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The age-herald., 1901-12-10
Lrverpoo, Cotton Marker.

Liverpool, December 9.-Fair demand for cotton; prices 3-32d higher; American middling fair 13-32r; good middling 4ssd; low middling 417-32d; good ordinary 13-32d; ordinary 5-32d.
 The sales of the day were 5000 bales of which 800 were for speculation and ex- port and included 69OO American. Receipts 13. 100 bales, all American. Futures open cd firm and closed very steady; American middling zoe. December 4.35d sellers December-January 4.S3d buyers January February 4.32d sellers; Feoruary- March 4.31d buyers; March-April 4.50Qp4 Bid buy CTS; April-May 430d4. 31d sellers; May June 1. 30d buyers; June-July 4.30d sellers; July-August 4.29G4. Bod buyers; August September 4.24Q4.2 25d value.
The age-herald., 1901-12-10

Butter Glover Hill, pound prints, 27c hest creamery 25c; Mississippi, best grade, 20c; good country 14a16c; mixed country. 10c.
 ,Apples-Per barrel, s4. c5@5. .00. Sweet Potatoes-Per barrel, Sl. .75Q2 .25. Irish Potatoes-Per bushel, $1.2O. Bananas. Per Bunch Culls. 50975c; straights. s1 2501.50.
 Eggs-Per dozen. 20@25c.
 Lemons-Pcr box. $2.75Q400
 Oranges-Per box, S2. .25QD2. .40 Poultry-Best friers, 1sc; medium. 12c; hens. 25c; Pekin ducks 40@55c; puddle ducks, 25@35c; turkeys on foot, s09c; drawn, head and feet off, 121zc Grapes-Malaga, s5.50@6.O0
 Onions-Per pound, 31kc.
 Cabbage-Per pound, 1Ac
 Peanuts-Per pound, 496c
 Turnips-Rutabagas 1Ac per pound. Cranberries-Per box, S3.00.
 Dried Apples-Per pound l.
 Pineapples. s2.25Q2 .5o
The age-herald., 1901-12-10
Money on Call.

New York, December 9.-Money on call, firm, at 5d7 per cent; last loan, 51s; rul- ing rate, 6.
 Prime mercantile paper, 41sQ5 per cent Sterling exchange steady at decline, with actual business in bankers bills s4.s67s for demand and $4S35sQ$4S3a for sixty days.
 Posted rates, s4S41k@$4S5 and s4SS@ $4SS1a
 Commercial bills, $4.S9Q$4sS1s. Bar silver, 545s.
 Mexican dollars, 43A.
 Government bonds steady
 State bonds inactive.
 Railroad bonds irregular.
The age-herald., 1901-12-10
Dry Goods Market.

New York, December 9.--The attitude of sellers in staple cotton goods is check ing demand somewhat There have been bids for considerable quantities at recent rrices turned down in brown and coarse colnred cottons. Bleached muslins firm. Print cloths quiet but firm in morrow makes; wide goods tending upwards Prints ard ginghams firm, out business moderate.
The age-herald., 1901-12-10

ages. s11 80; Lion packages, $11 80; Cor dova packages, $11.S0
 Meats-Clear rib sides Sc; bacon bel lies, lie; dry salted bellies, SAC; best hams, 12hc; four x hams. 111kc; Cali- fornia hams, 91sc; breakfast bacon, 14c. Cheese-lsew York full cream, 131zc. Lard 101ac basis.
 Compound Lard-S1ac basis
 Molasses-Centrifugal. 15g35c; sugar. house, 20Q35c; Georgia cane, S6c.
 Rice-Per pound, 4sc; fancy. 7c.
 Corn-Mixed. SAC; white, &C.,
 Meal-Jim Dandy $1.4O; water ground, $1.3O.
 Hay, Per Ton-Choice timothy, $20 00; No. 1, SIS .50; clover mixed, SIT 50; prairie. Sl3. .00; Johnson grass, $l2.50.
 Oats-Mixed, 57c; white 59c.
 Cotton Seed Meal-Per ton. s22. 50.
 Bran-Mixed, $24O0; pure wheat, $25 oo
The age-herald., 1901-12-10

will not only save you distressing pain and valuable time, but will cost you less money. There is also satisfaction in knowing that the very best possible treatment Is being given to you by competent physician. who has experience in such matters, and is capable of curing you in the quickest and most perfect manner possible. I have treated private diseases as a speciality for the past fif- teen years in the city of Birmingham. and I am therefore known to a great many. But if you ire not acquainted with me, I refer you with permission to First National Bank Alabama National Bank. Jefferson County Savings Bank and Steiner Bros. Bankers. as to my re- sponsibility for my contracts. cure many patients by mail treatment. Write for prices and terms. Address Dr. Y. D. Holloway, 1S01h Second avenue, Bir- ming nam. Ala
 Office. Second avenue and Eighteenth. opposite postoff1ce.
 Office Hours-s:3O a. m. to 5:30 p, m. Sunday. 10 a. m. to 12 m.
 Branch Office at Ensley. Ala, room 1 Fayette building. corner Avenue and Sc -enteenth street, in charge of Df. T. T. Gallon.
The age-herald., 1901-12-10
lotion Letter.
c. W. Lee & Co.'S Cotton Letter to H. D. C.othran & Co.,

Cothran & Co.
 New York, December e.-Liverpool sur- prised people by advancing about quar- ter of pound this morning. The rush of shorts to cover sent prices here to si4 cents, with May selling at s.29 at one time. The public buying became evident on Saturday, and buyers showed no dis position to stop There is more general interest in cotton now than for months. The buying that should have held prices above 7x last month only now entered
The age-herald., 1901-12-10

the market after the government had given its views. The public is interested in the produce of the country, not its secur- ities at the present time and as long as this is so the cotton market will share the result, and we believe cotton a pur- chase for better prices before spring.
 Few York Cotton Futures
 By Private Wire to H. D. Cothran 6 Co
The age-herald., 1901-12-10
EASTBOUND.
ARRIVALS.

No. from Macon. Albany. Columbus. opelil<a, Americus. etc., s:35 D. nn.
 No from Savannah Augusta, Mana,. Columbus. etc., 12:20 D. m.
 Elegant through sleepers between Bir- mingham. Columbus. Macon and Savan- nah on Nos. and {.
 Connection is made at Savannah with the fast freight and luxurious passenger steamships of the Savannah Line from and to New York. Boston and the East, For more detailed Information. bea,,t,- fully illustrated matter. write or apply to W. D. HAMMET. Travelling Passenge,
 Agent 1921 First Avenue.
 HACK W. JOHNSON. Union Ticket
 Agent. Birmingham. Ala.
 !. c. HALLE. General Passenger Apan, W. A. WINBURN. Traffic Manager sa-
 vannah, Ca.
The age-herald., 1901-12-10
Treasury Statement.

Washington, December 9.-Today's treasury balances, exclusive of the gold reserve, shows: Available cash balance, SIP, ,36S, 499; gold, $113,201, 920
The age-herald., 1901-12-10
Daily Statement.

Galveston-teady, middling 7H; sales 214 receipts 15,5S4; stock 196,55O.
 Mobile-Nominal, middling "A; receipts 1920; stock 26,S11
 Savannah-Steady, middling 15-16; sales 534 receipts 7121; stock 114,737.
 Charleston - Steady; middling 7Bc; sales 50; stock, 29,931. Wilmington-Firm, middling 75s re- ceipts ITO; stock 1892.
 Norfolk-Firm, middling 8; sales 397; re- ceipts 1902: stock 90, ,290
 Baltimore-Nominal, middling 8; receipts 1525 stock 15,129
 Boston--Quiet, middling sh; receipts net 15S; gross 1921
 Philadelphia-Firm, middling S%; re- ceipts 570; stock 3605.
 St. Louis-Firm; middling 7%; sales 175; receipts 45S0; stock 53 Al.
 Memphis-Firm; middiing 15-16; receipts 784S: shipments $40; sales 27OO stock 114,52e.
The age-herald., 1901-12-10
COKE! COKE!

For the next ten days we will quote special prices on Coke in 1O-ton lots.
 Phone 5O1. B. R., L. & P. Go.
The age-herald., 1901-12-10

No 8, "Washington and SouthWestern Limited" solid vestibuled train, Atiants to Washington: Pullman sleeping car. Birmingham to New York; also Pullman library observation car. Atlanta to New York. Dining car east of Atlanta
 No. g6 ''U. 8. Fast Maii." carries Pull man sleeping cars Birmingham to Rich mond, Va, via Atlanta; sleeper Atlanta to New York; sleeper Birmingham to Jacksonville, Fla; cafe car Birmingham to Atlanta, regular.
 Dining car east of Atlanta.
The age-herald., 1901-12-10
The Coffee Market.

New York, December 9.-Spot Rio steady; No. invoice, GAG; mild steady; Cordova, 71s@11c.
 Futures opened quiet with prices un- changed 10 ten points lower under real izing started by weak European cables and larger interior Brazilian receipts than looked for. The session proved speculatively featureless, prices a little more than holding their own most of the time on light room trading and absence of bear pressure. Late in the afternoon some of, the remote options were bid up to a level> of five points above Sat urdays close with offerings scarce, final prices being net unchanged to five points higher Total sales 23,OOO bags, includ- ing December $6.55; March s67566 80; May, $6 90d695; July, $7.05@7. .1O Septem- Der, $7. 25d7 80; October, T.35.
The age-herald., 1901-12-10
Bonds.
ONE DOLLAR GAS Makes cooking cheap.
N. D. G0THRAGa & GO.

Members of Chicago Board of Trade ma New Orleans Cotton Exchanre Rooms l and Alabama National Rsn,.
 Building Private leased wires to New York. New orleans and Chicago ~"
The age-herald., 1901-12-10

Only a limited numper of maps left Subscribers should avail themselves of this opportunity 10 secure house hold, office and school room necessity
The age-herald., 1901-12-10
COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN

All purchases and sales are made direcr on tho exchange for which the order is given.
 Correspondents-J. II. Parker & co c W. Lee 6 Co.,. Purnell. Hagaman & ca New York: Fairchild & Hobsca. New or leans; Ware & Leland, Chicago. Reference-First National Bank of Rir. mingham. First National aank of Rome.
 TELEPHONE NO. 11l5. Special attention given to orders ovc, telephors and orders sent from out of the hty
The age-herald., 1901-12-10
The Meta, Mark..

New York. December 9.-Spelter higher. s4.i5 bid; lake copper steady, 161z017c: tin quiet and steady. 251s926c; lead quiet and unchanged; pig iron warrants were unchanged at s10.5O@1L5O
The age-herald., 1901-12-10
Stock Marketa

Chicago, December 9.-Cattle: Receipts, 24,000 Market generally 5@10c lower; good to prime, $6 %; poor to medium $4. .0O@6. .25 stockers and feeders, $224GD 450; cows $1 25@4. B; heifers, g .5015. 50; canners, $l.25q2.50; bulls, $2.00@4 .15; calves, $2.50q5.55.
 Hogs Receipts, 5O.000; 5@10c higher. closing weak. Mixed and butchers. s5s5 @6.S5: good to choice heavy, s5.95Q6. 45; rough heavy, $5.6oQ5.9O; light, $5.25q5 90; bulk of sales, S5.S0q6!30.
 Sheep: Receipts, 25,0O0. Sheep and lambs steady to strong. Good to choice weathers, s3. .50@5. .25 fair to choice mixed $2. 7503.50; western sheep, s3.00Q4.s0; na- tive lambs, s2.5Od5.00; western lambs, g. .O0Q4.25.
 Cincinnati, December 9.-Hogs active, A.0OQ6.20; cattle strong, higher, $2. .25D 5.6O; sheep steady, sl.25Q3.25; lambs steady, $3.0cQ4.75.
The age-herald., 1901-12-10
Local stapIe crocerles

Flour Best patent, $4.6o; Tennessee patent, $4.25: half patent. ss.SO.
 Sugar-Granulated. 51sc; Y. G.. 41kc. Coffce-Gresn, uhc; Arbuckle's pack
The age-herald., 1901-12-10
DR. Y. E. HOLLOWAY,
Physician and Surgeon.

Threc-fourthB or tho persons who come to mo to get cured of sphyilis. Gonorrhoeas Gleet, Structure, L 0 8 { Manhood and other private diseases have tried to get well by using oth- CT means. Why not come as soon as you find that you are afflicted? IL
The age-herald., 1901-12-10
airn,Inoham City Bonds.
Fruit and Produce.

Birmingham city bonds can be bought on a A. or 4ss per cent basis.
The age-herald., 1901-12-10
H. F. WILSON a CO,
2oo5 First Avenue, Real Estate, Money, Bonds and Stock. -RRnKER&

$50,O00 to lend on real estate, bonds, stocks and business paper-at lower rates than ever before offered in Bir- mingham.
The age-herald., 1901-12-10

Fast Service via. the Mobile & ohio E Railroad.
 Fast service via the Mobile and Ohio Railroad for Cairo, St. Louis and points in the North, East and West. New equipment through sleepers. Superior service. F. s. Hay, s. E. P. A.. No. 2 Commerce street, Montgomery, Ala C.. M. Shepard. G. P. A.. Mobile Ala
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The age-herald., 1901-12-10

Southern Railway Co. The Great Highway of Travel North East, South and West. Schedule in Effect November 24, 1901.
 EASTBOUND.
The age-herald., 1901-12-10

DOUBLE DAILY SCHEDULE TO GIN cINNATI, LOUISVILLE AND
 LEXINGTON
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-27
Mountain Moved by Science.

Faith may not move a mountain, but science can, as some engineers in Costa Rica have just shown. The railway from San Jose to the Pacific coast runs along ledge on the side of a mountain above the river Reventa. The soil is a bluish clay, which turns into mud during the rainy season, and the track was washed away so often that gangs of men had to be constant 1y at work repairing the road. To remedy the trouble the engineers de- termined to remove that part of the mountain over which the track ran, and this they have done by the use of the hydraulic giant, a machine that throws a stream of water with tre- mendous force. The same machine is used in mining operations out west, and the impact of the stream of water Is as powerful as that of heavy ar tillery, and more effective, for it is con- tinuOuS.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-27

a greater variety of subjects. He has been a special student upon naval and ordnance construction, and he has given number of entertaining and instructive addresses upon these subjects. MT. Allen also excels as mineralogist. While at Yale he took the class prize for geological and minera1ogica1 study. He has never lost interest in the subjects and his collection of specimens is large and complete.
 MT. Allen, says the Scientific Amer ican, is man of dignified appearance and pleasant manners. He gives one the impression of being a man of strength and frmness coupled with that breadth of view which is so ab- solutely essential in anyone holding a position requiring as diversified tall ents as commissioner of patents. He has, by education and experience, a thorough knowledge of the patent practice, and there is no reason why he should not soon acquire a thor ough understanding of the inner workings and special needs of the patent office.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-27
THE PATENT OFFICE.
Frederick I. Allen Placed at Its
 Head by the President.
New Commissioners Comes from New York and Is Reputed to Be am Able Lawyer and a Fine
 Scientific Student.

Frederick Innes Allen, the new commissioner of patents, was born in Auburn, N. Y., January 19, 1859. He comes from New England stock, being a direct descendant of George Allen, who landed with the Wey- mouth party from England in 1636, and settled at Weymouth, Mass. The head of the branch of the family from which the commissioner is de- scended was one of the founders of the town of Sandwich, Mass, the first town of the Plymouth colony upon Cape Cod.
 MT. Aliens father was William AL fen, who for many years was prom inently and actively engaged in the practice of patent law. He was contemporary of and associated with such great patent practitioners as Blatchford, Clifford, Harding and other authorities upon patent law of generation ago. He was the man. aging attorney of the combination of reaper patent owners who controlled the manufacture of harvesters in the United States 40 years ago, and which was the largest combination of the time.
 Commissioner Allen was educated at the Auburn high school and Phil lips academy, Andover, and graduated from the Sheffield scientific school of Yale with the class of '79.
 He then took up the study of law and was admitted to practice in 1882. His natural inclination was to patent law, and he at once began the study of this special branch of his profes- sion. He has been ,eminently success full in his practice.
 While he has always been a diligent student of the law, MT. Allen has found time to acquaint himself with a wide range of topics, and few men have more general information upop
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-27
SinUuIaF PluralS.

Having settled the plural of rhinoc- eros as rhinocerates, we are piled for further information as to the plural of other recondite nouns. Alba tross," for example. So solitary a bird scarcely needs an answer. The plural of 'sb1ouse' can scarcely be passed as ''blice,'' though the analo- gy of the mouse is in it's favor. And what of the tailor's goose which bothers one of our correspondents? :? We can only suggest the expedient of the tailor who was ordering a couple of these instruments from the manu- facturer "P1ease send me-" he wrote, 1.-two tailor's-;" then came the diff culty, "geese'' or 'gooses?" He tried back ,"Please send me a tailor's goose" Then, as an afterthought, in a postscript, he wrote: Please send two."-London Chronicle.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-27
TWO GIANTS WEDDED.
Two Dwarfs Acted as 'sBest Men," and Then the Queer Quartette Took
 a Wedding Trip.

A remarkable quartette is at Paris, apparently escaped from some fai<y- tale book, but in reality taking a we'd ding trip, on which the best men. two dwarfs, have been allowed to accom- pany the welded pair, who are giants.
 They come from Berlin, says the New York World, and are doing Paris in great style, everywhere surrounded by a riotous crowd of curious and amazed people.
 One of the giants, Oscar Billings, was born in New York in 1877 of Bavarian parentage. At ten, having lost both
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-27
Jews in the Roumantan Army.

No Jewish soldier in the Roumani- an army can be promoted to com mission, however brave and loyal he may be. The saying is that as long as he is with the flag he is a sol aier. When he ceases to be, he be- comes Jew again. Even if he en- lists for second term of service, he does not, like others who do so, earn pension thereby. An army surgeon, if he be a Jew, and the best surgeons in Roumania are Jews as rule, only ranks as a common soldier, whereas his professional interiors rank as of 6cers. No Jews are admitted into the military schools, and, however high the scholastic or university dis functions and grades of a Jew, he has to serve as 8 "ranker" for three years, instead of being let off as B "volontaire" with one years service. Such is the treatment accorded to the 30.0oo Jews belonging to the &C., tive army and reserves of the Rou- manian state.-National Review.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-27
AN UNCROWNED KING.
Prince Luitpold, Regent of the
 Kingdom of Bavaria.
No Man, Prince OF COmmoner, Is Nor Highly Respected Than This Wise and Patriotic Ruler
 and Peoples Friend.

All Germany may be said to have taken sympathetic part in the recent reioicings in connection with the eightieth birthday of Luitpold, regent of Bavaria. For there is no German prince now living who has played a more important role in the history of Germany, and, indeed, of central Europe, throughout the last 50 years or more. It is perfectly true that he has never been proclaimed king, but he has virtually ruled the kingdom of Bavaria for more than half cen- tury, and the German people, in cele- brating his eightieth birthday, felt that they were likewise to great ex- tent celebrating the golden jubilee of what may be described as an un- crowned reign.
 During the lifetime of his father, King Louis l., who forfeited his throne for the sake of Lola Montez, Prince Luitpold was to great extent 1n- trusted with the executive duties of royalty, the entire time and attention of his more or less mentally unbal- anced father being monopolized by the celebrated adventures in whom he had become infatuated and who was the cause of the revolution of 1848.
 Maximilian IT,, who then succeeded to the crown, was in such a chronic state of ill health that he surrendered most of his responsibilities as a mon- arch into the hands of his younger brother, Luitpold.
 The late King Louis IT,, who came to the throne at the death of his fa- ther, Maximilian, although in mag nifcent physical health, was through out his reign so eccentric that the in sanity and mysterious tragedy which brought his rule to close in 1886 seemed fitting and appropriate con- clusion to career that reads like that of the king in some fairy tale. Pas sionately devoted to music, giving all his time and attention to the construc
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-27

decorated with flowers and greenery, people of every class uniting in their endeavors to do honor to this patri- arch of that illustrious house of Wit te1sbach, which for more than 700 years has occupied the throne of Ba- varia without single break in the male line direct. His most intimate friend is the septuagenarian emperor of Austria, who shares his passion for the chase, and in spite of their ad- vanced years, these two old rulers are never so happy as when engaged in the arduous and perilous task of stalk ing chamois on the Alps of Tyrol and the mountains of Bavaria.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-27

tering Nunnery)
 Ame1ie is a devout Catholic, while Don Carlos sides with the liberals, and during the recent disturbances he openly espoused their cause against the church. Violent scenes between husband and wife in the Lisbon pal ace followed, in which, it is said, the queen threatened to leave Portugal, and arrangements were made at one time for her departure on long jour ney in foreign lands, but asthe king st. q yss he take her children with her the trip va aban- doned.
 Queen Ame1ie is known to be wom- an of strong will power. She is in her thirty-sixth year and is a daugh- ter of, the late Comte de Paris, thus a sister of Duke. Philip of Orleans and "a sister-in-1aw of the Archduchess Maria Dorothea. She possesses the dominant qualities of her illustrious parents, while, on the other hand, the king is of rather weak hRd worldly character. The couple have. two sons, Crown Prince Louis Philip, duke of Braganzo, and Infant Manuel, duke of Beja.
 There are other grievances against the king which steeled Queen Amelie's heart. The king has proved several times of late unfaithful to his mar riage VOW, which recently led to a public scandal. A prominent physician in Lisbon committed suicide over the loss of his beautiful young wife, whose affections the king had alienated.
 The climax of royal domestic con- tention was reached when King Carlos caused an edict to be issued in the Diario do Governo against the cloisters of his realm which commands that all religious institutions will be required to make report of their rules and regulations to the respective municipal authorities and that all who do not comply would be closed up by the gov ernment. The edict has been received with storms of indignation by the cler- icals and even the more conservative of the liberal party are astounded at the kings boldness.
 The queen with tears in her eyes beseeched the king to relent, but he remained obdurate, and it was then said that unless the king would modify the edict she would not hesitate to take the veil.
The weekly examiner., 1901-04-27
ONE TWIN VANISHES.
And the Other Is Searching the
 Country for Him in Vain.
They Always Dressed Alike and Worked Together and None of
 Their Friends Can Tell Which r
 of the Two Is Missing. ;

These twins are as much alike as the proverbial peas in the pod.
 They have lived for half century in San Francisco without their friends even being able to tell them apart.
 A short time ago one of the brothers, George Brown by name, suddenly and mysteriously disappeared. His twin brother, Sam Brown, has travelled all over the country searching for him in vain.
 There was never more peculiar and baffiing search. Time and time again Sam Brown has found unmistakab ble traces, it seemed, of his brother. It always turns out that the Brown seen on a certain day and street was him. self and not his brother.
 According to the San Francisco Ex- aminer, all the city knows the Brown brothers, and their resemblance to one another. A considerable part of the city's population has mistaken one for the other. They have always: dressed exactly alike and worked to. gether at the same employment and in the same place.
 The Brown twins went to San Fran cisco from New Jersey 20 years ago. They were then young and compara- lively poor. Never were twins more devoted to each other and more in-. separable. Everything possessed by the twins was held in common. Each made use of the others money or clothes or reputation as though it were his own.
 The story is still told of the econo- mics made possible by their remarkable resemblance-face and figure. When the Browns came from New Jersey they had good clothes. Each possessed a high silk hat, "Prince Albert" coat and black trousers. As the seasons passed their Sunday suits became shabby, then shabbier, and when the