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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19
COTTON MARKET
 IS FAIRLY ACTIVE Improvement Largely Due to
 Good Gable News OPENING WAS QUITE FIRM  Demand In New York Exchange Was Principally From Shorts With a Subsequent Selling Movement.
 The Net Rise is Reduced.
OPENING WAS QUITE FIRM

New York, April 1S.-The cotton market opened firm at an advance of SQS points, ruled steady and fairly active for time, and then commenced to decline under realizing. The early improvement was at tributed to a much better class of cables than called for by the closing of the New York market yesterday. The demand in the local market was mainly from shorts with subsequently, a selling move ment instituted by parties who had profits and were disposed to secure them in view of the large movement Within less than an hour the net rise had been reduced 1dS points. The new crop months were comparatively neglected, with bearish undertone on favorable weather condi- tons and glowing chop accounts. The local contingent has been inclined to sell in conservative way on the large movement. The volume of business continues small and mainly confined to the operations of parties already interested.
 New York. April 1s.-Cotton quiet; middling 10 .4Os net receipts 50. gross 2sss. stock S. .sO7
 Total today and consolidated: Net re- ceipts 240, exports to Great Britain os5o, to the continent 7727. stock 5,43S,s22.
 Total since September 1: Net receipts 7,235, ,544; exports to Great Britain 2'b77,S ,SO7' to France 726 700, to the continent 2,6sS- 195
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Cotton Seed oil.

New Orleans. April 1s.-Cotton seed oils: Prime refined, in barrels. 4ic; off refined in barrels, 361zc; prime crude 35lsc.
 Memphis April 1s.-Cotton seed oil car load lots, per gallon, prime crude, 361sc; off crude, 27d34c; prime summer yellow, 399391kc; off summer yellow nomi- nal; choice cooking summer yellow, less than car load lots, 44c. Cotton seed meal, prime. $19. 75@20.25. Cotton Seed cake, prime, $2O,
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New York Cotton Futures.
The Metal Market.

New York April 1s.-The local metal market today was dull, with little feature, and in some eases prices were nominal. Tin was reported quiet and firm at 5000 @30.25; copper romnal; lake, 15O0d15.25; electrolytic, 15. .o0d15.25; casting, H5Od1A75; standard unquoted
 Lead quiet at 4e7iz for spot
 Spelter quiet; spot, 565.
 Iron nominal and steady; unchanged.
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ciearlros and Exchanqes.

New York April 1s.-Exchanges $2a9,- 51O74S, balances $11, ,644,876.
 Boston, April 1s.-Exchanges SPA SSO,745 balances $1, ,951, ,330.
 Philadelphia. April 1s.-Clearings s2l.- 745 Ss4, balances S1, 945,5 ,512
 Baltimore, April 1s.-Clearings $4O6l,- 995 balances $55s, 593.
 New Orleans April 1s.-Clearings S,- Soe 75s. New York exchange S1 per 5000 premium; commercial paper 75c per $lOOO discount.
 Memphis. April 1S.-Clearings $557,16S, balances $9s, ,267.
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Mrs. WlnsIow,a soothIna syrun.

the best remedy for DIARRHOBA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world Be sure and ask for Mrs. winsloy's 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 SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS, AL- LAYS all PAIN, CURES WIND COLO, and Is twenty-five cents a bottle.
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Liverpool Market.

Liverpool. April .18.-spot cotton quiet; prices points higher. American mid ding fair, b92d3 good middling, b.62d; midding, 5 .46d ;-low middling, 5.s2d; good ordinary, s5. .14d ordinary, 5.o2d. The sales of the day were 6OOO bales, of which 300 were for speculation and export and in cluded $500 American. Receipts, 5000 bales, including $500 American.
 Futures opened quiet and closed quiet and steady. American middling, G. O.. O.: April Aprii-May 5.25; May-Jpne, 5.26; June-July. 5.26d5.27; July-Angust b.26; August-September, 5.1sQ517; September October 4.8; October-November, 5.62; November-December, 4.55.
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N.w orl,ana Cotton Market.

New Orleans, April 1S-The spot cotton market was very dull, factors holding their stocks at full board prices. Sales 300 bales. Quotations unchanged.
 Futures steady. with a fairly good de- mand for May, July and August con- tracts. The visible figures of yesterday had bullish effect and at the opening sent prices up 3 to points. May sold points above the closing yesterday at 10 Il, July points up at 10.17 and August points up at 9.63 Soon after the open ing liquidation and profit taking carried prices down gradually, the board at the close showing net gains on June on points, while the balance of the list was even to points higher than last nights closing.
 New Orleans, April 1S,-Futures steady; April 10c bid, May 10 09d10 ,10c, June 10. IF alo 1sc. July 1O 1O1SQ1O.14c, August 5000 Gle, September S.s1Q8. .s2c. October s.SsQ s.4Oc, November s.25qS ETC, December S.266S. PIC. q
 New Orleans, April 1S.-Cotton quiet; sales 300 bales; ordinary SAc good ordi- nary sac, low middling 9ssc, middling 10 1-1sc good middling 1ol5e. middling fair Il S-16c receipts S0oS. stock 151,Sos.
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Dry Goods.

New York. April 1s.-Improved weather conditions have had little effect upon local dry goods trade. The day has been one of restricted business with buyers will ing to pay current prices for spot goods, but not inclined to speculate. The effort is being made by western jobbers to re- duce stocks as much as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-19

Why suffer with the heat when you can buy an electric fan at factory prices. Bir- mingham Railway, Light & Power Go.
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Bonds.
Money on Call.

New York, April 1S-Time money easier: sixty and ninety days. 5 per cent; six months. 4s4@5 per cent; money on call nominal; no loans today. Prime mercan- tile paper 5@5h per cent. Sterling ex- change firm at 4s7 for demand and 4ss. 75 for sixty days. Posted rates 4S41k and
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Fruit and Produce. (Corrsctsd daAy by F. Giacopaxxi. No 2o2o-ao2z Morris AventleLl

tCorrecteo oahy Dy r. 0iacopaxxs NoA
 1o2o-2 -2o21 Morris Avsnus.l Poultry-Best flyers. 35c: Alabama, 3Oa 35c; broilers. 4oG5oc; hens, S5040c; Pekin ducks. 40Q45c; puddle ducks 3OgS5c. Butter-Best Elgin. 25c. Mississippi best grade. 1s92oc; Mississippi. second grade. 121k@15c; good country 1592sc; cooking, 121kc; renovated, 2sc. Eggs-Fresh. 14c
 Oranges-California s22502.76 Hmes-Per 100. u.o6.
 Lemons-26o-siz per box. $3.00g325. Peanuts-Fancy. per pound. 5@534c. Brazil Nuts-Par pound azAo Peoans--Per pound. 10c-
 Almonds-Per pound 1sc.
 English Walnuts-Per pound, 15c. 0rApes-Maiaga- neavy wefghts. pse keg. ss.o0: light weights. per ksx x.M cocoanuts-Fresh. per 1oa N.5o02.n- Celery-Per bunch, e0c.
 Bananas Per bunch. culls, 506D75c; straiehts. q -2501.so.
 Apples-Fancy King. Der bari eL Noo; Ben Davis. fancy. sa.75Q4oo; Baidwins, sS0003.25.
 Dried AppIes-californis svaporatsd,
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour-Dull and steady; winter patents. $3. 40a3.50 straights, S3.10Q3.30; spring patents, 8. .3J. 70; straights, S3Q3 20; bakers, $2. .2Od2. 70.
 wheat-No. ? spring, 7SqSOc; No. 8, 7o@ 79c No red, 76144771ac.
 Corn No. ?, 44c; No. ? yellow, 44c. Oats-No. 2, 353sc; No. 8 white, 34@36lAc. Rye-No. 2, 50Q501zc.
 Barley-Good feeding, S6Q39c; fair to choice malting, 4S@56c
 Flax Seed-No. 1, $1.0S; No. northwest ern, $1.11.
 Timothy Seed-Prime, $3.70. Mess Pork-Per bbl, s1S@1S10. Lard-Per 100 lbs, $9.S5Q9. S712. Short Rib Sides-Loose,, 9.S0d9. 30. Dry Salted Shoulders-Boxed, $S. .371z@ $50.
 Short Clear Sides-Boxed, SIG. .1216Q10 25. Whisky-Basis of high wines, $l.30. Clover-Contract grade, $1150012. On the produce exchange today the but ter market was weak.
 Creamy, 1SQ24c.
 Dairy, 150e22c.
 Eggs steady, 144@141kc.
 Cheese steady. 121k@13c and 1aq1S1kc.
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Daily Statement.

Galveston-Quiet; middling, 10 l-16c; re- ceipts, 6OSO; stock, 45,505-
 Mobile--N ominal; middlng, 10c; receipts 5; stock, 5Sl4. fs
 Savannah--Very sdulli mfddling, 10c; re- celpts. 2262; stock, 45,1S9..
 Charleston-F middlng, 1oc; re- ceipts, 1926; stock, 42S6 M Wiimington-Firm; middling, lOlsc; re- ceipts, 35; stock, 5257.
 Norfolk-Steady middling. 10ssc; sales, 2S; receipts, 1106; stock, 1886.
 Baltimore-Nominal; middling, 109sc; re- ceipts, $50; stock, 4607.
 Boston--Quiet; middling, 10. 40c; receipts, net. 4sS; gross 532.
 Phladelphla-Quet; middling, 1O.65c; re- ceipts, 34c; stock, 2935.
 St. Louis-Steady; middling 10c; re- ceipts, 14SO; stock, 17427.
 Memphis-Q middling, g 15-16c; re- ceipts, 1246 shipments. 1S43; sales, $50; stock, 53921. .s
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DRs. DOZIER & CO, PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS AND FIX.
 PERT SPECIALISTS.

Treat successfui- ly all Nervous, Blood. Skin. Rec tai. V e n e T Q al Genlto- Urinary and Female Complaints and Delicate Dis orders of Men and W 0 m e n. Nearly all operations of surgical character d 0 n e WITHOUT PAIN to the pa- tIeut.
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S5OO,OOo to lend merchants and manufacturers. Ala. bama Real Estate and Insur- ance Co.,, lI6 N. 21st St.
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ExsURsloN RATES
To Richmond, Va, and Return Via
 Southern Railway.

Account Southern Educational Confer enee, Southern railway will sell round- trip tickets to Richmond Va, April 20 and 21 at rate one and one-third fare; final limit April 2s. Through Pullman Sleeping Car Birmingham to Richmond. Further information cheerfully furnished upon application. Telephone GIT.
 J. c. LUSK. 4-17-4t District Passenger Agent
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Coolers and filters at spiro's.

Electric Fans, the best and cheapest. United Electric Go.
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The Coffee Market.

quiet; No ' invoice, "A; mild steady; Cordova, 7A@71z
 Futures opened with prices unchanged. Early news as a whole was uninfuential and speculation dragged heavily until at the close. when the small interior receipts reported from Santos started moderate local covering, on which prices advanced to 10 points, this being the closing level. The tone was finally steady. Sales, 29.000 bags; April. 3.SO; May. S.SO; Sept, 43O; Noy 440; Dec, 4.75; Feb, 4s5; March. 495
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chlcano ,chanoe.

Chicago, April 1s.-There was continu- ation of the bullish sentiment in wheat today and closing prices were strong, May being Ac higher and July ssQlac higher; May corn closed at a gain of 40 3sc with oats ssQ%c higher. Provisions were strong, the July products closing with an advance of from 1sQ1Oc and 20 @22ikc.
 frl,a leadtnor f11t,,res ranged as follows:
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Treasury Statement.

Washington, April 1s.-Today's treasury balances, exclusive of the gold reserve, show: Available cash balance s22, S75 7SO, gold SIG, 152, 1ss.
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OTTO MARX & CO.
BANKERS AND BROKERS.
Mortgage L0ahs at and Per Cent.
Rooms 211-212 Woodward Building.

4s71h. Commercial bills 4S3lQ483A. Bar silver 50. Mexican dollars S9. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds steaoy
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Local staple Groceries.

Apples-Western evaporated. 7A0s1ko. Flour-Fancy patent, $40; half patent. s3.s5
 sugar-Granulated. Dc: l. C 4%c. Coffee-Green. 7ihQ91hc, Arbucile'a. packages, s1o 30; Lion packages. s1o. 30; Cordova packages, s1O.sO Porto Rico. $10.30.
 Meats-Dry salted ribs, 10sse; clear bell lies, 121kc; dry salted ribs bellies, 1oAc; hams. fancy. 14%c; medium. 1sssc; extra clears, 10ssc California, 10Ac; breakfast bacon, 14c.
 Lard-Leaf, lie.
 Compound Lard-Snow drift, Sc.
 Molasses Centrifugal. 15qS5c; sugar. house. 40c; Georgia cane. S6c-
 Corn-mlxed. COG; white, 6sc.
 Meal-Bolted, $l.15; water ground. s1.10. Hay-Per ton. timothy No. l. s22.0O; clo- yer mixed. s20.Oo prairie. $1s.0o;. Johnson grass. s15.00.
 Oats-Mixed, 49c; white, 5oc.
 Cotton Seed Meal-Per ton, S2300.
 Pearl Grits-92 lbs. s1.65.
 Bran-Pure wheat s2100; shorts, S22; honiiny feed. $21.00.
 Beans-Navy, $2.5o per bushel: Lima, 6@ e1sc per pound.
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s.aboard Air Line.

Baltimore. April 1s.-Seaboard Air Line 2Slz@24 do preferred 591k do bond As STA QSlss.
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Capital, $1oo,00o.oo.
 Undivided Profits, 6o,ooo.oo. Accounts of banks and bankers, merchants, individuals and corpora. tions solicited. Special attention to collections. Interest allowed on savings and time deposits. e c. F. ENSLEN, President. c. E. THOMAS, vice-President. B. F. ENsLEN. Cashier. E. K. CAMPBELL. Counsel.
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vlroInis-carollna Co.

New York, April s.-Virginia- Carolina Chemical Go. common 61, do preferred 122
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We cater to the trade. Ala bama Livery Co., opposite Jefferson Theatre. Both phones 6.
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Loc-Ilron Market.
Local Stocks and Bonds.

(corrected by Caldwell & Ward. Bankers 2Ol5 First Avenue. Telephone 75S. See Card.)
 Stocks. f|a
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LOCAL MARKETS.
Local Cotton Market.

Corrected Daily by w. D. Nesbitt Man
 ager for lnman a Col
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All kinds of cuts. Age-Herald a- graving Department.
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24 Jewel down to ' Jewel American Watch. A. s. Smith, 3O7 N. l0.
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
 Central business property on 1st, Ed and 3d avenues. Call at office.
 W. B. Leedy & Go. Summer is coming and the fan question should be of interest to you. Let us show you our fans. Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co
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C0THRAN & co. BANKERS AND BROKERS

GROUND FLOOR, WOODWARD
 BUILDING. Members New York Cotton ExcE1ance. New Orleans Cotton Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade. Cotton, Clocks, Grain and Provisions, DIRECT PRIVATE WIRES
 to New York, New orIeans and Chicago.
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Hiiea and Wool.

Hides-Dry flint. 111kc; dry salted. sc; green, 6Ac.
 Wool-Burry unwashed, S912c: free un- washed. 15c; tub washed. 21624c.
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Quickest S'rviGs in th' SoISl. WE INVITE COMPARISON.

PROMPT AND CAREFUL. ATTEN- TIoN GIVEN TO ORDERS OVER TEI- EPHoNE O. BY TELEGRAPH. Orders by telegraph may be sent c. O. D.. and we will prepay notice of execution
 Telephone s4.
 Our Daily Market Report mailed on ap- plication. q Y
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Now is the time to use MAGIC CITY FLOOR FINISH
 (Made to Walk On). JOHNSTON & WALTER PAINT CO.
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CENTRAL OF eEoRolA-Eass

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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-01-24

theme through eighteen centuries
This bill is Teutonic in spirit. II Is
a thing we have been trying 10 out
grow through hundreds OF decades
The barbarlty Of it does not consist
in the lash but in the discrimination.
1t would be a strange paradox to
discard the rod in the family and IN
the school, where there is 40 di>crim-
nation, and revive it in the courts,
where there is. The INTELLIGENchR
is opposed to this bill, because it bears
upon the face of it a demoralizing
ana an unworthy intent.
On the other hand the INTELLI-
eENcER is in favor of corporal pun
ishment in the home, 10 the school,
and in the court. Instead of being a
degrading kind of punishment it is
the only kind that is not degrading.
1t is deterrent, allows no time for
brooding and moral ~casuistry, can be
met with a stoicism that is half a
virtue, costs nothing, and falls on
none but the offender. We honor
scars now. The Spartans honored
stripes. 1t has ever been the habit
of pusillanimous and effeminate civili-
cations to relegate to slaves the only
dignifed punishment and thus dis
grace it. There is no complaint
against corporal punishment IN eSSe.
But it were better forclbly and
against plain constitutional rights to
deport every negro in America than
to do violence to reason; than to see a
black scalawag and a white scalawag
condemned to different punishments
for the same offense at the same term
of court. Such a sight must soon
destroy reverence for law, abate the
habit of looking at things in the
absolute, stimulate the growth of the
relative theory of morals, and end in
the brutality of a Roman civilization
in which might makes right. Amend
the bill so that it shall specify ofTenses
to which this punishment shall apply
without exception or alternative and
the INTELLIeENCER will support it
heartily.
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BOYISH EGOISM.
heartily

1t was Louis the Fourteenth, who
in scornful jest invented the phrase,
F'etat c'eSt moi. Mr., Roosevelt seems
to have arrived at the same conclusion
in solemn earnest. He is as Self-cen-
tered as a boy Of five years. So long
as his egoism did not interfere with
anybody, it rendered him interesting,
p%rodigiously interesting to many peo-
pie. He bid fair for a while to rival
Captain Hobson in popular favor.
When the trust reared its horrid head
10 the land he b~randlshed bis cleaning
scimetar and the bleachers resounded
with his praise. When two old gran
MES Of the navy quarreled over the
distribution of the honors he solved the
problem with the fluent epigram that
the danger Of a military movement is
not the proper subject for calculation
by a soldier, and then the people all
remembered his exploits at Sau Juan
Hill and the bears he pulled out OF
caves in Colorado.
Like any other frolicsome boy, Mr..
Roosevelt was very interesting, while
the nation was ENJOYING a holiday,
while nothing was going on. But
now congress has gotten down to
business and Mr.. Roosevelt is Begin
ming to be an annoyance. Grandma
Hoar actually arose In the senate yes
terday and said:
ut is being continually stated in
the newspapers that such and such
bills are administration measures and
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THE WHIPPING POST BILL.

Representative Haines, of Saline
county, has introduced the annual
whipping post bill. 1t reads: = :
"Shall be punished by Imprisonment
in the county jail not exceeding one
year, or by a fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars, or both fine and i'm
prisonment, or by being whipped on
the bareback with a rawhide, " etc
That is enough. 10 plain English it
means thai if the offender is the son
of fairly well-to-do white parents, be
will be fiued and nothing said about
it; if he is a plain, white scslawag,
he will be imprisoned in the county
jail, in idlene>s, at the public expense;
and If he is a black scaldwag, he will
be whipped on the bare back.
The personal character of Teutonic
legislation has been an interesting
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NRGINIANS.

An effort is being made in Boston
to set up a tablet in honor Of Edgar
Allen Poe, who was born in that city
while his mother was engaged as
leading woman at the Haymarket
theatre. Poe's first published book
was signed ga B~ostonian." If the
good people Of New England can
work up a fairly clear geographical
title to Poe, bis apotheosis is certain.
All that "Al Aaraaf," Ulalume, and
"The Bells'' ever lacked TO be consid-
cred the best and most original Of
American poetry, was the trifing
circumstance that the author bore
the untoward reputation of being a
tidewater virginian.
Now tidewater Virginians won't
do. Massachusetts higher criticism
has revealed the fact that they are all
frauds. 1t has been shown that Tom
Paine aud not Jefferson wrote
the Declaration Of independence,
that Quincy Adams and not Monroe
was the author of the Monroe Doc
trine, that Nathaniel Greene and
not George Washington was the hero
Of the Revolution. To fact, Massa-
chusetts turned over the Continental
army to the awkward young Virgin
ian only to flatter the vanity Of the
Southern colonies and to tOle them
into a revolution which New England
had already inaugurated independent.
ly. Every little school boy from the
Androscoggin to San Diego Bay is
taught that the cause of the Ameri-
can revolution was ~"taxation without
representation, y a phrase coined by
one James Otis, of BostUn-a phrase
which by some oversight failed both
in word and meaning to get into the
Mecklenburg Resolutions or the Dec
laration of Independence, two of the
most comprehensive and authoritative
expositions of reasons for the action
of the ~colonists, Massachusetts high
err historical criticism has wrought
wonders 10 the last half century. 1t
has shown that Plymouth Rock is
the center of the material universe,
that all American literature has been
inspired by the ozone off Boston Bay,
that the Hartford convention was a
myth, and that the only reliable his
torical event south Of Mason and
Dixon's line is the story of the cap
ture of Jefferson Davis in a hoped
skirt and bonnet.
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CharIrs HeIt.
andoah.

The subject OF this sketch was born
in Germany, December 26, 1929, pro-
fessed to be born again in 1899, and
died in hope January 6, 1908, at his
home near Concordia, Mo. His re-
mains were taken to New Hope church
where the funeral was preached to
large congregation of sorrowlng rela-
tives and friends by the Rev. Runge
from this text, l Tim. LIS; "This is
a faithful saying and worthy of all &C.
ception, that Christ Jesus came into
the world to save sinners :" after which
the remains were laid to rest in the
cemetery. He was the second ola
family of six children, Christina, Char
les, Caroline, Christopher, Henry and
Herman, all of which mourn bis de-
mise. He was married 10 early life to
Miss Martha E. Hollenbach who sur.
wives him. To this union was born
twelve children. seven of whom are
living, namely, william, Martha, Mrs.
John Froeschle, Jennie, Mrs. David
Bratton, James, George, Annie, Sarah
and Mrs. Samuel Kanoy. For over
two years prior TO his death he had
been an invalld-a sufferer from that
dreaded and most always fatal disease,
dropsy. Through his long and try
ing illness his kindly disposition re-
NAMED unrufiled enabling him TO meet
each fresh onset of his disease with
that gentle accomplishing patience,
which was ever one Of bis most marked
characteristics and when hopes last ray
was extinguished, when the inevitable
doom of humanity came nearer and
nearer to him, when he stood face to
face with bis 'grim conquerer" death,
with the composure Of a philosopher,
and the calmness and trust of a Chris
tian, be fearless!y and smllingly sur
rendered tu him who gave his life.
Earth TO earth, ashes to ashes, dust to
dust, and the Spirit to God who gave
it. May Gods blessing so rest upon
the surviving children as to lead
them to serve the God Of their parent.
He heard a voice we could not hear,
That said he must no stay,
He saw a hand We could not see,
That beckoned him away.
And we can only say; 1.-THE Lord
giveth and the Lord taketh away,
blessed be the name Of the Lord
NJ. w. H.
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INSURANCE LEGISLATION.

Insurance companies are the favor
lite mark of the sandbagRer. Nearly
every session Of the legislature wit
nesses some new attempt to hold them
up. Some very desirable and some
very undesirable Legislation is pro.
posed for the present session. One
measure urged by the larger cities
where losses are llberally adjusted
would work hardship IN small towns
and country districts where adjust
ments are less liberal. Something
fair ought to be devised which is not
so unjust 10 The companies as to raise
rates nor so lax as to permit arbitrary
adjustments A minimum list Of
articles ought to be prescribed which
every policy contract must contain
with liberal provision fgr addili ma
items which the %compauies may fol
advertising reasons or other Feasoni
wish to odd