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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-09-18
A FavOrite Poem.


l wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high Ger wales and hills,
When all at once | saw a crowd,
A host of golden daffodils,
Beside the lake, beneath the trees
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay.
Ten thousand saw l at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance
The waves beside them danced but they
Outdd the sparkling waves in glee;
A poet could not but be gay
In such jocund company.
| gazed and gazed, but little thought
What wealth that show to me had
brought.
For often when on my couch lie,
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They fash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude.
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
w Wordsworth.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-09-18

"The world goes well, and life is all gayi
There is no tomorrow, just to-day!'
Smiling l said it, and turned to go
Thinking blindly 'twould ever be so.
A friend said softly, Life is all woe;
Joy is a thing never shall know"
Smiling she said it, calmly resigned,
Nor dreamed the cloud was all silver lined.
Later, when life had brought sore grief,
And robbed me of all that first belief,
l met this friend. All! JOY had been there,
Lifted her burdens, and eased her care.
Boston Transcript.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-09-18
Japan's National Flower.

The blossom of the cherry tree is the
national flower of Japan. Picnics in
Japan are called going to see the flow
ers." In June, millions of the people
go out to sing and sport under the
cherry trees. The japanese cultivate
all over the country the sakura or
cherry tree, which they value only for
the beauty and sweet perfume of It's
flowers. From an entire tree one could
not pick enough ripe cherries to make
pie; but the blossoms are massed to-
getsr on the boughs like clouds, and
the blooms are often as large as rose.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-09-18

20 meron. who came from Edwards,
"a IN completely isolate the case.
shotgun Quarantine.
yazoo City. Miss, has issued orders
CO.. shotgun quarantine to be en-
forced. No trains are allowed to stop
axcant TO exchange mails at the quar-
antine stations. No passengers are al
lowed TO leave the train at ali, and all
mail and express must be fumigated.
Guards armed to the teeth are placed
oil along the county boundaries, but in
snite of these rigid rules several have
managed to get in, some even coming
from infected districts. Two drummers
who came Monday were taken yester-
day morning and put in quarantine.
jackson has a population of 10000,
and two-thrds of these have deserted
the city.
Bnd News From Vicksburg.
At p. M. Mayor Wharton received
the following from DR.. Hunter at
Vicksburg:
II have a bad message for you. Drs.
Guiteras and Purnell agree that there
are seven cases of genuine yellow fever
at Edwards and many suspicious cases
Captain Montgomery condition IS
about the same.
"The board of health recommends
that you get all the people who want
to go out of town on the trains to-
day.
THE Alabama & Vicksburg road will
not stop trains at any infected point,
and will not allow any passengers to
get off their trains in the state of Mis-
sissippi We have extra orders on train
No. 2 this evening"
Upon receipt of this information
Mayor Wharton posted q bulletin rec
that all persons leave the
city at once who desired to go at all.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-09-18

yesterday. Four or five men who have
since the shooting, were unchanged, but
all of the others were doing well and
many already have been discharged from
the hospital. The funeral of Jacob Tom
ashontas, the lad who was shot through
the head and fingered until Sunday, oc-
Cured at McAdoo. 1t was attended by
one of the largest gatherings since the
outbreak of the trouble. There was no
demonstration and the service passed off
quietly.
Guards are still being placed around
the houses of several of the mine super
intendents, and during the day sheriff.
deputy was seen about the streets guard
ed by two soldiers.
Restrained by Priests.
The Audenried miners refused to re-
turn to work The Stockton men went
out and the indications are that the
whole district will be idle within few
days. To a great extent the strikers
have been restrained from open violence
by the priests, whose influence prevails
to remarkable degree. The priests, how
however, have no plea of mercy for the
sheriff's deputies who shot the men at
Latimer, and some of them are active
members of the committee to push the
murder charges in the court.
Work Resumed About Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Sept. l5.-Work has been
resumed in a number of mines. The wo-
men marchers who have been arrested,
have been released on bail
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-09-18
WARSHlP SENT TO GUATEMALA.
ReyoIutiOnists Have Captured the
Town of Ocas.

Washington. Sept 15.-Upon advices
from United States Consul Pringle at
Guatemala City to the effect that the
revolutionists had captured the town of
Ocas, on the west coast of Guatemala
the state department has called upon
the navy department to send a warship
there to watch over American interests,
and the Alert. at Mare Island. Cal,
has been ordered to the scene Of the
trouble.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-09-18

Bright" which reached sale of near
ly 100000 copies. Mr.. Cobb resides
with his charming wife and two happy
children in La Grange, ILL.,, beautiful
Chicago suburb He is about As years
of age, and while rather retiring in
his social disposition, seems to under
stand how to reach the juvenile heart.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-09-18
POSTAL SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS.
POtmaster General Gary Convinced
of Their Wisdom.

Washington, Sept. 15.-Postmaster
General Gary has become convinced Of
the wisdom and utility of postal saw
ings institutions, and has decided to
have bill prepared providing for their
establishment, and to recommend its
passage by congress.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-09-18

Loves Tribute.
TITS but feeble strain l sing to thee:
Though when l sing to others, burning
thought
From brightest fancies of the brain is
wrought,
Where is my manhood, love, that should
be
SO weak, my own, where I would win thy
praise?
My fairest laures to adorn thy brow
l fain would offer thee in rapture now;
Yet, if rejected, scorned! through passing
days
My heart shall see a vision ever fair,
Immortal, through my love, whose touch
divine
Hath power thus to claim thee ever
mine,
From cherished hopes to lift the veil de-
spar.
Boston Transcript.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-09-18

If you don't learn to laugh at trouble.
you win not have anything to laugh 1
when you are old,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-09-18

New York, Sept. 15.-Sales of silver GER
titicates representing 5000 ounces We're
made today at 567sc.
Rev. Abel Stevens, aged SO, died sud
denly at San Jose, Cal, last week.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-05
Money ut mome and Ahrond.

New York Jan. money on call easy
at > per cent. Prime mercantile paper,
2iaa4l2c; sterling exchange steady. with ac-
tual business in bankers bills. at M.SAD
1861. for demand and s4.Ssl2T4.S3a4 for sixty
days; posted rates, $4.Sil2M4.Sl; commercial
bills. $i.S2i2.
London. Jan. money, per cent. The
rate of discount in the open market for
short and three months bills. per cent
New York. Jan. 4.-ClearinSS, $lii.G21,2Z4; ;
balances, $151O2. 2g9.
Boston. Jan. 4-Clearings, $l6229,2l2; bal
ances $2036,OO2
Baltimore Jan. 4.-Clearings. $,i55,Cl6;
balances. $i2G.599.
Philadelphia, Jan. 4.-Clearings. $l4,3G0.O06
balances. 2.436993.
Cincinnati, Jan. 4.-Money. $40 per cent
hut firmer New York exchange, 2HH3Oc
discount CIearings $3.3lf.630.
Chicago. Jan. 4.-Clearings, Sl'.GO.OSl.
Money steady, unchanged. New York eX-
change par: foreign exchange barely
steady: demand. $4S6la; sixty days, $i.S3a4.
St Louis Jan. 4.-CleannGs, $6,2Il.692; bal
ances. S9I1. SIS. Money. 5G7 per cent New
York exchange, 25c premium bid; SOC pre-
MUM asked.
New Orleans, Jan. 4.-Clearings. $l6lS,i i3;
New York exchange bank, par; commercial
80 per 81, 600 discount.
Memphis, Jan. 4.-Clearings $6l2,92l: bal
ances. $ll7.OO6. New York exchange selling
at $1.OO premium.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-05

New York. Jan. 4.-The stock market to-
day was dull and irregular with n lower
tendency. The forenoon trading was SLOW,
although the grangers We're a tritie less
sluggish than the general list. Lower Lon
don prices and foreign sales stimulated
bear aggression. but the market received
effective support at intervals and covering
was quite apparent in some of the special
lies Around o'clock the market sold off
sharply on the announcement of the ST.
Paul bank failures The bears Were also
helped by the prevailing uneasiness regard
Ing possible congressional action on som"
important financial measures. The closing
was duh and weak at important net losses
in many shares.
The railroad and miscellaneous bond
markets showed decided tendency toward
Il higher level. on investment purchases
The large sums of money distributed FOR IN
tcrest and dividends are finding employ
ment in the high grade issues, resulting in
material improvements. Governments. dull
but strong.
Closing quotations on the New York
Stock exchange: Atchison 1875: Adams
Express. $50: American Express, lo9: Chi
cago &: Alton, lG0; Chicago, burlington d
Quincy. 6g2.: Chicago Gas, 1%a4; Consoli-
dated Gas 129: G.. G., &. & st. L.. GJ"4:
Cotton oil Certificates. 1lli2: Great North
ern DreTd llS: Illinois Central. 92 Kan
saS x Texas pref'd. 2Sl2: Lead Trust. 22l2:
Louisville * Nashville. i12.: Manhattan Con-
solidated. SSl2; Missouri Pacific, 2G!$;
Northwestern. l022s: Northwestern. pref'd.
15lla New York Central, 92$4: Pacific Mail.
81: Pittsburg. 100: Pullman Palace. -:
Reading, 2Ga, Rio Grande western Is; Rio
Grande Western prefd, 40: Rock Island,
657s: st. Paul. 72Ts: St. Paul pref'd. 1@5:
Sugar Refinery. ll0ia: Texas Pacific, S2I;
Union Pacific. 81: I. $. Express, 40; Wa
Pac pref'd. 15l4; WcIls-Fargo Express. o.:
Western Union. S22.: Denver x Rio Grande.
Hes; General Electric, 50; National l.nseed.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-05
RACE WITH a BLACKsNAkE.
A Story Told to ApprecIntive Groups
ut Smokers Gap.

From the Washington Star.
One day during the summer several ma
tives, as well as Il few "boardin' men,"
We're amusing themselves by telling tall
stories in the postoffiCe Mt Smokers Gap.
While so engaged old man Nubbins dropped
in, chewing tobacco like a threshng ma
chine, as usual. He listened awile and
finally after copious eXpectorations, asked:
Ever hear about Busbys race with a
blacksnake?"
Now old Nubbins had 4 local reputation
as yarn-spinner to be upheld. and. al
though the story was familiar enough to
some there was 4 chorus of No; tell us
about it,.
The patriarch chuckled at the remn-
iscence and went on: "Busby lived bout
five mile up the pike, and Il good bit of his
land was along the foot of the mountain.
He used to pastur his horses in field
right along there. which was separated
from his house by two other fields, though
he always druv the animals along the pike
to get EN- in and out of the pasturagc
Well, sir, he was the 'feardest man of n
snake ever hear of. Seems that he had a
bad scare from one when he was a boy
and he never could git over his feelin' of
horror at the sight of 'em. An he always
KEEP out of their way-when he could.'
and the old man shook with the laugh he
couldn't keep down.
What happened to him. Mr.. Nubbns?"
asked the dude. much Interested.
After recourse TO the spittoon, the mar
rator continued: "One Sunday evenin' aft
er supper he went over TO the field to git
one of the team. as he was goin' to the
meetin' some miles up further The sun
had got behind the Blue Ridge and it was
a sort of twilight where the horse was
After chasin' him about bit. Busby was
just Goin' to round him mp. when he heard
Il rustic behind him. He Civ quick glance
back and there was a big blacksnakc a
rearin' up and almost on him. Well. sir.
Busby let out u yell that most scared the
old nag to death, and took across the field
like a quarter horse
over the fence he fairly flew. and, as
he made the jump. he saw out of the cor-
ner of his eye that turrihlc snake right be-
hind him. Gentlemen, Busby wasn't Il
young man. but he burnt the wind | tell
you. He TUX the second fence with only
one hand touchin'. and he went across this
field. only touchin' the high places. and
every time he cut Il quick glance behine
him. there was Mr.. Snake right with him.
'Bushy was praying as he made the last
fence. and when he went over it he struck
the groun' a-runnin', but the snake was
still with him. Busby was beginnn' to
Civ out, and he thought if he could only
reach the porch the pesky thing would
leave him. hut he stumbled and fell. and
the last thing he before hittin' the
groun' was that big blaCksnalIe. and he
felt it fan across nm-as big as Il fence
rail it seemed to him. Busby closed his
eyes and broke out in cold sweat. and
held his breath. waitin' for the bite. but as
he felt none. he cautiously opened his eyes
! and looked ut the snake. Then he set up
quick and began to beat at it like as if
his arms was fails all the time a-CuSsin'
most shameful.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-05
LIVE STOCK ny TELEGRApu

Chicago. ILL.,. Jan. 4.-CATTLE-Reccipts
1l,W1. The melgcr receipts caused :,
regular scramble for the few good
We're strong ut advances of 1O02Uc per 100
pounds. Sales Were at $3GOT5.30 for com
mon to choice. with trading largely at ST. 10
m@.m. and fancy beeveS We're saIable at
$j.:syH5.JO The StoCker and feeder trade
was again quite animated at So OOH4 TO-
prices being the highest of the season
Butchers cattle We're active and 1Oc higher
calves remained firm, and Texas cattle
We're active and about 10Tl5C higher. HOGS
-kCceipts, 2l,WJ. The offerings were small
and the pens Were emptied at an earlier
hour than usual at an advance of 5Nl0c in
prices. Sales were made at 81. lUft3.G1 for
coarse heavy TO prime lightweights adapted
TO the wants of shippers, and transactions
We're largely at $S.30H3.l5. After most OF the
hogs Were sold sellers called prices easier.
SHEEP-Receipts. 10000. Sheep and
lambs We're in lively demand. and advanced
irTeTularly. the average Improvement being
fully 15C. Sheep sold at S.50n2.II for in
ferior to common up to $S.50GS.I - for choice
to prime native and Western fed f,ocks
and lambs brought S3.jOd40O for feeding
lots up to S5.25a5;,O for choice to prime
YearlinEs sold at $.GoSTi.30.
South Omaha. Jan. CATTLE-ReCeipts,
500. Market 10c higher. Beeves. S2.35di5O;
stockers and feeders, $3.O0n3.S5; cows, 81. 15Tt
HOGS-Receipts l.4OO Market 1Oc higher.
TOP. Si25; bulk S3.2Un32j.
SHEEP-ReceiptS. 200 Market strong.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-05
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

Chicago, Jan. i.-FLOUR-Receiptss ZOO
Writer patents. A.5Oa4:i3; straights. A;2Ofc
AGO: spring patents. Al'ai:5O: straights.
&.,,Id4.OO: bakers grades. $$.lo"@30 BUT
TER-Firm; creamery, ljd20C; dairy, 9u
15c EGGS-Highcr: fresh, Zoe.
Quiet Pork, Old, ne; new, SIac. Lard, re-
fined tierce, $4.10. Dry salt shoulders, 4"sc.
Sides. 4l.c. Bacon. clear rib sides. l'sC.
IIams, choice sugar cured. SSl%alCl4ee.
patents. $ig5n5.lo. CORNMEAI.-s steady;
SID per barrel ERANm55c. IlAY-Stea.iy;
$50 CORN-Lowrr; No. .. sacked mixed
and white 2gc: yellow. Soc. OATS-No- =.
sacked. steady: 24i2M25c. RltE-EaSier;
ordinary TO good 2asM+iac
EIgin. ILL.,. Jan. 4-BUTTER-Firm:o offer
ings y OSa pounds: sales. 209io pounds. at
Iac: G.gNO pounds at lsisc; $40 pounds at
1889.
St Louis, Jan. 4-FLOUR-Receipts
SS barrels. and shipments. 5,O0O barrels.
Firm. Patents 81 65T4.I5; extra fancy. $40
a42n: fancy. S2.4OT350; choice. S.00H3. 10.
mrntS. 1850 bushels. Spot lower: No >
red cash elevator. 92c asked track 9lT92c:
No > hard. cash. nominal. January 9ic;
May. gl@sc bid: July, IS@4c asked. CORN
Oo0 bushels. Duh and weak. the receipts
being heavy and the local demand limited.
Spot steady: No. cash. 2nisc; MAY. 294d
227sc OATS Receipts. 5000 bushels: and
shipments, 10000 bushels. Dull and lower
for both spot and futures. No. > cash.
Tic bid: May 2OisC asked. CORNMEAL l.
Dull at 81 81 per barrel. BGTTER-Sell-
ing slowly: creamery. lSH2ll2c: dairy. l3d
I6i.c. EGGS-HiEher. Fresh. I4c. BRAN
Dull: firm: sacked. east side. worth nomi-
nallv 3Sa4 4er. HAN-Prairie. 81 01G 80;
timothy. S6.OJalOOO. PORE-Higher: stand
ard mess jobbfnE. $1.4JdI.95. LARD
Easier: prime steam. $3.50; choice, $3.50
BACON-BoNed shoulders. $50: extra
short clear S4.62iY: ribs. 81 20: shorts. ASTla
DRY SALT MEATS-BoNed shoulders
$500: extra short clear. 800; ribs, 4.ej;
shorts. A37l.
Liverpool. Jan. 4.-WHEAT-Spot firm.
demand poor: No. red spring. - Id. Fut-
ures opened steady with near and distant
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-05


positions 1I@d higher; closed steady, with
near positions 2d higher and distant posi-
tions Pad higher; January, is ul2d; Feb
ruary. IS Tl4d. CORN-Spot firm; American
mixed, new. IS IOlad. Futures opened firm,
with near positions 1id higher and distant
positions I'D higher: closed steady, with
May 2.d higher and other months I'D
hiGher; business about equally distributed:
january. Is 10d; February, Is load. FLOUR
winter 9s I'd. BACON-Steady. demand
moderate; Cumberland cut, 2S 10 80 pounds,
27s; short ribs. ~ TO 81 pounds, 2is; long
heavy, 40 to A. pounds. 26s: short clear
backs. light Is pounds. 27s: short clear
mddles. heavy H. to ~ pounds. 2is Cd clear
bellies, II 10 l6 pounds. 21s cd. SHOl l.
DERS-Squarc. y TO Is pounds rs. HAMS
Short cut IA to IL pounds. is Cd. TAI
LOW-Fnc North American. 1HS. BEEF
Extra India mess. COS: prime mess. 5cS.
PCRK-Prime mess. tine Western AS I'd :;
medium Western. Ais 81. LARD-Duli;
prime Western, 2ls: refined. in pals, 22S.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-05
A Reyerfe.

1t was only Il winsome way she had.
As there i'll the twilight gray
She smiled on me till my heart was glad,
In the glad. Old-fashioned way;
And fainter far than echoes are
Was the touch of Il tremulous tone
That round me fell with the magic spell
OF a hand that cIasped my own.
The rough old river. close TO our feet.
Ran on with curve and fret
AS our love one ran on Its way TO meet
And be lost in vain regret:
MY darkened room shook out its gloom
Into folds of fair delight.
Till overhead was Canopied
by only the stars of night.
She flung me n shred of broken song
RaVeled from the unrest
That flutters where faith has suffered
wrong
From doubtS in the human breast:
And here and there and everywhere
The world bent down to wait
With me- the Sign of Il form diving ,
And the click of i cottage gate.
All, Fate you cannot hide her face
And fairy form from me,
For the soul is careless of time and space
And master of things to be:
And while you would have my spirit sad,
As sit in the twilight gray
She smiles on me till my heart is glad
In the glad, old-fashioned way.
Chicago Record.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-05
visitor. mt the Yards with stock.

II. Couch. Mulhall, o. T., was in ycstcr-
day with cattle.
Foley & Tulley. Eufala, I. T. had in
hogs yesterday.
r. Hanning. Olathe, Kas., was at the
yards yesterday.
Dunn Bros. South Canadian. I. T. had
in hogs yesterday.
w. NJ. Sailors. Stark. Kas., was in yes
terday with hogs.
r. Smith, Lenexa, Kas., was here yes
terday with cattle.
T l.. Boggs. Coffeyville, Kas.. came in
yesterday with cattle.
S. T. MoreIand Grand Pass, Mo-. was in
yesterday with hogs.
w. G. Gore. Blue Springs, Mo-, came in
yesterday with cattle.
j. n. Fergerson & Son, Bells. Tex. had
in cattle and hogs yesterday
S. A. Lanning. Allen. Kas., was on the
yards yesterday with cattle.
G. w. Alredge, Bonham, Tex, was here
yesterday with cattle and hogs.
G. W. Weaver, Admire Kas., was on
the yards yesterday with cattle.
NJ. Lovett. Guide Rock. Neb. was at the
yards yesterday with cattle and hogs.
T. b. McCIelIand, Edgar. Neb.. was at
the yards yesterday with cattle and hogs.
r. b. Whisenant, ]. w. Spadley and L.
RunneIs. Allen, Tex, We're up yesterday
with cattle.
J. n. Elder. Wayne county, Mo-, was here
after feeding lambs yesterday. He says
| cattle are short in his county. Hogs an
average. Corn selling ut 1Sdl5c.
J. F. Akeman, Bado. Mo-. was here yes
| tertlay with hogs. He sold 1a2 averaging
| 2O6 pounds at 1885. next to the top price
| of the day. He says the farmers in his
section are steadily improving their hogs
and the day is not far distant when the
| Southwest hog will be good as his
| Northern neghbor. Number of cattle in
| Texas county is said to be short. Hogs an
| average Corn selling at &c.
Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-05
Grain Notes.

MINNEAPOLIS and Duluth received @ol cars
of wheat yesterday, against GiS cars Il year
ago.
E.xports of wheat and Hour from Atlantic
ports vest cr,Iay were ~. 900 bushels and OF
corn 5eO.UD5 bushels.
The worlds wheat shipments last week
were J.2al 900 bushels. The Black sea SNIP
moutS were i.S2i.01O bushels.
Kansas city stocks of wheat increased
81 Sc bushels last week. Corn increased
1.c7S.g1O bushels and oats 2,%12 bushels
The stocks of breadstnffs in Liverpool,
December 81. We're: Flour, 1900 sacks;
wheat .JG1 600 centais: corn, GCN.oOO centalS.
The English visible supply increased last
week l.5nOO1) bushels: the same time l'ist
year there was decrease of %ii.o00 bushels.
s. NJ. Bird. who was with the Purcell
Grain Company, and Frank L. Miller VINO
was with q. 4. Adams * Co., have formed
a partnership and are now in the trade
under the firm name of Bird ~ Miller
A year ago the visible supply Of wheat
was 60 $40 600 bushels. Il decrease for the
week of $4,000 bushels; corn. 10,G72.0OO
bushels. increase .Ui2. 900 bushels: oats,
$ SS26GO bushels. decrease 23G.OOO bushels.
The shipments of grain from Baltimore
to foreign ports during the month of De
Cember We're by far the largest in the ms
tory of the port, seventy-siN steamers
clearing. carrying fun or part cargoes OF
grain.
The visible supply of wheat in the nited
States and Canada. as reported by the
Chicago board of trade. is Ii.G5l.0IJ bushels
an increase last week of 2OS.Ow bushels;
corn. 19Sj2.OO0 bushels. increase $4,000
bushels.
The Mark Lane Express. of London. re-
viewing The crop situation yesterday. says:
The usual increase of cold in January Will
not br unwelcome TO agriculture. ON the
Continent. the outlook is satisfactory.
Rains have fallen in Australia. but too late
10 De of any use except in Tasmania. The
news from Argentine is less gloomy than
al Christmas time. The Russian wheat
crop of 1896 is semi-otficially Stated to be
2s,O0OOOO bushels below that of 1885, and
I2.OO0,O0D bushels below the bumper Of 1884.
Secretary of Agriculture J. Sterling Nor
ton writes: 'One of the natural results of
the present wheat stringency is a height
ened demand for other breadstuffs. The
high price of wheat is already causing Il
more liberal use of such cereals as may
be substituted for ii, among them Indian
corn. a cargo was shipped in December
from Philadelphia TO India. the first ever
sent from the United States to that coun-
try The returns already received are suf
ticient to show that the total exports of
corn this year will be greater than ever be-
fore. The outlook for corn in the United
States during the coming season is rend-
cred even more favorable by the fact that
the prospective maize crop of Argentine
bids fair to be an unusually poor one"