 8
SKIS to 1Ox15-sngle: "A. 81; A, $3.50; b, ss.25;
1lxl4 and 12xlS to l6x24-Singe: IA. IS; A,
T.5; b. 81. Double: AA, Sl0.i5; A, 1925; b.
1890 and 2ox2o to 2Oxso-single: AA. $1,000; A.
l5x36 TO 24x30-Single: AA Sli5O: a. S10: d
ss25. Double. IA, S15.25; A, sl3.75; B, Sl2 IS.
2ex2s to 24xS6- Single: IA, S12; a, 5000; B,
2exS4 to 2sx92 and 2ox8O to 2sx4i1singie: AA,
S2.55: 4, SIZE; b. slo-25. Double: Az, s17.25;
.,5sx4s e sox5O single: "A. s15 A., $3.50; B.
34x5s 10 s4x6O-Singie: AA Si7 %: A. S1575: B.
slA5O. Double: IA. s22.75. A. s2125: b. $40.
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VANDALIA LINE.
The Short Line for ST. LOUIS and THE wEsr

Leave Indianapolis Daily-S:10 a. m, 12:40
noon, p. M, II 20 p. m.
Arrive st. Louis Union Station-3:15 p m.s
7:l2 p. M, 1;44 a.. M, a. m.
Parlor car on 1910 noon train daily ana
local sleeper on 11:20 p. m. train daily for
Evansville and st. Louis. open to receive
Ticket offices No. 4S West Washington
street and Union Station.
w. w. RICHARDSON, d. p. A.
e. A. FORD. General Passenger Agent.
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miIlet. prime 55lsoc; choice. eoQ65c; fancy. esq
75c: Hungarian, 6oe475c.
Produce, Fruits and Vegetables.

Bananas-Per bunch, No. l, 81; No. 2. 75c.
Cabbage-o00S0c per bril-
Cheese-New York tull cream, 14c; skins, 61Se
per ID; domestic Swiss, loo; brick. lie: limbur-
Iemons-Messina, choice. 300 to box So fancy
900 to box, $3.50; fancy, 500 TO box, S3u3.50.
Oranges-Messina, half box, s.. -.
Onions-S2 per brl; zoe per Blu.
Tomatoes-Hom grown 50dI5c per bu
Green Beans-35c per blu; wax beans. 40c per
bu.
size.
New Potatoes-S2Q2 % per brl; 75Q9Oc per bu.
Sweet Observation-Disclosures, 81: Jersey So per
brl.
Peaches-$l. 50; choice, 81 per blu; Michigan
peaches, s.. 25dz, according TO quality.
Cantelopes-40Q5Oc per crate; 75cUS1 per brI:
Little Gem melons, 10000 per 12-bu basket
Red Plums-$1 per blu.
Pears-90cUSl per blu.
Pluns-Damson 50 SOFAS per stand.
Cranberries-s4 per bushel crate.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-02-20

The Philadelphia American gives an
amusing story Of distinguished En-
glish officer. who at one time was sta
toned in India. He was noted for his
hobbies. one OF which was amateur
gardening.
one morning early the general was
taking 4 stroll when he saw three or
four private soldiers raking about the
compound. Much pleased. he remark
ed:
We'll. men. nice thing gardening is.
isn't III see you are taking an inter
est in a.
DO we. indeedr' growled one Of
them in reply. That's all you know.
We've got an old fool Of a general here
who is mad on gardening. and we are
sent here on fatigue to scrape this
gravel about in ease he should pass
this way
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The Ant Eater.

Heavy body, thick. scantily haired
hide. snOut of portentous length huge
erect ears. most muscular limbs bearing
heavy hoof-claws, all these features
combine IN creature whose oddly Is
further borne out by n ridicnlously
small mouth and ponderous tail. To
be born. too. into a world Of warfare
without the remotest chance OF ever
possessing more than the simplest apol-
ogieS for teeth-and those so far back
as to be quite out Of sight-seems a ter
rible disadvantage to a rather large ami
NAL. with much flesh on the bones. In
n continent where great beasts Of prey
abound. Yet the aardvark in two
slightly differing forms. has managed to
occupy the whole OF Africa proper. and
to flourish there. Two things have
stood him in good stead. namely. his
uneQualed powers of burrowing and his
attachment to food everywhere plen-
tiful-the termites, or white ants
which he alone can always obtain. II
is true. of course. that when the winged
termifes stream forth by millions from
their fortresses scarcely a beast or bird
under heaven fails To compete eagerly
for the prey: but this * only feast of
short duration AT a particular season.
whereas all the year round the hardest
'ant Hills" of the termites are but pie
crust 10 the claws OF the aardvark. and
their ,cemlng inmates the helpless cap
tivcs 4 his surprising tongue.
A. far as his human enemies are con.
cerneG-and while blacks Ike the mea l.
whites approve of the leather-the noe
turnal activity of the aardvark and his
underground seclusion during the day
have doubtless afforded him great pro
lection All who have essayed tn,
task agree that It is no joke to dig out
one of these animals. as he can burrow
much faster than any one can dig; ant
even when by the combined efforts oil
"A party of diggers. he is exposed {,
view. the extraordinary tenacity OF hi,
hold on the hard ground makes his re
mOval uninjured no easy job.
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little compartments or stalls. separated
by high wooden partitions. The mill is
connected with fan. which is 50 ar
ranged rs 10 give enough resistance TO
the mill to make the words hard Ia
hor" mean what they say. There are
twenty-fOur steps in the wheel. which
are eight inches apart. This makes the
circumference of the wheel sixteen
feet. The wheel performs thirty revo-
lutions in each quarter Of an hour. and
each man walks on an average fifteen
quarters of an hour a day. So he as
cends something like 200 feet. for a
DAYS labor. Crank labor consists of
making 10000 revolutions Of crank.
which is placed on a narrow iron drum
nut on legs with long handle on one
side. which. when turned. causes a
series of caps or scoops in the interior
to revolve. At the lower part Of the
drum is a quantity OF sand which the
Guns scoop up and carry to the top Of
the wheel. where they empty them
selves. 4 dial plate registers the num-
her of revolutions made. A convict at
ordinary rate Of speed makes 200 rev
olutions of the crank an hour. so to turn
10000 of them means about eight hours
and twenty minutes labor.
There is something pathetic about
the lntimation contained in the dis
matches 10 the effect that "Dynamiter'
Daceney. on being released from Port
land Prison. after serving thirteen