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The Springfield herald., 1912-03-15

Stamford Raffies. This immense now
er is composed of five round petals
of a brickish color. each measuring a
foot across These are covered with
numerous irregular yellowish white
swellings.
The petals surround a cup nearly .
foot wide, the margin OF which bears
the stamens The cup Of the Rafnesia
is filled with neshy disk. the upper
surface of which is covered with pro-
tections like miniature cows horns.
The cup when free from Its contents
will hold about twelve pints. The
The Springfield herald., 1912-03-15
Live Stock.

St. -Cattle-Market steady.
Nati2c beef steers, s5.00@S.50: cows
and hcifers. $3.O0@G.75; stockers and
feeders, S3.75d6.25; Texas and Indian
steers. $5OOQ7.00: cows and heifeIs.
s3.OOI5.OO: calves in carload lots.
s5.OO@7.00.
Hogs-Market l0c lower. Pigs and
lights. $525@6.55; mixed and butch
ers, sG.4066.55; good heavy. $6.550
6.65.
Sheep-Market, strong. Native NUT
tons, S3900I 500; lambs, $G.0067.25.
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DlsproportIonate.

I'VE must expect to suffer pain In
the same degree that we infiict 1t on
Others" said the man who believes in
retribution.
Maybe So" answered the suffering
friend. But l am convinced that my
dentist has found q way of beating
ths game"
The Springfield herald., 1912-03-15
Kansas City Grain.

Kansas -Close-Wheat- May.
$1.02A @1.02A; July, 93@93hc; Sept.
90hsc.
Ccrn-May, 72Bc; July. 70h@
.09sc; sellers, Sept, G9B @69Ac.
Cash wheat unchanged; No. 2 hard.
$1.03@1.0Sk No 3, $I0l@1.07h; No.
red, Sl.0012 D102; No. 3, 9Ssc0
$1.00.
Corn-Unchanged to 1c higher; No
mixed, GS1a a CSC; No. 3, 67@67hc:
No. white, G9@70c; No. ,, &c.
Oats-Steady; No. white, $40
54c; No. mixed, 524 53c.
Rye-90@92c.
Hay-unchanged to soc higher;
choice timothy. s2O.00@21.50; choice
prairie. $15.75@1G.00.
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duced a bright, new ten-cent piece as
corroborative evidence. Then he
looked at his wife and smiled.
ITS a good thing Jimmy's father 10
well-to-do." he said. Did you have
q pleasant afternoon. Edwardf"
We'll. we earned the money. all
right" said Edward.-Youth's Com
pAnion.
The Springfield herald., 1912-03-15
Lad Explains How He and HIS l'tt's
Mates Earned Ten Cents
Apiece.

The Higgins family was gathered
about the supper table. and MT. Hig'
gins was engaged in serving the cold
ham on the pile of waiting plates. He
interrupted that process long enough
to addreas one Of his young sons.
Edward" he said. didn't l hear
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country Make. !, pIffersnee

Hem China. fellow never sees
his wife till after they are married.
She-How strange. In England. it's
the wife who never sees her husband
after they are married.-M. A. p.
The Springfield herald., 1912-03-15

flower weighs about fifteen pounds
and is very thick, the petals being
three-quarters OF an inch.-Scientinc
American.
The Springfield herald., 1912-03-15
An Immense Flower.

The largest of all the flowers of the
world is said to be the Ramesia. ma
tive of Sumatra, SO called after nlr
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Flax.

Duluth. -, Closing - Lnseed - In
store, $2.04 on track, $2.0514; to ar
rive, s2.05l4; March. $2.O4 asked;
May, s2.0512; July, $2.05H asked.
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LATE
MARKET
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
q v oTATIo N s
DENVER MARKETS,
Cattle.


DENVER MARKETS.
Cattle.
Beef steers, corn fed, good to
choice ...............G .G.O0O7OO
Beef steers, corn fed, fair to
good ................ .f.5OO5.5O
Beef steers, pulp fed, good to
cholce ...............5. .5.50D6 ~
Beef steers, pulp fed, fair to
good i. ./..............4. .4.75@5.5O
Beef steers, grass fed, good
to choice .5.4O@6.25
Beef steers. grass fed. fair
to good .................47 7505.35
Heifers, prime. pulp or grass
fed .47505.5O
Cows and heifers, grass fed,
good to choice ......... .44O@5.15
Cows and heifers. fair to
good .4O0Q4.5O
Cows and heifers, pulp fed,
good to choice .......... .4.50@5.25
Cows and heifers, pulp fed,
fair to good ............. 5 85@4.50
Gamers and cutters ...... .2.0O@3.5O
Veal calves ............... .5OO07.35
Bulls :. .................. .3OO04.25
Stays 3.25@4.5O
Feeders and stockers, good
10 CHolCe % UU~O.fo
Feeders and stockers, fair
to good ................. .425@5.O0
Feeders and stockers. COM
mon to fair ............ .35O04.25
Hogs.
GOOD hOgS .................6 .6.40W6.55
Sheep.
Lambs, good to choice 49,. 5.50W6.00
Lambs, fair to good ...... 5.O0O5.50
Feeder lambs, T. p. r. ..... .4.5OW5.5O
Yearlings, fair to choice -. .4.5OO5.3O
Wethers. good to choice .4.25@4.75
Wethers, fair to choice -. .3.75@4.25
Wethers. feeders, f. p. r. ...3.O003.50
Ewes, fair to choice ....... .3.25D3.S5
Ewes, feeders and culls, +.
p. r. -1.VVW3.Zo
Hay.
prices Paid by Denver Jobbers f. o.
b. Track Denver)
Colorado upland, per ton. is O0dD16.OO
Nebraska upland. per ton 13.50GD1450
Second bottom, Colorado
and Nebraska. per ton. .11.00@12.0O
Timothy, per ton ........ .l5.OOW16OO
Alfalfa. per ton ......... .50D12.5O
South Park. choice. per
ton ..............15 15.506D16.50
San luis Valley, per ton. .12.OOD13 90
Gunnison Valley, per ton. .14.OO015.0O
Straw, per ton ........... 4.OOW 5.0O
Grain
Wheat. choice milling, 100 lbs. 1.52
Rye. Colo. bulk. 100 lbs. .1.45
Idaho oats, sacked .............1 .1.S5
Corn, In sack .I42
Corn chop. sacked .............1.43
Bran, Colo. 100 lbs. ........... 1.S5
Dressed Poultry. .--
Turkeys. fancy. d. p. ....19 @21
Turkeys. old toms ........l5 W16
Turkeys, choice ........... Is D16
Hens, large ..-.......... IL WIo
Hens, small IA Di3
Springs, lb. ...............l5 0lG
Ducks ............15 @1G
Geese ..l3 eDI4
Rosters ..............
Live Poultry.
Hens. fat stock .......... IA
Springs. lb. .....-........-l4 OILS
Rcosters .............
Ducks .....15 @1G
Turkeys. s lbs. or over ....1G OFT
Geese .............. 10
Butter.
ElSln oo
Creameries, ex. East. lib. 81 032
Creameries, ex. Colo, lb. 81 O32
Creameries, I'd grade, lb. -. %
Process ~ VSS
Packing stock ........... 25
Eggs.
Eggs case count, less com. .... $5.S6
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS
Flax.
Duluth. - Closing = Linseed - In
store S2O4: on track S205h: to ar
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Eggs.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS

Eggs case count. less com. ......s5.s
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SYNOPSIS.
HARRY RVNG GREENE :

Illustrations b. FbA0ESu9 q. Noffnor
eovrssosr y essASr1AN - ~ ~.
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Sheep.
Lambs, good to choice 5.50D6.00
Lambs, fair to good .... .5.O005.50
Feeder lambs, +. p. r. ..,.. .4.50QD5.5O
Yearllngs, fair to choice e. .4.5OQD5.3O
Wethers. good to choice .4.25@4.75
Wethers, fair to choice .3.75 @4.25
Wethers. feeders, +. p. r. ...3.O003.50
Ewes, fair to choice ....... 3.25GD3.S5
Ewes, feeders and culls, +.
p. r. .2.OO@325
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Butter.

ElSln oo
Creameries, ex. East. lb. 81 032
Creameries, ex. Colo, lb. ..31 032
f'reameries, I'd grade, lb. =. %
Process ..............2O UZ1
Packing stock ............ 25
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Hay.

Hay.
prices Paid by Denver Jobbers f. o.
B. Track Denver.)
Colorado upland, per ton. Is OO@lG.OO
Nebraska upland, per ton 13.5OO14.5O
Second hntinm. Colorado
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-26
Where Light Is Needed

Many streets in Birmingham are poorly lighted. but one in particular, Park avenue, should have the prompt attention of the city commission" said a resident of West Twentieth street.
 During the aldermanic regime, AL derman Simon K1otz, of the Second ward, saw that light was needed on Park avenue near the corner of West Twentieth, and he had one placed there. That had been one of the dark est spots in town. It was particularly inviting to highwaynen.
 Soon after the commission succeed ed the board of aldermen, a pressing demand was made for a light on West Twentieth street in front of the Young Women's Christian Association build ing, midway between Park avenue and Eighth avenue. The light was install ed and everybody in that neighborhood expressed a feeling of gratitude But 1t was like robbing Peter to pay Paul. No sooner had West Twentieth been illuminated than the light on Park avenue was discontinued. I insist that that light should be restored. Even when the moon is shining the shade of large trees makes 1t dangerous street for pedestrians, and when there is no moon and no stars are visible, black blackness envelopes the aforesaid spot"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-26
THE ROOSEVELT MOVEMENT

From the Chicago Daily News.
 Persons who are puzzled by the sud- den outcry in favor of Roosevelt for the republican nomination for President can plainly discern that no national emer- gency demands the return to power of the man of oyster Bay. Whatever crisis exists is due to imperiled flesh pots, for which republican officehold- CTS or republican candidates have a tender longing. The cry is not that ] Roosevelt is better or safer man for President than is Taft. It is mere | ly asserted that Roosevelt Is the more popular man.
 It is the business of politicians to win. Many of them are now declaring | for Roosevelt simply because they think
 he can be elected
 1 A Taft supporter is quoted as saying 1 that men who intend to seek office or | the republican ticket next November
 want to ride into office on the col
 oners coattails" This is not an ele- gant way of expressing the situation
 but it will serve.
 1 1t is, however, desirable that one
 mans real or supposed popularity
 should outweigh all other considera | tions? A stampede to Roosevelt early
 in the present year by herd of panic stricken office seekers would not pre- vent the voters of this country from applying an abundance of cool logic to the presidential problem through the long weeks of mild and fruitfu | autumn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-26
Revision of Iron and Steel Duties

The Underwood steel bill is well re- ceived by the country. The iron and steel industry does not object to it. No fair minded person has any ob- jections to offer, and did not the country need some revenue from metals no doubt greater reductions would have been made in the schedule.
 It is difficult to see how the Sen ate or the President can object to so reasonable a bill. They cannot well demand iron and steel duties that MT. Carnegie says are not needed. MT. Carnegie certainly knows great deal about the steel business, for he ere ated it, and wrought out of it a gigantic fortune.
 The Underwood bill reduces by one third the steel and iron duties, and the weight of opinion is that the re- duction will not have an economic ef- feet of any importance on the great industry.
 From all sides come praise of the Underwood bilE The standpatters who want all duties maintained are of course disgruntled, for they see in a reduction of iron and steel rates re- ductions in votes that they are using in exploiting home consumers. The wool trust. sees the handwriting on the wall, and so do many other trusts. Outside of standpat circles only good is seen in the Underwood bill, and no fair minded person can see any ob- jection to a reduction of the duties that MT. Carnegie says are unneces- sary to the prosperity of the iron and steel business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-26
Skating on the Sidewalks

In every large city ordinances are sometimes adopted which are never enforced, and officials sometimes is- sue orders that are not taken seri- ously.
 Commissioner A. o. Lane must have been in a humorous frame of mind when he issued an order prohibiting children from skating on the side walks. It looks, at any rate, like a joke. If Birmingham were studded with public playgrounds children would do most of their roller skating in such places, but as Birmingham's public parks are few and far between it is the sidewalk or nothing for the majority of children who indulge in the healthy sport of skating.
 What harm can children do in skat- ing on the sidewalks? Some irrita- ble, i'll natured persons with no sym pathy for humanity, and with no lik- ing for children may have complained to Commissioner Lane. Boys and girls in the exuberance of their nature do make some noise when they are at play, but all well disposed men and women are glad to see the young folks happy, and innocent noises do not dis turb them.
 Crimes are committed in Birming- nam every day that are not detected by the police, and many reasonable ordinances that should be enforced are dead letters. In view of the facts then, it would be most absurd for policemen to arrest children for exer- .ising themselves on roller skates on the sidewalks.
 Laws that are not supported by pub ic sentiment, and laws that are never
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-26
HEMP CIGARS
-om inc New York sun.

From the New York Sun.
 While discussing the sale of cigarettes 10 children before the health department of the city council in Chicago, Miss Lucy Gaston attacked campaign cigars. She maintained that these so-called cigars are a species of rope:
 some move should be taken to prevent cigars which injure the smoker being passed around at election time These cheap cigars all contain hemp"
 With no thought of persuading the lady from her dislike of hempen rolls, it must be said in the interest of truth that hemp should make much more delightful smoke than what many of us were ac- ture of grapevine and string. For that matter, hemp is less injurious than some of ilso brown paper cigars that retail at a respectable price. The reason why hemp is less harmful than paper is that 1t takes longer to consume it, so that a smoker is likely to use up much greater quantity of paper than he is of hemp. As to the use in Chicago of hempen ci- gars for campaign purposes. we do not
 
 she speaks. Yet if a smoker used the article before he cast his vote the gen erous candidate would lose his vote at least. For a bad cigar is the unpardon- able sin, particularly when 1t is a gift. man would lose more votes before elec- ton time by distributing hempen weeds than if he openly declared and admitted that he had the support of Wall street and business men. On the other hand we cannot conceive of a candidate so wanton as to make gifts after his election, even if they consist of clear Manila hemp. Why should even a politician want to make his friends sicken unto death? In short, is it not likely that Miss Gaston has been imposed upon? Has she actually seen WeaVers spinning cigars out of hemp
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-26
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
undcrxyood sentiucnt

Charles L. Tolles of Hartford, vice president and sales manager of the Jewell Betting company, was in Bir- mingham yesterday and had lunch at the Southern club as the guest of I. F. Young.
 "In Connecticut I hear oscar ". Un- derwood discussed in connection with the presidency, and always in the most complimentary terms" said MT. Tolles. T am a republican, but feel free to say that the Alabama statesman Is a better authority on the tariff question knows more in detail about the tariff than any other man in this country Mir Underwood seems to have all the equipment for making an ideal Pres ident."
 MT. Tolles said he had been visiting Birmingham once a year during the past five years. and that on each visit he remarked growth and improvement.
 Birmingham was something of city when I first saw it." said he, but it has made strides since then. It Is more metropolitan and is more attractive in every way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-26
PICKMIcK IN PARIS

From the Boston Evening Transcript.
 MT Piekwick is still haunting the mind of many a Parisian. writer in the Liberte has imagined visit of Mr. Plck- wick to Paris for the New Year. The things that the famous hero of Dickens discovered are no doubt worth setting down in the records of the club. Accord ing to this writer MT. Pickwick noted that in Paris everybody kisses everybody else on New Years Day. MT. Snodgrass vas told that there was a police regula- ton to that effect. People who did not kiss in the streets or in the shops were treated as suspects. MT. Pickwiclz also noticed thas on New Years Day all the beggars Of the universe were let loose in Paris. They gathered in groups round the Picl1wickian company. sang. wined and formed a chorus. "They are calling down upon us benediction, health, happi- ness and prosperity for 1912,'' remarked Mir. Jingle. MT. PickwiclS was deeply moved and took out a pencil to note it down. The chorus suddenly stopped when they saw that 1t was pencil and not his purse that he had drawn out. They looked very disappointed and walked away, using epithets that recalled all sorts of low animals.
 The Plckwickians next hailed a taxi to drive to a restaurant They were not aware of the taxi strike, and an instant later they ere badly mobbed by riotous strikers for getting into a nonunion taxi After the riot they walked to a resta1- rant on the bouevards, where only wait resses are employed. Feeling that they had to conform to the custom on New Years Day of kissing everybody, they were about to do so MT. Tupman led the way and got a soup tureen on his head for his pains Their adventures promptly came to an end by their being arrested and led to the police station for outrage to public morality. The writer has probably caught some of the Pick wickian h'rmor. but happily New Years Day in Paris is not quite so extravagant a thing as he pictures it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-26

From the Cincinnati Times-Star
 The organized sort of charity recepted for one jolt at one of the down town mis- sions during the present cold spell. The mission is supported by charitably in- ciined people of a card index and statisti- cal turn of mind. Every now and then some poor geezer blows in without enough clothes to his back to swab fountain pen and wearing musical shoes-the sort that flap an imitation of castanets when the occupant walks. Whereupon the cold and hungry individual is met at the door by study in black and white. He is re- quired to pass civil service examination before he is helped. He has to tell his name, when he fell, how hard and why, what he works at when he works and if he works, and why he did not save enough money. in August to buy himself long ones to wear during cold weather. Then ho is fed and given a comfortable bed, and in the morning is installed in warm and whole clothes of the second hand sort. The superintendent of this mission hold his job because he can handle the sort of mon who frequent the place, and
 
 mercury around the zero mark and a safety razor wind playing through the streets, he went on strike. Half dozen empty and frost bitten and dejected wrecks came in the other night The adding machine man began to gather a set of figures from them, from which he could strike an average. "Nlx on that said inc suilerintendent
 The minister who was welcoming tho submerged looked up in surprise The superintendent told him, in a fine loud tone, that on this particular occasion those who needed food and sleep and clothes were going to be accommodated without answering a lot of fool questions. You" said he to the minister, "are one of the preachers who refused to open their churches for these poor devils 10 sleep in when it turned so blasted cold. Then you come down here to poster 'en Not tonight you wont.'
 You're dlunk," said the minister in horror.
 There's more left in my bottle,' said the superintendent. Take some it Will dc you good"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-26
Pure Food Administration

The report of the House Committee on expenditures of the agricultural department really condemns Secre- tary Wilson's manner of administer ing the pure food law. The Remsen referee board is also condemned, but any administrative feature of the law must necessarily be shouldered by the aged Wilson, who never has been a warm supporter of it. When Dr. Wiley proved to be a sure true be- liever in pure food and drugs for the people Secretary Wilson went to work to overrule the findings of the bureau of chemistry. The Remsen board was established and an inside board domi- mated by McCabe and Dunlap was also established. In this way Dr. Wiley's hands were tied, and the execution of the pure food law was stayed.
 President Taft intimated last sum- mer that the agricultural department needs reorganization, and yet nothing has been done. Congress should make use of the Moss report to com pei full execution of the pure food law. To make long matter short Secretary Wilson should be unloaded. He has from the outset stood in the way of pure food and drugs. Until he is replaced by real friend of food and drug reform there is small hope of wedding out the thousand and one poisonous preparations that are pushed upon the people, especially those of humble means. Every town is filled with deleterious articles that keen enforcement of the food and drugs act would weed out. Dr. Wiley would soon put an end to such prepar- ations, but Secretary James. Wilson never will.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-26
Two skyscraper Hotels Enough

If Birmingham were compelled in haste to get ready for the holding of the national democratic convention to nominate Oscar Underwood for Presi- dept it might be well to sprinkle the town with skyscraper hotels. No such exigency is, however, before us, and two hotels costing $1,000,00O apiece will suffice, if indeed one might not be ample.
 The builders and promoters of mil lion dollar hotels should get together. They should forget their pet lots and proceed to pull together on one basis. One or two skyscraper hotels will be enough this year. Don't overdo the business. Be sensible and also pat riotic. Be economically sane.
 Get together to build at least 12 story skyscraper hotel and build it so well it will be second to none in the south. How the focusing of sites and of schemes can be consolidated, it is not easy to say, but the general good demands this, and what the general good calls for is pretty sure to be the outcome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-26

distant traffic roaring along. and tbe fotsam and jetsam of life nsusing {, satisfy as much hunger as their means allow the coffee stall becomes a thing oi interest, of romance.
 Kun by the poor for the poor these out door caravansaries have found and ken, their own level and their strange patheti, charm. To some of us a cup of coffe, on the curb among those ''oueer creatl ures' is quite decorous adventure afteI a dance or theatre, and we patronizingly pronounce the beverage "o1lite nassab,a {. But to the queer creatures" 1t is neotal and our "deeorous adventure" is theil sad life.
 The comedy and tragedy of a contra dietory world may be met round thl coffee stall There, laugh is so nearly ] sob, a caress so nearly blow, and 4 steaming cup of coffee can turn a teal into a smile. There is kind of free II asonry among the frequenters of thes, vagabond hotels. Not a stall in Lon don but possesses its regular clientele.
 Wet or fine. winter or summer, at aboul ID o'clock every evening Londons coffe' stalls are erected at their different loca ities. Since the early closing of publil houses made such refreshment booths necessity the metropolis has never bee without its stalls. Starting with a boar propped on trestles. they have yearly im proved, until today many of them ar regular caravans, drawn by sturdy ponied As picture in contrasts. the might scene round the celebrated coffee stall i Piccadilly known as the Junior Turf cluF is unsurpassed. Soldiers, sailors. cabmer clerks, loafers and vagrants stand in bunch with men in evening dress, whd| turned out of their restaurants, come tI "see life' and take a nghtcap with tbI underworld at the curbstone hotek
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enforced should be rescinded. The fact that not few ordinances in the code are violated with impunity ac- counts in some measure for a large part of this community showing dis respect for law. Of course, public opinion will not support this recent order about skating. If Commissioner Lane really meant for the skating order affecting children to be taken seriously the sooner he recalls it the better.