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New-York tribune., 1902-02-22
THE DAYS OPERATIONS IN BONDS.
. GOVERNMENT BoNDs.-MlEket strong Final
quotations follow:
RAILROAD BONDs.-Market stror

hAILhDAD bDNDo.-NIaThFL
sales amounted in par value TO S2,367,00O against
S. $4,000 on Thursday The heaviest dealings were
ia the Central Of Georgia first incomes. Chicago
Burlington and Quincy IS Colorado Midland first
SIS Erie general As, Mexican Central and first
incomes. Northern Pacific As Norfolk and Western
As Peoria and Eastern incomes, St Louis South
western lists and DDS, Union Pacific convertible As
Wabash debenture Bs, Wheeling and Lake Erie
first IS and Wisconsin Central general Is. COnsol-
sdated Tobacco IS were also active
New-York tribune., 1902-02-22

shares traded in. The copper shares werr
considerably less active. British Columbia became
weak, selling down S12 and heInL freely Offered
at that price. Union Copper sold at ;. Norfolk
and Western dull, few trades being made
around 941ed94%. Metropolitan Securities while
firm, dull. Only a few trades made in
the rights. The market closed firm about the
highest
New-York tribune., 1902-02-22
London. 76 French rentes. 1a francs l24 cen

London, &c. French rentes. 1G1 francs l21t cen
times.
THE SILVER MARKET.-Bar silver, 5Sc; Mexi-
silver dollars. SAC Bar silver IN London
closed at 25asd.
GOLD PREMIUM.-In Madrid. 3s77: Lisbon. 2s
Buenos Ayres. 1880; Rome. 2.37
GOVERNMENT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. receipts
reported from Washington S7l9S87; internal reye-
receipts Ss43S32 miscellaneous receipts S2621;
receipts for the day, 1850 640 expenditures
81 725000 Receipts for the month to date. sl lS21l
expenditures. So 100000; excess Of expenditures,
sl7.229 Receipts for the fiscal year to date s362-
524 49S expenditures, 1912 3174: Of receipts
24s8Sl 224 National bank received for redemp-
ton. 1866, ,090
SUB-TREASURY.-The Sub-Treasury was Debt
TO the Clearing House. $S02, 36l.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-22
MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES.

STOCKS.
FURNISHED by Frederic II. Hatch. No. 81 Broad-stJ
New-York tribune., 1902-02-22
COLORADO SPRINGS STOCKs

ing Stock Exchange. by the Counselman g no.,
private wire from William P. Bonbright & co y,
Colorado Springs ' VI
New-York tribune., 1902-02-22
IMPORTS OF DRYGOODS.

PORT OF NEW YORK
Week ended Feb. 81
Entered at the port $33i3946 81 1875 655 50 So a4a
Thrown the market. 3.459.694 2.27ll24 2977 $40
From January
port. 500 722 SIS 1876 S23 325 2s5
Thrown the market. 23O6I,245 1886 "a 4Oi 1854
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE SALES.
STOCKS.
New-York tribune., 1902-02-22
A RECOVERY IN STOCKS.
DEALINGS NOT so LARGE.
BANK STATEMENT MORE FAVORABLE
THAN HAD BEEN EXPECTED.

Closing prices yesterday OF the principal
tive securities and net changes from Thursdays
quotations were.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09
Why One Talesman Was Scratched

St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 In a certain case the Judge ordered the sheriff to call the roll of thirty-five good men and true" selected for jury duty. Only twenty-two answered 10 tneir names, and the sheriff looked some"ndt inouiringly at the Judge. but the latter was calmly wiping his classes while ne uttered the customary: Any desiring 10 10 be excused from service on thls Jury VIII now come forward
 Twenty-two men made movement for- ward. and the clerk stopped in his work of noting those who had failed to respond to the summons to look in wonder at the entire venire desiring to escape
 We'll" said the Judge. speaking to long, thin, nervous-looking young man, why do you wish to be excused?"
 Ut it please your Honor" answered the aforesaid thin individual. I'd like to be excused on account of illness. I'm suffering from something that might prove embarrassing to the other 1urors and it is certainly embarrassing to me v
 What is the nature of your illness? asked the Judge.
 'Wer," said the young man. hesitating- ly I'd prefer to tell you in private. I'm somewhat delicate about speaking of it in public
 T cannot hear anything in private, responded the Judge impatiently. If you want to be excused you must tell me here and now what Is the matter with you"
 Well. if I must tell it here-I have the itch"
 '.The itcho" echoed the Judge. and. turning to the clerk, without marking how aprepos his observation was, he said: Mir. Jones, scratch the juror off."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09

and probably get on pretty we'll in their way. With eggs it is different. Science and chemistry and mechanics and all the rest of them put together have not given us any acceptable substitute for the fowl product and there is no prospect of any. The wise chemist can dissect and analyxe and scrutinize an egg and tell us just what it is composed of and how 1t is put together and all about it, and then they can't make anything like it. That is where they fall down hard. They can initiate everything else-even whiskcy- but they can't make an artificial egg that will hatch or make an acceptable cake or egg-nog.
 And just because eggs cannot be imitat- ed or counterfeited is the reason why they should be preserved if anybody can find the way to set about 1t. Not only do the hens lay more in summer. but there is ordinarily g greated demand in winter for eggs. and these two causes combine to send up the price of this in- dispensable article just when there is greatest demand for 1t. We have at various times heard and read of alleged methods for preserving eggs, but the successful one is yet in the future. Will 1t be discovered?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09
TERRIFYING EGGS.

Great advance has been made in all the departments of science of late years. but until some plan is discovered and perfected by which summer eggs can be preserved fresh and good for winter use we insist that something Is lacking. The next best thing would be to train the hens so that they would do as much laying in winter as in summer, but that Is perhaps impossible. Hens somewhat will work and enjoy themselves through the bright and warm summer days, but when cold winter comes they want to get into a warm place and rest. or stand around in the sunshine and do nothing. The hens are built that way and they don't seem to care whether their style of business suits other two-legged animals or not. Even red albumen fails to in- duce them to change their habits or their natures.
 And so it is up to science to discover method of preserving eggs without in any manner changing their qualities or flavor. 1t is a little singular that two of the most common articles of diet among the people of this country. which are eggs and potatoes, cannot be made as available in winter as in summer. Almost every vegetable and fruit used for human food can now be preserved by one or another process and kept for a time of scarcity or need. The canneries and the preserving houses can furnish us at any season of the year and in any part of the habitable earth. fruits and vegeta- bles almost or quite as palatable as when first gathered, but no one has so far perfected 8 method of putting potatoes through d process by which they can be carried forward to time of need. Farm CTS now, as they did centuries ago, keep them in hills and cellars as best they can, but Tn this respect we are practically but little better off than Were the i'm mediate descendants of the pilgrims and the cavaliers who got this esculent from the red men of the forest. Science isn't treating us just right as we think.
 But there are various substitutes for potatoes and if we don't have them We can eat bread or something else. There are people who know nothing of potatoes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09
A WaoNo ARauseENT.

The Conecuh Record eeems 10 haFo mistaken view of the poil-tax provision of the new Constitution, judging by the following:
 The Record has previously expressed Itself upon this unfortunate provision of the amended Constitution. unfortunate from the standpoint that the poor man Is compelled to pay to become voter, and the rich man pays no more than the poor man does. No doubt there have been many white men disfrsuchised because they felt unable to pay this charge to entitle thep to vote. but these people should not De condemned. they are rather entitled to the sympathy of their more fortunate friends. For the class who were able to pay. but indifferent. we have no sympathy. although we do not believe the sacred right to the privilege of cast ing a ballot should depend upon the pay ment of the paltry sum of r.5o.
 If there is any difference. the poor man Is more deeply interested in good laws and those who make them than is the rich man. because the former must de- pend on the laws and on the executors of the law for protection for himself and property. while the man with plenty of money can often bend the law to his own uses. This is not an ideal condition of society. but it is a rather general one. It was hoped that the poor people would feel such an interest in the public schools, as well as in the franchise. that they would willingly contribute the small sum of N.50 a year to the education of their chill dren, as we'll as to secure for themselves the right to take part in the selection of those who fill the ofiices and who are re- sponsible for the well-being of society and for the best interests of the State.
 If the result has been to some extent a disappointment, it is to be regretted, but is no valid argument against the theory. It was a new experiment, and various means and arguments were used by those who were opposed to the new Constitution to prevent its ratification. Some of the methods used were discreditable to those who resorted to them. but they were ef- fectual in too many instances. and we've no doubt that many good citizen of Alabama now regrets that he allowed himself disfrsnchised by turning will ing ear to the counsels of those who had nothing but selfish reasons for wanting the Constitution defeated.
 It is not altogether creditable to The Record that it should. by implication at least. try to prejudice the poor man of the country against the rich and thus build up class antagonism. The poor mans vote counts as much as the rich ones does, and he should be proud of the privilege guaranteed him. and should exert himself to. take advantage of it. The intimation that a payment of N.5o a year is a burden. when it secures both the right to vote and an addition to the school fund is not worth considering. Any man can pay it. and we believe that the great majority of them will do 1t in fu- ture.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09
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 There's nothing that can tansie a per- son of ordinary comprehension worse than figures. The old axiom that figures never lie" may be true enough, but those who use them can at times make things mighty uncertain. Lately we have been reading about certain fowls in China with abncrmally long tails. and the story may be true. unreasonable as it seems. but one paper goes into details and makes mess of 1t. We are told first that from seven to eleven feet"' is the usual length. though the account states "as great length as eighteen feet has been attained" This indicates that eighteen is the greatest length any of the tails ever reach. Then we are told that the tails, while the fowls are young. grow about four inches a month. and when older the growth Is seven inches . month. and that the growth continues as long as the bird lives, which is ten or twelve years.
 Now. if it is . fact that figures don't lie. we should like for some good caicu- lator to reconcile those statements, and they are given seriously in the article. It is easy to Agurs out that at the minimum growth and aes the tall ought to bs forty feet Ions. and at ths maximum 1t would be eighty-four feet long. If we split the difference. the tail would be something over sixty feet. Nothing is said about cutting the tails of the hens at any time, ard so we are left to reconcile the con- fiicting figures as best we may. and when we get through with the job. we are worse confused than when we began. And that's what makes us say what we do about figures.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09
ARMS FOR REBEL CHINESI.
Custom House Authorities Notified
 to Be on the Lookout.

San Francisco. April s.-Thc custom house authorities have been notified to be on the alert to discover the shipment of arms from this country to the insurgents in China.
 Collector Stratton has received letter from o. A. Spalding, acting Secretary of the Treasury. stating that in the procto- col signed Sept. 7 1901. the importation of arms and ammunitions of war is pro- hipited.
 The letter states: 'It is reported that the insurrectionary movements are now fragrant in the southern provinces of China and that the insurgents are re- ceiving supplies of arms and warllke ma terials from abroad.
 "The department directs that you do whatever may be practical and proper under existing laws in the way of re- stricting the exportation of arms and warlike materials to China for use against a nation with which the United States is at peace and to the injury of foreigners, including citizens of the United States found in China.
 Should the fact that the consignment of arms and hostile materials have been shipped from the United States to China, be ascertained by you or your oficers, you will please report such facts without delay to this department"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09
What Hit Himp

Chambers Journal
 Some years ago, while T gentlemen was walking from St. James's Park to Pal Mall on a bright afternoon in summer, he suddenly received a blow on the shoul- der which caused him to stumble and at the same time he heard q loud crack ling noise. On recovering he looked around for his assailant but there was nobody visible except policeman who was many yards away. When the gentle man reached home his shoulder was ex- amined. but no injury could be found to account for the pain 1t it. Soon after ward the servant, who had taken away his masters outdoor coat to brush it., brought back the garment and pointed out that the nap on the shoulder was drawn across it. Everything, in fact, pointed to Ahc probability that the wearer had been struck by meteor, The incident might well be used as blackboard les son for children-ay, and for some grown m children too---who imagine that shoot ing stars only shoot in the dark.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09
One of Our Quaker Firms

New York Press.
 one of the firms that have lived up to original principles is the Whitall Tatum Company of New York, Philadelphia Bos. ton, Chicago and San Francisco. Until recently it was Whitall, Tatum x Co. or ganized in Philadelphia about 17Sl | do not remember whether the members were Orthodox, IIicksitcs or NiiburiteS, but they were conscientious Quakcrs. at any rate. and for l2t years they, their de- scendants or successors have consistently refused to manufacture whisky tlasks. At the time of the civil war this firm. the largest manufacturer or druggists, chem world. might have had valuable contracts with the Government, but declined them on the ground that Quakers, being men of peace, should contribute nothing to- ward the waging of war.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09
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THE LIGHTING CONTRACT.
Is the City to Profit at the Expense
 of Individualsp
Montgomery, Ala. April <, l9o2

Montgomery, Ala, April S, 1902. Editor The Advertiser:
 The timely action taken by the City Council in reference to the lighting con tract demonstrates that the City Fath- ers' are alive to their responsibilities. The importance of securing cheap light for the city seems to have been realized. The bids opened last Monday will assure for the city, perhaps, the cheapest light ing contract that any city enjoys. In fact. the lowest bids it is believed by those who have investigated the subject, are below the actual cost of producing the lights. The discrepancy between the actual cost of producing the lights and the price that the city is to pay must ob- viously be derived from some source. Is 1t not reasonable, therefore, to assume that the private consumers-the citizens will have their rates so advanced as to more than counterbalance the advantages that may accrue to the city by virtue of the proposed reduction? This phase of the question should receive the careful consideration of the Committee to which the bids were referred as well as of the Council They should see to 1t that some limitation be placed upon the successful bidder as to the rates to be charged pri- vate individuals: for. unless this precau- tion be taken the law rate to the city may prove but a ptfall to the citizens,
 Consumer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09

Commenting on the passage of the oleo- margarine bill. which The Chicago News declares fits stoutest supporters were un- able to defend on any logical or tenable grounds" that paper adds:
 The passage of this bill, together with the attitude of Congress on two other im- portant pending measures, discloses a condition which the thoughtfue American is bound to view with misgiving. Defer ence to the dairy interests has resulted in the "oleo' bill. Difference to the beet sugar interests has blocked the way of the Cuban reciprocity measure. Defer encs to certain shipping interests threat ems to bring about the passage of the ship subsidy bill. This evident tendency of Congress to afford special protection to certain industries regardless of the gem sral welfare is bound eventually to call for a rehuke from the voters of the coun- EZ.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09

Some people may be disposed to feel a sympathy for little Delaware because she has no Senator in Washington. but until she can ind better material than the Addicks brand of statesman, vacant seats are really an honor to the State He vows. in effect, that the vacancies shall remain unless Delaware elects men Sc- ceptable to him, and the people should either get rid of him or accept their pun fshment with due humility. A vacant and dust-covered chair in the national Senate chamber is more creditable to the State than one with an Addicks in it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09

The esteemed Huntsville Tribune is hereby informed that The Advertiser de- clared for a. Democratic State primary after mature deliberation. Johnston S course has nothing to do with 1t. True, if we had any doubt about the correct ness of our position, that doubt would be caused entirely by Joe Johnston's alleged anxiety for primary; but We do not propose to be driven from what we con- sider a correct course by the fact that such course is in line with the position taken by one in whom We have no confi- dence. And, really, doesn't The Tribune think it rather premature for it to set itself up as adviser-in-general to Demo- crats?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09

The intricacies of the theatre-going mind are altogether past finding out. It has been but a few days since Miss Flor ence Burns was acquitted in New York of the charge of murder, yet she has all ready received offers from no less than eight theatrical managers. But for the trial and Its publicity. the young woman could not in all probability have received a position as walking lady in any theatre in the country.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09

We fully expected 1t. and the assurance doesn't jar us as much as it might. The hot-water hole found in that town Is the identical Fountain of Youth for which poor Ponce de Leon so vainly sought What a world of worry the old fellow might have avoided. if he had only known thist Instead of pottering all over tho country and finally getting himself fatally struck by an Indian arrow, he might have sailed into Pensacola and taken a header into the spring itself. It's real rough on old Poncey n
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09
AN UNBELIEvINa PRINCE.

We have been very much amused re- gently at the somewhat emphatic pro- tests made by Prince George, of Bavaria, against the Darwinian theory of evolu- ton. It seems that one Prof. Ranke re- gently delivered a lecture in Munich, in which he very learnedIy and dogmatically argued that human beings are the direct descendants of the monkey family. This was evidently too much for the Prince, who. we are told, stated very plainly that the Professor might run his own ances- tors up A tree to the ape and gorilla lam flies. but that none of the Simian famiiy could find a place in the royal geneaiosy' In short, he is ready to swear, if need oe' that the royal family of Bavaria didn't begin with monkeys.
 We can easily imagine the disgust or this titled Bavarian over the suggestion that if he would trace his ancestry back' he would at last find them lot of sibber- ing or bowling apes. Royal people are somewhat particular about their descent' It is quite true that there are now vari- ous rulers whose ancestral tree goes Dack 10 a p1rHte, d s"dSh-ooNNASi N- servant, but they were at least human beings. Princes and rulers draw the line at monkeys.
 After all, why should not prince or any other human kick at such theory? It would be no more discredit to the Prince of Bavaria than to an American working man to be told that his line of life passed through a grinning ape. At the same time. there Is nothing to worry over. There is not a shadow of plausible evidence or argument to connect man and beast, or to show that man descended from the beast. Such assumed points of resemblance as are brought forward prove nothing. That there has been an evolution In animal life is evident. but no scientist has yet been able to build a bridge across the gulf which separates the animal from the human, and we do not anticipate such discovery. The Prince may possess his soul in patience and let the learned Professor speculate to his hearts content. The former may trace his ancestry back to the gallows, for aught We know. but he will not run into the gorilla famaly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09
BANK IN SALVADOR.
Will Make Speciality of Mortgages
 to Develop Country.

New York, April S.-There is a project afoot in Salvador. according to dis datches just received, cables the Panama correspondent ,of The Herald. for the es- tablishment of a bank which shall make a specialty of mortgages with q view to facilitating the development of farming Interests in that country.
 The Congress of Salvador has resumed it's sessions and the delegates to tho Pan- American Congress have returned from Mexico Exchange rates are going down
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09
SENT BACK TO AUSTRIA.
Shulim Schnur Will Testify That He
 Has Not Been Murdered.

New York. April S.-By contributions of dimes nickels and pennies. at a meeting of Galcians on the East Side. fund was raised sufficient to send Shulim Schnur back to Austria Galcia. where his parents arc awaiting trial on a charge of mur- dering him. 'Sehnur ran away from home and recently arrived in this city as sn immigrant. Relatives a few days later received word that his father ana moth CT had been arrested charged with having murdered him. He was without funds and his countrymen assisted in the mat ter as stated.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09

Noting The Advertisers suggestion that those over-fat English women should join 8 circus troupe in order to reduce their surplus. The Norfolk. Landmark asks: ''How is their flesh going to be reduced by pilins it up in more rolls than cver?' We didn't say a word about rolls. We spoke of tumbles and summersets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-09
Will Have . Telling Effect.

AIabafna EnquIfer.
 The enterprising citizens of Montgomery have started a move which will encour- age home industries. Over zS0 citiyens have, signed an agreement to the effect that in order to encourage the manufac turing enterprises already established at Montgomery and to stimulate the loca- tion of others. they have agreed in fu- ture to patronize Montgomery factories and call for Monteomsry-made goods in every case, price and goods being equal. Such move will exert no small Influence and the result from such an agreement will have a telling effect and will prove a great blessing to Montgomery.