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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-24
Live Sto-k MarkAt

Chicago. February 23.-Cottle receipts 13000 steady; good to prime steers, s5.75d 6.25; poor to medium. $4d5. 85 stockerf and feeders, $25O14. 10; cows, s1 .25@4. .5Oi heifers, $2Q5; canners. 1.S5q2.75 75; bulls $2Q4.25; calves, S3.5O617. .75.
 Hog receipts. 42,O0O Market 5di0c lower; mixed and butchers, s4.70G4 90; good to choice heavy. s49O@5; rough heavy a.70@ 4s0; light, s4.6sa4s5; bulk of sales s4.S0Q 495
 Sheep receipts, 1S.o00. Sheep weak; lambs, 1Oa20c lower good to choice wethers, 8 60d6; fair to choice mixed s4. 5oG5 35; western sheep. s4.7566; native lambs, s6G8; western lambs, sS@s
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Dry Goods.

New York. February 2S,-conditions ir the drygoods market showed eompara- tively little improvement, and yet the undertone possesses increasing strength Continued export inquiry is in evidence but comparatively little business as been eonsummated. The feature of the day has been the reduction in two impor- tant lines of beaehed goods and the announcement that no further stock pro- teetion will be allowed.
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smoIIen 6. Co.'s Market Letter.

The market was very narrow, consist ing mostly of local orders and depending largely os movement during the next few days Near the close of the first half hour there was active trade, but prices were much lower. Liverpool opened about 1 point higher and closed s lower. Spots were unchanged with sales of 12,000 bales r
 May contracts in New York opened un- changed at 7.53 and eased off to 7.Ss Around this low point there was eonsd- erable buying and covering of shorts, which caused slight rally
 The movement for today was light, but the estimated receipts for tomorrow were quite liberal, New Orleans being 5000 bales and Houston 5000. We think cotton should be bought on all easy spots like this.
 stoeks-The stock market was full of sensations again today Sloss and Ten nessee Coal and Iron being the leaders. Sloss opened points up at 10G sold at 105. after which 1t sold above l12,
 T. c. I. opened points higher on range from SS to g1. and soon sold above ST. c. F. l. gained points Republic Steel common gained 1 points, while the preferred advanced about 3 points. l., X N. YVES up 3 points and the rest of the market generally high.
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Honds.
Money on Call

New York, February 2S.-Money on call frmer. 21kmS per cent; closing bid 21h; offered at PA time loans steady, 60 and 90 days per cent; six months. sAQ31s per cent.
 Prime mercantile paper, 3AG414; sterling exchange weak, with actual business in bankers bills at fs7@4S7 .O5 for demand, and at ASA .s5@4s4.9 90 for sixty day bills; i; posted rates, 4s51s and 4SS. Commercial bills. 4S4s4. Bar silver, GOA. Mexican dol lars 47. government bonds strong; rail- road bonds irregular.
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Interior raove,rant.

Houston-Tone quiet middling 7ssi net receipts 5431 gross receipts 54Sl; shipments 4096; sales 12G2; stock e1.044.
 Augusta--Tone steady; middling 7ss; net receipts 224; gross receipts 22f; shipments 2465; sales 226; stock 72,G04
 Memphis-Tonc steady; midaling 79s net receipts Al: gross receipts 1927; shipments 3372; sales 3750; stock 9i294.
 St. Louis-Tone quiet; middling 11-16; gross receipts s94; shipments 1os4; sales 20; stock 43303
 Cinelnnati-Tone quiet. net receipts 376; gross receipts 376; shipments b3S; stock 501d Loulsvile-Tone firm middling Sc.
 Total tody: Net receipts G77z. gross re- ceipts Ss52; shipments 11.Se5; sales 525S; stock 275.351.
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for speculation and export. and included 1l,6o0 American Receipts none. Futures opened and closed quiet; American mid dlig good ordlary ciause February February-M March 4.0l; Mareh-April Az; April-May 4.05; May-June 4.0d: June-July 1 os: July-August 4.09; August septem- Der 4.10; September October Ai2t Octo- Der November 412; November-D December 4.12
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you a perma- 1ent cure of
 rtvate troubles md that you may know my ;uarantee is re- la ble ! refer
 ou with per- nission, to the First National ,ank. Alabama Ma tional bank.
 ltciner Hrotn-
 ITS. bankers.
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Cash quotations were as follows;
 Flour-Steady.
 Wheat-No. spring, s1 .15M1 .19; No 8, $1 .09Q1 .19; No. ? red, s1.1S1sGl1 .2014
 Corn-No. 2, 45c; No. 2 yellow, 45Ac. Oats-No. ?, 3ossc; No. white. 301z@ 3024c; No. 8 white, 31@32c.
 Rye-No. ?, 75977c.
 Barlsy--Fair to choice malting 43c Flax Seed--No. l, $1.20; No. north- western. s1 2Ss. Timothy Seed-Prirne. s2.75. Mess Pork-Per barrel. SIP. .40a12 .45
 Lard-Per 1o0 pounds, s6.65Q6.671k. Short Ribs Sides-Loose, $6. 6.50Gf6 621a
 Short Clear Sides-Boxed. s6.75d6. STE.
 Whisky-Basis of high wines. s1.23.
 On the produce exchange today quota tions ranged as follows:
 Butter-Steady; creamery. 24@32c; dairy, z3M3Oc
 Eggs-Quiet. 25M26c. Cheese-Firm. 12G13c.
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New Orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans, February 23.-Spot cotton dull, weak and lower, influenced by d good weather map, unfavorable Liverpool conditions and lower New York. Sales, 250O bales, including $50 to arrive. Quo tations reduced 3-16. Futures opened easy at a decline of to 10 points. Since Tues days closing on lower Liverpool and New York, and increased receipts, attributed mainly to better weather in the cotton belt. In the trading March opened points down at TAO. gained a point, and then sold down to 725, finally recovering to 7.27. The market closed dull, the list showing net losses of 13 to IS points Private cables said that the Liverpool weakness was caused by American and continental selling, and the entire ab- sence of speculation.
 New Orleans. February 25.-Cotton fu- lures steady; February 727 bid; March. 7.27@7. B; April. 7.27G7 .29; May, 7.2SF7 2s' June, 7.29G17 .31: July. 7.31MI .32; August, ' .S3@7.s .s5; September, 7.s6@7 .SS; October 7.39a741; November 7.4o@7. 42; December :. .4247.A.
 New Orleans. February S.-cotton steady; sales 25O0; ordinary, 5; good or dinary 3-16; low mlddling, 615-l6; mid ding. 7k good middling, 71s; middlng fair, s5-16; receipts, 6ll5; stock, 2sS'so4
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Chicago, February 23.-Heavy receipts in Minneapolis were chiefly responsible for a loss of hQA to ss in wheat here today. Corn is up a shade to M. Oats are off B@A, Provisions are down 10Q PIE.
 The leading f,,trres ranged as follnws.
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Coffee Market.

New York. February 23.-Spot Rio cof- fee quiet futures opened unchanged to 10 points hightr in response to flrmer European mafkets= and rather smaller
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-24
Foster 6 Co.'s Market Letter.

Cotton-Liverpool opened lower New York steady but worked lower after the opening at 10:30 a. m.. It looked very weak and we would advise purchases on all dips.
 Stocks. especially steels, Union Pa cihc and Louisville and Nashville were strong. Sloss opened at l05. balance oi market steady.
 The general market looks very toppy slump of from two to three points wouldn't surprise us Buy on all dips
 Grains-Not much doing in Chicago All the options look weak
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Feed Stuff. (Correcte6 daily by the Birmingham

Feed Stuff Corrected daily by the Birmingham Grain
 Company.) Corn, No. mixer or bushel sacks, 62c Oats, No. ? mixed. 42c; No white, 43c i; Wheat bran, 80 or 100, s22. Cotton seed feed meal, s2l; prime s22. 50. Purina food. s26. Corn chops sl .0o Corn hearts. S23000. Shorts. 100 pounds. s23 5oG24. Hulls. bales BOG. IIulls. sacks. B lac. Hay. best timothy. s16; good timothy. s15; Johnson grass s11. 50; clover. s15.oo. Rock salt. %c.
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l.ovemsn 6 Co.'s Market Letter.

l.ovemsn 6 Co.'s Market Letter. By H. 6 B. Beer
 The course of the market is very much of disappointment to those who are bullishly inclined, futures shaving ooff IS points when compared with the closing of last Tuesday: May declining to 7.2o against 7.4S. The large spot sales at Liverpool yesterday, l5O00, and the fur ther placing of 12600 bales today, were looked upon as favorable features. as were reports of more favorable prospects of peace in the far east. Weather condi- tions, however, continue favorable and the holiday receipts were of larger pro- portion than expected, about s4000 at 13 interior towns since Friday. against 2l.- GOO one year ago. and as there was less demand for spot cotton in the local mar Set than for some time American and continental operators, were heavy sellers in the English market today especially Wall street traders, which closed about s points lower than yesterday and about points lower than Tuesdays closing level. Shorts were more aggressive to- day than they have been for a long while reports of wagon receipts increas- ing with the drying up of roads, en- couraging more deliberate attacks upon the market. There was talk of heavy tenders to made at New York on March, in the morning. and ss Friday is March notice day here also, longs become ap- prehensive as to whether or not notices would be cared for.
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Flour-rancy patent, ,s.Bi hsr patent

Flour-Fancy patent ss.75; half patent. s57s
 Coffee - Green. l0d13c; Arbucklss. Porto Rico. S1430
 Meat-Dry salted ribs. 7s4c: dry salted rib bellies. 7&c; hams fancy, 122tc me- dinm. llAc; extra clears, SEC; bacon hel- lies, l1lsc
 Lard-Leaf. s1kc.
 Compound Lard-Snowdrift. 5t6c
 Molasses-Centrifugal lhdfsac: srga- house. 40c; Georgia cane. 86c.
 Beans-Navy. s2 70 per bushel; Lima. 60 pound
 resrl Grlts-s2 pounds s.eo
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cIea -Inns and Exobanoe.

New Orleans, February 23.-Clearings, 8, 25S 254. New York exchange $l per s10OO premium; commercial paper, 75c per 5000 discount.
 Memphis, February 23-Clearngs, s1,- 042,677; balances, S173, 390.
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Seaboard Air Line,
Chicago Change.

Baltimore, February 23.-Seaboard Air Line, common, 1S1a; do. preferred, 3Sh bid
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Treasury Statement.

Washington. February 24-Today' S treasury balances, exclusive of the gold reserve, shows; Available cash balance, $139, s11; gold, S49, 495,SJz
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RAILWAY SCHEDULES

Showing the arrival ani departure of passenger trains at the union station, Birmingham.
 Eifec we January g. s.00 D. m.) Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
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i,v.rnoo, cotton Market.

Liverpool. Fettuary 2s.-cotton, spot, good business done. prices unchanged; American mIddlJg. 4.21. The sales of the day were 12. .oooG Glales, of which 1000 were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-24
Ware 6 Leland's Market Letter.

The market today was rather weak from the start. May opened at 751 and then sold down rapidly to 73S. There was better weather in the south and more cotton moving. But as far as the gen. eral position of cotton was concerned there seemed to be no radical change. As long as prices in the south remain so much above New York contracts there is not likely to be any break in the market. We are now back to where we were a week ago. and the recent advance has all been lost. The market seems to be halt ing between 7Ac and 71kc, just as 1t did between 6a4c and 7c a short time ago. This would result in more cotton being planted and this would not be for the best interests of the trade. With October in New York selling around 71ac this means 7c in the south. It will not be easy to grow cotton at any such figures, and we will see a substantial reduction in acreage this season if prices continue at this level. A rapid advance would stimu- late planting. But on declines the south will not sell it's cotton and contracts be- low 71zc in New York are cheap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-24

Local Stapie Groceries. p orrected daily by B. F. kcdea Grocery
 Ccmpany.) sugar-Granulatoa, sH; '. C.. 5K.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-24
N.sI Stores.

Charlestons s. C., February 2S-Tur- pentine and rosin nothing doing.
 Wilmington, N. C., February 2S.-Spir- its turpentine nothing doing; receipts 21 Rosin firm s2.50; receipts 52. Tar firm s1 50; receipts 1O2. Grade turpentine firm s2 30d3. TO; receipts nothing. Savannah. Gay February 23.-Turpen- tine steady. soc: receipts 90; sales GO HIS; sales 744 shipments 1895. Quote A B c, g 671h; D, $2. 721s; E. $2 TIE; F s2 90; I. $S.50; K, A.05; M, s45O; N. a.75 window glass s5; water white s5.15
 New Orleans, Turpentine dull, 5a Pitch $2.25 Pine tar S4.75. Coal tar 8 .50 Resin per barrel of 2s0 pounds: C. $265; D, s2.7O; E, s1.75; F, $2 .S21s; G. s2 90; H. &3 .25; l. s3.50; K, s4.O5; M. a.50; N, s4.75; window glass y5 water white $5.15
 New York, February 23.-Petroleum steady; rosin firm, strained common to good, $2.S71a. Turpentine quiet:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-24
cotto:, a-ed OH.

New Orleans, February 23,--cotton seed oils quiet; prime refined in barrels, 26; off refined in barrels, -; prime crude loose 19.
 Memphis, February 23.-Cotton seed oil carload lots prime crude 20; prime summer yellow 2flk; choice cooking sum- mer yellow 27hM2S Cotton seed meal and cake prime $20. .50621
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Tota sales for the day, I,7ee7oo shares
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DIR. Y. E. HOLLOWAY,
 SPECIALIST
 pEivsTE DISEASES,

I guarantee
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-04-14
The Bonaparte Party in France.

Considerable importance is attached l.
Paris to the report of an approaching
marriage between Princess Clement.ne of
Belgium and Prince Victor Napoleon the
fgurehead of the French Bonapartist
party. Her dowry, computed at $4,000. 600,
would be of great assistance to the Bona
partist propaganda, unless It should be
withheld by her father, King Leopold H..
who, 1t Is said. is opposed to the marriage
1t Is worth marking how the money could
be used The organic law of 1876, which
embodies the constitution of the third
French republic, prohibits plcbisctes. the
use made of such appeals to the people by
Louis Napoleon being then fresh in the
memories of legislators. That provision OF
the constitution, however, may be amend
ed by the two houses of parliament meet
ing in joint session at Versailles For
years past plebiscitary committees have
been organized not only in Paris, but in all
the large urban centers of France, for the
purpose of advocating such revision of
the constitution. But for the lack of funds
the agitatio to this end would have been
much more formidable. Part of the money
NEEDED for the purpose will be forthcom.
ing II Prince Victor. who is now only 45.
shall survive the cx-Empress Eugene.
who is known to have made him her heir.
Meanwhile Princess Clemcntine's dowry
would prove manifestly serviceable --Har-
per's Weekly.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-04-14
EXPERIMENT WITH ALFALFA,

This great forage plant is of sufficien
value throughout the country to at least
experiment. with What. though 1t has
never been grown successfully In your sec
ton, small area may be profit
ably devoted to experiment. Take
small plot of good SOIL ma
nure 1t well and pillow and harrow
thoroughly. Prepare 1t as thoroughly as
would be done for seed wheat. Get some
alfalfa bacteria from some of the men
who advertise it for sale so as to inocu-
late the soil, or If soil from field which
has successfully grown alfalfa can be
obtained all the better. One hundred
pounds of such soil will inoculate half
acre. Seed should be sown at the rate
of Twenty-Five pounds per acre. 1t Is pos
sibie the growth of the first season may be
scant or 1t may show considerable in the
way Of weeds In the latter case cut the
field early, but not too closely II the
growth Is scant cut 1t as cheerfully as IL
it was thick and hope for better stand
next season which you will probably have
and without re-seeding.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-04-14
Continued Next Weekly
American Country Hotels.

Philadelphia Record: One effect of the
automobile is to direct attention to a dis6
tinctively American institution--the cy C&
try hotel. Nothing like it Is to be foGH y
anywhere else, which is fortunate for per-
sons who go anywhere else. English nov
elists and occasiona! American travellers
have made us acquainted with the village
inn of England, and it comes near to be-
ing ideal. However unpretentious may
be the exterior, comfort. cleanliness and
courtesy make the interior cheerful. The
food may be heavy, being English, and
the ale heady, but the clean beds and
prompt and willing service make the gen
eral imp ession agreeable. In France pow
erty is too often a characteristic of the
country auberge-a battered hut with no
floor but the bare ground in the kitchen.
which Is also the dining ROOM sitting and
bed room of the landlord and his family.
Yet such is the cleanliness of the place
and the smiling courtesy of the people
that the amiable traveller is not disposed
to complain bitterly. He may go hungry.
but at least he is free from nausea
Even the desperate poverty of the poor
est French auberge is to be preferred a
thousand times to some of the hotels Wal
dorf and Delmonico which disgrace so
many American villages Before this typi-
cal hotel or inside the dirty office are
shrt-sleeved loungers. who have made
the nickel cigar a widespread curse The
landlord, also in shirt sleeves. does not
remove his shabby hat on the entrance of
a guest, and perhaps does not suspend
his game of checkers to receive him. No
foreign servilty about him. In the dining
room a slatternly village belle presides
over the swarming flies and the pine ia
bles with soiled covers. Most persons
would prefer starvation to the greasy food
served in such circumstances.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-04-14
1.-THE BUTCHER" OF PoRTARTHUh
How Criticisms Awainst Grant Wera
Repeated in the Case of Nog

Repeated in the Case of Nogi.
Skill and bravery had their value, Of
course, but to take Port Arthur man
was needed-a man like Grant, who could
fight it out on one line all summer and all
winter. This man was Nogi; with face
parchment-crinltled, brown like choco-
late, with beard gray, shaded back to
brown where it met the skim so that he
seemed a monotone in sepia, with eyes
regular nose, and beautiful dome Of a
head faring out from the temples in ten
der and eloquent curves. He stands five
feet ten, unusually tall for a Japanese
showing the loose power of a master in
his joints and in that mighty jow shaded
by the gray-brown beard. He has had to
weather fierce storms Of public Indignation
in Japan for two reasons: because he did
not take Port Arthur as scheduled: and
because the sacrificed so many lives Turn
over the pages of our own history and read
the story of Grants campaign from the
Wilderness. through Cold Harbor and
Spottsylvania, to Petersburg and Rich
mond, and you will read the story Of
Nogis campaign against Port Arthur In
northern Virginia the mighty battle ak
cut down the keen Damascene sword. Or
the Lao Tung Thor's hammer smashed the
straying fasces of an overripe empire. The
north cried out that the man who felt
himself an agent of destiny in conquer
Ing northern Virginia was butcher; just
so Japan cried butcher" against the iron
man who reduced Port Arthur.-"Hell at
Port Arthur" Everybody's Magazine for
April.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-04-14
A SPRAY Calendar.

large part of the yearly fruit crop
Is destroyed by bugs or fungus dis
eases. The apple worm or cooling
moth injuries the fruit. and others fesd
on the foliage of the various plants,
thus preventing the plant from properly
carrying on its work.
In the growing of many crops. the
growers skill ls more exercised in the
combating of these enemies than in
the cultivation of the crop. To aid the
farmer and fruit grower in this work
the Iowa experiment station has just
issued spray calendar, which tells
just what to use for these troubles,
how to prepare 1t and When to apply.
These directions are simple yet effec-
tive, and any grower can follow them
with profit. We understand that this
spray calendar may be obtained free,
upon application, and we advise those
of our readers who are interested. to
write the director, G.. r. Curtlss, Ames.
Ia, for a COPY,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-04-14

Whenever Eve been playin hook or
wadn' n tn slough
Or haVin' fights or anything a Teller likes
TO do
My ma she ticks me good an hard; an
then she'll cry AN say
she wishes | was like tn boy that lives
across tn way,
He always minds his mother an he's good
ne kin be
An' every time ma swings tn CAD she
holds him uu TO me
don't like gett!n' licked so much; 1t
don't seem hardly right
That should get whalin' every morniu'
noon an night
E"caus" another fcllcr is so awful sissy
good
j couldn't get no credit If l did tn best l
could.
But there's one situation--I so out most
every day
An pound tn stufiin out of that young
Kid across h way
Council Bluffs Nonparcil.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-04-14
Keen Your Hens at Home.

A maiden lady owned piece of ground,
And morn and even in summer she was
found
Within her garden. But her ncighbor kept
flock Of hens, ana while she worked or
slept
with busy feet they dug her finest seed
In vain she chased them at her utmost
speed
And ''shoocd, ana stoned them, quite I'M
dignifcd.
The while her neighbor laughed until he
cried.
But women who can foil the wics of men,
VIII not be dnuntcd by Lcghorn hen.
The hand tia: rocks The cradle still can
block
Man's, ridIcuIc, and give his nerves a
shock.
our lady cried a bit-as was her right
Then took some cards and on each one did
write:
Please keep your hens at homc!'--A seed
of corn
She strung to each. With early break Of
dawn
Back came the hens; they sohblcd grain
ana string.
THEN back for home they started on the
wing.
From every mouth they dragged the lady's
card.
please keep" he scratched his hcad-his
heart was hard
But shame cut through 1t like a knife and
hence
His hens no more flew DER the lady's
fence.