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UNCLE SAM LOOKING AHEAD
Making Provision t Tick'e Epicurean
Taitei Four Yean Hence
OFFICIAL FISH STORY WITHOUT FRILLS
Operations of tlie Shad Klsh Hatchery
it the Delaware and the Had
on Overot niln tbe Greed
of the Fisherman.
This Is a story of tn shad one will eat In
1S07, If lucky enough to live that long.
Uncle Sam, who Is paternal and farseelng
by nature, whatever envious foreigners
may say about him, has adopted a plan
for p eventing the threatening extermin
ation of the favorite flsn of the epicure.
Jle proposes to breed shad faster than the
greedy fishermen cun gather them In. The
Job Is not an easy one, for It takes four
years for the shad to reach maturity. Con
sequently, fish bred this year will not be
ready for the net until four years hence.
Then they will obligingly place themselves
In the way of being caught by returning
to the river In which tney were turned
loose.
At anchor In the Delaware is the govern
ment boat Fish Hawk, a trim little vessel,
captained by James A. Smith, which doe
ervlcs In all kinds of odd capacitiescol
lecting deep sea fauna and sponges, and
Investigating the sea bed generally In the
Interest of science but which Is now
engaged In the more Important work of
hatching shad. At Gloucester, on the
Delaware, the shnd fishing Is now at Its
height. Hundreds of spectators line the
grassgrown bank dally to watch the fisher
men cast and haul In the greatest net In
the world. It Is a mile long, and requires the
exertions of four horses and twenty men
to bring ashore again after being Into the
river where the shnd are supposed to be
thickest. When the net Is finally landed
and the water la being churned Into foam
by the frantic efforts of hundreds of fish
to escape the meshes, sailors of Fish
Hawk gather around the catch and select
such fish as are found by touch to be ripe
for spawning. These selected shad the
sailors take ashore. The spawn Is then
squeezed from the shnd Into little circular
dishes and the fish turned loose again to
spawn afresh. After the eggs are collected
In the dishes, the sailors secure live males
from the shad Just caught and sprinkle
the eggs with the milt of tho male, without
which the eggs would not hatch. Then
the sailors sit down on the nearest fence,
with their pans all In a row, and carefnlly
pick out from the mass of eggs those which
nre In good condition, and put them all
together In one pan. With their plunder the
sailors return to Fish Hawk, where the eggs
ere placed In airtight glass Jars, and the
hatching process begins.
Youth of the Shad.
The water In the Jars Is kept pure by
fresh river water being constantly added.
The eggs hatch In from five to seven days.
The most Interesting feature of the progress
of the eggs toward hatching Is that
through a microscope the fish can be seen
gradually forming On holding the micro
scope to the transparent surface of the
eggs the little fish are seen to be curled
up, with noses touching the tails. When
they are ready to break loose they give a
wish of the tall, smash the shell and sail
free. At the throat tho ova. In the shape
of a small ball, adheres, and from this the
little shad obtains nourishment for the first
three days of Its freedom, for during that
time Its mouth Is sealed, When at last Us
mouth opens, the . ova Is assorbed. Then
the shad forages for Itself. The tiny shad
are let loose in the rtver from big cans,
thousands at a time. What becomes of
them In the Interval of four years between
the time they are set free to begin their
precarious career and their Inevitable fin
ish in the big net Is a puzxle to those who
have studied their habits, or tried to.
It Is supposed that the shad retire to deep
water as soon as they are big enough to
roam around, and stay there for four years,
returning at the end of that time to the
rivers of the const where they were
hatched. The shad now being hatched will
probably wander around the world, keeping
always to the deep water, and will not be
caught until the year of grace 1907. If
Fish Hawk has a good season shad will be
plentiful in that yenr. If the season is a
bad one the succulent fish will be scarce.
!,But in any event the shad will not be al
lowed to share the fate of the buffalo and
.'become so scare as to make It possible to
count them.
Millions Planted.
Three millions or four millions of small
shad hatched on Fish Hawk are trans
ported from the Delaware to the Hudson
and other rivers. The average number of
eggs taken from one fish Is not more than
80,000, but fish have been known to yield
,from 60,000 to 160,000 at one time. Under
strictly natural conditions not more than
8 per cent of the eggs are hatched. The
ishad has many enemies. Eels destroy the
.spawn, the growth of fungus kills them,
land many millions In one season are suf
focated In mud at the bottom of the rivers.
While only S per cent: of the eggs hatch
out under natural conditions, on Fish
Hawk, the percentage is 90. By thus guard
ing the eggs from danger until the little
fish are able to swl:n 80 per cent of the
spawn of the shad Is saved from an un
timely fate. When it Is borno In mind that
a single fish produces 30,000 eggs at one
time, the number of shnd for whose exia-
tence Uncle Sum is entitled to the credit
Is seen to be Incalculable.
It is hoped that the government efforts to
propagate shad will change the entire as
pect of the fishery situation, causing the
fish to appear In many rivers to which
they have previously been strangers. Cap
tain Smith has found shad In some of the
southern rivers. One lone shad was netted
off St. Helena, but not another was caught
to support the hope that the fish were
about to change their habits and forsake
:the seclusion of deep sea hiding places. The
.migrations have become so tegular that 't
, has been found possible to trace them.
.The fish appeared this year In the Savannah
river and the EdlHto. in South Carolina,
early in January. In the Potomac late In
February, in the Delaware late in March,
uaa id me nuoson the last of March.
KDVCATIOSAl, NOTES.
This Is commencement week at Princeton
.university. Rev. Henry Van Dyke preaches
.the baccalaureate sermon today.
Kansas school teacher j reoelva ....
ag of $33 a month and the supremo court
;of that state has decided .that their wages
; cannot be garnlsheed.
Mrs. Douglas Uoblnson of New York, a
sister of Mrs. Roosevelt, haa offered finan
cial assistance to William Pickens, the
Yale negro student who won the Ten Eye
j prise for oratory.
: The new department for graduating II
'brartans after a course of two years at
.' Western Reserve university, provided for
by Mr. Carnegie, will be opened In Septenv
ber. All graduates of recognised educa
; tlonal institutions are eligible.
i
Frederick Menga runs the dining hall
I (commons) at the University of Pennsyl
vania. He was told that he'd have between
itOO and 300 regular patrons. The first day
the sold Just nineteen meals. "The student
have no money," he la quoted as saying,
"Only a few of them eat breakfast or din'
tier. The majority of them eat but a 30-
oant meal la lb vstjUig aad ths rest of
ths time they live on milk, crackers and
apples."
Henry R- Edmunds, president of the
Board of Education of Philadelphia, has
declared himself In favor of so modifying
the curriculum of the elementary publlo
schools of the city that all borne study
shall be made unnecessary. Knowledge
acquired at the expense of bodily strength
and health, he says. Is purchased at too
great a price, especially to a growing child.
Announcement Is made of the appoint
ment to the llbrarlanshlp of Bryn Mawr
college of Miss Isadora Gilbert Mudge of
Brooklyn, N. T. Miss Mudge took the de
gree of Ph.B. at Cornell university In 1897
and that of B. L. 8. from the New York
State Library school In 1900. She has since
been reference librarian and assistant pro
fessor of llbrtry economy at the University
of Illinois. Miss Mudge succeeds Miss Isa
bel Ely Lord, for six years librarian of the
college, who resigns the post to enter pub
lic library work.
Pllllps Exeter Academy Is to have a
reunion of Its Alumni at Exeter, N. J., on
Wednesday, June 1. Francis Rawle of
Philadelphia is to deliver the oration at the
gathering, and a poem will be read by
Prof. Oeorge E. Woodberry of Columbia
University. They are both graduates. Rob
ert Todd Lincoln, ex-Secretary of War and
ex-Mlnlster to England, and son of Abra
ham Lincoln, has promised to be present
as one of the "old boys." The new Alumni
hall, erected by gifts from the graduates,
is to be dedicated on the same day.
Congressman Tawney of Minnesota has
reached the conclusion that the American
public school system is seriously defective
in that not enough attention Is given to
elementary branches. This decision ha
been reached because eight young men se
lected by him for appointment to West
Point or Annapolis have been rejected In
Succession because of inability to pass In
elementary English branches, though all
were high school graduates and were se
lected largely because of high standing as
students. Mr. Tawney Is convinced that
pupils are being rushed through grammar
schools without proper training.
Abram 8. Hewitt alone knew who gave a
quarter million dollars to Cooper Union last
var and very likely no one eise ever m
know. The story as he told it was that
after Mr. Carnegie's gift of $100,000 he was
wondering where the next $300,000 should
come from, when "a gentleman whom I
have long known, who had never mani
fested anv soeclal interest in Cooper Union,
called at my house, and after a chat and
-n of tea. said: 'By the way, i nave
got something for you-a little gift for
Cooner Union -and to my intense
. i. hsnried me $250,000." It was
. certified check on a trust company. Mr
vr.witt turned it over to the corporation
and never told anyone who the modest
giver was.
PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS.
Tommy Tomorrow's your birthday, ain't
It, Ma? I wish I had a dollar; m Duy a
nresent.
Ma Thot's thoughtful of you, my dear.
tint whv do vou need a dollar?
Tommv 'Cause that's the price of It
It s the dandiest catcher's mask you ever
saw.
Small Harry recently accompanied his
mother to church for the first time, and
whon the organ began to play he pro
ceeded to stand up on the cushion.
"Sit down, Harry," whispered his mother,
"All right, mamma," replied the little
fellow. "I'll sit down Just as soon as I see
the monkey."
"Why don't you play with the little boy
next door?"'
"Because," answered the youth with many
freckles, "he's too easy. I'd win all his
marbles. He's one of these children that
start right In beln' good as soon as one
circus Is over for fear they can't go to the
next."
General O. O. Howard occasionally ad
dresses Juvenl'fl patriotic clubs. An or
ganlzatton of this type entertained the
veteran at a sociable and dinner.
A little chap near the general displayed
a good appetite.
"You eat well, my son," said the old
soldier.
"Yes, sir."
"Now, If you love your flag as wen as
your dinner, you'll make a gbod patriot,"
General Howard's eyes beamed on the boy.
"Yes, sir; but I've been practicing eating
twelve years and I ain't owned a gun bttt
six months," was tho laconic reply.
Miss Ethel M. Smyth, the composer and
librettist of the successful one-act opera,
"Der Wald," was precocious In her child
hood and now that she has achieved a cer
tain fame a number of odd episodes of her
early life are being narrated.
According to one of these, the little girl
said to her mother one day:
''Mamma, If I got marrlud, will my hus
band be a man with whisker and who
smokes, like all the men I seeT"
"Yes, my dear," the mother answered.
"And If I don't get married, will I be an
old maid like Miss Brown T"
"Yes, Ethel."
The little girl brooded for a moment.
Then she sighed and said. In a sad, re
signed voice:
Mamma, It's a hard world for us women,
isn't It?"
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw Is given
as the author of a new story illustrating
the unconscious wisdom of children. Among
his acquaintances are a gentleman and his
wife who are of agnostic tendencies. Their
little 3-year-old girl has received her only
religious training from her grandmother
and It consists simply of the evening
prayer, "Now I Lay Me Down to Bleep,"
with the customary petition "God bless
papn, God bless mamma."
One night the mother was putting her
little girl to bed and the latter Insisted
she wanted to say her prayers. The mother
consented In an indifferent mood, but was
somewhat startled to hear the little tot
repeat: "Now I lay me down to sleep, I
pray Thee, Lord, my goui to keep, Oodloss
papa. Godless Mamma."
Ol'T OF TUB ORDINARY.
William Mackahee. the oldest living
eran of the United States navy, wll" eel,
rate his 100th birthday next September at
nroi iiunie in x nnaucmnia.
The annual loss from the burning of
UUI1UI1IKI 111 Ilia United HtAIM 1 whmt
$136,0U0.(M, not Including cost of Insurance
and the appliances for fire protection.
it is reported that a number of Americans
are negotiating for the purchase of Bul
grave, the ancestral home of the Wash
ington family, near Helmdon, England, for
me purpose oi transferring It to America.
minus me Bpanisn-Amencan war It wrh
estimated that only 3 Der cent of ih ihnti
urea oy American gunners hit the enemy's
ships, in the recent quarterly target prac
tice of the North Atlantic squadron 614
per cem ok me snois nil.
A California man has applied for a dl
vorce on the ground that his wife cares
more for cats than she does for him. A
man willing to confess that he could not
make himself more winning than a cat
proves that his wife had good reason for
passing ram py.
H. P. Patterson of Aurora, Ind., a veteran
of the civil war. while on a visit to Gettys
burg recently, discovered a Urge bowlder
bnhtnd which he sought shelter during the
battle and purchased It and had it shlDDed
to his western home, to mark his grave
after hla death.
The cargador, or carrier, of Mexico is a
remarkable individual. Nothing seems too
bulky, nothing too heavy for him to carry.
and It la quit wonderful how he manages
not only to lift, but to balance his cumber
some loads. It la nothing for a man to
carry a load welshing 4JU pounds, this be
ing borne either on the top of the head or
on the shoulders, and kept in place by a
oat uua parawa; acroa w loreneaa.
DOOM OF THE STENOGRAPHER
Talking Kaohines Menace the Business of
tbe Short-Hand Artist
CRACK OF DOOM FOR QUAIL TRACKS
Advantage of Hacordlnnj Machines
Realised by Cart Reporters
Market Already Ovrerwdd
with Stenographer.
Keen competition In every tiade, every
field of labor and even in the very arts is
always felt among the average, but "at the
top" of every line of endeavor always sur
vives an envied minority which serenely
holds it own, seemingly safe from the
fierce struggle of the many and well forti
fied to meet every device and Invention of
mechanical science to replace Individuals,
whether they stand for ideas, theories, facta
or control the agencies of produce or na
ture. "At the top" of one profession at least, or
subprofesslon, a stoical bow to the Inev
itable Is In order where the competition has
not been felt, as it has been lower down In
the ranks. This Is the stenographic pro
fession. Only a few years ago in New York an
expert and experienced stenographer could
make more money with his notebook and
pencil than in any other business which can
be engaged In without much outlay of cap
ital. Stenography is seriously practiced as
an art by the court stenographers, the men
who are under oath to take down and
transcribe correctly every word that drops
from the bench, bar or witness box. In
turn these men, until recently, dictated the
minutes of their cases to the equally ex
pert amanuenses and typewriters. And this
was a field of strenuous stenographic oper
ations, In Its significance known to but few
outside of the legal profession. Here only
great skill and intelligence are of account;
and to attain to the necessary expertness
required more than ordinary skill, quickness
and training, this fact alone limiting the
number of competent , ones. And after the
necessary training of years to become thor
oughly proficient a competent person could
always find plenty to do among the busy
court reporters, always anxious to get out
their cases expeditiously and well, and the
demand for such trained assistants was
often In excess of the supply.
Introduction of the Phonograph.
But now up at the once apparently unas
sailable "top" a revolutionary little ma
chine has changed the aspect of this once
EI Dorado of lightning workers. This haa
been effected by a heartless, soulless, but
neat looking small yellow box. It Is at
tached by a piece of wire to electric power
that turns a roller that carries around and
around a wax cylinder; a tube placed over
this carries the .dictator's voice and words,
wor;ls which, as soon as uttered are
engraved on ' to the wax cylinder, which
repeats them at any rate of speed at the
will of an "operator" (flesh and blood this
time), who transcribes them on the type
writer. This is Miss Commercial Talking
Machine, alias Phonograph, alias Grapho
phone. This Invention has put the expert amanu
ensis "out of court" before he got there
to which literal destination all the Intelli
gent male assistants aspired, and from
whose ranks nine-tenths of the best court
reporters of today were recruited. For only
through such training, under a practical
court official, writing out his cases from
his dictation, was graduated , his fully
equipped successor. Nowhere' eise can the
necessary training be acquired.
But now that Miss Talking Box is on the
scene, and Is here to stay, shorthand, so
widely used In Its day, will in a few years
become. If mot a lost art, at least a rare
art. This prediction is made at a time
when the market seems overcroTded with
hundreds of applicants to each and every
one of the thousands of positions where
stenographers are called for, for even tha
average will be ousted by this same ma
chine, for It repeats exactly what is dic
tated to It, never makes "pi" out of sen
tences, except when an Illiterate employer
talks Into it, and the twenty stenograph
ers who will be replaced by the one "oper
ator," like poor Lo, must "move on."
Machine Never Get Tired.
The court reporters themselves, some of
whom have spent more than two score
years dictating their notes to intelligent
amanuenses, find the recording machine a
most convenient helper. They say it never
gets tired or Independent In manner, Is not
afraid of working overtime or going with
out lunch or supper when crowded for
time and has no oppressive ' or distracting
personality (as the case may be) to obtrude
Itself between the questions, answers, ob
jections and rulings which make up the
court records of cases. The reporter can
now sit up all night with his trusty ma
chine, unburdening his hundreds of folios
Into her waxy breast, and no questions
will be asked by his wife as to whether
the typewriter Is young, pretty, bright or
what not; and he will not be nagged at
because, unawares, he haa betrayed (he
fact that she possesses alluring black or
lender hasel eyes, for the "operator" now,
who takes the dictation straight from the
cylinders, will no longer have to sit along
side of her employer. He can shut himself
up alone with the machine and will not
even have to exchange the day's greetings
with Miss Minnie Brown. She can after
ward go alone Into the room and Just tran
scribe the voice and send the finished work
In by the office boy.
There is a little heavy tragedy, however,
for "the pretty typewriter" In all this. Be
low those suspiciously wicked raven locks
or Titian tresses are shoulders which have
carried heavy burdens, and some of these
busiest of busy workers have been the
breadwinners of families, carrying others'
burdens as well as their own. Cheerfully
hastening back and forth, making "L" and
trolley connections between perhaps a little
Harlem flat and the dingy business office
at all hours of the day and night such
were the demands of the business; but no
other field of labor offered reward sufficient
to cover the expenses of one et al. Now
these are on the outside; Miss Wind-up
Talking Machine within. New York
Herald.
Itlltty of an Insnranee Poller
A story has reached the Stat depart
ment at Washington of a novel use to
which a life Insurance policy waa recently
put by an American traveling In Russia,
The citizen In question had neglected 'to
provide himself with a passport and when
he arrived at the borders of the czar's do
mains he waa held up by an official with a
demand for his passport. For an instant
the American was stumped, but he quickly
rose to the emergency, living into hi
Inside pocket he pulled out his life insur
ance policy and handed it to the Russian.
The latter gravely looked the paper over,
carefully scrutinising the imposing looking
seal and the array of signatures. With a
satisfied air he handed back the paper
and the American passed on.
Like Bon, Like Father..
Indulgent Father (dining In restaurant)
I presume, Horace, while you were attend
ing that foreign medical college you formed
the foolish and reprehensible habit of
drinking beer?
Son Why, yes, father; I Just had to drink
it occasionally. All the other students did.
Indulgent Father Walter, two beer.
Chicago . Tribune,
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So
CONDITION OFOMAIIA'STRADE
Summer Goods Moved Slowly Last Week
Owing to Unseasonable Weather.
PRICES FIRM, WITH UPWARD TENDENCY
Beth Wholesalers and Retailer Cos-
dent that Settled Weather Will
nlcklx Enable Them to Make
Is fur Lost Time.
Trade With Omaha lohhpra and manufur.
turers was of rather moderate proportions
last week, owing- to the unseasonable
weather which prevailed throughout the
greater proportion of the territory tribu
tary to this market. Kullroads were crip
Dled to a greater or lens extent by the
floods and the country roads were In such
condition that farmers could scarcely get
to town to do their usual amount of shop
ping. .Besides that the weather was so cool
that there was really but little demand for
summer weight goods. Owing to these con
ditions the bulk of the goods bought by
retailers early In the season are mill on
xne sneives. While retailers may be feel
ing a little blue they are not discouraged,
for they realise that it will take but a. few
days of summer weather to make business
brisk again and their stocks will then go to
pieces at a rapid rate. When trade In the
country Is quiet Jobbers of course get very
little business, but they, too, are confident
that they will still do their usual amount
of sortlng-up business before the summer Is
over.
Collections are rcDorted bs belns In much
better condition than would naturally be
expeciea. Because or tne dull trade In the
country It was feared that merchants
would not meet their June 1 bills as
promptly as usual, but so far Jobbers say
they have no cause for complaint and are
very agreeubly surprised.
Future business 1 moving along In very
satisfactory manner. Traveling men ar
sending In good orders with every mall, so
that each month Jobbers report more ad
vance orders on their books than they ever
had befor at the corresponding time of
year.
Values are still on a very firm basis and
the tendency of prices Is upward. Owing
to the scarcity or many desirable lines of
roods and th favorable prospect for a
continued heavy demand there seems to
be no prospect of 'lower, prices for some
tlm to come.
Sugar Artlve and. Steady.
Wholesale grocers report business for last
week as being of very satisfactory pro
portions, They were caused some delay the
first part of the week by the heavy rains
and rioods. but the latter part of the week
business was very brisk. Prices have fluc
tuated back and forth to some extent dur
In tbe week under review, but In moat
cases the changes hxve been In the direc
tion of higher prices.
The snvar market Is In much the same
nosltlon It was a week ago. New York re
fineries, however, report business on the In
crease and they are still oversold on some
grades of softs. In this market ulao
sugars are moving more lreely than fur
some weeks past and a very heavy demand
I looked for during the next ten days or
two weeks.
Beans are firmly held at the previous quo
tations. The cheese market Is a little eas
ier. The decline, however. Is hot as much
as was generally anticipated and th rea
son given is that the demand has beea suf
ficient to take all offerings freely.
11 llnea et dried frulia ar In a vary
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not only attractive to the eye and pleasing
to the palate but appeal to the reason.
The great food conservatory in which it is .
made is sun-flooded through 30,000 lights of
glass, coursed by filtered and uniformly tenv
pered air and finished in white enamel.
1
is a purer and more hygienic place than the
cleanest kitchen a place where contamina
tion cannot occur.
No other cereal food has as great a" sur-
face for the action of the digestive fluids as
Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuit. This is
true because the wheat is not crushed into
dense masses but spun out into porous
shreds. These shreds are crisp and compel
thorough mastication, which strengthens
the teeth and insures complete digestion.
Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuit perfectly
nourishes the whole body and purifies tie di
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Niagara Falls, N. Y.
strong position. Prunes are beginning to
assert themselves and prices tiave been
named on the new crop and are found to be
o higher than those that have been ruling
for the last two or three weeks. The de
mand Is very active for all lines of dried ,
fruits and the trend of the market Is up
ward. In canned goods the market on spot corn
Is still attracting a good deal of attention.
The market seems to develop additional
strength each week. Those who are In a
position to know say that all the available
stock will undoubtedly be wanted at full
prices before the new goods arrive on tho
market. The drouths In -.he east, together
with the floods In the w-ist. have given a
very strong feeling to futuie and It la
reported that some Illinois canners are
offering 5 cents per dosen l secure can
cellations of , their contri's. It will tw
necessary to 'replant a great deal of the
acreage In Iowa and the situation all around
looks rather gloomy to tho:ie most vnally
Interested. The fact Is Dolntea out, how
ever, that there Is still time to get a crop
If favorable weather should prevail from
June 10 on.
The rice market Is still going up. the
latest advance being on ;he low grades.
The oatmeal market Is In a very strong
position and on Thursday of last weekVn
advance went Into effect amounting to
10 cents on barrels and 6 cents on five
pound packages. The balance of the line
was advanced a corrosp Hiding amount.
This was caused by the strong condition
of the oat market last week.
Syrups are also In a very strong position
and It is thought that advances are almost
certain to occur within the next few days.
The upward movement of the corn market
Is the cause.
The demand for fish has shown a marked
improvement, but prices remain unchanged.
Kamlly while fish and Holland herring
seem to be about the nost popular lines.
There is some new mackerel being offered,
but, as Is generally the case with early
caught fish, they are rather lean and not
equal to the (lull caught In July.
The tea market Is still in a very strong
position, with the teuaency or prices up
ward. Coffee Is quiet and unchanged.
Poor Demand for Dry Good.
The dry goods trtfde with Omaha Jobbers
has not been very brisk for the last tew
days. The excessive rains and cool meather
have of course materially reduced the de
mand In the country, so that retailers
have not sold out the goods they bought
at the beginning of the season. What
both retailers and wholesalers are walMng
for Is seasonable weather and when that
arrives they have no fear but what their
business will again be In normal condition.
When It come to advance business for
fall Jobbers have no cause for complaint.
Their traveling salesmen are on the road
taking orders and are meeting with good
success for this time of .he year, so that
sales of goods for shipment alter July 1
are larger than ever before.
The fact that the cotton market con
tinues very high end the strikes at many
of the eastern mills are greatly curtailing
the output Is causing considerable uneasi
ness for the future. It now set ms to be
more a question of deliveries than of price
for all seasonable cotton fahrlcs for fall.
Blankets, domets and shaker flannels are
the lines most apt to suffer. The market
Is also very strong for bleached and brown
f;ods and denim ar higher than they
iav been since 1'j2.
Hardware alet and Vac-hanged.
The hardware market was rather devoid
last week of special features. Prices on
practically all staple lines held Just about
stead v. The demand locally was very light
for this time of year, as ther we prac
tically no building or repairing of any kind
being done. Jobber, however, look for a
very brisk trad a soon a the country
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rupted. itubbrrs the Moat Popular Line.
Rubber goods Jobbers are the only class
of men who have no complaints to offer
regarding the weather. Business with them
hus been rushing, as all kinds of rubber
clothing and footwear has sold at a rapid
rate. The only difficulty experienced was
to get the goods rapidly enough Part of
the time there was scarcely a rubber boot
to be had in town, but that was owing to
the fact that the railroads were so crip
pled by the high water that they could
not get tho goods here. Several heavy
shipments were stopped tho other sido
of Les Moines. The situation Improved
later in the week, however, so that Jobbers
were ablo to take care of their customers
In good shape and no trouble Is anticipated
this week, even If the demand should In
crease. The leather goods trade Is quiet. Farm
ers are not working In the fields, so there
Is no demand for plow shoes and that class
of goods. About all that a farmer has need
for the last two weeks has been a pair
of rubber boots. The cool weather has also
prevented people In the towns from buying
low shoes.
Fruit and Produce.
There was a very fair demand for fruits
and vegetables lust week, but a good deal
of trouble was experienced In getting ship
ments from the south. The supply of
strawberries was very light all the week
and a good share of the stock that did ar
rive was of Inferior quality. Prices for
good stock, as a result, advanced, and the
ruling price at the close of the week was
3.2o. The Missouri crop Is about over
with and the home grown berries will have
to be depended upon this week. With
favorable weather It Is thought the supply
will be large and the quality good. The
acre.'ige of berries In this section Is much
larger this year than ever before. Present
Indications are that Oregon berries will be
very scarce and high, so the strawberry
season will be practically at an end when
the home grown stock Is gone.
Florida cantaloupes are now on the mar
ket and are quoted at 14.60 per crate.
About the only change of Importance In
vegetables was an Rdvance In old potatoes.
Prices range from 66 to 86 cents per bushel.
Eggs did not change much, but there waa
a weaker feeling toward the close of the
week. Butter and poultry also sold In about
the same notches.
Sousht to Mortify the Rich Man.
James Whltcomb Riley wnt to Philadel
phia recently to sit to John 8. Sargent
for his portrait. The sittings were In John
Lambert's studio, in South Seventh street.
Mr. Riley, during one of them said:
"Bill Nye and I once played a good trick
on a New York man of wealth. He was an
Insufferable snob Insufferable. All over
his house hung family trees, ancestral por
traits, crests and coats-ef-arms. Tou'd
have thought him descended In a direct
line from at least a hundred earls.
"It happened In New York one day that
Nye was upset by a drsy and rolled about
In the mud. . When he got up he was a
sight. His clothes were In rags, his shirt
and face black and his hat without a rim.
'Let' go and seo ' h said suddenly.
Think how disgusted he'll be to see me
In this rig.'
We went to 's house, and a flunky
In knee breeches answered our ring.
" 'Mr. Is not at home,' h said.
" 'Oh, very well,' said Nye. "Just tell hlra
that his uncle from th workbous
called.' Nw York Trtbun.
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TABLE AND KITCHEN
Menu.
BREAKFAST.
Fruit.
Cereal. Cream.
Salted Shad Roe. Broiled.
Dressed Cucumbers
Corn Bread. Coffee -
DINNER.
Clear Soup.
Young Turkey. Cranberry Sauce.
New Potatoes In Cream.
Liettuce.
Strawberry Cre:tm. Coffee.
SUITER.
Cold Tongue. . Cottage t neese.
Fruit.
Tea.
Reclves.
Cal.e.
Spaghetti Cutlets Boll quarter of a pound
of spaghetti until tender but not soft, drain,
blanch and when cold chop coarsely, add
three-fourths of a cup of bread crumbs, a
little chopped onion fried a delicate brown
In a llttlo clariiied butter, a tcaspoonful Ol
parsley, half a cup of tomato puree, salt,
pepper and enough beaten egg to bind al!
together. Shape Into cutlets, dip In beaten
egg and cover with bread crumbs and fry
In deep hot fat; serve with sauce, piquant.
Chop a small onion and a sweet green pep
per fine and fry In a little butter. Then
stir In two level tahlespoonfuls of flour and
when smooth and bubbling add half a cup
of stock, half a cup of strained tomato,
salt and pepper to taste and n little sugar
and lemon Juice. Strain and serve.
Vegetarian Cutlets Prepare mashed pota
toes as for the table; grate a medium sized
onion and fry it brown In Just enough but
ter to brown. Mix with the potatoes. For
six potatoes take a dosen tiny new carrot
and five very small white turnips, boll sep
arately In salted water, chop fine; add to
the potatoes with a few finely shredded,
boiled string beans, a little parsley and
salt and pepper to taste. Form Into flat,
oblong shapes, dip in beaten egg and bread
crumbs and fry In deep hot fat. Serve
with brown or tomato sauce.
Vegetable Cutlets en Case A very nice
way to prepare cutlets made of various
kinds of cooked, green vegetable I to elJ
case them In mashed potato, dip In
and crumb and bak them In an own hot
enough to brown them In ten or fifteen
minute. The agree with most people
better than tha fried.
Scrambled Egg and TomatoeDlp six
medium sised smooth tomatoes In boiling
water and then skin and let them cool.
Then cut each In thre slice, season with
alt and pepper and put in a atewpan wlfh
two tablespoonfuls of butter and cook with
out browning, until the tomatoes ar verry
hot; than turn In thre beaten egg and
scramble them with th tomatoes until
cooked, but not hard. Turn out on a
heated dlh, garnish with point of toast
and parsley and aenr.
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