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to the worst, he should make an assign- 

 ment, and not give up the farm to the 

 mortgagee. By this plan he may save 

 something to himself after the debt has 

 been paid, while in the other case he 

 loses the farm and gets nothing. 



That famous steer belonging toHetfield, 

 of Watseka, 111., which weighed 4,000 

 pounds, has been sent to the Chicago 

 stockyards. The animal has been ex- 

 hibited at many fairs during the past few 

 years and is said to be the largest steer 

 ever raised in Illinois. 



Standard silver dollars actually in cir- 

 culation Nov. 1 were 58,354,092, out of a 

 total of all kinds of money of 11,598,859,- 

 316. Gold coin 475,181,593, subsidiary 

 silver 63,832,759, the remainder being 

 paper money. The per capita circulation 

 is placed at 22.72. 



In eleven months silver shipments from 

 the Pacific coast to Hong Kong and other 

 Chinese and Japanese markets were over 

 $16,500,000 against $12,000,000 in 1894. 

 This accounts for the small shipments of 

 silver from London to the Eastern markets. 



Total imports of merchandise during 

 November, $63,343,759, of which $32,539,- 

 725 was free of duty; for 1894, $50,567,- 

 482, of which $23.934,666 was free of 

 duty. During the previous eleven months 

 the imports amounted to $730,416,217, 

 against $614,177,510 for 1894. 



Total amount of domestic exports dur- 

 ing November, $85,151,267, against $78,- 

 887,384 for November. 1894; for the pre- 

 vious eleven months, $716,664,832 against 

 $723,648,063 in 1894. 



The National Live Stock Exchange 

 elected the following officers: President, 

 William H. Thompson. Chicago; treas- 

 urer, L. B. Doud, Chicago; secretary, 

 Charles W. Baker, Chicago; vice-presi- 

 dents, D. McN. Palmer, St. Louis; AN 7 . B. 

 Stickney, East St. Louis; J. G. Martin, 

 Omaha; J. H. Nason, Sioux City; L. B. 

 Dour), Chicago; John Payne, Kansas City; 

 W. E. Skinner, Fort Worth, Texas. Exec- 

 utive Committee: W. H. Hines, Charles 

 Jones, St. Louis; E. B. Overstreet, C. M. 

 Keys, East St. Louis; J. A. Hake, D. L. 

 Campbell, Omaha; H. D. Pierce, W. M. 

 Ward, Sioux City; C. A. Mallory, Irns 

 Coy, Chicago; E. G. Bridgeford, J. C. 

 McCoy, Kansas City; G. W. Simpsou, C, 

 W. Simpson, Fort Worth. 



The board of directors of the American) 

 Shorthorn Breeders' Association are: W. 

 E. Boyden, Delhi Mills, Mich.; H. F. 

 Brown, Minneapolis, Minn. ; Emory Cobb r 

 Kankakee, 111. ; J. B. Dinsmore, Sutton, 

 Neb. ; W. A. Harris. Linwood, Kan. ; A. 

 H. Jones, Delaware, Ohio; C. E. Leonard, 

 Boonville, Mo. ; S. F. Lorhridge, Green- 

 castle, Ind. ; John McHugh, Cresco, Iowa; 

 J. Frank Prather, Willlamsville, 111.; 

 Abram Renick, Sycamore, Ky. 



Representatives from every county in 

 the north half of the State were present at 

 the recent meeting of the North Central 

 Illinois Poultry Association at Princeton. 



The Farmers' Institute for Northeastern 

 Indiana has just closed a big meeting at 

 Butler. Col. J. H. Brigham, Prof. W. C. 

 Latta and many other leading lights were 

 present. 



The very latest exhibition scheme, sug- 

 gested by the various exhibition trains, 

 contemplates the circling of the earth with 

 a fleet of splendid expedition ships to show 

 the world what America can make and 

 grow. The scheme calls for the construc- 

 tion of one or more expedition ships, where 

 space can be rented for the display of the 

 products of both the soil and factory upon 

 the same principle as is done in expositions, 

 except that in the proposed floating ex- 

 position only American products shall be 

 exhibited. 



Reports from Topeka say that several 

 weeks ago a carload of hogs were shipped 

 into Harper county, Kansas, from Ne- 

 braska. They were diseased, and since 

 then over 1,000 head of hogs have died 

 with cholera. The epidemic has spread 

 into three counties. 



The National Grange elected the fol- 

 lowing officers for the ensuing term of two 

 years: Master, J. H. Brigham, Ohio; 

 overseer, Aaron Jones, Indiana; lecturer, 

 Alpha Messer, Vermont; steward, J. L. 

 Cox, New Jersey; assistant steward, A. 

 J. Newcomb, Colorado; treasurer, Mrs. E. 

 S. McDowell, New York; secretary, John 

 Trimble. Washington, D. C. ; gatekeeper, 

 W. E. Harbaugh, Missouri; chaplain, O. 

 N. Hale, New York; Pomona, Mrs. Sarah 

 G. Baird. Minnesota; Ceres, Mrs. Lucy G. 

 Smith, Ohio; Flora, Mrs. L. E. A. Wiggin, 

 Maine; lady assistant steward, Mrs. S. G. 

 Knott, West Virginia. Executive Com- 

 mittee, J. J. AVoodraan, Michigan; N. J. 

 Batchelder, New Hampshire. 



