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A Peculiar Specimen of Literature.


One of the best alliterative poems
in the English language is called
"The Siege of Belgrade" We do not
know the author. 1t is as follows:
An Austrian army, awfully arrayed,
Boldly by battery besieged Belgrade.
Cossack commanders cannonadlng
come,
Dealing distinctions devastating
doom.
Every endeavor engineers essay,
For fame, for fortune, fighting
rious fray!
Generals 'gainst generals grapple-
gracious God!
How honors heaven heroic hardi-
hood!
Infuriate, .indiscriminate In i'll,
Kindred kill kinsmen, kinsmen kim
dred kill.
Labor low levels longest, loftiest
lines;
Men march mid mounds, mid moles,
mid murderous mines;
Now noxious, noisy numbers nothing,
naught
Of outward obstacles, opposing
ought;
Poor patriots, partly purchased,
partly pressed,
Quite quaking, quickly "Quarter
Quarterp quest.
Reasons returns. religious right re-
bounds,
Suwarrow stops such sanguinary
sounds.
Truce to thee, Turkey! Triumph to
thy train,
Unwise, unjust, unmerciful Ukraine
Vanish, vain victory! vanish, victory
vainl
Why wish we warfare? Wherefore
welcome were
Xerxes, Ximenes, Xanthus. Xavier?
Yield. yield, we youth! We yeomen,
yield your Yell
Zeus, Zarparter's, Zoroaster's zeal,
Attracting all, arms against acts ap-
peal!
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For the modern up-to-date mer-
chant, advertising is no fancy. 1t
is a stern reality; it's no luxury, it
is a necessity.-Charlotte Chronicle.
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Made Himself Master.

10ODl6 WIZ. udNllS q 14Sho PoA PODS
in life. never know when they are
conquered, usually come out vlctorl-
Gus. The Hon. Joseph Cannon, now
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, years ago. when only an Lii
nois boy of twelve, his family having
moved from North Carolina, found
that the needs of the family to which
he belonged demanded that he should
do more than shovel snow from the
walks of neighbors or run errands
for those who were willing to pay tor
the service. =,
In his home town was wealthy
money-lender, a man who Loaned
money to the farmers when they
needed financial assistance, and who
assisted the local merchants when
ever trade was dull. This fnancler,
during the winter season, ALWAYS had
a great deal of wood to be cut for
his home use. He bought it in cord
lots. and then, as cheaply as he could
negotiate, had it sawed by hand and
split.
Young "Joe" Cannon thought him
the most likely person to whom he
| therefore extra gay. He called at his
house one morning and volunteered
to saw and split cord of wood; and.
| if his services were satisfactory, he
was to. have the saving and split
ting of about ten cords more already
| piled in the yard.
| "Where's your saw and axeW the
| boy was asked.
"In the yard with the saw-buck," !"
was the reply.
| GLOW much a cord do you want q
zone dollar saving and fifty cents
for splitting"
This was the regular price Of all
the woodcutters of the town.
"Go ahead" said the fnancier; but
you are smaller than the wood pile,
and, if you don't do the work on
time, I'll only give you a dollar for
cutting and splitting"
He reasoned that the small boy
would be much overtime in finishing
his work, and that he would be the
financial gamer thereby. 1t was no
uncommon thing for small boys OF
the town to seek work of this kind
and do it as best they could, accept
ing any pay for the service. But
the present Speaker of the House OF
Representatives happened to be made
of different stuff. III had calculated
that there was an even eleven cords
in the yard, which, at $3.50 per cord,
split and cut, would yield him $3.50:
He needed $40 for home, family and
personal purposes. He promised four
boy associates of his in the town
$3.50 if they would help him get the
work done on time.
The four bows responded PROMPTLY
and the eleven cords were sawed,
split and piled day ahead Of the
best time made hitherto by anv man
wood-cutter employed. Young Can
non received his pay and gave his
friends their share. 1t was the last
wood he ever sawed in his life, but
he has always held that his determi-
, thereby aid those dear to him, severe
as was the work, gave him LASTING
impetus toward doing all other work
which thereafter came to his hands
! in the same fashion. Step by step he
rose in the confidence of the public
about him, until he eventually be
came and is to-day one of the fore
, most representatives of the Govern
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-25

Japan is going to borrow $3.50, ,O00,-
900. Evidently the Japs don't expect
Russia to be able to pay the indem-
nifty right away.-Chicago Record
Herald.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-25
Al M C
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Sections Favorable TO the
Location OF Farmers.

The farmer who is not satisfied with
the prices he is obtaining for his pro-
ducts: who desires an agreeable chsnge
of climate, or who is anxious to obtain
a home at low cost, should buy farm
in the vicinity of some busy manufactur-
ing center of the South, where farming
products are the highest, the prices OF
land the lowest and climate and sur
roundings the most agreeable.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-25

Tickets will be sold on all Iran, nnD
Saturday and for Sunday foreman M tIon
trains, good returning not latti Nth r
Monday following date OF S5Ls; GI5;mnev "n
the exception that tickets to - TIl,ltid; Ill sod
Rock and Blowing Rock VIII ~ O0 aood 1
for Friday and Saturday trans ran: Tnes,
returning up to and including lu''
Tickets will be Withdraw 10Th. 10Th.
sale after Sunday, September l''
For information aDDly yT1c 10
G. II. Gal 10,
Travelling PASSENGER AseNTC No
Fl. A. MORsON,
City Passenger Agen71i &c 4 C.
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M. ~. RICHARDS,

Land and Industrial Agent
Southern Railway, Wash
ington, D. c. :::::l
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For printed matter giving
fnll particulars, write -:
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-07-25
The Home Magazine
One Full Year
If you send us ONE NEW 5O-CENT
SUBSCRIBER.
WEEKEND RATES VIA SEA
BOARD.

The Seaboard announces the 1Gl,
owing weekend rates from Ralelgn'
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Woman

Ought to look on page 13 of this
issue of The Progressive Farmer
and Cotton Plant and read our
Great Special Offer,
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Low One Way Rates.

Every day from September Is to Oc-
tober 81, 1905, inclusive, the Union Pa
cific will sell one way tickets as fol-
lows:
$1,000 to Ogden and Salt Lake City.
$4,000 to Helena and Butte, Mont
$3.50 to Spokane and Wenatchee
Washington.
$500 to Huntington and Nampa, Ida
no.
attic.
$500 to Ashland and Astoria. Ore
gon, via Portland.
$500 to San Francisco. Los Angeles
and San Diego.
other California, Oregon, Washington
Montana, Utah and Idaho points.
Through Tourist cars run every day
on Union Pacific between Missouri
river and Pacific coast; double berth
s5.75. For full information call on or
address nearest Union Pacific agent.
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BAND STAND FALLS.
Two Hundred Persons Hurt at Street
Faf-.


Belleville, ILL.,. Sept. 21.-Three per-
sons were seriously injured and 200
more more or less hurt by the col
lapse OF a band stand last night during
carnival and street fair.
Seriously Injured.
Mrs. Michael Damerich, Belleville;
internal injuries
Frank Dietz. jr.. Belleville; internal
injuries.
Miss Bertha Schrieber, BellevilIe;
injury to leg; sprained ankle and
bruised about the body, hands and
face.
Several hundred persons were
crowded upon the band stand when it
went down and great excitement pre-
vailed among the several thousand
persons who witnessed the accident.
and the injured were taken from I'M
were on the carnival grounds attended
them. The more seriously hurt were
attended to Immediately and two of
them were sent to st. Elizabeth's hos
pital.
The accident was caused by people
crowding upon the band stand. as a
vantage point to witness a loop-th e.
loop exhibition.
There was rush for the band stand
as soon as the band left it. Hundreds
took standing room on the stand
which was only five feet high and
thirty feet square.
Suddenly there was a swaying and
creGking of the wooden structure and
with equal quickness it crashed to the
ground
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HEARD FOR BLOCKS.
A Bomb Exploded on Steps of Tene-
ment House.

New York, Sept. 21.-With a roar
that was heard for blocks and one
which threw the occupants of an en-
tire neighborhood of densely crowded
tenements into panic. a dynamite
bomb was exploded early this morn
ing on the steps of a tenement house
in First avenue. The neighborhood
was shaken as by an earthquake and
scores of sleepers were thrown from
their beds. That nobody was seriously
injured appears remarkable. There
are two stores on the ground floor of
the house. One is a meat shop kept
by Henry Blumberg and the other is a
barber shop kept by S. Scaraeto. Liv-
ing on the other floors were 16 fam
lilies. Last Tuesday Scaraeta went to
police headquarters with a letter sent
to him signed "BIack Hand" He said
it was the fourth he had received. A
demand had been made for $4,000 in
cash but it was not made clear to
whom or where he was to pay the
money. He was tod that detectives
were working on the case and he went
home treasured The bomb which ex-
ploded this morning was placed in this
shop. Sleeping in a room back of the
meat market was an employee of Blum
burg This man was so badly fright
ened that he became unconscious and
it was half an hour before he could
be restored. aa5s
Much damage was done to doors,
windows and woodwork, but the house
was not damaged structuraliy.
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TRANSFERRED TWICE
On Voyage From European Port to
New York.

New York, Sept. 21.-Having been
passengers on, three different steamers
to which they were successfully trans
ferred. LOOP persons arrived here today
in the steerage of the steamship Graf
walderzee. These epssengers were the
first party of immigrants to be subject
ed to the cholera quarantine regulations
which were recently applied to steera ge
passengers leaving Hamburg and the
enforcement of the provisions caused
their numerous transfers. They en-
barked originally at Hamburg, on the
steamer Molke, but disembarked at Cux-
haven. where they went aboard the
steamer Bulgaria and were detained on
that ship eight days. Finally the Bull
garia transferred them to the Grafwal-
derzoo
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FATHER LEARY's RECEPTION.
Splendid Programme on the Occasion
at Chapman.

Chapman, Kan, Sept. 21-At the
reception last night in the honor of
the Reverend Father J. F. Leary, pas
tor of the Catholic church here, elect
ed national chaplain of the Grand
Army of the Republic, w. A Calder
head and Captain A. c. Pierce of juno
ton City were the principal speakers
of the evening.
At o'clock members of the G. A
R., citizens of Chapman and surround
ing towns met at the residence of
Father ]. +. Leary whence they, pre-
coded by the band, marched to the
Dickinson county high school, where
refreshments were served.
DR.. Hail. pastor of the Lutheran
church, offered Invocation, followed
by an address of welcome by Rev.
Husband of the congregational
church, responded to by Captain A. c.
Pierce of Junction City.
Then came the introduction of Rev.
John F. Leary by the chairman, ]. C.
Russell, who introduced Rev. Learv as
Comrade Leary and not, as he is COM
monty known. as Father Leary, stating
that the Grand Army knew no religion
o" sect and the electing of Comrade
LeaEy to the high position he now
holds is an honor never before he
slowed upon man of his calling in
life.
Father Leary in his talk gave the
details of his election and paid a high
tribute to his opponent, Rev. Jesse
Cole of Iowa, relating his speech at
Denver, closing his remarks in thanks
giving for the honor conferred Upon
him.
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NATURAL GAS STILL COMING.
General Manager Mcdowell Makes a
Rosy Showing.

Independence, Sept 21.-General
Manager ]. G. Mcdowell of the Kan
sas Natural Gas company says that
his company has found that the old
pumping plant at Petrolia will not
serve the purpose and now it is going
to be doubled. This before the plant
has been in operation at all The
plant is already the largest in the
world and the doubling of it will
make it twice the largest in the world.
Mr.. Mcdowell also said that the con-
struction of the main trunk lines is go
ing on rapidly. Sixteen-inch lines are
being laid from ottawa to Lawrence
and Topeka. Another line is going to
Atchison, Leavenworth and st. Jo-
Seph. Then a line is to be laid to
Omaha. Probably it will go north to
Omaha eventually, but the plan now
is to make Omaha the northern ter
minus
Mr.. Mcdowell said that the Kansas
Natural Gas company will turn the
gas on at Topeka and Lawrence before
the first day of October. They are get
ting everything in shape for the cele-
bration which will occur then. The
company is within striking distance
with its pipe line of more than $4,000
people, although its line of consumers
as yet does not exceed 10000.
The Kansas Natural is out after
leases in Allen county, and is buying
them rapidly. Wherever there is
good lease there is also a man for the
Kansas Natural to buy it up. They are
also taking up leases in Wilson and
Woodson counties providing it is deep
stuff
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BUSINESS IS WAR.
Sir Gilbert Parker. Discusses Interna-
e9a tional Trade Relations. $

New York, Sept. 21-In discussing
the political condition prevalent in
Great Britain, Sir Gilbert Parker,
member of parliament, who is now In
this city, says that the most important
question is Joseph Chamberlain s
policy of preferential tariff.
1--WE have taken small leaf out of
a large American book, he went on
81 hardly think the question will be
settled at the next election. Just as 1t
would be impossible to convert the
United States to free trade in three
years, so I do not anticipate it will be
possible to convert Great Britain TO
the policy of imperial reciprocity and
of tariff reform in the same space of
time. The most important part of the
policy of the conservative party to
which I belong, is tariff reform. and
the most important part of tariff re-
form is colonial preference. That is,
in effect, what my party will urge
when it goes to the country again, and
afterward.s Preference especially must
be given to Canadian wheat. Twenty
will export no wheat. She will need
it all for herself. In the meantime,
we must build up trade with Canada
by artificial means.
This will not affect the relations
between America and England. Any
preference we may give Canada will
be recognized by all good Americans
as perfectly legitimate. Americans
have a great respect for people VINO,
like themselves. are able to do good
business for themselves.
I'm actual fact. the moment that
England adopts a defensive tariff the
beginning of international reciprocity
will be at hand. and not until then.
Business is bloodless war, if you will,
but it is a war, and peace can only be
attained when one nation is strong
enough to compete with another by
the use of equivalent weapons.
There never was time in the his
tory of the two countries when the
pro-American feeling was so strong as
it is at present in England. 1t is a
great and absolute admiration for
American energy, power and intellect.
The day of jealousy on the part of
England has gone forever
Sir Gilbert declared annexation is a
dead issue in Canada.
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EATS WITH EMPEROR.
Miss Roosevelt Is Greatly Honored in
Korean Capital.

Seoul. Sept. 21.@The emperor, for
the first time during his reign, has
lunched with foreigners. first giving
an audience to Miss Alice Roosevelt
and Rear Admiral Train. American
Minister Morgan escorted Miss Roose-
welt to the banquet hall, where they
sat together with the crown and inn
perial princes. The other members of
the party were distributed at small
tables with members of the ministry
and generals of the army.
The emperor toasted the daughter
of the president and Minister Morgan
replied for Miss Roosevelt, wishing
long life to the emperor.
After the luncheon, which consisted
of native foods. Miss Roosevelt re-
ceived the Korean cabinet and other
high officials.
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Old Bank closes.

Pittsfield. ILL.,. Sept. 21.-The Barry
Exchange bank. one of the oldest in
this country, has closed its doors. Ii
was a private bank organized by its
president. Eugene Smith, in 1872. I'm
easy rumors eliminated in a run on
the bank No statement of the bank
condition has been made. but it is ru-
mored that the failure was precipi-
tated by the protest of a draft drawn
on Hartford, Conn.,, concern to
which a credit of $4,000 had been
extended.
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Kansas City Live Stock Market.

Kansas City. Mo, Sept. 21.-CATTI DE-
head of southerns Market steady. Ma
tive steers, s4.oOd6.Oo; southern steers; g 40
d3.75; southern cows, I.65G2.75t native
feeders. $2.50d4 Is: bulls. 81 O0d3. 90: calves,
81 50d6 %; western steers, $3.00d475; west
ern cows, sI.75n3.40.
HOGS-Reeeipts today, 5000 head. Mar
ket 5d10c higher. Bulk of sales, S. S5G5 So
heavy, S535d5.50; packers, IS. 35d5.5212; pigs
and lights, $5OOQ5.3715.
SREEP-Receipts today. 5000 head.
Market weak to sc lower. Muttons. s4W@
d525: fed ewes sS.75d4.40.
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We're higher and as follows: Sept. 76szc;
Dee, 755s@75szc: May. $3.50 7SAc Cash:
red. s21aGs4c; No. 3 red, s05kqS25sc.
CORN-Market steady. Sept. 4Szc:
Dec. 39szc: May 39ssd391kc Cash: No. 2
mixed. soc; No. white, 525zc: No. 8
white, 521xc.
OATS-Market steady. No. 2 white, $50
3Oc: No 2 mixed, 26d27c.
RYE@Market steady. Csc.
HAY-Market strong. Choice timothy,
$3.50 choice prairie, $500
BUTTER-Market strong. Creamery.
1910; dairy, TIC:
EGGS-Market firm. Fresh, 1Sc.
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X. G. RIues Go Barnstorminp

Kansas City, Sept. 2.-For the first
time in many years the Kansas City
fans will not be troubled with post-sea-
son games. Manager Irwin has about
a dozen exhibition games arranged and
he is hopeful of a few victories. OF
course he does not expect to beat such
teams as Wichita, but it is said that
the Winfield team is in a very bad
way for pitchers right now, and if such
is the case, the Nuts will probably put
in q week there. The team will disband
at Wichita
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New xock Mop-..

New York, Sept 21.-MONEY-Monev or,
call firm, ga per cent, closing bid ia and
offered at per cent: time loans easter,
90. days 3s4d4 per cent 80 days 4d4Z per
cent 3 months 4lzq4lz per cent.
-CLOSE:s Prime mercantile paper, z1edS
per cent, sterling exchange weak land
closed f1rner, with actual businehs in
bankers bills at 81. s515dA $500 for demand
and at 81 S25zd4. $3.50 for 60 day bills; posted
rates, $4S5@4S5la and s4.S6d4.s 6i5; CONNER
cial. bills. s4S2.
sILyLER-Bar silver. s1slc Mexican dol
BoND6s-Governmsnt bonds heavy.
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New Teacher for KiclkaDoos.

washington, Sept. 21-Charles- NJ.
Ziebach. a clerk at the Fort Belknap d.
Mont, Indian school. and John NJ.
Commons, a clerk at the Carson New.
school have been promoted to super-
intendents. Ziebach will take charge
OF the Kickapoo Indian training school
at Horton, Kan, and Commons OF the
Indian school at Omaha, Neb.
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SMorn1sted Must Sne.

Cincinnati, o.. Sept. M.-The name of
Player L. Swormsted was ordered
stricken from the Western league reserve
the collection of SOP which he claims as a
balance due from the Colorado Springs or
Pueblo club. III a decision announced TODAY
by the National Baseball commission
which at the same time expresses the be-
lief that he is entitled to the money.
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Fusion in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, Sept. 21.-Fhe Demo-
cratic convention was held last night
and after some discussion the ticket
nominated by the city party was en-
dorsed- The platform in part was as
follows:s I'VE commend Mayor
Weaver for breaking with the gang
and espousing the cause of the people.
No city in the union had greater need
of a revolution such as he inaugu-
rated
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Chicago Live Stock Market.

Chicago, Sept. Receipts to-
day, Is COO head. Market steady to &c low
er. Beeves, s.. e5d6 80: cows and heifers,
81. 40t64. so; stoekers and feeders, 81. 40G4.45;
Texans, s.. 356T4.50; westerns. So. 10d4.70.
HOGS-Receipts today, $1,000 head; esti-
mated Friday. 10. OCO head. Market (eak
to &c lower Mixed and butchers. 5000
IS 50G5. IS: pigs, $4S5d5.4O; bulk of sales,
s.. 35d5.70.
SHEEP-Receipts today, 10000 head.
Market weak. Sheep, So. 50G4.90; lambs,
81 25fI7 60.
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MARKETS TODAY.
Shorts Buy Wheat and Prices
Make Advance.
Corn Is Also Somewhat Higher
on Change.
LIVE STOCK TRADE.
Cattle fare Steady Natives
Bring 81 to So.
Hogs Are Five and Ten Cents
Higher.

Chicago. Sept. 2I.-WHEAT-Aetuated
by fears of a severe famine in Russia.
shorts and commission houses were active
buyers of wheat here today. AS a result
the market WAS firm. In addition to the
threatened disaster abroad the market IN
the American was influenced considerably
by a decreased movement of wheat in the
American northwest. December opened
1AGZc to lac higher at S4szc and advanced
to S51sc. Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago
reported receipts of ia cars, against 9e4
cars a year ago
ing credited to. leading long. the price
reacting to S452@S4szc. The close was
steady, with December up ne. at s4ss@
CORN-Under active demand from COM
mission houses the corn market was firm.
Higher prices at Liverpool tended. to slim
light. December opened unchanged to 14c
higher, at 451sQ452scs sold at $40 45l1c, and
then settled back to 451z d453sc.
The market held steady the remainder of
the session. After touching 451zc December
closed at 451s@451ze. shade higher than
pathy with other grains, commission
houses being fairly active buyers Decem-
2916c, and for time held within the OPEN
ing range.
decline in the price of live hogs the tone
in the provisions market was quite firm.
Shorts were the best buyers. January
21ze, at $3.50. Ribs were also Pee higher,
at Sc As
WHEAT-Cash:. No. red. S61ads7c: No.
hard. S2s4 GS6c; No. l northern spring, 901sc;
No northern spring. s5assc; No. spring,
CORNING. 2. 52a4c: No. 8. 521zc.
OATS-No. 2, 27l1c: No. 8, &c.
RYE-Cash: 6Sd69c; Sept, roc; Dec, 66l.
FbAx-Cash: NV, sS1ac; s.-w.. &c.
TIMOTHY-Oct., $352
CLCyER- SEQ
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oreeon.s Rum Ontdone

St. Paul, Sept. 21.-The Great Northern
Steamship company made public a state
ment today showing that the world famous
flight of the battleship Oregon from the
North Pacific TO the North Atlantic dur
ing the Spanish war has been outdone by
the great Northern company's steamship
Dakota. The Dakota ran from New York
to Seattle, making her first stop at Coro-
mel, Chile, and another at San Francisco
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Chicago, Sept. 21-BUTTER-Marke
EGGs-Market steady. At mark. cases
included, 17s.c.
CHEESE-Market firm Daisies, 111kc;
Twins, lie; Young Americas, n5zc.
POULTRY-Alive poultry steady. Tur-
keys, Ice; chickens, HE; springs, lie.