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CHAPTER II. (Continued.)
"You poor little Kitty!" said Meg,
sighing; and, coming 'round to where
I sat, she bent over my chair and put
hor cheek caressingly against mine,
then added In a tone more mocking
than compassionate: "To be turned
quite suddenly Into a pnragoness! Oh,
tho shock or it! Dora, my dear, let us
make her elegy. Wo may regurd hor
na having passed nway from this life.
You poor little thing! Don't cry, Kit
ty; lot us look upon the bright side
of It."
"There Is no bright side," I inter
posed, with a littlo sob.
"Oh, nonsense!" said Dora, reassur
ingly. "Hundreds of things may hap
pen. He may change his mind that's
not at all Improbable. He niny marry
you and die during the honeymoon."
"I have always longed to be a wid
ow," reflected Meg, musingly and
cheorlngly.
"A widow," added Dora, still In a
tone of reassurance "la the happiest,
freest, most enviable being In the
world! Think of tho Independent, love
ly times sho has! Her relations can't
tyrannize any longer. She has to be
treated with respect, gentleness, defer
ence, and great courtesy. Oh, to bo a
widow! Cheer up Kitty. GIvo her n
little shake .and make her stop crying,
Meg."
"I think it is we who should cry,"
said Meg, with a comical attempt to
speak dolorously. "Wo have no chance
of being widows!" And Meg laughed
again, her sweet, rippling, light-hearted
littlo laugh; and then she kissed me
to soften the cruelty of the laughter.
Once more there was silence in tho
room. Dora sat opposite, regarding me
with an air of grave reflection; Meg
stood bcsldo me, bending down to rest
one elbow on the table, and looking
closely at me with smiling eyes.
"When does ho mean to speak to you,
I wonder?" said Dora at length. "And
how will he frame his strange pro
posal? What days and nights of re-
I SEATED MYSELF AND
flection it will cost him! Ho will look
down at you benignly; he "
"He will pat you encouragingly on
the head," added Meg, patting mo her
Belf to give point to the remark.
"Bo suro you say 'thank you' pret
tily, Kitty, my child" tutored Dora.
"Fold your hands meekly across your
apron and speak prettily."
"Her aprons will bo no more!" said
Meg In a tragic tone. "Pinafores and
pigtails are henceforth to bo dis
carded." "He'll bring you a ring," said Dora.
"Say you havo a fancy for diamonds.
Kitty. Say you prefer the diamonds to
be big."
"Ho'll bring you tender offerings of
flowers," added Meg. "And I shall be
able to woar them."
"And I suppose," observed Dora,
gravely and very doubtfully, with much
hesitation "I suppose now ho will feel
constrained to say that ho loves you,
Kitty."
My cheeks, already crimson, grew
hotter suddenly. I put up my hands to
cover them. I pushed back my chair
from tho table and turned away with
helpless anger, which for a moment
would not let me speak.
"Oh, a thought has struck mo!" ex
claimed Dora, in a thrilling tone "a
truly appalling thought! Kitty, my
doar, you will have to call him 'John!'
Kitty, don't go don't go; wo want to
talk to you I"
I had turned to flee. I had my hand
on the opon door; but I looked around
fiercely before I went,
"I hate you!" 1 cried. "I detest you!"
And I shut the door and ran along tho
passage to my room,
CHAPTBR III.
Two hours later I was seated, sew
ing in hand, opposite to Aunt Jane In
th drawing-room, listening tor the
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study door to opon nnd for the sound
of n footstep on the stairs. My face, an
I stooped over my work nnd tried to
cfrcupp Aunt Jnne'a keen scrutiny, was
hot nnd Hushed; tears were still very
near to my eyes; my heart was beating
fast with strangely mingled feelings -li'dlgnntlon,
outraged pride, excited
expectation.
"Kute, are you listening to me?" de
manded Aunt .Tano suddenly, In n tone
of accusation.
I started guiltily. I had been listen
ing, not to Aunt Jnne, but to ccrtnln
sounds which nRccnded from down
stairs the study door's being opened
nnd shut, two deep, grave voices in
enrnest talk.
"I told John Mortimer that ho should
have opportunities of seeing you fre
quently," continued Aunt Jane, in her
clenr, level, decisive tone; "so present
ly I shall go away nnd leave you alone
to talk to one nnothcr. I havo only
one thing to say to you, Kate remem
ber that he spoke to mo this afternoon
In confidence; you were to know noth
ing of his Intentions; you will bohavo
pleasantly but quite naturally."
With a sinking heart I sat and list
ed to Aunt Jane's impossible ndvlco of
fered so easily. "Dehavo naturally!"
Could I ever again stnnd, sit, speak,
look or think In John Mortimer's pres
ence except with painful, tcrrlblo solf
consclousness, with a haunting remem
brance of all that Aunt Jane had told
me? Why had she tqld me? I had
liked him I had liked him so much!
He had been so good to mo, so kind!
Ko ono clso had been so kind! I had
said what I liked to him always; I had
treated him as a dear elder brother,
with whom I need not stop to weigh
my words. If I had seen him ahead as
I went to school In the morning, I had
walked fast to overtake him; when, In
the evening, he came to see us, I had
always been glad, and had always told
htm so with a smile that made the
words emphatic. 1 had always been
sorry when ho went away.; and that,
TOOK UP MY SEWING.
too, I hnd told him, simply, without re
serve. "Natural!" I had behaved nat
urally with him all my llfo! I could
never be nntural with him any moro.
"My denr child," said Aunt Jane,
looking at me with sharp, attentive
scrutiny, "If you wear that tragic air,
I shall regret that I told you anything."
"I wish oh, I wish you hadn't!" I
cried, reproachfully, with sudden pas
sion Unit overcame my fear.
As steps came up tho stairs, I turned
away toward the window. Tho window
was shut, as Aunt Jnno preferred all
windows to bo. Through the hot, dusty
panes I looked out at tho tree tops in
the square garden, and never turned
my head,
A minute Inter John Mortimer
crossed the room to where I stood.
"Kitty," he said, quietly.
He put out his hand. He was stand
ing beside mo, his gray eyes smiling
gravely at me. My eyes had no an
swering smile as I raised them slowly
to his.
It was a grave, quiet, somewhat rug
ged face at which I looked a face at
the same time stern and gentlo. The
gray eyes were deeply set, beneath
level, thickly penciled brows; they
smiled; rarely and, when thoy smiled,
the Bmlie was more grave than merry.
He was still a comparatively young
man, though Dora and Meg always
spoke of him as though he were their
father's comtomporary. He was thir
ty-five no moro; but his dark hair,
his short, brown beard were already
touched with gray; and his face, his
voice, his manner were all older than
his years.
'"What is happening down there?" ho
asked, taking up his stand beside mo
and following my glance.
My oyea were fixed Intently on the
dusty railings of the square garden.
Around the corner of. the square came
a sad-looking man, with a sun
browned face, bearing an oil', organ and
a very wizened, mour.iful little
monkey.
"Will ho stop?" I exclaimed, with
sudden woll-slmulated eagerness. "No
ycsl Yes, hols going to stop!"
"Kitty, whnt a child you nre!" said
John Mortimer, In a quiet, wondering,
half-tender tono; nnd the tone or tho
words sent the hot blood rushing to
my cheeks nnd set all my pulses throb
bing. "I know I nm n child," I said quiet
ly, almost fiercely. "I llko being n
child. I don't want to grow up. 1 will
be a child as long as ever I can bo."
He was looking down at me with an
observant glance, though 1 looked so
steadily nway from him. There was n
suspicion of lnughtcr In his volco
when, after n moment, he spoko ngnln.
"In spite of yourself, Kitty, age la
creeping upon you. In our mothers'
and grandmothers' days seventeen, I
believe, was a very mnturo age, In
deed." "Hut not now," 1 said eagerly, with
too much earnestness. "Seventeen Is
nothing nowadays. You're only old
enough at seventeen to go In for senior
Cambridge examinations. If you wnnt
to go to college, you enn't they won't
havo you because you're so young. Hol
loway will take you, but Glrton nnd
Ncwhnm won't. Do you know how old
our sixth form girls are? I'm tho
youngest; somo nro eighteen, some nro
nineteen, nnd somo nro over."
Although my fnco was turned toward
the dusty, out-of-door world, and my
back toward the drawing-room, I was
conscious that Undo Rlchnrd had been
sent nway by Aunt Jnno, and that
Aunt Jnne was preparing to follow
him. In another minute wo were loft
clone. My cheeks wore burning, my
heart wbb beating nngrlly nt tho con
sciousness of why we wero left alone.
"1 novor realized beforo tho extreme
youthfulncss of seventeen," said John
Mortimer gravely. Dut, looking nround
at him, I cnught the amused smile
with which he was regarding mo. "Why
havo I mado you so Indignant, Kitty?"
ho continued, In a different tono. "Why
havo I brought this severo lecturo upon
myself? Is It all apropos of tho organ
man?"
"It's apropos of nothing."
"I know an old man of seventy-seven
once who could never pass a Punch
nnd Judy In tho street. If ho enmo in
only for tho end of tho performance,
ho would trudge along with tho urchins
to the next street to hear tho begin
ning. If seventy-soven takes delight in
a Punch and Judy, seventeen may sure
ly bo nllowed an organ-man nnd a
monkey. Did I imply otherwise? If I
did, I retract."
He opened the window aa he spoko
and threw out a little silver coin,
which tho organ-man, smiling sudden
ly but somewhat sadly, moved hastily
to secure.
Tho window, once opened, remained
open; the room was a little less stifling
than before. A soft ovonlng breeze that
was almost cool stolo In. Across tho
square, beyond the housea, tho sky
was red; Indoors tho light was begin
ning to grow dim.
Dim light Improved Aunt Jane's
drawing-room. Buteven in tho gray
est twilight it remained an ugly room.
Its ugliness was hopeless, without ono
redeeming feature.
I seated myself at tho foot of tho
twisted little sofa, close to tho open
window, and took up my sowing, which
I had dropped Just now to listen to
Aunt Jane. John Mortimer sat down
opposite me in Aunt Jane's chair. He
leaned his elbow on the arm, and sat
in a thoughtful, observant attitude, his
head resting against his hand.
(To Be Continued.)
LIVELY TIME.
When a Leonard Invade i Town
In
India A Hath DUturuei!.
Amrlta Bazaar Patrika: About 4 a.
m. to-day a Gurkha soldier, who was
bathing in n tank on tho outskirts of
the city of Gorakphur, was suddenly
attacked from behind. Thinking his
assailant was a pig, he (gosh ke lalach
bc. as a Hindustani official loftily put
It) grappled with it and both rolled
over into tho tank, where thoy had n
bit of rough and tumble. The assail
ant turned out to be a large leopard.
He left tho Gurkha something ,to re
member him by In tho shape of a num
ber of claw marks, and then proceeded
to invade tho city, attacking and
wounding a number of persons on the
way. Ho Anally took up his position
In a Kumbar houso, situated in the
heart of ono of the, bazaars, quite close
to tho principal octroi post, tho Golbar.
Intimation of his presence was at once
sent to Mr, Innes, the D. S. P., and to
Mr. W. Calnao, tho collector. Tho
nows also crept around the station and
a regular posse of other sahibs assem
bled. Mr. Calnan and Mr. Innes got
on tho roof, of the houso whero the ani
mal was, and, by pulling off tho tiles
"and poking the animal with a long
pole, 'succeeded In shooting him. He
turned out to be a fine male leopard, in
most sleek condition, and measuring
Boven feet three Inches. During bis
brief career In tho city he had Injured
no less than eleven persons, some of
them very severely indeed. The lives
of two men aro despaired of; one of
them bad, among other wounds, his el
bow crushed from a bite. Tw6 men
had their eyes dislocated. A few wo
men wero badly scratched all over the
body. Tho good folk of Gorakphur
wero all keenly Interested in tho oc
currence. Hundreds of them visited
Mr. Innes' compound to inspect tho
carcass, and large numbers also went
to tho hospital to Inspect the wounded
Ethical llfo Implies the election of
motives othor than selfish, in our age
who will dispute this, seflshnesa has
been apotheslzed as tho one rule if
conduct? Rev.. Dr. E. G. Hirscb.
SCIENTIFIC TOPXCS
CUnnENT.NOTES OF DISCOVCRf
AND INVENTION.
A Hiitulltuln for I'limimntlo Tlr The
WhUtllujr lluny ThH Ncir MotUe
I'onrr NlnrtliiK fire with Ice New
Alr-t'oollnjr Machine.
Tlin New Moth Power.
That the uge of steam, especially as
a motlvo power, draws rapidly toward
Its close, Is everywhere conceded. Hut
what tho new motlvo power Is to be
does not manifest Itself with so much
certitude. It may bo compressed nlr,
or It may be electilrlty In mimu one of
Its manifold forms, or, again, It may
be something else. Hut until It Is cer
tain the necessarily great expense of
tho change from one form of motive
power to nnothcr gives all tho rail
roads pause, while the equal necessity
of keeping abreast of tho times makes
them watch with keenly Interested
ces the experiments that nre going on
nil over the country In the hopu of dls-
covering the new king. Tho Long Is
land rond, on a hulf-milo stretch, In a
carefully guarded Inclosuro near Ja
maica, lias recently been testing n
third rail electricity carrying dovlco
for which the Inventor claims econ
omy, effectiveness and snfety. ' Tho
third rail carrying the current and laid
unguarded between the other two mils,
which was adopted by many roads,
proved dangerous In tho extreme, for
any ono stepping from tho innocuous
outsldo rails to the electrically charged
third rail Immediately completed a cir
cuit and received tho full force of tho
current. Injury always resulted, and
very often death. This was an In
superable objection to tho system," and
since then snfety lists been ono of tho
results striven for. Tho Bystom tho
Long Island railroad y trying consists
of a copper cnble carrying tho current,
which is set in n hollow wooden beam
running along tho tics parallel and
equldistnnt from tho mils. On top of
this copper cable Is another smaller
cablo about tho slzo of a telegraph
wire, lying loose. Ab a train passes
along n powerful magnet on the bottom
of tho cars lifts this smaller wire,
which thereupon becomos electrically
charged for tho length of the enrs, but,
it is asserted, is at the name tlmo dend
and harmless two feet ahead or behind
tho car. Tho owners of this third-rail
systom clnlm to hold unnsBallablo pat
ents. President William II. Ualdwln,
Jr., of tho Long Island railroad, in
speaking of tho tests, said: "Theso
tests havo been mudo on our road for
the last two months in an experimental
sort of way. I havo been much Inter
ested in tho development of this idea.
It secniB to havo tho necessary olo
ments for a successful third-rail sys
tom. I havo no personal Interest what
soever in tho matter, beyond tho doolro
to find some third-rnll system that will
prove economical, effective and snfo.
If tho owners of this system nro ready
to mako a business proposition for Its
uso, wo would consider favorably tho
application of that system for experi
mental uso, with a view to Its adop
tion. Wo would experiment with any
third-rail system that nppealed to our
Judgment."
To Mnke Itnnni Fireproof.
A new dovlco for making rooms ab
solutely fireproof comes from Holland.
It is applied to each room separately
and involves no general reconstruction
of tho house. It consists of a sorlos of
fireproof plates, to be laid on tho wnlls,
floor, and celling in place of plaster.
Tho material used Is said to resemble
nougat In appearance. By this simple
process any fire Is strictly confined to
the room in which it originates; there
can bc no spreading. A severe test
has been applied. In a room properly
sheathed with these plates tarred wood
was heaped on the floor nnd fired. In
spite of tho fierceness of the combus
tion, which filled tho whole room with
crackling flames, thoro was no effect
beyond tho protected walls.
The Whlmllng-IInoy.
Tho accompanying little illustration
shows n devlco which, had It been In
position on the Manacles, would havo
saved the Paris and tho Mohegnn from
running ashoro on that danffarous hit
of English coast. This machlno is
what is known as tho whistling buoy.
It is capablo of giving out a much moro
effectivo signal than tho old-fashioned
bell buoy, which it has Just replaced
off the Manacles. This new buoy
works automatically, and every short
wbllo emits a most doleful but far
reaching whistling scream.
New Air Cooling Machine.
A machine has been built on novel
principles for cooling tho air of houses
and apartments. It differs from tho
refrigerating machines now In use,
which convert mochnnlcnl onergy Into
heat, abstracted through the medium
of liquefied gases, In that it depends
on utilizing tho great latent heat of
evaporation of water, says the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat, it 1b not In
tended for heavy refrigerator worl-,but
.for cooling at maximum clllclency over
the range of 10 to 25 degrees Fahren
heit, required to keep u roam at com
fortable temperature on a hot summer
day. To furnish the forced blnst which
provides both the air circulation and
the chilling effect, all that Is required
la a little electric motor blower. This
evaporates the water, which Is distrib
uted In a capillary film so effectively
that 10,000 cubic feet of air per hour
can bo cooled to about C8 degrees Fah
renheit. There Is nn automatic ad
justment which keeps the tempernturo
nt any desired point and at any de
sired degreo of humidity. The water
can he taken from the local supply and
current from tho nearest available
source. The apparatus requires no
more attention than a common fan
motor and can readily bo set up In
sick rooms or hospltalr., where such
an appliance Is often Invaluable. Tho
ease with which tho apparatus can be
handled and operated, In fact, may In
suro Its adoption generally In all kinds
of buildings during very hot wenthor.
It Is not only far moro ellleleut than
the ordinary refrigerating apparatus,
but It practically ennhles any ono who
Ir very sensitive to Indoor heat to pass
through the most trying summer In
comfort.
A Hiilmtltiltn for rnrtinmllo Tlrr.
An Inventor, Bovine, has been grant
ed n patent for a bicycle, If generally
adopted, would revolutionize cycling.
Each wheel of this bicycle has two
rims. The Inner one Is connected to
tho huh by tho ordinary means of
spokes, hut between the Inner and
outer rims Is an arrangement of lint
springs having one end fastened flrmly
to tho outer rim, while the other end Is
fastened by a yielding slot connection
to tho Inner ono.
This combination Is said to bc moro
comfortable to ride than tho pneumatic
tire, as there Is n wider range of movo
ment. Nliirllnir it IMrn with lei.
Two very surprising things mny bo
done with ordinary Ice. First, you
may mako a burning glass out of tho
Ico which will burn holes In paper and
even start a flro In tho woods. The
only tool you will need will bo a pocket
knife, nnd with this It may bc well to
remember that no hoy need freeze to
denth In tho woods when tho sun shines
nnd thero In plenty of ice nround. Ho
tuny mako his fire as follows: Solect tho
clearest Ico you can find. In frozen
ponds will often be found n little hil
lock of Ico caused by an eddy In tho
water beneath. Knock off a plcco of
thlB clear Ico and whittle It into tho
shape of a doublo convex lens. You
should havo no trouble doing this, for
Ice can bo cut very cnslly with a pock
ctknlfe. Perhaps It may bo well to
Inform tho uninitiated that n doublo
convex lens Is one which bulges on
both Bides. It gathere up tho rays of
sunlight nnd concentrates thorn against
one spot, which Is called tho focus
point. Ordinarily a lens is mado of
glass, but Ico will perform tho same
feat If correctly shaped. First cut
your ico into a flat piece, a littlo thicker
than and as round as a silver dollar.
It might bo well, also, to leave a long
sliver on one side of the circular plcco
to sorvo for a handle. When you
havo cut your flat circular piece, scrapo
down tho edge, gradually working to
wards, the. cenlcr, until you have round
ed off, both sides. A little practlco
will onablo you to do this evenly, al
though you may wasto or break two
or three pieces of Ice In tho effort. As
you go adng with tho work of scraping
put the round piece, or Jens, In your
mouth every few minutes. Tho heat
of the mouth will not only polish tho
lens, but It will smooth away those ex
tremely flno ridges or knlfo marks
which might otherwise Interfero with
tho concentration of the light. By
holding it n proper distance from a
piece of paper, say about an inch, it
presently will set tho paper on Are. The
othor feat spoken of nbove Is tho mak
ing of a good magnifier out of n pleco
of Ice. If you aro in the woods some
winter's day and wish to examine aomo
minute objects thoroughly you may do
so, very readily with ice. Proceed as
when you mado your lens, only Instead
of making slightly convex sides make
your lens In tho shapo erf a ball or
sphere. Opticians sell glass balls filled
with water for magnifying purposes.
The ico will act the samo as tho water
filled glass ball, and It is wonderful
how much you may add to a day's en
joyment in this very simple way. Ther
are winter Insects, branches of trees,
dead loaves and bark, snow and Ice, all
of which will reveal hidden wonders
under this very simple microscope
which nature places' within the reach
of any ingenious boy. Of course tho
city boy may also amuse himself with
Ice quite as readily as his country cou
sin, and ho may do It in summer time,
If need be, with the help of the com
modity which tho Ice-man leaves at
tho door every day.
An engineer in Tunis hns Invented a
deep sen diving apparatus which has
Icon tried without accident ut a depth
of 174 feot near Cherbourg. Tho in
ventor declares his purpose of search
ing for tho hull of tho Alabama, which
lies where she was sunk by tho Kear
earge, off Cherbourg harbor.
in (ii:ni:hat.
Officials In Washington regard tho
Venezuelan situation ns critical,
A bust of ex-Speaker Reed Is bolng
executed In bronze for the Maine legis
lature. Tho war department hns chartered
the steamer Dublin, which will carry
HGO animals to Manila.
General MIIcb has accepted nn Invi
tation to net iih marshal of the Dewey
parade nt Washington, D. C.
In the past eighteen months Presi
dent McKlntey hns been the victim of
camern fiends over three thousand
ttmcB,
An Insano merchant of Berlin named
Herman Hordasch haH been iirrentuil
at a hotel in Lelpuic for threatening
to kill tho king of Saxony.
Mayor Buck of Portland, Me., n gen
tlemnn 76 years of age, has Just com
pleted tho feat of walking to tho sum
mit of Mount Washington, N. II. , nnd
back iigaltt.
Tho owner of StonchunKO, tho old
Druid monument on Salisbury plain,
threatens to sell It to tho highest bid.
dcr unless tho British government will
give him 1026.000 for It.
The directors of the Mcrgonthnlor
Linotype company has dcclarod tho
rogular quarterly dividend of 2 por
cent nnd nn extra dividend of 2 Mi per
cent payablo September 20.
Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickons, bod.
of tho novelist, has been appointed u
rabbit Inspector by tho New South
Wales government. He was formerly,
a inombcr of the colonial parliament.
Experiments nro about to begin In
Louisiana for tho manufacture of pnpoi
from refiiBo sugar cano. Paper mado
from sugar cano should ho In great ro
quost for tho correspondence of uwcot-hcarts.
Tho house In which General Shermnn
died In New York, has been sold by tho
holrs for about $3fi,000. It is situated
on West Soventy-flrst street, and was
purchased by tho general a year before
his death.
A platform car recently complotcd
at tho Boston & Mnlno railroad shops,
in Sulom, Mubb., has a carrying cupacl
ay of 100.000 pounds, 40,000 pounds
more than any other car on thu road.
It Is thirty-two foot long.
Tho colobrationsof Old Homo weok la
Now Hampshire towns wero so suc
cessful tills year, tho first of Its ob
servance, that they nro likely to bo
repeated annually hereafter, though
tho dato may bo changed.
Smallpox sproad In Altoonu, Pa., and
tho town board of health ordered tho
killing of all dogs nnd cnta in infected
houses, that they might not distribute
tho germs of tho disease. Tho ,uouiea
of tho uulmals wero burned.
Ono of Pension Commissioner Evans'
critics recently accused that ofllclnl of
having n "Htorary bureau." Mr. EvaiiH
replied emphatically: "Yes, I havo,
and It consists of every roputablo
nowspaper in tho Unltod States."
Tho wooden belfry of famoim Faneull
hall, Boston, hns been replaced by ono
exactly similar of iron, nnd It IB hope
that th6 work of altering and strength
ening tho historic building will ue
complotcd by tho mlddlo of September,
A hearing in the action rf tho sUto
of Now York to recover $1,500,000 in
penalties from Armour & Co., of Chi
cago, for violating tho nntl-oleomni-guiuio
laws, was to havo boon held in
Albany yesterday, It was adjourned
until Soptembor 20.
Thcodoro Tllton, who spends his time
between PnrlB and London, hns lost
none of his aptness for repartee. Tho
other day a friend asked him when It
Is a man begins to feol old. Ho replied
nt onco: "I'll toll you when. It Ib
when ho Is a sophomoro In college."
Twenty-eight head of specially fed
Abordeon-AngUB cattle, 2-yeur-oldB,
raised in Indiana, near Terre Huute,
by John McFall, sold in Chicago Sep
tember 0 at JG.85, tho highest prlco
paid for cattlo thoro slnco Christmas,
1892, and tho highest In Soptembor
slnco 1884.
Tho pocullur disease from which tho
czur Is said to bp Buffering Ib known as
aphasia, and in plain English is using
one word when nnothor lu meant. If
his majesty wnntB hlB hat and ennt't
remember tho word "hat" ho asks for
something else, and ho lit unable to
recollect the meaning of words when
ho reads them.
Tho roport reaching Toxns from
York that Charles D. Loving has mado
his big cattlo syndicate with $40,000,000
capital stock a success awakens much,
Interest in cattlo circles, Inasmuch aa
thero is somo opposition to the pro
posed ayndlcnto among cattlo men.
Those of Indian territory nnd Kansas,
It Ib said, will Join with the TexaB cat
tle men In fighting Lovlnk's syndicate,
making probablo a tompornry reduc
tion in tho prlco of meet on the hoof.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE.
Ouialm, ChlCHKO K" York Market
Ui'olutlon.
OMAHA.
Ilutter Creamery separator. 17 0
Ilutler-Cholco fancy country 16 if
Kkkh Fresh, per ilox ,3!W
Chickens. .BnrlnK, per lb 'Atil
18
18
14
10
w
riKcous Llvo. per Uoz 76 it
Lemons l'er box,.. 4 7S
Cranberries Jersey, per bbl. 6 25
H E 60
it S M
Apples per barrel 3 00
it 2 25
I'otuioeB new, per ouinei., si
Sweet potntoeH Per bbl 2 0)
Huy upland, per ton COO
t 30
ii 600
Q 4 30
U 4 25
SOUTH OMAHA.
Hogs Choice llffht 4 25
Hogs lleuvy weights 4 17
iseor steers 4 u
il' 6 10
Hulls 3 00
BtUKB 3 10
Calves 4 00
Westerns 4 CO
Cows 3 60
IlelferM 3 65
Blockers nnd foedoni 3 DO
Sheep lambH 4 75
Sheep Feeder wethers 3 C5
t 3 BO
il 3 25
IU6X
if 5 25
Vt 3 65
f 4 00
4 15
4 90
D 3 B0
CHICAGO.
Wheat No. 2 spring-.., 67
Corn ror bushel , 31
Ultrley-No. 2 3fi
Oats Per bushel at!
Hye No. 2 US
z
67U
22U
it 57
Timothy need, per bu 2 20
( 2 25
Pork Per cwi, ...... ...... 7 20
805
Cattle Stockers and feeders 4 20
lur.l ,. n 17
it 85
St 6 30
f630
W 5 65
6 25
ItuntrwH .. .4 00
HoHH-Mlxcl , 4 20
Sheen 1umba , 4 id
Sheep Nntlve wethers 4 35
4 40
NBW YORK MARKET.
Oats-No. 2 24 0
Wheat-No. 2 red 74 ?i
Corn-No. 3 red ,. 33Vi
P
KANSAS CITY.
Hhoeo Muttons 3M
S'BO
4 37
lloirtv Mixed :..;....:. 4Hu
I Cattle Stockers una leaders 3 SP 4 71
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