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The advocate., 1897-06-02
About Farm Work.
Exhaustion Of the Soil in the Trans
Missouri Region.

Missouri Region.
Hon. Martin Mohler, who was many
years Secretary Of the Kansas State
Board OF Agriculture, writes ss follows
to Breeders Gazette concerning che
soil exhaustion in the country west Of
the Missouri River:
"Statistlcs published by the Kansas
State Board of Agriculture show q
large decrease In Kansas in the aver
age yield Of the three leading crops
wheat, corn and oats-during the last
Cen years, as compared with the ten
years Immediately preceding. The
average yield of wheat per acre for the
last decade Is 11.28 bushels, or loss of
20 per cent. The average yield Of corn
per acre for the same time is %
bushels, or a loss Of 80 per cent, and
Che average yield Of oats per acre for
the last ten years is 1876 bushels, or q
loss Of 80 per cent. Other trans Mis-.
sOuri States also show marked falling
off In the average yield Of the same
crops during the last decade as com.
pared with the yield Of the correspond
ing period preceding. Is this decrease
In yield due to soil exhaustion or to
other causeP
"The period Of phenomenal growth
in Kansas, both In population and In
agricultural areas, extended from 1870
to 1885. During that time the popula-
tlon increased from 364, ,999 to !, 1,406, 1873,
or nearly 300 per cent, The area under
cultivation increased from 100000 in
1870 to 15,473 ,495 acres in 1886, or about
1000 per cent. This increase in culti.
vated area was chiefly In central and
western beltB Of Kansas, comprising
twO.thirds Of the States area, terri
tory lying beyond the line of the sue.
cessful cultivation Of the tame grasses.
Systematic farming, therefore,s as prsC.
tiCed by good farmers further east
by rotation Of crops with red clover as
q fertilizer-wss impractlCable there.
Furthermore, instead of passing the
straw through stables or through feed
lots and thus converting 1t into ma
nure, and with the valuable ingEedi.
ents added returning it to the soil, the
practice has been to burn the straw
and also the cornstalks and wheat
stubbles when their height and thick
ness on the ground permitted 1t. 1t
ought not TO be surprising If soil which
has been subjected to such treatment
for twenty-five or more years would
begin to show signs Of lost energy.
While 1t Is doubtless true that the soil
he's sustained some loss Of fertility,
yet IL 10 also true that land which has
thus been cropped for twenty or more
years when TSinfsll Is abundant and
reasonable, as il is some years, produces
apparently as many bushels Of corn per
acre and of as good quality as at any
previous time, And because this Is so
many people say that the falling off in
the average yield of Kansas crops dur
Ing the Last decade cannot be charged
TO the loss of fertility in the soil. But
there msy be some loss of fertility and
yet the soil have sufficient plant food
remaining to grow an excellent crop
when weather conditions are entirely
fnYnrAhla TharA ara hnwAvnr. nthAr
The advocate., 1897-06-02

longer II has been IN cultivation, up TO
q given period, the less capacity 1t has
to retain moisture and consequently
the greater the uncertainty as to crop
in dry season, al d this fact is directly
In accordance with the experience of
Western farmers.
call farmers by experience know
that new ground is in better condition
to retain moisture and will produce a
crop under unfavOrable weather Condi-
tiOns when old ground will fail. 1t is
no doubt true that the drying out pro.
cess In the old soil may be arrested to
some extent by putting into practice
the new gospel Of soil manipulation
taught In recent years, but with the
usual way Of handling soils it is true
that as ground becomes older It is
steadily going into condition less fa-
Vorsble to retaining moisture and con-
sequently to produce crops in dry
season. Why is this SOP
"l. The prairie sod which is turned
over to the depth Of two or two and
onehslf inches is composed largely of
vegetable matter, and thus furnishes a
mulching which serves to retain moist
ure In the soil below.
''2. The firm, compact soil below,
containing much organic matter into
which the plant roots penetrate, is In
better condition to retain moisture
than the same soil is when loOsened up
and the vegetable or organic matter is
decomposed.
"For this reason the first crop on the
new ground never fails entirely under
the most unfavorsble weather condi.
tions, and succeeding crops on the
same ground will continue to do better
in dry seasons than they will do on
ground from ten to fifteen years older,
BY turning up an inch Of new soil at
each plowing In succeeding years g
new supply Of vegetable matter is con-
tinuslly being. brought to the surface,
and serving as q mulch 1t greatly aids
growing plants whose roots iind their
way down through the loOsened soil
into the compact soil below, When
the desired depth is reached six to
eight inches-snd the vegetable matter
thrown up to the surface has been de-
composed, the soil has lost much In It's
to retain moisture. However,
while this process has been In progress
the soil has been steadily adding to Its
available plant food by the decomposi-
tiOn Of the organic matter it contains,
thus setting free and making available
for plant growth the food which before
was locked up.
"ThiS being true 1t follows that
while the soil was undergoing this
change In It's mechanical condition so
as to lessen its capacity to retain
moisture, It has at the same time In.
creased It's amount of available plant
food, and with favorable seasons after
the ground has been ten years or mere
under cultivation will be In a condi-
tion to yield most abundant harvestE.
reference to Kansas statistics show
that wheat, corn and oats reached their
maximum yields from 1873 to 1883,
after che soil had been under Cultivs-
tion sufficient number Of years for
thn accommodation nf organic ynaStar
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-27
VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE.

On Monday, October 4th, 1897, at the
| Court House door in Raleigh, n. c.,
will sell at public cutlery those tracts OF
land in Wake County, about two miles
southwark Of Raleigh on the Holleman
Road and adjoining the lands of w. B.
Wilder, Mrs. Roe Ella Holleman, the
North Carolina Railroad Company and
others and described in the deed Of trust
hereinafter mentioned, as follows:
First tract Of (305) three hundred
anu five acres, more or less, lying on the
Holleman Road about 215 miles South
of Raleigh, adjoining the lands Of w. H.
| Holleman, M. A. BledsOe and others and
known as the Nixon tract, formerly
owned by George T. Cooke; it being the
land conveyed to said George T. Cooke
by e. A. Nixon and others by deed re-
corded in Book No. 81 at page 100 of
the Register of Deeds office of Wake
County, reference to which deed as re-
corded is hereby made for a more par
ticular and detailed description of said
land.
Second, tract of land in said County
and State, containing one hundred and
thirteen nacres 113), more or less, known
as the OROurke tract, formerly owned
by said George T. Cooke, it being the
land conveyed to said George Il. Cooke
by Martha e. Stronach and her husband
by deed recorded in Book No. 80 at
page PSI Of the Register of Deeds office
of Wake County, reference to which
deed as recorded and to the deed from
Bachelor and Battle, Commissioners. to
said Martha e. StrOnach, for said land,
recorded in Book No. 80 at page II of
said Registers office is hereby made for
more particular and detailed descrip-
ton of said land. Both of said tracts of
land We're conveyed to said Martha E.
Stronach by Mary V. d. Cooke, Commits
sioner, by deed bearing even date here
with"
Excepting, nevertheless, that part of
the aforesaid lands which was conveyed
to w. B. Wilder, Esq, by said Martha
E. Stronach by deed registered in Book
No. 120 at pages AL and 442 of said
Registers office of Wake County: the
part conveyed to said w. B. Wilder by
said deed contains 145 acres, leaving 273
acres which will be sold at the time and
place above stated.
Said lands will be sold in parcels.
Sale made by virtue of powers con-
ferred upon me by a deed of trust regis /
tered il Book No. 107 at page 59S of the |
Register of Deeds office of Wake |
County.
Terms Of sale Cash. Hour of sale - /
N. Crops on the land not sold.
s. f. MORDECAI. Trustee.
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New York, $5.75; Philadelphia aud Baltimore
% 20: do. in bulk 1920.
Rosln easier; srrained. common rood
Sl.h6al 81 2.
Turpentine firm at .7,az7S.
rice HTm; dom~eTIc. tar TO extra 4b0
O. Japan IL lN4A
Molasses nrm; New Orleans, open kettle
good to choice, 22a.U.
Freights to Liverpool quiet but firm; cot
ton by steam he; grain do. Adj. ASKED
Pig iron steady: southern scotch S9.5Oa
l9.0O: northern American $l0OOal2.OO; ex-
=, Copper strong: lake brokers' l1%: exchange
Tin easy. stratghts sl8.7Oal3 80. plates steady.
Spelter, dull; domestic "a 25a4 80
Lead strong; brokers' $50; exchange S3.85a
Tomatoes, per carrier, Savannah and
Charleston, 75a$l00.
4abbages, Long Island, per 100. So 5Oa35O.
Cohee-Options, ugust 1885; October 81 o5:
CordoVa 10Kal6H.
Sugar, raw frmer fair refining 81; cen
trifuRal, 98-test 3A; refined ti'mer; Mould A.
%, standard A, AZ; confectioners' A, AZ;
cut LOAF on, crushed 81, powered 81 era u
ulated b; cubes 81.
NAVAL STORES.
WILMINGTON N. c., July 26.-spirtts
turpentine firm at 2ia244; receipts 254
casRB.
hosln firm; strained SI.2O good strained
$l.ZO: receipts 400 barrels.
Crude turpentine quiet: hard Sl.3D; soft
T.SU: virgin &l.9O, receipts IS barrels.
Tar firm at $l.l5, receipts los barrels.
CHAhLEsToE b.. g.. July 26.-furpen Inc
firm at "a: sales - barrels.
hOsin firm; sales - A, b, G, Sl.15; D, Sl15:
e, 1.20: #. Sl.3O. g, 1855, II, Sl.45, l, sl55, K,
$l.55, M, 81 65, n, sl.76, window glass Sl.9O, wa
| ter white 81 co.
SAvANEAH, Ga, July 26.-Spirlts turpen-
tine firm at rs, sa.es 1928 casks; receipts
1870.
Rosin firm, sales 9.O7O: receipts 5.053; A. B.
Q, Sl26; ID, SIS: Z. 100; T, $I.55; u $l40; h
Sl.55, 1, $l.55; K. $3.50; NJ, Sl65, ", $1.65. win
| dow glass 81 05: water white $40
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-27
LOCAL STOCK MARKET.
GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Chicago, ILL.,, July 26.-Wheat col
lapsed today after a brief struggle in
which the bears came off victorious. Sep
TENDER was forced down from 74Ac to
re, and closed at 7214, a rea loss of &c.
Sensational advices abroad caused the
opening squirt, but accommodating stocks
at primary points and: reassuring ad-
vices from the spring wheat belt over
anne outside influences; Corn was weak,
likewise oats, on favorable weather and
increased country offerings. Pork closed
shade lower, while lard and ribs ad-
vanced slightly. !
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mixed sS82sR; Southern white 81; do. yellow
Oats frmer: No. white western ssX@27:
No. mixed 23ka24
Rye firm; o. 2. nearby Al; No western
AN.
Hay quiet; choice Timothy Sl3.5Oal4.OO.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. July 26-Flour strong, but
late drop in wheat shut out buyers, closing
easier; ai 1E mills nd patents A6Oa9tS6 90
AGO. Minnesota bakers $3.5Oa3.60 winter pat
ents A35a4.70; do. straights 81 00a420; do.
winter extras $3.256S.5O; winter low grades
Rye -four quiet; superBne ss0Oa2 Is; fancy
Corn meal steady; yellow western 60; city
6la6& Brandywme n.7Oal.S5.
rye firm No western Al: car lots 40Ha42.
Barley quiet; western feeding 29K; mailing
-: barley malt dull; western 4306
Wheat, spot quiet; No. red in store and
elevator S0HaS6% afloat for August; No l
northern New York 664 afloat: No. north
ern Duluth - atloat; options, No 2 red July
7S4; December 70 5-l6a8Ob, closed 1873.
Corn, spot, steady No. 2, 3lb in elevator;
32b adoat: yellow mixed 33k; options, July
closed 3l%; August 3lXa39%, closed 81 IL;
Oats, spot steady No. Z, %; options, July
closed -; September 2l%a2l%, closed FIX; Oc-
tobeI
Hay quiet; shipping 45a5O; good TO choice
60a(d75.
Hops steady; State common to choice 1895
crop 3a4, 1895 crop 6(g9. Pacific coast, 1895
crop 3a4; 1895 crop, 6al0
Hides firm; Galveston, 2Oa25 lbs HXal5H;
Buenos Ayres dry, 20a4 lbs, l8kaI9: Texas
dry, Aa3O lbs, L.; California 20a25 lbs l6X
Leather firm; Hemlock sole Buenos A yres
light to heavy weights, 19al9; acid, 1902.
Wool firm; domestic fleece. l9a25: pulled
No. to extra 25a3S; Texas I0al5.
Beef hrmi family SSh0a9.00: extra mees
81 Seas; beef hams $25Oa2 90; packed S8a95e
city extra India mess s12.OOdI4OO.
Cut meats steady; picked bellies 8a7:
do. picked shoulders 5ba5H; do. hams 81 az
Lard steady; western steamed closed at
-; city -; September closed a 81, nomi-
nal; refined steady; continent u 70; South
American 800; compound 4a4K.
PORK urn; old mess Se.00a8.50: do. new
1850
Butter quiet: western creamery l1@l5
DO. factory 7al0K; Elgins Is; imitation
creamery 9xal2; State dairy lOal4; do
creamery 1lal5.
Cheese steady; State large white zsa7K
fancy large co ored N; small colored 74a7H
2ka3.
Eggs quiet; State and Pennsylvania I2Xa
10; western fresh IL; southern - per &c
dozen cases.
Tallow dull; city CO per psckage) 3X;
country packages free) :31, as to quality.
Cotton seed oil quiet but firm; prime crude
2Oaea on: do. mills l6al6k: prime summer yell
low Aka25H; off summer yello v 24a24k: but.
ter grades 20029: prime summer white 27a28
prime winter Yellow.
Petroleum dull; United closed -; refined
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-27

iy 9x'' pit Monday. tDaily except Sun
Train on the seoTIand Neck Brancn Roxo
leaves weldon 10 D IA, Halifax % 10 M an
r1Ves Scotland Neck 20 p m GreenvfIle 57
p m, hlnston 2 % m: Returning leaves KIM
sEon % M 9reenyilie Sc m, arriving &c
cept Sunday. "a
Trains on the Washington Branch Ie.va
Washington 8 20 a m and 90 % n. arTivsS
Parmele 10 am and 2 40 p m, returnfnGr Ieaye
Parmele 30 m and 80 ID ma, arT.fve Vasbs
ington II 90 m and 20 p m, daily sxcep9
Train leaves Tarboro, N c, daily. excent
Sunday, 6S0p N, Sunday 405 D m, A. I.ives
PIymouth daily except Sun1by, 7 40 M,
W p m. Returning leave Plymouth daiiy
except Sunday, 80 a m,and Sunday 90 M.
arrives TarbOro 10 05 a m, IL 90 a M
Train on Midland N. G, Branch IaayRs
Goldsboro daily, except Sunday 10 am. -
irving Smtthtield s 30 m; returning lesve
Smithneld 600 m; arrives as CloldsbofT
10 % IN.
Trains on Nashville Branch leave ROCKY
Mount at ~ m, arrives Nashville5 O5p pm
Spring Hope 30 m; rekurnfng leavez
Spring Hope 90 m, Nashville So q IN, an
Sunday.
Train on Clinton Branch leaves Warsaw
Ior clinton daily except Sunday, 'at 8 20 q
z 90 m and 8 so m.
Train No. IS makes close connection "a
W eldon for AL points North ally, all ran
VIA richmond, also at Rocky Mounts with
Norfolk and Carolina r. r. for Norfolk AND
Oldpoants North via Norfolk.
ID. M. EMERSON, Genl Pass, Arena.
y. TX. kANLY, Genu Manager.
L. ID. EMERSON. Traffic Manager.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-27
RALEIGH TOBACCO MARKET.
AN ELEGANT SUMMER RESI-
DENCE FOR SALE.

Desiring to move to the city offer for
sale my place near Raleigh. 1t contains
about one hundred and sixty acres, on
which is a small one story dwelling
house of six rooms, carriage house,
barns, stables, etc., an elegant new two
story dwelling house of ten rooms, with
water-closets and other modern improve
ments. This is the prettiest place in
Wake county. Delightful in summer,
comfortable in winter and within three
miles Of the Capitol over a macadamized
road. Terms easy. Title perfect.
SPIER WHITAKER.
Under a mortgage made the Sth day
Of July, 1891, by Spier Whitaker and
his wife to r. S. Pullen. we will on the
18th day Of October, 1897, at the court.
house door, at public auction for cash,
sell tract of land situated in the county
Of Wake, in Swift Greek township, near
the city of Raleigh, and accurately de-
scribed as follows: Beginning at a stake
on the east side of Fayetteville road
abount three miles from Raleigh, being
the northeast corner of the tract of land,
and formerly owned by r. g. Badger;
running thence with the line of said tract
N. 1872 degrees W. 225 poles to a steak
in the line of tract of land formerly
owned by N. j. Whitaker, now deceased,
which stake is 4215 poles north of said
Whitakers southwest corner, postoak,
thence N. Az E. 1854 poles to a stake,
thence with G. II. Shows and Bledsoe'a
line S. 1914 E. 23S poles to Fayette-
vile road, thence along same s. 10A de-
grees W. Ia poles to the beginning,
containing 1894 acres more or less.
JOHN T. PULLEN,
J. S. WYNNE,
CHAS. H. BELVIN,
Executors r. S. PULLEN, Deceased.
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NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS La. July 20
mot opd steady: sales III. 800 bales.
OTHER COTTON MARKETS

Galveston, quiet, ~, SO bales.
Norfolk, firm, 81, bales.
Baltimore, nominal, 81, - bales
Boston. quiet, z Is 49, l57 bales.
Win. Igton. firm, sS, llbales
Philadelphia, steady, 8 3 10, - bales.
Savannah, firm, ~, q bales. .o,ha,as
Mobile. nothing doing, tx, % bales.
Memphis, steady. Z 1878, 81 bales
Augusta, nrxa.S 8, 80 bales.
Charleston, sAn. =. ! S 81 :, nolss
Louisville, aufet, ., bales;
st. Louis, steady, Z 13 10. - bales.
Houston, n minal. IN. 30 bales h.,o.
New York, quiet steady, lo-lo, - DRIES
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LIVERPOOL, July 26-4:0O P. M.-Spot cot
ton, moderate business; prices firm; Amer
lean middling AID,
Sales of the day were 1000 bales, OF wnlcn
800 were for speculation and export, ana
Included 1900 American; receipts 2'OOO oales'
including 1900 American. ,.,s
FUTURES opened quiet, with poor demand
and closed steady at the advance
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RALEIGH PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.

NEW YORK. July 26.-Money on call
steady at Lac per cent: last loan IN pei
cent, closed at lka2 = per cent. Prime Prime mer-
change nrjet. firm, with actual business In
bankers bils at SIX STA for demand, and and
4.S61 al s6k for sixty days. Posted rates a:SIa
S71 and 4SS(d4.SS4. Commercial Dlllsl S.oo "a
5sa59x, Bar silver SO. Government PONDS
stronger. State bonds quiet. Railroad oonos
strong.
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Opening. Closing.
LIV ERPOOL.

Spot cotton quiet and steady; middling up Up
lands 1915, middling gulf 1915: sales 6oO
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-27

SHORTEST ANDQUICKEST ROTTTw
To Atlanta, New Orleans, Norfolk, Rieh-
mond, Washington, Baltimore, Philadek
phia, Boston, New York.
Schedule in effect Nov. LIST, 1895.
TRAINS LEAVE RALEIGH.
2:16 A NJ. DAILY.
Atlanta Special" Pullman Vestibulas
for Henderson, Weldon, Petersburg, Rieh-
mOnd, Washington, Baltimore, Philadea-
phia, New York, and all points north.
Buffet drawing-rOom sleepers and Pull
man coaches Atlanta to Washington, par
Tor cars Washington to New York, Pull
man sleeping car, Chester, s. c., POrta-
mouth. Arrives at Washington 1O:45 n
m, Baltimore II noon, Philadelphia 2:3O
p. m, New York 1852 p. m. Also foS
Portsmouth, Norfolk, Old Point and local
stations Seaboard and Roanoke railroad.
11:35 A. NJ. DAILY.
For Henderson, Weldon, Suffolk.
Portsmouth, Norfolk and intermediata
stations connects at Portsmouth with Bay
Line for Old Point and Baltimore with
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat com
pany for Washington; with N. Y. p. ana
N. railroad for Philadelphia and points
north; also at Weldon, wis Atlantis
Coast Line for Richm0-s ~sshingtOn,
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York,
and with Scotland Neck Branch Tor
Greenville, Washington and Plymouth.
Pullman sleeping car Atlanta to POrts-
mouth.
2:16 A. NJ. DAILY.
ATLANTA Special" Pullman Vestibula
for Southern Pines, Hamlet, Whining.
ton, Monroe, Charlotte. Lncolnton.
Shelby, Chester, Clinton, Greenwood,
Abbeville, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Col
umbia, Macon, Montgomery, Mobile New
Orleans Chattanooga, Nashville, Mem
phis and all points south and southwest:
through Pullman Buffet sleepers and day
coaches Washington and Atlanta, con-
Meeting directly at Union depot, Atlanta,
with diverging lines; also Pullman Sleep
ing car Portsmouth to Chester, s. O.
3:34 P. M. DAILY.
For Wilmington, Charlotte, Chester,
Greenwood, Athens, Atlanta, and all In
termediate stations. Connects at Union
station Atlanta, with diverging lines. Pull
man sleeping car Portsmouth to Atlanta.
TRAINS LEAVE RALEIGH.
$40 P. NJ. DAILY.
From Norfolk, Portsmouth and points
north via Bay Line and N. Y. P. and N.
r. R., Petersburg, Richmond and Wash.
ingtOn, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
York and Boston, also from GreenVilla,
Plymouth, Washington, N. O., and east
ern Carolina, points VIA Weldon.
11:35 A. NJ. DAILY,
"Atlanta Special Pullman Vestfbusa
from Atlanta and points south, Athens,
Abbeville, Greenwood and Chester.
1925 A. NJ. DAILY.
From Charlotte, Athens, Atlanta ana
intermediate stations.
2:16 A. NJ. DAILY.
ATLANTA Special" from Norfolk Ports.
mouth, Henderson, Weldon, Richmond,
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphaa,
New York and the east.
Magnificent Pullman vestibule trains,
No extra fare.
Apply to ticket agent, or to
81. s. LIZARD, Sol. Pass. Agt.
Raleigh, N. q.
E. ST. JOHN, Vice-Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
81. w. B. GLOVER, Traffic Manager.
T. J. ANDERSON, Gen. Pass. Agt.
V. e. M'BEB, Gen. Supt.
re; WrfK entMnb9sss6tid "a. !
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THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, JULY 27, 1897

conspicuous for a rise of 3 per cent. I'm
prOvements elsewhere were also notable.
The aggregate sales were $S,20O,O0O
Government bonds displayed strength
ON moderate purchases. The transactions
were S21 .OOO0
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CHICAGO, JULY 26.

Flour steady. Wheat, Mo- spring 76x:
NO; spring nominal; No. red, new,
761a77. Corn, No. 2, 26X@26@. Oats, No.
2, TN; No. g white f o b 2iXa2SX: No. 3
white Oh 2OQ22. Rye, No. 2, 38. Barley,
NO; nomisai: No. o b 2sa3l; No. 40 b
70 Flax seed. No. l, 82KaS34: Prime Timothy
seed 81 75. Mess pork per Dbl, $7.7Oa7.75.
Lard, per7100 lbs S4.l7Ka4 20$ Short rib sides
Qoose) 64 a5%. Dry sailed shoulders boxed)
NAB. Short clear sides :(boxed) 4Xa9%,
Whiskey, distillers' finished goods per gal
Ion S1.l9.
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, July 26.-FEour opened quiet:
western superfine $260a2.s5; do extra s. GOA
$40; do. family $4.0Og4.42K, winter wheat pat
ents $435a4.60; spring dc. A.25G4.5O; spring
wheat straights $405Q4.2G
Wheat irregular and higher; No. 2 red spot
and July 80k a80%; August 791a79K; Septem-
Der 79aF9& steamer No. z red 75Ka76; South
ern wheat by sample, 79a82; do. on grade rs
aS1.
Corn steady; spot ana July 31Ka31%: Au-
gust 3l8a3l4; September 3l4a3l1; steamer
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FOR SALE.

A paying drug business for young man,
druggist or physician in North Carolina, an
excellent country town in fine tanning sec
tion. win sell at a bargain Address,
"DRUGGIST,'
care News and Observer.