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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07
THEY RISE and FALL
Stocks Tho Ranging Above Recent
Low Records Continue to
Be Unsteady.
The Market Opened Strong, Fell Of
Under Profit-T Taking, Advanced
and Then Receded Again.

New York, Aug. 7.-Opening prices Of
stocks showed a continuation of, yester-
days late upward movement. Many
leading stocks We're up more than IL,
but few showed gains in excess Of a point.
Among the latter We're Chicago Great
Western and Virginia. Carolina Chemical,
which rose IN each. Illinois Central,
Metropolitan Street Railway and Console
dated Gas gained point. There were
1900 shares of Missouri Pacific sold SIM
ultaneously at 92h and 90 compared With
92A last night, and New York Central
was shaded small fraction. Selling on
the opening advance caused some imme-,
date recessions.
Sales to realize on purchases made yes
terday Cancelled the opening advances and
put the active list fraction below yes
| terday's close. In addition Car & Foun-
dry, North American, Hooking Valley,
| ST. Louis & San Francisco second pre-
ferred and Minneapolis, st. Paul & sault
Ste Marie declined 1@1A. On the other
hand Atchison preferred, Southern Rail
way preferred, Colorado & Southern first
preferred and several other minor stocks
rose 1@2. Support developed on the de-
! cline and there were some sharp rallies
following jump in Reading to 40. The
| market was inclined to drop again at II
o'clock.
|
slightly lower than before, but Missouri
Pacific and New York Central were the
only prominent stocks that fell a point
under last night Minneapolis, st. Paul
& Sault Ste. Marie; Kansas City South
ern preferred and virginia-Carolina
Chemical lost ~ to g. There was an ad-
vance Of 81 in Virginia Carolina Chemi-
cal preferred and IN to IN in Pacific
Mail. Republic Steel preferred and Wheel.
ing and Lake Erie. The market rallied
slightly and became very dull. Bond!
were irregular at noon.
The feature Of the midday trading wa!
the violent break in Canadian Pacific t.
within a fraction Of the lowest price o
the year. The stock was quoted in loni
strings on the tape and monopolized mos
Of the business. Blocks Of 1000 to 800
shares were thrown over frequently
breaking the price points to 11S. Mime
apolis, st. Paul & Sault Ste Marie an,
allied property dropped 8. Virginia. Car
DINA Chemical fell rather abruptly to % Il
a loss Of 81, and many Of the representa-
tive railroads and specialties declined be
tween 1 and points. Delaware & Hud
son gave way 2h, Peoples Gas ~, an
Missouri Pacific IN.
The selling movement f1attened out an,
the market hardened moderately. Ca
madam Pacific rallied ~ and Minneapolis
st. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie 4. Smut
jumped 5. The market then became du
and sluggish and worked back again
about the lowest In the westerns, Pacific
: and the coal stocks.
Stock quotations reported for The Journal
Watson 4 Co., brokers, Chamber Of Commerce
= Minneapolis. Closing figures are bid
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07
Total sales, $40, 300 shares.
MONEY REPORT

WASHINGTON, Aug. National bank notes
received to-day for redemption, 1865, 81: gov
eminent receipts from internal revenue, $7A. 066;
customs, 81. O49. 250; miscellaneous, $685. ex-
penditures, 81, 64O,OOO.
PARIS, Aug. Three per cent rentes, OF
771ac for the account.
ST. PAUL. Aug. 7.-Clearings, $797.
MINNEAPOLIS Aug. Bank clearings to-
day New f rae selling
change, selling rate soc premium, buying rate
par; London 60-day sight documentary, $4.S3H.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07

At present there are about seventy-f1ve
firms engaged in gem cutting in the
United States, with not far from $5,000,-
900 capital invested There are probably
about 700 skilled labidaries at work, earn
ing an average of $1,000 apiece year.
Municipal corporations in England have
incurred debts aggregating s1,250,0 300 600
on socialistic lines They own gas works,
water works, street railways, docks,
baths, markets, dwellings,, race courses,
dairies and hotels.
The number Of visitors to Niagara Falls
averages ree-fourths Of a million year
In the year Of the Buffalo exposition there
were 100000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07
MISCELLANEOUS

market opened easy at decline Of s@7 points
under local bear pressure. encouraged by con-
tinued favorable crop weather and the absence of
aggressive bull support notwithstanding the firm
Liverpool cables. and later further weakened.
Selling became less aggressive and with bull
support prices were bid slowly US, September
selling back to 1O.47c: after which the market
became even less active and with fluctuations
irregular. -. \
At noon the market was quiet but steady and
net to IA points lower. Spot. quiet; mtddline
,uplands, IL. CSC; middling gulf, 12.9Oc.
NEW YORK OIL, Aug. Petroleum, steady
Coffee quiet; No. Rio, SIC. Molasses, firm
New Orleans, 81 M42c. sr>
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07
PROVISIONS
CHICAGO PROVISIONS, Aug.

CHICAGO PROVISIONS, Aug. 7-Provisions
were dull early in the day and opening prices
were easier on the depression in the hog mar
sis.4o; September lard was down re at s7.s7d,
with ribs of PA @5e at $7.e2M@7: e5.
Pork September, $$ls271h; May, s12s5 ST.,
December, $7.12k. Ribs. September. $7.s5@
1874; October, $7.72h; January, 500.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07
A. GOOD EXCUSE.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
s'This is the third postponement you have
asked, Mr. Counsel" said the judge land
warn you that unless you can furnish thoroly
good excuse the case will at once proceed"
"Your honor replied the counsel. II simply
ask weeks delay to enable my client to look
around and see how mrch money he can raise, In
order to give me clue to the amount of energy
and talent am expected to use on his behalf. y
'"The case is postponed for one week." said the
Su6o
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07
HER RUsE.

. New YORK Weekly.
Mother-You say your husband no longer
spends his evening at the club
Daughter soon broke him Of that.
Mother-How did you manage?
Neutrality-suspicious. going to bed I put two easy
chairs close together by the parlor fire, and then
held match to a cigar until the room got a
faint odor Of smoke.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07
THE DAYS RESULTS
CLOSING CASH PRICES
OTHER GRAIN MARKETS

of and lost as much before the close. They feel.
aPolis activity aid not e hold other markets up
hfra us selling
September eu opened pen si%c and sold off to Nc
not active; december held &c to 2,sc under, a
Flax Was dull and slightly higher, September
selling to ese It closed at a net advance Of Ae;;
:. hipmentsA Wheat, 1904 bu; oats, 2o,7ss hu;
st, stoeS q %hsst yin decrease ~ 600 Ou this
Flax will decrease 1876, 900 bu.
Close: Cash-No. l hard, SIC: No. l northern.
ss osfeel g S Deetsmsr
Cash. 5Ohc; September, 6Oc
NEW YORK GRAIN IN AND FLOUR d Avg: -
F1our--Receipts, 33o42 brls; sales. 2,9eo pag gs
saies 5s s'i bur- urn; fairly active and Easier
Aecting good harvesting weather In the northwest
rEspeh RSeDa
sf Ssr Fsss No. Ss'ssa
and small receipts; September 5s1s 15s3sc. Dat!
Receipts. 43,500 bu; market nominal; track
Close: Wheat-september, s4Ac; December
s5kc. Corn-September, 5sAc; December, $3.50
.tssS ss n saAR .5 As SS It,
| western winter, 8s Sd; No. 1 California. 6s I'd
Futures closed steady; September, IS 49sd; octo
steady, As 6Kd; futures closed steady; septem
Der, IS eNd; October, IS 71sd.
CHICAGO SEED AND COARSE GRAINS
z E5:5 ss:s ~
September Sept $3.50; october, ss:2S%. Glover
August, $3.50. Barley, Cash, ss@5sc.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07
HIS GUESS.

"Where were they married?'
II aint Jest sure" answered the small boy,
:" 'calse they left me bone. but guess 1T was
in the stceple."
..In the steeple?
sWcli I heard em say it was high church
wedding -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07
BLOCKED,

Philadelphia Press.
''r'm afraid my hay fever is coming on said
kloseman, trying to get some medical advice free
Ing in my nose and then sneeze. What would
you do in case like that, doctor?"
az feel pretty sure replied the doctor, 'that
I would sneeZe, too
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07

CHICAGO PRODUCE, Aug. 7.-Butter-
Eggs-steady at marx. cases included, il G1sc.
Cheese-New, easy: daisies, 11@11kc; twins,
10@10hc; Young Americas, 11@11ac. Poultry
Iced, weaker; turkeys 11c chickens, lie.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07
DAILY WHEAT MOVEMENT.
The following are the receipts and shipments
at the principal primary wheat markets:
~ W F-t ir.ts ShinrnentS.
PUTS AND CALLS.

2:15 report:
Puts-september wheat, soAc.
Calls-Septemberr wheat, 81 bc.
Curb-September wheat, sosc. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07
NOTHING DISTINCTIVE.

=
swhat does the expert mean when he says
there is no character in Clark's handwriting ?"
inquired the seeker after ., knowledge. , ...,,.,
every character is legibly formed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07

NEW YORK COFFEE AND SUGAR, Aug. t.
Sugar, raw, Arm: fair refining, 3-16c; centrif-
ugal. 90 test 3 t1-16c; molasses sugar, 2 1870;
refined, firm: crushed, $500; powdered, 500;
granulated, IS.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07

MIDWAY HORSE MARKET, Minnesota Trans
for st. Paul. Mimi, Aug. Barrett & Tim
that prices held n sr t%a rSter
GRADES weaker Receipts of horses moderate.
Values: Drafters, extra, s1s5@25o drafter s.
choice, S16OM1s5; drafters common to good, sllo
160: farm mares. extra, S5@160; farm mares,
cboice, s12O@135: farm mares, common to GOOD,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07

CHICAGO LIVE STOCK, Aug. 7.-Cattle-Rseo
ceipts 1000: slow: good to prime steers; Sol
feeders. 50. 5o64 50: COWS. $1.bO@4 50; heifers.
s2M475: Gamers $15o@27o bulls s g 29@4
calves, $2.50@7; Texas TED steers so'ooe14''''
Hogs-Keceipts today, $4,000; to-m morrow:
10000 left steady to to SC &c l s%ofce
heavy, $1,000 $50: rough heavy, 81 65@ 5:25;
light s5.soa5 65 bulk Of sales, $51o@S,,soi
Sheep-Receipts 5000: sheep and lambs stead iS !,
mixed 50. 5Om32O western sheep. $3M3S2; ma
tive lambs, S325G6; western lambs, $4,000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07

Railroads entering the yards reported receipts
for the day by loads as follows: Chicago Grea
Western, q Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul,
Minneapolis & st. Louis. 4; Great Northern, 8
Northern Pacific, 4; Chicago Burlington
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07
CUR LANGUAGE, A LA sHo

s.WM these colors runl'' asked an elderly
lady, who was shopping in Lexington stree
mo, indeed" replied the afrable clerk. "The!
are too fast for that
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07
THE CASH TRADE
STEADY AND QUIET WITH ALL RECEIPTS
MODERATE.


MODERATE. ... -..s
FLAX-Firm and steady, and with special
new features. No. selling at 96c.
Minneapolis received cars, against cars
last year, and shipped nothing. Duluth re-
ceived 10 cars. '..,.
Closing prices
Minneapolis, cash, ssc: to arrive, eec;
August, 96c; September, 97c.
CORN-RECEIPTS, is cars; shipments,7
No. 3 yellow corn closed at 51@52c.
OATS-The market was active and fairly
steady. No. white closed at 331aG34c. Re-
ceipts, 16 cars; shipments, 20 cars.
MILLSTUFFS-Millers report fair de-
mand. Bran in bulk, s12@1225; shorts in
bulk, $1375614; -four middlings in bulk, s16.75
OF: red dog $40; all f. O.. b. In Minneapolis
in 100-lb sacks, $3.50 per ton additional. Ship
ments LOIS tons
FEED AND MEAL-Coarse corn meal and
cracked corn in sacks, $40: Mol ground feed
2-3 corn, 1-3 oats, S0-lb. sacks, sacks extra
$1925; no. ground feed, "a corn, II oats, rs.
lb. sacks, sacks extra, 1880; No. 3 GROUND
feed, 2-3 oats, 1-3 corn, 75-lb. socks sacks
extra, $1975
RYE-No. 2 rye closed at 4S@4s1zc. Re
ceipts, cars: shipments. 8 cars.
BARLEY-Receipts, cars; shipments
none. Feed grades closed at 35940c; mating
grades, 4O@54c.
HAY-Upland, choice, sS.50@9.25; upland
No, 1, ssds.75; upland, No. 2. s7@s; midland
No. 1, s6@s: no grade upland. s4@7 timothy
choice. $11@11 so; timothy. No. 1, s1o@11; tim
o.; slough, S6@7.50; receipts, 11S tons.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07
. Thursday, Aug. 6:

Prices fully steady with yesterday general
mon. Price range, $4.75 to s5.45; bulk selling
from S. to 1918; common to choice heavy hogs
sC.d from $4.75 to $500; fair mixed grades from
to ss H s''-'' ' -
Hogs 80, 100 lbs, s5.45; s., 1873 lbs $685. 81;
IS IS $ss lbs $3.50; g. ses lbs $3.50; ii, s2i
Odds and Ends.7 200 lbs; s5:2s: g. 300 lbs lbs
IS; 9, $50 lbs, s4.s5; 10, 81 lbs, $3.50; 6, 26s
stays and Boars-2 $40 lbs, 81; 1, $40 lbs,
CATTLE Receipts light. Killing cattle =; in
able on sale. Bulls steady with yesterday. De-
mand for veal calves is good at It'd steady ssadv prices
'' Butcher steers. 1850 lbs, $3.50; i, 1,o5c
S sss u.s. osys ens go ss 80 .'s
$751; So IT. s$; 90 H. e' s. T. %;
lbs. SITS; /, 1850 lbs 81 so.
butcher Bulls, 1850 lbs, 50; 1, $40 lbs
veal Veal calves-e: 14s lbs. s4;75; Ann
and Eefan Ss saa5 Dao baiSs Ss
R Pa as lbs 7so ST is s. ss5 l0s
stock Cows and Heifers-e 47a lbs 81;
- Mich Itch Cows and sprinsers-1 cow s22; COW
sHEEP--Receipts light. Market quiet at gen
;; orally steady prices with yesterday. punch Q
good ewes sold at 1925 and pretty desirabl
lambs at IS to $40; stockers and feeders un
, changed.
Sales: "a lambs 81 lbs, So; 80 lambs 66 lbs
SIS: % lambs 81 lbs. S.. 10: II lambs, 65 lbs
81 500 lo1 stockers. rs lbs s215; 81 ewes 10
5 Among the shippers on themarket were: T
Retzleff Jessie II. D.; c. Worne, Great Benz
n. D.: G. Huber, Alma, Wis; Thiesen & Beno
Princeton: J. W. Henile, Cando, N. D.; 8.
Dean, Creary.. N D.: J. NJ. Mikel, 0gilvie; +
;. Erickson, Brewster: w. E.Magandy. Tyler; M
; Heffield Brothers, Heron Lake: R. H. kemptol
Waverly. S. D.: Carlson & Johnson, Rrahan
Eddy, Steliman & Clark, Verndale; r. G1opon
! Mantorvile: J. F. Engler Galena, LII.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07

a HARD DEAL TO CLEAUx.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Lauretta had several beaux,
And each, ir his turn, did propeaux;
Her mother then said,
(which one will you wed7''
She answered, 1.-The Lord only neaux. y
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Hides. PELTs, WOOL, ETC.

HIDES, FELIS' "00o' 11o' :
Mol. No.
Green sailed heavy COW hides ....... S!a n
Green salted steer hides .......... ~ ga
Green sailed light hides :......'.... 6A IA
Green frozen, lie per Id less
Green salt Ted c veai Si To 10 LOB 81 ~
Coon sailed deacons, each rs As
Green sailed horse mule hides.
Green sailed horse or mule hides,
medium H.oO i. -
Green sailed horse mule hides,
small .................... Ito LOO
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07
THEN THEY MoBBED HIM.

Chicago News.
ST wonder why bees make honey?" queried
'n 81 suppose replied the cheerful idiot, 'they
make it to CELL
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07
RECEIPTS WELL UP
Live Stock Arrivals at South st. Paul
Strong Compared With
Last Year.
\ Particularly Heavy Increase
Noted in the Receipts
Of Hogs.

South st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 7.-Estimated re-
ceipts at the union stockyards to-day: Cattle,
1856; calves. 20; hogs, 625: sheep, 375; horses,
"a; cars, 49,
The following table shows the receipts from
Jan. /, 1908, to date, as compared with the
same period in 1902:
Year. Cattle. Calves. Hogs. Sheep. Cars.
1903 :. =. 81 492 3O,732 451, All 222,967 II ,165
1902 :. 81 900 20 ,231 1884. $50 III, 16O 1921
Inc 49,. 80: 1901 66,9E 45,so7 l,S44
The following table shows the receipts thus
far in August as compared with the same period
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-07

CASH SALES REPORTED TODAY.
No northern, cars ........ 80
No. northern / car (winter) .......... .S21:
No. northern, L car, to arrive .......... $751;:
No. northern 8 cars .................. .Ss1!
No. 2 northern ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SO
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
LUNAcY ON THE INCREASE.
A Swedish Professor Says That Edu.
Gated Women Are the Chief
Victims.

Hermann Lundborg, of the great
Swedish lunatic asylum at Upsala,
says that lunacy is increasing among
Swedish women and more especially
among the educated classes. In the
lower classes insanity is brought on
chiefly by the cares of life or intern
perance, but in the educated women
the main cause, he contends, is their
education.
DIR. Lundborg emphatically asserts
that the forced training to which this
class of women submit themselves is
most hurtful.
"It is monstrous," he says, ito sub
ject women to this competition, and
if the competition does not cease eff
fects upon future generations will be
disastrous"
DIR. Lundborg states that the Swed-
ish who have been educated in acade-
mics have remarkably small families
when they have any and that in too
many cases their family relations are
unhappy owing to their inability to
discharge household duties.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
HISTORY ON MANS SKIN.
A Piece of Artistic TattOOiEg Re-
vsaIsd by an Arrest of the
Paris Police.

A remarkable life story is reported
from Lyons. In consequence Of com
plant lodged by local butcher, a
young man, of weak and miserable ap-
pearance, was arrested for theft. He
protested that he was innocent of the
charge, and that he had never before
been in the hands of the police, says a
Paris report to the Chicago Inter
Ocean. ITO prove the truth of my
statement" he continued, barring his
breast, look at this, and see whether
it would not be easy to establish my
identity"
The young fellow having stripped to
the waist, it was found that his body
was entirely tattooed with historical
scenes, which included the murder of
the Due de Guise and the death of Pres
ident Carnot.
The mans life story was as remark
able as the rest. Son of the wife of a
superior officer in the French army,
and born out of wedlock at Marseilles
he was placed by his mother with a
woman in that town, who received &C
francs a month for some years for his
keep. Afterward he served on severa
coasting vessels as cooks boy, where
he met a former student of the Beaux
Arts school, who was also in Difficult
ties, and who tattooed his body in /:
most artistic manner.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
KING EDWARDS HEIGHT.
From This Extract 1t nay BE Drawn
That HIs BEaJe@ty Ia About
FIve-TOOf-six.

Why people should make bets on
matter about which they have no
information, and then ask me to de-
eide them without ascertaining
whether know any more than they
do, is one of the mysteries of edi-
torial life, says a writer in London
Truth. Here is the latest example ct
this singular practice:
sir: / should esteem 1t favor If
you will kindly answer in your Truth
columns or privately, what the
height of King Edward VII. is, as two
papers have already been written to,
and they decidedly disagree, one stat
ing five feet five and one-haIf inches.
and the other Ave feet four inches,
and l shall, therefore, take your
measurement as authentic, etc"
One might have supposed that his
previous experience would have
shaken this gentleman's confidence iii
editorial infallibility. Why did he
not write to the kings tailor?
have never had occasion TO take his
majesty's measure. But if my guess
is to decide the knotty point,
guess five feet seven inches. NJ
doubt plenty of people will be ready
to correct this off hand; but dc
not believe can be more than hal
an inch out either way. Certainly
both the figures given above are IN
der the mark.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
INTERSTATE MIGRATION.
Vast Numbers of People Abandon
Their Native States and Settle
in Others.

At least one person in every five ma
tive born Americans is living in a state
other than that in which he was born
a striking instance of the mobility of
the people of the United States. The
native population of the United States,
according to the last census, was S.
S43.3O2, of whom more than one-hfth,
or 2L3 per cent. were living in adopted
states, states the National Geographic
al Magazine.
1t is interesting to note the number
of sons and daughters which the diff
ferent states have sent out. New York
has sent out more than 1. 900, Penn
sylvania nearly 100000 Ohio more
than /, 100000, Illinois over 100000
and Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri,
Tennessee and Virginia over 100000
each Proportionately to her popula-
ton Vermont has given to her sister
states more than any other member of
the union. Vermonters equaling in
numbers nearly one-half of the pres
emit native population of the state are
living in other states. Virginia, New
Hampshire, Nevada, Maine and Della
ware have each sent out numbers
equaling about one-third of their pres
emit native population.
Numerically Illinois has received
more citizens from other states than
any other state of the union-nearly
million; s55,0oo have entered Mis-
souri,, $4,000 Texas and over half a
million New York and Ohio. The states
that show net gain from this interim
grafton are Massachusetts,, Rhode Is
land and Connecticut of the New Eng
land states; New Jersey, West Virginia
and Florida of the Atlantic coast
states. The other New England states
and New York, Pennsylvania and all
the southern states as far as Mississip-
ri have suffered net losses. For in
lance. New York has had net loss of
666, 600, Ohio 612,OCO and Virginia 455,-
422. Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and
Missouri. the great states of the mid
die west, have each experienced con-
siderable net losses, while Michigan,
Minnesota, Iowa, Arkansas, Louisiana
and all the states west to the Pacific
coast have made gains. Texas has
gained the most of all-629,000. Kansas
comes next with a gain of $4,000 and
California third with 364, 900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-04-21
THEY TOOK NO SOUP.
In che Early Days of the Republic
1t Was Food for InvalIdA
Only.

Serving dinner in courses is COM
paratively a modern fashion, first in
troduced in diplomatic circles in
Washington, d. c., and initiated from
France. Up to the date of President
Folks administration the course din
ner among Americans had made no
further progress than that of serv-
ing fish and soup separately. Soup
was considered such a foreign "trip
perry that a note written by Gen.
Winfield Scott. in which he explained
that he was Just sitting down to a
hasty plate of soup" covered him
with such ridicule as to materially
contribute to his defeat as a candi-
date for the presidency, says Lippin-
colts. Soup in the early days of the
republic was considered as food for
invalids or poor people only; later.
when the social splendors of the
court of Empress Eugene attracted
rich Americans in focks to Paris,
French table manners and custom
pushed the old English dinner fash.
ions to the wall. 1t is doubtful, how
ever, if soup ever found a place on
the dinner table of the wealthy
Maryland or Virginia planter, unless
green turtle, which was really a
stew, might be so called.