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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-22
chicaeo Cattla Mark,eet.

Union Stock Yards, H., May 21.-Cattle-
Receipts, 5000; market steady; common to
extra steers, $3.40df430; stockers and feeders
$2.25QI2a0.
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; market easy and Sc
lower; heavy packing and shipping lots, 49, Is
0I335; common to choice mixed, &3I5fI3 371s:
chiice assorted sa.4OQ3.5O; Light, $220Qs.45;
pigs, $2.50Q3.40. ~
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-22
ST. Louis.

st. Louis, Mo-, May 21.-Flour was dull
and unchanged
Wheat was lower: May, 55c nominal July
5S3sc; September soc, nominal
Corn was lower; May, 26lsc; July, 265sc
bid; September, Csc.
Professionalism mess, nominal, s755; old
mess. 1928.
Lard-Prime steam, $i.121s: choice, $422k
Baeon-Shoulders, SAYS; longs $3.50; clear
ribs, A.75; short clear sides, $4s7i2.
Dry sailed meats-Shoulders longs and
clear ribs, $4.6212; short clear sides, $425
High wines were steady at $1.22.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-22
In Wall Street.

New York, May H-The manner in which
disappointing to the general run of traders
who were confident that the squirt in Sugar
Just previous to the close of business yes
vance this morning. The stock, instead Of
moving up, ran off rapidly from 122% to
I21%. This move, however, had no appre-
ciable influence on the general list, which
after yielding fractionally developed con-
siderable strength. Manhattan was an ex>
ception, selling off nearly point, to 1059s
while Metropolitan Traction advanced
nearly as much, rising to 109A, the highest
price for some time. As the day wore along
the bulls displayed increased confidence and
bid up prices all along the line. The opera
ton was not difficult one, because of the
comparatively large outstanding short in
terest. Rumors gained circulation that q
statement would be made by the foremost
republican candidate, in which he would de-
clare himself to be In favor Of the gold
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-22
Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, o. May 2l.-Flour was dull;
winter patents, $37093.90; spring patents,
SO. 5Oa3,90.
Wheat was barely steady; No. red, Csc;
sample red track, Csc.
Corn was quiet; No. yellow, 29a29Ac; No.
white, 31hc
Oats were easier; No. white, 2Sc; No. 2
mixed, 21Ac.
Pork was easy; mess, $500.
Lard was easier; steam leaf and kettle,
$4.S71R.
Bacon was quet-Loose shoulders and
short ribs, s4.75; short clear sides, $4.75; bel
lies, $5.25. #iF M
Dry sailed meats We're easier-Short ribs,
S41212; short clear sides, $4.25; bellies, $3.50;
boxed meats, Ac more.
Whisky was Unchanged at $122
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-22
Agents for
Carter's s. P. Lead,
Dixon's Graphite Paint,
Hammar House Paints.

Der, 7.40; October 7.27; November, u.s. De-
cember, III; January, 719; February, 725;
March, 726.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-22
SUMS Cotton Review.

New York, May 21.-The SUMS cotton re-
view says: Cotton declined to 10 points,
closing barely steady with sales $4,000 bales.
Today's features: The Inch pin was pull
ed out from the vehicle of speculation and
the cotton market came down with hard
jolt, especially ON the crop months in which
the selling was particularly heavy, notably
August. New Orleans was weak, Liverpool
sold and finally rains were reported in the
Carolinas and Georgia, fact which figures
very largely in the days fluctuations. Good
rains were reported at Ralesburg, Benefits
vile and Columbia, s. c.; also at Fayette-
vile and other places in North Carolina,
as well as at Rome, Ga, Vicksburg, Miss,
and in other sections. The spot cotton mar
kets were quiet here and the spot quota
lions were reduced. On the way down stop
orders as usual were caught, and that clear
ed the way for more rapid decline Early
in the day the next crop months were slight
ly higher owing to buying by prominent
bull interests here. Liverpool was f1rmer
and more active, the receipts were moder-
ate, the Bombay arrivals were light and
the statistical position is of course a strong
one. But the market seems to need con-
slant support; without it prices decline.
Some of the leading bulls are supposed to
have sold quite freely in the later business
today and the south sent selling orders,
owing to the rains in the Carolinas. The
speculation was larger than on any day Of
the week, but any expansion of business
represented was due to long liquidations
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-22
New Orleans Cotton Market,

New Orleans, La, May 21.-Cotton futures
We're steady; sales, q, 400 bales May, $50:
June, 7.52; july 1885, August, TAG; Septem-
Der, 7.O7; October, SOB; November, 6.sS De-
cember, $50; January, 6.95; February, 6.9S.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-22
New York Cotton Market.

New York, May A-Cotton was dull; mid
ding gulf. S1sc; middling uplands sac;
Continent, 1O4 bales; forwarded los b pai les:
sales, 60 bales. all spinners; stock. 100, $50
bales.
ports to Great Britain, 934 bales exports to
the continent, 404 bales; stock, 1864 bales.
Total SO far this week: Net receipts, 49,
706 bales; exports to Great Britain, i3, 291
bales; exports to France, 145 bales; exports
to the continent, 15,621 bales.
Total since September /: Net receipts,
6,05S910 bales; exports to Great Britain,
2102 656 bales; exports to France, asa los
bales; exports to the continent, 1.6s9.779
bales.
New York, May 21.-Cotton futures closed
barely steady: sales, $4,000 bales; May, 7.96;
June, 1856; July. 79S; August. SEQ; Septem-
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-22
New York.

New York. May 2l.-Flour was easy quiet
and unchanged. Southern flour was quiet
Wheat-Spot market was dull and weaker
Options advanced hQ5sc, fell i2a5sc, closing
weak at %41c under yesterday, with mod
erately active trade; No. 2 red, May, 6skc
December, 69ssc
Corn-Spots were dull and easier; No. q
351sc In elevator; 36lsc afoat. Options were
dull irregular and easier; May and June,
351sc; July. s55sc; September, s6Ac.
Options were dull and easier; May, 241sc;
July, 24Ac. Spot prices-No. 2, 24Ac; No. 2
white, 25slc; mixed western, 25d2sc.
Hay was steady, in moderate demand and
unchanged
Wool was unchanged
Beef was quiet and unchanged
Beef hams were dull at $14.50m15.00.
Tierced beef was inactive; city extra India
Cut meats were dull. weak and I'M
Lard was depressed and lower western
steam, s4e0a4.65; city, $4.15; May, SAGE. Re.
fined was duh and lower; continent, 800;
South American, $40; compound, S4.12l20
4.50.
Pork was weak, quiet and unchanged
Eggs was firm; state and Pennsylvania,
11aisc; western fresh, 11@i1hc
Butter was in moderate demand and I'M
changed.
, Cotton seed oil was quiet and weak crude
21c;. yellow prime, &c; yellow prime off
Rosin was easy; strained. common to
SOOu, 9lcuII.cO.
Turpentine was steady at 26d26hc.
Molasses was firm, in moderate demand
and unchanged.
Rice was steady, in fair demand and I'M
changed. -----
Peanuts were unchanged.
Coffee options were easy and unchanged
to 5 points up; June, $1250; August, $11.50;
September, $11.05; December. $10S5q10.40
March, 5000. Spot Rio was dull and easier;
No. 7, 141sc.
Sugar-Raw was steady and quiet; fair re-
fining sac. Refined was quiet and I'M
Freights to Liverpool were quiet and un-
changed.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-22
Grand Central Dining Hall and Restaurant
Standards of the United States.
Birmingham Paint 4 Glass Co.,
Birmingham, Ala.
1916 Third Avenue.

Sheep-Receipts, 10000; market Strong;
inferior to choice, $2.00@400; lambs, $500
@515.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-22
New Orleans.

New Orleans, La, May 1..sugar was
$Hc. Centrifugal white. ,41za4ssc; yellow,
Refined sugar was strong; powdered and
cut-loaf, 55sc; standard graduated, SIC;
confectionery A, SIC.
Molasses-Centrifugal, according to grade
4@15c.
S1 Fl;o9 spmnGe sssoa4oo extra fancy,
Corn-No. Q mixed, 36@37c; No. white,
sacked. 350136c; yellow, 39q40c,
Oats-No 2 western. 2719c; choice, Csc.
H Hfsn SpGoe,ssi s.Oo@1s oo;schoice. $780,
Dry saited Shoulders. long clear,
short clear and short rib sides, sf.371zq4.50.
Bacon-Shoulders, $5.25Q5.50; long clear,
nominal; short clear, $f.s71za50o; short clear
r' Iair eG9ld s4s7Aa45o; pure. $3.50
$50.
Concerto fair lie; good ordinary, 15Ac:
common, 13c; Mexican good, HAc; Mexican
fair, TIC.
bulk 17Q19c; strictly prime crude, in bar
rels, 20@2O1kc. Refined, Nq25c.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-22

Cash quotations were DIS follows; Flour
Wheat-No. Q spring, 5sss@e1%c No. 2 red,
GS7sQ66c. Corn.-No. 2, 2SSs4295sc. Oats-No.
2, 19l4M191kc.. Mess pork, S:S5Q7.4O. Lard,
ST. 35qi445. Short rib sides, s3.S5Q3.95. Dry
sailed shoulders, s40014.25. Short clear sides
.0Oa4121s. Whisky, $122.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-22
Notice to the Stockholders Of
the, American Coal and
Coke Company.

holders of the American Coal and Coke
company that meeting of the stockholders
of the said American Coal and Coke conn
Office Of said company in the city Of Biz
mingham, Ala. on Thursday, the 21st day
of May. 1896, at u m, for the purpose OF
reai3and personal and franchises OF said
Company to secure the floating indebted
ness OF said company and such other busi-
ness as may legally and properly come be-
fore the meeting.
This 18th day of April, 1896.
e. w. FUCKER, President
NJ j. SAALLEN, Secretary.
1-15-to sd.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-22
Naval Stores.

Wilmington, N. c., May 21.-Rosin was
firm; strained, $1322; good strained, $1.371a.
Spirits turpentine was steady; machine,
231ac; irregular was dull at 23c. Crude tur-
pentine was firm; hard, $1.30; soft, $1.70; vir-
GIN $3.50.
Tar was firm at $1.00.
Savannah, Ca, May 21.-Spirits turpen-
tine market was firm at 241sc; Sales 100
Rosin was firm; sales, 1900 barrels; re-
ceipts, S775 barrels; A.. B., C., D., e., F.,
$3.50; N, s1.S5; window glass, $500; water
white, S210M2.15
Charleston, S. c., May 21.-Turpentne
market was firm at 23c.
Rosin was firm; sales, 500 barrels; b., c.
s1.25; d. E. $1.35; r., $1.40; G., $1.45; H., $780,
l. 81. So: K, s.. CO., NJ, $40.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-22

New York, May 2.-The dry goods market
has for spot business labored under the
disadvantage of the most disagreeable day
experienced for considerable time past q
constant rain and low temperature proving
decidedly unfavorable for operations of WIS.,
iting buyers. The mail order demand has
failed to present new features. The tone
of the market discloses considerable irregu-
1a,.i fU
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-22

Articles IOpeningfH Highest Lowest Closing
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-09-16

O6CflCneS In AIr1Ca are Lno 'KdrrOD,
"fei. bosch" and "brack-bosch." From
their descriptions it seems possible tha
we have in some parts OF the state plants
closely resem bling at least two Of these
Prickly pear is valuable food but i!
used mainly for the young birds. The
labor of burning off the thorns and chop
ping it is so considerable that it is re
sorted to only when other food is scarce
for the more capacious digestion of the
old ostriches.
Young ostriches are designated al
"chicks" until they attain the age o1
seven or eight months. The egg from
which they come weighs three pounds
so it is not surprising that even at ten
der age they are very large sized chicks
An ostrich "chick" is very pretty. II
has no feathers but soft downy cover
ing that, except for the shaggy rough
ness on it's back, reminds one both ir
color and marking Of a diminutive tigel
skin.
1t is the custom to take them from the
parent bird when only three days old
In Africa they are herded by boys, who
find fresh pastures and prepare large
quantities of chopped prickly pears fol
their young charges. Major Tiffin per
sues the same plan with his chicks, al
though just now the young birds are
luxuriating on the remnants Of last
years crop of celery. The little crea-
lures are also fond Of cabbage; they get
no grain at all.
The ''chicks" are brooded on larger
scale in precisely the same manner as
ordinary chickens. At Roselawn they
share portion of the incubator room.
Doubtless the same rules of cleanliness
and eternal vigilance that apply to
chicken raising are required for their
successful rearing.
Artificial incubators is the problem
next to be considered. The hen ostrich
lays every other day and if for each egg
laid one is taken from the nest she will
continue laying until twenty or thirty
eggs are produced. If no eggs are taken
away the hen leaves off laying as soon as
she has fifteen or eighteen eggs, the
greatest number that she can satisfac-
torily cover. So that if it were not for
artificial incubators large per cent of
the profit from each bird would be lost
every year.
In south Africa where ostrich farming
assumes such large proportions, regular
ostrich incubators are used. These are
very expensive, costing three hundred
dollars. In this country ordinary
chicken incubators are used with good
success, but confess should dislike to
to be responsible for the vagaries and
fluctuations of any incubator 1 am &C.
Quainted with for so long period (six
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-09-16
DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, September Is, 1896.

weeks) as the ostrich consumes to bring
it's offspring into the world.
Of the eggs entrusted to an incubator
at Roselawn this year the hatch was dis
appointing. This failure Major Tiffin
ascribes to the eggs having been kept
too long previous to setting. Major Tiff
fin will visit southern California the
coming autumn with the purpose of
studying the methods of incubation EN-
ployed at the ostrich farm owned by Mr..
Annaheim IN Orange county, and in
tends to spare no expense in equipping
Roselawn with every advantage for sue
cessfully rearing the young birds.
A very worthy characteristic of the
male ostrich is the fact Of his sharing
equally with the hen the long period of
setting. While the hen sets through the
day the cock faithfully takes his place
on the nest at sundown and sits through
the night. His dark, glossy plumage is
less conspicuous than that of the light
colored hen, and his superior strength
and courage make him better defender
of the nest at night.
The ostrich, like the quail, once hav-
ing chosen his mate, is very constant to
her. Not fully appreciating tie strength
of this quality Major Tiffin, in changing
the birds to their larger range, separated
a pair of these Darby and Joans. The
irate husband drove the new wife onto
the wires enclosing their domicile, in
flicting such serious injuries upon the
DOOR creatures neck that she died from
the effects. AS the old bird, quite with
out remorse, refused to be comforted for
the loss of his first wife, Major Tiffin re-
cently:sold him, for the sum of 5000, to
a Providence poultry dealer, who wished
to put him in his show window as q
sample, Isuppose, of the size of his broil.
erS.
The ostrich attains maturity at five
years. AC pAuAA0SO VI UAS ASAA0AS 40 ~
soft smoke color, while the male has a
coat of glossy black. The wings and
tails of both birds are tipped with beau
tiful white plumes. The cock is by far
the finer looking of the two, especially
during the breeding season, when his
bill and the scales on his forelegs change
to an exquisite rose color, giving him a
strikingly handsome appearance. The
external superiority of the male bird is
balanced by the beautiful and amiable
disposition of the female ostrich as COM
pared with the formers turbulent spirit.
l did not need to be told by Major
Tiffin that the ostrich kicked with the
force of half ton, it was quite enough
to observe it's immensely powerful two
tired foot to deter one from getting in
its way. But while the ostrich can with
one blow kill anything that comes TO it,
it is only able to kick forward and at the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-09-16
For the Florida Agriculturist.
The Ostrich Experiment in Florida.

The Ostrich Experiment in Florida.
Perhaps the most interesting, certainly
the most novel experiment attempted
in Florida at present, is the ostrich
farm at Merritt's Island, owned by
Major A. J. Tifin.
On my return from recent trip to the
coast I had the pleasure of visiting
Roselawn, and of interviewing person
ally this colony of feathered pioneers
The entrance to Roselawn is very
beautiful. A long straight avenue oil
she'll lined on either side with giant
stalks Of bamboo, whose feathery foil.
age interlaces over head. extends through
the ha nmock at the rivers edge to Ma
jor Tifin's house. AT the end of this
avenue we get our first view of the os
triches, which are confined on several
acres of ground aud it is an odd sight
to see the great birds roaming about
quite at home In their tropical settine
for one more naturally associates them
with the contracted quarters of the zoo
AS description of Major Tiffin's os
rich farm has already appeared in the
columns of the AeRICULTURIsT will
confine myself in this article to the
present condition of the birds, their
characteristics and their possibilities in
Florida.
Although somewhat the worse fol-
wear on their arrival at Roselawn from
the long trip across the continent, broken
only by their stay in Atlanta, the birds
recovered rapidly and are now in fine
condition. Their ranks have been rein
forced by some baby ostrich chicks and
Major Tiffin believes that the expert
mental stage is largely past.
The ground on which the ostriches
are confined is enclosed by fence, ten
feet high, made of posts set sixteen feet
apart with several wires stretched later
ally. The same sort of fence divides the
enclosure into eight triangular runs with
a central circular shed affording shelter
for all, yet giving each pair of birds
separate territory.
Each ostrich receives pound of grain
daily in addition to green stuff, gravel,
ground shell and bone. They have ac-
cess to running sulphur water and to its
effects Major Tiffin ascribes much of
their fine healthful appearance, but the
ostrich is not subject to disease, living
to very green old age as a rule.
Mr.. Atherton, in valuable book on
ostriches, speaks of disease of the eye
as being the only i'll the bird is heir to
and gives simple formua'for curing it.
In Africa, a disease called "yellow liver"
has appeared of late years among ostrich
"chicks" in some localities. others be-
ing entirely free from it. 1t is thought
to result from certain foods eaten by the
parent bird. ,,o4u e..
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81 per Annum, in advance

side or rear Of the bird one is compare
| lively safe.
In spite of its deadly kick the leg of
an ostrich is strangely fragile and the
worst and most frequent source of loss
to the owner of an ostrich farm are
broken legs. Any poor bird who breaks
leg must be killed instantly, as there
is no surgical operation by which the
bone, brittle as porcelain, once broken,
can be put together again.
The poor consolation left the owner in
such a case is a soup made from the
thigh, the only edible part of the bird.
This, it is said, closely resem bles chicken
but having finer flavor.
Every one knows the ostrich's predi-
lection for things bright and glittering,
| which when they obtain are at once con-
signed to their interior. I saw an old
| bird gazing enviously at gold buckle l
| wore at my waist but l was not as un-
fortunate as the gentleman who was re-
l1eved of valuable diamond pin by
sharp eyed ostrich swallowing it in
stantly. AS the ostrich was more valua-
BILE than the diamond there was no re-
dress for the poor man.
Something Of the extent of ostrich
farming can be realized from the fact
that $40, ,OO0,0 900 worth of ostrich feathers
are sold at auction every year in London.
Buyers, a large proportion of them
Jews, go from all over Europe to these
sales.
Feathers being from S4.OO to $500
per pound, one bird averaging about
$4,000 worth of feathers year. Four
teen years ago, when ostrich farming
was in its infancy, it was not unusual
for the feathers from one bird to bring
$3.50. At that time great numbers of
ostrlches were slain by natives for the
yearly crop of feathers, and "a pair of
birds that would today sell for from 5000
to $500 brought $500 to $500. The birds
are plucked once every year. This pro-
cess at Rose Lawn does not entail the
immense labor nor amount of prepara-
tions that is required on large ostrich
farm. A stocking from which the foot
has been cut is slipped over the os-
trich's head and once blinded the bird is
quite easily managed. Feathers are cut
and not plucked as if they are allowed to
remain until the quill is fully ripe they
lose much of their beauty, while too
early plucking Injuries the future yield.
Major Tiffin showed me several bun.
dies of feathers These find a ready
market in New York. A fine white
plume as it is taken from the bird is
about eighteen inches long and as syme-
trical as some graceful fern.
An ostrich egg admits OF beautiful
carving, almost like ivory. Major Tiff
fin has sent forty eggs to New York to
Tiffany's, to be made up with silver into
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-13
WOOD NOT ARRESTED
The Metropolitan Bank Official
Is Still at Liberty Though
a Warrant Is Out for
Him.

NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 1S96.-Richard Y.
d. Wood, who has been concerned in the
liquidation of the Metropolitan National
Bank, was to have been arraigned on a
charge of having embezzled $4,000 of the
defunct institutions funds before Com
missioner Shields this morning. AT eleven
o'clock Commissioner Shields said that the
information that Wood had been arrested
was incorrect. The man had not been
arrested.
A warrant for Woods arrest was sworn
out before United States COMMISSIONS
Shields, but that officer today declined to
reveal the details embodied in the aecu-
sation made against the prisoner until
his a-rraignment, and he would not give
any Information about the discoveries
that We're the basis for the issuing of the
warrant.
Wood was formerly paving teller Of the
metropolitan National Bank, at No. 2 Wan
street, and he is well known in the inan-
cial district of the city. Having borne
the best of regulations in financial circles.
Ine information published as to his arrest
Was q matter OF much surprise in the
neighborhood of Wall street this morning.
and many bankers and brokers doubted
that the accusation made could rest upon
a secure foundation.
The Metropolitan Bank was located for
years in a brown stone building at the
corner Of Broadway and Pine street. now
oeeupied by a newly erected structure.
Inc INSTITUTION closed its doors in the
latter part of the summer Of 1874. he
cause of the officers fears of a run that
would ruin the institution. Several DAYS
afterwards, having received a reinforce
ment Of its funds. the bank officers onened
rs doors again. But the shock to tha
street and depositors was too great. ard
Inc bank was forced to go into litigation.
ing up its affairs. = "in
The marshal who was sent to Pier
mont-on-the-Hudson to arrest Wood re-
turned to this city today and reported
that wood could not be found. Adepu-
~ marshal was left there to watch for
WOOD, but up to noon nothing had been
heard from the deputy. The warrant
agalnst WOOD is said to charge him with
a shortage of $4,000 in his accounts VIII
the bank. 49,