OUT.! IN FORCEORDERS FOR CHRISTMAS DAINTIES PLACED AHEAD BY CAREFUL BUYERS.PRICE OF HOGS ADVANCESEohrs Packing Company Quotes Li£ht Hogs at $3.87 1-2 to 54.12 1-2.While the market prices arc stead7. on nil kinds of staples, the buyer is in evidence la all the grocery stores, fish and oyster markets, and meat markets. The usuul before Christinas buying has begun in earnest the careful housewife placing her orders ahead to be sure that she Is not fcrpt watting until the last moment for the dainties that go to make up the Christmas feast Live hogs advanced 2% cents for light nod f cents for heavy yesterday. Produce and Poultry—'Wholesale. x Butter—Dairy, 2Ge; crearneryf 26c.1 Packing stock—15c.J Lard-12fcc.« o'