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!. q. RECOMMENDATIONS.

Washington, Feb. 2o. Congressman
Marshall recommended the appointment
#of the following postniasters: Charles
S. Sullivan, Annis, Pierce County;
M Mahatiey, Wallace, Kiddcr County;
R. G. Davis, Belfeid, Stark County
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WESTERN GIBRAL.TAR..

Seattle. Feb 2o England is hurry
ing supplies and guns and ships to-
Victoria and plans to make the capital
OF British Columbia a western Gibral-.
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NEW ii. M.

@ Washington, Feb. 26 Emma f..
Andes has beet, appointed postmaster
Iat Cline. Foster County, vice Andrew
White, resigned. "a
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Bio BLAZE
Fire Is Raging IN the Business Section
Of Livingston Postoffice
Destroyed. a

Livingston, Mont, Feb. 2o-Fire is.
raging in the heart soi the business sec
ton. Has destroyed the postoflice
block, causing loss Of $I5o,oco.
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! LABORER INSTANTLY KILLED
Dickinson. N. D., Feb. ao Michael
IPlowmiller, a laborer, was run over in
the railroad yards here and instantly
killed
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/ THE FIGHT WILL BE TO "A FIERCE FINISH
The Russian Commander Announces He Will Never Sur
Be No Escape For the People in Port Arthur
## .& Are Victorious

init themselves to a definite, general plan
of campaign entailing marching through
Corea without first ei1deaNoring, says
The Times dispatch from Chenulpo, to
gain possession of Lao Tung Peninsula,
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WILL BRING AMERICANS. ~
Washington. Feb. 2o.-- Minister Al
len cables from Seoul that returning
transports will bring Americans from
Ping Yang. IL y
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PORT ARTHUR MAY
FALL TOMORROW


Fierce Battle Within the
Have
of he 6s4 -""~>.
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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-09-23

North Dakota is the WealtIliest State id
the Union in Proportion to Its
55 Population.

4 +
The Inter-O Ocean has persis-
tently doomed this portion of
North Dakota, believing that in
presenting its unparalleled advan-
3tages to the world and thereby
inducing people to settle within
itssborders, it was not only doing
itsfduty to the state but present.
ing to the world the greatest op-
portunity for the requirement Of
wealth by the man Of modern
means any where in the world.
This booming has not been of
the hot air kind, but the conser-
Ivative presentation Of facts
which could be easily substan-
5tiated. That this persistent
booming is having its effect is
evident from the following from
a recent issue Of the Minneapolis
Journal:
\ Typographical North Dakota
is a favored land. Comparative
" a very small portion Of its area
of 10000 square miles is waste
land. AT a conservative esti-
mate, 95 per cent Of the total
area is sceptible Of cultivation
and improvement.
5R North Dakota is the wealthiest
state in the union in proportion
to its population. It has no mil
lionares and it has but a score OF
so Of individuals who count their
wealth in six figures but, on the
other hand, it has very few who
belong to- the poor and INDECENT
class. Three fourths of the
population are rl1ralists and the
farm products, raised in this
state In 1903 were large enough
to give every man, woman and
child $500 if it were equally divi-
ded. The average Of farm pro-
ducts raised in the state was
about ST. 500 for each farm last.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-09-23

stands ready to extend a hearty
welcome to all who would take
advan tage Of the grand .opportu-
mites she has to offer. North
Dakota has room for a population
tenfold greater than it is at pre-
sent.
Rapid as has been the develop
ment Of North Dakota in the
past, it is only in the beginning
Of its career. Less than one
fourth of the land in the state is
under cultivation at the present
time and millions Of her broad
acres never yet turned BY the
ploW are waiting to yield up the
riches lying dormant in their
prolific soil. Homeseekers will
find here opportunities for es-
tablishing new homes under al
most any conditions they could
ask for.
Verify North Dakota is a
state Of golden opportunities.
Thousands Of men and women
through out the \ overdone east
can begin life anew and make a.
new success Of life BY taking adj
vantage of some Of the openings
awaiting them here.
In the prod ction Of flax the.
state leads the union, while its
rank in the growth Of wheat is
third. The average yield Of fax
a year ago was twelve bushels!
to the, acre which at$1 a bushel'
il many cases paid the entire ex-
pense Of making the crop, be-
sides paying for the land. While
the state was long considered
too far north to- raise corn sue
cessfully, yet .yalie ties are being
develo suitable to the climate
and which compare in nut itive
prop erties with the celebrated
hard wheat, which ranks the
best in the world. North Da-
|kota corn won second prize, sill
yer medal, at the Pan-American
exposition, in competition with
the great corn states.
lille land values have not yet
been affected to any material
extent by increased settlement
and prosperity, there is every
reason to believe that prices will
very quickly respond to the in
creased demand and that land
will attain its true value. The.
true value is many times its
present selling price. The neigh
boring state of Minnesota fur
|nishes an example Of what one
may shortly expect in northern
North d akota.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-09-23

Paid IS, 500 cash for the rig. Want
to get rid Of the outfit and viii sell
FOR ~. 400. a biz bargain. Apply
to Charles and Herman Garske, one
mile south Of tsarske. 1877
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-09-23

We have been engaged IN no
). war IN which those Of German
ancestry have not borne their full
share Of the burden. They have
: never failed to respond to the
! first call to arms. Senator Fair 4
banks at indianapolis Sept. 8,
!. 1899.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1904-09-23
WEsTMINsTER PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH.

Rev N. s. Reeves, pastor Ser
vices as follows: Sunday. preaching
service, II d. I'd. Sunday school IL n, ]
Junior Endeavor, 500 D. n. !,
Senior Endeavor, I 90 p d. !.
pseaching service. 200 p. "a: Mid
week prayer meeting, "Wednesday,
1880 p. ID. You are cordially invited
/ these services.
THRESHING RIG FOR ga LE.. &
An Avery threshing rig, 30 horse
power engine, seperatcr been used
about is days. the engine 8 days.
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VARIOUS Live sTocK MARkErs

--Cattle-Receipts, 1900; steady:
good to prime steers Sc. 25@6 SO; poor to
medium, 81 1896; stockers and feeders
50 304.7O; cows, $1.75@4. 50; heifers. 50 BOO
8. %; Gamers. I.75@2.75 bulls, 81 5O6
80; calves, $395. so. Hogs-ReceiDfs
today, 10000; tomorrow, 5000; steady to
strong; mixed and butchers. $4 SO@4 .95:
good to choice heavy, 81 90@5; light. Sd 75
GA 95; bulk of sales. 81 $500. .95. Sheen
Receipts, 5000; steady; lambs, steady:
good to choice wethers, $5@5. so: fair to
choice mixed, $3.75@5; Western sheen.
81 .50GCo. so; native lambs $506 rs: West
crn lambs, So. .50@6.5 so; spring lambs. $50
725. Vo@
Kansas City. -CattIe-Receipts.
1900, including 1l,5O0 Southerns: steady to
shade lower; beef steers, 4.75O6. .35;
Southern steers. SO. 50@5; Southern cows,
$2:29Q4; native COWS and heifers 81. 500
$50; stockers and feeders, SO. 25@4. IS.
O. 85; packers. 81: 5@4.8 so; pigs and
steady; sheep, So 50@5 rs; lambs. IS. 2567'
Sioux City, IoWa-Cattle-Rec 900:
strong; stockers slow and lower: beeves'
S4U5. S.; cows and heifers, s3m4. IS:
stockers and feeders. $3@4; calves and
yearlinGS. 1908. 80. Hogs-Receipts. 900:
strong, SC higher; selling, $4. .6O04. Is:
bulk. 81 65@4.70.
South Omaha, -CattIe-Receints
zoo; market slow, shade lower. beef steers
Sd 10; cows and heifers, SO. .75O5 10:
stcckers and feeders, $2.7504 10 Hogs
Receipts. $500; market steady: heavy
81. 75Q4 .85; pigs, $4@4 so. Sbeen@ReS,'
ceipts, none; market steady; sheen So IN
$50; lambs, So. 1907. W
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS

: Milwaukee Wis-Flour 1Oc lower.
" Wheat 1c lower; No. l northern. gee; Nc.
asked; ask IL puts 1u S63sc bid; calls. 88sc bid
er; No. 2. CSC; sample, 4o@59c. Oats 1bc
lower; standard. 42@421kc. Corn dull; No.
3, 49q50c; July, 48a4 @4S%c bid; puts.
4819c bid; calls, 49Ac asked.
* Kansas City, Mo;-.-Wheat lower; May,
cash No; hard, 871kc; No. 8, 83@86c;- No.
z red, $I@1 .03; No. 3, 95@98c. Corn firm
May, 44B @45c; July, 43c; September,
S8c; cash No. 3. 4S12c; No. 8 white, ACC;
st. Louis, Mo.-Wheat lower; No. red
cash Sd, elevator, 81; ;O4@1, 047z; track, 81 O7@
/. 0815c; July, 845sc; September. 90Ac; No.
2 hard, 92@94c.z Corn lower; No. 2 cash.
AZ; 4aec; July, 4S@4S6c;-. September. 469s q
4612c. Oats were steady; No. cash,
4O1ae; July. S61kc; September, SO1kc; No.
2 white. 451ac.
liverpool wheat quiet; No. 2 Cal
ifornia. 6s 101zd; futures dull; July IS
Sssd; September, IS 4Ad; December NOM
inal. Spot corn steady; American mixed,
new, As Sd; American mixed old, SIS I'd;
futures dull; July. As 4d; September. As
2Rd"
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DULUTH

DULUTH. Mimi, June 10-Wheat de-
cllned 1c on high grade weather in the
northwest and probable improvement
ley and other parts of the Northwest is
excellent and all conditions favor a
bumper wheat crop. Commission men
not in years have the fields looked SO uni
tormly We'll July opened at 941kc. but
fell TO 1890 before the close 1t closed
at 9SAc: Flax sold from $1.09 to $1081s
ana pack again, showing some life. Re-
ceipts-Wheat % cars; flax, s. Ship
ments-Oats, $500 bu. Stocks are esti-
mated to decrease 100000 bu wheat and
81. Close: Wheat-To arrive and on
track. No. 1 northern, 94K095c: No. 3
northern. 921s@93c; July. 93azc; Septem-
Oer. 81 PC; macaroni, S41s @8614c. Flax
Casn, $l.OS; July, 81 09; September. 81 10:
october, 81 .10A. Oats. 41hc RXe &c
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~ NEW YORK, June 10.-The market for
coffee futures opened steady in sympathy
with steady cables, continued moderate
primary receipts and bullish crop adyices
The demand was fair at first, but fell off
later when the market weakened under
scattering liquidation and closed steady at
net unchanged prices. Sales were report
ed s2,2b0 bags, including June at s. zoe:
July at e;lbc; September at IS. 95@ @6 O0c;
Der, 6 .25c: March, $780, May. 6. roc. SPOT
Rio steady; mild steady
Sugar-R1w steady; fair refining, 3ssc
oentfnugaI 96-test SBc; molasses sugar,
BIC: retineG steady.
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Minneapolis Curb
tate Grain Inspection


u Other Grains-Winter wheat, Is cars,
macaroni wheat. 1; No. 3 corn, 2; No.
corn 1; no grade corn, 8; No. 3 oats, g.
Z; No: rye. 8; No. rye, /; No. bar
ley, 10; no grade barley, 2; No. l flax, Z;
rejected fax, /.
No. northern, 49c; No. 9 wheat, 8: re-
Jected wheat, Sc; no grade wheat. 2;
macaroni wheat. /; No. L winter wheat
S3; No. corn, 2; No. oats, %; No
northern oats. z; no grade oats, 2; No z
rye, 3; No. 3 rye. /; No. barley, /; No
barley, u; rejected flax 6.
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fOfered
New York Mining Stocks
New York MONEY!

NEW YORK. June 1O.-Money on CALL
cent; ruling rate, IL /; last loan, IL per
cent; closing bid, / per cent; offered at
"a. Time loans. easy and dull; sixty and
ninety days, 2@219 per cent; six months
3% per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 334
@41s per cent. Sterling exchange easy
with actual business in bankers bills at
$4 81 .50@4 81 .55 for demand, and at
$4 .85. .60@4. 85. 20 for sixty-day bills:
posted rates, $4.S604. S615 and 1880
.S87s; commercial bills, 81 .85A GA. .853s
Bar silver, 55%c. Mexican dollars, 441kc
Government bonds irregular. Railroad
bonds strong.
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MINNEAPOLIS

Minneapolis-Wit the government re-
port due to come along in the afternoon,
it was difficult to work up much enthus-
iasm in wheat and dullness and hesitancy
ruled Receipts, 120 cars. The Southwest
had more rain. and, as it is close to har-
vest time in few of the more advanced
winter wheat sections, rain is not needed
and is really a bad thing What little
strength came from this, however. was
soon wiped out by foreign statistics,
showing combined shipments last week of
4, AGA, 900 bushels from Argentine and In
dial 1886. 900 and 2,52S,OO0 bushels re-
spectively.
The market rallied near the close, but
there was little doing at any time during
the session. July closed at 935kc, Sep
tember at S1Ac, and December 79c Fol
lowing was the range of prices:
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Among the Shippers on the market
We're: H. Kelley. Perham; w. H. Maire,
River Falls; May & NJ, Plato; Damman
& W., Plato; A. J. Graves, Prior Lake;
M. II. Gilbert, Mantoryille; J. Hegerle,
ST. Bonifacius; Agar & McA., Hancock;
L. NJ De Pul, HALFWAY; Ole o. Elling-
hoven: J. NJ. Hogan. Benson; Gus Hitter.
Monticello: John Johnson, Litchfield; M.
A. Peterson, Col1ato: T. e. Davis, ST.
Cloud; .. Mcleod. Casselton; G. o.
Barnd, Fertile; John Rise. Fertile; Quaas
Bros, Maple Piaint James sOleson, Will
mot. 8. D.; T. w. Whipple Sisseton. s..
D.; F. Kruger, Twin Brooks, s. D.; A.
Schart, Summit, S. D.
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TIICeS IuII steady; receipts fairly lib
eraI for Friday; average QUALITY rather
poor; price range, $4. 40 to $4 65; bulk.
$45S to 81. so; light, mixed and heavy
able from $4 40 to $3.50, and good to
choice mixed, medium and heavy weights
from 81. So to $4.75. Representative sales:
Hogs '
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HdSh Nuoedl4OLS were as 1OilOWS: Flour
quiet and steady. Wheat-No. 2 spring,
93@91c; No. 3, S6@95c; No. 2 red, 81 04 a
l. O5. CoTn-No. 2, 4S%c; No. yellow. soc.
Oats-No. 2, 41zc; No. white 411b a
43kc. Rye-No. 75c. Barley-Good feed
ing, 38Q42c; fair to choice mailing, 45@
SEC. F,laxseed-No. 1, 81; No. / northwest
ern. y .O7 Timothy Seed-Prime, 81. 95.
Per 100 lbs, Sc 65@6 671h. Short Ribs
Sides 9ioosel, Sc; ;S71k@7. 1216. Sides-Short
clear (boxedl. 6.75M7 Whisky-Basis of
nigh wines, 81. %. Clover-Contract grade
$40. 75. Receipts-FlouT, %, 100 bbls; Wheat
$4,000 bu; corn, 533, 900 bu; oats. $40. 200
bu; rye, 5000 bu; barley, 900 bu Ship
ments-Flour, %. 300 bbls: wheat 81. 200
ley, 800 bu. On the produce exchange to-
day the butter market was steady.
Greameries. lSk@1715c; deiries, 11% @I6c.
@15c. Cheese, IA 0DSc
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ChIcaao Produce

CHICAGO June 10.-Butter steady.
creameries, i31e 9171Ac; dairies. l2@16c'
Eggs steady at mark, cases included 141S
Q15Nc; Cheese easy; daisies, Sc; twins,
IA @71Ac; Young Americas, &c. Poultry
Live steady; turkeys, Ice; chickens, 1IKc;
springs, 15c.
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On Track-No / hard, 95Ac; No. /
northern. 94Ac: No. 2 northern, 92% G.;
No. wheat, S9A @91Ac. No l northern
92skc. No. white oats, 41Ae; No. 3
oats, 10000; September oats to arrive.
31c July NHts to arrive, 377s @39c. No. 3
yellow corn, .4S11c; No 3 corn, 471% 0D4Sc;
No. corn. 46@4Sc Rye. 69@70c. Barley,
36@52c Flax, cash, June, July and to ar
rive. S1.06%.
Floiir-D Demand is reported only fair
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QUUIftI1UIIs TUT 1'1-E10 " y DOI 5IIIeH q
Co: So :.,
Green saltcd- No, 1. No. 2.
brands, rs lbs and up. so .07% @$0. O6%
Branded hide, all weights,
90 lbs. and up .......... .07 a 06
Bulls stays and oXen...s,s LOT a 06
Veal calfskins, to 10 lbs. .11h@ 10
Veal kip skins, Is to 20
lbs. ............. US W .UG1z
Deacons, under lbs. 40 so q 40
Long haired kip. to Is
lbs. ,.........ssss.s..t. US W w
Skunk skins ....s. 20
Glue stock ......... .-.,.s. .VS
Green, . s-sss =,
Free of brands. tare. 3 lbs. 80
each ..;,;;.,...,.c,.. ,OeA@ .C5A
ni'lIbs1 ! lbs. each - -. .Os O .OS
Bulls stays and old oxen,
rare, 3 lbs. each ....... .06 a .05
Long haired kip. or run
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yards reported receipts for the day, by
loads. as follows: G. G. w, 8; c., M & ST
F., II; NJ. q st. L., e13; c., st. P, M. &
o., 6; G. N, 10; N. P, 6; total, 55.
disposition of stock for June 8, 1904:
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RECEIPTS LIBERAL -. AVERAGE
QUALITY RATHER POOR

Cattle Supply Moderate-5utcher Grades
Steady-Grassy Stuff foc Lower-Steck-
ers Steady-No OuotabIe Change in
Sheep Prices
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CHAS. |. HAAS Commission CO.

Live Stock Commission Merchants.
Room 10, Exchange Bida., Union Stock
Yards. South ST. Paul, Minn., and
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Ill.
All correspondence will receive prompt
attention. Liberal advances made on
copsignments. References-Union Stock
Yards or any Commercial Agency.
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F O'CQNNOR & VAN BERGEN ]
{ 'iii:i 55.!. BROKERS ,,;3'i;,, ;;;5 !
zO-2
DrectP "AAN+
q go ~ ~ ,1 rs ~ ~ =

and the mills closed yesterday to reopen
tuesday. Foreign inquiry is very dull
Shipments, $3.50 bblS. First patents,
70. ZOOS 80; second patents, S. 1905 90;
first clears. SO .70;- second clears, 81. 70.
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sznk cIearIhIns

ST. Paul ...................... 41,47s
Minneapolis ss...,.....s..s.......1 j, ,97e, SAC
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ners ;::...:..:..;........ .Os%@ .o5A
Veal kip, Is to 25 lbs - O2 m 06i5
Green-salted horse hides
with tail and name
large ............. 800 m.175
Green salted horse hides
with tail and name
ponies and small - 150 a 8G
Dry Flint Montana
Heavy butcher hides
short trimmed . 14Hm 151E
Light butcher hides. short
trimmed, under Is lbs :. .12 "a IL
trimmed ''.....'-....... IA q .14A
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Sheep

Receipts light; quality poor; prices un-
changed from Thursday; the last of some
local feed lot stuff. rather common lambs
were weighed up at 81. Representative
sales:
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PRODUCE AND FRUIT

Ruling Prices at Yesterdays Meeting of
the ST. Paul Commission Men
ST. PAUL, June 10.-Trade - in the
open market at todays meeting of the
Produce Exchange established the follow
ing prices:
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STOCKS SHOW REVIVAL
UPWARD TREND OF PRICES rs MORE
DECIDED

Trading Is In Professional Hands and
They Are SkiIlful Ones-Sentiment
Over Business Outlook Becomes More
Cheerful -.,,-.
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Midway Horse Market

Minnesota Transfer: ST. Paul MINI
Barrett & Zimmerman report some re-
vival in trade. The. better classes Of
horses were generally looked for Good
saddlers and carriage horses were in a
better tone than heretofore this year.
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ARY OF THE DAYS TRANSACTIONS INTF1E MARKETS
M. DORAN & co.
Established 1859.
BANKERS AND RRQKERR.

The oldest, strongest and most reliable
house in the Northwest dealing In Stocks,
Bonds, Grain and Provisions. Correspond
ence solicited. Members Chicago Board Of
Trade. Germania Life Insurance Bldg.
st. Paul. MINI.
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HAY. GRAIN AND FEED
Quotations Established In Open Trade on
the St. Paul Board

ST. PAUL, June 10.-Following price
were established in to-day's trading:
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Cattle

Cattle
receipts moderate. Desirable beef and
butcher cattle quoted steady grassy stuff
1Oc lower; bulls slow; VeaIs steady:
stockers and feeders steady at the weeks
decilne; mich cows and springers show no
improvement. Representative sales:
Butcher Steers
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The following table shows the weight,
cost and price range of hogs for the past
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HIDEs,t PELTs AND suNDRIEs

Quotations furnished by d. Bergman &
Co: -, - $500. s,.
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SOUTH ST. PAUL, June 10.-Estimated
receipts at the Union stock yards today:
Cattle. $780, calves, III; hogs, 1895; sheep,
254: cars, 55.
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National German American Bank Bldg
New YorH Bonds

Total sales for the=day. 321, 200 Share
XXX dividend
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sacks .............
The following quotations arr
sacks, SO and 40 lbs:
Gran ulate d cornmeal.
white ..........
Standard white rye flour.
Pure buckwheat flour -. Al
anula I d cornmeal.
yellow ........,.......
Pure family rye -four .....
Best xxx rye flour. ....
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Y17E7|fE&}paE4n
THE ENGAGEMENT PROBLEM
It Is One Which, After All Is Said
and Done, Every Girl Must
Settle for Herself.

1t Is n thing to fall in love and
another to propose marriage. Men may
be wise and cautious, they may have
most sensibly made up their minds
that 1t would neither be right nor fair
for them to speak, and they may have
definitely resolved not to say a word
on the subject of marriage till they
have, at least, a prospect of making q
home for a wife.
Then there comes an accidental up
set to their calculations-a word, j
look, d blush, a smile. All their fine
reasonings are thrown to the winds
they have blurted out the love they
meant to keep concealed till the cor
rect moment of avowal came. Susie
has confessed she reciprocates the de-
yotion she is told of, and nothing re-
mains but to ask papa's consent, and
visit a jewelers..
But then m the side that is no;
enough to send any two adoring people
up into a seventh heaven of bliss; but
by and by that ceases entirely to salts
fly. They would like to marry; to be-
long entirely to each other; to set UP
housekeeping, and know all the de-
lights of a home which the other
shares. The true test of love is not IN
the proposing and accepting, neither is
it in the buying and wearing the ring;
it is in the waiting with patience an
indefinite time for the fulfllment of a
hope of which the proposal and the en-
gagement ring were merely a pledge.
The question again and again arises:
How long is it reasonable for a man
to ask a girl to wait for him." If il
is a year, or even two, or three, he may
be justified; for, after all, there is q
definite end to the waiting, which
draws nearer every day. But If, after
five years, say, the end looks no nearer
If he is still just as unlikely to be
unable to support a wife-should he
still expect a girl to go on wasting the
best years of her life on his behalf?
If she really loves him, it will not
matter to her, though she waited for
him 20 years. 1t will be such an utter
impossibility for her to think of any
other man than himself that she will
not feel her chances in other directions
are being spoiled, for if she may not
marry him, she would rather not mar
ry anyone else while the world lasts.
She will count any waiting short and
light that has the hope Of being his
wife at the end of it, and she will wait
without a desire to be free. If she does
not love him-why, that is a different
matter, and she had better not under
take at all a waiting which she will
find intolerable.-N. Y. Weekly.