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from the growing and handling of this crop. 
Not infrequently, 50 tons are shipped in a day. 
.... California has 150,000 acres in grapes. 
....In 1860 there were only 198 sheep in 
the whole of Dakota. In 1875 there were 1,901 
and the wool clip was 8,810 pounds. In 1880 
the number had increased to 80,244, and the 
wool clip amounted to 157,125 pounds. In 1888 
the number was 140,000; in 1884, it was 182,- 
000; in 1885, 183,820: in 1885. 253.672 and the 
present year the number is 256,209... _ 
-In 1886 Russia exported 37,740^008 of 
wool to different parts of the world .7. 
.... It is feared the great depth of snow will 
seriously affect this year’s maple sugar crop 
in Vermont. The average crop in the State 
is estimated at 12,285,805 pounds .Live 
stock owners in Kalamazoo, Mich., and vicin¬ 
ity have been insuring for some few weeks in 
the Live Stock insurance Company of Mifflins- 
burg. Fa., .Edwin Foreman, agent. On the 
discovery that the company was not author¬ 
ized to do business in Michigan, Foreman was 
arrested .Smith Stewart, a farmer 
residing near Holman Station, Ind., while 
preparing an onion bed, unearthed a jar con¬ 
taining $12,000 in gold aud silver coin. Tho¬ 
rough and deep cultivation of an onion bed 
nearly always pays well. Between 
four and five hundred Texas cattlemen and 
business men have left Fort Worth to attend 
an International Range Convention to be held 
in Denver, and to assist at the opening of the 
Fort Worth and Denver Railway. 
... .This city uses 7,000 barrels of potatoes a 
day- Fifty-two mills in Minnesota, 
Wisconsin and Dakota, not including Minne¬ 
apolis, report a flour output of 442,217 barrels 
for February last, against 268,215 barrels for 
the same mouth in 1887. Those mills and 
those of Minneapolis together made 925.000 
barrels in February, 1888, against 689,500 in 
the same month in 1887.Algouia, 
Kossuth Co., Iowa, is to have a “Hay Palace” 
at the county fair in the fall. Its sides will 
be of baled hay; its roof of prairie grass. 
... .Govenor Oglesby of Ill., has ordered the 
removal of cattle quarantine restrictions in 
Cook County on April 1 . Near Liebau, 
Silesia, 30 persons une infected with trichino¬ 
sis from eating badly cooked German sausa¬ 
ges . 
... .A new and very fatal disease has broken 
out among cattle in the vicinity of James- 
ville, Texas. It kills in a few hours. The 
most thrifty animals succumb to it. 
...in the ISew York Legislature it is proposed 
to appropriate $75,000 for the State Dairy 
Commission; $31,000 for the Geneva Experi¬ 
ment Station; and $10,000 for farmers’insti¬ 
tutes .Syracuse lias been chosen as the 
permanent site of the New York State Fair, 
that city having raised $30,000 towards expen- 
ses, as an inducement. The next annual ex¬ 
hibition, however, will be held at Elmira, on 
Sept. 13th, continuing till the 19th. The pre¬ 
miums will aggregate $10,000 and will be ready 
for distribution about April 20. The fiftieth 
anniversary of the state Agricultural Society 
will occur in September, 1890,and by that time 
the Syracuse grounds will be ready for the 
holding of the annual exhibition. 
The following directory of the Illinois 
National Agricultural Experiment Station has 
been elected: Regent ». II. Peabody, Presi¬ 
dent; E. E. Chester, State Boaid of Agricul¬ 
ture^. T. Johnson, Illinois Horticultural Soci¬ 
ety ; H. B. Gurley Illinois Dairymen’s Associa¬ 
tion- E. Cobb, B. Pullen, University Trustees; 
G. E. Morrow, J. T. Burrell, and William 
McMurtre, University Proiltssors. These have 
power to decide upon all experiments, to ex¬ 
pend all moneys, erect buildings, aud to exer¬ 
cise other powers necessary in carrying out 
the requirements of the act under the approval 
of the University trustees. 
“Obstinate.” 
This lady was not obstinate, but the disease 
which vexed her was. For ten years she had 
a weary and broken-down feeling, with neu¬ 
ralgia and internal troubles, among which 
were heart palpitation aud stomach disorder¬ 
ed, accompanied with great pain in the head. 
Her first report after beginning to take Com- 
ft, llJAj; fowls, Western, per ft, ll@12Wc- roost¬ 
ers, old, per ft, 6®lle; turkeys, per ft 12® 14c; 
ducks, western per pair, 60®90o; chickens, near-by 
per lb. —c; do, western, per ft, —@—c; geese, west¬ 
ern, per pair, $1 u0@l 50. 
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE MARKETS. 
fruits. fresh. Receipts are more liberal of ap¬ 
ples: greenings are held firm, and Baldwins a little 
easier. Cranberries are dull. Florida oranges are in 
good demand.— Apples. —Greening, *3 00® 4 00; 
Baldwins *3 00«3 75; do inferior, per bbl, 
* v 50®2 50; Grapes, per lb, 4®7c; Cranberries, 
Jersey, fair to prime, per bbl. $2 25@8 25; do do do 
per bbl, $—® —; do Jersey, common, per crate. $1 50 
®2 Oranges, Florida, fancy, per box, *4 0O@5 50. do 
do choice $2 00®2 50: do do. fair to good. S3 25®3 75; 
do do common, *2 50®3 00: strawberries, Florida, good 
to choice, per quart, 25@3Uc; do do common to fair, 
per quart, 15®20c. 
Fruits.— Dried.— Evaporated apples are held at 
quotations, with a very moderate call. Sun dried 
bring full prices. Other fruits are unchanged. Apples 
-Evaporated, choice to fancy, 874® 10c; do common 
to prime, evaporated 676®8c; do sliced, new, 5tfS.>7e; 
do chopped, 27^®2%c; do cores and skins, le; Apples, 
State, quarters, «®7c; Cherries pitted, l(i@22e; Rasp- 
berries-evaporated, new, 2o«i27c do sun-dried, 22 
®24c: Blackberries, 814 @—c, Huckelberries new, 9® 
10c: Peaches, sun-dried, peeled. 16® 20c Peaches, sun- 
dried,unpeeled —c; Plums State, 10@llc. 
Nuts.— Peanuts are held unchanged. Fancy hand 
picked quoted at —®476c and farmers’ graaes at 3 
®.Afc: hickory nuts at S 2 25®2 50 per bush. 
Vkgetabi.es.— Receipts of domestic potatoes to day 
were 1,141 bbls; foreign are in good, steady demand at 
quotations domestic continue slow. Other vegetables 
of choice quality are in request with very little 
change to prices. Potatoes, state Burbank, per bbl, 
*2 2..®—. State Hebron, #2 50®2 75; State Peerless, 
per bbl. $—®—; State Rose, 8—®>S 25; Scotch, Mag¬ 
num, per sack. $2 00@2 lo; Maine Rose per bbl, *3 50 
®—; English magnum per sack *1 75®2 00 ; Bermuda, 
best, $10®12, sweet, Jersey per bbl. *4 oo®4 25: 
Omons, Connecticut red per bbl. $6 50®7 50 do, 
white, per bbl. $6 00@8 00; do yellow, per bbl., *0 00 
@7 00; do, Bermuda, percrate, S3 25®S 50. Turnips, per 
hbl.—c Kale,per bol, 5uc®$ 25, Cabbages,per bbl, -3 50 
®4; Beets, per crate, #1 25®150; splnacn per bbl, 
$1®2 00;_string beans, per crate, 75c to 3 00. tomatoes, 
S'2 00®2 75; egg plant, choice, per bbl, $5®8. asparagus, 
Pcr_J ,u neh, 20®50c; Pease green, per crate, *1 00 to 
PROVISION MARKETS. 
New York.—Provisions.—PORK.-M ess. quoted at 
$14 25 to 14 50 one year old; New mess, 14 50®15, 
short clear, *16®17, Extra Prime mess, *13: prime 
do, nominal, family mess, $15 50®18 50. Bkkk—C ity 
Extra India Mess, iu tcs., *13 (10®16; Extra Mess, in 
barrels. *7®7 50; Packet, *8§)-- per bbl and $- 
In tcs; Plate, *8®8 25. Family Mess, *8 50@9. Bkek 
Hams.— Quoted at $1H®18 50. Cut Meats. Pickled 
bellies 12 ft average 776c; green hams 14 lb 9^c; 12 lb 
pickled bellies quoted at 7Wc; Pickled Hams to 
10c; pickled Shoulders, 694® ic; Smoked Hams, l174c; 
Smoked Shoulders, 7%c dressed Hogs. City Heavy 
to Light, 7®7%c; Pigs, 7%®7>jse. Lard. -City steam, 
quiet, 7.70c; Refined quoted, 7.80c: Continent B.bOc; 
South American April, 7.93c; May, 7.88 to 7.93c; June 
7 90 to 7.95c. July 7.93 to7.97c; August, 8c; September 
8.03c; October, 8.08c. 
Boston.— Beans.—Choice pea $2 50@315 per bu; choice 
mediums $2 80 to 2 85: screened *2 25 to 2 60; yellow 
eyes, $2 85 to 2 90; California pea, *3 to 3 10, foreign 
beans *2 25 to 2 75. Potatoes—Rose 90c®*1 10 per bu 
Hebron, 88®95c; Proliflcs, 85c; Peerless 83®85c; White 
brooks, 70®75e; Scotch stock 60®65c: Nova Scota stock, 
*2 75®8 per barrel. Vegetables.—Celery at $6® 7 per 
box; artichokes *2 per bu; asparagus 50c@ *1 25 per 
bunch; Beets at 85c per bu new beets $1 per doz; 
cabbages $2 per bbl; red cabbages *4, carrots 50c per 
bush; chicory, SI pur doz; cucumbers $8®15 00 per 
100; cress, 4o cents per doz; dandelions Si 50 per bu; 
egg plant *2 per doz: garlic. #1; leek. $1; horse radish 
10c per lb: kale tl 50 per bbl: lettuce firmer 4 t®75c per 
doz; mushrooms, *1 per lb; parsnips $1 per bu, pars¬ 
ley *1 25; pumpkins. $l 50 per bbl, short radish 5'c per 
doz. long si; rhubarb 15c per lb, sorrel, $3 per bush; 
salsify $1 50 per doz; sea kale, $1 50 per bbl. spinach 
*1 50 per bu; squash *1 50 per cwt; hot house tomatoes 
$1 per ft; Southern $1 50 per crate; turnips 50c per bu 
Philadelphia, Pa.—Provisions.—Bkek.—C ity fain 
lly, per bbl, *8 50«9; do packets, $7 50®8; Smoked beef, 
I2@l3c; Beef hams, *17 U0®18 00. Pork.—M ess, *16@ 
—; do prime mess, new,$14 50;do, do, family, $16 50 
®—. Hams—smoked, 1176®1276e, (loS. P.eured in tcs, 
10@llc; sides, clear ribbed in salt,8^®9c-do smoked 
976®10c; shoulders in dry salt, fully cured, 6 * 4 ® -c; 
do smoked, @774e; shoulders.piekle cured, 774® iT^e; do 
smoked, 874®876c; bellies iu pickle, 8 -y® 9 Wc; do break¬ 
fast bacon, 10®-c. LARD.-Steady City Refined. $8 50; 
do, Steam, $7 8776 to 8; butcher’s loose $7 50 to 7 75. 
Chicago — Mkss Pork.—$13 50®13 65. Lard.- Per 100 
lbs. $7 62}^®—. Short Rib sides (loose), *7 15; dry 
salted shoulders, boxed, $5 75®6 00; short clear sides, 
boxed $7 «0®7 65. 
DAIRY AND EGG MARKETS. 
New York.—Butter. —The market in its entirety is 
without change. A slight showing of weakness still 
prevails on extreme line grades, but oiherwise hold¬ 
ers retain ihe advantage with continued fair inquiry. 
New stock.—Western Creamery, 22®30e; Elgin, 31c: 
Pennsylvania, 31@-e: State Creamery,—®-c; State 
Dairy half firkin tui)s,24®29c; Welsh tubs,24@2?c; State 
firkins, -c: dairy tubs, 21®23; Western factory, It® 26; 
Western dairy. 19®25c, Western Imitation Cream 
cry, 21@27c; Rolls, 17®23c; Old stock-state dairy tubs, 
18®26c, entire dairies, 19®24c; firkins, 19®25c Western 
Creamery, *0®2374c: dairy and factory, 15®18c. 
Eggs.- Are offered lower with less demand. State 
and Pennsylvania, fresh —to 19c; south- rns, fresh 
per doz, 1876® 1894 c: western fresh 11*4® 18-Kc, Ducks, 
33 j 85c. 
pound Oxygen showed but liitle improvement, 
but she kept ou cheerily aud hopefully uutil 
steady gain rewarded her patient efforts. A 
month later she noted the temporary disap¬ 
pearance of most of her symptoms, For a 
while they troubled her by occasional return. 
In a few weeks sue wrote: “The most obstinate 
Philadkli'hia. Pa.— Butter.— Pennsylvania cream 
ery, extra, 31@32c; western do do. —®3.’c; u. C. and N. 
Y. creamery extra, 2U®25c; packing buuer, 12®)4o. 
Cheese, lirm and steady. N. Y. full cream, 12W 
®—c; Uhio.flats, choice, Il-S4®ll94c; do fair to prime” 
10i>4®1174c. Eggs were steady. Penn, firsts, 19*4®20c; 
western firsts, 1976®20c. 
Oamk,-W lid ducks,canvas, per pair, $15U@S. do red; 
head,*75e®l 25; do mallard, 3u®50e; do teal, —®—c, 
English Snipe, per doz. $1 50 to 175; grass plover, per 
doz $-1 50 to 1 75. 
symptom is the head trouble. Other symp¬ 
toms not so severe.” Again:“ I am uow on 
the third treatment; my stomach and paiuiu 
the heart have not troubled me at all since 
the first three or four days of using it. I am 
steadily increasing in llesh aud strength. 
You cannot ^imagine how much I have im¬ 
proved iu my looks.” Thus do the most ob¬ 
stinate maladies yield to the Compound Oxy¬ 
gen treatment; aud sufferers who have hardly 
dared hope to be well have been refurnished 
Chicago, III —Butter.— Fancy Creamery, 24®8Uc, 
dairy, 21®20o. Eggs.— 15®lbc. per doz. 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
New York.—Wheat.— Ungraded red S894 to 92c: in 
eluding choice at 9074c f. o. b. No. 2 red 89*4 to H9jJ4c 
f. o. b ; C9J4 to 89->4e in store and elevutor; 90->i to 9it 
delivered, No. 2 red March 89J4 lo 8944c. do April, 89® 
8974 c; no 51 ay 8974 to 8944c, do June 88® 88 9-f6c; do 
for July, 87ia 8744 c; do for August, 8674®8;c: do rot 
September 8?74®87T4c; do October 8544 c; do November 
894 j,c, do for December,90 3-16® 9074e. Corn. Ungraded 
Mlxeu, 62®6374c; steamer, 61 too!74c elevator: 6274c 
delivered; No. 2. t>3c iu store; No. 2 for May, 6044®6144e; 
do for June, 5974®5944e; do for July, 5944 lo 5974 c; 
do for August, 5974 ®60c; do for September, 5944 
to 5974 c: do for October 5974 to 5974 c; do November 
5844c. 
with vigor aud vitality. 
This is a deeply interesting subject. Would 
you learu more about it? Write to Drs. 
Starkey & Paleu, 1529 Arch street, Philadel¬ 
phia, Pa., lor books, which will be sent tree 
’ and will tell all you ask to know.— Adv. 
LATEST MARKETS. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York, Saturday, March 31, 1888. 
Hay and Straw.—H av— Choice Timothy per 100 ft 
80@85e;No. 1 do. 75®90c; No. 2 65®70c; Clover mixed, 
60®70c; clover, 50®li0e; shipping. 55c. Straw.- Long rye 
95c®$l. short do, 65®7Ue; oat, 50®60c. 
Skkds.— Steady. Jobbing prices: Clover. 674 to 8e, 
and Timothy, *2 80 to 2 90; ear lots, Clover, 674 to 7c; 
Timothy *2 80. ’ 78 ’ 
Poultry —live.—Iu live poultry a fair inquiry,with 
fowls, roosters and turkeys firmer, ducks steady and 
geese easy and dull. Receipts of dressed poultry 
were 458 packages. There is a lair supply aud a mod¬ 
erate Inquiry, with no Important chunge in quota- 
ions— win, J ersey, State, and Pennsylvania, per 
Philadelphia, Pa.— Wheat.— Ungraded in grain de¬ 
pot, 8 c. No. 2 Red Marcli 8944 to 9074c, do for April, 
8 j44®9U74c; do for May, 9074*®91c; do for June, 9074® 
91c. Corn— No. 2 high mixed in grain depot 5974c; No. 
2 mixed for March 59®59T4o; do for April 59®5974c 
do May 59 T4to Buc. do June 5944 to 60c, Oats.— Un¬ 
graded white, 4174c, No. 3 white, 4Uc; do on track -1074c; 
no. 2 white held at 41c. 
Boston. Mass.—Corn.—Mixed, 65^,65 74 c; Steamer 
Yellow, 6444®65J4c; do mixed 64® 6174 c: good uo grade, 
63®6374c. Barley.—Six-rowed Canada 95e®$l 05 per 
bush: six-rowed state 9.c@*l. two-rowed state 87® 9Uc. 
Wheat.—Ungraded spring, 86 c per bush; No. 1 hard, 
94c; ungraded red 8744®92c. No. 1 white 9176c; No. 2 
red for April delivery 8844 ^ 89740 . 
Buffalo, N. Y.— Wheat.-No. 1 hard 91c asked; 
No. 1 hard Northern Pacific held at 1074 c over 
Chicago .May; Washburn at 9c over; Winter wheat 
—No. 2 Red Michigan 88c; No. 1 White Michigan 88*4® 
8974c. Corn-No. 2 yellow 5674®5644c; No. 3yellow 56® 
5674 c; No. 2 56®5b 74 c No. 3 5544c. Oats.—No. 2 white, 
38®3844c, No. 3 white 87®877<c; No. 2 mixed 3574®36c. 
Barley.—No. 1 Canada, 93 to 94c; No. 2 Canada, 90 to 91c; 
No 8 extra, 87 to 89c. 
Chicago, Ills.—No, 2 spring wheat at 7294@754fc; No. 
2 red at 8174c, No. 2 corn, 5174c. No. 2 oats, 2774® 
30c; No. 2 Rye, 59c; No. 2 Barley, 78®80c. No 1 
Flaxseed at $1 4-1. 
Detroit, Mich.—Wheat.-No. 1 white cash. 8144c; 
No. 2 red do, 83c; May, 8374c bid; June 8374c bid; July 
81c. Corn.—No. 2, 5134 c. Oats-No. 2, Me; No. 2 
white, 3674c. 
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New Yoiik, Saturday, March 31, 1898. 
Beeves.— Chicago Steers, 1339 lb average at $5 per 
100 lb: do 1247 lb at $4 90; do 1317 lb at $4 8774; do 1287 
lb at $4 85: do 1246 lb at *4 80; do 1225 lb at $4 Iu. do 1090 
lb, $4 05; Chicago Steers, 1252 ft, at $4 95; do 1150 lb 
at *1 7774: Indiana steers 1312 ft at §1 80: do 1235 1 b at 
$4 65: Kentucky do 1200 1 b ai $4 70; do 1247 lb at *4 60: 
Buffalo do 1200 lb at. $1 50; do 1218 lb at $4 45; bulls 
1560 1b at #3 50; Chicago sieers 1233 lb at $4 8.4; do 1288 
lb at $4 70: do 1185 ft a! #1 65. do 1055 io at $4 2S®4 40; 
Ohio do 1925 lb, at $5 25; Chicago steers 1666 ft aver¬ 
age at $5 50, per 100 lb; do 1335 lb at $5 10; do 1260 lb 
at $5; do 1154 ft, at $4 85. Chicago steers, 1429 lb at 
#5 20; do 1262 $4 95. do 1837 ft at *4 80; bulls 1393 lb at 
$3 25: Pennsylvania steers 1495 lb at $4 80; do 1270 1 b 
at $4 80; do 1342 lb at $5 15, State Dry Dows, 1006 at S3; 
Chicago steers, 1269 ft at $4 80, do 1337 lb at $ l 70; do 
1206 lbs at $4 70: do 1182 lb at *4 *0, Chicago steers,949 
to 1892 average at $4 10® $5 15. 
Calves.— Veals, 121 ft average 7T£c per ib.do 120 lb 
at 7c, “Bobs” 78 lb at 4c; Yeals, 100 1b at 5c: do 138 1b 
at 7c. 
SHEEP AND Lambs.— State Sheep 62 1b average at 4c: 
per lb; state yearlings. 71T£ lb at 7c western do 76 lb 
7Tfic: Clipded state do, 79 ft at 67Jc; State sheep, 86 lb 
at 6T4e, do 93 lb at b^,e. do 94 lb at 6J^e; dolor Hi at 
7c; Michigan do 102 lb at 6J4c; do 117 ft at $7 15: per 100 
lb; State yearlings, 7076 lb at 6%e: do 7376 lb at 7Me; 
do 84 lb at ?T4. State Yearlings, 77 lb at 77 - 40 ; State 
Sheep 80 lb at $5 75; do lui lb at $6 60; do 95 lb at 
$6 70; do 102 lb at $0 70; State yearlings, 7974 lb at 
$7 25; western sheep 75 lb at *5 65; western yearlings, 
76 lb at $7 25. 
Hogs.— Total for six days 24,733 head, against 23,264 
head for the same time last week. None for sale alive. 
Nominally steady at $5 to to $5 85. 
Buffalo.— Cattle.— Common to Fair, $—@—. 
Sheep. —Common to Fair, $5 uu®5 50; Good to choice, 
$5 75®6 1X1; fair to good lambs $6 to 6 (XI: good to 
choice $6 60 to 7 00, extra $ -®—. Hogs.—L ight Pigs, 
*5 to 5 10, Mixed Pigs and light Yorkers *5 30 to $5 10; 
selected, Yorkers, $5 45®5 55; Selected medium 
weights, $5 70®5 75: good to choice heavy §5 85 to 5 95; 
Hough $4 75®5 10; Stags, * 1 . 
Chicago.—Cattle.- Fancy $5 to 5 40. Steers. *3 80® 
5 05: stockers ami feeders, *2 35@3 70: Cows, bulls and 
Mixed, $1 60®3 4u; Texas fed steers, $3 60 to 3 70. 
Hogs.— Mixed $3 15@5 46; Heavy, $5 35®5 55; Light, 
$5 15®5 45; skips, $3 6l!®5 05. Sheep.— Natives, $1 25@ 
6 00; Western, $5 50®6 00: Texans, $2 80®4 75; Lambs, 
$5 50® 6 50. 
St. Louis, Mo.— Cattle.— Choice Heavy Native 
Steers, $4 4U@5 30; Fair to Good, $3 90@4 50; Butchers’ 
Steers, medium to Choice, *3 !0®4 20, stockers 
and feeders, fair to good, $2 10® 8 80; Hangers or¬ 
dinary to good, $2 2U®8jiU. Hogs.— Choice heavy 
and Butchers’ Selections, $5 4U®5 55; packing and 
medium to choice $5 15 to 5 45; light grades fair 
to best $5 00 to 5 25. Sheep.—Market steady. Fair to 
choice $3 90 to 5 85. 
Ninety-Nine Degrees Below Zero. 
If it were half as cold as that, a man with rheuma¬ 
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defies ordinary remedies. But it yields to the power 
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YORK CHEMICAL WORKS*, York, Pa. 
CANAOA HARD WOOD 
UNLEACHED ASHES. 
Fall Strength.—Quality Guaranteed. 
Gathered under my persopal supervision. Delivered 
iu Car Loads at any Station. Ask for quotations. 
F. R. LALOR, 
1)UNVILLE, ONTARIO, CANAOA. 
Car CHAMPION 
STEEL-WALKING 
CULTIVATOR. 
Prldo of tho East, Klnc of 
theWcst, and Monarch 
of all. Thousands in uso 
giving satisfaction. Tho 
best shovel beam aprlng 
regulating device ever 
Invented. Shovel beams 
hotftted and held up by HprfnffH, alone. 
AsciiU wanted. Catalogue free. Hench & DrOl&SOld, York, 
WANTED.— To lease or buy, partly improved 
New York Slate farm of 50 to 75 acres, with running 
water, railroads aud schools accessible. House and 
farm buildings in good order, state full particulars 
and price. “KARIM Eli,” 723076 Macon St., 
Brooklyu, N. Y. 
Communications Received kok the Wxkk Ending 
March 31, 1888. 
G. W. T„ thauks.-E. A. T.-L. H.-G. C. R.-N. R. J. 
-J. S— E. L. T.—O. H.A.-B F. J.-W.N.-H S.-L. H, 
Bates.—A. D. V., thanks.—A. C. C.—E. D. H.—S. A. L. 
letter sent to Charlton, N. Y.—W. A. B.—W. P. S.—G. 
W. D.—W. D. H—J. G—A. H. H —W. H. C.-L. A. E.— 
H. M. G.- H. A. W.-J. E. VV.-G. D H.-E. H., certain 
ly.—G. M. B., thanks.—W. H. B., thanks.—T. B. B., peas 
received.-W. H. C.-H. P.-O. S. J.-G. II. C.-C. B. S. 
-J. C.-G. W. T.-H. P —T. P. T.-R. W M.-A. W. S — 
B. B.-G. D. H.-E. A. T.-S. W -F. T.-B. A. E.—T. P 
C. —G. H. C.—H. P.-O. S. J.—W. H B„ thanks -R. W 
M.—G D. H.—T. B. T.-G. M. B., thanks.-G. W. T. 
thanks always. — E. A. T.—R. B., thanks.—VV. P — 
H. M —W. W. B.—C. E. M.—J. F. K., thanks.—J. F. S.— 
J- M. K.-H. G.—E. H. C., thanks -J. F.—M. J. M.-J. S, 
—O. B.—C. D. Austin, thanks.—D. P. M. 
