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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-05
THE CASH TRADE
SLIGHTLY EASIER CLOSE IN RYE, OATS
sa- AMI CORN

SLIGHTLY EASIER CLOSE IN RYE, OATS
AND CORN.
FLAX-A fair business rAss done and there
was opportunity for more, but not much seed
came sale
Closing Prices: Minneapolis-Cash, $1.15b |;
to arrive, S1.151s; March, $1.151s: May, s1.15B.
Minneapolis received cars against cars,
and shipped IS cars. Duluth received 100 cars.
.CORN-About 1ac lower ordinary grades.
No. 3 yellow closed at 461ac. Receipts, cars;
shipments, none.
OATS-No. white closed at soc. Receipts,
IL cars shipments, 81 cars.
FEED AND MEAI-Coarse corn meal and
cracked corn, in sacks, sacks extra, SIS; No: /
ground feed 2-3 corn and 1-3 oats, S0-lb sacks,
sacks extra SO; No. ground feed. "a corn
and "a oats. 75-lb sacks, sacks extra, $50; No.
ground feed. Is and 2-S oats, 75-lb sacks,
sacks extra, sci.
MILLSTUFFS-Bran in bulk, $14.5O; shorts
$40; middlings, $40; red dog, S1L5O; all f. o. b.
/ in Minneapolis; in 1o0-lb sacks, 81. 80 per ton
additional; in 200lb sacks, 81 per ton additional
} Shipments, 1 800 tons.
4 BARLBY-Feed grades are quoted at 34@42c;
! mailing grades, 4S@52c. Receipts, IL cars
shipments. is cars.
RYE-No. 2 closed at 66c. Receipts, cars
shipments, 2 cars.
HAY-There is a good demand at present
prices and the market is very firm. Timothy
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THE FLOUR MARKET
BUSINESS REPORTED DULL AND VERY UN.


Nothing new and nothing doing was the flour
report this morning. Orders running light
and the break in wheat has scared buyers out.
Foreign demand Is still pronounced poor. a1tho
there seemed to be a better show for business
to-day than heretofore. The mills are grinding
at about half capacity and more mills may close
or more open according to how business comes in.
Shipments, SO, 662 barrels.
Prices are nominally not very much changed
but the genera al tone Is easier and lower figures
are likely to be quoted soon If wheat continues
around the present level or goes lower. First
patents are quotable about S.. 10@5.20; second
patents, $4.95@5. 1oi first clears, $780, second
clears, S250@2. co.
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MILWAUKEE, GRAIN AND FLOUR, April s.
-Wheat, lie lower; No. 1 northern, $1@1O w !;
No e5a9se ald *ely n sTS bid dull Rye
62@6Sc; sample, 56@59c. Oats, easier; stand
ard, 4shc; Corn e 1e cl leSer; No; 9. s Ss@s1e;
Corn-July, 52hc; puts, sis @52c; calls, $3.50
hid.
LIVERPOOL GRAIN, April 5.-wheat-spot,
steady; No. California, Is ed; futures, dull;
May, IS 71sd; July, es 71sd; September, NOM
inal. Corn-Spot, steady American mixed. new,
Is 2nd; American mixed, old, Is ID; futures,
dull; May, As 4d; July, nominal.
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CHICAGO PRODUCE, April 5-putter-Easy

CHICAGO PRODUCE, April 5.-Butter-Easy
creamery, 14@241ac; diaries, 1914 @21c.
Eggs-Easy; at mark cases included, 16A@
Gheese-Easy; daisies. s1s@1oc; twins &c.
Poultry-Live, steady; turkeys, 12c; chick
ems. 13c
Potatoes-Firm; Burbanks, sec@s1.o2; rurals,
95c@S1.05.
65 to 75-lb weights. 41a@5hc: 80 to Iii
weights, 51a@61sc; So TO 1101b weights, 81
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NEW WORK. pRonncE Anr,, s-nntter

NEW YORK PRODUCE, April 5.-Butter. re-
ceipts. 1883 pkgs; steady; extra fresh cream
dairy. 15@21c; held creamery. is@2oc. Cheese
receipts, 3,412 pkgs cteady; state full cream
fancy small and large co1ored and white Septem-
Der, 12c; late made, 1oac: Eggs, receipts. IT,
TAO pkgs; steady; state and Pennsylvania nearby
average finest, 1S1ac; state and Pennsylvania
frsts. 1Sc; western storage packed 1S1sc; west
ern frsts. 1sc; southern irsts. 171@c.
fowls 15c: turkeys 15c; dressed. firm; western
chickens. 12@13c; fowls, lie; turkeys 15@16c.
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS

mand and for ~ wheat is slow. Shippers sold 50, 900
Sp getting bds
dull May Wheat eat 9pessa &c IF at 800
july lost NC and closed at s4c. Flax was dull
And within ., s. Nc at nod
Close: Wheat-In store, No. hard, e57sc;
to to- arrive e' No. hard, e5%c; No northern
Sc; No. q 81; May, sa1e; July, e4c; septem
$1.1e%. oats-on track and to arrive. ss1sc
Cars sTssa dHo &c. last year.
81. Receipts: Wheat. 4s.s21 bu; oats, 5.sS
nsns Leg %he sssls loo s Sa oa ss Ship
WINNIPEG GRAIN. April 5.-The market
remained steady to. the close: May opened al
Quickly dropped Jaly opened at ssSSe and wa.
also weak Close today s7 Cash AS No
efn sse No M northepn nfH&
No: 2, 4sc; May. 913sc; July: 9S1ac; puts. 81 Ae
e2 70 curb 9 70 bsse No. No White oc
ssss; ssts .; i total, 49, last year. vnsa
NEW YORK GRAIN AND FLOUR, April 81
Flour-Receipts, 1883 brls; sales, 3,1O0; quie
| and nominally lower. Wheat-Receipts, II, 0O
bu; sales, 100000 bu; opened weak on bearisl
wea Their news, lower northwest markets, cas-!
0Oss @91% &c; September, ss@ss 11-16c. Rye
Weak; No. 2 western. SIC: to arrive prompt
0H aa s sna d1
Close: Mheat-May, 95Bc; July, s1Ac; SEP
! TENDER, $3.50.
ST. LOUIS GRAIN, April 5.-Close: Wheat
4 Lower; No. 2 red, cash, elevator 99ssc; TRACK
i S1@1.O7; May, 941sc: July. s11h@s1kc; Nc
IL hard, s2@94c. Corn--Lower; No. 2 cast
491sc; track, 50@5o1ac; May, 477sc: July, 1885,
4Oc; July, 3Sc; No. white. 1870.
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PROVISIONS

Easy; family S1O.50@11. 90. Pork-Dull short
clear, s14:75@16. Lard-Weak; prime western
steam, 81 30.
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| Railroads entering the yards reported receipts
| for the day by loads follows: Chicago Great
Western, I; Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, 23
Minneapolis g. st. Louis Q: Chicago, st. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha. 16; Great Northern, a.
Chicago, Burlington s. Quincy, 2; Wisconsin Cen
| trail, l.; 500 line 20; Northern Pacific, 6; total
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GENERAL PRODUCE

Official quotations of the Minneapolis
Produce Exchange, corrected up to IL m,
Tuesday, April 5.-Butter, steady. Eggs,
active. Poultry, firm. Veal, lower.
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MIDWAY HORSE MARKET, Minnesota Trans
fer, St. Paul. Mimi, April 5.-Barrett & Zim-
norman report fair demand from local quar-
tiers; Good heavy draft horses were. in equally
good demand with farm mares. Values: Draft
ers, extra. $175@215; drafters, choice. $1,000
IT'S; drafters, common to good, $120@160: farm
mares. extra, $135@165; farm Mares choice,
S12O@135; farm mares, common to good, $500
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choice, s1o5o@11; timothy, No. !. $10@1o5o
N@s; Upland, choice Sc: 5o@1o; upland, No; I
So. 5o@9; upland, No. 2, S7.50@s; midland. SIG
20: slough, $5@6; straw, wheat and oat, $4@5i
straw, rye, S5.o0@6 Receipts, 146 tons; ship
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LIVERPOOL FOOD STOCKS, April 5.-The
following the stocks of breadstuffs and pro-
visions in Liverpool: Flour, Il, 900 sacks; wheat
1904, 900 centals corn, S31, 900 centals: bacon
"a. 800 boxes; hams 6,40O boxes; shoulders 2,2O0
boxes; butter 500 cwt.; cheese, $500 boxes;
lard, $500 tierces of prime western steam and
2, 100 tons of other kinds.
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OPENING STRONG
CLOSE WEAK
HOGS DO WE'LL TO START, BUT
SAG LATER.
Beef and Butcher Cattle Active at
Steady to Strong Prices-Bulls and
Veals Steady-Sheep Trade Active,
but Not Very Much on Sale.

South St. Paul, April 5.-Estimated receipts
at the Union Stock Yards to-day: Cattle, Loco;
calves. $780, hogs, 5000; sheep, 400; cars, u
JAM 1, 1904 to date as compared with the
same period in 1908:
Year Cattle. Calves. Hogs. Sheep. Cars
1904. 49,. So, 524 6,1O5 294, l27 224, 794 1852
1908. 800. 42,9S2 1O,297 22562O 160, 6S6 5,2S3
Increase. 80; 6s5o7 64,1Os GOD
The following table shows the receipts thus
far in March, as compared with the same period
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NEW YORK METAL, April dead and Cop
per-Firm, UNCHANGED.
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NEW YORK OIL, April 5-Petroleum-Ea :
refined, all ports, S.40@s.5Oc.
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BOSTON MINING STOCKS, A

prices in yesterdays market: Adventure, 2A@l
~; Allouez, AZ @5; Arcadian, 4o@5o; Atlanta,
456@45s; Centennial, 1885 @1sA Consolidated
Mercer, 5e@5sc; Copper Range Consolidated, 43
@43A; DAILY West. 25A @26; Dominion Coal, 80
offered; Elm River, 2A @2A; Franklin 7h@S;
Isle Royale, 7@s; Mass, 4@4h; Mayhower 50@
Is; Michigan. 5h@e; Mohawk, 4oA @4oh; Mon:
Colony, 1@1A; Old Dominion, 14%; Osceola,
5sh @5e1a PARROT, 25@25A; Phoenix. 1@2;
Quincy, s2A @s5; Santa Fe. 1as az; Superior
101; Tamarack, 100; Tecumseh, 20; Trinity, 4@
~: United Copper Company, on; United States
Mining 20@21; United States Oil, 9A @9M
Utah. 3a% @sA; Victoria. a@3A; Winona. 81 a
Z; Wolverine, 10TH; Wyandot, asked.
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MISCELLANEOUS

NEW YORK COTTON, April 5.-Ths cotton
market opened steady at decline of AGE
points on the old crop months, while the new
crop was 2 to 4 points higher. these huctua-
tons being in line with the Liverpool cables.
The market ruled steady for the first ten or
fifteen minutes around the opening prices, on
covering and some buying Of the new crop thru
commission houses. Then offerings became heav-
Ter. 1t was rumored that important Philadel-
phian spot interests. were heavy sellers both
here and at Liverpool. Other spot people were
selling and prices before the end of the first
half hour had declined to net loss Of from 25
to 26 points the active months. Following
this there was irregularity, the declines
having attracted some profit taking for shorts,
but the general undertone Of the market was
far from steady.
At midday the market was quiet, net 20 to
IS points lower. Spot cotton quiet; middling up.
lands 15.25c; middling gulf, 49, SOC.
Spot cotton closed dull, 40 points lower; mid
ding uplands. 15c; midd1ing gulf, 1925. Nc
sales. s....
Cotton futures closed barley steady. April
14.35c; May, 14.57c; June, 14.74c; July 14.S0c
August, 14:a5e; September, 12e4e; October
uary, 11.15o.
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deposition of stock Monday, April 4:

ssie 5o Esss na9fs
IS, and medium and heavy from s5oo to $500.
49, sss H. ST. sn5 '9' io i'2 ss ss ass S'
lbs, 1910; So, 1877 lbs, $5O5; So 200 lbs $5:o5;
e. od III = lbs So; 1e 1s6 lbs $500; a. 1872 lbs
stsss ann and 80 6s' ss e. T. 40 LBS.
tAfTLE@Reeeipts fairly liberal. Beef and
butcher cattle active, steady to strong prices prices.
ns esea. ms and
good quality sold about steady during the early
boars but the bulk sold late at weaker prices.
Butcher steers@is, 1874 lbs s4;S5; 2, 5a se
y Ss l It's !. lPs % $3.50; g. lois les $3.50;
Butcher Cows and Heifers-2 1900 lbs, $685.;
7eo lbs o sS2 e; % 800 sS lbs 50; g. LOIS lbs
cutters and Gamers 1;aso les, s2 2!a -, J.,
1000 lbs sa 49, }5s go lbs s21o 1850 l0s
lbs, ss.7b; i, 1.4io lbs, $a.eo;; i, 1850 lbs,
YEA e lbs ss 100 90 ,b ss $751; 10 'O'
Stock and seaas sss es
ESQ lbs $40; s. 43$ lbs, 81: ~
STOCK Cow H sdd rs $50 lbs s225; l. 1000
lbs, $685.
| Mich Cows and Springers-3 cows, 2 calves,
$1o5; COW, $35; COW, S31; I COW. $50; !
COW, 1928. .''." b" 3' +a
sHEEP--Receipts light. Trade active to eex:
tent Of the supply at steady prices Choice
class of nhorn lambs sold at $5.25 and some
shorn ewes at $4.25. A string of yearline
| wethers shorn, Of local feeding, sold ut 81. Is
Some very choice native lambs, averaging lit lb'
Killing Sheep and Lambs-54 shorn lambs, 9!
| lbs, 1925; 40 shorn lambs, IS lbs $5.25; 81
lambs III lbs. 81; 81 shorn ewes and wethers
100 lbs, 81: 20; 10 ewes, 12O lbs, $4.25 SO ew'
| lambs, So lbs. SIPS; IS lambs, 81 lbs, 81
| 1 buck, 100 lbs $50.
Among the shippers on the market were: J
Tingval, River Falls: G.. Gardner, Hammond
G. P. May, Norwood; l.. Rausch. Howard Lake
B. T. Heene Mastingsj j. sebil Ing, Re- {.
Michaels; J. J. Schlichter, New Germany; G
Rolf t Forest Gied Lake.
s; Walter, Breeker; Albee Bros, New Richmond
dolph; J. G. Munson Welsh; NJ Benson, Welsh
J. Kilroy. Cannon Falls; f. Jensen. Bloomtn
Prairie; c. A. Aim, Faribault: q. II. Nelson
Castle Rock.
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NEW YORK SUGAR AND COFFEE, April g.
Sugar-Raw, firm; fair refining, 5-32c; centrif.
ugal 96 test, 21-32c; molasses sugar, 2 29-32c;
refined, firm; crushed 5.4Oc; powdered Assoc;
granulated, 47oc: Cofee-Steady; No. Rio,
csc. Molasses-Firm; New Orleans, 81 637c.
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PUTS AND CALLS.

Two o'clock report:
Puts-Atay wheat. 031h@9G4sc.
CalIs-May wheat, 951ac.
Curb-May wheat. 9411c.
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sioux CITY LIVE STOCK. Anr,, Ga,

SIOUX CITY LIVE STOCK, April 5.-Cattle
receipts. LOO; hogs, $500.
81 .aS; es, S4o lbs, S.: oS; 81, $50 lbs, IS. it, 80
Cattle-Steady. Sales: IS beeyes, $50 lbs,
$500; 80 beeves. 1,24s lbs 1885; 20 beeves,
400 lbs, 8 60; 10 cows, 500 lbs, g. 80 cows;
stockers, 7s0 lbs, So; q stockers $50 lbs. $3.75;
IL stockers, 1,040 lbs $3.50; 1s .yearngs. 4s0
lbs. S2.75; 16 yearlngs, $40 lbs. $40; IL yearl-
ingS. GO lbs. S3.7O
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OMAHA LIVE STOCK, April 5.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts, 5000; market strong to 10c higher; beef
steers, $3.60@5.15; cows and heifers. $3@4.1O;
Gamers, 81 .s0@2.s0; stockers and feeders, $2.75
"a. 80; calves, S3@5.75
Hogs-Receipts, $500; market SC lower; heavy,
$5.O5@515; pigs, s4@475.
Sheep-Receipts, 200; market strong to 1Oc
higher; sheep, $3@5.35; lambs, s5@5.s5.
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Green salted branded, 11hc per pound less than
free of brands.
Green or frozen, lie les each grade.
Green sailed horse or mule hides.
large ..,..:...............:. $500 2.2e
Green sailed horse or mule hides,
medium $50 LIS
small 100 1.7o 100
Dry flint Montana, Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho hides, fiat .........14 M15h
Montana bulls and fallen hides .....1O oil
Dry flint Minnesota, Dakota. Wis
Dry flint calf skins ............... .16 IA
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ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK, April 5-Cattle-
Receipts, $780, including 1000 Texans; market
steady; beef steers, $3.sO@445; stockers and
heifers. $3.75@4.4O; and heifers. $2.25Ql
4.3O; Texas steers, $3.5O@4.35; cows and heifers,
81. 6O@3.6O.
Hogs-Receipts, 1000: market lower; pigs and
lights, $4.65@5; butchers and best heavy, $3.50
@5.45.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000; market steady; sheep,
s. .50@5.25 lambs, 81 .GO05.60.
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KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK. April 5.-Cattle
REGENTS, 10000: including 800 southerns; mar
ern steers. $3.75@4.25: southern cows, $2.50@
3.75; native cows and heifers, $2@4.30; stockers
and feeders, S2.75@l4.35.
Hogs-Receipts, IL 900; market &c higher;
heavy $515@5. 30; packers. S5.1O@5.30; packers,
$5.1O@l5.271a; lights, $4.75M5.10.
Sheep-Recepts, 1900; market &c to 10c high
er; sheep, $3@51O: lambs $5.25Q5s5.
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK, April b.-Cattle-Re-
Steers, poor sTe'y med fND ss@a5
stockers and feeders, 50. 50@4.35; cows. $1.75
@4.25; heifers, $2@4. so; Gamers, $1:75@25o;
steers. $4Gl4.65
Hogs-Receipts, to-day, 1900; tomorrow,
10000: weak to SC lower: mixed and butchers
$5.25Qy5.4O; good to choice heavy. $5.35@5.45:
rough heavy, $515@5.30; light, $5.15@5.30; bulk
of sales, $5.2O45 .35.
Sheep-Receipts $1,000; market steady; lambs
steady; good to choice wethers, $4.75M5.5O; fail
to choice mixed. $3.75M4. 50 western sheep
$4.35@5.50; native lambs. s4.50@5.80; western
lambs $4.25M6.
, 1904-10-12

singing Fish.

The scievia, a little six inch club
variety of the lagoons of Italy. sticks
its head above the water and sings Il
dainty song equal to that of some
species of warbling birds. Irigla hi
rundo tthe sea swallow is known to
every fisherman of the Danube and the
Rhine by the peculiar granting noise
it makes. Irigla nolitans makes a
whining noise like a puppy, while the
seievia gather in bands to hold regu-
lar concerts, which no doubt originated
the fable of the sirens. Some natural
lists have likened the note of the CUR
nard to that of the cuckoo. There are
many different kinds of fish which give
utterance to more or less musical notes.
The maigre. Il large sea fish, when
swimming in shoals. utters Il purring
noise that may be heard from a depth
of twenty fathoms. Lieutenant White,
in his Voyage to the China Seas" re
extremely astonished by hearing GER
tain musical notes from beneath and
around the vessel. They We're various.
like the bass notes of an organ, the
sound of bells, the croaking of frogs
and a peryading twang which the inn
agination might have attributed to the
vibrations of some enormous harp. Fol-
a time the mysterious music swelled
upon them and finally formed a uni
yersal chorus all round, but rs the
vessel assembled the river the sounds
diminished in strength and soon eeas
e6.-Home Magazine.
, 1904-10-12
Real Turkish Coffee.

Here is Il Turkish receipt for max
ing Turkish coffee obtained in the
Syrian quarter of New York, where
the finest coffee in the world is sold
at ) cents a cup in restaurants
which are exact duplicates of those in
Smyrna and Beirut:
Put three Jumps of sugar into Il
little pot, turn in the water and bring
it to Il boil. Then put in two tea
%spoonfuls of very finely ground Mocha
coffee. As soon as the froth rises lift
the pot and tap the bottom until the
froth disappears. DO this three times.
Then turn the coffee into delicate china
cups, giving each eupful a share Of
froth.
The coffee should be freshly roasted
and ground, and the grounds should
be so tine as TO PASS the palate un-
noticed. Turks always drink the
grounds. considering them. indeed, to
be the best part of a cup of coffee.
, 1904-10-12
Three Black Fridays.

The American Black Friday was
Sept. -, 1869, when Jay Gould and
James Fisk. ,Jr., attempted to create a
corner ON the gold market. The whole
country was in a ferment for several
days, but the day was saved by the
report that Secretary Boutwell, had
thrown $4,000.000 on the market. The
English Black Fridays are two-one the
the Friday on which the news reached
London that the young pretender
Charles Edward had arrived at Derby,
the second May II, 1866, when the fail
ure of Overend, Guerney & Co, Lon
don, the day before was followed by
widespread financial ruin.
, 1904-10-12

A leader OF New York society said
recently: 1T is almost impossible to
give Il large dinner any more. There
are too many feuds and quarrels. and
women who hate each other are the
cause of too much embarrassment to
a hostess. OF course they try % gloss
their ennlity for the time, but the re-
suit IS worse than open warfare. At
one dinner Il cabinet officer sat be
tween two great women of fashion.
He talked to n and then to the other
and tried to draw them into a three
%eornered conversation. The women OBJ
stinately refused to exchange Il word.
and finally the mainland he was sup
posed to be a Observation-Disclosures
them. \ chill followed. They had
known each other for twenty years.
had been friends for ten and loathed
each other the other ten"
, 1904-10-12
In Autumn.

Serene the sky with autumn haze;
The distant hills are blue;
The naples mark the passing lays
With leaves of brilliant hue.
The only bit of color gay
Amid the somber scene and gray.
The orchard. gnarled and bent and torn
With burdens soo to fall
And leave it lonely and forlern
And desolate withal,
Now stands a brave and tempting sight,
AS though its future held no night.
Its children sweet and rosy checked
Retiring, modest, shy,
In piles with gold and yellow streakea
Blush at the passerby
And beg him not to taxi his leave
As those that tempted Mother Eve.
With yawning arms the cider min
Serenely waits its prey,
And through the trickling russell TIL
Our vision floats ava
To pipe and apple jack and BOOK
On winter eve in chimney nook.
, 1904-10-12
English Fish Fnrms.

1t is worth noting that there are al
most no instances where fish ponds
have been started and carefully man
aged where they have not proved a
financial success. Such a thing as a
''dereliet' fish farm is almost I'M
known. though there are thousands of
old @5lioned ponds. originally meant
to hold tench or carp. which are at
present useless and Observation-Disclosures
Country Gentleman.
, 1904-10-12
Fable of the Dog.

A dog was strolling out one night
And clearly looking for a fight.
A brindle cat sat by a tree ~
The dog said. Here's a chance for me-
The cat proceeded to go hence
And LANDED on a high board fence.
And then these animals for fair
Made music on the midnight air.
A man who'd just laid down to snooze
Jumped up and shouted: "What 49,
newS2
Is this Port Arthur or some trick
And then he grabbed a painted brick.
The cat, possessed of subtle wit,
Dodged down, and doggie fielded IT,
And while he doubled up with pam 81
The cat said: Hal ha! Drunk AGAIN.
The moral of this tale is pat:
Don't be a dog; just be a cat.
, 1904-10-12

10 the good offices or the Foreign or
American professional tea taster. VINO
passes on the goods ms to price Tue
tea faster has the samples lniuseu' not
boiled. in his presence and passes upo2
the quality. flavor. twang ana manner
of curing. fixing a price
from which there is never any Sar'a-
ton and which the tea grower must aH
cept or go elsewhere to dispose OF MS
wares. In a single tract Of tea lana
like the one cited above the price has
ranged from IA cents. the lowest. 10
1871 cents. the highest. per pound
among sixty-one different tea produ-
rers. A matter of great moment that
also figures in the price of tea is
that very often tea from the same dis
trict will nave the various chops
blended together in order to produce
special fiavors.
, 1904-10-12

large areas of ground which are often
mistaken for single plantations. This
IS hardly ever the case. as the large
tracts are very often owned by hun
dreds of different men, whose indiyid-
ual plots Of ground bearing the tea
plants are carefully mapped out, so
that each individual owner may cult
yate and pick his own crop of tea.
Each owner likewise markets his own
tea and puts his own special mark, or
chop on the packages. Hence the
term chop" signifies an individual
growth or picking of tea by one owner.
IN an area Of tea land of. say. a thou
sands acres. all apparently under one
ownership. there may be some forty.
fifty or more owners of the plantation
and consequently a like number of
chops OF tea.
1t must not be imagined that all these
different owners of the tea get the
same price for their commodity-far
from it. as each of these individual tea
growers has his own secrets for inn
proving the quality aud favor Of tea.
Take, for instance, the Annoy and Flu
chau districts, whence most of the tea
for the United States comes The own
ers of chops of tea varying fran 10
10 200 chests of Sc pounds each bnny
samples of their goods to the various
foreign merchants for sale. These lat
ter turn the Chinese tea growers over