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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-10

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour: Barely steady
 Rye: No. 2, S1c.
 Barley: Feed or mixing, 60670c; fair to choice mating, SOGS5c.
 Flax Seed: No. southwestern, g .57: No. northwestern. $2.70.
 Timothy Seed: $1l. Glover: $1475
 Mess Pork: Per barrel, $21@H 25.
 Lard: Per 100 pounds, $9.65.
 Short Clear Sides: Loose, g. .5O610. Short Clear Sides: Boxed $10. .121aG10. .25. Butter: Steady; creameries. 17@26c; dairies, 16@22c.
 Eggs: Weak: receipts, 5962 cases; at mark, cases included. 141k@161ac; firsts. 1Sc: prime firsts, 19c.
 Cheese: Steady; daisies, 15915Ac twins, 1874 6131ac: young Americas, 14%@15c. Potatoes: Strong; choice, to fancy, 476 soc; fair to good, 43G145c.
 Poultry: Steady; turkeys dressed 21,; live chickens, 131ac; live springs, 131ac. Veal Steady; 50 to 60-pound weights. S1sc 60 to S5-peund weights 10hc; S5 to 110-pound weights, 11hc.
 st. Louis Grain
 St Louis, February 9-Cash wheat firm i; track No red. s1: No. ? hard, 93@971hs Cash corn slow: track No. 2 45c; No. 2 white. 45@46c Cash oats steady; track No. ?, 31hc: No. 2 white, 32No< Wheat fu- lures: Higher; May, 96A( July. 92hc s2Ac Cash corn: Higher; M y. 4Sssc; July, 49asd4s1ac. Oats futures Higher; May.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-10
New Orle.n. Rice Market
Naval stores

savannah February 9.-Turpentine firm, Sc: sales. Al; receipts, 72; snip n,ents. &s; stocks, ss7o. Rosin firm; re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-10

New York Cotton Futures.
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Open. High. Low. Close.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-10
LOCAL SECURITIES

Total sale. for the day. 44l4oo shares.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
JUST A GOOD BEAR STORY.
Dend-shOt Wife Rescues Treed and
FrOstbItten Husband.

Bangor. Me. Dec 23.-F. c. Harvey. q
lawyer. living at Tenahy, n. J., who,
with his wife, has been at Berry's camps
at Yoke Pond. started over Boardman
Mountain yesterday on his way to the
railroad station. Mrs. Harvey made a
later start, carrying he's husbands rifle.
Near the top of the mountain Harvey
encountered she bear in the trail. The
animal charged furiously, and Harvey,
who was unarmed. took to a spruce tree.
In his haste he dropped his mittens.
The bear showed no signs of leaving, and
at the end~of two hours Harvey's hands
were badly frostbitten. Fearing that he
could hold but little longer, he
strapped himself to a limb with his belt.
The bear scented Mrs Harvey as she
came along the trail near noon, and her
husband shouted a warning as the ami
NAL started for her. Mrs. Harvey, who
is an expert shot. stopped the bear with
the second bullet when 1t was within
ten feet of her.
Although his hands panied him greatly,
Harvey. with his wife's aid, succeeded
In removing the pelt, an unusually fine
one. 1t will be made into a rug. This
Is the third bear Mrs. Harvey has shot
in Maine.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
WALT MASON'SBOOK
A POETIC DELIGHT
Business Prose Poems" Find
Quick Popularity.

=, Walt Mason. the inimitable prose
poem writer whose splendid little
poems delight so many Washington
Herald readers, has just put out his
splendid material in book form, under
the title. Business Prose Poems"
Waits new book is similar in form
and makeup to his Uncle Wait" book
Of last year, and the poems have been
selected from those that appear daily
in The Washington Herald. and which
appear simultaneously all over the
United States. 1t is said that Walt
Mason has daily audience of more
than 100000 readers He ia the
most widely read poet in America.
walt Mason's poems have the tang
peculiar TO Observation-Disclosures
delightful. No one could read them
without feeling like getting up and
shaking hands with himself. Walt
Mason has invented a new style. He
Is national figure whom William
Allen White calls "the poet laureate
of America Walt Mason initiates no
one-he does not pretend that his good,
wholesome philosophy is all his own.
His is the philosophy of the American
people-cheerful. hopeful-based on
good common sense.
Walt exalts thrift and industry.
yet breaches moderation in every vir-
tue. The MaSCnesque philosophy is
founded on the theory that every man
should be a normal. minded,
klnd-hearted. brave-souled gentleman,
Walt Mason, unlike most other poets.
formulates his wholesome philosophy
in such merry way-in such a con-
vincing. laughing manner that il not
only goes to the heart, and warns
1t, but goes to the heart, warns It.
and sticks there and become a part
of the mans life.
Down in North Carolina, the other
day. a man died who had some store
of this worlds goods He also had
a scrapbook Of Walt Mason's prose
poems. and in his will. along with his
worldly goods, he mentioned among
his precious beQuests to his children
this Mason scrapbook. and left IL to
them as one of his choicest heritaEes,
which shows that the things Mason
writes stick in the heart and influence
the lives of all of us
Walt Mason is a force for decencv-
he Is doing his part in the world. We
are, and should be, exceedingly proud
or Walt Mason. His splendid prose
poems are read eagerly. and we highly
recommend his new illustrated book,
Business Prose Poems" to our readers.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
GOT BEvELED SHAVE
AS HE DISCOVERED ON
LOOKING INTO THE GLASS

Way out in Seattle a citizen, they say.
during the recent water famine, used a
quantity Of champagne for shaving pur-
poses. He hasn't got such an awful lot
on the man who wandered in a shop
several days ago and asked for beveled
razor.
What in thunder is -beveled razorY'
demanded the barber.
Don't know what a beveled razor
is?'' complained the customer. ''Why.
that's a razor that cuts two ways"
The barber looked relieved and assured
the customer he had ii.
And when the customer looked at him
self In the glass after the shave was
ended he was fully astisfied that he had
gotten . beveled shave.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
HORSE AND A MEEK BOY
PLAY HAVOC WITH TRIPS
TO STATION VIA WAGON

Eli FOuts. known around Buffalo by his
ability as a city editor in Washington.
bought a horse about two weeks ago and
advertised in the Bowie ''Zepher'' for
gentle, mild-tempered coIored boy to
look after the animal
A young man with a sorrowful eye and
a soft and gentle voice applied for the
job. He seemed to be too kind. He was
always doing something for. the horse.
He never seemed to worry about doing
too much.
About week agoFwhen Eli started to
drive his horse do%n to the Bowie sta
lion, he noticed that the animal rather
leaned against one side OF the shafts.
He called TO the boy.
Has this horse been drinking?" he
asked. The gentle colored boy shook his
head and soon afterward sneaked away
II was not until the city editor reached
the station that the horse showed full
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
LIFE TERM FOR PRISONER
AS RESULT OF ELOQUENT
LECTURE ON PROHIBITION

rising young lawyer of the town
not long ago was assigned to defend a
man who was charged with murder. The
defense was that the alleged murderer
had been so drunk at the time he did
the killing that he was helpless and un-
able to tell what had occurred. The at
torney drew such vivid pictures of his
clients state of intoXication on the night
Of the murder that the jury. after being
out three minutes. found him guilty of
second degree murder, and the court. in
passing sentence, eXcoriated him as a
drunken brute" and gave him life.
After the prisoner had been taken back
to his CELL the lawyer went back TO
talk to him. He found the defendant.
his head bowed down. sitting on the side
of his cell cot.
well. Jim.' said the attorney sooth-
ingly, I'VE did the best we could
oh" said the prisoner, despondently,
you did damfile."
The lawyers eye frightened.
But" concluded the prisoner. bitterly,
Il wish you'd have talked more like a
lawyer and less like a prohibition can
didate.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24

specting snow would melt before it got
within a mile of them
James Patten. superintendent OF street
cleaning and the man whose lovely little
job consists principally in explaining
why he hasn't done things that every
body knows he-or no other human being
could do, seemed pessimistic. His
voice was sOgSy when he spoke of the
idea of piling snow into wagons and haul
irg 1t miles across country to some place
where it would melt.
Wagon Loads of 1t.
IF only some brilliant fnancier would
try to corner the snow market and sell
it, said he gloOmily, there might be u
real idea in hauling it around in wagons.
Rut somehow a wagon full of snow al
ways reminds me of 4 bucketful of air"
Old Col. Haskell. sCaler Of weights and
measures, is in favor of giving the snow
- somebody. The colonel, when he is
not giving himself away. is always pre-
senting somebody with sOmething-prin
cipally subpeonas TO appear in court, and
he's gotten the idea that if you stick
TO it. YOU can always give away what
YOU have and don't want.
But his old side PARTNER. DR.. William
Tindall, the auxiliary Commissioner.
doesn't ngree with the colonel. He wants
10 save the snow to hide that more or
less accurate statue of Alexander Shep-
herd, which stands in front Of the Dis
trict Building, and gets on his nerves.
Snow Might Rust 1t.
This would he neat and effective
way of hiding it during the winter time
ut least" said the doctor, and there is
reason to hope that the statue would be
so disfCurrd by spring that it would
not be blamed on anybody. When l
think Of that pudgy chunk of bronze as
the memorial to cur handsomest and
most impressive-but, enough. 7 can't
talk about this All | say is if they
want 20 use the snow for some good
purpose let EN- hide that cussrd statue
with 1t and call it a snow man."
hnvro - - af- nfhar .idaas- -~AriIzr
in and out Of the District Building at
this time Of the year. Some of the boys
are in favor of pling all the snow on the
car tracks and making Washngton's
leading advocates of universal transfers
the Washington Railway and Electric
and the Capital Traction-clean up the
whole mass with their plows. Maj. Syl-
Vester wants to get new regulation
making showing an Offense, punishable
by fine or Imprisonment. or both.
Out in the western part of the city the
Ubduratc weather man. cause of all this
@nti-Snuw discusSiOn-SitS in solemn state
and COrtempIatcs the sky with a mean
ing and malignant eye. He won't say
how soon it is going to snow. But he
does say that ii will snow and he doesn't
care what the public officials OF this city
think OF il.
The aforesaid officials are worried. OF
course. they. have lots OF plans. but 1t
may snow any day, and then-hOWeVer,
We'll wait until it SHOWS.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
DIR. WILEY is INVENTOR :
OF COSTARE COCKTAIL
One of Decacies of the Season Is Sanitary and Much
More, According to Experts

bitters, minus absinthe. minus dangerous
acid or coloring materials 1t is . regu-
lar progressive Republican kind OF drink.
How Is it made?
Oh, well. it might as we'll be told now.
Half of a rlpened orange-one of those
large. lucious oranges-should be sQusez-
ed until the juice is out. Then. very slow
ly. pour in about two-thIrds of a states
mans drink-twO and three-quarter inches
of other liquid.
Stir slowly and put into the glass
where 1t will be trapped. When the
mixture has been trapped. pour into q
cocktail glass ard-weT IL you don't
know what TO do then you might as well
throw il away.
II is wonderful drink Senator Kern.
of Indiana, declares 1t Is more states
manly than any statesmans drink he
ever put away. 1t is a Lulu.
And its name is the Costare cocktail
He-Where are you going all dressed
up?
She-To the dog show.
He-YOu1l never win a prize dressed
like that.-Claud and Fannie Usher, at
Chase's last week.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
SOLUTION OF THE SNOW PROBLEM
BYSOME OF OUR EXPERT SOLVERS
ese Men Know More Than Any Other Public Off
ciaI About Keeping Washington the City
Beautiful in Winter Time.

"Why can't a householder clean off
his own front walk?" asked the major.
Well, why can't he?' was asked.
injections of public spirit" said
! the major. ARE what this town needs"
Work for Each One.
And then he explained that the
President should clean off the White
House, Secretary Knox should attend
to the Department of State, Attorney
General Wickersham, when not busting
trusts, might rustic snow-each and
every individual should join in a pa
triotic crusade against snow, beautiful
snow-you know.
The great trouble at this time" he
concluded, rs that many an average
man, when he brushes off his own par
ticular walk, is perfectly satisfied. and
willing to let his next-door neighbor
break his neck. This is discouraging.
man who will lend you his last lawn
mower in summer will laugh his head
of when you sprain your medulla OBJ
longata on slice of ice in front of his
home. Clean it off? Not he He says
the street belongs to the city and the
city can clean it off. If the city doesn't
want to, that isn't his business"
At this point the Commissioner
showed signs of breaking down and
weeping, so l left him. AS l went out
he furtiveIy produced a model of some
new patent snow shoveIer and began
testing it on his desk top.
salt Solution for Him.
Elliott Woods, superintendent of the
Capitol, who was in the District Build
ing at the time, had his own ideas
of the best manner of cleaning off the
city streets. Salt, he says, is the solu-
tion.
NO man knows" he dramatically
deClaimed. what value salt has. We
use it in Congress all the time TO-:
various purposes. Hence the fine,
mossy. nOnfresh atmosphere that we
have created. This same salt should
be scattered broadcast on the streets
makes its appearance.
"Ye-e-s. it is merely a form Of salt
ing Washington down. But then
Washington has been salted down so
regularly that it wouldn't mind a little
extra dose of the medicine if it was
delivered for a good cause"
'WOuldn't everything he Cusscdly
wet If the salt was used generally
throughout the city," I asked.
Elliott Woods gazed reprovingly at
me
Has any man come to the point
where he proP9SeS t99 y99dbRIitioRr rfn4fn fnf Wfbt ne
ducked.
Rudolph Has Solution.
Morris Sheppard. of Texas. developed
the happy thought of blanketing the
street with hay. But Commissioner
Rudolph went him one better by urging
that the city streets he covered prior
to snow falls with complete copies of
the various District regulations that
have never been enforced.
we have said he. AN unnumbered
quantity Of these regulations piled
away somewhere in the offices of the
corporation counsel Most of them re-
late TO how. where. why. and when the
free and public citizen of this city shall
walk, eat, sleep, drink, sneeze, have a
nit. and eXpeCtOrate.
These regulations are hot Most of
them would make an asbestos curtain
curl up and smoke. Why not use them
as literary warming pans? Any self-re-
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
REPORTERS REPARTEE HITS
MANAGER OF BURLESQUE
HOUSE UNDER THE BELT

Several days ago a manager of a bur-
lesque house, whose initials are A. NJ,
was sitting in his front office with a
group of show people when a reporter
went in to inquire about new building,
which, it had been rumored, was to be
built. The manager, all puffed up by the
unexpected visit, decided to score ten
strike.
Say" he beloved. plaintively, cant
get a breath of air without a reporter
following me around and asking me
questions?"
The reporter surveyed him for a mo-
mrnt then replied:
Look here. If you were only getting
breaths of air when reporters saw you
all the oxygen tanks in the world
wouldn't save you from suffoCation.
Good night
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
CHORUS GIRLS WARNED
TO KEEP SILENT AND
SING" BY IRATE MANAGER

Last Monday a crowd of chorus girls
were rehearsing a new song. The man
ager. coat off and hair mussed. was try
ing like all eternity to make them pay
attention to what he was saying. but the
more he talked the more the buzz Of
c. g. chatter continued.
After he had beaten his fists against
the bass drum and bounced around until
nigh unto exhaustion. the manager climb
ed on the stage and spoke:
For heavens sake" he shouted,
let's have sllenCe-and sing"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
BREAD LINE" IS PLACE
WHERE SUBMERGED TENTH
CAN BEST BE STUDIED

The rags and tatters of Washington s
submerged tenth have, during the last
few days merged themselves. through
the medium OF the Gospel Mission, PIG
John Marshall place, into bread line
and bread line which for diversity Of
type is unexceIled by the largest cities
in the land.
Every morning the sun of bitter
winters morning rises behind the Capitol
dome the thin. ragged line creeping. no
one knows from where, forms in front
of the mission building and awaits the
arrival of n. W. Kline superintendent
of the place, who gives the morning
meal
1t isn't much from the standpoint of
the average man. a huge slice of bread
and a tin cup of black Coffee-that is the
breakfast of the bread line. But those
who have waited since dawn for this
food invariably are thankful in a meas
ure out of proportion to what they have
received.
1t Is 4 transient bread line. Men come
there for day or and disappear.
And no man knows what becomes of
them. Some leave the city. Others find
work. Still others find their ultimate
being behind the bars of some precinct
cell. But they come and go. never less
than a score, rarely more than a hum
dr,d. munChing tEeir bread. slipping the
scalding coffee. and fervently praising
Supt. Kline, who has STAYED off starva-
tion for Il time at least.
She-ThiS quarter is bad
He-You said you wanted it bad
Claud and Fannie Usher, at Chase'S last
week.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
The Other Side,
Iua the Christmas PUCK.

Ffun the Christmas PUCK.
Irishman in America thinking OF
rapacious landlords, rent laws and poor
crops)-This year we will all 60 back
to ireland and show our poor down.
trodden countrymen what a free coun-
try did for US.
American in Europe CthInkinE Of
rapacious trusts, poor tariH laws, and
high cost of living)-This year we all
go back to America and show our poor
down-trodden countrymen what a free
country did for u.s.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24

and complete symptoms of insanity. Then
the city editor leaped from the wagon to
save his life.
A veterinary, called in after the horse
died. explained that the colored boy
the gentle. mild-eyrd. colored boy-had
played My Country 'Tis of Thee" on
that horses head with a baseball bat.
And now the explanation. In the
Rowie 'Zepher" yesterday appeared the
following advertisements,
'Wanted-A morse as gentle as the col
ored boy that took care of my last horse
to take care of colored boy. 9
ELI FoUTs." =
He-What is your dogs name, and
what does he eat?
She-Gingersnaps-Claud and Fannie
Usher, at Chase's last week.
Ed, Lee Wrothe-He said l was
jackass. e.
Frank Wakefeld-Well don't bother
me, | am no veterinary-Heard at the
Gayety.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
BALTIMORE PLANS BAN
- ROLLER TOWELS, BUT
WE MUST STILL USE EN-

In answer to a request for information
from the department OF legislative ref
erence OF the municipality of Baltimore,
the District Commissioners have been
co mpelled to admit with some feeling of
regret that Washington has not. at pres
ent, any law prohibiting the use of roll
or towels in public places. The request
stated that Baltimore is now attempting
TO get abreast of the times. and conse-
quently a roller towel measure has been
placed before the city council for con-
sideration.
Although the Commissioners are unable
to give any Information to the city Coun-
Gil on the first request. they can. if they
so desire. tell an interesting history in
answer to the second request. which is
:Or information with respect to the roll
er towel in general
For several months ago the old time
worn roller towels in the District Build
ing were suddenly taken away and in
their place were put reels of tissue pa
per. DR.. Woodward rejoiced over the
fact that the Commissioners had realized
the importance of greater precautions
being taken against the spread of dis
ease. But il finally become evident that
the change was rot in the interests Of
health. but in the interests of the Dis
great wave OF economy had swept
through the various branches of the Dis
trict government, II appeared. Econo-
mics were put INTO effect in all branch
es OF the government. So every one at
last agreed that the towel question was
one Of purse instead of public health
And this was soon demonstrated.
The officials of the District discovered
that the employees of the District Build
ing were exceedingly lavish in the use
of the new style. The paper was very
thin, and fingers and face frequently
slipped through, thus requiring many
yards for each drying Of the hands and
face. The District officials became wor-
ried An order was at once issued to
the effect that any employe found MAX
ing extravagant use of the paper towels
would be reprimanded severely.
No employe was ever caught in the
act: but the paper continued to disap-
pear rapidly. Reel after reel would dis
appear like magic. Then one day the
paper towels suddenly disappeared and |
have not been seen since. Employees to- !
lay are wiping their hands on the old |
fashioned towel of the roller type. |
The letter from the Baltimore munich |
pality was signed by Horace f. Flack, |
executive. Similar letters are being sent |
10 all of the large cities throughout the !
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
HIiaa.
From the Christmas PUCK.
n~tNNF rnr.kh ~

Willie Wayback-My pa says in New
York they have buildings forty stories
high.
Tommy Rurel-Ain't that fine! 4
kid could spend most all his life slid
ing down the banisters. couldn't he?
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24

He-You're very near fool
She-That's all right, I'll move
Claud and Fannie Usher, at Chase's last
week.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
Chorus Girl Rrpartce,

Frcm the Christmas Puck.
Trlxie-oh. you're not~such muehl
Zaza-No? i don't see any Pitts
burg millionaire's picture On yonP
bureau, either!
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24
HEALTH OFFICER
HEARS MANY WALLS
Asked to Remedy Many
Unique Complaints.
WRITER SAYS CATS ANNOY
In Many Instances the chicks"
About the FeIines Are Not for
I'm Some Cases 1t Is Merely an
Attack of the Crouch or Insanity.

Whatever YOUR troubles, take them to
the District health officer. He knows all
and he will solve your problems and
remedy your complaints.
This has been the daily philosophy of
a big percentage of the people of the
District. Daily complaints of all kinds
come through the mails and over the
telephones and to Health Officer Wood
ward. Al! of the complaints are given
careful consideration and are filed care
fully away. Often the health department
is able to lend assistance. Many times it
is a problem for the police to handle.
Sometimes DR.. Woodward thinks it is a
case for st. Elizabeth's to handle Ere
quently the complainants are notified
that the health department can take no
action on the matters which have been
brought up.
For instance, one letter tells of the
nightly chorus of back fence tomcats
In a certain section of the city The
writer says he is kept awake by the
weird dfsCord and that his efforts to dis
able the songsters have been futile.
Pitchers, slippers, and cakes of soap
have been of no avail. he continues The
cats are back the following night. All
that he asks is for DR.. Woodward to see
that the midnight chorus is
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24

Tommy-Pa. was writing done on tables
of stone in the old days?
Pa-Yes, my son.
Tommy-Then it must have taken a
crowbar to break he news.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-24

Frank Wakefield (seeing Janitor
Higgins at the race track)-Who are
you?
Ed Lee Wrothe-I am the janitor
Wakeheld-What are you doing he e?
Wrothe-Just came down to clean up.
Heard at the Gayety.