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The Irish standard., 1909-01-30

him understand: He's ipp1resiy; cold
blooded, and he doesn't realize. He
only sees straight ahead, not all
around, like all these superhumanly
clever thieves; they have mighty stu
pid streaks. Well, I've got him now.
and 1t is kill or cure for him. He can't
make a rifle. knew I couldn't do
anything alone: I had to wait. I had
to have stronger men than ] am to
help. By and by they tried their jack
al business on a real lion-on Tracy.
They wanted to steal his road. l got
on to them first. see heap of peo-
pie in heap of different businesses
the little people who talk. They no.
tice all right, but they can see only
their own little patch. I was the fell
low riding round and seeing the town
ship. pieced together the plot and I
told Endy Tracy. He wouldn't believe
me at first. because his father had
given Keatcham his first start and
done hundred things for him. To he
sure, his father has been obliged as
an honorable man to oppose Keatcham
lately. but Keatcham couldn't mean to
burn him out that way. But he soon
found that was precisely what Keatch-
am did mean. Then he was glad
enough to help me save his father. The
old man doesn't know thing; we
don't mean he ever shall know. We
let him put up the best sort of fight
man can with his hands tied while
the other fellow Is free. Ny hands
are free, too. don't respect the
damned imbecile laws that let me be
plundered any more than they do; and
since my poor mother died last sum-
mer I am not afraid of anything; they
are; that's where l have the choice Of
weapons. I tell you. sub, nobody is
big enough to Cypress a desperate
man! Keatcham had one advantage
he had unlimited money. But Aunt
Rebecca helped us out there. Colonel,
I want you to know didn't ask her
for more than the bare grub-stake; 1t
was she herself that planned our stock
deal"
"she is a dead game sport" the
colonel chuckled. II believe you"
And I hope you don't allow that
was willing to have her mix herself
in our risks. She would come: she
said she wanted to see the fun"
II believe you again." the colonel as
sured him, and he remembered the odd
sentence which his aunt had used the
first night Of their journey, when she
expressed her hankering to match her
wits against those of first-class GRIM
ina1.
I'VE didn't reckon on your turning
up, or the complication with Archie.
wish to God we'd taken the boys own
word! But, now you know all about
1t, will you keep your hands off? That's
all we ASK"
"Well,"-the colonel examined his
finger nails. rubbing his hands softly,
the back Of one over the palm of the
other-"well, you haven't quite told
me all. Don't, unless you are prepared
to have it. used against you, as the po-
licemen say before the sweat.box
What did you do to Keatcham to get
him to go with you 50 like Mary's lit.
tie lamb?"
II learned of little device that
looks like tiny curry-comb and is so
fiat and small you can bind it on a
mans arm just over an artery. Just
press on the spring and give the
least scratch, and the man falls down
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-01
Examination Gems.

From the Louisville Times.
 During the reading of the Declaration, the schoolma am, who knew 1t by heart talked.
 'I collected this examination season. she said, settling herself more comfort ably on the grass, "all the funny answers that my little pupils made. I'll repeat them to you--those, that Is, that l re- member"
 Her pretty lips curved in smile. and she repeated:
 'Esau was man who wrote fables and sold the copyright for a mess of pot tage.'
 Divine right is the liberty to do what you like in church.
 GA papal bull is a kind of COW, only larger, and does not give milk '. 'Phoencans-The inventors of Phoe- nician blinds.
 'Bacchanal-A native of Bechuana, in Dutch Africa
 'Chimaera-A thing used to take like nesses with
 'Cynical-A cynical lump of sugar Is one pointed at the top
 'Immaculate-State of those who have passed entrance examination to col lege.'
 The Reart-The heart is comical- shaped bag. It Is divided into several parts by a fieshy petition. These parts are called right artillery, left artillery. and so on. The function of the heart is between the lungs
 "'A volcano is very powerful rock
 |" Mer de glace-Mer de glace means mother of glass
 'Metamorphic rocks are those con- taining metaphors.
 Fort and Fortress-In forts men are put, and women in fortresses.' "Short History of Keats-Keats wrote a savage criticism on Endymion, which brought on consumption
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-01
TRAINING IN JOURNALISM.
Technical Education for Newspaper
 Work Not To Be Decried.

From the Milwaukee Wisconsin.
 There is no more reason why technical education for joulnalism should be de- cried than why technical education for any other pursuit should be disparaged Edison has achieved a career as an cleo trician without the benefit of college training. but colleges have qualified many young men for electrical engineering who would have cut a poor figure at 1t without the information and the impetus which they gained from their college course There are hundreds of men doing good work in Journalism who might have done better work if possessed of wider culture There are many doing inferior work who would have benefited greatly by the train ing which the college course in journalism affords. Knowledge is power in writing as in other fields of human endeavor
 It is not to be expected that every young man or young woman who follows a college course in journalism will win brilliant success as a journalist. Tenn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-01

while I was lying in the grass grass hopper crawled into the slot. I caught another one, and tied thread to it, and lowered 1t into the box. When I pulled him up I saw several tickets sticking to his legs. andsI easily got them out through the slot. I put several grating friends wise to the new trick.
 ''The farmers up there at first thought all the conductors were going crazy. On a hot day you could see conductors run ming through the grass, hat in hand, catching grasshoppers. Afterward we used to get the kids to catch them for us. One day a conductor broke the thread while the grasshopper was inside the box. That night the receiver found the insect with a piece of thread tied to 1t inside the box when he opened it to take out the money. This ruined the game. After that the graft was too slow, so l quit.
 Held Out 15o Fares.
 "In the next town where I got a job the company used a hand register that would ring up to 50O then start all over again at 1. 1 discovered that l could beat 1t. I would start when the register marked 15O fares collected. I would take in $50, after which the register would go back to 1. Then would ring up SO0 and hold out 150 fares, or $7.50.
 T. t was almost impossible to do this ringing up by hand, so I used to take my register over to a little Ice cream soda place at the end of the line. They had a milk shaker machine behind the counter that was the handiest thing a grafter could hope for. I would fix the register to the shaker, turn the crank a few min utes, and the shaker would attend to all the hard labor l had to muffle the bell with a wad of cotton
 "An inspector nabbed me one day, and was accused of working the register, but my lawyer argued that it was impossible for me to have rung up so many fares in the short time I was not under somebody's eye. Anyway, the company got wise and invested in a new brand of registers.
 Next I tried Chicago, getting a job on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-01

South Halstead street Most of the pas- sengers were ough-and-tumble boys who stuck steers for living In the stock yards, and a conductor had to be a bat tier to run a car in that district. Yet they would rather see the conductor get the money than the company.
 That's a queer thing, and I have mo- ticed it in lot of cities. People seemed to have such a constitutional grouch against the car companies that they hated to see the companies get what be- longed to them I've seen business men worth thousands, square as die In other ways, try to beat their way on a trolley car. Well, I made mistake in judging a passenger one day out In Chi. I forgot to ring up the nickel, and next day I was discharged.
 Down in Memphis they used to have the idea that everybody was honest, even conductors, because they had no way of checking up registers. I've taken car off the sidetraclS in Memphis after 8 bunch of kids had amused themselves yanking the fare rope
 But Memphis was too slow, and I lit out for Louisville, where I got stung hard. You had to learn to be motorman as we'll as a conductor down there. I quit Louisville for New Orleans, where nearly all the car lines go down Canal street and turn back at the depot, mak- ing belt as they do in Newark The spotters kept us worried on Canal street, but I used to get my motorman to drag the road for me at night when we were near the Greenwald theatre. That was worth 50 fares every trip.
 ''The Worlds Fair was on when I land ed in St. Louis. I got a job on Olive street, and I never saw so many people ride on cars. They used to climb on the roofs, the cars were so damned. There was so much all around confusion that the grafter got fat
 Stole Car During Fair.
 "One day a motorman and myself stole a car out and kept it out all day keep ing every cent I collected. But that trick was too raw to try more than once. lost ott when the fair was over and went first to Kansas City and then to Denver. There was good graft on the Fifteenth street line in Denver. but a boss who knew me happened along one day and it was 23 for me.
 After that I tried Salt Lake, Los An geles, worked east to Cincinnati. Wash ington and New York, shifted to Balti- more and Was hington, and got discharged in every city for stealing fares. Then I tried Chicago once more.
 q was put on Halstead street, running out of the north limit barns and the graft was so rich that I haved S1200 in eight months. But they got my number final ly, and I had to blow. Cleveland this time The pay-as-you-enters were being put on there, and that ruined my game
 After working several Jersey towns and several New York lines, I figured out I was headed straight for prison term if I didn't quit copping the sugar. Now l haven't got a cent that I didn't work hard for. The easy money is all gone and it never did me dollars worth of good.
 "In all my travels I have found that New York treats its car conductors the worst. St. Louis people are the politest and most obliging lot I aver saw; Chica- go has the meanest bunch of four-fushers that travel. They are trying to be and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-01

perament has something to do with suc- cess in any profession-and there are other factors, including even bodily en-
 duranoe, which college training cannot effect Practical common sense is an in
 dispensable qualification for efficient newspaper work. and that is something no college can impart. But colleges can teach the grammar of the language and ground their students in history and civics and economies, as wei las in many
 other things of which no newspaper writ CT should be ignorant, though many are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-01

Take your pick of these. A $20 Suit for $13.35; and SIS Suit for $12, and $10 will get you a $15 Suit. Come now. Varley & Bauman Clo. Co.,, 1910 Sd Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-01

trying all the time to make you think they are rich.
 Take the word of an old grafter for it, most any fool can graft, but it's a foolish game. It doesn't get anybody any uyba
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-01
Diqs Them Out.
From Judges Library.

From Judges Library.
 'Do you have any literary people in your town?' asked a guest of MT. Booth Tarkington out in Indiana.
 There goes Hiram Spaydes-that man with the pick and shovel on his should er," replied MT. Tarkington. ''He has produced some of the best cellars every season."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-01

Choose now any suit at B 1-S off. Nothing reserved. You've never had such rare bargains for selection. Get yourself one. Varley & Bauman Clo. Co.,, 1910 3d Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-01
WANTED-TO RENT

Horse and buggy, or phaeton, for about one month. Light service. Good care guaranteed. F. E. LEA, care Age Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-01

$500 Washington and re- turn August IA. Southern Rail way.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
Butter. Chee.e and Egrs

The egg market developed an easier tone yes
terday. aud although stocks of the upper grades
were closely cleaned up, the quotation for ex-
tras shaded. With today closed day, no
one wanted TO carry any stocks over. and as
result trading was light on the exchange,
where the sale of paltry fve cases at 5sc a
dozen was allowed to make the market. There
We're changes in the quotations for butter or
cheese, the market for both being firm and In
Stocks OF butter were ample for all require
ments, while cheese was still in limited supply.
Sales the exchange were follows:
Eggs cases of extras at 5S1zc and at 5Sc
a dozen
Cheese-25 fancy new California fats at 1sI6c
20 at 1Sc and % fancy Oregon Young Americas
at 1S1c a pound.
Receipts were 80, 500 pounds of butter 5000
pounds of cheese and Ito cases of eggs.
by the sales. bids and offers the floor of the
dairy exchange Prices in the street. while gov
erned by the exchange quotations. generally
range from 1 1ac to &c higher, owing TO the
various charges to be added.
Butter-Fresh creamery extras, 3215c per ID.
frm; do frsts. 305ac, steady; do seconds 29c.
steady; California storage extras, soc. firm; ex-
ira storage ladies. 25lac, steady; do hrsts, Csc,
steady.
Cheese California fancy Gats. 1sc per lb, firm:
do frsts, tic, firm; do seconds. lie. firm; fancy
Young Americas. Ice. steady; do frsts. tic. Arm:
fancy Oregon Young Americas 1SAc. firm. do
fats, lie, frm; California fancy storage fats.
16c, firm; do hrsts. 1515c, firm; storage Young
Americas, ls1ac, frm; New York singles 19c,
firm; do daisies, 1915c, firm.
Eggs (per dozen. cases included) california
fresh extras. 5Sc. nrm do 1rsts SOC. firm, do
seconds, Doc, frm; do thirds 2sc, hrm; California
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
Foreign Futures
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
Future Grain and Provisions

CHICAGO. Nov. 24-Proft taking in the De
cember delivery Offset to some extent the erect
of unfavorahle crop reports from Argentina and
light primary receipts in this country, and
caused considerable weakness at times. Final
quotations were &c lower to 12c higher, COM
pared with the previous close. Corn and oats
closed steady and provisions firm.
The liquidation of December holdings by
leading long was of the chief features Of
trading in the wheat market, and, a result
of the selling pressure, the premium Of this
option overs May cut down materially. A
report that leading elevator interest had pur-
chased in the neghborhood of 10000 900 bushels
of Duluth and Nebraska wheat to be shipped
here for delivery on December contracts was
partly responsible for the heaviness OF the
nearby option. The market displayed consid-
cradle firmness at the start. owing to covering
by shorts based on wet weather reports from
Argentina. A rather weak tone developed owing
to the profit taking In December. but the mar
ket again became quite firm, because of renewed
buying by shorts. prompted by the smallness of
primary receipts the total movement being
about 100000 bushels less than the figures for
the corresponding day a year ago. The range
for the day December was between S1.OSL
and Sl.09A. May sold between $1.067s and
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
Hay md Feedstutrs

The circular of Somers & Co. says OF hay;
In looking the weekly arrivals for the
last month note that there has not
been enough hay arriving to supply the normal
demand in San Francisco. This fact goes TO
show that great many consumers In San
Francisco purchased during the harvest season
as much hay as they could store away, fearing
higher prices later and not wishing TO have to
year. AS the market now Is weaker than Ii has
been. these people will not buy until they have
completely exhausted their present stocks. This
being the case. we certainly VIII see a better
demand for hay In San Francisco little
later
Many have predicted very low prices for
hay during the late winter and spring How
ever. we all realize that prices will depend
greatly on the season. Even though We have
good open season with plenty OF feed, we do
not believe prices Of hay will decline very ma
teriallys for there will probably be an inclination
on the part OF owners Of hay 10 hold their stocks
over into next year rather than sell them at
such lower figures than were prevailing during
the summer MONTHS
Bran-s2e@3O per ton for white and s2s.5o@
20 for red
Middlings-ss6. 5o@s7. so per ton.
Shorts-$31. 50d 33 per ton
Feedstuns-Rolled barley, S31 132; rolled oats
for feed S33.50@345O: mixed feed. s2s633 for
In 10 ton lots $40. in 3 ton lots $4,000, small
lots Sal; cocoahut cake meal at mills. So In
20 and 10 and $3.50 In 5 ton lots; 1obDlng. Sc;
corn meal. $3T03s; cracked corn, $37 ass; al
load lots s23 per ton; red star alfalfa meal. So
for carload and $23 for Jobbing.
Hay-Fancy wheat IS quOtable at $40 and
fancy oat at SIS. The bulk Of the hay sells as
follows: Wheat. S15@1S; wheat and oat. $14
@17; tame oat. s13@15: volunteer wild oat; SO
stock hay $1@10 per ton
Straw-506 6Jc per bale.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS
Cotton Market

NEW YORK Nov. 24.-Hutt0n's wire sayss
The market was weak and active early. Later
there was a good recovery. with the tone
rather Irregular the latter part OF the day.
Early weakness was due to the cables. while
there was free selling reported for foreign ac-
count and considerable selling by brokers',
thought to be for bull interests There was
very little support during the decline. Later In
the session there some support accompanied
by reports that leaders were buying more cot
ton and were still confident OF much higher
prices Locally great deal depends the
technical developments regarding the December
and January. and the ability OF the bulls to ship
the cotton out and Of the bears to get 1t IN.
Yesterday Isl active members OF the cotton
exchange took vote what they believed the
total crop would be. and the average was
IL 231 900 bales the highest estimate ~ 500 900
and the lowest 1O.150OOO This surprised out
siders. who have been led to believe the cror
would not exceed 10. 900. O0O."
MEMPHIS. Nov, 24-The Appeal makes the
crop 10. 167 900 bales
Spot closed quiet. 10 points lower Niddllng
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
Loans. Exchange and silver
STOCK MARKET

A large and varied assortment of stocks was
dealt in on the stock and bond exchange yester-
day. There were sales of Bank of California
at $410, Central trust at $l25 and Fireman
fund insurance at S226 Pacific lighting was
higher at S52. 80, City electric at S41.5o and
Makaweli sugar at S49.75. Sales of bonds We're
$72 600 Union sugar dividend OF 30c
In the unlisted section Pacific gas common
quoted "a $57@5750 and the preferred was
offered at $50. 80.
The Comstocks took turn for the better and
most of the leaders were higher, with increased
activity. In the southern Nevadas Goldheld Con-
advanced by eastern buying TO SS.U2 anu
closed at IS. against 50 on Wednesday: Flor
ence sold up from Wednesdays close of $25i TO
S2.67. Among the coppers Nevada Con- declined
from S2S 70 as Wednesdays close to S27.75,
closing the day at $2S
Sesnon oil dividend of 15c yesterday.
Fifty-seyen oil has levied assessment or &c,
delinouent in office December 27.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
Meat Market

DRESSED MEATS
Slaughterers' rates to dealers and butchers are
as follows:
Beef-els @71ac per lb for steers, s@7c for
cows and heifers.
Mutton-Wethers, S14@1oc; ewes, S@Shc
per ID.
Lamb-1o1a @12c per ID.
Dressed Pork tper lb)-11@12c for light and
9@10c for heayp
LIVESTOCK MARKET
The following quotations are for good. sound
livestock. delivered in San Francisco gross
weight:
No. / fat steers, over 900 lbs. alive, 415c per
lb; under 300 lbs, 4c; second quality, 3A 94c;
third quality, SIC.
No. / cows and heifers. SIC: second quality.
Be; third quality. 211c; common, thin. unde-
sirable cows, &c.
Fat bulls and stays. 2@2Ac; half fat or thin
Caives-Lig6t weight. per lb. SIC; medium.
&c; heavy, 4@41ac.
Sheep lper wethers. No. 1. 5@5Ac;
ewes, 4A@4hac.
Lambs (per lb)-This years milk lambs.
fH Hogs (per lb,-Hard grain fed. weighing 100
to 40 lbs. TIC; 140 to ESQ lbs, III @1&c; 250
to $50 lbs, &c; common. undesirable hogs,
Az @51sc.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
GRAIN MARKET
wheat and other Grains

Wheat-There was not much change In any OF
the worlds markets yesterday. wire from
Chicago said:
Shorts reported nervous in wheat owing to
fair demand for Manitobas and lack OF pressure
to sell Australian and Argentine for future ship
ment.''
The San Francisco market was firm and
CASH WHEAT
California, -; Sonora, 81 50 = Gg2.o71s; Promo
and white Australian, $2@2 10. Northern
pheat-Club 81. .S71a n1.90; Russian red, 81 IA
al so; turkey red, S1.85@190 per ctl; bluestem,
$1.971a@205 per ctl
No business.
Barley-The market yesterday was quiet and
CASH BARLEY
Extra choice feed, $1.471a; good to choice,
81. .45@1 46h; common to fair, 81. 40gl 4212 per
etl; brewing, $1.47la@1.4sA; shipping lots,
$1.41a@1.50.
FUTURES
1920 a. m. Session
May-S1.51 bid $1.511a asked.
December-$1. AN.
2 D. M Session
May-$151A bid, S1.519s asked.
December-$1.44Js bid.
0ats-Previous conditions rule, the market be.
ing we'll supplied and quiet. !
Reds for feed, 81 .60M1.70; reds for Seed $190
@2.15; black, $2.40@2.65 asked; gray, nominal
at $162h Q165; white, $1.60Q1.65 per ctl
Corn-Small round yellow. S1.75; white, 81. S0@
1.S5; large yellow, S1,75@1S0; western states
yellow, in bulk. San Francisco track, $1.63;
Egyptian, $1-571a @1.65; brown do, $1.571a al. 60
per ctl
Rye-western is quoted at s1.so; California,
nominal.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
Flour and Fnrinaceous Gsond.

Flour-California family extras Sc 2OQ6.60 net
without discount bakers extras. Sc. .2OG6. 80;
perfne, $595.30; Oregon and Washington, per
bbl, S5.30G5.50 for family. bakers and patents
and $3.50 for cut on; Kansas patents, s8.25@
$50 do straights. S6.05@6.30; Dakota patents.
$3.50; do straights. $3.50 per bbl.
Farinaceous Goods-Prices In 100 lbs sacks, net
cash, no discount, are as follows: Graham -four.
So per 100 lbs; rye -four. So. so: rye meal So co.
rice -four. 81: corn meal. 81 so; extra cream do
$500; oat meal. $4: Oat groats 81: farina. -;
hominy, $3.50; buckwheat -four, "a. 60; whole
wheat flour, $40; rolled oats, bbl S6.5047, In
sacks S4@650; extra cream do. 81 in sacks and
$3.50 In barrels: rolled wheat. bbls s45e, in
sacks s3.75Q4: pearl barley. $40; split peas
boxes. s5 for yellow and $500 for green per 100
pounds
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-25
10. AnxeIe. Mnrket.

Los ANGELES. Nov 24.-Butter advanced
215 cents a 2 pound roll on the produce exchange
today. Although there was marked activity in
all varieties of garden produce on account OF
the Thanksgiving trade. all other prices re-
manned unchanged.
Receipts Of produce in Los Angeles today
were: Eggs AZ eases. butter. %, $50 pounds :
cheese. 367 pounds: potatoes. 4.01T sacks
onions "a sacks: beans, 10 sacks: sweet pota-
toes 567 sacks; apples. I. $50 boxes
EggsEExtra select. Sc: local ranch. candled
first sic: case count. 4Se; eastern fresh, 35es
storage packed extras. 30c.
Butter-Creamery extra 721ac: eastern cream
ery extras. size; cooking butter. 26c-
Cheese-NOrthern fresh, 196t91ac; eastern
singles 19c: eastern twins. 19619hc; eastern
cheddar1 Ice; eastern lOnghOrn. 20c; eastern
daisy. Zoe; Swiss. imported 32c; Swiss. do
nestle 23c: brick cream. zoe; Hmburger. 20@
Gle: imported edam. sS99. OF II; Oregon
twins 1sc: Oregon daisy. 19c.
Beans-NO- 1 pink. s4-25d435; No. I linas.
s.. 406450. Lady Washington. 81 4-5Os
small whites. S.. .40d5.5O: blackeyes, $3.50; Gar
vanzas 81 so; lentils, 81.
POtatoes-Salinas. S16561.75; Highlands.
81 .20@11-40: Oregon. $1.4O01.5O: local burbankS,
s5c@$1; sweets, yellow, $1-35G1-5O-