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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-11
New York Money

New York August 10.-Money on call easy, 1h to ? per cent; ruling rate, 1& per cent; closing bid IF per cent; offered at 1@ per cent. Time loans easier; 60 days, 2s.93 per cent; 90 days, S14@S% per cent; six months, 4s4@4B per cent Some loans at AZ per cent
 Prime mercantile paper, 51a to per cent sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers bills at $4.S3.50 a4S3.6O for 60-day bills, and at s4S5.80 for demand Commercial bills, s4.S39 4 Ssik. Bar silver, 527s per cent; Mexican dollars. 44c; government bonds steady; railroad bonds irregular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-11
St. Louis Grain

St. Louis, August 1o.-Wheat futures lower; September, 994999ssc; December, s1 .031s@1 .03A. Corn futures firm; Septem- Der, 63ssc; December, 59c. Oats futures firm; September, 344c; December, 36asc. Wheat: Cash lower; track No red, $l.02 01. .0S; No, 2 hard, 991sedS1.06. Corn: Cash higher; tlac'- No. 2 and No. 2 white, 661ac. Oats: Cash steady; track No. ?, BAG; No. white, 37@311ac.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-11

New Orleans Cotton Futures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-11

Tota sales for the day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
"HAPPY TH0UGH MARRIED"
Wives No Longer Nope at Home
While Husband Spends His limo
at the Club

II wives continue to grow sensible
at the present rate, the time will
come when everybody VIII know
how to be happy, though married.
Time was when the picture of the
wife moping at home. while the hus-
band took his night of at the club
was true one 1t isn't SO these days
a writer declares
When the modern husband says to
the modern wife, my dear, I'm go
ing to dine at the club Thursday
night: 1 may be rather late" the mod
ern wife says cheerfully, Very well,
DEAR" and sits down to indite invi-
tations to dozen or so Of her friends
for a nice little hen party for Thurs
day night
And there's just as good a time at
the hen party as the husband is
having at the club. too. There Is a
perfect little dinner of the most ex.
pensive delicacies Of the season, and
then there is bridge. And who wor-
ries about what her husband is doing
at the club when there is bridge to be
played? Not the modern wife.
They play for stakes at these hen
parties, too. In fact, all the comforts
of the club, to change an old saying
a little, are fast being appropriated
oy these poor deserted wives.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
Day oftheHaII Boy

In this day of complaint against incompe-
tent servants of all sorts it is rather remark
able to study the general utility of the apart
ment-house halboy. The resourcefu1 New
York woman finds many uses for the liveried
lad and where he has been tested and found
thoroughly reliable he is often trusted with
responsible duties.
At one of the upper West side apartment
hotels two extremely bright young colored
men have been employed for four years and
the commissions with which they are trusted
are worth studying. One of them was seen at
a neighboring bank the other morning deposit
ing money for three guests at the hotel. Sew
eral other colored boys in uniform were per-
forming similar service. The receiving tel
Ter at the bank explained that many of his
women depostors intrusted this work, espe-
cially on stormy days, to hall boys and eleva-
tor boys and that there has not been single
case of dishonesty or misunderstanding in the
matter
In some houses elevator and hall boys are
not permitted to run errands, the New York
World says. In others, where two or three
lads are on duty, rules are relaxed and super
intendents are glad to let the boys serve the
tenants Naturally the boys like to do the er-
rands, because there is corresponding increase
in their incomes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
The Lost Chords.

The village concert was to be
great affair. They had the singers,
they had the program sellers, they
had the doorkeepers and they would
doubtless have the audience. All they
needed was the piano, but that they
lacked. Nor could they procure one
anywhere.
At last the village organist learned
that one was possessed by Farmer
Hayseed, who lived Eat the top O. the
Ill" Forthwith he set out with two
men and van.
Take 1t, an welcome" said Hay.
seed cordially 1--we no objections
s'long as We put 'Pyenner by Hayseed'
on the program"
They carted 1t away.
AN I wish 'em Joy of It," MUIR
INJURED Mrs. Hayseed, as the van disap-
peared from sight.
wish 'em Joy Of It," repeated Hay
seed. what dye mean?"
well, 1 mean only 'ope they'll
find all the notes they want" replied
the good woman. "Cos, We see, when
I wanted bit o. wire allus went to
the old pianner for it,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28

was again necessary to rent quarters
and more teachers. After ten years
the school has property worth $4,000
and besides Mrs. Geffroy and secre-
tary there are IL teachers. The school
has self-supporting printing plant
and carpenter shops, sewing and cook
ing schools and a kindergarten. The
last term there were in the neighbor-
hood of 300 pupils. Among its gradu-
ates there are four clergymen in mis-
sion fields. There are also two law
yers, ten bookkeepers. four printers
and many women school teachers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
Fortune is a knocker. all right"
A BURNING ERUPTION FROM
HEAD TO FEET
ssS,;ss -s... "

-Four years ago I suffered severely
with terrible eczema, being a mass
of sores from head to feet and for six
weeks confined to my bed. During
that time 1 suffered continual torture
from itching and burning. After being
given up by my doctor was advised
to try Cuticura Remedies. After the
first bath with Cuticura Soap and ap-
plication of Cuticura Ointment en-
joyed the first good sleep during my
entire illness. l also used Cuticura
Resolvent and the treatment was con-
tinued for about three weeks. At the
end of that time I was able to be
about the house, entirely cured, and
have felt no i'll effects since. would
advise any person suffering from any
form of skin trouble to try the Cuti-
cura Remedies, as I know what they
did for me. Mrs. Edward Nenning,
1112 Salina St., Watertown, N. Y,
Apr. II, 1909"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
Chrysarthemums.

Chrysanthemums stand fourth In
commercial Importance among flow
ers. Only the rose, the violet and the
carnation surpass them. and that
chiefly because the chrysanthemum
season Is so short, while the others
can be had from the florist nearly the
whole year round. Greece gave us the
name. Chrysanthemum means gold
en- flower" But the name was invent
ed long before the big butter yellow
globes were known In the occident. It
referred to'.the prevailing gold in the
small varieties that were known.
Strangely enough, the first chrysan-
themum brought into Europe was not
gold, but purple. 1t was a small flow
er about two inches across, shaped
like an aster. Somebody took it to
Europe from China in 1790-and, pres
to, the modern history Of chrysanthe-
NUNS was begun--Argonaut.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
A Protection AGAINST the Heat.

When you begin to think it's per-
sonal matter between you and the sun
to see which is the hotter, buy your
self a glass or bottle of Coca-Cola.
It is cooling-relieves fatigue and
ouenches the thirst. Wholesome as
the purest water and lots nicer to
drink. At soda fountains and car.
donated in bottles-5c everywhere.
Send &c stamp for booklet 'The Truth
About Coca-Cola" and the Coca-Cola
Baseball Record Book for 1910. The
latter contains the famous poem
Casey At The Bat, records, schedules
for both leagues, and other valuable
baseball information compiled by au-
thorities. Address The Coca-Cola CO..
Atlanta. Ga.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
A CAT AND DOG SKIRMISH
In Which the Cunning and Resource
full Cat Won by Superior
StrategicaI Ability.

'T never fancied cats very much"
said a limited lover Of nature, but
certainly the cat Is a fairly courage
Gus animal and more than ordinarily
shifty and resourcefuI, and so IT'S
quite likely to be able to hold its own
against an enemy much larger and
more powerful than itself.
Here was yellow cat moving at
a walk leisurely across the street
while at the same time there was
coming along this block dog. When
the dog saw the cat it started for 1t
as fast as it could go, and when the
cat saw the dog 1t turned on full
power at once and fairly jumped to
clear the remaining space to the other
side Of the street, where 1t halted
with its back against tall iron picket
fence and faced the dog.
Instantly the dog jumped for the
cat, but even more quickly up went
the cats paw to sweep the air down.
ward, and a cats claws are very
sharp and a dogs nose Is very tender
and delicate, and the dog didn't close.
In a moment he jumped for the cat
again, but again the cat clawed him
on, or the fear OF the claws was
enough to make the dog shy again
"But the next time evidently the
dog was going to close In and rough
house things and take the chances;'
and do you know what the cat did
now? The cat Is a very compressible
creature; 1t can get through a very
small space; and now this particular
yellow cat backed in between two OF
those iron pickets to the inner side
Of the fence; but 1t didn't run away.
It stayed right there. close to the in
ner side of the fence, which the dog
couldn't get through, and when the
dog came up for that last time the
cat struck at 1t again through the
fence with that swift, silent sweep Of
its paw, swung this time, as 1t
seemed, with a sort Of savagely cool
contemptuousness Then the foolish
dog ran away.
I'VE may not fancy the cat, but we
should err II we failed to give it at
least some measure of admiration for
the shifty ability with which it holds
its own against its natural enemy"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
What's the Answer?

We're ready to quit! After sending
two perfectly rhymed, carefully scan
ned, pleasurably sentimental pieces of
poetic junk to seventeen magazines
and having them returned seventeen
times, we turn to the current issue OF
a new monthly and find a "pome"
modelled after Kiplings Vampire"
and in which home is supposed to
rhyme with alone, run on page eleven
with all the swell curlycues ordinarily
surrounding a piece of real art. II
roetizing is a gift we are convinced
that this poets must have been. AS
for us, we are on our way to the wood
shed to study the psychology Of the
ak or any other old thing that hasn't
to do with selling poetry to maya
zines.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28

intimated that he was particularly interested
in section of a lumber trust. The Michigan
man said something in retort which lit
tie stronger than statement that the
Mississ1ppian did not know what he was talk
ing about At any rate, Representative Bryd
stripped off his coat and started down the aisle
toward the Republican side, and toward Mr..
Fordney, who stood perfectly still, awaiting the
attack Not many years ago Fordney had
worked in the capacity of what is known
lumber jack and he is as hard as any nail
that driven into board. Before the
Mississippian could reach the scene of intend
ed action, however, he was seized by several
members. and his coat was slipped on to his
back once more. Later, the two representa-
tives made up their differences.
In seven years these are the only instances
which can be recalled at this time of troubles
between members that did, or seemed likely
to eliminate in serious encounters. The truth
is that the house Is seldom "bear garden"
and the best test Of the tempers of the mem
bers was made during the time which pre-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
Real Reading.

In anything ut to be called by the
name of reading, the process itself
should be absorbing and voluptuous;
we should gioat over a book. be rapt
clean out of ourselves, and rise from
the persual, our mind filed with the
busiest, Kaleidoscope dance of i'm
ages, incapable of sleep, or Of contin-
uous thought The words, if the book
be eloquent, should run thenceforward
in our ears like the noise of breakers,
and the story, If 1t be a story, repeat
itself in a thousand colored pictures
to the eye.-Robert Louis Steven
son
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
training Speaking Voice.

Listen to your own voice and try to
hear how 1t sounds. Say few words
and listen If you are not pleased,
try again Take the most melodious
voice you know for model and try to
initiate the information or manner of
speaking 1t Is the information that be-
trays the cultivated person more than
the beauty Of the voice itself, but
quality will follow when the voice is
properly supported by the breath and
not forced
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
Won1an's Splendid Work

Mrs. Mamie Geffroy is the head of
lSt. Pauls school, which is in COM
munity of fisherfolk near Beaufort, N.
! G. Fhe work was begun by her
another, who dying pledged her eight
year-old daughter to take her place.
Mrs. Geffroy took up the work when
she was fifteen by hiring room and
engaging a teacher at five dollars a
month. At first everything had to be
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
Showing Evils of Child Labor.

Illustrations If the work of children
in sweatshop. and tenement factories
are being exhibited in the Church of
the Messiah at New York. The exhibit
is under the direction of the Con-
sumers League of New York, and it is
for the purpose of showing the evils of
child labor. The Church of the Mes
siah is said to have been selected be-
cause of its proximity to the shopping
district, where many of the articles
made by these children are sold for
five and sometimes ten times as much
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28

supplied, even the clothes for the chill
dren to wear at school. One fisher
mans son was put in training for the
ministry and to take charge of the
school after two years, and friend
contributed $500, with which small
schoolhouse was built. At the end OF
two years, when the young minister
returned to take charge, the school
had outgrown the schoolhouse. and 1t
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
Needed POLISHING.

Life" said the pessimist. els a
dreadful bore. don't know what
happiness ia"
Life is all right" rejoined the op-
timistic man. eff you only look upon
the bright side of it."
But my life has no bright side"
protested the other.
Then" said the optimist. "get busy
and polish up one of the dark sides"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
T actfuI.

A woman with pronounced squint
went to fashionable photographer.
He looked at her and she looked at
him and both were embarrassed.
He spoke first.
Wont you permit me-" he said, ito
take your portrait in profile? There
is certain shyness about one of your
eyes which is as difficult in art as it
is fascinating in nature. Beacon.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
The ounter

"You never quote poetry in your
speeches?"
NO." replied Senator Sorghum;
quoting poetry is too often like send
ing an anonymous letter. A man re-
sorts to it when he wants to say
something and shift the responsibility
of authorship"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28

that committee. 1t was great change from
former conditions, and it was direct attack
on the power of the speaker, an attack that
had in it seemingly much that was personal,
although most of the men who had hand In
it, denied that there was any personal feeling.
Men sat white in their seats or stood and
spoke with shaking voices, so tremendous was
the excitement, but during it all each man
kept firm hold on his temper, and while 1t
seemed to the spectators that encounters must
come, they never came, and the change In the
rules was effected, involving as it did, an air.
ing of fractional differences with just as little
outward show of disturbance as would attend
the enactment of legislation of small degree
of interest.
Every man has mannerisas, but of course
in the house of representatives pronounced
mannerisms of the leading members are the
only ones which become impressed upon the
public. Serene E. Payne, the Republican lead
er, is the author of the last tariff bill as 1T
passed the house of representatives. Outward
ly Mr.. Payne suggests condition of mind
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
One BETTER.

Clerk (twenty per)-Why. my boy,
give a whole weeks wages fer
suit of clothes.
Office Coy (three per-That's
nothing, | give whole weeks wages
for Pair CT shoes.-Puck.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28

as the wages paid the workers. In
the exhibit is bunch of pink arti-
fetal rosebuds; by making IL punches.
IA rosebuds, a child earned one cent.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28
Real Reform.

Knicker-What is your idea of mu-
nicipal government?
Bocker-First provide an auto and
then create an office to fill it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28

and temper indicated by the
sound of his first name, but the
Republican leader is not serene
at all times, although he, per-
haps better than any other
prominent man in the house,
keeps control of his emotions.
Mr.. Payne Is fat and he Is
jolly under ordinary circum-
stances. Occasionally when his
good Republican soul Is pierced
by an arrow of sarcasm, invec-
tive or reproach fired from the
Democratic side, Serene loses
his serenity, and he grows quite
hot and emits what some mem
bers have dubbed bolts Of light
ming. On occasions of less heat,
the Republican leader emits
sparks only, but they are of the
kind that burn. There are pos
sibilities of indignation and ar
ger in Representative Payne
that no one would suspect who
looks down from the gallery
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and invig-
orate stomach liver and bowels. Sugar-coated,
tiny granules. easy to take as candy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28

A widow may have words of praise
FOR her late husband. But sleepy
wife, never!
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28

Elevator and hall boys are also intrusted
with all sorts of repairs, sponging. pressing,
dyeing etc. You will see them hurrying
toward the uptown shops, their arms laden
with all sorts of wearing apparel, from silk
hats that need ironing to shoes that need half
soling For such work the boy generally gets
two bits of money, one from the tenant for
performing the errand and another from the
tradesman to whom he throws the work.
A busy time for many of the boys is Sunday
afternoons and evenings, after the delcates-
sen shops open. Then housewives upon whom
unexpected company has descended whistle
for the hall boy, who makes an emergency
run to the nearest purveyor of ready-cooked
food.
On Sunday mornings you will find quite
line of coored boys in uniform lined up at the
branch postoffices in the residence districts.
These represent various apartment houses and
apartment hotels whose tenants want their
mail on Sunday mornings and who club togeth-
er to give the colored attendants small fee
for making the trip to the branch postoff1ce
during the hour at which mail is distributed
every Sunday.
A very common source of revenue for hall
boys is the care of baby buggies Very few
apartments offer room for such vehicles and it
is not always safe to leave them in the base
ment bright hall boy will take care of the
carriage, keeping it cleaned and repaired
locking it with a chain or paddock to some
clean. safe place in the basement and having
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28

the New Workers.
demand for an In
vestigation, and the
whole matter went
by default with the
speeches Of both
men standing in the
Congressional Rec
ord as evidence Of
a warm day in con-
gress.
In a debate on the
tariff last year, the
dry subject of lum-
Der came near
causing a physical
encounter between
Representative Jo-
seph w. Fordney of
Michigan, and Rep
resentative Adam
M. Byrd Of Missis-
sippi. The Missis-
sippian had said
that the Michigan
member was inter-
ested personally in
lumber matters and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28

C e d g d the
change In the
rules Of the
house which
was secured
by a coalition
o { so-called
Insurgent Re-
publicans and
t b e Demo
Gratis. Led by
r e p r e.
sentative Nor
ris Of Ne
braska, the In
surgents and
Democrats to-
gether 8 u c.
ceeded In Ia
king a W a y
f r o M t h e
speaker b | s
membership in
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-07-28

Many man enjoys pipe because
his wife hates 1t.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-13

~eftgter tas lkeuhaod ~ p ;oo huFfsss
reading ami neglect or aeaghnu'
ndafy features
There arr l1sers y BOOKS no read
Don Qairofe eVer me SEARS 81 70
Npi airels Ger sar bat fer The
sappf-ahefnaans VI goea things &
e0nfalr-the eeh sewing 70 $50 a9.
VIE tialgsHce aalvs ilsa ism an5 de-
ttefaas afsarsifies ~ tae here. the
far.iv u is ln i4enfs ani aaesn-
iarrs Far s'uilisr ~ sons PICK
mlcs story fhat ~ READ 8 -eoa
ntahs tsalss tt fhoe nh0 dniiFe ana
DilAans M4e1lth rereai
fsr fs mlsaom an4 insight sml ssn-
gers Hsrdv rer his paetr
and 14a8ft hM marvellous aessrip-
if9ns ~ nature PISS s.ns ~ fn
fSters ana trsg Tptsfn3 war
asa paae viy tear many readings
.a iHs enolasg a. uata. Hs
lfeHith and granaeur Ana hs
isits REGENTS demonstrated ~ qar
sarss aetiar taat %inaeeeats
ttresa ha rsseaa 5aH' good
+. a
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-13

I Thor. - ss.
/ fow nr
s&s
lhE DEMOCRATIC party cannot
hHoTa 70 De forced to adopt the wrong
side OF s moral questioh-RoSwei
LITTLE PHlLAIE Knox had a
snort ~intervieW with has fstAcr
when ne arrived 70 break the news Of
MS wedding What words were ut
tered were also probably spoken by
father.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-13

aeMslg successful man N1m the mn
nsea smile seems only 70 hint II
hspoeracT and the T., ligiotls feeling hs
insists upon Is sceaed at ny fhe prb-
he b a has watched him in action for
forty years.
But this may nor quite fair.
John D. Rockefeller. nearest I'D q Dill
~lionaiFe The world i.as ever seen. 1hs
mosI flint hearted menuI.iiSg that
ever crushed out petty competition. s.
tenty-ole years old. Every second
that deposits rs golden -aiI M hs
strong nnx leads him = hg nearer ts
THE Inevitable. Re ia trying deSpeF-
apiy. to live iong very lang His
health is perfect lie sss eliminated
WORRY and the huan.sa emotions a. Ear
as possible He fu Ai- C~iryeIic
notions upen o wlIsd tn1t must per-
force eat lighti, He plays uolf
with his cutlery II cIri.8i tame tats.
heauss ~ cares SO greatly Tor
rhe game as beeam-e he promises fl.n
renewed vigur. AMI atg tlle time he
remembers. Not fnalg months ago
he s.liG.
once - ~ we're skis Of us-aI
strong men ssp~ia = ia she standard
Oil NoN there arc but four"
Since raen HrEr ffufGesTcn Rogers
mas N1~SaG nar. r3 uHw fiier .re
bar three And u CT these. 20 para
uhFASs q golden poet-
And of these is lean and grows
old