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cothran 6 Co.'s Market Letter.

Cotton.-It was just as any one might have expected. After the decline this morning the market got all oversold again and prices ran up rather easily This next upturn Is the one to watch careful ly. A pile of short cotton has been pour ed i~4 the market of late and new short
 has been formed from over lOc
 The shorts have been doubled up break so that 1t will only take
 Ire to run the market higher and
 these shorts
 not difficult to see that the mar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-15
SCHEDULES

Showing the arrival and departure of passenger trains at the union. station. Birmingham:
 Louisville and Naslivlla Railroad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-15

Gosh quotations were as follows: Flour Steady.
 Wheat--No. 2 spring, 92d95c; No. B. s5@ 93c; No. 2 red $1 1.0141.02. Corn-No. ?, 4sszc; No. yellow, 5OAc Oats-No. 2 4O1sc; No. 3 white 40dHc. Barley-Good feeding, 3S@41c; fair to choice malting, 44d54c.
 Flax Seed--No. 1, $101; No. 1 north western, $1.0S.
 Timothy Seed-Prime, $2.95 Mess Pork-Per bbl, S12. 90112 B. Lard-Per 100 lbs. 6.7O@6. 721s. Short Rib Sides-Loose, $7@7.25. Short Clear Sides-Boxed, s6.75d7. Whisky-Bass of high wines, SIPS. Clover-Contract grade s10,7 On the produce exchange today the butter market was easy. Creamery, 131sM171z.
 Dairy, 1115@16c.
 Eggs easy, 14d141Ac. Cheese easy, 714@Sc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-15
vjrojnia-caroIina Chemical Go.

New York, June Virginia Carolina Chemical company, closing, 261s; do, pre- ferred, 1OOls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-15
roMBloHEE 6 NORTHERN RY. CO.

IT OWBT0bEE- E- U TNOft ' TFtFfIF " VI ~O' Passenger Schedule Effective December
 1, 1903 Train No. 1. Train No. 2. Lv. 6:00 a. m. ..Fairford.... Ar. 7;45 a. m. Ar. 6:25 a. m. .....Calvert..... LV. t'zO a. m Train No. 8.
 Lv. 500 p. m. ....Fafrford.... Ar s;U D m. Ar SIPS p. m. ....Calvert.... Lv S;35 p. m. Tombigbee and Northern trains con meet with all Southern Railway trains to and rom Birmingham every day in the week including Sundays. For other information apply to
 IOHN T. COCHRANE.
 General Manager.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-15
Sends.
Treasury Statement.

Washington, June 14.-Today's treasury balance. exclusive of the gold reserve, shows: Available cash balance, $164.S29, ,949; gold. s67.9S5oo7.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-15
TAKE
iulf and Ship Island Railroad Go.

Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Go.
 Direct Line
 In Connection with Illinois Central Ra'i- road Company to Gulfport. Miss. Through Pullman sleping cars between Memphis. Tenn. and Gulfport Miss. on trains Nos. l and ?. with through ser vice on same trains to Memphis. St. Louis Chicago and Louisville
 Schedule Effective April 3. 1904.
 No. No. No. Lv. Jackson :. 5:25 am 3:35 pm 4:30 am Lv. Hats'bg.... s:10 am ZOO pm 7:5s am Ar. Gulfport.. .10:05 am 10:00 pm 11:15 am
 No 2 No. 4 No. Lv. Gulfport... 7:50 pm 7:00-am 4:05 pm Ar. Hats bg. .1o;oo pm 10:35 am 7:3o pm Ar. Jackson. ... 1:05 am 2:10 pm 10:45 pm GULFFoRT-Misslssip greatest deep water port. only 12 hours from Memphis. At Jackson. connections made with ths Illinois Central railroad 10 all territory North. East. South and West with Ala bama and Vicksburg. to Texas and tha Southeast At Hattiesburg with New Or leans and Northeastern railroad. Missis- sippi Central railroad fPearl and Leat River railroad). and Mobile. Jackson and Kansas City railroad. At Gulfport with the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
 s. D. BOYLSTON. Gen. Pass. Agt..
 Gulfport. Miss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-15
None, cn Gall.

New York, June 14.-Money on call easy; highest. 1A; lowest, 1 ruling rate and last loan, 114; closing bid offered. 1K; time loans easy and dull; sixty and ninety days. 21s; six months 3@3A
 Prime mercantile paper, 311144 per cent; sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers bills at 4S7. .20d4s7 .25
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-15
New York Cotton Futures.

By cothran & Go.
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RESOURCES.

Loans and Discounts. Oyerdrafts .. .... U. s. Bonds and Premiums Other Stocks and Bonds. l Real Estate, Old Bank
 Building
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-06-15
CASH.

In Vault. $ 739,5 With Banks. 2,0o2, ,23o.34 With U. S.
 Treasurer .. 100000
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26

highway photo
graphic
In the books advised carefully
placing In the holder with cameshr brush provided for
personally discarded
slightly
article
hold
OF setting them agoing
further avoidance
trays provided by the stock houses Of $3.50 They admirable
One credit
vering
sides Pitch
fix the plates downward Is rarely damage
Again desires do bit and does
eight inches in length which will the
front board backen the inside
attach tightly end fit
and
the object at which his
y likewise had
Procure
smaller which by Of hook and will securely
about the Then II each
the field o one
the
sewn with many Of themW E Dickinson in PhotoBe
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26
BAD NAMES, BAD LUCK.
War Vessels of All Nations Have
Amply Proved 1t.

Amply Proved 1t.
If one should be so bold as to char
acterize the superstitious sailor as sill
ly, he would at once declare that there
is sufficient reason for his belief. and
would proceed to prove that war YES
sells named after singing and venom
Gus things have been unlucky, and that
the country should not be so indiffer-
ent to the men who follow "a life on
the ocean wave" as to organize mos
quito feet. That Snake is regarded as
an unfortunate name for a vessel is
shown by the fact that two of that
name have been lost, one in 1871 and
the other in 1917; but no vessel bear
ing that name is known to exist now.
Serpent, which is only substitute
name for Snake, is an unlucky one
also, for the one wrecked in 1892 was
the fourth British war vessel of that
name to meet the same fate. Viper
has been an unlucky name in the Brit
ish navy. The first one was wrecked
in 1880, but the admiralty would not
swerve, and so kept the name on the
list each vessel meeting its doom, and
the fourth was lost only recently. The
French navy has also been unucky
with vessels so named The Viper,
used in the British service after she
became prize from the French. was
lost in 1893. The second was lost a
year later, the third in 1897, and the
fourth was recently lost in collision
off Guernsey.
The Cobra, another British war YES
sci, was lost recently at the same time
as the Viper. Among other vessels
similarly named and which met fates
other than in battle are the Rattle
snake, in 1871; the Alligator, in 1882;
the Crocodile, in 1874; the Adder in
1876; three Lizards, two Dragons and
one Basllsk. All Of these were of the
British navy. The list could be made
larger by citing the records of other
navics. The Norscmen, who were so
fond Of naming their vessels against
the laws Of superstition and using hid
eous heads Of dragons and reptiles on
their high prOws, were less unfortu
nate and these did not meet with fire..
qucnt disasters They did have a be-
lief, however, that ii was unucky and
a sacrilege TO select such Il name as
did Lord Dunraven for his first yacht
to challenge for the Americas cup. the
Nalkyrie. And this belief was strength
ened when she was sunk by the Satan
ita. The second challenger. with the
same name, gave trouble, and she was
broken up after only short exist
ence.-Navy League Journal
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26
Official Ouitin't itcad.

Cornelius Vanderbilt is a student of
the American of fifty or sixty years
ago. Mr.. Vanderbilt's researches have
brought up many striking instances of
the crudity of the American of the
past, when every one chewed tobacco
and men wore paper collars instead of
linen ones, and now and then he tells
seory of those days.
I'm 1850" he said recently, "a Ver-
mont shopkeeper came to New York
for the first time. He was sitting one
day in a railroad station waiting for
a train, and while he waited he chewed
tobacco and spat on the station wall.
IAN official soon bore down on him.
"'Look a-here. old man. said the
official, don't spit on them walls. You
ought to know better than that
Whats the matter with your said
the Vermonter Don't that sign there
say not to spit on the floor? l guess
you can't read, stranger"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26

substantially the same moment,
brought 1t to earth. told it In as many
different ways and severally congrat-
ulated themselves on clever and orig
inal performance.
Writers have been doing this sort OF
thing, in all good faith ever since the
world began. Only year or two ago
story of faithful dog that ran after
a stick of dynamite and zealously
fetched 1t to his master was told, al
most simultaneously, by four men in
as many magazines. The tragic-comic
conception Is simple enough; very like
ly in essentials the tales dates back to
Aristrophanes. but how did 1t "hapben
to occur at the same time to the four
May there not be something in the
whimsical theory another literary man
propounds-that the intensity with
which an author dwels upon his data,
before and during the period of ex-
plotation. ''impresses 1t on the spirit
ual atmosphere" so that the wonder
would be If sensitive, seeking minds"
did not seize upon it? Horrld posi-
bilities are latent in telepathy. The
day may dawn when a man who cher
ishes an ingenious plot will have to
surround himself with nonconductors
cigarette fiends, perhaps. and girls
who chew gum.-Boston Transcript.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26
HONESTY PROVES COSTLY.
Worlds Fair Officials Grieved al
Chinese Demonstration of Virtue.

Worlds Fair Officials Grieved at
Chinese Demonstration of Virtue.
| One of the unpublished tragedies of
the ST. Louis fair was the sudden and
picturesque manner in which some of
the most costly presents sent by the
Chinese government to worlds fair Of
ticials were purposely destroyed by
messengers intrusted with their deliv-
cry.
Soon after the arrival of the Chinese
commissioners they were entertained at
the magnificent home Of President
Francis, and the occasion was chosen
by the Monaghan guests as the most
fitting for the presentation of the
princely presents they had brought. a
dozen high caste Cinnamon, attaches
of the Pekin delegation, were appoint
ed to carry the gifts, which were too
rare and fragile to be intrusted to a
delivery wagon or to less tender hands
The procession of gift-bearng China
men was halted at the gate by a guard,
who insisted on enforcing the rule that
nothing except personal effects can be
carried out of the grounds. None of
the astonshed foreigners could under
stand what was said, and some pushed
their way past the guard. He sum-
mOned help. and in few minutes the
excited Cinnamon were surrounded by
about fifty uniformed officers. A mes
senger was dispatched to the Admins
tnn n,rt1 Ii,,.r 20 hi int
prefer employed there, and when he ar
rived the guards and police explained
that they had stopped his country
men because they seemed to be steal
ing lot of valuable stuff.
The interpreter meant to calm his
kinsmen by telling them they were
suspected of stealing, but he had no
sooner thrown his light upon the situa-
ton than the gift bearers began to
smash their burdens on the pavement
and against the foundations of the
buildings. Ivory fans, costly marbles,
nlaid ornaments, metal filigrees.
carved bronzes. and even brocaded silk
gew- gaws were smashed, twisted, bat
tered and torn in jiffy. The Ameri-
cans looked on in establishment. max
ing no attempt to stop the slaughter,
but when it was all over and the in
terpreter had satisfied the authorities
that no theft had been committed he
was asked to explain the strange be-
havior of the Cinnamon.
"That way l forget. see? Here l
make mistake, too. In China you say
a man thief he break up stuff. That
way show he thief not. see?'
Hundreds of dollars worth of gifts
were destroyed by the carriers to show
that they had not stolen them.
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the platform beyond
o
This trick accomplished with lad
a
cardboard
there be positive rule regulating the
will
When completed
joints
Fanges keep the top from eapng track
folding
platform
make the surprising
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26
asssn N##ITH" .M.#
RERS p: !4nE Pz1g,FI


tion which, like fervor of Indian devoee. renders
them unconscious the sngs and thorns along their
pathway But Is in stronger than spirit
the bird cannot keep upon wing forever the body
A clog which must and will assert itself.
There was clever magazine story told some years ago
Of prospective bride who devoted the year before mar
herself for the duties Of wife and
the mistress Her friends supposed her to be
absent upon foreign tour but In reality she spent the
months in domestic service cook housemaid and
nurse thus attaining practical knowledge how to her
husband herself satisfactorily later "'s true It's
pity and pity it's It's true that many American girls
ignorance less total of the things which
every mistress of family ought to understand Even
those who take a course cooking. rule mbbe but
little practical knowledge for future application
When people marry. let each promise little and per
which possible each making the happiness OF
the other the first object in life. Thus shall love, like
loving kindness. be every morning and peace
and contenment dwell within their home.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26
NEWSPAPER FOR BEGGARs.
Paris Sheet Gives Pointers to the
Professional Mendicant.

Professional Mendicant.
In Paris there has been published
for the last ten years daily newspa-
per for beggars, says the National Ad-
vertiser. This paper contains valua-
BILE information for the parties inter
ested, and is sold at 20 centimes, or 4
cents, q copy. The news matter is of
charact which will prove useful to
the enterprising mendicant. informing
him In advance Of social functions,
weddings, receptions, parties and balls
occurring throughout the city, on the
occa sion of which the presence Of the
beggar may be rewarded by the be-
stowal of aims. Indeed, the likelihood
Of this Is discussed and the proper par
Ties to approach are designated and
no,nts on their liberality are given.
Witness the following:
"This morning, at 10 o'clock sharp,
the burial of M. 2. Apply to the SON
in-law for aims.
"A marriage has been arranged be-
tween NJ. A. and Mdlle. B., to be cele-
brated at noon to-day at the Church
st. X.
"Note-Not very charitable people,
but one must persist.
"At the Church of the Madeleine the
little daughter of NJ. and Nine. Greno-
Bile will be christened; the services be-
gin at 1O:45 and breakfast will be
served at their house, Rue des Folles
Embardes, No. 35, at ~.
"Note-These people are known to
be wealthy and generous, especially to
young children, whom madame seldom
refuses. being grateful to God for her
little daughter"
In the advertising columns those
who employ beggars and beggars who
wish employment make known their
wants. Here are some specimen adj
vertisements of this character:
"Wanted-A blind man who can
play the flute; francs per day and
commission.
"Wanted-An attendant for the
ocean baths; this is frequented
bathing place; sure to prove prolific:
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26

assurance and drove away, returning
some hours later in good condition.
"Well, you had no trouble with the
horse?" the liveryman suggested.
Not a bit" was the reply. there was
only one little shower and my wife
held the umbrella over his tail while
that lasted"
Does the reader recognize this anec-
dOte? Two months ago It was told as
new story, personal experience to
Bostonian, who gains his bread by
story writing. 1t was new to him, and
seeing possibilities in 1t he dressed 1t
in two shapes and sent one to the New
York and one to London. His New
York editor returned the manuscript,
with the footnote, "Old-had it." His
London editor, friend in the house of
Harmsworth, wrote. Quite sure I've
seen the se-rens-umbrela story"
But mark the sequel:
In the same week, when, if it had
had good luck, the Boston version
would have appeared in London pub
LEGATION. different version was print
ed as original in the Peoples Friend
Of Dundee. Scotland, and fourth YER
sion, patched with purple fragments of
fine writing, appeared in the Times of
Cardiff, Wales. Before either of these
periodicals could have reached this
country two other versions, presented
as original, illumined the pages of a
Boston and a st. Louis daily. The
story had been "in the air." as it We're,
over 5000 miles of land and sea, and
FIVE different writer's perceived it at
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26

He who thinks rightly of the Savior
cannot think lightly of sin.
The temptations that do us harm are
the ones we consider harmless.
The Fatherhood of God ought to
mean the filial obedience of man.
Nothing makes downier pillow at
night than good deed in the day.
We are all willing that God shall
lead us In the way we want to go.
That which is material can possess
no means Of measuring the spiritual.
They who live on the heights catch
the earliest as well as the latest sun.
The more man is like the Divine
Master the more manly he will be.
If you are one of sins votaries you
will certainly be one of it's victims.
Almost the only good deeds the an
gels remember are the ones we forget.
You cannot soil the character and
not have it show in the countenance.
Riches take to themselves wings;
but they cannot fly into the Eternal
City.
If you ask the Lord to build the
house. you had better have the bricks
at hand.
What will some people do when
they find that children go into heaven
before pOodles?
If man is really of the cream Of
society. he will have at least some of
the milk of human Kindness
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26

those lacking the right arm are pre-
ferred; good references and security
required.
Wanted-A well-dressed. nicely
formed woman or girl to stand at the
east end of bridge. near theater:
must bring references to show that she
has been a successful mendicant and
knows how to solicit aims in a genteel
manner"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26
GRASS BOATS OF BOLIVIA.

On the shores Of Lake Titicaca, in
South America, there is more life and
hustle than in almost any other spot
IN Bolivia, owing to the fact that dur
Ing the last century the English and
Americans have gone there to develop
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26
ALL SCIENCES UNITE TO SAVE LIFE.
~ Andrew wilson.


"a For the saving of life from premature extinc-
| Nh ton by disease the freeing Of existence from
| w he aches and pains which illness implies, there
| MI is not department of science which does not
| nv | contribute From geology to physics. from bot
| " my to chemisry-al laid under contribu-
| u ion for information and for aid The nature
IN soils and of water supply Is an In
80 iestigation of geological kind The chemist sat
s.e~ of the purity of water and air; the biologist
teaches the physician the history of the microbes to which
infectious troubles and the zOoOgs works out the
life history of lower animal organism responsible say for
malaria kindred ailments. Physics giving electric
treating serious disease by means OF the
rays given forth Truly, there are many minds
working daily in fields Of research for the
benefit of humanity.
is curious how practical results may follow
upon the philosophical consideration of already known
facts OF late days the daily journals have frequently men
toned the subject research in relation to what
been called views of the causaOn of that terri
BILE scourge modern life Eology shows that from the
original germ which gives origin to the animal body a
of cells produced in the ordinary OF de-
veopment. OF these practically becomes converted
frame The others outcasts But they
organs lie dormant. If exciting cause
awakens these dormant cells. we can realize how by
their development they cancerous growth Briefly
stated this is the socalled theory Of Ii Is an
old view but, a purely biological specimen founded
the theory illustrates how medicine receives assistance
not from but from all her sister sciences.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26

in charge Of it. don't that he la ks anything in
ais or honesty, but he lacks skill.
The persons who employ should have at least the
skill those in charge of horses mules. A man
couldn't hitch team Of mules to with their
where their tails ought to be and expect work
we'll. Such a might be very moral person and pro-
hcient in the Scriptures but think that his employer
would get other excellent in mora
but more perfect in driving mules
The responsibility for most of the strikes with our
captains of industry 1t is true that capitalists realize In
general way that they and the laborng partners
but in the breasts of many still fingers old prei,-
dice imbued into humanity in the early Roman feuda
days when labor servie. They to forget that
the service doesn't apply to labor now that there
is real partnership between the capitalist and the man
who works and that together they decline
If look over all these strikes do not find that
they have arisen through disputes wages but were
due disputes with the whom the employer dealt
with don't what difference 1t makes whether the EN-
poyer dealt with A. b. c. somebody else Yet against
that have whole industries paralyzed conditions of
society threatened because the employer would
with outside person. That is causing
disruption What the employer and the aborer
Is what should he pay. and what should he be paid
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26

the great tin deposits. A strange look
ing boat, made of long gra sses woven
artistically into round braids, lends a
pretty touch Of color to the dullness of
the scenery These queer boats have
the rare advantage of never leaking.
and as they come down the stream
they look more like overgrown ears Of
corn than river craft.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26

LOWING Is Q
good prayer fol
prosperity.
The fruits OF
virtue never be
come over-ripe.
A dead light.
house Is worse
than none at all.
Service is the
real splendOr of
our civiliZa ton.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26

You may have wondered what chill
dren think about. That's easy. They
think they would like to live in houses
built of ice cream. with every door
knob q soda water fountain.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26
OLD TALES IN A NEW DRESS.
How They Are Worked Over Withou'
Malice PrOpense.

Are you sure this horse is safe?'
asked the amateur driver. "Perfectly,"
answered the liveryman, 80 long as
you don't allow his tail to get mixed
up with the reins. Keep the reins
away from his tail and he'll be gentle
as a lamb" The amateur accepted the
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26
Serious Indeed.

La Montt-Dispatches say that Sc
rious firing was heard off Port Arthur.
La Moyne-Serlous? Gracious. May
be some one fired their cook.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26
Knew Her.

HAS your dog a pedigree?" asked
the garrulOus woman.
AS long as your tongue, ma'am."
was the reply Of the owner of the
dog.-Yonkers Statesman.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26

A woman can always think of
dozen things at night that she wants
her husband to do while he Is rest
ing"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-09-26
RAMS HORN BLASTS.

Warning Notes Calling the Wicked to
Repentance.