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BURLINGTON ROUTE. 
HOME-SEEKERS’ excursions. 
The Burlington Route, C., B. & Q. R. R., 
will sell on Tuesdays, April 22d and May 
20th, Home Seekers’ Excursion Tickets at 
Half Rates to points in the FarmingRe- 
gions of the West, Northwest and South¬ 
west. Limit thirty days. For folder 
giving details concerning tickets, rates and 
time of trains, and for descriptive land 
folder, call on your ticket agent, or address 
P. S. Eustis, Gen’l Pass, and Ticket Agent, 
Chicago, Ill.— Adv. 
FOREIGN. 
Saturday, April 12, 1890. 
Republican Brazil has just promulgated 
these reforms, the first two ol which apply 
to abuses of its own creation : Liberty of 
the press; liberty of association and of 
public meeting; a modification of the ju¬ 
dicial and criminal organizations.In 
the Argentine Republic financial matters 
are in a chaotic condition. Paper money 
has of late years been the national currency 
and gold is now fluctuating between 250 
and 300 premium. Of late vast sums have 
been squandered in ‘'public improve¬ 
ments” of all kinds; large premiums have 
been given for immigration, and enormous 
sums have been paid for costly European 
importations, so that the “ balance of 
trade ” has been strongly against the coun¬ 
try, which has therefore been sadly drained 
of its gold. To add to the present financial 
difficulties, the laboring classes everywhere 
have become exasperated at the rapid and 
constant fluctuations In the prices of what¬ 
ever they have to sell or buy owing to the 
manipulations of the money market by 
speculators ami gamblers, and a general 
strike is threatened. The Republic has 
been “ spreading itself ” by far too much 
and, of course, a reaction has set in and 
punishment is coming. 
Thursday last Henry M. Stanley landed in 
Italy from Cairo, on his way to meet King 
Leopold of Belgium, founder and head of 
the Congo Free State. The King^ and 
Queen of Italy of course sent him welcom¬ 
ing telegrams. He thinks the Germans 
appear bound to claim the whole of Central 
Africa and that Emin would have a hard 
task if he tried to wrest his old equatorial 
province from the Mahdists. He says that 
the vast Aruvvhimi forest, which belongs 
to the Congo Free State, is enormously 
richer in everything, especially in rubber 
trees, than the Amazon forests. This sec¬ 
tion of Africa he declares will be the rubber 
reservoir of the universe. 
Investigation into the municipal finances 
of Rome “ reveals a state of bankruptcy ex¬ 
ceeding the worst anticipations.” The 
Government declines further to assist in 
averting the crash. Numerous failures are 
expected. Thousands of financial and po¬ 
litical croakers predict that the present 
condition of Rome is only an indication of 
that of the Kingdom of Italy. Both have 
been “ spreading themselves ” enormously 
—the former in municipal improvements 
of all kinds; the latter in constructing 
iron clads and fortifications and in increas¬ 
ing the army and navy far beyond its 
means. In the drifting of the Great. 
Powers on the turbulent “ current of 
events ” towards war, Italy, it is said, is the 
“ earthenware pot.”. 
A gang of forgers of Spanish and Italian 
bonds has been caught at Trieste, Austria. 
The forgeries amount to $5,000,000. Several 
manufactories of bogus bonds have recent¬ 
ly been closed at Hamburg, Berlin and 
Barcelona. Many of both kinds have been 
foisted on American investors. 
Emperor Menelek, of Abyssinia, has writ¬ 
ten a letter to Prime Minister Crispi of 
Italy, authorizing Italy to represent him at 
the Brussels anti-slavery congress, and af¬ 
firming the intention of Ethiopia to follow 
the example of civilized Christian nations 
and to repress the slave trade. A part of 
Abyssinia is now in possession of Italy and 
Menelek, her puppet, rules the rest. 
Though last of the African land-grabbers, 
Italy has got a large slice of valuable plun¬ 
der. 
A Wonderful Oiler. 
$700 Piano for $1. Sample copy of Indiana 
State Sentinel sent free to any address, ex¬ 
plaining this offer. Address Sentinel, Indi¬ 
anapolis, Ind.— Adv. 
AGRICULTURAL. 
SATURDAY, April 12, 1890. 
The truckers arouud Norfolk are very 
much encouraged over the favorable out¬ 
look. If no more frosts occur, the yield is 
likely to be large. The second crop of peas 
is two or three inches high aud is lookiug 
well. The cabbage crop will be light. 
Berries are looking well and will probably 
be earlier than last year. The potato crop 
is also earlier and will probably be in mar¬ 
ket about May 20. All that is needed is 
good weather and good prices_An Inter¬ 
national Exhibition will be held in the Is¬ 
land of Jamaica, beginning in January, 1891. 
A large space has been set aside for Amer¬ 
ican exhibits, which will be admitted free. 
There is a good market in this island for 
products of our farms aud factories aud this 
will be an excellent opportunity to bring 
them into notice. Information will be 
furnished by Thomas Amor, 280 Broadway, 
New York.Three persons were ar¬ 
rested at Woodsburg, Long Island, this 
week, for docking the tails of 20 ponies be¬ 
longing to John 1). Cheever of the Rocka- 
way Hunt Club. The prosecution intro¬ 
duced medical evidence to show that the 
operation causes the most excruciating 
pain. The only defence offered was ignor¬ 
ance of the law. The one who actually 
performed the operation was sentenced to 
pay a fine of $50 and to be imprisoned for 20 
days. His two assistants were each fined 
$40. 
Several cheese factories in the interior of 
this State has begun operations, and some 
cheese have already been sold, while several 
factories will begin shipping in about two 
weeks. The Utica Board will hold its first 
meeting at Bagg’s Hotel, April 21. The 
outlook for cheese-makers seems very 
encouraging, while the butter market is 
dull and prices are tending rapidiy down 
wa-d.The hop market is dull 
and sales are very slow at declining prices. 
.A New Jersey milkman fell into 
a well and was drowned while trying to lift 
out a can of milk, and”a Buffalo milkman’s 
horse took fright at a cow and ran away 
wrecking things generally. Between the 
cow and the pump the lot of the milkman is 
a hard one. 
The milk producers in the vicinity of New- 
burg, N. Y., have declared war against the 
creameries, because the latter decline to pay 
the price for milk which has been agreed 
upon by the Producers’ Union and the Ex¬ 
change. One creamery has accepted this 
price, but the others refuse to do so, and in 
consequence have been receiving but little 
milk—.Wine is now transported in 
Europe in tank cars, like petroleum in the 
United States. One recently carried 11,000 
litres from Italy to Berlin, and such trans¬ 
port is looked upon as successful.. . 
The Statistician of the Department of Agri¬ 
culture reports wheat as averaging 81 for 
the entire breadth. The prevailing warm 
winter has forwarded winter wheat so much 
that the recent cold weather has injured it 
in many localities. Reports of the most 
serious damage come from Illinois, where it 
is said that under the most favorable con¬ 
ditions possible not over three-fourths of a 
crop can be expected. Large areas are 
being plowed up and seeded to other grains. 
The crop in the South has been injured by 
the Hessian fly. The Middle States show 
the best condition, while heavy rain and 
snows have delayed seeding on the Pacific 
coast, and have injured early sown areas.. 
.The averages of condition of the prin • 
cipal States are as follows: New York, 88; 
Pennsylvania, 99 ; Ohio, 87 : Michigan, 67 ; 
Indiana, 75; Illinois, 75; Missouri, 83; 
Kansas, 87; California, 71.The 
general average for rye is 92 8 The report 
shows heavy losses of livestock throughout 
the Northern Rocky Mountain belt and on 
the Pacific coast. Montana, Idaho, Wash¬ 
ington, Oregon and California suffered the 
heaviest losses. Throughout the country 
the losses by exposure alone are estimated 
at more than 1,000,000 cattle and a still 
larger number of sheep.W. J. 
Northen, president of the State Agricul¬ 
tural Society of Georgia, has announced 
himself as a candidate for Governor. 
... .Sitting Bull aud his followers have de¬ 
cided, after a formal pow-wow, not to go to 
farming. A good many pale-face farmers 
will applaud the wisdom of this de¬ 
cision... 
The Kent County, Delaware, Grange at a 
recent meeting appointed a committee to 
consider what new crops they can, for this 
year at least, substitute for the peach crop. 
Resolutions were adopted protesting 
against Congressional appropriations for 
irrigation of Western lands; asking for a 
reduction of 50 per cent, in rates for trans¬ 
porting their produce to market; favoring 
National legislation against trusts, combi¬ 
nations and dealings in futures or gamb¬ 
ling in farm products, and recommending 
a rebate of 30 per cent, of import duties on 
foreign cargoes when exchanged for an 
equal value of American agricultural pro¬ 
ducts.A number of members of 
the Canadian parliament have been inter¬ 
viewing the government with a view to 
securing permission to import live cattle 
from the United States, and slaughter 
them at Three Rivers, and export the meat 
to England. Subsequently a number of 
members of Parliament waited on the 
government to protest against removing 
the restrictions from the importations of 
live cattle. They claimed that j ust as soon 
as that was done Canada would lose the 
privilege of sending her cattle to England. 
It is asserted that the government will 
make no change in the present arrange¬ 
ments. 
A meeting of representatives from Mont¬ 
gomery, Bucks and Chester Counties, Pa., 
is to be held to make arrangements for a 
general mass meeting in June to discuss 
means for the solution of the problem of 
releasing farmers from their present dis¬ 
tressed financial condition. Several more 
Montgomery County farmers have just 
made assignments, and it is said that in 
the northern part of the county, farms 
can be purchased for less than the cost of 
the buildings. 
The Brattleboro, Vt., Fair Association has 
made a new departure for the next fair to 
be held October 1 and 2. It offers prizes 
amounting to $175, open to contest by cows 
of fancy breeds in New England for su¬ 
premacy in the following competitive tests : 
To the cow making the largest amount of 
milk in 24 hours, $50; to the second, $25; 
to the third, $12.50. For the cow making 
the largest amount of butter in 24 hours, 
$50; to the second, $25 ; to the third, $12.50. 
An exciting contest between the different 
breeds is expected.The House Com¬ 
mittee on Agriculture has authorized a 
favorable report on a bill appropriating 
$250,000 for the erection in Washington of a 
fire-proof laboratory for the scientific pur¬ 
poses of the Department of Agriculture 
.The reports of the Chicago 
packers show the number of hogs packed 
for the summer season of 18S9 to have been 
2,294,027, an increase of 519,799 compared 
with the returns of the summer season of 
1888. The total number of hogs reported 
packed during the winter season (from the 
reopening of the packing houses in October 
until March 1), was 2,179,440, an increase of 
749,715 compared with the returns of 1888- 
89. The aggregate number of hogs slaugh¬ 
tered during the 12 months ending March 
1, 1890, was 4,473,467, or 1,269,516 more than 
during the previous 12 months. In the 
aggregate manufacture of products during 
the past year there has been a yery large 
increase, more particularly of the descrip¬ 
tions required for the export trade. Taking 
into account the quantities of products 
manufactured and received there have been 
very few years when the provision trade of 
Chicago exceeded that of the year ended 
March 1, 1890. The total number of cattle 
slaughtered was 2.206,185 during the year 
ending March 1, 1890, against 2,032,327 for 
the year previous and 1,963,051 for the year 
before that. Of the cattle slaughtered 
during the year ended March 1 ult. about 1,- 
800,000 was required for the dressed beef 
trade. The receipts and shipments of 
dressed beef at Chicago during the last two 
years were:. 
Received. Shipped. 
Pounds. Pounds. 
1889. 88,894,033 959,727,149 
1888. 50,971,449 776,775,573 
Increase. 37,922,584 182,951,576 
The number of cattle slaughtered by each 
of the great dressed beef firms during the 
past year was as follows : Armour & Co., 
597,941; Swift & Co.. 568,812; Fairbank 
Canning Company, 531,443; Hammond 
& Co., 263,841.The winter pack¬ 
ing of pork at Cincinnati, shows an aggre¬ 
gate of 271,513 hogs—which is a decrease 
from last year’s packing of 26,569, while the 
decrease in gross weight is 11,729,315 pounds. 
The average cost per 100 pounds is $3,7443, 
a decrease from last year’s cost of $1,4038. 
The aggregate number of hogs packed has 
not been so small since 1846-7 when it was 
250,000. 
The Burden of'“ Proof.” 
If it be a burden, it is only because there 
is so much of it, but we bear it cheerfully, 
and present it to you, in a book of 200 pages, 
as well as in our Quarterly “Health and 
Life,” both sent free. Many of the names 
you will find there are those of persons 
well known to you, and to the whole coun¬ 
try. Besides, you can verify the statements, 
by reference to the patients themselves. 
We court investigation. You may also in¬ 
quire into our standing as physicians. We 
desire you to do all this, and will aid you 
by all means in our power. Send for our 
Treatise on Compound Oxygen. Sent free. 
There you will find evidence enough to 
convince any one and every one. Address 
Drs. Starkey & Palen, 1529 Arch St.; 
Philadelphia, Pa., or 120 Sutter St., San 
Francisco, Cal.— Adv. 
CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
P hiladelphia lawn mower.— 
Circulars from Graham, Emlen & 
Passmore, 631 Market Street, Philadelphia, 
Pa. There are 14 sizes of this mower, 
weighing from 21 to 51 pounds each, with 
three sizes for horse power. It is an ex¬ 
cellent mower, sure to give satisfaction to 
those who use it. Y r ou will make no mis¬ 
take by obtaining it. Lawn sweepers, grass 
edgers, etc. are also sold by this firm. Send 
for the catalogue. 
Knabe Pianos.— Catalogue from Wm. 
Knabe & Co., Baltimore, Md. We hope 
all who are interested in good music will 
send for this catalogue and examine it care¬ 
fully. The Knabe pianos are excellent in 
every way,famous for their finish, tone and 
durability. Many of the finest pianists in 
the world indorse the Knabe pianos. 
Murray Harness. —Catalogue from the 
Wilber H Murray Manufacturing Co , 
Cincinnati, Ohio. The advertisement of 
this company appears on another page. 
The prices seem remarkably low, and if we 
did not feel sure that the goods are reliable 
we would not call attention to them. It is 
our belief that friends will save money by 
purchasing from the Murray Company. 
We have never heard a word of complaint 
from the hundreds that we know have had 
dealings with them. Send for the excel¬ 
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please you. 
LATEST WHOLESALE PEICES 
-OF- 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Saturday, April ra. 1890 . 
Brass.— Marrows—New, 3- 3?®$2 40, New Mediums 
choice, SI 70*$ 1 75; Pea, $1 70*$175; Red Kidney, $4 15; 
White Kidney, choice ,$4 50®$2 55, Foreign Mediums, 
31 50*31 65; California Lima, 33 4tX®33 45; Italian,31 60 
*31 75. Green Peas. 30 95*31 00. 
Butter— New—Elgin, Best, 20*-c: Western, best, 
18*—c; doVrime. 15* dogood, 12*14- do poor, 
10*11; State. Dairy, half-Orklns. tubs, best, IS*—c; do 
prime. 15*17; do One, 12*14: Welsh tubs. One. 15*16J4c; 
do good. 12*l4e. Western Imitation Creamery, best, 
13*15; do line, 10*12; Western dairy, One. 12@13c; 
do faLr,lO*llc; do poor, 6 ® 6 R,c; do factory,fresh, best, 
12*13c. do prime. 10*11; do good, 8*9; do poor, 5 
@8c; Old butter from 3 to 7c. per pound less. 
CHEESE.— state factory, fancy . 10J4* 11 *4e; do ao fine, 
994@1034c; do do, prime,9J^*10c: dodo, fair to good. 
89$®9!^o; Ohio,flat, prime, 10@10V6c; dogood,—@—c; 
do, good, —*—; Skims. Ugnt. 7J4*8J4c; do medium, 
6*7c; do full. 2*4c. 
Eoos.—Near-by fresh,li^Sll^; Canadian 11^*11>^; 
Southern. 10*1094e: Western, nest, 1154®ni6< - ; Duck, 
15@18c; Goose, 25* 37c. 
Fruits.—Fresh.— Apples, per bbl. $3 50**5 50; 
Grapes,best per lb, 8©10c; do, good, 7@8c. Cranberries. 
Jersey, $3 50'*85 50. Lemons, per box. $2 50*34 00; 
Oranges, Florida, $2 25*3650. Straw berries,5Ce@$. 00. 
Domestic Dried -Apples — Evaporated, old, 6@i0c, 
do choice,new. ll@12*^c; prime, 10*luVec; sliced, new, 
4Q@7c; do old, 3V6@34$c: Chopped. 4<a l*4c, Coresand 
skins, 2*2?4c. Cherries, new, 8@!2c : oo, old, 8@IOc. 
Raspberries, new 26®28c: Blackberries. 4®4J6e. 
Peaches, Delaware, evaporated, peeled, 15*210; do do. 
unpeeled,7*9J^c: Georgia evaporated, peeled, new, 18 
* 15c ; do do do, uupeeled,7{*9'^c; do do, sundried. 8* 
l0V6c. Huckleberries, new, 10>4®llc. Plums, new, 
6^c 
• 
Game. —Plover, per doz, $1 25*81 50 : Snipe do, do, 
$1 25*3200; Woodcock, per pair, 3 -@3-; Grouse- 
do do. —*—; Partridges do, 8-*8- Duck, Mai; 
lard. 60@70c; do. Teal, 20@35c; do, Redhead.80 50*$125; 
do Canvas-back, $t 00@$200. 
Hay and Straw. Timothy, best, 85@90c; do good, 
70*80;: do medium. 50c®60; Clover, mixed, 45@60c; 
shipping, 35@40c. Straw— No. 1 rye, 90*—c ; short 
rye, 40@50c, oat and wheat, 30® 40c. 
Honey— In one-pound boxes. White Clover U@l2c; 
Buckwheat, 10@lle: Beeswax 22*23c. 
Hops.— State, New, 17®18e; do, good, 16*17c; do 
common,13®14c; do 1888, oesi 12- 13c; do do prlme.io® 
lie; dodo, common, 7*8c; California, New, best, 15* 
!6c; dogood to prime, 12@14c do Old, best, ll@12c; 
do common and fair, 7@9e. 
Nuts.— Peanuts are quiet. Fancy, hand-picked.quoted 
79i@8c, and farmers’ grades at 6 / 4 , 7 * 40 , Pecans, 6*^* 
9c. Chestnuts, $4 U0*$6 00 per bushel: Hickory Nuts, 
$1 25*81 75 per bushel. 
Poultry. Dressed— Turkeys mixed, per lb. 10® 
15c; Fowls, western, choice. 12*12}$c; do common to, 
good, lltfc@12c; Ducks, spring, good, 8*15; Squab; 
white, per dozen, 82 50@$3 75, do dark, da, $2 ou®$2 75: 
Chickens, spring, 13*22c: Fowls, near by. 12*12*4c ; 
Capons. 16®22c: Slips, 16@18c. Broilers, heavy, 28@35c; 
do. light, 35@42c. 
Poultry—Live.— Chickens—Spring, per lb, - 
Fowls near-by, per lb, 12 @ 12 ) 4 C, do Western, per lb, 12 
*12*4c; roosters, per lb, 7®7*^c : Turkeys, per lb, *13 
14c; Ducks, Western, per pair, 75@$t 00; Geese,West¬ 
ern, per pair, $1 25®$1 50. 
VKOKTABLE8.—Potatoes—Maine, per bbl. J2 75@$3 00; 
English Magnum. 82 25; Statedo. 82 25*32 37: Western, 
do, 82 UOfa 82 50; Bermuda, do, $4 00*$8 14 ); Florida, do, 
$4 (XXa;$7 00; Scotch Magnum, per 163 1b. sack, $2 25 
@$2 50, Sweets do, $3 25*85 00. Cabbage, per 100, 
$10 0()*$15.Turnlps.per bbl,$t 50*8 1 75; On tons—Orange 
County Red, $3 50®$4 50- Eastern White,85 U0*$10 (X); 
Eastern Red, 84 00*85 00; State, Yellow, $3 50*84 50. 
Bermuda, per crate, $2 00; Havana, ao do, $200 ■'< $2 25, 
Cauliflower, per bbl., $3 U0®$8 00 ; Squash, Marrow, 
$1 75*$2 00; do Hubbard. $2 tX)a.$2 25. Celery, per doz. 
bunches, 20c**l 50. Tomatoes, per crate, $1 50*8:3 50. 
Beets per crate, $1 25*81 7i: Asparagus, per dozen, 
*3 50(6 $6 00; Egg Plant, per bbl., 83 00*88 (X); Kale, per 
bbl , 80 30*$0 65; Spinach, per bbl.. $0 75* $1 75; Peas, 
per crate. 8 - *8 —; String Beans, per crate, $2 00* 
$7 50; Cabbages, Florida, per bbl., *2 1 0t $3 25 
GRAIN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.-Sales —Ungraded Winter R-(l at 68 
<3S7t*c ; No. 2 Red In store 89*^*89$6c : do afloat, 
9'!4'>c: No 1 Hard Spring, quoted 99 hc afloat; No 1 
Northern, afloat, nominal, 9;}ic RYE.—Quiet or more 
or less nominal here. BARLkY — In fair demand and 
held strong. Sales—Ungraded Canada, 65 > 67e. CORN. 
— Sales—Ungraded Mixed and White, - -1 c: No. 3 
Mixed, 37c. elevator; Steamer Mixed, 38*i®3834c. ele 
vator, 36*4®3656c. delivered; No. 2 oixed 389$®39c. 
elevator, 40@40>tc. delivered; 40c, f. o. b.; Low Mixed, 
38c elevator. OATS.—Sales—No. 3 Mixed. 29e, tie 
vator; No. 3 White, 32e. elevator. No. 2 Mixed, 29J4® 
30c. elevator, 309$*3ic. delivered; No 2 Wnite. 3 :h® 
33c. elevator; No, 1 White. 34c. elevator; Mixed West¬ 
ern, 28@32e; White do, 32@S7*^c. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES.—City dressed beef in fair demand and 
firm at 6@744c per ib. for decent to strictly prime 
sides; and Chicago dressed sold a’ 594*7Vac. Private 
cable advices from Loudon and Liverpool quote re¬ 
frigerated beef weak at4-S$d. American steers selling 
at n* 12R.C. estimated dressed weight. 
MILCH COWS.—Receipts 180 head. No change to 
note In tone or price. From $20 to 845 Is the general 
selling range. 
t'ALVES.—There was a steadier tone to the dressed 
calf market to-day, but no improvement in prices. 
Prime country dressed Veals sold at7f'i7t$c. for State 
and Pennsylvania Calves, and best Bucks County at 
8c; city dressed sold up to 9c, and a few fancy car¬ 
casses brought 6 ! 4 ®ltc , at the slaughter houses. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS. -Spring Lambs were firmer 
and wanted. Fair to choice unshorn Sheep sold at 36 
®$7 per 100 lbs ; clipped do at $5 50@s5 65: unshorn 
Yearlings at $7®$7 70; clipped do at $5. $6; Spring 
Lambs at $5*37 per h»ad for fair to choice. Dressed 
Mutton had some inquiry at 9s*®10l6c, and Dossed 
Yearlings were selling at l0@lH4c: Dressed Spring 
Lambs firm at $4@$7 50 per carcass (a few selling 
at 354 . 
HOGS.—Market steady at $4 50*84 SO. Country 
Dressed firm at 4j$*7c. for heavy to light, including 
Pigs. 
Communications Received for the Week Ending 
April 12 , 1890 . 
P. E. T.—D. H. T.—E. S. G -O. B —C. L. C.-P. E. T. 
—J. T. B.-J. P.—E F. L.-G. J. L.-D. L O.-S. B.-W. 
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