The Saint Paul globe., March 19, 1900, Page 7, Image 7

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FIELD, FfIRM fIND HOUSEHOLD.
MISt KM. VMOOIS.
Beware of the man with half shut eyes,
lie's not dreaming. ,
Itezlco sold ih.i United States J2.000.000
worth of hides last last year.
The Wisconsin tobacco crop for 1899 is
valued at 15,000,000.
The Florida Horticultural (society will
hold its convention In Jacksonville
May 1.
Minnesota is making a cheering increase
In the number of her sheep. This is well;
may the good work go on.
Cedar men report prices so good for ce
dar posts and poles that shingle stock
will be short.
The bog must have puro drinking wa
ter. Slops can never supply the place of
water.
The farmer who reads good farm litera
ture is generally the one to reap a golden
h.ti 1
A scrap jar la a good idea for saving
clear groa.se. Fry out pieces of fat meat
to cook potatoes with.
Tho apple and shade trees you plant
this spring may refresh and cool the
■1 y I"iik years after you are gone; and
you may then know that you did not live
in vain.
In Devonshire tho cycle has been ap
plied to butter making. A man sits on
his bicycle, pedals, and by means of a
chain turns ,iho--ch.urn.
liens har L - how so industrious this win
ter in layhwf "strictly fresh"' that the
storage eggs have-been sold at le^s than
they cost when put in store last April.
The membrane of hens" eggs was re
cently used by a Brooklyn surgeon for
grafting skin over a very lartre surface
of an amputated arm, and the operation
has proved entirely successful.
The mill of the newly formed Central
Lumber company, formerly operate by
the Hudson Sawmill company, at Hud
son, Wis., will bo operated night and day
during the coming season.
Jones- How are the ejws this morning?
Brown—Very interesting.
Jones—lnteresting?
Brown Yea; so full of "chic."
The Groat Northern railway is prepar
ing to tunnel through the hill on which
the city of Everett stands, and several
buildings on the water front will be torn
flown to make way. The tunnel 1 will be
one-half mile lung and will save about
seven miles of line.
The largest boot sugar factory In the
world is to be erected at Rucky Ford
t 01. it will cost $1,500,000. and have an
annual capacity of IS.OOO tons of sugar,
to be produced from beets raised on 80 000
acres under contract with farmers.
If farmers could ?ee piled up before
them the thousands uf tons of pulverized
screenings, corn meal and shorts, worth
fo to ?10 a ton. that they are paying $150
to $200 a ton for in the form of perfumed
"stock foods." they would see an object
lesson that would rivet to their pockets
many dollars iiuw uselessly spent.
The recent severe floods and heavy
sleet ami snow storms have killed thou
sands of trout in brooks and deprived
Quail and otiier game birds of the means
of subsistence. The birds and fish that re
main should be jealously protected. For
months to come a ci\jse watch should be
kept on pot hunters.
Minnesota boasts Justly of its dairy In
terests, yet last ytiar consumed 1,343,865
pounds of oleomargarine on which in
ternal revenue taxes were paid, and hun
dreds of thousands of pounds which were
smuggled past the revenue utllcers. It is
safe to estimate the total consumption
of this packing house grease to exceed
one pound for every man, woman and
child in the slate. Yet we do make good
genuine butter.
Preside- 1 Hill, of the Grent Northern
railroad, recently said that that road
carried 50.000 more head »t cattle to mar
ket from points east of Mlnut than from
west of that station. West of Minot are
the ranges, east are the farmers. In for
mer times hardly any cattle came from
the farms along that road. He further
says thai the hog crop has trebred in the
last 11 ye years. That is very encourag
ing to live stuck interests in the North
west, for practically the same Is true
along other lines of traffic.
COIOII.
An experienced shepherd says that
coughing sheep are relieved by mixing
with a half bushel of salt, 1 pound cop
peras, 1 pint pine tar and ft pint turpen
tine. Mix- thoroughly, thin the tar to do
it. and put where the sheep can have free
access to it.
MINNfc2SOTA AND WHEAT.
Minnesota produced, in 1899 CS 223 581
bushels of wheat, according to the na
tional • department of agriculture An
average of 13.4 bushels to the acre The,
next state in this regard is North Da
kota, with 51,758,630 bushels, and an av
erase of 12. S bushels. Tho average farm
price on Dec. 1 was 55 and 51 cents re
spectively, indicating a colossal business
at a very .small profit.
A WARMING BIQJfAI*
When tempted to buy condlmental
stock foods ' recall what Prof Shaw
says about them. Here it is- "1 w iij
never, under any circumstances buy a !
finsle pound of any so-called stock food
whatsoever, without nrst knowing what
was in „ :i ,ui. .cc ondi in what proper
were J^f redle»t8 composing the same
FLORIDA CABBAGE CROP SMALL.
Private advices received here by a
prominent house regarding KiorMa cab
bage say that the crop is very small an •
will not exceed 100 car loads, allSSd vi'
course the crops have Lien diminished b>
the repeated free***, and it is not likely
BY SB-BLOOMING BOSBS.
Do you admire them? Everyone does
who takes time to look at them. Order
11 t aSv °ne dozen ass°rteJ two-year
old bushes next spring-»on their own
roots-planting them in a row. i n the gar
den Place three-Inch porous drain tUe
under the row. through which you can
vestment of money and time you e ver
u ,ade-exeeptlng. of course, the wife and
she may have bee., wooed with Tl of
some beautiful roses. -A X Bu sh
ASIA MINOR FIGS.
. During my residence in Asia Mlt,™- T
have been much interested in£ J? ow
Ing. which is one of the m-i il p
industries; Indeed, the n r or, n T,TT I
upon much as the potato en. ,t m f
ica. and Its failure means want ?»d ,'
rations for the rest of the year p or Ph "
reason there Is much distress Vhr« v s
the country during cho era
when the exportation is forb'dden t ,CS'
the growers hasten to Smyrna and iT
siege the consur, urgin- them , .
ence their respective*^ nml^s to *!■""
move the edict, claiming that thi «
cannot carry infection, as they are din^f 1
alized appearance. The 0g harvesting
and packing is a time of rejoicing, fur
nishing occupation for the many, and
long caravans of camels pass through tho
narrow streets of Smyrna carrying tho
fruit to the sea. —E. C. Morgan.
ASPARAGUS.
This vegetable Is a luxury, enjoyed by
all. It Is ready to use Just when most
needed by the family for a spring medi
cine, as well as for a food product. Since
I have learned how easily It can be
grown I am surprised that it Is not found
growing In every garden.
Plant a long row the length of your
garden this spring, using this method:
Open a wide and deep furrow with the
plow. Fill the furrow with well pre
pared compost, then work this into the
soil with a plow and cultivator, making a
thorough job of It. Finally draw a
straight furrow, about rive inches deep,
the entire length of the trench, into
which drop two-year-old asparagus roots
about twelve to ilftot>n Inches apart.
These can be covered with the plow
and the surface should be leveled with a
harrow. Cultivate the same as corn dur
ing the growing season.
As soon as the seed begins to color,
rut the stalks and burn them. "When
the ground freezes, cover tho row with a |
liberal dressing of manure. This can be ]
spread about the plants early in the
spring and worked into the soil with a
cultivator, securing the very best results.
Asparagus cut and used at once is
much superior to the "lust year' 3 stock"
usually found on the markets. The fam
ily which is werl supplied with fruits and
vegotubles has no use for patent medi
cines.
Bind AMD WAGONS.
Stockman and Farmer.
Every boy around the farm, of suita
ble age, should be taught how to figure
out the number of bushels of wheat and
oats in the bin and how much the wagon
box will hold. A wagon box 10 feet long,
3 feet wide and 25 inches deep will hold
27.8 bushels of ear corn or 50.2 bushels
of ghclled corn. A crib 10 feet wide, 10
feet high and 16 lo4ig will hold 711 bushels
of ear corn. Of our corn one bushel is
contained in two and a quarter cubic feet.
In figuring shelled corn and grain the
same space will hold one and four-fifths
times as much grain as it will of ear
corn. A crib that will hold 800 bushels
of ear corn wll! hold of shelled corn or
other grain 1,440 bushels.
ADVERTISING PARABLE.
Canadian Merchants' Review.
Behold, an advertiser went forth to
sow;
And when he sowed, some seed fell into
handbills and doeers, and the street
ccaner en me and gathered them up;
Some fell amongst concert and theater
programmes, and the people being inter
ested in the performance and not in bar
gains, they were left on the seats or
crumpled and thrown on the floor;
And some fell among fake schemes and
gift enterprises, and popular contempt
sprang up and choked them.
But some fell into legitimate newspa
pers, which found their way into the
homes of the people, who had time to
read them, and they brought forth fruit,
some one hundred-fold, some s'xty-fold,
some thirty-fold.
Who hath ears to hear let him hear.
IKE WALTO.V'S PRAYER.
I crave, dear Lord,
No boundless hoard
Of gold and gear.
Nor jewels fine,
Nor lands, nor klne,
Nor treasure heaps of anything—
Let but a little oot be mine
Where at the hearthstone I may hear
The cricket -slug,
And have the shine
Of one glad woman's eyes to make
For my poor sake
Our simple home a place divine;
Just the wee cot —the cricket's chir
Love and the smiling face of her..
I pray not for
Great riches, nor
For vast estates and castle-halls—
Give me to hear the bare footfalls
Of children o'er
An oaken floor
New rinsed with sunshine, or bespread
With but the tiny coverlet
And pillow for the baby's head;
And pray Thou, may
The door stand open and the day
S^nd ever in a gentle breeze,
With fragrance from the locust trees
And drowsy moan of doves and blur
Of robin chirps, and drone of bees
With afterhushos of the stir
Of intermingling sounds, and then
The good wife and the smile of her
Filling the silences again—
The cricket's call,
And the wee cot,
Dear Lord of all,
Deny me not!
—James Whitcomb Rlley.
LENT WITHOUT FISH.
Country Gentleman.
Not all our readers live on the sea
coast or lake shore, and to those who live
at a distance inland fish ceases to be
a. delicacy even in these days of rapid
transportation and cold storage That •
there should be a change of diet in the !
spring no one will deny. The appetite |
revolts at heavy soups, f at meats and I
rather coarse vegetables that were !
oaten with a relish when the thermome
ter indicated zero. While fresh fish j
Sns a ♦S ° grateful at this season ia
I denied to many by reason of their habi- j
tat. eggs are always to be had. and
there are few localities where they may
not be procured of the freshest. Below
BOBte novel ways of cooking them are i
given which call for no ingredients not I
accessible to the ordinary- housekeeper I
With Cheese-Molt a lablespoonful of
butter over the fire, remove the sauce- '
pan and stir in till smooth as much I
flour; return to the fire and dlllute slow- !
ly. stirring constantly, with half a ninf
Of milk; add two tnblespoonfuta of graced
cheese and season to taste. PoUr thij ('
over eight three-inch squares of toasted I
bread that have been dipped quick" £ !
l' mi;, and Pile ™ top six eggs, scram
bled with a heaping tablespoonful of
butter and two of grated cheese I
Poach eight eggs and lay each on a '
Piece of toast treated as above, pouring I
the same sauce over all pouring
Soak two cupfuls of stale bread in two '
cupfuls of hot milk; add a cupful of •
grated cheese and three beaten egg!' ;
season with salt and pepper, and cook'
f tW"omf et Pans w"h a generous ounce
Of butter in each. Care must bo taken ;
to sl.p a broad-bladed knife under from '
time to time, and to moderate the heat
after the omelet begins to cook a,
. burns easier than an ordinary omelet
Hard boiled eggs may be cut in two
lengthwise, the yelks remove and mS
With grated cheese, melted butter unri n i
very little soft bread-crumb in '
hot milk; fill the whi.os with thia mix
ture and heat in a white cheese sauce
as above.
Just before folding an omelet, sprinkle
with a tablesponful of grated cheese to
every two eggs.
Add two iablespoonfuls of Krated chee**
to four eggs lightly mixed with afo£
and scramble with a tablespoonful of
butter, using no milk with the eggs
worn ceeKiHo nits.
Throe Good Home Receipts
Most of us are familiar with nut« nf
the confectionery order. *v. lh as wainm
caramels.or almond nongmt, but coninara
tively few call them to their aid E con"
coctincr the famliy pudding. The follow"
1 . ing recipes, which are .simple an j who ,
some, might furnish a variety in that
; part of the menu: n tnat
. Almond Custard Frift rtf—Prepare somo
ct""ar2 PWMing in the n.,ual \v. v a™d
while hot mix fa two ounces of chouoed
. c rn.-.m1,:. Allow (his to cook forborne
time Wfifccr; then pour into a flat tin to
THE ST. PAUI, GLOiiK, MONDAY, tt/UCWJtt ly, lUOo
mk. * ill LltUsy LU Llllsy I Uvllv't
<fpf| 4,000 Head of Horses
jjJSSSIAT PUBLIC AUCTION
On Thursday, March 29, 1900,
Tliuet Bros, will put on sale and sell at public auction 4,000 head of the best horses ever sold under the ham
mer. This will be the most phenomenal horse sale in the history of ths United States. Bach and every
horse must and will be sold to the highest bidder. No reserve, no preference.
The offerings will consist of about 3,000 head of very fancy heavy draft horses and drivers—Normans,
Clydes, Percheron and Coach; well-bred blacks, bays and grays, weighing from 1,200 to 1,600. All perfectly
sound. About 1,000 head are well broke. The balance Will be the choicest lot of sucking and one and two
year-old colts ever offered for sale. We guarantee this sale to be the greatest opportunity in the history of
this generation to get exceptionally fine horses at astonishingly low prices.
We stake our reputation on the merits of this sale. If the horses offered at this sale are not exactly as
represented we will refund you all expense Incurred in attending this sale, if you miss this sale you will
miss the opportunity of your life time to purchase exceptionally fine horses at astonishingly low prices.
Remember the Date, Thursday, March 29th, 1900.
Remember the Place, Union Stock Yards, So, St. Paul, Minn.
for- Further Particulars VY/rlt*» or U/Ire
Thoct Bros., Live Stock Commission Merchants,
Union Stock Yards, South St. Paul, Minnesota. -. ■ Auction From 10 a. m. Sharp to 5 p. m.
M. D. FLOWER, Prss. H. B. CARROLL. Gen. Supt.
St. Paul Union Stock Yards
South St. Paul. Minn.
Eest Equipped end Most Advantageous Market for the SUtfirs i.i t'n Nortiwast.
Connected with all thi Railroads.
1,000 Beeves and 2,000 Hogs Wanted Daily-
CHAS.L.HAAS COMMISSION COMPANY
LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MERSHAHfS,
Room 19 Exchange Bidg., Union Stock Yards, Soj, Sfc Paul, Minn.,
and Union Stock Yards. Chicago, 111.
■All correspondence will receive prompt attention. Liberal advances indde on Consignments
References— Union Stock Yards or any Commercial Agency.
ROGERS & ROGERS,
LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MERSHANTS,
Room 21 Exchange Building, South St. Paul.iWlinn.
Highest rrsrket prices obtained for stock. Prompt attention given to all correspon
ftr.ee grd ciccrs. References: Any commercial agency.
bntort tfook Yards, TTUili BTT 51 H&% €*l Soo Clly Stoak Yards
to. fet. Paul, Minn. 5 ii «J &» g DllUSl Sioux City, lawa.
LIVE STOCK COffIRnSSIO* MEff33MIITS.
All Business and Correspondence Receives Prompt Attention.
Liberal advance* made ou con»ignments. References—South St. Paal Stock Yards Bauk, Sioux
City National Bank, First National Bank, Kasson, Miun.; Parsons
Brob. bank. Dodge Center. Minn.
as to be about half an inch deep. When
cold, cut Into pieces about two and a half
inches long and one and a half inches
broad, and fry in deep, smoking hot fat.
Drain, and serve very hot with sugar
dusted over.
Filbert Cup Pudding—Butter well and
dust inside with sugar about six small
cups or plain moulds, fill three-quarters
full with the following mixture: Three
ounces bread crumbs soaked in hay pint
of boiling milk; two ounces of ground
rice; two ounces of caster sugar; salt;
two ounces of filberts or other nuts,
blanched and grated through a wire sieve,
and two eggs well beaten. Mix all
thoroughly and bake in a brisk oven for
thirty minutes. Serve hot with custard
or lemon sauce.
Cocoanut Pudding—Mix in a basin four
ounces grated cocoanut, four ounces fine
bread crumbs, three ounces sugar and a
little salt—the latter must be added to
all dishes, of which nuts form a part—and
the grated rind of half a lemon. Boil
three-quarters of a pint of milk, and if
preferred for flavoring a bit of cinna
mon stick, a few cloves or a piece of gin
ger. Strain over bread, etc., and al
low it to stand about half an hour, then
stir in the beaten yolks of one or two
eggs, and lastly the whites beaten quite
stiff. Bake for about an hour In a shal
low pudding dish, which may be lined
with puff paste.
THE HOTRED.
March is the month in which to pre
pare the hotbed and plant the seed re
quired in it. For many early vegetables
the hotbed is really indispensable. Where
farmers are located near cities or large
towns they can generally purchase toma
to, sweet potato, cabbage, egg plant, cel
ery and some other plants at less than it
would cost them to raise them, and at
the same time secure plants of excellent
quality. Those who make a business
of raising plants to sell devote business
attention to It. Their plants are also
generally shifted from the hotbed to the
cold bed, and In that manner have be- i
come "hardened." They are also more
stocky after such treatment, and when
they are set out start to grow much soon
er than ordinary hotbed productions. It
will, however, pay farmers to have a hot
bed, as before stated, simply to supply
the plants necessary to have some extra
early vegetable productions. The follow
ing from Farmers' Bulletin 94 gives some
good points on hotbeds. The bulletin
says: "Many plants must be started in
a hotbed, and the plants reset once or
twice. The essentials for a hotbed aro
bottom heat, protection on all sides and
a sash of glass as cover. The heat is
usually supplied by the fermentation of
horse manure. The pit for the hotbed is
one to three feet deep. It may be well
built for permanent use, and then brick
walls are economical. Board walls are
good as long as they last. Good drainage
is essential. The pit should be filled with
litter during the winter to prevent freez
ing on its inner surface.
"This is especially true if plants are to
be started in winter. The litter is thrown
out -when the time comes to make the bed.
Then an Inch or two of coarse stuff is put
at the bottom, and upon this eighteen
inches to three feet of manure is placed
Next comes a layer of leaf mold, and on
top of It four or five inches of fine gar
den loam. The manure should be trod
den down in layers about six inches thick
If it is loose and puffy after being trod
den down, there is too much straw It
should feel springy whf-n trodden but
should not swell up quickly in a loose
mass when released from pressure. \
hotbed with two feet of manure In it may
be expected to be good for six weeks." '
If a thermometer ia used 90 degrees 1^
the temperature for planting tomaioe->
and other plants reouiring much warmth
while 70 degrees to SO degrees will suffice
for others. Not all kinds of seed are
to be sown in the hotbed at the same
time. Attention must be paid to the tim»
at which transplanting must be done.
When the plants are ready to go to the
cold frame. It is a loss to leave thorn in
the hotbed. But if it is still too cold for
them outdoors, a loss will occur by re
moving them. Care must be taken not to
i allow the bed to become too hot when
the sun comes out suddenly and to give it
I plenty of fresh air. Whenever th* ter
n pcrature is above freezing the sash may
| be removed part way. Water should be
at Vn" ff ht needed ' but in the mominjf, not
SUMMER 4 THOMAS,
Live Stock Brokers.
Order* taken for all kinds of live ttoctc and
time given to responsible parties. Correspond*
ence solicited.
frULTn ST. PAUL, SIOUX CIT*.
rtinnesots, lowi.
IIHILSI Hi!
MARKET FIXAELT SHOWS AD
VANCE FOR WESEK'THAT IS DE
CIDEDLY SUBSTANTIAL
GAIN IS ABOUT TWO CENTS
(losing Saturday Firm, 'With Indi
cations of Continued Strength
—Corn Ruled Rather Strong;
—Oaln Active.
_j f
"Close Prey.
r. Sat. Sat.
May wheat, Minneapolis...6sV4 63%
May wheat, Chicago ..G7%-^ 65%-66
May wheat. Duluth. ...67% 65%
May wheat, New York 73% 72%
Wheat bulls are In clover, with every
Indication that they are about to reap
the reward for their patience and faith
In the cereal. The cold wave that came
during the week had much to do, how-''
ever, with brightening the outlook for
better prices, and without it a different
story might be told at the close of a
busy week. Thb gain approximates 2
cents. At Minneapolis May wheat closed
Saturday at 65*4 c; the previous Satur
day's closing figures were 63% c. At Chi
cago there was a gain of like proportions,
the close being at 67%@67 I/20, while the
previous Saturday's closing figures were
65%@66c. At Duluth the difference was
67% c Saturday in comparison with 65% c
the previous Saturday. New York gain
was slightly less in amount. The figures
are: Last Saturday, 73% c; previous Sat
urday, 72% c. The more enthusiastic wing
of the bull crowd confidently expects fur
ther advances. The market is certainly
in more promising lines than for many
week's past.
CORN AND OATS.
Corn has not gained In proportion to
wheat, but has shown considerable
strength, and on Saturday, while fluc
tuating rather widely, closed at a point
satisfactory to the bull following. There
is much interest in corn, and It is be
lieved that the coarserr grain will cut
quite a figure In speculation before the
new crop is put in.?'" ~
Oats close the we^k strong and rather
active. Prices are not materially changed.
The demand has b«en,good, and dealers
are satisfied with prevailing conditions.
STOCKS PROFESSIONAL.
The stock markejtf continues dectdedly
professional. In fac_£ thg. general public
has kept aloof from,,trading, of late, and
there Is no line upsi what outside deal
ers in securities arexftontemplating for the
future. Better classes oi securities are
holding their own, desplfle somewhat un
favorable conditions. M]}ney is still a
cause of doubt and- uncertainty, though
there is hope that the n<*w financial law
will afford relief at'kn'etfrly date. Satur
day's bank statement was far from un
favorable. Indeed; th© showing was
somewhat of a surprise, and favorable to
the bull element.
DULUTH.
DULUTH, Minn., March 17.—The mar
ket continued its upward course today.
It opened unchanged at 67c, sold at 67V»c
at ?:&>. at 67fcc at 9:45, at 67% cat 11:20, and
07V4C at 10:4o, at 67%@67&c at 11:20, and
closed at 67% c. Flax was active today
and strong, May selling at $1.63. Cash
sales were 40,000 bu at lc under May.
No. 1 hard, 2,000 bu, 67%0; No 1 north
ern. 1,200 bu. 66^r 13.000 tfu, 66^c; SI cart
66^4c. Wheat—No. 1 hard. cash. 67% c
bid; to arrive. 67% c bid; May. 67% c bid;
No. 1 northern, cash. 6«*4c bid; to arrive,
6d%c bid; May, 67% c bid; July, 6«% c bid;
No. 2 northern, 63%e; No. 3 spring, 60% c:
oats, 24@23VL-c; rye. 52c bid; barley, 35@38c;
flax, cash, $1.59^ bid; to arrive, $1.60 bid;
May, $1 62 bid; September, $1.13 bid; Octo
ber, $1.10; corn, 35»^c bid. Receipts-
Wheat. 22.111 bu; corn, 22,379 bu; oats, 2,716
bu; ryo, 1,326 bu; barley, 2,507 bu. Ship
ments—Wheat, 2,709 bu.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
SOUTH ST. PAUL. March 17.-The re
ceipts at the Union stock yards today
(estimated) were: Cattle, 200; calves, 100;
hogs, 1,100; sheep, 100; horses, 200; cars, 29.
The official receipts Friday were: Cat
tle, 339; calves, 235; hogs, 1,366; sheep, 291;
horses, 104; cars, 42.
The following table shows the roads
over which Friday's receipts came In and
the number of loads hauled by each:
Hor-
Catle.Hogs.Sheep.Mixed. ses.
C. Q. W 2 1
Gt. Northern. 1
Nor. Pacific... 2 2.. 4
C.St.P.M. & O2 4
C..M. & St.P.. 2 6 S
C, B. & Q 1
M. & St. L.... 4 4 2 ....
Totals ....13 17 2 ~6 ~4
The receipts thus far In March, com
pared with the same period In March,
1899, are as follows:
March.l9oo. March.lß99. Gain.
Cattle 3.355 4.245 »m
Calves 1,539 2,232 *693
Hogs 20,544 17,587 2,967
Sheep 2,823 14,073 *11250
Horses 750 64 686
Cars 481 486 »5
♦Loss.
The receipts thus far In 1900, compared
with the same period in 1899, are as fol
lows:
1900. 1899. Gain
Rattle 19,586 18.54* 1,040
■Calves 7055 0,579 476
Hogs 107,747 82,037 25.710
Sheep 86,333 103,172 »16.839
Horses 2,171 228 1943
Cars 2,801 1,302 1,499
i *Loss.
HOGS.
Comparative receipts:
Total for today (estimated) 1.100
A week ago 2 1M
A year ago l'4 C 6
The hog market today waV'strong' 5c
higher with only moderate receipts.
Quality was good and trading active.
fr^Sf wo-^- oif early at Prlces ranging
a^SSsVr^i/hr' hGaVy bUtCherS
«-?& Ot?i t!2? s:..Mlxeil and butchers, $4.95
©6.06 light, $4.9p@4;96; rough heavy. $4.60
Si"™ i^« ani boars' *2@4-25; Pigs and
11, ' *4@4-2:>- Representative sales-
Mixod and Butchers—
No. Wt.Dkg. Price. |n£ Wt.Dk«.Prica
Jil 279 ...snos 58 214 fin $4 90
25 267 ... 495 fi3... . 301 ROO
46 198 ... 500 % 248 4£>
2* 280 160 495 S ".""iB W. 4 974
"*• JB6 ... 4 mum....... Imp -jo 495
Gf>od to Prime Light— "
jjjj Wl ...$4 90 118 192 ... $4 95"
41 188 !..__4_95 |11 m ... 41%
Heavy Packlng_a£d Rnngh— "
!::■::::« :::*Sf \ff^*-^*T^
Stags and Boars— '
T >l"50 11 49O~lQtr(5r"
Pigs— ■
9 12Q •^jkjsj L i^7^7Azr^7&-»~'
CATTLE.
Comparative receipts:
Total for today (estimated)... 900
A week ago
A year ago iL
era! loads, of atockers being shipiSi from
Chicago up here to local buyers wK
■££&&&& s-sa sas"
thin cows and oanners. $2.2^2.7%- cftolco
S.2S steer calves. $3 75f/4 60- <»tnV.i r « i
Representative sales; *J>fnUl
Butcher Cows and Heifers-
No. Wt.PricoJNo." WTprVe
I 1040 $3 00! 2 . 880 *n«
1 lust) ,5 25 1 Ijxirt o /y\
-1 ...IMP |g I^9o -°°
Butcher Steers—
g :::T::::::::i0^4w
i ::::::::::::i 2 g Jl 15 Mo 475
_Fat and BolognaJ3ulls—
■1. ••;••••; -~ imo 7k
__Veal Calves—
*• ••"• Mftlfffti
Stock Cows and_Helferß—
i_^^.^^^96^3^j32^T^B9Ts3ls
Heifer Calves— "~
12 •••■ -^-LLLI^LLLLI 480 S3 4.n
Stockers and Fj^eders-^ "
9 980 3 8014 1006 '^
2 740 _3_7OJ IWO 3SO
Steer Calves— " —
* --— •- "^ 620 M 25
Common and Tailtngs-gfft^Z.
J? • • • •»» 409 t3 25
_S^^k_and_ Fe^lng_Bufls^ "~~
Thin Cows and^ Canners—
\ fgwg~fT^^Tr:ro4o-$2-75
. 93° 2 75_JL_ :i^1^.^.1090 275
SHEEP.
Comparative receipts-
Total for today (estimated).. ttfi
A week ago 2;
A year gao Ji
Good demand for fat sheep" "and "lambs
all buyer* looking for good stuff Sto^v
lambs are 25c lower than last week and
hard to sell. Good stock ahVen sem£2
readily at steady prices P &eI1In«
Quotatlona: Fat sheen. $4.f>0@5.30- stock
sheep. $3.25@4; feeders, j3 40®-|- rat'iaWh.
$6.60^7; yearlings. $5.25^ 7^ stock^nd
Representative .sales:
lambs ~ !%"^fe
4 fat ews i 12 9 l = a
26 fat lambs i.! 82 GGO
17 fat sheep .....m sin
JJat_bucta_,.. — ™__j<!?
Milch Cow Exchange—Good cows ftrs
M. Doran & Co., vu
The oldest firm In the Northwest dolnj \
BANKINC AND BROKERAGE BUSINESS.
f toelu. Bonds, Grain and Provinloni. Direct private wlrei to all leadln* market*
Have removed fr«m their old quarters, 311 Jackson Bt., to th« northeast corner if tht
Oermania Life (ns. Bldg,, SpoEc* l° 0 &r d «»»»-*»r*.,
W. M. CAMPBELL i
co/nmissioN company
Live Stock Commission Merchants,
Union Stock Yards,
SOUTH ST. PAUL.
Consignments and correspondents so
licited. Market reports furnished on ap
plication.
We do a strictly commission business.
No live stock bought or sold on our own
account.
References—Stock Yards bank, South
8t Paul; Security bank, Zumbrota; Hon.
A. T. Koernor, state treasurer, Capitol
building. St. Paul; A. C. Anderson, cash
ier Bt. Paul National bank. St. PauL
in good demand and selling readily at
$30 to $50.
Representative Sales:
No. Price.
1 cow and calf $38 00
1 cow 40 00
1 cow and calf 50 oo
The day's sales, each buyer purchasing
the number of head Indicated, were as
follows:
„ „ Cattle.HoKs. Sheep
Swift & Co 21 1,059 ...
Staples Estate 1 46 6g
J. T. McMillan 78
Slimmer & Thomas 3
Country buyers 69
Amorie the shippers on the market
were: Charles Black, cattle and hoga;
Ij. Wooders. mixed; R. O. Underdahl. cat
tle and hoga; Q E. Schumacher, hogs:
Fred Aherns, hogs; C. W. Chamberlain
& Co., mixed; S. G. Conklin, hogs; G. W.
Dodge, hogs; Heany Bros., hogs; G. 1"
Smidt. cattle and hogs; L. M. Weaton,
hogs; Darrow & H., hogs; Slette & H.,
hogs; P. Donohue, hogs. B. & C, hoga;
W. W. Reeve, 2 loads cattle and hogs;
Peter Aune. hogs: C. E. Bagley, hogs;
William Wright, horses, E. W. Prouty,
horses.
STRICTLY PROFEiSSIONAL.
No Line am to Pablto Dealing* to
Guide the Speculator.
Prey.
Close. Day
Bar silver, New York 60 GO
Call money, New York 5 4%@6
NEW YORK, March 17.—The stock
market continued almost entirely In pro
fessional hands today. There were er
ratic fluctuations and active speculation
in Third Avenue over a range of 3%, and
Sugar continued to share with that stock
the largest amount of attention. Tennes
see Coal advanced 3 points, and gave
sympathetic strength to other Iron and
steel stocks by the action of the directors
In placing the stock on the dividend list
by ordering a disbursement of 2 per cent
after providing for the claims of pre
ferred stockholders to the accumulation
of several years dividends.
There was a good market for American
stocks in London and an early advance in
sympathy here, but the weakness of the
local market over the bank statement
affected the market up to the time of
the appearance of the statement when
there came a change, though renewed
weakness in the traction stocks checked
the advance and unsettled sentiment.
But the close was fairly steady and
showed net gains except in a few cases.
The bank statement was a surprise in
many particulars. Predictions had been
freely made that the surplus would be
entirely wiped out. The fact that It was
reduced little more than half, therefore
had a sentimental effect against the
bears. But th* surplus is so small in any
event as to leave no great difference In
effect to the banks. The decrease in loans
can only mean that the process of liqui
dation has commenced of the extensive
loans taken out by the banks here and
elsewhere to buy government bondß for
the purpose of taking advantage of the
new refunding law. Chiefly from thia
cause the loans of the New York clear
ing house banks were expanded from Jan.
13 to March 10, no less than $86,965,000.
The large applications making to the
treasury department for conversion of
present bonds Into the new 2s gives pro
mise of prompt relief to the money mar
ket by disbursement of the premiums on
the old bonds. It is highly significant
also that the New York subtreasury be
gins to reflect the payment of pensions
in Its reduced drain on the banks, thus
promising relief from the factor that has
caused most uneasiness regarding the
money market. On these accounts the be
lief is held that today's statement marks
the culmination of the decline In the sur
plus reserves.
The quotations made In today's money
market were hardly more than nominal,
as loans made on the stock exchange on
Friday afteroon carry over until Monday.
Not the least surprise in the bank state
ment was the fact that as a result of the
first week 1n which the new banK cur
rency law Is In operation there Is an ac
tual decrease recorded in the circulation
o<" New York banks of $62,500.
The market for bonds has been more
active than that for stocks for the rea
sons already stated, and prices have ad
vanced. United States new 4s registered
declined, 1%; do coupon, 1%; old 4s, %;
2s, 5s and 3s coupon 1, and do registered
Vi In the bid price.
STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Furnished by Charles H. F. Smith &
Co., members of the New York Stock ex
change. Pioneer Press building, who have
direct wires to Chicago and New York.
Closing prices are bid:
-Closlng
" * o^ " BTstHifhlLowl 17 I<F~
Am Steel & Wire.! 3800! 57 I 5C«4! 56% sfi>4
do pfd I 20O| 91%! HIV.! 91«4! 91%
Am. Tobacco ...J 3100 106 105>4jlO5Vi 105%
do pfd j I ! 1135 135
Ateh.. T. & S. F.. 2000! 23%! 2P>%' 23»4 23V 8
do pfd 14091 WV*\ 67Tj| 68 I 67%
Am. Linseed 0i1...1 13%1 13%1 W4 13
do pfd I ! I 56% E«Vfc
B. & O. new ! 4600 6314 63% 63% GH%
do pfd new ....I 2800! 76% ™ ~<~Vfe! 7GV«
Brook. Rap. Tran. 111100! 67^1 66% 66% G7^
C. B. & Q I 5800;i27% 126"*127Vili2fi:»s
Canadian Pacific.l 1 95 I 95
Car & Founry.. ..I 117 16*1 Mtf! 16Vi
do pfd I j 654 «Hii 65 | 64%
C. C. C. & St. L. 500 59% 59% l 59U.1 5!Hi
do pfd 103 1103
Con. Tobacco Co. 300 29% 2^' 2 29% 25%
do pfd •! B*H 82%
Chesa. & 0hi0....1 100 28% 25% 28%! 2SV,
Col. F. & 1 15 144 14%! 43%
do pfd 120 1120
Chi. O. W 300 13% 13% 13^113%
do pfd A 75V/ 1 76%
do pfd B 38%j 39%
Del. & Hudson....! 114 1114%
Con. Gas 200 178 178% 178 1177
Del., 1,. & W 100 177% 177% 177% 177
Den. & Rio G 19% IW4
do pfd 71% 71%
Erie 13 12%
Federal Steel 1700 50% 50 50% 49%
do pfd 73% 71
E. ft T. H 54 03% 53% 53%
do pfd 93 93
Gen. Elec. Co 125 U5
Gt. Nor. pfd 157 V 4 1« r»7% 157 167%
Glucose 52 52 51% 51
do pfd 9S 9$
Hock. Val. Ry 32% 32% 32 32
do pfd 1 62% 62%
Illinois Central .. 100113% 113% 113 113
Int. Paper 18 18%
do pfd 61% 61%
Lake Erie & W 1 20%! 20%
do pfd I 85%' 85
Louis. & Nash.... 700 82 81% 81%| 81%
Load 23%! 23%
do pfd 1 103 11031
Leather 300 12% 12% 12%! 12
do pfd 1 71 70%
Manhattan Con... 1400 93% 92% 93% 92%
M..5.P.& S. St. M.l 18 16
do pfd 1 52% 52%
Met Traction .... 62001162 160U160% 161%
M. C 14% 14% 14 13%
Mobile & Ohio 43% 43%
Minn. & St. L 100| 62 62 61% 62
do 2d pfd I 100 93% 93% 93' 93%
M.. K. & T 1 10 10%
do pfd j 1 32% 32%
Missouri Pacific ..I 1300 45% l 45% 45% 44%
NtTr. Pacific I 1001 03%! 53% D 3 62%
do pfd I 3001 74^! 74% 74% 73%
New York Cent. ./ 13001134%! 134 V» 134.-1134
Nat. Steel Co .! 46 43% 45%! 45
do pfd 93%| 94
Nat. Biscuit 36 36 35%1 35
do pfd ..1 91 91
Norfolk & West ..! 32%1 32%! 32 1; SS%
do pfd I 200 76%! 76% l 76% 75%
North-Western ...! 'I<V) 1160
do pfd !19S !195
North American 15% 15%! 15% in
Omaha I I llO7>,!lft7V.
do pfd ! 1 1160'ilGO"
Ontario & Wwt. .! 1700 23% l 22!*! 23 VPA
Pressed S. C. C 0..1 | , R%| r,2
Pennsylvania Ry.l 300'13i ;i35 t184%!134%
Pacific Mall I 300! 37 | 36V, I ■?;,*;'
People's Gaa I SSOOI 98%1 97V t i 97"." 97%
Pullman 200 184 JIB3%tIS3V,
Reading ! \.....\ 17^! 17%
do Ist pfd I 10001 57 56%! 56% .'6%
Rock Island I 30001109% 108%nOS%il0.tt£
FINANCIAL.
BROKERS.
Stocks, Bonds, Grain and Provisions.
SO2-203GE3 iAKIJI LIF£ 3L3JJ..
Fourth and Minnesota Stra3ti,
ST. PAUL
S^Direct Private Wires.
ASA P. POTTER. S . E. KIRKHAfi.
Potter fr Kirkham,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
57 BROADWAY, NEW YORK,
Buy £n J Sell Stocks and Bonds
for Cash or on Marg'n.
Special Attention Given
to Investment Securities.
BHOKEBS.
ANTHONY YOERG & CO.,
BROKERS.
Grain, Provision*. Stocks an 1 Boilv
201 Gerroanla Life Bid*.. St. Paul, .J] i%,
Long Distance Telephone, 751.
CHAS.ILF. SMITH & CO.
Only members of th» New York Stock Ex
change In ihe Northwest, Special attentlou
Kiven grain orders. Members Chicago board ot
Trade. PRIVAT6 WIRES.
Pioneer Pre« Bldg., St. P m\ ailiij.
INVESTHENT SECURITIES.
H. HOLBERT & SON,
Bankers and Brokers,
341 Robert St., St. Paul.
C. L. JETT & CO.,
Produce Commission Merclmts,
89 East Third Street, 1L PasL
BUTTER AND EQQB A BPE3MIT/.
\fcDWARO3 A BEDELL, \
drain, Provisions, stoc!cs, Cottaa. \
t?^"DIBECT PRIVATE WIBKS. \
noEndlcott Arcade, St. Paul. \
313 Guaranty Bldg., Minneapolis \
A. J. WAMPLER & GO.
11*12 Germanla Life Bldg.. Ground Floor.
COMMISSION BROKBRS
Stocks, Grain. Provision*.
laTDIRKCT PKIVATK WIRES.
A. F. PRIEST.
Treasury stocks in copper propsrtle3
of great merit. Grand Encampment dis
trict Wyoming.
217 Mannhattan Bldg., St. Paul. Minn.
Stand. R. & T | | I 6%| G%
Smelter 39V4 »%
d° pfd | 91^
Sugar Refinery .:. 97001103 1102% 102$ 101%
O do Pfd. I .....108 1108
V& 1.::::::::::: -.:: ia*iia^!?3 wil3*
t. c. & i imm!W»KM
Union Pacific .... 3SOOI 49% 4HU 49* «v
*<> P« 600 74%. 7445; 74*! 74$
R* i- £ xK esa 47 !47 i • 45
L- s- Rubber 400 29% 29 ! 25%: 27^
Western Union .. 100 84 84" fflVi R3
Wisconsin Central \ l»;% isu 16U! 16
do pfd 49 49 "
Wheeling &L. E.. 100 10% 10% io%! 10
do Ist pfd K2 : Hi
Wells-Far^o Ex "i ""I jg Lg*
R- Iron & Steel ... 100 22 21% i 2i«l <nu
dopfd 100 66% mU 65 fi6
VSS:::::::::::: ..<0 ° *■' 1 8* ?}
SSIMCE- ::::: :11 s!' ** «* g.
Total sales. 146~136. " ~
BONDS.
U. S. fef. 25,w.1.105*J do 4s ... JjTT
fs. re<r 10i%N. Y. C. isis"!
do 3s, reg my N. J. C. gen 5s intf
do 3a, coup....in Nor. Car. Cs'. "125
do new fa. reg. 135 -V. P. prior to iSS
do new te,coupl3s do gen. 3s.
do o»d te. reg..iih g.T..G* St.L.-is!, "
do old 4s, coupliS* N & W. con. 4s 96
do os, reg nr.v do gon. 6a 130
no ss. coup....llfSVi Or. Nay. Ists i'lflS
District 3s. '655..119 do 4s ' OoV0 o V
Ate*, gen. 45....101% Or- S. Line Cs'"r>"
do adj. 4s B$ do con. 5s li«*
I ami. So. 2d5....1u.;\ Reading SPM \jV
°%*% & O. 4&«7%£t (3. W. i,ts. .
«2.° & R deb.r, S l2! St. Paul £n ™
D. & R. g. Ists.lo3'., do 5a ...
do 4s ;^v So. Kv. 55... " •
E..T..V.& G.1.5t.^02 9. R. &T. fis7 73
S*3S en- 43 72 Ten"- n- set. 35..
l«.\V.,<fr D.iMsts. 72 T. &P. l.sts n iv.
Gen. Elec. 55...113 do 2da 55
1f..H.& S.,A. 6.5.11S Union Pacific 4s in,
do A. 2ds 107 Wabash lsts
H. & T. C. 5.5...110U do 2ds
do con. 6s l! 0 West Shore 4s 118'/.
Jo. Cent. 15!5....1i4 Wis. Cent. ista.. fO?4
X.C..P. & G.lsts flflt^ Va. Cmturiea .
La. new. con. -13.107 do deferred
L. ft N. ant. Ih.. 9S Col. So. 4s 83
M., K. & T. 2ds. 66 So. Pacific 4a.
FOREIGN FFNANCIAT^-- NevT"
March 17—The Commercial Advertiser's
London financial cablegram says: '
markets here were busy today celebrating
St. Patrick's day. Otherwise they wore
Idle, but the tone was hard on tho
ported collapse of the Free State r.
ence. It is hop^d tijat the Transvaalern
will fouow suit. Tne war loan was a'
II 11-16 premium. The allotment Is ox
pected on Wednesday. Americans were
very quiet, but any moves were upward "
MINNEAPOLIS MONEY—Mlnneapollii
March 17.—New York exchange SaturSav:
Buying rate 25e discount, selling rate
premium. Cfllcagn exchange: Buying i
25c discount, selling rate 2^c premi im
liondon: Bizty-day sterHnfir. Hs»
WKKKLV BANK STATEMENT—New
York. March 17.—The weekly bank 3'iit.-
ment shows the following changes: Sur
plus reserve, decrease, $2,9W,950; loans .!o
creaso, $!1,31i.4C0; sp^clo. decrease, "
K^; legal tenders, decrease. H.5T2.600;
posits, doorea-je, $15.353.0")0: cfrcolatioiv de
create. J62,. r,oi. T!ie banks nuw hold (2 SB*J -
425 in excess of the requiremonts „f ih'.
25 per cent rule.
NEW YORK MONEY—New York-
March 17.—Money on call firm a? 5 per
cent; prime mercantile paper. y,r'., per
cent; sterling exchanm steady, with ac
tual business on bankers' bills at $1
for demand, and at SI.S2 for sixiy days
posted rutos. J4J8^®4.87; rotnmercfal bills'
$4.81V4@4.81%; silver certificate*. 6M6€BlKc'
bar silver. 6<-; Mexican dollars, t:
TRK A StTRT BT ATE M ENT- Wa n h [pi
ton. Marr-h 17. -Today's stateme'it o
treasury balance in general fund ex
elusive nt the $l?0 t OOO.OOO gold reserve In
the division of redemption, ahows: Avail
ablo cash balance, $ir.7,792,59;?; gold 8% -
640,^9. ■ » v, »«,,
BANK CLEARINGS.
St. Paul, 1682,571.29.
Minneapolis. 11,840,595.
Chicago, 518.529.455. ■
New York, $165,."52.088.
Boston. $18,309,458.
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