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swamp-Root.


Dover, y. =. Nov =, ltF5Z.
had both liver and kidney trouble for over
three years. tried the best physicians in wash
inston. d. C.. Pittsburg. Cincinnati, and Chi
cago, but received very little benefit until
meneed taking your great kidney. liver, and
bladder remedy. Swamp Root After taking the
first bottle I noticed quite change which salts
fed me that at last I had found the right medi-
cine continued right with Swamp Root
for four months, and by this time noticed s1sch
marked improvement IN my health, in every
way, that / felt satisfied that ] cured. But,
TO be positive beyond question doubt, when
in Chicago during July, 1902, went to the Co
lumbus Medical Laboratory, No. I03 State ST.
and had them make thorough end complete
ulicrosccpica1 examination. which showed my
kidneys and liver TO be perfectly well and
healthy
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The WONDER WORKING SALE
OF Mems and Boys Clothing Goes Merrily On!
comment sdeI tonnprss is nr@tn


Mems superior Tailored Suits,
made OF nigh grade hOmespun; in
the latest fashioned sack coat style
Hacker & CaFhsTt Cos Z = 90
So kind SPEEDY Outlet > ~
Co s price. -----.-.-.- DOs -
Mems Quality" Suits. hat have
rhe latest fashion tone and made OF
ane imported Scotch mixtures, aud
look their actual value
The Haekrt & Carhart & T. 90
81 sorc. Speedy Outlet Nh IN
Cos price. .-..-.-..-.---..s'> ~ y - -
Practical as well as stylish are the
Fine Imported Worsted and Scoich
CheYiot Suits. The Hack
ct & Carhart Cos SIC It = 90
line. Speedy OU,let Cos = IN
Fashionable Invisible Plaid Suits
for swell dressers; sack coat style
and the weII-wearing kind Hacket
& Carharr Co. s price, G O 40
s1s. Speedy Outlet Cos M in
price --.-.--..--.- w
Mems popular style Suits: made
Of fine imported mixtures. in HobDy
striped effects. The kind the
Haeket & Carhart Co. q n 30
priced $50 Speedy Outlet IN
Co G price --------.-.-. $1,000 ~ ~ sOo
The higher grade Suit that Is so
favorable for the warmer days. Made
half skeleton back, OF fine imported
cassimeres- The Hacket & Carhart
Co valued these at
s22.50, and they're c I n M
worth it, Speedy Out Ill IN
let Cos price ....--....O OeOO
The highest grade Suit that is
possible 10 obtain at any cost;
made from variety Of the finest
imported fabrics and Hacket & Car
hart was justified IN a 40
asking SIS speedy IL Qx
Outlet Co.'S price. - ! sOO
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Of lie THOUSAND uprh an1o
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during the obges sou get up many times
during the night Unhealthy kidneys rheumatism,
gravel caarrh of the bladder, pain dali tbs
back joints, and muscles makes head ache
ache. causes indigestion you
sallow yellow complexion makes you though you
had heart trouble yOu may plenty ambition but
no strength get weak and away
The cure for these troubles is DR.. Kilmer's swamp
Root the world-famous kidney remedy Swamp
Root afford help Nature Spamp-Reot
the most perfect healer gentle kidneys that
is known 70 medical science.
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Free Coffee Tomorrow

With every purchase amounting
to $500 you are entitled to a pack
age of Fresh Roasted Coffee.
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Mems 25e Isle Thread Hose. tic
Saturday -...-.---.-----.s :
Mems soc Neckwear. Satur- 1QC
Mems 25c Suspenders. Satur- tic
Observation-Disclosures. ---....-.----.s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-08
THE BARLEY CROP
The Annual Four-State Review and
Estimate of E. P. Bacon of
Milwaukee.
Smaller in Wisconsin, Large in
l.. South Dakota, Uneven in
Minnesota.

The following is the annual summary OF
E: P. Bacon. covering the barley crop:
production than last year. due to decreased
yield per acre. but apparently the crop ls
larger than It. was two years ago: The quail
to plump, reasonably sound and generally
good mailing quality. There is apparently
less unsoundness than last year, but more
is uneven, depending upon conditt.n in which
the crop was secured. The larger portion,
however, is discolered by rains during har-
last year vary considerably, but show no
change of Importance Yield per acre esti-
mates range from 20 to 80 bushels and aver
age about 80 bushels, or bushels per acre
less than last crop and bushels more than
the crop of 1901.
Minnesota-There is considerable variation
in question. On the whole they indicate an
uneven crop, and decreased productions as
compared with last year, due mainly to re-
according to locality and weather conditions.
About one-third of the replies advise the
berry light weight and two-thirds are equally
divided between medium and plump There
was some damage by unfavorable weather
during harvest causing unsoundness, and re-
cent rains may have resulted in further de-
terioration in this respect. Some localities
color is generally dark. Some report no dis
| celebration, but the larger percentage advise
damage IN THIS respect ana; some say ~ is
vrey much discolored. Acreage estimates as
| compared with last crop vary from 80 IL
| per cent increase to so per cent decrease,
| but an equal number report the same as last
| year, and on the whole indicate no change
| Of Importance. Yield per acre estimates
range from IL to so bushels and average
4 about n bushels. or 8 bushels per acre less
| than last crop and the same as the crop Of
| 1901.
Iowa-In this state the reports indicate
an uneven crop, varying according to local
| ity. Also there is a decrease in production
| as compared with last year, due to redEced
Eyield per acre. The quality ranges from
| choice mailing to feed barley with
| large percentage OF the latter kind. On the
| whole, however, the reports indicate tina
I there is a much larger quantity of mailing
i barley than was secured last crop. Plump
| medium and light weight reports are equal,
i divided. Considerable damage was cause,
by unfayorable weather during harvest, re
| sulting in unsoundness. also there was som,
damage on account of blight and some local
i tiles report crop ruined by hail storms TIL
color is mainly dark. Nearly all reports ed
wise more or less discoloration by unfavor
j able weather and some report serious dam
i age from that cause, while only a few sa!
4 no damage in that respect Acreage est
4 mates as compared with last crop vary con
/ siderably and range from 80 per cent de
crease TO so per cent increase, but these ex
ltremes are few IN number and about equal,
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McKINLEYS IN IRELAND {
Ancestors Of the President Live at
Bally- Money.
New York Tribune

New YORK lTlDuue.
Some two miles from Ballymoney, in the
northeast corner of Ireland, there is q squatty
farmhouse, with an old stone seat outslue
the door, which bears the inscription:
"W Nick. 1867
In this house many Of the ancestors Of
William Mckinley, twenty-ffth president OK
the United States, lived and died. The build
ing which the visitor finds there at the pres
ent time is more than century old, and 1t
stands on the site Of an older structure.
which also belonged to the Mckinley family.
whether the progenitors Of President NC
Ktnley came hither from Scotland or Were
natives of the County Of Antrim, they were
stanch Presbyterians. The church still stands
where they worshipped and where, at one
time they listened to the stern sermons OF
the Rev. John Tenant, of Roseands. IT was
not until they came to America that the fres-
idents family turned to the Metnoaiss ehuren.
Of the McKinleys in this district OF county
Antrim to be found by the perseyer1ng anu
ouarian The name Of Shamus Og Mckinney.
of Dewock, is mentioned in a contract OF
1899 for the construction of road from the
shores of Tough Neagh, David Mckinley, OF
Dewock was a collector OF the county heartn
tax in l7O9 1t was from James, the eldest
son of this David, that the American states
man was descended. James emigrated to
the new world while still young man.
The names Hanna and Mckinley have NOT
always been coupled by bonds OF friendship.
There was Hanna who once caused the
irish IRISH rebellion, in i7ss. Francis Mckinley
permitted his house to be used by the In
surgents as storehouse for weapons and ann
intuition He was all ready to take the field
against the English when Captain Hanna
sWooped down on him with q command of
soldiers and carried him of a prisoner to
Coleraine Here he was hanged on July Z.
Derry Keighan. The last Of the Mckinley
family left the old house in the early part of
the last century. They all came to America
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Every Washingtonian is familiar with the
Hancock Tavern, on PensylVan1a avenue, Pc
west, which Is one of the remarkable old
has been running since lS42 and during that
time three generations Of hancocn KS n avg
curious or likely to be OF interest TO ~.
ture generations. Among these is one which
cannot be duplicated elsewhere ana a.. w9 al
landmark In the history OF frauds anu laKes.
The object is nothing more nor less than
what IL the past has been
"Chnese mermaid, etc.
For ages the Japanese and Chinese have
been experts in the making on monsters and
fabulous animals. Give Japanese the tail
Of dried fish, some monkey or pig skin, and
little wool or cotton, and he will turn out
mermaid which, If found lying on the
would be taken for the dried remains OF Just
such a creature. Several centuries ago, when
European ships first found their way into
Japanese waters TIE Japanese he arc a aeal
stitious Portuguese, Dutch and English sail
ors. SO much that finally, one day shrewd
workman constructed out Of piece rG 81 sae1e
| ton, what looked for all the world IKE deao
mermaid that had lain on the beach for sew.
eral weeks, until the e. skin ana el nooy Tere
great sensation among the ignorant ane
superstitious European. sailors who pur.
chased the fraud at q high figure. F1ndnl
they could sell these humbugs at ASTOUNDING
| prices, other Japanese and Chinese DegaI
| making fake mermaids, which, when they
sold them to the sailors, they alleged came
| from the far-distant South Seas, near the
! Fiji Islands, etc.
Europe and America did not hear OF thest
| mermaids, however until along about 1877
! when an English sailor took one to LONDON
where it created an immense sensation, AM
that day and time. Finally, It renamed 70,
Barnum to exploit the matter, which ne OH
| some years after this mermaid reached Lon
| don. Speaking of the matter in his memoir
| and life, ha says:
/ IA curiosity, which in an extraordinar!
| tending the notoriety Of the American mu
l scum (Barnum's fourth venture in tn
1 amusement line, located on Broadway, an
i about the worst collection of humbugs an
frauds ever gathered under one roof was tn
so-called 'Feejee Mermaid 1t has been sup
by order, but such is not the fact ! wa
1 known as a successful Snowman, and strang
/ things of every sort were brought to %
l from all quarters for sale or exhibition. !
the summer of 1912 Moses Kimball, Q
4 the Boston museum, came to New York an
He had bought II from q sailor. whose father
sea captain, had purchased It in Calcutts
i in 1922, as 1 fully verified in my visit t
that city in 1858, for found an advertise
ment of 1t in an old fle OF the Londo
Times, and friend gave me copy OF tn
Nov 8, 1922, containing cut OF this sam
creature and two pages Of letter-press de
scribing it, together with an account OF othe
& mermaids said to have been captured !
other parts of the world The Mirror state
that this specimen was the great source
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coRDAeE

divided, while the larger proportion report no 4,
change. On the whole there is no change OF
Importance Yield per acre estimates range
from IL to 80 bushels and average about ~
bushels or, bushels per acre less than last
crop, and the same as 1901.
South Dakota-Reports from this state again
show an increase In production over the pre-
vious year, due to larger acreage and good
yield. Also the quality is again good and
where the crop was secured early It is choice:
The quality Is generally reported medium
to choice, the larger number advising the
berry. plump and only a small percentage
age by untavorable weather during harvest,
but not sufficient to cause material unsound-
ness Rains since these reports were re-
ceived, however, may change the situation
considerably There were some reports Of
serious damage by, hail storms. The color
is uneven and most Of the reports advise
more or less discoloration, due to unfavorable
weather, but some report no damage in this
respect Acreage estimates as compared with
last crop show considerable increase. About
one-half of the number advise to that effect
and the estimates range from 10 to 90 per cent
increase and the average Is about IL per cent
gain Yield per acre estimates range from
20 to IS bushels and average about SO bushels
or practically the same as last crop, which
was bushels per acre more than 1901.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-08
WEST Is PROSPEROUS
LIQUIDATION AND ITS ATTENDANT BAD
EFFECTS CONFINED TO THE EAST.

says: summed up in a sentence, i may be
satisfactorily secured, while the future, despite
some mainly sentimental drawbacks. Is highly
promising Divided t geographicaly it. is to be
tive liquidation and the dulling effects on manu-
featuring Of high prices Of raw material, or Of
the prospect of good yields of staple crops and
renlunerative prices for the same with conf
de t!f "a and even opti5m ns1 .
ucts certainly tend lower: Ft> %"%
o. Other Developments In actual trade and manu-
of dry goods and clothing hats, shoes and hard
ware In western markets. and in nearly all lines
Of business is claimed to be equal or in excess
OF last year SO far. - -'E - CO., -. '@,a-t
The dry goods season has opened well at New
York In oil lines except cotton goods. ~ =
| proaching life is on In the iron trade. Sales in
pig iron have been the heaviest since the spring,
some Of this being for the last quarter Of the
large orders impend. -.' ..
Shoe manufacturers are doing large business
indicate that westsrnpaTteniary St. L 5epHs.s
manufacturers have all that they can handle.
Railway earnings thus far reported for the
month Of July indicate gain Of IA per cent
over the same month year ago, and, there
fore, to this extent are the best ever reported
Hides easier. Steam sizes of anthracite
active active demand the best weeks business SO fal
1
In addition to sales of 100, 900 tons of pig iron
at Chicago. 1T is noted that the tone Of the
P1ttsburg market is better, and finished steel
in demand Trade in merchant pipe, steel
sheets, wire and tine plates is claimed to be
better than last year. = - -
Lumber IS active at the west, but new enter
It's use at the east are held
age troubles are increasing, the latest sufferer
| being the western lumber trade.
enG Wheat; including -four exports for the weel
a,l91 ,442 bu last week, 4,244, 1913 bu this weel
last year, 1881 100 bu in 1901, and 3,31s 7eO b,
In 1900, For five weeks of the cereal year the,
aggregate l., 047 ,253 bu, against co. 1913, 2o3 b
IN 1902, 145 Blu in 1901, and IA S6s 707 b,
| in 1900. ~
Corn exports for the week aggregate 1884, AZ
ou, against OPS, $50 blu last week, 70. e11 b,
a oyyea year ago, SCOTIA bu in 1901 and 2s9o754 b,
1900. For five weeks of the present cerea
year they aggregate e242 oea bu, against 4e4,
4o1 bu In 1902, ,224 Alb bu in 1901 and is, 249'
7S1 bu in 1900. ~ -o'''
-, Business failures in the United States dirin
the week ending Aug. 8 number 1871 agains
1S9 last o week :. 1ee II the like week of 1902
$50 In 1901, 172 in 1000 and 1913 in 1859. 4
Canada for the week failures numbered 2e, a
ago. -"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-08
COMMERCE
GENERAL PRODUCE
OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS OF THE MINNEAPo-
LIS PRODUCE EXCHANGE.
Saturday, Aug. s-Butter, firm. Eggs,


BuTTER-Extra creameries, per lb.. 1sc;
frsts, 17c;, seconds, 15c; diaries, extras, 16c;
dairies. firsts, lac; diaries, seconds nc; pack
ing stock, l2c.
EGGs-New laid eggs at mark, cases in
eluded. llhc; eggs, candled, loss on, per doz.'
l4Ac; cirues. 90 per case for candled; sec
onas and checks, per case, $40; April stor-
age, car lots, charges paid, case. s4.S5.
or flats. choice, lO@lo1zc; twins or flats, fair
to good, SQ9c; Young Americas, fancy, lSc;
brick, No. l. l1hc brick, No. 2, 1oc; brick,
NO s. Sgsc Prmest No &c. N puoS bos sS
Il LIVE P6U III ktiiTrian:k mixed coops,
lie; turkeys, thin, small unstable; chick
ems, hens, l0c; chickens, ROSTERS, bg6c; Droil-
ers ia to 2 lbs, 13@14c; to IN lbs, lSc
cred, Sc; ducks, old, &c; geese. fat, large
DRESSED MBATs-Veal, fancy. per h., 7c
fair to good, 6@6hc: small, overweight, 445c
mutton, fancy, 6Qlc; lambs, yearlings, fancy
s9sc; milk lambs, pets eff. LOG; hogs, light
| FISH-Crappies, medium to large, &c
small, SS@4e; pickerel, &c; buffalo, Sc; bull
TOMATOEs-Four- basket crate, Coo.
| CABBAGE-New, per large crate, s1.oo.
| POPCORN--Old rice, per h., 4@5c; aos
rice per .lb, 293c.
od PlG 5aS' h per don, Toe; Dead PEI
! DRIED PEAs-Fancy yellow, per bu., s175
medium, $3.50; green, yellow, SIZE; medium
S1.25; marrowfats. $2.25
BEANS-Quotations include sacks: fame,
medium, handpicked, s2.25; medium, fair
$l.76; medium: mixed and dirty SSq p {
@1.60; Lima, California. per lb.. &c, ..
APPLES-New, per bril-, $3.50.
PINEAPPLE .S-Per crate. IS. -
| Observation-Disclosures navels, fancy, 1915
choice, $3Q3.50; Mediterranean sweets $3.50
budded seedlings, $2.75@3; Michaels, 1855 t
vLEMONS-300s to 360s, choice, $3.50; Cali
forEias, fancy as to- size, IS; choice, as t
size, $3.50.
GRAPE FRUIT-Per box, $3.50. =.
| RED RASPBERRIES-Pe case, 81.
BLACK RAsPBERRIES-Per case, 81.
BLACKBERRIES-16-qt case, 81. '..
CURRANTS-16-qt. case, s1.75.
BLUEBERRIES-16-qt case, $1.75
WATERMELONS-Per crate, s3b0@4.
CALIFORNIA FRUITS-Peaches, per boz
eOc@Sl.Ce: plums, red, per crate, 81 go; prunes
per crate, $3.50; pears, Bartlett, boxes, 50. 81
BANANAs,,Fancy, large punches, $;
medium punches, S2.50@2.75; small punches
' 1925. .~...-..a ,...
HoNEY-New fancy white, lib. sections
; 14@l5c; choice, white, lib. sections, l2@13e
in barrels, 6@7c; extracted amber 71hc.
| VEGETABLES-Wa beans, Fer bu , 90t
egg plant, per sdoz., $1,000; radishes, pe
doz. punches, 15@Oc; lettuce, per doz., 20t
lettuce, heads, per doz., SOC; mint, per doz
25c; new. potatoes, per bu-, SOC; celery, pc
beets, per doz. punches, COG; spinach, per bu
50@60c; green peas, per bu., $3.50; squasl
summer, per doz., 50@60c; caulifoweT, Pr
doz., 81. ST.,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-08

The rational spectacles'' Of Dr.. Ribard, a
Partisan oculist, are coming into use in
Europe They are made like the ordinary
glasses, with the upper and lower thirds re-
moved leaving a strip of glass one-half by
tions to the usual form OF spectacles are
set forth in Cosmos. Glasses are worn by
those over fifty years OF age for far-sighted-
ing, but are embarrassed by them when look
ing at objects yard or two away, which
necessitates their frequent removal IT such
person walks with his spectacles on the
spherical alteration changes the position OF
things at his feet and their outline as well.
In the Ribard glass the view on a level with
the eye ard that, of the ground Immediately
in front Of the Wearer Is unobstructed
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Guns, Boats,
Sporting Goods.
KENNEDY BROS
.324 NiCOHef Ave.
ROOFING WORKS

empty piece Of nonsense, upon which the
Barnum fortune was largely built
Some twenty-five years ago the Century
magazine published an article on Monsters,
in which very entertaining account was
given of the old trade in Japanese mermaids.
Yet for all this enlightenment Mr.. Hancock
is every now and then astonished, not to say
amused at the talk and arguments OF peo-:
Die, who, apparently Intelligent. stand be-
fore this humbug. believing it to be real, pos,
tive that it is the dried corpse Of an actuai
mermaid, and ready to back their credullty
with money More than once Mr. Hancoak.
in order to prevent such people from losins
money. has been obliged to forestall and in
terrupt wagers and objecting, telling the cred
ulous that the object in the case is a fake
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-08

M, NEW YORK METAL MARKETS, Aug. g.
xn was rather irregular in London, SPOT ad.
1--WE t1Wea at Sl24 In New, York tin was little
Corner ana ad 9rm: closing at $50
e57 5s but futures there We're Closing
ai4 nos Locally copper was quiet and nomin
eiectrovtsn a With lake Quoted at $13613 121
ua Lead advanced Is Sd in London to Eli. bu,
Spe1ter was unchanged In T ~ - = ~
and unchanged here at s575G5s sh. -. - 9 90
l., irGh eosed at 92s in Glasgow and at 4es RID
foundry northern is quoted at ST.. 5e@Is: No.
foundry northern, $1650@17; No i fonndr1
$16.75@17. soAt ~
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After lapse Of sixty-six years a memorial
the late Cardinal Manning's wife, in LAYING
ton churchyard, SUSSEX England. She died
before her husband Joined the Catholic
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WEEKLY BANK oIEARrNes

Is View York, Aug. S.-The following table, com.
piled ny Bradstreets, shows the bank clearings
at the principal cities for the week ended Aug.
=, with the percentage of increase and decrease
year: * 'N o''
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Women exhibitors work will be placed side
by side with that of men at the St. Louis ex-
hibition. It will also be Judged by the same
standards by the same juries.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-08

MIDWAY HORSE MARKET, Minnesota Trans
fer, st. Paul MINI, Aug: GIN, s.. - & lin
were consigned from South Dakota and Nebraska.
Very few hol SEES were shipped from Iowa, which
Values: Drafters extra, $1so@245; drafters,
choice $180@1s0; drafters. common to good.
1925 l160; farm Mares extra, $135M160; farm
mares, choice. S12o@135 farm mares, common
to good, $100@12O.
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CHICAGO POTATO MARKET, Aug. S.-There
was steady market with fair, trade. Arrivals
are small but with better weather 1.-THE, the oerPRgs
demand is, local, but Of late. It has, cleaned
up the tracks and there Is very little offered.
Barrels-Virginias. white, $2.75 asked; home
grown, s1.75; sacked stock, per BIZ, early ohios,
good to choice, 6OGl62c; small rough, 45c;
Backs, / u blu, home grown, 750lS5c. =
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The red deer of New Zealond are estimated
to number between 1000 and 5000 ndivid-
uals, the offspring Of two stays and six kinds
that were turned out In 1858.
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Minneapolis is the Distributing Center Of the Northwest
AND SOME OF ITS PROGRESSIVE DISTRIBUTORS
IMPLEM ALE
IMPLEM ENTs
K. HerscheI Mfg. CO.,
NJ. s. 7HURBHR, Msnaxer
4O6-4O8 Third Avenue No,

Manufacture mower knives. sections,
rivets, .cotters. rake teeth. link chain,
betting, etc. Jobbers agricultural supplies.
Write for 1903 catalogue. No. Sc. Factory,
Peoria. Ill.,