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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-13
NEWEST FASHIONABLE PET
London Society Finds It in the Devil
Fish from Mexico.
London Daily Mail

comDels its followers to keep, and various as
they are strange. A new Cuban poodle was the
lows. Now it is a fish again. and the strangest
Of fish at that The goldfish viii have to look to
superseded in popularity by the devilfsh, a
most quaint -looking reptile, for which, lead
ing dealer states, there have been innumerable
demands of late.
The real home of this fish is in Mexico, and
owing to It's being somewhat rare the cost of
the goldfish which can be bought for few
pence, while the price of its rival varies from
8 to 10 shillin.s. curious characteristic of
the devilfsh is that it almost Invariably remains
at the bottom of its bowl or tank, and it is
most unusual to see 1T swimming about. Unlike
Its golden scaled relation, it does not demand a
frequent change. of water in Its home. but will
live quite we'll in the same water for weeks to-
gether, while Its taste in the matter of food is
not hard to please, for devilfsh likes nothing
better than very small worm. AS general
rule London dealers sell these fish by pairs.
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THE CASH TRADE
M1LLsTUFFs HIGHER-GooD COARSE GRAIN
DEMAND

MlLLSTUFFS HlGHEh-GOou CoAhsE 1hA1N
FLAX-sales were made at $1.24A for No
and there was good demand for everything
offered. Minneapolis secured 5 cars against ?
Closing prices: Minneapolis cash $1.2aA, to
arrive. 81. 23a4, August, s1.2aA.
OATs-More business was done In new oats
to arrive. Receipts 35 cars; shipments 10 cars.
No. white closed at 341hc.
CORN-Recepts were again light and there
trade. No. yellow closed at sec. Receipts, 2
cars: shipments. none.
FEED AND MEALIPrices are very firm as
Coarse corn meal and cracked corn. in sacks,
sacks extra, $19.75; No. / ground feed, 2-3
corn and 1-3 oats. sO-lb Sacks sacks extra
SACKS e1 sseGs N
feed, 1.3 corn and 2-S oats, 75-lb sacks, sacks
MILLSTUFFs- another advance was made
Advices to Minneapolis millers from Europe
are to the effect that Germany will need much
nave to import freely. Prices are strong as
quoted Bran in bulk, S15@15.25; shorts $1s@
$780, Inidd III 5o@21: red ID dog s2s@2s 90;
per ton additional; in 2ooib sacks 81 per ton ton
additional. Shipments 1854 tons
RYE-Closing figures for No. 2, 67A. Re-
CENTS IL cars: shipments 2 cars.
BARLEY-There is good demand for new
barley, but the market can hardly be said to be
established on steady basis as yet. Feed
grades are quoted at s5@42c; mating grades.
HAY-The market is active and demand is ur-
gent. With small receipts the tone Is very
strong and choice timothy would sell at pre-
MUM over quotations, Upland is up again SOC.
timothy, 5000. 30; No. timothy, $s6s50: No. Q
timothy $7@7 so: No. 8 timothy. s6@85 so; up
straw, So wheat and oat straw, s3.50@4.5O.
Receipts 30 tons; shipments, nothing.
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GRAIN IN, REGULAR ELEVATORS.
CHICAGO GRAIN
NV r,lcsna1z

ADVANCES AND STEADIES.
today overcans to some eSteat the i influence
Of better weather conditions and lower cables
$1.OOH. with selling orders from some Of the
larger commissionhouses plentiful The offerings
were quickly absorbed by the demand from out
tone September advanced to s1.ooh and stead.
led around that price H Duluth and
with Sas last last " Week and 1sa year ago
Later turned ned buyers and
from Minneapolis, tending to show, that reports
Of improved conditions are unfounded, was the
the pressure to buy In the last hour, however,
quantities Of long wheat were thrown on the
going to ST.
but septembegr, closed los easy at s1.ooM Q1.ooA'
G cash loss wn ct e. red slo2@1 o4 No s.
seMe@sI: %; No. 2 hard, s1@1.o2; NJ. hard;
por Ss s s1rlos 81
Close: Wheat; September. 81 .ooM ;ooA old.
Selling by local holders of corn Induced BY in
provenent in the weather In the west caused a
osg in septemesT at the opening Of G to
to $3.50. Local receipts were 1872 cars.
The market improved in tone with the strength
in wheat, September selling up to $3.50. Rea1iz;;
ing sales at top prices caused reaction and
the close was easy at $3.50 for September, a
Cash corn. No. 2, 5sA @54Ac; No. 8, 5sh
December, .51M@51Ac; May, 50as @5o1ke.
Continued small receipts caused fair demand
for oats September opened a shade to Nc down
at 1890 to 335s @33Ac, with the easier tone in
other grains. There steady undertone,
however, and septembsr steadied at s3A @s3Bc.
Local receipts 353 cars.
Cash oats No. 2, 31h@32c; No. 3, 81 OBJ kc.
| Close: Oats, August. 3SAc: September S3Ac;
| December. 34Mc; May, 36ts @36Bc.
The following was the range of prices:
Wheat Sept. Dec. May.
Opening. $1@1 .00as 99@99as 81 .OOA al OF
| Highest. -. 1.O2A 1.O1A 1,O3B
Lowest. :. 1. 90 80 1.00%
Close ,
To-day. / .oo%@A .sss 1.o1A@%
/ Yesterday. Lois 1@1 .00h 1.01A
| Year ago. .S3h .S3B ssh
Opening ......... 5a@5sA 5o1s@ OK 4ek@S
Highest ......... 53A 51h 60H
Lowest .......... 90 5os 4sh
| Close
Today ........ 5sM 51H@A 5o%@1a
Yesterday 539s@A 50M@A so
Year ago b2ss 52A SO +.
Oats
Opening ......... ssA@I s4%@4 seA@A
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nr BOSTON MINING STOCKS Aus Closing
eA@sx bingham, Calumet a; Asia Hae,
la, 415@4S0; Centennial 24la@24A; Con- Mer-
GER 35Y37; Copper Range Con-, 54M @55; DAILY
west, In gl3; Dominion Coal 49M5O; Domin-
Ion Steel, s1a@9; Elm River, 2H Franklin, "
3.ra asked ~ Michigan kSa NJ, An; Mohawk 42@42
mrlinion. 12N @13; osceola say G84h; Parrott,
2512; Phoenix, 12; Quincy, S3QlS4; Rhode Island.
6Q9So; Santa Fe, IN @1A; Shannon Cop. Co.,
39s @3A; Swift & Co., lO1 Q102; Tamarack, 92h
g s,1; Ieeamseh 2o@30; Trinity Tvs @s; U.
VERNE, 1885, Wyandoat $3.50 5oas5 5nonA' oA' "oi
LONDON CLOSING STOCKS, Aug. 1s.-con,
soils for money, 81 1916; consols for account,
81 l-l6; Anaconda, 3A; Atchison, SLY; Atchi-
son pfd, 99A; Baltimore & Ohio, 86A; Canadian
Pacific 1905; Chesapeake & Ohio, 37A Chicago
Great Western, 15A; Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul, l52A; De Beers, 1874; Denver & Rio
G Graz /, 1874; Denver & Rio Grande .pfd, 74A
ssh Illinois Central, 1871; Louisville & Nash
vile, III y; Missouri, Kansas & Texas, 81; New
York Central, 1924; Norfolk & Western, GAS
Norfolk & Western pfd, OIL; Ontario s. Western
"; pennsylvania, 62s Rand Mines, 9M Read
Ing, 21A Reading 1st pfd, 43; Reading I'd pfd
sou; southern Railway, 26& Southern Railway
Pig, ~ "a; Southern Pacific, Sc; Union Pacific
IA rs United States Steel pfd, 60A Wabash, 49,
Wabash pfd, 49, Spanish As, ssh Bar silver
quiet, 26 11-16d per ounce. Money, 2@2h pei
cent. The rate Of discount in the open market
Tor snort bills is B@2 1916 per cent three
months bills, 2h@2 1916 per cent.
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MISCELLANEOUS

NEW YORK COTTON, Aug. 1a.-The cotton
market opened steady at advance of point
on September and IL decline Of 1 to points on
other positions in response to cables. At first
there was some bull support and covering but
sentiment seemed to be bearish on the generally
favorable weather reports, and later when the
Houston estimate for Monday was posted showing
q last year, offerings increased with New Or
leans sending selling orders to the local mar
ket. Under this pressure prices sold off to a
net loss of about to points, after which bust.
ness became less active and fluctuations were
Irregular, a little up from the bottom.
Cotton futures opened steady; August, 10 O3c;
September $3.50; October, 9.6Sc December.
961c; January, 9.64c February, 9.67c bid;
March, 9.eSc; May, 914c
Cotton futures closed steady; August, 10.04c:
september, 9.soc; October, 6,63c; November,
s SIS 9.S'e' March, s.s9e; April 9.71e; May
Spot quiet; middling uplands. 1O.55c; niddling
gulf, 10. SOC; sales, 445 bales i
NEW YORK METAL, Aug. 1s.-Lead and
copper quiet and unchanged.
NEW YORK on, Aug. 1s.-Petroleum steady;
refined all ports, 7.65@7.70c.
PEORIA WHISKY, Aug. 18-Whisgy, on the
basis of $1.2S for finished goods.
APPEARANCES ARE DECEIrFuL.
The Limirick Book.
There was young lady OF Skye
With shape like capital I;
She said: ITS too bad!
But then, pad"
Which shows you that figures can lie.
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THE FLOUR MARKET

SITUATION UNCHANGED AS THE WEEK
CLOSES.
No change of Importance is noted in the gen
eral -four trade. Millers still complain that
-four prices, based cash wheat are too much
out of line for business.
Shipments are light. The mills are not run
ming heavily, and 1t is not likely the output will
/. be increased.
Shipments, 30,774 brls
First patents are quoted at SIS. 5O@5.60: second
patents, $5.40@5.50; first clears, $3.s0@3.9O;
second clears, $2.75.
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STATE GRAIN INSPECTION, AUG. IL.
Inspected In--Wheat-Cars-Grea Northern
No.. 3 northern, S; No. s. .; rejected, i no
grade, L.
Chicago Milwaukee & st. Paul--No. north-
ern, 1; No. g. 2; rejected g. no grade, L.
Minneapolis & St. Louis-No. 2 northern, 2.
500 Line--No. l northern, 2: No. 3, 2; re-
jected /.
Northern Pacifc-No grade, /.
Chicago st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha-No.
3, 3; rejected 2.
Total-No. 1 northern, 2; No northern, S.;
No; 3. u; rejected Z: no grade, 6.
Other Grains-Cars-No. 2 macaroni wheat
/; No winter wheat. Z; No. winter wheat
III No g: corn, /; No corn; 2; No. white
grade oats. i; No. 2 rye, 8; No. 8 rye, 2; No
barley 2; No. barley, 8; No. 1 hax /; re-
jected flax l.
Cars Inspected out-No northern wheat, 81;
No. 2 northern wheat. 20; No. wheat, 40; re-
jected wheat, I; no grade wheat, /; No. 3 white
No. rye. 2: No. l fax 2 8, - - =
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS

DULUTH GRAIN, Aug. 1s;-Reports coming
from the country, while still telling of much
damage, ar: more favorable, indicating that in
sections where almost complete loss was ex-
pected, there will be considerable save The
market was cratic. September opened Mc
lower at $1.03M and fell to $1.O3 1t bulged
to 81 .O4& al O41h fell TO 81 OH again and
closed at Sl.O3M a loss of re- = go =
we're bGnq o. nd Tas ona
wheat to arrive and on track during the morn
prices could be- made Flax s was dun and iowe no
Santan,har faIi ~ ND tha mas t, uui du IVY
cats e e hc ana ot6ef roxa Sep
feiI oa's ieH 7sc ana TO arrive nc. hye
. Inc Inc close: Wheat macaronl, No l, sac; No.
COT; sePsel51 t Sioo Dscemper' Ssc. FtaA,
s. sF5s!e 81 track ne
oas sse to vf
S S Rye. on track, seAe; to arrive, eSAc,
wheat 2s,i44 bu; oats, Ais bu;' fax, 49, es5 bu,
Shipments, wheat, %, 900 blu; barley, 8, 1888 bu
= !.
NEW YORK GRAIN AID FLOUR, Aug. Ia
Flour receipts, 81, s5i bris: sales. i. 60 bris:
Inactive but held firmly. Wheat, receipts % .4o6
bu; sales, 200; 900 bu;, opened weak under ane
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WEEKLY BANK CLEARINGS

New. York, Aug. 13.-The following table com
at the princl al cities for the week ended Aug.
II, with the percentages of increase and decrease
as compared with the corresponding week last
year:
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WINNIPEG GRAIN, Aug Deepening, Au-
gust, 971ac; October. 96hc; December, 04hc.
Close, August, Csc; October, 961c; December,
95c; May, 97hc; cash No. 1 northern, csc; No.
2northern, csc; No. 8, 91Ac No 4, 831ae;
No feed, 69c; No. 2, 60c. Puts, csc; calls,
971ac. Receipts, %, year ago 20.
LIVERPOOL GRAIN, Aug 13.-Wheat, SPOT,
nominal; futures, quiet; September, es l1Id;
mixed new, As Sd; old, As ID; futures, Sd QUIET t
September, As 6Ad; December. As sgd.
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THE DAYS REPORTS
CLOSING CASH PRICES

On to ar
new NJ 2nother N northern to
arrive, new No
No.
W
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Worlds Markets=Grain Securities,

taken into the Bank of England on balance to-
day, G25,0OO.
BERLIN, Aug. 13,--Exchange on London, 20
marks 47h pigs for checks. A
i PARIS, Aug 13.-Ihree per cent rentes 9Sf
25ac for the account: exchange on London, 25f
70 Jac For checks rt n ~
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KANSAS CITY GRAIN, Aug. 1a.-clt

KANSAS CITY GRAIN, Aug 1s.-Close:
,II steady sd september s77aas7Ac; Deem:
94ae; No: 5, oo@e3c; No. e. s2@ssc; No: 2 red
egs@ese; No. 81 9 red, 94@esc; Sc. 4 sa@92c.
45%c; May, .45Ae; cash No. 2 mixed. 401hc;
No. 3, Ace; No. 3 white, 5O1Ac; No. 8, 1870
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cE1cAro COARSE GRAIN

CHICAGO COARSE GRAIN AND SEEDS,
December, re. Flax, cash northwestern, s1.241s;
southwestern, SILT; August and September,
Clover. August, s11.5o@11.75. Barley, cash, 81
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PUTS AND CALLS.
1:30 o'clock report:
puts-September wheat, 995sc.
Calls-September wheat, $1.04h.
Curb-September wheat, $1.02K.
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MILWAUKEE GRAM AND FLOUR. Aue I:

Flour, dull. Wheat. weak; No. / northern,
$1.1o; No; 2 northern, $1.O6@1. os; new septem-
Der, $1.0OA bid. Rye, easy; No. l. 74c. Barley,
steady; No. q. 5sc; sample, 33@55c. Oats, Kc
lower; standagd, s6@3eke for new. Corn, dull;
Wheat-Puts, 9Sssc bid; calls $1.03A.
Corn-Puts, 52hc; calls, 53Ac.
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GRAIN TRADE GOSSIP

add interest.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-06-10

WHY PEo PIE DON'T WANT TO CELE-
BRATE.-One OF the hitherto most lib.
eral contributors to celebrations and
public demonstrations requiring funds
for defraying necessary expenses, said
the other day: IL will never give
another cent for Fourth of July, or
any other celebration. The large
fund raised few years ago for one OF
these demonstrations became simply a
basis for innumerable gratis, and the
most transparent devices were resorted
to for tapping it. When the subscrib.
ers called for a statement, it reluctant
ly came grouped in aggregates which
left subscribers with absolutely no
knowledge OF the details they had
asked to be explained" From his
standpoint the exception is we'll taken.
When patriotic occasions are made the
object of mercenary gain, it is a step
towards opening them to all sorts of
fakirs.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-06-10

Miss Roosevelt, daughter of the
President, has been meeting with some
peculiar experiences during her visit
to the st. Louis Fair. The other day
she was stopped at the gate by a stupid
ticket puncher, because her pass read
Miss Roosevelt with automobile, ,
when she came in a landau. This
week, one Of those always enthusiastic
and sometimes thoughtless philan.
thropists Of the w. C. T. u, stopped
Miss r. as she was entering an elevator
to 60 to luncheon given by Presiden,
Francis, and handed her a written re-
quest to refrain from drinking spirit.
uous liquors at the banquets given in
her honor. Miss r. thanked her, and
the woman turned away with the
murmurcd remark: 81 simply did
my duty as Christian woman and
member OF the w. c. T. u"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-06-10
The War in the East.

Notwithstanding the public mind
Was fully impressed last week by the
reliable scarce head" from the seat OF
war that Port Arthur had been bot.
tied up, captured and destroyed, late
dispatchs indicate that Russia is still
in possession Of the stronghold and
has beaten off attack after a fierce
battle Of four days within ten miles
Of the fortress.
1t is further ffirmed that Admiral
Skrydloff has made his way out Of
Hadlvostok with the Russian Siberian
fleet and has made a junction with
the Port Arthur squadron after a des.
perate fight with the Japanese fleet
under Admiral Togo and that the
joint squadron are now inside Port
Arthur roadstead. The japanese lost
four OF their best ships, while the
Russians were practically unscathed.
The dispatch states that the news of
Russian success was brought to Gen.
Kuropatkin by number of Chinese
and their stories were so circumstan-
tial as to be considered reliable. The
fighting is understood to have begun
Monday.
The report that the Nladivostok
squadron had reached Port Arthur is
in conflict, however, with the state
ment of Admiral Skeydloff that the
squadron would not be sent to sea.
A London dispatch of yesterday
states that the Japs have cut the cable
between Korea and Japan. That the
wireless Cor grapevine'C is still in SER
vice is in evidence by the big.head
dispatches.
The Russian squadron is said to be
reduced to only five ships OF large size.
The Russian officials have notified
the Chinese that those in command
who have treated them cruelty have
been punished, and the japanese are
likewise doing their utmost to secure
the good will of the almond-eyed ma
tionality.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-06-10
a Reign Of Terror.

A reiCn OF terror has existed at Vic.
tor and independence, Col, owing to
the diabolical act OF dynamiting the
railroad depot at Findley, in the Grip.
pie Creek mining district, where a
gang OF non-union miners were wait.
ing the train to take them to their
homes, and thirteen were killed and
others fearfully wounded. Armed men
now throng the street. and conflicts are
of hourly occurrence. Militiamen have
been making many arrests. Mass
meetings have been held at which
bullets have flown, one rioter being
killed and half a dozen injured there.
by. About Us men are in the mill
tary prison. Gov. Peabody has mott
fled the Supreme Court that he will
sustain suspension of writ OF habeas
corpus, and Gen. Bell is ready at Den.
yer to meet call for additional troops
in the gold camp. The Sheriff de-
clares, however, that he will only call
for more troops as last resort. He
thinks he can be master of the situa.
ton unless a general clash of opposing
interests intervenes. He has appoint
ed 100 deputies to help the regulars
restore order, and many arrests of
union men are being made, who de-
clare that they will resist to death any
attempt to drive them from the coun-
try.
A commission has been appointed
to deal with the military prisoners,
consisting of Mayor French of Victor,
and six citizens, who will separate the
prisoners into groups, so that those
who deserve to be held for crime be
incarcerated and the others discharged.
The Victor Record, the organ of the
Western Federation of Miners, has
been destroyed and the printers driven
out OF town.
Two pitched battles were fought
Wednesday, between the union miners
and the militiamen and deputy sheriffs
cent to capture them.
A squad Of mounted infantry were
dispatched yesterday to bring in 80
union miners encamped in Heaven
creek country. The troops have Or
ders to shoot if they resist.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-06-10

& PERSISTENT effort is being made
by the Wilson faction to induce Chas
E. Coon to withdraw from the Re-
publican State ticket as q candidate
for Lieutenant-G Governor. They claim
that to give the position to some can
didate from the east OF the mountain,
will greatly strengthen the ticket, but
it is alleged that there is q personal
prejudice behind it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-06-10

A GIRL in Vineland, N. j., is said to
have received five proposals of marriage
while running the lawn mower the other
evening. 1t would be interesting to
know how many she might have had il
she had been running a clothes wringer.
-P..I.
Pity twas that it wasn't q lawn.
mower, instead OF a rake, that Maud
Muller manipulated on that summers
day when "the Judge rode slowly
down the lane" Had it been, the sad
might have BEEN" would probably
never have been written. So there's
nothing, it seems. that gladdens the
heart like the cheerful click of the
lawn. mower.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-06-10

THE Oregonian says that the /" Re.
publican scare" in this State has sub.
sided, and there 10 now no doubt bu,
that Mead will be elected that it will
require the change of 1892 votes to
overcome the Republican majority oil
the last campaign, estimated on the
judicial vote, and that while Turner is
probably the ablest man the Demo-
Gratis can name, he is as a consequence
the most vulnerable. 1t is only that
papers opinion, however.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-06-10

A TRAIN was wrecked soon after
midnight, Sunday. at Findley station,
Colorado. by q mine that was probably
exploded by electricity. The number
OF lives lost ranges from eleven to fifty
tho former number known to be
dead and the latter an estimate based
upon a knowledge of pers ons on the
platform at the time Of explosion and
since missing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-06-10
!" God moves In q mysterious way,
His wonders to perform"

IN is said that Secretary Hays no.
tel bill at the st. Louis Fair for three
days was $777. As there were several
in his party and he no doubt had
many "extras" TO maintain his posi-.
ton as a cabinet officer, the bill does
not appear 30 very much out of the
way. Style comes high, but it is not
forced on anybody.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-06-10

THE berry combine at Portland,
whereby d. E. Meikle expected to
control the entire crop Of Strawberries
is off. from the fact that not more
than fifty per cent. of the growth
could be guaranteed, whereas be was
to have eighty per cent. OF the crop.
This would, of course, il the agreement
held. have kept berries on the tor
shelf the remainder OF the season, but
now they will doubtless soon decline
TO popular prices.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-06-10

SEEDLEss APPLES ON BLossoMLEss
TREEs.-Sharing honors with the wire.
less telegraph, smokeless coal and
microbeless water at the Worlds Fair
is an exhibit of seedless apples. Cali
fornia contributed some seedless OF.
anges and Florida seedless pears. but it
remained for Colorado to produce the
apple without . core. Not only has
this fruit an absence OF seed, but the
tree upon which it is grown is bios
somless. Mr.. John F. Spencer of Grand
Junction is father of the species and
he says that the seedless apple is also
immune from the ravages Of insects
Horticulturists who visit the World.
Fair are greatly interested in the t1'
hibit, as the culture of the fruit IS re
garded as an important discovery. Mr.
Spencer is now experimenting with
the various varieties of apples and b.
believes that he can develop . seedlesl
Winesap, q seedless Gano and othel
favorite species. If he 10 successful il
is likely that other fruit.growers viii
follow his example. 1t is claimet
that the seedless apple is not hurt b,
the frost because it has no blossoms
1t is a hardy grower and thrive
abundantly in the Colorado climate
These advantages in its behalf recon.
mend it to all orchardists.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-06-10

A TEST of new fire escape, in Chi,
cago, the other day, demonstrated that
five hundred children were landed
from fourth-story window OF public
school house to the street below, with.
out mishap, in less than four minutes
That seems to meet all requirement.
of such a public utility, and should
lead to universal adoption. The bes,
is none too good for such necessity.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1904-06-10

ISN'T it little strange that when.
ever the Republicans want a shrewd
party manager they select him from
the Democratic ranks? George Stew.
enson ran the party two successive
campaigns and landed Ankeny in the
U. S. Senate, by leverage Of his " barl"
now ]. d. Farrell has stepped in and
declared all that WAS done by the State
Convention was 10 suit himself and
his masters. Selah.