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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-24
ST. Paul MARKETS

PRODUCE-Butter, eggs and potatoes were
steady yesterday, and trading was fairly
were quoted soc higher. The following are
the street quotations as furnished by c. l..
Jett & Co.:
ApPlssnFan s 5o reds ss5o@ s per bDl other
Bananas-Choice Shipping-Large punches.
$2@2.25; small punches, $1.75@2.
Beans-Per Bu-Brown, 81; dirty lots. 6O@65c:
fancy navy, $25; medium, hand-picked,
Beef-Per -Country-dressed, fancy, Ga
61Ac; rough Sh@4c
Butter-Per Lb-Creameries, extras, 21@21Mc;
creameries, frsts, 1870; creameries gath
cred cream, 14Q17c; limitations 12Q12kc;
diaries, hand-separator, lie; daries, extras
lie; ladies' packing stock toc oz 1S3zc
Cheese-Per Lb-Brick, No l, 1O1kc; brick
No. 2, SIZE; Limburger, 9@91kc; Swiss, 300
13c; twins, fancy Minnesota and Wisconsin
9G91ac; Young America, new, 10c; primost
66O61hc.
CiderESweet per Dbl, $5@55O; sweet, per
Cranberries-W wisconsin, $1.75@2 per bu; Cape
Cod, $6.75 per Dbl.
Eggs-Fresh, subject to loss off, new, cases
included, 1SQ1S12c; seconds, cases Included,
7QSc.
trout, lake, &c. whitefsh, Sc.
Grapes-Per Basket-California, four baskets.
$3.50; Concord, 1@12c.
Grape Fruit-Per Box-California, $505.50.
Q5c; merium, 4$4c.
Honey-Per LIB Sections-Buckwheat 5@6Rc;
extracted amber, 6@61Sc extracted white,
61@c; golden rod, 10c; extracted white, lie;
white, fancy, lie.
M sde4so BumMusks I'D large 750$1; small
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 3Oes to 36Os, $595. so;
Messinas, choice, 3O0s, s4,5OQ5; Messinas'
fancy, SOOs, s5,2Oq6; Messnas, choice S6Os,
Maple Sugar-Per Lb-Ohio, in bricks 1oc.
Vermont, in bricks, 1oc; Western, in bricks
Maple syrup-Per gal, 75@sOc; per half Dbl.
40Q50c.
Mutton-Per Lb-Bucks, SIC; country dressed
71A081ac; milk lambs, pelts off, 9B01ocS
Nuts-Almonds, new, small quantities. LIN
lie, almonds, Tarragonas, sacks, 100 lbs lie:
Tarragonas, small quantities. 14c: filberte
sacks about 200 lbs, Skc; ilberts, small
quantities, Joe; hickory, per blu, 609$1: pea
nuts, per lb, raw, 6@6Ac; peanuts, Der In
roasted, &c; pecans, new, Texas, polished
100-lb sacks, &C.; pecans small quantities
9@1oc; walnuts, 9@tsc; walnuts. California
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DULUTH.

DULUTH, Mimi. Sept. 2S,-Market fairy
active and weaker. December opened sc
up at 6224c sold off to 61Ac at 11:1O, and
at 1870 was quoted at 613sc. Cash-5OO, 600
blu to shippers at September price for spot
and Ac under September for wheat to ar
rive. Wheat stocks will decrease $4,000 ol
this week Cash Sales-Six cars No. north
ern, 6SAc; 5000 bu No. ! northern, SS3Se;
30 600 blu No l northern, 6Sl2c; cars No i
northern, 6S1kc 90 600 blu No. l northern, Csc;
20 GOO bu No northern, 671kc; $4,000 Blu No.
northern, 67Ac; 1000 Blu No. 1 o n9Tthern
671sc; $4,000 blu No. northern, 63@69c; !
cars No 8 spring 59B@G0c; l car No. 3
oa:s, 241Ac; 4 cars barley, Sac Reeelpts 500
Wheat, 37O,98O bu; corn, 1853 bu; oats, $50
blu; rye, 1921 blu; barley, 25,293 bu; lax,
As, 493 blu. Shipments-Wheat, 557,SS5 bu
December closed 62c; spot No. 1 hard, n4c;
No. l northern. 6SAc; No. northern, sac;
No. spring, soc; to arrive, No. hard nc;
No. / northern, 6712c; No. / hard September
7114c; December, CSC; May, eSAc; No: n gar n q
zee; rye, 47c; barley, 296SOc flax SSa4c; De-
cember, 8Sc; corn, 2SAc.
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NEW YORK, Sept 23.-There was only a
LlpPIe mere ana there on the surface OF TO-
Gays market. There were wide gaps in the
list OF usually active stocks, and the prom
inent securities which moved at all did 50
In sluggish manner and on a small volume
of trading The bears seemed to have the
upper rand, and clipped the price of st. Paul
a point IN addition to the pc per cent divi-
G G5 winch was taken off today. General
Electric, new stock, Sugar, Metropolitan
street Railway and Peoples Gas all showed
decllnes ranging from sharp fraction up to
nearly ih. Sugar showed resistance, and
nights closing price. With that the market
fell into torpor, the bears being discouraged
from further operations in face of the hard
ness OF Prices and the easier tendency of the
money market. and the bulls being disin-
cilned to renew the campaign until condi-
settled.
Some reliance has been placed in the dawn
ing interest in Americans which was becom-
ing manifest on the London exchange as a
help to the next bull campaign. But New
consequent stiffening of the money rate
there, which went to 2 per cent today for
call loans and 23s for private discount has
brought speculation in London to stand
still. Americans have fallen fat there along
with the other market. There was movement
in individual stocks today, but the market
as whole presented a waiting attitude. To-
bacco was weak and sold as low as 147aA
10 points and recovered without any per
ceptible influence on the general market.
Chicago Terminal Evansville and Terre
Haute. Central and Southern Pacific, and a
few other comparatively obscure stocks
showed noteworthy advances. Peoples Gas
was up on the announced settlement of the
controversy with the Indiana Natural Gas
company. There good buying a small
scale of the Changers. and the Pacifics. on
the statement of earnings. Net changes in
zthe majority Of cases are small and fail
to reflect any general condition of business
The bond mark hwas extremely du'l, with
the exception of San Antonio~& Arkansas Pas:
As which went UP two jpoin large trans
actions. Price changes were irregular. To-
tai sales $1,S00000. Government bonds were
unchanged.
Total sales of stocks today. ?55 100 shaves
including 9,2o5 General Pacific, 6,70O c.. p.
& O., 1896 L. N, C,e97 Manhattan, 1l,GGl
N. P, 16 4s5 U. P, II, 625 st. Paul. IA 791 [. P.
preferred, 1875 Cotton OIL 1925 Tobacco, G2,-
$40 Peoples Gas, 37.077 Sugar, BIAS Rubber.
STOCKS.
The following were the fluctuations of the
leading railway and industrial shares fur
nished by G. H. F. Smith & Co.. members OF
the New York stock exchange and Chicago
board of trade:
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STATE GRAIN INSPECTION
Northern

OTHER GRAINs-No. A corn, l car; 70
grade corn. l car; No. oats, 40 cars; no
grade oats. 3 cars; No. rye, II cars; No. 3
barley, q cars; No. barley, cars; No. 8
barley, . cars; No. l flax. "a ears.
CARS INSPECTED OUT-Wheat, No. l
hard, II; No. l northern, "A; No. northern
~; No. 3, l; rejected, /; no 81 ade, 81 No. 3
corn, /; No. 3 oats. SO; No. rye. /; No, l
flax, 13.
RECEIPTS-Whea 4S5 cars, 1892 bu;
corn, 1900 blu; oats, 4O,2OO bu; bar.ey, 2,60l
bu; rye 1860 blu; flax, 32,76O bu; oil, IA 81 I
lbs; flour. 1856 Dbl; hay, Al toas; lruit 4So'OS5
lbs; merchandise, 1,643,170 lbs; lumber, ~
cars; barrel stock, 2 cars; machinery, az s5)
lbs; coal, 1920 tons; wood, l49 I'd; brick
40G0O lime, cars; cement, 5z5 bb!s; house
hold goods. 10000 lbs; railroad iron. c r.;
live stock, cars; salt, Dbl; dress meats
125, 600 lbs; railroad materials, Z cars; sun
dries, 10 cars; car lots, 1874.
SHIPMENTS-Wheat Il cars, 52,94O pa
oats, 1920 blu; barley. 57C0 blu; rye, $50 6u !;
fax 1850 bu; oil, q $50 lbs; for 54,oSl Dbl;
millstufs, 1924 tons; fruit, 2O4,9O BIS mer-
chandse 2,444, $50 lbs; lumber, 81 cans; ma
chinery, 900 lbs; wood, 10 cords; Dick
%. 7CO lime, / car; cement, so bbs; some and
marble, cars; railroad iron, cars; rafrc al
materials, IL cars; sundries, Is cAIs; car loes
S34
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-24
Live Stock Markets.

SOUTH ST. PAUL. Sept. 23-The receipts at
the Union Stockyards today were: Ca tie,
4O5, calves, 10; hogs, 761 sheep, 2,100. TIL re
was fairly good run OF hogs Of ms d um quail
ity and prices ruled steady to &c higher
The ertre receipts were light and mostly
Westerns. The market steady. There
were butcher sheep in and none were Of
fered for sale.
Hogs-The market was steady and sc higher.
The quality was only medium, and the prices
obtained were good Representative sales:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-24
MlNNF AP0IIS

MINNEAPOLIs, Sept. 23:-Wheat op ned
and closed lower-Septemb7 r wheat OPP mel
at 642ic, being the same Thursdays close,
advanced to Csc and lost 12c by noon.-De-
cember wheat opened at 6O24c against 81 1-163
Thursday, sold at 607sc lost Lice advar eel
to a &c; dropped to 6o7sc, irmed up to $3.50
at 62!@c, being Ac under Thursdays CO e.
gained &c, lost l-l6c, sold at 62Bc, dropped
to &c and remained steady-The cash
wheel market was strong at prices relative
ly higher than Thursday. The offerings of
the better grades We're a little short of the
demand Low grades sold wells =ptember
wheat closed at 6412c, December at 6O5Sc and
May at 62Ac.
nu Open. High Low Closing.
WHEAT. ing. est est. Fri. Thurs
ss6fen5sr Sc sc s2z 81 s3 s3A s s3
December eos Sis coz coz 81 tx III
ON TRACKING. 1 hard, 67Ac; No. 1 north
ern, 66Ac; No. 2 northern, epic; September
oats, 231ac; September corn, 28Ac; fax SEED,
Curb on December wheat, bid $685.
Puts on December wheat commemorative. 60%
Calls on December wheat ..............61
FLOUR-The -four market is strong and ac
tive, good sales being made for bo foreign
and domestic account.
BRAN, SHORTS AND COARSE GRAIN.
Bran IN ou!k ;....................... $50 800
Shorts, in bulk .......,,.,..- 7 75m 9 M
MIDI ings, in bulk .:.............. 10 256- O. so
Red-dog, In 40-lb sacks, (. o. b. .1350Dl4. 90
Teeu III GUILD SACKS, 81 per ton additional:
in 100-lb sacks, $3.50 additional. There is a
good domestic demand for bran and shorts
with large sales of red-dog and flour mid,
dlings for export.
CORN-strong; No. 3. Csc; No. 3 yellow
Use; No. 4, 271Ac.-OATS-No oats 9sS
23Hc No. 8 white 231ac asked; no grade SID SID
LEY-Feed barley, No. g. 39c; No. 359
35Ac; no sales reported-FEED-Tb trad
is fair for this season of the year with val
ues steady.
Coarse corn meal and cracked corn
in sacks, per ton, sacks extra s11 M
No. / ground feed, % corn ,1-3 oats
Sob sacks, sacks extra ~ II 6o
No. 2 ground feed, e corn, u oats.
75-lb sacks, sacks extra ~ 10 IN
No. ground feed, 1-3 corn. %
oats, 70-lb sacks, sacks extra - 5o
Rye hour .c;.................. 2.2502. 80
Buckwheat -four nominal .... 96SSI ~
Grahuiateu corn hneai ''''..''....... 1901 80
SOME SAMPLE SALES.
No. 1 northern, q cars ...... az
No. l northern, 142 cars ..............66 1h
No. l northern, 1000 bu to arrive .65
No. northern, l car Observation-Disclosures. 651h
No. l northern, 600 bu to arrive ... IS
No. l northern, l car ..........,..,.. e6H
NO. northern, Sc cars .62h
NO. northern, 80 cars ................,..6 GO
NO. northern, cars .-...................,6 60
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Cash quotations were as follows: FlCur-
Firm. Wheat-No. 3 spring, 630 537sc; No. 2
red, 67G67l3c. COrn-No. 2, 295s@295Bc. Oats
Nc 2 22l4q28c; No. 2o white f. Q. b., ,2414c;
4614c. Barley-No:( 2, f. 0. b, 1872 045c
$3.50. Mess Pork-Per Dbl, $8.20@S.25. Lard
Per 100 lbs A712@4.8213 Ribs-Short
sides Qoosel, s5.2O65.4O. Shoulders-Dry
sailed (boxed, 414Q4%c. Sides-Short clear
(boXed), $5.4O45 $50. Whisky-Disti ers' fin
ished goods per gal $1.25 Sugars-Un-
changed. Receipts-Flour, 5000 bbis; wheat,
102, OOO bu: corn, $4,000 bu oats, $50, 900 bu;
rye 10000 bu; barley, $1,000 blu. Shipments
Flour 5000 bbIs; wheat, 41.O00 bu; corn, 49,
coo bu: oats, 372, 600 blu; rye COCO bu: bar
ley, 5000 bu. On the produce exch ange to-
day the butter market was easy; creameries,
13120c; diaries, 111A017c Cheese-Steady;
76S1ac. Eggs-Firm; fresh, lac.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-24

lts own management, but rallied on their de-
NAL Peoples Gas has been firm on the news
e snt the dispute with the natural gas inter-
ests has been closed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-24
NEW YORK MINING STOCKS.
BOSTON MINING SHARES.
WEEKLY RANK cI.EARrNGs

NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-The following table.
comp LED by Bradstreets, shows the hank
cIeaIlng Tor the week ended Sept. g. with
the percentage of increase and decrease.
compared with the corresponding week last
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-24

H. & T. G. 5s. .110k do reg. eds AK
do con. 6s lilo II. p b SC ISIS 7eH
Iowa Cen. lists 1O3H Wab. LIST 5s '1i1X
La. new cons. As 10S do Eds SO
L. N. uni. As 69A w. Shore az 1091b
missouri IS 100 Va. Centuries 80. Is
M: n: q t. 2ds.. 62 do deferred -.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-24

Cattle-Market ruled steady on all clas-es.
But little butcher stuff was offered, and the
days trading was confined to feeders and
stockers. Representative sales:
Butcher Cows and Heifers-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-24
BUILDING PERMITS

YESTERDAY Gyio"ing building permits were issued
D nue. u; Carlson etson,. brick store, Payne ave-
swedish Oei Ba9tist York and Sims $1,000
and M,rt rice street, between Fuller
Five T1u m mnf5n nc,n;;t 49,. 5000
$3.50 .............. 750
Total (seven permits) 90 7-o
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-24

CHICAGO, Sept 23.-In cattle there was a
fair Friday supply, about 5000 head being
received. The demand was good for so late
in the week, and prices were generally
steady, choice cattle ruling strong, with A
limited supply. Prime cattle sod at the
best prices Of the years. zoos S5-there he
Ing too few choice droves to go around
Native beef steers sold largely at 81 9OSO5 10
the poorest lots selling at $41475. Stockers
and feeders brought $30475 and COWS and
heifers ranged from $3.50G5 for the better
grades. Prices for hogs averaged &c hiaber
under the influence of an active demand
from local packers and shippers Sales vera
largely at $37503.95, common packers seil
ing at $S.45Q360 and choice to extre hos
fetching $3.90Q4.05. AS compared with
week ago, common hogs sold a little lower
and prime droyes a little higher. There
was an active demand for sheep and Iambs
and prices ruled much higher, most of the
decline, If not all. being reduced. Sheen
sold on basis Of $275@S.50 for the poorer
lots up to 4.50@475 for choice to fancy ma
tives. Western range sheep were salahIe
at $3.7504.30, feeders bringing in the usual
large demand at $37564. chiefly at 81 Iamhs
were wanted at $3.75@6, fair to good Western
being salable at $5@5.50 and feeding lambs ~
$4.6004.S5. Receipts-Cattle, 5000; hogs, 20.
600; sheep 1900.
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 29.-Cattle-Receipts. l.
800. including 900 Texans; market steady ana
fairly active; native shipping steers, 81. SOD
$50; light and dressed beef and butcber
steers, $3.55@5.15 stockers and feeders. 10 IN
Q4.25; cows and heifers, $2@4.8O; Texas and
Indian steers, $3,25Q4.S0; cows and heifers.
$2.2o9s.2o Hogs - Receipts, 1000; market
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-24
WHEAT RULED LOWER
TALK OF RECEIPTS IN THE
NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST
CAUSED SELLING
WORLDS HEAVY CROP HELPED

Market Was Weak Throughout
Most of the Session, and Decent
Der wheat Showed Marked De-
cIfne-Corn and Oats Were SYM
patheticaIIy Weak, both CLOSING
LoNer-PrOvisions Strong.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-24

L. W. Rundlett and wife to A. R. star-
P Poyio, undivided adI IL lot 10. block q
II; u. Mixer and wife to C. C. HAYES you"
10! 8 az, W: G. Boles' rearr block 81,
banning 0. add. ...........
minnesota Savings Bank to ]. S. OIL
son son lot 6. block 1, w. T. Barton's
H. ao w , navi: ~ -. 80. 100
-: w. DAVIS and wife to E. F. Schlos-
ser, west Il of west u Of northeast
a 5 81 southwest H. section 1s, town. 20,
''''''' ''..'..... 1900. ........ 5S5
"i uour oeeds) ...". ............1, 44o
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-24
The Stock Karkets.

FINANCIAL SUMMARY
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-24

MICH COW EXCHANGE-South st. Paul,
Sept. 23.-Lytle & Raeburn's report: The de-
mand for good No. l fresh cows and forward
springers is good with but few in. Prices con-
tinue steady and firm. Medium cows and
backward springers are selling fairly well.
No Price
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-24
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Total .(geven permIts1
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-24
HIDES, TALLOW AND WOOL

ST. PAUL, Sept. 23.-QUota lions on hides
| tallow and grease furnished by D. Bergman G.
| O. Enr+ hird uAr d.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-09-09

Not long ago prominent paper gave
am account of curious publication
called The Ostrich, printed in Corn
wall England
The object is TO make its readers happy
and healthy and, presumably from Its
name, % hide its head from all un-
pleaSautness. For Instance, under the
head, eve do not believe i'm It,, all acct
dents, shipwrecks, famneS, etc, are
collected. The Ostrich does not believe
in such things and tries TO deprive the
telling of them of ali shocking features.
In assuming the duties of Editor OF the
RECORD for this week we would SO far
initiate the Ostrich as to hope TO give
nothing disagrecable TO our readers. We
cannot presume TO fill the editorial chair
altogether, inasmuch as it is usually
most ably filled 10y one who Will tip the
scales al nearly two hundred pounds
and yet, we ourself are no fairy, SO 10
speak The editorial feet cannot touch
the floor though had we been brighter
we might have turned the swivel until
we found our proper level, only-We
didn't think of 10 In time and so our
readers may suffer from our stupidity.
1t being 1.-The proper thing for paper
20 have policy, we have chosen
honesty for ours, having been told with
emphasis from infancy that it is the
best. As 70 our politics and religion we
viii not declare ourself in this issue,
but are sure we are on the right side
though we sincerely hope we may not
be suspected of being like our admired
humorist, Artemus Ward, who while
visiting i'm the south during the late
war was set upon by party of ardent
southeuers demanding of.him his "prin
ciples, to whom me emphatically de-
clared 80 / have none, have nonen'
We climb down from our chair, assume
the first position and make our editorial
bowthat it may meet with a cordial re-
turn from our readers is our heartfelt !
wish.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-09-09

In recent editorial of THE Ladies
Home Journal Mr. Box gives some
interesting, If rather startling ideas on
THE Woman's Club" question. Mr.
Box never hes.tates to express his honest
opinions and they are many and varied
and IN this particular instance he rather
takes issue with those who might con-
slider Club work an unqualified benefit
IN q woman IS edition il seems quite fit
ting and proper TO consider caudidly
some of his criticisms In the first place
he says that "Women's Clubs unques-
tlOnably sprang from Mems Clubs, i'm
plying that women have started clubs
IL the attempt TO get even with the men
who isolate themselves at their very en-
JOyable organizations. We cannot
agree with Mr.. Box i'm this. inasmuch as
al Women Clubs in the knowledge of
the writer We're formed wholly for
personal improvement, mentally or
morally, either from literary or phil
anthropic standpoint The Club solely
Tor social enJOymeuts and privileges is
not included in the Woman's Club
movement lie goes on 20 criticize the
Clubs because they tend to increase the
separation of the sexes which always
leads TO evil. We cannot agree with
households are drawn nearer together
by the mutual interests on current
events, charitable movements and liter
airy affairs, discussed by husbands and
wives IN place of the daily epitOme of
domestic routine which ordinarily forms
large part of conversation in the home
woman taken away once "a week OF as
often as 1T may DE TO "a Club, has some
thing really worth while TO bring home
% her family circle and the doing of
ones servants or the neighborhood
gossip sink into deserved insignificance
Mr.. Box seems 10 think that the
Woman S Club wOUld be a much more
admirable institutions. should it include
men and women ind that il defeats its
own purpose by not SO doing; but to our
mind the purpose of the Club is served
when men and women are brought
nearer together IN individual homes
which assures greater unity IN the mass
Later on in his editorial, Mr.. Box adj
mits certain good that may come from
Women Clubs when left in their proper
sphere and rather cOufuses his readers
by his contradictions Co what he has
stated before Certain it is that Women's |.
Clubs do not attempt 60 take the place
of those composed of men and women. I
nor do they stand in the way of such. /
But will Mr. Box kindly tell us whore .
we will find the mon 20 enthusiastically .
unite in Club work requiring the time /
and study usually expended by the /
woman ON her Club pro- /
gram
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-09-09

spect the intellect and the hearts of the
educated and cultured women of this
boastful era of women's activity may
well bow our heads in shame at the
sight of the milliner windows and
show cases. They are heartbreak TO "a
bird lover and an exponent OF the thought
lessness and balbalc taste OF women.
The richly graceful WgreJte from the
RAPIDLY disappearing white heron, the
bonnet martyr rs lC rs called Ia that
delightful new book "Ihc Citizen Bird,
seems almost as much used as ever and
paradise plumCs and feathers are shown
i'm great piOfusiOu. The wholesale
destruction of birds is almost incredible.
\ recent writer says, In some southern
sWamps the snakes have increased bo.
yond ali measure, owing TO the fact that
the herons VINO used to feed on their
eggs, are gone the balance OF nature Is
destroyed and the lower tOtms OF life pre-
vail, rs rs always the ease when man AT
tempts TO interfere with nature. No
inSecticide has ever been discovered
which can do for the orange grower
what the humming bird did for him
and yet these beautiful and useful little
creatures are almost extinct IN many
Southern districts. Women cry ont
against vivisectiOn which at least has
the merit of Attempting future relief to
human ills, but these same tender heart
cd women Will wear on their hats birds
which have possibly been skinned alive
TO preserve the hrilliancy Of their feath-
ere. This horrible practice which has
been prevalent IN Italy long time, re-
Gently has obtained IN Florida and other
southern states where the gorgeous rcd
bird is abundant. \ well-knoWn Chi
cago newspaper woman says Il can bear
the sight Of dead bird on a woman
hat very well till / see il in church
then | want TO get right up and preach
Go listen 90 the stories of the Mcrcltul
one with poor little murdered bird on
your hat brlm? sit in your pew and cry
over sanity prayer with bluebud's
wing or the breast of golden orlOle
caught in the mesh OF your bonnet lace
Ask the Lord to make you tender heart
ed, kind and loving, and pay two dollars
10 a milliner for a tortured yellow bird, !
Adyed alive that the color might be re |
tanned IN the briliiancy 20 flaunt above !
your friZzest' Q, friends, let US be no
party to such crucites, but take our
stand this fall on the side of right and
humanity
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-09-09

As the season for fall millinery draws
near will not the women and girls of
Alma give the bird question some
thought and attention: We are asked
by numerous humanitarian societies, by
scientists who understand the injury to
the birds, the Department of Agricul-
ture which pleads for the farmers, and
what should be the almost universal
love OF our native songsters, TO abstain
from wearing upon our heads the feath.
ers Of singing and useful birds We are
not asked TO give up all feathers by any
means Ostrich feathers, quilts, wings
made Of domestic fowls; feathers are not
tabooed, only fhe plumave md bodies Of
wild birds which are obtained by their
death often following intense suffering.
Last spring the millinery department OF
the great house of Marshall, Field &
Co, Chicago. advertised. ono bird mill
linery can be purchased here and who
can estimate the untold good which
shall follow such a noble example?
Those oil Us who wish the world to re-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-09-09
Apples Wanted
l0Iow4

We are now IN the ma ket for any
amount OF apples both barreling and
eyaporating grades and are prepared to
pay the highest cash price You are al
lowing thousands of bushels of apples
to 90 TO waste in your orchards Why
not have your children and farm hands
gather them up and bring them to he
lois ALMA EVAPORATING WORKS