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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-02
Ware & LeIand's Market Letter.

AT the hour of our opening prices in
the Liverpool cotton market showed an
advance of about s points, which, how
ever. was not maintained on account of
large American selling orders. Some cables
continue to express very bullish views
believing that the crop has sustained ire
parable damage, and that the extent OF
commitments to consumers is unprece-
dented. Other advices are that spinners
are no longer interested at these prices
Options closed at an advance of 3 points
and spots gained IL points on sales of
1OO 900 bales.
Todays decline was more attributable
to the Journal of Commerce and Chronicle
reports than to any other cause. both OF
these papers estimating slightly better
conditions and smaller acreage reduction
than impressions formed by traders from
some of the recent published crop ac-
counts An almost perfect weather map
also added to the uneasiness of bulls who
fully realized that change for the better
in weather conditions has been for some
time overdue.
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smollen g. Co.'S Market Letter.

The cotton market was not so wild to-
day as what 1t was yesterday. Liverpool
cables were somewhat lower than looked
for by the bull crowd The opening there
was about points higher for futures and
Il higher for spots. with sales of 10000
bales. After the opening there was d
reaction of about points, closing at the
bottom. This weakness caused the local
market to open to 10 points lower. July
selling at S45, rallied to $40. after which
1t eased off to S.4 The weather condi-
lions were somewhat improved today, but
the reports from the planters are to the
effect that it will take weeks of fine crop
weather in order to catch up with their
work The cotton in all directions has al
most been lost sight OF on account of
the grass While We will have backsets
every few days, we look for good, sub
stantfal advance.
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Naval Stores.

New Orleans, June 1.--Turpentine firm;
"A. Pitch s2.25. Pine tar $40. Coal tar
50 So Rosin per barrel of 2S0 pounds:
A, b. c. $S.7715; d, SO .s21a; E. s3.s71R; F,
SO. 921k; G, SO 81; II, a.321a: I, $40; K,
81. 90; NJ. $40; N. s5.25; window glass,
$3.50; water white $5.S5.
Charleston. s. c., June 1.-Turpentne
steady, Y. Rosin steady; A, b. C, SO. 67l5;
ID, SO. 771a; E, 50 .S21s f. SO So; G. 1922
II. 420; |, $40; X, $50; M, IS; n, $5.15;
window glass IS: water white $5.65
Savannah, Ga. June 1-Turpentine firm;
70. Sales 1872. Receipts 1880 Shipments
122
Rosn firm. sales 1865; receipts 1898; ship
ments 1906.
Quote: A, B, c. $3.50; ID. $3.50; E. s
r, $40; G, $415: II, $3.50; L, So; X, $5.15;
NJ. $3.50; N, $3.50; window glass s5.75;
water white, 500
Wilmington, n. c.. June Spirits tur-
pentine firm. 751R Receipts 40 casks
Rosin FIRM 1850 bid Receipts 49,
Tar firm 81 so. Receipts 20.
Crude turpentine firm, 81 80, A.I5 and
5 25 Receipts 242.
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New Orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans, June 1.-Spot cotton dull
and easier Sales $50 bales. Quotations
vac lower Futures opened quiet with
prices to points lower than yester-
days closing figures. On perfect wealth
or map lower New York and unfavora-
bile Liverpool, realizing by longs sent
prices down rapidly. and by noon, COM
pared with Yesterdays finals. July had
lost II points at S5l. October IA al S.44 and
December Is at $40. The market con-
tinued weak throughout the day, the
trend of prices being distinctly downward,
the staple apparently having lost its last
friend The closing was very quiet, the
list showing net losses of Is to 20 points
New Orleans June lotion easy. sales
40 bales. Ordinary 15-16; good ordinary
IVA: low middling s.; middlng $50; good
middling s15-16; middling fair 914. Re-
ceipts 2ss7; stock 1859
New Orleans. June lection futures
steady June s53&S.55; July SAG: August
s.42&s.44; September e.5SSss;@; october
8 2ssss. 20: November s.40&842; December
3 ANS. 45: January s.47&8.49.
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SNSHdn q TO- 5 MaTkCA LSRN~it
The market suffered a decline of about
. points from yesterdays high level OF
D. % Tor July. this particular month selling
or to s.n today. The lower range OF
values was due to the estimates of the
New York Chronicle and the New YORK
journal of Commerce as to the probable
reduction in the acreage the former plac
ing II at 1893, the latter at L 3, and the
eondiuon of the crop at ia. against 10 5
last year. The weather conditions were
rather favorable, practically no rain In
me central and western portions of the
belt, but heavy showers we're reported
from points along the South Atlantic
coast
Liverpool reflected these developments
over night. and closed at an advance of
about points. When a rise OF about
points was expected. The disposition from
the very opening of the market was to
realize on long contracts. traders losing
confidence In probability Of the bureau
of tomorrow showing a greater reduction
in the acreage than u per cent and in
a condition lower than 76 There were a
number of assertions from the long side
Of the market, not a few having sold out
yesterday on the advance, and the same
operators were conspicuous sellers in open
market today, the moral of which had an
unfavorabe effect upon values. Timid
longs llquidated throughout the day on
finding the market friendless.
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canoe was attached to this, and the weak
ness of stocks was not in any way con
neeted with conditions In the money mar
ket The continued pressure of the United
States Steel stocks was of large sympa
thetic effect, and consider able realizing
in Reading and Union Pacific was con-
nected with the changing views of a pros
pect of dividend increases, which were
considered good in connection with yes
terdays buying The market made no eff
feetive recovery and closed easy.
The Japanese bonds were heavy today
in company with the general bond mar
ket Total sales, par value $4 10 900. Uni
ted States bonds all unchanged on call.
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don. Spot. e136 Is cd. futures, e135 Is Cd.
Locally, quiet at 20. 1880. 121s.
Copper was higher in London. closing at
e65 is Cd for both spot and futures. Tn
changed here; lake and electroytic, 15;
casting 14.75.
Lead unchanged at e12 us Sd in London
and at 4.50614. 60 in the local market.
Spelter also unchanged at e23 12s Cd In
London, but easier in the local market
at 5. 40
Iron closed at 49s 10d In Glasgow and As
I'D In Middlesboro locally iron was I'M
changed No. | foundry, northern, SIG. 756D
1885, No. foundry northern, SIG. 25d17
No. | foundry southern, and No l foun
dry, southern soft, sl7@17 %; No. foun-
dry, southern, $16.5061675.
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interior Movement,

Houston-Quiet; middling 9-16: net re-
CENTS 1879 gross receipts 1919; shipments
37o5; sales 313; stock 39O6i.
Augusta-Quet; middling sss: net re-
oeipts 5S6; gross receipts $50; shipments
749; sales $685. stock 24'6bl
Memphis STEADY; mddling 11-l6; net
receipts 297; gross receipts ll64; shipments
1876: sales 1850; stock 3O.5dl.
st. Louis-Frm: middling s5s: net re-
ceipts 3OO gross receipts 1885; shipments
1881; sales IS; stock 4a965.
Cincinnati--Net receipts 1872; gross re-
ceipts 1872 shipments 26l; stock 904O
I.cuisv ille--Firm: &c.
Total todsy-Net receipts 1854; gross re-
CENTS 52l5; shipments 1909; sales 2251; stock
14SCfi.
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Liverpool Cotton Market.

Liverpool. June 1.-Spot cotton in in
creased demand; prices II points higher.
American middng fair o'SS good mid
ding 501. middng 4.S3; low middling 4.67;
GOOD ordinary 40; ordinary 433. The
sales Of the day were 10000 bales, of
which 1000 were for speculation and ex-
nort. and included $500 American. Re-
CENTS II 400 bales, including 10000 Ameri-
car Futures opened firm and closed
barely steady; American mlddling. good
Ordinary clause: June and July f.65: July
and August 46s August and September
santamher and october. October and No
ysn,har November and December. De-
cember and January AGA; January and
Trehruarv 4a; February and March 466;
March and April 4.67; April ana May 4.6s.
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Southern Railway Co.


Trains leave Birmingham as follows;
6.10 a. m.-No. 49, for Atlanta Washing
ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia.
New York and the East. Pull
man Drawing Room Sleeping
Car, Birmingham to New
York.
$40 a. Mo. 49, for Montevallo Ma
plesvlle, Selma and way sta
tons.
70 "a n. m.-No. 81, 70. Columbus. West
Point, Winona. Greenwood
and Greenville; also Sheffield
and Florence and North Ala
bama points.
3:4Op. m.-No. Is, new train for Cordova,
Oakman, Corona and way sta
lions: also Blossburg.
$40 o, m.-No. %. for Admission and way
stations also Talladega.
b.10 u. m.-No 80. for Atlanta. Jackson
Vile and all Florida points;
also Charlotte, Richmond.
Washington, New York and
the East Pullman Sleeping
Car Birmingham TO Jackson
ville also Birmingham to
Richmond Va.
1920 p. m.-No. 81 for Columbus West
Point. Winona. Greenwood
and Greenville Pullman Draw
ing Room Sleeping Car Bir-
mngham to Greenviile.
1875 D. m.-No. q. for Sienna. Mobile and
way stations. Pullman Draw
ing Room Sleeping Car Bir-
mingham TO Mobile.
II $50 p. m.-No %, new train for Atlanta,
Admission and way stations,
Pullman Drawing Room Sleep
ing Car Birmingham to At
lanta. Sleeping car can be oc-
cupied at Union station $50
p. m.
For detailed Information and sleeping
car reservations apply passenger office.
Morris Hotel Building Telephone 617
J. n. HARRISON. Dist. Pass. Agt.
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Live Stock Market.

Chicago June 1-Cattle receipts 5000;
market steady; good to prime steers, $3.50
&C 40; poor to medium $46f5. 40; stockers
and feeders. 81. 800; cows. 81 GO@5; heifers.
50. 75n5. 40; Gamers 81 .60a2. so; bulls, 81 10
@4.75; calves, S3G6.75.
Hog receipts, 21O5d; steady; mixed and
butchers s5.10Q5. 321s good to choiee
heavy, s.. 3O0l5 IS; rough heavy, 81 50d5 rs;
light, 5.1565 321a; bulk of sales, IS. 25u
$50
Sheep receipts, $4,000; steady; good to
choice wethers. shorn, 81 60uo: fair TO
choice mixed shorn, 50. 50Gl4. western
sheep. shorn, s46l5 native lambs. shorn,
81. 50d6.25; western lambs, 50. 50d7 25.
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Mrs. win.low's Soothing syrup

The best remedy Tor DILRRHOEA. Sold
by druggists in every part OF the world.
BE sure and ask f. Mr. Winslowa
Sc othing syrup an take no other kind.
Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS
by MILLIONS Oh, f.OTHERS for their
CHILDREN WHILE TEETHIN0. With
PERFECT SUCCESS. 1t SOOTHES the
CHILD soFTENS the GUNS. ALLAYs
ali PAIN, CURES WIND cOL.IC, and II
twenty-five cents pottla.
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Bonds.


New York, May Money on call
steady, 21ad3 per cent; closing bid, "a; Of
fered at 3; time money easy and dull;
sixty and ninety days, g. six months, $40
31s
Prime mercantile paper, ss4a4A per cent.
Sterling exchange steady, with actual
business in bankers bill at 4S6. 95Q4S7 for
demand, and at 4s504s5. O5 for sixty day
bills; posted rates 1856 and 4SS; commercial
bills, 4S4s4 @4S47s. Bar silver 57A. Mexican
dollars, 40.
Government bonds steady railroad bonds
heavy
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-02
Cotton Seed Oil.

Memphis, June 1.--Cotton seed oil prime
crude 49, prime summer yellow rs; prime
meal $21 .5O@22; prime cake s2l 5Oq22.
s New York, June 1.-Cotton seed oils
firm Petroleum steady. Rosin steady,
strained common to good. 81 05d4. 10. Tur-
pentine steady, TiR@7S
New Orleans. June Lection seed oils
firm. Prime refined in barrels 291a; off
refined in barrels 2Sis; prime crude loose
23b
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-02
chicaoo 'Chanue.

Chicago, June 1.-Scarclty of cash wheat
at all grain centers was the underlying
reason for a strong wheat market here
today At the close wheat for July delivery
was up 1ssa1s4. Corn is up 1d1h Oats
show a gain of Is. Provisions are ~ to
10 cents higher.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-02

Cash quotations were as follows
Flour-Steady
Wheat-No. ? spring, si.O5a1. OF; No. 2
81 .053sG11 .07.
Corn-No. 2 SLY; No. yellow 53S.
Oats-No. 81 No. 2 white 52saQ34; No.
white 311h@32A.
Rye-No. 2 SEA.
Barley-Good feeding. ssa2; fair to
choice mailing 46d49
Flax Seed-No l si.30; No. / north
western, S1.37.
Timothy Seed-Prime. 81.
Mess Pork-Per barrel S12. 45412. 30.
Lard-Per 100 pounds 81 .20d7.2 21s.
Short Ribs-Sides, loose S.2O@7. 80.
Short Clear Sides-Boxed, s7.121z47 .25.
Whisky-Basis of high wines, $1.26
Clover-Contract grade-s1h75M12. 25.
On the produce exchange today the but
ter market was steady; creamery 16q2O1s;
dairy 16Q19.
Eggs-Easy IA.
Cheese-Weak, 9ih
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-02
Dry Goods.

New York, June Several additional
advances in the price of cotton goods
we're announced by selling agents in the
dry Goods market To-Day. Beached goods
es,,,ve ,rominently in the list Notwith-
sts,d,no the Advancing tendency buyers
are ,lacing comparatively few orders ex-
cent for current needs. New York houses
secured the majority Of the contracts
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-02

New Orleans, June 1.-Crearngs. $500
SIG New York exchange hank 81 per $1,000
premium; commercial paper, 25c per $1,000
discount.
Memphis. June 1.--Clearings 1898, 1885, bal
ances, S145,294.
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Coffee Market.

New York, June 1-Spot Rio coffee quiet:
No. invoice. rs; mild quiet; Cordova,
10@13. Futures opened steady at I'M
changed prices to a decline of points
under light offerings in the absence OF
buying orders. The news was featureless
and the market ruled about steady around
the initial figures until near the close,
when increased offerings found a contin-
ued light demand, and the market closed
quiet at a net decline of to 10 points.
Sales, y, $50 bags: July, 6.45d6. so; Septem-
Der, 665; December $50; March, 76t7.0
New Orleans, June 1.-Coffee steady; in
voices. Rio, No. 5, So; No. I, s; No. s,
SIS; No. 4, 81.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-02
seahoard Air Line.

Baltimore, June dashboard Air Line,
common, 10 asked; do. preferred, 3Shq
3S15.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-02
Treasury Statement.

Washington, June 1.-Todays treasury
balances, exclusive of the gold reserve,
show Available cash balance, 1881 14l,37S;
gold $6S179921.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-02
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA

Arrival and departure of trains at Union
station, Birmingham, Ala, effective Jann-
airy S, 1906; Goth Meridian times
DEPARTURES.
For Columbus. Macon, Ar CIRCUS
and Albany .........................*s :40 am
For Columbus. Mac Albany,
Augusta and Savannah .........*4.00 pm
ART yALS.
From Savannah. Angus.-. Macon.
Albany and Columbus ........."10:l5 pm
From Savannah. Augusta, AL
bany. Macon and Columbus. +l2;O5 pm
$-Dully.
Vestibuled drawing-room buffet Sleep
ing cars between BIrn,i-. CHAM and Sa-
vannah via Columbus and Macon or
trains leaving Birmingham at 400 p. m.
and arriving Birmingham i2:05 p. m.
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LOveman & Co.'S Market Letter.

awarded for clothing today by the local
inoian Office
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-02
RAILWAY SCHEDULES
s7,oe7,os7.4s

Showing the arrival and departure OF
passenger trains at the union station.
Birmingham
fIsffactive Nav % 19.Of mA
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IocaI Staple. Groceries.

sugar-Granulated, sac. Y. C., 5@4e.
Flour-Fancy patent, $3.50; half patent
$3.50.
eoffee-Green, lo@l3c; Arbuckle's, Porto
Rico, $l4.0 5.
Meat-Dry sailed ribs. 71sc; CRY salted
rib bellies. 75sc hams fancy Iz1sc' me-
dunn lie; bacon bellies, 9ssc
Lard-Leaf Sc.
Compound Lard-57se.
Molasses-Centrifugal 15n3oc; sugar
house. 40c; Georgia cane, 35c
Beans-Navy, 50. 80 per bushel; Lima
6ihc per pound.
Pearl Grits-92 pounds 81 60.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-06-02

Feed Stuffs.
Corn. No. 2 mixed or white, or .
bushel sacks, 700721sc. ~
Oats No. mixed, 45c; NO. Whl,e, sac
Wheat bran, so or 100, S2.
Cotton seed feed meal 81; prime, US 'oo
Purina food, so.
Corn chops, I.l0.
Corn hearts, $40.
Shorts, 100 pounds, sz2dzo'
Hulls, sack, N321sd4Oc.
HAY choice timothy. $3.50; NO. timo-
thy, sis so; Johnson grass, sl2; clover $o'
Fruits and Produce.
T,emons-Per box, extra choice, $3.50
1915.
Limes-Per 100 ST.
Rananas-Per bunch, 75c@$l75
California naval oranges, 4.7o45.O.
Peanuts-Fancy, per pound, &c; No. q
51zq6c. ,.o,os..
Potatoes-Irisb potatoes. new 75eIsoc;
barrels 81 .50d2.7
Hens-35@4Oc: chickens, 121za2Oc.
Butter-Fresh. SM10c; renovaieo' Zoc'
creamery, 30c.
ERgs-Per dozen, 15c
Alabama Beans-Per crate, 1ocnsl.
Alabama Squash-Per crate, IL.
Alabama Cucumbers-Per crate, VI zoo
150. -.
Alabama Tomatoes-Per 4-basket crate
s1.25. ., zoa,o
Florida Tomatoes-Per crate, s,vVez.
Alabama Peas-Per hamper u.
sfra vberries-Cuiiman, 50cnE
Biackberries-Per crate. ~.
per bushel. s1la1.15.
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For detailed Information and sleeping
car reservations apply passenger office.
Morris Hotel Building Telephone 617
J. n. HARRISON. Dist. Pass. Agt.
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Crescent Route.
Frisco System.
Central of GEORGIA Railroad


Arrive from Depart to-
Savannah .10:15 pm Macon 800. 6:4l am
Savannah 12.O5 pm Savannah 400 pm
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Arrive from Depart to-
Atlanta 49, 2:35 pm Atlanta -. 7'3O am
All trains run by central time. Trains
marked thus ~ are daily except Sunday
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-12-30
DEcADENT NEW HAMPSHIRE
Nothing More Depressing Than. a
Trip Through Inland Regions of
the State, Says Writer.

Nothing in life could lie more
depressing than a trip through
the inland regions of New Hamp-
shire-living with the cynical old
men whose energies are spent, and
with the occasional young men
Uombroso types, inarticulate
but with a keen nose for the limo.
cent-lOOking farmhouse where
liquor is sold under a se~cond-class
license, says a writer in Country
Life in America.
AS a type of what will cease to
be possible within a year, let me
present the deserted village.
which, to spare the feelings of the
inhabitants, | will call by a ficti-
tious name-say Deadville. As
one walks down from one of the
greatest views in the eastern Unit.
ed States into abandoned Dead
vile the effect is appalling.
Swinging down the main road
INFO 'The Center" itself, we pass
on right and left four abandoned
farms with their houses. AS we
enter the desolate street we are
fronted by a decaying church and
a town hall, the stale sun -blistered
paint peeling off. On the right
hand is a deserted grocery store,
and next it an abandoned house
and grounds. Three more houses
make up the total town commune
ty' One of them is for sale, with
70 acres of land, for $500.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-12-30

MI. Bryan, who is now in the
Philippines, declined to be entertained
by the governor of the islands, upon
the ground that he is visi ing there
as a reporter aud not as a citizen. He
said that he might have occasion to
citicise the government, and that be
should not like to be embarrassed by
being under obligation to his cutter
tainers. These sentiments deserve to.
have been more widely applauded in
this country than they have been,
though, OF course Governor Ide had
DO thought beyond that of showing a
a proper courtesy to an eminent
American.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-12-30

The Santa Fe Railroad COmpany's
gift OF the great hotel a. Las Vegas,
New Mexico, formerly owned aud
operated by the company as a summer
resort, was formally accepted this
week by the National Fraternal Saul
tlrium Association Nearly all OF
the larger |iraterual oiJerS Of the
United states are 10 ibis association,
which Intends to uocrate ne p,ant as
% home for CO. aumpu,es 1uerv als
five or six o Gus nd acres 10 the
premises aud IBIS estimated that 90
least l,500 patents eau b: cared f0i
without any addition buildings.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-12-30
FIGHTING FOR PATENT.
Inventor Edison Tells of Alleged
Wrongs Which Are Trecipitated
Upon Owners of New Devices.

81 happened to be chatting with
Thomas A. Edison in his labora.
tory at Orange, New Jersey, one
night while he was working on his
most recent creatiOn-the intensi.
fed dynamo" says a writer in Sue.
cess Magazine, and heard him dis
cuss thoroughly the injustice that
is done inventors in the United
States. This very day. he said,
several of my patents
expire, and become the property
of %posterity, which means Tom,
Dick and Harry. The government
processes to protect the inventor
for II years, and after that time
his creation is no longer his own.
But, as a matter of fact, the gov
eminent does no such thing. 1t
lets any p0acher run in and bring
suit, orapplyfor an injunction, dis.
putting the inventors patent. al
ready granted by the patent Of.
fee, and in all the courts, pending
the long-drawn-out litigation
which follows, the other fellow is
permitted to go on manufacture
ing and selling the thing he claims
to have invented before the zeal
inventor made it.
"'Do you see that little lamp
there" asked Mr.. Edison, as he
arose, full-length, in his ragged
old linen buster of the workshop,
and he pointed with his pencil to
an ordinary incandescent electric
light beaming brightly over a
draftsman's table. TT was nv in.
yentiOn, known as a primary in
vention, because l took two things.
a piece of metal and electricity.
and made a third thing of them,-
light. Now | fought IA years in
the courts for hat little lamp, be.
cause a Frenchman bObbed up and
claimed it after | had secured the
patent. During all this litiga.
ton l had no protection whatever.
and when | won my rights after
IA years, there were but three
years of the allotted II left for nv
patent to live. It has now become
the property of anybody and evry-
body There is no protection Civ
en- an inventor by the courts or the
patent department."
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-12-30
HYGIENE IN BARBER SHOPS
Stringent Municipal Government
Regulations in Germany Are
Rigidly Enforced.

The following report comes
from Consul General Guenther OF
Frankfort. Germany.
"In late years the hygienic re.
quirements with reference to bar
bers' shops have been greatly in
creased, and it seems that they
are constantly becoming more Sc
we're. So far the authorities had
restricted the regulations to the
utensils, but lately the personal
cleanliness of the barber has
also been made the subject of mu.
nicipal legislation in Germany.
Recently the following rules have
been established by the munich
pal government of a large German
city:
THE cutoff hair must at once be
tcmoved; the floor of the shOp
must De washed al least twice per
T,ek; cold and bofrunniug water
must be suppl GO. ana die barber
ulst wash has hands vi n warm
water before attending 10 Gus.
tomer. No crctoare or carpets
are permitted in BARRIERS shops.