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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-28
THE FLOUR MARKET
STILL NO IMPORTANT cHANeE-DEMAN1

STILL NO IMPORTANT cHANGE-DEMAND
ONLY FAIR.
Nothing new of special Importance is noted
In flour. The market remains firm and steady
Mtlers say demand is only fair at BEST and
some millers report 1t poor. Some direct export
orders of good size reported entered yes
terday by southwestern winter wheat mills but
local millers say they can do nothing for export
and that there is little inquiry.
Shipments. 80, 245 brls.
First patents quotable at $5.1O@52O; sec
ond patents, S5@5.1O; first clears, So. SO $3.50;
second clears, $2.5
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-28
PUTS AND CALLS.

PUTS AND CALLS.
2:30 o'clock report:
Puts-September wheat, SS1ac.
Calls-September wheat, 901sc.
Curb-September wheat, S91sc.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-28

A tablet has been placed on the Van
Cortlandt farmhouse in Peekskill in COM
mernoration of its use by General George
Washing ton and his aids when he made
his headquarters there in 1776
There are 1892 Catholic churches chap
els and mission stations In England and
Wales, and 1,056 Catholic public elemen-
tary schools under government inspec-
ltion. The churc hes, chape1s and mission
stations in Scotland number 362.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-28

Railroads entering the yards reported receipts
for the day by loads follows: Chicago Great
Western, 4; Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul, 8;
Chicago, ST. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha, 8;
Great Northern. 5: Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy 1; 500 Line, 2; Northern Pacific. Z; total,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-28
GENERAL PRODUCE

Produce Exchange, corrected up to IL M,
Thursday, July 2s.-Butter, steady. Eggs,
steady. Poultry, dull. Veal, firm.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-28
MISCELLANEOUS

NEW YORK COTTON, July 2s.-Cables were
disappointing and the cotton crop news, while
hardly as favorable as recently was not bad on
the average, but there was little for sale at the
opening of the local market. and first prices were
steady. with September points higher and later
positions net unchanged. Business very
quiet Tomorrow Is notice day for August.
and there was some demand for the position from
shorts. which was promptly filed by. parties
first hour the market was steady net I'M
changed to points higher.
At midday the market was firm on demand
from bull interests, who were apparently trying
to catch stop orders around Toe for October.
Prices showed a net advance of Gals points.
Spot cotton quiet middling uplands, 1880:
middling gulf, 11.05c.
Cotton futures opened quiet and steady; July,
1o.2Jc: August. 1015c; September. 9.s9e: octo.
Der, 9.67c: December, 9.65c; January, 9.65c;
March. 9.65c.
Cotton, spot closed quiet: middling uplands,
10.70c; middling gulf 10.95c. Sales 135 bales.
Cotton futures closed steady; July, 1910;
August, 1o.17c: September. 9.96c; October. oslo;
November. orc; December, 9.76c; January,
9.S0c; February, oslo; March, 0.s3c.
NEW YORK SUGAR AND COFFEE, July o.
Sugar. raw firm fair refining. s1Ac; eentrifu.
fined, firm crushed, 575c: powdered, 5.15c;
| graduated. 5.05c. Coffee. steady; No. Rio
Tasc. Molasses firm; New Orleans, 31@37c.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-28
HOGS ON A LEVEL
A SHADE HIGHER
PRICES ABOUT 1oc UP FOR TILE;
BEST LOTS.
Cattle Receipts Fair, Beef and
Butcher Stuff Moving Well and
Prices Generally satisfactory
Sheep Receipts Not So Heavy and
Not Enough In to Fill Demand.
South st. Paul Live Stock

South st. Paul, Mimi, July 2s.-Estimated re-
ceipts at the Union stockyards today: Cattle,
The following table shows the receipts from
Jan. |, 1904, to date, as compared with the same
period in 1903:
Year. Cattle Calves Hogs. Sheep Cars.
1904. -. 90,093 %, 61S Sol, $50 269,110 11,7SO
1907. 2,232 1913 439124 200, 2S5 1926
Dec. 2133 2,1so ....... 49,. 80.
The following table shows the receipts thus
far In July, as compared with the same period
in 1903:
Year. Cattle. Calves. Hogs. Sheep. Cars
1904 10603 2,13s 1885 14,30s 1,e71
Inc 1928 -; 1850 10: 10
Official receipts for the past week are as fol-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-28

CHICAGO SEED AND COARSE GRAIN, July
28-Rye, July. T3c; September. Gle; August,
Csc. Flax. cash northwestern s1.24; southwest
ern, SILT "a; July, S1.17h. Timothy, July.
S3o5; September. $500. Glover, July, SLIPS.
Barley cash, 2SGl53c. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-28

PEORIA WHISKY, July 2S.-Whisky on the
basis Of SIPS for finished goods
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-28
MONEY REPORTS

Total sales. 545, 100.
*Ex. dividend.
aaEX. rights,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-28
GRAIN TRADE GOSSIP

NEW YORK OIL, July 2S-Petroleum ou
refined, all ports, 7.65@7.7Oc.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-28

KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK, July 2s.-Cat.
tle-Receipts. 5000. including 300 southerns
market 10@25c lower; native steers, $4@6.25;
native and heifers, $1.75@5; calves, $2.5t
90.
Hogs Receipts. 49, 600; market 1O@15c lower!
bulk of sales, s5.2o@5.35; pigs and lights, 81
@5.30.
sheep-Receipts 1000; market steady; NUT
tons, $3.25@4.75; lambs $4@6.
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|, 800 lbs, SIPS; 2, 1,O1O

It's, So.
Mold, Nelson, Wis; c. F. Luesson, Valley City,
n: D.; Sparrow. Bros, Royalton; G: F. Putnam
Big Lake; J. N. Mathieson. Dassel; Messner s.
Gamman & NJ. Plato; G. A. Mcconnell. Belle
PLANE; G. w. Dodge, Madelia; P. T. Trench,
Dennison; G. e. Carver, Faribault; d. w OWN
nell, J.. Walter. Norwood; G. P. Painan, Athena
Wis; Jensen, Hutchinson; First National bank
River Falls, Wis; c. H. Roger, Elko.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-03-18

An amusing episode of Robert Louis
Steyenson's school days and his faith
er's manner of teasing the boy is de-
scrihed in Robert Louis Stevenson
Edinburgh Days" by Il. b. Sampson.
Roberts voice." a master had said,
lis not strong, but impressive This
opinion" Louis adds, Il was fool
enough TO carry home to my father,
who roasted me for years In conse-
quence."
If Louis, in some dispute or childish
excitement, raised his tone to a shrill
pitch, Mr. Stevenson would listen with
intentional gravity, and when Louis
treble was silenced would turn to a VS.
itor and Iemsrk, Louis is noted at
school for his impressive voice" and
would wonder that they had nor motto
ed 1t before.
When he was grown up. Mr.. Steven
son at times referred TO this old blister,
and Louis, remembering the smart ey-
cry allusion 10 his impressive voice had
given him when a boy, laughed at the
remembrance.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-03-18
aABI1S AREYERY BAD
MRS LESLIE SCORES THE ON
DON "SMAaT SET"
P1utocracy, She Saws, the Only Reeog-
E.ized Aristocracy- Debutantes Tnik
Shockingly, and the Cake Walk is a
Eayorite in Society.

The Baroness de Bazus, more IA
miliarly known to the general public
as Mrs. Frank Leslie, is home from
Europe and tells some interesting
things about the smart set of Lon
don She expresses decided disap-
proyal Of many of the features now
existing in English society. Plutoc-
racy, she asserts. Is the only recog-
nized aristocracy of England. The
marriage game is played on strictly
financial basis, and settlements are
talked about long before the betrothal
of young persons for whose benefit the
alliance is planned American women
who find it impossible to enter society
In New York can obtain easy access
to the London smart set il they only
possess the necessary capital witt
which to lay siege to British royalty
and nobility
MY last trip abroad, from which
have Just returned, has convinced me"
she said, american women who are
perfectly proper Mt home frequently
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-03-18

pose the eye OF the fish Is worse, II
anything, than the eye of the reptile.
But taking all these things into con-
sideration, | am convinced from little
things l have observed that the fish Ia
a pretty wise member and that he at
least knows what is good for him
when he is confronted by the blunt Is
sue of surviving or not surviving. Why
Is 1t that fish always founders to-
ward the water2 That's the point I
have in mind, and it is the one fact
above all others that has convinced
me that the fish has more sense than
we think. l have never seen a fish
that would not founder toward the
water.
Il know two answers will be made
to this suggestion One Is that there
is generally a slope toward the water,
and that hence the force Of gravity
determines the direction of the fsh'a
movement. And the other Is a pr.
mary reason-the matter of instinct,
as distinguished from reason. These
explanations do not satisfy me. In
the first place, l reject the theory
which makes difference between In,
stinct and reason. | cannot tell the
difference between the attributes, SO
much are they alike. In the second
place, | want to tell you that | have
seen fish fioundering up hill. Why?
Simply because they We're forced to
founder up hill in order to get back
into the water. Does a fish know any
thing about direction and distance? T
think so. | have seen them jump and
founder up hill, inch after inch, until
they got back to the edge of the
stream out of which they had been
1erked. 1t may be what some of the
writer's cali instinct but to save my
soul | can't tell instinct from what
we are accustomed to regard as reason
in higher forms OF fe."-New Orleans
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-03-18

There is at last In sight a railway
that Will carry passengers 10 miles
an hour regularly. and the credit for
making It practicable belongs to Great
Britain There have been models of
hlgh-veloclty railway trains made in
different countries, and a mile or two
of track have been constructed for ex
perlmental uses, but Mr.. +. b. Behr,
an English engineer. deserves the cred
1t of putting the thing into practical
use.
The railway is to be built at once
between Manchester and Liverpool, a
distance of 3412 miles. Only through
trains viii be used, and the running
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-03-18

families of Revolutionary fame. Her
paternal grandfather, William SUM
ner was a member of the committee of
correspondence and safety" OF Rox-
bury and one of the Boston Tea Par
ty'' ON March /, 1876. Mrs. Sumner
is proud of the fact that her mother
saw Gen Washington. Through her
father she is related to Governor In
crease Sumner, and Is herself a first
cousin to Charles Sumner, Massachu-
sets great anti-slavery representative
in the United States Senate. The fur
niture in her home is of the troublous
times. and every piece has a history
Of its own.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-03-18
REMEMBERS WAR CT 1872;
is PROUD OF HER ANCESTRY

The oldest Daughter of the Revolu-
ton" is Mrs. Elizabeth Sumner Ander-
son, Of Dover Mass, formerly of Rox-
bury. Mrs. Anderson was born In 1903,
and is one of the five members of the
society living whose fathers fought in
the revolution. Mrs. Anderson remem-
bers the stirring times of 1872, al
though but 4 years of age at the
time. The events were calculated to
leave an impression in her childish
mind She relates stories of all the
great battles of the revolution as they
We're told her by participants. She
remembers her father and grandfather
as they left home to Join the continen-
tai troops that forced the British out
of Boston. Mrs. Anderson is proud of
her ancestors. Her father was Edward
Sumner and her mother Johanna sum
ner, daughter of Rev. Joseph Sumner,
of Shrewsbury. Thus she traces her
lineage through both of the famous
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-03-18
THRIFTY GERMAN WOMAN.
She Makes the Government Custodian
of Valuable securities.

She Makes the Government Custodian
of Valuable Securities.
If women are not quite such good
hands at making money as men, they
at least take the palm In devising ex-
traordinary means for saving 1t, says
the London Telegraph A curious case
III point has recently come to the
knowledge of firm of bankers In
Bunzlau, who, Disguised at the clever
ness with which they had been de-
priyed of their yearly fees, have made
the matter public In that city there
is wealthy woman who is wont to
improve her mind by frequent travels
ana as she possesses a goodly collec-
ton of debentures, shares and other
kinds of scrip she was accustomed to
deposit them in a well-know bank
there during her absence. paying a con-
siderable sum for their safekeepinp.
Last March she hit upon most In.
genious way of cutting down this ex-
pense She put all her scrip In capa-
clous envelopes. had them duly regis
tered and directed to a fictitIoua ad-
dress In Berlin. writing on the enyel-
ope her own name as the sender. and
requesting that they should be return
ed to her in case of nondeliyery. And
then she set out for her journey. The
packets i'll due time found their way
TO the capital, where the post left
nothing undone to discover the where
ahouts of the mythical addressee.
After having spent days and days In
Ruthless research the officials gave IL
up in despair and returned the packet
to Bunzlau to be handed back to the
sender. But as she was absent and
as 1t is against the rules of the Ger
man post to give registered letters to
any one but the person whose name In
on the envelope the authorities were
forced to take charge of the packets
until the woman's return. The saving
thus effected Is said to be very con-
siderable and the post and the bank
are deYising some method OF check
mating the scheme In the future,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-03-18

time VIII be less than twenty min
utes.
The system is OF the so-called mono
rail type-that Is, the engine and cars
rest upon one rail, which is about half
way from the floor to the top of the
car. BY arranging the seats back to
back. like an Irish jaunting car, the
construction Is such that each of the
carriages straddles the rail- and ex
tends to trucks on either side below
the floor. On these trucks are set
wheels which lie horizontally and run
on the outside of two other rails. They
thus act as steadiers. and admit of
very high velocity with safety, and
make abrupt curves possible. The plan
is TO run an engine and one car every
ten minutes. and tho probability Is that
In time for radius of 100 miles
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-03-18

What Will All If a man could but
conquer her-could but win herr
He drove the spurs Into his mare
and she leaped forward. The road
flew past like a narrow, white streak;
all he could hear was the quick thud
of his horses feet Faster flew the
black horse and his rider as they
heard the sound of the nearing hoof.
beats, and faster flew the bay mare.
Little by little Merton gained. Near
er and nearer he came, watching for
chance to pass the girl and then claim
her promise. Bald Knob was in sight,
jutting out into the sea, and Merton
made last effort.
He pressed forward, urging on his
mare by whip and spur and spoken
word, and then, as he came abreast,
he saw that the girl was Juggling at the
reins, trying her best to stop her
mount The black had taken the bit
in his teeth and bolted, 1t was no
longer race, but runaway ON a
narrow, stony path, bordered by steep
cliffs.
II Carol could keep her maddened
horse in the path she would be safe
unless he STUMBLED not
Then of a sudden Merton's heart
gave jump. He remembered that the
cliff at one place ahead had given way,
leaving a chasm right across the road
and the woman he loved was riding
straight to her death unless he could
stop her.
Pull TO the left" he shouted.
quick. The break in the cl!ff!'
Even as he spoke Merton saw the
yawning gap just ahead. There was
but moment TO act. He leaned over
and caught the girl around the waist.
Free your foot" he cried and as she
did so, he lifted her from the saddle
by main strength and swung his mare
TO the left as the black horse thun-
dered on rlderless and plunged over
the chasm.
There was an instant's suspense, and
then Merton's mare stumbled, went
down in a heap, and Merton knew no
more.
When he came TO he was lying on
the grass by the path side, his head
supported by Carols arms, and her lips
against his.
My darling! Ny darling he heard
her cry. Have l killed your o, for
give me! Now. when it's too late,
know what love isr'
But it was not too late,-Indianapo
lis sun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-03-18

man Clancy. He's that proud he'll not
be speaking wild an honest man."
'Phwat's he done?'
"Phwat's he done? l wrote him a
letter TO Washin'ton. Harold Percy
Flanagan l says. 'Washinton,' an
dye know phwat he done? Do you
know phwat he done. l say2'
81 do not" said Mr.. Mcqueen grave
ly. 'Phwat did he do?"
HE marked 1t dead letther, after
he'd opened II and give 1t to the gov
ermint to sind back to me-"
We'll, maybe he didn't get it."
Didn't get II! He did get It. He
opened 1t. Twas open In the invilip
sent an that put in another from the
dead letther office. Take back yer
letther, he says. I don't want 1t. Yer
not good enough for me- He hands 1t
to the goyer'mlnt an tells them to sind
1t back to Mike Seahnon, that knew
his father forty years"
Ills very queer"
Ills very insulting If he wanted
to sind 1t back. why didn't he sind it
back himself, like a gintleman?"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-03-18

around large city people can get In
and out each day to their business
within an hour. Mr.. Behr has the sup
port of expert engineers all over Eng
land. Many of them appeared before
the House of Commons committee at
the time when the sanction of the gov
eminent was secured for the building
of this road, and they testified to the
safety and practicabllty of the whole
scheme.
Engineers are agreed that average
speeds of over seventy-tive miles an
hour are impossible on the curves
found on existing railways. The CON
struction of a special mono-rail track
would enable very high speeds to be
reached with perfect safety and would
do away with that mixture of speeds
which renders the problem of dealing
with express. slow. and freight traffic
one of ever-increasing difficulty to the
railway companies. The monorall
tracks would be laid alongside the e>i-
lsting two-rail ground tracks or the
sired. 1t has been practically estah
lished that the limit of size and power
In locomotives and in rail construction
has been reached, according to the
present railway methods. Electricity
has helped materially in grades, not
only making great saving in the CON
structlon of roadbeds, but in opening
country of certain typographical eccen-
tricity which Will never be available
for steam power generated in a loco
motive hauling a train. The combina-
ton of electricity and the mono-rail
system makes these much sleeper
grades and sharper curves possible,
but at the same time it practically
eliminates the danger of derailment.
1t looks, therefore, as If there were a
chance that passengers might be able
to travel with at least the same safety
as to-day, at double the rate of the
present fastest express train, by the
mono7rail system.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-03-18
DOWN ON THE FARM

When fereely smites the bragen sky
And pavements psrehed and scorching
lie.
IT'S then the country side invokes
Its pilgrimage of city folks"
The locust through the golden days
His strident hurdy-gurdy plays;
The frefiies furnish through the nights
Their myriad electric lights.
The flowers that deck the meadows DER
Eclipse the gayest milliner store;
They're wholly free to all who pass
No copper yells cit of tn grass"
The cows III mid the pastures walk
Are fed on buttereups, not chalk,
No gong they ring. but gently moo
The milk they serve is white, not bluel
Here winds no plodding caravan
With hail. "fre-e-esh fish, "Banan'P'
'Banan'."
But hens strut forth OH sturdy legs
And kindly cackle Eggs. Fresh eggsp'
--Eour-Track News
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-03-18

jects which she thought would be at
once interesting and instructive.
One morning she told them about the
"three Kingdoms" the mineral, the
vegetable and the animal. and explain
ed as simply as she could the meaning
of each. Then, naming a number of
objects, she let the children tell to
which kingdom each belonged. They
greatly enjoyed the exercise.
The next morning the talk was along
the lines of simple ma tural history.
Now, children" she said, "let us
see what you remember about the ami
NAL kingdom and the domestic animals
that belong to 1t. You have named
all the domestic animals but one. Who
can tell me what that one is? 1t has
bristly hair, likes dirt, and is fond Of
getting into the mud"
Miss Fanny looked expectantly
round the room. Cant you think,
Tommy" she asked encouragingly.
''Yes'm," was the shamefaced reply.
Its me-"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1904-03-18
FISH CLIMB TO REACH WATER.
Old Angler Tells Story to Prove Piss
catorial Reasoning Power.

"Fishes have more sense than they
are credited with having" said an old
angler, 'and my experience has taught
me not to put much faith In the state
ment that they only know things from
the vibration due to conclusion.
think they reason in some way or 9th
er. l don't know just how It is. am
satisfied that nature has not been par
ticularly extravagant in the matter OF
giving fish intelligence. Besides, /
know that their eyes are fiat, and
they can see but very little. / sup