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Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
Cotton Market,

NEW YORK, Nov. R-COTTON-Ths
market opened barely steady at a decline
OF lOQIt points in response to weak Liver
pool cables and Liquidation. Offerings were
well absorbed by a scattering demand in
Bpired by continued reports Of fiTmness in
the sou.h and prices during the middle Of
the morning ruled only some soc points
net lower. .
Futures opened barely steady: Decem,
Der, l440ci January, l4.53c; March, l4.7Oc;
May. lLS5c; July, 14SOc; August, H.2Oc;
october, l2.39c offered.
Futures closed steady; November, l4.lsc;
December, l4.Sic; January. l4A9c; February,
l46ic; March, l4.67c; April, l4.67c; May,
l47gc; June l4.7Sc; July, ATE; August,
l4.18c; September, 12.95c; october, Il. 45c.
Spot closed quiet at 20 points lower; mid
ding u%plands, 1475c; middling gulf, 1000;
sales, 1000 bales.
GALVESTON, Texas, Nov. R.-CoTToN
Steady; IA 5-16c.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 12.-CoTToN-Un-
changed; mlddling, l5c; sales, 80 bales; re-
ceipts, 6,984 bales; shipments, 5,5s3 bales;
stock, 1882 bales.
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 12.-COTTON-
Spot quiet; bo lower; middling, l4cM; sales,
on the spot, 200 bales; to arrive, 800 bales,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
New York Money Mnrket.

NEW YORK, Nov. l2.-MONEY-On call,
strong at 474a6 per cent; ruling rate, D pc,
cent, closing bid, 5 per cent; offered at
5A per cent; time loans, firm; sixty days,
J4614 per cent; ninety days, . per cent; six
months, "A per cent.
PRIME MERCANTILE PAPER-5a5h
per cent.
STERLING ExCHANGE-Steady, with
actual business in bankers bills at 34.s29O
CASSIE for sixty-day bills and at $4.s726 for
demands commercial bills, $.S2haA82%.
SlLVER-Bar, 50Ac; Mexican dollars. 43c.
BONDS-Government, steady; railroad.
steady.
Closing quotations on bonds were as fol-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
CHICAGO LIVE sTOCK MARKET
Cattle and sheep steady-HOgs Five
to Ten Cents iEher

CHICAGO. Nov. 12.-CATTLE-Receipts,
estimated at 1900 head; market steady;
steers, t5.eOd9.1O; COWS, s3.5O9475; heifers,
s sSog stoeike Pgli and T seeSers. 81 Ca5ys 3. S''O'a
HOGS-Receipts, estimated at 10000 head;
market. 5Ql0c higher; choice heavy, $3.50
g9.60; choice light, {S.OOd8.6; packing, $500
as Is; pigs, $6.OOa7. 90; bulk of sales, SI.SOq
$40.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts, esti-
mated at 10000 head; market steady; sheep,
a. 25a6.tO; lambs, S6.5O87.6O; yearllngs, 500
1850,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
81. Joseph Live stock MARKED.

ST. JOSEPH, Nov. 12-CATTLE-Re-
celpts, 800 head; market steady; steers,
"a. bous.oo; cows and heifers, S2.JOq6.OO;
calves, s3.O0d7. 25.
HOGS-Receipts, $500 head; market very
active, lOll5c higher; top, S.G; bulk OF
Eales, S7.S0uS,0 90.
SHEEP AMI LAMBS-Reoeipts. 1000
head; market steady; lambs, Sc. 50d7. 30.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
Trenanry s%tntement.

WASHINGTON, Nov. l2.-The condition
OF the treasury at the beginning Of bust
ness today was as follows; Trust funds:
Gold coin, $S79,SfS, $685.; silver dollars, Sass.
275, 900; silver dollars Of 1890, A,Ol7lOO sill
yer certificates outstanding, $lSS, 275, 900.
General fund: STANDARD silver dollars in
general fund, $l,598,ll2; current liabilities,
Sill, $50, AL; working balance In treasury
credit OF treasurer OF United States, $50
68s. O94; subsidiary silver coin. siBs93,2s3:
minor coin, .N5l4272; total balance in gem
eral fund, $50. 1886. SIS.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
Observer Temporarily in Charge.


KANSAS CITY, MO-, Nov. 12.-WHEAT-
Unchanged; No. 2 hard, S1.021Ra1O6; No. 3,
H.OluLG, No. 2 red. Sl.l6Ql.2O; No. 3, SL1S
Ul.lS.
CORN-Unchanged; No. 2 mixed, 57%c;
NO. 3, 57Ac; No. 2 white, 5sAc; No. 3, 5Sc,
OATS-Unchanged; No. 2 white, 40q42c;
NO. 2 mixed, 39R40c.
RYE-iVu12c.
HAY-Unuhauged; choice timothy, S11.50d
l2.VO; choice prairie, $y.25a9.0O; choice al
talfa, Y1O.6Oul6.50.
BUTIER-Creamery, extras, 3Oc; firsts,
pc; seconds, Doc; packing stock, 2lMc.
EGGS-ENtras, 2sc; Firsts, 26c; seconds
ana dirties, lsc; current receipts, Csc;
southerns. loss off. lac
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
Sioux CITY Live Stock Market.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, Nov. 12.-(Special Tele-
gram NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 600 head; mar
ket steady. y
HOG = Receipts, 200 head; market
ga l0o higher; range Of prices, T7ODz.50,
bulk of sales, H.75GzS0.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
Coffee Market.

NEW YORK, Nov. n-COFFEE-The
market for coffee futures opened steady al
unchanged prices TO an advance OF 8
points I'm response 20 a partial advance Of
4 franc al Hayre, and ruled generally
steady on Wall street buying and local
bull support OF the near months. There
was some scattering liquidation and a
little foreign selling. but offerings were
very well taken and the market closed
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
NIInnenpoIis Grain Marked,

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. I2.-WHEAT-De-
cember, $l.O4h; May, $1,O5As, Cash: No,
hard. Sl.O7AdlOIa; No. / northern, A.O6AQ
L.W; No. 2 northern, AN&ql6; No. 3
northern, a.OsQ10.
SEED-FlaX, A.74h.
CORNING. 3 yellow, 59kq59Ac.
OATS-No. 3 white, SS1sG3SAc.
RYE-No. 2, 6SAQG&c.
BRAN-In lO0-pound sacks, $3.50.
FLOUR-FiTst pptents, S5.40d5.5O; second
patents, $5.20a5. 80; first clears, A65d4I5;
| second clears, $3.30q850,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

100 Dry salt meats Cboxtd), higher; extra
shorts, &l2.OO; clear ribs, SE.OO, short clears,
kl225. Bacon boxed, higher extra shorts
a3O; clear ribs, Sl3OO; short clears, &l325,
BAG0ING6 9-i6c.
HEMP TWINE-7c.
POULTRN-Flrmi chickens, lie; springs.
E1aci turkeys, 14lsd15c; ducks, uhc; geese.
Sc,
BUTTER-Steady; creamery, 25QSlo.
"Gg-gte 26i5c.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
New York Mining stocks.
Foreign Financial,

LONDON, Nov. 12-Money was In short
supply and dear on the market today and
discounts were inclined to ease. The Banl
Of England has received S20,O0 ia Amer
lean eagles from Paris and will sh artl" bus
more. on the Stock exchange iUarular
prospects and the continued dear money
offset the effect OF the good bank return
and further liquidation Weakened kaffirs.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

SHEEP-Only a s%prinkling OF sheep was
received today, not enough to test the
market and prices remained nominally
steady. Receipts for the five days this
week show a marked shrinkage as COM
pared with the runs of previous weeks.
~, 600 head, as compared with $4,000 head
for the same days last week and 5000
head for the corresponding period of last
year.
Sharply curtailed runs each day have
partly caused the keener demand and
better quality has also served to enliYen
buying interest. AS a result, the trend OF
from the opening, Mondays general mar
ket showing an advance Of l5g25c over
the close of the previous week. Stronger
prices each succeeding day leaves current
quotations about 25q4Oc higher than a
week ago.
"Clean-ups" constitute no small percent
age of feeder offerings and country buyers
are not making any grand rush for the
common and inferior kinds. The more
suitable grades of both sheep and lambs,
however, have been selling readily at
prices fully steady 10 possibly some
higher as compared with last weeks close.
Quotations on fat sheep and lambs; Good
to choice lambs, T.10q7. SO; fair to good
lambs, $6.7097. 10; good light yearllngs, IS. q
good to choice wethers,- A.S5d5.S5 fair to
good wethers, 81, 1904 So; good to choice
ewes, H.5Oq4.S0 fair to good ewes, &.2Oq
Quotations on feeder stock: Good to
choice lambs, $5.i5d6 so; fair to good lambs,
yearlings, 81. 5Od5 90; old wethers, 34.t5d
4. 40; good to choice ewes, So. 1903 IS; breed
ing ewes, SO .75@5.5O y~earling breeding ewes
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
PeorIn Grain Market,

PEORIA. Nov. I2-CORN-steady; No. 3
white, new, 59c; No. 2 yellow, new, SIC;
No. 8 yellow. old, 6Shc; new, sec; No. 2,
new, SIC; No. ), old, 6Shc: new, SIC; no
grade, new. 53lSc,
OATs-Unchanged; No. 3 white, +Oo; No.
4 white 9Qc
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
Mnwaukee Grain Market.

MILWAUKEE,, Nov. l2.-WHEAT-No. 1
northern. H.OSdl.10; No, 2 northern, SlO5A
Wl.O7h; December, AO6AE
OATS-lA942Ac,
BARLEY-Samples. 5iu6lc.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

steady net unchanged to 8 points higher.
Sales were reported OF 5000 bags. including
December, 685d6. 4c; January, 6.4bc;
March, 6.55Q6.S5c. Spot steady: No. Z Rio,
S3saSIac, nominal: No. 4 Santos, SNQS5sc;
mild, quiet; Cordova, 9dllitC.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
Liverpool Grain and ProvisiOns.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 2.-wHEAT-Spot,
firm: No. 2 red western winter, Is u5zd.
III lures, quiet; December, Is u2sd; March,
Is S3sd; May, Is Tbd.
CORN-Spot, easy; new American mixed
Wia Galveston), IS 9hd; futures, steady;
December, IS $50.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
sugar Market.

NEW YORK. NOV. R-SUGAR-Raw,
hrmV fsir reflning. s.s5ei csntrifuEal, 81
ltesF. llc. molRsses sugar, 4. cc, refined.
~ adv; crushed. 5.&c; powdered, 5.Sc
= rnulatJd 5.Ec
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
nuIuth Grain Market.

DULUTH, Nov. l2.-WHEAT-December,
S.O3L: May, $l.O5h; No. 1 northern, SLO6A
No. 2 northern, SlOiA.
~OATS-SSLC.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

~ wHEAT-No. 2 hard, SLOOn4LoS; No.
hard, S7nGs91ac; No. = hard, siqdei NO Q
Apring, y3QSSc, =,
CORNING. 2, Csc; No. 3, S7&g5se; No. 4,
S7hQ61Ac; no grade. 55q5ic; No. 2 yellow
Sc; No. 3 yellow, 51%46Sc; No. z Whlte'
5Stkc; No. 3 white, 5Sq6S &c.
OATS-No. 8 mixed, S195lhc; No. 3 vel
Q Tlow, 37h6SSc; No. 3 white, SoqSshci NO
4 white, 37hU37%c; standard, SShc.
RYE-No. 2, CSC; No. 8, 66q67c.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
london stock MARKER.

LONDON, Nov. R.-American securities
after a quiet opening today hardened
slightly on light buying. At noon the mar
ket was quiet with prices ranging from
sd below 10 Ad above yesterdays New
York closing.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

OMAHA. Nov. Blank clsarlnEs for to-
itv wcrf $3.50, 4i6.S6. and fur The coTre-
5pondiug date last year. R.lSL5s1-aL
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

mot included in totals because compari-
sons are incomplete.
1TNot included in totals because contain
ing otner items than clearings.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
OMAHA LIVE STOCK MARKET
Receipts Of Cattle Very Light and
Prices Unchanged.
HOGS FIVE TO TEN CENTS HIGHER
sheen and Lambs in very LlEht re-
ceipt Friday and No Material
Change is Made in Pre-
vailing Prices.
SOUTH OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 70, l0Oa.

n following table shows the receipts
Of cattle. hogs and sheep at South Omaha
Tor the year to date, compared with last
year: 1909. 1908. Inc. Dec.
Cattle ....... s64.sl7 SgO,05 7E,Sl2 .....
Hogs .........Lg3S3J7 2.lO3. nc ..,.... 1000
Sheep .........1,9 7O,O43 1,S61,SG l01,2SA '''''''
The following table shows the average
price OF hogs at south Omaha for the last
several days, with comparisons;
Date. 1909. llS0S. 1901. lsOs. 1906. 1884. 1893.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
REPORT OF THE CLEARING HOUSE
transactions Of the Associated Banks
for the Week.

NEW YORK, Nov. R-Bradstreet's bank
~clearinEs report for the week ending No
vomber II shows an aggregate OF S,5y9, So
GQ as against 1884 iW,OW last week and
$1,000 100 In the corresponding week last
year. Following Is q list Of the cities:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
81. Louis general Market.

s 7 LOUIS, Nov. l2-WHEAT-Futures
md cash higher track, No, g red. cash,
Der. ~ O661. O6h; May, N.O6H.
CORN-Firm. futures, higheT; track. No.
Z So SOC; No. 3 white 9d6ic; December.
$50 6SNc; MAY, 6O&160hc.
OATS-Firm; track, No. 9 cash, S9hR4Oc.
30 2 white. 42c; December, ≻ May.
ukc.
RYE-HiEher. Ui4c.
FLOUR-UnchanEed rcd winter patents
t6B0Q5.SO; extra fancy and straight. A.90d
$50; hard winter clears, S2SOGi4N
SEED-Timothy. S2b0d25O
CORNMEAL-S3OO
BRAN-HiEher; sacked, east track, $40
rio
HAEsteady; timothy, E2OOaisOO; prai.
rie. SIANii2N
IRON COTTON TIES-S0c.
PROVISIONS - Pork. higher iohbinF
SA Lard higher: prime steam, Sla"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
sunday.

-OUUUNVs -
ReCeIp,s and disposition Of live stock AZ
the Union Stock Yards, South Omaha, for
twenty-four hours ending at 3 p. M yes
terday.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

HOGs-Hogs sold 5Q1Oc higher this morn
ing and, in most cases, IhglOc higher.
The trade was very active at the advance
and, as II became evident mat receipts
we're hardly large enough TO satisfy both
packing and shipping orders, che market
became stlll firmer. closing active and lOc
higher than yesterday. This means that
most Of the hogs sold at t7,S2HGZs7h, with
the better grades selling on up as high as
ST. g5 for the top. II will be emembeTed
that yesterday most Of the hogs brought
S.75H7.Uh with a top at $50. Today's
advance carries the market 10 the highest
tOber.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

80 L4F-baI bIedu5 al A9Bu per ounce.
MONEl-AQ4h per cent.
Inc rate or discount in the open market
TOT snort bills Is AGA per cent, for three
months bills, 4HQ4 9-l6 per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
Features Of the Trading and CIOuing
Prices on Board of Trade.

CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

Articles. Open. High. Low. Close. Yes'y.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

OaFsOt
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

Representative sales;
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-24
TAX ON COFFEE AFTER ALL.

The absolute dishonesty of the Payne
bill can be proven by any number of
expert witnesses, both Republican and
the measure calls attention to the fact
that while the proposed duty on coffee
was omitted so far as levying a direct
tax is concerned, nevertheless the Re
publican members of the ways and
means committee have attempted to &C.
complish their purpose in a sneaking
and indirect manner, which is entirely
characteristic Of their methods. duty
on coffee could not possibly produce
any revenue for a couple of years, but
would enable the holders of vast stocks
to pile up a few millions at the expense
of the people of the country, the bur
den falling upon those least able to
stand it. So it was decided to declare
coffee free and at the same time ar
range for duty of cents per pound
How this was accomplished is told con-
cisely by the Chicago Tribune. which
backs up the report of the Democratic
minority in congress in every particular
in this particular matter:
The committee has been inveigled into
an attempt to do indirectly what it deemed
it inexpedient to 90 directly-that is, to
make the American consumers pay more
for their favorite beverage
The bill. while declaring coffee free,
provides that If any country shall impose
an export tax upon coffee exported to
the United States duty equal to that
tax shall be collected here. There would
be no great objection to this II the cOf-
fee supply of the United States were
drawn in nearly equal proportions from
many countries, one of which had an ex-
port tax. The sting of 1.-THE little
tokeri-is that Brazil supplies the United
States with over 20 per cent Of the cof-
fee it consumes and has an export tax.
Both these facts must be known TO the
members of the ways and means commit
tee They must know also that the effect
Of their prOviso if Brazil did not repeal
the export tax would be to make Amer
lean consumers pay more for their cof-
fee If they complained they would be
told that Brazil alone was 10 blame.
This is a fair sample of Republican
tariff tinkering-always afraid to come
out in the open and inform the people
of the country what it is proposed to
do. 1t is worth while to take note of
the fact that the proposed tax of a dof-
lar a barrel on beer was left out of the
bill. while a duty of cents a pound
was put on tea and an underhand meth
Cd used in the attempt to enrich the
holders of Brazilian coffee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-24
THE REAL REASONS.

Governor Spry need not have taken
the trouble to give any reasons for his
veto OF the liquor regulation bill. the
ripper" fire and police bill and the
TWO Des Moines bills. because the real
reasons are perfectly apparent.
He vetoed the liquor bill because the
liquor dealers did not want and had
been assured long ago they would not
be troubled by hostile legislation.
He vetoed the ripper" fire and police
bill because it was SO plainly unconsti-
tutional that even Spry could see the
folly of attempting to make it law.
Besides, it had aroused such bitter op-
position from men of all parties as a
violation of every principle of local self
government that it scared the governor
and the Smoot machine into one of their
rare fits of sanity.
The Des Moines good government
bills for Salt Lake City were not signed
simply because salt Lake citizens want
ed them signed. and it is a cardinal
rule with the machine which the gov
ernor represents that salt Lake shall be
shown no favors if il can be avoided
In addition, the adoption Of the Des
Moines form of city government would
have been a long step toward the aboli-
ton of machine politics in the city, and
the Smoot machine lives by the evils
the bills seek to abolish.
These reasons of themselves must
have been ample for the governor. Any
additional excuse he found for the We
toes was surplusage. valuable chiefly
Tor that ancient and honorable trick in
politics which the Chinese so patty call
saving ones face. Having accom-
plished this, having completed perfect
1y the purpose of the machine in every
detail, the governor may congratulate
himself on having denied Salt Lake
everything it really desired in the way
of legislation and granting the liquor
dealers more than they could reason
ably have asked.
Which might be called an suspicious
beginning of a state administration.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-24

minority in the lower house of congress.
Republicans as well as Democrats re-
joice in this fact The Philadelphia
North American says:
Champ Clark has made a good start
for the country, and therefore for the
decent elements of the Republican as
well as the Democratic party. The
Kentuckian. who was a college presi-
dent at the age of %, admitted in de-
bate. after Missouri sent him to con-
gress. that the great ambition of his
boyhood was to become a prizefghter.
The outlook is good and we trust that
there viii be belated fulfilment of that
early wish. For a fighting minority has
become a national need"
That is an intelligent and honest Re
publican view of the situation as it ex-
lists today. The fight for decent gov
eminent is on, the leadership all that
it should be, and the warfare viii not
cease until the battle is won.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-24
A TRIBUTE TO VANITY.

In all seriousness, Senator Shoots
official organ assures US that Senator
Smoot is the hope of the west in tariff
contest" of course coming from a
disinterested source like that, it must
be true, because, in addition 10 the
original assertion, the organ adds his
work is entire hope" whatever that
may mean.
With this assurance the west may
rest easy. and the senators from all the
other states may go home or take a
vacation OF do as they like about it;
Smoo; is the hope of the west" from
the Missouri to the Pacific and from
Canada to Mexico, though a large part
Of the west may not know it. and
larger part regard it as a rather slim
hope if that is all there is to count on.
But think of the misconceptions this
simple statement correets. Senator
Warren. for instance. who is some
punkins himself had already assured
trembling world that he would see to it
that the west suffered no tariff discrim-
nations; Senator Dixon of Montana de-
ciares he IS on the job; Nixon of Ne
vada has been named ON the senate
steering committee, which is pretty
nearly the whole thing in that august
body, and he counts himself quite a
hope for the west. Borah of Idaho and
Clark of Wyoming cut some figure in
the upper house, and several other
western senator's might be mentioned
who are supposed to have influence in
the body TO which they were elected.
Evidently these other westerners have
been suffering from delusion in the
notion that their votes and influence
VIII count in the tariff fight. They had
not heard from Smoot and were IN
aware that ne was the hope of the
west" but now that he has settled it
they will perforce retire TO the back
ground where they belong and leave the
spotlight to him.
q Only one disturbing doubt remains
after the official declaration. Smoot is
THE hope" all right, but what sort OF
a hone? If we remember Alright. he
voted with the Roosevelt administration
and against Utah's interests on the
Cuban reciprocity bill, which was de-
signed to admit Cuban sugar free in
competition with beet sugar. He is re-
corded as in opposition to the reduction
Of duty on woods proposed by the Payne
bill. but is there any Assurance that he
viii continue to oppose it if the adj
ministration urges a different course?
And If AIdrich and Hale and few
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-24
WARFARE WILL NOT CEASE.

The fight on the rules of the house
has not ended, but just begun. The
unnasking of the hypocrites in both
parties has taken place and the forces
lined up for the next encounter. Champ
Clark lost the first battle through no
fault of his own, but because there
were men in congress who posed as
owned and controlled by the agents of
the trusts. When the string was pulled
the puppets danced. The contempt felt
nv Democrats all over the country for
fitzgerald. Keliher and others of their
particular brand of political infamy
finds its counterpart in the feeling en-
tertained by decent Republicans for the
men who pledged themselves to vote
against Joseph G. Cannon when on the
stump last fall and then violated their
solemn obligation to their constituents
Pray of Montana is q bright and shin
ing example of this brand OF Republic
cans.
It is idle to charge the failure to
amend tne fuieS 70 ilcohi PSeSht iSANei
ship of the minority. No one can lead
men whose votes have been sold by
their masters. Champ Clark did as
we'll as any other man possibly could
have done under the circumstances.
and his leadership is heraIded all over
the country as a sign that the dear old
Uncle Joe" business has come to a full
stop and that there is an aggressive
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-24
LoVEn OF STRONG DRINK.
(Philadelphia Record. }

Horace Bixey, the doyen of Mississip-
ri pilots, is still at the wheel at 81. To
him Mark Twain served his appren-
ticeship.
A vicksburg reporter asked Mr.. Bixey
a recipe for hale old age.
Temperance, young man, the pilot
replied. ''Intemperance is what kills US
off Oh. the Victims" he said, in his
whimsical way, the sad victims of in
temperance l have seen!
"Once, l remember. a passenger of
ours fell overheard. We fished him out
with a boathook after he had been
soaking on the bottom half an hour or
so. We laid him limp and sopping on
the deck, and a steward ran for the
whisky bottle.
"As 1 pried the mans mouth open to
pour some whisky down his throat, his
lips moved. A kind of murmur came
from them. I put my ear down close to
listen, and L heard the half drowned
wretch say.
Roll me on a bari fust to git some
O this water out. tn weaken the
licker.'"