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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
SENSATIONAL JUMP
IN AUGUST COTTON
Prices Are Run Up to Record
for Season of 1890
LATE MONTHS DECLINE
Spot Situation Is Strong and Aided BY
Better Cable News Prices for
August Option Are Well
Boosted
LATE MONTHS DECLINE

New York, August 27.-There was a sem
sational jump in the price of August cot
ton today as a result of covering by some
of the remaining shorts and a new high
record was made for the season, as Au-
gust sold at 1890 or SC points above
the closing price of last night, and SO
points above the low price made yes
terday morning, when notices of delivery
were circulated.
The bulls sold a little cotton on the
advance and there was a little selling by
spot people, probably against a few hun
dred bales of cotton near enough to New
York to be brought here in time for de-
livery on short notices next week. but
while the price broke from the early
high point to 1675c, 1t later rallied to
16 .89c, showing the control of the bull
leaders and closed at IS Soc bid. The big
fluctuations in August had very little eff
feet on the rest of the market and while
August closed at a net advance of %
points later months were to 8 points
lower with the closing tone quiet and
steady.
The.market opened firm at an advance
of &c points on August and to points
on other months, which were influenced
by the sensational strength of the spot
position, better cables than expected and
continued drouth in the southwest As
has been the case on recent bulges, how
ever, the advance was not accompanied
by any broadening of outside demand and
when the upward movement In August
was checked, prices gradually worked
back to a shade under the closing figures
of yesterday under realizing and reports
of improved conditions in Alabama and
Georgia. Estimates as to the amount
of short interest remaining In August
vary from a few thousand bales up to
about $4,000, and after the close of the
market today all sorts of predictions were
heard as to the price likely to be reached
for that delivery before trading in that
position is over all noon next Wednes-
day.
Receipts at the ports today 1850 bales,
against 60S6 last week and 1865 last year
For the week 10000, against 65,476 last
week and 5000 last year. Today's re-
ceipts at New Orleans 26O bales, against
157 last year. At Houston 774S bales,
against 1868 bales last year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
WHEAT ADVANCES
IN ACTIVE MARKET
Heavy Export Takings Figure
in the Rise
MOST NEWS BEARISH
Corn Advances in Sympathy With Wheat
While Cash Offerings Are Small.
Onts and Provisions Are
Also Higher
ny JOSEPH #. pRITcHARD

Chicago. August 27.-(Special. )-Ihe
export takings of 10000 bushels wheat
direct from Chicago today was the
leading bullish influence and prices
showed advances Of x OHIO for the
day. In addition to these sales cables
from Berlin said that purchases OF NO.
Q hard winter were made there lor
shipment via the gulf. Liverpool was
only %QMc lower where sharp
break was expected in sympathy with
the weakness displayed in the Chicago
market on Friday. Prices at Berlin
showed only 40 decline and this be-
cause of profit taking. Antwerp was
off Mc and Paris lost NC for nearby
flour futures, while there was a u C
decline on the deferred months. All
of these markets are expected to sur
fer sharp losses, but 1t will be seen
that they held up fairly well.
Charles B. Pierce, the cash wheat
manager for Bartlett, Frazier, who has
been a bear on this cereal since the
new crop commenced forward, said that
he believed that prices Will do better
Mr. Pierce does not think there Will De
a. runaway market but he does believe
that in case the export demand con-
tinues his ideas will be fulfilled. This
gentleman made the sales OF wheat
here for export today and said thas
!, rocetved a good stiff bid for addt-
tional wheat.
The bulls in wheat will be obliged to
face a set of bearish statistics Mon :
dav morning. Broomhall estimates the
worlds shipments at 100000 bushels'
Russian and Danubian shipments Tor
the week were placed at lo,ooo'ooo
bushels against 100000 bushels
wear ago. While primary receipts OF
wheat for the week were more than
600. 600 in excess for the previous
week. they were 1,572,ooo bushels
larger than for the corresponding Pc
Rod yeSr ago.
Corn was a sympathetic affair." ad-
vanoing 4 q Nc in sympathy with the
upturn in wheat. offerings OF casn
as well as of futures were small ana
Mis- helped the bulls no little. The
country, however, was seiier 81 ~
lures ION the hard spots. Stocks OF
corn at Chicago are small and while
reoeipts are likely to run some larger
in the near future. the trade does not
look for any accumulation as there
have been fair sales made for eastern
Shipment
oats advanced u @ &c. The market
sh owed feeble rallying power. Until the
ca sh demand improves to point where
the weight of the movement ana STOCKS
are not SO heavy the trade believes that
sales will show profits II made on the
hard spots.
The provision market today was
helped by the strength in wheat caus-
ing many shorts to cover and III
vestors to take hold in moderate
fashion. There were advances or 10
M22hc in pork, IN @ 10c In lard ana
@7hc in ribs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
TENDERFOOT AT POKER
Had n Sharper Guessing About That
Sixth Card

From the New York Tribune.
Poor Pat Sheedy," said a sporting
editor, FUSED to entertain me when I
visited his art shop with gambling tales.
There was one tale about a sandwich
that 1 rather liked. 1t seems, accord
Ing to this tale, that a barkeeper in
Tombstone, or Dead Cat some such
town connved with three sharpers and
dear help any tenderfoot that ever ven.
tured to sit in a little poker game among
that crew.
lone night the tenderest tenderfoot
imaginable, after a half dozen drinks In
the saloon, agreed to take a hand in
dollar limit game.
Things went along In the usual way
for while: then an amazing series of
mods and winks began to pass about Tho
bartender had signaled that the tender
foot held four kings on the draw. There
were more mods and winks and betting
began.
I'm the midst of the betting a waiter
brought sandwiches and whisky in order
to distract the tenderfoot and, while
the poor dupe was tossing off his drink,
the sharper next to him slipped a sixth
card on to his hand, thus, OF course. null
ifying It.
1.-The unconscious tenderfoot took UP a
huge sandwich, bit off a large mouthful
and began to bet again. Right and left.
of course. they raised him. He ate on,
and bet away calmly. An enormous sum
lay on the table.
Then. suddenly. the bartender resumed
his mods and winks. He was terribly
excited. Something was wrong. The
sharpers, little anxious. called the ten
derfoot.
1.-The tenderfoot finished the last bite
of his sandwich. took long drink OF
whisky and laid down, his original five
cards. Then. In silence, he gathered In
his vast pile of winnings, and with a
cool nod took his leave.
After his departure there was q teri
rible time.
What the dickens did he do with that
sixth card?' the sharpers cried.
1.-The tenderfoot had eaten 1t in his
sandwich
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
Golf Defined

From the Washington Post.
On the terrace of country club, over
looking a green dotted with sheep, a
group of nongolfers were taking tea.
male nongolfer, who took his tea
through a straw, said thoughtfully:
Golf might be defined as billiards gone
to grass"
Spleen on the green. I'd call It," said
female nongolfer
"Or the last flicker IN tn dying fire OF
athletics" sneered a young football
player.
The misuse of land and language"
suggested tennis champion.
mo, no. you're all wrong" said IA
nous angler. Golf is simply sams
wherein the ball lies badly and the player
we'll"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
The Press Humorfst

IOHl Juu6c.
The eight annual convention Of the
American Press Humorists' association
will be held this year at Montreal. the
first week In August. According to no
less an authority than Newton Newkirk.
the independent of the association, a
convention of press humorists is more
like what you would think an under
takers convention to be.
"But there's reason" TO quote
Mr. Newkirk. THE reason II that
trying to be funny day after to day IL
serious business--the constant effort OF
trying to be humorist at times approaches
tragedy. II you think It is one best
bet that the fellows who make you laugh
are a bunch OF tittering. siggling, chort-
ling, open-faced, roisterfng, rollicking
wags, you would lose your money. II you
think that when they get together they
spring jokes on each other and shed
wit like the sparks from an emery wheel,
you are due to get an awful setback"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
TRADE IS NARROW
IN STOCK MARKET
Little Feature Occurs in the
Days Business
CROP REPORTS ARE POOR
Reports on Industries Are Uncertain or
Irregular and the Bank State
mcnt Does Not Reflect
Any Activity rs.

New York, August 27.-Some pres
sure was shown in today's operations
on the stock exchange but the move
ment was SO dull and narrow as to
be almost featureless. There were fire.
ouent periods of absolute stagnatior
during the brief session. the overturn
aggregating less than 100000 shares
European markets were quiet and prac-
tically unchanged despite continu-
ance of the storm of criticism in Ber-
lin and elsewhere on the continent re-
sulting from Emperor Williams SEN
sational speech on the divine right Of
kings.
Industrial conditions were again
slightly adverse, especially in the. tex
tile trade, where further curtailment
of operations, due to lack of demand
was reported from the New England
mill centers. There was a very market
decrease in idle car equipment, sur
nlusage for the past fortnight being
reduced by almost $1,000 cars.
The commercial agencies reported un-
certain or irregular conditions IN al
most all lines of commerce western
shippers were reported to have out
lined a plan of attack on the pro-
posed advance in freight rates at Mon
davis hearing before the interstate
commerce commission. Weather condi-
,,ons. according to most advices, were
helpful to crops except In Texas, where
a severe fall In temperature excited
some fear of damage to cotton and
corn. In the local cotton market
August options went to a new high
record, advancing SO points at the
opening and other options were up 8
to 10 points, but reactions from these
prices were general before the close Of
the market.
The bank statement displayed the
usual discrepancy in the average and
actual troubles, loans under the for
mer system increasing about $10,500,-
600. While the actual condi-
ton increase was little more than
100000 the actual decrease of re-
serves on all deposits was $1,000, 900
with an actual cash loss of s2,416,0oO.
The net change in cash reserves was
trifling, 1887 per cent, against 1898
per cent the previous week. Loans of
the state banks and trust companies
operating outside the jurisdiction Of the
clearing house fell off s3,600,Ooo with
a small gain in cash.
United States government As ad-
vanced u per cent. The registered As,
VI per cent, and the coupon n per
cent on call during the week. Total
sales of bonds, par value, $412,500.
New York Money
New York. August N.--Money on call
nominal; no loans: time loans very, firm
and dull; go days. 3Q3N per cent; 80 days.
I per cent; months, 3% per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 51hQ6 per cent !;
sterling exchange steady, with actual
business in bankers bills at $S3550
A83.75 for 60-day bills, and at s4.S6.25 for
demand: commercial bills, AS394S31k. Bar
silver, $780, Mexican dollars, 44c; gov
eminent bonds. firm; railroad bonds
steady.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
WANTED

To sell an interest to right
party to take active manage
ment of good paying establish
ed business in Birmingham.
Best reasons for selling an in
terest. Investigate if you have
$4,000 cash and mean bust
ness. j. J. G., care Age
Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
Liverpool Cotton Market

Liverpool, August 81. - Cotton - Spot
quiet; prices points higher. American
middling fair, sod; good middling, s.37d
middllng s23d; low middling, s.13d; good
ordinary, 7S7d; ordinary, 1921. Sales of
the day were 2700 bales, of which 800
were for speculation and export. and in
eluded 1900 American. Receipts 1000 bales,
including 200 American.
Futures opened quiet and closed steady.
August, s.141ad: August-September, 7.S01sd
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 7.Hhd; OctoberNo-
yember, 7.22d; November December,
7.141ad: December-January, 7IEd; Jan
February, lid; February March,
lid; March-April. lid; April-May,
lloyd; May-June, 710aad.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
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Disease of Physicians

From the London Globe.
A French newspaper publishes some
statistics showing the cause Of death In
the medical profession. The figures are
impressive. but there Is no Indication a.
to the source of the information. We
read that a per cent die OF heart dis
ease 20 per cent from nervous affections,
20 per cent from morphia habit, and
per cent from tuberculosis. The prevail
ence of morphia Is ascribed to the fact
that a doctor knows when his malady Is
incurable, and morphia u sought to
soothe the mind.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28

Sweet Potatoes-Per barrel, 81. 1903
Pears-Bartlett. per crate. $3.50; cook
ing, per Dbl. 2.6
Peaches-California, per crate. N.s5.
Plums-California. per crate. 81.
California grapes, $2.75 crate.
Poultry and Eggs
Corrected by Garrett &c Hine)
Hens-Medium, 4oQ6oc; live. per lb.
lac.
Large flyers, 3oqs5c; medium. 2o9&o:
small 1oQ4121sc; per Id. zoe.
Ducks. 259soc; guineas. 3oc; roosters, ac.
Eggs-Fresh candled 25c.
Birmingham Live Stock Market
Corrected by Birmingham Packing Col
Steers, good to choice fat. 500 to 100
lbs. 40f11c.
Steers. medium to good. $50 to 1900 lbs.
SQ3hc.
Steers. good to choice fat. $50 to $50 lbs.
aQ3tc.
2h0sc.
Oxen, good to choice. 21f93c.
Oxen, medium to good. 2@2hc.
Cows and heifers. good to choice, 500
to 1000 lbs. 31sG4c.
Cows and heifers. medium to good.
274dpshc.
Cows and heifers. good to choice, 800
Cows andT haifers. medium to good. coo
TO 800 lbs, 21lD3c.
Yearlings. good to choice. 21z93c
Yeariings. medium to good. 2@2hc.
Bulls, good to choice. 800 to 1900 lbs.
211G3c.
NBuls. medium to good, 800 to 1900 lbs.
HsG3c.
Bulls, medium to good, 500 to 1900 lbs.
2G21Ac.
Gamers, 1Ad1Ec.
Hogs, choice (corn fed), $50 to $50 lbs.
Sc.
Pigs. 80 to 40 Id. WITS. TIC.
Pigs, 60 to so lb. WITS, &c.
Fat cattle, demand good.
Oxen. demand slow.
Yearlings. demand slow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
Hong-KOn~ the Luxurious
m 1arper's Magazine,


Hong-Kong with its luxurious hotels,
is princely clubs, It's rich and infiuen-
tial banks. housed In splendidly con-
structed and beautiful designed build
ings; It's shipyards and craving docks
able to care for the largest vessels; Its
miles of warehouses bursting with
wealth; its yellow sailed fleets laden
with silks. tea, sugar and precious
porcelains; its commerce almost as
great as that of New York; it's botanic
gardens hung amid delightful villas
overlooking a herbor that is a city in
itself, and that floats 10000 sail; Hong
Kong with its wonderful temples of
ornate teak roofs; its idols of a humid
red scots, its French cathedral. lis
forts garrison and naval life; its Happy
Valley race course-all at the end OF
white mans civilization. Supreme from
the peak on which 1t rests, in well-bred
aloofness 1t looks askance at sordid
Asia whence 1t sprung.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
Treasury Statement

Washington, August 27.-The condition
of the treasury at the beginning of BUSH
ness today was as follows:
Trust Funds-Gold coin. $500, 1856 900; sill
yer dollars $466 1853, 600; silver dollars of
1890, $685. COO; silver certificates outstand-
ing, $4Ss. 1853, 600.
General Fund-Standard silver dollars In
general fund, $5920,64S; current liabilities
500, 769 799; working balance in treasury
offices, $26.219, 132; in banks to credit Of
treasurer of the United States, $3.50, 2sS 954
subsidiary silver coin, $40, 40. 40; minor
coin. $97S.044; total balance in general
fund, $s5, 399,021.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28

New York, August 27.-The market for
eoffee futures opened steady at unchanged
prices to an advance Of points and at
nrst ruled somewhat Irregular with Au-
gust and September easing of points
under scattering liquidation attributed to
the circulation OF notices for the delivery
Of between 5000 and $1,000 bags on Sep
TENDER contracts. Later positions, how
ever, showed firmness owing to the
strength OF the outside markets, and
when 1t was found that the leading trade
interests had stopped all the notices is
sued the whole market advanced on COW
ering of shorts and general buying. The
close was firm at a net gain of 10 to 10
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter

New York. August 27.--Liverpool sent
good cables, but the market received
them with apathy, and is waiting for the
bureau report Of September 3 The
new crop reports are generally good.
Bradstreet is hopeful for Texas. The
Journal of Commerce good. with the
future Ringing upon the date Of frost.
Weekend figures we're not significant and
the disappearance Of the tropical storm
left the market without interest. August
was bid sharply up at the opening on
short covering to $1,000, advancing the
general market in sympathy. but the trad
ing was local and the improvement on
new crops was not held.
There is little buying power as the week
closes, and the weight of the early move
ment Is soon to be felt.
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New Orleans. August 27.-Spot cotton
quiet and unchanged. Sales on the spot
none, to arrive 80. Low ordinary. Ii 9-16c
ordinary. u $50 nominal; good
ordinary, 10 1876; strict good ordinary,
Ia 3-16o; low middling, IA lie; strict low
II 3-4c; middling, 15c; strict mid
ding, 10 3-16c; good middling, Is $50;
strict good middling, Is 9-16c; middlng
fair, Is 11-16c; middlmg fair to fair,
Is 1-16c: fair. 16 7-16c nominal. Receipts,
$50; stock, 2o,066.
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Of the morning, with the result that
prices were put 6 to points under yes7
terday's last quotations vn the more act
i've months. This decline, however, was
the opportunity many shorts were look
ing for to cover over Sunday on, and
their purchases gave the market steady
tone. The market closed at net de-
cline of to points.
New Orleans Cotton Futures.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Pig Iron
Meats

Meats
Corrected by Southern Beef ana FRO
vision Company
Lard, 1870; compound, INC.
Clear bellies, 15i4c.
Rib bellies, 1sc.
d. S. short ribs. 14lkc.
D. S. fat backs, 121tc.
Smoked clea- bellies. 171hc: fancy, lSHc
Hams, smoked, 1sc; California H.
Bacon. fancy, 2e1sc; medium, 24c
Pork loins. 15c: spare ribs, ice.
Ham butts, 14c Boston butts. 1910.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
Edition Exhausted

from EveryDOuy HagHzINe
A western bookseller wrote to house
in Chicago asking that a dozen copies of
Canon Farrar's Seekers After God" be
shipped to him at once. Within two days
he received this reply by telegraph:
mo seekers after God In Chicago or
New York. Try Philadelphia"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
Naval Stores
WHAT Is PASTRY
Dictionary md New York Court nj
Odds Over Delicacy

From the New York World.
According to the latest edition of Web
ster, pastry" as a term applies to .arti-
cles OF food made of paste or having n
crust made Of paste, as pies. tarts. etc"
But the appellate term, affirming the
opinion of lower branch, holds that rice
pudding Is pastry. We trust that we are
conveying no contempt of court in de-
claring strongly that we should not care
for that kind of rice pudding. We defer
becoming1y to-
Poetic Justice, with her lifted scale,
Where In nice balance truth with gold
she weighs,
And solid pudding against
the defendant in the case. Presumably
learned judges may at their discretion
override dictionaries and a proper taste
In desserts. Besides, we remember that
before the tribunal of the tariff frogs'
legs have been put in the classification
of dressed poultry.
Our anxiety would be merely that the
province of legal definition should not be
extended too far up and down the menu.
The peril of giving bad names to good
things on technical points would be too
easily imminent. For instance, straw
berries and cream are caviar to some
people. while mlncc pie is bad medicine
to many. But 1t would not elevate these
generally grateful dishes in the popular
esteem to have them described ,judicially
as preserved shad roes and as deleterious
drugs.
Along with the rice pudding affirmation
by the court runs the deduction that
prunes are not pastry. With this line we
concur. though they do on occasion bake
Hastily into npky crusts. Authority, Dick
ems, j.. card Of Little Dorritt' ct al.
Papa, potatoes. poultry. prunes, and
prism. all very good words for the lips
especially prunes and prism"
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Corrected by Douglas Bros,
Appes-Per bbl., 1904.
Oranges-California, Sc.
Pineapples. 1.75.
Lemons-Fancy, SG.50@7.
- Lines Imported. per 100, 75cG$i.
Irish Potatoes-New stocks per bushei.
90cMS1.
Cabbage-virginia, 1lkc.
Onions-Red Globe, 21Rc h.
Navy Beans-Choice Michigan. per bu.,
81 90.
Lima Beans-Per ID. &c.
Peas Virginia black-eye, per bu., So. 50.
Spanish onions per crate, SIZE.
Celery--Fancy, per crate. $50; per
dozen, 75c.
Tomatoes--Florida, per crate, $293.
New snap beans, per hamper, S1d11 .25.
Peaches-Georgia, per crate, s.. 5003.
Observation-Disclosures, each. 15025c.
Captaloupes-s2Q2.50 per crate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-28
Manchester Cloth Market

Manchester, August 27.-The cloth mar
ket remains firm with a good inquiry, but
the buying is only on a moderate scale. A
fair amount of business was done for
China and Bombay. the former purchasing
cloths and fancy goods. South American
operations were small
Yarns are not in general demand, but
the sales make a fair average In the ag-
gregate. Quotations are about an eighth
higher.
Dry Goods
New York, August 27.-Being a short
day trading was naturally small in dry
goods, but still the amount of business in
cotton goods gathered by first and sec
ond hands brought the total for the week
up to good proportions. There is more &C
ITCHY In linens for both immediate ship
ment and for late delivery. An increased
demand for spot burlap was noted
throughout the week and the mills adj
vanced their prices slightly on goods for
future deliveries.