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CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. August I3.-Circumstances
affecting the foreign demand for wheat
had a buliSh cast today and prices here
turned upward. Unfavorabe reports We're
received in regard to the Argentine
drought and to wet weather in southern
Russia and in Roumania. The Liverpool
market was excited and higher. and Ant
werp showed an advance Of SIS for the
week, both centers being governed by
fears of general scarcity of supplies. Sen
timent here leaned to the bull side. al
though Chicago has received 6,I14OO
bushels of wheat in the last two weeks,
the largest run in more than four years
during the first fortnight of August. Ar
rivals for the corresponding time last
wear were only 4,5noO0 bushel; Opening
prices here were Lar to Il higher. with
September covering the extreme range at
OH TO 1032s. reaction to 1.O2Isa1 03
was followed by a rally to- 1884.
4 general rush to sell corn resulted
parently progressing eastward across dis
tricts that have been suffering from lack
of moisture On the ensuing decline the
property was absorbed by resting COM
mission orders. September started u TO
lI-c down at "a to o. wider range than
was shown by any other month Com
parative steadiness was reached at 64a.
oats were weakened by the big receipts
although demand from the east has been
active. September opened a To l.aas off
::67sa3I to 81. Later the market touch
90 37ls
There was practically nothing in the
were 2ia lower TO ~ higher with the
September delivery AT II - for pork. / I 81
Tor lard and ITO for ribs. Some further
advances were recorded.
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COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. August 13-The cotton
market opened steady at an advance
OF point on August and July, but
generally 2a5 points lower under scat
terlng liquidation and local bear
pressure encouraged by prospects Of
showers or rains in droughty sections
OF Iexas over Sunday. The bullish
statistics, more favorable reviews OF
the dry goods trade and the increased
business reported in print cloth at Fall
RIVER for the week encouraged con-
siderable buying on a scale down, how
ever. and after selling off to net loss
or about 4a10 points the market be-
came comparatively quiet and steady.
Stop-loss orders were uncovered later.
and the market sold off sharply under
the Texas rain predictions. The close was
steady, however, with prices net 11a2o
points lower.
Estimated receipts of cotton at the ports
today. 1900 bales against 942 last week
and 2,0S6 last year: for the week. $1,000
bales. against II .301 last week and 14,39S
last year. Today's receipts at New Or
leans. 20 bales, against Ss7 last year.
and at Houston, 4,1iO bales, against 6O2
last year.
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CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET.

CHICAGO. August observation-disclosures
estimated at 800; market steady: beeves.
.61iaS.2J: Texas steers, '''oaJ@: west
ern steers 4.OOa6T5; stockers and feed
ers, 4OOa6 -: cows and heifers. 40
calves 650aS.JO. Hogs-Reccipts esti
mated at 5000: market strong: &c higher;
light, s.55a9.05: mixed. I.95as.91: heavy.
4 IOaS.5J: rough. 1I0a1.90; good to choice
heavy, 7.3oas.:I5; pigs. S.fDa9.o5; bulk of
sales. s.ooas35 Sheep-Receipts esti-
mated at 1900: market steady; native
:. 2Ja4 "a: western, 2.J0a42 p: yearlings,
4UOaa.4O: lambs, native, 4.25a6.75; west
ern, 2Js6.GO
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. August 13.-Cotton-Spot
dull. prices unchanged: American mid
ding. S3i; low middling. ST; good or
binary, 7.95: ordinary, 10. The sales of
the day were 1000 bales, of which 400
were for speculation and export, and in
cluded :'.2tO American. Receipts, 1900
bales no American. Futures opened dull
and closed quiet: August s.O3 August
and September, 7.7712: September and Oc-
tober 1.31R: October and November.
7.20la: November and December, 7.11k;
December and January, 7OS12; January
and February. los; February and March,
1.OS; March and April 7OS; April and
May. 1.U71s: May and June, 7O71s.
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MOVED BY PATHETIC LETTER,
Rev. z. H. Copp Hopes to Find Work
for Correspondents Father.

Rev. Zed III. Copp, probation officer,
has located the little girl who wrote
him last week a pathetic letter asking
him to procure work for her father
and failed to sign her name or give her
address. y second letter was received
from her, in which the missing par
ticulars were given. with due apology
for her previous oversight, which, she
said was due to worry.
Mr.. Copp thinks he can secure work
for the father, and will at once. ser
about doing it, He does not care, how
ever. to give the name and address of
his little correspondent at present. be-
yond saying that she is thirteen years
old and lives in the southeastern soc
ton of the city. He says he will be
glad 20 hear from any one who can
furnish work for the girls father.
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BALTIMORE.
special Dlsnatch to The Star.

Special DlSpatCn 10 Inc star
BALTIMORE, Md, August 13.-Whes,-
Firmer: spot contract, 1.G}2a: spot No. y rcd
western. 1.O5s.: August. 1859 September
1851. December. 1oI@4a1.os: steamer
No. 2 red. 91$4: receipts. o3.1S4 bushels;
southern. by sample S2a1.Oo: southern on
grade, 3s1aa1.oi12.
Easier; spot contract. 80; receipts
IL f7f; bushels.
Oats-Steady; No. white. old 4ia3JI.
new. ga soy; No. white old, 4{a44: No
mixed. Old 42izai3: receipts, 20 loo bush.
els.
Rye Dull: No. . western. domestic, 76a
-: receipts. 1871 bushels.
Hay-Firm. unchanged.
Grain freightS-Steady, unchanged
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The Age Limit at Eastwood Corners
From Puck.

these parts went into the union thev,ya
had trouble with old man Medders. They
objected to his policies on the age limit
last week the union called strike and
Labby futile jest left his plow at the
further side of the field and struck
Hiram-Age limit? Medders hain't q
Osler man, Is he?
Silas-No. The union demanded that
his hired girl be under thirty-five.
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A Sure Sign.
From Puck.

Skidders-I noticed today that McPneu.
matte, whose creditors forced him to sell
his touring car, is on his feet again.
Sparks-How do you know he's on his
feet?
Skidders-How? Why, / saw him rid
ing TN his new seven-thousand-dollar
auto.
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METAL MARKETS.

NEW YORK. August 13.-The metal
markets were nominally unchanged to-
day in the absence of exchanges Tin
Firm, 33.G0a33. -. Copper-Firm. lake.
l2sl 1sa13.V0: electrolytic. 12.jOa12.75, and
casting. 1225a12.5O Lead-Dull. f. 4Oa4 80.
Spelter-Quiet, 5.3Ja5.4O. Iron-Unchanged
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Fine Graft.
From Puck.

From PuCk
THE proudest boast of the old-time
robber barons was that they never rob-
bed a poor man."
Those fellows were amateurs at the
game" explained the great captain of
Industry, land didn't understand how
much money there was In It,.
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NEW YORK BANKS.

ment of the clearing house banks for
the week shows that the banks hold
$50. 259,S75 more than the requirements
of the twenty-fve-per-c reserve rule.
This is an increase of $f,21S.47J in
proportionate cash reserve, as COM
pared with last week. The statement
follows
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. August 13.-Wheat-Spot
dun. 80 . rcd western winter no stock !.
futures steady; October. as Esd: Decem-
ber. = 1oasd: March. as 1o'sd-
Corn-Spot firm: old American mixcd
rs I'D; futures quiet; September, Is 1od :
October, Is lod.
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FOREIGN BANKS.

LONDON. August 13-Bullion amount
ing to $4,000 was taken into the Bank
Oh Ensiand today and 100000 was with
drawn for shipment to Constantinople
PARIS August 13.-Close: Three per
cent rentes, ?If 45c for the account Ex-
chahge on LONDON, 2of 2219c for checks.
BERLIN. August 13.-Exchange on
London, 20 marks AK pigs for checks.
Money. 31a per cent. Private discount
rate, 33s per cent
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LONDON MARKET.

LONDON. August 13-American securi-
ues opened steady on the stock exchange
mere on the favorable statement of the
Hartman lines. Later prices improved
on light covering orders and the market
closed firm and well over parity.
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Instinct.

From Puck.
Sick Magnate feebly)-What is that on
the table there?
Secretary-That? That is the doctors
medicine case
Sick Magnate relieved)-Thanks. l.
er-thought ii was a camera,
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Large Airy Room.
From Puck

PROSPECTIVE Summer Decentralization a
peculiar apartment. isn't IT?
Rural Landlord-Well. ye see. I'm the
town constable an the Jail bein' empty
this time O. year. I thought | might jest
as well make little extry money durin
the summer season.
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What He Had.

From the Louisville Courier Journal
"well, I think the doctor is abou,
through with me. Told me my ailmen,
| Is practically cured
What did you have?"
Two hundred dollars, originally"
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One Who Did.

From the Chicago Irlbune.
Samson bowed himself with all his
might, and the great temple collapsed.
Yes, there is one mighty athlete in his
tory who "came back"
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FALL BUYING IS ON
Stimulates Trade in Eastern
and Western Markets.
GIVE ORDERS WITH CARE
Dealers in Some Lines Waiting for
Possible Lower Prices-Dull
Among Industrials.

NEW YORK, August 13-Bradstreet' s
says today:
Increased arrivals of fall buyers and a
measurable increase in house trading re-
sulting from favorable weather are fea-
lures reported at leading western and
eastern markets. Heaviest buying is,
however. by converters and manufac-
turers. and jobbing sales are mainly of
small quantities, for which buyers see
ready sale. --.---s+
Retail trade shows relatively less ex-
pansion. awaiting, apparently, a freer
movement of crops to market, though the
retail business has greatly been stimu-
lated at Chicago by a largely attended
convention of leading fraternal order
at that city.
Iron and Steel Quiet.
Among the industries iron and steel are
quiet; the quietest of the year, in fact,
according to leading trade authorities.
Inc August report of untitled orders on
hand by the leading interest is of a re-
duct.on for the past month, not, how
ever. as large as the average monthly
fe0uct1on noted in the preceding quarter
ESTIMATES of iron ore shipments on the
iakes tend to decrease. Finished lines
OF iron and steel are not greatly changed.
demand for material from automobile
manufacturers is quieter. In cotton goods
there Is an Increased firmness noted,
widespread curtailment and high raw
material price making holders less in
cnheo TO consider any but top prices.
IN the building industry the pause in
olcated IN early preliminary reports is
confirmed by later advices The lumber
trade is quiet land some price concessions
are noted.
Shoe Dealers Buying Carefully.
Shoe dealers are reported buying care
fully from eastern manufacturers beIiey-
ing that lower prices are possible. Wor-
sted manufacturers have done better so
far in the line of spring goods than have
wooden manufacturers
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending August IL were 23l
against 166 last week, 219 in the same
week Of 1901, 40 in 1908. LAG in 1907 and
LAB in 1905
Business failures in Canada for the
week number 20, which compares with
- for last week and "a in the CORES
ponding week of 1909
Wheat. including flour, exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending August II aggregate 1,2o6-
ia bushels. against 1,27j.I3 last week
and 1.IS3.I55 this week last year. For
the six weeks ending August II exports
are 7,549957 bushels. against S.714,OA in
the corresponding period last year Corn
against 419154 last week and 100. 400 in
1909 For the six weeks ending August
IL corn exports are 1908 298 bushels,
against 527, JO4 last year
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Treasury Statement.

The condition of the Treasury at the beginning
OF business today was follows:
TRUST FUNDS
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Edward c. Fowler, sixty-six years old
died Wednesday at his home near West
minister. Md. His wife died July - He
Vs. i'll only day with apoplexy
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SiIe-I don't see why women shouldn't
make as good swimmers, as men.
He-Yes; but. you see, a swimmer has
to keep his mouth Shut.-Illustrated Bits
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Paulhan Gets Rich Quickly.

There is no man who has made so much
money so quickly as Louis Paulhan. Two
years ago he was a French mechanic
earning $40 a week. and he was good
mechanic, too. Since then he is reported
to have accumulated S2O0,O0. and in the
prizes he has won it is possible to trace
about Sl.OOO0. He was given $4,000 for
the single flight from London to Manches-
ter. Now he announces that he has re-
tired from public exhibitions and will de-
vote himself to the manufacture of flying
machines.
Two Frenchmen who have grown rich in
the flying machine business and who have
never made any public flights or won any
prizes are the Voisins. They were orig
inally employees of NJ ArchdeacOn, a
wealthy patron of mechanical flight, about
two years ago. They now have big
factory of their own and their name is
known over the whole world.
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ALL UP BUT COPPER
General Advance in Quoted
Values of Securities.
SMELLING SHOWS STRONG
Influenced Entire List in the Up
ward Movement.
TRAFFIC COND-AiONS IMPROVE
Reports Show Decrease in Number
of Idle Freight Cars-Mer-
camille Loans Firm.
SMELLING SHOWS STRONG
TRAFFIC CONo-Ai0NS IMPROVE

NEW YORK August 13.-The rising
tendency of stocks at the opening of the
stock market was common to the whole
list, Amalgamated Copper offering the
only important exception. Chesapeake and
Ohio rose !, and Northern Pacific, Great
Northern preferred, Brooklyn Transit and
Central Leather large fractions. The de-
mand was in good volume and well dis
trbuted
a slight reaction in prices was followed
by all upturn again. in which the strength
OF American Smelling was an influential
factor. Reading, Union Pacific and South
ern Pacific continued their advance o.
yesterday in a moderate way.
Other Gains Recorded.
American Smelling. Allis-Chalmers pre-
ferred and United Railway Spring gained
2 the preferred pa. United States Rubber
IA, and Reading /, and Great Northern
Ore certificates /. Central Railroad of
New Jersey sold at $50, compared with
24S the previous sale, July %. the low
point of the year.
The market closed firm and dull. Read
ing rose Is. in all, st. Paul preferred =,
Louisville and Nashville 1la, Sheffield
Steel and Westinghouse Electric 1h2 and
st. Paul, Iowa Central preferred. Kansas
City Southern preferred. United states
Steel and National Lead !. The crop
news was hopeful and the bulk of the
New York banking surplus was assumed
to promise more freedom in extending
mercantile credit.
Fewer Idle Freight Cars.
The decreasing surplus of idle freight
cars gave an encouraging index of traffic
conditions The market was narrow and
congested in three or four stocks.
Money on call nominal. Time loans
steady; sixty days. ) per cent, and ninety
days, 3a4a4: six months, 4f4a5.
Prime mercantile paper, 51s to per
cent; sterling exchange strong, with ac-
tUal business in bankers bill at 4S3.6Oa
5>3.I0 for sixty-day bills and at iSJ. iJa
1888 for demand. Commercial bills,
4S3lsa4S:,ss Bar silver, 53A. Mexican
dollars, "A. Government bonds steady.
railroad bonds firm.
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Bleriot Wins Little in Flights.

Bleriot has never made any money to
speak of in exhibition flights. Up to the
time he flew a monoplane 100 yards, in
June. 1908. he was reputed to have spen,
1.aO.OOO francs in experiments After that
he won the five-thousand-dollar prize for
the flight across the English channel and
had several fairly profitable exhibition en-
gagements in Europe when the sport was
very new But the only place that he
really made money was in manufactures
One of his machines costs about 81, 800
and he has sold over two hundred of
them.
Roth the Farmans. Henri and Maurice
have made more money out OF selling ma
chines than they have in flying them.
In England the sport is largely in the
ands of wealthy amateurs, and, In spite
of the fact that there have been some big
prizes given there. 1t has cost most OF the
fiers money to win their prizes. Most of
the actual operators of machines now are
working for wages
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Plan of Conservation.

1.-The demand for conservation is good
enough, but it must not go so far as it
does at present. Capital is readily
frightened and the fact is that popula-
ton. in Alaska is at present not increas-
ing because intending immigrants do not
know what they can count upon. To me
it appears that Alaska resources, es-
pecially it's coal and timber, could be de-
vcloped under the control of United
States commission something like the in
terstate commerce commission, COM
mission which shall determine how fast
coal may be taken out or timber cut,
what royalty shall be paid to the govern
ment, perhaps even what per cent Of
profits should be permitted to be made
by promoters and corporations who de-
sire to work these resources.
But the present state of affairs is GER
tainly not ging, and if persisted
in will drive away good part of the
comparatively small population in Alaska.
not to say that it will not bring additional
people"
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The World of Finance and Trade.
Washington; New York; London
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co, bank
ers and brokers, Hibbs building, mem
bers New York Stock Exchange, Wash
lngton Stock Exchange and Chicago
Board of Trade
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A Sportsman's Qualities.

Now the indispensable qualifications OF
a good shot are sureness of eye, steadl-
ness of nerve and hand. cool and prompt
decision. Without these a man may be
a sportsman, but he can never be an ex-
pert sho;. He could never face with
equal mind the tiger or the buffalo, or
even the pheasant and the snipe.
Sureness of eye and steadineSs of nerve
and hand may be gifts of nature, but like
all such gifts they require care and cul-
tivation. No qualities of the body and
mind are more sensitive to the conditions
of mans life: none deteriorates more
rapidly from abuse. none respond more
readily to self-control.
To remain a good shot after forty is
the best test mOny any man can produce
of temperance in all things, of a life SO
tons are unimpaired. The people Of this
Country-and least of all the people OF
the north. where sport is an instinct and
an obsession-need no assurances on this
point either from the press or the pulpit.
They know what sport demands and
what training insists upon.
There is another sure test of character.
1t Is the estimation in which a man is
held by friends and family. No king has
friends more devoted than those of King
George. Many of the members of his
household have been his intimates from
youth: some have served with him in the
navy: all have watched his career at
close quarters, and all are unanimous in
praise of his character and capacity.
This is the deliberate judgment also of
many who have had opportunities of OBJ
serving and are not likely to be influ-
enced by the hope of personal recogni-
ton or reward.
OF the kings domestic life an idyll
might be written-an old-fashioned idyll
such as the English people love. There is
in this land, where family life is happily
still more than tradition, no more de-
voted husband and father-none who can
look back upon the past with a clearer
conscience.
His life in this respect is absolutely
void of offerse. Upon this we have the
testimony of the friends of his youth
and the written word of his father, who,
when Prince of Wales. thought it neces-
sary to destroy one OF those romances
which morbid imagination weaves about
a royal palace in the belief that the mar
riages only of commoners are made in
heaven.
Those who know King George and
Queen Mary know better. There rs no
shadow over the past.
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Curtiss Picks Up a Few Dollars.

Next to the Wrights. the best rewarded
American flyer is Glenn Curtiss. Nobody
among the general public recognized him
as an international figure until he went
to Rheims in the summer of 1909 and cap
tured the International speed cup. Count
ing the prizes that he won at Rheims and
Brescia Curtss probably cleaned up be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 on that Euro
pean trip. He was the representative of
the Aero Club of America at the Rheims
meet, and probably the most of his win
nings were clear profit.
When Curtss returned to this country
he had several contracts to fly, and while
it was not publicly announced what he
was given for flying at Chicago Los An
geles and other places, it is pretty safe
assumption that he cleaned up $4,000
more. AS he was paving his own expenses
and those of his assistants, this was Of
course not all clear profit.
Then Curtiss won the $4,000 prize for
the flight from Albany to New York, and
this was pretty nearly all velvet. Any
how he gave the check to his wife
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May Supply Local Needs.

From all l could see and learn, it may
be possible for certain districts to raise
a moderate amount of agricultural prod
ucts for need of these districts, but sc
far as the possibilities of Alaska becom-
ing an export country for agricultural
products, that is entirely beyond expecta.
tions.
THE three great staples, if you may
call them such, which Alaska can de-
pend upon are metals. fish and coal. Fish
cries appear to be very prosperous. Met
ais need railroads and wagon roads to
be built to reach the different deposits.
Coal is awaiting the establishment of a
policy by the government for its de-
velopment. At present coal in Alaska is
worth something like s12 a ton. 1t is al
together British Columbia coal. If the
Alaska coal mines were opened it prob
ably could be furnished for s1.75 to per-
hapS s.; ton.
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TELLS ALASKA'S NEEDS
JACOB H. SCHIFF BACK FROM
TOUR OF INSPECTION.
One of Things He Urges Is a Wise
Policy of Conservation by
Government.

NEW YORK. August 13.-Jacob H
Schiff, who has been in Alaska partly or
pleasure and partly to look into the in
vestment possibilities of that district, re-
turned to New York Thursday and wen,
straight to the Office of Kuhn, Loeb
Co. In view Of the Ballinger-Pin-
chot controversy there has been a good
deal of interest in Wall street in Schiff's
observations. He gave his opinions in
this form:
The situation in Alaska appeared tC
be this: There is no doubt that there is
considerable mineral wealth in the coun
try. The agricultural possibilities are no,
great. In the first instance the country
Is very hilly, to large extent arid, but
what is most against it is the short sum
mer season.
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Pa. Con. -. 1D1J. 9J1s 9o7s 3o1s 9jl
Union Pac. Con As. 1O4ss 1O49s 1O4ss 1O4'
L. S. Steel I'd 5s.... 1O3 1O3 1925 1O2