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LATEST WHOLESALE PRICES 
-OF- 
COUNTRY PRODUCE. 
New York, Monday, November 24, 1890 
Beans.— Marrows—New, $3000 83 40; New Mediums 
choice. $2 35; Pea, $2 350240; Red KifJney.88 75 White 
Kidney, choice, $2 40082 50 • Foreign Mediums. 81 75® 
(2 20; do Marrow, $2 70? 82 90; Green Peas. $1 05®81 10. 
Butter—Creamery.— E)Kln. best. 29®-c; State and 
Pennsjlvania, 2102656°; Wrstern. best, 28<a2856° : do 
prime, 2556027c; do good, 23@25e ; do poor, 20®22c ; 
Western Imitation Creamery, prime. 22®24o: do line, 
18320c ; do po r, 12® 14c. Dairy.- State, best, 25@26c ; 
do prime, 22024c; do good. 19<e21c: do poor. 14®18c ; 
Western, prime, 18®20e ; do fair, 18»15c; do poor. 1’. 
®12c ; do factory, best, 18320; do prime 18@14c; do 
good, 1081256c. 
Cheksk.—F ancy, Sept., 9560954c: fancy, August, 9® 
9J4c; good, &V6@89^; fair. 75408c ; light skims, 65607c ; 
skims, 2@2'6c.; Ohio, Flat, 65609c. 
Eoos.—Near-by, fresn, 27@28c; Canadian, 24® 
25c.; Southern, 22@23c: Western, best, 25426s; Ice¬ 
house. 18@24c 1 Limed, 1856019c. 
Fruits.— Fresh.— Apples, Snow, 83 50@85 (j 0; King, 
$4 0U@$5C0; Baldwin, $2 50084 50: Groin. $325»$5 00; 
Ben Davis, $3 50®$4 50: common to good, Si 00®$ i 00; 
Lemons, per box, $3 753$5 00; Pears, Cooking, per 
bbl., $4 00®$5 00; Seck< 1, per keg, $4ra$5; Anjou, do, 
(2 25383 00; Duchess, per bbl., *50 $6; Shcl'on per 
keg $3@$4; Cranberries, Cape Cod, $8a.$10 00 per 
I,hi.; $2 G2@$3 00 p3i ( rate; do Jersey $2 00 a $2 75 per 
crate ; Grapes, Concord, lG®25e per basket. Catawba, 
15®27c per basket. Florida Oranges, $2 25®$4 er box. 
Domestic Drikd-AppIps— Evaporated, good to fancy 
1356016c; poor, 1256® 13c; coarse cut, 856®9e; sliced, 
8®llc.; do old, 356@ 894c; Chopped, 4@454 c; Cores and 
skins, 4®45£e. Cherries, new, 19032c; do, old, 8®10c. 
Raspberries, 28 380c; Blackberries, 839c: Huckle¬ 
berries, new, 18@20c; Plums, new. 10®12c: Peaches, 
California peeled, 80®33c; do unpeeled. 17@'<0c. South¬ 
ern unpeeled, 654®'c; Apricots, California, 17@2Cc; 
Plums, Cal., 16317c. 
Game. —Quail, prime, per doz, $1G0@$125; English 
snipe, fresh,per doz. $1 25® $1 50; Golden plover, prime, 
p*r doz., $125®$150: Sand snipe, per doz., 20@25c; 
Par ridges, State, per pair, $1 (.00*1 12; do Western, 
pir pa r, 75e@*l (0; Grouse, Western, per pair, 50c® 
$1; Woodcock, per pair, 60®"5c; Venlscn, fresh sad¬ 
dles, per lb. 14016c; do frozen, 14@15c: Wild Ducks, 
Western, Canvass, per pair, $3 0 @*3 50; do, do, Red¬ 
head, per pair, $t@$l 50; do. do, Mallard, per pair, 50 
®65c; do, do. Teal Blue wing, per pair, 406 50c; do, do, 
common, per pair, 20325c; Rabbits, j er pair, 20@30c. 
Hay.- Choice, 70@75c , Timothy, No. 1, 65»70e; do No. 
2 50®60c: shipping, 40<a45c; Clover Mixed, 45@50c. 
Straw— No. 1 rye. 89085c.; short rye, 40®50c, oat and 
wheat 40S45c. 
Honey —California ext’acte 1 steady at 694@7c, with 
some lots held higher. Comb honey quiet at 17®18o 
for white clover In l loboxis; 15@lCc for 2-lb boxes; 
buckwheat quoted, :2@llc. 
Hops.- State,’90 crop, 42* 45c; do, prime and choice, 
’89,31(9 38c, do good, 28029c do common, 23®25c; do, 1888, 
good ant prime, 18c21c; do do, common, 16@17c; 
Pacific Coast, 1389 crops, 25(5 32c; do, 1890 crop, 42® 43c. 
Nuts.— Peanuts are weak. Fancy, hand-picked, 
quoted at 5<S554c, and farmers’ grades at 8560456c; 
Pecans, 10012c; Chestnuts, $2 00085 50 per bushel; 
Hickory Nuts, $1 75@$2 25 per bushel. 
Poultry—Live.— Chickens—Spring, per lb, 9@10c; 
Fowls near-by, per lb, 956@10c. do Western, per lb, 
9310c; roosters, per lb, 50i6c; Turkeys, per lb, 103 
12c; Ducks, Western, per pair, 553 83c ; Geese, West¬ 
ern, per pair, $1 253$ 1 30. 
Poultry.— Dressed —Turkeys, mixed, per lb 10® 
12c; Fowls, western, choice, lt®13o; do common to, 
good, 7@9o; Ducks, spring, good, 10316; Squab; 
white, per dozen, $2 50®$-; do dark, do, $150; 
Chickens, spring, Philadelphia. 8@12c.; Western, 7 
Bile; Fowls, near by, 12®13c. 
Vegetables. — Potatoes — Long Island, per bbl. 
$2 40082 50; Jersey, per do., $1 75®$2 50; West¬ 
ern New York, do., 8175082 50; Sweets, do, *100 
@$2 75. Onions—Western New York $175082 25; Con¬ 
necticut Red, $2 50®$2 75; do White, $3 50@$4 00; do 
yellow. $2 50@$3 00; Western, $2 25@$2 50; Jersey, $2 25 
@$2 75; Cabbage, L. I„ per 100, $2 250$5 00; Squash, 
per bbl., 75c@$l 25; Turnips, per bbl. 75«80c. Egg 
Plant, per bbl., $1 50@$4 00; Cauliflower, per bbl., 81® 
$2 50, Celery, per doz.. 25c@75c; String Beans, per 
crate, $2@$2 50; Cucumbers, Fla., per crate, $1 50@$3. 
GRAIN MARKKT8. 
WHEAT —An element of firmness was the moderate 
Interior movement coupled with the fair clearances 
of flour from the seaboard. Cables were weak and 
lower, but this was the result of the break here, and 
they were Ignored. Export deman 1 was slow, but 
this failed to arrest the upw ard tendeney. The spot 
market responded with a rise of 2540294 c, and closed 
Arm. The advance, however, served to check the 
export movement. Sales-Ungraded Winter Red at 
9654C®$1 0156 : Nc. 1 Northern, spring, $1 (li 94®$1 0196; 
No. 2 Red quoted, 99%c elevator, $1 OUt afloat; No. I 
Hard. Nominal, 81 0656; No. 2 November, 9916; ho 
December, 93e@$l 0051; do January, $1 00560*1 02 5 16; 
do February, $1 010*1 0356; do March, $'■ 0216" 81 0456; 
do May, $1 02163 $1 0554; do July, 99540*1 Oi'56- RYE.— 
Neglected and nominal. Western, In boatloads, 
quoted at 72a74c: Canada, 710725* c to arrive; State, 
78®fOc BARLEY.-Unchangei and dull. Sales-No. 2 
Milwaukee, quoted at Site; Ungitided Canada, Site© 
»7e; No. 2 do, 87<S88c; extra No. 2 do, 91 92C; No. 1 
Canada, 97c. BARLEY MALT.-In light request. 
CORN.—On the spot there was a rise of 94®!c with 
restricted offerings, thus checking trade In a great 
measure. Sales—Ungraded Mixed and White, 57140 
6854 c ; No. 2 Mixed, 57560 5794c store and elevator. 5794 
@5Sl4c afloat; No. 2 November, 5'5t,c; do December, 
575605354c; do January, 535605956c; do May, 581605954c. 
OATS.—Continued light receipts helped the upward 
tendency. On the spot there was a rise, leading to a 
fair degree of activity. Sales—No. 3 mixed, 4fi56c@ 
4654c elevator; No. 8 white, 49540 elevator; No. 2 mixed, 
475404794c elevator; No. 2 white, 5014®@5'c elevator; 
No. 1 White, 58c elevator; No. 2 Chicago. 48t4<»4994c; 
Ungraded mixed Western, 4556@r0c: do white, 500 56c; 
No. 2 November, 48c; do December, 475*@48 hc; do 
January, 4994c; do May, 5bj605O94e; No. 2 White 
December, 56>6® 5156c ; do January, 511606276c. 
LIVE STOCK MARKETS. 
BEEVES —The feeling was firm at the opening, and 
sellers generally rated the market 10c higher. The 
finish was a little dull, owing to the late arrival of 
five carloads, but about everjthlug was closed out. 
Very common to choice native steers sold at $8 fO0$5 
pfr 100 pounds: oxen and states at $3*83 75 bulls and 
cows at $1 90@$3 15. Latest private cable advices In¬ 
dicate a dull market for re frigerated beef at 3%fl. or 
scant 754 c per pound; and report American steers 
selllugon the London market at5&554d, or lOolOWc, 
estimated dressed weight, sinking the offal. The 
Liverpool market is a 'rifle better than this, but 55*d, 
or lie, Is about the out hie quotation. The shipments 
from this port for the week are unusually light, 
MILCH COWS.—No trade worth noting. Feeling a 
trifle firm for good cows. 
CALVES.—Demand fair at steady prices, with veals 
8f Uitig at 50756c, gra'sers at 254'' 25*c. Wes’crns at 8® 
354 c f r lightish calves. Dressed calves wore a little 
fltm at 7(«. 10c for country dresseu veals, 80 1c for cUy 
dressed, w th selected carcass s bringing 1156012c, 
and dressed Westerns sold at 45 * 06 c. 
SHEEP AND LAMBS. The market opened fair at 
steady prices, but the feeling at the close was dull, 
and a little undertone of weakness was apparent. 
Late arrivals could not t. e closed out Fair 10 prime 
sheep sold at $4 75<a 5 50 per 00 pounds; bucks and 
culls at *3; In mbs at $606 75 for medium to choice. 
The dead market has not rallied In sympathy with 
the advance on live lambs, and butchers find It 
almcst impossible to advance pilccs. Dress> d mutton 
sold slowly at Re8 hc and only a few choice heavy 
wethers can be marked up te 9.« 9Rc. Dressed lambs 
sold mainly at 8@ 956C, and 10c was an extreme price 
for gilt edged stock. 
HOGS.—The market Is rather Ann at #3 90®$3 65 for 
Westerns, and State hogs are quoted at 83 70@$4. 
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your friend in any part of the United 
States, Canada or Mexico, after 
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PROF. KOCH’S BENEFICENT DIS¬ 
COVERY. 
The Professor and his Lymph.—A 
sturdily-built, extremely modest little man, 
not over five feet five inches in height, with 
distinctly common-place features and dark 
hair and beard turning gray, and wearing 
all the time triplex glasses of great power 
over large, gray eyes once penetrating and 
luminous, but now robbed of their bright¬ 
ness as well as of much of their charm and 
power by a long series of years of close 
microscopic work—behold Prof. Koch of 
Berlin, the most famous scientist of the 
world to day, the discoverer of a specific 
remedy for tuberculosis in the lungs, the 
larnyx, in the joints or on the surface of the 
human body, and the father of bacteriology, 
the latest universally accepted addition to 
the science of therapeutics—that depart¬ 
ment of medicine concerned with the dis¬ 
covery and application of remedies for dis¬ 
eases. In 1882, after years of study, he dis¬ 
covered that tuberculosis, either in the sur¬ 
face, as in lupus, or in the lungs, as in con¬ 
sumption, is distinctly contagious and due 
to a special form of bacillus or microsopic 
germ. It multiplies rapidly and can be 
readily detected, by the aid of a powerful 
microscope, in the sputa or expectorations, 
and other dejecta of the patient. Ever 
since the professor, one of the most famous, 
careful and reliable physicians of the age, 
has been engaged in the study of the deadly 
parasite and has been endeavoring to ob¬ 
tain an inoculating fluid which would be 
as efficacious a remedy against consump¬ 
tion as Jenner’s discovery has been 
against small pox aud Pasteur’s against 
hydrophobia. After persistent and intel¬ 
ligent study for years, and a multitude of 
experiments on the “lower creation,” es¬ 
pecially guinea-pigs, he now claims to have 
found what he sought in a lymph or trans¬ 
parent fluid, brownish in color and not 
easily decomposed on exposure to the 
atmosphere. 
Some Particulars.— Prof. Koch has been 
personally superintending the treatment of 
20 patients representing various stages of 
consumption. In 15 cases the bacilli have 
completely disappeared from the sputa of the 
patients, who have gained much in weight 
and general appearance as well as spirits. 
In the remaining five cases there is not the 
slightest indication that the ordinary 
course of the disease is stopped. These are 
all advanced cases in which large cavities 
already exist in the lungs. Many hun¬ 
dreds of cases have been treated by the 
Professor’s assistants, and it has been 
found that patients under treatment for 
the early stages of consumption became free 
from every symptom of the disease and 
might be pronounced cured: patients with 
