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Live Stock Market.

Chicago, April 13.--Cattle receipts 15OO; market steady; common to prime steers, s400M640; cows s3.256I4.50; heifers, $2.75a 300: bulls, s2.6O@425; calves. s2. 7Jm61O: stockers and feeders, $2. 55n265
 Hog receipts 10000. Market strong to Dc higher Choice to prime heavy, $. 60p6.65 :. medium to good heavy, s6 640m6.60; butcher weights, $6.55n662Is; good to choice heavy, mixed, s65Od6 GO; packing. 8 5S0m Goo
 Sheep receipts 5000; market steady. Sheep st25n6.5O yearlings. s5oO@6 9; lambs, S4. .l5d665
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Local Stable Groceries.

Sugar-Granulated. 5lsc; J. e. 4l2e. Flour-Fancy patent s575; standard patent, s5 25; straight s4.s0.
 Coffee-Green, 11Q13c; Arbuckle's, l5.55; Porto Rico S15.55.
 Meat-Dry salted ribs. Sc; dry salted rib bellies, 10c; extra clear. 9.15c; hams, fancy, 14c; medium. 121ac; bacon bellies, I1hc: California hams. sac.
 Lard-Leaf 9lac; compound lard 7g714c. Molasses-C Centrifugal 30n35c; sugar house s1e Georgia cane. 34c.
 White Peas-Per bushel. S1.7592
 Beans-Navy s2.2o per bushei; hand picked Lima, 7c.
 Grts-92 pounds. s1.65.
 Meal-''Jim Dandy" H.15.
 Macaroni, 7c.
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MORE ANIMATION
 SHOWN IN TRADE Easter Season Influences Have
 Been Stimulus FREE FALL GOODS BUYING Better Inquiry and Stronger Tone In Pig Iron, the Consumption of
 Which Win Break All
 Records.
FREE FALL GOODS BUYING

New York, April 13.-Bradstreet's to- morrow will say:
 Trade displays more aninlation, weather conditions, retail business and to some extent collections improving in unison. The eastern season influences have been a stimulus. even where low temperatures, heavy rains or bad roads have occurred and few complaints as to retail trade are noted. These latter, by the way, are mostly in the east. Generally speaking the weather west and south has been good and some lost ground has been re- gained in planting. though the crop plant ing season is sull fully ten days late. The spring jobbing trade is nearly over. but some recorders are noted and there is free buying of fall goods Among the indus tries favorable features are the activity in building, the partial settlements ad- vances granted in the central and west ern bituminous coal fields. and better in- quiry for and stronger tone of pig iron, the consumption and production of which break all records March railway earn ings are by far the best ever recorded for that month.
 clearngs show moderate increases over last year, despite dull speculation. Prices are strong and close to the highest, with widespread demand indicated by the num- Der and class of grain shown. The failure of an agreement to be reached in the anthracite coal situation is drawback to trade in a certain area, but hope of an arrangement has not been abandoned.
 In cotton goods the situation is unques- tionably stronger.
 The hide, leather and shoe trades all report better business and stiffer prices.
 Business failures in the United States for the week ending April 12 number 193 against 151 last week and 196 in the same week of 1905.
 Canadian failures number 10, as against r last week and 21 in this week year ago.
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Bonds.
Money on Call.

New York, April 13.-Money on call steady, 4d6 per cent; ruling rate, 5@ 5Ha closing bid, 4; offered at 4ba; time loans easier; sixty, ninety days and six months, per cent.
 Prime mercantile paper 51aM6 per cent sterling exchange steady at decline at 4S4.95m4S5 for demand and at 4S2. 25M4S2 30 for sixty day bills; posted rates. 4S2Dad 4S3 and 4S512@4S6; commercial bills, 4Sls4 d4s2 bar silver, 64Ds: Mexican dollars 50; government bonds steady; railroad bonds, irregular
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THE LOCAL MARKETS

The Birmingham spot cotton market is unchanged in it's condition.
 An active day was reported again yes terday in the local produce market. All of the spring green stuffs are in good de- nfand and the supply is good. New pota- toes are more plentiful and are quoted at prices considerably cheaper than is usual ly the case at the early part of the sea- son. Eggs are still unchanged at 1G
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Feed StuHs.

Corn-No 2 mixed, 64c; white, 65e Oats-No. mixed. 43c; No. white, 45o; white clip, 47c.
 Pure wheat bran. 80 or 100. s3 Cotton seed feed meal, s26; prime, S@.5o. Corn chops, s1.10.
 Corn hearts $l.15.
 Shorts, 100 pound sack, S.2o. Hulls-s0-lb c. S., s9 ton; SO-lb. c. s.. 400 sack; 100-lb c. S., $9 ton: 100-lb. c. S., 45o sack; 70 ID sack hulls. 35c.
 Hay-Choce timothy, s19Oo: No. timo- thy, $18.5O; Johnson grass, s14; clover mix. S1750.
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Local Cotton Market.
Local Iron Market
hldea and Wool.

c. s. hides, No. 1, S1std3c. Dry flint hides, No. l. 15@17o. Dry salt hides. No. 2. 13U15c. Clear washed wool. 35G37c. Unwashed wool, 25@21c. Bury wool. 15c.
 Sheepskins. 15Q60c. Tallow. 4G4Ac.
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French Miners to Confer.

Paris, April 13.-A delegation from Lens representing the striking miners of the department of the Pas de Calais will meet the employers in Paris tomorrow with the view of arranging a settlement of the disputes.
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B'ham Trust and Saving eo....siO 95o Bessemer (. I. X l.. Co.s.s...... 25 9 Citizens Savings Bank ..........t25 =.
 Commercial State hank..........l00 102 Dimmiek Pipe Go. ................ 90 10
 East Lake Land Co....,....,...100 s.. Ensley Lano Co. ............... ! First National Bank .............275 2s0 First National of Ensley ........125 150 Georgia Ky. Elec. Co.,, com...... 90 100 Georgia Ky Eiee. Co. pfd....... 92 B Gray & Dudley Hardware .1o5 ios Hotel Hillman ....................10 a,. Jefferson County Savings Bank.225 ..
 Nashville Railway, eom......... 46 IS Nashville Railway. pfd ......... s4 $ North Birmingham Land Coz. 47 55 Peoples Savings Bank ..........135 1t0 Traders National bank. t05
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Birmingham Shows a Gain of More
 Than 35 Per Cent Over Last Year.

New York, April 13, 1906 The following table compiled by Brad streets, shows the bank clearings at the cities named for the week ended April 13 with the percentage of increase and decrease as compared with the corre- spending week last year. Totals include clearings of ffty-two other cities. Can adian totals include clearings of seven other cities in Canada:
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LADY sTENOGRAPHER
 WANTED

A desirable position is open to a thoroughly competent and educated lady stenogra- pher. Address in own hand writing, giving experience, etc. P. O. Box SIS. City.
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CENTR RAJ PARK Watch for opening.
ANNOUNCEMENT
For Sheriff.

1 hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of sheriff of Jefferson coun- ty, subject to the action of the demo- cratic party, in the forthcoming primary.
 ALBERT STRADFORD.
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Joe S. Davis is a candidate for road supervisor of Jefferson county, subject to the action of the democratic party. Will appreciate as much as anyone your sup port and if elected will strive hard to do my whole duty. Inquire of those who know me as to my ability and in tegrty.
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TreasurY Statement.

Washington. April 13.-roday's treas ury balances, exclusive of the gold re serve shows: Available cash balances, $160, ,443, ,975 gold, SIS 130, 125.
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For Road Supervisor.

To the Democratic Voters and Citizens of Jefferson County;
 am a candidate for reelection to ths office of Road Supervisor, subject to the action of the democratic party.
 J. ED HAIGLER.
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Exchanoes Closed.

New York, April 13.-The produce cof- fee and cotton exchanges were closed to- day in recognition of Good Friday.
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I hereby announce myself as candidate for the office of Road Supervisor of Jeffer- son county, subject to 'the action of the democratic party. JOE HILL.
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For Representative.

hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of representative from Jeff ferson county to the lower house of the legislature, subject to the action or the democratic primary.
 w. F. URoUHART.
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hereby announce myself as candi- date for the office of Sheriff of Jefferson county, subject to the action of the democratic party J. F. STILES.
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Try the Gaw< for half-tone and line illustrations. Age-Herald Building.
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TOMBiGBEE VALLEY RAILROAD
 COMPANY


 Passenger schedule, effective February 10, 1906.
 Going North Going south read down. read up. No 2 No. 1. Lv. 7:3O a.m..... Calvert ....Ar. 5:15 ann Ar. 7:45 a.m..-. Fairford ...I4v. C.OO am. I.v. a:SO ann. Fairford ...Ar. b:52 am Ar 9:l5 am. Sims Chapel ..Lv. 5l7 am Ar. 10.45 a.m..... Chatom ....Lv. s:50 am
 Millry and Ar. 12:40 pm. Healing Springs Lv. 2:S am All trains daily except Sunday. (Also train No. 1 Monday.
 )ilr train No. l south bound connects with Southern railway train No. q arriv- ing at Mobile S:l0 a.. m. Our train No. north bound connects with Southern raii- way train No. l16 leaving Mobile at b:55 il. ni Connections are close and passen- gers can buy through tickets and check baggage through from points on Southern 10 al points on T. v. Line and vice versa.
 CHARLES r. DUKE. JOHN T. cOCHRANE, Superintendent.
 President.
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Bonds.

Ala. Consolidated, 5s .......... 92 s4 Ala. Steel & Shipbuilding Co....1o4 1Ol Alabama State Bonds
 Class A ...............-..........l 1O1
 Class .-....s........--.......-l lol Class c renewal 31A...........l02 l0o Funding 4s ......................1 .10a 1os B'ham Ky. and Flee. Co., .....1o5 los sB'ham Ky, l.. & P. Co......1lO B'ham R, l.. 2 P. Co.'s Ass... % 97 B'ham Water Works Co.........1l0 113 City of Birmingham 5s..........l02 1O6 City of Birmingham 6s ..........Et 11s Continental Gin Co..............10o Country Club Ga ................ GS 75 Georgia Ky. and Elee. Co.....l03 105 Jefferson County Bonds
 Four and halfs .............,.lo4 1O7 Fives ..................lO 10 Sixes .... ...'....11i l11 Nashville Railway 5s. 103 Sloss I and St. fisst mort.......110 d3 Sloss i and St. gen. mort.......... y Tennessee Coal and iron Co.,
 General mortgage ...........,lo0 1u Tennessee division ...........1t 17 Birmingham division ...........los III Cahaba division ..............-.lO0 los DeBardeleben division ........l .lO3 10s
 s-Called for redemption July l.
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RAILWAY SCHEDULES

Showing the arrival and departure os passenger trains at the Union station. Birs mingham:
 lIsmnclIne mil 1aoR
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BATES TO RETIRE.

Mot included in totals because con. taining other items than clearings.
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Local Securities.

(Corrected by J. Nj. Caldwell | Co.,
 Bell phone 2244)
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BANK CLEARlNGs.

Total sales for th c day. LIZ 900 shares
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TAKE

When Going to Texas and tho West, write c. H. Morgan, travelling passen' ger agent, Birmingham, Ala, for full information as to rates, schedules etc.
 E. p. TURNER, T. P. A., Dallas, Tex.
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CAREoLLToN SHonT LINE RAIL.
 WAY COMPANY.

SLIEDUIII
 Effective Juno 15, 1905. No. 1. >-o. g. S.h9 pm. .Lv. Reform, Ala. Ar. .12:25 D. m 4:05 pm. .Lv.... Stansel ....Ar. .12;S5 pm. 4:2S pm. .Lv.. Carrollton ..Lv. .l1 .50 am 4:43 pm. .Lv.. Carrollton ..Ar. :s5 am. 45S pm. .Lv... Dillburg ..-Ar..ll;lo am. 5:25 p.m Ar. Aliceville ...Ly. 200 am. First-class passenger trains meet and connect with ali main line Mobile & Ohio trains.
 For further information apply to
 JOHN T. COCHI.AFE.
 Pres. and Gen'l Manager.
 Carrollton. Ala
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-03
COLLECTION OF BEST
POEMS OF AMERICANS

American Poems" is the simple title
given to a new selection of the best
verse In our literature, recently made
by Augustus White Long. preceptor in
English at Princeton University. The
new book is made. not with the pur-
pose of adding yet another to the null
titu6e of anthologies, but to be used
by students, and is provided with
notes of explanation and interpreta-
tion which shall illustrate the growth
and spirit of American life as expressed
in literature" THE brief
added to the explanations are meant to
interpret the poems to the student and
win interest and sympathy"
The author has divided American
poetry into three periods. The first,
beginning with Freneau and including
those writer's preceding Bryant 1t is
claimed that writers of this first period
had the traits in common of being, for
the most part, irnitators Of English
models and Of having their work
marred by sentimentality. The Middle
Period which was one of glorious
greatness, produced those seven stars.
Bryant. Emerson. LongfelIow, Whittier.
Poe Holmes and Lowell. These have
the characteristics of deep feeling and
imaginative power. The Later Period.
which deals for the most part with
writer's who are still living, is de-
scribed as possessing dominant urbanity.
hnmor and grace, and seyerywhere dis
plays ightness of touch and dexterous-
ness OF form. "Its deficiencies are an
narantIv those OF period of waitin e .
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-03
Hermann PRESENTED
In A NEW EDITION

Among the new educational books
recently issued by the American Book
Company is one giving Victor Hugo's
famous play. "Hernani," in the original
French, with a very Instructive intro
duction, abundant notes, and a full
vocabulary. The work is prepared by
James d. Bruner. associate professor
of the Romance languages in the Uni
versity Of North Carolina. The intro
duction, written in English, contains
an essay on the theory of the Romantic
drama, an explanation of the language
of the Romantic school as contrasted
with that OF the classical, a brief his
tory of the first performance of Her
nani." and an analysis OF the char
acters. All through the volume there
are abundant foot notes throwing a
light on many passages that makes
them doubly interesting.
The victory over strong opposition
which was won by this play was taken
by those followers of Victor Hugo who
wished 10 break away from the old
rigid rules of play writing and acting.
as held by the Classicists, to be a pronf
of the correctness of tha anthar's
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-03
DR.. s. WEIR MITCHELL
WRITES A NEW STORY

among the new spring books is one
that proves the venerable and versatile
novelist. and physician, DR.. s. Weir
Mitchell, is still actively in the lists of
tae word workers, and that he must
have taken Dr. Osler's ooverefga 70
clpe against having his workine en-
er$les overcome by the oncoufne Of old
age II is the medium length story
called "A Diplomatic Adventure nrh-
nshed last month by The Century Com
pany- II is a neat little story dressed
out with the semblance of being an as
yet unpublished bit Of history. There
is quite 4 well thought ont Mot hut
the main charm Of the story is in the
method Of its telling which is what
might be expected from d man who uses
literature as the ornamental ernpiov-
ulent.o OF his semi-leisure while he rests
his mind from the humdrum of med
icine.
The story, which is quite a compact
one containing much Of the unities Of
tinles place and action, IS an incident
OF the American civil war The scene
IS laid IN Paris, France, and the story
Is told in the first person by one Of
the principal actors. GreyiIle. who Is
Uncer-secretary Of the American leTa-
tion there. ORe-half of the authors
space - used in. revealing the char
acters Of the actors and in GET
Nf-e LIZ AutSfeSl engaged IN
a mystery which the last half OF the
book 'clererly unravels. The other
male characters are Captain Merton. an
ofhcers OF the United States army. who
is in Paris yecnperating his heaith-a
cool. brave, gay-hearted man, the ac-
count OF whose courage is one Of the
tales. charms, Count lie. Moyne of the
French Foreign Ohice, who propen-
sity 10 ouellng- and whose galIantry
10 a .WOnian art potent causps ~ tba
fsngle that makes a large part OF the
storys texture, and Alphonse Duret.
the servant or GreFfIle---a lean, alert
little man with good record as a
valet sn- England ahd: France He was
very neat and had a humorous look
that caught my. fancy" This man was
employed as a spy by the Ffennh nnlics
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-03

From the Later Period I quote you
one poem. The author. Frank Demp-
ster Sherman, was graduated from Co
lumbia, where he now holds the posi-
tion of professor of architecture.
ON A GREEK VASE.
Divinely shapen cup, thy lip
Unto me seemeth thus to speak:
Behold in me the workmanship.
The grace and cunning of a Greek,
Long ages since he mixed the clay,
Whose sense of symmetry was such
The labor of a single day
Immortal grew beneath his touch.
For dreaming while his fingers went
Around this slender neck of mine,
The form of her he loved was blent
With every .matchless curve and line
Her loveliness to me he gave
Who gave unto herself his heart,
That love and beauty from the grave
Might rise and live again in art"
And hearing from thy lips this tale
OF love and skill, of art and grace
Thou seem'st to me no more the frail
Memento of an older race:
But in thy form divinely wrought
And figured DER with fret and SCROLL
/ dream, by happy chance was caught,
And dwelleth now, that maiden's soul
(American Book Company, New York;
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SHORT SKETCHES FROM
A NEWSPAPER OFFICE

A study of human nature when 1t Is
done by one who is wise, kindly and
critical. all rolled into one in the due
proportions of some sovereign recipe,
gives a quality TO a book which makes
it valuable almost independently of the
interest in the story's plot. Such
study of human nature is given by the
editor of a country newspaper, William
Allen White. in the book called I'm
Our Town He is the editor of the
Emperia (Kansas) Gazette, and his new
book is series of sketches that were
first published in the Saturday Evening
Post. They describe many types of
character, and are the result of very
intimate knowledge of these various
types derived from publishing a fami-
liarly friendly paper in a farming town
for many years-such a town as is de-
scribed In the song where you know
everybody and they all know you"
The volume is amusing and interest
ing as a picture of newspaper life in
a small town; but it goes far beyond
that scope and makes from a very com
prehensiye point of view portrayal
of humanity as collected In town life.
Here this somewhat enlarged family
OF the town community, is observed bv
its argus-eyed member. the Office Of its
newspaper. That argus-eyed member
of the family could not know nearly so
much as 1t does did it not practice the
virtue of knowing much more than it
tells, and II 1t had not sufficient kindli-
ness and broadness of soul TO gain and
keep the confidence of the community
to which 1t furnished gossip about its
members. AS this editor-author puts it
in his chapter called "Scribes and
Pharisees":
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THE PASSING or DUNBAR.

Out evah De nights bleak silence.
An ovah de days mani ro'.
De song dat once Fung out wild zlaa-
ness,
Wild gladness will ring out no mo. 5
De Marstah done called de sweet
singah,
Who wuz patient an true to his art.
An all o. de birds ia de fores' e
Dey's taken his den to heart
De lowly black mammies an daddies,
De lowly black chillun, too.
Whose lives he has sung OF Wild fend.i
ness
Is a-axin' '.Lawd. what shall we dog'
lie skies dey don't seem so happy.
De sun it don't shine so bright
It's all Ies' because Paul Dunbah
Done passed beyon de night.
--siias x. Floyd in April LippincokrR.
The San Francisco call., 1906-06-03

many people thought. and think to this
day, that Miss Larrabee did it-and
did it on purpose
Mcclure. Phillips & Co. New YORK.
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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04
AN ADVENTUROUS CORRESPONDENT.

Few newspapers in the United States
are able tc command the services of as
brilliant corps of correspondents as
Tie Chicago Record Herald. Its choice
Of Walter Wellman to represent it at
Washington is good illustration of it's
wise policy of getting the best there is
to he had. MIR. WelIman has won a
national reputation as magnetic and
reSOurceful news writer. And now he
ls preparing to clinch his reputation
for originality and daring by trying to
reach the north pole in an airship.
Whatever may be the result of Mr..
Wellman's daring attempt to reach the
pole this summer in an airship and send
the news of the voyage at once to The
RECORD Herald by wireless telegraphy,
the Wellman Record Herald expedi
ton is sure to be conducted by Mr..
Wellman with the same cool courage
and wholesouled enthusiasm that have
made him an ideal newspaper CORE
sp3ndent.
MIR. Wellman was born In Mentor,
Ohio, in 1858. At IA he began his
newspaper experience, establishing at
that age weekly paper IN the little
town of Sutton, Neb. In 1884 he be
came the Washington correspondent of
the Chicago Herald, for which paper
he visited the West Indies in 1892 and
located the landing place of Columbus,
marking the spot with a huge stone
monument. In 1894 he made his first
dash for the pole. reaching the latitude
OF 81 degrees northeast of SpitZbergen.
1nI1898 he tried tie same fascinating
quest again, penetrating as far as Franz
josef Land. On both trips he had
wonderful success in discovering new
islands and securing new scientific data
which have been of great value to the
American Geographical Society. His
vOluminous writings for scientific peri.
odIcals and popular magazines have
shown the same incisive thought and
keen insight that have marked his
journalistic work.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04
Real Estate : Loans
APPLY To
H. HOBBLE, Sharon. Ks.

WANTED:-IOO students
at the Anthony Commercial
College to take the combina
tion course in shorthand and
bookkeeping and wait till
you finish and get a position
before paying tuition. This
proposition open till August
LIST, 1906. Write for particu.
lars. w. A. Gulledge, A. M.
IL. B., Anthony, Kansas.
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The killing of Architect
White NV MiIl;ono:,oTb

The killing of Architect
White by MillionaireThaw in
New York last week because
the deceased was too intimate
with the murderer's wife, has
started an investigation Of
New York's zoos social hab.
it's and the press dispatches
say that there promises to be
a fight to Europe that will
surpass even that following
the development of the life
insurance scandals. For
downright immortality and
base debauchery among both
sexes the upper crust of New
York City takes the whole
bakery.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04

Plainly stated, the tariff
simply keeps out competition
so that the American lumber
trust, nail trust, steel trust,
glass trust and hundreds of
other trusts can fix an exorbi.
tant price for their goods
and the American consumer
has to pay it. Of all the
robberies committed in the
name of patriotism, the tariff
robbery is the most glazing
of all. 1t is queer that en-.
lightened Americans will
submit to it.
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Senator Tillman conclna.,

Senator Tillman concluded
that the conference commit.
tee report on the doctored
rate bill was TOP rank for his
signature. Congress put In
practically all of the session
on the bill and then accom-.
plished nothing. The courts
will handle railroad rates ais
they always have and the
people know what to expect
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-04

The Il m m ortal J. N"
whose proper name was J. N.
Free, died in an insane asy.
lum in Toledo, Ohio, last
Wednesday. H 9 visite d
Medicine Lodge in her earlier
days. u. NJ" was one of the
freaks of the age. He never
paid for anything if he could
escape it and he had no con.
scientious scruples against
appropriating things to his
own private use.