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The age-herald., 1897-11-17
The Iron Market.
Grain Letter

Chicago Nov. 16.-LWheat opened dull and with but little trading today, con- seuuently little fiuetuation was scored and the prices about the same all day. May wheat opened at 90A Ito 90asc and sold down to 89asc, just one cent loss for the days fluctuations. Good reports from the northwest with some selling or ders was accountable for the slight de- cline. The receipts were very liberal but not to any great degree excessive. The pit was dull most of the session and the trading very dull.
 Corn and oats were as usual dull with out showing any strength and closed fractionally lower than the opening and yesterdays prices.
 Provisions were slightly lower in con- sequence of heavy hog receipts at ,Chi- cago. gs
 1T. 1T. SMITH & co.
 Stock Letter rA
 New York, Nov. 16.-Stocks opened fractionally higher today and exhibiteJ considerable strength. The coalers were all strong and .on good buying gained from ? to 2k per cent. Sugar was agafn very active today, opening at 128 and selling as high as 130% with heavy trad ing and mostly short selling. Rock Island was sbrong again today. opening at S5M and selling as high as S7H, an advance of 13s per cent. The whole list was strong today and the "longs' were in good standing and good buyers of all offerings of stocks. There was also con siderable borrowing of stocks and when this is the case the outcome of the mar ket is upward. The Washington news was favorable to the List and the market rallied on this with good purchasing or ders from that CsnteIr. Louisville and Nashville also rallied just per cent. for the day. opening at 541 and selling to 55h This stock should be a purchase and after all qarantines of the south are raised and thegr trains cumming on sched- uDs times and the resumption of their freight traffic this stock will soon sell back into the eos. The entire list looks Like a purchase. with the possible excep-
The age-herald., 1897-11-17

Butter-Elgin. 25c; Dairy No. 1, 22c; Dairy No. 2, 200; country. 1S920c; cook ing, 12@14c.
 Eggs, 15@16c.
 Poultry-Hens, 25c; fries. 12iAQ1Sc. ducks, 15@SOc; geese. s0c. Potatoes-Irish. 75@80c per bushel; sweet, per barrel, $175Q2.25. Apples. $2.256D3.25.
 Lemons, $3@3.50 per box. Corn-Yellow, 41c; white. 42c. Meal Soc per sack.
 Hay-Choiee timothy, $15; No. l, $l4; No. 2, $13.
The age-herald., 1897-11-17
Articles Opening Highest Lowest Closing

Cash quotations dull; No. 3 spKng wheat S7@8S; No. spring wheat. 82@9t; /; No. 2 red 9f@96A; No. 2 corn, 26H@26A; No. 2 oats, 2034; No. white. 2SA@24R; No. white. 221a@24; No. 2 rye. 471k; No. 2 barley. 27Q4O; No. 3 =; Mo-. 4. -; No. flax seed. $1.O6k @11Ok; rn4me timothy seed $2.65 rireas pork pIsr barrel. $7.25@ 7.SO; lard. per 100 pounds, $4.17K short ribs sides Qooae), $42O04.SO; dry salted shoulders (boDed). 4A@5;; short clear sides 0boxeD, 41S@45s; whisky. dfstil1ers' finished goods, per gallon. $1,tS; sugars, cut foaf unchanged; Granuiated, do: Stadard "A" do; No. yellow corn, 2614@ 265s; cheese quiet. S@Sh; eggs, firm: fresh, 18c.
 On the produce exchange the butter market was steady Creamery, 15@221z; dair.es, 12@20.
The age-herald., 1897-11-17
Local Staple Groceries

Flour-Best patent, $55O@6. Straight-$4.75; extra family, SIPS. Sugar-Granulated, $5 5.10; Y. C.. $4.6O. Coffee-Rio, green, S@1Skc; Arbuckle, Leverlng and Lyons packages, SLIGO. Iard-4k, basis.
 Clear Ribs Sides-$4.78.
 Nfolassess-Centrif., 15@25c; sugar. house, 20@35c.
 Rice, 5R@6c. .ss4
The age-herald., 1897-11-17

for great dullness today Wheat today suffered somewhat from liquidation, causad by the heavdness of receipts in the northwest and closed at SLc decline. Corn was easy and closed 5l to- ssc lower. Oats declined 1sc Provisions weu'e dull but Irregular and closed at substantially unchanged figures.
 The leading futures ranged as follows:
The age-herald., 1897-11-17
New York Cotton Market.

New York. Nov. 16-The cotton mar ket opened quiet, but firm. at an advance of to points, lost 2 to points of the opening gain, but turned dscidadly strong and sharply advanced to 12 points with the market finally steady. The cable news averaged much better than looked for. Southern spot markets were re- ponted to he 5racing up and temperature in the south became threateningly low with g. drop of 20 to 40 points all over the cotton belt Itredietsd At the same time receipts at the ports fell below estimates, with predictions pointing to a considera- ble let up tin the near future notably at New Orleans and Houston
 In the afternoon the market was very active and for the most part decidedly strong with covering @ more pronounced feature than has been apparent for some time past.
 Cotton steady. M.ddling, 5%c; net re- ceipts. 2,126; gross s,20O; exports to Great Britain, 6,603; to the continent. 937; for warded. 2,621; sales, 40O stock, 75,665.
 Total today. Net receipts, 77,S52; eX- ports to Cheat Britaln, 9.403; to France, 15,967; to the continent, 11,097; srock, sS2, 2,207.
 Consolidated; Net receipts. S,73O; ex- ports to Great Britain, S4,s63; to France, 24, ,S31; to the continent, S2,472.
 Total since September 1: Net receipts, 8,115, ,S0S; exports to Great Brltaln 971 ,7S0; to France. 251. 1924; to the continent, 743,- e63
 Cotton futures opened quiet and firm sales, lo,S00 bales; January, 5.71; Feb quary. 5.78: March, 5.S2; April, 5.S5; May 5.91; June, b.95; July, 500; August, G01 November. 5.6s; December. 5.65.
 Cotton futures closed steady; sales, 155,1o0 bales; January. 5.75; February, ,5 80 March, 5.S5; April. 5.9O; May, 5.g5; June 5.9s; July, GOA; August, sos; September GOT.
 Spot cotton closed steady. Middlng upfallds, 57sc; middling gulf. 6Ac: sales, 400 bales.
The age-herald., 1897-11-17
Liverpool Cotton Market.

Liverpool, Nov. 16.-Cotton, spot. fair demand prices higher; American mid ding, 31H; low middling. sgd; good or dinary, Sd; ordinary, 9 1s-16d The sales of the day were 12,OOO bales, of which 2.0o0 were for speculation and export and included 10,50o American. Receipts, 76.- 900 bales, including 6S,sOO American
 Futures opened quiet with a moderate demand and closed quiet. American mid ding l.. M. c. November. 12d sellers: November and December. 8 O9@3 Tod sell es. December and January, 09d sell CTS: January and February. O9d sellers; February and March, 09Q3 Tod buyers; March and April. 10@3 lid sellers; April and May, 11@s 12d buyers; May and June. 8 1903 13d buyers; June and Judy, 8 14d sellers: July and August, 15d sell CTS; August and September. 1899 16d buyers
 Chicago Change
 Chicago, Nov. 16.-The grain and pro- vision market were again remarkable
The age-herald., 1897-11-17
Chicago Live Stock

Chicago, Nov. 16-Trade in cattle was more animated than usual at yester- days 10@15c decline Native beef steers sold all the way from $3S5@3.40 for com mon ito good dressed beef cattle and $4.75@5.30 for good to extra shipping $4. Choice droves were rather scarce. Bulls sold largely at $2.70@S25 and cows and heifers at a wide range of prices. $1.S5@4.50, the latter for choice heifers, Calves were active at $5.75Q6.5O for good to best The stocker and feeder trade was fairly active at $S.50@4.30. with a few choice feeders wanted at $449@4.5 30. Western range steers sold readily at $350@430. Demand for good was rather slow and prices weakened, prices largely showing a decline of Sc per 100 pounds.
 Hogs sold largely at $3.35@3.45, coarse packers selling at $s.15@S25. and prime medium weights at $S.4O@S.5O. Pigs sold largely at $3.1O@3.45.
 Sheep sold readily at $3.00@5.00 for nla- tives, few going above SAYS. while. rams sold at $tJ@4.0O. Fed western sheep sold up ito S4.70, range sheep being sale able at $3.90@450. Lambs were wanted at $4.009625 for poor to extra choice, the best lots being slightly higher than here tofore. Prices are too high for feeders.
 Receipts: Cattle, 500; hogs,9 5000; sheep 10000.
The age-herald., 1897-11-17

There is no better location in the United States for Eastern and Northern emigrants than the line of this popular railway. The productions of Georgia and Alabama cannot be duplicated by any other section of country in the world Come and see. The through vastibuled limited between New York ana New Orleans is via the At lanta and New Orleans Short Line, the most attractly route to travel in the South. It passes through rich country, teeming with attractive and prosperous towns and villages all the way from Atlanta to Mont gomery. For rates of fare or other infor- nation write or call on
 GEO. P. ALLEN, T. P. A.
 Atlanta, Ga D. P. O'RoURKE. Pass. Agent,
 Selma, Ala. E. B. EVANS. Cont. Frt. Agent.
 New Orleans. W. TAYLOR, Gen. Agent.
 Montgomery, Ala. JOHN A. GEE. Gen. Pass. Agent.
 Atlanta, Ga. E. E. KIRBY, c. T. A,
 12 Kimball House. GEO. c. SMITH.
 President and General Manager
The age-herald., 1897-11-17

tiOn of Sugar which looks as though 1t would sell some lower
 H. H. SMITH & co.
The age-herald., 1897-11-17
Market5. by. Telegraph.
LOCAL MARKETS.
Local Cotton Market

The market opened firm at 514c' ana during the morning was in good demand. with receipts fair. After the noon hour it took slump of IS points and the de- mand fell off accordingly.
 Cotton-NnddHng, 5Kc.
The age-herald., 1897-11-17

Train No. 3S, leaving Birmingham at 5:55 a m carries Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars at Atlanta with and forming a part of tba Washington and Southwestern vestibule and New York thus making no change be- tween Birmingham and New York.
 Nos. 56 and 38 carry Pullman sleeping
 Additional information as to schedules. fully furnished upon appncation tp office of traveling passenger agent, No, North Twentieth street. Birmingham. Ala: telsa J. M Culp. Traffic Manager. Washington.
 w. H. Green. General Superintendent.
 W. A. Turk, 6. P. A., Washington, D. c.
 c. A. Benscotsr. A. G. P. A.. chatta- ; J. P. Biilups. T. P. A. Birmingham Ala
The age-herald., 1897-11-17
St. Louis.

SG. St. Louis. Nov. 16.-Flour weak, but unchanged Wheat, spot, lower, No red cash, elevator 95c; track, 96h@97cs No. hard, cash, S6c; December, 92kc; May, 91asc. Corn, spot, dull and easier; No. 2 mixed, cash, 25c; December, 24s4c; May. 279sc.
 Oats, spot, lower; No. mixed, cash elevator, 2Oc; track, 21@21hc; December, 2O%c; May, PC asked.
 Rye, quiet, 46c.
 Bran dul, strong; sacked this side and east track. 50c.
 Butter, 1Sk@24c; dairy, 111A@1Shc. Eggs, higher, Ice.
 Whisl1ey, $1.19
 Pork, steady; standard mess jobbing, $S.25@8.50.
 Lard firm; prime steam, s4.1o; choice. s4.12&. Bacon, boxed lots, extra short clear. $5.25; ribs, $5.62La; shorts, $5.75. Dry salt meats. boxed shoulders, | $5.12k; extra short clear. $4.S71s; ribs, s5; shorts, $5.25.
The age-herald., 1897-11-17
Fruits and Produce

Cotton-Middling, 51sc.
The age-herald., 1897-11-17
New Orleans Cotton Market

N6W OFIeHuS COttOn MarkoE
 New Orleans, Nov. 16.--iCoHton futures barely steady: sales, 5000 bales. Novem- Der, 5.34 nominal; December, 5.32@5 33 1; January, 5.3s@5.4O; February 5.44@5. .45 ; March, 5.49@5.50; April 5.54@555: May, 6.59Q560; June, 5.6505 66 ;aJuly, 570@5. .72.
 GENERAL, COTTON MARKErs
The age-herald., 1897-11-17

SAMUEL HUNT,
 General Manager. O. K. CAMERON,
 Master of Trains. N. R. ADRIANCE,
 Superinfcndnnt.
The age-herald., 1897-11-17
Chicago Change

Chicago, Nov. 16.-The grain and pro- vision market were again remarkable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-11

1.-THE fear AZ man bringeth a snare. but whose
putteth his trust In the Lord shall be SAFE.
at Is safe to say that every angler on THIS pier
hopes to catch twenty pound bass. Long years
ago poet wrote Of the Pleasures OF Hope. NO
man ever went home from an honest fishing Trip
and abrsed his wife. Whenever the nsherihah
takes with him the black bottle ne lhsuits INC
memory Of Izaak Walton who reduced hshins
to pleasurabe science"
as the young man Absalom safe! This inquiry
was made by King David. one OF the most re-
markabe names in human history. feao III"
the young man Absalom lost his life"
rs 1t safe for young men to spend their earn
ings as they go and hope for some lucky time IN
the future? No. They should economize and put
their money in some savings bank so that IN
old age. instead of being burden on their
friends they can live on a well-earned compe-
tency."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-11
or hand them this notice. which is posted In
every bath house:
MODESTY OF APPAREL
IS AS BECOMING TO
A LADY IN A BATHING SUIT
AS IT Is TO A LADY
DRESSED IN SILK AND SATIN.
"A word to the wise Is sufficient

Visitors to the beach are warned by posters
and signs against improper or boisterous con-
duct, and requested to act as they would In their
city homes" The regulations hint that "as
rule respectable people retire from the beach at
1890 p. m.," and further state: "The electric
lights will be extinguished at IL o'clock. All per-
sons are expected to be Off The beach half hour
before that time"
HIS FRIENDSHIPS RETAINED.
Mr.. Bradley possesses the quality Of keeping
the friendship Of those people with whom he Is
thrown in contact This was illustrated the
other day when a woman stopped him In the
beautiful Asbury Park Convention Hall.
Il was in your Sunday school class twenty
years ago." she said, land shall never forget the
delightful drives you used to give U.S."
Il have the same old coach STILL" he said, land
1t is at the disposal Of my old Sunday school
pupils-call for it and have your ride and have
as much fun as you had twenty years ago."
Among the curiosities Of Asbury Park Is the
bowsprit Of the Mary f. Kelley, which stands In
the sands monument to the vessel, which
was wrecked near the spot August "a. 1888 The
captain and two Of his crew were lost The body
OF the cook was found in the wreck. and his his
tory Is recorded in these words on the bowsprit:
He was known to the surviving sailors simply
as Walter" The records Of the captain were
lost and no other clew to the mans identity coulo
be given. Notwithstanding the facts of the
wreck were given in the metropolitan papers no
one appeared to claim the body. SO the unknown
sailor received Christian burial. The service was
held at Liberty Square the Salvation Army TAX
ing charge Of 1t. The coffin, wrapped in the
starry flag Of the vessel, borne to Mount
Prospect Cemetery. Accounts given Of the singu-
lar funeral through the press led family in
New-YOrk to make inquiry, and it was then de-
veloped who the man was. Although his calling
was an humble one (and why it was so in his
case the reader may conjecture), his relatives
were abundantly able to rescue the remains from
a paupers grave. The body was removed from
the grave registered as unknown" to the beau
tiful Trinity Cemetery, at One-hundred-and-
fifty-ffth-st., in New-York City.
In that cemetery repose the remains Of the
Astors and many leading New-York families.
and the story Of Walter" the cook, may well
suggest to the mind of the reader the fact that
death is the great leveer for while costly mon
uments may mark the graves Of some and while
no stone may cover others, the body Of the mill
ionare will mouder to dust Beside the body Of
poor Walter" who persisted on the New-Jersey
sands
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-11

NAV have the privilege to go out IN ohe' 81 DC
oral large boats have been placed on the oeao"
where the children may reach them anu p'a'
in and around the brightly painted craft 1hefe
10 the Horace Greeley and further up the peach
the st. Peter, which bears on It's stern poa'u '"e
Inscription: Simon Peter saith unto the"' b
aching, They say unto him. We go with
tboe," Then there is a large boat inouh'eo VII
u,hee,s in which the little ones are taken TO
drive.
FIRE ENGINE FOR LITTLE FOLK
The fire engine is always an object OF curioSi''
IN the little folk-they see 1t rush through 'N'
street but never come within touching o's'anoe
Of the machine Mr. Bradley secured an o'u Gil
cine and il stands where the niue ones may
limb all over 1t. A card on II says; heaue''
this engine has had its day, as you VIII now
YOUR day-no matter what your station III TIC
NAV he. Old Liberty is placed here as a play
thing for children.
cage mounted on a red wagon, looking IKE
link from circus parade, stands near the ou
engine. and the little boys who have seen the
street show and wondered at a safe distance at
the display Of Gagged animals may CLIMB into the
cage and play there. They take every chance &c
do so and 1t is nothing unusual to see one. and
sometimes three or four, boys ronplng AROUND
bchnd the bars, making more noise than the lion
for whom the prison house was built. The In
scription on the cage tells the visitor that the
lions cage has travelled all over the civilized
world. but has finally become a plaything for
children on the beach at Asbury Park"
tank with a sea lion offers entertainment for
hundreds OF children, and while they watch the
unpraceful animal their elders find time to read
the inscriptions on an old iron safe which Mr..
BRADLEY took from junk pile some time ago
and bv means OF which he points moral. These
are the inscriptions on the safe:
as it safe for a young man to Ill his mind
with impure literature, so that he ceases to be-
lieve in the existence Of purity7 Mo-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-11

The deeds that are recorded by hundreds, am
told
Say, mot drop Of liquor shall in the park be
sold,"
Ard to prove that this can be. and that the plan
works well,
Other towns have followed suit as have heard
them tell
So We'll arm US to a man and hunt the demon
down.
TILL there Is not a traitor or drop Of rum in
town,
For God is the right side. the side that yet
shall win.
He holds the might in warning In warning
against sin.
In his arrangement Of the beach with Its bath
houses, sun parlor5 observation towers, board
walks music and refreshment pavlons, docks,
ETC., the children have not been forgotten. and
all along the water front there objects placed
for their especial entertainment the character OF
which shows that the founder not only loves
children. but knows what will amuse them
Children like to play in boats. but not all
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-11
A GREAT CHERRY ORCHARD.
HOW AN IMMENSE CROP is HANDLED ON A
CALIFORNIA RANCH.


CALIFORNIA RANCH.
From The San Francisco Wave.
Probably there is no better-known and GER
tainly there are few larger ranches in the State
Of California than that owned by the Meek eS-
tate. 1t Is situated little way outside the city
OF Oakland. and it covers a huge tract of land
between San Lorenzo and Haywards. 1t Is
spread over $500 acres of some Of the finest fruit
bearing country on the Pacific coast. thou
sand acres Of this extent is in fruit, for the most
part cherries.
The ranch is owned and controlled by the two
Meek brothers and their sisters, how skilfully
may be known from the fact that IN spite of hard
times and depressed market there has never
been year when it has not paid and IND paid lib
full orchard will bring its owners anywhere from
$4,000 to $50. 900.
Just now the seasons cherry picking is going
on at a great rate and little army of pickers
are tOiling from tree to tree, stripping the
branches like swarm Of locustS.
The sight is picturesque, for the pickers come
by families and live In the cherry orchard in a
small village Of tents. At the height Of the sea-
son nearly one hundred and fifty pickers are
employed. They are Of all ages and both sexes
as the work is Of such nature that ii can be per-
formed we'll by women as by men, az well by
ten-year- old girl as by grown man. The pick
ers are OF course, boarded at the expense OF the
ranch, and besides paid from 70 cents to 81
a day, SO that wife and two three children
can make as much money during the few weeks
Of the picking season as the head Of the house
can earn during the entire year.
After the picking, the cherries are taken over
to the packng-h house and handled at once. The
ripper cherries are sorted out and put upon local
markets. while the more backward are shipped
East. The force Of packers dispose of 40
boxes per day. Two thousand boxes go to the
carload, and must be hurried to their destination
as speedily possible, for there is fruit that
loses its flavor quicker by overkeepng than the
cherry. For The same reason the boxes must be
rapidly marketed. for they will not keep many
hours in the heat of an Eastern summer. There
are plenty Of difficulties in the way of getting the
California cherry upon the dining tables OF the
Eastern consumer, but with ordinary care and
fair season the prices obtainable not bad.
In Chicago ten-pCund box of California cherries
can be made to bring a dollar IL properly
handled, while in New York, though the East
ern local market comes into competition, the
same quality will sometimes sell for II cents
pound.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-11

The last Institution shows that Mr.. Bradley
knows that all men are not in sympathy with
him: 1T Is safe to say that some cynical man
will sneer and say that the man who put these
inscriptions on this old iron Is a crank. but he
cannot dismiss from his mind what he has read.
and in spite Of himself he will be benefited"
MORE TRACES OF PHILOSOPHY.
But even in the village one meets evidences OF
Mr. Bradley's humor and philosophy A drink
ing fountain for horses is inscribed with THE
Horses Petition"
Up the hill urge me not,
Down the hill speed me not,
On the plain spare me not,
To the hostler trust me not
Another drinking fountain near the station, is
made OF the base Of column which was part
Of the Reformed Church in Lafayette Place
torn down about ten years ago. Whenever he
can pick up anything in the way of an antiquity
to which a moral may be pinned Mr.. Bradley
embraces the opportunity. and the place has be-
come dotted with all sorts Of curiosities. from
in Memorlam" is engraved. to an old but mas
sye wagon which does duty as the Salvation
Army artillery wagon.
Mr. Bradley has served several terms Sem
ator in the New-Jersey Legislature. and he is in
active business in New-York, but the further de-
velopment Of the place which he founded seems
to claim most Of his time, and to keep up the
moral tone is as much his object as to enhance
the value Of its real estate
THE BATHING RESTRICTIONS.
Much has been written about the restrictions
placed on bathing by Mr.. Bradley, but II appears
that bathers are subjected to no severe hard
ships at the Park. "Of course" said Mr. Brad
ley I'VE will not allow certain styles Of bathing
costumes, and when women who wish to wear
that kind say to u.s. as they have done. We
wear them at Newport and at Long Branch we
simply tell them that We have rules OF our own
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-11
AN ATTAINMENT.

From The Washington Star.
Its untrue" said Willie Washington. that
It is impossible for man to attain perfection"
who has reached that stage?"
II have. Miss Cayenne informed me this
morning that am perfect bore.
The advocate., 1897-08-04

The Kansas City Journal (Rep) prints a
story to the effect that Governor Barnes
Rep. of Oklahoma had recommended and
was urging the appointment Of one DeF'ord
for United States Marshal because OF an
agreement whereby DeF'ord would pay
Barnes 81 200 year out Of his salary. Ex-
Congressman Flynn Rep.) is given as au-
thority for the charge. 1t is alleged that
Flynn made the charge directly to the At
torney General Of the United States and
proved it.
The advocate., 1897-08-04

Kansas City Star. .(gold Democrat): "If
William j. Bryan had been elected in 1896,
with a Congress in sympathy with his
views, it is perfectly safe to say that the
sugar trust would not have been able to
put into its pocket the spoils it has accum-
ulated during the extra session Of the
Fifty.ffth Congress. There may DO proper
objections to free silver, but II Is not, like
protection, synonym for robbery