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PRODUCE AND FRUIT

The quotations which follow are for
goods Which change hands In lots in the
open market. In filling orders, in order
to secure the best goods for shipping and
TO cover the cost incurred, an advance
over Jobbing prices has to be charged:
Butter-Steady and in active demand.
hrsts, ICES; diaries, hand separator, 17l5c;
extras, 1612Q17c; ladies, extras, 14G15c
packing stock. 13a4@14c.
-, Cheese-Market steady and active;
IWllfS, fancy full cream, 10AM11I4c; full
cream, Young America, new, II1E@l2c;
brick. No. /, 10@11c; brick, No. 9. SIC;
Z Swiss cheese, old, l2kQ14c: Limburger,
as to grade, S1zQ11c.
Eggs-Market steady; receipts fair;
fresh stock, cases included. loss off, SO
912c.
bu, g. 25@235; medium hand-picked, per
bu. S1.6001. so.
Peeas-Yellow peas, SIPS; fancy green.
Potatoes-ste fair demand: old no.
tatoes, 30g35e; new potatoes bu, 75c.
egetableS-Caulifiowe per doz, 81:
beetS, per doz, Coo; lettuce, per doz, Doe:
parsley, per doz, 15c; tomatoes, per bas.
spinach, per blu, 25c; turnips, per doz SOC:
Deans, wax, bu box, 81; string beans, blu,
81; eucumbers doz, ,75c; radishes. doz,
lunches 10c; radishes. round, doz
punches, 1Oc; onions, green, doz punches,
Sl9l0c; carrots, blu, 75c; green peas, bu,
80; rhubarb, Id, 1c; new turnips, doz.
wv NUM- dpi' uoZ' foc1 nOrSerad1Sh, Id,
1Oc; cabbage steady, per lb, Cooke;
onions steady; homegrown onions, bu, 81.
Apples-Market well cleaned up and
good stock commands firm prices at adj
Yanced quotations. Fancy Ben Davis.
$6G650; choice Ben Davis, Sc.
Lemons-Receipts. liberal: demand
good. Fancy Messinas box, $42504. so =:
California, per box. $3.75.
Oranges-California navels, box, $474 25;
California seedlings, box, $303.25; Medi-
terranean sweets, box, $3.25Q350.
waInuts. bu,, 75c@$1; new California
Walnuts, Id, lac; peanuts, raw, per lb,
&c; peanuts, roasted, Id, &c; Brazils, per
ID, &c; pecans, medium, n@11bc; hazel
nuts, per Id, 59Sc; chestnuts, new, per
lb, 120l5c.
Bananas Supply moderate; demand ac-
tive; choice shipping, $2.256J3.
Figs and Dates-Figs. new California,
box, $1@110; fard dates, 10-lb boxes, sd
SC; Hallowee dates, new, SIZE
Apple Cider-Sweet, per Dbl, IS; sweet,
per half Dbl. $275; hard, per Dbl, So
Dressed Meats-Demand light; supply
fair; veal, fancy, &c; veal. medium, sic;
hogs, country dressed, 51k@6c; milk
lambs. pelts off, &c.
g. PEoultryaDemand active;s receipts only
chickens, &c; hens. 7c; turkeys, SC;
ducks, fancy, &c; geese, &c.
Ffsh-Fair demand; pIckerel, per Id, &c;
pike, per lib, &c; croppies, per Id, 4Q5c;
frog legs. doz, 4QSc.
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present, owing to the Chinese complica-
lions, this movement Is downward, and
the pace is somewhat accelerated by
the news coming from the great corn belt
of the progress Of the crop. But, after
all reasons are looked for and found, the
decline in most quotations are trivial thus
far, and we look for no radical change
Our judgment is still favorable to higher
prices, and the offerings of money today
In this Office, on long time, at fair
going rates, would seem to indicate dis
position upon the part of institutions to
put out their funds, which surely en-
courages speculative purchases. Well
we need buying demand, and almost
all the leading operators are away at
the. seaside or in Europe. We must be
patient, but prosperity is apparent. and
1t! viii exert its influence"
NEW YORK MONEY-New York, July
13-Money on call quiet at 1@11a per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 3a404@. Sterling
exchange firm, with actual business in
bankers bills at S4S6AI4 1874 for de-
mand. and at $4.84kG4 84A for sixty days;
posted ., rates 81; S5@4; S71k; commercial
61&@62%; Bar silver, size. Mexican dol
FoREfGN FINANcIAL-New York,
July 13-The Commercial Advertiser s
London financial cablegram says: "The
markets here were exceptionally idle to-
day, influenced by the dismal rumors
about the legations in Pekin. Business,
however, was, very small and prices
were not much affected. The reduction
of the Berlin bank minimum discount
rate, from 5k to 5 per cent steadied the
markets.
TREASURY STATENENT-Wash ing-
/ ton, July 13.-Today's statement OF the
treasury balances in the general funI,
exclusive of the $150000,000 gold reserve in
the division of redemption, shows: Avail
able cash balance, $150,S2S, SOL; gold, $70-
S54,J5S
BANK CLEARINGS.
st. Paul-$933, S66 Il
Minneapolis-S2,0 21, 129
Chicago-$21, S65, 9S9.
New York-$I55, 12S, 403
Boston-s20, 296, 1874.
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all lost and more on Wednesday and
Thursday. Today prices recovered a lit
tle' the sales averaging to ia cents
higher than yesterday. The bulk of the
hogs sold today at $500 and $522h, with
a top of S525 paid by local butchers for
choice sorted hogs. There is not a great
zeal of sorting here now. and the prices
that we are getting are by far the best
OF any market in the West We can han
die more hogs and should be getting them
Packers sold today at $495; stays, $3.50
and $780,
SHEEP-There has been considerable
activity In the fat lamb market this
week owing to light receipts. and a
heavy demand from local butchers Prices
have advanced fully $1.OO, but the present
prices are not solid and we look for them
to Tumble almost any day even faster than
they went up. Fat sheep are selling well
also, but stock stuff is slow sale. There
is apt to be a heavy run of sheep at al
most any time now. and stuff must be
bought right to make a profit
Very Truly,
ROGERS & ROGERS.
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MINNEAPOLIS.

M!iNNEAPIoLIs, July 13-wheat open
September Wheat opened at 7sAc,
against 795s@79s4c yesterday, firmed up
to 3S4SQS0c, sold at 7924c, gained &c. drop
ped to 7912c, gained &c, declined to 79hc,
advanced to 1850, sold down to 78%c'
gained 1sc, dropped to 7s5s07S24c, firmed
up to 7Sc by 1870, and by noon held at
7S7sc.
The cash wheat market was strong,
with good demand from millers at la
FAC over September for No. l northern.
sales to arrive were made at a full cent
premium. Sales were made July whea
closed at 7SI2c and September at $3.50
7S34c.
Open High Low Closing.
Wheat. ing. est est Fri Thurs.
September !. 1857 793t-So 1871 7S So 7a ~
Curb on September wheat, 7S%c.
Puts on September wheat, 7T7sc
Salls on September wheat, 795sc.
On Track-Omcial quotations: No ]
hard wheat, slice; No. 1 northern. wheat,
T972c; No. northern wheat, Use; oats,
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South st. Paul, July 10.

OOuJn OI. Gaul, July 10.
CATTLE-Our cattle market has been one
OF the very best in the country this week.
Ihere has been an excellent demand for
both stock and butcher cattle and tonight
there Is not an animal in the yards, bet
ter than a tail-end, that is not sold With
few exceptions the butcher offerings have
been largely of medium quality, but
everything has sold well and sold quick
ly Prices are fully steady on everything
in the fat cattle line, and we can and are
getting good prices for good cattle In
the stock cattle line steer stuff has been
In best demand, and prices have been
strong, although they could hardly be
called any higher. The heifer stuff Of
fered has been generally disposed of, but
selling has been a little slow at times, and
prices are not more than steady on this
class. Orders have been in for stock and
feeding bulls, and prices have averaged
a little higher. The mich cow market
shows, considerable Improvement. The de-
mand Is better, and prices are a little
higher.
HOGS-There was a heavy advance in
hogs on Monday and Tuesday, but it was
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DULUTH.

DULUTH. MINI. July 13.-The market
was weak today. following the cables.
ana there was considerable selling by
the market opened unchanged at s1s5c
Dld, selling. at 817sc at S:24, at 8l3sc at
S 20 and held at 81 @S1%c for a half
1 noGr' selling at Sl1se at 1907, at SOAc at
II 10 at S04sc at 12:17, at 805sc at 12:30
at 8oss@801Sc at 1910, at S03Sc at and
closing at SO3sc. Cash sales were 200
6p at &c over September. Close: Wheat,
August, S2asc; September, 82skc: Deem,
ber S234c; No. 1 northern. cash, 8OMc: to
a arrive, S0%c; August, SGAc; September.
So7sc:; Ne december, SOAe;, No. 2 northern,
rye, 56c; barley. 39@41c: flax, Spot. 81 so.
September, 81 431a; October, S1.34: corn
4 Is &C Receipts-Wheat, 1906 bu; corn,
a. sou; max. So: Shipments-Wheat 11S, 900
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

H F Sanborn and wife to E San
born, Its 1, 2, 8, and 5, blk e, and
Its 1. and G, blk 3, Boulevard add So, SSSI
e P Sanborn and wife to w H. San
born, 1t q, blk 10, Hitchcock's add,
and It's T. 5 and 6, blk 5, Boulevard
P Kennedy and wife to G M Can
st Anthony Park .................... 5000
D w Doty and wife to James Rog-
ers, part Its /. 2 and 8, blk 10.
Bella H Jacobs and husband to
Sarah Black, 1t Is, blk 9, Summit
park. .............. ............... 2.40
VIM L Moritz and wife to G A
Binder, 1t 13, blk "a. Arlington Hills
E Williams and wife to N w
Holmberg, 1t 8, J Swainson's divis-
ion -. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1,5O
1t Is, ] A Weide's subd 1t As. Cot
tage Homes add Observation-Disclosures. Isl
Elizabeth f Hand to L Ekstrand. 1t
IS, G A Manp's subd part blk 8, L
j Herman ct al to barbara seibel, -''''
W It 4, blk II. Robertson & Van
Etten's add Observation-Disclosures. 90(
Kate E Crosby and husband to J G
Hinkel, 1t A, Hinkers Second
amendment 49, ............ 7OS
NJ Defiel and wife to B zimmerman
ct al, Its is. II, q, % and %, E A
Gammelrs subd ::..... ............ 2,OOl
f D Monfort to Irvine, Its 26. Il
and rs, blk 2, Wrights rearr part
Anna E Ramsey's add. ..:.....:. 45o'
Chute Bros Co to Northern Pacific
K Co, part ne u of NV 4 Of NV II
sec g, 20, % ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. eoC
Northwestern Nut Life ms Co to q
A KEGS. part Its 10, 16 and II, blk
Is, Suburban Hills add .............. ,50(
Middlesex Banking Co to Farm Inv
Co, Its 8 and 4. blk 5, Marshalls
add, w st Paul. ....... -. ......... 4pn
Middlesex Banking Co to Connect
cut Inv Co, part Its 3 and 4, blk
Is, Kice & Irvine's add. $40:
Total NJ deeds) .$38 GSl
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DooIey and the Chinaman.

Wouldn't you like to know what Mr..
Dooley told Mr.. Hennessy about the
Chinese situation? It's one of the best
things Mr.. Dooley has told Mr. Hennessy
in long time. If the wind blows your
G e away from the doorstep before
you get to 1t, don't stop till you get to
news stand and buy another. You do
not want to miss what Mr.. Doofey says
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CATTLE.

Comparative receipts:
Total for today (estimated) ..... IT'S
n week dSO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. zoo
A year ago ........-.............. 50
Quotations: Choice butcher cows and
heifers. 50. 750p4.25: fair to good, 81. 1898. co.
thin COWS and Gamers. $2GI2.65 choice
butcher steers, 81 5GG5; fair to good, "a
@l.5o; fat bulls. 50. 2543.75; bologna bulls,
81 75QS1O; veal calves, $4G5 .25i good to
choice stock cows and heifers, 81 1903; fair
to good. $2.5eq2.75; common and taiiings,
$292 40; heifer calves, 81 .5G@3; good to
choice stockers and feeders, So. 25Q3. rs {;
fair to good $3Q3.25; common and tail
ings, s25042.9O; steer calves, $3.25@3.7 rs;
stock and feeding bulls, $275Q3; feeding
cows, 81. 5GQ275; stays and oxen, $3b4;
mixers and sprIngers. $25GD37. 80.
Receipts were light and buyers plenti-
full, so that the yards were cleared early
of practically everything. There was a
particular scarcity of choice stock stuff,
and some orders were untitled. Prices
were fully steady on all kinds Quite a
little butcher stuff was among the offer
ings. but only a few scattering head of
cows were better than fair in quality.
Representative sales:
IJITRhaT- on IotP
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Camp Meeting at Mountain Lake
Park, MaryIand-Low Rates Via
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
the Baltimore

On July to 16 inclusive, the Balt-
more & Ohio Rsilr, ad will sell low rate
excursion tickets to Mountain Lake Park.
Nd, account above occasion
Tickets will be good for return until
July To- 1900.
For further information call on or adj
dress nearest Baltimore & Ohio Ticket
Agent. or B. N. Austin, General Passen-
ger Agent. Chicago. Ill.
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Northern.


Other Graihs-Winter wheat, 2; No. 2
corn, %; No; corn, 4; No. oats, 45; no
craze oats, 2; No. rye, 1; No. barley,
l, NO; barley, !; no grade barley, / !:
No fax, 3; rejected fax, 13.
Cars Inspected Out-Wheat-No 1 hard
Z; No, I northern. PA; No 2 northern. IS:
NO. 3, 9; rejected. l; no grade, l. No 3
N M a. e3 no. rye, O.; no grade barley, /;
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
m IS a6sy c,sO Wheat-No. 3. 74@77c; No 3
yellow, 45s4G4415c. Oats-No. 9, 241S625bc.
DO; white, o 2Sc; No. 3 white, a6A @2Sc
Rye-No. 2, 60Gg6lc. Barley-Tood feeding
38a42c; fair to choice mailing, f3d4Se'
FlaXseed-No. 1, $1.S0; No / Northwest
@Tn,, $3.50. Timothy Seed-Prime, S3271%c.
Pork-Mess, per Dbl. $12.5O01255. Lard
Per 100 lbs, Sc S5Q6 S71s. Ribs-Short sides
loose) $6.90Q7. 20. Shoulders-Dry sailed
boxed. 6A@fc. Sldes-Short clear box
ED, S.509D7.60. Whisky-Basis OF high
wines, Sl.23. Sugars-Cut loaf g. SC:
graduated, 6.22c; confectioners "a y
6.lSc: off A, 60Sc. Clover-Contraet grade
s. Receipts, Flour, 1900 bbls; wheat
5000 bu; corn, 467, 900 bu; oats l91 900 bu !:
rye 1000 bu; barley. 5000 bu Shipments
Flour, 1900 bbls; wheat. 1900 bu; corn,
gf5,90O bu; oats, 522000 blu; rye 80, 900 bu
barley, 1900 bu. On the produce ex-
change today the butter market VAS
steady; creameries, 15@19c; dairy, 13GD17c.
Cheese-Quiet, 91z@10Ac. Eggs-Firm;
fresh, lie.
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RnIInING PERMITs

New History frame dwelling, south
side of Edmund, between Dale and st.
Adams, to cost $1,000 F. NeuenfeIdt,
owner.
New two-story frame dwelling, south
side of Princeton avenue, between Macal-
ester and Cambridge, to cost $1,000. DR..
D. w. McCourt and ]. M. Carlson, own
erS.
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Young Peoples Christian Union
Denver. Col, July 25-3O. 1900.

For this annual convention the Chicago
Great Western Ry. will on July % and
Path sell through excursion tickets to
Denver. good to return till August 24th,
at one fare plus 50 on cor the round trip.
For further Information inquire of j. p.
Elmer, G. A. P. D., corner Fifth and Rob-
ert streets, st. Paul.
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ST. PAUL GRAIN.

These quotations furnished by Lotus &
Kerwin, wholesale hay, grain and -four
merchants:
oats-Receipts. cars; market firm;
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WALL STREET GOSSIP Strong, stur-
gis & Co. to H. Holbert & Son: 9As We
steadily toward a lower range of nrices
It may be justly stated that nothing
STANDS still. and even dull stock mar.
het must move In some direction. At
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-14
W. NJ. CAMPBELL
COMMISSION COMPANY
Live Stock Commission Merchants,
Union Stock Yards,
SOUTH sr. Pau

- - IA
:. Consignments and correspondents So
Hc1ted. Market reports furnished on ap-
plication
We do a strictly commission business.
NO live stock bought or sold on our own
St Paul: Security bank, Zumbrota; Hon.
A. 7: Koerner, state treasurer, Capitol
nuilding, St Paul; A. c. Anderson, cash
Ter St Paul National bank st. Paul.
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HOGS.

Comparative receipts:
Total for today (estimated) ..........1 POO
A Year % ~ ~
quotations: Mixed and butchers, s.. 2OlD
5zzA; good to prime heavy, $5.1716015. 221a;
$2g460; pigs and slxips, $4 2594.6O.
Market opened 5G71@c higher and closed
steady at the early advance. The run
was an average one. The bulk sold at
30. z0g5.2212, with a top Of $5.25 paid for
choice sorted hogs by local butchers Me-
dunn hogs sold down to S5.17h. Packers,
$4.S5. Representative sales:
Mixed and Butchers
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Buying rate par, selling rate SOC pre-
MUM; Chicago exchange, buying rate
par selling rate SOC premium. Sterling,
NEW YORK MINING SHARES.
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TIE LIVE STOCK MARKETS
HOGS SOLD FIVE TO SEVEN AND
ONE-HALF CENTS
HIGHER
GOOD CATTLE IN DEMAND
Receipts Were Light. and Some Or
ders for stock Stuff Could Not
Be FtiIed-Fnt Sheep and
Lambs Strong.

SOUTH ST. PAUL. July 1s.-Receipts
at the Union stock yards today (estimat-
ed) were: Cattle. 125; calves, 50; hogs.
1900; sheep. 100; cars, %
Official receipts Thursday: Cattle, PIT;
calves. 10s; hogs. 1850; sheep. 139; cars. A.
Receipts thus far in July. compared
with the same period in July, 1899, are as
follows:
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IT. G. & l.. ex-dividend. 2 per cent. U.
5. Rubber pfd. ex-dividend, per cent.
Total sales, ISIS, co.,
MINNEAPOLIS M0NEY-Adinneapoli
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-14

The day sales (estimated). each buyer
purchasing the number of head indicated,
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DROUGHT IN ARIZONA,
Cattle Are Dying by the Thousands
and Losses VIII Be Great.

Los ANGELES, Cal, July 13.-Reports
from the drought-stricken sections of
Arizona are to the effect that every wa
ter hole and most of the wells have gone
dry. In consequence cattle are dying by
the thousands and their shrunken frames
dot the desert couptry. The loss to own
ers of herds cannot be computed. as in
their present gaunt condition, no market
can be found. Rarely in the history Of
the territory has the water in the CHA
and Salt rivers been so scarce Not a
drop is reported in the ella, and there is
none in the San Pedro from Benson to
its confluence with the Salt river above
Phoenix.
At Casa Grande the immense reservoir
is dry, the supply having long since been
exhausted. Crops of alfalfa, barley and
wheat between Florence and Casa
Grande, as we'll as on the Indian reserva-
ton at Sacton, where the Pimas dwell,
are beyond hope. Added to this Is the
destruction of timber by the forest fires,
which continue to rage in the Santa
Catalina mountains.
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2 2sa GO corn, re rye, 54a5so barley 500


FIour-First patents, in wood, $500
4.40; first clears, 81. 95@3. 10; rye flour, per
Dbl, pure. 81. 65G2. rs.
Feed-Bran, in bulk per ton, $13913.5 so:
middlings. per ton. $14@14 so; red dog. 40
Id sacks, f. 0. b.. Minneapolis, SIG .50GD17.
Corn-Strong at 42Q4212c for No 8.
Oats-Weak in tone; No. 8, 251zG261ac;
No. white, 261a127c for choice.
Rye-Steady; No. 2, 55057c
Barley ranges from 36Q43c for choice
mailing
Coarse corn meal and cracked corn, in
ground feed, % corn, 1-3 oats, 80-lh sacks,
sacks extra, SIG. %
Hay-The market is firm and steady.
Quotations are the same. Choice old tim
othy, $13@14;. clover-mixed timothy, $110
u; Minnesota upland, $13@14; Iowa up
land, boil; coarse to medium, $10811; rye
straw. $505.50 Receipts, 70 tons
STATE GRAIN INSPECTION
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II You Are Going
To st. Louis.
Peoria,
Davenport,
Rock Island.
Dubuque,
Take "The Flying Dutchman' via mi.
cago, Milwaukee & ct. Paul Railway.
From Minneapolis every day at 7:50 g. m.
and st. Paul S:39 q. M, arriving st. Louis
early next morning. Beautiful river bank
route
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Through Sleeping Car Service Du-
Iuth to HouEhton md Calumet.

Commencing Sunday. the 18th inst,
Pullman Sleeping Car for the Michigan
Copper Country will be attached to Du-
iuth, South Shore & Atlantic Ry. train
leaving Duluth 1900 D. H., daily, except
Saturday, arriving Houghton $50 a. M,
Calumet $50 a. m.
From the Twin Cities passengers will
make close connection by taking the aft
ernoon north-bound trains.
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The following table shows the roads
and the number of loads hauled by each:
Cattle. Hogs Sheen Mixed
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STOCK QUOTATIONS

Furnished by Charles H. F. Smith &
Co, members of the New York Stock ex-
change, Pioneer Press building, who have
direct wires to Chicago and New York.
Closing prices are bid:
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-09-27


OF all American missionaries III
China in the present crisis Mrs. An
nette Thompson Mills of Chicago prob
ably has the best chances of escaping
native violence.
She has performed what the super
stitious Chinese consider miracles III
making deaf mute children to under
stand conversation, and to write and
talk.
Her deaf mute school at Chefu Is
not supported by any one religious sect
or by any country. 1t is maintained by
contributions from Great Britain and
Ireland. New Zealand. Russia and
France. Until Mrs. Mills opened this
school the deaf mutes were treated
with the utmost contempt by their
families. Their affection seemed to be
an object for shame rather than sym
pathy.
Passing through the street OF the dis
tant towns Mrs. Mills heart was torn
to see these speechless ones sitting
crosslegged In the public highways,
whence they were driven to beg by
their relatives.
The pitifully abject humility of these
men and women or boys and girls,
who rang big gong as she approached
and knocked their heads on the stones
of the road. pleading for aims. made
her indignant.
She took two or three of these poor
beggars into her own home, and her
efforts were crowned with such success
that her fame was spread broadcast.
She has taught many Chinese mothers
and fathers that care and not cruelty
should be used in the treatment of
these poor unfortunates.
Besides teaching the children to en-
ploy the organs of speech, Mrs. Mills
has invented a Chinese deaf and dumb
alphabet, by means Of which she com
municates with her pupils on her
fingers. This alphabet was construct
ed only after the most arduous labor
and painstaking care by Mrs. Mills,
and only In deaf and dumb institutions
where the English language is taught
is there anything to be compared with
1t.
The children live in the school with
her and she keeps them there for
months Mt a time. The gratitude of
the children and their parents finds
expression in the most extreme acts
OF devotion. and Mrs. Mills feels more
than repaid for the years of self sacri-
fee which she has undergone and is
still undergoing in the splendid work
she Is accomplishing.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-09-27

present designs represent a sort of com
posite taste, the one which is being
used by the most exclusive set Is en-
grayed In old English text. AS this pre-
sents many more difficulties to the en-.
grayer than script the cost is proper
tionately higher. but the effect of the
finished plate is exceedingly pleasing.
particularly when reproduced on pure
white heavy vellum.
Next In popularity to the old English
lettering comes the Roman. An in
novation In the matter of wording
leaves a blank line on the engraved
surfaces where the host or hostess Is
expected to write the name of the guest
This form Is especially liked for home
weddings as more intimate and less
formal than the old style. Pure white
paper is considered much smarter than
the tinted, and while the size is not
bounded by any inflexible law the In
vitation paper is generally large, and
when folded requires an oblong en-
velope. A practical innovation this
year consists in the printing of several
small cards, to be inclosed In the same
envelope with the invitation. one tells
when the newly married couple will
be at home after the honeymoon; an
other admits to the reserved pew or
the center aisle at the wedding while
the third gives entrance to the wedding
breakfast or reception. The latter, of
course, when the occasion Is exceed
ingly formal and the wedding n crush.
All these smaller cards are similar in
color and print to the invitation
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