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Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
t.ivernool Cotton Market

Liverpool, May 11.-4 D. m.-Cotton-Spot, quiet price lower: American middling, fair, 21-s2d; good mddling. 11-32d; American middling, 4 7-32d; low middlng. 4 132d; good ordinary, 3 29-32d ordinary. 23-32d. The sales of the day were 5000 bales. of which 800 were for speculation and export and in- cluded 7,400 American. Receipts, 22OO, all American
 Futures opened easy with moderate de- mand and closed quiet at the decline. Amer ican middlng L. M. C.. May. 4.o9 May and June, 4.0s; June and July. 4.N: July and Au- gust 4cS: August and Sentemher. 4.G2f7a 03 September and October, 3.5S sellers: October ard November, 3.51; November and Decem- her. 9.49: December and January 3.4S: Jan uary and February, 3.4S; February and March, 3.4SG3.49
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
Neur OrleerS

New Orlears
 New Orleans, May 1I-Cotton futures dull; sales F. GOO. May. 7.4267. A: June, 1880 TAO: July '. .42d7.43: August. 720M7.21: Sep tember. 6.79616So: October. 6.62G6. .6S; Novem- ber 6.64I6.65: December. 6.67G6.6S; January, 6.7Od6.72;; February. 6.73d675
 Chicago Live Stock Market. Chicago, May u.-Prices for cattle ruled steady at Mondays quotations. With the exception of an occasional sale of fancy beaves at s5.35G$5-50 beef steers sold at 8. .90Gls5.25 for the poorest to the best, the bulk being at s4.Ssds5 Stockers and, feed CTS sold well at $4.65 for best Bulls sold from s2. 501S275 for ordinary to $3.75d$4 for good to choice exporters. The calf supply today reached heavy proportions, but trade was lively at steady prices.
 St. 1,oris
 St. Louis, May 1i.-Flour-Dull, steady, and unchanged Wheat-Spot, higher; No. 2 red cash ele- vator, 951ac; track. SIC; July, 97asc; August 77Kc Septembr, Tic. }. Corn-Spot. easy: No. 3 cash, 20as92O5scs July, 23Kc Septembr,. N5sc. 5 Oats-Spot. higher; No. ? cash, 1s1sc; July, Butter-steadys creamery. 11@15hc dairy, 6612c. y Eggs-Steady. Sc. & 3 whisky, s1,19 Pork-Higber;, standard mess jojbbing. Lard-Higher; prime steam, $a.S5; choice. iBacon-Boxed shoulders. s5.s71a; ribs, s5.5Os shorts, s5.62ia. y-.rs
 Dry Salt Meats-Boxed shoulders, $5: ex- tra short clears, $5 ribs, s5.121z; shorts, $5 25
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-12
Celebrated Splint Coal. Walker-NeWn1an Coal Go.
 Phone 3l7.
SPECIAL SCHEDULE, SOUTHERN = BAPTIST CONVENTION

12-i6-wed- fri-sun
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-07-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMs:

"A huge cypress tree in Tule, in the
state OF Oaxaca, Mexico, il 154 feet in
circumference. -..-- =. =: =.
"A five-cent stamp must adorn every
day book, ledger or other account .bobk
kept by business house in Mexico.
The cells in the Jail at Dover, N. H.;
are arranged in circle and revolve,
so that the inmates can successfully see
the country at all points Of the COM
pass. ....
"A bercaved widower in st. Joseph,
Mo-, took unto himself a second wife
before his first spouse was buried. The
"Gy of No. 1 had been temporarily
placed in q receiving vault.
In Topeka there is a young mar
lied man who really loves his mother
iH-law-lovcs her so much that her
laughter has brought suit for alienat-
ing her husbands affections. b..
"A can of boiling lard was on the
look stove, and Miss Stella Evans, of
Colorado Springs. put an egg into it to
'>oil. In an instant the egg exploded
nd the lady was sp&tered with flying
lard
IA citizen of Buckfield, Me-, lost
lis house and all his furniture by fire.
Fis reighbors came to his relief by
'he presentation of various household
"rticles, and among them were 40 bed
eteads.
"A real estate agent in Newburg, N.
Y. engaged painter to paint house,
inside and out. He gave him the wrong
lumber, and the wrong house was COM
;rletely painted before the blunder was
discovered.
An extraordinary railroad trip was
"ecently made over the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy, from Chicago to Den
yer. The distance is 1,O25 miles, and the
trip was made in 1869 minutes actual
running time.
A lady in Wilkesbarre, Pa, who
died possessed of considerable proper
~ left it all to n female friend who had
been very kind to her-all except one
cent; and this she decrced should be
given tn her husband five years after
her deaf b.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-07-21
COULDN'T SPANK HER SON,
He Was n Father Himself and Would
Have Been Glad to ObIise.

Have Been Glad to Oblise.
People never get an encouragement
for doing the Good Samaritan act in the
interests of the public, as the man Ge-
cided who offered to assist distracted
woman and ameliorate the sutferiags
Of q lot of respectable people on a
suburban car.
The boy who bowls was in evidence,
the curled darling of his only own
mother and the terror of everybody
else, and he had kept the car in state
of wild excitement and exhausted the
patience of everybody, including his
doting parent. II TO- /, IT,.
: "Oh, if your father were only here!"
she had said for the fifKeth time, as she
tried vainly to restrain the bowling ter
ror. ..... ~. .4 ~
At that he stopped bowling long:
enough to beat the air with his small
shins, and the woman on the other side
Of him remarked audibly that cage;
was the proper place for savages like
him. 81 "
Johnny, dear" asked his mother,
won't you be a good boy?" =.
Roars and kicks from Master Johnny.
"Oh, wish your father were here to
give you good trouncing this very
minute!" she walled as she struggled
with him. .... ..u-i s.- f..
Then it was that the philanthropist
Of the company asserted himself. He
had been trying in vain to read his
morning paper ever since he started
from home. ...E
"Allow me, madam" he said, blandly;
II am father myself, and 1 will be
happy to chastise your cherub in behalf
of his absent parent. -.
"Oh, no you won't, not IL know It'll"
said Johnny's mother, rising in her
wrath like tigress. "There amt that
man living dare lay finger on that
boy-his own father or any other ugly
old catamount who thinks he knows It
ALL" and she effectually shut off de-
bate by going into the next car and talk
ing the sweet infant with her.-Chicago
Times-Herald. ..
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-07-21
A Famous Georges Justice.

! The celebrated declaration of By
ron. that he awoke one morning and
found himself famous. will apply with
equal Droprieiy to onr fellow-towns-
/; man. Judge Reuben S. SaffnId Every.
boly knows and likes Judge Saffold.
He is not only one of the most com
petent justices Morgan county ever
had, but is one of the most popular
citizens. tie is also a man of great
wit and originality. Our people will.
therefore, he interested in tie follow
ing clipping from The Record from
"Ihe Law Students Helper" 1t is as
follows:
"A new form of marriage ceremony
is practiced by Georgian just ce of
the peace. He concludes as follows:
BY the authority vested in me as an
officer Of the State of Georgia, which
is sometimes. called the Empire State
Of the South; by the fields of cotton
that lie about in snowy whiteuess
around us; the howl Of the coon dog.
and the grurd vine, whose clng,ng ten
drills will shade the entrance to Your
humble dwelling place; by the red
and luscious heart of the watermelon,
whose sweetness fills the heart with
Joy; by the heavens and earth, in the
presence of these witnesses, pro-
nonnce yon man and wife,"
Many Of our readers will readily
recognize the above paragraph as
having originated with Judge Sat-
fold. and will remember the aston.
ished look that passed over the happy
faces Of the dusky pair and the roar
Of merriment that arose from the
audience the first time the Judge elo-
quently enumerated it. This was some
time ago. 1t has now become an IN
separable part of the marriage cere.
mony used by Judge Saffold. and
there is hardly dusky damsel in the
county that, without it would consid-
Of heself tied sufficiently tight to her
dark skinned Romeo.--Madison (Ga.)
Advertiser.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-07-21
Measuring the Earth.

The longest distance ever encom.
passed by the human vision, 30 far as
the records go, is 1873 miles, between
the Uncompahgre peak, in Colorado,
and Mount Ellen, in Utah. This
feat was accomplished by the survey
ora OF the United States Coast and
Geodetlc Survey, who are now en-
gagged, in conjunction with represent
atives Of other nations, in making a
new measurement Of tho earth. :: The
observers on the Pacific Coast have
beon able to signal from Mount
Shasta to Mount Helena. distance
OF 100 miles, but have never been
able tn get a response. Between the
two other peaks communication has
been continuous for an honr or more
on several occasions. The Uncom-
pahgre is 14,300 feet in height, while
Mount Ellen is 13,400. The longest
distance that the human eye ever
reached until this record was made
WINS between Algiers and Spain, 1863
miles The measuring Of the earth,
which is now going ON, is no simple
task. The width, of the ocean oan
only be ascertained by astronomical
observations. The observers at
Greenwich and at Washington note
zach night the exact: moment Of the
rising Of certain stars, aud then, by
mathematical calculations, turn the
difference in time into distance,
Dhis is corrected and 'corroborated
by ether observations upon other
stars, and by series Of experiments
which furnish an average that is an
proximately accurate. The differ
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-07-21
TARIEF IN THE SENATE.

The confer Ance report has passed.
the House by vote o: 1876 to Il8.
FIVE OF the affirmative votes were
cast by Demtcra,s aud $50 by Re.
publ ans. Tho negative vote con-
sists Of lO5 DcIocrats and y Popu-
lists. Newl.n, did not vote.
The conference report went to the
Senate Tues lay and was laid betc re
that body 10y Senator Allison, who
asked for it Immediate consideration.
This request brought Morgan OF Ala
baIna to his feet with the statement
that it WAS intended to discuss the
tariff report i'll all It's political, finan-
GILL and historical bearings. Aside
from this it WIS proposed to secure
consideration for the Union Pacific
resolution either by itself or during
the tariff debate, il this becomes es-
sen!ial. 1t was not an orderly prac-
tice, but. said Mr.. Morgan, when men
were tel up and lashed over the
back they wore no: disposed to stand
on the niceties of procedure. 1t was
more Important, he SAID, to save $780,
600 QUO by the Union Pacific resoiu-
ton than to pass the tariff bill.
MIR. Allison suggested that there
was no disposition to cut off all reas-
enable consideration of the report.
1t was too important, however. to
give way to other questions which
might be brought forward.
The conference report was then
read in detail. When the first clause
WIS read, Jones of Arkansas, ma lie
an earnest protest az inst proceed
ings on the the technical report with
ont an intelligent explanation of it's
meaning. rhe:e has been no oppor-
tunity for the democratic conferees
to cun -idor it in committee. 1t lad
BEEN rushed through the House in
single day. wi ,hont time for prepara-
ton to iii cuss it there. 1t was due
to the American people. he declared,
that some explanation be given.
The reading Of the lengthy confer
ence report then proceeded rapidly.
There we're repeated inquiries by Mr..
Jones and brief explanations from
Allison. but these did not cause ma.
terial delay. Seven pages of the
printed report, covering 80 sections
of the bill. we're disposed Of in the
first half hour.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-07-21

ence is seldom more than small
fraction of a second, and is attrib-
uted to atmospheric phenomena.
The Pacific Ocenn is measured in
similar manner by joint observations
with the Lick telescope, in Califor MIA
and that of the Imperial University
of japan, at Toxic Philadelphia
Record.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-07-21
TUITION.

Business Course, six months, $50 20
Business Course, per month. !. 10 90
Shorthand Course, six months, so 90
Shorthand Course, per month. 10 90
Penmanship, per month. go. 5 90
Any single study, per month,
except Bookkeeping or
Shorthand .,......:.. 49,. o 90
A reduction Of ten per cent is made
from the above figures when two or
more students from ono family enter
at the same time.
Fall term opens Nov. l, 1897.
For further particulars call ON or
address
G. F. NEsSE, Principal.
ELKO, NEVADA.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-07-21
An Awful idiot,

T0f all the fools ever heard of, Jim.
befkon iB the chief.r neaM ;,t..s:,,s,s ~
what Of Jimberson, pray?" ~
Because his wife. insisted that he
should not stay around home while che
was cleaning house, he thinks her. love
for him has waned."-1ndianapolis
Journal o.. b.. 49,.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-07-21

Splendid line Of Fauntl-roys, boys
shirt waists and other leading novel;
ties just received at Alexander'e. =
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-07-21
"a Grippe

If you, have had the
Grippe, you know its aches
and pains, the fever, the
chills, the cough, the de-
preston. The CIR ppe ex-
hausts the nervous system
quickly, lowers the vitality.
Two things shout Be dose
at once:-the body must be
strengthened, and force most
be given to the nervous sys-
tenn. Cod-iver oil will do
the first; HYpophosphites
the second. These arc per-
manent1y combined in
Scotts Emulsion. ,.t,t-t,,,
Bot you can put your sys-'
tenn IN a condition ttnfavor-
abe IS, II. tYop yhaysss
rich,c blood, and !. tesstive ,
strength. Scott's Emalssons
prevents as we'll as cures.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-07-21

Cascraets stimu ate live kidneys
and bowels, Never sicken. weaken
or grippe. 10c.
The Progress., 1897-02-27
REED AS ARRLTER.,
Called on TO settle Disputes From
All Over tho CoE0try.

c-.star Reed has lecolne a great final
.-s,;+., for numerous parliamentaTy bodies
go, one end to the other of the country.
uarrlly a day passes hat he Is not request
"A tn mass upon some point more or less
irrricate, that local I,arlianentarians have
wmugled over and failed TO agree upon.
Y.St week one Of the chapters Of the Daugh-
80 of the American Revolution in this
.sfv submitted TO him question OF the
,;rbt to elect another delegate 10 the cont
,,en+al congress They had elected q dole
Uafe and alternate at a meeting, which the
constitution said should be called at
r4.,ed time The delegate had resigned,
and the ladies were in a quandary as to
rbether they could call another meeting
ar whether the alternate should serve. The
sneaker settled that for them, and they
went away happy.
Rut this is only an isolated instance.
Secret orders, debating societies and other
deliberatiye bodies write him for decisions.
Yesterday he was ans wering G request from
Iapell Mass and another from New
York state for the speaker gives every re-
quest his courteous attention sooner or
later. Sometimes the simpler queries are
turned over TO Mr.. Asher Kinds, who,
from long association with Mr.. Heed, has
become an experienced parliaInentarian
Mr. Kinds forlnulates the reply in some OF
these cases, but Mr.. Reed scruJinizes II
personally before he signs, and if the letter
does not accord with his views it Is Inodi-
Aed and rewritten. Requests frequently
come from bodies that have adopted the
speakers manual Tor the control of de-
Lucrative assemblies. The Maine legisla-
ture last winter complinented him by vot-
ing copy of the manual to each member
Of the statehouSe and senate--Nashin Gbon
Post
The Progress., 1897-02-27
OUEEREST OF BIRDS.
The Strange Freak CanEht by q PennSyl-
vania Farmer.


The uueerest freak of nature ever seen al
Apollo, Pa, and what is said to be the
queerest bird ever discovered, few into
tree on Jesse Branfhooyer' farm, SIX miles
from that village, several days ago and has
since been in captivity. That Is Is . bird
seems certain because it has wings which
are more than 3 feet long, but in Other re-
spects it is difficult to classify. ISs face 10
that of cat its feet resemble those Of
dog, and its tail is similar to those Of the
turkey. Its beak and tsalons are as sharp
as those Of an eagle, and ii has great spurs
like gaInecock.
From all the country miles around peo-
pie have come to look at the monstrosity,
but no one has been able to identity It
Farmer Branthoover was blowing his 6ead
when he saw the bird In q tree. He fired at
1t, and, one Of its wings being wounded, it
fell to the ground Then the farmer at
tempted TO pick it up, but q fight which
lasted for half an hour ensned, and tbs
sharp beak and ta1ons inflicted wounds
the scars of which Branthoove1 Still Car
ries, AT last the farmers eon Ned came to
the rescue, and together they succeeded IN
capturing the queer bird, which nae since
been confined in the granary.
Many attempts were made to photograph
the thing before the effort was successful
The bird would fly into rage and jump
around, as 1t always does upon the approach
OF q human being.
The bird measures IS inches from ths
top of its head to the tip of it's body. Th'
wings are feet 10 inches long and tn,
legs only 2 inches long. It grunts ant
barks like q dog.-Chicago Times Herald
The Progress., 1897-02-27

or cIoseo, ana n veranda covered with
glass to form a conservatory. The house is
colonial in style, and the interior viii be
treated IN the fashion of that period. The
woodwork throughout is TO be painted
white, and the decorations are artistically
simple.
Mrs Cleveland has aD unusually fine
collection Of antique furniture, much of ii
now at Woodley, which will be in perfect
harmony with the decorative scheme OF the
Princeton house. The house Is 10 be read y
for occupancy by the LIST OF March.-Chi
cAao Record
The Progress., 1897-02-27
CLEVELAND's NEW HOME
BIS House In Princeton Being Decorated
by Miss Grace Temple.

Mrs. Cleveland has Entrusted the decora-
ton OF the interior of her new house al
princeton to Miss Grace Lincoln Temple,
who Is perhaps best known as the decorator
OF the Eoman's building at the Atlanta ex-
position, though many handsome houses iu
washington and elsewhere owe their artis.
fc interiors TO her
Miss Temple has just returned from
Finceton, whittier she went TO superin'
knd the beginning Of her work
Exceeding simplicity is to characterize
the decoration Of the Cleveland home The
exterior is TO remain almost exactly as il
Always has been, except fer window o.
two opened in the walls, another window
The Progress., 1897-02-27
RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
COTTON BELT.

Passenger train No. 7 arrives at 1920
a, daily.
Freight train No. IL arrives at 4:40 pm.
daily
Passenger train No. s departs at 4:3o
daily.
Freight train No. u departs at am.
daily.
Freight trains Nos. IL and ID run daily
except Sunday. between Shreveport and
Camden and wifi carry passengers.
TEXAS d PACIFIC.
The Progress., 1897-02-27

We VIII put up All reguIH1 ~
so- ones for ......4 0c
25c ones for. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. nc
Get your prescriptions priced elsewhere
and then bring them to US AND save nearly
one-fourth the cost.
We use only the best ingredients fresh
est drugs, and Absolutely Genuine and
reliable medicines and Positiveiy guar
antee YOU against bad qualities.
The Progress., 1897-02-27
All Prescriptions

Will in the future be filed by u
at greatly reduced prices.
mt m all regular
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-25
HINTS FOR sTockMEN.

In breeding defects tend strongly to
become hereditary.
Dry sawdust makes good material
for bedding in the stables in summer.
Plenty of warm skim-milk will make
calf grow and cold skim-milk win kill
it.
In order to perform hard labor the
work horse must have plenty of nutri-
tious food.
Every animal has just SO much
growth in them and no more. Remem-
Der this In feeding, especially for mar
ket.
1t win help to keep the horses with
a good appetite If the boxes and man
gers arc cleaned out before fresh food
is put in them.
The growing pig should never be al
lowed to fall of in condition sufficient
TO retard its growth, but should be kept
growing steadily until maturity.
While, with the majority of farmers
pasturing can be depended upon very
largely during the summer. YET when
1t 10 an item to keep US much stock ns
the pastuses will carry, 1t will be found
good economy to grow some soiling
crops.-Farmers' Union.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-25
THE FLAVOR OF EGGS.
Green hone Is the Cheapest Hen Food
ON the Market.

Green Done Is the Cheapest Hen Food
ON the Market.
Good feeders have long known that
certain kinds of food would greatly inn
prove the flesh of animals for human
consumption. The feeding OF roots inn
proves the quality of mutton; arti-'
chokes improve the quality Of pork.
Enterprising duck farmers have found
that the feeding of celery improves the
flavor of their birds, and chcstn,its arc
fed to fnttening turkeys to produce n
game flavor. Green cut bone is fed
TO chickens for the same reason and to
increase the size of the fowls and to in
crease and improve the flavor of their
eggs. Careful experiment and prncti-
cal experience have proven beyond any
question of doubt that the liberal feed
ing of green cut bone will double tho
egg yield from given number Of hens.
Green bone is the cheapest egg food on
the market to-day, and In many places
can be had for the mere asking, In
those places where It has ecquirpd =
cnmmercial value II can BE- bought Tor
~ 10 40 cents par 100 pounds. This =
las4tha acl1edf = 4.aShteA ~ -
best Of The cersal esg -ptudteiiik IL
Green cut bone has such q potent forea
In increasing egg production that It win
be found especially helpful In winter.
producing large quantities Of cagswhen
they are of greatest vnlue.-Journalo Of
Agriculture
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-25
Th. sheep Bod Ely.

A trickling Of blood from the nose in
dicates the presence Of the grubs Of the
sheep bot-ay in the nasal-sinuses
These grubs have now found their way
to these places where they take up
their quarters until next spring OF
summer, when they escape, and full to
the ground where they take ON their
final form as fly, and Immediately lay
their eggs on the Sleeps nose, and SC
the new round begins. tits possible to
eject these grubs at their present stage
by blowing tobacco smoke into the nos
tri;s of the sheep. and Immediately aft.
erwards to blow up n pinch OF fine snuff,
the sneezing then ejecting the grubs
This remedy is that used by the Scotch
shepherds.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-25
A WEIRD ORGANIZATION.

studenta of = Chicago University soclsty
Will Give Their hrsins to Science.
CHICAGO, June 23.--Young medicd1
students Of this city have hapl
themselves into . society In Wi7fc1
dues are payable after death, and then
only with the brains Of each and every
member Of the weird organization.
They are Prof. Frederick Stsrr's
devoted pupils, and their club is the
grewsome Autopsy Society Of the Uni
versity of Chicago They have entered
into secret compact to give their
brains to science when they die. Ac-
companying the cerebral tissue will be
minute mental history of the sub
ject. This will include truthful
statement Of personal virtues and
vices. BY Q careful examination of
the brain tissue and the written key 1t
is believed that the manifold shades Of
character may be located in their re-
spective parts Of the brain.
The Holly chieftain., 1897-06-25
lI[|Ill([[I[[[[l11l1[1Il[[11I
3fSzFKE Fx1lsN5Vt51e1a1 =

three-foot space in middle for
stove and for herdsmen. The from;
roof &C F. is of sash, two feet
wide and the length OF the building.
This affords abundant sunlight. In
summer the sash should be covered for
protection and to prevent superheating
OF pens. This style of pen, il well
framed and strongly built. may be read
lily moved from place to place, and Is
about the simplest and best pig shed
that can be made.-Journal Of Agricul-
flfrp st.s