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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-12
Virgin & Faunce's Cotton Letter.
 ITgv Privafa YAanAA VVirA

NEW YORK, Dec. II.-Cotton futures in the local market today opened firm in tone with first prices at an advance of io9I6 points. The early strength was the reason of heavy buying for the account of shorts. the latter being nervous. having evidences of bull support from local and Southern sources. On the bet ter levels there was qunite lot of realizing and free offerings brought about some reces- sions, but there was no particular pressure In evidence. There was some pre-holiday 1iqui- dation. but the amount of cotton coming out on this score not very heavy. The general trade was fairly active and pretty well scat tered, though professional interests were still noticed to be doing the bulk of the trade. As the day wore on there was more or less ir- regularity. There was a great deal of evening up of the business during the latter part of the day and the late speculation was rather fe- verish. Professional interests did the bulk of the final business. The estimated port receipts for the daay were 5000. against 36.43 for the same day last year. The fin sight for 1908 was 426, IO7 and for 1902 was 353,3lo and for 1901 was 429, Is5 and for 1900 465,o7I.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-12
IA CENTS PREDICTED.
Atwood Violet and Co.,, Say Cotton
 Will Bring It.

NEW YORK, Dec. live sum up the situ- ation from our point of view by stating that we expect I4 cents in this market by Feb. list. We shall greatly appreciate from our readers mail information concerning percentage of crop unmarketed, and any other information in that connection.
 adv. ATWOOD. vIoLETT & co.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-12
New Orleans Cotton Futures. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. il.-Cotton futures
New York Cotton Futures,
Daily Cotton Market.

NEW oRLEANs-Steady; sales, 4, ,2so; ordi. nary. 6I6; good ordinary, IoM; low mid ding llS middling. i2; good middling, I2 s-i6: middling fair. I2 s-Ie; receipts, I2,- 7S7: stock. 323, 277.
 GALvESTON-Steady: middling II I5-I6; sales. 5l receipts. l5. 22e; stock, 2ee, ,e72
 MOBILE-Quiet: middling, lI%; sales 500: receipts, l.5s2; stock, 46.eee
 SAVANNAH-Firm; middiinR. lIZ: saIes 2 lS: receipts. 7.964; stock, loZ. o53.
 CHARLESTON-Ftrm: middling. TX; re- ceipts l.60l; stock, l2,332.
 W1LMINGTON-Dull; middIing, I2; receipts. soy: stock, I2,7Ie.
 NoRFoLK-Steady; middling. 'I2 -I6; sales, 297; receipts. 1856; stock, 22,o6S.
 BALTIMORE-Nomlnal; middling, I22S: re- cepfts. ,534: stock. Io,53A.
 BOSToN-Quiet: middling, I2.26; receipts, 59 bales.
 PHILADELPHIA-steady middlinR l2 ss. receipts. i74: stock. 2.375.
 ST: LOUIS-Steady: middling. 2x; receipts, 3.9Sl stock. i4.94o. NEW YORK-Quiet: niddling, l2.4o; .net receipts, 54; gross. 277: sales. I,7o7; stock. 66.el9; exports to the continent I54I
 Total today-Net receipts 46764; exporta to Great Britain. 6z9; to France, $500: to thS continent. 26. 6.3S2; stock. eI7,ASO.
 Consolidated-Net receipts S2S,47O: axnort. to Great Britain. A5. 76o; to France. Io. .34s: to the continent. lsI.47s; to Japan. 5.a7o; Total since Sept. I-Net receipts. 4. saI sz6. exports to Great Britain. I.25e oss; to France 546,956; to the continent I,276,8IO: to Ja pan, l6, 949; to Mexico l6 qS3
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-12
New urlsans Sugar.

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. II.-Sugar-Dull: open kettle, 29433; open kettle centrifugal. 3-l6431s; centrifugal whites, 3%G3 B. 6;
 Molasses-ouiet; open kettle. 25@3o; cen trifugal, S124.
 Syrup. 25q3o.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-12
Total sales for the day sll.7O0 shares.
Bank Clearinss

NEW YORK, Dec. lI.-The following table compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clsar- ings at the cities named for the week ended Dec IL. with the percentage of increase and decrease as compared with the corresponding week last year;
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-12

72s. 900 bales. against 7ee.oo last year and 646. 900 the year before; Southern spinners 6s6o 900. against 7oo.oo last year and 629 QUO the year before and foreign spinners t.760.- 900. against zoos. 900 last year and i,75o,- 900 the year before
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-12
MARKETS FOR FUTURES
NET ADVANCES SHOWN AT THE
 CLOSE.
Sales of Only 100000 Bales Indi- cates a Subsidine Tendency in the Way of Speculation
 by the Public,

NEW YORK. Dec. 1.-The cotton market opened firm at an advance of loQl6 points following higher Liverpol cables, which en- couraged future bull support and covering. For time 1t continued firm with the active months right after the call showing net gains of l56i6 points. but this level attracted a renewal of bull pressure and liquidation and prices reacted as a result to c net gain of about 7@l points. Following this there was a pe- riod of narrow and irregular fluctuations. af- ter which the market became firm again led by New Orleans, where the bull leader was ported to be bidding for large blocks at an advanced price. During the balance of the ses- sion the market showed an upward tendency and the close was within a couple of points of the best for the day with the tone firm and a net advance a matter of i9wd24 points Sales 4oo, 900 bales, according to the estimates show ing apparently subsiding tendency in the way of public speculation. The news of the day was moro or less conflicting. Port receipts fair and reports from the South reflected an indisposition among holders to accept any con- cession with official adyices from the leading cotton centres reporting firm markets at un- changed prices to hc higher. Reports from the dry goods district were on the whole rather more encouraging and it seems generally under stood that there will be no immediate curtail- ing in manufacturing. The weekend figures were about as expected and attracted little attention. Estimates for tomorrow's receipts at leading points were heavy.
 against AS. BPS last week and 36.43I last year. For the,wee $40 900. against 373.s5o last week end 26I ,794 last year. Today's re- ceinpts at New Orleans were i2.7S7 bales, against 7.97s last year and at Houston 10, 333, against 6,Si3 last year.
 Local Cotton Market.
 Encouraged by Liverpool the New York fu- ture market showed more strength yesterday and closed about 20 points better than Thurs day.
 Tn the local market middiing was quoted at lIA cents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-12
Johnstone & Hammond,
 Warehousemen and Cotton Brokers.
-Proprietors-

HuRTER COMPRESS AND coILrsEUM wAREHousEa Prompt attention given shipped warehouses; Consignmnts Highest for Cotton make at all quotations
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-12
Worlds Cotton TakinRs.

NEW ORLEANS, Dec Ii.-Secretary Hes ter gives the Lakings of American cotton by spinners throughout the world as follows in round figures:
 This week ss4. 900 this year. against 29e,- 900 last year and 3I6.ooo year before last,
 Total since Sept. | this year, 3,2o5. ooo against SAYS, 900 last year and 3,225,oo the year before.
 Of this Northern and Canadian splnners took
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-12
The Cotton Movemene.

NEW YORK, Dec. II.-The following sta- week ending Dec. | were compiled bv inc New York Cotton Exchange: Weekly movement This Year. Last. Year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-12
Total Net Receipts of Cotton.

far for season ........s 7o2. s42 s,7ao as4
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-12

New York Stock List.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
INSTRUCTIVE JTUDIE1g
BYlNOIEDAAAG,N AND
d/.st1MEN

out of Joint as the hand swings over
il or as il (the thumb) passes under
the hand; see that the fingers are kept
curved. and especially keep the boy
interested in it all and give him fire.
quent rests.
Now, let him regularly begin his
scale. sounding each note in turn, as
the finger strikes it.
The scale must be exactly as in
the non-striking exercise, but this
time he must relax between each note
with one revolution of the circle
motion) lest the added strength used
to bring out the tone SHOULD tighten
any muscle.
To allow time for relaxation be-
tween each note and vet to preserve
the rhythm. let him count, as the fin
ger rises. "one, two, three" very, very
slowly. Do not forget that the thumb
starts under the hand, just as soon
as the second finger strikes the keys,
so as TO be ready to strike F in it's
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
Ingenious SHOPPER.

A new Interpretation was given to
the well-known commercial letters &C.
o. d. few days ago when a messen-
ger boy delivered a package to a lady
in a Taylor-street rooming- house. The
boy handed the lady the package,
which she graciously received, and she
was about TO close the door when the
messenger remarked that it was a C.
o. d.. package, with an indebtedness
of 81 so to be paid.
You are mistaken, sonny" she re-
piled, there is nothing due on it,
The boy thought differently and at
once consulted officer Hutchinson. who
was on duty. The officer. bounded up
the stairs two steps at a time and went
to the lady's room. where he informed
her that she had left herself. open TO
arrest and punishment.
Not at all, Mr.. Offcer,. she said.
you do not seem to understand this
case. You see. my name. IS Cora Os-
borne Dare, and instructed the pack
age be sent under my initials, which
are as you see, c. O.. d."
Hutchinson is now hunting up COM
mercial directory, while the storekeeper.
is wondering wherelhe is "at."
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
Ereuse Us.

Now The Call is not prone to fling
bouquets at itself, but when it receives
them from others it cannot help evinc-
ing a pardonable pride. From the
genial editor of the Visalia Times we
have received the following gratifying
editorial notice:
"The San Francisco Call is showing
marked evidences of Improvement in
its editorial and news columns and is
now second to none among the metro
politan newspapers Of the coast. 1t
sees things beyond the city limits Of
San Francisco and devotes much of it's
valuable space to articles calling at
tention to the wonderful resources Of
the great interior valleys Of the State
realizing, no doubt, that they are
among the important factors which
tend to the upbuilding of California.
We are glad to note these facts, as The
Call can accomplish much good for the
whole State by continuing its able ef-
forts along the lines to which we have
referred
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
FOURTH FINGER SCALE EX-
ERCISE, DESCENDING.

proper sequence, thus insuring a
smooth scale, devoid of breaks. That
is the secret of the whole thing-be-
ing there on time-and if the finger
passing under or over, up or down,
as the case may be, starts toward it's
goal just as soon as it is free to move,
and gradually reaches the desired po-
sition quietly and unostentatiously
while the fingers under Cor over)
which it passes are still doing their
required work. there is not a seconds
time lost and the moment the other
fingers have finished the thumb Cor
finger, as the case may be) stands up,
raised directly over the note it is to
strike. as if it had always been there
for that particular purpose.
When first practicing the scale to
produce tone, take it in one octave
only. trying one hand a few times, and
then the other.
The left hand is, of course, exactly
the same thing as the. right, but, nat
urally, the ascending scale begins on
the little finger, and continues straight
through the fingers, the third finger
crossing. over at A to finish out the
scale. In the same way, the descend
ing. scale progresses by the thumb
taking the place of the fourth finger,
and striking G, and so on down.
If the pupil is a little confused by
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
Insanity in Cities.


The. fact that cities are the chief
breeders of insanity has, long been
known to alienists. DR.. Hammond
wrote in 1883 that large collections OF
people IN one place certainly tend to
increase in the number Of the insane.
The larger the city and the more the
ir habitants are crowded together the
greater, other things being equal. win
be the number of the insane" 1t is
also known that it is the poor who are
most prone to insanity. Overcrowding.
undertaking. bad air in foul. tene-
ments, alcoholic excssses and other
vices undermine the vitality Of thou
sands and lead to mental as well as
physical breakdown. Add to these, for
all classes, the epidemic get-rich-quick
fever. the growing bitterness Of compe-
titiOn, the anxieties and uncertainties
of professional life. the general forcing
of the pace with the resulting nervous
strain, the economic discomfort SEEM
ingly growing even. with increase a
wages. the unrest among women, and
we appear to have causes enough for
the belief that the progress of civiliza-
tion increases brain disease.-New York
Evening Post.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
Flogging .for.Crim

FlOgging as a punishment for crime
is not confined to Delaware. : It Is
stin applied for .rogUery. and vaga=
bondage" in England. under a statute
of George ". At a recent. session of
the Worcester Quarter Sessions a man
indicted for being a. rogue and a vag-.
abend was Sentenced to receive
eighteen strokes of the birch" and
to suffer fourteen days imprisonment.
It appears 'that~tHe only ofense now
punishable by fioggins in England is
that of vagrancy. For this delin-
quency corporal punishment, unlim-
tied either as to the amount or instru-
ment, may be publicly Indicted. In
1900 a bill, which received many sup
porters in Parliament, proposed TO ex-
tend the penalty Of the lash to other
crimes. but. it was. defeated HuElani-
tartan movements for the repeal of the
old vagraney act have been thus far
unsuccessful. Several Home Seere-
taries have urged its repeal and the
Humanitarian League has. recently
sent a protest against the act to the
Home Secretary. who. has the. power
to remit sentences. The whipping
punishment has been inflicted on
British tramps. on several occasions
of late.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02

received authority from Lhasa to ad-
vance thus far to Khamba JOng dong
is a Thibetan word meaning fort)s and
was TO meet there the representatives
of the Lhasa government But the
hearts Of the Thibetans. mfsgave them
and they failed to keep their appoint
ment: and the subjects of the Dalai
Lama who till those valleys were badly
frightened when they saw the mission
and it's military escort, for they live
near the frontier where 40 thought is
so insistent and ever present as that
of the constant vigilance required to
ward off missions and all othey forms
Of intrusion.
mo white man had ever. before seen
this fort of Khamba, which is about
hundred miles north of the terminus
of the Indian railroad at Darjiling. II
was far TO the west that L.andor. was
caught and tortured. But the Indian
surveyors who. disguised as Buddhists,
have passed through the rich and we'll
titled valleys on their way to- Lhasa'
have known of the rudely armed troops
who have sailed forth from Khamba
Jong with their matchlocks, lances,
swords and slings upon the first inti-.
nation that Europeans. were knocking
for admittance at the southern passes
leading into their country"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
Infant Economy.

Charles Keeler, the poet, who lives
over under the caves of the Berkeley
hills, has a little daughter who has al
ready developed a remarkably practical
turn of mind. Notwithstanding the in
fiuence of heredity. Now Mr.. Keeler is
proudly relating a story which shows
the precocity OF his four-year-old.
Little Miss KeeIer had overheard her
mother complaining that the new SER
want threw things away in the ash bar
rel which were perfectly good and
should have been kept in the Kitchen
Each complaint sank in upon the prac-
teal little soul of the young one with
ever increasing force.
One day last week Mrs. Keeler was
entertaining the wives of some OF the
college professors, when the door
opened and in walked the young lady.
holding by it's ruffied tail the corpse Of
a battered molly cat.
Mamma said the little housewife.
look at this perfectly good cat, which
found in the ash barrel"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
Worlds Population:

The New York Sun says that the es-
timated population OF the world IN
1903 is 1.547,423. 900. which is an in
crease Of 3s,505. 600 over the estimates
for 1897. or an average increase Of
6.5S4.166 a year. At this rate the
worlds average growth of population
amounts IN less than eleven years to
the number of persons now living in
the United States. In the merely
business aspects Of this rapid growth
it is easy to see that the large increase
in the number of human beings has
been a very important element in
raising the value of the international
exchanges of commodities in the past
forty years.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
TALK or THE TOWN
AND Ie,sSOf KHE
TIMEC ~
4 LHhe Gnite.

There was great ado at the Southern
Pacific Company's local freight offices
at Fourth and King streets one day
when the late A. D. Wilder, division
superintendent, sent orders to John
Moss, the assistant freight agent. that
the clerical force must be reduced be-
cause the tonnage for the season was
not up to the figure of the previous
year. Superintendent Wilder insisted
that the staff must be cut in proper
ton to the lowering in freighting
handled.
! Moss, who is now foreign freight clerk
for the Santa Fe Railroad. did not
view the situation enthusiastically, but,
like good soldier, he fastened to obey
the command to knock a dozen clerks
off the pay roll.
In the railroad offices a personal rec
ord. of each employe is on file. and 1t
shows. among numerous other facts the
Recommendation that brought appoint
ment Agent Moss selected twelve
names. but he saw to it that the dozen
fated to go had been given positions
through the influence of the Crockers'
Stanfords, Huntingtons, Hopkinses,
Coltons, etc: After telegraphing the
names to superintendent Wilder, who
had at his command copies Of the. per-
sonal record, Moss awaited results. The
telegraphic correspondence that fol-
lowed was somewhat in this wise:
From Wilder to Moss-"Can't you
discharge twelve clerks with less infiu-
ence?"
From Moss to wilder-".Clerks named
are poorest in the office. Folly to dis
charge twelve good men and leave
these. Recommend these for good OF
the service"
From Wilder to Moss-"Let the mat
ter drop for the present"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
..PiaHo: Pracficc.
BY ANFcE TERHuNE.


isong Writer Formerly Director Of Music IN
y. the College Of St John the Baptist. Ne"
York;
-: Copyright. 1908. by Joseph B. Bowles)1
Toward the end Of our last lesson we
took UP an exercise intended to facili-
tate the working of the thumb aud
third. finger as they move respectively
under and over the other fingers during
the progress of the scale.
:: Before applying. this exercise to the
piano wish the little pupil to try it in
a more: extended form. which is TO pre-
!. rare- him. for playing scales not only in
one octave. but in: two. three or four
-octaveg. as. circumstances may require.
- The whole difficulty in scale playing
is in getting the notes. TO run smoothly
when the fingers pass under or over
each other 'Cas explained in the last les
son).. The rest is easy enough. when
once the pupil understands. the art of
holding his hand and arm correctly and
using his fingers in the proper manner,
but it Is quite another thing to manage
this. slipping Of the fingers under and
ever in sach way that there will be
no loss Of rhythm. no rOughness Of
tone no slight break in the sound Of
the scale as the changing fingers hit
the keys.
Cd. More. than onde children supposed by
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
THE TROUBLES OF MAN.

7 S to take back seat stand up, with no seat
| at all7 Rev. Mr.. Hills. New York clergyman has
L warned his fellow men that they in danger of
losing to their supremacy in business, as they
have already lost it in mere shape.
1t all happened this proof of the coming subordinaton
CT man. by the sudden illness Ct manager OF large
financial institution in New York. He had for years
drawn salary of $4,000 year In the emergency of his
illness the directors put the whole business in charge Of
his young lady stenographer and typewriter who had
flied that position for liascore OF years The man
ayers collapse became chronic The young ladys
agement became chronic also and such success e
ceedng anything accomplished by the $4,000 man.
that she is in full charge $4,000 year From
this the preacher concludes that in fifty years women "
know more than men, will vote and order the how
to vote, and unless men stop drinking poor whisky.
gambling and buying pools the races they will be
asking for fifty CENTS for the ladies will earn the
money and carry the sack
Amen, we say; bully for Mary Jane, present and fu-
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
Beginning Early.

In the Philippines the use Of tobacco
is universal The native child acquires
the tobacco habit as soon as it is able
TO walk In the northern provinces. es-
pscially. il is no uncommon sight to
see child five or six years old putting
vigorously at a big cigar The women
smoke fully as much as the men. and
commonly smoke cigars where the men
use cigarettes. In the northern parts
of Luzon. immense cigars. often
couple of feet long and as thick as the
wrist. are used. Such a cigar is sus-
pended from rafter OF the house by
a string and smoked during the day
by all the members of the family as
desired.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02

ture But want to file demurrer. If that young
lady nancier better work than the collapsed she
should have his pay and not be put off with $4,000 less
Speaking in dead and male earnest. know of
young women, important business positions, carrying
great responsibilities. and with knowledge of the bus
that is indispensable, who if they would be
admitted partnership but who, being paid a
poor salary, far less than would expect, and with
prospect whatever of partnership and share in the
profits
We think that Rev. Mr.. Hills would be doing more
good he would endeavor equalze these inequalities
in the rewards of business than he is likely
complish by threatening with extinction, for
will be wiped off the face of the earth for the
simple that ladyike to abolish him
In the future in the past business capacity will assert
itself with opportunity, regardless of Reform lies
in securing for it the proper reward regardless of
Only small percentage of will enter the bus-
field, and the larger number will make and adorn
the homes and rock the cradle that holds the future of the
republic But let the minority have the just reward of
their capacity and toll.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
De LTP CAizz,1n.

Bless dem liz chiIlun-
Each curly liz head.
<Dreamin' er de Chris'mus
En- de reindeer on de shed;
Akin wen dey comm.
Ez you tuck 'em up in bed
Sleep, li'1' honey, 'twel de mawnin'l
Bless dem liz chillunl-
Dey talkin' night en- day
Bout Mister Chris mus comm
What been so long away;
En- dey ruther have de Christmas
Dan de mockin' birds er May
Sleep, III honey. 'twel de mawnin'l
Atlanta Constitution.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02
Opening Up Lhqsa.

At last the hidden terrors of Lhasa.
the Forbidden City of Thibet. are be-
ginning to be uncovered. The New York
Sun gives the following account of the
opening wedge:
mo wonder that the Thibetans have
been dismayed by the white invasion
of their southern mountains. The mis-
sion which Colonel Younghusband led
up the valleys from Darjiling, four
months ago. penetrated thirty miles
into that part of Thibet. The party had
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02

When the United States of Colombia conceived the
futile plan of bribng Uncle Sam to accept concessions
that she had right to give in reference isthman
canal affairs she have confused the moral
have found it easy tempt American underling but
Uncle Sam is impeccabe. Besides, Washington hasn't
time accept gold bricks in payment for national dis
honesty.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-02

The unwisdom of dealing in public affairs
sometimes passes understanding Dsgracing the name of
his trademen for cunning burglar operated in Oakland
the other day and killed Why did he not remain in
San Francisco and thrive? This is of the problems
soeiologist is stumped TO solve