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Show BIO PRICE TO WED 8QUAW, White Man Thlnkt Forty Acres, $50i and Hortet O. K. York, Pa. Charles Peterson, n stone cutter of this city, hns offered to marry mar-ry tho daughter of David Touloo, n well-to-do half-breed of lndlnn-Chlncse extraction, of tho Yakima district In tho state of Washington. Hocontly Toulco ndvertlsed widely for a good-looking good-looking suitable whlto man ns a husband hus-band for his daughtor, offering 40 acres ot land, $500 caah and n band of horses for hor dowry, Peterson has written to Touloo nnd nlso to tho pollco of Seattle, to learn tomothlng of his prospcctlvo father-In father-In lnw. Ho Is awaiting replies. His modest letter to tho father reads: "Dear Sir: I read In tho newspaper you aro looking for n whlto husband far your daughtor, I havo been all over tho United States, south, north, nnd am at present tlmo In tho enst. Havo traveled In Europo and was born there. My trndo Is stono cut-tor. cut-tor. Am light complexlonod. I am 34 yoars old. I am considered good looking. It you give mo n dowry of 40 acres ot land, $500 cash, and n band of horses, I will marry her right awny, I am Jutt as whlto as I can bo. I hopo you and tho daughter will tako this under consideration. "P. S. Answer nt onco, please" |