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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
Prices
None arriving. and no market.

None arriving. and no market. Prices
nominal. No. >. 2SHZSc; No. ,. 2642Ic.
FLOGR-Sales slow and market weak in
sympathy with wheat. Quoted: Soft wheat.
Pc leo pound sack, patents. S~2lJd2iJ; extra
fJEcy. Sl.S0a2.U5. fancy. $~LS0GI35: choice,
Sl.JGl.75. Hard wheat. per 100 pound sack,
patents. S2.C0G2.1O: s~traights. H-S5TlsD.
CORNMEAL-Higher in sympathy with
corn. but sales slow. Quoted at i'diSc per
Cwt.. bulk.
CORN CHOP-Dcmand light, but prices
advanced with corn. Quoted at ilgi2c per
Cwt.. sacked.
CASTOR BEANS-None coming in, Prices
Car lots. Sl.l5 per bushel; less.
S1l0 per bushel.
FLAXSEED-Ffrmer and in good de-
mand. Cash and July, GIi2c per buShel;
BRAN-MaTket dun and lower sacked,
55E &C per cwt.; bulk. 2SH29c per CIVIL:
HAY-Receipts past p hOurs.....Sl0 tons
Same time last tons
Demand good. and market steady under
moderate offerings, New prairie $'g!li'-To
pcr ton: prairie. choice. No; l.
SGo1a6.60: No. >. $i.JJT5c0; lower grades.
$4,000. Timothy. choice. 500; No.
S..5ga>U0: No. >. S6.J0dLe Clover, mixed
!, S6.J0GT.00: No. ,. $J.SGfi6.CO.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
visitor. nt the Ynrds with stock.


T. NJ. Truitt. Usage City. Kas., was here
with hogs.
Cole Bros. Harper, Kas.. had in hogs
yesterday.
Ambrose & CENTS. Winston. No. had in
hOgS yesterday.
m Bros. Elmdale. Kas.. had in
hogs yesterday.
G. d. Sleeper. Wagner. /. T. was here
yesterday with cattle.
w. J. Orndorf. Coffeyville. Kas.. came in
yesterday with cattle.
b. Hudson. Carroll county. Mo. was here
after feeders yesterday.
Mark Pagan. HHlsdale. kas.. was on the
yards yesterday with hogs.
A. n. RickIefs. Bendena. Kas., was at
the yards yesterday with cattle.
J. b. Parsons. Sycamore. Kas.. was at
the yards yesterday with hogs.
W. II. Austin, Franklin, Neb., came in
yesterday with cattle and hogs.
Joe J. Reichenbcrgcr Severance. Kas..
was here yesterday with cattle.
@. II. Goodenough. Arlington. Kas.. was
on the yards yesterday with hogs.
J. NJ. H~eckendorn. Wousevu. Kas.. was
at the yards yesterday with cattle and
hogs.
r.. Z. Poynter and ]. z. Wilcox. Ban
croft. Kas., were in yesterday with cattle
and hogs.
W. S. Campbell. Bates City. Mo. was IN
yesterday with thirty-seyeu choice native
lambs of his own feeding that averaged IS
pounds. and sold at 500 per cwt.
HoIton & Brown. and +. d. wolcott.
Hutchinson, kas, had In cattle and hogs
yesterday. They report n light rain Sun
day night. but say they need more.
John Dimon. Stnckdale. Nas.. was on the
yards yesterday with cattle. He says cat
lie are short in Pottawatomie county. but
the usual number Cf YOUNG hogs. Grass good
and stock doing well. Corn promising well.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
Dry Goods.

New York. July 6.-The holiday yesterday
naturally interfered with business i'm dry
goods to-day. A moderate volume OF mail
orders il coming forward. Prices ruled
steady, and generally are somewhat firmeT
than d fortnight ago. In staple cOtt0ns
the business passing iS still Of light pro-
portions. Prints are still in fairly active
request. staples being in more steady de-
mand than heretofore. hut are not as yet
equal in the am punt of business with a
than some sellers had ANTICIPATED. Wooden
goods remain almost as at I'll" close of
last weeks trading. with supplementary
tributed lines. Dress goods in plain and
WOODEN mixtures show considerable aCtiy-
ity. JOhherS are much occuIind with STOCK
taking. and are not yet doing ar" large
amount Of business in fall lines. except as
stcadiness of mail orders for the purpose
of stock filling dictates.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
CoCcc and SnEnr.

New York. July 5.-COFFEE-Options
opened steady. unchanged to 10 points low
er; ruled moderately active with generally
weak undertone following unsatisfactory
cables and slack spot demand; shorts
cautious. owing TO recent steady decrease
in American visible supply: closed quiet
at n net decline Of ;T15 points. Sales. l5.-
80 bags. including S~eptember. $50. Spot
cOnee-Rio. DUH: No. : invoice, fasc: job
bling. T7sc. Mild quiet; Cordova. Halle.
Sales. 21 bags MaraicahO pit: 200 bags
Central American PIT. SUGAR-Raw firm;
fair refining. &c: centrifugal. % test. GIG.
confectioners' A.. 4%Sc: cut loaf. 52sc; crush
ed. 55sc; powdered. &c; graduated, 4Ac;
cubes. SC.
binary to low fair. iOdl2I4c. SCGAR-Quiet:
open kettle. 2ifG31sc; centrifugal. granulat-
3z4dilsc: whites, 13-16G37kc: ~y"Ilcws.
37sd3 Il-16c: seconds. 2G3lsc. MOLASSES-
Steady; centrifugal. 4TSc.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
The Shortest LING West.

To Denver. Cheyenne. ogden. Salt Lake.
shortest line. the Old Reliable Union Pa
ciiic- Two trains daily from Kansas City.
10 - a m. ard go p. m. fully equipped
with Pullman palace sleepers. Pullman din
ing cars tcafe plan). free chair cars. Trains
lighted brilliantly with Pintsch light; heat
ed by steam: sOlidly vesttbuled. No other
line as short or as good. Why not take the
best? 1t costs no more.
Telephone 1l0a. City Office, No. 100 Main
street. corner Tenth. ]. Il. FRAWLEY.
General Agent.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
LOCAL GRAIN MARKET.
wheat Lower hut in Good Demand
Corn Quiet at I-2c Advance
Oats Firm.

In StOrc-Wbeat, S3.55g bushels. corn 70
Al bushels: oats. loO.Ol5 bushels ~ 80
NHEAT-RoceiptS past "a hours q ~
same time last ia
Shipments 1900
There was a very fair movement y1stnye
day on milling account. bur as nd rSC.ints
were better. and are expected TO imprnys
prices ruled lower an round. Hard utbIsrs
lost lN2C. ana red &c; hun II tbSsa r.1,,1-
lions buyers were disposed To clean IN -
close. BY sample on track hore M ESps-s
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
JOHN SEBAST
Until Further Notice

Kansas City. Osceola & Southern Ry. Co.
will sell round trip tickets.
From Kansas City to Osceola. No. at. 81
From Kansas City 10 Clinton. Mo. at. 3.
Good leaving Kansas City on Saturdays
and limited TO return Monday following
date of sale.
Trains leave Grand Central Station.
Second and Wyandotte streets. daily.
ISAAC POWELL. G.. =. A.
p. S. JOSSELYN, General Manager.
Telephone 1912
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
New Sleeping Car Line to Colorado
Springs, Via Rock Island Route.

Commencing July 5th. the Rock Island
will place in service a daily Pullman Sleep
er, leaving Kansas City on the morning
train at 1855 o'clock. arriving in Colorado
Springs 40 next morning.
The Rock Island also has a through
sleeper 10 Colorado Springs leaving Kan
sas City at Sis p. m. daily, except Satur-
day evenings. arriving in Colorado Springs
40 the following afternoon.
The Rock Island Is the only line running
through Pullman cars direct from Kansas
City to Colorado Springs.
A. II. MOFFET. @. s. W. p. A.
Kansas City.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07

The market yesterday was an uneven one.
The offerings were good, and Il large per
cent of them were made up Of range stuff.
buyers took hold of them fairly well. hut
there was a want of snap to the market.
The best killing steers and fat COWS were
steady and in very good demand. but rough
and thin stuff was draRgy AMI 5Hl0c lower.
Ilcre were not many good to choice native
cornted steers in. The tops, such as are
usually taken by exporters. were steady.
and sold readily. but medium to poor We're
supply. and best fully as steady and choice
heifers as high as any time this season;
but common dragged. and finished the day
weak. Calves fairly active. and best a lit
tie higher. But few arrivals Of good stock
ers and feeders and best in very good de-
mand at steady prices. Mich cows quiet.
but steady. Common Sl541S: medium to
fair, S22n28: good to choice. S300 10.
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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07

The weather and crop bulletin CT Obsory-
er Jennings, at Topeka. for Kansas. for last
week says: A very warm week with an
abundance of rain over the larger part of
Inc eastern half Of the state and in the
northwestern counties, being excessive in
~ihornaS. Washington. Marshall. Riley and
IN the central counties Of the eastern Iii
vision. But little rain foIl in the counties
west OF sumner. lufl,r and Marion and
south Of the Smoky IIlI river. eastern diyis-
ION. The wet weather has largely retarded
Work IN the fields. except i'm the southeast
ern counties Wheat harvest is progressing
m the northern counties. oats harvest in
the central and fax in tho southern. All
three crops are good. corn Is in fine coofi-
Uoh All over tho division. Some hot winds
were tclt in MONTGOMERY. Wheat thresh-
ing continues in the southern, and has he
gun IN the northern counties. New hay is
on the Allen county market. Wheat har-
vest Is over in the south part Of the middle
DIVISION. Is progrCSSju" in ;ha central and
BEGINNING in The northern oOuntieS. Hot
winds prevailed or tie "a and 2rd. doing
mu'h namHSc 70 corn e&"Cnt in the north
tTn ana southeastern OuutiCS. In the
western division h"rvgSt Sc progressing. huf
OWING 10 the continued dry. hot weather.
me crop Is light I'm tho south. Alfalfa and
the range grass are in -cOd condition"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07

10 chicago and points East will Re made
by the Chicago Great yyes.,rn r,iiwSv
IAapiS Leaf route. on the following dates:
July IT, L. Is. r. 20, =. -. =. 90 and Au-
low and you will save money nv rors,,it-
ing G. NJ, Jcrdan. Maple Leaf ticket agent.
West Ninth street, before purchasing
tickets to any point in the East
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07

St. Louis. Mo. July s.-Rye-32c. track.
Flaxseed-73c. Timothy seed-Prime. S2.5OH
20.
Chicago. July ~6.-Rye-Cash. 33i4c: July.
331zc. Fl~aXseed-Cash. 76lzC: July. 76hC.
Timothy seed-Prime. 81. 75n2S0.
Toledo. July 6.-Clover-Dull prime Octo-
Der, $40. Rye-Steady: No. 2 cash, 35c.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
Or INTEREST TO STOCKMEN
MEXICAN CATTLE TRADE SHOWING
REMARKABLE STRENGTH.
Imports During June Were 1855
Greater Than During h Same
Month Last Ycar-PrOfting
by Tariff Delays.

Tho Mexican cattle trade keeps up sur
prisingly and the ranchmen there seem
disposed 10 make the most OF the tarin
delay. The imports of Mexican cattle dur
Ing June were S3.S5l greater than the same
month last year. inspection of Mexican
cattle for Importation into the United
Statcs during the month OF June. as re-
ported TO Colonel Albert Dean. of the bu-
Teau of animal Industry here. and COM
pan son for tie samc Iino las; wear:
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07

lacked life. There was a very good run.
but the quality was the poorest for some
days. A few of the best sales early showed
firmness. but as the day advanced and BY
the time the buyers all got TO work the
early strength was lost: but packers were
all at work. and by the close the Offerings
had been pretty well disposed Of in a quiet
way. Extreme range, s2.O0H3.4O bulk of
sales. S.2oM325.
We quote:
Good TO choice heavy.-.-......S 32lzd5 40
Common heavy and light. 90 H3 80
Good to choice light. 80 10 800
pounds > 27Iza3 IS
Good to choice mixed packing.
23S to go pounds.............. : 32lsq3 10
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
steady prices. Plug stuff neglected and
hard to sell at any price.

MULES-Mules. 10 to IA hands.
4 to Z years. good flesh and hair, Is OOd q 90
Mules, IA to Il hands. 4 to
years, good flesh and hair, 81 OOd a 90
Mules. Is to 1872 hands. 4 TO I
years. good hesh and hair. As OOa 90 90
Mules. 15l2 TO Is hands. 4 to Z
years, good flesh and hair. co OC4 T5 90
Mules. &c to 16t: hands. extra
good flesh and hair Is C0G1OO %
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
SANTA Re ROUTE.
Kansas City to Chicago.

It Is the shortest line.
Finest train and dining
car service tween the
two cities. Try IL.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07

New Orr

New Orleans. July 6.-COTTON-Futures
steady: sales. q. OO0: July. T.52c bid August.
1854 20c; September. 6.@od691c; October.
6.75Q6.I6c November. 6.T7d6.Isc: December.
G.SGdfS1c; January. 6.Sid6.S6C; February.
6.STG6.S9c; March, 6.9iG6.93.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
Lend and Zinc,

New York. July 6.-Lead-Strong: brok-
ers' price. 1886; exchange price. S3.67I4d
2.12lz. Spelter-Quist: domestic. &25di.35.
St. Louis. July 6.-Lead-Firm at S.52lzH
3.55. Spelter-Firm at $40.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
Onc-HnIf Price

Our price for the HaEstrom pIcture
framed is about one-half regular nrices
Everybody should have one. Read our Of
fer On amother Iage.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07

wabaunsee county is ~hourishing. says NJ.
NicolSOn. of Olive, kas.. who was here
yesterday with cattle. He says he has 1900
cattle of his own on grass and feed and
says they are doing well. and his neigh
bors are also thriving. Wheat and grass
good. and corn prospects fine. Plenty OF
rain and water.
B. Lantry's Sons. Strong City. Kas.. had
IN siXty-One nice Texas calves yesterday
that sold at $500.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07

There was a moderate run yesterday, ana
quality generally good. This. with steady
markets east of US. encouraged buyers.
who took hold without coaxing. and some
of the best lambs brought a little more
money. A number of choice native lambs
brought 500. and one lot reached $50. and
the pens were cleared without trouble.
REPRESENTATIVE SALES.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
''ChIcagO Limited"
N.
Arrives

Leaves Arrives
8 p m via 9:Z5 a m
CHICAGO & ALTON r. r.
Cafe dining cars. No other line makes
quicker time or runs finer trains.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07

>. II. dETefSDuIE. bdlieN Nlllts Nd
was in yesterday with sixty Berkshi.
hogs Of his own raising and feeding. The
were strictly choice. averaging 800 pounds
ard were sold at $40. the top of the mar.
ket.
John y. Payne spsnt Saturday and Sun
day visiting in Clinton and Clay counties
Mo. He says the country never looked
prettier. Grass good and stock plenty and
doing well. Corn prospects fine, but oats
short,
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
Silver.

New York. July Bar silver. Coo. Mex
lean dollars. Ec.
London. July 6.-Dar silver, % Sled per
ounce.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
Personally Conducted Excursion.

To Portland. Ore. weekly via the Union
Pacific. also new daily line established VIA
Ogden. Sacramento and the Peerless Shasta
Route. for scenic interest unsurpassed on
this continent. This new through car line
will be inaugurated Sunday. June 18th. and
continue daily with n personally conducted
excursion once each week Observation
cars for use Of passengers on all trains to
view tho magnificent scenery on Shasta
Route This Is by all odds the finest route
to oregon and Washington points.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07

There were imported during the month
1886 sheep at Fl PasO. His sheep at
Eagle Pass, s. sheep and II goats at No
gales and l23 goats al San Diego.
For the last nine days Of June:
Innn on Innn u Inna N
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
Wool. Hides md PeIt..

WOOL-Firm and fair speculative demand
under the influence of strong Eastern mar
kets. A Boston review for last week says:
The wool market here has shown consid-
cradle strength during the last week in all
departments. although the greater demand
has been for foreign woods. The sales of
territory woods have been brisk, but deal
ers are not anxious to sell at the prices
asked by buyers We quote: Missouri ard
similar-Fine. sd10c; combing. ifd16c;
coarse, 13d15c. Kansas. Nebraska and In
dian Territory-Fine. 7di0c: fine medium.
7d12c: medium. 120l4c: combing. l2a14c;
coarse. 10fi12c. ColoradO-Fine. IGf0c: fine
medium. 1Gd12c; medium. Halo: coarse
and carpet. 10d12c; extra heavy and sandy,
6nSc: bury. 2I3c less.
HIDES AND PELTS-Steady and firm.
Green and salted. free of brands. per pound.
No. l.. Sc: No. 2. &c: fat. Nos. / and 2.
around &c; green salted kips. Is TO %
pounds. No. 1. Sc; No. ?. &c; green sailed
calf. 5 to Is pounds. No. 1. &C.: No. ?. Sc:
green unCured. No. l. G1.c. Sheep pelts,
green. 25I65c: dry. Fza5i3c per pound.
st. Louis. Mo. July 6.-WOOL~Firmer.
with improved inquiry. Missouri and IL
linoIs clothing. l6lza17c: light fine. 13d14c:
Northern and Western bright and medium.
16T17c; fine medium. 13G1ic: Texas and ter
ritory. medium. 16Kc: fine medium, 13nl4c:
fair 10 choice. washed. 2Ia24c.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
Yesterhnr,s Chicnrn Mnrkets.

Furnished by the French Bros. Commits
sion Company. room %, Board of Trade
building:
Open. High. Low. Close Fri.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07

Chicago car wheat. 3 cars:
contract. l car. Spring wheat. 1 cars: con-
tract. none. Corn. Gl2 cars: contract, 400
cars. Oats. 4G cars: contract. IS cars.
for t~O-day-Wheat, l3 cars:
corn. 6NJ cars: oats. 40 cars.
red. Oa72c; No. 2 hard. Csc; No. 3 hard, 63
MG5C.
CORN-Cash-No. . mixed. 25Hd251zc: No.
3 white. 2JAc.
OATS-Cash-No. 2 mixed. Tic; No. 2
white, 201aT22c.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
The Only Dining Car Line to Colorado
Points.

THE BURLINGTON ROUTE.
Through trains leave at 1910 a a.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
S. II. Warrensburg. B~aileyviIle.

There were also imported at Eagle l
T35 sheep and at N0galcs s hogs.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07

There was a very good movement Of
cash stuff in n jobbinE way yesterday. but
car lot trading was light. Prices generally
steady. Smoked meats held rather firm.
We quote car lots:
GREEN MEATS-Shoulders, H.JOdi65
per cwt.: hams. S.7JdS25.
LARD-Cash. $40: July. 1910.
SWEET PICKLED MEATS-Hams. $500
GS.25; shoulders, S5.OcH5.25.
DRY SALT MEATS-Shoulders. cash.
AI565.M per cwt.; short ribs. sides. cash.
Si5Gd4.60; long clear sides. &.J0l4G0; short
clear sides. $~i7cd4.75.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
Geo. r. Barse. Pres. J.H Waite. Sec. & Treas
BARSE ysIFE55c k CSH #EBaISSfIo on!

Rooms l5s-16O Live Stock Exchange bldg.
Capital Stock, s25O. o Paid Up
Buying Stockers and Feeders given special
attention.
Reasonable Advances to Feeders. Tel. Is4e.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
Stock GrandAVe.
Yards. Stables.

There was some little trading yesterday
both in horses and mules. but buyers only
wanted good animals, for which they paid
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
Wheat and Corn Bulletin

For the twenty-four hours ending at : a.
m. seventy-ffth local merriam time, Kan
as CITY. Mo. JuIy G 1857.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Trustee
Seventh and Hyand0te Sreels,
KANSAS CITY. no.

CAPITAL 81. ESQ, oOo
Surplus and Undivided Profits. $~l,150,0oO.
80 Wall street. New YORK city.
600 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa.
lf9 Washington street. Boston. Mass.
Sandthorquia =. Hamburg. GermaGy.
Singel 23S. Amsterdam, Holland.
p Lombard street, London. +. c.. En-
gland.
Dorotheen-Str7sse "A, Berlin. Germany.
Is Rue III Louvre, Paris. France.
Arthur F. Stilwell. President. Vice Presi-
dents: LIST. J. Med. Trlmble; I'd. E. L.
Martin; Sd. W. S. Taylor; 4th, Jacques T.
Nolthenius.
Arthur c. Robinson. Secretary; w s.
TAYLOR. Treasurer: Frank 4. Wilcox. Asst
Treasurer: j. J. Cairnes, Asst Secretary;
p. $. MOShCr, Asst Secretary: Trimbie &
Braley, General Attorneys.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-07

IN Storo-N heat, 1859 bushels: corn. I72-
bushels: oats. l90.0l5 bushels. rye. S,S64
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05
He said "Poke and Beans.v

Joe Cavan. who has had whirlwind ex-
perience in the south and west, said to the
crowd in the same old place, the uptown
hotel. according to the New York Sun:
my advice to you all is, be natural. Do
not try to deceive people with your af-
fected talk or in your clothes. You will be
certain to show the cloven foot some
where. was at a dinner once in st. Louis
1t was given by Gov. Marmaduke. Before
we had given our orders, for at a western
dinner every man has the privilege of
saying what he wants, the governor ask
ed each one of his guests where he hailed
from. one was from Tennessee, one from
Illinois, one from California. The east
was not represented so / handed in my
card from Vermont. Just then the waiter
passed the bill of fare, and my ruling pas
sion asserting itself. Poke and beans
said l, in my natural voice.
'Cavan,' said the governor OF Missou-
ri, vehemently, you're from Georgy. No
man from Vermont ever said poke and
BEANS and your scheme of passing for a
yankee, sub, is reprehensible, and will
cost you the wine"
. II have sailed under my own colors
ever since"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-05
BRIGHT BITS.

Clark (excitediy)-I tell you. sir, this
town isn't big enough to hold us both!
Fuller (calmly)-Why don't you start a
suburb?-Puck.
But how can your husband draw a
pension when he wasn't in the war;"
He says it is all due to the blessings of
a republican form of government. -
Puck 'er
-Jagson-I tried to pay the New Wo-
man compliment last night in my
speech, but it didn't seem to be apprecia-
ted.
Bagson-What did you say?
Jagson-I said that the New Woman
would leave large footprints on the sands
of time.-Tit-Bits.
Not as Bad as 1t Seemed.-"Did you
read, Mrs. p, that the Prince of Wales
smokes 50 cigars? It seems like wicked
extravaganza"
"Oh. 1 don't know. The prince is no
better than my husband, and 1 have
bought him 50 box of cigars for Christ
mas."-Detroit Free Press.
The Dominant Real.-"And do you real
ly love me-" she faltered
'Can you doubt me?" he earnestly de-
the tendencies of the literature of the
day."
That is to say. dear reader, if this be
literature. then his love is reaL-Detroit
Journal.
Two Bad scares.-"Yes," said the re-
tired army officer. q can recall two oc-
casions when l was most terribly fright
ened."
oh" exclaimed the romantic young
lady, do tell me about them. 1 suppose
it happened when you were fighting In
dams"
NO" he replied; zone time was when I
was married and the other time was when
we had our baby christened. cleveland
Leader
Doing His Best.-He was a new clerk
in the big retail establishment, and he
was anxious to make a record as sales
man. A young woman inquired:
Can you let me look at some safety BIZ
cycles?"
Returned away to get information about
the stock. and, returning, said, with
winsome smile:
I'm very sorry, miss, but we've out of
safety bicycles. But we have some fine
safety matches. Washington Star