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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13
The Town library and Men Patr

The Town Library and Men Patrons.
1t is alleged by the New York Inde-
pendent that the number Of men WHO
take books out Of the town library or
go to 1t for reference is very small
The editor declares that men, unlike
women, seek practical information IN
library and that they are usually
right in assuming that they cannot
find it there. He thinks that the nra-
dominance of women in library man
agement has tended to increase .the
Termination Of public libraries" and
that women use books as playthings."
Men use books as tools, and the editor
offers the following suggestions for
adapting the library to men patrons.
When the farmer drops in to see what IS
the red bug that is eating his box elder
trees and what to do for it, or, rather
against 1t; when the editor telephones
over for a map of Port Arthur for the
afternoon edition; when the orator for
pioneer day" finds there anecdotes of the
early history of the town; when the bow
who wants to study electrical engineer
Ing in his odd hours does not have to
send SIS to a correspondence school for
books the library ought to supply; when
the village inventor can learn how manv
times before his nonrefiIlable bottle has
been patented; when the grocer's clerk
comes over to see what brands of baking
powder contain alum; when the mechanic
can find out what horsepower he can get
from windmill above his shop; when the
political junta adjourns from the drug
store to the library to see how much Me-
Kinley ran ahead Of his ticket in 1896 in
the Fifth congressional district; when the
young married couple look over the COL
ored plates Of a volume on the house fur
n1sh1ngs Tart nouveau; when the labor
leader comes in to look up English laws
on the financial responsibility Of trades
unions; when the mayor sends in for all
the books on the municipal ownership of
the district court discovers in the files of
the local paper an advertisement of dis
solution of partnership ten years ago,
then we can be sure that Andrew Car
negte has not wasted his money.
Libraries in large cities are work
houses for men in all departments of
activity, and the books Of reference
and newspaper files are the most
thumbed of all. Perhaps an approach
to the city model, at least in the
breadth of the information offered. Is
best suited to the town.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13

Practice beats preaching out of sight,
and the center Of the anti-race suicide
cult has been transferred from Wash
ington to the mountains of Kentucky.
A family Of mountaineers named Van
derpool has twenty one children born
Of one couple. Descendants number.
ing among the hundreds gather annu-
ally at the family reunion. The father
and mother are American born, and
the whole tribe sticks to the noun
tains.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13
A Carnegie Hero.


The commission Of the Carnegie hero
fund can make an award in the case
of Engineer Tyler Of the wrecked
Twentieth Century Limited without
leaving their Seats" as the saying is.
From the story Of the surviving fire.
man there is no doubt that the engl-
neer died bravely at his post. He saw
the danger, turned on the air brakes
and sanded the tracks, telling the fire.
man to jump for his life.
Tyler could not stop the doomed
train, but he tried to make the loss of
life as small as possible The fire.
man could not help him, and in that
awful moment the thought of comrade-
ship prompted him to give the warn
ing. Other engineers have been as gal
liant and as faithful to the public and
the company which employed them.
While criticising the conduct Of rail-
road men in times Of accident, it is
we'll to remember that the Jim Bludsos
were not confined to Mississippi steam
ers or to the good old days.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13

The wizard Thomas A. Edison has
evolved, among other marvels, a novel
working philosophy. "Although work
a good many hours day." he said re-
Gently, my life is very quiet and rest
full. do not worry. I am fond Of
fun and Of good fellows. I do not want
to deal with men whose whole lives are
devoted to getting money" This is a
philosophy that will carry any man
beyond DR.. Osler's chloroforming limit,
and Edison at fifty-nine has the ardor
Of youth and is looking for new sci
entific worlds to conquer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13
How Poets Are Born.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox presents in the
recently published story Of her career a
novel and plausible theory about the
origin of poetic faculties. She says:
It has always been my belief that chill
dren inherit the suppressed tendencies Of
their parents. clergyman's son fire.
quently shows abnormal tastes for the
pleasures that his father denied himself,
and talent is quite often the full blown
flower Of a little shoot which circum-
stance has crushed under its heel in a
former generation
So at the age Of eight began to com
pose prose and rhyme because the literary
tendencies of my mother had never been
gratified. The poetical gift was no doubt
greatly the result of her having acct
dental access to library of the poets for
the first time in her life, the year previous
to my advent and the happiest and most
hopeful year of her life.
Whether or not the literary bent Of
this gifted writer was inherited, it is
evident from her story that she did
. not sit down and wait for the spirit
within her to move. She began to
write at thirteen years of age and at
first only looked for small return
from editors for her offerings in
stance, ''books and pictures and bric-a-
brac and tableware, articles from their
prize lists, which were more precious
than gems would have been to me-
Three poems which brought Ella
Wheeler Wilcox her first check were
inspirations In her raids upon the
editors prize lists she had not courted
the muse for the reason, as she says
I had not supposed verses to be salable.
wrote them because they came to me.
The check was a revelation. I walked,
talked, thought and dreamed in rhyme
after that. A day which passed without
a poem from my pen I thought misused.
Two each day was my idea Of industry,
and I once achieved eight.
Mrs. Wilcoxs life sketch shows that
it was "sheer persistence" which won
success in the end. She often sent out
ten manuscripts in one day, to have
nine of them to come back. One story
was declined by nine editors and even
r1diculed by one Of them. The tenth
paid her S75 for it, and she rightly ar
gued that there must be more dollars
where those came from,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13
What You Don't Hear.

You hear something like this every
day in the week: 'Ten years ago he
couldn't get credit for suit Of clothes.
Now he can write his check for $780,
Coo" But when did anybody hear any
thing like this? 'Ten years ago he
was thoughtless and regardless Of his
fellow men and cared for nobody but
himself. Now he is kind and gentle
and is constant encouragement to all
who desire to enlarge their faith In hui
man nature. kansas City Star
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13

A member of the British house Of
commons recently started a sensation
by predicting a war between this coun-
try and England at no distant date
over the question Of supremacy in the
Pacific. Well, the United States isn't
worrying over the prospect. We licked
Great Britain twice and have long
since forgotten those trifling incidents.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13

Japan promptly expelled foreign trad
ers from Port Arthur when she got
her hold there. The plea was that they
might be Russian spies, but Japan is
going to keep a weather eye out for
Russian spies for long time to come,
and it is bad outlook for the ''open
door, to have foreign merchants ex-
cludcd on the ground that they might
be enemies in disguise. The Japs
should begin by playing fair even if
they lose a point or two now and then.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13

The powers took swift advantage Of
Russians off year for diplomacy. Eng
land made raid in Tibet, Germany
interfered with Russia's ally, France,
In the Morocco business, and Norway
seeded from Sweden, but perhaps the
bear will come back with his claws
and teeth sharpened and have to be
reckoned with as a factor in European
policies and alliances.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13

The United States leads the nations
in the utilization Of water power for
the creation of electric energy. In this
country about $4,000 horsepower of
electric energy is derived from water
power. The aggregate water power
utilized for electric energy the world
over is probably 100000 horsepower.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13

Physicians who write their views for
the press turn out at this season of
the year wise declarations that fresh
air, exercise and hearty appetite will
benefit the invalid man, but person
who can take fresh air, exercise and
hearty food is not an invalid needing
medical advice
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13

More than half Of the girls who grad
uated at Vassar this season are en-
gagged to be married If this keeps on,
the women's colleges may compel sum-
mer hotels to look to their laurels as
leading matrimonial bureaus.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13

The graft in Philadelphia is said to
have amounted to at least $5O,OOO,OOO
in five years. The whirlwind of re-
form which has struck the Quaker
town may be only locking the stable
after the horse is stolen. But, then,
again, there are millions left, and the
thieves are not all dead.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13

The scientific person who propounded
the theory that the sun is losing it's
heat was not so far out Of the way
after all. This earth is just now get
ting The heat, and the sun, being the
store oven, must be losing it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13

The queen Of Roumania gets UP
every morning at o'clock, but not to
milkEQWs and cut stove wood Hired
folks az that and the queen looks on.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13
Strange Women.

In Japan it is the height of bad form
for a woman to express an opinion
contrary to that of her husband. Won
derful people!- Minneapolis Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13

Beauty specialists have observed
that women who work retain their good
looks longer than those who have moth
Ing much to "get busy" about-an-
Qther Teason why women wifi and
1gfSt6snake Sprogress in business
andsaffafrs.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13
Incompatib1e.

sWhat would you do If you had a
hundred thousand dollars?'
IT'D own a private yacht"
'eThen you wouldn't have hundred
thousand dollars. ashington Star.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13

Aristocracy cuts no figure in Nor
way. In all that country there are but
five noble families, which goes far to
explain the democratic tendencies Of
its people.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13
japan and the Powers.

1t is plain that the Japanese are de-
termined not to permit combination
Of the powers to dictate terms of peace,
as was the case at the close of the
war with China ten years ago. At
that time, it will be remembered, Ger
many, France and Russia interposed to
protect the Chinese A Japanese
writer of note, Adachi Kinnosuke
commenting upon Admiral Togo's VIC
tory over the Russian feet, says:
The joint note Of the triple alliance of
Germany, Russia and France which
crowned our victorious arms with the de-
feat Of a coward was a bitter medicine
Ten years ago that was. Whatever hap
pens is for the best. The ghost Of that les
son has been always wandering through
the lmaginations Of the nation With the
people Of Nippon there is one sin that
can never be either forgiven or forgotten
It Is the sin against the honor of the sun
round flag. It is small wonder, therefore
that Admiral Togo has been fighting like
man whose chief enemy Is on the other
side Of the peace negotiations with Rus
sia, as if the imposing might Of the Pa
c1f1c squadrons Of the car were nothing
but preliminary curtain raiser to the
real drama, es if he were quite ignorant
as to the exact power Of his final and
most formidable antagonist, whose name
or nationality he at present knows not
No doubt the Japanese fighting men
have been nerved in the present war
by the hurt put upon their feelings
and honor when compelled to renounce
Port Arthur in 1885. Russia has been
first to feel the avenging blow. mas
much as the United States is not par
ty to any of the coalitions, Japan could
we'll receive without suspicion the good
offices Of this country in bringing
about settlement at this time.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13
The Result.

Friend-What was the result Of the
consultation Of doctors? Invalid
(glancing at the receipted bilD-It left
me In very poor condition.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-07-13

The wild Oscar Wilde seems to have
had life enough when living to be a
sensation after death-that is, if he is
dead. Stories that Wilde is living have
been circulated from time to time, and
gave space to a writer to say that he
had heard from him recently in a
Spanish monastery and also in a book
shop in New York. 1t would have just
suited Oscar, living, to be scheduled as
dead, then come around to prove 1t
never happened.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-10
Ware q Leland's Market Letter.

Holidays in Liverpool commence tomor-
row, and shorts, fearing manipulation
pending renewal of business, covered free
ly. American and Egyptian houses were
reported large buyers and cables as
rule expressed bullish opinions. Consider
ably better than full response to the
American advances of yesterday was OBJ
served and final prices showing an adj
vance of u points on options were about
the highest of the day. Spot sales, 500
bales. IA points advance.
Early reports from the interior show
clear weather over the entire belt, with
probability of temperatures being high.
,fhis, with bullish foreign news, induced
a air amount of fresh buying, and short
cove. ing around our opening and caused
initial prices to record substantial I'M
provement. About the only factor against
q f,rther advance was profit-tahng OF
recent longs Information from the spot
market told of advance prices demanded
and obtained, with no cnange or offer
ings Such news as came from the fields
was encouraging and conditions over the
belt are so varied that it apepars next
10 impossible to form an opinion Of what
VIZ uld be desirable weather. However.
cons Iteration of conditions in all sections
has convinced many that the crop will
not be among those showing large yield
and fixed bullish opinions are becoming
more numerous. We think the trend of
prices for the present is towards higher
levels. and prefer purchases on easy pc
ri,ds but are not convinced that the
o.ol has suffered to an irremediable ex-
tent as yet. So 1t is quite reasonable to
believe that sales on sharp advances will
also lrove profitable.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-10

Egfaula-Receipts. Isl; shipments, 2og7
stock, 400.
Greenwood. S. c.-Reeeipts, 12s: ship
ments. l75. sales. 3; stock. 2ss3.
heena-Reeeipts. rs; shipments, 175i
stock 1900.
Little Roek-steady: middling, IA re.
celpts. 1851; shipments 1881; stock 1901.
Maeon-Reeeipts, 81: shipments, 15Si
stock. $685.
Meridlan-Receipts, 9i5; shipments. 177si
stock, l57iS
neutrality-suspicious.; mddling, sL re-
celpts 1885; shipments. ISIS; sales. ISIS;
stock, 11240.
Nashville-steady: middling, 50; re-
37l5
Natehez-Steady; middling. SIS. receipts,
III shipments S04; sales. l59; stock. 279l
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 800; shipments 800
Raleigh-Easy; middling rs: receipts, 155;
shipments. 225; stock, lies
Rome-Reeeipts s91: shipments. 2272.
stock 6isl
selma-Reeepts- 90; shipments. 1911
Shreveport-Firm; middling, So, re-
ceipts, "a; shipments 2Sl5: sales, 159;
stock. 9l19
Vicksburg- 175 shipments, 276li
stock, 643S
Yazoo City-Reeeipts, $50; shipments
519; stock, 1871.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-10
ACTIVE COVERING
IN COTTON MARKET
Bull Support Adds TO the tx
element
CONTINUED TO ADVANCE
New Orleans ceiling Orders Finally
Started Liquidation and Prices
Broke to About the Open
ing Figures.
CONTINUED TO ADVANCE

New York, June 9.-The cotton market
was active and more or less excited dur
Ing the entire session, with active cover
ing and bull support. followed by heaVy
realizing in the later session. The OPEN
ing was firm at an advance of 9nl4 points,
following much higher cables than eX-
pected, unfavorable private crop adNices,
reports of firmer spot markets and ru-
rrors that leading New Orleans and Liv-
erpcol interests had formed a bull cam
paign, which were colored by private
cables from Liverpool claiming that shorts
there were covering for over the three
holidays and in fear of manipulation.
There was considerable realizing at the
initial advance in the local market, and
this caused some irregularity, but gener-
ally speaking the market continued to
advance on active New Orleans bull sup
port and covering until in the afternoon
prices showed net gain of about 16d-O
points. when New Orleans selling orders
started liquidation by local longs and
prices broke to about the opening figures.
The close was steady in tone at a net
advance of 6G11 points. Sales were esti-
mated at sO5, 600 bales
Receipts at the ports today, 15.5S2 bales,
against 1880 last week and 1880 last year.
For the week 1l3,Oo0, against 122,7n last
week and 14,244 last year. Today's re-
ceipts at New Orleans, 2S4S. against 1907
last year, and at Houston 2O29 against 1855
last year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-10
Comparative Statement.

New York June g.
For the week ending June 8:
Net receipts at all United States ports
during week. 11SO3S; net receipts at all
United States ports same week last year,
1922; total receipts since September l..
9S52,S13; total receipts to same date last
year, 7,OlS.G00; exports for the week 1881
SS1; exports for same week last year
80. 427; total exports since September l.
7. 7l4,061; total exports same date last year.
Z. 627. $50; stock at all United States ports
AZ, 929; stock at all United States ports
same time last year, 25O,s42; stock at all
interior towns 257SsO; stock at all Interior
town same time last year, 12S,lO2' stock
at Liverpool. $4,000; stock at Liverpool
same time last year. 56l,OO0' stock OF
American ahoat for Great Britain, 2l5Ooo'
stock of American ahoat for Great Britain
same time last year, $1,000.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-10
Total Net Receipts.

New York June 9.--The following are
the total net receipts of cotton at an
ports since September /:
Galveston 2.574,4i9. New Orleans, 2,51S,-
3O7, Mobile sos, 4S5. Savannah l,bl6,62S'
Charleston 2l0, 43S, Wilmington 36l,4l3, Nor
folk Cos. ESQ Baltimore 5000, New York
81 .966. Boston 73.65O Newport News To-
2s4. Philadelphia 12,654 San Francisco.
las, COS Brunswick 1a1,O1S, Port Townsend
12S, 9SS Pensacola 1885, Portland, Ore
123Sl, Port Arthur and Sabine Pass l24,-
SIS, Jacksonville 10, $50, Eagle Pass, Tex,
13O6I, Ell Paso, Tex, 1897, Laredo, Tex,
15617, minor ports 1l,22O; total 9,So2dlS
bales.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-10
New orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans. June 9-Spot cotton quiet
but firm. Sales, 1850 bales, including 40
to arrive Quotations advanced 3-l6. Fu-
lures opened firm with prices to III
points above yesterdays closing, infiu-
enced by bulge of IL English points In
Liverpool. Realizing by satisfied bulls was
offset by free outside buying These or
ders were numerous and caused unusual
activity, though prices eased off later
in the season. In the trading July opened
points up at S.4S, sold up to S.53, and
finally declined to $40. october opened )
points lower at $50, sold up to 1856, and
finally receded to 1926. The market closed
quiet June gained net 10 points, while
the other positions gained to points.
New Orleans, June 9.-cotton futures
steady June, $50 asked July, S.40mS. Al
August, S3l@S.33 September, S.27dS. %;
October, S.26@S 81; November, S.2SqS ";
December S.3l@S 81; January, S.S4qS.S6.
New Orleans, June 9.-Cotton firm; sales
1860; ordinary, 1916; good ordinary. 4;
low middling, rs; mddIing, Sia good mid
ding, s1s-16; middling fair. 9B; receipts,
SiS; stock, 129,066
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-10
Live Stock Market.

Chicago. Juna - Cattlc-Receipts 200;
market steady TO lOc higher good to
prime steers. So 4Oa6,S5; poor to medium,
"A oo6ys 70. stockers and feeders, 81. 75dAS5;
cows. 80. 5O6l46 60; heifers, $2.50@4.75; can
ners. s1.5O@2 30: bulls, $225q4So; calves
49, 50df6 80
Hogs-Receipts, 5000; steady to &c low
err mixed and butchers, $5.2Oq5,4O; good
to choice heavy, $5,S0d5.S71s; rough heavy,
So 6o15 Isl, light, s5.2OQ5.40; bulk, So.20q
,5.35
Sheep Receipts, 5000; sheep steady to lOc
lower; lambs steady; good to ehoice
wethers, shorn, S4.606l51e; fair TO choice
mixed. shorn. SS.5064.4O; western sheep
shorn, $400a5.1O: native lambs shorn'
S4 506I6 10; western shorn lambs, $o.oog
& 40
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-10
smoIIen & Co.'s Market Letter.

The cotton market was again very
strong, prices starting off about 10 points
higher than last nights close. This early
strength was due to strong cables received
from Liverpool. That market was due to
come about 3 points higher. but the first
quotations there were 13 higher. Spots
were IL higher with sales of 5000 bales
In the local market July opened 10 higher
at SIT. sold at s.15, after which 1t rallied
well above $40. Liverpools advance was
mostly due to fear of big bull move
over the two holidays in that market,
Saturday and Monday. The spot demand
continues to improve. both at home and
abroad, and all Indications are for much
higher prices. The weather conditions are
favorable but the short interest is so
large that any further advance Will start
them to covering. and the bulls will have
runaway market with but little ef-
fort