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The herald., 1895-02-24

EOR SALE-AT A BARGAIN, AT GLEN.
IL dale, paying fruit ranch, 35 acres, 60 shares
water piped 600 bearing oranges 1000 bearing april
cots 500 bearing peaches, 250 bearing prunes, 25o
French prunes, years old; 800 apricots, years:
200 Kelsey Japan pums, 4-room house. barn, etc.
This is a place that anyone can make money
on and is growing better and more valuable all the
time; will take house and lot in the city as part
pay, balance ON easy terms. A. X. CRAWFORD,
205 S. Broadway. 9-13tf
The herald., 1895-02-24
& NANTA MUNICA,
; THE CITY BY THE SEA.

Send for copy of new pamphlet Santa Monica"
the City by the Sea- also copy OF our monthly cir
cular, Sale and Exchange" mailed free.
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SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS.

Rrcadstuff- ami Grains.
San Francisco. Dec. N.-Fiour-F amity
sxtras S. WAS -. bakers extras >3.SfJ
> a. s,.pcrnne. s. 5of2 : per barrel,
Misunderstanding. 81 per GENITAL for No
and q ali. q d. O9is for choice. milling SLOTS
aI.i21s. 1870.
Rarlev-Feed fair - good. 657'6A.c;
ch,tre 6-t~sf6S&.c. brewing. s##lNc-
Oats-Mullnz. 7o1-5c. surprise, +I}+- -.
fancy feed >asl>5c. rood 20 choice. tI'@9
Se,. moor 20 fair. 81 lf65C. black for seed.
r. l0ffi 81. gray. Se'71C per GENITAL
Rsce{ptS-Flour. quarter sacks. a-,3'4;
,,,ss,r and Washington. G9ls. wheat. cen
t,,s az. OREGON and Washington. A255;
torIev c.ntals. ago. oats. ccnfals. oregon
"a washington. l5.sa1: beans. sacks. 2al.
,,,,atoss sacks. AIS oregon and Wash
t-rton r.. onions. sacks. ~. bran, sacks.
81 rri3dlingS. sacks eo. wool hal -. -:
,rina rauons. 50 so; brandy. gallons. A4So-
Produce. Fruit. Etc.
Nria,l1irrs. sISa2i bran, So
yTav-Wheat S>dlE wheat and oat. 81;
h,-l.v e kew. Glove. $50 -. compress
- g. sselli; stock. $sg5I straw. N'8a'e per
bundle. -.-.,.. n.
p.otatoss-Salnas Burbanks. sef>oc. R.v-
-. Ts,l~t,srks Sss74ec- oregon BurhaIEs.
s.s.sae, rtve- reds. NaItac. sweets, vs.
. ey. Early Rose. 500
~ y.s[ ,-,,i ! onions. 5a07sc, cream
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I.Ano,iv IN loans for the week fust ended
Hshects the contraction which the pantc
q Ten days brought about. ard the only
SURPRISE Is that the closing out of the
Ioahs was not larger. The snrinkage from
ing higoest point reached during the year
y. however. over s44.ecoooo At the time
"hen me banks had outstanding the iarE-
est eoeai or loans In the history ST the
dear1ng house. their deposits were ST.
sso'zV. or more than 70e,9, 600 in excess of
the present deposits. and the excess re-
serve was something over So CO.. eo9. or
sa".ss'"O larger than at the present time.
n new bond issue. therefore, comes at a
time when the excess reserve IS down TO
siS'vs'.gJ, as against 900 when the
previous issue was made The total cash
.oiains OF the banks at the present time
Is onfy sifl.A20oo. which is over s55e0.6o0
Tess than the amount In the banks when
the last issue was made and the specie
nero is also Si5.g 600 less than at that
period The total loss Of gold since Janu-
ary' $50, due almost solely to the different
pond Issues. has been over Sc 90. eo0. For
Inc FIRST time since October y the hanks
lost gold last week, the decrease in .pecie
Delng S4z,5a The falling of Of sls.2oi so
IN the net deposits is almost unprecedent-
ed The dividend period now at hand will
Nicely change the complexion of the state
ment Tor the better within a very short
time. As II is. the outlook is for a firm
money market for some time to come.
Exports and Imports.
The exports OF specie from the port OF
New York for the week amounted TO e.
Sl4.s14 In gold and 8. 90 500 in silver The
imports Were: Gold $751; $50. silver s5.052.
dry goods s2.f22,9l5 general merchandise
s6,25T,7I1.
Money and Exchange.
Money on call, offered per cent: no
loans; prime mercantile paper, 5d6 per
cent Sterling exchange. dull, with actual
business in bankers bills at 81. saf74 s9l4 for
demand and s4.ssi. "A ssa. for sixty DAYS;
posted rates, - ssl1Q4.69 and s4solzd4s1:
commercial bills, s4s7.
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squash. eo62sc per box: marrowfat squash,
ss1s per ton: Hubbard squash. ssg7 per
ton; tomatoes. SG60c; string beans. s6Sc.
green peas 4dsc. green peppers, 25ISac:
carrots. SoGiec; cabbage. 5c: garlic. sI5c:
mushrooms. l5dzsc; asparagus. l5Tes1zc
Fruit--Apples. No ], secGn: common, 70
Geoc: fancy. sl-25e7i 80: Ssskiyou. s1ai.-5:
lady apples. 75c: do. large boxes. SGl5a;
cranberries, sledu: grapes in boxes.
SseT75c: do n crates. 15cs7s1: psrsimmoas,
zSaf0c: Mexican lines. $3.50: California
lemons. common, s1fL25: DO good TO
choice. H-5d72: 60 fancy. & 0Ts: California
oranges. seedlings. sI.T572 -: naveIs. - 25E5
;: japanese mandar.ns 8, 25II 30; bananas,
S.Esd2. p.neapples, s. am5
Butter-Fancy creamery. 23G24c; seconds
Ag22c: fancy dairy. 2GzIc. seconds. $50
dc. fancy mild. new cheese, sale: fair 10
good. Tgsc; Eastern. IaQIsize
Eggs-Store. 22G25c: ranch, ZIslc: East
ern. atd2lc: selected Eastern. 2aa25c.
Poultry-Gob0iers. sGllc per 70: hens.
$50; nroilers. small, fel3 50: do large, 81 80
a; hens. s4q5: ducks, si0Gs: geese. $40
Ul15 pigeons. old, 81; do young, 81 $50
LIS.
Game-Mallard ducks. 8. 5ogs: teal. 75ca
81: sprig. a.25gI.5o: widgeon. 75c9si quail.
81: gray geese, 50; rabbits. 75clsI Is:
hares, 81: English snipe. 81. 5oi2: common
snipe. 81; honkers. ss92so; brants. sL25a
l50 per dozen
Wool.
Wooi-Fall. short. trashy San JOAQUIN
plains. 2ff5c: good San Joaquin plains. an
SC: southern and coast, 475c; mountain
woods. Eight and free, sac: mountain
woods. defective and heavy, 5l6c: Hum
boldt and Mendocino. sGsc
Hops.
Hops-Q6c per pound.
Closing Quotations.
Wheat-Firr: May, sl.osis
Barley-Easier. May, 70hc
Corn-S5c.
Bran-s13J0 per ton.
Financial.
Silver Bars 49,. es2. Drafts Sight 7ib
Mex. DoPrs .5Siag5i Drafts, Teleg h. 10
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The London Money Market.

London, Dec. 29-Money rates continue
fairly firm The waning of the war ex-
element has produced a speedy recovery
In prices for foreigners. and in other mar
kets which were influenced by the Amer
lean slump, the low prices having attract
ed investors. Altogether the Christmas
week has been rather active and the out
look is much better than last Saturday
Americans and Canadians have risen all
most all along the list, with the exception
OF Lake Shore, Reading and Union Paci-
fic, which declined slightly The collapse
OF Baltimore & Ohio yesterday. on the ex-
pected receivership, had depressing in
ftuence. which was intensified by anxiety
for the fate of the currency question in
the United States.
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Their Large Increase shows Growt h
of Puget Sound Commerce.

Port Townsend. Dec 31.-Special.-Ther
has been surprising and gratifying increase
In the shipping OF Puget sound during the
past twelve months. as shown by the en-
frances and clearances OF vessels during
that period. There has been an increase
of 5l5 in the number OF entrances during
the past year over 1894, and an increase Of
4S5 in the number OF ClearanCes. The in
crease in tonnage has been 213059 The an
nexed tables show the entrances and clear
ances from the different supports for the
two years;
Entered and Cleared From December ] :,
1894. TO November 80. 1895.
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my dispatch Yesterday. The feature here
today was a sharp squirt in mines.
Breadstuffs and G Gains.
Liverpool, Dec. 2S-Today is a holiday
on the grain and cotton exchanges.
Hops.
Hops-At London. Pacific coast, G2 los.
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MERCHANDISE IN TRANSIT
Through the Puget sound Customs Dis
trict TO Cnnadn and Euronsa.

PORT Townsend. Dee. a-Special-The
following table shows the amount Of mer-
chandfse In transit through the Puget
Sound customs district. from British Co
lumoia, China. Japan and Hongkong. des-
tined for England. Canada. British Column
hia and Germany:
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Live stock.
FOREIGN MARKETS.
Financial.

London, Dec. 2S.-sIlver. 3u4d. Consols.
ioG7s
New York Dec 2S-The Evening Posts
London cahlegram says; The stock mar
ket here continues good except for Ameri-
can securities which were well below the
Marty ali day. and DUN The Times money
article states that the RothschIlds decline
= take part az present in any United
states loan. I would prefer however. stlll
% describe the situation IN the words OF
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CORRESPONDING week OF last year. .s429. 522 ~
The wheat Inspected BY the deputy state
grain inspector at this port during the
week was s.xty-hve car loads. as follows:
Monday 7. Tuesday ~. Wednesday ..
Thursday 4. Friday T. Saturday 49, Moth
tax was done IN the market today, but
he upward tendency was generally felt
or the announcement Of an advance of
nom 50c 70 81 on barley Reports came
IA from tbs Eastern portion of the state
that California parties had been there
blying up A great deal Of barley al $3.50
70 So NH feeds VII probably advance in
few days.
The poultry market was well cleaned up
o. tire live stock that has been a drug
on it. Good dressed chickens also have
been scarce since Christmas, dealers hav-
tx asked shippers not TO send In until
after the New Year so there was no vlsi-
a. supply and no demand. Live chickens
W be In good demand, especially large
oass az the opening OF the coming week.
Ranch eggs were jobbing at DC a dozen.
There are only three more days allowed
b. law for feathered game. and people
undoubtedly will take advantage Of the
present. supply Dried venson Is in the
market. selling for Zoe per pound In guam
ties. hut the demand is slight.
In the fruit market oranges have n
downward tendency. 96's selling for 80 q,
Lss for SS2. and smaller sizes for $3.50.
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TURKEYS!
TurkeVS!

we Win have two car Loads q .arSsys n
,,r ne Christmas trade send yo1F oE1ts
IN early. as 4. viii insure yea eaoioe s.00N'
JOHN Al. AGks.
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Port Townsend. Dec s.-Special.-The
increase in trade relations between Puget
sound and the Orient is clearly shown by
a glance at the subjoined tables, there be-
ing an increase of over 81, 000. 900 in impor-
tations from both China and Japan dur
ing the past twelve months. This trade is
being diverted from San Francisco TO Pu-
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Portland. Dec. 2s.-Wheat-Qulet and
steady Walla Walia, zoe; Valley. Sc per
bashel
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NEW YORK MARK ETs.
Tho stock Excl,anrn


New York. Dec. 2S.-Tradng upon the
Fock market today VAS restricted. owing
70 an indisposition TO make ventures pend
TX the expected bond issue and the vote
Of re house on the bill before II proyid-
iag Tor financial relief Early dealings
we're az lower prices, on lower quotations
Tor American securities cabled from Lon
aou ard on selling for that account in this
market The declines were important In
"ag one or two instances, and a firmer
tore soon developed on buying for both
accounts, causing sharp improvements. es-
leeally In Leather preferred. Sugar and
Manhattan The closing was strong a+
lhe top hgures. and with general suhstan-
"a ret gains, The gloomy temper OF sne,-
V@Ion which had characterized the close
O. me preceding week was relieved TO a
marked degree by the prompt decision CT
We New York clearing house commission
tahied 10 Europe. that certificates would
e AZ once issued II necessary TO prevent
FARTHER financial disaster Foreign Invest
oTs iorcibly expressed their apprecfatIon
O MS timely action ny heavy purchasing
q American securities IN their own mar
As and by cabling 70 New York hea "
lFehasing orders. In other words. the
US was al an end. The local market
e'1aSly responded. ana substantial re-
SAle m short order. The rally was great
simulated by small cash investment or
IS 10 an aggregate OF large amount
e more cheerful sentirz ents continued
a. 81 mis- week. While r. Is understood
= Nell Informed dnanciers that practical
9 every preparation for an Issue OF bonds
- oeen made by the adu -iristratfou tho
s-ssage Of the bond bill n the house Is
N 20 induce the president 10 defer
80 Ghul The senate has defined its DO
~soa on the financial question. The ex-
-@ton or a bond issue and the prepara-
49, - ier such S0 event by bankers and can
"aists caused a small premium on cold
''a'.l rom sources outside OF the treas
Exports OF gold for the week
aAted - about So 3oo 80. a. against
'a''es Of Sle,t" 80 20 81 e0. % Early
week z was reported that wculd-be
S Or gold were hlndered ~ the
10y q legal tender notes OF large de-
soons. hut 10 satisfactory explana-
- % iae 0on-sh pnent % three-fourrhs
e Soid ordered for export hv today :
s's "ts obtained Sterling exchange
- No.rh had been sharply advanced
Nf-t.0ta keuertS ~ railway traffi,
-, 'eF t3e third week IN December
So favorable Influence upon the
'- ne buying movement cululnat-
- tairSiay. advances having been
49, ever Saturdays closing. Including
- t1- per cent. INaal prices. although
AeeIal conceSs Ons from the high
-e Week. reveal material net gains
sss.sNt'Sate sales We're SIS. 80 shares.
IA. leiFoad hc.8 market was trreg-
10y cloSei fairy firm The sales FE-
$50 $50 Tho dealings for the
-. Nt'e market - REBOUND IN the
g 49, ISSUES '-'t1 thc severe declines
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OF the Vessels Constructed ID,
the past twelve months There is an in
crease OF four over the number built IN
1874 and considering the general depres-
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SFI
Complete i.

Complies List
Port Townsend. Dec. 9-Spec.aI.-The
following table shows a detailed list oil
the vessels built on Puget Sound during
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: sion in all lines OF business during the pas.
7 year. the showing Of new vessels built
: must be considered remarkably good.
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PRICES PAID FOR sEALSKINS.
Twenty Per Cent. Better Than Last
Year Offerincs I'm London NInrLa.

Fuller information has been received by
Frank T. Way regarding the recent sales
of fur seals in London and the average
prices. The following quantities were Of
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-sfh meridian time G p. m Pacific
s.gel.
weather Synopsis.
-. barometer has fallen rapidly since
,tght over Washington and oregon.
-, a probable depression passing over
....sh Columbia. Rain and snow result
y y .--@rtrary 10 expectation. yesterday, as
= sc outlook was decidedly for fine
slaass,ber, The following telegram was re-
100 from Portland:
ssfi.2l a m-Hoist information; gales
erected on Washington coast from storm
s.-5r1achlng from northwest.
GEORGE y. SALISBURY.
Observer in Charge.
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The prices realized were about 20 per
cent. better than they were last year.
There was a comparatively small demand.
however, from the American continent,
and this had considerable effect in pre-
venting the still larger rise in prices which
had been hoped for by the shippers
The well-known firms of c. VI. Lampson
& Co. the Hudson's Bay Co. and Gull
verwell. Brooks & Co. control the sale OF
these valuable skins, and the following|
were the average prices per skin realized
by them for the British Columbia ship-I
ments:
C. NJ Lampson & Commandments. AIS Sd
hudson BAY Co... -....-.....--.-. f0S
Culverweli. Brooks & Co.-............ 42s %
The average prices realized by the Hud-
sons Bay Co. for the various kinds
of skins at the larger and more important
sales were as follows:
Middlings and mids. and smalls..... SIS sd
SndlIS -----..-. .--...-s-.- .-..----.-..- 13S
Large pups....... .............. ....-.. 55s Id
Mid. pups .................... .......... 55S 81
Small pups ............. ................ ass 81
Extra small pups. ................. 35s 81
Eek ex small pups.......... .......... 26S
Middlings and mids. and Smails, cut,
etc.......... ........ ........ ......... 45s 81
SmaNs, cut .......... .................. ass ID
Large pups. cut................ ....... 46s 81
Mid Dups cut. .......... .............. ASS
Small pups. cut........... ............ ass "a
Extra small pups, cut................. 24s
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SEATTLE WHEAT MARKE
PORTLAND WHEAT MARKET.

No club. sc; blue stem. SOC; quiet.
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TRADE WITH ORIENT.
increase of Sl,OOOOOO Imports OHM

Year 1898.
get sound. and will continue to come here
on account of the better facilities for
reaching markets through this district.
The increase in expectations is due TO re-
vival in the lumber business of the world.
The annexed tables will prove interesting
10 the commercial men of the Sound:
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FOR THE INTERIOR
More Than Half OF Such Imports Arc
Made Prom ,Inpau

Port Townsend. Dec. 39-speciai.-Th
following table shows the amount OF nner-
chandise imported into the United States
through the Puget Sound customs district.
destined for interior points In the Untetx
States: 1t is business that was formeri n
handled almost exclusively by the Cansi-
dian Pacific:
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The rotation OF crops ~ a much more
important matter than is usually thought.
IL L. lae way 10 keep ~ the fertility.
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Iarg IAN Any
Year.
10 CURL the
beper
pu h nj us lumber rand hl1d-
this trad
turned in the
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tides Mt Seattle Hartor Today.

SeattIe, Dec. =, Iss3.
Exchanges at Seattle, Tacoma and Port
lad clearing houses today were:
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Port Townsend. Dec. @.-SPec!al-The
ecur exDorfs from the state ~ Washing
ton have nearly doubled In the past t~o
vears. and have considerably more than
doubled in three years. The increase IN
rrice does not snow Up 50 favora bly,. be-
cause -four quotations have been declining
All along. \ glance al the annexed tables
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-09
Stories !.bout the Corn Crop.

Stories on big corn are in order,
and almost every travelling man who
comes in from trip through the
country has tale to tell about tall
corn. While reporter for this
paper was at the postollicc Wednes-
day afternoon awaiting the arriva, Of
the Rock Island mail he was enter
tanned by the mail carriers who were
talking about the big corn they saw
ON the bottom land below Alexand-
ria while enjoying their annual vaca-
ton. One OF them saw corn which
he thought was at least Is feet high
bearing ears in proportion. Another
one saw corn that he would bet on
being 90 feet high, and another saw
one patch Of corn that was fully as
high as the keokuk opera house. But
commercial tourist was in the city
day or two ago and told corn
story that completely lays Uncle
Sans boys in the shade. He saw
great fields of corn out on the Iowa
prairies. one stalk OF which would
produce three bushels Of rs pretty
corn as one would wish to see. -
keokuk Constitution Democrat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-09
REVOLVER MISSED FIRE.

Gustav kirsch Threatens HIS Wife. Hut
the Instrument Wouldn't Work.
Information received by the police
about 4:30 yesterday afternoon was to
the effect that Gustav kirsch. of 4O3
Forty-fourth street attempted to take
the life of his wife, who escaped q
dose Of lead through the failure of
the revolver to discharge. kirsch
became frightened at the seriousness
Of his attempt and skipped, and the
wife's parents claim went to Geneseo,
from where he sent a message in
forming them to communicate with
the officers. who could have him by
coming there. The relations Of MIR.
and Mrs. kirsch have been anything
but pleasant Of late aud quarrels of
hilarious nature were of common
occurrence. Yesterday afternoon
about . o'clock Kirsch came home
from work and complained of not
feeling well. A quarrel followed,
and the two finally ended
up at the residence of Mrs. Kirsch's
father. z. s. Ryerson, adjoining their
home. Here is where, according to
the wife and her brother, Kirsch drew
the revolver on his bettcr-half. He
pulled the trigger, but the gun
wouldn't fire. kirsch then made
himself scarce. and Mrs. Kirsch's
brother fastened over to Brooks
grove and explained the circum-
stances to Chief Etzel.
Peter Got a Black Eye.
Peter DePuyat, a resident of the
lower end. appeared at headquarters
this morning with a good-sized avn
ing over his right eye, and related
the i'll treatment he received last
night from n man named Rubey.
Peter and Rubey were partaking Of a
bowl of common, when they got into
an argument. They couldn't arrive
at satisfactory understanding and
ad journed to the outside of the sa-
loon, where Rubey handed Peter a
bunch OF knucklcs before he was
ready for action. Peters eyes were
pretty badly damaged as result.
aud now he wants legal recourse.
Assault In Moline.
Harry Wickman. of this city, was
accosted on the streets of Moline yes
tcrday by Louis Crime, of the latter
place, and subjected to trouncing,
Grimes accusing him of invading the
sacredness of his home. Wickman
and his assailau: were arrested and
the trial is in progress in Moline this
afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-09
PICNIC PRIZE WINNERS.
Capturers of the woodmcn Offerings Yes
tertiay Afternoon.

Capturers of the Woodmcn Offerings Yes
tertiay Afternoon.
Several thousand people witnessed
the greasy-pig-catching and slippery
pole-climbing contests yesterday
afternoon at the Woodmen's picnic.
Much amusement was afforded there
from. Especially laughable was the
battle men and bOys-and even
women-had with the chunky pig.
whose hide was as sleek rs an cells.
After lengthy chase, in which pant
aloons and hands were creased and
falls taken by unsuccessful pig
catchers. 'Rastus," the colOred
boot-black and erstwhile .'red hot"
vender, whose right name is Tom
White, clinched the slippery animal
in an alleyway some distance from
the grounds. 'Rastus" chased the
pig until even with it and then
sprang alongside of it. throwing his
right arm around its neck and max
ids it safe with n half-NelsOn.
'Rastus" assumed the air of a stock
man, when a down town butcher ap-
preached him with desire of purchas-
ing the hog. "Foah dawlahs takes
dc gem'men. replied "'Rastus." The
money was handed over. and the col
ored boy saw no necessity Of shining
for a while, at least.
The greasy pole occasioned many
a warm spanking for the small boy
who contested without avail and
went home with oil-covered gar
ments. The first prize, suit of
clothes. was captured by Tommy
Anderson; the second. a pair of shoes,
was won by Louis Better. and Glenn
Wright took the third prize, q hat.
Sports like wheelbarrow races, etc.
were promised. but as there were no
entries, the idea was abandoned.
The Evening Crowd
In the evening n tremendous crowd
gathered in the grove, which was
nicely illuminated by electricity.
Bleuer's orchestra discoursed music
for the dancers, and George
Stroehle's ringing voice prompted
them. 1t was grand success
throughout.