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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08

MAr1ne News.
 MOB1LE.-Arrived: Bark IIia, It.. Mar. giola, Tenertffe Cleared: Strs. Liahand Ger' Wurtham Hamburg via Amsterdans: :: Mt vernon Nor, Falsen. Puerto Cortez: NEW oRLEANs.-Cleared: Strs. AnssIn, Br, Rlvara, Puerto cortes; Buffalo. Er Clark, Manchester via New York; santurcs Fredericksen' Porto Rico; Senator, Br
 PORT EADs-Arrived: Strs. R.r.- Ger. schonwanda, Port Limon; RathI,n' head, Br.' smith. Belfast and sailed Tor Galveston: Fl Rio. Parker, New York :. Strs. Roanoke. Hansen Port Tan,na . spero'' Nor. Lonn, Livingston; Anselm Rr Rivara' Belize; Huelva, Br, Harvev Rrds' tol Via Nortolk; Alps. Ger. ophoven, Port
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08
MARKETS FOR FUTURES
A BurLIsH TONE EARLY IN
 DEVELOPMENT.
pefand Appeared to Be Limited, However, and Declining Ten dency Was Shown Small
 Net Changes on Day.

New York. April 7--The cotton market oroped firm at an advance of 10 to % points on covering and New Orleans buy ,rs ss orasrs fol foi'owirg VI ysEy @ hfm ,na. set M 0i chester was becoming a more active buy CT of spot cotton. These cables were ac- companied by private advices claiming that Manchester had been selling goods Tn the cotton market in anticipation of a decline. This and the continued light re- cetpts seemed to give very bullish tone to local sentiment early and the room call For the first half hour or 50 the market ruled very firm with May selling up to i4.9s and July to 1b.21, net gains of nearly 90 points. while the new crop rcports. were sustained by buying cred ited to foreign spinners who were be- 1feved to be insuring their early season supplies as result of the strong statis- ticai position indicated by the current Iignt receipts. The demand appeared to be limited. however, and many of the conservative local element were inclined tu believe the advance too rapid. This led to considerable realizing which inn ket The light estimates for tomorrow's receipts at lead:rg points. particularly at Hcuston and the small interior receipts. brought about frequent intervals of stead iness and partial recoveries. but in the
 
 i've particularly for the account of cer- tain local spot house with New England connections This firm offered block Of 5000 July at 14.90 and finding no talk ers attaoked the market vigorously. sell ing it all tie way down to 1A30. This pressure removed. the market rallied q few points and from net decline of [ to 14 points closed quiet but steady at an advance of l point on the spot month to a decline of points, Sales were es- timated at &0o.ao0 bales which represented professional trading although 1t appear e7 that the early firmness attracted some buying through commission houses. In a general way the news of the day was considered bullish. Large clearances were reported out of the local stock, shipments so far amounting to about 600.- 0oa bales while freight room is said to be engaged for 10000 more and the exports for the day were just about four times tho nize of port receipts. Still bull spec ulafion appears to be restricted by the Tear of further curta.lments in the spin ming circles and the continued apathy of the cotton market. although in this con necfion some export business is report cd as having been consummated yester- day Receipts at the ports today were s.8uo bales. against s.762 last week and i0.sl2 last year. For the week 40,000 against 55,S42 last week and 72.4iS last year
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08
THE WEATHER.

Daily Local Weather Report and
 River Bulletin. U s. Department Of Agriculturs. Weather Bureau
 MONTGOMERY. Ala Anv,, a.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-08

A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was nled yesterday by Word Gibson of Hills ooro. Ala, formerly merchant and now telegraph operator. Gibson's Liabilities are H,7S3 and his assets are only s2s0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23
The Play and the Public.


entertained by worthy medium. than an unworthy and 1t stops to dlfferentiate just about that much. At any rate it's sincere. this audience, which is more than I can say for some of it's managers, actors. actresses and authors. It says frankly in effect that it wants to be entertained, interested: If in an artistic way so much the better--as witness the great triumph always of good plays artistically done. But 1t will not be bor- ed by "art for arts sake" if that art is "buncombe" and really art for bust nes sake! This audience is. to use a slang term, fly" Moreover, it does not pre- tend 1t Is the Ideal audience It openly confesses there Is the big intellectual play, for some, but not for all of 1t. It only asks tor itself to choose what 1t wants. In return 1t gives you an honest medium to work upon, generous In it's approval and applause when 1t gets what 1t wants
 I feel myself very strongly the par ticuar value value which, rightly or wrongly, can't help feeling inestimable-- in c modern play of reflecting absolutely and truthfully the Ale and environment about us; every class. every kind, every emotion. every motive, every occupation, every business every idlenessl Never was life so vaired, so complex; what a choice, then! Take what strikes you most in the nope 1t will interest oth-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23
-,vde Fitch in the Smart Set.

Clyde Fitch in the Smart Set.
 The great play, of course, Is the one which appeals to both the mind and the heart. Certain great men have done this. Certain other great men have done half; then their appeal is halved. They satisfy the intellectual on one side and the rest on the other. Shakespeare dld it all-Moliere almost-certain Germans great deal Today. Ibsen with his won derful fundamental ideas pleases the in- telligent crowd. bores the romanticists and angers the beauty lover with his lack of all but intellectual beauty. Maet- erlinck drugs the senses and delights the mind, and puzzles the popular opin- lon, and outrages the conventional atti- tude. Hauptmann an4 Sudermann satis- fy and stimulate the intelligence and put a cogwheel in the box office-I am writ ing, 1t must be understood of purely American audiences.
 This Is the audience that the manager dearly loves and the -rudite critic fights. It is a composite gathering. difficult to please from all points of view gath ering anxious to be amused, satisfied to l be interested, willing to be moved put absolutely intolerant of being bored. l think it would rather in the bulk" be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23

that the Llbbey works were closed down for more than two months on account of the hot weather, and the summer just closed has been an unusually mild sea- son.
 A few weeks ago the Macbeth-Evans Glass Works closed down entirely, throw ing several hundred men out of employ ment. Those desiring to give a most fa vorable complexion to this fact explain that it was due to the threatened pre- cipitation of a strike oyer the 'open shop question. Others state that the company was very glad to take advantage of threatened labor troubles to close down it's plant and thus save its face" Mo- body is able to tell when these works will start up again.
 One of the large mills of the Republic Iron and Steel company is located here. This plant was closed down for two months during the summer, casting it's | several hundred employees out of work | and has only recently resumed operations. All the men now engaged for work are being taken on at lower wages than pre- vailed before the shut down. This too, | in spite of the fact that a smaller num- Der of men are being employed than would constitute the normal quota.
 Building operations here are at prae- tical standstill. More particularly in the matter of hgh-cass structures. There is almost no demand for structural iron workers either for buildings or bridge work. There is a considerable demand | for men in the building trades for re- pairing purposes but at the present time very little new building is going on. Last wear at this time those employed In the 1 building trades were the most active workingmen in the city Of Toledo.
 Lake Shipping Decreased.
 This has been one of the poorest sum- mers in many years for lake shipping. This has been due in part to the strike, which occurred early in the season, but | that strike has now been over TOT gooo many weeks and the shipping still has not picked up very materially. The lake | transportation companies complain that this has been the worst summer they have experienced in decade. Shipments of iron and coal from the lake regions have been materially decreased. Lumber has not been nearly so active, and the general business of this port has beer very sharply cut off all along the line
 There are several blast furnaces IT this vicinity, all of which are running with slightly reduced forces. The same thing may be said of the Malleable 1ror Works. the furniture manufacturing con cern, and in fact, all of the large factor les except the automobile establishment in regard to which somewhat abnorma conditions prevail.
 To sum up the whole situation, there is not nearly as much prosperity to gt around in Toledo as there was eighteer months ago. Times are not hard. Install 1 lment concerns report that their custo mers are meeting their payments witi fair regularity. A large number of mei are employed. But. nevertheless, there il a spirit of retrenchment among all thu leading industries, there Is an indisposi ton to increase the wages of the mel who remain at work, and yet there is tn constant and ever-pressing increase fl the cost of living. And in these in creases the trust-made staples of ever, day life figure most conspicuously.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23
The Flower Girl.
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 At the age of six, she has just had her first experience as flower girl at q we'd ding and has thereby accomplished an ambition of some years standing.
 DO you know" she said after the core mony was over and she had taken ofr the dress made for the occasion and put aside the large basket of flowers that she had carried so proudly up the aisle ''I would rather be a flower girl than anything else at tho wedding"
 What Rather than the brtdef' Yes"
 But shs is the chief person at A we'd ding"
 'I know it, but the bride can be . bride only once. The flower girl can be flower girl just as often as she Is asked to be-"
 Whereby 1t will be seen that this youngster is one of those who disbelieve in remarriage by the widow or widower and an enemy to divorce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23
Valuable Aid.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 Political Boss to Candidate-You're the stubbornest man I ever knewl You ask my advice on everything and then you go right off and do the oppositel
 Candldate-Yes; you see, I want to know what to do. So by going just exact- ly opposite to your advice I know I'm always on the right track.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23
EDITOR THOMAS
 SEES MOSQUITOES AS BIG AS A 0IN0SAUR Declines. Invitation to Visit James
 Sanatorlum.
RECOMMENDS 1T
 TO THIRSTY EDITORS

In an Editorial He Says: "As Far as the James Sanatorlum Is Concerned, No Doubt 1t Is a Good Thing for Thirsty Editors, Such as Mike Con nolly, cy Lyle, Editor Reaves and George stanfilI, But No lnducement on Earth Can Tempt Us From Our Arkansas Mosquitoes"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23

CTS. Take what suits you most to do- what perhaps you can do best and then do 1t better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23

We make all kinGs of cuts. The Age-Herald Engraving Co (
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-23
The Cost of Living Not Stationary.

ne cost or ElVing INoI OtdtIOnary.
 While wages have been standing pat" so to speak, the cost of living, just as in all the leading cities of the country has been steadily ascending. MT. Rumsey told your correspondent that the purchas- ing power of the wages of labor in To- ledo was fully 20 per cent less today than it was in 1900 This is true even as to sugar and coffee, two staples which are prepared for retailing by large plants owned here by the sugar trust.
 It is in a community like this-a place where business goes on from year to year at very much the same pace, and where the wages of workingmen and nearly everyone else remain practical ly stationary-that the gradual increase in the cost of living imposed by tariff fed monopolies falls most heavily. It has been estimated that the average Ameri- can family pays a tribute of $94 a year to the protected trusts. This tribute could not be levied except under a high tariff. It was not levied before the Dingley law began to afford a shelter under which great monopolies could snuggle them- selves and be happy. The workingman in place like Toledo feels the incidence of this tax keenly.
 Another feature of the situation here which is causing a great deal of thought is the reduced percentage of the total value of she products turned out by the larger corporations, which is paid to the wage earners who do most of the work in making these products. The state of Ohio figures, collected by government sources, show that there was per cent decrease in the wage earners share of nroduct-values from 1890 to 1900. It is esti- mated by careful observers here that this share has decreased by more than 10 per cent since 1900.
 Mills Not Running at Full Capacity.
 This is one of the great glass making centers of the world. The Libbey glass works here has an international reputa- tion for the manufacture of cut glass and glass electric bulbs. When the country is entirely prosperous, and the people are spending money freely, the demand for the product of this company is very large. Its full complement of working men is something over 1000. At the pres ent time not more than one-half that number are employed, and during the summer the plant was closed down for more than three months. It is explained that owing to the heat the establish ment is always closed down for while in the summer. but those familiar with the situation state that 1t has not been the case before in great many years
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-08-31
Management Of Wives.

Another thing the testful hus.
band does is to let his wife CRY. I
don't mean that he drives her to
crying. or that he let's her weep
while he stands unsympathetically
by with his hands in his trousers
pockets. his feet apart, and grin.
ming sardonioally. 1 mean that
VIII n an emotional woman needs a
good cry, he realizes that it will re-
lieve the tension. He does not
get up and rage about and kick
footstools out of the way and say,
"Oh, for heavens sake; stop crying
or you'll drive me to drinkp
Mol He goes and pats her
shoulder soothingly and says:
There, little woman! I'm sorry
the cook has left and your new
gown hooks up crookedly. but
cheer upI Lets go out and have
a jolly little dinner, and tomorrow
I'll write that tailor letter that
will make his hair ourI."
Then she looks up through her
tears and thinks how strong and
big and handsome he is, and before
the dinner is over she has thought
up two ways in which to econo
mize, and so pay for the extrava-
gance of his order to the waiter.
For the common purse is not elias
tic, and she knows it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-08-31

Old Time Laws,

There was time when the laws in
force over the State We now live in
(then Virginia) were of quality
that would almost out the beard off
a billy goat For instance:
To steal OF unlawfully kill any
hog that is not his own. upon suf-
fioient proof, the offender shall pay
to the owner 1000 lbs. of tobacco.
and as much to the informer; and
in case of inability to pay he shall
serve two yeare, one to the owner
and one to the informer. Upon q
second conviction the offender
shall stand two hours in the pillory
and lose his ears; and for the third
offence he shsll-~be tried by the
laws Of England, as in case of fell
ony, the sentence being death.
Here is another: The court in every
county shall oause to be set mp
near the court house pilloiy,
pair of stocks, = whipping postsand
ducking stool in such place as
they shall think convenient, which
not being set up within six months
after the d .te of this aot. the said
court shall be fined 5000 lbs of to-
baooo In actions after judgment
passed for damages, the slander oc-
oasioned by mans wife, shall be
punished by ducking and if the
slander be such as the damages
shall be adjudged at above 500 lbs.
of tobacco then the women shall
have duoking for every 500 lbs.
IF tobacco adjudged against her
husband, if he refuses to pay the
tobacco.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-08-31
Young Mans Ticket.

Tue Democratic ticket is made
up largely of young men, the can
didate for governor is about "a,
while the candidate for Auditor is
vary little if any, older, The two
men who stand for secretary of
state aud attorney general ere the
youngest men on the ticket, neither
of whom are much over 80, Col.
Bob Carr is the tldesI man on the
ticket. he being up in so. Every
candidate is man of strong per-
sonaIity and force and will add
strength to the ticket. 1t con-
stitutes good, long strong line OF
pulIers, who will reach the top OF
the hill in good shape on the Sth
of November.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-08-31

Jest got letter here from Joe boy that said he'd
Disguised iyn the farm, an guessed he't
Into the busy, rushin' world, an try to make
That in the comm years'd be coupled up
He'd got irresistible desire o gather wealth,
An said that if he held his grip surpn' health
He some day take all store-boughten
clothes
An with the upper-tenners pack an elevated
We tried to him from his course with advisin words
But might well have chartered to the little ice birds,
Fur Joe sot in all his ways, an when he'd pint
stroke o. lghtnin couldn't knock his range jint
An told him he could CO. him the
The city alIus lays TO ketch the stranger unaware
But he jest laughed our fears said WITH bin
The sharp that could do him had neglected be
drawed hundred doiars from the pile had in bank
An told him fur shove securely flank
An then he kissed his good bye give my hand grip
Both of us fghtin' attack of trembIin of the lip.
AT night bended speak
An axed the Lord stay with him wherever he might go,
But not message did get from him that away,
So full o golden Dreams till this here
He writes for him the deppo down Rome
An bring along the old brown
An have his mother patch the pants he left aangn
That's sort O. busted the knees rear
He also the striped he give his brother Pete
An must fetch pair o. shoes he's his naked feet
An take along underclothes an socks that
Likewise his oil blue wooen shirt he says he's got
Denver Evening Star
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-08-31
Girls And Pumpkins

The California pumpkin grows
AS large as a girl and mighty
sight" faster. A pumpkin will at
tain a size in one season for which
"a gizl requires several years II
takes &ll the money a Californian
oan get for pumpkins 10 raise one
girl. Sometimes he can get rid of
the pumpkins much easier than he
eaq of the girl, Does this prove
Z, vat pampkins are more valuable
tbs u Rirls2 To the superficial it
MIC, " sesm so, but it all depends
on tn. gid If she is pumpkin
head thss 50 go better, if as good
as q nuo pkia. 4 man will buy
an attrac 6ae locking pumpkin
vitho Mt tn. TA4iug once, while he
will think 1ee before taking q
girl that weigh y mo more than the
eonrd. 1t is SEe that you can't
make pies out of q girl, but the
girl, if she is the right kind can
make pies out of tho pumpkin.
And there have been E.aown men
who preferred girl eI ga to pie
pumpkin pie at that Au some
respects, the pumpkin has che oet-
ter of the argument, but .shs oynio
who is disposed to press it tSS far
will be forced in the end to aonlt
thRt we might get along without
pumpkins, but we can't well get
along without girls.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-08-31

Backed up by over a third of a
century of remarkable and uni
form cures, a record such as no
other remedy for the diseases
and weaknesses peculiar to
women ever attained, the pro-
prletors and makers of Doctor
Pierce's Favorite Prescription
now feel fully warranted in Of
ferine to pay $500 in legal
money of the United States for
any case of Leucorrhea, Female
Weakness, ProIapsus or Falling
of Womb, which they cannot
cure. All they ask is fair and
reasonable trial of their means
of cure. All correspondence
held saoredIy confidential.
IT you require medical advice
don't fall to write Doctor r. ".
Pierce who will give you the
best advice possible. Address
Buffalo, NJ. Y.
Or. Pferoe's Pleasant Pellets
are a ladies' laxative. No other
medicine equals them for gen.
tleness and thorouehness.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-08-31
Even the noisy jag comes from

Even the noisy jag comes from
still.
The manicure balks at the hard
of fate.
Treat a man like a mule and he
will kick, too.
Travel will broaden a man, but
SO will a padded coat.
If you would know a mans true
nature. lend him money.
A burglar alarm can go off and
still remain just where it is.
A promise with string tied to
it always has its drawbacks.
There wouldn't be much matri-
mony without maiden effort.
The young man who is looking
for an opening should avoid jack
pots.
No matter how bad it may be,
the bandmaster has to face the
music.
Truth may lie at the bottom of
the we'll, but not necessarily an oil
we'll
From social point of view the
owner of a baby coach isn't always
in the push.
DeTanque-I never mix my
drinks
O'Sosque-Neither do L. I al,
ways let the bartender do it
When it comes to downright,
serious business with girl. the
fellow who can write vers 8 take g
a back seat to the fellow who can
write checks.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-08-31
Fortune In a Little Farm.

Tiogs County supplies fine ex
ample of the fact that farming in
Pennsylvania can still be made a
profitable pursuit. The son of a
former high official in this COM
monwealth owns a 40 acre farm
near Wellsboro. Last year he de-
voted his en- argies to growing let
tuoe aud celery His net profits
for the season. after deducting all
expenses for labor amounted in
round figures to $1,000. Upon one
carefully measured aore Was pro.
duo d a cool $500 profit from
celery. This man, who might or
dinarily be expected to devote him
self to a professional life, has gone
into farming. equipped with brains
and energy. DiscArding the ordi-
nary routine so closely followed by
most Pennsylvania farmers of
planting in rotation, corn. oats and
wheat, with a small field of pota-
toes. the Tioga Countain sticks to
things that pay. There is now but
little profit in wheat and corn in
this State, owing to the enormous
gelds in the West, where both
crops can be grown more cheaply.
But the great cities of the east
supply an almost unlimited market
for such produce as celery and let
tuce and here the west is too far
distant to be a strong competitor
A farm should be fertilizsd with
thought as we'll as with lime and
phosphate The Tioga farmer has
capitalized his brains. He has
made an acre in a remote county
yield as much in a year as S14,-
600 house in Philadelphia will
bring its owner in rental. More
over he has given another proof
that not all the wealth hidden in
the hills and valleys of this Key
stone State is confined to iron.
GOAL and petroleum -Catawissa.
Pa, Item.