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The age-herald., 1901-05-24
The Coffee Market.

New York, May 23.-spot Rio dull No
 invoice. 6Ac; mild quiet; Cordova, Sh @125kc. Considering the stubborn opposi- ton offered by prominent local traders, the coffee market did well today On the call the feeling was steady with prices net unchanged to five points higher
 Brisk foreign buying. mostly French, with fair demand from room shorts off, set large offerings by leading bear inter- ests. The influences at work were quite bullish. the European and Brazilian mar kets being firmer than expected; receipts at interior towns in the crop country fall ing behind expectations, while demand for spot coffee was inclined to broaden A cable to the effect that the new crop would be late in coming forward helped to hold the market steady. After the cal, there was comparatively little change in values. Closed steady, net unchanged to five points hiz1Gr Total sales, 2254O bags including May. $50; June, S45; July, $50; September $5. COOS .65: October. s. 70: November, s5.70; December. s5. .s5@5. 90; January, $5.90@5. .95; March, s6.O5@6.1O.
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Financial

New York May 23.--Commercial-Ad- vertiser's London financial cablegram:
 The attendance at the Stock Exchange today was small and prices were inclined to drop owing more to neglect than to any pressure to sell Americans were still distrusted. pending an authoritative announcement concerning the settlement of the Northern Pacific complication. The exchange committee has decided to postpone consideration of the resumption of buying in of that stock until the 10th of June. This announcement served to increase confidence here and the New York demand for Fries caused feeling of quiet cheerfulness. The strength of Erie issues brought out talk that the ePnnsylvania coal purchase, the buying of the Leyland steamships and the devei- opment of the Erie system are all parts of one transaction connected with the great coal trust which is said to have been formed for importing American coal to Europe.
 Money was easies today on the release by the India Council of 100000 against Tuesdays arrival of f5760O0 gold in bars at the bank.
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New or,ean. Cotton Market.

New Orleans, May 23.-Conditions in the market for spot cotton are as preVlousiy noted. Buyers are moving about 1reeiy, but the demands holds to midd1ng ana better, as there Is comparatively little In the way of high grades offerings; prices in that quarter are fairly we'll maintained. There are some few small lists being put out, but factors move them readily ana were supplies in this direction larger, very good business would probably re- suit. Sales, 2o5O bales, including 750 to ar rive Quotations unchanged.
 The market for contracts was quiet, though a moderate amount of trading in Julys. Augusts and Octobers was noted. Other months were neglected and oper- ators showed little disposition to move actively except in the execution Of com mission orders Liverpool was down again today to the extent of 1-32d. on spots ana 2-64d to 3-64d on deliveries, and except for a fair measure of support furnished by the New York bulls prices on this side would in all probability have gone tum- bling. As 1t was in the face of a clearly apparent undercurrent of uneasiness on the long side of the market, values were well maintained throughout the session. May, TBS bid; June, 7.4S97.50; July, 742Q 743; while the other months showed an improvement of to points at the close
 New Orleans, May 23.-Cotton quiet and steady; sales 255o; ordinary 5A; good or dinary 15-16; low middling GA; middling 7ss; good middling s1-16: middlng fair 8 5-16; receipts 1899; stock 162,o16
 Consolidated statement Receipts, net, 42,557; exports to Great Britain 13,S12; to France 15, ,263 to the continent 39,osi; stock 461,517.
 New Orleans, May 23.-Cotton futures steady; May 75S bid; June .4sq7 50; July 2. 7.4267. .43; August 7.17q71 1Sa September 6.s4Q8. .s6; October 6.7496.75; November 6. .7206. "A; December 6.72q8.4; January G. 73 bid.
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win not only save you diseIesStns ,,e,, f. iass and valuable time, but wlll eoss sHo st,o, Tn iT, money. There is also satisiaetion in Knowing that the very best possible treat Aa ment is being given to you by compH, t,, tent physician, who has expeItenur a.,,ina such matters, and is capable Of eu[lns curing you in the quickest and most Perleea Pa manner possible. I have treated prNate diseases as a speciality for the past nt teen years in the city Of Birmingham. anu I am therefore known to a great many But If you are not acquainted with me I refer you with permission to First Ma tional Bank, Alabama National Bank: Jefferson County Savings Bank ana Steiner Bros, Bankers, as to my respon- sibility for my contracts. cure many patients by mail treatment. Write TOT prices and terms. Address Dr. Y. E. Hol- loway, 1SO11k Second avenue. Birmingnam' Ala
 Office. Second avenue and Eighteenth opposite postoffice
 Office Hours-S:3O a. m. to 5:3o ?. m. Sundays 10 a. m to 12 m.
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LIvernool Cotton Market.

business in spot cotton; prices 1-S2d low CT; American middling fair. 4bd. The sales of the day were 5000 bales, of which 800 were for speculation and export and inciu.. 1000 American Receipts lo,9Oo bales, including $500 American, Futures opened quiet and closed quiet, but steady. American middling. l.. M. C.: May. 4.13 buyers May-June, 4.13 sellers; June-July, 4.1S buyers; July-August, 4.13a4.H sell lers; August September, 4.09 sellers; Sep teriaber, 409 sellers; September October, 3.5s buyers; October-November S.56qS.5t sellers; November December, 3.55 buyers
The age-herald., 1901-05-24

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, steady; No. spring wheat, -; No. spring, -; No. red, 739s@74ss, No. ? corn, 427sQ47; No. 2 yellow, 4Sq47; No, 2 oats, 291kd30; No. 2 white, 901k@S1; No. white, 2914G3o1h; No. rye. 55; good feeding bar ley, 46; fair to choice malting, 4S@5s; No. 1 flax seed, s1.6S; No. Northwestern, $l 6s; prime timothy seed, $3.5O; mess pork per barrel, s14.7Nd14.75; lard, per 100 pounds, $S.15G8 221a; short ribs sides Ooose), 5000 s.25; dry salted shoulders, (boxed). 6%@7; short clear sides (boxed), $S12hdS 25; whiskey, basis of high wines, $1.27; sugars, unchanged; clover, contract grade s9.5o.
 On the produce exchange today the but ter market was firm; creamery, 14@1S1s; dairy. 11@16; cheese dull, 9q101s; eggs, loss off cases returned.
The age-herald., 1901-05-24
Mra. WInsIow,s soothIna syrup.

the best remedy for DIARRHOEA Sold by druggists in every part of the worlt Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslows 8 Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind. Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS It SOOTHS the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS al. rAIN, CURES WIND COLO. and Is Twenty-fye cents d bottle.
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OR. Y. E. HOLLOWAY
 Physician and Surgeon.

Three-fourths of the persons who come to me to get cured of Syphilis. Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Structure, l. o s [ 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 afflicted7 It
The age-herald., 1901-05-24
Metal Market.

New York; May .23.-Tin firm at BPS 100 28. 45; lake copper unchanged and easy at $17.00 spelter unchanged at $3.95G04 co. pig iron warrants unchanged at So .50Q10- 15; lead steady and unchanged.
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Revenue Receipts.

Washington, May 23.-The internal reve- nue receipts for April of the present year have been $26, ,941,5 1897, an increase over the same month last year of $36S9,926.
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Money on Call.

New York, May 23.-Money on call steady at 3@41s per cent; last loan 4; ruling rate {; prime mercantile paper 10 Az per cent; sterling exchange strong, with actual business In bankers bills at s4. .sSAQ4 .Ss9s for demand and at s4AB for 6 Odays; posted rates s4 S512 and &.S9; commercial bills s4.s4Q4.S4 Silver cer- tifcates nominally 60; bar silver 5s&; Mexican dollars. 481a.
 Government bonds steady; state bonds inactive; railroad bonds irregular.
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Cotton Letter.

Brittin & Co.'S Cotton Letter to H. D.
 Cothran & Co.
 New orleans, May 23.-The cotton mar ket opened steady with prices one to two points higher on summer months and about unchanged on the fall and winter positions. New York again gave the shorts a fresh scare. scoring an advance of ten points on July on purchases of a prominent house. presumably to cover a short line. Responding somewhat to New York our market rose four or i've points on shorts covering and closed at the top
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Bonds.
Treasury Statement.

Washington. May 23-Today's state ment of the treasury balance in the gen. eral fund, exclusive of the $150, ,Oo0.OO gold reserve in the division of redemption, shows available cash balance S15s, 765 ,536 gold $95, ,0S4,033
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Dry Goods Market.

. New York, May 23.-Cottons of all weights and texture held in good demand with small concessions in prices. Sheet ings especially conspicuous for outside orders, but no prominent change in quo tstion. Ginghams and dress fabrics easy without apparent effort to cajoie 1obbers
The age-herald., 1901-05-24

Have your cuts for advertising and other purposes made by The Aee-Her aid Engraving Company. Its work Is artistic and It's prices moderate. Age. Herald 6uildinn. ,sa.-
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Daily Statement.

Galveston-Steady; middling ll-lo, sales 237s: receipts 3467; stock 62Sl9.
 Mobile-Nominal; middling 7ss; receipts g. stock 9242
 Savannah-Quiet; ' middlins '12' saies 1858; receipts S31; stock 50,70
 Charleston-Steady middling 71h; re- ceipts 25; stock b306.'
 wilmington-Firm; middling "A; re- ceipts 25; stock 1926.
 Norfolk-Steady; middling 7ss; sales AZ; receipts 461; stock 1Sn7.
 Baltimore-N Nominal; middlings stozs 6735; receipts BIT.
 Boston-Quiet; middling SIS: receipts, net, AS; gross 349.
 Philadelphia--Quiet: middling s5s; re- ceipts 167: stock 399S.
 St. Louis-Dull; middling 11-16; re- ceipts S6i; stock 73,667.
 Memphis-Quiet middling 9-16 re- ceipts 126; shipments 1763; sales $50; stock S4110.
The age-herald., 1901-05-24

Call for Alabama Brewing Company's "Extra Pale" and Standard" Beers. On tap or in bottles. Phone 1928,
The age-herald., 1901-05-24
live Stock Markets.

Chicago. May 23.-Cattle-Receipts. 5000; market steady, active and 10 cents higher; good to prime steers, s5.30d60o; poor to medium. $4 2OQD5. 20; stockers and feeders. s3OOd5 CO; cows. $2.9O947O; heifers, $29OQ 490; canne@rs, $2. 2512.9 bulls, $3.o0l4.40; calves. $425@6.0O; Texa sfed steers, A6 @5.40; Texas grass steers, $2.75Q3.90.
 Hogs-Receipts. 30, 900; strong to cents higher; good to choice heavy, $5. 75Q5. .921s; light, $5.65Q5. .S2ls bulk of sales, $575@ 5.S5.
 Sheep-Receipts 14,0OO; steady, good to choice wethers. s4.4o9465;. fair to choice mixed. $41564.40; Western sheep, &40q 4.65; Texas sheep, $4.50q470; native lambs. s4100i4. .S5; Western lambs, $500a5.S5.
 Cincinnati, May 23.-Hogs quiet lower, s4.O0@5. 75 Cattle steady, s2.50a55O. Sheep steady, s25OQ4.15. Lambs strong, $75@ b.25
The age-herald., 1901-05-24

Only limited number of maps left Subscribers should avail themselves of this opportunity to secure a house hold, office and school room necessity.
The age-herald., 1901-05-24

today but export sales steadied prices and July closed only & lower. July corn closed a and May 4A lower. Oats showed closing dellne of b@A, while provis- ions closed a shade higher to 5c lower.
 The leading futures ranged as follows:
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Local Staple Groceries.

LOSdt oAofiC 1TOCSFIcSs Flour-Best patent, $450; Hugley's best Ae5; Tennessee patent. $40: half patent s3S5
 Sugar-Granulated. 5Ac; Y. C., 5ssc. Coffee-Green 10913c, Arbuckle's pack. ages, $11. 80; Lion packages, $11. .s0 Cheese-r-ew York full cream, 13hc. Lard, 9c basis.
 Meats--Clear rib sides, s7sc bacon bel lies, 101kc; dry salted bellies, 9ssc; best hams, 12c; four hams, lie: California hams, SEC; breakfast bacon. 13c. Molasses-Centrifugal. I5@s5c; sugar. house. 20135c; Georgia cane, 36c. Rice-Per pound. 4hc; fancy. 7c Corn-Mixed. 62c; white, 63c
 Meal = Jim Dandy. s1.07ik; Joe Darter, s1 .031k.
 Hay Per Ton-Choice timothy, 5000; No 1, s19.0o; clover mixed, s1S50; prairie, s11.50.
 Oats-Mixed. 40c; white, 41c. |. Bran-Mixed, s19.50; pure wheat, s21. .00. Cotton Seed Meai-Per ton. $22.00.
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Birmingham City Bonds.
Fruit ane Produee.

Butter-Ciover hi!l pound prints. 27c; Elgin tstandard). 23c; best creamery. 25c; Mississippi, best grade. Poo; gooo country. l401sc; mixed country. 10c-
 Irish Potatoes-Per bushel, 65c
 Sweet Potatoes-White. s1.50 per barrel; yams s225 per barrel.
 Apples-Per barrel, $4.5oD4.T.
 Bananas. Per BHnch-cAIls. 50075 cent; straights. l.2591.5 50.
 Lemons-Per box, &. 25a350.
 Oranges-Per box. g. 7543. 25.
 Eggs-Per dozen, 111sc.
 Poultry = Best rriers. 25d35c; medium, 1sc: hens. N1h@30c Pekin ducks 3O135c; puddle ducks. 2Oa25e: turkeys on foot, SD ec; drawn. head and feet on. i21xc Onions. at shc.
 Cabbage-Per pound, 2c: per crate, s25o. Lima Beans-Per pound, 7071hc.
 White Peas-Per bushel. g. .75
 Dried Apples-Per pound, 4k@6kc.
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COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN.

All purchases and sales are made direct an inc exchange for which the order ,s given.
 Correspondents-J H. Parker 6 Co.,, C. " Lee & Co.,, Purnell. Hagaman G Go. New York; Fairchild & Hobson. New Or. leans: Ware & Leland, Chicago. - Teference.First National Bank of Birmingham. First National Bank of Rome. Ga
 TELEPHONE NO. 11H.
 Special attention given to orders over telephone and orders sent from out of the city.
The age-herald., 1901-05-24
Chicago Change.

:. Chicago, May 23.-Weather and indiffer-
 ent cables depressed the wheat market
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SPECIAL RATES
Via. Alabama Great Southern Railroad Pan-American Exposition, Buffa-
 To, N. Y., May to Nov. 1, '01.

For this occasion very low rates have been authorized Round-trip rate Bir- mingham to Buffalo s31 40 tickets to be sold daily April 30 to September 30, in- elusive; limited November 8, 1901
 Rate of $26 10 will also apply Birming- ham to Buffalo and return. tickets to be sold Mondays during the month of May, 1. e., May 6, 13, 20. 27; also for trains leaving Birmingham Tuesday mornings May ', IA, 2l, 2s Final limit of tickets sold at this rate so regulated that pas sengers must leave Buffalo prior to mid night of Saturday following date of sale.
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F. S. Cannon, Third Vice-President and General Manager. Washington, D. o. s. H. Hardwick. c. P. A.. Washington. D. c.
 c. A Benscoter. A. c. P. A., Chattanoe ga, Tenn. h c. E. Jackson. T. P. A. Birmingham, Ala
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National Meeting Grand Lodge B. P. o. E.. Milwaukee, Wis, July 23-25, 1901.- Rate of one fare, plus $2, has been an nounced for this occasion, tickets to be sold July 20, 21, p, with final limit July 2s 1901. inclusive.
 Round-trip rate Birmingham to Mill waukee $24.30.
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N. D. COTHRAN & GO.

Members of Chicago Board of Trade and
 New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Roorps and Alabama National Bank Building. Private leased wires to New York, New orleans and Chicago.
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THE LOCAL MARKETS
Local Cotton Market.
Local Iron Market.
Local Stocks and Bonds.

Corrected Daily by Caldwell 6 Ward. Bankers, 2015 First Ave. Tele-
 phone 753 (See Card)
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No. 1 from Macon, Albany. Columbus, Opelika, Americus, etc. $40 D. m.
 No from Savannah, Augusta, Macol. Columbus, etc, 1920 D. m.
 Elegant through sleepers between Bir- mingham. Columbus. Macon and Sayan. nah on Nos. 8 and 1.
 Connection Is made at Savannah with the fast freight and luxurious passenger steamships of the Savannah Line fram and to New York, Boston and the East For more detailed information, beaiiti- fully illustrated matter, write or apply fo SOLON JACOBS, Commercial Agent. W. D. HAMMET. Travelling Passenger
 Agent, 1921 First Avenue.
 JACK W. JOHNSON, Union Ticket
 Agent. Birmingham. Ala. J. c. HALLE. General Passenger Arent D. H HINTON, Traffic Aanagsr, sa-
 yannah, Go
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Ala. Great Southern B. R

Shortest and quickest line to Cincinnati, Louisville and the North; also to Shreve- port, New Orleans, Texas and all points Southwest
 Schedule in effect December g, 1900.
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Southern Baptist Convention, New Or leans, La.-Account above named occa- sion the A. c. s. R. R. will sell round- trip tickets to New Orleans at rate of one fare. Tickets on sale May ', 8. g. with final limit May 20. By depositing ticket with joint agent on or before May 16 and on payment of fee of 50 cents, an extension of final limit will be permitted to June 5.
The age-herald., 1901-05-24

National Convention Epworth League, San Francisco. Cal. July 1921, 1901.-For this occasion very low rates have been authorized. Tickets on sale July to 12, inclusive limited to August 31. Round trip rate from Birmingham $51.75 For particulars and information relative to stop-overs and diverse routes, call at Passenger Office, No. 2019 First avenue.
 J. c. LUSK,
 Travelling Passenger Agent
 4-29-tf Birmingham. Ala
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Account National Educational Associa- ton Meeting, Detroit. Mich. July 7-12. the A. G. S. R. R. will sell round-trip tickets at rate of one far for the round try, plus $2 tickets to be sold July 5, G., 7 limited to July 16 By depositing ticket with joint agent on or before July 12. and on payment of fee of 50 cents an exten- sion will be permitted to September 1, 1901.
The age-herald., 1901-05-24

DOUBLE DAILY SCHEDULE TO GIN CINNATI. LOUISVILLE AND
 LEXINGTON.
The age-herald., 1901-05-24

New York Cotton Futures. By Private Wire to H. D. Cothran & Go
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-02
OFFICERS;

President, Louis p Shoemaker; LIST
President, Wilton j. Lambert; ID
President, N. E. Robinson; 3D.
Vice. President, Thomas Blagden; 4th
Vice President, DR.. Henry Darling;
Secretary, John G.. Keene; Treasurer,
N. E. Robinson.
E15- Total Membership about 200
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-02
Fatal Fifty-six.

Among men and women of genius
there seems to be a strange fatality
connected with the age of fifty-six.
Some Of the most renowned characters
Of the world have died on reaching
that limit, including Dante, the Italian
poet; Hugh Capet, King of France;
Henry VIII, King Of England; Henry
w. King of Germany; Paganini, Ital-
ian yiolinist; Alexander Pope, Marcus
Aurelius, Emperor Of Rome; Frederick
l., King Of Prussia; John Hancock,
American statesman; Maria Louisa,
Empress Of France; Philip Messenger,
English dramatist; Saladin, the great
Sultan Of Egypt Robert Stephenson,
English engineer; Scipio Africanus,
Roman general; Helvetius, French phi
losOpher and author; Henry H., the
first of the Plantagenet line; the elder
Pliny, Roman naturalist and author;
Julius Caesar, Charles Kingsley, Juan
Prim, Spanish general anu statesman;
Henry Knox, American revolutionary
general; Thomas Midlin, American pa
triOt; Won Tromp, Dutch Admiral;
Abraham Lincoln, Marryat, the novel.
list; George Whitfield, English founder
Of Calvlnistic Methodism; Robert Dud-
ley, Earl OF Leicester, favorite Of
Queen Elizabeth; Johann Gaspar
spurzheim, German physician and
phrenolOgist, and Frederick H., EN-
perOr OF Germany.-Tit-Eits.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-02

consciousness is lost, but It Is only
momentarily.
AS seen from the bar Of a parachute
all things on the earth are grotesqde-
ly small, but as distinct and clear cut
as a cameo. The appalling thing is
the tremendous, awful silence that
prevails. A dogs howl or a birds
song is heard last Of all as one as.
cends. After that a great silence
comes. IL there Is a strong wind
blowing the aeronaut does not know
it. 1t never passes him. He goes
with 1t and just as rapidly as 1t tray
els. A match can he struck in mid
air in the hercest wind.
The spectacular part Of the ascen-
sion Is to be found in the acrobatic
feats while the outfit is mounting
heavenward, This is nerve-racking to
the spectator, but not disconcerting to
the performer. 1t must be remem.
bered that he feels no sensation OF
the rush through the air. TO him
everything appears stationary, save
the earth, which Is dropping away
from him. II he bangles by one hand,
he knows though the crowd doesn't,
that the web bandage which secures
him by the wrist will grip him secure,
and if he hangs head downward he
knows that a pair of horses could not
pull him away from a trapeze in the
corner Of which he has planted his
toes.
At the same time it is hard pro.
fession. The man who faces danger
daily may say that he becomes so ac.
customed to it that he fears 1t no
longer. Externally this may be true,
but the nervous system has its limita.
tions, and if the warnings it some
times sends out are not needed death
may come in a horrible shape.
Thus the ranks are swelled to-day
by the young and daring; depleted to-
morrow. Few men grow old in the
profession. They marry and their
wives viii not hear of another ascent.
They become crippled or frightened
into something that promises longer
life.-New York Sun.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-02
A GUEST

long since, there lived a man reputed wise
(Some better things were said of him,
some worse),
Who made his life a treless quest TO know
The why and wherefore of the universe.
He wandered through solutions intricate,
And old and new philosophers he read
This one converted, but another spake
And made his faith apostasy instead.
"A paladin Of atheism first
But soon he dared to wonder how to-day
Existence universal was explained
By saying it existed yesterday.
SO swerved away unto the other pole,
Hypothesis thestic, and would fam
Have found a cause without prior cause
But all his years of searching were in vain.
Thus all his fond irations turned to dust;
Some things he learned are not revealed
to man;
What solaoe that he knew the essence of
All creeds religious since the world began
His life was girt by vain analysis,
And subtle disputations held in thrall
His soul, that wildly dreamed to oyerleap
The mystery life offers to US ALL
But when age left him twisted, gray and
worn,
He felt the barren purpose of his guest
And longed to quite forget his mocking
doubts
And live his last few, trembling days at
rest.
But death had watched him with cynio's
eye
Had marked lis shufling steps, his sight
grown dim,
And one still evening stood before his
chair.
And smiled, half kindly, as he becloncd
him.
One passing through certain field OF
graves
May Gnd a stone Of rather ancient date,
Which bears these words, the last philoso.
ply,
Oh him whose life they thus commemorate:
"Here sleeps a man vino sought to ques.
ton Cod
Who coriured with the everlasting why;
Delved deeply into science, creeds and
schools,
And learned the truth-that man is born
to die"
w L., in the New York Sun.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-02
within the Law,

st went for a spin out in the country
the other day" said the automobile
enthusiast, whose mind is in that state
that he can talk Of nothing else, "and
during my trip 1 chanced to pass
through a small country town, where
l dashed over a bridge at rather a
high rate of speed, not noticing a sign
post that read Five dollars fine for
driving over this bridge faster than a
walk or fishing thereon The result
was that an over-zealous constable ar
rested me and hauled me up before the
local justice Of the peace.
"'What have you got. to say for
yourselfY asked the old man, glarlng
at me over his spectacles.
" Nothing, except this l answered.
You will notice that the sign says,
driving faster than a walk" Now,
that means, If 1t means anything, to
drive horse faster than a walk, .
thing l did not do
Pears to me- grumbled the old
man, that you are flshin' ter get out
or this
Certainly; I acknowledge that I
am I answered cheerfully, realizing
that had the old man on a fine point
Of law.
" Well, that briugs you within the
statoots,' he growled. 1t Will cost
you S. for hshin'.'
1T wasn't law, but was in a hurry
and couldn't afford to stay there and
fight it; so l paid the fine. Detroit
Ernn Press