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"Oh, beam my life, my awl to me!"He cried, his flame addressing—"If I 'adze such a love as yours,I'd ask no other blessing!""I am rejoist to hear you speak,"The maiden said with laughter—"For tho' I hammer guileless girl,It's plane what you are rafter.Now if file love you just a bit,What further can you ax me?Can—will you be content with that,Or will you further tacks me?"He looked handsaw her words were square—"No rival can displace me—Yes, one more favor I implore,And that is, dear Em, brace me!"She came full chisel to his arms;It really made him stairTo have her make a bolt for himBefore he could prepare.He tried to screw his courage up,And did his level bestTo nail the matter then and there,While clasped unto her breast.Says he: "It augers well for me,All seems to hinge on this;And, what is mortise plane to seeThe porch child wants a kiss."He kissed her lip, he kissed her cheek,And called her his adoored—He dons his claw-hammer next week,And she will share his board.
"Oh, beam my life, my awl to me!"He cried, his flame addressing—"If I 'adze such a love as yours,I'd ask no other blessing!""I am rejoist to hear you speak,"The maiden said with laughter—"For tho' I hammer guileless girl,It's plane what you are rafter.Now if file love you just a bit,What further can you ax me?Can—will you be content with that,Or will you further tacks me?"He looked handsaw her words were square—"No rival can displace me—Yes, one more favor I implore,And that is, dear Em, brace me!"
She came full chisel to his arms;It really made him stairTo have her make a bolt for himBefore he could prepare.He tried to screw his courage up,And did his level bestTo nail the matter then and there,While clasped unto her breast.Says he: "It augers well for me,All seems to hinge on this;And, what is mortise plane to seeThe porch child wants a kiss."He kissed her lip, he kissed her cheek,And called her his adoored—He dons his claw-hammer next week,And she will share his board.
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"Do you know, sir," inquired an American tourist of his companion, while doing England, "can you inform me the reason for the fresh, healthful appearance of the English people? Their complexion is far superior to ours, or our countrymen over the herring pond."
"Well, I know what Prof. Huxley says."
"And what reason does he advance?"
"Well, Huxley says it is owing to the old maids."
"Owing to old maids! You surprise me."
"Fact. Huxley figures it out this way. Now, you know the English are very fond of roast beef."
"But what has that to do with old maids?"
"Go slow. This genuine English beef is the best and most nutritious beef in the world, and it imparts a beautiful complexion."
"Well, about the old maids?"
"Yes, you see the excellence of this English beef is due exclusively to red clover. Do you see the point?"
"All but the old maids. They are still hovering in the shadows."
"Why, don't you see? This red clover is enriched, sweetened, and fructified by bumble bees."
"But where do the old maids come in?" said the inquisitive American, wiping his brow wearily.
"Why, it is as plain as the nose on your face. The only enemy of the bumble bee is the field-mouse."
"But what have roast beef, red clover, bumble-bees, and field-mice got to do with old maids?"
"Why, you must be very obtuse. Don't you perceive that the bumble-bees would soon become exterminated by the field-mice if it were not for—"
"Old maids?"
"No, if it were not for cats, the old maids of Old England keep the country thoroughly stocked up with cats, and so we can directly trace the effects of the rosy English complexions to the benign cause of English old maids, at least that's what Huxley says about it, and that's just where the old maids come in. Science makes clear many mysterious things."
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Don'tgive up in despair, girls. Naomi didn't marry until she was five hundred and eighty years old—and then she was sorry she hadn't waited a century longer.
"Isyou gwine to get an overcoat this winter?" asked a darkey of a companion. "Well I dunno how dat's gwine to be," was the reply. "I'se done got my eye on a coat, but de fellah dat owns it keeps his eye on it too."
Hernephew had just come home from his day school. "What have you been learning this morning?" asked Mrs. Ramsbottom. "Mythology, aunt," answered the little man, "all about the heathen gods and goddesses." "Then I must brush up my memory," said Mrs. Ramsbottom, "and ask you a question or two. Now, first, who was Juniper?"
"Whatis a limited monarchy, Johnny?" "Well, my idea of a limited monarchy is, where the ruler don't have much to rule." "Give an example?" "An example! Lemme see! Well, if you was bossin' yourself, for instance."
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Itis reported that the Salters' Company, one of the largest and most successful of the London guilds, has decided to dispose of its Irish lands, and is now offering them to tenants on twenty years' time.
Duringthe year 1883, up to the close of business Saturday night, 7,243,969 gallons of spirits were produced in the Chicago distilleries. The total receipts of internal revenue in the first district of Illinois for the year were $8,774,890.
Theoutcry over the houses of the poor has spread to Paris. Alarming statistics are published of the increase of overcrowding and the consequent spread of disease, and no less than 650 schemes of reform have been presented to the Municipal Council. The deaths between 1870 and 1883 have increased per 100,000 inhabitants from 48 to 96 in typhoid-fever, from 53 to 101 in diphtheria, from 11 to 74 in small-pox, from 30 to 43 in measles, and from 7 to 18 in scarlet-fever.
Alarmhas been created in French commercial circles by rumors that the American Congress will make reprisals for the prohibition by France of the importation of American salted meats by passing a law increasing the duties on French wines or providing for the seizure of French adulterations. The National, of Paris, says: "France must expect that the Reprisals bill now before Congress, which was first directed against Germany, will now be turned against France."
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Thenumber of lives lost by the more noticeable accidents of last year give a total of 125,000, or over 342 for each of the 365 days of 1883. These colossal figures are attained principally through the results of three calamities—Ischia, Java, and Syria. Aside from the earthquakes the year was unequaled in shipwrecks, cyclones, fire-scenes, and mining horrors. Over thirty people were killed for each day in January, the Newhall fire, the Russian circus horror, and the Cimbria shipwreck being the principal of thirty calamities during the month. Three hundred and ninety-eight people went down in the Cimbria alone. Two hundred and seventy people burned in the circus at Berditcheff. The panic later on at Sunderland, England, caused the death of 197 children and 150 workmen were drowned like rats in the tub called the Daphne on the Clyde. There were 1,697 murders, 107 executions, 135 lynchings, and 727 suicides.
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Office of The Prairie Farmer,Chicago. Jan. 2, 1884.
The general bank business of Chicago last week was rather dull. But few new business contracts were made as everyone was waiting for the New Year to begin before extending business.
In the loan market money was quoted throughout the week at 6@7 per cent interest.
Eastern exchange opened Saturday at 25c off between banks, but subsequently sales were made at 25c per $1,000 premium. The market closed at 25@30c per $1,000 premium.
Railway stocks in New York with the exception of Northern Pacific were firm on Saturday.
Government securities remain unchanged at last week's quotations.
4's coupons. 1907Q. Apr.1234's reg., 1907Q. Apr.1224½'s coupon, 1891Q. Mar.1144½'s registered, 1891Q. Mar.1143's registeredQ. Mar.100
More was done on the Board of Trade in corn and hog products at the close of the week than in wheat and other grains. The bears had decidedly the best of it on Saturday. Wheat receipts were liberal and everybody seemed willing to sell. Outside orders to purchase were exceedingly light. There were many transactions in corn but prices showed a gradual decline.
Flourwas quiet at about the following rates.
Choice to favorite white winters$5 25@5 50Fair to good brands of white winters4 75@5 00Good to choice red winters5 00@5 50Prime to choice springs4 75@5 00Good to choice export stock, in sacks, extras4 25@4 50Good to choice export stock, double extras4 50@4 65Fair to good Minnesota springs4 75@5 25Choice to fancy Minnesota springs5 50@5 75Patent springs6 50@7 00Low grades2 25@3 50
Wheat.—Red winter, No. 2 99@95c: car lots of spring, No. 2, sold at 93¾@97¾c; No. 3, do, 77½@81c.
Corn.—Fluctuating but active. Car lots No 2, 57¾@58c; rejected, 46½; new mixed, 48@48¼c.
Oats.—No. 2 in store, closed 32@33.
Rye.—May, in store 54@59.
Barley.—No. 2, 66@67c; No. 3, 44c.
Flax.—Closed at $1 41.
Timothy.—$1 23 per bushel. Little doing.
Clover.—Quiet at $5 90@6 15 for prime.
Provisions.—Mess pork, January $14 02½ per bbl; May, $14 52. Green hams, 83/8c. per lb. Short ribs, $7 40 per cwt.
Lard.—January, $8 75; February, $9 07½.
LUMBER.
Lumber unchanged. Quotations for green are as follows:
Short dimension per M$ 9 50@10 00Long dimension, per M10 00@11 50Boards and strips, No. 211 00@13 00Boards and strips, medium13 00@16 00Boards and strips, No. 1 choice16 00@20 00Shingles, standard2 10@ 2 20Shingles, choice2 25@ 2 30Shingles, extra2 40@ 2 60Lath1 65@ 1 70
Note.—The quotations for the articles named in the following list are generally for commission lots of goods and from first hands. While our prices are based as near as may be on the landing or wholesale rates, allowance must be made for selections and the sorting up for store distribution.
Beans.—Hand picked mediums $2 10@2 15. Hand picked navies. $2 20@2 25.
Butter.—Dull and without change. Choice to extra creamery, 32@35c per lb.; fair to good do 26@30c; fair to choice dairy, 25@30c; common to choice packing stock fresh and sweet, 20@25c; ladle packed 10@13c; fresh made, streaked butter, 9@11c.
Bran.—Quoted at $11 87½@13 50 per ton; extra choice $13.
Cheese.—Choice full-cream cheddars 12½@13c per lb; medium quality do 9@10c; good to prime full cream flats 13@13¾c; skimmed cheddars 9@10c; good skimmed flats 6@7c; hard-skimmed and common stock 3@4c.
Eggs.—In a small way the best brands are quotable at 26@27c per dozen; 24@25c for good ice house stock; 16@20c per pickled.
Hay.—No 1 timothy $8 50@9 50 per ton; No 2 do $7 50@8 00; mixed do $6 50; upland prairie $8 00@9 50; No 1 prairie $5 50@6 50; No 2 do $4 50@5. Small bales sell at 25@50c per ton more than large bales.
Hides and Pelts.—Green-cured light hides 8c per lb; do heavy cows 8c; No 2 damaged green-salted hides 6c; green-salted calf 12@12½ cents; green-salted bull 6 c; dry-salted hides 11 cents; No. 2 two-thirds price; No. 1 dry flint 14@14½c. Sheep pelts salable at 28@32c for the estimated amount of wash wool on each pelt. All branded and scratched hides are discounted 15 per cent from the price of No. 1.
Hops.—Prime to choice New York State hops 22@26c per lb; Pacific coast of 23@26c; fair to good Wisconsin 15@20c: Wisconsin 1882's 8@12c.
Poultry.—Prices for live lots were: Turkeys 12@13c per lb; chickens, 7@8c; ducks 8@10c per lb.; geese 8@10c per lb. for full feathered. Dressed turkeys sell at 1@2c per lb more than live offerings.
Potatoes.—Good to choice 35@40c per bu. on track; common to fair 25@30c. Illinois sweet potatoes range at $3@3 50 per bbl for yellow. Baltimore stock at $2 25@2 75, and Jerseys at $5. Red are dull and nominal.
Tallow and grease.—No 1 country tallow 7@7¼c per lb; No 2 do 6¼@6½c. Prime white grease 6@6½c; yellow 5¼@5¾c; brown 4½@5.
Vegetables.—Cabbage, $8@12 per 100; celery, 35@40c per per doz bunches; onions, $1 00@1 25 per bbl for yellow, and $1 for red; turnips, $1 35@ 1 50 per bbl for rutabagas, and $1 00 for white flat.
Wool.—from store range as follows for bright wools from Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan Indiana, and Eastern Iowa—dark Western lots generally ranging at 1@2c per lb. less.
Coarse and dingy tub25@30Good medium tub31@34Unwashed bucks' fleeces14@15Fine unwashed heavy fleeces18@22Fine light unwashed heavy fleeces22@23Coarse unwashed fleeces21@22Low medium unwashed fleeces24@25Fine medium unwashed fleeces26@27Fine washed fleeces32@33Coarse washed fleeces26@28Low medium washed fleeces30@32Fine medium washed fleeces34@35
Colorado and territory wools range as follows:
Lowest grades14@16Low medium18@22Medium22@26Fine16@24
Wools from New Mexico:
Lowest grades14@16Part improved16@17Best improved19@23
Burry from 2c to 10c off; black 2c to 5c off.
The total receipts and shipments for last week were as follows:
Received.Shipped.Cattle27,29511,368Hogs89,50522,450Sheep9,4174,856
Cattle.—The above figures show a falling off of 18,850 head from the previous week's receipts. This contraction on the part of shippers is said to have been on account of advice from the commission men who argue that the unusual demand during Christmas week following the previous large supply would not be very large. Dressed-beef operators bought freely and there was a general advance in prices. The quality of the beef was not first-class. The highest price paid for the best was $6 65 per cwt. Sales were principally at $5@6. Common lots brought $4 25@4 95. Some poor ones went at $4. Cows for butchers sold at $3@4, and inferior lots at $2@2 90. Bulls brought from $2 to $4 75. A few car loads of Texans sold at $3 50@4 50 per cwt. Veal calves brought $4@7 for 100 lbs. Milch cows were lower as the supply has been large. There was a falling off of about $10 per head; they sold for $25 to 55 per head.
Hogs.—During the past week they formed a strong combination to break the market, all the 20 packing houses doing business here agreeing to buy only a stipulated number of hogs each day. The plan worked as was anticipated, and although the receipts for the week dropped to 89,000 against 187,470 during the previous week, there was a steady decline from day to day. Shippers were good buyers, taking on an average 5,500 hogs daily, but city packers bought only about 11,000 or 12,000, leaving at times upwards of 28,000 or 30,000 unsold at the close of the day. Choice hogs declined only moderately, but other descriptions were very weak. Up to date there have been packed in the West this season about 100,000 head more than to same time last year. The market closed on Saturday at $4 65@5 90 for heavy; $4 60@5 30 for light, and $3 25@4 60 for skips and culls.
Note.—All sales of hogs are made subject to a shrinkage of 40 lbs for piggy sows and 80 lbs for stags. Dead hogs sell for 1½c per lb for weights of 200 and over and [Transcriber's Note: blank in original] for weights of less than 100 lbs.
Sheep.—The demand has been brisk and prices for good lots advanced fully 25c per cwt. The receipts have fallen off greatly. Sales were made of common to choice at $2 50@4 65. No fancy droves were received, and they were nominal at $4 75@5.
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