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Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
Iigh wlnes. steady. at BIS.
New Orleans.

 New Orleans, Feb. 1s75Sugar. quiet; open kettle. According to grade. 2m2 5-l6c cen trifugal granuated 3I@4c; white Sas43 13- 16c; yellow, 3 5-169SSsc; seconds, 24WSAc. Refined sugar. strong; powdered and cut loaf s4.5S; standard granulated s4.16; confec- tioners "A" SiG.
 Molasses, quiet: open kettle sq1Sc; centri- fugal, according to grade 549c; syrup, Rice. steady; fancy. 5Aq6c; fair, 4@4Ac; common nominal.
 Flour, patents. s4.s5q4sO; extra fancy, Corn. No ? mixed. s2qssc; do white sacked and yellow, 33c.
 Oats, No. 2 western 25a25l1c; choice 26c. Hay prime si2 5odai4 50; choice, sl55oa1s Pork sSb0. g. ~
 Dry salt shoulders, sis55 short clear. 4la@ 45sc; short rib sides, 43sc.
 Bacon shoulders. 59s45%c: short clear and short rib sides, 5Ac.
 Lard, compound, 4A@4hc; pure, 43sa4hc. Hams. 9ism11c.
 Coffee, Rio. fair, 141sc good ordinary 11hc; common 915e. Mexfcan, good 17l2c; fair lie. Cotton seed oil, strictly prime, crude in bulk, 16Q16lsc; in barrels 171aa1Sc; refined, 221sc.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
FOR SALE.

S2G50-2-story S-room residence; fronts east, 25th st. near 5th ave. N. All modern con- venences; liberal terms.
 $16.O00-N. a0th st., well in; splendid invest ment: rents for $1 .320
 s9000- Handsome brick residence on 9th ave. N; near 18th st.. and very desirable in ev- cry way. rents $960 per annum. Good home or investment. .r-
 S2750-South Highlands home. Elegant in every way; all modern conVeniences A rare bargain now as an investment. $2650-Buys cottages on lot on Ave. E; rent for $33 75 per month to good white ten ants Owner must realize on this property. S7500-One of the most beautiful and de- sirable places on 9th ave. M. must be sold. Two cottages to rent; also stores, offices and sleeping rooms.
 Glad to have anyone cal! at our office for information of any kind regarding prop erty or values.
 ROSCOE MCCONNELL. & co,
 Tel 61S. 2021la First ave.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
FOR SALE.

Residence -sth avenue. between 18th and 17th streets. s2S50. SIr
 Lot--iO0x20O South Highlands. S25oO. Lot---65x225, South Highlands, S1500. Lot 60xi4O- 18th, between and K, $1200 Residence--l7th. between | and J, 5000. Re sidence-18th. between ! and K. s750O. Residen3e2 2514 9th avenue, s4750. Residence SO5 South 23d street, 10 rooms. 5Ox10c. si25O;r $250 cash. balance ten years. :. Lot on 18th street, south, $900. Lot on Avenue J. between 18th and 18th. Hes! !dencec on Avenue E. between 18th and Residence on South 20th. s22oo. t. Residence on North 24th, 5000.
 ot ot on on 5th 5th avenue handsone sao SS
 w. B. T.EEDY & CO. Telephone 42. 114h N. 21st Street.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the partner ship heretofore existing and doing business has this day been mutually dissolved, l.. w. -Rufner retiring and the plumbing business at the old stand, 1904 3d ave. Thanking the public for their past patronage, We are,
 Very respectfully, u 1 q. l.. ". RuFFNER. 2-2-oaw-3w J. M, WRIGHT.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
NORTH s1pE-.EoR sALr.

seNoo-s-room house; close in; all conven- ienees s't "'ens $4OOO-Central located; s-room house. S2650-Sroom house; close in. A bargain s1s00-S-rooms; newly painted; rooms on alley s10O0-4-room house on Sth ave; the lot is worth the money. $1C5O--6-room house; close in This is bargain ,.- We also have some bargains in business property and well located Lots from $500 up. Call and see our list.
 BAILEY a&, HOWARD,
 A' 221 21st St
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
In W all Street.

In Wall Street.
 New York Feb 1S.-Affairs at the stock exchange were not only characterized by extreme dullness, the sales footing only 11S.- 031 shares, but an unsettled feeling pre- almost h Without saying m i't that the dealings were almost entirely professional and even these operators refused to go into new the industrials were firmer, while the rail- way list gradually drifted to a lower level
 There was steady dribbing of the on which selling movement could be pre- dicted The bears revamped the old story about q probable reduction in the Burling- ton. dividend, but was q matter of fact, nothing is known in regard to the matter as the. directors refuse. to commit themselves as to the action to be taken. Nevertheless the stock declined about point and closed at 4 the loves lowest and St. Paul and m Rock Island siveness was shown in the case of the coal CTS. both bituminous and anthracite. Tn these industries the hit,rminous stocks were unfavoTaby affected sby the further sharp decline in Hooking Valley bonds and re- for the interest on interest due March l. It is said a, plan is being devised whereby f;nS IS, T be purchased hy bankers in Rs sesess efea & ins 1es R5s eas hdSad ssss % oed % 4as T TeS aad having been at hrdl mfw hrd taoi rdluu Wheeling and Lake Erie fell 4s to 1h Among the anthracites Jersey Central was the feature declining points to 96A on reg ular and 96 seller 60. There was rally of nearly 1 per cent. in the late dealings. The Gould stocks continued feversh and Man haitian hLctuated between SS and S6A with final sales at S7. Rumors are still rife of a reduction in the dividend rate, owing partly to prospective expenditures for inn provements and also because of the float ing debt. Missouri Pacific declined $ to 10 and rallied to 197s Sugar rose to 1141z on the announcement that certain grades of re- fined had been advanced 1-16, but the im- provement was afterwards lost. The fore eigners were moderate sellers of interna- tional stocks.
 The market closed weak Net changes show losses of h to 2A per cent, the coal stocks leading. American Spirits and Leather, preferred, however, gained A6M per cent
 Bonds were irregular The sales footed up S1 ,000.
 Money on call easy at lh@1N per cent. last loan at 119 and closing offered at 1%
 Prime mercantile paper, per cent.
 Bar silver, 6issc.
 Sterling exchange steady with actual busi- ness in bankers bills at S4S5Gi iSJM for per cent.
 sixty days and si.S7 for demand.
 Postal rates $4 S5lsmSiSS
 Commercial bills S4.S3isM$LSiI5
 Government bonds steady.
 State bonds dull.
 Railroad bonds irregular
 Silver at the board was neglected.
 Closing stocks:
 !s<.sso
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
FOR SALE. Z

FOR SALE s250--Cash 4-room house on Pratt. mines road at Enon Ridge Station; corner lot, 50x 15G. good well: renting for %. SI50ALots ip Smitliield; S25 cash, balance s per month $s50-41 acres. 3H miles of court house: hcash, balance 1 and years. si250-5-room cottage on 9th ave. $250 cash; baiauce $15 per month. sL S2 l25- -50xl40, with nice cottage. within 250 feet of the postoffice. This can be had with small cash payment. balance long time. Sl. 5Oo- -;0 acres, miles from N Blrning- ham, on Huntsville road, one 7-room house and one 4-room house, With barns and well $l, ,500; one-half cash. balance and years.
 FOR RENT. No. 2s25-5th ave, I rooms with bath, etc. i; No. 1622--Ave. D, rooms; s.
 L. G. PETTYJOHN
 1S26h Third avenue. Telephone 465 sl..
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
Clerk and Registers Sale.

 Scottish American Mortgage company, limited, complainant, vs. N. c. Royster and Matte Royster, defendants. - By virtue of decree rendered on the 2d day of January, A. D. 1897. of the city court of Birmingham, Jefferson county, Alabama, in said cause. I shall proceed to sell to the highest and best bidder, for cash at public auction, at the court house door in the city of Birmingham, within the legal hours of sale,
 ON MONDAY, THE STH DAY OF MARCH,
 1897, s.t'
 the following described lot or parcel of land lying and being in the city of Bir- mingham, county of Jefferson, aand state of Alabama, to-wit: Beginning at a point on the west side of Twentieth street (9O ninety-five feet north from the northwest corner of Twentieth street and Sixth avenue north, run thence west, and parallel with Sixth avenue one hundred feet; thence north and parallel with Twentieth street to the southwest corner of lot No. twenty-four; said lot twenty-four, to the west side of Twentieth street; thence direct to the point of beginning; forming q rectangle fronting fifty feet the west side of Twentieth street and running back of uniform width one hundred feet to satisfy said decree.
 Witness my hand this 1st day of Feb ruary, 1897. NATHAN l.. MILLER, 2-2-oaw-4w T Clerk and Register.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
GENERAL. COTTON MARKETS.
New York Cotto, Market.

New York, Feb. 1S-Cotton steady; mid ding, 7sc; gross, 515: exports continent, l02i Forwarded, 215; sales, 67I; stock. 273, 229. 6Ga Great Britain, 2,16O; continent 1O2 stock,
 Total so far this week: Net receipts, H. $40; exports to Great Britain 47 1880; France, 3,4G9: continent, 14.665.
 Total since Sept. 1: Net receipts, 5793,- 9N; exports Great Britain, 2474 161; France, 576,73S; continent, 1,495,T4; channel, 54Sl.
 New York Icnh 1S-Cnttna flltllres closed
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
WANTEp.

WANTED.
  WANTEDA-An idea; who can think of some simple thing to patent? protect your ideas' they may bring you wealth; write John Wedderburn & Co.,, Dept l., Patent At torneys,,~ Washington, D. C., for their DISCO prize offer and list of 1000 inventions wanted 2-l4-T-ly REDI>. TON wants thousand custom CTS for his bargain dozen photos and life size crayon for S3. 1914 2d ave. 2-14-tf WANTED-Shoes 10 repair at PIP 1st ave nue. Coggins G Reynolds. l0-29-f
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

Pork, standard mess. new, $S.55.
 Lard. prime steam, aS0; choice, S3.S7z. Bacon, shoulders, S4-H; extra short clear S4.S712 clear ribs. 5IAc; clear sides, 5A C.
 Dry salt meats, shoulders. 41se: extra short clear, 41sc; clear ribs, sl60; clear sides, 4&c.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
Cotton Letter.

New York Feb. 1S.-There was distine- lively better undertone in the cotton mar ket today The fluctuations during the first hour were extremely cratic, twice covering range of points and giving prom ise of an active day. But the promise was not fulfilled and after the first hour the market became dull and continued almost less until the close. Liverpool this morn ing cabled decline of 2-64 in that market The report was regarded as not unfavorable and prices here were higher at the opening. May opened at 6.9O, advanced t 696, declined to 6.S9, again advanced to 694 sold back to 6.91 and closed at 694@695, with the mar ket very steady The good demand for spot continues the trump card of the bulls. Sentiment on the floor of the exchange IS quite divided, but we ourselves can see no signs of ah immediate or serious decline in prices. RIORDAN & co.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
Articles Opening Highest Lowest Clo

Cash quotations: Flour, quiet, steady, unchanged; No. ? spring wheat, 7S4741sc; No. ? red, S41h@S52sc; No. corn, 22Ql22l9c; 1; No. ? oats 1534 416Ac; pork s7.s0Gf7.95; lard, S3S543.90; short side ribs, sS.90d420; dry salt shoulders, $425d4.50; short clear sides, S4121aQ4.25; whisky, SLY.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
CHEAP COLUMN
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
 
 FOR SALE-Clean stock of general mer- chandise invoicing about $S00 good store- house, about s3000 in mortgages. notes and accounts, at least $1, 800 can be collected; the hotel a nice 2-story Groom building, good barns and out houses, hydrant from spring to kitchen: price, 5000; would ex- change for Birmingham improved property of equal value; satisfactory reason. K. M. Vance Vance, Ala, or apply at 3O6 2. 20th st. e 2-13-lm
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
--------------- SITUATION WANTED.

WANTED-A position by engineer of 12 years experience; can run any kind of engine and keep up machinery; can give good references. Address, Engineer, 2205 Morris ave, Birmingham, Ala. WANTED-Position by an experienced bookkeeper and clerk; collect or do any kind of office work; good references. Address, D., P. O. Box 1, Pelham, Ala. 2-1S-3t
 WANTED-A position by first-class stem ographer; can give good references. Ad- dress, s. F., care State Herald.
 WANTED-Situation. as bookkeeper or gro- eery clerk by experenced man. Address Clerk, care State Herald. | 2-1S-3t
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
LOANS.

MONEY TO sL0AN--0n furniture, without removal, from $10 up. 4 s. R. Searle. l1th street, between 1st and 2d avenues.
 my 2-tf K .,.s o.i-,
 MONEY to loan on city property; no delay. R. J. Terry, 91s 20th st. 2-17-eod-3t
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

Dr. Dozier& Co.,, P. o. Box 112. Birmingham. Ala
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19
FOR RENT.

FOR RENT.
 
 FOR RENT--One 1 room cottage, with hail; convenient to dummy. on 7th avenue, near 18th street. Also two stores with rooms up- stairs. on Avenue A, very cheap. Jonas Schwab & Co. 9-20-t FOR RENT-A nicely furnished room. Cheap. Apply SIS 23d street. feb-16-tf
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-19

AGENTS WANTED.  AGENTS WANTED--Assorted comic, mot to and campaign buttons; hot sellers; 15c per dozen; s1.25 per 100, post paid; s10 per 1000 by express. Campaign Supply Co.,, 94 Arch street. Boston, Mass. 9-20-dlY-eX sun-tf
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04

The most remarkable of all devices
is that for splicing broken bones. The
moment bone is broken, surgical
genius is at once despatched from the
brain to the spot. He proceeds to sur
round the broken ends with ferrule
of cartilage. This is large and strong,
and takes quite month to complete.
When the two ends are held firmly and
immovably in place by the ferrule, this
mysterious surgeon begins to place q
layer of bone between them and solder
them together.
And when the layer is complete aud
the bone securely welded, he removes
the ferrule or callus, just as the scaf-
folding is removed from a finished
building. Often bone does not get
broken for two or three generations,
and yet this power to form the csllus,
and knowledge of how to do it, is
never lost.-London Ansvers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04

Lieutenant Osborne" he said to
the junior, ''go and report to the Of
ficer in command, Captain Clarke. Z
shall have preceded you and have re-
ported you for cowardice."
He went in search of the captain,
and made his report, and Second Lieu
tenant Osborne was sent under arrest
back to the dismounted horses in the
rear. Then the first lieutenant threw
open his blouse and covered his breast
with wide, white silk handkerchief
that cleaned even in the shadow, and
walked out into the full moonlight.
1t was a matter of only moment
before the hidden Apaches saw him
with the white target on his bosom.
And two of them, at least, took aim at
the target and hit it full in the centre
and First Lieutenant Osborne
pitched forward on the stones. The
Argcuaut.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04
Moral Courage of Women,

Lady Cook, nee Tennessee Clafiin,
asserts that it is in moral courage that
women shine, although they are not at
all behind in the physical variety.
Just as the greater strength and
training of man makes him physically
superior" she says, $50 the moral
strength and training of woman makes
him morally her inferior. In loyalty,
truthfulness, chastity, fidelity, pity,
sobriety, honesty and general persever-
ance in well-doing she is immeasura-
bly, above him. This has been no.
ticed by great writer's in every age,
and it would not be difficult to dis
cover why she is so much mans moral
superior. Vaudeville thought it was
because her brain was more accurate
ly balanced. We think, however,
that it is largely owing to a higher
standard of moral conduct having been
constantly demanded from her from re-
motest times. New York Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04

1t is comparatively easy matter to
kill the burdock, though it may be
hard enough to exterminate it, be-
cause it seeds so plentifully and the
seed will remain in the ground for
years until it has favorable chance
to grow. AS the burdock is biennial
it dies out after it has seeded the
second year, but that is only after it
has provided thousands and tens of
thousands of seed to perpetuate its
kind. All that is needed to kill the
plant is to take dull axe and chop the
root something below the surface. and
then throw on handful of salt. The
burdock root being soft and moist dis
solves the salt. which quickly rots it
so that further sprouting of new
top is impossible. No amount of cut
ting will do the work. The burdock,
like most weeds, is very persistent
seeder. We have seen it mown down
with the scythe two or three times
during the summer, and yet in fall
showing several clusters of seed burrs
near the ground, containing enough
seed to start hundred burdock
plants the very next year. The seed
burrs cling to clothing and to the fur
of animals brushing against it.. Hence
the weed is sure to be always widely
distributed.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04

The new corn product being talked
about is obtained by grinding corn
stalks. The pith of the stalk is used
for packing between the plates of IRON
clad warships. The hard shell of the
stalks, after tho pith is taken out, is
ground into fine powder. 1t can be
bagged like oats or bran and will keep
as well as any other ground feed.
Analysis proves that it is richer in
muscle makers than the whole corn
stalk, and experience shows that stock
will eat it up clean. The stations tell
that balanced ration can be readily
made up by mixing the new feed stuff
with oil meal or cottonseed meal. A
ton of the ground stocks will occupy
little more space than ton of ensilage.
There is authority for believing that
this new feed stuff will have some eff
feet in reducing the price OF hay
Connecticut Farmer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04

Bicycles are not yet very common
in Spain. The authors of "Sketches
Awheel in Modern Iberia" were con-
stantly frightening animals and an.
gering their owners; in one case q
murderous assault by q drunken
driver was narrowly averted. The
writer's comment on the noisiness Of
Spanish towns, the badness of coun-
try roads, the beauties of the scenery,
and so forth, Postal affairs do not
seem to improve at all. The writer's
mailed from Granada seven small ar.
ticles to the post in other countries,
and only one of them reached its des.
tination; and this was but a sample OF
their experiences.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04

This is the season, especially after
the very hot weather we have lately
had, followed by rains, when blight is
most likely to attack pear trees. 1t
appears to be disease which espe-
cially attacks trees heavily manured
and which have an excess of sap. II
the tree has been manured in the
spring with stable manure, and has
since been cultivated, it will almost
certainly blight. Manuring with pure
ly mineral fertilizers, without nitro
gen, is, we know from experience,
help to prevent trees from blighting.
The pear tree to be kept productive
and healthy should not make large
yearly wood growth. Six to twelve
inches yearly growth OF wood, with
proportionate number of new fruit
buds, will give the tree longer life and
greater amount of fruit than will
any attempt to force fruit production.
Over-bearing is fruitful cause Of
blight. 1t comes just at the time
when the pear seeds are forming, and
when this imperative demand for more
potash robs the sap of that mineral
which is so necessary to keep wood
and foliage in healthful condition.
Yet pear trees on grassbound land are
in the condition next most likely to
be blighted. In their case probably
the potash in the soil is inert and the
pear tree roots cannot get it.-Atlanta
| Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04
David r. Brackett. who recently

David r. Bracket, who recently re-
turned to his old home in Portland,
Me-, after residence of many years
in Alaska, claims that he is the man
who found the first nugget of gold in
what is now known all over the world
as the Klondike region. Bracket went
to Alaska in 1877, and for a long time
divided his energies between running
q sawmill at Sitka and buying furs of
the Indians. To carry on the latter
industry he made long trips into the
interior on foot, and in the course of
them he kept open an attentive but
not very hopeful eye for signs of gold.
'It was while on one of these journeys
in 1870," he says, that / found the
nugget. l had crossed the great back
bone of the Alaskan mountain range
and traversed the valley where Circle
City, Fort Cudahy, Dawson City and
Fort Reliance have since been built.
One day camped on the lodges above
what am sure is now called Bonanza
Creek. Two of my Indian guides came
IN with furs at 10 o'clock that night,
and 1 traded with them. Then, as it
was still light, l walked down to the
mouth of the creek, and there picked
up stone which had gold in it. ]
looked around for more, but, not find
ing any, put the stone in my pouch
and did not think much more about
the matter. Later, at Sitka, showed
the nugget to an old miner, who offered
me S75 for it. 1 took the money, but
wouldn't tell where l found the gold
l went up the Yukon in 1881 and tried
to locate my creek again, but failed
Clarence Berry, of Fresno, Cal, went
up the river in 1890, and, suppose,
located near Klondike and Bonanza
Greek. He and Frank Phiscator, but
/ have always claimed that [ picked
up the first nugget on Bonanza Creek. >
Bracket declares that the mountains
on the American side of the line are
the real backbone of the range, and
that all the creeks and tributaries Of
the Yukon River are full of gold
There, he thinks, is the real source Of
the gold streak that reaches down
through California.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04

This autumn the revived Jersey
will have successful inning. These
trim, neat, rather smart, and decidedly
comfortable garments are a boon to
women for many reasons. The former
objectionable features of these Jerseys
are removed by the addition of slight
trimmings both on bodice and sleeves,
and they are thus made no more out
lining to the figure in their style than
many of the closely adjusted dress
waists formed with outlining darts and
curving seams. While fitting the figure
perfectly, they are the easiest garments
imaginable to wear. A finely fitting
waist can be selected in twenty minutes,
with no trouble of standing by the
hour as the dressmaker's, no choos-
ing of Innings, buttons, trimmings,
etc. The waist lies before you COM
plete, and this year there are number
less colors, effects, and styles to choose
from. At celebrated importing house
in this city are exhibited an entirely
new invoice of the very prettiest and
most graceful Jersey models ever manu-
factured. They show the approved
diminutive sleeve-puffs, yoke or vest
effects, strapped seams, braided bolero
fronts, iacket-bodice fronts, double
breasted styles, buttoning from the
left shoulder, box-pleated or Norfolk
backs, etc. The price of these various
garments is not more than one would
pay the dressmaker for making waist,
and they will be found more than use
full in the making of autumn costumes
in black or colors for cycling, tennis,
golf, yachting, and travelling likewise,
for they slip very easily under travel
ing jacket or ulster, and they are far
more comfortable for long journeys
than any sort of boned bodice, and a
degree at least more "dressy" than
shirt waist. New York Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04

The New York Herald remarks:
Science is at work on some difficult
matters, and up to date it has made q
good record as a miracle worker. We
are living in an exceptional epoch and
the word impossible will very soon be
expunged from the dictionary. Tesla
tells us that he can telegraph without
wires. He has been at work on the
problem for long while and has at
last solved it. We are on the threshold
OF great changes, and every man who
didn't die fifty years ago ought to
shake hands with himself. There are
two puzzles which remain. Somebody
must discover the secret of the fsh's
tail, which puts our best propeller to
shame as sort of stage coach affair,
and then we shall have rapid transit
across the ocean with a vengeance.
Some one else must find the secret OF
the birds wing, and then we shall have
air ships for passengers and merchan-
disc. When we have made these two
discoveries and applied them we shall
look for the millennium.