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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24

Birmingham Special, :" Quickest and best way to New York. Leaves 9::30 a. m.
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York. December 23.-Cotton seed oil was a shade higher on scarcity of crude offerings. covering ahead of the holiday and local bull support Futures closed 1 to points net higher. Total saies, 92O0. There will be no session Of this market tomorrow. December, 7.35q 7.4Oc: January, 7.2907.31 February, 7.S2@ 7.3sc: March, 737G7. 3Sc; April, 7.Ss@. 4Sc.
 Prime crude, 6.33@6. 40c; prime summer yellow, 7.35g750c; prime winter yellow, 7.O@Sc prime summer white. 7.40QSc.
 New Orleans, December 23.-Co<ton seed oil: Prime refined in barrels, per pound, 7.2Oc. Choice meal. 8 per cent ammonia, per long ton, s2s.25; choice cake. Der cent ammonia, per long ton, %7.25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24
Kansas City Grain

lures. May, 94ssG941kc sellers; July. so3so bid. Corn, May, 46h sellers; July, 47@ 471sc sellers. Cash wheat unchanged, nominal; No. 2 hard, 91Q98c; No. red, 956961kc. Corn unchanged; No. 2 white and No. mixed, 43s4c. Oats unchanged; ; No. 2 white, 32@S3c; No 2 mixed 31Gs2c
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St. Louis Grain
 St. Louis, December 2s.-Wheat, futures higher: December, ssssc; May, 97ss@97,ac; July, 921eQp92ssc. Corn higher; May, 47@ 47ho July, 4s04s1sc. Oats steady; Decem- Der, 31%c; May, 3s5sc. Cash wheat steady; track No. red, 98@975c; No. 2 hard, s21s@99c. Corn steady; track No. ? and No. white, 451sc. Oats steady; track No. 2. 31AQ321sc; Mo- white. 3s1kc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24
Taking of American Cotton

cent ammonia, per lonS toh' >ei'No'
 Taking of American Cotton
 New Orleans, December 23.-Secretary Hester gives the taking of American cot ton by spinners throughout the world as follows in round numbers
 This week this year, 351,000, against 225, GOO last year, 952000 year before last.
 Total since September 1 this year. 4.- 446,000, against 4,420,000 last year and 4.- 790,000 the year before.
 Of this northern spinners and Canada took 1. .155 900 bales this year, against 1,094, coo last year and 1,371,000 the year before, southern spinners, S63,00o, against SS0o0O last year and SS4,O00 the year before; and foreign spinners. 2,42S,00O, against 2,446,- 900 last year and 2,535, 900 the year before.
 Weekly Cotton Statement
 New Orleans, December 2S-Secretary Testers weekly New Orleans Cotton Elk change statement, issued before the close of business today, shows an increase Tn the movement into sight compared with the seven days ending this date last year in round figures 156,000, g. decrease under the same days year before last of 35, ,O0t and a decrease under the same time in 1907 of 400.
 For the B days of December the totals show an increase over last year of 712,- GOO, a decrease under the same period year before last of 134,000 and an increase oyer the same time in 1907 of 1Ss,0O0.
 For the IA days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is ahead of the IA days of last year 94s,000, behind the same days year before last 437,000 and ahead of 1907 by 1,612,0O0
 The amount brought into sight during the past week has been 4S1,569 bales against s25.21S for the seven days ending this date last year. by 5l6,694 year before last and 4SS.044 the same time in 1907; and, for the 23 days of December 1t has been 1.72s,14S. against 1,O16SSs last year. 1,se2,- 9Sl year before last and 1,54,46 same time in 1907.
 The movement since September shows receipts at all United States ports 6.703,- 80. against 4.s6S,5S5 last year, ,25S year before last and 4.564,S64 same time in 1907. Overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24
LOCAL SECURITIES

'otaI sales for t he day, 112,20 shares.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-24

son ............. S,070,78s z,147,I5G Add 1S4 bales to receipts of season.
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New Orleans Cotton Futures.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05
DIDN'T SEE 1T THE SAME WAY
Father Of Young Missionary Disagreed
Violently with Popular Chinese
Custom.

The young missionary relighted his
cigar.
<<In China, father" he said, I'D have
no trouble in selecting present for
you"
MOI" queried the old man.
NO" said the missionary, witt a
hearty laugh. "The most desirable
present to give old folks is coffin, in
China. Ha, ha, ha! And old folks
like yourself don't mind it at all. They
welcome a coffin as heartily as you'd
welcome box of Havana regalias."
''Humph!" said the father, grimly.
"And if an old Chinaman is ailing,"
said the young nlissionary-"if he has
your rheumatic complaint, for instance
then he regards a coffin as an espe.
cialIy thoughtful gift. In fact"
But the missionary's father had sud-
denly left the room, slamming the
door behind him with a certain VIC.
fence
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waiting room of their own.
Mr.. Taft's cabinet forms what might be called
legal family. Most Of the members are law
yers of the first rank, and it is an open secret
that they were selected because of their high
ability. There are longer books on nature and
books general history subjects in the Office H.
brary of the White House. New book shelves
have been put in and on them hundreds of
the brownishred covered volumes which beto-
ken the law book. 1t is said that cabinet meet
ings these days take on the semblance of con-
sultation Of lawyers. AS example of this it
may be said that one day the president in talking
to some newspaper correspondents said that no
matter what subject was preached in the cabinet
room at that time the thoughts of everyone went
from the suggested subject to the matter OF the
Strengthening of the antitrust laws.
What the president said at that time is prac-
tically true of most of the present sessions of
the cabinet, for it is known that while Mr.. Taft
is anxious to carry out the Roosevelt policies he
| wants to buttress them with the law so that no
constitutional flaws be found in them by
means of which after the best intentions the
part of the Legislators, the guilty might find
means of escape.
1t must not be supposed for an instant that be-
cause most of Mr. Tafts cabinet members
lawyers they have avocations in life to turn
them aside frequently from their vocations. Take
the ranking member of the cabinet for instance
Philander Chase Knox The secretary of state is
a devotee of the outdoor life, and is no less
| 1--WE IN open air pursuits tnan was freSlQeuC
Roosevelt though 1t is true that Mr.. Knox does
not care for the pursuit of game for the study
of natural history
| The secretary of state, when he is not discuss
ing matters with the president or is not engaged
in Strengthening out international tangles, is eth
er playing golf driving pair of fast. spirited
| horses. There few more ardent lovers of 1.-The
noble horse" than Secretary Knox. He rides &C.
casionally and he is not averse to taking five
bar red gate If his mount is a jumper, and If the
gate happens in his way The secretarys chief
| delight is driving. On his Pennsylvania farm
near Valley Forge, the scene of the awful winter
which was passed by the continental army under
George Washington, Mr.. Knox has many horses
of approved pedigree. and many dairy animals
also of noted forbears.
! Franklin MacVeagh, the secretary of the treas
ury. who is the second ranking officer in Mr.
Taft's cabinet, is a merchant, although in early
days he studied law. Mr. MacVeagh is not given
particularly to the strenuous life as 1t is viewed
generally. He is much of walker and has a
love Of nature which leads him afeld on many
rampie, but for games. and for shooting. the sec
rotary cares little
! Up near Dublin. New Hampshire the treasury
chief has country home and there on the rocky
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05
To Spare His Neiuhbors.

Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont, discussing in
New York her book on the rearing
of children, said:
children must be trained to be I'M
selfish and tactful. Without this train
ing the average child is as inconsid-
crate as Dark Harbor fisherman the
Maine folks tell about.
"This fisherman, walking along the
road one day, saw a very ugly man
sitting on a fence whiting stick.
He stopped and looked at the man for
some time in disguised silence. Then
he said:
"'Well, you're ugly for fair
est can't help it, can ~ the ugly
man asked, in a hurt tone.
"The fisherman thought a moment.
Then he said, Indignantly:
"'You could stay in the house,
couldn't your"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05
Friendly Birds,

Most of the birds and mammals have
the fear of man in their hearts, and
are difficult to approach, but others
show no great concern. The Alaskan
jays, for instance, are devoted camp
followers. They proved useful as
scavengers," says Mr.. Osgood, "and
cooked oatmeal seemed to attract
many times hoped about the campfire,
Or perched on the tent poles and
ropes. Their harsh chattering was
aot always pleasant, but was some
what atoned for by their less fire.
s1uent soft whistle and their pert and
confident ways, so on the whole their
presence was Welcomed"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05
SKIN HUMOR rs YEARS

"Cuticura did wonders for me. For
twenty-five years l suffered agony
from a terrible humor, completely GOV.
ering my head, neck and shoulders, so
even to my wife, l became an object
Of dread. At large expense l consult
cd the most able doctors far and near.
Their treatment was of no avail, nor
was that of the - Hospital, during
six months efforts. I suffered on
and concluded there was no help for
me this side of the grave. Then
heard of some one who had been cured
by Cuticura Remedies and thought
shat trial could do no harm. In a
Surprisingly short time l was com.
pletely cured. S. P. Keyes, 147 Con
gress St., Boston, Mass, Oct. -, '09.'
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05

rock-bound hills of the north. MI. MacV eagn mas
profited by the reading and While MS garoen per
haps is not equal to that planned ana cultlVateu
by Mrs. Thomas, it contains many OF the MOWERS
of the kind that make pleasant wnat peopie "io
given to call old fashioned gardens.
Mr. Taft consults his treasury chief about econ
omies in government It was Mr.. MacVeagh VINO
asked Mr.. Taft took once 10 pro-
vide ways and means to save money IN the diner
ent departments The merchant CABINET MEMBER
had the advantage of long business tra1nlng'
and it did not take him long to discover that IL
was possible to save many thousands OF dollars
by putting business methods in effect In the dill
ferent bureaus of government 1t was found lot
instance, that good many bureaus OF the depart
ments were in the habit of purchasing their sup
plies INDEPENDENTLY The result of this was that
some of them were paying much more money
for articles than being paid by others.
Reform in purchase methods has come and 1t
has come also in many other lines the net re-
suit being that Uncle Sans pocketbook is being
saved good many thousands of dollars yearly.
Jacob M. Dickinson the secretary of war in Mr..
Tafts cabinet, is a southern man and Demo-
crat. 1t may little curious at first thought.
but 1t is fact that the army officers in the main.
are glad that southerner is the chief of the war
department. Despite the attitude of some Demo
cratic southern members Of congress on army
questions generally, the southerners feel kindly
toward the officers and men of the service. There
is something in the military life that appeals to
IneHl, ana Wnlle the Omclal southern democrats
generally outspoken against what they call
the danger of great standing army, the military
establishment as 1t is has their sympathy always
and their support frequently.
The secretary of war from that section
of the country where everybody loves horses and
he is no exception to the rule. He is golf play
er also, and this fact perhaps makes him appeal
to Mr.. Taft's sympathies just as much as does the
fact that the secretary is great lawyer. Secre
tary Dickinson is not serving in Washington in
an official capacity for the first time. Years ago
he was the assistant attorney general during the
last "a months of the Cleveland administration
and he was counsel for the government afterward
in the matter of the settlement of the Alaskan
boundary dispute.
When the president has particularly knotty
problem in legislation on hand and needs to study
it from legal standpoint; he goes over 1t himself
first just as Judge on the bench does with sub
mitted evidence forms his own opinion and then
calls in the supreme court of his cabinet which
is composed of the great lawyers. Knox. Dickin.
son, Wickersham, Nagel and Ballinger. 1t is pos.
sible that Mr.. Taft depends just as much upon
the legal opinion of his secretary of he
does upon that of his attorney general. At any
rate the war secretary is accounted by Mr.. Taft
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05
BUILT UP GREAT BUSINESS
Frederick Mayer Boot and Shoe Com.
parry Monument to German
Thrift and Industry.

That the key to real business success il
often based IN a sound principle. rather
than money, is best illustrated by the re-
production of the following biographical
sketch of Frederick Mayer, founder of the
F. Mayer boot & Shoe Company, repro
duced from an issue of the German
American National Alliance:
Frederick Mayer, founder of the fac.
tories at Milwaukee and Seattle now bear
ing his name, came to this country tlom
Niernstein, Hessen Darmstadt, in May,
1851, and immediatel. proceeded to Milwau-
&ee, Wisconsin, where he entered the en-
ptoy of r. Suhm as journeyman shoe
n,sxe-
The spir> rnat prompted him to seek
his fortune in the new world was soon
responsible for another change, and in 1852,
"a year later, he embarked in business on
tsis own accord, making boots and shoes to
order as only German apprenticed arti.
san knows how. Subsequently stock of
goods was carried and a retail business con.
Quoted until 1880, when the manufacture of
shoes was engaged in at wholesale to the
trade.
In 1890 the business was we'll established,
the foundation firmly laid and the policy
we'll determined. From that time on the
growth was more rapid. The capacity. of
the present Mayer factories at Milwaukee
and Seattle is 5000 pair per day, giving en-
nuaily over six hundred thousand dollars in
wages, and employing sixty-fve statesmen
who travel "a states in the interest of
Mayer shoes.
Frederick Mayer died on March l6, 1898,
after building up a large and successful
business. He is succeeded by his sons,
George P. Mayer, Fred J. Mayer and Adam
j. Mayer who, by rigidly maintaining the
policy of the founder, have succeeded in
bringing the business up to it's present
magnitude, where it stands as monument
Of German thrift and industry.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05
When the Sleeper Wakes.

"|John!" SIX eyclahaes1. iabbing her
elbow into his ribs at 2:17 a. NJ, did
you look at the kitchen door?" And
John, who is inner guard, and was
Just then dreaming over last evening S
lodge meeting, sprang up in bed, made
the proper sign, and responded:
Worthy ruler, our portals are guard
ed" Oh, he hit the title right, even
If he was asleep.-United Presby-
terrain
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05
Face Covered with Pimples

ri congratulate Cuticura upon my
speedy recovery from pimples which
covered my face. used Cuticura Soap.
Ointment and Resolvent for ten days
and my face cleared and I am perfect.
sy we'll. had tried doctors for sew.
eral month but got no results. VIM. ].
Sadlier, 1914 Susquehanna Ave-, Phila.
,delphia, May l, 1902
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05
The Doctors Fault.

Judge-I am led to understand you
stole the watch of the doctor who
had just written a prescription for
you at the free dispensary. What have
you to say to this charge?
well, your honor, found myself i'm
a desperate quandary. His prescrip-
ton said "a spoonful every hour and
I had no timepiece."
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05
4 Whisper of Hone,

Knicker - Several thousand shirt
waist makers are on strike.
Henpekt-Do you suppose it would
do any good for the shirt waist but.
toners to strike?
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05
Take for laGrippe.

Add to half-pint of good whiskey,
one ounce compound fluid balmwort
and two ounces glycerine, shake we'll
and take IN tablespoon doses three
to six times daily. This will check,
prevent and cure colds and lagrippe
quicker than anything known. Any
druggist can supply it.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05
ever mind, it will be your last"
Told in the Doctors.

Told in the Doctors.
Dr. Arthur T. Holbrook is credited
with the following:
A man by the name of Evans died
and went to heaven. When he ar
rived at the pearly gates he said to
st. Peter:
"Well, I'm here"
st. Peter asked his name. John
Evans" was the reply. .u,
St. Peter looked through the book
and shook his head.
"You don't belong here" he said.
But am sure belong here" said
the man.
wait minute" said Peter. He
looked again, and in a back part Of
The book found name.
Sure" said the guardian Of the
gate, you belong here, but you
weren't expected for 20 years. Who's
your doctor" -American Druggist.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05

A woman may be as old as she
looks, but it makes difference
whether it's before or after she is
dressed to 20 out.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05
Doing Her Best.

"Kipling says that a woman is only
a woman, but a good cigar is
smoke"
"WellS woman is travelling in the
right direction. Haven't you noticed
her present panatella shape?'
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05

soil he brings his best
efforts to bear to cul-
tivate a garden. The
secretary has read the
story written by Mrs.
Theodore Thomas, the
widow of the great
orchestra leader, a
story which told how
she made a success
FIJI garden on the
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05

WE PAY HIGH PRICE FOR HIDES
and furs & sell guns and traps cheap.
NJ w. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05

The bravest dentist isn't anxious to
look into the jaws of death.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05

The girl who accepts a man seldom
takes him at his own valuation.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05

PILES CURED IN TO II DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT guaranteed to cure any case
of Itching Blind Bleeding Protruding Piles in
Sto IA days or money refunded SOC.
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they wish to talk with the president
without being obliged to wait their
turns with senators, representatives and
the private citizens of the land, who
under the new arrangement are given
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05

Mac NkNCH, JEIREZHRY
o. THE TREASURY
cabinet position was called by the
press of the country 'the great un-
known" Mr.. Wickersham is no
longer unknown. His position as
the attorney for the United States
in all it's civil and criminal pro-
ceedings keeps him constantly In
the light.
The attorney general looks like
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-01-05

States.
If an account were kept 1T seems
likely that the visits paid to the
White House by George w. Wicker
sham, the attorney general, would be
found to outnumber those paid by any
other cabinet official. Mr.. Wickersham
is in charge Of the prosecution of the
law breakers which the government Is
carrying forward, and the attorney
general knows, as the country knows.
that the legal opinion of the president
is worth while. Mr.. Wickersham,
when he was first mentioned for q
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1910-09-08
0lne Rciplutipi.,

@otsebraneen trsifnb fir bas uFebuent oeqsn
ieoen anifpbenotn Gus Der periaieSenen SruHos
It. soprenee @ gpeSne, si"'p BON gsartap sbelne bis
9eetb Sbenne 200 SUB an Getcn apenne.
norbli6 bon eteaprenes apenne, tnnerbaib ess sts
nnrber bon Dem Director OF YubIic Gerotee ees
fcnfien pmben, su oem Sipe6e nm. nie eaii5en
apjten Ger GeIuns befdeter Strabeu oh De-
5nheu.
eti ts btfaIofttn bon otm Girsdor
oi qublte eerSiet Der stapt einctnnatt Stsa'
etttiun l. Sat out isssu anar,n,tnesn pns
cnfek,nb,u ssut btr psridieetneu @tunofld,. p.lse
an bic 81 3nnrenoe Nberue. bon g31r'an Sipe'
me bis geed stpeHue; 200 5us an seion slss. gss.
nns T6roi bon sn. & ir,,s TqioFenef entttss
ltd Der beiaeten sirdsen, ipelne p9t.
ber BON bem Etreeicr Of 9ubitt Strotts ee,pollsn
purbtn, ouisrlsqt uus bstsu,rt psros o. e.m
S.ii6oo. Reiaete euutlne foa auf etIl'
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Sic aefprelfeIune BON befaeten @tFa'
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asn une bi. Gbsr'lddt BON beiagttn etrabsn %
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tritts ME bistsr qtibatfsn Inroniiren, Snipstton
nnp suptrirttubeu, pou bsiaatsr g,ipstn'tlnre.
se,ttou 2 Eob bic Giqenithmtr Der perl4not;
n,r eruuehift fir iebtn ouertnscuctn Sub, ouf
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ben 20 ou'trIeeter @eIbbstruq uuo bon ibntn i9uis
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