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ket was generally quiet but there was
a larger trade>in heavy goods for domes-
tic consumption. Several new lines OF
worsteds were opened. Fancy wooden
goods were slow. The inquiry for China
goods has not entirely subsidized
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Gilbert & cIay's Market Letter.

Liverpool closed very firm at an advance
of from to points. while spot transae-
lions were steadily maintained at COCO
bales / point up. Improvement In OPP
tons was caused by complaints of excess
sive moisture in the southern states ana
reports of damage having been done
bringing about some active buying.
The unexpected strength of Liverpool
together with a continuation of wet
weather, was largely responsible for the
advance on the opening of the New Or
leans market. Prices showed a further I'M
provement when the more unstable short
element began to cover and room traders
were operating on the long side for
turn.
Our crop advices today from the interior
have been, on the whole. favorable, some
localities complaining of too much rain
and resulting deterioration, while others.
notably Mississippi Indicate that the good
rains of the past few days have been very
beneficial to the growing crop, and that
the plant has made generally very salts
factory progress during the week. Flori-
da and Louisiana also report crop In
normal condition. with little If any dam
age from the excessive moisture, while
both Georgia and Alabama desire few
days of clear weather to rectify any set
back caused by the rains.
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cotton Seed OIL.

New Orleans. July 19.-cotton seed oil:
Prime, 34c crude, zoe.
Memphis July 19-Cotton seed oil:
Prime crude. 29Ns@S0c; prime summer yell
low, s3c prime meal, $2s5Od27; prime
cake, nominal.
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rreasurv Statement.

Washington, July 19-Today's statement
of the treasury balances in the general
fund, exclusive of the gold reserve. shows:
Available cash balances, s1I1, $50, no; gold
coin and bullion, $97, 4oe, 715. Gold certifi-
Gates, $40, 363 $40.
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Coffee Market.

New York, July 1s.-coffee, spot Rio
quiet, mild steady.
Futures opened firm at an advance OF
10 to Is points on higher European cables
and reports from Brazil that Congress
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THROUGH CARS
TO EAST LAKE CASINO.

Leave corner I'd avenue and
18th street every evening at 8,
8:12, 1924 and go through
without STOP. There in time
for the show-Quick travelling
this.
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Signs.

The most difficult work solicited. Hermit
tage. of course.
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RAILWAY SCHEDULES

Showing the arrival and departure OF
passenger trains at the Union station,
Birmingham:
Objective June II, 1907
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CARROLLTON SHORT LINE RAIL.
WAY COMPANY.
SCHEDULE.
Effective July IS, 1906.

Effective July IS, 1906.
No. l.. No. 2.
3:s pm... Lv. Reform, Ala. Ar. 1910 pm.
4:O5 pm. .Bv... Stansel -. Lv. IL 80 p m.
4:28 pm. Ar. Carrollton ..Lv. II :3j a m.
4:4s p.m...Lv. Carrollton Ar. 20 am.
5 O5 pm. w.. Dllburg ...Lv. II 90 am.
5:23 pm Ar. Aliceville Nv. 1915 am.
For further information apply to John
II. Cochrane. Prest., city Bank Building,
Mobile. Ala; Alex Jackson, Supt., Alice
Vile, Ala.
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Bonds.

Ala. Consolidated, 5s....-.-.."-.. 80 So
Ala Steel & Shipbuilding Co....l02 los
Alabama State Bonds
Glass C renewal 81 ............l01 1913
Funding As ...lO5 1C9
B'ham Ry, l.. & ?. Co. 41ss.... SO
B'ham Ry. and Elec. Co.'.....lvo JOG
! it,le Rock Ry. & Elec. Co. pfd. as 90
Tdttle Rock Ry g. Elec. Co. pfd 9S 80
P,ham Water Works Co.........1l0 lie
city of Birmingham 5s...........l02 los
City of Birmingham 6s...".....n4 lib
Continental Gin Co, ....,......... 80 100
Country Club IS 49,. -. 10
Georgia Ry. and Elec. Co. ....101 100
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IocaI Cotton Market.
Local Iron Market.
Local Securities.

corrected by Citizens Savings Bank.
stock and Bond Department. Phones 94)
Bid. Asked
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Total sales for the day, 342, 500 shares.
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Schedule in Effect April 20, 1905.
N. B.-Following schedule figures pub
lshed only as information and are not
guaranteed
Gan a m for tlanfo xNa.l,;,..
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-16
Curaou. seeds,

Mr.. Bennett had an embarrassing
habit Of bringing unexpected guests
home to luncheon, md the family lard
er was not always equal to the strain.
On one such occasion Mrs. Bennett was
obliged to REINFORCE the rather scanty
lei with something from her store
Of preserves.
Hastily selling a jar Of gooseberry
jam, the good emptled 1t into a
glass dish and placed it IN the table.
A little later the guest, who for some
moments had been regarding with puz-
zled interest his saucer of jam, looked
up to PROFOUND a question.
II beg your pardon" said he, "but
would you mind telling me what fruit
this excellent preserve Is made Of? The
flavor Is delicious, but I can't call to
mind any fruit with seeds like these"
Mrs. Bennett leaned forward to In
spect the " round objects on the
guests plate.
For goodness sake !" she exclaimed.
..Those are the marbles / put into the
kettle to keep the jam from burning. I
forgot to take them out"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-16

fesses that he works up his pictures
after throwing them on the screen, rs
he can always make them more per-
feet after seeing the shadow.
II do not look at my hands" he ex-
plains. II look at the shadow. Then
In difficult shadows l usually move the
fingers a bit, as 1t eases the strain ON
the muscles" - gs
In many silhouettes it takes but the
movement of a finger Or II slight
change in the position Of the hands
to produce an entirely different shad-
ow effect, SO beginners will do well to
study these changes; for instance, the
position Of the hands and fingers for
an owl is, with a slight alteration,
made to show a jar or vase.
Much humor is produced by Chas-
sino in the pictures he makes. h
monkey is used as the principal me-
dunn. for he can be readily ~manipuiat-
ed and made an adjunct to other fig
ures.
Take the priest II the pulpit, with
a curved sounding board overhead.
The board is suddenly transformed
into a monkey that annoys the preach
err from time to time. BY closing the
thumb Of the right hand and bring the
fingers on a line, the sounding board
is again produced.
In this shadowgraph CHASING uses
the shirt cuff on his right arm to pro-
duce the pulpit. A small bit Of paste
board rounded and attached to the
forefnger Of the left hand makes the
preachers clerical hat.
Speaking of these adjuncts, Chassino
says he was Eve years in working out
the simple way he now holds the paste
board used in making the hat. For a
long time he could get nothing that
would insure a steady shadow.
Illustrating the quick change that
can be made In faces with hats or GOV
erings, CHASING calls attention to the
position Of his hands in making the
gendarme and the old woman In each
case the only change is In the right
hand.
The shadowgraph Of the two
monkeys has every appearance of SIM
plicity, but is most difficult, as the
silhouettes are not long In repose.
Chassino operates their hands In many
monkey ways and opens their mouths.
In fact, he makes live monkeys Of
them, and 1t would be easy to believe
that two real monkeys were themselves
casting the shadows.
Not content with casting silhouettes
with his hands, CHASING has become
master Of his feet, and makes shadow
graphs with them. The command he
has over his toes Is something marvel
GUS, second only to the wonderful
manipulation Of them.
Some Of the most difficult shadows
are done with the feet, but the most
pretentious and intricate are the ones
in which Chassino uses both hands and
feet.-Montreal Star.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-16
Icy Water and Health.

"A cold bath-we might as well get
at the straight Of the thing says
Eugene Wood in Everybody's Maya
zine, "is not really a matter of cleanlf-
ness SO much as a matter of getting
the skin livened up and the capillariea
and veins next to the surface full of
blood. Ice-cold water or scalding hot
water will do that, but tepid water
No, no.
1.-The skin is almost exactly the same
kind Of an execreting organ as the
lungs. The same products seep
through the pores as are carried of in
the breath, and the air purides the
blood in the same way, but the great
err part Of the skin Is smothered up
IN clothes day and night. What the
cold water Of the bath dissolves is
matter well away. And the rubbing
dry Is pretty vigorous exercise, II you
want to know. Any rubbing is bound
to push the blood along toward the
heart and help the circulation, be-
cause there are valves in the veins
which prevent the blood from going
in any other direction than toward the
heart. Whatever loose flakes of outer
cuticle are rubbed of we needn't wor-
ry about; plenty more where they
came from. The extra food the in
creased appetite demands will make
good that triding loss"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-16

| light, which may be moved as neces
sity requires.
Between the screen and lamp TIN
maker takes position. The exact poin'
Of best advantage can be judged only
by experiment. CHASING says that ht
gets the best results from a position
about ten feet from the screen and five
feet In front Of his powerful arc light
! Then he obtains heavy shadows, dis
tinct and clean-cut in outline, produc'
ing n perfect silhouette.
Beginners, Chassi1o explains, should
learn first to gain perfect control over
the fingers and to timber the joints, sc
that rapidly of motion and fexlbility
are assured.
At first a rabbit or a wolf should be
tried. These figures are simple, and
one can learn to shadow them rough
" in a few minutes. Before taking
up complicated siiiouattcs the easier
ones should be perfected.
some OF the Hardest.
"They all look simple enough" the
French expert says, though the novice
soon learns that looks are deceiving."
The wolf, for instance, is Swallowed
by doubling the three fingers of the
right hand into the palm, leaving the
index finger for the animals forehead
and the thumb for the right ear.
This hand Is placed against he left,
so that all IL hidden, except the digits
mentioned. Now the left hand has
the thumb showing for an ear, the in
dex finger is slanted over the second
and third which form the snout and
the little finger forms the lower jaw.
BY moving the little finger the mouth
may be opened and closed at will. An
eye may be put in by leaving a slight
opening between the index and third
fingers OF the left hand Mt the crotch.
Making a gendarme, or French po-
liceman, Is more difficult to the ANA
teur. The right hand forms the cap
and most Of the head, the wrist forms
the neck and the left hand and forearm
the features and body.
The right arm is held slightly for
ward, the thumb hidden In the palm,
the forefinger crossed under the third
and touching the second finger; the
third finger Is bumped to make the
knot on the cap and the little finger
ID Strengthened out for the visor.
The left hand, palm to the screen,
Is simple. The thumb bears down on
the first joint Of the index finger,
which protrudes, making the nose out
OF the second joint; the second and
third fingers are bent in toward the
palm, the slit between the two forming
the mouth and each making a lip,
while the little finger Is made promi-
nent enough to produce a chin.
Chassino. who has developed shad-
owgraphs from mere child's play to
an amusement for grown-ups, can read
lily dissolve one figure into another.
His hands move with wonderful rap
idity and precision, though he con-
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\i!L!A!ililj@@
HOW THE TRICKS ARE DONE.

right in your mind and then solve as
follows: 4 to 1, 6 to 8, 8 to 8, 10 to
Z, and 2 to 5. Now for the second
trick. Take two Of the matches away,
leaving eight, and proceed to form
them SO they will make four right an
gled triangles and two squares. The
smaller square should be made first by
four matches as shown in figure 2, and
then the remaining four matches add
ed, forming the second square, thus
giving the geometrical result asked for.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-16

Long evenings, SO delightful early
b the season, generally become decid-
edly irksome before the winters end.
Books, magazines or cards do not APP
peal to all who have to remain indoors
1t this season.
Especially upon farms and In vii
lagos does the sway Of the house
months prove d~onotonons. One Of
the most delightful parlor amusements
for such evenings is the making OF
shadows, or siIhouettes, upon screens,
with the aid OF n lamp or candle.
Men upon the stage have attained
fame and fortune by their experiences
In casting shadows. Proficiency, how
ever. comes only through long prac-
tico and the application of originality
and imagination.
The professions! sliadowgraphist,
who plies his business :s:ron ths stage
and before large and critical audiences,
Eust, of course, be proficient to the
verge Of perfection, but this fact need
Aot discourage persons who aim only
10 entertain parlor gatherings or
friends.
The amateur, however, may learn q
great deal OF silhouette pictures.
CHASING, the F%renchman, who
stands In the front rank Of shadow
graphers Of the world, says that he
was obliged to work ten years before
he was able to secure engagements In
theaters. Even now he must practice
continually and be forever devislng
new pictures. which he tolls upon for
weeks before presenting to his audi
ences.
An ordinary sheep herder on the
hills md IN the valleys OF France was
Chassino when he first saw a shadow
graph At a church festival. So In
eatuated was he with the amusement
that right away he began to learn
.how to make shadows"
The Dimcalt Fart.
He used to take q bit OF an old sheet
ont Into the fields with him, and in
~ sunlight cast shadowgraphs upon
Il. Then, on moonlight nights, sitting
upon the ground, with his dogs and
0ock a spectators, CHASING worked
With the moor ns his light and cast
shAdowe OF rabbits, wolves, giraffes
ana such easy combinations OF tho
Aands and fingers.
0fadu1lIy becoming adept, he ap-
peexed n I village social with better
a~cceseories. but ten years passed be-
No. shadow9raphs became remunera-
s6ve % him. Now he says:
You cannot E In the shadow a
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-16

Perfected New Battery Ready For
Use OF Automobiles.

Perfected New Battery Ready Fol
Use Of Automobiles.
Thomas A. Edison, as young n en-
thusiastic rs ever, despite his silvery-
gray hairs, has made the unqual1f1ed
declaration that he has solved the prob
lem of providing cheap and serviceabie
electric traction for vehicles, says the
Philadelphia North American.
by October my light battery Will
be ready for the market and we will
be ready to equip automobiles of all de-
scriptions," he said. ITO reach a det1n-
lite conclusion Of Its possibilities l a
ufuctured $4,000 cells and equipped
about 100 ~conveyances Of all descrip-
tons. In Washington, we attached the
batteries to a number Of express deliv-
cry wagons, with the result that AFTER
many months the cost Of operation has
been found to be SO per cent Of that OF
horses.
1.-THE batteries manufactured varied
in types, 80 that 1 might obtain the
happy average I wished to strike n
I am prepared to make the unQuali'
fed statement that the Edison battery
will reyolutionize the storage-battery.
problem.
MANY of my experiments were fall
ures at first. l determined that 1t was
4 strange law Of nature that would
| stop with but one achievement along
one line.
ITO reach the goal for which 1
| aimed and to keep down the cost to a
trifing portion Of what present bat
| teries cost to keep alive, I determined
| upon the simple combination of iron
! rust, potash and nickel rust For a
time it failed me-, but now I have ac-
complished the result with these In.
gradients, and the new light battery Is
an accomplished fact.
1T will weigh just one-half Of the
present battery in general use and will
be about the same size, although 1t
stands somewhat higher in its proper
ton than the other.
"As to it's power there can be no
question. I had a big two-ton car
brought to my factory In Orange, where
It was fitted with cells, and we took it
out and sent it over the roads Of New
Jersey at thirty-three miles an hour.
"The new factory, where the new
cell batteries are to be manufactured,
is being erected in Orange, and the au-
tomobiles will be built and equipped
<hero"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-16
Pot and Kettle.

Professor BlacAie used to form a
very picturesque feature in the Edin-
burgh streets, says Tit-Bits. he was
a CHEEKY old patriarch, with handsome
features, and hair falling in ringlets
about his shoulders. No n who had
seen him could possibly forget him.
One day he was accosted By a very
dirty little %bootblack with his "Shine
your boots, sir?
Blackie was impressed by the filth
ness of the boys face.
II don't want a shine, my lad" said
he. But If you'll go and wash your
face I'll give you s%ixpence."
"a RIGHT, SIR" was the lads reply.
Then he went over to a neighborlng
fountain and made his ablutions. Re-
turning he held out his hands for the
money.
"Well, my lad" said the professor,
you have earned your sixpence. Here
it IT,"
II dinna want it, aud chap" return
ed the boy, with a lordly air. "Ye can
keep it and get yer hair cut"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-16

.Gr.ndmother's Treasures.
When grandma was a little girl she own
ed n box-her dearest treasure.
In It she kept with dainty care the things
which gave her greatest pleasure
A scrap of pale buff calico with little
sprigs of blue Upon it,
A bit of stiff silk ribbon, wide, from some
ones old discarded bonnet, ,
A fragment each of muslin thin, OF
bingham pink, and silk, magenta,
A bit of velvet, soft and green, that some
dear maiden aunt had sent her.
"Doll rags" they called them, but to her
shy little Jane Amanda Baker
They furnished food for many a dream
and into fairy-land they'd take
her.!
To-day her great-grandchild, Lucille, bows
sunny head DER box of treasures,
Doll rags" they call them, but to her
they're almost chief among her
pleasures
A dainty scrap of organdy with violets
and leaves upon it,
A bit Of pale blue velvet left from baby
sisters cloak and bonnet,
A piece Of rose-pink corded silk from
mammals evening waist so pretty,
A bit Of soft white albatross from Aunt
Minerva in the city,
A fragment of an old plaid sik-twas
worn by grandma at her wedding,
And through the years, with smiles and
tears, a gentle radiance it's she'd
ding!
Dear doll rags! Loved by childish hearts,
from little Jane Amanda a
Down to Lucille, her great-grandchild-
the winsome little sunshine-maker
Fragments Of velvet and of silk-Oh,
childhocd's joyous round OF pleas
ures!
Nearest and dearest Of them all-the pre-
cious little box Of treasures!
Youths Companion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-16
THE %cHILDLEss c

Low Birth Rate Among New-York.
ers with the Most Money.
Andrew Carnegie has no son II
only one daughter, SO his hundreds OF
millions will start no line Of Carnegie
kings. Russell Sage has neither sou
nor daughter and his fortune will DO
scattered among strangers. Leland
Stanford had only n son and he
died. c. P. Huntington had no chill
dren. Frederick Vanderbilt has no
children. Perry Belmont has no chill
dren. And three Of the younger Rock
efellers, although married for ten
years or more, have no children. So
we might go on through the list Of
millionaires. and while we should
meet with some exceptions, like Will
lam Vanderbilt with eight children.
George Gould with six and J. p. Nor
gan with four, we should quickly e.
tablish the fact that the average num-
Der Of children in our very rich Amer
lean families Ia far below the gem
eral average; instead of approaching
four it would probably not reach two.
And I have it on the authority of Dr..
Guilfoy, registrar Of vital statistics in
New York, that the Fifth avenue res
idence section where u multi-mil-
lionaires live, shows by far the low
est birth rate of any other section in
the city. I may add that a doctor Of
great authority on this subject AZ.
sures me that as riches increase not
only Il there a rapidly diminishing
number of births, but there is an In
creasing number Of crimes against
birth. Probably this is a new and
1t may be a passing condition, for we
are told that seventy-flve years ago
rich New Workers were accustomed
to have large families. Thus we read
in New Workers. Of the Nineteenth
Century" that Colonel Nicholas Fish
and Elizabeth Stuyvesant had I'VE
children and ffty-nine g~reat-grand-
children; that Colonel William Duer
and Catherine Alexander had eight
children and one hundred great-grand-
children, etc. Which shows how
things have changed since then I'm tho
fashionable set!-Success Magazine.
E
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-16

So MHE .NMNN
that you had discovered some quaint
old Runic rhyme, or a verse in some
language 90 ancient that 1t would take
an antiquarian to decipher it7
That was exactly what an enthusiast
tic band OF ~archaeologists did think
one time, 20 the story goes, when they
found this inscription cut In the cor
nerstone Of a very old building in Ban
bury, England. These gentlemen were
on the lookout for just such quaint old
bits, and you can imagine how excited
they were over this when they discov-
cred It.
.-This II certainly prehistoric
Welsh,' said they, and took 1t straight
way to the president Of the archaeology
ical society to which they belonged.
He rubbed his hands softly and smiled.
..This discovery Il something quite
worth WHILE" he said and al these
wise gentlemen felt very virtuous, as
they wrinkled thsar brows and won
dered what story or what great secret
tie queer old words would unfold.
But they pushed in vain They could
net red 1t. 80 then they telegraphed
to Z widely-known professor Of dead
languages, asklng him to translate It
coE
very sooa tn return messass ar
rived, ana iii Clustered around the
president TO hear the telegram.
nead BACKWARD It suggestsd; and
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-16
TR0YSN DnM @zz...,.
s.e7s

gets a start, it often becomes a u
sance, as the ground Is stocked with II
for many years. The tiniest piece OF
root left In the ground will grow.
Bird Enigma.
S. Name the birds these sentences sus-
gest:
First-what a very sore throat pre-
vents you from doing.
Second-What a coward does In the
hour Of danger.
Enthusiastically md a state Of utter
decay.
Fourth-a portion Of a whole and a
range of hills.
Fifth-a monarch and a toiler Of
the sea.
Answers-First, crow; second, quail;
third, parrot; fourth, partridge; fifth.
kingisher.
How Boston Got It's Name.
In the seventh century a Roman
Catholic monk Of the name Of Botc!ph
or Bot-hclph (boat help) ounde a
church in what is now called Lincoln
shire, England. Gradually a town
grew I'D around the church and was
called Hotolphstown, which was after
ward contracted to Botholphston and
then shortened to Botoston and finally
to Boston. From that town of Boston
In Lincolnshire came to America the
Rev. John Cotton, who gave the name
to the New England capital.