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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
RICHMOND GRAIN MARKET.
Richmond. Va. May 1G. 1905.
HOLESALE QUOTATIONS. ON CHANGE
CATTLE MARKErs

CHICAGO. May NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ateut 800 head; market steady. Beeves
{t1597.25: Texans. $4.s5 q $50: Westerns
$3.50 500: stockers and feeders $3.50 q
$50: ccAvs and helfers. s2.40Ts.4o: calves
sA75 96.25. Hogs--Receipts about 10000
head. Market steady. Light. $3.50 5.421s
mixed. 1915 95.45: heavy, ss.2595.259
5i2is; bulk of sales. 5.35 @ $40. sheep-Re-
ceipts about 1000 head. Market steady.
Natives, s416.0o; Western. s496.oo; year
liEgs. ss9 sos; lambs. $5.2517.5o:, Western.
;5259 7.65.
NEW YORK. May 1s.-BEEyEs-Receip
1923 head. Dressed beef slow at 10911Ac.
Calves, 133 head. Good veals. s7.25. Dress
ed calves steady. City dressed at 9911c.;
country dressed at sa10hc. Sheep and
2,i3s head. Unshorn sheer
sL75R 500: prime clipped do. s5.25; clipped
lambs, S6.259s.75. Hogs-Receipts. 1850
head. Feeling nominally weak.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
CLOSING BOND QUOTATIONS.

Chicago. II. 4. and Pacinc r. r. d.. ssH
Chicago. X. /. and pac. Il. Il. col. S.. 7iM
G.. C., c. and st. l.. gen. As tbld).. So
Colorado Industrial IS. series A....... sou
Colorado Midland is.................b 62
Colorado and southern 4s............ sess
Cuba IS tbid,. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1921
Denver and Rio Grande A tasked)... 90
pittillers Securities .............. az
Erie prior lien 4s (bid).. So
Eric General 4s........ 7oN
Hooking Valley Observation-Disclosures. 1o3A
marlborough Metro. 4Ms............, stu
Japan 4s.................. Is
Japan 4hs. oertincates. ,......,...... s7H
Jaran 4,1s. certificates, ana seriss.... SIX
IAuisyille and Nash. Unified +s (bid). e7X
Manhattan consol gold 4s............ es
Mexican Central 4s.................. 3D.
Mexican Central LIST Inc. (bid). IL
MINI and st. Louis ~ (bid)....... II
Missouri. Kan. and Texas Is (bid)... 90
Missouri Kansas and Texas 2nds.... ssA
National r. r. OF Mexico con. 4s.... seK
New York Central gen. avs. ........ 90
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17

STEADY, sprlng patents, sb.3U "a o.7U;
4Ro; straights. s4.1o a 4.7o; bakers, $1,000
4,25, No. 3 spring wheat. 92c. s1.os: No.
g red. s9c.@s1, No. corn, 74Nc.; No. 3
yellow. TAX Q75c. No. 9 oats. 54c.; No. 3
white. 5lQ54c. Fair to choice mailing bar
Icy se7dp74c. Flaxseed--No. 1northwest-
arn. s1.e4hI Short ribs. sides tloose), s675
y@7.12; mess pork. per barrel, sla.25 % 1897.
lard. per 100 pounds, ss.S2; short clear
sides (boxedl s7s7 @762, Whlskey. basis
.nf high wines, sl.36, Receipts--Wh heat. / s, +
900 bushels, shipments--Wheat, 1880
bushels corn. 142.b0O bushels; oats. 198, 900
bushels Butter-Market easy; creameries
mark. cases Included 14A@14Ac.: n frsts
l6Hc.; prime arsts. 16Nc. Cheese, teady
az o1s q 1ehc' s,S3s,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
RICHIoND TOBACCO MARKET

RICHMOND, Va, Nay f16, 1908.
Tobacco-Dark Fired: Receipts continue
very light and market active at unchanged
prices. Brights: Unchanged; quiet but
hrm: fair receipts. Sun-Cured: Receipts
more liberal; market firm at prices quoted
DARK FIRED
Lpss ..................... 700 as $50
Short leaf. 900 q 1000
Ling leaf.................. 1000 q 400
Wrappers 100 @ 1000
SUN-CURED.
Lrgs. common to good. $50 q $50
IMgs. good to prime. .......6 $50 q $50
Stcrt Observation-Disclosures. $50 @ 1000
Long leaf OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1000 % 1900
Wrappers Observation-Disclosures. 1880 $500
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
RICHMoND PRODUCE sLARKEr.

bales: to the Continent. s.oss.1so bales: t.
Japan. lss.212 bales; to Mexico. 1853 bales
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with previous account. The statement
follows:
Loans, s1.2o1.12oooo; increase. ,4,-
III. 500.
Deposits. s1.27e.2so.soo; increase. ss,-
so5.T0O.
Circulation, s57,eoe.2oo: decrease,
Legal tenders. sss,ssl,9oo; increase.
$1.521,7oo
specie. ;s1s.eso.5oo; increase. $780,
900.
1o7.7oo.
Reserve required, s31s,os5.15o; In
crease, st.473,925.
Surplus, $si.so7.25o; increase. :72s.-
i775
Elk. United States deposits. s72,63l,-
$50; decrease. s1.143,125.
The percentage OF actual reserve Of
/ the clearing house banks at the close
of business yesterday was 1888.
The statement of banks and trust
companies Of Greater New York not
members Of tho clearing house shows
that these institutions have aggregate
deposits OF sso7.1eo,3oo: total cash on
hand. ss1.oe1.4o0. and loans amounting
to sss1,55s.2oo.
The loans, specie holdings and de-
posits Of the clearing house banks
were new high records.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
b. nav cnnns MARKrr

DRY GOODS MARKET.
" NEW YORK, May 16.-The dry goods
market closed steady and firm for the day.
There is a larger inquiry for cotton yarns.
Mems wear goods are being asked for more
freely. Many large special sales OF wash
goods have been ar,fnged to take place in
this market next week. Cotton goods are
higher and frmer. Burlaps on contract are
easier, but spot stocks are held very firm.
Linens are easier here and abroad.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17
RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.
Richmond. Va. Nay Is. 1908.
SALES AT BOARD.

FLORIDA and Southern $1,000 at IS.
National Bank OF Virginia. at 145.
American Locomotive ptd.-6 Az 10lis.
Virginia Carolina Chemical ptd. s p CT
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NAVAL. STORES.
WILMINGTON, SC, May 16.-SPIRITs
TURPENTINE-steady at 4lMc.; receipts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-26
How Jacky Won the Prize
| AcKY felt bad, indeed. because he

TACKY felt bad. indeed. because he
 was not permitted to enter the cons - test. You see. father had offered a prize to the boy who captured the larg- est fsh during their excursion to the creek that afternoon. Harry. Robert and Jim were to go. on they trudged, laden with fishing tackle. while lonely Jacky was left behind.
 Soon 1t became very irksome in the house. with no one to play with but a sleepy cat-a cat that didn't want to play at all. Therefore Jaclxy ran out of doors through the otchard and into the meadow beyond.
 apple tree, .Jacky looked into the brook eny serVsa ReasS to alDl aRs Rse @ Fs s Sissats @ @ nG wsrs wth hsff aonf n HsrTy wstsF ROSest Ss sns they were fishing!
 Then a sudden thought came to him. Searching in his pocket, he brought Forth a tangled piece of string. Some which he carefully bent into a hook. He'd often seen little minnows in the brook. SO he was going fishing. too. upon the hook. the he cord T was % tied to the nook. and soon the wee fisherman was busy; The minutes passed, but ne ulQn nOIlee tlEne now. wasn't no fishing? He was supremely happy.
 All at once there came tug and the next instant big fish leaped right out wink. Jack seized the struggling fel- low in his jacket and ran with all hts might through the meadow and the or chard, up to the house.
 Harry and Robert and Jim came home each with good catch. Harry claimed the prize for the largest Ash, But just Is father was about to bestow upon him Jaekyp ae kpsasc erss Father Shsf %as takea Rsa put into the kitchen. and there was pointed out to him the huge trout Jacky had captured in the brook. 1t was ever so much bigger than Harry'S fish
 So, amid the congratulations of his brothers. Jacky was awarded the prize,
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even hint what kind of ami mal he was, might as well tell you that Patter was a chipmunk And a handsome fellow he was, forefeet to the tip of his tail a black and white streaks running lengthwise down his back. and black spreading over the upper surface or his tail. Then he had a cunning It, tie face, with lines of white drawn from the tip of the nose to each ear
 Brother Billy and l were going after nuts one day last fall. Just as we passed Jenkins barn, something that looked like a squirrel popped out the door and ran down the road. Billy threw a stone with all his might (boys always have a stone or some thing ready to throw, you know), and knocked the poor little thing over ran to it. picked 1t up In my arms and carried 1t home-after I'd scolded Billy, who certainly de-
 When father came home he said the animal was a chipmunk, not squlr- rel and that 1t didn't seem to be very badly hurt, except that one foot was Iamed. l nursed Patter and cared for him until he was entirely we'll. By that time he had become so tame that he didn't wish to leave us.
 So Platter stayed. I wouldn't have kept him otherwise, cause father doesn't believe in caging poor animals
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of me. He never seemed to forget that it was l who brought him home and nursed him, and he appeared to whenever he had the opportunity. Then the darling little ehipmunk did something for which l shall al- ways be grateful to him You see. 1t was 2 really and truly beautiful pearl necklace that father presented me on my birthday. And when the necklace disappeared you can't imagine how l grieved. The most tantalizing thing about 1t all was that couldn't think where I possibly could have lost it You see, I hadn't worn it. It stiIl should have been lying snugly in my
 But Patter was a better detective than I. He knew something was the matter, and I'm sure he felt just as sorry as I. He did all he could to comfort me. Then he looked ever so wise and darted off without even a little squeak of goodbye. He scampered upstairs toward the attic, ard that was the last I saw of him that after noon. l supposed he must be hunting mice.
 It was almost time for father to reach home, when l heard a batter at my elbow. Turning my head. l saw lace! You may know how hugged and petted him. You never saw a chipmunk smile, I suppose, so there lSh illhSn uSS bSAAhh5 you hC NdtlSE looked. But he was nightly happy. So was l. you may be sure.
 didn't know where Patter had found the necklace until he caught at my arm and -coaxed me to the attic, where I found. in the wall be- hind an old trunk, the home of a mouse, where were many little stolen articles. Evidently the jewel case had been open, and a mouse had carried away the necklace.
 No amount of money could have bought Patter after that. Even Billy, who didn't like the chipmuuk a bit q s'pose because Patter didn't trust him), admired the cunning fellow Inn. rneusely when he heard the story,
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brothers felt its beauty this morn ing. for they were bidding one am other good-b bye. A little while and theya ,hey "Ssid S,s be separated gone along to meet again.
 Too sad for further words, they telssped hands once o more and then scended the hill. when one brother waved his arm. crying:
 Come back. my brothers. Come back!'
 When they rejoined him, he drew from his pocket three acorns.
 Let us give these acorns our grows into tree, so will he whose name 1t bears prosper; but shall 1t not grow. or shall the tree be blasted, 1t will be as a sign that the brother it represents be in sore need or dead.
 So saying he planted the three acorns. Again the brothers said good bye and parted.
 Two of the brothers .journeyed into distant lands, the third stayed at the old home in Derbyshire. You may know how anxiously this brother watched and tended the acorns, and protected the saplings as best he could against all weather.
 Days and weeks and years flew by. The three oaks were growing stur- 6ily yet no wSrd passed from sr ons winter came. and one of the oaks sue cumbed to the heavy blasts that swept over the hill Tn sorrow. the third brother folded his arms. bent his head and murmured:
 Now John is dead"
 Other years passed. The two re- maining oaks throve. But finally there came a terrific storm. Struck by lightning. another of the oaks lay torn and twisted on the ground. And the brother. standing beside the oak. now prone, muttered sadly to himself:
 Alas! James Is dead. I am alone in the world"
 A few days later the man disap- peared from his old home, nor was he ever heard of again. Perhaps 1t may be that the magic of the spell was broken after the death of two of the brothers; for, although ages passed the oak Is yet standing, in all its loneliness. People frequently visit this monarch, upon what is now known as Oaker hill. In Derbyshire. England. But what has become of the third brother? No one seems to know
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peared. But they could do nothing for him. and left him in worse state than before.
 band of good fairies passed that way. however. and took pity upon Humpty Dunpty. They formed a circle and danced merrfIy around the wounded egg. Then one of the&s q think 1t must have been the queenI tapped him with her magic wand. and he was as good as new. Not a bit of ygik or white was missing.
 Humpty Dumpty had learned . les
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placed in the custody of Skinny. and Jack Warner appointed lieutenant, These were carefully inspected and freely comnented lpon. Indeed. it tested. as well: and that the supply was somewhat smaller by the time they were ready to hitch up Jupe.
 Just then they heard a shot from
 Come on. let's see who's shootin'i'' Guess it's someN one baggtn' ducks!
 These and many other exclamations same iron the oy group, whe ps prsomgtly 4,dyy could start on the scow most any time, you know; but not every minute could they see duck shootin'. Joe Stanton paused irresolutely mo- ment; then he led Jupe to the fence and tied him to post.
 The quarter mile to the Bend was covered in an exceedingly short time, but when the advance guard of the Robbers" arrived panting at the spot from where they assumed the sound had come, they heard another shot some distance above. And the more they walked the further "a5oye" the they decided to return.
 wen never find camp less we get the boat a-moyin' right now" said Skinny emphaticaliy.
 The others agreed and trudged back to the Cove as rapidly as their wear jed limbs would permit.
 But when they reached the Cove they found. to their astonishment. that Jupe was missing. And he was missing the rest of the afternoon. Not until that evening was he found, calmly grazing in meadow owned by Joe Stanton's father. Around his neck was tied a piece of dirty paper, upon which was scrawled the following:
 You fellers think yur smart, but you ain't. We kAp shootin that gum to draw yu ava. An maybee you no who tuk yur hors now.
 ''Yur enemy,
 MIKE FLANAGAN,
 "Cartain of Bloody Pirates" The "Robbers'% said some horribly nasty things when they read the note. Did they know who stole their horse? Of course they did Mike Flannigan could ride like sixty" when bareback, and one and all could see him in their minds eye gallop- ing along the lane that led from the getting to their camp, for they couldn't pole against the stream for any distance, that was certain.
 Yes, the Pirates" had scored one.
 But it'll be our turn next" flerce- ly declared the Robbers" And it was.
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son. He resolved aevermore to trust himself to wall. And he resolved that he would devote himself there after to assisting his brother Humpty Dumpties to avoid accidents. In their behalf he summoned the hens before him. addressing them in this manner:
 ~oh. good chickens. knowing how easily we Humpty Dumpties gre broken, why do you not try to Elake your eggsheils stronger? Why don't you eat rubber? I'm sure that would make the shells much more service able to us."
 Tn his eagerness to enlist the chick
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eut the slightest danger" thought he.
 But before he had time to say 1t aloud. he swayed a little too far to the left. lost his balance and landed on the fiasstones below with crash and smash.
 "oh. dear." sighed poor Hunpty pumpty. T do wish some one would come along and patch me up" { Indeed. the battered fellow sadly needed patching. As though in an- swex to his plea the kings men ap-
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the week. Mayfield had never celebrA A. ted May Day. The Pilgrims frowned upon May dances and maypoles and all such frivolous amusements. and some how the celebration was never adopted by their grandchildren or their great great-grandchiidren. 43ut Miss Kitty was determined there should be fesu- val this year. Fancy any place having ering in properly the glorious season of May!
 So, first of all. the teacher described to her charges how May Day was cele- brated, both In olden and modern times; how some of the ceremonies are derived from Roman observances in honor of the goddess Flora: TOW the maypole it. self was originally used in the worship of nature in the East, and how many new customs. among them pilgrimage a feast. were introduced by the people of Merry England
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-26
The Pirate" Score
 One

H 1FFIcuLT enough it was to ob-
 tain Farmer Greens permission
 to use the old -bottomed scow. But Captain Billy Mumford ac- complished the task. and the .Blooay hoobers' tn consequence. were jubi- That Saturday, they reasoned. would surely be the finest kind of a day. Hadn't it ratned the last four Satur- days? So 1t couldn't possibly be bad for .hve straight.s as skinny express And on Saturday they were going to hitch Jupe to the scow and have him tow them up the creek to the best camping ground they could Ind, where they intended to stay for at least three days. There would be no trouble about Jupe. because he had already been promised" by Joe Stan- toms father.
 Saturday afternoon came and found every member of the Bloody Rop- bers" at the Cove. Provisions were
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was a matter of greatest importance. Many of the girls were exceedingly popular; indeed. probably the only iassie who fancied she wouldn't have the slightest ehsnce to % queen was little Florence.
 Only . few weeks before this time Florence had bidden goodbye to the suniowers of Nebraska and begun her journey eastward. Uncle Tom and Aunt Mary had pleaded that the little girl be lent to them for a while. in order that she might receive good school trafn- ing. Where Florence lived. in Nebras- ; ka; she was too far from the nearest rest playmate. Yet she was not lonely. Her four-footed friends among the horses and cattle were numerous: even the roll ing prairies, Q green covered ocean, with It's heaves and swells, and the vast cornflelds. seemed like friends to her.
 And so porry she was to leave such friends. and the little house under the shadow of a great mud bank. and father
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and mother. Then she was ever so shy among school children, She did not know that her gentle and unassuming ways had already won her many friends.
 It was Tommy Smith--generous. in- pulsive. kind-hearted Tommy-who sug- gested that inasmuch as strangers should b4 shown every courtesy and made to feel at home at once, Florence should be honored by the choice of queen. And she wasi The shy little girl was so unselfish herself that every other girl felt ashamed of her own self ishness. and eagerly greeted Florence as sovereign.
 As though pleased at the homage rem dered her. Mother Nature was In her among those who greeted Mother Ma ture there could be no one mora joyful than Queen Florence, as. seated In her fower-decked chariot she was drawn by her faithful subjects to the scene of festivity in the meadow.
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ems in his cause. Humpgy Dumpty for got his cautiousness and climbed on a wall behind him. Soon his gestures became so violent that, before he could save himself, he toppled of his perch.
 One kind littIs hen sought the queen of the fairies and told her of Humpty Dumpty's plight. But the queen only shook her head c5 she an- sWered:
 ~No, we shall not help him again He was so vain as to imagine he could help his brothers, when he couldn't even take care of himself. I think he deserved his fate"
 So. when the sun came out nd sl1one warmly upon him, poor Hump ty Dumpty was scrambled"
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But we were very glad that the lit tie fellow did choose to stay. He wasn't any trouble to us at all, and he was just the very. incest pet you shoulder and chatter in a gurgly sort of a way that was very funny. And he'd eat most anything we save hinl-raw meat, bread. cheese, milk everything but Ash and eggs. He'd go hunting: too, after mice, frogs, flies. beetles. butterflies. moths and other insects. Many a mouse he caught. Indeed, he was a much bet ter nouser than Tabby. who wouldn't do anything but eat what we gave her and then nap.
 Platter seemed to be especially fond
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This recital interested every boy and girl so much tf2t when Miss Kitty un- folded her plan it was received with en- thusiasm. They were anxious to pre- pare for the celebration at once. At first they desired to have a king, as we'll as a queen of May, but their teacher ex- plained that the king of May had pass ed out of existence long time before.
 Who was to be queen? The choice
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-26

"A MANY. many years had passed ND since the Pilgrim Fathers lN landed upon the shores of New
 England. And it was long. long ago that the close descendants of those Pilgrims founded the little town of Mayfsld. Men they were of grave and solemn mien: strictly upright and just. yet, withaI seeming to find little joy or cheer in life.
 Mas Katherine glanced about the many pdpiIs--son1e very good. some very mischievous, and some (by far the greatest part) just half way between. tSe wers sns sternsfso ansfs ur9tan Pl 9eay nt a gloomy countenance was to be seen here. Miss Kitty wondered what those self-saxne Puritan ancestors would say to the plan she was about to propose to their boy and girl descendants.
 The 1st of May would arrive within
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-26

NoU can make a nice little ,ay
 basket by cutting out this de- sign from vari-colored card board The back should be exactly like the front, of course. and the two or attached in similar manner. Lacing back and forth through the holes with appropriate ribbon Is sug- gested. An attractive handle you can easily improvlse; or use ribbon. if you will.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-26

sTEEPLECHAsE held each Eon College in England "A There tho chooP and the other
 the juniors In this years seepechase held some weeks
 ago. seventy-four boys entered.
 Among competing the junior the youthful earl of him. the picture above taking of his walking of land.
 also have photograph of the lined for the chase lad also of the nobility This Wis the 1eyear-od and heir of the earl of Wharn
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In the nursery for prankinEs; Entering, with evil nods, They applied the golden-rodG, And the lady's-slipper pods
 Served for spankinEs. Once a goblin chef did wish That he had a nice. big dish
 For his butter; When his eyes he lifted up, He beheld a buttaT-~''~
 10 hold butter
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t9TTow very careless my cousin
 l l such a very safe wan mSr. mured Humpty Dumpty. as he dam sied his legs over the stone lec-s
 He whistled a merry tune. swing ing his body from side to side in time 10 the melody.
 Why. could sit here all day with
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-12-04

manner Of Jordan satisfied him the
man was burglar.
The cab driver. believing ne was
on the trail OF a thief. went tt the
police station and told them about
the mysterious trunk. Oficers
were detailed to go to the boarding
Louise and investigate. When Jor-
dan was ordered to open the trunk
he did not appear in the least to be
nervous or alarmed. but hesita;ed to
comply with the officers request.
calm and natural manner and his
statement that he was a travelling
sf lesman and that the trunk contain
ed samples almost threw the police
off their guard. Believing II better
to investigate. however, the officers
finally opened the trunk and came
upon It's bloody contents.
Jordan submitted without protest
to. arrest and unon his arrival Mt
the station calmly gave the police
the full details of his crime. An ex-
animation was made at once Of the
house in Somerville and there the
police found the head bones of the
murdered woman and numerous
other evidences of the crime.