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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
c. E. PIERCE & cos COTTON LETTER

t6y Prlvate Wire from Gilbert 0 Clay)
 New Orleans March 1s.-Advices from Liverpool indicated that a quiet and steady market prevailed. options closing unchang- ca Opinions. while not expecting de- cided change in either direction for the present. were inclined to hold favorable views for the future, principally on Account or the activity in trades and strength of southern holders. SpotS on sales of TO- goo bales, sold at points advance and Manchester reported cloths and yarns quiet
 Our opening. while quiet. was practically unchanged An effort to depress prices was made bv local bears, who offered in Iair sized lots without selling much cotton
 the slight reeessionS served to check de- cilnes of moment. New York absorbed n fair amount of contracts in this market
 In the face of liberal receipts the spot of advicas from numerous interior points indicated that cotton Is being quite firmly held for moderately better values. In our market there is a good demand. with offer that large long interest has been acquired Tn New York by strong parties, who, in the event Of their not being able to realize 1alr profit on contracts. would receive the the recent demand for low grades through. out the South for shipment to that mar ket these shipments having been made by operators for probable deliveries on short contracts While trading continues light, indications that speculation is again be- coming interested in cotton. support from that source coincident with the excellent spot demand may bring about a further ad- tinuously absorbing contracts as a protec- ton against commitments in manufactured goods However the permanency of any im- provement will largely depend on the ability quantity of cotton and the new crop pros psctS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
Total sales for the day. 1.ss2,Ooo shares
NEW YORK BONDS.


 United States refunding 2s, registered. 104% United states ss. registered ...: ..i ....iSia United states new Is, registered .. ..is2S United states old is registered ed .: ::iS4H American Tobacco 4s certificates 7SH
 do 6s. certificates .... .... ....117S Akchison general As .... co. .... ..1O4%
 do adjustment Is .... .... .... .. 97 Atlantic Coast Line 4s .... .... .101% Baltimore x Ohio As ......l04A < certro, Go S%s a3 cao,.,. E. '.. .".. .... ,ysM Iehtral or Georgla 5s ......1l5 uo Ist me 93 chesaDeake $ ohio s'as .... ..:: :': nos Chicago. B. & Quincy new 4s .... ....100 Shlcaso. R l. P. R. R. As a2A c. C. c. < St. Louis gen As Is ::: ..1Ss% Chicago Terminal 4s .... .... .... .. y Colorado Midland Al .... .... .... .. T6 Colorado southern 4s .... .... .... ssh Denver Rio Grande Is .101M Disthlers' Securities ss .... .... .... 79% Erie d prior e lien 4s .... .... .... ....1nh Fort Worth < Denver City 1st .... ..1i0 Hooking Valley +hs .... .... ......111 Louisville & Nashville unified {: :. .%.iOs % h Manhattan consol gold As .... ....1Os AeAieSn central 4s .... 76h Minn. & St Louis Is -. ... .... .. 96M Missouri Kansas & Texas Is .... ....1O0N National R. R. of Mexico consol 4: :: sSE New York Central general shs .... ..1O0h New Jersey Central general 5s .... ..136 Northern Faeitic As ..'. ....I0S% Norfolk & Western consol Is ..: .....IoSN Oregon Short Line rfdg 4s .... .... 97M PennnsylVania copy Shs ...10eA St Louis & Iron Mountain consol 5s ..iis St LOUIS @ San Francisco fg. As ...... Sl%
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
LIVERPOOL COTTON FUTUREs.
NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON

NeW UrIeahs. March 13. = Cotton Steady: seies' S.sOo Ordinary. 1-l6: good ordjn, good Eoiddling. 77s Iniddling fair. s 5-Is' Receipts. S.95S; stock 26s,075
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
NEW ORLEANS sUo.D

open kettle, S%@4A; open kettle centri. fnEai, rdI,at. 4n 9S; centrifugal whites, 9-Is;
 Molasses quiet; open kettle, 1S62s. cen- trifugal, 6G15. N' NsH
 Syrup steady, 2la25
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
DAILY COTTON MARKET. pnrf Nov~u,aut

Gaiveston-Firm. 7%c; net receipts, T. s11: gross, 7.211:; sales. 637; stock, 155,7f2; shipments. to Great Britain, 1890; coast wise, 3,093: to Mexico 1,2ss.
 New OrIsans-Steady. 7hc; net receipts, s.sss; gross. s.s5s; sales. a.soo: stock. zss.- o1k.
 Mobile-steady, TAG: net receipts. 942; gross. s42: sales, 45o; stock. 42,4Ss; ship ments coastw.se, 300.
 Eavannah-Firm. 7%c; net receipts, D. Ai1; gross. 2.411; sales. 1,962; stock. 44.s0s; shipments. to continent. 7.25o; coastwisc, las.
 charieston-Firm. ZIG; net receipts. s1i gross, 31: stock. 1s.053.
 wiiminston-steady. 7Sc; net receipIs. a7t; gross. 274; stock, t.S36.
 Norfolk Firm, 7%c: net receipts, sos; gross. sos; sales. 135: stock, 26,5s2; ship ments, coastwise, 1.012.
 Baltimore-Nominal, 7Hc; gross receipts. 7s3: stock, GAPS.
 New York-steady Sc: net receipts, 50; gross. 5.4si; sales. 510; stock, 79,069.
 Boston--Quiet, Sc; net receipts, AZ: gross s,07s
 Philadelphia = Steady. s.25c; gross re- ceipts. 722; stock. Ls3f; shipments. to con- tinent. 800.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
TOTAL COTTON MOVEMENT.

Total today. at all ports. net 24,205: snip. ments. to Great Britain. 1890: to continent 1850; to Japan, 5,37s; to Mexico. 1.2ssj stock, e50,s sss.
 Consolidated. at all ports. net 44.s42; ship- ments, to Great Britain. 23,39S; to France 2,500: to continent, 17.327; to Japan, 5,37s to Mexico. 1.2Ss.
 Total since Sept, 1, at all ports. net 7,- 359.44s; shipments, to Great Britain, 2.73z,- 214: to France, 3,315; to continent 2,3l4,-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
MARKET FOR FUTURES
AFTER QUIET MORNING IMPROVED
 ACTIVITY DEVELOPED.
Good Demand Through Southern and Wall Street Houses Closing Prices Were Five to Eight
 Points Higher.

New York, March 13.--After quiet ana practically featureiess morning the cotton market developed improved activity with good demand through certain Wall Street and Southern houses. and in spite of liberal ssIling by recent buyers ruled generally steady to firm, with closing prices 5ms points higher.
 The opening was steady at unchanged prices to an advance of spoint on covering and little buying through wire and con- mission houses. which shortly after the cali had prices about 3@4 points net higher when realizing on the heavy receipts esu- mated for leading points tomorrow forced the market off to net loss of about 2gS points.
 Following this the fluctuations were ir- regular but well within the range men tioned until shortly after midday. when certain Wall Street houses became quite az gressive buyers of July. some said for the account of last winters bull leader and oth- CTS for New Orleans account, Offerings mad been very light previously, but this demand found cotton offering quite liberally, not withstanding which prices began to creep upward and the market closed firm at within a point or two of the best at the advance noted Sales estimated at 15o.0oo bales There nothing special in the news to account for the increased demand In the late trading
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
NEW YORK COFFEE AND sucAR

New York. March 13.-Coffee~spot Rio quiet Mild steady.
 Sugar-Raw weak; fair refining. A.: Refined quiet.
 The market for coffee futures opened dull at unchanged prices to an advance of 5 points and closed near the opening or net unchanged to points higher Sales, l5.UOU HtdY''' '''' s'.s ...... S...6.30 guy '.'' '''' ''ss .s. .6. 45 Q 6. 50 Septenoer.. .... ..-. ....6. 65Q6. 70 ~ 1SiiIoot'' '''s Ss'. ..6. S5 p 6 90 NSSi NaiS'''s ...,6.95
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
NAVAL srnREs

savannah. March 13. Turpentine firm, SS11 S1aA A. receipts. s2; sales, 1ss; shipments ments. 1.I33. Quote; A. B e. T7M: i1 S'8h: E. ESTE: F. 2.92h; e. 2S7H; H. S;So: ]! $50; K, 4.O5; NJ, 4.5O; N, 4.76; W G. BOO: W W. 5.i5.
 Charleston - Turpentine and rosin notn-
 Wilmington - Spirits turpentine nothing doing: receipts, 2.
 Rosin firm, 2,5O bid: receipts 27. ceipts. s5.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14

Lard. per 100 lbs. e.s2h @e.s5.
 Short ribs sides, loose. 6.62k @6.75. Short clear sides, boxed. 6.7536. S7 h. Whiskey, basis of high wines, .23.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14

St. Louis Southwestern consol As s3A Seaboard Air Line Is .... yoH Southern Pacific As .... .... .. s5A Southern Railway 5s ..1l3tS Texas & Pacific 1sts ..122!9 Toledo St. Louis & Western As SEA Union Pacific 4s ..106
 do conN. 4s ''1o9 a United States Steel 2nd 5s =. S5B Wabash 1sts .... ...llSS&
 do Deb B. .... io%s Western Maryland As .... 93
 Wheeling & Lake Erie 4s s2ls Wisconsin Central As .... s4h
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
I,OCAT. CorrON ,,.purr
NEW ORLEANS COTTON FUTURES. New Orleans. March 13.-Cotton fntureI
NEW YORK COTTON FUTUREs

New York. March 13.-Foliowinr w.r kne quotations on the Cotton Exchange 10 gay; Open. High. Low Close
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-14
HAYWARD, WICK q CLARK's COTTON
 LETTER.

(By Direct Private Wire to Virgin Faunce. l Managers; Phone 73s.) New Orleans, March 13.-In the cotton
 market this morning the bulls held their own almost without any effort. At one time
 up to the !. 50 cent mark. but above T. 45 offerings from shorts began to increase and
 this stayed the advance.
 It looks as If the leading bull interest have no desire to boost prices because of the effect higher values may have on the
 acreage. The principal feature of the morn,
 this sustained futures
 The market opened steady with prices
 from l point lower to point higher than
 about as expected and New York came in
 steady with prices uncnanged to l point up.
 soon after the opening, on dull and mar prices below the level of the closing of
 Saturday. but prices did not stay there Iong.
 o'clock the active months were | and 5 points lower than the closing of Saturday.
 About noon they had advanced 8 points
 from this level and were BOA points higher
 than the closing of Saturday.
 More interest was manifested in the spot
 market than in futures and the situation in the spot market was worth watching Prob ably at no time during the season have the farmers held their cotton So firmly as they
 do at present, while demand to fill March
 forwarding shipments is all that the bulls predicted 1t would be. Spot men were not
 at all backward in stating that they had
 snt ssn' Dids into the interior in all directions like the prices quoted fin the local market The demand for local spots was strong put
 factors put scanty offerings on their sample tables This restricted trading and up to o'clock about 1.500 bales had been sod
 Sales Of f. o. b. cotton did not amour, 10 more than 500 bales. Spots were firm at 1-16c advance
 A feature of no small importance was the clearance of 5,378 bales of cotton from tho Pacific coast for Japan. Japan has been taking great deal of cotton this season ana does not seem to have enough yet As Is the case every day. all sorts of rumors were afloat in the market. The most inter- esting of these was to the effect that the deposed cotton king was in the market again and had formed another bull pool and was buying heavily in New York. Liverpool futures opened quiet at an ad- vance Of l point and closed from point
 higher to point lower than the closing of Saturday.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-19

Dr. Wells. a London physician, rs
1918, in his published essay on dew,
was the first to draw attention to the
curious artificial production of Ice in
India. Shallow pits are dug. which
are partially filled with perfectly dry
straw. On the straw broad, fat pans
containing water are exposed to the
clear sky. The water. being a power
full radiant, sends off its heat abun-
dainty into space.
The heat thus lost cannot be re-
placed from the earth, for this source
Is excluded by the straw. Before sun
rise a cake of Ice is formed in each
vessel. To produce this ice in guam
titles clear nights are advantageous
and particularly those on which prac
tically no dew falls. Should the straw
get wet it becomes more matted and
compact and consequently a better
conductor of heat, for the vapor then
acts as a screen over the pans, checks
the cold and retards freezing.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-19

The English naturalist, Morris Gibbs,
devoted years Of study to birds nests,
their formation and their contents, and
asserts that birds lay their eggs in ac-
cordance with geometrical lines, so
that every inch of space is used to the
greatest possible advantage. Birds
which lay many eggs arrange them in
circles, the pointed ends turned to the
inside. Others, whose eggs are elliptic
ally shaped. place them in longitude
nal rows. If an egg is moved out of
its original position by an intruder, II
will be found on the following morn
ing that the bird has returned it to its
first position. Among the numerous
and often difficult cases which Gibbs
made a matter Of study, not one was
found which would not do credit to q
mathematician.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-19

In st. Petersburg nearly everybody
lives in a fiat. and in the Easements of
these fiat buildings are shops. If You
live at the top OF Il fiat building You
60 down an endless stone staircase
elevators are as yet almost unknown
put of tie double doors into the street,
and at your feet in the basement be
hold shop. Say you enter it, in nine
cases out of ten you will find yourself
In provision shop, probably bakers
"a German bakers. But, although
there are many German bakers shops,
there are also dozens of itinerant Rus.
sian bread sellers, who carry about on
their heads in baskets and trays their
wares-large fiat cakes. the size of a
pudding plate. that often form a days
Sustenance for the mouiik, costing 10
kopecks about cents and requiring
ten sets of teeth to get through them.
These men do a brisk trade. Before
the peasant makes his dinner off the
frozen cake you may see him slowing
II away in the breast of his kaftan,
where it undergoes the process Of a
gentle thaw.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-19

An English gentleman travelling
some years ago in Ireland took a ham,
mer and tackS along with him because
he found dogs cared carpets at all the
inns where he rested At one of these
inns lie tackled down the carpet, which,
MS usual. was loose near the door, and
soon afterward rang the bell for his
dinner While the carpet was loose
the door could not he opened without
n hard push so when the waiter came
up he just unattached the door; then,
going back a couple of yards, he rush
ed against il. MS his habit was. with
a sudden spring to force ii open. But
the wrinkles Of the carpet were no
longer there TO stop it. and. not meet
ing with the expected resistance. the
waiter fell fun length into the room.
II had never entered his head that so
much trouble might be saved by means
Of a hammer and a dozen or even half
a dozen lacks until his fall taught him
that makeshift is n very Improbable
sort of shift.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-19

Chatting across The table In an IN
town restaurant two Young men eX-
changed condolences concerning their
activities I'm nearby department
store. Il can work To the limit of my
strength If it is appreciated" said one
OF them. "but the more one does for
the head of my department the more
he eXactS. and he appreciates nothing
The other young man subscribed TO
the sentiment and added. II put the
new boy who came few days ago
wise TO the situation and advised him
not to hustle quite 50 lively, for if he
ever lets up a little II will be concluded
that be has lost interest in bis job
An employer who overheard the con
to ration remarked to a friend who
which ,chiug with HIM. "1'hot Is tho
even attempted more than once for m,
own private satisfaction to employ hi
methods in IN If solution, though wit
Indifferent success. There was mont
however. which appealed to me lik
this tragedy Of Ronald Adair As
read the evidence at the inquest, whic
led ap 10 a verdict Of willful murde
against some person or persons III
known I realized more clearly than
had ever done the loss which the con
munity had sustained by the death Q
Sherlock Holmes.
There were points about this strang
Ing room, and Tommy opened fire WIN:
Are You going 10 propose TO my sis
ter tonight%
Why, Ter er-er-what do you
meanT
"Oh, nothing. Only If you are you
amt a-going to surprise her. At dinner
jus now she bribed me an my little
brother to 80 to bed at half past Z.
She's hung four Cupid pictures on the
parlor wall, moved the sofa over in the
darkest corner, got ma an pa to go
calm next door, shut the dog in the
cellar ans been practicing Because /
Love You on the pianner all the aftar-
noon. You'll get her all right, only If
she tells Won bout It's being sudden
tell her It's all bunkum Philadelphia
Telegraph
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-19

II was jest pure and simple that
brought about the war between Eng
land and France in l0S7 and ultimately
cost the great William his life VIII
liam, of course. was great" in more
senses than enc. So stout was he in
fact by reason of his idle and luxurious
life that he could not walk from place
To place. but had to he carried One
day his contemporary, Philip of
France. delicatcly remarked at dinner
that William was like fllet of beef
on casters and ought to be exhibited at
a prize monarch show" Naturally vii
liam heard OF this and in a furious
rage ordered his troops to invade at
once This was done, and a war com
menced which ended in the English
king being thrown from his horse and
killed while experimenting the siege
of Nantes.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-19

AhNAuA OGDN bCkaAAS SOAACChCo"
When Mike left the employ of Broth.
er Bubbles, who keeps. a country store
and also farms it, in Washington
county, Me-, he owed a considerable
balance to Brother Bubbles. Mike
seemed quite willing to forget about it,
but more intimate acquaintance of
Brother Bubbles never lost faith that
the account would be squared in due
time.
After Brother Bubbles had ceased
even to drop gentle hints about the
little bill Mike became the owner of q
single lusty hog of which he was in
ordinately proud. He Dragged about
1t increasingly, and Brother Bubbles
made friendly call one day to see it
and praised the hog in way that de
lighted the heart of the lucky owner.
Cant see how We got him so fat,
Mike" said Brother Bubbles. Mine
don't fill out that way. | guess 1t
takes an Irishman to bring up a pig"
Then after Il pause Brother Bubbles
added: I've got a shote I'll give We if
you want it. | should like to see what
We can do with my stock"
There is an old saying that sets
forth the danger of trusting the Greeks
even when they offer gifts, but Mike
had never heard it. At the first OPP
poytunity he went over to Brother
Rubbles' barn and brought away the
sorriest looking shote that ever lived.
The next day Brother Bubbles "lev'
led on the big hog. The law would
not have permitted him to do that So
| long as Mike was the owner of only
| one pig
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-19
wisdom That Comes with Age.

l well remember one case before a
Justice in which l acted as respond.
ents counsel in criminal action and
in which an older and we'll known at.
torney was my opponent. AS l thought
then anu as | know now. the law and
evidence were well in favor of nv eli.
ent, and at the close of the arguments
/ looked with great confidence for a
prompt acquittal. Judge of my aston.
ishment when my unfortunate client
was found guilty and sentenced to thir-
ty days in jail. l promptly entered an
appeal and furnished sureties TO pros.
ecute the same. Before l left the court.
room the justice took occasion to take
me aside and say, Young man, kind.
er thought We We're right, but knowei
Judge W. manning my opponent is a
sight older'n you be and a sight better
lawyer'n you be, and so of course / gin
him judgment"-Judge Shute in Les
lies Monthly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-19
Ocean Streams.

The fresh inflow Of salt water from
the Arctic seas which mingles with the
inflow of the rivers produces in the
regions of the north and east of the
New Siberian archipelago a vast cold
clearing out current. which carries be
fore it all the fragments of the centra.
ice field. forming thus mighty drift
toward the eastern coast of Green.
land, This cold current bears along on
its surface foes, ice fields, icebergs,
hummocks. etc, and washes up along
the Greenland coast an almost insuper-
able barrier. When this current
reaches Cape Farewell it divides, one
portion descending straight toward
Newfoundland. while the other goes
to increase the current in Baffin's bay
and Hudson strait. 1t is this last
mentioned current which carries ice
bergs even down to the latitude of
yigo, and its power plays an important
and capricious part in the meteorology
of Europe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-19
NeNrs md Notes.

II is claimed that the daily weather
forecast is now furnished by telephone
10 $4,000 farmers in Iowa.
The total beef output for the state
as reported ct the annual meeting Of
the Montana Stock Growers asSocia-
ton was 100000 head. with 10000
cattle brought into the state.
The export trade in live hogs is NO
longer an important factor of the In
dustry.
An Oregon grand jury recently ad
dressed an arraignment of the public
land laws To the public land commits.
sion al Washington.
Cooperative creameries have proved
popular in the GENITAL west.
Germany is an important buyer OF
horses. According tc consular informa
ton. it is not price. but quality un
satisfactory TO the German farmers
that keeps down the demand for Amer
lean horses.
Many viii learn with regret thai
Chief Coburn has been obliged by III
health to retire from the active man
agement of the live stock department
of the worlds fair. Colonel c. F
Wells will probably serve as actin;
chief
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-19
An Astnt. niird VIM.

A blind man possessed $500 ana,
fearing that somebody might steal Il
he buried his treasure in Il corner o.
his garden. \ neignbor saw Linn at his
work and in the night stole his money
The blind man on discovering his loss
and susPecting his neighbOr went To
him and said: My iniirmity renders
me diftideut. and few are the persons
whom | can trust You are one of
those few. and | have come to tell you
a secret and to ask your advice l am
the posSessor of $1,000 in gold. l have
hidden half of it in a place which l
believe to be secure. DO you think |
would do well to put the other half in
the same place." Yes. by all mems. '
replied his ueighbor Were | in Your
place | would do the same There is no
knowing what may happen if you keep
your money in your house" Having
given his advice. the thief hoping to
get the rest of the blind mans money,
FASTENED to replace the half he had
stolen, and thus the astute blind man
recovered his property.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-05-19
WASHING TALES.
The Way They Kept Laundry Lists
In the 0Iden Days.

The washing tally dating back to
the times Of Charles l., was formed of
piece Of beech wood five and a half
inches long, four and a half inches
wide and half an inch thick and COW
cred with linen at the back and sides
In front the names of the different ar
ticles. such as "ruffes,' "bandes, :"
"cuffes,' "bootehoSe," ''pillowberes, :"
Handkerchief" "sockes," were printed
from copperplate and protected by a
sheet of horn.
The tally was divided into fifteen
squares, in each of which was a dial
numbered from 0 TO l. and circular
brass indicator fastened by a small
central pin 50 as 10 revolve Each of
these indicators was pierced near its
outer edge with a round hole, through
which one number Of the dial was visi-
Bile. BY this very simple method the
number of each article sent to the
wash was easily shown. so that an ac-
curate account could be kept-I,ondon
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