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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
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RIVER rORecAs1

-A1inE. x~-FeLlinm.
 RIVER FORECAST.
 The Coosa and the Alabama will rise slowly during the next two days, the rise continuing longer ip the Alabama. reaching moderate stages only. not exceeding fifteen feet at Montgomery.
 WEATHER CONplTIoNa.
 The low parometer area that was central soutn of Louisiana yesterday has moved northeastward and n1w forms . moderate storm center ever northern Georgia IL has eaused very general rains in the Southern States. the rainfall being moderately heavy In portions of Alabama and Georgia. Rain is still falling in Georgia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Virginia, but fair and mod erately cold weather prevails over the west ern half of the country. under the influ. ence of an area of high barometer central over Wyoming, which Ia also causing clear ing; colder weather over the middle Gulf states. and will cause partly cloudy, cold CT weather in Alabama tonight, followed by fair weather Wednesday. The barometer is also quite high over the northeastern districts where moderately low temperatuTes prevail. .. ?. 2. nsnartment of AGFieuItare. westhsr
 Temperature and precipitation as report sd by the Weather Bureau for selected hoathsrn states during the at hours cad
 December s2, lsOs
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

point under rather unfavorabIe cables but prices immediately afterwards advanced on q pronounced falling off in the movement. This shrinkage of receipts was made much or tn the market comment during the day and coupled with heavy exports, caused some nervousness among shorts. The ring was unable to supply the demand which resulted and the active months grad ually rose until they stood ten to twelve points higher than yesterdays closing quo tations The close was steady with prices showing net advance of eight to eleven points.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
LIVERPOOL COTTON.

IAveruoaI Dec. 22-Ciosing: Spot cotton dull; prices three points lower:
 American uliddllng fair '..-5 Ss Good midciing '.'... '''' '''''''' ee ee Mfduling s'ss''t % Low middiing Asss s-.s ''''r Ss Good ordinary .......'9s sfa. Ordinary .F+ 2 The sales of the day were 5000 bales, Of which 800 were for speculation and export and included 3.700 American Receipts 4V,- 000 bales including 325 American.
 - ......na sr,rinA and nlnsAd afaAdK.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
TREASURY BALANcEa.

Wellington. Dec. 22--Todays statement fund shows; se''SEa
 Available cash balance. .. .. .s1ss 2as 77s Gold Certificates s... .... ~ e0 S9Sssh
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
Cash quotatlOna wers as fOlIowsi---

On the produce exchange today the but- ter market was firm; ,creameries 22@Sic; dairies 21 # @ 2sc.
 Eggs firm at mark cases included 26@ gee; firsts soc: prime ftrsts 31c.
 Cheese--Steady 1i@l5c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
TOOK SHOT UPWARD
 AND IMPROVEMENT NOTED
Fsiw Markets Rose and Montgomery sDots
 Went to s9hc.

In the course of its multitudinous vaeii- lations, cotton took upward flight for short distance Tuesday, New York and New Orleans closing from nine to thirteen points cry cotton, following the lead. made n sAc against the standing Shc of the last few days.
 There was some demand. considerable de- Tnand, in fact, though not a startiing na- fure, and there was compensatfng Christ mas offering. Business altogether, was fair for the day. although the prevailing dnilness is such that it can not be dtssipat- ed by 8 single day of improvement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
NEW nRLEANH COTTON.

New Orleans. Dec. 2s-spot Sottoh ~Feadv unchanged. Mtddling 11-16c. Ssies m the spot l.525 bales; to arrive ' DOS a.
 i4FSi Futures opened quiet at decline of one
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
BnADsrnnrr's AvAIIABrE sUPrIIEs


 New York. Dec. ss.-speciai cable and tel egraph communications reesivea oy s1- Srsn- able supplies ss compared with previous wheat United states east of river in- canada increased -s7s.o GOO.
 Total United States and Canada inereAs- Afiost f'GoS for and in Europe decreased a.ioo.- 'VT; Total American and European supply de- 'easGG corn United ip states and Canada. nicrsas- ca oats: ugIttd states ana Canada inersas- ca The Si reading decrease reported this week include: Manitoba 7fs,0o0 bushels; Mtnnesp- oils. private elevators 4b'ooO; LouisV'iie O'ipSu iperssss, Portiand. Maine. l1s.OOo bush els; WateTtown, s. D., b0,e0o; san Antonio' Texas, 50,Oeo,
 DRY GOODS MARKET.
 New York. Dec 2z-Tne cotton sooas busIness was done on wide convertibies spinners stlll hold yarns, but some dealsfs are marking prices even a,at1x i9weF; F.;tsadyi fair export trade is passing; Joobers are active with small houses trace
 METAL MARKETS.
 New York, Dee. 2z.--The London tln market was firm today with spot closing 2; but higher in sympathy with spot quoted at s29 O0@sS. ,o. sa ,or Copper advanced tc e2 pounds lss eo aoF ket' The local market was dull and un- changed. ,.... .. 92 nnunaa Sa 2d in London. The local market was easy at S3.1s@2e. . .- h,th ,4a,N..s 5pel'sSss Ssu ,I,sS, iron market was lower with .,anSsr6 foundry quoted at 4Ss. Locally shsrs was no particular change.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
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CINCINNATI PRODUCE.' Cincinnati, Dec. 22.-Flodr quiet Wheat weak SI 051k 4$I.N6 Corn weak 5s1 Q 59c
 Oats steady 51 h 0b2c.
 Rye dull Ts9 soc. v Provisions steady.
 Whiskey steady S1 ST. f Butter firm creamery 33@ &c; creauAr,, firsts 30k @21c: dairy 1sc. EGgs steady unchanged.
 Poultry steady unchanged.
 LONDON STOCKS. f London, Dec 22.--The stock hArket to day ranged as follows: consois for money -. .... ....\ ... sag
 do. Tor account ... Q. s3% Illinois central ...1 ..14sK LouisVhle& NashViHe ...- ..N ..122% Southern Ky. '.'' .... .... ...i. 24%
 do' ptd. ...: 59h Bar silver quiet 2s%d Money Ih per Short bills 2% per cent; three Aonths bills 5-1e per cent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

NEW ORLEANS COTTON ATT New Orleans, Dec. 22.-Cotton seed oil |. prime refined in barrels per pound Io
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
NAVAL STORES.

Savannah. Dec. 22-Turpentine firm ss @hc; sales 5s2; receipts 5ss; shipm,nts
 Rosin firm; sales 2.93T; receipts 4As; shipments s15; stock 15S,e64 BDE S2.9Tf F &2.97h @s3. .0o; c s3.s7h H s3.3TMR 40; I $4.15; K s5.10; M s5.S0; $6.L; VIC s6.40; wv 36 50.
 Charleston. Dec. 22.-Turpentine firm,
 Resin firm: ABcD ss.s2H; E s2.s2H Q s5; FIG $2.s5; H a 30; I s4.06: K s5 %; M $5.70; " te4OSi WIG sS 80; wv $s. 90.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
:. The leading futures ransed as follows {.

Jan. .. .. 15 s7S is07h 15s6 1s.sS
 May .. is.32h 1s.s7h 1s.e5 1928
 Jan. .... s.s2A s.ss s.so s.so May .. s.5s s.57h s.5eh s.b2h Jan. .. .. s.27h s.27h SIPS S.27M May .. .. s.se s.e5 s.57h s.S7h
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

Stock: i. sales lTFirhl r0w,icior,
 ] Bid.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
COFFEE MARwrr.

x ssAo; m}d duli; caTesva S; SsatSs sa SIsNc. ES.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
Daily Cotton Market.

iL SHIPMENTS TO- t0roasl sales Stock Ct Frsnc'l Con Icoast- lrc'tarcts lBrtnl ltinentl wise pan
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
NEW ORLEANS COTTON FUTURES.
NEW ORLEANS sPoT COTTON.

New Orleans, Dec. 32-spot cotton wa steady; receipts 27.74l; stock 2s6. 6.e04.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

GAivesfon--Sty., Sf3-ise .... New Orleans-Sty., s it-1sc ..
 Mobile--Sty,. sac ....... Eavannah-Firm. s 5-lsc .... :. charieston-Firm. 6 5-1Sc ....
 Nflnington-Qt, s 5-1sc ... |. Norfolk-Firm. sac .. s..s..I New York--Qt., 9.25 q. e. ..I Baston--Qt., 9.25.... ....... .I pisaiadeiphia-Qt., $50 .. ..I BaittmoTe-Qt., SAo ...... Bfunswick .... .... s.s s...l Ggorgetown .... s.ss ssss... !
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
NEW YORK BONDS.

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

Houstou-Steady zee s's' 's'' ss'' Augusta--Quiet. ...'s. s's' e. Memphis-Steady .s.. '''. 'ss' s.s. s. Louis-Dull. '''' ''.. ''.' ''.- Cfncfrnatf-- .. ...... s... s..'sss. Louisvltie-Flrm s.s. '''' ..ss 'ss- Little Rock--Quiet ..'' .'ss.s
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

ip nnents so ct. Britain b5.sOs; France 800; lip msnts to Ct. Britain I25.ssI; France so.I4s;
 1. 442: shipments to Ct. Britain l,7ol, ,2ss; to m 54.s3S; Mexico 1,s53.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-12-30
WHY uNsKiLLED WoRkMEN.
They Are Called the Result of imprac
tcabIe School Training.

Less than per cent. of all the mil
lions of school children in the United
States ever reach the secondary
school, says Rheta Childe Dorr, in the
Delineator, and it is safe to say that
not more than rs per cent. of the
whole number ever go above the fifth
grade. That is to say, of the 23,792,-
723 children enrolled in 1907, at least
18,000,O00 will leave school between
the fifth and sixth grades.
A report of the United States COM
missioner of education issued in 1904
gives the average amount of schooling
for all public school children as 4.65
years The term varies from 2.84
years in the South Atlantic division,
to 5.93 in the North Atlantic. The
average term has increased slightly
since 1904. The term is still very
short not more than five years. II
the children who finish grammar
school and spend perhaps a year in
the high school are as densely ignor-
ant as the evidence Indicates the av-
years must go forth to meet the strug-
gle for existence almost an iliiterate.
Last year, 1881 children left the
New York city fifth grammar grades
In lesser numbers children in every
town and city in the United States,
from Maine to California, left school
at the same time, the vast majority of
them to earn their bread. Children of
the people, for whom the public
schools exist, they left school with
minds practically void of knowledge.
Most of them could barely read and
write, and not one of them had been
taught anything that would even re-
motely or indirectly help him to earn
decent living
Think what this means industrially!
1t means that every year millions of
American boys and girls-for all grow
up to be Americans, no matter where
they were born-are sent out wherever
workers are needed-to factories, to
trades, to commerce, to all industries
as ignorant and helpless as kittens!
They are turned out into a world of
fierce competition utterly unfit to COM
pete, into world of splendid oppor-
tunltles, without the training or the
intellectual power to enable them to
take advantage of these opportunities.
Is it strange that skilled workmen
are so few, or that the unskilled, low
waged occupations are so overcrowd-
ed, or that our armies of unemployed
are larger every time hard times bring
them into notice?
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-12-30
NEWS IN LAVENDER.
"spiinters" Of 'oIeason's Pictorisi''
Which still Have Point.

"spIinters" Of 4oIeason's Pictorial"
Which still Have Point.
Somebody with an Investigating nat
ure recently got down from his faith
er's garnet bound volume OF Glea-
sons Pictorial Drawing Room Com
paIiion, published in Boston, 1854, and
thumbing the yellow pages over he
found on the editorial page Of each
weekly issue a refreshing compendium
of short facts and editorial humor
under the standing title Of "Splinters.'
Here are some of them, says the New
York Sun:
Little Cordelia Howard has made a
most decided hit in the National thea
ter in this city as Little Eva.
The engineers of the Erie railroad
have struck on account of regulation
whose mandate is that every engineer
whose train runs off the track shall be
dismissed.
Miss Julia Deans engagement in
this city has been highly successful,
though to us she lacks refinement and
study.
A Rochester paper states that the
Rev. Miss Antoinette L. Brown is not
married.
We have had remarkable open fall
and a beautiful Indian summer in the
state of Massachusetts,.
Kasosky, the celebrated bootmaker
of Paris, works only for people who
ride in carriages. His boots cannot
be walked in.
The governor of Arkansas says the
state treasury is short-a very prevail
ent complaint.
1t is now almost as much an evil
dence of foppery to have close shorn
face as it used to be to wear mus
| tache
AS many as eight dead horses are
carried out of Boston daily to feed Mr.
Wards hogs. Who eats the pork?
Ninety tons of poultry came to New
York for Thanksgiving. Great place
New York.
Mr. Joseph Brelsford was accident.
ally killed at Coney Island, N. Y. late
ly; he broke his spine playing leap
| frog.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-12-30
THEORY OF CATCHING COLD.
Physician Associates Disease With Pc
RODS of "Anticycionic' Weather.

There is a timeliness in a recent
discussion by DR.. C. M. Richter, OF
San Francisco, of the causes of grip
and pneumonia, says the New York
Tribune. He associates these diseases
with "anticyclonic" weather, when the
barometer rises and the temperature
falls. He is disposed to believe, how
ever, that the effects observed at such
times are due to the mechanical influ-
ence of increased air pressure, and
perhaps to an improved opportunity
for some solar activity to manifest it.
self as a consequence of the height
ened purity Of the atmosphere, DR..
Richter does not consider the cold
responsible.
Of course, it is for his professional
brethren to pass Judgment on this
opinion, but it is fair to suggest the
possibility that DR.. Richter may nave
overlooked one factor in the case
Tie air In high pressure areas is ex.
ceptionally dry.
The usual method of measuring hui
Nudity is to place two Thermometers
side by side, the bulb of one being
kept moist. When the atmosphere is
pretty well charged with vapor .ne
readings of the two instruments may
not differ more than 2 or degrees.
On dry DAYS the wet bulb thermom-
eter will read II or Is degrees lower
than its companion. because evapora-
ton then takes place rapidly, and
evaporation cools. When a person is
in perspiration the condition of the
skin more nearly resembles the wet
bulb thermometer than the dry bulb
instrument, and there is special sus
ceptibility to the chilling influence OF
dry atmosphere
Not infrequently during the winter
months the ordinary thermometer will
show that in a period of twenty-tour
hours there has been a fall of 20 de-
grees or more in the Temperature
Yet the risk which the change in
wolves is not fully indicated if. as is
usually the case. there has also been
a conspicuous reduction in humidity.
Properly to estimate any influence
which the weather may then exert. 3
or 10 degrees should be subtracteo
from the dry bulb reading. May not
cold, aggravated by dryness. be the
chief agency in inducing grip. pnen-
monia and allied disorders, after all?
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-12-30
One of Fields Millions.

Senator Ankeny in Harper's Week
ly-In the early SOS, when the F1rst
National Bank of Walla Walla was not
as big as it is now, pretty nearly
had my breath taken away one day
by a good looking stranger mailing
from Chicago He threw letter OF
credit for $4,000 from Chicago bank
on my desk, and quietly said: Can
you cash that?' l looked him over
once or twice, made a quick estimate
of all the loose cash thought we
could scrape up, and said, Eyes. How
do you want it," He gave a smile,
sat down, and said, Il think, I'll take it.
in land In a months time, as his
authorized agent, | bought about
10000 acres of cheap railroad land for
my Chicago friend, taking the deeds
in my name at his request, paying an
average of $2.65 an acre. He cleared
over million dollars on this one
deal. His name was Marshall Field
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-12-30

My Uncle Benjamin owned narrow
strip three miles long which was not
considered good for much and, well,
there wasn't any value placed on it.
suppose it is worth millions now, al
though a million is a good deal of
mon ey.
part Of this region is the right of
wa. of the Central Railroad of New
Jer ey and part of it has been filed
in land and is the Site of residences
of wealthy men. The cows were
turned out there, SO that they might
get little salt hay, in Uncle Ben's
day.
HE had some pretty fair farming
land back a little from the shore,
where he had his house, and he con.
sidered that valuable enough. Still,
no one could have had any idea that
there would be such an increase.
do not believe that it ever occurred
to my uncle to set any value on that
stretch Of coast. AS to Long Beach it.
self, bought some land there pretty
cheap about 1910. had been saving
up money then and bought two
acres at $35 an acre and after while
was obliged to get six acres more
at the same price, in order to protect
my access to the highway. It was
on that land that built house for
my father and mother 1t cost me
$400
"Afterward / sold an acre or two of
the land and then the Central Railroad
of New Jersey invited me to come
down to Trenton to see about some
condemnation proceedings. l wrote
back to them that they might take
what they needed for their right of
way and then tell me how much they
had used and would send them a
| deed for it. 1t seemed to me that if
people were willing to invest money
in building railroad to develop the
country, l might be patriotic enough
to give the company little land.
| That is the way that I felt about it,
at least. Later got letter of thanks
from Mr.. Reckless, the president of
the road, which I still have in my pos.
session.
Mr.. Wardell was for many years
confidential man to Commodore Van
derbile. Despite his advanced age he
is mentally alert and accurate. The
land included in the Wardell farm and
the neighborhood has been held by
appraisers to be worth from $30,O00,-
900 to $50,00000U. Mr. Wardell sold
his Long Branch place many years
ago, receiving even then ten times as
much an acre as he originally gave for
it. This property which was once his
uncles salt meadows and sand waste
has been filled in and on some of It
are built homes of wealthy New York
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-12-30
Care of Ferns

Most ferns, especially those offered
in greenhouses, are shade-loving
Their native homes are in canyons, or
under trees in moist places, where the
air is quiet, and their fronds are not
disturbed. Many of them are from
tropical countries and quite a number
have originated in greenhouses, either
as sports or from spores, as their
seeds are called. Adiantums, or maid
en-hair ferns, are more difficult to
manage in the house, because they
will not long survive the dry air OF
rooms, owing to the extreme delicacy
and small size of their pinnules, which
are sometimes almost as delicate as
gauze. They are sensitive to dryness
of the air. though they will often do
well in shaded places outside, in lath
houses, or shady verandas, and only
the few succeed with them in the
house Many other kinds are admir-
ably suited for house culture; among
the different varieties of Nephrolepis
of which the Boston fern is one, the
Asplenium Belangeri, Woodwardia, a
native California fern. and Dicksonls.
Antarctica.
or situations exposed to draughts.
They require great care in watering.
People often think they have watere1
their plants when the water has only
gone over the surface and around the
sides of the pots, the center of the ball
being still perfectly dry. This is es-
pecially the case when the pots are
filled with roots. 1t is necessary that
the ball should be thoroughly soaked.
There is no regular rule as to the time
for watering. Plants in vigorous
growth require more frequent water
ling Evaporation, also, has much to
do with it. On dry, warm days, when
evaporation is great, water may be
needed twice day while if the air is
cool ard moist, two or three days
might intervene without water. A
healthy, vigorous plant absorbs much
water, while delicate one can absorb
but little. The soil should be examined
always, and if dry. watered; If not re
frain from watering. A dry pot if tap
lped. gives hollow sound like ripe
watermelon, while one that is wet
gives a dull heavy sound that mai
Gates moisture.
| When leaves shrivel and turn yellow
the soil has been too dry; if thew turn
yellow without shriveling It Indicate
too much water has been given. Ii
either case the roots have been
abused and lost their power of absorb
tion.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-12-30
RETAILERS HURT
BY PARCELS POST
SO SAYS SECRETARY OF ILLINOIS
STATE MERCHANTS AssocI-
ALTON.
DECLARES SYSTEM WOULD BRING
:. ABOUT DECAY OF SMALLER
CITIES.

Parcels post agitation is declared by
George A. Green, secretary of the Ill
inois Retail Merchants association, to
be the work of people actuated by
selfish interests. He says the very
thought of parcels post implies the
purchase of goods away from home, a
condition against which the retail
merchant is fighting.
The real need Of parcels post sys-
tenn, he says, is not made apparent by
those who advocate it. Postmaster
General Wanamaker, himself a mail
order business man. was the first Off
cial to advance the usefulness of a
parcels post. The desire for the sys-
TEN did not emanate from the people.
but from those who had selfish in
terests in view.
The two propositions for parcels
post system, the purely rural route
plan and the general plan, were dis
cussed by the speaker. The retail
merchants are just as strongly oppos-
ed to the installation of the system on
rural routes as they are against the
general proposition to have it extended
over the whole country. If a parcels
post system should be inaugurated in
the United States it would revolution
ize present day business methods and
would gradually kill the smaller towns
and cities in the country The number
of merchants would be reduced, and
the local retailer would become a mere
taker of orders. Taxes would be at
fected and the conclusion is forced
home that the system would bring
about the decay of all the smaller
cities and towns.
The idea of having an experimental
route for a parcels post system was
held to be unfair, in that reasonable
and reliable data could not be secured
Experiences with the rural route sys
tenn were recalled; how the expert
mental routes showed favorable re
ports, while the practical operation
showed the system to be the cause o.
the great deficiency in the postal ser
vice.
A one-cent postage rate would. ii
Mr.. Green's judgment. be much bet
ter thing for the people in general
than a parcels post. and more people
would be benefited by such service.