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Oils.

NEW YORK, July 2s.-Petroleum firm; refined
New York. &c; Philadelphia, and Baltimore.
7.65c; Philadelphia and Baltimore, In bulk, g 15c.
Rosin steady; strained. common to good 81. 306p
IS2l4- Spirits Of turpentine steady at 43is6Ac.
WILMINGTON, July 2s.-Sprits of turpentine
nothing doing; prices unchanged. Rosln steady
and unchanged. Crude turpentine firm and un-
changed. Tar firm at 81 So
OIL CITY, Pa, July 29.-Credit balances,
SIS. Certificates, no bid. No shipments or
runs reported.
SAVANNAH, July 29.-Spirits Of turpentine
hrm at Iisc. Rosin firm and unchanged
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The illuminate

Inc 1liumludtOI
Headstone AGENT hear you have suffered
a sad loss in the death Of your husband.
presume you intend erecting a suitable stone
TO his memory.
don't think II wo'd be worth whole. Hike
had the divilist bad memory NV ony man
ever I see. an now he's dead an gone tt
we'd b no uss u au INVITING him Nv Y.
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Metals.

NEW YORK, July 2s.-Pig iron firm; Southern
81. 50d20.50; Northern. s1sd21. Copper steady:
brokers', S.5oc. Lead quiet; brokers', 4.35c. Tin
plates steady. The brokers' price for lead is
4.35c and for copper. 1880.
ST. LOUIS, July 2e.-Lead better at 457ILc
Spelter dull at 5.50Q5.6Oc.
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Dried Fruits.

NEW YORK. July 2s.-california dried fruits
quiet. Evaporated apples common. eIkd7hc;
prime wire tray. SIC; choice. S&qsc; fancy, 81.
@sIzc Prunes, 3AGsc. Apricots, Royal, ISc; Moor
Park. l6c. Peaches. unpeeled. 11G11hc.
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Chicago I1mes-Herald-
Agitator-Why are you men working away
here day after day2
Chorus OF LaborerS-Beceuse the phy 10
pretty fair and the work is easy.
Agitator-I'm goin' out Of this business
I'm goin' to join the anti-imperiails.s
They're the only ones who show any con-
aistsncy In beins dissatisded
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crude, nominal: prime crude I. o. b. mills.
17a1Sc: prime summer yellow. 2sizd27c: off
summer yellow, 251zG26c; butter grades. 3ea
white 2el,c
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Exports of Gold and Silver.

NEW YORK. July 29.-Exports of gold
and silver from this port to all countries for
the week aggregated $75,0l5.
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Cotton.
NEW ORYEANS

NEW ORLEANS, July 2e.-Cotton quiet Sales
$50 bales. Good ordinary. is-l6c: low middling.
15-16c; middling SAC; good middling. 7-lec;
middlng fair. ls-lsc Receipts. 40 bales. stock,
| 155, $50 bales.
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LIVE STOCK.
Cattle Scarce and Quiet-Hogs Active
and Steady-Sheep Steady.

INDIANAPOLIS. July 2s-Cattle-Re-
ceipts, ST. shipments, none. There were but
few on sale. The market was quiet at yes
terday's prices.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Uncle Paul Kruger needn't be out Of
Job long"
What can hs 0of"
Pose tor The artists Of the book beer
trust.
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The Treasury Statement,

WASHINGTON, July 29-To-day's state
ment Of the condition of the treasury
shows: Available cash balance. $279, S24 163;
gold reserve, $244, 919, 500.
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WIN. A. KENNEDY,
SO Broadway, New York.
NEWTON TODD,
STOCKS AND BONDS .: Ingalls, Block

i offer 10 shares Union Trust Company stock
Want 10 buy indianapolis Fire Insurance Com
pany stock
Belt Railroad and Stockyards preferred stock.
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THE JOBBING TRADE.

CHE quotations given below are selling prices
OF the Wholesale dealers)
Candles and Nuts.
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Sheep and Lambs-Receipts. IS: shipmen

sheep and Lambs-Hecelpts, 70, shipments
none. But little doing for want of stock.
The market looks steady at unchanged
prices.
Good to choice sheep and yearings. g. s5d4.5o
Fair to medium sheep and yearlings 325d3. IS
Spring lambs. common to good. 5.259e.2 Is
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Offices-Indiana Trust Building.
Cor. Washington ST. and Virginia Ave.
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Appes-s15oa2 per brl for cooking; eating ap-
pies, 81. So
Bananas-Per bunch No. !, sld15O
Oranges-Caifornia seeding oranges. $3.50.
Pineapples--s1. 5Oa2 per doz.
Figs-California, $1.6S per box; mat figs. Scec;
fancy, So 75q4.25.
Lemons-Messina, choice $50 to box, 81; fancy.
$40.
Red Plums-75cGH per bu.
Blackberries-S1. 25Q15o
Red Raspberries-sl.2 5d15o per 24-pint case.
Cherries-s2 per 24-quRrt crate.
Michigan Dewberries-sl26 per 1e-quart crate.
New Potatoes-45c per bu; 35 per brl.
Tomatoes-75@90c per blu.
Cucumbers-20@30c per dozen.
New Beets-12hG15c per dozen lunches
Green Beans-$1 per bushel
Wax Beans-Sl per bushel
Lima Beans-5c per ID.
Green Peas-75cGM per bu.
Honey-Whte 15c per Id.
Melons-Cantaloupes. 81 per bri: crates, Sea
81: Gem melons. 4O@5Oc per basket; watermelons,
s12@23 per hundred.
Clover-Choce, So 70; prime. "a. %; English choice
&c. 75d4: alsike. choice. A5oq5; alfalfa. choice.
"a 2564 5O crimson or scarlet clover. So; timothy
As lbs prime, 81. So1 So: light prime. 81 3591 40
choice 81. 25G1 80: fancy Kentucky IA lbs. ST. To-
extra clean. G0G75c; orchard grass extra. sld11o
red top. choice. socGst.4o; English bluegrass a
lbs s1.15T1. rs; German millet. slG125 Western
miIlet. eoQs5c; common milet. 4oG6oc.
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STOCKS WERE BUoYANT
ENTIRE LIST MADE GAINS DURING
SATURDAYS SHORT SESSION.
Railroads Showing Great Profits and
Weak Bank Statement Did Not
C0unt-LOcaI Markets.
At New York Saturday, money on call

At New York Saturday, money on call
was easier. with transactions at per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 31zd41z per cent.
Sterling exchange was heavy. with actual
business in bankers bills at s4s6SQ4S for
demand. and at a. Ss1zd4 sss4 for sixty days;
posted rates. A.sHzq4.sSlk and s4.ssq4Ss1z;
commercial bills SlS3Q4s4
Silver certificates, 6O1kq61c; bar silver,
6Ol4c; Mexican dollars, 4Sc. At London bar
silver closed quiet at q 11-16d an ounce.
The New York weekly bank statement
shows fhe following chances.
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A SEA SERPENT DELUSIoN.
Had IL Not Been FOR IA Handy TeIe-
scope All Hands Would Have
sworn 10 IL.

Many persons have profcs8ed to have
seen sea scrpents. and, while the gen
cral belief is that there ar. no such
creatures, it is quite Likely that those
who claim TO have seen them did not
sec things which they honestly and
very naturally beicyed 70 be sea SER
pents. \ striking example of the man
uer in which persons may be deceived
in this matter has just been given by
DR.. Il. du Bois-Raymond in a paper, in
which he describes his experiences on
board of the Scraps in October 1890.
1t was rather II fcggy morning, and
the water was as smooth as glass. The
vessel was going through the Magellan
straits. and the hours rossCd monot-
onously, until suddenly the passengers
noticed an extraordinary object in the
water some distance away. At once
the cry arose that il could be nothing
Iut sea serpent. and indeed there
seemed to be excellent ground for this
statement, since the, object was GER
tainly alive, and as IL moved through
the water presented all the appearance
of an immense snake. That it had q
huge head was clear to every one, and
that it was possessed of an enormous
body was manifest from the manner in
which it splashod the water on all
sides.
a powerful telescope was procured
and the uncanny object was studied
through it, Then its true character
was at once revealed. Instead of be-
ing sea serpent ii was simply herd
Of sea lions. The animals were clus-
tered close together, and as they gam
boiled and moved through the water
they certainly presented the appear
ance OF n long and bulky snake. If
they had been at a greater distance it
would have been quite difficult TO dis
cover what they really were, ard il is
not impossible that the passengers
would forever have remained con-
vinced that they had actually seen the
wonderful sea serpent. - Chicago
1imes-llerald.
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THERE is A LIMIT.
The Fourth Gentleman Severely
Strained the bounds of
Human Crcdulity. ~.

"You may not believe it, gentlemen, re.
marked one OF an atter.dinner group engaged
in smoking cigars IN front of a totel, but
have used a fountain pen constantly for four
years, and have never had the least troula,
with it. ~.
That is indeed remarkable" rejoined an
other. Nevertheless | am the father OF six
children and have never had TO walk the
floor by night with single one of them
There was a silence, lasting minute or
SO. Then anot her spoke up: Il don't doubt
it in the least, said he, 'for / can testify to
something stranger still | have bright
little four-yearod boy at my house, and I've
never~fepeated any. OF his smart sayings to
my most intimate friends.
Gentlemen" observed fourth, after
protracted and somewhat painful pause, II
am fond OF hearing young women practice
their scales on the piano after have retired
to rest. 1t ulls me to sleep"
One or two other members of the group
made more or less feeble attempts to say
something, but talterngly gave it up. 1t
seemed 10 be generally felt that the extreme
limit OF human credulity had been reached
London Telegraph.
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EXTRACTED HONEY.
More Satisfactory Returns Than
Comb Honey.

1t is no doubt u fact that extracted
honey is most profitable for large ma
1ority of the bee-keepers of the country
because they are in n measure at the
mercy of dealers who will not pay the
price that extra fine comb honey is
worth, being obliged TO pay nearly
level price for all that comes to them,
because they have neither time nor in
clination to seek market for the best,
preferring to sell in lump lots For the
bee-keeper who is near a large town or
city there is place to dispose of extra
white comb honey at price that will
make it an object to sell in sections.
The ordinary section contains about
IA ounces of honey, worth, when ex-
tracted, not more thanseven cents. If
the comb is nice and white and the sec
tions neatly filed they may be sold for
anywhere from 20 to 30 cents a section.
Wherever there are people who can af
ford to indulge their taste for the best
and finest-looking products for their
table, there will be found market for
all the first-class comb honey that is Of
fered at price that will make extract
ing losing operation. Where comb
honey must be sold for ten cents
pound and extracted brings seven or
eight cents. the bee-keeper cannot af-
ford to sell the comb, as it costs too
much time to make il, every pound of
comb taking as much time to make as
ten pounds of fhoney.-Farmers' Voice.
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Bees swarm because they lack room
in the hive. The old queen and the
workers leave and give up the hive to
the younger bees. 10 prevent swarm
ing add more space at the top, so that
the workers can be provided with stor-
age room. 1t is better to have one
strong colony than two weak ones, as
the bees can then more easily protect
themselves against enemies when they
are numerous. At this season the bees
can find plenty of honey plants, but
later on they are compelled to travel to
greater distances. and many are thus
destroyed, for which reason the colony
should be strong. ~
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POINT IN THE CASE.
Jake Didn't Mind the Charge Against
Him, He Wanted to Know
Something.

How greater trouble overshadows a
lesser was aptly illustrated in one of the
minor courts the other day. The accused
was a big, strong, honest German, greatly
excited and disposed to do more talking
than is permissible under such crcum
stances. The court distinctly said that the
big man was charged with disturbing the
peace and asked him whether he was guilty
or not guilty
dot vos noting, shudge," came the re-
sponse. Der prew'ry he hired me ter drive
dot wagon. Tony Velters, he say: Shake,
it vos besser and you yoin der union,' und
den he say Why | dond't wait dleetle an
see how vos it. So wait.
''Purdy gwick der boss he say: Shake,
you can get your moneys und give up your
DEAN. We vos a union brewery. | say |
would see Tony und ask him vot der reason
nit him dot he advise me out of a yob.
When | find Tony he say did | haf some
sense, und told him he vos schmarder und
/ vos und he didn't know not 'ings."
but they say you argued with a club
and that Tony's strongest proposition was a
brick"
dot vos not der point, shudge. Vot
want der find Quit is, how do | slant on der
union labor question! n!'-Detroit Free Press.
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SORGHUM GOOD FEED.
Sugar Cane Is Pronounced nn Al
most Perfect Ration for Cows
Sucking Calves.

Some are inQuiring about sugar cane
for feed We planted about ten acres
last year, writes Tom Pointing in Breed
ers' Gazette, drilling il in with acorn
planter. We fixed the plates so it
would drop about three seeds in place
and tended il rs we do corn. We cut
and bound il with a corn-haryester.
You must be very careful in put
ting il in shock as the tops are so
heavy it will fall over. We had no
trouble in curing ours, but we had TO let
il stand in the field until we were ready
to feed it. 1t has so very much moist
urc in it that it cannot be piled to-
gether until very late in the season. l
think il made six tons to the acre after
il was cured. ] would like to ask some
one which has the most feeding quality,
sugar cane or Kafiir corn? We bought II
little Kaflir corn at II sale the other
day and our herdsman does not think
there is as much feeding quality in the
corn as there is in the cane. Ii there
is lwould like to plant about half Katiir
corn instead of so much sugar cane. The
trouble with sugar cane in this black
soil is that il gets so tall that the wind
blows il over. kailir corn will not do
this think the sugar cane is grand
feed for cows sucking calves: it in
creaseS the richness and increases the
flow of milk. We fed grade heifer on
sugar cane alone to try it and | never
ate better piece of beef than she
mulo
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.-I-I-
W ~ - OH
wELL-PLANNED GRANARY.

feet of siding, flooring, etc. a fraction
less than four squares of roof is re-
quired. If anyone may desire it, can
give exact bills Of lumber and method of
construction. etc. 1t will cost about $50
to S75, and can be constructed by any
one of ordinary ability, as | built my
own. Size, l2X24, height, eight feet to
square. The foundation is building
block pillars eight in number, with floor
of granary about on level with ordinary
height wagon bed bottom, making it
easy to load and unload. All siding,
flooring, etc., is good quality southern
pine, which is said to be mouse and rat
proof. Roof. galvanized steele. II.
Wagner, in Ohio Farmer.
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CORN FOR FODDER.
IL Really Profitable Results Are
to Be Secured.

When corn is at its best, the glazing
stage, il has value OF say 100 per cent.
--45 per cent. of this will be i'm the ear
leaves. OF the So per cent. in the stalk
and leaves, 60 per cent will be in the
stalk below the ear. which will be 33 per
cent. of the whole value. The feeding
value of the ear is mostly in starch, in
the stalk il is in the form of sugar.
From the glazing stage to full curing
the changes in the stalk are all against
the feeder, for while the sugar is all di-
gestibe, in the ripening and curing
process it gradually changes to starch
and woody fiber. and becomes less and
less digestible. and thus loses much of
its feeding value. While the stalk at
its best was filled with sweet juice. that,
fully cured, found in the rick or shock,
has not a trace of sweetness left, but
has changed 10 wood or been washed
oct; hence we see how important il is
that corn fodder be cut at the proper
time ard handled in the proper way 10
secure the very best returns. Upon this
point experiments conducted at the
Oklahoma station showed that corn fod-
der left in the fields until required for
feeding purposes loses much of its feed
ing value, but how large proportion is
not often considered by Il large number
of farmers. The results of these tests
showed considerable reduction in the
feeding value of the corn stover equal
in the opinion of those who conducted
the tests to fully one-fourth Of its orig
inal worth, with corresponding in
crease in the crude fiber which is the
least valuable part of the corn.-Prai-
rie Farmer.
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SELECTION OF SEED.
How Improved Varieties of wheat
Are Bcing Bred by the Kansas
Agricultural College.

II is common among corn raisers to
maintain or improve given variety by
selection of the seed. Ears showing de-
sirable characters are set aside and
furnish seed for the succeeding crop.
Though not so convenient, this method
can be applied with equal success to the
selection of seed wheat. The expert
ment station of the Kansas state agri-
cultural college is endeavoring to breed
up improved varieties of wheat. There
is no reason why the simple method OF
selection should not be applied by the
individual wheat raiser. We would adj
wise the following procedures: Before
harvesting, the grower should go into
the wheat field and select a number of
the most desirable heads. The basis of
selection depends upon the wishes OF
the individual, but is carried on as in the
case of corn. Usually it will be upon
the basis of yield and quality. In this
case the heads selected should be large,
well-formed and with plump uniform
grains. The grain derived from these
heads should be grown upon a plot of
ground under the most favorable condi-
tions. The grain gathered from this
plat furnishes the seed for the third
year. But before harvesting IA selection
of suitable heads should be made from
this for the next seed plot In this way
the seed is each year imprived or ut
Least maintained at it's present standard.
The size of the seed plot depends upon
the total area of wheat to be grown.
Furthermore the seed plot may be given
much more careful treatment thap-is
applicable to the field. 1t is best to have
the seed plot within the main fieldNso as
to be entirely surrounded by wheat.
This lessons the loss from grasshoppers
and other insects, and gives the plants
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NOT ACQUAINTED WITH THEM.
Men Dead Fifty Years Elected to one c
by Benighted Aldermen in
New York. t....

A New York alderman INDUCED in little
fun at the expense OF his associates the other
day, and through his influence that honor
able body elected two men, eminent men,
dead these so years, to the position of com
missioner of deeds. The names of the dead
thus honored are: Noah Webster, lexicog.
rapher, and Lindley Murray, grammarian.
The world says the trick was worked this
way:
A slip of paper containing these names,
with Brooklyn addresses, was circulated at
the meeting OF the board. Alderman Okie
approached Alderman Bridges and said:
"Say, jim, I've done favors for you. Here
are couple of men who want to be made
commissioners of deeds. That fellow Lind.
ley Murray told me he was friend of yours. ;"
Alderman Bridges looked at the slip and
81 don't know tine, gent. and ain't going
to present his name"
Alderman Doolcy, another member from
Brooklyn, was persuaded to sign the applica-
tion, and in less than ten minutes the
formal vote electing Lindey Murray and
Noah Webster commissioners OF deeds was
passed. American.
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WEYLER'S DEADLY RULE.
Six Hundred Thousand Cubans
Starved to Death by That Con-
scienceless OmciaI.

After having served five months in
Cuba, during which time he took occa-
sion to investigate the condition of the
rural districts of the island. Gen. j.
Warren Keifer is convinced of the
truth of the statement that 100000 Gu
bans were starved TO death By Gen.
Weyler's RECOMMENDATION plan Gen.
Keifcr told Tribune reporter about
some Of the things he saw in Cuba
which bear out the horrible stories OF
Spanish cruelty that have appeared in
the newspapers from time to time.
among other things" said the gen
eral, IL saw a rough coffin, attached TO
Nan ordinary push cart, which, was
Informed, had been used to haul to
the dumping grounds the bodies OF
5000 reconcentrados. At Guines,
small town southeast of Havana,
cemetery was shown 10 me where 49,
500 bodies are buried. Within an hours
journey of the city of Havana have
Travelled for ten miles without seeing
a living soul. and this in Il section tnat
was once well populated. 9 Three miles
from the town of Guines are the PTovi-
dencia sugar mills, "A large concern
owned by two brotherS-Spaniards
"Onc day last February rode out to
the mills. The proprietors and small
force of workmen were inspecting the
machinery, preparatory 10 starting up
operations after the long season of
idleness. A veritable village Of crude
little huts surrounded the mills. but
| noticed that they were all empty.
With view to finding ont what had
become of their occupants, entered
into conversation with one of the broth
ers.
81 suppose you have no trouble in
getting Workmcn here" said ], as
starter.
"'Oh, yes!' he replied; that is the
greatest difficulty we have to contend
with
"'But what has become Of the oc-
cupants of all these huts? | asked.
"IIc looked at me sharply for mo-
lnent. and then answered: They have
| died within the past ycar--2,5OO of
them
''On another occasion, in company
| with my chief surgeon. DR.. Kane, of
the regular army, paid ii visit to
reconcentrado hospital in Gunes. We
found probably $50 miserable wrecks,
mostly women and children. who mad
survived their barbarous treatment.
But DR.. Kane and ! agreed that il
would have been far better for them
if they had died. ! did not know be-
| fore that starvation was capable OF
distorting the human frame so fright
/ fully. There were children with one
/ leg swollen to twice its natural size
and the other shrunkcn to skin and
/ bones. Women whose bodies were so
/ cmaciatcd that it seemed Impossible
! that life could find footho!d in them
lay about the floor We had brosight
them some rice and hardtack, and the
eagcrncss with which they devourcd
il was pitiful to see. Our visit was a
short one. | have seen many dreadful
/ sights. but never anything that moved
me as did that rcconccntrado hospital.
1t is an actual fact that the thought
of il kept me awake all night. Nine
| tenths of the rcconccntradOs who died
were rural people and as a consequence
the great, fertile valleys OF CuDa have
been almost dcpopulatcd. = y. Y. Trib-
une.
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An Extr, work co,n,.

1t is always the extra work required
to produce the best that pays on the
farm. In this, however. IL is only the
rule which holds good everywhere else.
The world is full of siipshod, lazy work
ers-men who really do not want to
do any work, but who under compul-
sion do just as little as they can and
still pass. Thousands of farmers OBJ
ject to certain crops, because to work
on them is very disagreeable. What
they want is the crop that is most easily
grown. Such crops are always low in
price, precisely because OF this habit
Of human nature to seek the easiest
jobs, forgetting that precisely because
theyare easy jobs they are always over
crowded with applicants. - American
Cultivator.
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ports, between which the fowl is laid
while being picked. Fhe head projects
from the opening, and all blood drains
into the pail outside the barrel. AS the
feathers are plucked they fall into the
bottom of the barrel, and are thus
entirely unstained. The picker sits on
box or stool at one side of the bar
rel. If more room is desired within
the barrel, saw off the top down near
ly to the middle, thus giving larger
opening, Hens feathers do not bring
n large sum, but they should always
be saved, either for home use or for
the sum which they will bring, which is
really clear gain.-N. y. Tribune.