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SO
GKEAT- UNCLE DECIMUS.
St. James Budget.
My name is Hodgetts, and I have ten
children. England wouldn't be what it
is but for the Hodgettses. Large fami
lies are with us Hodgcttses— may I say
it?— an idiosyncrasy. My father was
cne of ten, all boys, none of whom died
in infancy; all of whom married, and j
all of whom developed the family idio
syncrasy—with the exception of Doci
nms, the youngest, who was a bachelor.
When I say that each of my uncles had
a child named Decimus, we Ilodgettses
will, I am sure, have your sympathy
and commiseration. There was only
one thing we disagreed about, for we
were a very united family, and that was
the possession of Great Uncle Decimus.
My century of nephews and nieces all
call him irreat-uncle, and we all loved
and respected him far beyond his de
serts, for there was nothing particularly
nice or attractive about Great-Uncle
Decimus, and there was a good deal of
mystery. In the first place nobody
ever knew where Great Uncle Deci
mus lived. "A letter will always find
me at Ilobson «fc Jobson's, in Great
Winchester street, you know," he
would say. Now Ilobson & Jobson
were an old firm of East Imlia mer
chants, and Great Uncle Decimus had
once been in their service in Bombay.
We all looked upon Great Uncle Dec
imus as a wealthy and eccentric miser,
and our mouths used to water when
Great Uncle Decimus would begin one
of his Indian stories in his well known
manner: "When 1 was out in Bombay,
having a pull at the. pasroda tree," or ]
"One day as my kituiutghar handed
me a glass of brandy-pawnee." or "Cal
cutta, as you know, is called the city of
palaces." We couldn't have the slight
est doubt of it. Great Uncle Decimus'
accumulations probably exceeded the
wildest dreams of avarice. He was as
suredly a very wealthy man— he was
so particularly stingy; he never
spent anything on his clothes; he
never gave anything to the serv
ants at the houses where he stayed;
and he always caused his hosts the
greatest possible amount of inconven
ience and annoyance. His wants were
numerous. Imprimis, he required a
fire in his bed room all the year round :
secondly, when he wasn't eating he al
ways had a pale and pungent abomina
tion in his mouth— a Jong, thin kind of
cigar, with a straw through the middle,
which he calleka"trichi." Herequired
to be fed upon Indian dishes, and com
pelled his hostesses to procure the con
diments necessary for their preparation
at expensive shops in the West end.
Then, again, he wasn't a fixed festival
— he was a movable feast; he always
made an appointment for what he called
his next year's visit; and he inevitably
kept it, unless you had a death in your
family. On the second day of Great
Uncle Decimus' visitation, after break
fast, he would invariably produce a fat
black book. "Any changes in this
family since I was here last?"
he would remark in a condescending
manner. "Baby, little Tommy, was
born just six months ago, great uncle,"
his hostess would remark. "Name of
infant," Great Uncle Decimus, would
reply with alacrity — "full Christian
name, if you please ?" "Thomas Deci
mus," the mother would answer with a
blush. "Exact date of birth ?" the old
mau would inquire: "I have to be par
ticular," he would say; "there are sev
eral Thomas Decinmses in the family.
We mustn't forget yourtlittle Thomas
Decimus, my dear," he would add in a
patronizing manner. "Any losses, my
dear?" the old man would remark in a
business-like way; and then the death
of Jacky or Alexander would be duly
noted. Great Uncle Decimus would
make an erasure and the following con
solatory remark: "So much the better
for his dear little brothers and sisters,"
he would say with a sigh; and then he
would replace the book in his pocket
and lierht one of his awful cheroots.
My wife hates the very name of to
bacco, and yet she was a will
ing martyr for her children's sake.
"1 can't bear the smell of any other
cigars but yours. Uncle Decimus," she
would Bay, and then Great Uncle Deci
inus would order the lunch and dinner.
As he would naively put it, "I hate giv
ing trouble, my dear, you know. A
simple pillan of fowl, a prawn curry
and a glass of old Madeira is good
enough for old Decimus Uodgetts any
day."
When a young Hoderetts married, the
first thing'he or she did after the honey
moon was to arrange, for an early visit
from Great Uncle Decimus. It was a
prudent sort of thing to do, you know ;
it seemed aimost like insuring one's
life. All the old man's underclothing
was confectioned by the hands of his
affectionate female relatives. My wife
used to knit him socks; another niece
by marriage made his shirts; the
younger members of the family used to
work him braces and knee caps, and
present him with dozens of large silk
handkerchiefs, hemmed and marked by
their own fair fingers.
There's a vast amount of selfishness
in this wicked world. A good many of
us Ilodgettses, 1 am afraid, rather looked
forward to the death of Great Uncle
Decimus and what they were in the
habit of speaking of as the dividend of
his property. Any sei ious matter that
involved a considerable expenditure of
money they would postpone till "the
time when, in the ordinary course of
nature, the dear old man would be
taken from us." For instance, we did
not keep a carriage; but we had fully
determined to when Great Uncle Deci
mus should pass away. Ah, what a self
ish worid this is.
We Hodgettses were always a little
bit jealous of my eldest brother Jasper
—not so much because he was the eld
est son of the family, being the eldest
son of the eldest son (somebody must be
the eldest son of the family, you know),
but because Great Uncle Decimus in
variably spent his Christmas at my
brother Jasper's. There was no earthly
reason why he should favor Jasper
more than anybody else; but he did,
and we all smarted under the injustice
of it. The day after Christmas day last
year, as we were sitting down to lunch,
our parlor maid handed me a telegram.
It rau as follows :
Regret to announce death of Great Uncle
Decimus. Come round at once. jAsrcn.
"1 always knew it would be so," cried
my wife. "1 know it would happen
sooner or later. Mrs. Jasper's pastry
has been the death of the poor old man.
And oh, Augustus," my wife went on,
"it'll cost a mint of money for mourn
ing, and we must put the servants in
too, 1 suppose."
'•We must revere his memory," 1 said
severely. "I'll run over to Jasper's at
once and look into things."
"As yoif re coming home, dear," said
my wife affectionately, "do look into
Ceespring & Splinterbar's; there's a
most lovely victoria."
1 reproved her. "It isn't a time for
victorias," 1 said, in the tones of a lord
chief justice. "You'd bettergo out and
see to the mourning, my dear, and be
sure you spare no expense;" and then 1
hurried off to my brother Jasper's. On
my way I called in at a hatter's and
asked for a hat band.
"For a great uncle, sirV" said the
man, and he scratched his head; "I ex
pect it will be much the same as a step
mother's. James, the narrow step
mother's" he said.
The things were only an inch wide; I
wasn't to be put off in that way. I in
sisted on having a much wider one.
"If you will, sir, you will," said the
man, spitefully; "but this is the article
usually worn for everything but a first
rate bereavement; and it is really a pity,
6ir, for your 'at is as good as new."
I didn't answer him; I paid my eight
een pence and left the shop. My heart
was too full for words; one doesn't lose
a great-uncle every day in the week.
When 1 got to Jasper Hodgetts' there
was quite a string of hansom cabs at
liis door, and I found six of my brothers
in the drawing room. They all smiled
when they saw me.
We talked in whispers, and the room
was uncomfortably dark because tbe
blinds were down. And then my
brother Jasper made a little speech and
told me that Great Uncle Decimus had
been found dead in his bed that very
morning.
"I have to thank you all," he, said,
"for answering my summons at once.
George, William and Adolphus reside
in the country, so it's no use waiting
for them. We," said Jasper proudly,
"are the nearest relatives of the de
ceased. I take it that our first duty is
to see that our uncle is interred in a
manner befitting his position in life.
As the head of the family, with your
approval, it will be my duty to see to
this." '-.
We all bowed to Jasper in sign of
assent.
"It will next be our painful duty,"
continued my brother Jas»er, ■ "to
search for • the will of the deceased.
Ilobson & Jobson may know something
about it. Perhaps I had better write to
Hobson & Jobson."
Again we all bowed; but we ; all felt
that Jasper was putting himself for
ward rather unnecessarily.
"You all know this little book, I
think." said Jasper, taking Great Uncle
Decimus' fat little memorandum book
from his pocket.
Of course we knew it; and I'm
ashamed to say that tlie eyes of some of
us sparkled with anticipation.
"Perhaps we had belter inspect it,"
said Jasper.
We eagerly accepted his suggestion
Jasper Hodgetts put on hie spectacles
and turned over leaf after leaf of the
little book.
"The first page," he said, a little
proudly, "contains the names and dates
of birth of my own family." ' •'
"Nothing more?" we all asked ; in a
sort of chorus.
Jasper got very red in the face.
"There is an absurd memorandum," he
said, "at the bottom of the page, which
is purely personal."
"You'd better read it." I said shortly ;
"there ought to be no secrets between
us as brothers."
Jasper passed the book to me. I read
the entry; it ran as follows: "Mrs.
Jasper's pastry is simply atrocious."
I felt very sorry for my brother Jasper
Eaah page of the book was very simi
lar to the first. There was a record of
every member of the entire Hodgetts
family, and then there invariably fol
lowed some unpleasant remark as to the
cookery at the establishment. There
was • nothing absolutely nothing
else.
"Great Uncle Decimus was an extra
ordinary man," remarked my brother
Jasper.
We chorused our assent to this propo
sition.
"Of course, there must be no expense
spared as to the funeral," remarked Jas
per. ' *
This was carried nem. con., and the
cermony was fixed for New Year's day.
"When I receive the answer from
Hobson & Jobsou," said my brother
Jasper, "it will perhaps be better if 1
do not break the seal until after the
ceremony, when the family . will meet
again in this room." It was very
thoughtful of Jasper. .
There were twenty-two mourning
carriages at the funeral of Great Uncle
Decimus, besides three private brough
ams, two handsome cabs and a four
wheeler. Over sixty of us sat down
after the ceremony in Jasper's drawing
room; it was like the meeting of a joint
stock company. Jasper cleared his
throat, praduced a big blue business
letter, opened it and turned very pale.
Then he read the letter aloud. It rau
as follows:
Dear Sir: In answer to your inquiries re
specting the will and financial position of
the late Mr. Becimus Hodgetts, formerly for
many years in our employ, we have reason
to believe that the deceased died intestate.
The fact is that his entire income consisted
of £100 a year, which he received from us as
a '•compassionate allowance," and which,:
of course, ceased on his death. Yours obe
diently. llobson & Jobson.
"Gentlemen," said my brother Jas
per, and he waived his hand for silence,
"the funeral expenses of Great Uncle
Decimus have amounted to a hundred
and thirty-nine pounds four and seven
pence."
The funeral of Great Uncle Decimus
proved a salutary lesson to the entire
Hodgetts family, and 1 really believe it
was worth the money it cost us.
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NAMES OF WOMEN.
They Change with Othre Fashions
and Quite Often, Too.
Boston Transcript.
It would not be at all surprising if, in
the centuries to come the students of
the social life of the nineteenth century
should classify this great cosmic century
into shorter periods according to the
fashions of given names among women.
Fashions in men's names change some
what, but not as women's. John,
Charles, George aud William reign in
1890 as they did in 1790. But the "fash
ion in women's names change every
ten or fifteen years. It is possible that
the sociological New Zealander will find
that the feminine key names of this
century, so to speak, are about as many
in number as the decades. Just what
was the favorite women's name at the
very opening of the century is hard to
guess off hand, but the listener may
venture-to say that the Nancy epoch
was about the first worthy of the word
in the century. Among the octogenr
iau ladies of the Listener's acquaint
ance the name of Nancy seems to have
a very prominent place. Further on
down the century came the fashion of
double names— possibly an old fashion
revived— and we find Martha Anna.
Mary Janes and Ann Elizas in nearly
every family. Perhaps this epoch would
.be best descaribed as the Mary Jane
epoch of our feminine nomenclature.
It is a little hard to locate these things
in years, but the listener would say, at
a guess, that the Lucy epoch began
about the year 1835 and was closely fol
lowed by the Helen epoch, which left
the name of the beautiful daughter, of
Leda scattered broadcast over the coun
try. Somewhat after the reign of
Helen come the most. singular, unac
countable epoch of all, the Ella epoch.
The use of the name Ella goes back,
as closely as the Listener can locate it,
to about the year ISSO, though there may
have been earlier examples. Where the
name "Ella" came from is a mystery.
The authorities put it down as acorrup
tion of the name of Eleanor, which in
its turn was corrupted from Helen. It
appears to have no recognized place
either in history or fiction, though evi
dently it was borrowed from a fourth
rate popular novel. It is, at any rate,
without meaning, without associations
in the past, without any other reason
for existence at its beginning except
that it pleased many people's fancy.
Now it no doubt has a recognized exist
ence, since beautiful and good women
have borne it, and, like all other names
that women ever bore, it is sanctified
with that other name of mother. The
real Ella epoch did not set in as early as
1850; probably it was at its height about
the year 1800. People thought .it so
pretty! But it is sadly out of fashion
now. Bff4
There was an Ida epoch that came in
somewhere alona there, probably just
after the Ella epoch, though' the two
names ran pretty closely togather. The
name of Ida is a good and ancient . one,
though most of the people who took it
up doubtless thought they had hit upon
something quite new. Most of the Idas
of the time about 1563 were named for
a character in a popular story, or for one -.
another. But following the Ella and
Ida period there came another girl name
which attained a extraordinary rage
the Edith epoch, indeed, survives al
most to the present day. Between 1865
and 1875 about half of the girl babies
were christened Edith, and the crop; is
ripening fast now, as a matter of course.
Look at the high school catalogues. and
see how they bristle with Ediths. An
ancient Saxon name, and a pretty one, :
disused for centuries and revived all at
once— a happy revival if it had not been
overdone. Then came the Maud-and-
Mabel epoch; these names hay to
be hyphenated, because neither evere
seemed able to stand up without the
other. They were a great rage in their
turn. The main crop of Maud and Mabels
will hardly mature before another five
years, though the earlier sowings are
THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1890. —TWENTY PAGES.
ripe already. . Since then we I have had :
the L Marjorie ' revival— % excedingly ;
pretty name that, and better ' and more ~.i
English then either Maad or Mabel and
now we are threatened with a Gladlys
epoch. Here we • have ; ; another name
out of the story books, and an awkward
one at that. But fashions in names had
much better be revivals of old disused
English : names, like . : Gladys, :^ Ethel,
Edith.' Barbara, ■ then : mere inventions
or importations. And a great dear more
depends upon the woman, anyway, than
on the name. '."■■'
IN LIGHTER VEIN.
Sad, But True.
Alas! a lass is sometimes false,
For false a maid is made
Her waist is but a barren waste—
- Though stayed she is not staid.
■>r-T \\' ■rjudge.
Didn't Work Both Ways.
Epoch. .
Brown— Old Pecksniff is the most re
lieious man I ever saw. He kept dinner
waiting over fifteen minutes to-day
while he said grace.
Merritt— Yet 1 know when he holds a
fellow's note he doesn't give him a mo
ment's grace. B3B£B
Sunday in the Blue Grass Region.
Clinton Democrat.
Stranger— seems to be a Sunday
law in this town?
Resident— Yes, sir. If you want to .
get shaved you will have to wait until
Monday. •_
Stranger— Oh, I don't want to get
shaved. 1 want to get drunk.
Resident— Come with me.
Another Temperance Lecture.
They drank much of whisky and beer;
To Baccnus they bended the knee. r
And often they said, with a sneer, ; ; -.. .
"A cold-water drinker is he."
He never would with them go round; ■
He left them to frolic at .will.
They're all of them under the ground J
He's drinking his cold water still. -'■• .
i ■ —Boston Courier.
'. A Lack of Harmony.
Lawrence American.
Lady— comeback. You prom
ised to saw that wood when 1 gave you
your dinner.
Tramp— Madam, I am obliged to break
my promise. The saw you gave me
produced a G sharp tone, which does
not harmonize with my favorite song in
F, which 1 always sing when working.
Either the saw or my voice must be
changed before I can work.
He Couldn't Say.
Merchant Traveler.
"Who's running this hotel, anyhow?' 1
asked the landlord of a traveliag man
who wasn't disposed to accept the situa
tion as meekly as he might have done.
"Who's running this hotel?"
"That's what I said."
"Well, I can't say. I haven't made
up my mind yet whether it's cock
roaches or nocturnal insects that make
sleep nothing but a fantastic dream of
hope. You'll have to figure it out your
self." • '
Fooling the Butcher.
New York Weekly, .
Butcher— Dot Mr. Wiseman is yon
vool. He gome to me und he give
me dose handsome new steelyards vor
dose rusty old vons I use so many years.
He say he collect bricky brack. •
" Customer— long had you used
the old steelyards? ■
"I sell meat, mit those steelyards
dwenty-live years." :
"Mr. Wiseman is a customer of yours,
1 suppose?"
"Ya(>." . ;. ; :,
"Don't you know that the older steel
yards get, the weaker the springs . be
come and the less meat they give to the
pound?"
"Mine cracious ! Dot Mr. Wise man
is yon scoundrel?"
A Centenarian Killed.
Special Correspondence of the Globe-Dem
ocrat. j |
Silver City, N. M., May 20.— A cen
tenarian was killed on the Atchison,
Topcka & Santa Fe railroad, between
Las Cruces and El Paso, a few evenings
ago. As the Silver City &El Paso ex
press was about a mile from Mesquite
station the engineer saw, as the train
was rounding a curve, an aged Mexican
leading a horse on the track. He blew
the whistle twice, but could not stop
the train, as the Mexican was but a few
yards in front of the locomotive and the
train was going at a lively rate. The
man had time enough to get off the
track, but he appeared to be so con
fused as to be unmindful of his own
safety, while he was making frantic
efforts to get the horse off the track and
out of danger. It w.as but an instant
after the last shriek of the whistle that
the horse and man were struck with ter
rific force by the locomotive. Both were
instantly killed. It was afterward ascer
tained that the Mexican's name was
Ascension Lucero. He is said to have
been over 100 years old, although the
exact date of his birth is unknown.
Nearing the Century Mark.
Jacksonville, 111., May 22.— Philip
Stringham, the oldest citizen of Jack
sonville, has just celebrated his ninety
sixth birthday, suuounded by a large
number of relatives to the fifth genera
tion. He was born on Long island, and
moved to this city in 1838. In 1856 he
went to Salt Lake by the overland route
with an ox wagon, but he only lived
there three years when he returned,
and has resided here ever since. He is
the father of eight children, six of
whom are living. There are also twenty
seven grandchildren, thirty-live great
grandchildred and six great-great
grandchildren.
The old eentleman has lived a quiet
life and has been a srood citizen. He
was twice married— the first time in
1820, to the mother of his children. She
died in 1853, and in 1850 he was again
married, his second wife dying in 186 S.
Since that time he has lived with his
daughter, Mrs. McEvers, of this city,
who has faithfully cared for him. In
early days he was a Whig, and later
joined the Free Soil party in 1856, and
has since been a Republican, as have
his sons and grandsons. He is still in
the possession ot his faculties to a re
markable degree, though he is not very
strong.
Killed by a Fall at Ninety-Five.
From tbe Omaha Republican.
John Sullivan, aged ninety-five years,
was found at 6 o'clock yesterday morn
ing lying at the foot of an embankment
on South Twelfth street, stone dead.
His head was crushed and his nose com
pletely severed from his face.
The ghastly find was reported to the
police, and Officer Rowden took the re
mains td Heafy & Heafy's undertaking
establishment.
The deceased was the father of Mrs.
Helen Carey, who lives at 1111 South
Twelfth street, and was feeble- minded
from old age. He had to be watched
very carefully, and at night the door of
his bedroom was always locked to pre
vent him from going out, as there was
danger of him falling off the bank at
the north side of the house. The bank
is probably twelve feet high and over
looks a small coal shed and water closet
in the adjoining lot.
The old gentleman had been locked in
his room, as usual, Saturday night, and
the family retired quite late, at which
time he was sleepiug quietly.
Some time in the morning, presuma
bly between the hours of 3 and 5 o'clock,
he waked up, and, finding the north
door fastened, broke the lock and
walked down some steps leading almost
to the edge of the bank; here he evi
dently stumbled, and fell head first over
the bank, striking the corner of the
coal shed and crushing his skull.
Mrs. Carey was very much distressed
over the sad accident, and assured a re
porter who visited the place that it was
not a case of suicide, as her father was
in the best of spirits the night before,
and had never been despondent.
The old man had lived in Galesburg,
111., for a large number of years, and
came to Omaha three months ago to
live with his daughter, Mrs. Carey.
WHEAT GAINS A FRACTION
Moderate Trading in Futures and Part
of Friday's Decline Recov
ered.
A Quiet and Easy Feeling in the
Market for Hog Prod
ucts.
Financial Operations of the Money
Kings— Tie General Quota
tions.
Chicago, 111., June"'?.— The wheat
market did not prove a soft market for
the ' bears this morning. There was
some pretty brisk buying during the
morning and the market up to noon was
well sustained in its early . advances! ;
The houses with bull news were not
disposed to go wiid over it, but j the ',
small shorts in the market were not con
tent to stay unprotected even over Sun
day. In fact, the action of to-day was
the beginning of the. evening up in ex
pectation of the government crop re
port, which will be made public on ;
Tuesday. While the market was strong
it was not broad. Cables were strong, ■;
both public and private. The latest
piece of bull news was regarding the
Hungarian crop. It had little effect
on British markets, and did not
make exporters at New York eager
buyers. -Reports from points where
harvest has commenced did not bear :
out the worst reports about shortage.
During the last hour the market was af
fected first by a little bull news on ex
port business, amounting to ten loads
at Duluth, and bullish dispatches from
the milling interests at Minneapolis,
saying that they had foreign buyers.
July, which had '} settled back to 92^c, .
bulged to 92^c again before. 1 o'clock.
Later the bear forces depressed the
market and July soldat9l%c. There
was a firm undertone, however, which
again ; carried the ■ price to 923^c; De
cember, :< J3)^c. The trading in corn
was fairly active and of considerable .,
volume, and the price was firmer and
higher, closing at an advance of about
K©Kz on the active futures. '^ The
chief local feature was Hutchinson's
buying, but there was . 'an incli
nation to be quite clear of the short
side at the close of the week, which
as weir influenced- the local scalping
trade. The oats deal was not possessed
of much interest. The shorts have evi
dently recovered from their scare, and
the slight advance was not due to any
nervousness on their part. Prices kept
within a narrow range all day and
maintained a steady advance until near
the close, when they weakened a little.
The provision market was quiet and
without feature aDart from Hutchin
son's operations in changing over lard •
from July to September. The feeling
was weaker, and prices for every
thing in the line closed off. Pork
lost about 10c, lard from oc to 7>£c and:
ribs 12)-£c to 15c.
Leading futures ranged as follows: '*■"■'".'-
Open- High- Low- Clos-
Articles. ing.'. . est. est. ing. :
N0.2 Wheat:
June ..... 00V2 . 9H4 90Vi 91
Ju1y.r..... 91% 92% 91i/i 92«fc
August.... 91% 92% ; 9U<2 92
No. 2 Corn: .■'"•'.
June...... 34 34% 34 .34
Ju1y....... 34% 35 34% 34%
August.... 35% 35% 35% 35%
No. 2 Oats: .
June.. ... 27% 28V8 27% 28 ■
July :■..... 27% 28 27% 27%
August.... 25% 26Vfe 25% 25%
Mess Pork :
September 12 85 ........ 12 85 "
Ju1y....... 12 80 1280 1275 12 75
Lard: . ; ■'. <. -. - - -
July 00 600 595 : 5 97V2
August.... « 12^2 0 121/2 610 610 ••■•:
September 6 22VS ■ '.. •• ... 020
Short Ribs:
July. ..... 5 1-ia 520 5 12V2 515
7 August.... 525 ... 525
September 5 371/2 : 5 37V2 5 321,2 5 32</
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour-
Easier: winter patents, $4.75@5.20; hard
wheat spring patents, $5@5.25; soft, $4.75®
4.90; hard wheat; bakers', §3.30@3.65; soft,
$3.25@3.50. Wheat— So. 2 spring, 90%®
91c; No. 3 spring, 77@81c; No.- 'i red, 9U®
910. Corn— No. 2, 34@34Vrc. Oats— No. 2,
28c. Rye— No. 2,51©51V2C. Barley— 2.
nominal. Flaxseed— No. i, §1.40. Timothy
Seed— $1.40@1.42. Mess pork, per
bbl. $12.62i,<2@12.65. Lard, per 100 lbs,
$5.90. Short ribs sides (loose), $5.05@5.10;
dry salted shoulders (boxed). $5.10©5.20;
short clear sides (boxed), £5.5u@5.f>0.
Whisky— Distillers' finished goods, per gal.,
$1.09. Sugars unchanged. Oats— No. 2
white, 29i£@29%c; No. 3 white, 27Vfe@27%c.
Receipts— Flour, 6,000 bbls; . wheat, 15,000
bu; corn, 373,000 bn; oats, 307.000 bu; rye,
14,000 bu; barley, 32,000 bu. Shipments-
Flour, 3,0t;0 bbls; wheat, 9,000 bu; corn,
210,000 bu; oats, 306,000 bu; rye, 4,000
bu; barley, 4,000 bu. On the produce ex
change to-day the butter market was steady
and unchanged. Eggs, 12c.
R. M. NEWPORT & SON,
VESTMENT . BANKERS,
Loan money on improved • property n St
Paul and Minneapolis
At 6 Per Cent "On or Before."
! New Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul.
Bank of Minneapolis Bnild'g, Minneapolis.
COCHRAN & WALSH,
Corner Fourth and Jackson Streets.
Real Estate and Mortgage Loans
General Financial 'Agents.
Dulutli drain.
DuLTTTn, Minn., Ju/ie 7.— Wheat was quiet
and dull to-day, and price changes were
small; receipts, 20 cars. The following are
the closing quotations: June, ; 91V2C; July,
93c; No. 1 hard, 91V2C; No. 1 northern,
89V2C; No. 2 northern, 80c.
J. J. WATSON, BRO. & HYNDMAN
145 E. Fourth St., Endicott Building.
REAL ESTATE AND MORTGAGE IN
VESTMENTS.
FIRE INSURANCE AGENCY.
Milwaukee Produce.
Milwaukee. June 7.— Flour dull. Wheat
- firm ; No. 2 spring, on track, cash, S9@B9ii>e: : ;
July, By%c; No. 1 northern. 94c. Corn dull ;
No. -3, on track. 33'/2C. ■ Oats quiet: No. 2
wnite, on track, 2OV2C. Rye steady; No.- 1,
in store, 51V2C. Barley steady; No. 2, in
store, 47 V4@47V2C. Provisions easy. Pork,"
$12.75. Lard, $5.90. • Butter steady ; dairy,
t@loc. Eegs steady ; fresh, lie. Cheese un •
changed; Cheddars. 7%@Bc. Receipts— Flour.
2.000 bbls: wheat, 21.000 bu; barley.
17.000 bu. Shipments— Flour, 7,000 bbls;
wheat, 1,01/0 bu; barley, r 4,000 dv,
FINANCIAL..
Sew York.
New York, June 7.— Clearings, $170,
--642,269; balauces, 16,071,348. Money on
call easy 1 , no loans; closing offered at 4
per cent. -Prime "mercantile paper,
5@6K. Sterling exchange : quiet, but
firm at $4.84% for sixty-day bills, and
$4.80% for demand. .The stock market
to-day, outside of the trusts and one or
two specialties, was an extremely limited
one, and the dealings and final changes,
for the most part were without signifi
cation. The disposition at present is to
await the action on the silver bill, and
the , trading ■: was . to-day : confined al
most exclusively to the room traders,
who were inclined, to ;. hammer stocks
in the early dealings on the expectation
that the bank statement: would show a
decrease in ■ the -: surplus I reserve. The
early demand was sufficient to cause
slight advances in some stocks after an:
irregular opening, but the pressure !
later wiped out these gains,' and prices
in most stocks retired slightly below;
those ;of the opening. _- Louisville ; &
Nashville was most conspicuous among
the active stocks for its decline, but it
; was only a small fraction. St. Paul and
Atchison followed in point, of activity,
but moved ... over a very narrow
range, the excellent;, showing of
the latter for May having no influence
whatever. Among the . specialties
Quicksilver was tne* only one showing
any life, -and 'the. 'common rose \%, and
I the preferred \%, though both closed a,
little I, off from .the ; ; best X figures. 'v; The :■
were the only active features to ~
the market, and ! Sugar, feverish and ir- ;
regular, was not cso active as U3ual of
late, and finally scored a \ niaterial :; im
provement over its last night's price.;
Opening up \% per cent, at 79>^c, it . re
\ retired to 78;Vc, and, after violent \
fluctuations Detween the latter figure
iand.SO^c," it closed at '•. 80^"c." ; Chicago
; Gas was specially, strong,; and rose 2
per cent on a very moderate business.
The close was quiet and firm
nnd insignificant changes. Sugar rose
.2%, Chicago Gas 1%. and Quicksilver
preferred 1 per cent. There was : about
the usual amount of business in railroad
; bonds, the sales to-day aggregating
f 074,000, while the market showed the
same lack of movement which lias char
acterized the dealings of late, even
though the general tone was firm. Gov
■ ernment bonds have been dull and firm
for the 4>£s. State bonds have .. been
, neglected. : The exports of specie from
the port of New York last week amount
ed to $55,202, all gold,; consigned to
South i America. No specie went to
-Europe. The imports of specie during
the week amounted to $359,342, of which
839,909 was in gold, and $319,433 silver.
The Post says : The net results ot this
week's business was a recovery of more
than half of the previous week's de
cline in the majority of stocks. Last
week nearly all stocks declined from %
to 3 per: cent, except the Vanderbilt
stocks, which were an exception to the
general market and advanced from 1 to
2 points. The immediate causes^ of the
decline were the break in Sugur Trust,
on which the net decline for that week
was 11 points, and the decision against
the legality of the Chicago Gas Trust,
in which the net decline for that week
was 10 points. This week Chicago
Gas has recovered 4 points, and
Suear Trust had recovered 5
points to 84 on Friday, but
to-day lost the recovery. . The price
of Sugar Trust is ..the subject of the
boldest kind of manipulation,, and is
apparently as unsettled now as a week .
ago. The opinion expressed in this col
umn a week ago that the insiders were
the heavy sellers from - 90 upward,
holds good for this week, > except ; that
the selling was from .70 to 80 and up
ward. The price of Chicago . Gas has
apparently settled at about where it
will be firmly supported, and will prob
ably remain comparatively steady.
After Sugar Trust and Chicago Gas
. Trust the most remarkable movement
.in prices this week was the silver,
bullion certificates, which closed
last Saturday at 101%, and have
advanced pretty steadily through the
week to 10G>£ at eleven o'clock to-day.
The railroad situation has not changed
during the week, and the latest reports
of the"earnings show that the average
increase from 11 to 12 per cent in gross
earnings over the same time last year is
still maintained, as shown by the re
ported gross earnings of forty-four roads
for the fourth week of May at $5,527,332;
being an increase of 5531,600 over the
same week last year. The earnings of
the roads, and the general aspect of the
railroad situation are quite good enough
to leiuitiu afurth r advau c: n prices < 1
stocks and bonds, and c:ally the
low-priced stocks, as soon as money
becomes plentiful, as is almost certain
to be the case before the end of next
month, especially in view of the efforts
of the administration to get the money
out of the United States treasury. The
expectation of some kind of legislation
,on the silver question has become so
.general that any failure on the part of
'■. congress to do so would probably cause
a reaction in prices in the stock market
for a time. But capital is so abundant
in Europe and attractive investments so
: scarce that such a reaction would prob
ably be overcome in a few weeks. The
total sales of stocks to-day were 126,591
shares, including: Atchison, 3,490; Del
aware, Lackawanna & Western, 2,000;
Louisville & Nashville, 7.100; Oregon
: Transcontinental, 4,180; Richmand &
West Point, 4,385; St. Paul, 0,410; Union
Pacific, 2.300... .S. ■ ; ■
R. M. NEWPORT & SON,
, INVESTMENT BANKERS,
Loan money on improved property in St. :
Paul and Minneapolis
At 6 Per Cent "On or Before."
New Pioneer Press Building, St. Paul.
Bank of Minneapolis Build's, Minneapolis.
. STOCKS — PRICES.
Adams Express.lsl N. V.. C. & St. L. 73
Alton & Terre H. 3* Ohio & Miss. .... 25%
do pfd 128 do pfd.. ...... 85
«\m. Express... 11 Ontario & West. 21<4
B,C. R. & N.... 28 Oregon 1mp..... 49%
Canad'n Pacific. 83IA Oregon Nay 104 Vi
Can. Southern.. 60Va Oregon Transc'l 50
Central Pacific. 36 .- Pacific Mail 44/2
Ches. & 0hi0. . . 24Vs P., D. & E .... ... 211*
do Ist pfd. ... 65 iPittsburg ...... 156
do2dpfa..... 44% Pullman Palace.2oo
Chi. & A1t0n.... 130 Heading.... 47
C B. & Q:.....107 Rock 151 and..... 94%
C St. L. & P.... 16V2 St. L. & S. P.... 35V2
dopfd 49 dopfd ........ 65k
C, S. &C. ....... 63 dolstpfd i>7»,*>
Del. & Hudson . . 169 V2 i 2. Paul 77%
Del., L. &\V.... 1457*1 dopfd. 120%
Den! &R. G ... 18% St. P., M. M...112
East Tennessee. 10t2|St. P. & Omaha. 34M>
dolst pfd..... 78V21 d0pfd........ 95
do2dpfd.. .. 2(ii/2 Term. C. & L..... 51%
Erie...... ...... 28% Texas Pacific 22%
d0pfd..... .... 68 Tol. &O. C.pfd. 83
Fort-Wayne 157 Union Pacific... 67%
Hocking Valley. 25 U.S. Express... 71/2
Houston & Tex. 4V? W., St. L. & Pac. 13
Illinois Central. .ll6 dopfd.... 29V2
Kansas Texas 1814 Wells-Farpo Ex.l-15
Lake Erie & W.. 19V6 W. U. Telegraph 85%
d0pfd........ 66 Vs Am. Cotton Oil. 301/2
Lake Shore.. 113% Colorado Coal. 53%
Louisville & N.. 90 Homestake ..... 11
Louis. &N. A... 38 Ontario 43
Memphis &C. .55 Quicksilver — 8%
Mich. Central.. .lo3% dopfd 42%
MIL, L. S. & \V.. 921,2 R. &W. P. Ter. . 22^
do pfd .......113V2 Atchison.. 48VS
Mpls. A St. Louis 7 D., T. &F. W. . . 351.2
dopfd 17 D. &R. G. pfd.. 55%
Mo. Pacific...... 7514 S. Pacific ..:..'.; 35%
Mobile <& Ohio.. 17% C. &E. 111.. 39V2
Nash. &Chatt..lO4 St. P. & D .....36
N. J. Central . .123 Wis. Central. . . . . 30i,fe
Nor. &W. pfd.. 65 Chicago Gas.... 55
N. Pacific :::.. 37% Sugar Trust. ... 21%
d0pfd....... Ho Lead Trust ...*.. BOVB
Northwestern... 115% C, C. & St. L... 79
do pfd........ 146 Oregon Short L.. 49
N.Y. Central.... 109^ Gt.Northeru pfd 84%
N. V., C. St. L. 17V2 ■ ' ''"V-'-.--
--*Exdiv.
BANK OF MINNESOTA.
Paid-Up Capital. $600,000.
Surplus, 00,000.
Win. Dawson," Pres. Robt. A. Smith, V. Pres.
Wm. Dawson Jr.. Cashier. ' ;
BONDS — CLOSING PBICES.
U. S. 45reg. ...:. 121 iM. K. &T. G.ss 761,2
do 4s coup 122 Mut. Union 65..100V1 i
do4V>s reg....103 N. J. C. iut.ctfs.ll3i&
do4i"scoup...lo3 N. Pacific lsts..US .
Pacificosof"Js:.U3 | do 2ds 112 ii?
La. stamped 45.. 94 N. W. consols..: 141
Missouri 6s:;. 100 do deb. 55....108 i/ 2
Term new set.6s.lOS>r2 Or. & Trans. 65..10512
do do 53.:. .103 St. L. &1.M.G.5? K314
do do 35... 75V2 St. L. & S. G. M.114U
Can.SoutlTn2ds.loo St. Paul consols. 129%
Cen. Pac. 15t5...11l St. P..C.& P.lsts.ll6i2
D. iR. G. lsts..H7 T. P. L. G. T.R.. 92% .
do do " .... 83V2|T. P. R. G. T. R 43%
Erie2ds ......104% Union Pac. lsts. 112^
M. K. &T. G. 6s 87 | West Shore ...'■.. 106^
H.HOLBERT,
S2B ROBERT STREET, ST. PAUL*
REPRESENTING •
: Members - New York Stock Exchange and
Chicago Board of Trade. Offices: New York.
26 Broad St. : Chicago, S. W. Corner Grand
: Pacific Hotel. Stocks, Bonds, Grain and
I : Provisions bought and sold for cash or on
margin. Direct wires to Chicago Board of
■ Trade and New York Stock Exchange.
Chicago*
Chicago, June 7.— Clearings, $13,702,000:
for the week, §94,859,447. New York ex
change - was 25c premium. Money firm at
5@6 per cent on call and 6©7 per cent on
me. ' '- ' "
Weekly Bank Statement.
New York, June The : weekly bank :
statement shows the following changes: Re- ■
serve, decrease, $1,750: loans, decrease.
$154,900: specie . decrease, $41,500: legal
tenders, - increase, $574,700; deposits, in
crease. $939,800; circulation, decrease,
816,800. The banks now hold $4,913,875
in excess of the 25 per cent rule.
LOCAL. MARKETS.
St. Paul.
The market was weak throughout Saturday.
Wheat dropped off lc and the market closed
weak. The receipts of corn were liberal but
prices were weak aud lc lower. Oats were
also weaker and quoted from lftc to lc
lower. Barley and rye were dull. Mill
stuffs lower. Bran held its own and was
firm at yesterday's quotations. Hay showed
some flrmuess. The call:
Wheat— No. 1 hard. 89@90c: No. 1 north
ern, 88@89c bid; Np, 2 northern, B:@B6c.
Corn— No. 3, 32c bid.
Oats— No. 2 mixed, 27@28c bid; No. 2
white, 28V2@29c; June, 27c bid; No, 3, 27
@28i&c.
Barley— No.-2, 50@05c bid; No. 3, 40®
45c bid.
Rye— No. 2, 42c bid.
Ground Feed— No. I, $13.50@1.?.50 asked.
Cornmeal— Unbolted, $13.50 asked.
Bran— Bulk, $9.5d@10 asked.
Hav — No. 1 upland prairie, $10 bid;
No. 1, $9.50 bid; timothy, $10 bid.
Potatoes— New, $3 per bu asked; old,
30@35c per bu.
Produce Exchange.
Butter took another tumble " to-day, and
went down lc,so that st creamery butter is
now quoted at from 12 to 14c. The ; stocks
on hand continue to increase daily, and the
whole butter market is ; flat. Eggs show.;
some weakness. Lemons are in : better de
mand and are quoted higher. Onions have
: declined,- and to-day being Saturday prices
: on strawberries have advanced 25c, but they
will not probably stay there. . - . .
Butter— Creamery first, 12iS14c: creamery
second, 7@9c; dairy ■ first, 10®12c; dairy
second, 4 @se; roli and prints, 6@Sc; pack-;
' ing stock, 3@3V2C. ...■".-; = :".".;
Cheese— cream, S@9c; skimmed,
4@Sc. : : ■•.•-.■
Eggs— Fresh, $3.30@3.45.
Maple Sugar— B© 10c.
.. Maple SyniD— Per gal, 51.15@1.25.
Honey— Slow at ; quotations: Fine white
new clover, 12@15c; buckwheat, 10@lle.
Malt— Per bu, Go@6sc. "
Oranges— Californias, §4.25(&4.75; navels
■84.50@5: Messinas, 85.
■ Lemons— Fancy. Ss®o.
: Nuts— Pecans, Texas polished, medium to
large, B@loc per lb ; . almonds, Tarragonas, ;
17c; California: soft-shelied.- 3 8c; filberts,
Sicily, 12e, walnuts, new California, 12®
15c: cocoanuts, SO per 100; hickory nuts
51.50 per bu: shellbarks,Sl.7s@l.Bs per bu.
Brazils. l«'@l2e; peanuts, Virginia hand
! picked, BV2C; roasted, IOV2C.
Dates— Persians,7@Bc perlb; in mats, sV*c;
figs, new, 12@15e.
Cider— Choice Michigan, 16-gal kegs. $3
per keg; choice refined, 16-gnl kegs, 8.3.
per keg; choice refined. 32-galbbls. $5®
5.50 ocr bbl; Ohio cider, $4 per half-bbl, $7
for full bbl. MBMHrij
Veal—
Onions— New, $3.50 per barrel ; green,
15'/ic perdoz.
Carrots— per bu.
Apples— Fancy, $0 per bbl ; standard, 85.
' Celery— 3o®Ssc
California Fruits-
Grapes— Malaga, $7.50@S per keg. WfU
Pears— s2.so@3 per box.
Strawberries— '/4-quart crates.
Cabbage— Ss.so@« per crate.
Asparagus— Long green, 35@40c ; domes
tic, 25@35c. a Cßßfin
Radishes— per dozen.
Wax Beans— sl.7s per box, 2,3-bu.
String Beans— Sl per box, % bu.
Peas— per bu box.
Cauliflowers— s2.so per dozen bunches.
Cucumbers— 3s®4oc per dozen.
Spinach— per. bbl.
Lettuce— Per dozen, 45c.
Pieplant— 2@2V2C per pound. ' -
CERMANIA BANK.
(state BANK.)
PAID UP CAPITAL. ;.-',.-: $400,000
Surplus and undivided profits, $55,000.
H. B. Stkait, 'William Bickel.
President. Cashier
Wholesale Produce.
Pork, Bacon, Lard. Etc.— Pork, . mess,
--$13.50; hams, lOttc; salt, dry long clear. 6c;
smoked long clears, «%c; ■ breakfast . bacon,
S%c; long spiced rolls, S^c; tierce lard,
6%c; keg lard, 7c; 3-lb tin pail, 7 Vac; 51b
tin pail, 7%c; 10-lb tin paiL 7%c: 20-lb
pail, 7c.
Flour — Patents, $5®0.50; straight,
$4.50@5: bakers', $3.50®3.75; buckwheat,
$3.90@4.50; rye, $2.40@2.70.
- Beans— Medium. $1.25®1.50; navy, $1.50
@.1.75. :
Dressed Fancy-dressed steers. $4.25
@4.50; choice steers, $4@4.25; cows and
heifers. $3.50®3.75 ; country -dressed beef; ■.
$2.50©3; hindquarters, S4®s; forequarters.
$2@3 ; veal. 4 V2@5V2 c ; extra heavy mutton,
6®7c: mutton ranging from 30 to 40 lbs,
7®7V2C : country-dressed mutton, 4®sc ; pigs,
feet and triDe. 90c@$L per kit; quarters, $2.
Oysters— Per can. Standards, 30c; best
Standards, 40c; Selects, 35c; best Selects,;
45c. Bulk oysters, per quart— Standards,
54c; Selects. 55c; Counts, 60c.
Fish— La'<e Superior trout. No. 1, 8c: Lake
Superior whitefish No. 1. 6@6i&c; Lake Su
perior whitefish, No. 2, Co ; fine Lake Superior
herring, tic; Lake Superior pike, 7c: pickerel,
4c; smelts, iu@lsc,- salt water herring, 6c;
croppies, 8c; black bass, 12@15c; lobsters,
25c; halibut, 25c; salmon, 25c; red snap
pers, 25c; biuefish, 25c. '^vB3
Furs— Mink, 50c@$l : marten, 81.25®2.50;
otter, $6@B; beaver, per lb, $3@4; fisher,
$5@7; cross fox, 83®5; silver-grey fox, 815
®75 : red fox. 81.65 ; kit fox, 40c ; wolverine,
84: timber wolf. $3; prairie wolf, 81; lynx,
$4@5: wild cat, 50c; house cat, 15c; skunk,
50@60c; muskrat (fall), lie; muskrat (win
ter), 13c; muskrat (kits), sc; badger, $1;
black bear, 81 6@25 ; black cud bear. S4®7 ;
brown bear, $1K(5;2O; brown cub bear, $4@7;
grizzly bear, 810@15 ; grizzly cub bear, $4®
5 : raccoon, 60c@$l : sheep pelts, 25@85e.
Hides— Green hides, per lb, 4c ; green salted
hides, per lb, 41,'ic; green salted long-haired
kip, per lb, 4c ; green . salted veal kip, per Ib,
4V2C; dry flint hides, per lb. 7c: dry salted
hides, per lb, 6c: green calfskins, per lb,
4V*c; dry calfskins, per lb. Oc; wool, washed,
per lb, 24@26c; wool, unwashed, per lb, 16
®13c; tallow, per bbl, 4c; ginseng, per lb,
$2.75; seneca, - per bbl, 32c; beeswax, per
lb, 20c; dry deer skin's, fall, per lb, 30c; dry
deer winter, per lb, 25c; dry antelope
skins, per 23c; dry elk skins, per lb, 20c;
dressed buckskin, per Id. 51.25.
ST. PAUL UNION STOCK YARDS CO
SOUTH ST. PAUL
The Yards and Packing Houses Open for
Business.
Ready Cash Market for Hogs*
LIVE STOCK.
Union Stockyards.
Official receipts at South St. Paul: 815
hogs. 51 cattle, 15 sheep.
Hogs— Steady : the sales were all at $3.40©
3.65, and a good stiff closing at yesterday's
prices is noted.
Quotations: Light, $3.40@3.65; mixed,
$3.4U@3.65; heavy. $3.40®3.65.
Cattle— Steady ; no receipts worth mention
ing; active demand for stock stuff and
butcher steers.
Sheep— Strong; muttons, $4.50@0.2i>;
lambs. $4@5.
FITCH BROS.& CO., ;
Live Stock Commission Merchants!
Room 20, Exchange Building,
. Telephone 99D-2.
Union Stock Yards, South St.Caul; Twin City
Stock Yards. New Brighton, Minn
Chicago.
Union Stockyards. Chicago. 111.. June 7.
—The markets . ail presented a very quiet
aspect to-day. Receipts of cattle and sheep
were larger than is usual to the last day of
the week, while the receipts of hogs were
notably small. There was a fair demand at
fully former prices for catth?, but hogs and
sheep were full and heavy, the former clos
ing at about the lowest prices -of the week.
Receipts, 1,000; common to extra
shipping steers, $3.90®5.35; stockers and
feeders, $2.75©4.10; bulls, $1.75@3.75;
cows, $1.25@,3.50; Texans. cows and bulls,
$1.0 ! ©2.50: steers, $2.25@4/25. Hogs-
Receipts, 10,000; light weights, §3.50©3.ti5;
heavy and medium. 3.65@3.75. Sheep—Re
: ceipts. 5,000; natives, ?3@5.75; Westerns,
i $3@5.50; Texans, |2.75®5.
: — m '
SEVEX-LEAOUE BOOTS.
A Russian Proposes to Have
People Lift Themselves by Their
Br»ot Straps.
St Louis Globe-Democrat.
Who ever heard of a man lifting him-
# self by his bootstraps? Only small chil
dren believe in the performance of
"The Seven-League Boots." Well, the
patent office has just granted papers to r
a Russian upon a device which is a com
bination of the hitherto deemed impos
sible bootstraps act, with a little of the
seven-league business added. The Kus
sian lives in St Petersburg. He calls
his invention an "apparatus for walk- =
ing, running and jumping."
The apparatus consists of bows and
springs j fastened :to \ the : feet, the legs,
the waist and shoulders. As the knees
are bent either to walk or run or jump,
the tension of the bows and springs is;
increased, and the man shoots upward
and forward. At least that is what the
drawings and specifications of the inven- ;
tion say will happen.' The Russian did
not send over an actual samples of his
contrivance, and the patent . office
people have been obliged to act upon
theory only. ; ;. _'■'-...
Probably He Took It Internally.
Lawrence Aniaeriean.
Managing Editor— What's this, Mr.
Scooper? Ten dollars for a magnifying
glass? I sentyou to the beach to write
up the ladies' bathing dresses— not to
study natural history.
Reporter— l know it, sir: but I had to
get the magnifying glass to see the bath
ing dresses.
/yy $& ■■■■■■' f<b '&.
ST. PAUL
Foundry Company,
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Founders, Machinists, Blacksmiths and
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/>IXTID X 1 Weakness of Body & Mind: Effects
\J %J XLXI of Error or Excesses in Old- Young.
Robnst, Noble Jluhood fiillT«eitoreil. How to Enl*rge »nd
Btr»nßthpn We»k, Inde.eloi.ed Organs andl'irUof Body.
ihsol-.ilely nnfalllng Home Treatment— In a day.
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l^^^iMinneapolis & St. Louis
pffimjlJ Railway,
feyrtlTiTiß Leave Leave
UOBOiBmaB St. Paul. Minneap'is
Chic. & Kan. City Ex. a 9:55 am nlO :40 am
Dcs Moines Expr a 9:55 am alO :40 a m
Chicago "Fast Expr"' d 6:25 pm d7 :lopm
St. Louis ''Fast Ex". b6:2spm b7:lopm
Dcs Moines passeng'rl d 6:25 pm d7:lopm
Waterville Expr...... B3:^opm :30 pm
Excelsior & Water" wn aS:2oam :05 am
■ f a6 :OJ a m
Hotel St. Louis. Ex- | dl2:sspm d 9a m
celsior and Lake-; a3 :sopm (11:30
Park Hotel . I di:2spm d">:ospm
: ■. r- dG:oopm
a Ex. Sunday; b Ex. Saturday; d Daily.
TICKET OFFICES:
ST. PAUL. MINNEAPOLIS.
City Office — No. City Office— No. I .
199 East Third street, Washington aye., S.,
corner Si bley. corner Hennepin, In
Nicollet House. Block.
-DEPOT-Foot Fourth Depot— Cor Third
street. I st. and Fourth ay. N.
Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City R. R
Offices: Minneapolis, No. 3 Kieollet House
Block and Union Depot. St. Paul, No. lUj
E. Third St. and Union Depot.
All Trains Daily ssauL"^ auL " sl^uL
Chicago & Dcs
Moine3 Express. 7:45 a. m. 7:30 a. m
Chicago, St. Joe &
Kansas City. ...... 7 :30 p. m. 7:30 a. m.
St. Louis and Mason
City Express....:. 7:45 a.m. 3:30 p.m.
Chicago &Dubuque 7:45 a. m. 3:30 p.m.
Lyle Accommoda
tion..... 4:50 p.m. 10 : 3 »a. m
Trains arrive 3D minutes laterand leave 3J
minutes earlier from Minneapolis. •
Mpls. St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie R'y.
City Ticket Offices— St. Paul, 185 East Third
street; Minneapolis, Guaranty Building.
. i_ Montreal & Boston Ex. leaves St.
S^tltfb, Paul, (a) B:40 p. m. -
■lllWfflß-ffl Montreal &' Boston Ex. leaves
YttiSl&WM Minneapolis (A). 7:20 p. in.
'&!%&«£&*& Minn. Hiv. Iv. Mpls. (C), 4:10 p. m
MBIS^ISB st ' Cl '°' X Fft " 8 Ac " le " vts sl - 1 '"" 1 -
B^*Smoib^B a daily from union station, ii,
tagf^^S^^^excci't Sunday, from union station.
...^S* I^^- c, except Sunday, from union sta
tion, n, except Sunday, from Broadway station,
St. Paul.
/«^^ TICKET OFFICE!:
/cS#3£j**w:lß4 East Third Street
% TICKET OFFICE!;
184 East Third Street
<!tUnion Depot, St. Paul.
lO^STWII I A means daily. B except
/^LjJt""* / Sunday. C except Saturday.
■'■ D except Monday.
■-^*^ Lv. St. Paul. l Ar. St." Paul
Chicago & way.... B 7:30 a. m.lll :00p.m.8
LaCros.. Dub.&Lo. B 7:30 a.m. ll:00p.m.B
Aberdeen Local. .. B 7:40 a. m. 0:15 p.m.B
St. Louis Express. A 9:15 a.m. .7:45 a.in.D
Kansas City Ex.... A 9:l r > a. m. 7:55 a.m.D
Pra.duC.,M. &C.Ex|B 9 -.15 a. m. 6 :30 p.m. B
Calmer Ex. B 9:15 a.m. tS::»Op.m.B
Mil.,Chi.& Atl.Ex. A 3:00 p. m. I :sop.ni.A
Austin&Way A 4:25 p.m. 10:25 a.m.A
Rochestei Local.. B 5:00 p.m. 10:20a.m.8
Chicago Fast Mail A «:40p. m. 3:15 p.m. A
Aberd'n&MH. Ex. A 7 p. m. 8 :55 a.m. A
Aus.,Dub.»tCbiEx C 7:15 p.m. 7:45a.m.D
Kansas City Ex... A 7:15 p.m. 6:30 p.m. A
St. Louis Express. C 7:15 p. m. G:3op.m.A
Vestibule A 8 p. m. 7 :00 a.m. A
TICKET 4flj@ffijs» oFF/C£S:
162 E. Thiru /Jjßgfffijifljlft 19 Nicollet
Street and Mll^So Ilous tt e locki
Union Depot^MßßliWßr Union Depot
F. H. AN SON, G. K. P. A._
ST. PAUL. [CHICAGO, MILWAP- MtNNEAPOI/S
Ar Lv. kee, Chippewa Lv. ' Ar.
--7:45 1:25 Falls, Eau Claire, 12:45 8:25
a.m. p.m. Neeuah, Oshkosh p.m. a.m.
3:40 7:15 Fond dv Lac and 0:25 4:17
p.m. p.m. I Waukesha. p.m. p.m
Pullman Palace Vestibuled Sleeping Cars
and the Central's famous Dining Cars at
tached to all through trains.
• ;--.sn— tedw— aHßmMMinkMMi
>A^ CHBCAGO, ST. PAUL,
Jmm: MINNEAPOLIS & OMAHA RY.
||||H| HIE BEST EQTJH?X 3 IvIIVE
To Chicago, Omaha and Kansas City.
" LEAVE. j BASTBRI^TRAIWs! arrive. '
'Hinneap'is. St. Paul. ' « Daily. I Ex. Monday, t Ex. Sunday. St. Pan!. |Micseaplg.
* 7 no AM ~7 4" AM I "^...Chicago 14 Hour Daylight Express 1 00 PM * 1 40 PM
t430 PM 515 PM .Eau Claire, Black River Falls and Neillsville 645PMf7 20 PM
•650 PM 730 PM Eau Claire, Merrillan and E1r0y..... 725 AM * 8 03AM
+850 AM 935 AM New Richmond and Turtle Lake....™ 500PM♦5 40 PM
•9 45 PM 10 25 PM New Richmond, Superior and Dululh 6 50AM * 7 30AM
+850 AM 935 AM I Ashland, Washburn, Bavtield and Watersmeet..."... 500PMt 640 P.M —
•945PM10 25 PM : Ashland, Washburn and 8ayfie1d............... 650AM*7 30 AM
• 6 50PM 7 30PM Chicago 13% hour Vestibnled Express..... 7 25AMJ* 8 03AM
* 6 50PM 7 30PM ....Madison, Waukesha and Milwaukee— Fast Line.... 7 25AM,* 8 03AM
-'-■■ LEAVE. WESTERN TRAINS. ARRIVE.
St. Paul. Minnaap'U. » Daily. Monday. t Kx. aonday. Minneap'ls. 1 St. Pud.
+750 AM 825 AM ......_...»Pipeßtone, Sioux Falls and Yankton 630PMt7 03 PM
• 7 50AM 8 25AM .-Omaha, St. Joseph and Kansas City 820 AM * 7 40AM
• 7 50AM 8 25AM Sioux City, Denver, Portland and San Francisco 840 AMit 0 15AM
•745 PM 820 PM Sioux City, Omaha, Kansas City and Colorado _... 820 AM • 7 40AM
;-;■ ■. t750 AM 825 AM '.'. ....._Winnebago, Blue Earth and E1m0re....... 630PM + 7 03PM
+10 20 PM 945 PM . Sioux City Omaha, Sioux Falls and Mitchell 820 AM I 7 40AM
ttO 20 PM 945 PM Sioux City, Denver and Pacific Coast Fast Line...- 630PM* 703 D «£
' t!0 20PM 9 45PM Shakopee, Kasota, Tracy and Pierre—.......:.. 820 AM X 7 40Aul
Solid Trains to Chicazo, with through Sleepers to Milwaukee on Vestibulod Express arriving there at 7.25 next
" TOr a s'ecpers 3 Daily''u> e sioux S ctty, S Bluffs, Oman* and Kansas City, Daily Ex. Sunday to Tracy anil . -
BiooxFalls. Pullman Sleepers on night trains to Dululh and Ashland • •'_- - ■
TICKFT ( St. Paul, 159 Ea»t Third Street and Union Depot, foot Sibley Street. .
OFFICES: J SlnueapaUt, |3 Blcollet Home Block and Union Depot, Bridge Square.
? iraS cO gerAgenC : . City Ticket Ajent. Su Paul. - . City W. B. WHEELER, ..
flwnraiWr Agent. City Ticket Agent, Su PauL City Ticket Agu, M.uueapolifc
NORTHERN PACIFIC R. B.
The I>inius Car lAne to Fargo,
Winnipeg, llcleiin, Untie unit
lite Pacific lloirtfcwewt.
Leave Arrive
Dining Oars on Pacific St. Paul St. Paul
Express Trains. Daily. Daily.
; Pacific Express (lim
ited), for Fargo, Bis- .
marck, Miles City, , .
Helena. Butte. Spo- •
kane Falls, Tacoma •■'■• •■;■ ■■'.' '■■'■ ■ ■•■
and Portland ...4:15p.m 5:10 p.«
WlnnipegExpressOlm
ited), for Grand Forks.
Graf ton, Pern bina and
Winnipeg. $ :00 p. m. 7 :05 i. m
Dakota Ex Dress, for *
Fergus Falls, Wahpe- -
ton, Mllnor, Moorhead.
Fargo, Jamestownand
intermediate points.. S:OOp. m. 7:03«.nt,
Fargo Express (daily
except Sunday), tor
Braineid, Fargo and
interinediale points... 9: 15 n. m. 0:45 p.nt
FREE COLONIST SLEEPERS are run on
Pacific express trains leaving St. Paul at
4:15 p.m. ;
Through Pullman Sleepers daily between
St. Paul and Graf ton, Grand Forks, Winni
peg, Fergus Fulls, Helena and nil points West
C. E. STONE. City Ticket A?eut, 162 Bast
Third street, St. Paul.
G. F. Me X BILL. City Ticket Agent. 19
Kicollet House. Minneapolis.
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY LINE
Palace, Dining; . and Sleeplnjj r "-Trs,
Handsome Day Coaches and Froo
Colonist Sleepers through to Moo
tana and the Pacific Coast.
Leave. | St. Paul Union Depot. | Arrive. "
5:00 p. m. Minnesota, Dakota.
Montana and Pa
. cific Ex a 9:30 a. m.
as:oOp. in. Winnipeg, Manitoba
and Pacific Express a 7:15 a. m.
b8:10a. m. Willmar AWahpeton bt>:3op m.
bS :20 a, m. Fergus Falls, Fargo
A Grand Forks ... lb(!:10 p. m
:30 p.m. Osseo & St. Cloud.. . bll :55a.ni
bs:oop.m. Anoka & Willmar.... n9:3oa.ia
b4 :00 p.m. f Dulutb. W. Supe-1 b(i p. ia.
I rior. Elk River, |
I . I Milaca.Hinckley, |
Princeton and |
a10:45p.m (.Aiioka* ...J a7:loa.ra.
b4 :30 p.m. Excelsior & Hutch
iuson bll:s3a.ni
c8:10p. m. Sioux F.. Pipestone,
Sioux Cityt Water
town, Aberdeen, '•' •
Ellendale, Huron,
Fargo and Cassel- :.. :
ton |d 7:1." a. ';. ;!
a. daily; b, except Sundays: c, Saturday to
Wahpeton only: d, Monday from Wahpeton •
only. * Sleeping and buffet parlor cars our ■■'
trains to Duluth and West Superior. tßuffet
Sleepers.
Tini/rTO 195 East Third St., St. Pant.
I IuIVL I 0 300 Nlcollet Ay.. Minneapolis,
and Union depots in both cities
Chicago and St. Louis.
Trains on "The Burlington" leave
Union Depot. St. Paul, as follows: Fast
daylight scenic Mississippi express, 7: 50 '■'
morning, arriving Chicago lO:!iO night; -■■
St. 1. is. 0:51) morning, making direct .
connections for points Ka^t and'
South.
Limited Pullman Vestibuled leaves '
7:oO evening, arriving Chicago !):OO •
morning; Breafast in Dining Car, ar
rive St. Louis 5:15 afternoon.
It is The People's .Favorite Line to
■\Vinona, i.a Crosse. Prairie dv
Chlen, Uubuque, Galena, Chicago,
Hock Island, Peorla. St. Louis, and
direct line to Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Ticket Offices, 164 East Third St., and
Union Depot, St. Paul.
ISpliliTO CALIFORNIA
f^Sfia^^KM^K&l The most nomforta-
H^KbtoPPWHH D * e way to reach Call-
Etffljw!lJMQ.iiJiMS>n^Wii t '"'"' 11 ls v ' a Chicago
f ''-*: or Kansas City, from
"■■■■■■■■■■■■^■^ which points th'rongn
cars run without change. For rales and fur
ther information apply to S. M. OSGOOD
Gen. Agt.. or W. M. WOODWARD, Tray
Agt., 515 Guaranty Loan Building, Minne- '
apolis, Minn,
TO WEAK MEN
Buffering from th 3 effects of yonthfnl errors, earr»- .
decay, wasting weakness, lost manhood, etc., I will
send a valuable treatise (sealed) containing full
particulars for home cure, FREE or cJiarKe. A
splendid medical work : should be read by every
man who is nervous and debilitated. Address,
Prof. F. C. FOWLER, Itloodu»,€onn.
WC A If MANHOOD
t»W id 9*m. gPEk Early Df my and AbiHP, Impoten*
■ ■ uaai • ■ ■ Lo,t Vlcor, and health fully
restored. Varleoctle tared. Parts enlarged. strengthened.'
Sew Hume Treatise sent free and sealed. is Prize Beilala. «.
I iddren LECLA-\ C UK ÜbTTIIIC, 110 * 11 i William St.. A.T.
MANHOOD RESTORED.
fXj^^W^ "SANATIVO," tha
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r'^. ■3j Rninedy, is sold with
«3 i^v ?V a Written Goaran-
ILa ■» ipß tee to cure allNerv
'fit&Ae'Jf oils Diseases, such as
6pji«5».,,7. Weak Memory, Loss
J&Mjjyi of Brain Power.llead
/!*f£&f?^mi ache, WakefalneM,
Before & After Use. Loßt Mauhood, JNerv-
Photo^rapned from Lite. onsuens, Lassitude,
all drains and loss of power of the Generative Or
gans,in either Bex, caused by over-exertion, youth
ful indiscretions, or the excessive nee of toDacco,
opium, or etimnlanta, which ultimately lead to
Infirmity, Consumption and Insanity. Put up m
convenient form to carry in the vest pocket. Price
SI a package, or 6 for S3. With every $5 order wo
give a written guarantee to cure or refunu,
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cular free. Mention this paper. Address _
MADRID CHEMICAL CO. ? r ?"f, h ,^! f ?TT B**8 **
417 Deaiborn Street. CHICA(.O, ILL.
FOIt SALE IN ST. PAUL. MINX., UK
Frost & Brown, Cor. Third & Robert Street
S. K. McAllisters, Cor. 7th & Wabasha Streets.
