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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-08
New York Cotton Futures.
Daily Cotton Movement

Galveston: Dull; middling. 14hc: net re- oeipts, 14,823 gross receipts, 14,S23; sales, 5oo: stock. POI ,s4S.
 New Orleans: Steady: middling, 14a4c; net receipts, 7377; gross receipts, 749o sales, 1863; stock, 166,919; Great Britain. 1I,6O0 continent 11,225.
 Mobile: Dull; middling, 14Nc; net re- ceipts. s4OOo; gross receipts 24Oo; stock, 34.969.
 Savannah: Quiet; middling, 14ssc; net receipts, 4919; gross receipts, 4919; sales, 35O stock, 135, ,965; coastwise, 3994. Charleston: Nominal; middling, 141sc; net receipts, 645; gross receipts, 645; stock, 33, ,009
 Wilmington: Nominal; net receipts, 591 {; gross receipts, 591; stock. 7379.
 Norfolk: Quiet; middling, 141hc; net re- ceipts, 3oe2; gross receipts, 3o62; sales, CO0 stock, 2664o coastwise, 73S.
 Baltimore: Nominal; middling, 14Nc; stock, 65S6.
 New York: Quiet; middling. 14.4oc; net receipts, 150; gross receipts, 2621; stock, 300, 37s; continent, 523s; coastwise, 1881.
 Boston: Quiet; middling, 14.45c; net re- eepts, 1886; gross receipts, S3SS; stock, 1e.01s.
 Philadelphia: Quiet; middling, 147oc, gross receipts, 435; stock. 21S2; Great Britain, 11O5; continent, 5Oo Minor ports: Stock, IA, 433. Total today, at all ports, net, 35, 45S; Great Britain, 1S,705; continent, 16,963; stock, 946.069. Consolidated, at all ports, net N,7as; Great Britain, 51,14s; France, s151; con- tinent, fl. .6so; Japan, 4452. Total since September 1, at all ports, net, 7,257.327 Great Britain, 2,737, ,492; France 7S2. .3s2; continent 2,05o.05o; Japan, se53; Mexico, 1215.
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Poultry and Nggs

(Corrected by Garrett 6 Hine,
 Hens-Medium. 400S0c: live. per n. 16c.
 Large flyers, 35Q4oc. 1sc per lb.: medium flyers, 25Ql3Oc. 20c per h.; small 20d926c, 2oc per h.
 Ducks, 4O@45c: gnineas. Soc; -roosters. sOQ35c; geese, 45Q6pc live turkeys, per lb. 2oc. Dressed turkeys. 2S024c. Eggs-Fresh, 20c.
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Hubbard Bros. X Co.'s Letter

New York, February 7.-(Special.)- Liverpool was better than anticipated, but the opening here found large quantity of cotton for sale. which, be- ing absorbed by arbitrage brokers, quickly found its way to Liverpool, with the effect of closing that market weak at from to 6 points lower. This scattered liquidation continued until May sold at 14.5oc, when the local traders became heavy buyers, believing that rapid reaction was due. Thelr buying absorbed the offerings and brought about a recovery to above last evening.
 sharp rally is expected in Liver pool tomorrow of fully to points After so sharp a decline this Is the natural course of markets and as Liver pool Is the lowest of all it should be more marked there.
 The local traders feel the heaVy movement has had its effect and on this basis Nook for a better demand from spinners.
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St, Louis Grain
Kansas City Grain

Kansas City. February 7-Cash wheat lower; No ? hard, SsQ85c; No. 9 red, 97@ 9sc; No. 8, 921e6c. Corn unchanged to 1c lower; No. ? mixed. 43@431ac; Mo- 2 white 43G44c. Oats unchanged; No. ? white 32Q321kc; No. 2 mixed, 31@32c. Wheat futures. May, s1Bc; July, Ss1tI ss5sc bid. Corn May, 47ssc sellers; July, 4sssc bid. N
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Treasury Statement

Washington, February 7.-At the be- ginning of business today the condition of the United States treasury was:
 Working balances in treasury offices, s2s. .14s.0S6 in banks, and Philippine treas ury. S31, 1,599.9s9
 The total balance in the general fund was $S4,771.215.
 Ordinary receipts yesterday were s1,- 0s1, ,34L with disbursements--of-.s1, s1 ,S60 069-, The deficit Ste date this fiscal year is s4,1ss, ,saa, assagainst s22, ,o6o,743 at this time last year A
 These figures exclude Panama canal and public debt transactions. .
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New Orlean. Cotton Market

New Orleans, February 7-Cotton fu- lures opened steady at an advance of to points on the old crop months and l off to 2 up on the new. Cables were high CT than expected, but no adequate re- sponse was made to them. Immediately
 after the call the old crop months were , to points up and at this level short selling made its appearance in large vol ume and prices began to give way. The selling increased constantly during the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-08

New Orleans February 7.-Spot cotton
 steady, unchanged; sales on the spot, 4lS
 bales; to arrive, $50; low ordinary. Il 1-l6c
 nominal ordinary, 12bc nominal; good or-
 dinary, 13 9-16c; strict good ordinary, 13 15-16o; low middling, 14Ac; strict low
 middling, 141ac; middling, 14%c; strict mid-
 ding, IA 15-16c; middling. 151sc; strict good middling, 15 5-16c; middling fair 159-l6c; middling, fair to fair. 15 15-16c fair, 16 5-16c nominal: receipts, 7s77; stock. 166.- 919
 Liverpool Cotton Market Liverpool, February 7.-Cotton, spot. quiet: prices l point lower; American
 mddling fair. S.22d; good middling, T. god; middling 7.7Sd; low middling. 7.5Sd; good ordinary. 7.32d; ordinary. 7.O7d
 The sales of the day were 5000 bales, of which 1000 were for speculation and
 export and included $500 American. Receipts 49.000 bales, including 43.- 400 American.
 Futures opened easier and closed 7.51d; March April, 7.52Md; April-May. 7.SSd; May-June. 7.54d; June-July,
 756d; July August. 7.52d; August Sep tember, 7.361ad; September 7.12d; October November. 6.97hd; Mo- vember- December. December January,
 January February. 6.91 Ed. Dry Goods New York, February 7.-Retailers are buying prints. ginghams and wash | fabrics steadily in this section. Cot
 ton goods in primary circles quiet from smaller concerns than it was a
 few weeks ago. Export trade Is quiet and yarns dull.
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Pig Iron
Cotton Seed Products

Cotton Seed Products Corrected daily by Buckeye Cotton on
 Company oil. prime. 4o0H14c per gallon: meal, prime. 7h per cent ammonia. s27 per not ton; hulls. sacked. s1t: hulls. loose, @.
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Interior Movement

Houston: Quiet; middling, 14ssc net receipts, 6315; gross receipts, 6315; ship ments. 64s1; sales, 14o; stock, 9l.5S2.
 Augusta: Quiet; middling, 14%c; net receipts. AZ; gross receipts, SIS; ship ments, 1707; sales, IA stock, 62,115.
 Memphis. Quiet: middlng. 15c: net re- ceipts. 15O1 gross receipts 3137; ship ments. 4Os3: sales. 475; stock, 19,121.
 St. Louis Quiet; gross receipts, 1456: shipments. 1456 sales. 112; stock, 21,96O.
 Cincinnati: Net receipts, S22; gross re- ceipts, S22; shipments, 720; stock, 1s.592
 Little Rock: Firm; middling 14Hc: net receipts, 994; gross receipts 994 ship ments, 4O1; stock. S4.234
 Louisville: Firm; middling, 15c.
 Total today Net receipts, 10,075; gross receipts, 13,342; shipments. 14.S4s; sales, 741; stock, 425,554.
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Meats
Corrected by Southern Beef ana pro,

{COffecteu Uy bOuthefn Beef and pf0s
 vision Company Lard, 11hc; compound, 9Mc. D. s. short ribs, 11hc. D. S. fat backs. 11c. Smoked clear bellies, l7atc:: faneX lHSo, Bacon, fancy. 25c; medium. 23c. Pork Joins, 14c; spare ribs. 121<c. Ham butts, 131ac; Boston butts, 121zc.
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npnpeV CupA euiek ps6sI; ss.pcvss q rsenins in VnVI ? vxta 20 days, 70 to 50 days saech Psmsnens Fcr dkruiSrs Issinoush and frse hial heanasas wss
 CD, :. '. cssa's Sea Dss q Aals.ae. =: S
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s4,1ss,s ,sas, as.against s22, 22,oeo,743 at this time last year
 These figures exclude Panama canal and public debt transactions. s. s
 New York Money
 New York. February 7.-Money on call steady at 1%@2as per cent ruling rate and offered at 2Ss closing bid, 2A. Time loans strong; 60 days. per cent; 90 days, SA@31; six months, 3s4@4 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 4@41t per cent. Ster- ling exchange steady, with actual busi- ness in bankers bills at s4S33O@483.50 for 60-day bills and at s4.s6.35 for demand; commercial bills, S4S21s&4S3 Bar silver, 62c. Mexican dollars, 45c. Government bonds heavy. Railroad bonds steady.
 Coffee Market
 New York, February 7.-Market for coffee futures opened steady but at a decline 25 to 33 points under liqui dation and local bear pressure inspired by a sensational decline in Havre and reports that firm offerings from Bra- gil were at a decline of from 80 to DO points. Offerings were pretty well ab sorbed around the initial figures which carried the active months into new low ground for the movement and from 157 to ITO points below the high records established In January and prices ral- lied slightly in the late trading when the selling was a little less aggressive and there was considerable realizing by shorts. The close was steady at a net decline of from 21 to 29 points. 2 Sales, 177,250 bags. February, 10.27c; March and April. 1O.33c; May. 10.34c; June, 10.33c; July, 10.32c: August, 10.24c; September, 10.14c; October, 10.04c; November. 9.94c; December. e.92c; January, 9.90c.
 Havre closed at net decline of 2k @3f Hamburg was a4G1c lower. Rio unchanged at ' SIX 800; Santos, 100 reis lower: As 7sx 100: Is 6sx 500. Brazilian exchange 1-32d lower at 16 3-32d Re- ceipts at the two Brazilian ports, 1O,- 900 bags against 2s000 last year. Jun- diahy receipts 32oO against 40o0 last year. Warehouse deliveries yesterday, 1O,112 bags against 1S.9s7 last year.
 Spot quiet; Rio No. 2, 12kc; Santos A No. 4. 13hc; Mild nominal; Cordova, hics % @ 15&c.
 the d Metal Market
 'nists York. February 7.-standard as posAr weak; spot. February, March, telliget and May, $11.90@1210. London Represek kpot f55 Is Sd; futures f55 16 3d.. rview, Ms at New Ycrk, BIO tons. feat oforts 1929 tons so far this month. state& Copper, $12.621s @12.S7h; electro- lliapoof $12.37h@1262M; casting, $12Q e agopk weak; spot, $4os7A@4112M $4O55@41; March, April. May. ed 425@41. London weak; spot f1S5 5s; e d&ures f1s5. lievf cad easy; spot s4.4o@45o New York A5@4a0 East St. Louis: London, f1s ras rs,3 spelter sei dullI spot ,5.4oos5o New
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-08

Cash quotations were as follows:
 Flour: Steady.
 Rye: No. 2, S11zc.
 Barley: Feed or mixing, 65675c; fair to choice malting, S2@S71fc.
 Flaxseed: No. southwestern S2.54 No northwestern, $2.67.
 Timothy seed, $11.O0.
 Glover, $14.75.
 Mess Pork: Per barrel, $21. .25Q1N.5 50. Lard Per 100 pounds. $9.62h
 Short Ribs, Sides: Loose, g. 75Q10 25. Short Clear Sides: Boxed, S10. 25@10 3714. Butter: Steady; creameries. 17@26c dairles, 16GD22c.
 Eggs: Easy; receipts. 42S6 cases; at mark. cases included, 16h@1sthc; f1rsts, 21hc prime firsts, 21sc.
 Cheese: Steady; Daisies, 14%G15c; Twins. 1SA013lkc; Young Americas, 151al 15s4c Long Horns. 151aG1584c.
 Potatoes: Firm; choice to fancy, 45@ 47c fair to good, 40q43c.
 Poultry: Firm; turkeys. dressed. 21c; chickens, live. 131hc; springs, live, 131sc. Veal: Firm; 50 to 60- pound weights. 81fc; 50 to S5-pound weights, 101ac; S5 to 110-pound weights, 111zc. St. Louis Grain
 St. Louis, February T.-Cash wheat lower; track No. red, s1.00; No. hard. s3@sSc Corn higher; track No. ?, 441hcQ 45c; No. white, 4ea461hc. Oats higher; track No. ?, 32c; No. 2 white. S3c. Wheat futures lower; May. 95Nc; July, 91h@ Qs1sc Corn lower; May. 481sc; July, 4a1ea4s7sc. Oats lower; May. SlA@S1ssc.
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JAS. H. FINDER

Fills occulists prescriptions for eye glasses right. He puts 8 finish on his eyeglasses that many opticians ind it difficult to equal-the touch of the artist S06 N. Nineteenth street.
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LOCAL SECURITIES

Total sales for the day, 55s,soo shares.
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Available Grain Supply
New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans, February 7.-Rice steady. Receipts: Rough, 2s2; clean, none; mil lers, 2S2. Sales-Rough 4444 Honduras at S2 10dl2 80. No sales Japan. Clean, 42O2 Honduras at 1Ts@41kc; 661 Japan at 15s9 2Jac. Quotations: Rough Honduras, $1. .7o @S.05: Japan, M. .75q3; clean Honduras, SO 47sc Japan, 21zGSMc.
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Live Stock Market

Chicago, February 7.-Cattle: Receipts, 4ooO; market steady. Reeves. s4.9O06.So Texas steers. sA1Q05.as; western steers.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS

Local Cotton Market
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-12-15
Queen AIexandra's "Home."

Queen A~leXandra's favorite room is
her boudoir at Sandringham. There
she follows her own tastes without
court dictation, and she a~ffectionately
talks Of her boudoir as home" The
walls are in apple green and white,
and the furniture is of the Marie An
toinette style. There is b~ric-a-brac col
lected by the queen herself from all
corners of Europe. Everything in the
room is Of her personal selection. She
passes most of her leisure time there,
usually alone or with a ~confdante. Tea
Is always served at five O'Clock IN the
boudoir, the queen herself pouring out
the tea for her women guests.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-12-15

There's other WAyB OF committing
suicide" advised Mexican. why don't
you 80 and surrender to the sheriff."
I'll get him." said the Kid.
Christmas eve fen as balmy n
April. Perhaps there was a hint Of
far-away freshness in the air. but it
tingled like settler. perfumed family
with late prairie blossoms and tho
mesquite grass.
When night came the five or six
rooms of the ranch house were bright
ly lit. In one room was a Christmas
tree, for the Lanes had a boy Of three,
and a dozen or more guests were ex-
pected from the nearer ranches.
The guests had arrived in buck
boards and on horseback, and were
making themselves comfortable inside.
The evening went along pleasantly
The guests enjoyed and praised Rosi-
ta's excellent supper, and afterward
the men scattered in groups about the
rooms or on the broad gallery"
smoking and chatting.
The Christmas tgse, of course, de-
lighted the youngsters. and above all
Were they pleased when Santa Claus
hiuse in magnificent white beard and
tigs appeared and began 10 distribute
tsa sa.s.
"u ay raua. announced Bully
Gaa a.ol say.
.fa#". d sga..oaan. an old friend Of
Ieaa s. aal I.a- e was pass
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-12-15

Hes the most cold-heaTt0d Villain
In the world" said Berkly. The cttt.
aens all along tho border ought to turn
out and hunt him down like . wolf"
HE has committed awful crimes.~
said Rosita. "but-I-dont-know. I
think there Is . spot Of good some.
where In everybody. He was not a.
ways bad--that I know"
Rosita turned into the hallway BE-
tween the rooms. Santa Claus, in NUT.
fling whiskers and furs. was just com.
ing through.
Il heard what you said through the
window, Mrs. Lane" he said. II was
just going down In my pocket for a
Christmas present for your husband.
But I've left n for you, instead. It's
in the room to your right"
"Oh, thank you, kind Santa Claus"
said Rosita, brightly.
Rosita went into the room, while
Santa Claus stepped into the cooler
air Of tie yard.
Size round no n in the room but
Madison.
where is my present that Santa
said lie left fer ne in here?" she
asked.
Haven't eoar anything in the way
IS a pres said bier husband. laugh
iaa. ul1a Ee could have meant me-
T.a nazt aay Gabriel Badd. the
faraw al. tne E Q ranoh, dropped
into the o.#ca at Iona Alta.
"yeH. the Fgj9 KIDS got his dose
of lend at last he remarked to the
postmaster.
THAT So? How'd It h~appen?"
One Of old Sanchez's Mexican
sheep herders did it-think of it! the
Frio Kid killed by a sheep herder.
The Greaser saw him riding along
past his camp about twelve o'clock
last night, and was SO skeered that he
up with a Winchester and let him
nave it. Funniest part of it was that
the Kid was dressed all up with white
Angora-skin whiskers and a regular
Sanity Claus rig-out from head to foot.
Think of the Frio Kid playing Santy!"
Copyright. 1910. by F. L. NelsonI
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-12-15

There came riding Dc I'd roam
stseds-or. to b explicit On .
paint and . dearbitten sorrel-<wo
wooers. One was Madison Lane and
tho other was the Frio Kid. But 1t
that time they did not call him tho
Frio Kid. for he had not earned the
honors of special nomenclature. His
name was simply Johnny Mercy.
It must not be supposed that these
two were the sum Of the agreeable
Rosita's admirers. The bronchos Of q
dozen others champed their bits at
the long hitching rack Of the Sun
down ranch. Many were the Sleeps
eyes that were cast in those
that did not belong to the flocks Of
Dan McMullen. But of all the cava-
liers Madison Lane and Johnny Nc
Roy galloped far ahead, wherefore
they are to be chronicled.
Madison Lane, a young cattleman
from the Nueces country, won the
race. He and Rosita we're married one
Christmas day. Armed, hilarious, vo-
ciferous, magnanimous. the cowmen
@4tN Ah2 oittEIHACli, Ia ia5 dolQc lAStI
hereditary hatred, joined forces to
celebrate the occasion.
b4t whiIo the wedding e
its GyaIa.t there descended uron il
Johnny I-.ay, bitten By jealousy,
lso cine Ic sa5.
.Ia give son 4 Christmas presents"
he l... =5ot1v. II me deer, with his
IS il his Aauj. Even then lie had
some reputation as au offland Slot.
His FIRST bullet crt a neat ualarait
IN MADISON Lanes RIGHT ear. The bar
rel Of lis gun moved an inch. The
next shot would have been the brides.
had not Carson, a sheepman, pos
sessed a mind with triggers some
what we'll oiled and in repair. The
guns of the wedding party had been
hung, In their belts, upon nails in the
wall when they sat at table, as a con-
cession to good taste. But Carson.
with great promptness, hurled his
plate of roast venison and ~frijoles at
Mercy, spelling his aim. The second
bullet, then, only shattered the white
petals of a Spanish dagger flower sus-
pended two feet above Rosita's head.
The guests spurned thair c"".--
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and Jumped for Their weapons. IL
was considered An improper act to
shoot Che bride and groom at . we'd
ding. In about six seconds there we're
twenty or % bullets due to be whiz-
zing In the direction OF Mr.. McRoy.
It'll shoot better next time" yelled
Johnny; and there'll be a next time"
He backed rapidly out the door.
The cattlemen swept out upon him,
calling for vengeance.
But the sOrtie failed in its ven
geance. Mercy was on his horse and
away. shouting back curses and
threats as he galloped into the con.
cealing chaparral.
That night was the b%irthnight OF
the Frio Kid. He became the bad
man" Of that portion of the state. The
rejection of his suit by Miss McMul-
len turned him to a dangerous man.
When officers went after him for the
shooting of Carson, he killed two OF
them, and entered upon the life of an
outlaw. When he was. at last shot
and killed By a li11e one-armed Mex
lean VINO was nearly dead himself
from fright, the FRO lid had the
deaths Of IS men on Ills head
Many tales are oo a.ea- tho h~r.
der OF his imrua. esasrs aul
oaring L1t he aat o.a of THE
Hr. q If desn.ra5. ESQ h.va 4 a-
sens CT geleros tw .a even 80 s. tt
MISSES rTE.X-. -.r- .
on Tire object Of aaer Yet at
this and every Cneltmas6fdo it is
we'll to give each ONE credit. if it can
be done. for whatever speck Of good
he may have possessed. Ii the Frio
Kid ever did a kindly act or felt a
throb of generosity in his heart it was
once at such a time and season, and
this is the wav it happened:
One December in the Frio country
rode the Frio Kid and his Satellite
and co-murderer, Mexican Frank. The
Kid refined in his mustang, and sat in
his saddle, thoughtful and grim, with
dangerously narrowing eyes
Il don't know what | been thinking
a5cut, Mex" he remarked in his usual
mild drawl, ito have forgot all about :
Christmas present I got to give. I'm
going to ride owe tomorrow night and
shoot Madison Lane in his own house.
He got my girl-Rosita would have
had me if he hadn't cut into the game.
| wonder why | happened to overlook
it up to now?"
"Ah, shucks, Kid" said Mexican,
don't talk foolishness. You know you
can't get within a mile of Mad Lanes
house tomorrow night. | see Old mar
Allen day b fore yesterday, and he
says Mad is going to have Christmas
doings at his house, You remember
how you shot up the festivities when
Mad was married, and about the
threats you made? Don't You sup
pose Mad Lane'll kind Of keep his eye
open for q certain MI. Kid? You
plumb make me tired, Kid, with such
remarks"
I'm going repeated tie Frio Kid,
without heat, ITO 60 to Madison Lanes
Christmas doings. and kill him. /
ought to have dome it a long time
ago"
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thickly settled at the time, the
school-house was crowded-some
coming ten miles or more.
There was quite a difference
between the presents given then
and the ones given now-money
at that time being a rather scarce
article. Mrs. Roberts, however,
was more fortunate than the rest
of is as she had a gallon jar of
butter to sell, and with the pro-
ceeds bought her husband a nice
gray wool muller. | don't re-
member what we had for dinner,
but am sure it wasn't turkey, as
turkeys We're as scarce as Christ
mas trees. Mr.. Alderman har-
roWed all day, and | don't think
there was any frost in the
ground.
Mrs. w. G. ACKERMAz.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-12-15
GLEDELIG JULIE.

According to the report of
nil Johnson, there was a Jolly,
(ppy, joyous and never-to-be-
fgotten Christmas in 1881 at
e home of Nels Johnson, out in
g Stone township, at which
ne there came together G. E.
id John GRANDSON, A. G.. Len
n and Emil johnson of Mil
nix, and Adolph Bloom and
hstav Anderson Of the firm of
DOM & Anderson, general
erchants, of Ortonville. This
Fall that is to 60 in print, but
fre was lots more to it. Ask
b. Lender.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-12-15

rs IrrN TE,-x>s - mn raI-
LIBERATION IN ALBAN.
~ first Christmas ia South
|aot0 was.n tile years 1851 and
$50"
~ i'''e
wy - "'o 'Oi'ooh
There were no evergreen trees
be had and none of the trees
the groves the settlers had
It out were large enough, so
Rickel and F.. b. Roberts
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Roy. haven't you? Madison and l have
talked about it, you know"
Very nearly" said Rosita, smiling,
"but | am still nervous sometimes. !
shall never forget that awful time
WHOM he came so near killing US"
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Empty.

Wiggs-There goes Saphead with .
new suit of clothes. Do you know
what he reminds me of?
Waggs-No.
Wiggs-Of a pretty label on an
empty bottle.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-12-15

down ranch you
would have heard
Of it. II possess
ed a quantity Of
jet black hair, a
pair Of extremely
frank. deep brown
eyes and a laugh
that led across
the prairie like
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-23
INVESTS in RHODESlA.
w. L. Joseph of Potwin, Kansas, Fond
of South Africa.

In the last four years w. 1. Joseph
of E1Dorado, former president of the
Potwin, Kansas, State bank, and who
is today visiting his nephew, S. E.
Cobb, cashier of the Prudential bank
of this city, has made two trips to the
great stretch of territory in South
Central Africa known as Rhodesia, and
in that time has purchased 81 900
acres of farm land at an average of
one dollar an acre.
Il think It is a great country" said
Mr.. Joseph, land as soon as am able
to do so, 1 calculate to invest some
more money there. l have great faith
in the country. 1 was offered S20,0
for one block of land not long ago for
which 1 paid $4,000 but 1 would not
sell.
1.-THE country is comparatively new,
but farmers there have raised as high
as ten thousand bushels of corn in a
season. The mining interests take
about all the grain grown. but last
year the railway and steamship COM
panies arranged to take the grain at
the stations in Rhodesia, ship it to
London, sell it and return the price
after the cost of shipping had been
deducted. 1t netted the growers
about IS cents a bushel, but then grain
can be produced so much cheaper
there because labor is not high.
q brought a native. boy home with
me, and he makes bread, does the
washing and ironing, and makes him
self generally useful