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The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02
SHAME or cALIFoRNIA's PENIrENrIARIEs

@ CANDALOUS conditions prevailing in the California pen-
entiaries matter of common knowledge 1t grave
reproach citizenship that the should
Its liberation OF system that treats criminals wild
beasts fit for nothing but to be confined cage until
appointed tme they let loose society," ferocous
and depaved than The principle of reformation absolutely
ignored at San Quentin and Folsom
it be true that Of those who become criminals
who lacked proper training their youth
apparent that remedy will be supply training now
70 that end prisons should afford education the erate
unschooed and training for the undiscpnd The train
ing that be given prisons they now
There should be school work for those who it,
industries that when discharged prisoners
for themselves and there should be rigid disciplinary
treatment and idle hours To make these things the
first offenders should be kept from the criminals
and proper classification OF the prisoners should be
most effective agency devised for the treatment
the eformao institution that may be said between
the reform school for juveniles and the prison
offenders California should have such institution could
deal effectively with the great number of young now
finding their to prison. and the state sending them
would have reasonable that of
charged would offend again Much money needed to
bring prisons up the standard requirements and
will be the part of wisdom appropriations
are devoted to establishing reformatorye
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02
Billions of Bees at Work

Three hundred billion bees made
enough honey last year to fil a train of
cars long enough to reach from New
York to Buffalo. At the low wholesale
rate OF 10 cents a pound 1t was worth
SIS, 900, 900, and IL the 100000 Doe keep
ers of the country had worked as indus
triousiy and skilifully as did the bees
the weight OF the output would have
been three times as great and the value
SIS, 600, 900.
Not only did the little workers con-
tribute that vast supply OF pure and
delicious food product to the nation, but
as they made 1t they treated 1t anti
septically with formio acid. thus pre-
venting impurities or decay.
In one year the bee hives sent to mar
ket product worth nearly as much as
the barley crop, three times as much as
the buckwheat crop, $6.00o,00o greater
than the rye crop and nearly $s.o0Q.0 900
greater than the rice crop. All OF the
rice and buckwheat grown on an ag-
gregated area of 2.126 1-3 square miles
did not reach to the value OF the honey
by $151.259.
To appreciate these results one must
necessarily strive also to appreciate the
number of insects at work. That Is
rather difficult. for 100000. .000, 900
stretches a long way beyond intelligent
human comprehension. The human
mind doesn't work we'll In anything
mathematically greater than thousands.
Technical World.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02
Brazilian Orchids

There are something over 5000 va
rieties Of orchids recognized and de-
scribed by the authorities in the botan-
icaI gardens OF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
large portion of this list Of plants
is composed OF varieties which have lit
tie or no value from any standpoint.
Some varieties are very common, while
great many of them are rare enough
to command from SIS to $50 in Brazil.
Other varieties are very rare and the
value of specimens Is mostly fixed by
what collectors will pay for them. vary
ing greatly from time to time. Prob
ably three-fourths of the business. in
value. Is In less than dozen varieties
Of the plant.
There are number OF firms operat-
Ing In the several coast ports of the
country buying orchids as they may be
secured in the interior and selling them
as opportunity offers, generally at the
present time on commission and con-
signment basis. From time to time
several OF such firms send men into
the interior to secure specimens, but
at present most of the goods are COM
Ing down to the coast apparently as
result OF previous work on the part
or the hunters. One of the leading
American houses making a speciality of
orchids has had man in the interior
ranging over wide stretch of coun-
try His work has been successful.
Most or the orchids taken in the past
have been shipped to England. where
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02
His tables of mortality tell him exactly how much money he

His tables of mortality tell him exactly how much money
collect to meet the policies outstanding.
Life insurance has become based
of the duration of human m
formulated predict average
country territory The mostly guess
work and the underwriters really taking The life under
writer takes risk of Nevertheless the covering of fire
and other miscellaneous and audab function
Gambling many of it's legitimate you
insurance betting the chance of broken leg
questions of casuy be suggested in this regard Should it
be considered instance that respectable
than the reinsurance overdue sp The
called pure gamble, greatly differing from the swing of
roulette Wheel and yet the who doing
useful service by easing the loss The trouble that of the
who play the game owners plain
gamblers The political insurance the of Bryan be
put the category Indeed in this city these forms
industry are handled by the agency.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02
The Eucharistic Congress

Following the Pan-Angllcan. another
great congress Is to assemble in Lon
don this summer. This is the eucharis-
tic congress. which was first held at
Avignon in 1882. IL Will be the great
est gathering Of Roman Catholic ec-
clesiastics ever seen in England. The
duke OF Norfolk is president of the
reception committee. which is making
preparations to provide suitable accom-
modations for the large number OF
clergy who will attend There will be
present several cardinals from the
United States. Rome. Spain. Germany
France. Belgium and other countries
The special preacher at Westminster
cathedral will be Cardinal Gibbons
New York Tribune
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02
Famous Swedish Traveller

DR.. Sven Hedin. the famous traveller,
concerning whose disappearance in
Tibet there Is con siderable anxiety in
Sweden, comes OF an old family which
for the last century and half has been
to the fore In the Swedish capital. His
father was an architect to the city Of
Stockholm--an ONCE from which he has
now retired. Hedin was a distin guished
student. and after graduating he went
to Baku as tutor in the house OF a
Swedish engineer. While laid aside by
illness there he taught himself the Rus
sian and the Tartar languages. which he
found OF inestimable service in later
years when he was travelling IN central
Asia. Hedin's favorite books are the
bible and Ben Hur. r."-Westminster Re
view.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02
BETTING AGAINST BRYAN

INSURANCE SO called against Bryan election quoted
the floor Of Loyds at rates varying from to one
sense this insurance but in another is gambling
all probability that supplies the motive instances of
these transactions Loyds English of under
writers who always ready to bet any of human
and make respectable by calling insurance They Lon
don merchants against the death of King Edward
ton and they insured others in the class against
Queen Victoria in the period Immediately preceding her Jubilee
That sort OF business not insurance the strict but for
fire. accident and the other miscellaneous
written do belong there either There large
gambling about all of these risks There gamble
lie That the underwater no chances
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02

[ describes the New York Times between
of soap" 'Iis rude phrase faith but will
serve to indicate the classification the
aon with moral the minute
lose ground People highly If
could soap would make appeal prejudice
That is one law of the game capitalize
alone That the theory How works
shown in the case OF the London Times The Times was scarcely
that there much moral the bar
trouble seeking
it. know what happened Humpy Dunpty
appeal predicated
assumption pure
reason He far removed from that and vastly more accessible by an appeal
the emotions Something No
catalogue but the hopes and hates OF the
proud conuy purple
time to subscribe And now will tell
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starting her famous On that wrote BY Of
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rather than face ussie IN those crazy boats with the % %
of the sailor fun and if he scaD the bang
the waves without getting wet feet he s to come ssf in bad
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The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02

there are a number of great houses do
ing a world wide business In such
plants alone The increased interest
in them in the United States has fol-
lowed largely from European interest
While the plants are somewhat DIM
cult to handle with safety In a COM
mercial way there Is comparatively lit
tie loss from damage in transit. Some
times the plants are packed In bas-
kets. an average Of about 100 in each
Other firms ship them in specially con-
structed cases with much larger lots in
a case. The average value of the
shipments out of Rio de Janeiro is sub
stantially 20 cents plant in Rio de
Janeiro harbor. The number of the
finer and rarer varieties secured and
shipped is comparatively small item
in the trade, the standard varieties
forming the vast bulk of the business
Consular Reports.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-02
Impertinent Question No. 81
What Is fhe Most Useful Thing on Earth?

What Is fhe Most Useful Thing on Earth?
For the most original wtiest this ques6on-the
briefer the better-Ihe Call will pay FIVE DOLLARS.
For the FIVE The Call will pay ONE DOL
LAR EACH. Prize winning will be printed next
Wednesday and checks mailed the once Make
your answer short and SEND 1T ON 4 POSTAL
CARD to
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15

~h.us prices are at wnosssaIs and net ts . Ee.. 'SaSSi fss s sadasS sSa. ;SSS sssS: "iISSd iISSSrd-Lsas 1ohe: compound Co; Sasss "iRS iRRSics-Rxtra fancy head :Xo: fancy head SM a 7c: broken Ah e So; Japan Sk @kko. ssit-LiverDooI si 1S; Virginia sSe; Lou. ''' VinesSr-Psr GalIon 1s0aso.
 cofTee-Green common Sh o 1oe; prime cSndiss--Xxx Soda SNo; x1ix ginger E EsSTdincs-Amsrican mustard ts.Ts: A-Oil Hides-Dry Hints 1o@12c; dry salted O 1Oc; green hides 496c; green salted 7c.
 Wooi~cioar Is Q sOc; bury s@12c: wash. s1 1Meai-standard s2Ac: watsrground sso. Pss4l Fruit s' nG and Produos-Fancy lemons ssO. $1.l6: onions yellow globes sl.l5: fan
 Tomatoss Sl 50: snap Beans stand sl,
 cheese-Fuil cream. daisies Isc: single. I5he; ID. cuts souare He.
 Grits-PsE SSi s4;so: ger sE sack ok sa. $. oats eSc; white esc; white clipped s7he; timothy hay Sls. %; Johnson graas 76c; Al. Prime cotton sSsd hasI Szs .os: sacked cotton seed hulls SIS ton.
 Molasses-Georgia cane. bbL A0c gallon; cases. salions 8; ;so per esas; maple syrup Log Cabin Brand, gallons Sit; E gallons ST 50: quarts a.. 26 per doG
 CAickens-Hens sS@4oe; frySrs aS soc;
 sGsar-Granuiated S&o; ?. Y. c. 5hc.
 Country Buttsr-lse per Ib; Jersey but.
 BasEing-Nsw 1uts 50 or 80 yd pisess ix ib. fSe; 2 ID. sHe; second hand sugar sack 7h @shc.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Chicago. Aug. l4.-Harvest- delaying rains in the Northwest were chleny re- wheat prices on the local exchange to- day. Thm net gain at the close Tor the September delivery was 3-4g I-S. Corn was off 5-S@3-4 and oats, were down 3-S@I-2. Provisions closed unchanged to 1-2c lower. After experiencing a slight dip at the start owing to sell ing brought out by the failure or the Liverpool market 10 respond to the l cent advance here yesterday. the local market rallied and continueq nrm the remainder of the session. The upturn was due to reports that rains ahs Teas aSotaa asS which will 1t is said. greatly interfere with harvesting. Active buying by "a leading bull whose purchases yesterday were largely the cause of a cent ad- vance added fresh vigor to bullish en- thusiasm during the last hour of trad ing and caused lively covering by shorts. Strength at North western grain centers which was said to have been due to an active milling demand for cash wheat was an additlnnal incentive to buyers here One report rom Mln- neapolis stated that receipts of wheat there were very light and that spring wheat was bringing fancy prices The market closed steady and strong with opened I-l@3-S lower at 92 7-S@9S, advanced to 94 1-4 and closed at s4Q d-s. Clearances of wheat and flour were equal to 22e.0oO bushels; Exposts stpsts were 3,760,000 bushels. Primary re- ceipts were S24,000 bushels compared with e40.000 the corresponding day year ago.
 Minneapolis. Duluth and Chicago re- ported 2S1 cars against 361 last week and ss5 year ago.
 Corn displayed moderate hrmness early in the session because of the strength of wheat but declined later on liberal sales by cash interests, pre- sumaply against free purchases of cash grain in the West, particularly in Ne braska. The market was also bear ishly affected by reports from the coun- try regarding the condition of the new crop, the advices being more optimis- September opened Is cent lower at W 1-2 advanced to 77 7-8 and then de- clined to 76 7-S. The close was at 76 T-S@77. Local receipts were 145 cars with 41 of contract grade. Liber- al receipts with consequent decline in cash prices had a weakening effect on oats futures There was consider able selling by holders and also by commission houses. September opened 1-S@1-4 to 1-4@3-Sc lower at A7 1-S0 47 1-4 ranged between Al 1-2 and 46 5-7 and closed at 47 Local receipts were PAS cars.
 Owing to active support by local packers. provisions were firm the greater part of the day. despite a 10 market weakened on profit taking but closed steady Final quotations on Sep tember pork were off 2 1-2 cents at $14 .95. Lard and ribs were unchanged at s9: 25 and $S.65 respectively.
 Estimated receipts for tomorrow: Wheat. l6S cars; corn, 153 cars; oats 21S cars; hogs. 14,000 head.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15

cial Travellers Association, backed by section or the press, and it is not dif- tlcult to believe that the army of com merciar trGvelers would prefer to eat rather than amid the chill gloom of a strange hotel on a holiday.
 But the benefit will not be confined to the commercial travellers by any students who will be able to get home for Monday Thanksgiving who could not break in on the week for & Thurs day festival Then there are a great number of other young people-young men, young women and young married couples-who are making their fight in the town or city and who will now feel free to spend this extended week end at home with the old folks and eat their Thanksgiving turkey once more under the familiar roof tree. Norawtn observed, for many of these home fly ing birds will feel it a rare delight to attend service again in the old church possibly on the, Sunday-and sit with pew.
 This is the second reform which has been worked in the date of the Thanks giving festival which we have had the ment. The first was the change from the old, gray days of late November to the bright weather of October, thus making a Thanksgiving real harvest
 
 be spent in the fields for whose yield we were to give thanks.
 There were many Influences which opposed the chAnge-notably the stock brokers, who wanted the off day on change to coincide with that ot the New York exchange-and it was some time before the reform could be re- garded as safely accomplished. But finally October weather and common sense carried the day.
 Now the holiday is to be made even more available for the people by link ing 1t up with the two free days Of Saturday and Sunday. and affording those who are away from home an opportunity to celebrate this essen tially home festival by the home fire side Thanksgiving fixed for an Octo- ber Monday, will now become one of the most delightful breaks in the years work. The associations with 1t will appeal to the highest sentiments es- pecially now that that appeal can be made amidst the surroundings of home; and the visit to the loved homestead after the harvest of the year has been garnered. and for the purpose of giv- Ing thanks for its bounty, will be one of peculiar tenderness that must make against the hardening influences which play so constantly upon our lives Then the weather is likely to be of the best of the twelve-month; and the three days relief from busi- ness will make the journey home worth while-an advantage that even Christ
 mas does not always boast
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
WEEKLY LOCAL COTTON STATEMENT
NEW YORK COTTON.


 New York. Aug. 14.-The fsature of to- days cotton market was the strength Of August which seemed to remain In control Of wall Street bulls and sold half cent straggiing demand from the bslated shorts The advance in this position was sus- taining factor with reference to the gene raj list. the close being steady, 50 points tsmber and 10 to Il points higher on the later months. Sales for the day were es- timated at 100000 bales.
 The market opened steady at an advance of six to enght points on tAe active months as . result of covering Gnd moderate demand from reactionists. At the advance. offerings increased. reflecting the beartsh wavering of local sentiment, expectations that the governments bureau report will suggest a crop of at least 1A.oo0,G00 and talk of a poor trade demand. with the re- suit that prices reacted to about the ooen- ing figures. Later the market steadted up again on the advance in August which sold at 10. 4o of g. 30 per bale above last this advance but later reacted a couple of points. closing at 9-t7
 Southern spot markets officially reported were unchanged to 5Sc lower. Sales of over the nasis of 9Ac and 1t is understood that Tnost 0, this cotton will be shipped to New York for delivery on August contracts. The interest is centered in August, though gave grounds for all kinds of rumors r"- Rardfng the short interest. but conservative people here think that the remaining com lnitnents are comparatively swall
 Receipts at the ports today 6.464' against g.ss1 last week and 1897 last year For the week 25.0oO. against 21.ss3 last week and
 Today's receipts at New Orleans so2, against 12 last year and at Houston 2'Sss. against 120 last year.
 and cl0Sad steady.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15

New Orleans. Aug. f4.--Sscretary Hester's statement of the worlds visible supply of cotton made up from special cable and telegraphic advlcss compares the figures of this week with last week. last year and the year before. It shows a decrease for the week just closed of 10s.562, against a decrease of 143,S ,S39 last year and a decrease of 144,191 year before last.
 The total visible is 1.S46,74 against r. s66.307 last week. 2,547.177 last year and 1.976.713 year before last. Of this the total of American cotton Is 1,o3s.6s9. against 1.i25.ze1 last week. 1.51T177 last year and 997.f1S year before last. and of all other kinds, including Egypt. Brazil. India, etc. Sos04s, against s31,04e last week, 1,030, 900 last year and 979,e00 year before last.
 The total worlds visible supply of cotton as above shows decrease compared with last week of 109.5s2. decrease compared with last year of 7o0.432. and a decrease compared with year before last of 129.s6s.
 Of the worlds visible supply of cotton as above there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and continental Europe 1,047,- 900. against t,5i6. 1000 last year and 95S. 900 year before last in Egypt 10000. against 51.0Qo last year and 34.000 year before last i; in India 4S6.000, against eos. .0e0 last year. and 667,00o year before last: and in the United States 294. 1000, against 391,00 last wear and 3is.000 year before last.
 WEEKLY INTERIOR COTTON TOWNS.
 New York, Aug. 14, 1908.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15

T-Indicates inapprectable rainfall s--FoF yesterday. 3-For st hours ending 3 am. 7Sth meridian time.
 NOTE-The average maximum and mint mum temperatures and the average rainfall are made up at each center from the ae. tuAl number of reports received The s1st&te ae weather is that prevailing at time ee aAnarVati0R.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
NEW ORLEANS COTTON


 New Orleans. Aug. 1A-Spot cotton was easy, with prices unchanged. Middling Toe. Sales were 190 bales on the spot and none to arrive.
 Futures opened barely steady; with the active months point below the close of yesterday. a result of unfavoraole cables from Liverpool, where the market was several points down at the opening
 On the whole. the weather and crop re- ports were decidedly bearish and the mar ket sold off several more points after the first call. Throughout the entire morning session, however, the fluctuations had range of only a few points and the mar ket remained about on a level with yester- days prices.
 There was a somewhat better feeling in evidence around the ring. but the utter ab- sence of outside trading rendered the sit nation uninteresting and unprofitabie to the hrokeraRa clement During the late ses sion reports of damaging temperatures at interior points were reported, but the trade showed little disposition to regard this fnteIliEence as very bullish with the crop in such an advanced state.
 The market took an upward trend. now ever, and scored an advance before the close, which was quiet and steady with the active months four to five points up.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
DRY GOODS.

New York. Aug. 14-Ths dry goods mar ket sohwed little more activity in the jobbinE houses during the day and some Increase in the buying of jobbers in the primary market was noted in the large do- mestic cotton goods houseA The auction sale of mapped cottons was concluded at 4 o'clock and every lot of the 25.0oo cases of goods offered was sold. The sale was satisfactory to the owners and the trade regards the distribution fully successful,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15
REAfAEsKa.

Showers have occurred in all districts except Augusta. Galveston, and Montgom- cry, the rainfall being moderately heavy in portions of Arkansas and Mississippi Tenn perature changes have been slight.
 FRANK -. GHAFFER
 asction Director. E e
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-15

WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 The area of low barometre noted as over the lower Lake region yesterday has moved off to the Northest after causing addition al scattered showers over the Lake region. Ohio Valley and Jew England. Showers have also.1yccurrcd through hout Florida ana in many of the cotton distrIcts the ra n- fall being mod srlt ,iy heavy fir portions or Arkansas and Mississippi. An area of mod erately high barometer covering most or the eastern half Of the country, with center over Minnesota. .s now giving flair weather in central. southern. ana eastern dislIlcts, and will give continued generally tair weather in Alabama during tonight and Saturday An area of low barom ster central over Utah has caused showers over moet or the western half of the country. Iempera- ture changes have been generally sDght, though the maximum temperatures were moderately high in the cotton belt ana along the middle Atlantic coast 9estero@y'
 COTTON REGION BULLETIN
 NontEomery. Alabama for the sA henrs andiuE at c am, 18th meridian time.
 Friday, Aug. 1A, 1908