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Show Merchants on the Market Practically Prac-tically Cleaned Out of htv awn ernes. WOMEN OP ALL KINDS AFTER SUNDAY DINNERS Lettuce, Asparagus and Onions Among the Fresh Market Novelties. Electric lights glinting alluringly on ripened strawberries, deep shadows on lettuce and green onions, and over all tho dark blue of an April Saturday night and there you have market row 011 the night before the Sabbath. This Saturday night one might easily have mistaken the row for the mart of a big city. There was a tired, nervous little woman -with an obvious air of searching search-ing for the very cheapest things on display, so that her loved ones might have a bite anyway. Following her and elbowing "against her market basket was the fat and comfortable lady with the diamonds, alert for the choicest tidbit at no mntter what cost, searching here and there for the delicacy deli-cacy to grace her dinner table. Next was the man sent down by his wife, buying haphazard and only "longing for the moment when he might escape from the sharp eyed merchants. And most eager of all was the fcul-lud fcul-lud lady." Twice" she priced chicken, only to have her white-toothed smile disappear, "foh chicken sahteny is crcponsivc jess abaht now' she mourned. mourn-ed. Last of all tho capable, anxious housewife, delayed until the late hours with her shopping, but determined that no poor stuff should bo foisted upon her, hurried along, her cyo searching out tho things she knew she wanted. Every merchant Saturday night was 011 tho alert to sell. There was so much perishable stuff to dispose of, produeo that emtio so high and yet that over Sunday resting would surely spoil. Strawberries and lettuce, asparagus, as-paragus, spinach, water cress, green onions, chickens, fish and all the other things that in one day could be converted con-verted from extra prime to fairly good wero alluringly presented to the shonpers. But. they were all disposed of finally, for the crowd that; surged backwards and forwards laughing dialling and bargaining was easily cajoled to buy. When the tired merchant finally started to clean up preparatory to closing clos-ing it was found that strawberries wero almost a minus quantity, with the probability prob-ability that 85 per cent of Zion dinner tables would free the weight or rather lightness of a shortcake, that lettuce, asparagus and onions were next in favor and that a taste at least of tomatoes and now peas would linger pleasantly in the mouth of the Saints. LIVE STOCK QUOTATIONS. Chicago, CHICAGO. April 27. Cattle Receipts. GOO. Market steady. Beeves, $1.2nfj)6.ri5; cows, $1.30(5)4. 90, heifers, $2.75(i)f.40; calves, S3.50fa'5.u0; good to prime steers, 55.35igi0.5S; poor to medium, $i.305.30; stockers and feeders. 2.9505.10. Hogs Rocelpts, 9000. Market 0 cents higher. Light' and mixed. $6.400.65; heavy, $0. 30G.60, rough. $0.306.40; pigs, ?G.or(&G.GO; good to choice heavy, 6.nO(??G.60. Sheep Receipts, 3500. Market steady. Native and western, $4.506.90: yearlings, year-lings, $7,001(7)7.75; lambs, $6.50(0)8.70; western, west-ern, ?6.50S.75. Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, April 27 Cattle Receipts. Re-ceipts. 100. Market unchanged. Hogs Receipts, 3000. Market strong (o 5 cents higher. Heavy, $6.35G.45; packers, $6.40(g16.55; pigs and light, $6.45 (0'G.57i. Sheep Receipts, none. Nominally steady. Oiuaha. OMAHA. AprU 27. Cattle Receipts, 200. Market unchanged. Hogs Receipts. 6300. Market. 2l'55c higher. Heavy. $6.306.40; mixed. ?6.35 0.40: light. $4.G05.50; pigs. $5.50(7356.25. Sheep Receipts. 500. Market strong. Yearlings, $0. 507.75; wethers. $6.407.00; ewes, SS.oOft'O.oO; lambs, $6.507.50. St. Joseph. ST. JOSEPH, April 27 Cattle -Receipts. 275: steady; natives, ?4.405J;G.25; cows and heifers. $2.25(57:5: stockers and feeders. $3.50iS4.50. Hogs Receipts, 5100; steady to 5c higher: high-er: top. $0.50;. bulk of sales, $6. 40?'6. 17i- Sheep Receipts, none; Iambs. 3SS.55; yearlings. $5.75fQ)6.75; wethers, 0.506.75; owes, $Gi.S5. - " New York Fruit Market. NEW YORK, April 27. Evaporated apples ap-ples steady to firm; fancy. SSic; choice. 757Jc; prime, GiGsc; poor to fair, 5J g6c. Prunes unchanged; 3J131 for California, Califor-nia, and 5il0c for Oregon. Apricots unchanged; choice, 171glSc; extra choice. lSj(g)i9c; fancy, 19i520c. Peaches easy; choice, llg)llic; extra choice, 12ij12ic; fancy, 12J13c; extra fancy. lSiJpine. Raisins unchanged; loose muscalcl quoted at. S510c; seeded raisins, 7i Hie; London layers, $1.55(5)1.65. Imports and Exports. NEW YORK. April 27.-Total imports of specie at (h port of New York for tho week ending today were $15,101 silver, sil-ver, and $92,530 gold. Total exports of specie from the port of New York for tho week ending today were $910,407 silver mid $32,200 gold. New York Sugar. NEW YORK. April 27. Sugar Raw. steady; fulr rosining. 3.25&'3.2Gc; centrifugal, centri-fugal, .96 tost, 3.733)3. 76c; molasses su-gnr. su-gnr. 3.003.01c. Refined. stondv; crushed, 5.50c; powdered, 4.90c; granulated. granu-lated. 4.S0e. Minneapolis Wheat, MINNEAPOLIS. April 27 Wheat-May. Wheat-May. S2t;c: -July, S5Jc: No. 1 hard. S63c; No. 1 northern, S5Ec: No. 2' northern, S3e; No. 3 northern, Sljc Liverpool Wheat. LIVERPOOL. April 27. Close: Wheal May, 0s 7jn; July, 6s GJrt; September, 0s 78d. Woather line. New York Produeo. NEW YORK. April 27. Butter easy; steady. Western, taclOry to common. 21 fti23c: western Imliiitloii crenmery, extras, ex-tras, 2Gc: llrste. 23(824e. Esgs. Jlrm; western regular packed, firsts. 171c. |