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The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-12
This Buggy is on exhibition at the Pres colt Hardware Co.'S store and they
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facts to be remembered will bear repe- tition-if only for convenience sake.
 The quality of yeast may be tested by breaking open a cake; If found brittle, it is good. The flour may be of either spring or winter wheat, but should be of decided cream color, and slightly granular to the touch. An ex- cellent test is to mix little of the dough with water; if it can be stretched into thin web without tear- ing, it is rich in gluten, and therefore, in nourishment.
 Remember whatever the recipe, ex- perience must guide as to the exact quantity of flour required to a quart of liquid. As flour varies exceedingly in its power of absorbing water, it is not possible to give a fixed rule, but one quart of liquid to three of flour will be found a good average.
 The even temperature necessary to raising is the most fruitful source of failure in bread. The whole process may be conducted in a few hours in daytime, in warm kitchen, and is far better than if the dough be set to raise" over night-subjectin it to sudden changes of heat, or, to what is worse, the danger of becoming too light.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-12
A Forbidden Inquiry.

GOriginaLl The last bell rang for the passengers Fho were on board to bid friends good by to go ashore. Adeu, sweetheart. l shall count the pours till you return" Are you sureT' Certain" And suppose l never return" VIII go and weep over your grave" lou won't have to go. I have no una to be buried over there. l made \! Will yesterday and gave directions |ual II die abroad my body shall be len' nome to lie in the family lot at Avondae"
 Then l will weep there." How longY'
 For my lifetime"
 ne hurried ashore and stood looking Om lhe end of the dock up at her,
 ,"hs her kisses which she threw ack at him.
 "ohIh later word was cabled from
 'Vau that she had died suddenly of S@i' disease while climbing noun
 A Ill switzerland. He remained for
 ee uays In a stupor, then was about
 sO abroad, where her mortal part as' when he remembered ner farewell
The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-12
Small Prunes,

It is mistake to sheer at the small prunes. They are, as rule, the sweetest and have the most delicate flavor. If the children refuse to eat prunes, try giving them the small variety, and it is likely they will en- joy them. Their taste is not so pro- nounced. not so "tobacco-like" as one child complained. They have the add. ed advantage of being almost half the price of the large ones.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-12

fellow mourner. She had been friend of his former fiancee.
 Every Sunday morning these two met at the grave of one for whom they had common love. He grew to look forward to the meeting not so much as melancholy event as a reunion with one who was filling the void in his heart, void which, if filled at all, can be done only by living person. But this girl of flesh and blood was from the first constrained, and her constraint had grown on her. When they met her eyes would brighten; but, looking down on her friends grave, she seemed moved by some inward emotion.
 When winter came their visits were omitted by mutual consent till the spring should come. Their meetings were not, as before, on Sunday morn- ings, but on Sunday afternoons, and were often prolonged until late in the evening. It was pleasater to sit by a warm fireplace than stand out in the cold cemetery, where the winds shriek- ed through the leafless branches.
 He besought her to marry him. She refused. From the expression on her face his words seemed to have had the effect rather of clods falling on a coffin than of a great comfort
 When the crocuses were springing up she proposed that they go again to the cemetery. He sighed and consented, but at the appointed time he made ex- cuses. She said, though with evident reluctance, that she would go alone. So he went with her. On the way she was silent and melancholy. To see her one would have thought she was going to her own funeral.
 He carried the flowers to the grave, while she stood at the gate of the in- closure. He had strewn them when, looking up, he saw figure coming down the roadway. Shading his eyes with his hand to see more distinctly, he staggered back against the iron rail. The woman over whose grave he had strewn flowers-his lost love-was coming.
 She advanced with slow step, a se- rious expression on her face. There was nothing ghostly about her. On the contrary, she was plainly mortal. What astonished her betrothed most was that her friend appeared in no way surprised at this return from the dead to the quick.
 "This is wrong I have done you," said the returned one, "and I regret it, but laid the plan long ago and re- solved that I would carry 1t out. When we parted I began breeding over your words that you would "weep over my grave" Then became pos sessed with desire to learn how long you would weep for me or if you would be faithful to my memory. I gave out that I was dead and caused an empty box to be buried here. More than that. I arranged for her," pointing to his fellow mourner, ito come here to meet you. I have learned what 1t Is better should not know-that the dead have no place in the hearts of the living that cannot be easily occupied by another"
 These were the only words spoken. What else was there to say? The three left the cemetery by different routes and never met again.
 How far the mortal heart reaches into immortality is one of the hidden secrets of Providence which 1t is dan. gerous tosattempt to solve.
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The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-12
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THE STAFF OF LIFE.

OETHE divided women into two classes-cake and bread. When asked which he preferred, he said, Bread, by all means - and brown bread, at that"
 On the face of 1t, this 1 S u n c O m D limentary, but are we not justified in assuming that the great German meant to compliment the sex as the staff of life? And nothing is, after all, more imnOrtant than
The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-12

bread-unless it be it's making.
 So much has been said and written on that subject that there is slight possibility of giving information that the most ignorant housewife would pronounce new. But the few salient
The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-12
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Vegetarian Soup.

Cream of Tapioca-Cover one-third cup of tapioca with two cups cold wa ter and let stand several hours. Add a quart fresh milk, a minced onion, two stalks of celery, shredded, and a dash of mace. Season, and add one tablespoon butter, with enough water to make it the desired consistency.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-12
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Wm J. Bryan, the democratic nominee for pre- sident
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The Prescott Hardware Company's Guarantee:

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
PROSPERITY IN THE WEST.
Theodore N. Vail Says Business condi.
 tions Are Highly Promising.

From the New York Tribune
 Theodore N Vail, president of the American Telephone and Telegraph company, who has just returned from a trip to the west, his journey extend ing from the Mississippi to the coast and from Texas to the extreme north west, said that the basic conditions throughout that section were sound and promising. He added:
 T have been taking a broad view of the west for 30 years, and never in that time has the outlook been better than 1t is now. Crops are promising indeed; in fact, the original producers are in better shape than 1 have ever known them. Those people are all busy; they look rich and they act rich. Develop ments in every phase during the last five to eight years are beyond compre- hension and belief Cities as widely apart geographically as Dallas, Tex, and Spokane, Wash, have expanded in every direction"
 In regard to the business outlook, MT. Vail said:
 When the tide will turn l cannot say. but when it does come It Will come so strong that many of us will be unprepared. The railroads, in particu- lar. fear, will not be ready for the turn. What has been the central fac- tor in the business situation? The pub lie utility and the public service cor porations And they continue to re- main the dominant element, and many of their problems have not yet been solved. This is the disquieting feature. What brought this about and how IL was brought about every one knows.
 Speaking of the companies whose in- terests he serves, MT. Vail said that their business showed practically no falling off and that the business or the associated Bell companies was petter this year than last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
COTTON MARKET
 |S STANDING PAT Trading Is Quiet With Irregu-
 lar Fluctuations
TEXAS EXPECTS BIG CROP
Crop Situation Now Passing Through Critical Period and Bears Are Not Selling as Freely as
 They Might.

New York, July 1S.-The cotton market opened steady at a decline of points on July, but generally unchanged to points higher in response to rather bet ter cables than expected, although week end figures and weekly weather reviews were considered against the market Trading was quiet during the early ses- sion with fluctuations narrow and irreg- ular, prices closing to points higher on active months on' scattered cover ings
 In order to reap the surer benefits of present premiums, Texas, which expects a big crop, Is now underselling the New Orleans market This raises an additional question in the minds of would-be specu- lators, who cannot under such circum- stances accurately gauge the duration of remnant delivery strength, consequently cannot with precision calculate the effect of possible near future changes in the spot situation. Meanwhile the market is steady enough. An otherwise favorable weather map was marred to some extent by average maximum temperatures of 92 degrees for Oklahoma. 9S for Little Rock 94 for Memphis, 9S for Viclksburg, 94 for Galveston, 96 for New Orleans, 96 for Mobile, 94 for Montgomery 92 for At lanta 90 for Augusta, 96 for Savannah, S6 for Wilmington and 90 for Charles ton, or an average for the entire belt of 94 degrees.
 On the whole complaints from the cot ton fields are not numerous enough as yet to scare shorts into abandoning bearish attitude, but since the crop Is now confronted by its most critical dan ger temperature readings will continue to attract constant attention until the hot spell be broken. Such changes as are occurring in the general cotton trade and crop situation are at the moment theoretical rather than actual.
 The market closed net 1 point lower to point higher Receipts at the ports today, 4290 bales, against 9O5s last week, and 749 last week. For the week. 25,000 bales, against 25,004 last week, and 1853 last year. Today's receipts at New Or leans, S96 bales, against 50 last year, and at Houston 1444 against 125 last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
STOCKS CHAMBER
 UPWARD RAPIDLY New High Records Are Made
 In Some Issues FEELING IS VERY BU0YANT Crop Situation Is Good and Money Is Cheap, Both of Which Are Strong Factors In Bull Movement
 In All Stocks.
FEELING IS VERY BUOYANT I
By THOMAS c. sHoTwELL,

New York, July 1S.-(Special. )-Stocl1s became buoyant in. the last few minutes of trading today and the close showed the leaders at new high records for the year. Union Pacific and Steel were at the front. Shorts in both were slaughter ed. Back of the movement are all the powers of the Standard Oil forces and every speciality controlled by that group of financiers is being made to reflect their market sentiment. St. Paul rose to 14OA, Consolidated Gas to 13S1a, and Brooklyn Union Gas to 136 So bold are these operators and so certain are they of their position that they let 1t be known after the close today that they intend to squeese the shorts In Pennsylvania and New York Central the coming week.
 The advance of the Steel shares does not entirely reflect trade conditions. It is true the trust is getting more business but the advance is at the expense of thousands of stockholders who went short of the trusts shares as a hedge against inactive issues that had no mar ket during the panic. Steel shares were so easy to borrow that everybody be- lieyed they could never be cornered. It is understood that a huge pool made up of the managers of the First National bank, purchased something like 100000 shares of Steel common, lending the stock to sellers, who are now being compelled to buy it back at tremendous losses.
 Crops are so far along now that some thing better than an average yield Is in- dioated. This is enough to inspire con fidence in business men everywhere. Can ada comes forward with a promise of a wheat yield of 7O,Oo0,OOo bushels better than that of last year, and Canadian Pa cific Is acting accordingly. The crop sit uation in Kansas is perfect. The move ment of crops already harvested is put ting more freight cars into operation and the number of idle cars is being re- duced at the rate of 5000 a week. The money situation is interesting, but not important just now. That is to say, money cannot possibly be put into such shape that it will interfere with the stock mar ket movement already planned It must be remembered however, that tho strength of stocks is due only partly to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
Live Stock Market.

Chicago, July 18.-Cattle: Receipts, about 1000; market steady. Reeves s4.35@7.70; Texans, s3.50@5.50; west erns S3.75@6.25; stockers and feeders, s9.75@4.6O: cows aud heifers, $2.25@ 5.s0; calves, s5@6.75N
 Hogs: Receipts about 14,000; market weak to Dc lower. Light. $6.20@6.SO, mixed, $6.25@695; heavy. $6.25@6.95 bulk of sales, $6.6O@6.S0.
 Sheep: Receipts, about 1000; market steady. Native, $2.75@4.65; western S2.75@4.60; lambs $4.5O@6.S5 western $4.5O@6.85
 Kansas City, July 1s.-Cattle: Re ceipts 400, including 200 southerns re ceipts for the week, 45,S00, steady. Choice export and dressed beef steers, s6@7.50; fair to good, $4.50@6; west ern steers, s375@ 5.75; southern steers, s3.25@5; south ern cows, $2@3.50; ma = tive cows, $2@4.25; native heifers, $2.5a @6.25.
 Hogs: Receipts. 2aoo; 1Oc lower. Top, $6.75; bulk of sales, $655 O 6.65; heavy. s6.65@6.75; packers and butchers, $6.bb @6,70; light, s6.30@6.65; pigs, $5Q 5.75; receipts for the week, 427,675.
 Sheep: Receipts, none; steady. Lambs $4@6.85; Texas yearlings, $4.50Q 5.5e ; Texas sheep, $3.75@4. 4.4O; stockers and feeders, $3Q4; receipts for the week, 16,200.
 St. Louis July 1S,-Cattle: Receipts, 800, including 200 TexansS steady. Ma tive shipping and export steers. $4.5O@ 7.5O; dressed beef and butcher steers. $3.25@7.25; stockers and feeders, $2.50 Q 4.50; cows and heifers, $2.25Q 6.75;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
London Wool Market.

London, July. 1S.-The offerings of the wool auction sales today amounted to 13,137 bales, which consisted of the su- perior selection. Competition was gen. orally keen Inferior wools were irregu- lar, buyers favoring medium greasy cross breds, which were taken by America at a 10 per cent advance. The total with drawals were 2350 bales. Offerings for next week total S2,30O bales. Today's sales:
 New South Wales, aO0 bales; secured, sd @1s 11d greasy 61ad@1s 11kd.
 Queensland, HOO bales; secured, Is 41ad@ 2s 1ad greasy, 5A@11d.
 Victoria, 1900 bales; secured. Is 1d@-s Sd; greasy. 51adG1s 2d.
 West Australia, 100 bales greasy, SO 101Ad. .e,
 Tasmania. 300 bales; secured, 91s@1115d; greasy 5s4d91s.
 New Zealand, 65oo bales; secured, Is Ado Is Tod; greasy, 4%d@1s Id.
 Cape of Good Hope and Natal 12OO bales; secured, Is 3d@1s Sd; greasy, $40 10d
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
Local Staple Groceries. Corrected daily by Franklin, Stiles S
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 Apples-3-lb cans, per dozen, soc
 Axle Grease-3 dozen to case, Dia- mond, $1.35; Mica, S3.25.
 Baked Beans-2 dozen 3-lb cans io case, per dozen, Palace Car, $l.5O Mitch ell. S5c; Bull Head 90c 4 dozen 2-lb cans to case. per dozen, Camppeils. 95c; Dog Head. 90c;- lib cans. I dozen to case, per dozen, Van Camp, soc.
 Baking Powder-Per case Good Luck. s3.75; Hi-Lo, $3.75; Parrott and Monkey. s1.S0, Horford's Bread Preparation. s4.5O; lib Rumford, $2.5O.
 Blackberries-2-lb Griffin Farm. 2 dozen to case, per dozen, 95c.
 1-bushel. wire display. each. s1. 50; F -busheL $1.25.
 Blueing-Spurlock No. 5, dozen to Rrushes-Rice root, per dozen. s5c.
 Candles-20 and 40 sets to box, per set, 1Oc.
 61bc: penny goods, per box, soc.
 Campbells Goods-Tomato, vegetable. chicken, OK tail bouillon and assorted soup tomato and tobasco, catsup, salad dressing, chilli sauce, prepared mustard and Worcester sauce, per dozen list soc; 2-lb baked beans, per dozen, s5c; beef steak catsup. per dozen, $2.
 Cereals-Per case, Cream of Wheat. s4.50, Egg-O-See corn iiakes, $2.85: Force, $4.50; M-2 Mamma. 32.90; Grape Nuts. s27O; Hudnut xrits. per barrel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
Flour. Meal md FeedstuT.
Fruit and Produce.

(Corrected daily by Douglass Bros) :, Cabbage, home grown, per crate, $2. Onions--White wax, per crate. $1.75. Louisiana, per pound 3c.
 Potatoes-Old Michigan. per bushel, soc; new crop, per bushel s5Q9Oc. Apples-New, per crate, si.50. Peaches-Georgia, per crate, s1@1.25 Lemons-Fancy imported, 360s. per box, $4.
 Plums-Georgia, per crate. s1Q125. Cantaloups-Per crate, S1@1.75. Pineapples-Florida per crate, $3Q 3.25.
 Limes-Fancy imported. per 100, $1. Eggs-Alabama and Mississippi, per dozen, 15 @ 16c.
 Butter-Fresh, per ID. 12h @15c Hens-Each, 30@ 35c.
 Broilers-Each. 2ht@ soc.
 Cheese-Fancy full cream. per lb, 15c. Peanuts-Fancy Virginia. per bush el, 6%c c; choice per ID, 5Nc. String Beans-Per hamper, $1. Squash-Per crate, $1.
 Cucumbers-Per crate. s1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
Iluernool Cotton Market.

Liverpool. July 1s.-Spots dull; prices points higher American fair. 6.76d. good middling, 6.4Od; middllng. s.12d; low middling, 5.74d; good ordinary, 5.16d; ordinary, 4.76d, The sales of the day were 2000 bales, of which POO were for speculation and export and includ- ed 1900 American. Receipts, 300 bales, all American.
 Futures opened barely steady and closed irregular. July, 5.66d; July-Au- gust 6.53d: August-Septembe 5.33d; September october, 5.15zd; October November, 5.0Sd; November December 5.03d; December January, 5d; January February, 49Sd; February March, 4.99d; March April. 5d April-May, Dad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour firm: spring patents, $52oQo.5o, straights. $4OO@5Oo: water patents, $4.2O o74.7O: straights, $S.9oQ4.S5; bakers, SS.so Q4.OO.
 Wheat No. 8, $1.12@1.14.
 Corn. No. 2, 754a76Ac; yellow, 761a@77, Oats. No. 2, 571ac; No. white, 571aaosc. Barley, fair to choice mating 6sQ1Oc: Flax seed, No. l northwestern, sl.zo14. Short rib sides, loose, $S.50qS.S7ls Mess nork per barrel, $15.70a15.75. Lard. per 100 pounds, $9.271a.
 Short clear sides, boxed, $SS71sq9.OO. Whisky, basis of high wines, sl.a5 On the produce exchange today the butter market was steady; creameries. 1s@21c: dairies 17@2oc.
 Eggs firm; at mark, cases included 141z@15c; firsts, 171ac; prime firsts, 19l2c. Cheese steady at 1014@12c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
Bonds.
Money on Call.

New York, July 1S.-Money on call nom- inal time loans quiet and firm; 60 days, 9 per cent; 90 days, 2@2A per cent; six months, 3s444 per cent
 Prime mercantile paper, 31a@4 per cent; sterling exchange fairly steady, with act ual business in bankers bills at s4S6. .9bQ 4.S7 for demand, and at $4.S5. .75Q4 .S5. .S5 for 6O-day. bills; commercial bills $4S5A@ 4.S515
 Bar silver, 5314c.
 Mexican dollars, 45c.
 Government bonds steady
 Railroad bonds strong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
London Stock Market,

London, July 1S-The dullness of the holiday season, combined with a falr amount of liquidation, made the markets Of the stock exchange generally uniter- esting during the past week and in adds tion caused gradual crumbling of values, especially in the British section. Some investment buying early in the week sisted the good yielding securities, but these shares relapsed later on talk of a large issue of treasury bills and other loans- Home rails dropped on dsappoint- ing traffic returns and further selling in anticipation of lower dividends. Paris on balance sold foreigners as well as Kaffirs, and with the public consistently abstain- Ing from speculative operations the changes for the week are mostly lower.
 American securities developed strength on crop news and reports of industrial improvement, and although there was some irregularity at the end of the week on the postponement of the question of freight rates, the final quotations are 8 points dearer for United States Steel, Atchison and Southern Pacific, and 1 point higher for the other issues. The buying again was principally for New York ac- count.
 Money continued superabundant and this makes it difficult to maintain the discoun: rate at 1A for three months bills, in spite Of the montonous buying each week of gold supplies by the continent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19
Coffee Market.

New York, July 1s.-The market for ooffe futures opened steady at unchanged prices to a decline of 5 points in response to lower European cables and somewhat larger Brazilian receipts. Business was moderately active at the start owing to the renewed liquidation and some European selling, but oqerings were pretty well absorbed by local interests and the market held around the initial figures, closing quiet, net unchanged to points lower. Sales were reported of I, 75o bags. including; July, 6.05c; August and Sep tember. $500; December, 5S0c; April and May, 5. 90c.
 Spot quiet; Rio No. 7, 6 5-16c Santos No. f. SAC; mild, quiet Cordova. 9a4@121ac
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-19

the improvement of business. Stocks have not increased in value. It is money that has decreased in value, as the re- suit of the new currency law.
 The number of shares of stocks sold to- day, 354, Al; same day last year. 23S, ,697.
 Par value of bonds sold today, $2, 195,- 900; same day last year, $254,000.
 The average gain of all stocks dealt in today was 67 cents, making the gain since December 31, $20.6 .62. This is a new high point for the year.
 In less than ten days time the direc- tors of the United States Steel corpora tion will have held their quarterly meet ing and everybody will then know how the company fared in the second quar- ter of this year, and more especially in June, the last month of that quarter; whether the business improved as much as has been supposed. Judging by the stock ticker 1t Is generally believed that compared with March 31, the report for the quarter ending June 30 will make a much better showing.
 All railroad gross receipts for the first week in July show a loss of Il per cent, whereas in June the loss was 7.S per cent.
 There was small feature abroad. Der lin was quiet and at Paris there was small trade London Americans were steady as were home rails.