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DISTINGUISHED.

why is Hiram Ryetop going
around all pulled up7 = asked the post
master at Bacon Ridge.
Why, begosh, he thinks he looks
just like O congressman or senator,
And what put that in his heads =
Why, he applied to the railroad for
a pass an they refused him, begosh. !"
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ARIzoNA coppERs

No change in the market today The 0ner-
ings are in excess OF the demands and the
buyers are fewer than yesterday.
Butte Il London is sinkin. its shaft at the
rate of four feet day which is considered ex-
ceptionally good. THE management OF this prop
erty all hustlers with the ability to do
things and they promise to make good mine OF
Butte & London within year. The mistakes
which We're originally made in the fotation OF
the stock have been overcome and the demand
is growing daily.
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Hog prices So lower, owing I'd lower prices
in the east Receipts fairly liberal demand pnnas
range from $3.50 to $3.50; bulk of sales, $3.50
to s5.55. Light. common to fair, quoted $5.45
common to fair, ss.45 to $3.50 good to choice,
$3.50 to s5e5; heavy, fair s545 u $780, good
70 H soee Ss i lbs s5s5: ss. 24s lbs, $685.
60, 217 lbs $3.50; 81. 243 lbs, $3.50; 81, 23S
lbs, IS go; g., 245 lbs, 1855; 3d. PIG lbs, 1886;
II, 1913 lbs, $3.50; IS, 191 lbs. 1856; so. 100
"a, III lbs, $3.50; IS, 1ss lbs, $3.50; SO, 17e
Figs, Roughs and Underweights-s, 7o5 lbs,
Stays and Boars-1,. 40 lbs, s4.4o; boar,
500 lbs, $3.50.
CATTLE-Receipts rather light; comparative
fair Good demand for finished steers and sows.
Prices about steady. Stockers. and feeders
steady atsweek's decline;byeal calves dull to Zoe
lower; bulls steady tosstFong; mich COWS about
Butcher Steers, 1,o7e lbs. $3.50; s. 1861
lbs, $3.75; 2, 1,O1O lbs. 1925:
So: /, 1850 lbs So: /. $40 lbs, $2.75; /, LAG
s27s lilo lbs $3.50 90 IL aos . lbs $40
lbs, 81; 2 s1o lbs 81; 5, s4s lbs, s1.75; 2, SO
lbs, $1.75; 2, s35 lbs. SLIGO.
Butcher Bulls, 1850 lbs, $3s5; 1, 1,lso
Veal Calves. 1870 lbs, IS; Is, 10 lbs $40;
4, 100 lbs, s4.5o; 2, 1s5 lbs, s4.e5; l, 100 lbs
$3.50: 5, 1876 lbs, 1925.
Stock Feeding Steers, LOGO lbs. 81 %; 3,
1,o7s lbs $3.50; 8, OIL lbs, $3.50; 3, 500 lbs lbs;
$500; 1, 100 lbs, SO; !, 900 lbs, 50; a. s34
lbs s2.s5; I, 497 lbs, $3.50:
Stock Cows and Heifers-2, $50 lbs $3.50; l,
ESQ lbs, s2.4o; 8. 5o6 lbs, s225; 2, $50 lbs,
sA stock FEEDING Bulls-1, 900 lbs $40; l.
1,25O lbs s24o: 1, 72o lbs, 1925.
Mich Cows and Springers-2 cows. 1 calf
s62 so: 1 COW, ! calf, S33; COW, calf, s53.
SHEEP-Receipts moderate. Market fairly &C
I tive Offerings find ready outlet at stronger
pfices than have been paid for a week; recent de
| cline partly recovered: Sales: -.
killing Sheep and Lambs-24o lambs IS lbs
! $3.50: III wethers III lbs. $3.50; $50 weth
/ ers. iii lbs, $3.50; 100 ewes, pa lbs, So; 81
| ewes, 121 lbs. IS.
| Yarnes Brothers, Echo; Palmer Brothers. Albert
Darkew, L; L; Palmer, Fairfa1; b; kneppk e
| Gavin, Menomonie Wis; P. A. Scales. Madelia
G: Mold Nelson. Wis: R. p Mortified If Go Lake
i Dodge Center; R. l. Lyon, Forsythe. Mont; NJ
B. Brown, Ellsworth, Wis.
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CHICAGO PRODUCE, Feb. Butter, steady;
creameries, 1s@2ec; diaries, 1s@23c. Eggs,
steady; at mark, cases included 17@1sc. Cheese,
steady; daisies, &c., twins, liz @12c; Young
Americas, 13c. Poultry, live, firm; turkeys,
14he; chickens, II hc; springs, 111ac. Potatoes,
steady; Burbanks, 54@57c; Rurals, 54@5sc; red
stock, b2@5Sc. Veal, steady; 80 to 6O-lb
weights, 6@6hc; 85 to 75-lb weights, 61a Csc;
IS to 110-lb weights, 81 @9kc
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MIDWAY HORSE MARKET, Mtnnesota Trans

MIDWAY HORSE MARKET, Minnesota Trans.
fer, st. Paul, Feb. 7.-Barrett & Zimmerman
report many buyers at the first auction of the
season; horses selling at good prices. Many
consignments bought for the northwest, consist
ing mostly of farm chunks and mares. Receipts
continue large in anticipation Of the next sale.
The market closes very strong at the following
prices: Drafters, extra, $1S5 to 1920; drafters,
choice, $3.50 to $1S5; drafters common to good,
$135 to $3.50; farm mares, extra, $3.50 to $40;
farm mares, choice, $135 to $3.50; farm mares,
common to good. $40 to $1s5; drivers extra,
$3.50 to $40; drivers, choice, $125 to $3.50;
delivery, choice, $135 to $175; delivery, com
mon to good, 800 to $135
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LIVERPOOL GRAIN, Feb. Wheat, spot,
6s 8Ad; July, Is SID. Corn, spot quiet; Amer
lean mixed, new, As Id; American mixed, Old,
IS Sd; futures, quiet; March, As lid; May, As
2Bd. --t - sl
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ACTIVE BONDS AND CURB STOCKS.
Quotations to pms, Feb. q: Vs.
Resf . sass s'9s T. S. 81 81 81 asked
Japanese lists, 10O1sss1g :.
japanese DDS, 1OO1s. - ~,
japanese second 4s.9teiA, sis, e1h, e1A,
81 ~.
1: + g. &. SEA Sr dfo ia s ~ asked.
B. R. T., .es. ssls, 9s. s7M, 97s1, 90.
Baltimore i ono AIS s4h bid, e47s asked.
Southern Pacihc Is, s41s bid, e5 asked.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Is, 101M, 101A,
United States Steel IS, 99ss, 1914, $685.. 991a,
Northern Pacific As, s1o5, bid, 1851 asked.
Union Pacific convertibles, 1854 bid. 1855
asked.
Boston Copper so1h bid, BOY asked.
S SissS ,ssss.s - S,s g ass asked
Union Pacific As, 105A bid, 1o5A asked.
II Ga sssPsssss 81 Sd 3D. asked asked
fnterb Interior 2ss bid. ss4 asked.
East Butte on bid, 9M asked.
Greene Copper, 27M bid, % asked.
BOSTON MINING STOCKS, Feb. CLOSING
quotations, yesterdays market: Adventure,
6A @eA Allouez Az @42o 81 Areadian, A @5;
Arnold, AWlk; sAtlantlc, QUOTA blngnam,
47N @4S; Black Mountain, IL bid; Calumet 4
Hecla. 7O5@710; Calumet & Pittsburg 36A G
81 Centennial, 29@2sA; Consolidated Mercer,
e4@e5; Copper Range Con. s2g ass; DAILY
lin. N@261a; CRANKY. 1o01oA; Greene Com.
2sM @2s Isle R9yals 2sAMSS% M5asy ,a sa
North Butte, S7@S71h; Old Colony, IN Oily;
Old Dominion, 3s@3sA; 0sceola, 1O1 @1o2; Par
I rot 41@42; Phoenix. OH; Pneumatic
1 @3914 Z Quincy, 1O5 asked; Rhode Island. 7A
I @7la: Fanta Fe: 2@2A: shannon Copper Co.
| AN; Tennessee, 44l47; Trinity, 1917 @1Oa4
| United Copper Co.. 77A @7s; Utah, 64A @85
| Victoria, 7M@71s.
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ST. LOUIS GRAIN, Feb. 7.-close-wheat
lower; No. 2 red, cash. elevator, s9@98c; track,
s5hc; May, ss@ssAc; July, s1xc; No. 2 hard,
81 u @s2hc. Corn lower; No. 2 cash.. 41c;
track, 42@42kc; May, AN @41hc;- July, 42bc.
Oats steady; No. 2 cash, 81 4sc; track, &c; May,
303ac; No. 2 white, 32c. e. 10:
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DAILY WHEAT MOVEMENT, .-
Inc following are the receipts and shipment
at the principal primary wheat markets.
RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS, FEB.

RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS, FEB, 6, i
90 R se 219 cars, ~, $50 bu; corn,
rye. 1920 bu; fax, 1850 bu; -four, 1905 brls;
millstuffs 80 tons; hay 40 tons: CARROTS, 351.
shipped-Wheat Al cars 1880 bu; corn,
$3.50 bu; oats, 1s6,4s0 bu; barley, 81 $50 bu;
rye, 5000 bu; fax 1850 bu; -four, Al ,97s brls;
millstuffs, 1896 tons; hay, 20 tons; linseed oil,
PIT ,313 lbs; oil cake, 646,OOO lbs; carlots $50.
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CHICAGO LIVESTOCK, Feb. 7.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts 10000: best strong, others steady
beeyes, $3.75@635; cows and heifers. S1.5o@
4.s5 stockers and feeders. s2.6o@4. so; Texans.
$36O@4.40. Hogs-Receipts, 10000; steady:
butchers, SIS. 55@5 SPY: good heavy, s5.7o@5.s So;
rough heavy, $555@5.65: light. $5.50Q5.75;
pigs, $5.15@55o; bulk of sales, SS.6o@5so.
s. 45@5.35; lambs, $5.25@7.3O.
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TILE FLOUR MARKET

FOREIGNERS OUT OF I1NE-SH1PP1NE D1.
T.. z .RECTIoNs WANTED. ..s..
The day opened with considerable business In
hand and millers inclined to pronounce it
better market but by noon-they were talking
of disappointing business on the whole. For
eigners are said to be about shilling out Of
line in their bids Shipping directions slow
in coming in, while millers would like to clean
up their old business
Shipments Al ,97S brls.
irst patents are quotable at $4.90@4 40: sec
und pat ants 81 2O@4 80; first cIears, $3.50@3 80;
second clears So. 450D255.
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PROVISIONS

CHICAGO PROVISIONS, Feb. 7-Provisions
were firm on an active general demand. May
pork opened &c higher at $14.75, sold up to
$1485 and reacted to $1480. Lard was up a
shade at S7.7O. Ribs were 2h @5c higher at
$7.87z.
Close-Pork, May, SASH: July, s14 s21a
Lard, May. $7.721a: July, $7.s5. Ribs May,
81 .9O July, $SM8.O21&. @-'
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CHICAGO COARSE GRAIN AND SEEDS,
Feb. Rye, cash, l67h@6sc; May, SOC. Flax,
cash, northwestern, $115; southwestern, 81 90;
May, $1.17h. Timothy, March, $685.. Barley
cash, 10000. Glover, cash, 1925. &
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WHEAT RECEIPTS By ROADS, FEB. 6.
Milwaukee, 33 cars; Omaha, 8; st. Louis. IL;
Great Northern, 1902; Northern Pacific, IA; 500
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4, 2OolAm. Car -. I.
100 do pr
q, 6OO(A Am. Locomot.
do pr -.
1890 Am. Woolen..I
do pr $500.
Am. Linseed. ;.
8, 100 Am. Sugar 80.
14,400 Am. Smelling
100. do pr ....,.I
100000 Anal. Cop II
; 10, 0OOI Amazon. Cop i
IL, 900l At, Top. 4 SCI
300l do pr.
3, ZOO Bait. & Ohio. i
500 do pr
4, 400 Brock. r. T..
,200( Canadian Pac. !
,S,NOCheS. Il Ohio. i
( Chi. Sc Alton. i
do pr -.
4Wl Corn Products.
do pr 49,. i
3, S00l Chi. CIR. Vest
@l do pr A. i
+ ;5,100 do pr B. =. :.
1O0lCCC & st. LII
12,200IC. F. & I. ...I
200 Col. Southern.
.kssl5 do Is tpr. :.
30Ol Consol Gas. :.
600IDel. s. Hudson
| 2,2ooID.' & r. o..
|; 200 do Or ~
ID, s. S. q A.
= do pr @
II, 800 Erie g.
900 &don1st, pr.4
200 do 2di1pr >. :
800 Gen. Electric ).
II, 900tGreats Nor. pr.
2,40 Illinois, Cent. !. :.
| 400 Iowa Central. ;
| do pr $500.
|. 300 Inter. Paper.
l,@0lK. G. & Sou. !.
T. do pr 49,. (. +.
+ 90OlLouis. & Nash.
L 100 NJ. s. Pc 500
/ do pr 49,.
|. 300 Manhattan -.
! 300 MET. St. Ry. q.
400 Met. Securities
| $500 Missouri Pac. +.
| 2,1c0 NJ. K. & T.
! COOL do pr ......
| 5000 Mexican Cent .
1,@0(Nat. Biscuit. .
| do pr
! 600lNat. Lead. !.
| 500 do pr -.
/ $500 Norfolk & W..
! do pr $3.50.
9OO(North Am. Col
2,W0| Northern -Pac
900lNorthwestern
2,00lN. Y. Central,
2OO|Omaha
1000 Ontario & W..
| 4, 500 Pressed Steel
200 do pr ....5,
Pacific Mail
N,700l Penn. R. r.,
Iok e aW||peog 2;a > Gas.
oo'9 oo0]I i'e ~ 1:t =.
S0 ~ o %. i.
. H10}penrh. Stoay
50of 10 M. M,
= ,90otRock. ra1o,d
t d 700| ID mr.
I10'e00}st. PAIL -
II. 8OOlSoutbern Pac
10 10o|So,,thorn d.
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NEW YORK OIL, Feb. Petroleum, steady;
refined, all ports. ST. 55@7. so. &cgis

NEW YORK PRODUCE, Feb. 7-Butter, firm;
receipts. 1861 pkgs; official prices. creamery.
common to extra, 17@22c; state dairy, common
to extra, 16@Ac; renovated, common to extra
western factory, common to hrsts, IA
western imitation firsts, 1sc Cheese, firm;
receipts, 5b7 boxes; state full cream,
small. and large. colored and white. September.
fancy, 14Ac; October, best, 13h@13Nc; late
made, small, average best. 12Ac; large. 121ac;
fair, 11a GLE; Skins, full to light, 81 @11Ac.
Eggs, easier receipts 1850 cases; state Penn,
&c., choice, 23@24c; mixed extra, 22c; west.
ern frsts, zoe; seconds, 1871 @19c; southerns, Ii
@20c. Poultry. dressed, firm; western chickens,
10@17c; turkeys, 1920; fowls. 10@13hc.
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Railroads entering the yards reported receipts
for the day by loads follows: Chicago Great
Western, 5: Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, IS;
Minneapolis & st. Louis. 80: Chicago. st. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha. 20: Great Northern. p;
Northern Pacific, 8: Chicago. Rock Island &
Pacific. 1; total, 100.
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SIOUX CITY LIVESTOCK, Feb. 7.-Receipts
Cattle 900. Hogs, 400. Hogs, 2lzc lower.
&c. 800 lbs, $5.55. Cattle, steady. Beeves: II.
500 lbs. $4.1o; Is. 1,219 lbs. $40; 16. 1850
lbs, $3.50. Cows and heifers: TO- SO lbs,
So co. g. $50 lbs, So. Is: IA, 1,040 lbs, $3.50.
Stockers and feeders: 10, $50 lbs, So; 10, $50
lbs, $3.50; 49, 1,O40 lbs, 81. Calves and year
lings: 10, 4so lbs. $3.50; 16, $40 lbs, $315;
10, 40 lbs, $3.75.
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ST. LOUIS LIVESTOCK, Feb. 7.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts, $500, including 200 Texans: market ma
tives steady; Texans, strong: beef steers $50
5.s5: stockers and feeders, s2.50@4.25: cows
and heifers, $250@4.25; Texas steers, ss@4.9o;
cows and heifers. $2.1O@3.s5.
Hogs,-Receipts, 10000: market steady: pigs
and lights, $565.s0; packers. 5.25@5.so; butch
ers and best heavy. s5.7o@5.s 80.
Sheep-Receipts, 10, 600; market slow; natives,
IS 25@6 25; lambs, s5@6.s5: Texans, $SQ4.
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raNsAs c1Ty LIVESTOCK.

KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK, Feb: 7.-cattle
RECEIPTS /, 900. including 800 southerns; mar
ket steady; native steers. $4@5.90 southern
Steers ss:25@4 IS: southern cows, s225@3 .5o
native cows and heifers, s225@4.so: stockers
$3@7; western fed steers, So 5o@5. so; western
fed cows, s2.5o@4 Hogs-Receipts Il 600; mar
ket steady: bulk OF sales, g; s9GS.1o: heavy;
lights SIS. 3O4l5.621 Shepe-Receipts 5000;
market Toe higher: muttons. $4.25@5:15: lambs:
$5.75@71O; range wethers, $5.40Q6l5: fed
ewes. 81 .5OM5.1 10.
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NEW YORK PROVISIONS, Feb. Beef,
steady. Pork, firm; mess, $16. 25@15.75. Lard,
easy, prime western steam, $7.s5@S. sf.gt.
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WINNIPEG GRAIN, Feb. 7.-February wheat
opened at 7e1sc, closed at &c; May opened. at
closed at sOsao. Cash close: No, / northern,
-76c; No. northern. 73hc;a No. 8 northern,
72Ac; No. 2 white oats, 32Ac; No. 3 barley.
37hc; No. / fax, Sill. Receipts-Wheat II
cars; last year, 46.
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NEW YORK SUGAR AND CoFFF

NEW YORK SUGAR AND COFFEE, Feb. -
Sugar, raw, nominal; fair refining, 2 15-1ec;
centrifugal. SO test. 8 13-32@3 7-16c; molasses
sugar, 2 11-16c; refined, steady; crushed 5.4Oc;
powdered, 4.soc; granulated, 40. Coffee,
steady; No. 7 Rio, S1ac. Molasses, firm; New
Orleans, 3O@8sc.
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CONDENSED.

New York Sun.
Tommy-Pa, what is the Golden
Rules
Pa-tGive your friends the same
cigars you smoke yourself. -
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OMAHA LIVESTOCK, Feb. 7-cattle-Re-
higher; native steers, $3.75@5.50; cows and heif-
ers. S2.75@t415; Gamers S1.75@2, 50; stockers
md feeders, $2.T5sI4.35; calves, $3M650; bulls
and stays, $2.5o03.75. Hogs-Reeeipts: :: 500;
market 21sc higher bulk of sales, $500 5.51 y.
Sheep-Receipts, 5000: market strong: lambs
Sc 40@l7 sheep $4.50@6.
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NICKEL TAKEN OFF
AT 50. ST. PAUL
HOGS SELL LOWER ON THE. EAST
ERIN WEAKNESS.

Net Much Killing Stuff in the Cattle
) Market Good Demand for the Fin
ished Cows and Steers stockers and
Feeders Steady on the Lower Range
Sheep Receipts Moderate and the
Z Market Fairly Active.
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OTHER GRAIN MARKETS

DULUTH GRAIN. Feb Wheat was lower
today tho , for brief period It showed WED some ne
to ssMc sold at SIC and dropped to ss1Sc clos
ing there, &c off. July also fell &c. Flax
moved within narrow range and trading was
to export INQUIRY and signs of crushers being
in the market were to be seen. May opened nc
up " at $1175s, tel to Silt and closed Nc of at
& shanssd 'S Ssts f ELL and se'tem0er was
No. : northern. SOC: on track. No northern,
s4Mc;. durum No. l. 73c: No. 2. zoe. Flax, to
July $1.isN September, ST II; October $l.15HH.
coo. Barley. 36@45 Cars inspected: Wheat,
a. last year Is; oats, q; barley, i; flax ~, last
year 4: Receipts: Wheat. 50,229 bu: oats, ~.
oats 4.95s; barley. 1920.
NEW YORK FLOUR AND GRAIN, Feb. r.
Flour, receipts, 1886 brls; sales,> 300 brls;
steady but quiet. Wheat, receipts, 5000; sales,
/, 200, 900 bu. Altho trife lower at the start,
owing to poor cables, wheat recovered in the
first hour on bullish crop news from Kansas.
9OM geo 15-16c; July, SOS @sSAc; September,
STU @s7tac. Rye, nominal; No. 2 western, 73c
f 0 New York. Corn, receipts, 152, $780,: sales
dull and no transactions. ft...sfs: a.
MILWAUKEE FLOUR AND GRAIN, Feb. =
Flour, dull. Wheat, quiet; No. northern, S5c.
@sec NJ northern 81 s1@s a3& M May Sc
sample, se@5oc Oats, steady; standard 311aa
@32c. Corn, quiet; May 44Ac bid. Puts ANS
asked; calls, 1850 asked. .,1< (.
4 KANSAS CITY GRAIN, Feb Wheat lower
May, 777sc; July, 7eMc; September, 7S35c; cash
No. bard 5s@s1c $780, Nc 3 7S @Gn No red
ae%c; July, 4oc; cash No. mixed, asc; No.
white, 4Oe; No. 8, SsM @39c. Oats steady; No
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THE DAYS REPORTS
CLOSING CASH PRICES


3 yellow "a u
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STILL AHEAD.

STILL AHEAD.
yonkers Statesman
Yeast-Is he behind with his tailorf
Crimsonbeak-No; he's three suits
ahead, l believe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
Colonel Podger's Bible Glass


blacked, and his collar on, pntm' out to see his female jew-larker, and he thort he had the drop on that love-lorn citizen
 which he did for q fact, as Samps had left his gun back at home on the mantel piece. If that distinguished Jewish citi- zen had fetched along his Colts forty four that day, it's my umbull opinion he couldn't CT got close ernun to that llon to hand him q ripe peach. Now you all can work it through your systems that this we're lion wasn't no puny, fee dog affair of an anmile-not on your tin type
 He was as big as n log house full Of voyence and devastation, and he had been swattin and crunchin them Fills tines and treatin' them tinid lngrates plumb contemptuous. The last thing he considers is the feelins of party who Is lined out for Sunday courtln, like Samps was. But, my young hearers. the Honora- ble r. D. e. Samson wasn't gone nowhur at this critical juncture, not by Jug full. but while he was santerin' down the road whistlin Big Sally Gooden" through his teeth, he kept one eye on that ragn
 monark of the desert. The animile patted itsef on the back and laffed in it's sleeve, all the while pcxin' out a soft place to bite. mighty soopercillious, and sniggered at the dead thing 1t had on old Samps. not neglectin. however. to couch itsef to spring on it's unsuspectin prey. Don't you forget it, my dying hearers, that this yere Samson was a dead game sport He is shore the high kyard. Gritty to a feather aige and there ain't a citizen in these diggins fit to pay for Samps whisky! At this crucial eepock he runs bluff on that quadruped to beat the band. While
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
BY WELLINGTON VANDIVER

from that time hencefoath and forever when Colonel Fitz Greene Podgers was holdin' foath on any Biblical topic them savages listened as solum as owls. As to the older ones who come squtterin around doorn' the time when the Colonel was onloadin the Gawspil on these yere benghted heather, he'd kinder domineer over them with a Colts forty-four, an occasionally kick some sOt for gettin gay ali of which condooced to bringin on reign of law and order in that class ekal to the loocoobrations of a Ku-kluX out fit.
 "I sauanders over there one Sunday and found the class all organized for blood an Colonel under a full head Of steam ratlin on gay, an full of p'isen like rattlesnake in summertime. He had selected for his layout that day Sampson tusslp with the Hon. and them husky boys was buckin' his game like they had home-stake on the deal. Fitz was ln- cIincd to take q practical view or the scrimmage between Samson and the king of beasts. his thee'ry bein that II warht no use argvfvin' for a mirakel if you could show that the thing happened cord i'm, to mater Now. don't you outcasts oft inc idee that Sampsun was swarmin about over the landscape lookn' for trouble.' sez the Colonel. in his lecture. Thar ain't no discount but what Ginnul W p Sampsun had the sand, all right. He warn't afeard of nothin' that wore hair but he warn't honin' to open game with that ring tailed roarer, and him with nothin but his fists. That lion observed samnsun promenadin' down the big road, dressed in his Jim-swinger, with his shoes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
WONDERS AT coNEY.
Novelties That Will Amuse the Great
 Summer Crowds.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
 When Coney Island officially opens this week visitors will find many spectacular surprises, imagine, for example. space quarter of a mile long, as wide as a city block, given up to a single attraction. '"rhe Great Train Robbery" This train robbery is the chief of many new attrac- lions Thompson X Dundy have added to Luna park, which has been almost entirely rebuilt The entrance to this spectacle Is an old-fashioned mining camp, with a saloon and faro game in full blast. Old western guides and ex-bad men will be there to spin yarns to whom ever Will listen From this scene visitors on pass ing through a tunnel will suddenly emerge into a mountain district, where range after range of exceedingly realistic noun tains shade away into the distance. Tn the foreground is lake, on the shores or which are rocks and benches. separated from the grandstand by wide winding road. train is seen puffing along the mountain in the distance. At point where the tracks are nearest the specta :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
ELEPHANT ATHLETES.
Prepared for Circus Work With Care
 Given Prize Fighters.

From the New York Herald.
 'Elephants-that is, trained elephants- no matter where you find them, are physl- cal culture graduates" said Ruben Schu- bert an old circus elephant trainer, re- cently. "Without their physical culture training they would be babies for our work. once graduated they perform marvellous tricks and feats that. to the noVlce' merge almost upon the impossible.
 We prepare the muscles and sinews or an elephant before we commence to i'm part the tricks 10 him. An elephant when first taken into captivity and turned over to the trainers In the permanent circus oIarters in Germany may be big ana of sufficient power 10 fear 4 hole in q brick bullding-yet he is unable to stand on his hind legs or balance himself on his head. Even 1T he knew just what we wanted hiiu to do and tried ever so hard to accomplish IL he would fail until he went through co,r.se of our physical culture training.
 ..'rhe sinews and muscles of his neck his trunk, fore legs. hind legs and thighs nust first be developed, and he is trained similarly to d prize ghter or college ath- Iete These sineNs and muscles are bullt nm gradually. First the elephant Is placed i'm 4 sling and by means of taekl. IS drawn off the ground. Then he Is let down