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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
THE METAL MAKKRre.

New York. Nov. 2I.--London tin was es higher at lss pounds 1Ss for futures. Lo- ranging from $3o. 26 to S312
 Copper was higher in London with spot closing at 53 pounds 17s Sd and futures dull and unchanged. Lake tl2.S7k @ ds: :12h; electrolykic $12.62M @Sl2. .s7M casting SIP. .37M @S12.62h
 Lead was lower at IS pounds iBs fin Lon- don but weak locally at s4. .25@S4.35.
 Speiter was unchanged at 2l pounds in Iron was lower in the EnTiish market with standard foundry quoted at 49s 7d and Cleveland warrants at 50s 45sd. Locally un-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22

New York. Nov. 2l.-The dry goods mar Ret showed better today. Some duplicate business Is now coming forard and some large western jobbing houses have begun calling for the goods that are due them. ment of production in all lines of textiles Is becoming quite general.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK.
sT. Lor1Is 6RAIN rfAKxET

St. Louis. Nov 2f.-Ciose: Wheat No. l2 red cash s7kc; No. hard ss@$1.01; Dec.
 Corn. No, ? cash SIX; No. white S7h Dec. 50&; May sax.
 Oats No. 2 cash ts; No. ? white 47; Dee. 45; May 4s.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
eETMA cOTTON MARKET.

SeImas Nov. zL--tbpecIaI, J---Frlces ol spots quoted here today were as follows;
 Good middiing s... .'.. -'.s .,t0 zt strict midoiing sss. s.'stU 7ss Midditng ss.s ssss. " 13' Strict low middling ...".10%e
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
NEW YORK cOFFEE NTARKFT.

New York. Nov. 21.--Coffee futures open. ed steady at unchanged prices and closed steady net unchanged to five points higher Sales 32.750 bags Including:
 December .... .... .... ..5.55 @5. 60 saoISn '''s ssss sss.bsIV may '''' ssss ssss s.bhDO guy Sy .,.. '''s ..ss s... ..b.9b
 Spot quiet; Rio No. Sc; santos No. \ TAc. Mild coffee quiet; Cordova eX @I3kc.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22

The census bureau issued the ginner's re- port at o'clock yesterday morning which showed falling off in the number of bales of cotton ginned in comparision with the re- port to the sms date of last year, Novem- Der I4th. of 100000 bales,
 The popular expectation was that the falling off would be about 100000 bales from last years figures For some reason the builish effect of the report upon the market was not felt for some hours. Be- fore the close. however. there was mate- rial advance, the highest point reached be- ing about 70 points over the opening figures. or S2 per bale.
 Iiiimediately before the close there was a recession of about IS points
 The ginner's report IS considered very buIiish.
 Receipts in Montgomery by wagon were very light owing probably to the indictment weather. sa4AsaA@az@
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
Nrm vnkur r.nrrr,,r l,rr
NEW YORK DRY GOODe.

New York, Nov. 21.--cotton seed oil bare iy steady; prime crude 2sc; do yellow s4c
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
PORTS

These averages are based on official re- turns of the secretafies and superinteud- ents of cotton eEnhanses and exports at ports in the states named.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
REPORT Is BULLISH
CENSUS REPORT SHOWS FALLING OFF
 IN GINNING.

About l,200.o08 Bales Less Reported Than for Same Date a TeaF AED-aafkss Responds to Report Very
 Slowly.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
LIVERPOOL COTTON.
Liverpool. Nov. 2I--Spot cotton, moder- ate business done, prices seven points high

Liverpool. Nov. 2I.-Spot cotton. moder- ate business done. prices seven points high CT:
 American rniddlinK fair .... .... ....s.Eo Good midding .... ..... s 1T 1dtuutihk ssss ssss sSAP sssss. D .0e Low mtdditng .... .6.62 Good ordinary .-. .''. s... ..-. ..b.S OroAnhFy = ob
 The sales of the day were 6. 900 bales, of which 800 were for speculation and export and included 5.pe0 American Receipts 100 bales. ail American.
 Futunes opened quiet and closed quiet; AmerieaR middling zoe.
 NoNempef ..0oa November December ,...' .... .. ..5.5eh pecember-January ....l -.6 .5eh January February s..s s.'s .5s b9 fepfuary- -Match .... 50 ls March-April .... ..,. .... .... ....5. .e1 F -April-May .".s sss' ssss S..-s .ss'. D b2 1a May-June s..s s..s ..... 5 .6SM M June-Juiy ..S. bS b July-August .... .. ..b.sS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22
NEW ORLEANS CoTToN, FUrUREs,
NEW oRLEANs spoT CorroN.

NeW OFIednsi NoV- zI---6pot cottoh Ilfhl, quotations revised; sales s,450 bales; re- ceipts 10,s79: stock 1e3,6s1
 Low ordinary nom .... s... = .. S%c Oroinary, nom .... sss@ ssss Ass.I Al-lec Low mioditnK sss.lOc MAudling s.- s.ss sss. .leMc g. Good middling ..ss ...o .... ....iiMe Middllng fair .. .s.. ...s .11Hc Fair, nom .... .... .... ....12Ae
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22

Spot cotton today quoted as follows: Strict middling ..... =. ID is-fec
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-22

CLOSING STOCK LIST
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-04-05
OLD CANNON CAN'T BE BROKEN.
Armament of Old Craft Was Made to
Last.

A good story is being told at the
Mare Island navy yard concerning a
San Francisco contractor who bought
all the old obsolete cannon which were
sold at the local yard some time ago.
The cannon were all of the smooth
bore kind, and in order that they
might be easily handled for shipment
to the city all sorts of schemes were
tried to endeavor to break them with
dynamite and blasting powder, but
they were unsuccessful.
An electric drill machine was even
set, up at the yards and the cannon
were drilled full of holes in order to
weaken them for breaking open with
wedges, but this was also unsuccess-
full. The cannon were then taken
away and the last heard of them they
were corralled in the hills near Point
Richmond, where an effort was being
made to break them open with dyna-
mite again.
The cannon which proved to be SO
strong were among the armament of
the war craft which sailed the seas
in 1872.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-04-05
FURIOUS HUMoR ON CHILD.
itching, Bleeding Sores Covered Body
Nothing Helped Her-cutcura
Cures Her in Five Days.

After my granddaughter of about
seven years had been cured of the
measles, she was attacked about a
fortnight later by a furious itching and
painful eruption all over her body,
especially the upper part Of it, forming
watery and bleeding sores, especially
under the arms, of considerable size.
She suffered great deal and for three
weeks we nursed her every night,
using all the remedies we could think
of. Nothing would help. We tried the
Cuticura Remedies and after twenty
four hours we noted considerable i'm
provement, and after using only one
complete set of the Cuticura Remedies,
in five consecutive days the little one,
much to our joy, had been entirely
cured, and has been we'll for long
time. Mrs. F. Ruefenacht, R. F. D. No.
3, Bakersfield, CAL, June Is and July
20, 1906"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-04-05
NIeHTcAPs IN VOGUE AGAIN.
Women Returning to the Fashion OF
Their Grandmothers.

Fashionable women have revived
the use of the nightcap. 1t was dis
carded at least half a century ago, ex-
cept by grandmothers and elderly
spinsters, but now, according to the
Diapers Record, it has again become
an indispensable part of woman's out
DIT and is included in all trouseaux.
The revival is partly ascribed to the
doctors. Their incessant advocacy OF
well ventilated bedrooms has, in the
absence Of over door transoms in
English houses, resulted in bedroom
windows being opened at night, and
women who are not robust found the
wintry draughts too trying. Another
and more distressing cause Is alleged
by hairdressers. These say that elab-
crate coiffures are being desired.
These are helped by stylish transfer
nations, which are detached at night
To facilitate this arrangement 1t is
said that many ladies have their hair
cropped rendering a nightcap neces-
sary. Their grandmothers practised
the same folly. Moreover, the new
manner Of dressing the hair, which in
PRODUCES an exceptionally careful pro-
cass of undulation and is submitted to
by women three times week, calls
for the use of the protecting nightcap
to preserve the freshness of the Golf
fire
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-04-05
Didn't Suit Him.

People who patronize the cars run,
ming out to Forest Hills are fa liar
with Conductor Crowley, the ma who
wears six service stripes on his
sleeve, says writer in the Boston
Herald.
On the afternoon Of election day in
November one of his passengers was
an old man who had been imbibing
enough to make him go to sleep in the
corner of the car.
Just before it reached Dudley street
the conductor announced with his
usual rich roll of the r, "Cir-r-cuit and
Guild"
Yer a liar! It's John B. Moran"
shouted the sleepy one, waking up
suddenly
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-04-05
HER ABLE
ASSISTANCE

The young man in the painfully new
suit gazed admiringly at the young
woman whose immaculate lingerie
waist and deliberately done up hair
bore witness to the fact that his call
had been expected He was SO shy,
from her face quickly whenever she
looked at him.
NO." she was saying, CLARA may
be nice girl and all that and some
people think she Is pretty and Of
course she is popular in way, but
I'd rather be unnoticed and plain-look-
ing as | am II | had to be as heartless
and selfish as she has shown herself
to be-"
The young man saw an opening, but
his shyness hampered him. "Plain!"
he repeated. why, nobody could call
you that"
The young woman looked as If he
had fallen short of what he might
have said, but she was used to it.
Look at the way she has treated poor
George Peabody" she went on, indig.
nantly. amy girl who lets a man
grow to care for her and then deliber-
ately throws him over-well, l have
my opinion of her!"
"All girls are not like YOU" said the
young man, with general regret "They
they would think it SMART"
II can't imagine a girl being like
that" protested the young woman,
with lovely sadness. ut seems so I'M
womanly. l should think it would just
haunt Clara spelling his life, you
know. And, of course, she knew that
he cared for her in spite of what she
says"
The young 1nan swallowed hard. Is
it-does a girl always know when a
man likes herr" he asked. when he
hasn't told her, l mean?"
The young woman looked as imper-
sonal as judge. "Well, in most cases
she does," she admitted. THAT is, if
he has been coming to see her for a
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-04-05
SEE WHAT YOU BUY
DO NOT TAKE THE CATALOGUE
STATEMENT FOR IT.
CASE OF A MAIL-ORDER BUGGY
The Purchaser Was Ashamed to Use
II and Sold II to His Hired
Man--lt Pays to Buy
at Home.

Copyright, by Alfred C. Clark)
The East End of London is an ex.
ample of what the city does for hui
mainly in creating poverty, misery,
disease, drunkenness and crime. JEFF
ferson was right when he said: Great
cities are great sores upon the body
polite" Is 1t any wonder that lovers
of their kind are horror-stricken at
the grinding of these gigantic mills
whose grist Is the bodies and souls of
men?
But there is another movement con.
nected with this current setting CITY.
ward which, like 1t, is full of grave
menace to the welfare Of humanity.
This Is the dry rot now invading thou
sands Of villages and towns. 1t Is not
lack OF capital or business energy in
the towns, or discrimination In
freights or exhaustion of the soil in
the surrounding country that is bring.
ing about this change, but a new and
dangerous form Of competition, and
the caprices of those who buy. Go
into these towns and you will find
them at a standstill or going back
ward. Inquire of their business men
or commercial travellers and you will
learn that business Is not as good as
formerly and that the prospect is for
a continued shrinkage in trade. An
observant commercial traveller said
to the writer: II believe the day OF
the village and town is over. The big
fish are everywhere eating up the lit.
tie fish. A few small lines of business
that cannot bs done by mail, such as
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-04-05
PLANTING IRISH POTATOES.
Methods Of Planting and Cultivation
OF the Crop.

I prefer sandy loan for potato
land, writes an Illinois farmer in
Orange Judd Farmer. This to be at
Its best should contain good supply
of weS.rotted humus, furnished either
by turning under sod or growth Of
vegetation of some kind, or by lib
eral application of barn yard manure.
generally select the piece of land
Tor potatoes the fall previous to the
spring the crop is to be planted, in
order to give it dressing of well
rotted manure If 1t is not already rich
enough. 1t is then plowed. If early
potatoes are desired, fair job Of
getting them in may be done by sim
ply running burrows the proper dis.
lance apart, as early in the spring as
the soil can be decently turned,
dropping the SEED in the bottom of
the furrow and covering them by run
ming another furrow alongside the
FIRST one and throwing the dirt over
them.
It the soil in which one Is obliged
TO plant his potatoes is such that 1t
runs together or packs badly during
the winter, nothing may be gained by
fall blowing. With soil of this kind,
to get an early start in the spring
one should not apply the manure in
the fall or during the winter and
leave 1t upon the surface, as 1t holds
frost and moisture and prevents early
pfowing Neither should the draw
ing out of the manure be left until
spring, as few days delay then may
make the difference between a paying
crop and one that does not.
All things considered, piece of
Hand that had good supply Of hui
mus given 1t the year previous to the
one 1t is used as potato ground is
the best. Experience teaches me that
fresh manure, even sod, is apt to
produce scab or other diseases on the
tlbers.
I am fully persuaded that 1t is much
more profitable for me to use good
sized potatoes for seed rather than
small ones. When the former are
used, cut as nearly as possible to
pieces having two eyes each, when
small tubers are used l cut off the
seed end
When late potatoes are desired, It
Is hardly possible to get the land in
too good condition. 1t should be
piowed and narrowed and disked till
1t is SO fine that each piece Of seed
will lie in bed of mellow earth and
have fine covering of the same.
/ The object in raising early ~otatoes
is to get tubers, as early as possible,
big enough to pass in the market; in
late potatoes, good yield of large
smooth tubers, is desired and to get
these the ground must be in the best
shape possible when planted.
In selecting the land, in deciding
upon the variety and whether to raise
early or late potatoes, one must be-
fore hand determine upon his market !
and plan to meet its requirements If
he would have his venture successful
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-04-05

barbering, blacksmithing or the serv-
ing of soft drinks and ice cream may
survive, but such lines Of trade can
not sustain decent town." The
cause of this widespread loss of bust
ness Is the aggressive and destructive
competition of the catalogue houses
in the big cities. 1t has been possible
for 40 years or more to buy of some
houses in the cities, If one felt that
the merchants of his town were ex-
acting too much profit, but this effort
of the mail order houses to cut the
growth of the past few years. Start
ing with a few lines of trade, this
form Of competition has come to cover
almost everything that can be sold in
a country town and it is even asserted
that savings bank department is to
be added by one of the catalogue
houses.
The claim that the mail order
houses of Chicago are doing an an
nual business of over 5000, 100000 may
seem large, but one house alone has
sold goods to the amount of $4,000
900 In the past six months and is now
incubating new plan to increase It's
enormous business by selling shares
of stock to thousands of people in the
hope Of making them regular Gus
toners.
The skillfully worded advertisement
and the big catalogue, with its pic
lures of articles in hundred lines of
trade, are very alluring to buyers,
most of whom are not familiar with
prices and qualities. Some Of the
articles below the usual prices are of
an inferior quality, while the average
price is usually fully up to what would t
be paid to the home dealer. AS was
shown last winter in a speech in con-
gress, articles for the mail order trade |
are often misbranded at the request
of the mail order people with DELHI
crate intent to deceive. One of the
instances given by this congressman
was of some thousands Of finger rings
stamped fourteen carats" when they
were in reality only ten.
The buyer who orders from his /
catalogue, or from an advertisement,
does not see the articles till they
come and is often disappointed in the
quality of the most of them, but there
is no redress as there would be if he
bought at home. ffe does not like to
own that he is disappointed, so he
makes the best OF 1t and tries to per-
suade himself that he has saved
In manc instances he is not
well enough irFormed In values to
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-04-05

know that he oould have bought q
cheaply and seleifed much more sat.
isfactorily at home. On rural route
with which l am familiar and owe.
which most OF the incoming letter.
are from mail order houses and the
outgoing ones carry back money or.
ders, lives friend of mine who
bought a watch from the catalogue at
what he considered rare bargain
The watch came, to be sure, but It did
not go, that is at the right speed
and, although money enough was
spent on 1t to bring the price up to
good figure, 1t was no better as a
timekeeper than that famous watch
Of Capt. Cuttles. Another friend
bought a buggy at $34 and was elated
over his purchase until 1t came and
he saw that the top was a very ordin.
airy article of oil cloth, instead of
leather, and he was so ashamed OF 1t
that he sold 1t at loss to his hired
man and bought a better one in q
neighboring town. A lady and her
two daughters bought shoes from the
catalogue and when asked why they
had trouble with their feet said 1t was
because Of ill-fitting Shoes But such
instances of the bad effects of buy.
Ing sight unseen" are daily occurring
all over the country. 1t is only natur.
al and inevitable that such things
should happen.
Let us see what will be the effect
of this formidable diversion of trade,
If carried to its logical conclusion.
Nearly all the business houses OF the
smaller towns will become bankrupt
the value OF town property will de-
cline churches and schools will re
ceive feeble support and the towns
instead Of being centers of business
and social activity, will almost cease
to exist. The country in general will
become like many portions of the
south where the large plantations, by
getting their supplies in the cities,
have kept the neighboring towns
down to the crossroads type-dreary,
implanted little places of half dozen
ramshackle houses. The evil effects
of this loss of trade and destruction
of the value of town property will re
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-04-05

long time and-and-oh, well, she gen.
orally knows. Of course, there are
cases where she hasn't any idea, be-
cause the man is so careful not to
give her a chance to think so. Of
course, then she can't be blamed"
mo, of course not" agreed the
young man, looking downcast.
Il don't see how Clara had any ex-
cuse, though" went on the young
woman. George had been coming to
see her regularly for a year and a
half and taking her everywhere and
bringing her things!"
The young man glanced hopefully at
the large box of candy the young wom-
all had had the pleasure of opening
since his arrival that evening.
That's just about as long as I've
been coming to see you, isn't it?" he
asked, daringly.
"Why, believe it u.s." said the young
woman in apparent surprise. and
she had given him every reason to
hope. Just letting him come so often
and wasting so much time on him was
enough to give any man the right to
think she cared about him."
The young man in the new suit look
ed as if a brand-new Illuminating fact
had dawned on him. "That-that GER
tainly would make any man with sense
think So" he asserted, crossing one
knee over the other.
But, as l said, Clara is so selfish"
sighed the young woman. "All she
thinks about is herself. Surely it was
shame for her not to consider
Georges feelings in the matter at all.
A girl of real worth would, I can tell
you. She would have managed to
send him away long before he reached
the point Of asking her to marry him.
She would have spared him that! But
she just wanted the fun of refusing
him! Now, call that simply wicked"
The young man crossed the other
knee. 81 wish all girls were like you,"
he began, huskily. mo, mean I'm
glad you're the only one-I think you
are simply an angel, Sadie, and If you
would think about marrying me I'd
be the happiest-"
ooh, Henry" fluttered the young
woman. This is so unexpected
hadn't any idea-you've upset me so!
But I'll say yes!"-Chicago Daily
News.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-04-05

act upon the value of farm property
by cutting off the home market. They
will add to the taxes on lands by re.
ducing taxable values in the towns
Surely 1t Is not to the interest of any.
body, except the bloated corporations
carrying on the mail order business,
to see the towns and villages fall into
decay. A live town Is not only of
value to the lands surrounding it, but
its we'll stocked business houses are
convenience and a benefit to the
buyer. Even if money could, in the
long run, be saved by ordering every.
thing from the city, the Inconvenience
and uncertainty Of it would always
make such shopping unsatisfactory,
Ordering from catalogue is leap
in the dark, except in the case of
few articles whose color, shape and
quality are always the same.
To the man who can soberly look
on both sides of the question and who
can put himself in the place of "the
other fellow" the query will come:
Is it best from mere whim, or even
for certainty of saving from one to
half dozen dollars in year to turn
my back on the old, convenient ways
of doing business, and to do my part
toward running the business of my
old acquaintances and friends, and Of
destroying the value of property in
the town where my friends live?
- Il. B. MILLER
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-04-05
TONIC Fo5 Ehsl
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Maine, relates her experience after the
birth of her daughter in 1901. as fol.
lows: 81 was all run down at the
time the baby came and did not i'm
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time and my heart fluttered SO that I
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FINALLY remembered that friend
had recommended DR.. Williams Pink
Pills to me SO / commenced using
them. I gained in strength rapidly
while the baby throve also. When I
expected my next child l started TAX
ing the pills again as a tonic and
strengthened and had no such diff
Guilty as before. l got up better and
my strength came back much sooner.
"A year ago last winter mad an at.
tack of rheumatism in the hands which
went from one hand to the other. The
joints swelled up and were so stiff I
could not move them. The pain ex-
tended up through my arms and
shoulders. I felt sick enough to go to
bed but did not do SO. This attack
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eral remedies but finally came back
to using the pills which had done me
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have not been troubled since"
All druggists sell DR.. Williams Pink
Pills, or they will be sent by mail
postpaid, on receipt of price, so cents
per box, six boxes for $3.50, by the
DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y. Send for book of
cures.