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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-25
AT THE CRAWFORD THEATRE

AT THE CRAWFORD THEATRE.
The Spooner Dramatic Company opened
a weeks engagement at the TILES Thea
ter last night TO a splendid audiences. The
bin was the Pear OF Savoy" beautiful
play OF fascinating grandeur AMI en-
nobfng sentiments. The stage settings
were superb, the costumes exquisite ana
the acting OF the Individual monlbers far
above the average. Miss Allie spooner.
in the role OF Marie. was prominent
favol4te from g1re first entrance. Her In
depreciation was all that could be de-
sired. Annie Harrkson's performance %
two characters. the MsrchioneSs Dc Serve
and Margaret. was mast excellent. Nam
ME spooner. as ChoucbOn. made thsngs
merry and completely captlvsted the audi
ence- Mr.. Lewis gave a masterfui ren-
dation OF IsonsalOt. W. r. Todd. a.
Arthur de Serve. was very clever. Geo.
Baker was usost acceptable as the COM
mander as was Joseph Bennington IN the
character II JasqtsOt. Mr.. y. f spoonsr,
as PierrOtt. made a NIT. The speosaltles
were very pleasing. Take ali In al
the Spooner Dramatic Company Is thu beat
repertoire company that has played IN our
city In long time. A successful weeks
business seems assurod.-Daiy News,
Fort Smith. Ark
The spooners AZ tho Crawford Grand
all next week The first offering IL The
Pearl OF Savoy" a beautiful play Of fas-
cinating grandeur and ennobltng sent
ments. specIaltlts. Prizes 10. - arsd %
cents Buy a SO-ceslt ticket before p. m
Monday and take lady free seats q
sale at IIUwys jeweiry store
Card Of Thanks.
To our many friends who 30 kindly
assisted Us IN TIE sickness and burial %
our brother. Lake Anderson. WHO has isft
Us TO Join the Heavenly Host sbSvs, Ss
tender our sincere and heartfelt thanks.
We also express our thanks 20 ire
friends who 30 kindly furuslsl 20 many
BEAUTIFUL howeEs. To the members Of ths
ArkanSas Valley Lodge No. n. A. r. and
A. NJ. we especially tender our thanks.
and feel thai We owe them = dStt u
gratitude for the kind and tender man
and brother % rest
sirs LAKE Anderson.
y ANDERSON.
Mrs y. ANDERSON,
MFa MARY Anderson.
LEE ANDERSON.
Bt-RFsf. Anderson.
CHAs. ANDERSON.
J. = Anderson,
THOMAS ANDERSON.
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-25
LETTER List.
LADTFE LIST

Letters advertised By posmasfeg A.
Wichita Kan. fpE tho seek ending June
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-25

manent benefit and do not react on th
sVstern- One is a gentle laxative.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-15
The Educated Orchardist.

The ownership and cultivation of
the soil has been the true source of
dignity, of wealth and of power since
the dawn of history. 1t has been apt
ly said that the only part of agricul-
ture that has not been improved was
the man himself who tills the soil.
Now, says the British Fruit Grower,
there is where we ought to begin. The
fruit grower ought to be sound and
a perfectly formed man physically. He
should be taught the laws on which
his own life and health depend. He
should have capacity for thought and
action. Morally, physically, intellec-
tually, he must be man before he
can be a farmer. The fruit grower
has other duties to perform besides
the mere prosecution of his business
of fruit growing. He owes a duty to
society which he must perform.
1t has been said that if a man can
do nothing more than laugh it is his
duty to go into society and do that.
In other words, it is the duty of every
man, whether he be a farmer or not,
to contribute his mite towards enter
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-15

"Few men are keener observers
than r. c. Scott, of this city. In CON
versation with a reporter he said the
fears that Cuba would ever compete
with Florida in citrus fruits and win
ter vegetables was baseless. He was
in Cuba for five months and gave a
thorough investigation to the subject.
He found handsome grapefruit and
oranges for sale there at 80 cents per
hundred, but they cannot be shipped
to this country because they decay so
rapidly after they come off the trees.
In two or three days after they come
off the trees they begin to rot and are
unfit for the market. The orange has
no attractive f1avOr-it is simply
Sweetened water enclosed in rind
The same trouble of rapid decay is ex-
perienced with the pineapple. The
vegetables are poor and trifiing The
largest tomato he saw was about the
size of a plum. Mr.. Scott is satisfied
that Florida has nothing to fear in
these lines, and that those who go to
Cuba or Porto Rico to invest in them
will be disappointed"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-15

tanning and instructing those about
him. And while a person is perform
ing this duty he will be astonished at
the amount of information he himself
will acquire. In seeking to perfect the
fruits grown, we should not omit at
the same time to perfect or improve
the nature of the man who grows
them.
That is why 1 contend that the hOr-
ticulturist should be an educated,
thinking man.-Ex.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-15

BILE that they should be somewhat d.
luted.
Materials which are readily soluble
can be scattered over the surface. At
ter the first fall of rain they distrib-
ute themselves throughout the soil
very completely and uniformly. Such
materials are nitrate of soda, Sulphate
of ammonia, soluble phosphates and
soluble potash salts. These materials
are preferably used in case of top
dressings.
Materials which are not readily sol
uble are preferably we'll mixed
through and beneath the soil. Thus,
dried blood, bone meal, fish-scrap, and
similar materials are best placed at
greater depth beneath the soil, be-
cause under these conditions they be-
come soluble more rapidly and are
retained more surely by the soil.
Time of application.-Fe Fertilizers
which dissolve easily and diffuse
through soil rapidly and which are not
readily retained by the soil, are best
applied only when the crop is ready to
utilize them. If put on too early, there
is danger of being leached from the
soil and carried more or less beyond
the reach of the plant, and thus lost.
Nitrate, and to less extent, ammonia
compounds, come under this precau-
ton. Hence, it is not wise ordinarily
to apply guano, ammonia compounds
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-15
Don't be in a Hurry.

Doubtless many people, says the
Gainesville Sun, will be discouraged
by losses sustained and will be in
clined to seek other localities to bet
ter their condition. 1t is safe to say
adds this paper, that no country in
viting immigration and settlement is
what it is pen pictured to be. Every
land has it's disadvantages as we'll as
it's advantages. 1t would be we'll for
those who anticipate a settlement in
Cuba before they sacrifice their prep
erty and spend their money, to ascer-
tain from a reliable source, what they
may expect to encounter after reach
ing that island. The following, which
we copy from the Tampa Herald, may
prove profitable reading to those who
are calculating on making change
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-15
A Talk on fertilizers.

titled "Plant Food" issued by the
North Carolina Horticultural Society
we extract the following?
1t will generally be found more eco
nomical to purchase fertilizing materi-
ais of high grade. In applying ferti-
lizers, bulk is often desirable, but in
purchasing commercial fertilizers, the
object should be to secure as much nj
available forms as possible for one
dollar, instead of as many pounds as
possible of fertilizers, regardless of
the amount of plant-fOod contained in
it. This is particularly applicable to
mixed fertilizers. Since there is small
er bulk to handle in mixing, a smaller
number of packages for holding, and
consequently, less weight and freight,
it is, as a rule, more economical to
purchase fertilizers in their more con-
centrated forms. For illustration, it is
more economical to purchase one ton
of high-grade fertilizer than three
tons of a lOw-grade fertilizer, one ton
of the former containing the same
amount of plant-fOOd contained in
three tons, of the latter; because, in
making the latter, three times as
many packages are required and three
times as much freight must be paid,
all for the same amount of plant food.
Fertilizers cannot, as a rule, be in
too finely powdered condition, nor can
they be too dry. With many materi-
ais, bone for example the availability
as plant-fOod is directly dependent up
on the fineness of division. Excessive
moisture in fertilizing is undesirable
on several grounds. First, the larger
the amount of moisture, the smaller
will be the amount of plant-food in a
ton. Second, excess of moisture caus-
es the particles to stick together, and
is likely to result in caking and clog
ging when used in drills. Third, an
excess of moisture favOrs the decom>
position and loss of nitrogen in many
forms of organic matter. This is
shown by the fact that some ferti'1-
Zers give off a very offensive odor if
allowed to become damp, while they
are comparatively free from Disagree
able odOrs if they are thoroughly dry.
A strong OdOr in a fertilizer is an in
dication that organic matter is decom-
posing and nitrogen is being lost
The effect of a fertilizer is lost if it
does not reach the plant roots. Pains
must be taken to secure even and COM
plete distribution of fertilizers on or
in the soil, since it is desired to have
the food reach every plant in the field.
In order to distribute small quantities
Of concentrated fertilizers over a
broad area, it is we'll to dilute by mix
ing with some such substance as dry
earth, road-dust, sifted coal-ashes or
sand.
AS between applying fertilizers with
the drill or by broadcasting, the best
results are given sometimes by one
and sometimes by the other method,
according to circumstances. When a
fertilizer is especially needed by a
crop in it's earliest stages, there is ad-
vantage in drilling it in with the seed.
When concentrated fertilizers are 70
hO fCtu al 10 fVso
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-03-15
The New South.


We receive many experiment station
reports from the Southern States, and
also many agricultural paers and mag
azines, but we seldom extract much
from them, for the reason that their
soils and climate are so different from
those in the states where our paper
mostly circulateS, that the very points
most useful in the sections for which
they are written would be of little val
lie to our readers. We could not sue
coed in growing potatoes by planting
the seed in December, nor would our
market garden crops thrive if they
were started in January, unless we
could roof our gardens with glass.
But they furnish much interesting
reading, because of the showing they
often make of the changes that have
taken place in the methods and gen.
eral policy Of the agriculture of that
section since the Civil War. Some Of
these periodicals claim to be publish
ed in the interest of progressive agr1-
culture, and they might nearly all
justly make that claim. Even those
from the extreme southern locations
urge their readers to devote less land
and labor to what were once and are
now to a large extent the special sta
pie crops, ode cotton and de cane''
TO Of in 016 fi1,on
minstrel songs, and to produce more
of what they need for their home mar
kets and for Northern markets. Gar
den truck, early vegetables and fruits
are receiving much attention in such
sections as have good transportation
facilities, but the better breeds OF
dairy and beef cattle are being rapidly
introduced into many parts, and TAX
ing the place not only of the Texas
steers once grown upon the ranges Of
that State, but of the animals former
ly kept in other states, which a soldier
during the war described by saying
that "the COWS looked like steers, and
the oxen looked like cows" that is,
they were neither good for milk nor
for beef.
The old style of razor back swine
are spoken of by the Southern papers
with as much contempt now as they
are by Northern papers. The better
breeds of poultry seem to be more ap-
preciated in the Southern States than
in those Western States which furnish
so large a share of the eggs and pOul-
try for our Eastern markets.
All this results in the people of
those sections supplying their own
markets with beef and dairy products,
instead of depending upon supplies
from the Northern States, while Of
poultry they have enough and better
than they formerly had, and not con-
tent with saving so much that North
ern farmers once received from them,
they are supplying Northern markets
to an extent that carries millions
of dollars to them from us every year.
Southern Cultivator
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-28
LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, August 26.-The cattle
market to-day was practically bare OF
offerings and prices in most cases were
nominal One of two small lots of me-
dunn cattle were disposed of at prices
unchanged from yesterday. A moder-
ate supply of hogs was well taken at
about Fridays prices, heavy hogs sold
at $4.000475, mixed lots at $4.30@4.80
and light hogs at S4.40@490; pigs sold
at $350@60, and culls at $2.00@3.95.
The supply Of sheep and lambs was
meager and prices were ST ldy and I'M
changed Sheep sold at 2.00@4.50 fol-
natives, western range f1ocks bringing
$3.15@4.15; lambs were salable at $3.50
@3.75.
EAST LIBERTY, Pa, August 90
Cattle, steady; extra $5.70@5.90; prime
$5.80@6.00; common s3.25@4.00.
Hogs, slow; prime mediums $4,000
500; heavy Workers $4.90@500; light
Workers $4,90@4.95; heavy hogs $4.75@
4.S0
Sheep, slow; choice wethers $4.35@
4.40; common $150@2.50; choice spring
lambs $5.30@55O; common to good
lambs $3.00@5.20.
Veal calves s7.00@7.25.
CINCINNATI, O., August 26.-Hogs
active and strong at 3.50@4.S5.
Cattle steady at $3.15@5.35.
Sheep, steady at $2.00Q3.75; lambs,
quiet at $2.5005.50.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-28
PRODUCE.

CHICAGO, August 26.-Wheat was
weak all day to-day and closed at de-
clines of 1Bc for both December and
September The northwest was a
large seller and the demand was too
light to abolish offerings. The weak
cash market was also factor. Corn
declined 3s@12c for September but
closed only shade lower for other
months. Oats declined 1s@A and pro-
visions 5@1ac.
Wheat opened weak at from Is tossc
decline Most of the trading was in
December but September was given
considerable attention and developed
fully as much weakness as the latter
month. Beyond a decline at Liverpool
and ideal harvesting weather in the
northwest, there was nothing at first
to influence selling. Nevertheless the
inclination to liquidate was quite gen.
eral and but little support was given
the market except from shorts, who
early in the day bought in consider
able quantities. The northwest was
even weaker than the local market,
and this soon became prominent fac
tor. Heavy selling order coming from
that section, which induced liquidation
by local longs and also brought SELL
ing orders through commission houses.
The result was steady decline, the
market getting under puts and even
then receiving no substantial support.
The cash market was badly out of line,
bids being generally less than 1ac
over September for No. l Northern,
which shippers would not accept. Lat
er it was reported that several lots had
been worked but the effect of this by
adyices from the northwest that much
heavier receipts were expected next
week. This was discounted by shorts,
who sold heavily, and in the last hour
or the short session the bottom appar-
entity dropped out of the market.
Northwest receipts to-day were 229
cars, against 232 last week and 632 a
year ago. Chicago receipts were "a
cars, 5 of contract grade Total pri-
mary receipts were $4,000 Blu. compar-
ed with $4,000 Blu. last year. Atlantic
port clearances of wheat and flour
amounted to $4,000 Blu. September
wheat apened A@ss lower at 713s. It
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-28

DECLINED u 7o1k ana reacted to 701k@
skc where It closed. December open
ed 1s@5zc lower at 1875 @11c, declined
to 72sss, and closed at TN asked
Corn was decidedly weak Tor Sep
TENDER and easy for other futures.
The demand for September from shorts
the feature of yesterdays strength
was absent to-day and September was
for sale in moderate way all over the
pit. Receipts at primary points were
larger, and country offerings more lib
eral, causing increased selling by recei-
wing houses. The cash demand was
only moderate.s Receipts were 5l4
cars. September ranged from 31k@ Is
to 317s@32c and closed ss@k lower at
31ss.
Oats, considering the weakness OF
other grain markets, were steady, the
decline being less thanAc. The cash
demand was light and receipts liber-
al. Elevator people were moderate
sellers against county acceptances.
Receipts were 612 cars. September
ranged from 201sto 2OA and closed Is
@A lower at 201s.
Provisions were weak, influenced a
little by the decline in grain markets.
There was scattered liquidation by out
siders and scalping longs sold a little.
At the decline packers were fair buy
ers of all products and the market was
steady at the close. The cash demand
for meats was good. At the close Sep
TENDER pork was sc lower at S.25;
September lard &c lower at 5.171ae
and September ribs TIC lower al
5.121z.
Estimated receipts Monday: Wheat
100 cars; corn 500; hogs $4,000 head.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-28

Esgz steady: state and Tennzylvania
17@18c.
Potatoes quiet; fair to prime. $1,000
1.25;; fancy white, $1.50@L65; southern
sweets, $100@I.25.
Tallow steady; city. 4ss@4Ac; coun-
try. 4szc.
Cotton seed oil steady; yellow, 26c.
Petroleum firm; refined New York,
$3.50; Philadelphia and Baltimore,
$7.75; do in bulk, $5.25.
Rosin quiet and easy; strained COM
mon. s1.271a @1.S0.
Turpentine easy, 481a case.
Rice dull; domestic fair to extra, As
@7Ac; apan, Az @5ssc.
Molasses dull; New Orleans open
kettle, good TO choice, 32@36c.
Freights dull cotton by steam, oUc;
grain by steam, 2s4Q3d.
Coffee, options opened steady at I'M
changed prices and varied scarcely .
points all through the session. Consld-
cradle trading to close out old Septem-
Der deals was engaged in, but ASIDE
from the speculation, was meagre. Inc
cable news produced little or no ef1ect
and statistical changes lacked lnf1u-
ence. Closed steady 5 points lower TO
higher. Sales, 10000 bags, inelud-
ing September, s4.35; Oct, S4.40; Nov,
$3.50; Dec, $3.50; JAM, s4.S5; May,
! $515; July, $3.50.
Spot coffee, Rio dull and nominal;
No. T invoice, 55sc; No. jobbing, csc.
Mild dull, but steady; Cordova, 915 G
lie.
Sugar. raw quiet and unchanged.
Fair refining, 15-16c; centrifugal, 80
test. 41ac; molasses, 1916. Rehnea
quiet; No. 6, 45sc; No. z, 9-16e; NO. 8
41ac.
BALTIMORE, August 26.-Flour
quiet. unchanged; receipts 6,SoS; ex-
| ports 1878.
Wheat. weak; spot and the month,
| 7O1a@$4; October 72AQ u; Decemper
| 4M@747k; steamer No. 2 red, $500
81: receipts 50,752: exports, none;
Southern by sample, 63@72; Southern
on grade, 671a@71.
| Corn, easier; mixed spot and the
month, 37@37B; September and DC
| tober. 36A@15; November or Decem-
| Der new or old, 33@B; January $50
IA: steamer mixed, 1a@359s; re-
ceipts 129. 331: exports, 124,2S6; South
! ern white corn, 5000; Southern vel
low corn, 39@391a.
Oats firm; No. 2 white, 27@2772; NO.
| 2 mixed 25@251a.
Butter firm.
! Cheese steady.
| Eggs, firm.
CINCINNATI, August 26.-Flour,
quiet.
Wheat, easier; No. 2 red, II.
Corn, firm, No 2 mixed, 321a.
Oats, firmer; No. 2 mixed 22A @221s.
Rye, steady, No. 2 81.
Lard firm, sos.
| Bulk meats quiet, SIS.
Bacon steady, 6.15.
! Whiskey quiet, 1.26.
Butter easy.
Eggs firm. liz.
| Cheese firm.
TOLEDO, Ohio, August 26-Wheat
lower, weak; No. 2 cash 71A; Septem-
Der 711a bid; December 745s.
Corn dull, steady; No 2 mixed "a.
! Oats dull, easy; No. 2 mixed p.
Rye firm, higher; No. 2 561a.
Cloverseed lower. easy; prime cash
3.971a; October 4.471a.
Oil unchanged.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-28
DRY GOODS.
Bradsteets

Bradsteets.
There is a strong tone in most de-
partments of the Boston market, with
business improving. In cotton fabrics
the tone is very firm, gray goods being
strong, with bleached steady, while the
market for colored cottons is firm. In
gray and brown goods the mills are
heavily sold ahead. Printed fabrics are
going freely with jobbers, while the
market is firm. Staple ginghams hold
firm, with a steady trade. Dress wool
ems are firm but quiet at first hands,
although jobbers report an excellent
trade in both domestic and foreign
goods. Agents are preparing spring
samples, which will be shown about
September 1. In mems wear woolens
the market is firm and trade active.
Fancies for spring have been opened
about to 712 per cent above last year.
Outlook good.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-28
EXPRESS COMPANIES.

American ........ ......... .............- .lio
Nalls-Fargo ......1 100
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-28

Electric cars Bridgeport to Wheeling.
Bellaire and Martins Ferry.
Consult agents for best routes and low
est rates to all points.
M General Passenger Agent
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-28
SILVER.
SILVER.

BradSteetS.
Silver prices continue almost station
airy. Toward the latter part of the
present week, however, the figures for
bar silver in London were shaded off
somewhat with a corresponding influ-
ence upon the market for the metal at
New York. There is nothing new in
the situation, and the latest advices in
dictate that the demand for India and
China is likely to be even Stacker than
Of late.
Silver Priees-London, August 10,
q 1116d; August q, 27ssd; August %,
q 9-16d; August %, q 9-16d; August
"a, p 9-16d; August %, q 916d
New York, August 10, 605sc; August
p, 601sc; August %, 601sc; August %,
so Lice; August "a, 50 11-1sc; August
rs, 50 11-16c.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-28

accumulation 81 reserves already ~
fected. The same policy IS IN force By
New York clearing house banks. What
ever present ease is apparent in the
money market is obviously due to the
quietness Of speculation and the con-
siderable liquidation already induced
by contraction of loans In this condi-
ton of affairs it is natural that specu-
lators should have turned this week to
middle and low grade issues which have
prospects of early entering upon the
dividend list or Of an increase IN the
rate of distribution on account OF large
ly increased earnings. The most prom
Using field of operations has been among
comparatively obscure stocks, the
chances of which for increased returns
have been already discounted by pre-
vious active speculation.
Activity has increased in the Dond
market but gains have been confined
to speculative issues.
United States new As declined as, old
As regular a and the IS IS in the bid
priop
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-28

choice staple lots ranging higher as to
quality. Nearly 1000, 900 pounds Or
Oregon woods were taken by manufac-
turers in Boston this week at l6017
cents, costing about SO cents cleaned for
good staple. In excess of 1000, 900
pounds territories were bought this
week. Fleeces are firm but quiet, with
fair sales of pulled noted Some scour-
ed woods are yet being picked up. Aus
tralian woods are quiet but firm, with
more doing in carpet woods.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-28
WOOL.
Bradsteets.

Bradsteets.
The market maintains very strong
tone for all fine woods of half-b blood and
better, while on the coarser woods the
tone is fairly steady. The general de-
mand is quoted quiet, but some mills
have made liberal purchases, and the
weeks business foots up fair. Prices
are not materially changed and are
fully maintained on fine woods. For
fine medium and fine territories thd
secured basis is about 50@52 cents. With