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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-04
ST. PAUL PRODUCE,
Dealing In Small Fruits Brisk
Butter and Egg Market


Yesterday was fairly lively day on the
street and dealing in small fruits was brisk.
Prices on butter and eggs were firm with
following are the street quotations.:
Apples-Maiden Blush, s2.75@9.5O.
Bananas-Choice Shipping-Large punches. 80
@2.25; small punches, H.75@2. '.
Beans-Per Bu-Brown, 81; dirty lots, 60@65o;
fancy navy, $1.25; medium. hand-picked'
$1.10.
Beef-Per .Lb.country dressed. fancy, e@sAc;
Berries lackberries, "a OTIS, $1.5o01 TX. "a
pts, s1,25; blueberries, L qts. Sit ie OTIS s.
A.25; 10 qts, fat, s1.15. Raspberries red.
"a PTS s $12Sl black. i6 pts. $50; black. a
white, $1.25@1.50; "a, red, $1@l.2 "
Butter-Per .Lb-Creamertes, extras, 171ho.
gathered cream. nA@1sMo; limitations is.'e B
0131sc; dairies. hand separator, 40; dairiee.
extras, 1S@1SAc; diaries. hrsts. nd12c; Ia.
dies, extra. 12c; ladies'. packing stock, 1910.
Cabbage--Home grown, doz. 25935c. a.
Cheese-Per Lb-Brick. No. /, S5kc, brick.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-04
MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN,

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug 3-Wheat opened
strong and ruled active. There was a mirked
increase in transactions.
September wheat opened at 63Ac against
627sc Tuesday, advanced to 63ssc. lost Xc
sold at 6SAc, declined to 635s@63Ao I'd.
vanced sharply to 637sc and declined to 62hc
by las a. m.
December wheat opened at 62kc, against
62b@62Ac Tuesday, advanced to 62Ac, lost
nc, gained !sc,. declined to 62%@62hc, adj
The cash wheat market was strong and az
tive with a good demand from both local and
outside millers... Prices generally ranged from
1c to &c over the prevailing prices of Tues
day.
August wheat closed at Sic, September at
6Sasc and December at 62ss962Ac.
RANGE OF PRICES.
Open High Low Closing.
Wneat. ing est. est. Wed Tues.
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DULUTH GRAIN.

DULUTH Mimi, Aug. 3.-The market
was dull and firm. September opened sc
up at 65kc, sold up to &c at 10:40, off to
65Bc five minutes later, up to 66Ac at nooa
and at 1890 was quoted at Csc Receipts
Wheat 4,644 bu; corn, "a 7S9 blu; rye 4,246 bu
fax, 4104 blu. Shipments-Wheat, S9,0S2 bu
7sc; No. 1 northern, 7Sc; No. northern, 74c
No. spring, Csc; to arrive, No. 1 hard Sec
No. northern, 69c; No hard August, 69c
September, SIC; December, Csc; No. l north
ern, August, Csc; December, SIC; oats, 22A %
1&c; rye, 43Ac; barley 26c;- fax. 92lAc; Sep
TENDER, Sole; corn, S2Ac.
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s z s:s:$s:; ST s. s.
On Track-No. hard, 82Ac; No. northern,
S SIA; No. 2 northern. 752c; August oats.
FLOUR.
There is a decid:d change in the out ook
Tor the Hour market. Inquiry is more p om-
inent than for weeks. which BODIES we'll for
the immediate future. Prices are quotably un-
changed, but held higher.
SbnrtS p in NH 49,. ....S4 z zg4 s sS
Rye Rye flour -four Per sra Dbl 5Cg @ *
In wood, zoe extra is charged.
BRAN, SHORTS AND COARSE GRAIN.
Washburn, Crosby Co. quote as follows:
Bran in bulk -. ..............$9 COO. -.
Shorts In bulk :. ................. IL COO. -.
Red-dog, 4O-lb sacks, (. o. b. =. IA OO914 SO
Feed in 200-lb sacks, 81 per ton additional ;
in lOu7lb sacks sacks $l5o additional The market
Mills are generally sold ahead.
Corn---strong; No, 8, Sic; No. 8 yellow,
31Ac; No. corn, 30Ac.
what pas a6 eats market is astiye; No
No; 3, 24c, for spot and I'VE to arrive.
Rye-No. rye 3914@3914c.
Barley-Feed barley, 26c.
Feed-Reported by the Diamond Elevator
and Milling company:
The trade is fair for this season of year,
with values steady.
Coarse corn meal and cracked
corn, in sa ks, per ton, sacks
No ground feed, 2-3 corn, is 81 'Si- "
oats S0-lb sacks, sacks extra. IL 1903 co
Nc O. ground feed, y corn, Y oats,
No. ground feed 2-3 oats, 75-lb
sacks, sacks extra -. ......... 10 1904 90
STATE GRAIN INSPECTION.
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SOME SAMPLE SALES.
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS.

Received-Wheat 72 cars whe,t 5472o bu:
corn, 10000 blu; oats, 9,45) BID; barlsy, 80
blu; rye, 1,oc0 blu; flax, SO bu; OIL, 1000 Id; !;
-four 150 bbls; millstuffs. 40 tors; fruit, 80 ),
$50 lbs merchandise, 1,3l0917 lbs; lumber, 10
cars; machinery, 242. 500 lbs; coal, 30i to7s;
wood, % cords; brick, $4,000; Gem MT 2Ol
bbls; household goods, 400 o lbs; i've stock,
l car: dresssd meats, 24,0I0 lbs; railroad ma
Shipped-Wheat, % cars wheat, 1880 bl;
corn, 620 bu; oats, 4,640 bu: rye 2,100 blu;
-four 43,724 bbls; mllstuffs, 1,10S tons; fruit,
81 cars; oI posts and piing. car: ma machinery
77S,S00 lbs; cement 100 bbls; live stock
car; but er, 25, 500 lbs hides, p It, etc., $40 0
lbs; railroad materials, 2 cars sundries, l6
cars; car lots, 676.
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LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Fifteen Cars of Western Cattle
Swell the Receipts-Prices
Were Lower.
South ST. Paul.

SOUTH ST. PAUL Aug. S.--The receipts at
the Union stock yards today were: Cattle.
receipts of cattle were swelIed by fifteen cars
of Western stock from the Murphy Cattle
company, of Custer station, Mont The cat
tie were all fair quality and brought good
prices, although the range in weight was
little large. There, were few, offerings of
hogs and SHEEP and both markets were dull
Hogs-Few offerings and the market was
down &C. Stock received was of poor quail
ity. REPRESENTATIVE sales:
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not quite so expensive The demand is a
little freer, however. Printed cottons ara
quiet and generally dull.
NEW YORK COFFEE.
,. NEW YORK. Aug 3.-Coffee options opened
steady steady at unchanged prices, ruled a shade
.u ana more active on covering and indi-
cations OF returning investment interests.
anu IN race OF unsatisfactory European cables
anu so,a increasing Brazilian receipts eased OF
started started by late European cables. Closed
81 site onay unchanged to points lower SaIes:
c fTo oa P;' including September, 55Oc. Spot
C Solce, &c; No. z jobbing, &c. Mild quiet.
n nuiruosa' Sh@15c; Sales small, business on
fair refp pfr@a' sugar.Raw quiet but firm;
SAFES: business chiefly in small lots on b rsv
u ABOVE prices. Refined Arm - ~ OasiS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-04
WALL STREET GOSSIP.

New York stock gossip reported by H. H l.
bert & Son, bankers and brokers, 341 Robert
street, National German-American Bank
building, st. Paul:
Post & Flagg wire US: "The advance con-
tinues today in full swing the range of
prices beng considerably higher than st r
day, Many ascribe this 20 the peaceful news
In the papers, but we do not agree in this
1dea for we think the war as a factor cea ed
70 exist with the destruction OF the SPANS h
fleet at Cuba: That the war itself has heen
a great benefit to the country at large few
Will deny. 1t has acted as nothing else
would toward uniting the various sections
and doing away with the sectional spirit and
local jealousies. 1t has removed the Cuban
bugaboo, which slveries in the sena have
paraded whenever the country showed sigrs
OF becoming prosperous, and it has led to
maintenance of an adequate army and navy
so that in another emergency we will not be
caught unprepared. The situation from
every standpoint seems to US most favor
abe.'
FOREIGN FINANCIAL
NEW YORK, Aug 3-The Evening Posts
London financial cablegram says: The mar
kets here were quiet today but CT a good
tone. and prices were Wei maintained. The
principal feature was the rise In such foreign
Argentine. Spanish securities were largely
bought on Paris orders. Americans were
good, in sympathy with the rise in New
York. There was some professional buying
here. Prices closed at about the best. Grand
Trunks were good in spite of bad traffic re-
ports. Best informed circles look for further
money rates are easier because of the pc
thora Of money. the steadness of bills and
the steadiness of continental exchange"
NEW YORK MONEY.
NEW YORK, Aug 3-Money on call
steady 1A@11s per cent; last loan 11k per
cent; prime mercantile paper S1s per cent.
Sterling exchange firm with actual business
in bankers hi bills at s4.s5A@As5h, for demand;
rates s4 S4HG4.S5. and s4S6@4. S61k; CONNER
cial bills $4.S2%. Silver certificates 5S1h@
591@c; bar silver Soc; Mexican dollars 45c.
BANK CLEARINGS.
st. PauI-S5S1. 27849.
Minneapolis 81 SOB 998.
Chicago 49,, 900.
Boston-$16 ,644575.
New York-S12S, S30, $3.50.
TREASURY STATEMENT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3-To6ay's statement
of the condition of the treasury shows:
Available cash balances s254 933, 189; gold re-
serve $3.50, 625, ops.
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
Dull: weak, 25c lower. No. 8 spring wheat,
No. 2 oats, 21@211kc; No. 2 white, 25G2Sc; No
white, 241s@27c; No. rye, 44c; sample
barley, Ss@a4c; No. L aaxseed, S6@S61ac;
Northwestern SOC; prime II . timothy seed, $3.50.
lbs, $5.15@5.2O; short ribs sides Qoose), IS. O50
30. dry salted shoulders (boxed), 4&@5c;
short clear sides (boxed), $5.50Q5.75. Sugars,
cut loaf, unchanged. Receipts-Flour, q 700
bbls; wheat, 136,6OO blu; corn, $4,000 bu; oats,
SSS, 600 bu; rye, 10000 bu; barley 1900 bu.
hipments-Flour, S4O0 bbs wheat, Ii 800 bu;
corn 6O550O bu; oats, $500 blu; rye g. 400
bu On the produce exchange today butter
and eggs were unchanged.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-04
ST. PAUL GRAIN.

Quotations grain, hay feed ETC., fur
nished by Griggs Bros grain and se.d m r.
chants:
Wheat--No. northern, SO@S2c; No. north
ern, 4@76c.
corn.No. 8 yellow, s2lz@ssc; No. 8, 800
oats-No. white. 25@251Ac; No. 4, 24A@
2424c.
Barley and Rye-Sample barley, 24@32c; No.
rye, 39@40c; No. rye, 3S@3Sslc.
Seed-No. fax, 92c; timothy SGD, SOL 80;
red clover, $2a3.10.
Flour-Patents, per Dbl. s462@4so; straishts,
$4.20@4.5o; bakers, $S.40a3.,0; rye f ur,
$2.40@2.S0
Ground Feed-No. feed, s13@i3.25.
Coarse Cornmeal-s12.25 @12.5O
Bran-$10110.25
Shorts-In bulk, S12@12 so.
Ha ayo,ad Iato very dull: receipts heavy;
So; No. 1 upland, $545.25; ,ow grade, $50
A. good to choice timothy, s6@7.
Straw-Oat, $2.50G3; rye, S2.75@3.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-04
MINNEAPOLIS,
WHEAT WAS HIGHER.

small Domestic Receipts and Firm
Liverpool Market the Mo-
tiVes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-04

Cattie-Good run of all kinds. The market
was steady with a tendency to. go down a
trife. Fifteen loads of Western cattle brought
good prices. Representative sales:
Butcher Cow. and Eeifers=
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Northern.

QUITS 80. 81 II 8
Other Grafns-Winter wheat 1Oi cars: No.
corn, cars; No. corn, cars; No. 3 oats,
10 cars; No. 2 rye, cars; No. 1 fax. car.
Cars Inspected Out-Wheat, No. nortf erl.
35 cars; No. northern, 10 cars: No. 3, 81
cars rejected, 1 car; No 8 c-rn, 50 cars; No
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-04

MICH COW EXCHANGE.
SOUTH ST. PAUL, Aug. s.-Lytle & Rae
burn s reportt There Ia still q good demand
for fresh cows and sQringera though prices
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-04
VERY LOWEST RATES EAST
Via "North. Westeyo linz -

va 'WoFth-Western Line"
TO pb B3,uiiaIo, Toronto. New York City or
To nRt asen nrst class .......... .s14 OF
Many other points in proportion. -'''
Second class rates SLIGO less than above
~ ilcKets good on New North Western Limit.
60 for Information call at 3)5 r 5bsrt g Let
Corner SIXTH. st. Paul, Alb Nicollet avenue
Not
The finest on earth.
The only perfect,
The handsomest in the world,
BUT FIT for King" is the new "Great
western Limited" leaving st. PauI eue 20.
night for Chicago. Ticket Office Fifth and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-04

Sheep-But few offerings and little demand
Market was lee to 15c lower. Offerings were
of inferior quality Representative sales:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-04

have declined from 50 to S. per head. No
demand for poor, old or thin cows for dairy
purposes. Representative sales:
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The following were the closing quotations
OF other stocks as reported by the Associated
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-04

General Run of Cattle Not So Good
as a Dozen Years ASo-Dairy In
terest ana Lowering of Beef
Grades-Grow Only Good Cattle
for Largest PrOftts--GOOd Prices
Now Prevailing.
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MILWAUKEE,, Aug. 3-Flour steady.
Wheat stronger; No. northern, sc; No. 2
No. white, Csc. Rye 1c higher; No. /, 4lc.
Barley nominal.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-28
He Swindled the Government.

One year ago no officer in the Ameri-
can army had better reputation than
oberHn NJ. Carter, q captain of the en-
gineer corps. He had graduated at West
Point with the highest honors ever
won there by a cadet, had married a
woman possessing both beauty and a
large fortune and was a general favor
ite. For a time Captain Carter had
charge of the harbor improvements
made by the government at Savannah.
Ga, and after he had removed to an
other assignment it was discovered that
the government had been swindled at
Savannah out of several million dollars
Carter was put on trial, the majority
of persons thinking him victim of mis-
placed confidence rather than a delib-
crate thief; but after one of the most
dramatic courtsmartial in our history.
during which every influence known
to politics was invoked to shield him
and harrass those who represented the
prosecution, the suspect was unani-
mously found guilty of having con-
spired with contractors to defraud the
government and was sentenced to be
cashiered from the army, to pay a
heavy fine and to undergo imprison-
ment for a term Of years,
The record in this case, now in the
presidents hands for review, has been
subjected to the most searching exam
ination by some of the ablest lawyers
in the country and pronounced by them
to be indisputable in its revelation of
guilt The accused has had opportuni-
ties Of defence and leniency of treat
ment during the period of suspicion
and trial far in excess of the average
and has been given the benefit of every
possible doubt His conviction brands
him as one of the meanest criminals
developed in the United States since the
days Of Benedict Arnold and 1t is to be
hoped that President Mckinley will ap-
prove the sentence and insure it's thor
ough enforcement.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-28

and attempted public deception: while
foes both political, factional and per-
sonal have beset him in front, beside
and behind; under provocation and
temptation to loss of temper and re-
taliation such as have come to few cam
didates for high office, Colonel william
"A. Stone has maintained unshaken con-
troll of himself, has gone serenely on
his way among the people, meeting
them candidly face TO face, discussing
before them the issues from his stand
point, fairly, dispassionately and with
out show of anger or malice, and illus
trating a temperamental no less than
an intellectual fitness for responsible
executive position. 1t has been an ex-
ample of moderation and high concep-
tion of propriety of decided worth to
intelligent observers and we do not be-
lieve that the great majority of Penn
sylvanians have permitted prejudice or
factional excitement to blind them to
it's lesson.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-28
COLONEL STONES PLATFORM.

1t will he my purpose when elected TO
so conduct myself as to win the respect
and good will of those who have opposed
me as we'll as those who have given me
their support. l shall be the governor
of the whole people of the state. Abuses
have undoubtedly grown up in the leGls-
lature which are neither the fault of one
party nor the other. but rather the
growth Of custom. Unnecessary invest-
cations have been authorized by commit
tees, resulting In unnecessary expense TO
the state. II will be my care and pur-
pose to correct these and Other evils in so
FAR as ] have the power 1t will be my
purpose while governor of Pennsylvania,
as 1t has been my purpose in the public
positions that | have held. with Gods
help. to discharge my whole duty The
people are greater than the parties to
which they belong. I am only jealous of
their favor. l shall only attempt to win
their approval and my experience has
taught me that that can best ne done by
an honest, modest. daily discharge Of
public duty.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-28
An Object Lesson.

IN" baltimore American, in the
course If an interesting editorial unon
the ethics of political campaigning
taxes occasion to remark with timell-
ness and truthfulness, that "in recent
years there has been a distinct gain in
American politics in decency. A cam
didate who can present the facts from
his standpoint in clear, forcible man
ner, who knows his case is not so des-
perate as to call for the aid OF mud
singing, is far more apt to command
the attention of the public than the
loud-mouthed bawler."
Application of these observations can
be made without improprety TO the
present Pennsylvania campaign. We
have had in this contest much loud
mouthed bawling, much throwing of
mud and tremendous quantity of per-
sonal defamation and scandal. One of
the candidates for governor. a gentle
man bearing next to his name the hon
orary title of Doctor of Divinity. has
traversed the state frantically denounc-
Ing all his adversaries as thieves and
robbers; another candidate, afraid to
face his own party's record on national
issues, has manufactured a set of spuri-
Gus state issues and has predicated his
appeal for votes upon the hypothesis
that the Republican party is an organ
ized conspiracy Of public plunder; while
yet third gentleman OF prominence,
once protesting to be a Republican, has
in the bitterness of jealousy and re-
venge, spread broadcast at great fnan-
cial cost the literature of abuse and
misrepresentation and the machinery
Of party disorganization upon which
these different factors In opposition TO
Republicanism chiefly base their re-
spective hopes of success. Study of the
tactics of DR.. Swallow, Judge jerks
and John Wanamaker might not seem
to sustain the Baltimore American in
its belief concerning a recent gain in
political decency; but the conduct of
a fourth figure on the political stage
shows that the Baltimore journal was
not wholly in error.
From the moment of his nomination
at Harrisburg until the present, through
all this gusty storm Of falsehood, filth
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-28
THE MAJoRITY'S WISH.
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
1t is absurd to say that the people of
this country cannot govern a colony.
Such an assertion has nothing to rest on
except the inclination of some few per
sons always ready to dcpreciate their own
country at the expense of foreign ma
tions. The best government on the face
of the earth is that of the United States,
We can govern colonies better than any
other nation. 1t may be a question for
fair discussion as to whether or not the
United States should undertake TO govern
the Philippine Islands. But it IS not a
question of doubt as TO whether or not
we are as a nation competent to do it, We
can do it well; and as the great majority
of the people believe that we should re-
tain the Philippine Islands, and this is a
nation where the majority rules, that
will probably be the outcome. The ma
jority will be disappointed over any other
settlement of the question.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-28
Reflect Senator Vaughan.

Few legislators in Pennsylvania can
show a better record of useful service
than Hon. ]. c. Vaughan, candidate for
reelection to the state senate. His
work in the sessions of 1895 and 1897
speaks for itself.
He was the author of the free kin
dergarten bill. and the following bills
among others were introduced by him
in the senate and We're passed through
the legislature: The superior court bill,
the bill governing the third class cities
of the state; the bill providing for a
fire marshal in third class cities; the
bill authorizing the courts of quarter
sessions to declare the seats of coun-
cilmen in boroughs vacant when they
failed to organize for ten days after
the beginning of their term and to fill
the vacancies so made; the bill provid-
ing for the promotion of medical sci
ence by the distribution and use of un-
claimed human bodies for scientific
purposes providing that Incorporated
anatomical societies of the county
where the death of the person takes
He had charge in the senate of the
following bills, among others, and Sc
cured their passage: The firemen's
pension bill the bill making eight
hours a days labor on all public con-
tracts: the compulsory education bill;
the bill providing for the care of the
INDECENT insane by the Scranton poor
district, which carries with it an ap-
preparation of almost fifteen thousand
dollars a year; the bill providing for
the punishment of any mine superin-
tendent mine foreman, or assistants,
who receive or solicit any sums of
money or other valuable consideration
from men while in their employ; the
bill allowing the Pittston poor district
to increase the amount of their outdoor
relief.
He actively assisted in the passage Of
the bill protecting workingmen i'm their
right to belong to labor unions; the
bill preventing the employment of con-
victs in competition with outside labor:
the bill compelling banks to pay inter-
est upon the states money deposited
therein: the bill protecting the cigar
makers union label; the bill establish
ing a bureau of mines and mining and
the bill to protect the American flag
from insult. Thanks very largely to
his active urging, the public charitable
institutions of the Twentieth senatorial
district received in state appropriations
during his term of service a total Of
100000, not including his share in pre-
serving the large appropriations for the
public schools which were at one time
in danger of being cut down.
This is the record of a first term.
Re-elect Mr.. Vaughan and his second
term will show even better results.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-28
A STRANGE CURE.


The entire life of Colonel Stone has been
an honor to himself and credit to the
state. Even Swallow, Wanamaker & Co.
do not assail him personally, but try TO
strike a vital blow at him and the party
he represents by holding up the alleged
deeds of other members of the party--a
most logical and righteous method OF
warfare, truly. They have nothing
against the man himself. they say, but
are fighting the party. Well, who COM
poses the party? Every voter in it.
Therefore, when these men strike at the
party they are directing their blows at
every man who votes the Republican n
ticket. Must the party he stricken down
because there are some men in it, as there
are In all others. who may be guilty of
wrongdoing? That is, indeed, a strange
way of correcting the evils in a party.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-28
SHOPPING.

She screamed in terror when her purse
Was snatched from out her jewelled
hand,
And hurled a modest semi-curse
Toward the fleeing, bold brigand;
And when the copper caught the thief
She seized the purse with anxious air,
And breathed sigh of sweet relief
To find her treasures all were there:
A penciled note
Her fellow wrote,
sugar.plum,
wad of gum.
hairpln (benD,
A copper cent
A buttonhook
With broken crook,
safety pin,
A curling tin,
A powder rag,
A sachet bag.
These were the treasures which she bore
Around with her from store to store
While on a shopping tour, to see
The many pretty things which she
Would love to buy if she but had
The cash, and with smile so glad
1t almost made the copper sneeze,
She thanked him, and with sprightly ease,
Trpped on to seek another store
Or two where she could shop some more
Denver Post.