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clined to rest today. Tn the United States Steel stocks, tendency was mani sfest to alternate from one to the other, yesterdays rise in the common giving place to steady realizing today, while the preferred was pushed upward with strong sentimental effect on the whole mar ket.
 The southern iron stocks made sensa- tional advances and rumors were revived that arrangements for the expected merg- CT were being completed. The high-priced Northwestern grangers and Pacifics moved upward widely, and easily, and old stories of coming extra disbursements and of new alliances played a part in the movement. The rumor of absorption Of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas by the Burlington and of the Kansas City South ern by St. Paul were used with effect St. Paul itself was among the stocks which derived advantages from it's pre- vious failure to share in the advancing tendency. There was no wide movements but the character of the factors which moved them were similar to that in the cases named. Meantime there was free realizing in Union Pacific, Reading, the Copper stocks and some other stocks While the market thus continued to show a degree of mixed strength, It's action conveyed an impression of more effect in
  The falling off of the volume of activity added to this effect The failure of a larger outside demand to appear was 8 disappointment to large holders of stocks. This was attributed to the almost univer sal belief that holdings hang over the market which were carried perslstently through the December money stringency, and on which holders are waiting to take profits on any opportunity. The money market showed some further relaxation but the continued frmness of foreign ex- change keeps alive the problem of how far the decline In interest rates can go without precipitating an outgo of gold. Continental discounts moved in favor of London today, and the Imperial Bank of Germany made a very strong weekly re- turn. The banks here transferred $S5O GOO through the sub-treasury to Cincinnati, and the rise in the money rate to per cent contributed to the late reaction which wiped out most of the days gains and made the closing easy.
 Bonds were firm Total sales, par value, $3s6O,OOo. United States bonds were~un- changed on call.
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Naval Stores.

New Orleans, January 9.-Naval stores Pitch, $2. .25; pine tar. A.75: coal tar, s3.50; rosin. per barrel of 2s0 pounds: A, B, c, 8. .45; D, 8. .5o F. sS55; F. $s.571s; G, 8. 60; H, $3.65; I, 8 1855; K. s4.45; M. $49o; N. s5.45; VIC, $5.70; wv. $5.95. Turpentine firm, 65c.
 Wilmington. January 9.-Spirits turpen- tine, 63c; receipts 75. Rosin, 8 .25 bid. Re ceipts 70. Tar firm. s1.s0 receipts 146. Crude turpentine firm, s2.S0. s4. 5oli4. 50. Receipts S4.
 Charleston. January 9.-Turnentine and rOsin, nothing doing.
 Savannah, January 9.-Turpentine firm, 6SNc; sales III; receipts 374; shipments, 363. Rosln firm, sales 1906; receipts 2561 shipments 775; stock. 55,S27. Quote: A, B. c, s3.15 D. s3.20; F, s3.25; F. B. 30; G. s3.35; H, B. .45: l. s. 80; K, s425; M. s475; N, $5.25 VIC. $50; wv, ls5.75.
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New Orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans. January 9-Spot cotton quiet and very little doing; sales $50 bales including 400 to arrive and 400 free on board cars Quotations unchanged; mid ding, II SIS
 Futures opened 10 and IA points up on better Liverpool than expected and while the transactions were small, the market fiuctuated 4 to 5 points in either drec- tion, but when the bullish bureau gin- 1lers report was posted, prices moved up i2 to 15 points above the opening figures for the active positions. Realizing sales carried prices down gradually to about the opening figures The market closed steady with net gains of Il to 14 points
 New Orleans Cotton Futures.
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Fruits and Produce.

Lemons-Per box. extra fancy s4.O0. Florida oranges, $2.50: tangernes, s3OO0I400: grape fruit, S350Q400, Apples-Northern grown, per barrel, fancy. $5. .00q6.00.
 Tomatoes-Per crate. S2.OOQ2.50 Limes-Per l00 S1 .25.
 Bananas-Per bunch Fancy stock slO0 a1.50 bunch.
 Peanuts-Fancy. per pound. Sc; No. 2. 5q61ac.
 Tomatoes-Per crate, 2.50 Cranberries-Per crate S50 Celery-Per dozen. 75c
 Cabbage-2c per pound.
 Potatoes-Irish potatoes. a5cQsl0O. Turkeys, dressed. 20c on foot l4d15c. Eggs-Per dozen cold storage 22624c; fresh, 24G25c,
 Hens-30035c chickens, large. 2Ou25c; medium. 1Sd2Oc.
 Butter-Fresh, 18n20c renovated 23c; creamery, 32c.
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Cash quotations were as follows: Flour-Weaker.
 wheat-No 2 spring S4QSs; No. 3 soaSe No. red S7l4GSS%
 Corn-No. 42; No. yellow 42A Oats-No.92 3O7s; No. ? white 33; No. 8 white SO%q32.
 Rye-No. 651s.
 Barley-Good feeding 3712@3S; fair to choice malting 41Q49.
 Flaxseed-No. 1, SLIP; No. northwest ern 43 Pork-Mess, per barrel, SIS 65@13.70. Bard-Per 100 pounds, $7.521z. Short Ribs-Sides, Qoose), $7. 35Gp7 50. Short Clear Sides-Boxed, $755Q7. 65. Whisky-Basis of high wines, S1 .29 Clover-Contract grade, SIS. 15d13. %. On the produce exchange today, the butter market was firm
 Creamery, 1SQ261z; dairy. 1SG23. Eggs Steady, 1S@29 f1rsts; prime irsts 25: extra 27.
 Cheese steady. 11hQ13.
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Live Stock Market.

Chicago, January 9.-Cattle-Receipts. 16000 market dull; common to prime steers, s3.25Q6.25; cows, s300dD4.40 heifers s2. .2595OO; bulls. $2.0Oa41O; calves. Ns30OQ 500; stockers and feeders. $2.40G425.
 Hogs-Receipts 10000; market 5G10c lower; choice to prime heavy, s5.471x0 5.521s; medium to good heavy, s5.4005.4 45; butcher weights, $5.45a5.521d; good to choice mixed heavy, s5.40Q547iz; packing, $5.2505.45.
 Sheep Receipts 1S.0O0; market steady to 1Oc higher; sheep, s.00Q6.25 yearlings, $600d700; lambs, $75068.00.
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Interior Movement.

Houston-Quiet; middllng Il 9-16; net re- ceipts S532; gross receipts S532s shipments 9701; stock 101 ,433.
 Augusta-Quiet and steady; mlddling 111a; net receipts S16; gross receipts s16; shipments 434 sales BIT; stock SS, ,62S
 Memphls-Quiet; mddling 111z; net re- ceipts 1888; gross receipts 1902; shipments $685. sales 3600; stock 139415.
 St. Louis-Quiet; middling 11ss net re- ceipts 300; gross receipts 3175; shipments 2875; stock 40.408.
 Cincinnati-Quiet; net receipts 1247: gross receipts 1247; shipments 9O6; stock 1920
 Louisville-Firm; middling 11%
 Total today: Net receipts 12,278; gross receipts 15,572: shipments 23, 309; sales S917; stock 3S3204
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liverpool Cotton Mark.t.

Liverpool. January 9.-Cotton spot in fair demaid, prices six points higher
 American middling fair, 6.65: good mid ding 6.S1; middling, SIS; low middling, 5.9l; good ordinary. 5.79; ordinary, 5 s. The sales of the day were 10000 bales of which 300 were for speculation and ex-
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Metal Market.

New York, January 9.-Tln was higher in London at a164 15s for spot and e165 2s Cd for futures. Firm locally at $36 625tD 36. 40. Copper also higher in London; spot e79 17s Cd; futures, <R79 los. Locally unchanged. Lead unchanged in New York. but slightly lower at f17 6s 3d in London. Spelter unchanged in London at e29 2s Sd and at $e.50a6.60 In New York Iron irregular abroad: standard foundry. 53s I'd; Cleveland warrants, 54s 75kd. Un- changed and firm locally; No. 1 foundry, northern. $1S.75d19.35; No. 2 foundry, northern, SIS 50d1S.S5; No. l foundry, southern, $18.50618.75 No. 2 foundry, southern, S1S0O01S.25.
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5000 bales. including 45o0 American. Fu- lures opened easier and closed steady. American niddling. good ordinary cotton; January February, Cd; February-M 6.08; March-April. 6.06; April-May, sos NTa,5-I,Ine SIP: June-July. 6.13; JulvAu- gust s.14; ugust-September. 6O5; Sep ember-October. 5.s6 October-November. S. .7e; November December, 5.76.
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Lovsmar 6 Co.'s Market Letter.

Interest in todays market centered Tn the government ginners report, which ful1v confirmed the bullish views of the amount of cotton reported ginned to Jan uary 1. being only 9.72l 900 bales. Our market had already discounted report of 9S per cent, and with the market Tn pretty much of sold-out condition the natural result of such a bullish showing was A sharp advance, March. which had sold as low as 11.62, rising rapidly, until that month sold as high as 1,9O while May touched 1199. At this level proht taking and a moderate amount of short selling was indulged in, and part or the advance was clipped off. Prices, now ever. were fairly well maintained until the close. which was steady at net gain for the day of il to IA points on futures. Spots were officially reported steady and unchanged. Sales amounted to 550 bales of spots and 400 bales to ar rives. Five hundred bales were deliV- cred on contract.
 Short orop views were fully sustained by today's government report on the amount of cotton ginned to January l.
 There had recently been an enormous amount of long cotton lquidated on the fear that the report might at least be 9.S ginned to January 1. All of the weak long interest had in this way thinned out and not a few had had the temerity to 20 short. With the market in such A healthy condition from a bull stand point. the chances are that a census re- port of even 99.8 would have caused only a slight temporary decline. The big To- cal bulls were prepared to buy on break and when their expectations were confirmed they helped to rush the market upon the luckess shorts, who were forced to cover at a loss, as they have usuaiiy done all this season.
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Cotton Seed oil.

Memphis, January 9.-Cotton seed oil prime crude, ZIG; prime summer yellow 31c; prime meal, s26. 5oQ27; prime cake, $26
 New Orleans. January 9-Cotton seed oil steady; prime refined in barrels, 301zc prime crude loose, 26c.
 New York, January 9.-cotton seed oil firm: prime yellow, Ssa34c; petroleum steady. Rosin quiet; strained common to good, s37o93.75. Turpentine dull 661h N67c
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THE LOCAL MARKETS

The cotton ginners' report caused a few points rise in the local cotton market but before the close prices settled back to Mondays figures, 11hc offered for good middllng, with no cotton for sale.
 Class c renewal 3Ia per cent Alabama state bonds quoted as follows: 100 offered 104 asked.
 Local produce and groceries steady with good sales reported.
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Local Staple Groceries.

Sugar-Granulated. 5c: Y. C.. l-4c. Flour-Fanoy patent, S5.25; standard patent, 50; straight. S450
 Coffee-Green. 1ia1Sc; Arbuckles Porto Rico S15.05.
 Meat-Dry salted ribs. Sc; dry salted rib bellies, sIzc; extra clear. 7s4c; hams, fancy, 13c; medium, 121sc: beeon bellies, 11Hc; California hams, 9%c.
 Lard-Leaf, S1-4c.
 Compound lard, sac.
 Molasses-Centrifugal 15q35c; sugar house, 40c; Georgia cane, 34c
 Beans-Navy S2.25 per bushel; hand picked Lima, 7c.
 Grits-92 pounds, S165.
 Meal, S1.15.
 Birmingham maoaroni, 6&c.
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Southern Railway Co.
Schedule In Effect July 23, 1905.

Schedule In Enect July Z5, lsuo' Trains leave Birmingham as follows: 6:35 a. m.-No. 3S. for Atlanta, Washing ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia New York and the East. Pull man Drawing Room Sleeping Car, Birmingham to New York. Dining car, Birming- ham to Atlanta.
 $40 a. m.-No. 19. for Montevalo, Ma plesville Selma and way sta 12 :25 D. m.-No. s5 for Columbus, West Point Winona, Greenwood and Greenville: also Sheffield and Florence and North Ala bama points
 $40 D. m.-No 10, for Cordova. oakman. Corona and way stations; also Blossburg
 5:45 a. m.-No 22 for Anniston, Hehin and way stations; also Rome. Ga $50 D. m.-No 36 for Atlanta. Charlotte, Richmond. Washington. New York and the East. Pullman Sleeping Car Birmingham to Richmond, Va
 4:o5 D. m.-No 24. Anniston Atlanta and way stations also for Jack sonvllle and all Florida points also Talladega, Ala Pullman Sleeping Car Birmingham to Brunswick, Ga. 1O:2O D. m.-No 37, for Columbus. West Point. Winona. Greenwood and Greenville Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Car Birming- ham to Greenville. 10 0:35 D. m.-No. 21, for Selma, Mobile and way stations Pullman Draw ing Room Sleeping Car Bir- mingham 10 Mobile. il 80 D. m.-No. 9S, for Atlanta. Anniston and way stations. Pullman Sleeping Car. Birmingham to Atlanta Sleeping Car can be occupied at Union station 9;3g D. m
 For detailed information and sleeping car reservations apply passenger office, Morris Hotel Building. Telephone 30ei Bell and GIT Peoples.
 J. N. HARRISON, Dist Pass. Agt.
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Bonds.
Money on Call.

New York, January 9.-Money on call firm 5dS: ruling rate 6; closing bid G.; offered at 8; time loans steady. sixty and ninety days per cent; six months 51zq6. Prime mercantile paper 5q51A; sterling ex- change firmer, with actual business in bankers bill at 4S6. SOQ4S6. S5 for demand, and 4S3@4S3. .05 for sixty-day bills; posted rates 4S31aa4S7; commercial bills 4S2ss@ 4S2% bar silver 65; Mexican dollars 50; government bonds steady; railroad bonds firm.
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Dry Goods.

New York January s.-Conditions in the dry goods market today were some what improved to the pullish ginners' re port and to the certain operations In the print cloth market which portend accord inc to authorities higher prices in finish ed goods. Jobbers reported slightly in= creased trade as result of fear of an advance
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New orleans Cotton Futures.

New Orleans. January 9.-Cotton spot closed steady; sales $50. Ordinary. S5s; good ordinary, 10 1-l6 low rniddllng, 1O- 16-16; middling. il 9-16; good middlng, II . 15-16; middling fair. 12A. Receipts s7s5. stock, 311,205
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cIearInas and Exchange.

New Orleans, January 9.-Clearings, SS- 572149; New York exchange $1 per sl0o0 premium; commercial par
 Memphis, January 9.--Clearings S,125,- 1S2; balances $150197
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ply of wheat was the chief factor con- tributing to a strong close today in the local wheat market. Final quotations on the May option were up ss@Ac. Oats were practically unchanged and provi- sions were 71a@2Oc lower.
 The leading futures ranged as follows:
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Abercromble 6 Co.'s Market Letter.

There was published today the eighth census report on the amount of cotton ginned to January 1 and as expected, was in keeping with the government estimate for a yield of 10.16S, 900 bales, plus linters which will probably make the total production for the year figure lO,- 100000 bales, to which might be added OO0oO bales of old cotton and if all of this seasons crop be marketed the com mercIal crop has the possibility of being 10 07O0000 bales.
 The biggest mistake of the season was made by longs when they started to bull cotton on the prospects of a crop less than 10 100000 bales, as such yield IT an allowance for linters he made, would be about accounted for already
 No harm has come to the market how ever and fancy prices still prevail, and We believe they will remain for the balance Of the season.
 The injury befell the promoters of the bull movement in that they educated the public in the early part of the season to believe that the crop would be much smaller than It appeared and by doing so they lost the support of the specula- lively inclined when the census reports of late indicated a crop of about 1O,75O 900 bales maximum.
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Treasury Statement.

Washington, November 9.-Today' s treasury balances, exclusive of the gold reserve, shows: Available cash balances, $143, 25S, ,746; gold, sS7,217,96S
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Seaboard Air Line.
Coffee Market.

Baltimore, January 9.-Seaboard Air Line commend and preferred not quoted.
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Feed Stuff.

Corn-No. mixed or white, or bushel sacks, Csc.
 Oats-No. 9 mixed. 4oc; No. white 42c; white clip. 44c
 Pure wheat brand 80 or 100, $24 Cotton seed feed meal. s24: prime s26. Corn chops $1.15.
 Corn hearts, N.10.
 Shorts, 100 pounds, s24,
 Hulls, sack, 30G35c
 Hay-Choice timothy, $500; No. tlmo- thy, $1650: Johnson grass, SIP; clover, Sl5
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Say! You, Get the habit: Use Ambrosia Flour

Lock out for Knowledge Contest.
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RAILWAY SCHEDULES

Showing the arrival and departure of passenger trains at the Union station. Bir- mingham;
 CEnectlve November 1s. 1so5)
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cARROLLToN SHORT LINE RAIL.
 WAY COMPANY.
SCHEDULE

Effective June 15. 1905 No. l. No. 2. s:4s pm .Lv. Reform, Ala Ar. IF :25 D m. 4:05 p.m. .Lv.... Stanser ....Ar. .12 :s5 pm. 4:2s p.m.-. Lv.. Carrollton ..Lv. III ;5O am 4:43 p.m- .Lv.. Carrollton Ar. III ;35 am 4:5S p. m.. .Lv.... Dillburg ...Ar. .1l;l6 m. 5:25 pm Ar. Aliceville ...Lv. ll:00 am. Ft<st-class passenger trains meet and >~r1ect with all main line Mobile & Ohio srains.
 For further information apply to
 JOHN T. COCHRANE.
 Pres. and Genl Manager,
 Carrollton, Ala
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New York, January 9.-Coffee-Spot Rio quiet; No. invoice, 8 3-16c; mild steady. Futures opened steady at a decline of to 10 points in response to disappointing French cables. With crop damage &C., counts still in mind and continued rain in Brazil, offerings were light, however. and the market during the middle sea- son rallied sharply on buying by Wall street houses and importers. The close was steady at net advance of to 10 points Sales, 49sO0 bags. January, 6.600 6.65; February 6.60; March. 6.65G6S5; May, 6S5@6.9o; September. 71Oa715; December, 725@7.35.
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Chicago Change. Chicago. January 9.-An unexpectedly large decrease in, -the worlds visible sup
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TOMBlGBEE VALLEY RAILROAD
 COMPANY,

Schedule in effect May 10, 1905. Going North Going South read down. read up
 No. No. 1. Lv 7:20 a.m.... Calvert ....Ar. 4.30 D. m. Ar. 7:45 a.m.... Fairford ....Lv. s:15 pm. Ly. S:15 p.m.... Falrford LAT. 800 2. m. Lv Il 80 a.m... Berney ....Lv. 1:30 D. .m- Ar. 12:N m. Healing Springs. .Lv. 100 pm. Trains on above schedule run only on Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week. Fir further information, write
 JOHN. T. COCHRANE,
 President and Genral Manager
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You can get a beautiful calendar at l9O2K 2nd Ave, upstairs. Jno. R. Furman,
 Clothes Cleaner.
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Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad.

Trains Nos 1 and daily. Nos. 9 and 10 Sunday only. Ali other daily except Sum day.
 Close connections made at Talladega with Eastern Alabama to Pryton. Close connections with Seaboard Air Line at Coal City and Southern railway at Pell City for Birmingham and all eastern points. J. F. FLEETWOOD FELIX A. VoGEL, SuperRteRdent.
 General Manager.
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Hides and Wool.

Hides and Wool G. S. hides, 10ka@11c. Dry flint hides. No. 1, 19c. Dry flint hides. No. 1. 1Sc. Dry salt hides, 70. 1, lie. Dry salt hides. No. g. 15@16e Clear washed wool. 3S@40c. Unwashed wool. 27d29c. Sheep skins, 25@27c. Tallow. 4Q4Hac.
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Bonds

Ala. Consolidated, 5s .......... 92 Ale Steel & Shlpbuilding Co. ..1OS Alabama State Bonds
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Queen and Crescent Route.

l Central or Geore,A Railroad. I Arrive from Depart to-
 Savannah ..1o:l5 pm Macon ...... $40 am i Savannah ..1205 pm Savannah .. 400 pm
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21

fro;n England by heavy duty; during
the eighteenth century Irish agricul-
tural products were excluded.
Things frightened considerably dur
ing the Napoleonic wars and the early
part of the nineteenth century is
marked by movement toward the di-
vision of the great estates into small
holdings. But the potato blight of 1S45
brought affairs to crisis there came
an end to the experiment of small
holdings; the landlords went in for
pasturage, made a change from tillage
and evicted the tenants
Now we have the abominatiOn of
desoiation, the evicted peasants NOV
ing from the arabic lands to barrens
on which no landlord had jealous eye,
famine and starvation following the
crowdlng thereto. And this is the era
of emigration, the young sons and
daughters of old Erin taking ship for
the promised land of America, to earn
quickly the big dollars and send back
money to bring over the poor old faith
er and mother left behind on the
wretched lands.
Though emigration relieved the dis
tress. other relief had to be given And
we finu England battling with the Irish
question, we find a starving, desperate
people. Acts were passed relating to
compensation, fair rents, land improve
ment, purchase by the peasant Boards
Were created to give speedy relief to
aid the people in what were listed as
''congested districts" and to improve
conditions. In the western district of
Connaught to-day there is an extreme
of need; the small holdings not fertile
enough to supply the wants of the fam
lily, the men obliged to leave their
homes months at time to work in the
harvest fields Of Scotland and Eng
lanG
We must make mention of the i'm
por:ant part the home industries all
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
IOWA MAN BEARS
A CHARMED LIFE
las SURVIVED TWo-SCORE Sc.
RIoUS ACCIDENTS.
STILL ACTIVE AT AGE OF IT
Henry Walker. Of Johnson County
Has Had Bones Broken Several
Times-His Highly Event
full Life.

Iowa City, Ia.-Struck by lightning:
frozen in snow drifts neck high: men
aced by fire; legs, arms and ribs frac
tured repeatedly by falls and runa
ways; life imperilled through somnam-
bulism; kicked by refractory horses
and stubborn mules; tramp!ed by in
furiated steers; endangered by robbers
end Indians; half choked and starved
on the alkali plains of the far west:
the victim of so more or less grave ac-
cidents, Henry Walker, justice of the
peace and former supervisor of John
son county, Iowa, to-day lives to tell
the tale.
He could be desc ribed as hale and
hearty were he not just recovered
from the effects Of what to most other
persons would have been a fatal
plunge down long flight of stairs,
fracturing his skull. After this acct
dent, which was due to a somnambu-
listic attack, Mr. Walker was picked
ur for dead" but that experience has
been his for two score times, and he
speaks jestingly CT his latest near ap-
proach to death, as he does of dozens
of others.
Mr.. Walker enjoys the novel distinc-
ton of being the most frequently in