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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-30
RECEIPTS BY RAIL AND STEAMER.
Railroad Receipts Thro. Local Total
" IsOLEShLE QUOTATIONS.
ProyisIoDa.
Norfolk, Va, July 90, 1897.

NQTfOlR, va July ~ 1871.
Fish-MackereI, NO. Z. In kegs. $500,
new. small. $3.50, new. medium, $1,000:
No. 3. in kegs. $50: Herring, Family
Roe. half barrel. 81 ESQ: North Carolina
Cut Herring. 1925; Potomac, in barrels,
So. co..
Provisions-Market strong: mess pork,
DID. SS.f5: hams, pork. new, 1915.
Bulk Meats-Higher; Clear ribs, s5.25,
as TO size and cut; fat backs, $4.75;
bellies. &C.. for small; $500 heavy; pork,
plate, S4.G0.
Shoulders-Sugar-cured, &c.
Observation-Disclosures. 6%c.
Breast-Sugar-cured, SIX 99c.
Hams-Smlthfiefd. l4@l5c.: s. G. slip
hams. lie.
Lard-Purc lard ~tierces, &@5c.: cases
and tubs. nc. over price OF tierces: COM
pound. nc; ~ttcrces. in cases and tubs.
nc. higher.
Cheese-Cream, 1Oc.; Western dairy,
Sk@9hc.
Butter-New York State dairy. new
1Ic.: fresh creamery. 16@17c.; Western.
14615c.
Kerosene Oil-Ftrm; liz degrees. TIE:
60 degrees. 10c.: Red. 100 degrees. 1910.
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TRAv ELENS' GUIDE.
SHORT ROUTE FROM
NORFOLK TO OLD POINT.

Via Norfolk. WillouGhby Spit and Old
Point r. j. and Norfolk and
Ocean View II. X.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT SATURDAY.
y PATH. 1887.
LEAVE NORFOLK-'6:lj. 1880, 1880.
$40. 1880. .io:oo tlo:45. tIl;i5 a. m, 1850.
.9:+5. IIlo:SO, III 100. illl:4a a. m, 'l2:l5. 40,
2:45; 400. sis. $50; 7:is. 200: 1915 II go p. m.
nEAHE OLD hoiNTn1:sE; .S:i5, 1920:
4:l5. $50. Gas, 500. ?:l5. l0:3o p. IN.
ARRIVE NoRFOI.k-'I:2O, $3.50. 1890.
t9:45. 1880. 'l9:5j, ill:45 Il. m. '12:l5, / 80,
2:i5, 4:0O. 5:l5, ESQ. 7:i5, 200. l0:l5. IL 30 y. m
'Daily except Sunday. ~iiSunday only.
Not marked are daily.
Round trip tickets TO Old Point, 90 cents:
to Ocean View. % cents. Including street
car fare. Tickets on sale by conductors
Of all street cars in Norfolk.
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vIRGINIAN: FRIDAY.JULY 80. 1897.

sellers: November and December. 3 a.
SID. sellers; December and January,
3 52-6493 63-64d. buyers; January and
February. 3 52-64@S 53-64d. buyers; Feb
ruary and March. 3 53-64d. buyers;
March and April. 3 54-64d. sellers; April
AND May. 3 54-64@3 65-64d. buyers.
New Orleans, July 29.-Cotton futures
steady; sales. $500 bales. July nomi.
nal: August 7.43. October 6.77Q6.7S, No
vember 6.7936.S0, December 6.Sl@6.S2,
anuar 6.S4@6.S6. February 6.S7@6.S9,
March 6.90@G.S 2.
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A TLAN'rIC AND

DNF iiLl, lttllsNNh W..
Schedule in effect June 18th, 1897.
IitAlN NO. l-Daily-Lcavcs Norfolk
S~Shipppcrs, Compress WHARF n 9:2U a. M;
West Norfolk. $3.50 n. m. for Danv!iic'
HuiInlo lAthin Springs and !ntcrmcd!ntn
points. Arriving at Buffalo Lithiu Springs
S:22 p; m. arriving at Dunvlib. 5:25 p. IN.
mitAiN No; 5-Daily except Sunday
! Leaves Norfolk, $40 i. m: West Norfolk
Gao p: m. thriving nj Lawrcncevilie 1000
y. M: leave awrcnccviilc INC. 80 5:5o "A.
mm; ARRIVING AT Danvllle 1926 n. III.
TRAIN No. 3 connects at ImporIa with
ATLANTIC Conat Line train No. 81 for ali
points SOUTH. leaving Emporia at 9:lO p. m.
TRAIN No. ] connects at Dcnniston
junction with Norfolk and Western Rail-
road FOR Durham and intermediate points,
Nos. ] and 8 connects at jeff
rics Junction and DanvIlic for all points
on the Southern Railway System.
PULLMAN SI.EEL'ERS between Dan
vile. Atlanta. Jacksonville. Memphis and
Tickets on snle and baggage checked mt
Wakes Agency and Company,s Wharf,
Norfolk. aud W. V. IL. WILLIAMS
AGENCY. Portsmouth.
WIN. IT. TAYLOR.
Traffic Manager.
CTTAS. O. HAINES. General Manager.
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NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.

New York. July 29.-Moncy on Gail
steady at l yer cent; Inst loan at l
per cent, and closing offered at 1 per
cent. Prime mercantile paper, 3@4 per
cert. Sterling Exchange easier, with
actua business in bankers bills ut
4,S7A CASTS for demand and ut 4.S6k0
4.S63s for sixty days. Posted rates,
4.S7@iS7iA and 4.SS@4. ssh. Commercial
bills. 1851. Silver certificates, 5SaD50.
Bar silver, 57E. Mexican dollars. 45M.
Government bonds. strong; State bonds,
duh: railroad bonds. strong.
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Sugnr NJ

MISUNDERSTANDING; out of town prices
are dependent IN the delivery
rates to the different points. Local
sales are being made rs follows: Cut
loaf. s5.61: powdered, $3.50; graduated.
ELL: confcctioners standard a. 81. 90;
American off a, S4.S6; centennial bright,
yellow b. s4.55; California i, S4.4S;
Franklin standard extra c. SAP; Key
stone extra c, 1924; American extra c,
si.23.
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GrR1u.

Peas"-Steady; black-eye peas. new
crop, S1.45 per bag; black, s1.00@1.25
straight per bushel; clay. 70c. per bushel.
White corn. 5S@35c.; mixed. 33@3ic.
Mill Feed-N1arket steady; bran, Sl3.5 so:
shipstun or middling. Sl4.G0 meal. white
bnltcd. per so pounds. soc.
Michigan. Ohio. and Indiana. No. l.,
Timothy hay. $780, No. .. $1,000; mixed,
$500.
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AeTGh0lIS' ShileS' TI1lSD0hdI9] G.
DIRECT ROUTE.

FOR BOSTON AND PROVIDENCE.
MONDAY 4 +. Al, WlGl1NlGs-
DAY. i M STARR: FRIDAY. L. NJ
O PROVIDENCE.
Every TUESDAY,, THURSDAY and SAT-
muliDAI at q y. IN.
FARES TO DOSTON AND PROyI-
DIINCIE.
FIrst-ciass, Including meals md
Statcroom berth ... S11 90
Seconl-class. including meals nnd
. 80. .-..... -. .sJ.Uu
PcriSlahle freight sent vim Piovid. dec,
forwarded by early train TO boston, and
a. tho same rate ns by direct to
Tor further information apply to
II. II. WRIGHT. Agent, Norfolk, Va.
~ d STEilIlNS., Asst Tariff Mgr.
W.. -TuItNlIlt. General Puss. Art.
j. G. WHITNEY, Traffic Manager. f."
General Oriccs. l,n!timorc. Md.
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MARKET.

Chicago. July 29.-Markets were gene
rally strong on the Board of Trade to-
day. Wheat opened buoyant, and after
an intervening weak spell closed 1Ac.
higher. Corn gained &c. and oats nc.
Provisions were fairly active and high
er. Pork gained 1oHc., lard 1oc. and
ribs 70.
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Fresh Fish,

Crackers, per pound. &c: taylors. per
pound. &c.: pan fish. per pound, &c.: bak-
Ing fish. per pound. 4c.: founders. per
pound. &C.; shepherds. per pound. Sc;
mackarei, per pound, Sc: blue fish. per
pound. Sc: specified trout, per pound,
&C.: rock, per pound, case.
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The leading futures RANGED as follows:
arssysEaS sp. 0pon. tr Hfrh lr Clos

The cash quotations were as follows:
Flour firm; No. 2 spring wheat. 76Mc.;
No. 8 spring wheat, 69c.; No. 2 red, 76hc;
No. 2 corn. 27k@27Nc.; No. 2 oats, 17M0
17Nc.; No. 2 white, 20hQ21Ac.; No. )
white, 20% @21c.; No. 2 rye. 40c.; No. 2
barley, -; No. 8. 2SQ33c.; No. 4. =;
No. l flax seed. SAN 9S5hc.: prime tim
olhy seed, s2.75; mess pork, per barrel.
S7.SO@7.S5; lard, per 100 pounds. $4,000
4.22k; short rib sides Qoose), 5A@5%c.:
dry sailed shoulders (boxed). 4&@5c.;
short clear sides (boxed), 4N@I8c.;
whiskey, dlstillerS' finished goods. per
gallon, 81. 10.
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Wilmington. n. c.. July 29.-Sp!rits
turpeniine firm al 2iR@25Hc. bid; re-
ceiDts, 156 casks. Rosin firm. S1.o0 and
Sl.25: receipts, 1877 barrels. Crude tur-
pentinc quiet, $3.50. $3.50 and sl.90: re-
ceipts, 81 barrels. Tar firm at sl.15: re-
ccipts. IS barrels.
Charleston. S. c., July 29.-%Turpentine
market unsettled; sales. 100 casks at
24iac.
Rosin-Firm; sales. n A p c y,
sl.l5: Il. $40; +, Sl.30; C, 81 35; II, S1.45;
!, Sl.55: *. s1.55: NJ. s1.65; N, S1.65: w G.,
S1.9o;'W W, $500.
Savannah. Ga. July 29-Turpcntinc
firm at 2GEc. bid; sales. 1886: receipts,
] $50.
Rostn-Firm; unchanged; sales, 1.545;
receipts, 5,5O6.
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NEW YORK MARKET.

New York, July 29.--Flour-Fairly ac-
tive and stronger with wheat; winter
straIghts, S4.O5@4.20 Rye flour, firm;
sales. 800 barrels. Corn meal, firm: yell
low Western. 60c.; city, 61@62c. Rye.
firm: No. 2, 43c.; car lots, 40h@42c. Bar
ley, dull. Barley malt, nominal.
Wheat-Spot market stronger; No. 2
red. S2Ac. afloat, late August: New
York. SdAc. prompt afoat; Duluth, STMc.
late August, afluat.
Corn-Spot stronger; No. .. 32%c. ele-
vator: 33&c. afoat.
Oats--Spot quiet: No. ., DC.
~Becf-Firm; beef hams. S26, 00@27.0o.
Cut Meats-Steady.
lI1rd-Steady; Western steam closed
at $40. nominal; city at $500; Sep
TENDER. $3.50. Refined, steady; CONT
nent. s4.65; compound. 4@4Ac.
Professionally.
Butter-Quiet; Western creamery. IL
@14c.; factory. do, 7@l0hc.; Elgins,
15c.; imitation creamery, 9k@12c.: State
dairy. 10014c.; do, creamery. 11@15c.
Cheese-Quict; large white State. 7&@
TIC: fancy large colored. 71kc.: West
ern colored, TA@7hc.; part skins, Az
size; full skins. 2k@3.
EGgs-Quiet; State and Pennsylvania.
1Sc.: Western fresh, l2c.
Potatocs-Steady; Jerseys, S2.00@2. "a;
Long Island. s2.o0@225; sweets. s2.50@
800.
Tomatocs-Per crate or box, 30c. @s1. 90.
Long Island and Jersey cabbage, per
100. s2.5063.00.
Spot Conee-Rio dull; Cordova, 1ok
G16lac.
suGar-Raw and firm. Refined, firm.
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NR&7'W Norfo|k%Western
zsNaauznn Schedule in Effect
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT july 4. 1897.
LEAVE NORFOLK DAILY.

7:40 n. m.-For Richmond, Washington,
LynchburG and the West.
4:35 p. m.-Vcstibulcu Limited for Rich
mond and Washington. Stops
Gnlv ut Suffolk. Waverly and
Petersburg.
10: p. m.-For Petersburg L%ynchburE,
tho West and Southwest.
Trains arrive ut Norfolk daily, T:2O l.. m.
IL 20 a. M. and 1910 p. IN.
Tickets and all information at station
nad 2T2 Main street.
w. =. REVILL.
General Passenger Agent
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T'RAvELEskS, s!CIpE.
OU Railway Co.

THROUGH WESTERN NORTH CAIRO.
TIE LAND OF THE Sky"
The only line operating Il solid tram be-
tween Norfolk md Chattanooga with Pull
mar, Sleeping Car through from Norfolk
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CLYDf"S REGULAR LINE STEAM
~ SHIP FOR Observation-Disclosures
direct line from Norfolk TO Phtladelphin.
Until furthc: orders, steamers are an
pointed 10 sail from Norfolk every Mon-
day. Wednesday and Saturday at 6 y
IN. and from Philadelphia every TuesLav.
Thursday and Saturday. "
Fare TO Philadelphia. Including meals
and berth. $40. Round trip. including
meals ana berth. $3.50. Lower rates by
steamer Gulf Stream. appointed to pail
each Monday.
Through bills Of aiding to all point
line. Southern Railway. %orfodikta and mnf
Carolina, Norfoll; and Southern Rail-
roads. JAMES w. McCARRICK,
General Southern Agent. Norfolk. Va.
.WM. P. CLYDE G. CO.
: Agents. PHILADELPHIA.
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BALTIMORE MARKET.

Baltimore, July 29.-Flour-Firm and
unchanged.
Whcat-Easicr; spot and month. sou
@So!ac.; August. 72k@72%c.; September,
Th @T91ac.; Southern wheat, by sample.
S0@S2hc.: do. on grade. 79@S2c.
Corn-Firm: spot and month, 31M@
a1fSc.; August and September. 31A@
31Iac.; steamer mixed, 2Sh@2SAc.;
Southern white corn. 32@33c.; do, yell
low 35c.
Oats-Firm; No. . white, 26h@27c.;
No. 2 mixed, 23k@2+c.; exports. =.
Rye-Strong and higher: No. 2 near
by. 42kG43c.; No. . Western, 43kc. bid
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NnYnl StOrca.

Resin. s2.25 per barrel: pitch, s2.25 per
barrel: tar, $500 per pork barrel, and
$3.50 liSion: turpentine. 45c. per gallon.
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Norfolk & Southern R. R. Co,

SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JUNE so. 1897.
MAIL AND EXPRESS LEAVES NOR
E0Lk daily Except sunday ~ q. IN. for
i nn5 city; liden,on, Maekey,s Ferry.
e. follows: Daily Except Sunday Tor
windsor. TuiSDAY.' THURsb11%0YY AND AND
Tsixes; on MoNDAY and SSS 4 A?9H for
for &voca. Connecting at nclhavcn with
steamer Virginia Dare for Makieyviiie
lsrmediate Iandinss.' Also to 'Sn ena mt nj
Elizabeth City. daily except Sunday, with
steamer Newbernc for Mays Head.
EVENING EXPRESS LEAVES NOR
SATURDAY for Elizabeth City; Isdenton and
way stations. Connects mt Elizabeth CITY
with the steamer Neusc for Roanoke ISL
and. Ocracokc. Oriental, Ncwbcrne, More
( q! c 6! X. f R'a s anG f for J GSlae@STT viz wiz 4:
mington. n. C. and all sta items OH the ".
MAIL mi E&PEEss daily excep,
snn,daH3 a. a:2I ?. T m; md m9rninE train
connecting Will all raii and steam lines at
Norfolk for The North. East and West.
EoTfoIE and d'S WSster i9O d, 90 1'' E,s Mfhn a sd:
lion on Water street.
EASTERN CAROLINA DISPATCH.
EAST FRItIGHT LINE AND OLD 80:
MIN!ON LINE between all points North
end East via Norfolk and Norfolk and
Freight received daily until 5 p. m. and
forwarded promptly at low rate.
For further Information apply TO tho
General Office OF the n. & S. L. Il. Co..
II. C. HUDGINs.
General Freight and Pass. Agent.
II. X. KING. General Manager.
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The trip down the historic Potomac
steamers of this company Is un%Burpassed.
The Gamer are comparatively new, nav
the most luXuriant manner with electric
lights, call bells and steam heat In each
delicacy of the season from the markets
OF Washington and Norfolk. Tickets on
sale MT b. & 0. ticket office: N. & G. Office.
at w. #. Wake & Co.'S omce nm wharf.
For further Information apply
d. j. CALLAHAN,
Telephone AZ. Agent
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NM0Tk Z WQSn|NQIOD Steamboat g..

The new anu po"GIiui uou p2iaco
Gamer NEWPORT NEWS, WASLl-
lNGTON and NORFOLK Will leave
daily as follows:
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passenger ACT. No. 162 Main street, Nor
j. NJ. GULF. Traffic MApnrcr.
w. a. TURK. General Passenger Agent.
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Kerosene Oil-Ftrm; 1l2 degrees. TIC:
60 degrees. 10c.: Red. 100 degrees. 101kc.
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Continued on Eighth Page).
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T-mAyELElss, GUIDE.
kss Old Dominion Steamship.
Company
u. FOR NEW YORK

PAssENGIaIt SHIPS ARE APPoINT.
Guiding Sundaysl at { 80 81! IN. Ilom New
X2ET daily on MoMpAis,. TGEsDAYA
FRIDAYS at 3:C5 p. m; SATURDAYS. 900
The Meeker herald., 1897-02-13
FELINE EXPRESSION.

LEV fsanesss Shows Her MosAs-C.sI
| Can Smile.
II the sentimcnt OF the moment WA
love Tor her master or mistress 1.-THE
only persons to whom she ever At
tached hersel), ii was the deep unut-
terable gaze we know in the dog, II
! 1t was love of her kittens, there was \
tenderness and pride which made ma
tcrnal fondness in the human face seem
tame and foolish. II ii was jealousy
and, like most animals, she was zeal.
ous-the term ''r.eca-cyed" monster
had its full Significance, for her iri.es.
which were amber color, changed their
hue entirely; her pini;ish nose and
ears blanched. her face grew peaked,
nearly triangular, in fact, she looked
detestable. Bn: dsu, was anger or
hatred-and Princess was good hater
her head firttcnctl like q snakes.
her jaws took the lines of q tigers In
miniature, and she had the face of q
devil
There are other emotions which she
expressed not less wildly; enRerness
In pursuit of prey; for she was a great
mouser, and saon cleared the house
Of mice and kept the garden free from
moies; here there was nothing saw
age, only look of intense keen.
less. alertness ard pleasure; wistful.
ness. as when she wandered around
the outside of the house in winter, look
ing for an open door or window; de-
spair, when her Kittens were taken
from her, or v hen she saw the prepara.
tions for journey in my room; con-
tentmcnt, whcp she lay on the table
in the evening, ',e,MccIi her master and
her mistress, her pnws tucked under
her. her eyes isrif closed, her small
pink mouth half open, showing her
white teeth in q genuine smile. 1t was
not the mere col-, comfortable aspect
OF an ordinary ea.; was n look OF
beaGtude. We never called anyone's
attention TO the smile, no: wishing to
be set down as IDIOTS, hut friends oc-
casionaliy discovered it for themselves,
and exclaimed upon It. have no.
ticed that mary cats smile; they do
not grin like n dog. or as horses some
times do, but they sglira for half an
hour together. SONG cats have a
strong sense of fun. AID arc practical
jokers, like mon',,ts. Princess and
Czarina Ind t,,is quality rotably. and
their faces expressed It. but without q
motion of the ris:bie muscles. The
cats smile means satisfaction.-Tem-I
pie Bar.
The Meeker herald., 1897-02-13
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Three copies OF the Bible writer
on leaves Of the fan palm. AsS in tn,
British museum.
A Goldfish recently caught off T!am
borough Head. England. bad hks,e ol
it 80 fish hooks.
A floating island In the ssbin.
river. SO acres in extant, and Co cred
with water hyacinthA hoated or u
week. up md down the streau,, near
Orange, Tex.
Two mi-chievoD boys In Hakcll,
Me-, touched q match to . sSuiUel's
tail to see il it would burn. Thiarimal
ran nnder q house, and the hla}pe tail
set il on fire.
Some regard for deceneyis dis
played by the proprietor of. afcstau-
rant in Asburn, Ore. A .signtn the
wall reads thus: .-Gentlen.en k-c nc
quested not to swear, when Lab arc
present" -. l..a
The servant girls in Deca,r, Ill.
have formed . union to regulate ,aRes
One of the laws is that W hen atiri is
employed. in a family whichis inceased
by the addition OF q "little strager,"
the wages Of the servant muEbe ad-
vnnced one dollar month.
The four great tunnels Of ttesurld
arecits'as an illustration Of tbs rirEcI
dimiuu,ioa CT the cost Of cDgir1Iiag
works during the past quart OF q
| century. The Hoosac tunnel, III old
est of the four, cert $500 u it1 the
Mount Gents, the next In dat ISIS:
the ST. Gctlln.d, sa6s; ard the berg,
the most recent, only $500.
superintendent Hubbard, the
Clackamna hatchery at Orego, IC1ty,
Ore, is to send to WaeIiingtOdp p4C.-
meas of'young cannon which Ia died
in large numbers at the hutch o: !.
sttarre discase, the only n.aEif-stion
4 which Is white spot on .liExh'g
bclly. Half the 2,eco, coo fishes ] Ieeh'
from the Salmon river have b<e tilI.,i
by it. it.'r
The making Of artificial ear4 4ema
TO haze reached scientific perttion
within thc last decade. Mnde otspe-
cialiy prepared rubber, hesh -cc,&d in
the rough, they are painted hy Nd in
exact imitation OF the rcmaisf ear
u the unfortunate customer, o.s
carefully touched" and psrkepvcI
rs an artists picture. The makeets
| 500 apiece for them
The Meeker herald., 1897-02-13
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS.

The great wheat countries Of the
world are the United States. Russia.
Turkey, Hungary, Chilli, Australia and
India.
OF the total of as.ooo,Ooo sheep re-
ported in the United States last year it
is computed that one-fourth Craze on
the mountain slopes and valleys of the
west and southwest.
A Wisconsin land improvement COM
pany. with Q main irrigation canal &c
feet wide and six feet deep. has re-
claimed Is square miles of good farming
land in the Muskegon lake region.
A Chicago factory has the largest belt
ever made. Itis $50 feet long, seven feet
wide, weighs $500 pounds, and seven.
eigbths of al inch in thickness. 1t il
composed of 4so onk-tanncd hides. held
together by glue. and there is not q
stitch or rivet in the entire belt.
The Meeker herald., 1897-02-13
Making an A-1n.,n,.ne..

An old HamP.hisr PEASANT farmer
came to town to Iuy n hat, and wa
requested to looi, IN the giass to see
II the hat suited i,is a ,e. The Gus
toner stood before The E!as3 as though
fascinated by his Ie.."ctsd image.
Presently he slowly ..gn.i.d: "Null-
is-that-me?" "Ofc3urae it is, guv'-
nor" was the shopTau' reply. why,
don't you know youlrolf?' II be 90
years old" said the cncicnt, after an
other pause, and | dunno as 1 ever
see my face nforo!' And when, his
purchase completed, he turned to de-
part, he walked INTO the loclsing-glass
again. saying: '.Iil ipst take one more
look at meser. foe l. dunno rs ever I
shall ha' the chance again. London
Globe. M.
The Meeker herald., 1897-02-13
FOREIGN pIcklNes.

Viennn's dentists have formed a so
ciety whose object is practice in pleas
ant conversation while operating on
patients.
Orange colored flannel shirts are rec,
commended for the English troops in
Egypt, as yellow is protection against
the sun. t..s4,
The Marquis de Mores has started for
the Egyptian Soudan in orier to draw
together the Arab chiefs and resist the
British advance. -l.. .a.... -...-.
Five composite Arst-class torpedo
boast are building at Cherhourg, OF
which the hull Is steel md all other
metallic parts are OF pure aluminium
or aluminium alloys.
Santorini, the ancient Thera, chief
island of the Sporades in the Aegean
sen, has prehistoric remains which will
he systematically explored by the Ger
man school at Athens.
The Meeker herald., 1897-02-13
INTERESTING SCRAPS.

In Paris there are over 1000 profes-
sional fortunetelIerA
The food>an elephant eats in captiv.
ity costs about s25 a week.
Some of the London theaters arc
warmed by electric radiators.
A bicycle with wheels of pure gold
has been presented to the queen Of
Italy.
The largest standing army belongs
to Russia. and the strongest navy to
Great Britain
It is raid that the earninyp Of William
F. Sims, NJ. F. Dryers jockey. average
$25, COO year.
The largest edible oysters are found
in Australia. Some Of them measure .
foot across the shSEA sI+> 3. -
A new style Of cat has just appeared
in DaIbufy, Conn. Itis I kitten, with
two tails and six legs.
The births exceed the deaths through
out the world by over 1,s0O, $50 a year
-an average Of three minute.
The Meeker herald., 1897-02-13
NATURAL ODDITIES.

The wheat fly is one-tenth of an inch
long. having red body, white wings
and black eyes.
A newly discovered west African but
terfy spins cocoon which resembles
n mask made for human face.
In India there is species of butterfly
in which the male has the left wing yell
low and the right wing red. The colors
on the female are vice versa.
The Atlas-moth, gigantic fur-coated,
night-fying insect of central Brazil, is
said to be the very largest winged bug"
in the world. He measures IA inches
from tip to tip.
The Meeker herald., 1897-02-13
The Mesa School.

Following is the report for the month
ending January %, 1897:
Pupils having excellent" scholarship
in each grade:
First grade-Bessie Devlin, Robert
Metzger.
b., Fourth grade-Guy Miller. Anna
Weisner. Gerty and Clara Metzger.
A. Fourth grade-Ida Metzger.
Perfect in deportment-Ida. Gertie,
Clara and Robert Metzger. Bessie Dew
lin, Guy Miller and Anna Weisner.
Perfect in attendance-Gerty. Clara
and Robert Metzger. Anua Weisner
Guy Miller. 4e,
Per cent. of attendance, 90.
r.--. RoMoLA C. ARNOLD,
Teacher.