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Birmingham City Bonds

 Fruits and Produce
 Butter-Elgin, 2SG25c; dairy No. 1, 1Sq2Oc; country 15616c; cooking, S@10c. Potatoes-Irish 75c. Lemons-Choice, $3.756I4.50. Poultry-Hens, 2O@221sc; fries, 15916c; small. 9@10c: ducks, 20c; geese, 25c. Eggs, 17c per dozen. Tomatoes-$150 per crate. Caibbage-2c per pound. Onions-111c pound. Apples-$3 5Od4.50 per barrel 3j4 Local Staple GrocerieI (Flour-Best patent. $4.35; straight. $s65; patents, A10 sug s525; Y. C., 5@5Mc. ICoffee-Green, sQ111sc; Arbuckle's pack ages, $l1.SO; Lyons packages. snSO. Lard-61c. Clear rib sides, GAG. Molasses Centrifugal. 159Ssc; sugar house, 20935c. =. Riee@Q6hc. A- Centralized, 4Sc; white. 4sc. Pearl meal-SSc
 Hdy-choice timothy. s1e.5o: No. 1. s155O: clover mixed, $14.5O .' .si Oats-Mixed, 96c white, 3Sc. .as ss7 ..s Bran-Mixed, $7.oO; pure wheat. $ls.o0. Cotton seed meal-S19.50 fsss...,l The Only Through Line to Savannah, Ga. The Central of Georgia is the only f,ns operating through service to Savannah. Elegant through sleeping car service. Fact time; no delays Convenient schedule For particulars. call on
 soLoN JACOBS,
 zolS First Avenue.
 J. '. HALLE, Advertise in the Age-Herald
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Liverpool Cotton Market

Liverpool, January S.-(4 D. m.)-Spot fair demand, prices favor buyers; American middling, 13-32d. The sales of the day were 10000 bales of which 800 were for speculation and export and included g 400 American. Receipts -22 900 bales, including E, 2oo American. Futures opened easy and closed quiet at the decline. Amer1san mid ding, low middllng clause: January, 41300 4.14s; January-F February, 41Ob; February- March, 4.070D4 0Sb; March-April, 4.05s; April May, 4.O3s; May-June, 4o1s; J1lae-July, 3.60s; July-August, 3.61s; August-Septezaber, 3.57s; September October, 3.49s; October-Novem- Der, 3.4243. .43s.
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Whites successful repulse of the Boers att tack on Ladysmith. This news caused such a commotion that tho business was almost forgotten. In the street prices rallied to parity.
 African shares moved on similar lines and other markets were more or less neg lected, but they recovered slightly at the close. Consols rose to 9S7s on the late war news and the extreme ease of money calls being quoted at 21s per cent.
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BONDS
Financial

New York, January S.-The Commercial Advertisers London financial cablegram says: The war news was predominant all day. General f1atness marked the opening or business, caused by General Whites dis patch that he was hard pressed. In the American department there was hesitation to begin business, operators dreading very low quotations. First bids were at 161h below parity, but Berlin sold even at that level, although not so heavily as on Satur- day. London sold on small scale and no one seemed to have courage to support the market. It remained flat until New York prices were received, when within a quar- ter of an hour. the best prices of the ses- sion were received, then they sagged off until official confirmation came of General
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New York Cotton Futures .
Dry Goods

New York, January 8.-The market open ed weak, with a dull demand for an descrip- tdons of cotton goods and HmiteG amount of business has been done. Stocks are de- cidedly scarce in all leading descriptions, and these continue firm in price. There are slight irregularities in brown cottons, but nothing of any importance Prints and ginghams firm. Print cloths inactive Throughout at previous prices. White goods both staple and fancles are very scarce and strong at full prices.
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Oh icaro hange

Chicago, January S.-Wheat was dull and weak, depressed by large receipts, poor export demand and the increase in Russian shipments, May closing 5sc under Satur- day Corn closed a shade lower, and oats unchanged. Provisions at the close were 21a671sc higher.
 The leading futures ranged as follows:
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Coffee

New York, January S.-Coffee situation, domestic and abroad, unchanged, with sales of 24, 300 bags. including January. 6.3O0 $40; February. $40; March, 6.45@6.55; April, 6.5O; May, 6.6Oq665; June. 665; July, 6.70@ 6.7o; August, 6.75: September, 6.s0@6.9O; Oc- tober, 6.S5; November, 6.95; December, 770@ 775.
 Spot Rio-Firm; No. invoice, 7% No. [ Jobbing 7B; mild, firm; Cordova, S1aq121k.
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Treasury Statement

Washington, January S.-Today's state ment of the condition of the treasury shows available cash balance of $2S4, ,619, ,53S; gold reserve, $234, ,576,7
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No. 1 from Macon, Columbus. Albany, etc, 7:45 D. m.
 No from Savannah. Macon. Columbus, etc.. 1:a5 D. m.
 Elegant through sleepers between Blr- mingham Columbus, Macon and Savannah on Nos. and f.
 Connection at Savannah with superb freight and passenger steamers of the Ocean Steamship company from New York Boston and the east To Cuba and West Indies via Central of Georgia railway. By taking the Central of Georgia railway, close connection Is made at Por. Tampa and Miami for Key West and Havana For further information apply to ,.f- SOLON JACOBS, Commercial Agent JACK ". JOHNSON,
 Union Ticket Agent. .s-a Birmingham, Ala.
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ioinf lower for futures and unchanged for pot5 The market closed weak
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Metal Markets

New York, January S.-Metals scored slight gains today on reappearance of buy CTS and encouraging advices from abroad. At the close pig iron warrants were called quiet; lake copper unchanged at $16.5O; tin steady, with $24.90 bid and s25.50 asked; lead steady, $40 bid and $4l5 asked; spelter steady s450 bid and $4.50 asked.
 The brokers price for lead is $4.45 and for copper $1650
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No. 3S, washington and Southwestern Limited" solid vestibuled train, Atlanta to Washington; Pullman sleeping car, Bir- mingham to New York; also Pullman H. York. making close connection at Atlanta with through sleeper for Tampa, Fla.
 No. 36 ''U. s. Fast Mail" carries Pull man sleeping cars, Birmingham to Jack sonville, Fla, via Atlanta; also sleeper At lanta to New York
 No. s7 carries Pullman sleeping car, Bir- mingham to Greenville, Miss.
 F. $. Cannon. Third .vice-President and General Manager, Washington, D. c.
 ]. M- Culp, Traffic Manager. Washington, W. A. Turk. c. P. A.. Washington, D. C.
 .. A Benscoter. A G. F. A. Chatta- C. n Jackson T. P. A.. Birmingham. Ala. R. M. Ellis. T. P; A., Birmingham, Ala.
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The Iron Market.
LocaI Stocks and Bonds

Corrected daily by H. F. Wilson & Co.,
 1921 First avenue. Phone 1102)
 Bid. Ask'd First National Bank.... ...~......115 ham Trust and Savings Bank. .105 Jefferson County Bank ..-........ 90 100 Peoples Savings Bank ........... 75 Alabama National Bank. ........ 75 Berney National Bank. ........ 75 Water Works stock ...... ......nom Bham Water Works oonds.... 100 Elyton Bonds. ...... ..........nom Sloss-Sheffeld S. & I. Co.,. con-. Sloss-Sheffeld s. x I. Co.,, pfd. Sloss-Shefheld S. & I. Go. b'ds. nom. .. B. K. x E. Bonds. ....... .......... 95 9715 B. R. & E. pfd stock. .......... 49 B Bessemer L. & l. Co. stock...... 16 II North Bham Land Co.,. ....... 20 N. B'ham Land Co.,. .... ...... 20 22 Oiu +EnSley .......... .n............. 9ha New Ensley.... ...... ...... .......175 1S0 The Ensley Co...... ....... ...... !! 300 East Lake Land Co.,. -.... ...... 25 35 Avondale Land Co.,. ...... ...... 80 100 Birmingham Ice Co...... ...-.. 50 65 Avondale Mills.... ...... ......... 6O 50 sNone offered.
 No bid.
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Articles Iopened IHIghestI LowestI Clogll

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour was steady. No. spring wheat, 62ss0691kc: No. 2 red, 661hd671kc. No. corn, 30Ac. No 2 oats 221a@22ac; Mo- 2 white, 25A@25Ac; No white. 241s02514c No. rye, 52653c No. barley, 3s@43c. No. 1 flax seed and northwestern, $1.51; prime timothy seed, $2S5. Mess pork, per barrel, $9 94Odl1O65; lard, per 100 pounds, $5656l5.S5; short rib sides, loose, $5.5O@5.sO; dry salted shoulders, boxed, 51s@5%c; short clear sides, boxed, 5.75@5S5 Whisky - Distillers' finished goods, per gallon, $1.23B No 2 yellow corn, 9Oal@31c. Glover. $S1O and dull.
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LOCAL MARKETS.
l ccal Cotton NIarket

a Iccal Cotton Market Good middling, 7c. lMiddling. 67sc
 Strict low middling. 6%c.
 LoW middling, 69sc.
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The Cattle Markets

Chicago, January Seattle, good to choice steers, strong; inferior grades, 15a2O cents lower; good to choice, $5.10@$6 55 i; poor to medium, s4.1OG$5.OO; mixed stockers, $3Q$SyI5; selected feeders, S42OG$4S5 can ners, t$24$2S0; bulls, $2.50a$4.7O; calves, $i6D $7.35; fed Texas beeves, i$4a$5.5O.
 Hogs-Averaged steady. Mixed and butchers, s425@$45O: good to choice heavy, $4.4O@S4.55; light, $4.20Q$4.45.
 Sheep and lambs steady; active for good to choice. Others weak Native wethers si.35dS5.0 %: lambs, s4.4a@s625
 Receipts-Cattie, 2o50OO; hogs. 2,OOe; sheep. 25,oo0. Rc
 St. Louis, January Seattle receipts, 2i,000, including 2.0eo Texans. Market easy and shade lower. Native shipping and ex- port steers, $47o0rs6.5Q; dressed beef and butchers steers, s3.s0dI$4. 10; steers under l. GOO pounds, $S.50a$5; < stockers and feeders, $3G$455; canners, $1.50d$3 bulls, $2.50d$355 Texas and Indian Steers, $350@$4S5; do cows and heifers, S2.5O@$3.75.
 Hogs-Receipts, 9,200. Market steady. Pigs and lights, A.25@Si.35 packers, $4. 4.30@ $40; butchers, $4 401$4.50.
 Sheep receipts, 600; market steady to strong Native muttons. s4.25@$5; lambs, s50$6.10; culls and bucks, $2.50@$3.25 stock ers $2.25G$3.50.
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 We will buy and carry these stocks for y6u pn a margin of five per cent, and will accept accounts of one hundred dollars Gl0OpO and upwards. When you open an aceopnt with us, for the purpose of buying the securities we have in mind, you are at the same time opening-for your own pass ageZthe gate of the ROAD TO WEALTH,
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Should you not be in a position at the present time to take advantage of this op- portunity, or if you desire information about anything in Wall street, write us our services are always at the command of our customers, either present or prospee. 4l.ra
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YOU WILL. BE RICH.

There is no question about it; the prop critics have the merit, and new develop ments, which are soon to take place, will make the securities almost double in value. Fives hundred dollars
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we wish to say that we are now in possess sion of knowledge regarding several stocks which are going to have big advance in price, If you buy them now and sell them later at price; of which we will advise
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A. G. S.-N orth. sNo. 2, Fast Mall, N. O. ..5 45 am 5o am 'No. 4. Fast Mall. N. O. ..12 10 pm lapm
 South,
 Arrive. Depart sNo. i. from Cincinnati. 55 pm 10 05 pm "No. 3, from Cincinnati. .. Il 30 am 10 pm
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was the man who followed our advice giv en every day during the first week in De cember, to
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REGULAR SPECULHTORS

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RAILWAY SCHEDULES In EffectNovember 19ths 1899, at D. m. Arrival and departure of all trains at Union passenger station, Birmingham, Ala Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
 L. q N.-North.
 Arrive. Depart. sNo. 2. Fast Mall. N. O. Ill 59 am 12 19 pm 'No. Fast Mail, N. O. ..12 % am l2 SS pm '.No. Decatur Acc.... g 55 am 16 pm s'No. 10, Montgomery Acc. 30 pm 70 am am
 South.
 Arrive. Depart tNo. l, Fast Mall, Cin...... 22 am AZ elli sNo. B. Fast Mail, Cin.. .... 45 pm oe pm B'HAM orth. sNo. 40 Faist Mall RIocton 10 50 am sNo. AZ, Fast Mail, Blocton........ 4o pm *'No. 45. Fast Mail. Oneonta. ......lo lo am
 Depart No Al, to Blocton... .....f... D 90 an fNo. 43. to Blocton... ......... ...... 3o pm s*No. A, to Oneonta... ............ DO pm
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OFFICERS-N. E. Barker, President; J. H. N Harding. Second Vice President; Tom O. Smith, Cashier.
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tBy Private Wire to Talbott & Palmer)
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Ala. Great Southern B. R.

ahortest and quickest line to Cincinnati Iouiayili and the North: also to Ehreye. port. New Orleans @l'd all points souths Schedule in effect Nov. 1s. 1899. @
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-11
Domestic.

\ negro in Alabama was burned at
the stake
President Mitchell predicts that the
miners strike win soon end
The ST. Paul presbytery voted in
favor of q revision Of the creed,
Tby weather bureaus crop report
says rain is needed in many parts Of
The country
The socanoj fedora! party in Porto
Rico joins the democratic party of the
United States
Seattle, Wash, has S067l mhabl.
tants an increase of nearly 90 per
cent I'm ten years.
Stove manufacturers will hold a
meeting in Chicago Oct 16 to form
q S6o,000o0 combine
Surgeon General Sternberg of the
army reversed his opinion which was
first unfayoahle To the army-canteen.
Senator Hanna is positive that
Bryan and Croker have am agreement
his to tho disposition of federal patron.
age
The United states circuit court Of
appeals at san Francisco Quashed the
indictments against Occur d'Alcne
miners arrested a year ago.
The timber cut In eastern Maine
THIS season win De the largest in
years Tho price OF manufactured
lumber Is higher than il was last
year.
1t is estimated that the recent
storm damaged the cotton crop in
Texas rs tho .Nteut Of 100000 bales.
The value is estimated at not less
than Sg0o0ooo0
The Michigan supreme court do.
rlarcs the state sugar bounty law un.
constitutional The state paid half
g million dollars last year to the beet
sugar companies
The Chicago and Grand Trunk
railway viii Ne hia in Oct Sl by the
Grand T9nG ~ canada and reorgap-
ga3 under rN name of the Grand
Trunk mud Western
fgs r9Eau of Milwaukee HAS GONE
rs Chioaga 10 meet her daughter Miss
Ceeile p7gen who arrived In san
Frani seo ftar enduring tina Siege at
pekin FOR nearly two months
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-11
A Golf Waqer.

In a frenzy of golf a score OF Pitts
burg devotees of the game fonowed a
ball through four and one-half miles
of the city's streets at sunrise the
other morning to settle bet made the
night before. The wager was the
outcome of a discussion at the lawn
party of the Allegheny Country club
as to whether a golf ball could be
driven over the streets from the club
house to the Pittsburg club, on Penn
avenue, four and one-half miles
away, in $50 strokes. The original
bet was $500, but before the trial was
made $4,000 in bets was posted on
the result. VIM Patton, one of the
Allegheny Country clubs crack golf
players, was selected to make the
test. Patton waXed vigorous and
swatted the ball through the bedroom
window of prominent citizen. Fortu'
nately the citizen was one OF them
himself and he merely kept the ball
as a souvenir. Then, with a mighty
effort, Patton smashed another club
and sent a yellow dog yelping toward
the Allegheny river Rapid progress
was being made, when panic seized
uopn the passengers in trolley car
which was bowling across the Sixth
street bridge Investigation developed
that Patton had put the ball through
the window of the car where it was
lost in the confusion. Eventually play
was resumed, and, with a few minor
accidents, Patton landed the ball
through the parlor window OF the
Pittsburg club on his one hundred
and nineteenth stroke, winning the
bet by 81 strokes Three balls were
lost and three clubs were broken In
the trial, and about 800 Of damage
will have to be paid for by the en-
thusiastic golfers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-11

Mayor Jones Toledo, O., will accom-
pany Bryan on his New York tour.
The republican forecast Of electoral
vote gives Mckinley 266, Bryan ll2.
Roosevelt received a warm recep-
ton in Lincoln, Neb., the home of
Bryan.
Robert Treat Paine Jr, was nomi-
mated ,or governor by Massachusetts,
democrats.
o. II. 2 Belmont was named by
New York democrats to succeed Con
gresham Levy
Senator Hanna says no speechmak-
ing dates have been made by New
York headquarters for him.
President Schurman of Cornell
was invited to address the republican
club of Princeton University
Gold democrats in Wisconsin want
General e. S, Bragg to deliver an adj
dress in support Of Mckinley.
Georgia democrats elect their en-
tire state and congressional tickets.
Reports indicate that the majority
will be about $4,000.
General Harrison will soon issue
statement saying interests of the
country demand the election of Mckn-
ley He will make speeches later in
the campaign
Senator William b. Allison in
an interview expressed conf
deuce that the republicans would car
ny the country by fully as great ma
lority in the electoral college as four
years ago and hold their own in con
grcss.
The republican national committee
has arranged for speeches in South
Dakota oct 1920 by Senators Frye
of Maine ana Hanna of Ohio. The
democratic managers have arranged
for Mr. Bryan's tour of New York
state, following his appearance at
Madison Square garden.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-11
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
China.

China.
THO movement Of Indian troops WIN
begin in ten days. The British ana
Germans continue sending troops "
Pekin .5ar ~
Can Cbaffee and the commander OF
tbo Russian troops have formally
not,ecd Field Marshal Count Won
waldersce Of the withdrawal OF the
American and Russian troops respect,
iveIv The United States marines WIN
proceed to Cavite
There are renewed preparations lot
an erpedition in force against Pao
Ting Flu. The troops will proDably
Ieave in a fortnight and columns
,rom pel,in will cooperate with the
expedition. Resistance is expected
as the boxers are there in large mum
bers.
The latest dispatches from the
orient have puzzled President II. b.
Ledyard and the friends OF the family
who are at loss to know the where
abouts of the Baroness Won KetteIer.
She should have reached fohohama
nreyious to the arrival OF the Leo
ward bridal couple, who left Detroit
In haste to meet her The Ie'esI
cabIegram from Henry Ledyard TO
his father states that the sender had
seen nothing of his sister and asking
for advice in the matter. The cable
gram from Tientsin was to the effect
that the new German minister mad
received the baroness and would send
her to Yokohama on the German war
ship Halle.
The German government has re-
leased several Of the large steamers
sent to San Francisco under contract
10 transport horses to the German
troops In China. Six large steam
ers have been released, and will carry
grain to an English port. The trans
mort Alesia sailed for Taku with 52o
mules and a number of horses, and 1t
is believed she will be the last to
leave with horses for the German
army. For time it looked as though
the demand for horses to 90 to the
German troops in China would eX'
coed the supply of cavalry animals on
the Pacific coast. Agents of the
German army secured Californit, Ore
gon. Washington and Nevada, buying
horses wherever they could be pro.
cured, paying prices far in advance OF
the usual market values
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-11

saws a revolution has broken out In
that republic. The revolt Is against
president Jiminez, and IS lead by
I1oracio Vagquez. vice-president, and
senior Caceres, Of the province OF
Santiago President Jiminez secured
his place by a revolution about year
ago,
The restrictions around Kruger are
increasing and he is virtually a prls'
oner. He has been allowed to use
the Portuguese governors carriage
While driving recently he met party
of burehers and made them a pa
triotic speech. Kruger has been
warned 10 make no more speeches and
is forbidden to wear the green SASH
that is the insignia OF his Office lie
expects to sail on Dutch cruiser TOT
Holland next week.
At the meeting OF the Baptist union
In London the Rev. Or. John CLIFFORD,
former president Of the union, IN
moving a resolution generally con
demning a resort to war IN order 10
settle international disputes, referred
to Joseph Chamberlain, declaring
there is no greater personal menace
to the wellbeing Of the country and
the wellbeing Of the world than the
man Of mastery impulse now driving
the chariot o. the British govern
ment" The resolution was adopted.
1t is announced that Melbourne Will
be the capital of coniederated Aus
tralia. with the dawn Of next year
will be born the commonwealth OF
Australia, embracing an island con
tinent about equal in area to that OF
the United States, without Alaska,
though its population numbers little
more than 100000 The colonies
united by the bond OF federation are
Queensland, New South Wales, Vic
toria, South Australia, with northern
territory, Western Australia and
Tasmania. The duke OF York will
open the first parliament in the name
of Queen Victoria.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-10-11

few years, and has resided in Ogda,,
burg about a year. He is married
and his wife was left behind IN Il.
native land. Before coming TO Arsr,
ca All Foon was in school untl he ma.
Is, with English tutors, but his l,pogl
edge of the language is meaga.
Until few years ago there were h,
women teachers in all China. No,,
there are many, and students are "a
ceived until past the age Of 35. There
are many native teachers. as wen a,
the missionaries who come from
foreign lands. The scholars sir n,
high stools at desks and study alond
At 10 and II years the Chinese
scholars can read and write very we'll
Every lesson is learned by rote The
teachers always retain possession of 4
Furnishing stick, and occasionally law
or tardy scholars receive few sound
raps with il.
The scholars are at school early In
the morning, and it is not uGcommo,
for boys TO study ten hours dav
That would seem a long time for
American boys to devote to study in
single day, but, according to All FooD
the juvenile Chinaman never grumbes
at the long hours, and he and his com.
panions climb upon their stools and
sing out their lessons all at the same
time as loudly as they can. Vacation
is always during the rice harvesting
season. Then the boys fly kites and
enjoy many other pastimes which
are similar to those seen in America,
such as walking on stills, playing hide
and seek, blind mans buff and leap
frog.
1--WE have great fun fighting beetles,
too" said All Foon. "In China there
are no bad boys like here. All boys
are respectful to all older than them.
selves. They do rot think it fun to
hurt other peoples feelings One
thing / have seen here Is a very old
trick in China You see boys place a
package on the sidewalk and when
some one stoops to pick it up 1t Is
gone for there is a string tied to IT,
and a little boy at the other end Of the
string. -Ogdensburg Journal.