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NEGLECT IN STOCKS
VOLUME OF TRADING CONTINUES
CONSEQUENTIAL
General Surface of the Market Is Hard
and unyiedina and Gives Impression Of
undertone of confidence-Attempts to
Put Up Prices Fail -

NEW YORK, June 30.-There was a
Slight stirring in the sluggish pool of
speculation this morning, but the days
any period of living interest in the stock
market as to make comparisons from day
TO Gay quite meaningless. The general
surface OF the market was hard and I'M
yielding and gave an impression of an
undertone of confidence even though at
tempts to put prices up proved futile. At
tempts We're not determined nor impor-
tant, and the characteristic of the mar
ket continued to be total neglect.
Metropolitan Street Railway was fea-
ture of the early dealings in continue
ton OF yesterdays advance, which was
sought to be explained by various sur
misses. The most important of these was
that the guarantee of the dividend and
the control of the traffic were to be taken
over by the subway interests. With a
denial of this the price slipped off again
and the uncovered shorts, whose buying
had been an important factor in the rise,
ing their losses. Canadian Pacific was
still absorbed, especially for London ac-
count. Some benefit was caused to
values by an unofficial estimate on grain
than like unofficial estimate published
yesterday, with suggestions of crop
scare
cotton crop estimate by publication
of authority in the trade gave dattering
opinion of the months Improvement in
/ the conditions of that crop. The May net
earnings of the Lehigh Valley were not
favorable, but the coalers all shared in
the firmness of the market: The money
market was entirely unruff1ed by any
preparations for the July settlements, al
though a payment on account of the
Japanese loan subscriptions, estimated to
call for over s12,000,000 was made today
In addition to the routine disbursements
called for at the turn of the half year.
The subtreasury made payment of ST.
100000 On account of Philippine revenue
operations and of $4,000 on account of
Klendike gold deposited at Seattle. A
transfer from San Francisco also figures
in the subtreasury operations and that
institution will begin the payment of
government interest tomorrow. Loan ex
pansion by the Bank of England of $751;.
475,000 and by the Bank of France of
$33, 865, 900 showed the demand for credits
at those centers for the turn of the half
year. But sterling advanced at Paris
and the foreign market are already an
ticipating the stimulating effect Of dis
bursements for which these borrowings
are made. ss
The bond market. was dull and steady.
The total sales par value were $1,8S0, 000
Government bonds were unchanged on
call.
CIoSind iSf
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS

Administrations steady. Wheat a
shade higher; No. | northern, CSC;
$3.50 bid; puts, s6isc bid; calls, s7Ac bid.
Rye steady; No 1, 67e asked. Barley dull;
No: g.. 5s@60c; sample. $4,000. Oats
dull; standard, 42c. Corn steady; No. 3,
yellow. 49@50c; July, 47Ac asked; puts,
Kansas city - Wheat higher; July,
75Ac; September, 7o%c. December. 71Ac:
cash. No. hard, 90@91c; No. g., S7@
SSRc; No. 2 red, old, 81; new, .SSc; No. 8,
sO@s5c., Corn steady; July, 1875 @45Ac;
September 43B @44c; December 500
391sc; cash, No. mixed, 49c; No. 3, 1870
4s1kc: Ne. white, 4s1kc; No. 9. 4Sc. Oats
steady; No. white. 42c; No. 8 mixed, 38c
St. Louis y Wheat lower; No. red
cash, elevator, nominal: track, s1@1.01;
new; $1.06@1.OS. old; July S25sc; Sep
TENDER, So&c; No. hard. so@s$c. Corn
TENDER, 4634c. Oats dull; No. cash,
-4o1Ac; July, 377kc; September, aONc; No.
Liverpool = Wheat - Spot nominal;
futures steady; July, IS. sgd: September
IS 4%d. Corn-Spot, American mixed
new, quiet; As 41kd; American mixed. old,
easy, As Cd. Futures dull; July, As 4%d;
September, As 214d.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01
VARIOUS LIVE STOCK MARKETS

a o,Cattle-Receipts, $500, includ-
ING $50 Texans; market slow to steady:
Sood TO prime steers, IS. 40@6. so; poor to
medium: 81: 50@5. %; stockers and feed
ers' - 5O@4 80; cows, 81 .5064. so: heif
eTS' eS2@5; Gamers. 81. 50@2 so; bulls. 50
calves, 50. 5O@5 So Hogs@Receipts %
0oO; tomorrow. $4,000; strong to Be high
err mixed and butchers. IS 1505. az. GOOD
TO choice heavy. S.. 3O05. 371b. roseh
heaVy. So. 1905. %; light, SIS. I5@5. S7%:
Dulk Of sales, So. 20@5 80 SheepZRe-
oelpts, $1,000; steady; lambs steady to
sstr9 9g good TO choice wethers, $3.50
% lail 10 choice mixed. So. "a; Western
2 2HStp 50 -5oQ4.50; native lambs, So 500
. IA Kansas City, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
- 900; including 1000 Southerns:- market
STEADY; beef steers, 81. 25 D6. 40; Southern
> $?.l5Q5; Southern cows, s1756
a. 20 sidtlNes COWS and heifers S265. %:
3.ockess ana feeders. 81. 1904. rs. Hogs
;; 20; acllers. s5@5 IS; pigs and Ig4yg
81 50@5. 05. Sheep-Recefpfs 2 o0os is sinIs
6et E steady; sheep, s3.75@5; lambs Sd 75
Sioux City. a-Cattle-Receipts 9oo.
beeyes. "a; 50@6; cows, bulls and mixed
and yearlings. s2.75@3 So HogsARe g,
cceipts. 1900: market strong. selling at
81 s9og5. 10; bulk. s4.95@5. O5.
. 6 south Omaha, -Cattle-Receipts,
900; market 5@10c lower: beef steers,
S4;5oq6.20; cows and heifers. So ESQ
100; western steers, IS. 50@4.75 stock
eIS ana feeders 81. 50@4. so. Hogs-Re-
SelptS, 10000: market shade higher.
R \; w 50. 9Sq5.17; light. SOS 10; pigs,
STEADY; sheep, 81. 1904 rs; lambs SIS. 50@
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01
Notice of Sale of Town. Bonds

The Board of Supervisors of the town
of Rich Valley, Mcleod County Mime
sofa, will receive sealed bids at the Coun-
Gil Chamber in the City Hall of the Village
of Glencoe, said County and State, on the
ninth day of July, 1904, at 2 o'clock p. m.
for the sale of negotiable coupon bonds
of said town in the sum of 81, 500. 90, said
bonds to be in the denomination of one
of nine hundred dollars. and two of eight
hundred dollars EACH to bear date the
first day of July. 1904, and to be payable
one on the first day of July, 1906, and one
on the first day of July of each and every
year thereafter, and to bear interest at the
rate of five per cent per annum payable
annually on the first day of July of each
year, and principal and interest payable
at the Bank of Glencoe. of Glencoe, Mimi
The proceeds of the sale of said bonds are
to be used for building a certain bridge
across Crow river in section 20 of said
town. being within the townsite Of Kon-
iska.
The Board of Supervisors of said town
reserves the right to reject any and all
bids
By order of the Board of Supervisors
Of the Town of Rich Valley, Mcleod
County. Minnesota.
Dated June 10, 1904.
JOS. SABLIK,
Town Clerk.
June 1724-July 1-19O4-3t
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01
DULUTH

for July, and dull. Opening at last nights
close at S1Bc for September it sold off
&c and closed at the opening price. July
lost Il from yesterday. Flax was dull
and unchanged. Receipts-Wheat, 16 cars;
flax, "a; barley, Z; oats, A. Shipments
Wheat, 2,0SS bushels; oats, 3,942; cars on
track so. Close: Wheat, cash and July.
No. / northern, 925sc; No. northern,
90ssc; September, Size. Flax-Cash and
July, S1.09; September, S1.10k; October,
S1.11B. Oats-On track, 40c; to arrive,
S9c. Rye 55c.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01
Coffee and SUGAR

NEW YORK, June SO.-The market for
coffee futures opened steady at unchanged
prices and ruled very quiet. but gener-
any steady in response to steady Eu-
over the holidays The close was sfea aTr
at net unchanged prices to an advance
OF points. Sales were reported of Is, =
guy 10 bags, including: September at 6.l5@
.. a5e; May. 6.95c. Spot Rio, steady. No
Z 1a invoice, TIC; mild, Steady; Cordova, az
sugar-Raw, steady: refined. steady.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01
New York Mining Stocks

ASStSSnlent PAID.
New York Money
NEW YORK, June 30-Money on call
very easy at rs OH pei. cent; closing bid,
1 Is; offered at IA. Time money easy;
sixty and ninety days, per cent; six
months, 3@3A per cent. Prime mercan
tile paper, 31s@4 per cent. Sterling ex-
change steady, with actual business in
mand and $4.S5.25 for 60-day bills; posted
rates. $4.S6@4.8S; commercial bills. 81. 84h
@4.S5. Bar silver. $3.50. Mexican dol-
lars. 46c Government bonds steady;
railroad bonds firm. 49,.
Bank cIearinas
Minneapolis i go, 600
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01

FTIceS gthefaIy Weak. A few sales
steady. Others SC lower. Receipts mod
terday. Price range, $3.50 to 81. 70. Bulk
$4.95 to S.. Light mixed and heavy hogs
of common to fair quality are ql1otable
from $3.50 to $495 and good to choice
50 to $40. Representative sales:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01
CHICAGO Produce

CHICAGO, June 30.-Butter steady.
creameries, 131A@17a4c;a daiTiess IL Is "a I6c.
EGGS firm; at mark, cases included. 1400
14Zc. Cheese firm: daisies, c: twins
75z4Sc; Young Americas, 81 @Sjsc. PouI.
try-Liye steady; turkeys, 100I1c: chick
ems. SC; springs. 14@lSc
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01
MINNEAPOLIS

Minneapolis-W a scarcity of new
buying orders and lack of, good support
wheat fell back by half cent. There
was nothing to cause fear OF closing
furry in July. Traders in that option
appeared to have about evened up. Sep
TENDER showed the effect of the selling
out of small job lots taken on day or
so earlier when the market looked so
strong. Crop reports We're conflicting as
ever. The Red River valley has consid-
cradle wheat that looks good but upon
examination shows the strength going
principally into the straw and there is
some complaint of rank growth and of
weeds. On the other hand Snow wired
that he finds everything more favorable
west Of Newton, Kan, and while he is
still bullish in his general summary his
later observations have apparently
prompted some modification of former
views. Receipts 19I cars.
The market dragged along to the end
closing at 931sc for July S1s4 @s17sc for
September and 1875 @79a4c for December.
Following was the range of prices:
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Among the shippers on the market
We're: III. Schwartz, Lester Prairie; G.
Rolf, Mayer: A. G: Hedin, ,Willmar; J.
Hammond, Wis; Aug Martell e. Co.
Bowdle, S. D.; Aug. Marten & Co.. lava.
s. D.; J. Schmidt. Melrose;. Dalrymple
Bros, Alton, N. D.; Shaw & L., Clearwa-
ter; E. B. Ahern, Lisbon, N. D.; G. G.
Fangen, Cyrus; F. Johnson, Cyrus; II. J.
Materos, Little Falls; F. Gibbon. West
Concord; f. Hanson. Cochrane, Wis.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01
Midway Horse Market

Minnesota Transfer, st. Paul. Mimi
Barrett q Zimmerman report a steady re-
tail trade. Local consumers and sheen
lators were the buyers. Values
Drafters. extra &c.. S175@21O
Drafters, choice -...... 150@175
Drafters, common to good. - 126@150
faTm mares, extra >. ............ 135@155
Earm mares, choice -............s 115@135
Farm mares, common. to good. 76@115
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Other Grains-Winter wheat cars:-
macaroni wheat, 2; No. 8 corn, 1; No. 3
rye. 4; No. 3 rye, 4: No. 3 barley /; No.
barley, 2; No. barley, IL; no grade
barley, 1; No. 1 flax, 10; rejected flax, 3;
no grade flax, /.
Cars Inspected Out-No. northern, 80;
Nc. northern, So; No. 8, II; rejected,
S.; no grade, 2; No. I winter wheat, So;
No. corn, /; No. oats, 20: No north
ern oats. 2; no grade oats, 1; No. bar
ley, 8; No. 1 flax, 9.
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ofIicial receipts for the past seven day

The various railroads entering the yards
reported receipts for the day, by loads, as
follows: c. G. W., 2; c., M. & st. p, S;
M. & st. L., 2; c., st. p, NJ. &c O., Il; G.
N, 8: c., B. & O., 1; 500 Line, 4; N. p,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01

On Track-No. I hard. 951ac. No l
northern, size; No northern. 81 Il @92c;
No. 8 wheat, SIX 0901zc; No. yellow
corn 4Se. No. corn, 4Sc; No. corn, As
@46c; No 3 white oats. 3Sc; No 8 oats,
35@3Sc; July oats to arrive, 361sc Sep
TENDER oats to arrive. Sic; rye. 60c; bar
ley. 32@4Sc. fax, cash, June. July and to
arrive $10TA
Flear-It is expected that the mills viii
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01
PRODUCE ANDFRUiTa.

\
Ruling Prices at Yesterdays Meeting of
the ST. Paul Commission Men
ST. PAUL, June. .sO-Trade in the
open market at today's meeting of the
Produce Exchange established the follow
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01
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close today and remain down until Tues
day. Demand for flour is fair, but not
increased much. The market holds steady
small lots and shipping Instructions were
received for considerable old business
Shipments, 81 .095 bbls; first patents, 81 80
@5; second patents, $4,000. 80; first
clears, So. 45'@3. 55; second clears, 81 As.
Minneapolis Curb
Curb on September wheat bid .87M
Puts on September wheat .........813 Is
Calls on September wheat, bid. ...... 82A
State Grain Inspection
Northern No
Railroads. No. hid. No .No.2 2. Nc. g. Rel Cd.
CT. Northern. 81 Al 10 5
Milwaukee ....S...SS s1a 10 10 Q 5
M. & St. L..... 1 /
500 Line ,.. -, 8 /
Nor. Pacific. :. s. g o
TnfaIS GO % II
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01

MAN. c. gold. As. los
Mex. Cent. As. 64&
do 1St inc 49,. 1875
IN. & st. l.. As. SO
M. K. & T. As. 9S5s
do Eds ....... rs
NAT. of. M. C. As T7E
IN. Y. C. g: 31as10019
IN J. c. g. 5S. J. 134R
Nor. Pac. As. 1@ Is
do IS ........s74A
M & w. c. As. .10oss
IOgsS. L. As & p. 97A
Perm. cow. 31ss 96h
Reading gen. As. 101
4St.L. & I'M. c.5s115%
lSt.L. & S.F.fg As SO:
lSt. LIS. w. lists 94A
is. a. L. As. -. 50
iSoso.se,Pac. as. 93k
lSo,b Railway 5s. HIS
It. p. lists, .11S7s
fT.,S.L. & w. As II
Union Pac. As. Jos N
do COW. As. 99H
lIA S. s. I'd 5s.. 755s
wabash lists. .117A
lido deb. b -. 81
lWla& L. E. As. sly
WIS. Cent. is. 91k
lC..FF. & I. C. 5s. $685.
fSf.-l r-tS-,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
Baptist Young Peoples Union of America,
Detroit, Mich, July 7-1O

The Chicago Great Western Railway
will on July. 9Th to 18th inclusive sell
round trip tickets at one fare plus %
cents to Detroit, Mich. Tickets good for
return until July u. For further in
formation apply to J. N. Storr, Gen'l Agt.,
corner 5th and Robert streets. st. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01

, Cash quotations were as Follows: Flour
Quiet and steady. Wheat-No. 2 spring, SO
@97c; No. 8, S5@95c; No. red, 9S@$1.
Corn-No. 2. AVG; No. 2 yellow, 4S% q
381s @41c. Rye-No. 2. 631sc Barley
Good feeding. 32@35c; fair to choice malt
ing, 42@52c. Flaxseed-No. 1, 81 OIL; No. L
northwestern, $1.07. Timothy Seed
Prime, 50 .921a a.. 90. Pork-Mess, per Dbl,
$12. 70@12. rs Lard-Per 100 lbs, Sc 921s a
6. 95. Short Ribs-Sides (loose), s7.121k@
7.25 Clear Sides-Short (boxed). $3.50
$50. Whisky-Basis of high wines, 81 20.
Clover-Contract grade, $10.75. Receipts
Flour. 81, 900 bbls; wheat, 100 bu; corn,
167, 800 bu; oats, 117,s00 bu; barley, $500
bu. Shipments-Flour, $4,000 bbls; wheat.
bn; barley 500 i bu. On the Produce Ex
change today the butter market was
steady; creameries. 1879 @17Ac; diaries,
12@16e. Eggs firm; at mark, cases in
cluded, 14@14Ac. Cheese firm, 71s@S1ac.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01

The following table shows the weight
cost and price range of hogs for the past
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01
Sheep

Receipts, light; market on mutton
grades dull, with prices again quoted low
than Monday; lambs quiet; good grades
steady; others, very dull; stock and feed
ing stuff slow. Representative sales:
KiilinpraSShnarn and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01
HOGS GENERALLY WEAK
@AES - u y &C.,.
A FEW SALES sTEADY-oTHERs sc
CONFERENCE.-The NOMINAL
Cattle Supply Observation-Disclosures Steady
Sheep Decline sharpIy-Lainbsa Quiet.

SOUTH ST. PAUL, June sO.AEst imated
receipts at the Union stock yards today:
Cattle, 415 head; calves 150; hogs, 2,240;
sheep, 210: cars, as.
The following table shows the receipts
from January 1, 1904 to date, as com
pared with the same period in 1908:
Year Cattle. Calves. Hogs. Sheep. Cars.
1904. 1871 20,329 521, 1923 254, COZ 1864
1903. $1,000 1913 1882 ,019 $3.50
Inc. ...... 122;2s5 70,5S3 1924
The following table shows the receipts
thus far in June. as compared with the
same period in 1908:
Year. Cattle. Calves. Hogs. Sheep. Cars.
1901. 1858 1881 1859 9,741 1881
1903.... 1923 A, 234 So, 731~ 1864 1884
Inc -. 4,305 TAT 14,96S ..... 307
Official receipts for the past seven days
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HIDES. PELTs AND suNDRlEs

Co.:
Hides
Green Sailed No. /. No .
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Cattle

Receipts moderate; beef and butcher
cattle selling steady; bulls quiet; veal
caves steady, with the weeks stronger
tendency; stockers and feeders quiet at
yesterdays prices; mich cows and
sprlngers unchanged. Representative
Butcher Steers
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-01
Hay, GRAIN AND FEED
Quotations Established in Open Trade on
the ST. Paul Board

ST. PAUL, June 30.-Followng prices
were established in today's trading:
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II: by your own act
through the folly of youth,
you have made a mistake
and are now suffering from
mental weakness, sexual
weakness, private disease,
losses. emissions. ETC., and
are now looking for some
good doctor to obtain a
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further. but go at once to
the Heidelberg Medical In
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-06-24
RUSSIAN ICONS.
What They Really Are and Method
of Making Them.

Icons, about which so much has been
heard since the commencement of hos
tilities between Russia and Japan.
have been described as an ingenious
evasion of an ecclesiastical prohibi-
ton. Members of the Greek church
of Russia, where images are forbid
den, do not carve figure out of mar
BILE or shape it in bronze for their
places of worship, but they paint the
face, hands and perhaps the feet of a
saint on wood and form the robes by
means of metal work in relief. The
nimbus of the saint is not infrequently
enNmeled, and in some cases the dra
perry is studded with precious stones.
In the seventeenth century there was
a great demand In Russia for porta BILE
icons, especially from members of a
sect known as the Old Believers, who,
as they were under the ban of perse
cutting government, wished for icons
that they could carry about and con-
ceal with ease, says the New York Tel
egram.
Only Russian patience perhaps could
have proved equal to the task of pro-
ducing the delicately worked and al
most microscopic objects that speedily
became popular-a Last Judgment. for
instance, represented on background
of few square inches-but, accord
ing to some critics, it is in these things
that Russian art is seen at its best.
Small icons are sometimes found on
soldiers killed in war.
Icons may represent anything from
the figure of saint to historical
scene, such as a martyrdom. From
the number of scenes contained in
these objects the peasants came to call
them churches" for there were not
more pictorial representations within
the church Itself. Such icons may be
of brass or Of carved lockwood, being
sometimes ornamented with enamels.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-06-24
SEEDLESS APPLE.
Features of n Species Produced by
John Il. Spencer.

The seedless apple Is the invention of
John f. Spencer of Grand Junction,
Colo, says the Philadelphia North Amer
lean. When the navel orange was first
perfected and placed on the market Mr.
Spencer reasoned that if it We're pos
sible to drive the seeds out Of the
orange it would be possible to accom-
plish the same with the apple He ex-
perimented for seven years before at
tanning the desired result.
He was, however, not satisfied with
the mere development of the apple. 1t
was necessary to determine whether
by budding or grating it was possible
to make seedless apple trees reproduce
themselves. Several additional years
passed before the budded trees grew to
sufficient size to bear fruit. When the
fruit did appear it was as innocent of
seeds as We're the apples from which
it was budded.
Several peculiar features other than
the fact that it lacks seed are to be
found in the new apple. The only
semblance to a blossom found upon the
new tree is three small green leaves
that look much like petals. These
leaves cover the beginnings of the little
green apple and drop off one by one as
the apple grows larger and becomes
strong enough to grow without protec-
ton.
AS a direct result of the absence of
blossoms, too, the seedless apples are
free from worms. The blossoms pro-
vide nests for the coddling moths
whose eggs hatch into the apple worm
There being no blossom there is no
nest for the moth. Apple worms, too,
live by eating the seeds and so there
is nothing for the worms to feed upon.
and even though Matched from the eggs
of the moth, they would starve to
death. SO in addition to being seedless,
the new apple is blossomless and
worthless
The new apple produced by Mr.
Spencer is a dark red with small vel
low spots through it, and has yellow
! ring at the navel end. The skin is
smooth and will keep longer than any
other apple unless it is bruised in the
handling.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-06-24

General Alexei Nicholaievitch KurO-
patkin is a crack marksman. When he
was minister Of war during tour of
inspection he wished Sevastopol and
strolled with the commandant along
the boulevard, where there was d
shooting saloon. His host invited him
to contest and the minister accepted,
each to fire ten shots with revolver
at fifteen PAGES, the target being a
piece of white cardboard about the
size Of Il small cigarette case With
a revolver the general put all his ten
shots into the target, to the complete
discontinue of the other competitor,
and when "A similar target was put up
ten PAGES farther off he repeated the
performance with the rifle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-06-24
the exercise"

pansies tried to outshine the modest
violets. They Haunted their cOlors,
nodded their heads and smiled at the
bees all in vain.
1.-The modest little violet shed its
fragrance, and the bees We're attracted
by it. They drank Of the violeis'
sweetness until they became intoxicat-
ed. They were always lowering over
the violets.
"The pansies grew jealous and deter
mined upon having fragrance, too, so
they faunted their coiors to the bees
again, and the bees, laden with the
pollen from the violets, kissed the lips
of the pansies and cross fertilization
took place. The result was fragrant
pansies."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1904-06-24
A RHODES SCHOLAR,
How German Was Selected to En-.
ter Oxford University.

How German Was Selected to En-
ter Oxford University.
The only Rhodes scholars at Oxford
so far are the Colonials and Germans,
says the New York Tribune. The
Americans will go there next year.
The Colonials are said to be bit
rough, without the Elton polish, but a
year has done wonders with them. But
the great successes among the Rhodes
scholars are Germans.
II believe" said an observant don,
that the most capable man in the col
lege is German, who came here with
a Rhodes scholarship. He is also. l
should say, the most popular man in
the college. l think England and Ger.
many will understand one another bet.
ter If we get few more like him. |
asked him how he thought of coming
to Oxford" said the observant don
" Was there an examination. OF
whatT There Is no examination,
explained the young German in ex
cellent English. The kaiser looks
around and selects. On Thursday ]
received telegram from the kaiser
You go to Oxford on Tuesday," and !
came'o