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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-22
ST. Louis Produce

St Louis, February 21.-Flour steady.
Hay weak: timothy, siodt15 80: prairie. $500
13. Whisky, 81 40. Iron cotton ties, CSC.
Bagging, 1Oc. Hemp twine, SC. Pork un-
changed; jobbing. $17.75. Lard unchanged !;
meats unchanged; boxed extra shorts, lie;
clear ribs, lie; short clears, 11lsc. Bacon
unchanged; boxed extra shorts, 12c; clear
ribs, 12c; short clears, 12lsc. Receipts:
Flour 1000; wheat, $4,000; corn, 122,eoo;
oats. $4,000. Shipments Flour, 12,o0o;
wheat 114,000; corn, 10000; oats, 5000.
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Liyerpool Cotton Market

Liverpool, February 21.-Spot cotton
closed in fair demand; prices firm;
American middling fair, 733d; good
middling, 699d middling. 6.77; low
middling. 6.5Sd; good ordinary. 6.25d:
ordinary, 5,91d; sales. 5000 bales in
GLIDING 500 for speculation and export
and $500 American Receipts 5000 bales
including $500 American. Futures
opened firm and closed barely firm,
February, 6.47d; February March, 6.47d;
March April. 6.4Tisd; April May,
6.471sd; May-June, 6.471sd; June-July,
6.46d; July August, 6.421sd; August
September, September October, 622d
October November, 6.175d; November
December. 6.13d; December January,
6.12d; January February, 6.11d.
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Brought into sight thus far
Taking of American Cotton

New Orleans. February 21.-Secretary
Hester gives the taking of American
cotton by spinners throughout the
world as follows in round numbers:
This week $4,000. this year against
541, 900 last year, 212,000 year before
last.
Total since September |. this year,
s.604. 900 aRinsht S,765,000 last year,
and 7.205,000 the year before.
OF this northern spinners and Cam
ada took 1870 bales this year
against 1,s2s,000 last year, and 1893
600 the year before: southern spinners
1.s46,0OO against 100000 last year and
1,442,O00 the year before: and foreign
spinners 1881 900 against $50, 900 last
year and 100000 the year before.
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Interior Cotton Movement

Houston: Steady; middling, u 7-16c; net
receipts 7274: gross receipts. 7274; ship
ments, 6319 sales. o63; stock, 1S9,462
Augusta: Steady; middlins, 12s4c; net
receipts, $40: gross receipts. 564 ship
ments, 422; sales. 1876; stock, s4.S44
Memphis: Steady; middllng, 125sc: net
receipts, 1880; gross receipts, 1910; ship
ments, 44l2 sales, 1900; stock, 1892.
st. Louis: Dull; middling, 12esc; net re-
ceipts, 1873; gross receipts, 952' shipments
932: sales. 2; stock, 1886.
Cincinnati: Net receipts 636: gross re-
ceipts. sS6; shipments, 1855; stock, 1929.
Little Rock: Quiet; middling, 12l4c; net
receipts. 224; gross receipts, 224 ship
ments, 33l stock. 54,4s7.
Louisville; Firm; middlng, 12lsc; net
receipts, 1871; gross receipts, 1871; ship
ments, 50; sales. 1873; stock. 200.
Total today: Net receipts. 1888; gross
receipts. 1890; shipments, 1i,474; sales,
H99; stock, 1920.
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Metal Market

New York, February Chopper firm.
Spot and February si4.25 bid; March,
April and May. $14.25@14.75; electrolytic,
15.O0c; lake, 15.25c; castings, 1475c; tin,
firm. Spot. 4S.50@61lsc, February, $4S.25@
81; March. s47. .75a4s.25; April, 47.5oa4s.
Lead steady, si25@4.35. Spelter quiet, s6.25
m6.S5. Cookson antinony quiet, s9.S049. 40.
Iron firm
Copper arrivals 445 tons. Exports this
month 23.06S tons. London copper steady.
spot, 964 is I'D; futures, easy. Local
sales, tin 35 tons. London tin quiet; spot.
E21S los. Futures, e214 los London
lead. a160 12s Cd. London spelter,, 925.
Iron, Cleveland warrants, COS 1o1ad in Lon
don.
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Sea Island Cotton

Savannah, February 81. - Sea
Island cotton has been quiet and fea =
tureless during the week. Stocks tods Y
are 2i,S5S as against S151 for the cor
responding week of last year Prices
for the week were: Fancy Georgia and
Florida, 25c; extra choice Georgia and
Florida, 24c; choice Georgia and Flor
ida, 2Se; extra fine, gle; fine, 20c
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526; total since September 1, S,212,714;
same date last year. 9.SO7055 exports
for the week, 127,50S; same week last
year. 161 .s1S; total exports since Sep
tember /, 6549,111; same date last year.
1858, 496, stock at all United States
ports, 762,S02; same time last year. L.
454,40S, stock at all interior towns,
SOL 51Sl same time last year. 63d,711;
stock at Liverpool, $4,000; same time
last year, LII, 900; stock of American
afloat for Great Britain same time last
year, 100000
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Bonds
Treasury Statement

WASHINGTON, February M.-The condition
of the United States treasury at the be-
ginning of business today was: Working
balance, S76 1885, ,S26; in banks and Philip
pines treasury, 44,49S,5lI; general fund
total, $146, 1853, 32i; receipts yesterday, 81
49l 1877; disbursements yesterday, 1922 52l; ;
surplus for the fiscal year, S7,449.005
against deficit of S25.S41T 1871 last year
Figures for receipts and disbursements ex-
clude Panama canal and public debt
rarsactions.
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Gay covering. Closing prices were points
lower on February and unchanged to >
points lower on the balance of the list
Sales, 1890 barrels. Price crude, $50
5.20c; prime summer yellow spot, s6.25Gi
6.ioc; February, 6.25c; March, 6.2Sc; April,
Csc; May, 6.30c; June, $3.50; July, $3.50 :;
August, 6.43c; September, 6.44c. Prime
winter yellow, 6.45c bid; prime summer
white, 6. .45m7c.
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New York Money

New York, February 21.-Money on call
easy, 2Ia@3Is per cent: ruling rate. 3A;
closing bid, 2id offered at pa. Time loans
easy: so and 80 days and six months, 4.sq
Al per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, per cent;
sterling exchange firm, with actual busi-
Hess in bankers bills at $4-S3.15 for 60
day bills and at s4.S7.50 for demand; COM
mercial bills, A.S244. Bar silver, 6lssc.
Mexican dollars. 4Sisc. Government bonds
steady; railroad bonds heavy.
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Fruits and Produce

Apples. fancy winesap, $475Q5 per bbl:;
York and Imperial apples. s3.75 bbl. /:
Florida oranges, s2.75Q3 per box; Cali
furnia oranges, $3.50 per box; Califor-
MIA lemons, $3.50 per box; grape fruit,
81. 1913 per box; tangerines, $3.50
per box; Malaga grapes, in kegs
$5.50Q700; Cranberries,, $2.75 box; per
barrel, $40. Italian chestnuts, 10c
per pound. Lines, 81 per hundred
Irish potatoes, Se4S5c b.. Onions, red
globe, l%c per Id. Danish cabbage, l1sc
per lb. California celery. SOC per dozen,
81 per crate. Rutabagas, lkc per pound.
Lettuce, S150Q2.50 per crate.
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New Orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans, February 21.-Cotton spot
steady; middling. 1850, unchanged. Sales
1850 To arrive go. Low ordinary, DC
nominal; ordinary, Q 13-16c nominal; good
ordinary, IL 7-l6e; strict good ordinary,
II 11-l6c; low midding, II 15-16c; strict
low middling, II 3-6c nominal; strict mid
ding, II 9-16c; good middling, 12&c; strict
good mlddling, IL 15-16c; mddling fair.
1890 nominal; middlng fair to fair 1896
nominal fair, 1llsc nominal Receipts.
31O1. stock. 1l2.G60
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Liverpool Grain

liverpool, February 21.-Wheat, spot
steady; No. Manitoba, rs I'd; No. Man
itoba, is sd; futures steady March, Is
6ssd; May, is 4d; July, Is 3asd. Corn, spot
American mixed, new, quiet, As l0d; old,
do. IS 10lRd futures steady March La
Plata, no stock March mixed American,
Is 97sd.
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Cotton Receipts

New York. February 2I.-The following
are the total net receipts of cotton at
all ports since September 1: Galveston,
1. 1881 ,914; New Orleans, 1,11S,553; Mobile,
11,s47; Savannah, 1,0S6100; Charleston,
265, ,539; wilmington. 34,375; Norfolk, 427,-
760; Baltimore 5Sll9 New York, 12,505
Boston. IS, ,S06; Newport News, 5000; Phil
adelphia. 1918; San Francisco, 1a0, ,4S9
Brunswick, 220 909 Pensacola, 105. .62l; Port
Arthur, 107, COS; Jacksonville, 1i.011; Texas
City, $40. $3.50; Georgetown, los; Laredo,
2094; Tacoma. 1909; Aransas Pass, 81 1896
Seattle, 22,3Ol minor ports, 496s. Total
| s, 232, ,714 bales
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Cotfun MercIants, Hanover square, n.
Members New York Cotton Ex-
change. New Orleans Cotton Exchange,
New York Produce Exchange. Asso-
ciate Members Liverpool Cotton Asso-
ola lion Orders solicited for the pur-
chase and sale of Cotton and Cotton
Seed oil for future delivery. Special
attention and liberal terms given for
Livery. Correspondence invited.
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London Stock Market

London, February 21.-Money was
in strong demand; discount rates firm
The stock market ruled dun and easy.
American securities weakened under
Berlin offerings. Closed easy. Can
adian Pacific was weak.
Consols for money, 74ss for the ae-
count, 741s; Illinois Central, 1861
Louisville and Nashville. 125 Y South
ern Railway. 261a par silver quiet,
2Sss per ounce; money, 41sM4% per
cent; discount rates, short bills, per
cent; three months bills, 4 1916,
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New Orleans Rice Market

steady; no sales reported; clean steady
Receipts: Rough, 1855; clean, 52I millers
1850. Sales; Rough, none; clean Hondur-
as, none; Japan, 100 at S1ae. Quotations.
Rough Honduras, 2.50d4.75c; Japan, 2,75Gt
425c; clean Honduras, 4@5lzc; Japan,
5ff4c.
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Dry Goods

New York February 2I-Cotton
goods markets rule steady with trade
of moderate proportions. Yarns and
easier. Linens and burlaps are being
bought for spot delivery with consid-
erabl freedom. Jobbers report a good
trade in wash goods, white goods and
domestic tickings.
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Imports of Merchandise

New York, February H.-Imports of
merchandise and dry goods at the port
of New York for the week ending Feb
ruary 10 were $40. 407, ,9l5 Imports of specie
for the week ending today were $197 ,0S2
silver and s432, ,7s4 gold Exports s1,217,SoS
silver and SO, ,669, ,504 gold.
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st. Louis Grain

st. Louis, February 2i.-Cash wheat
firm; track No. red, 81 10a1 p; No. 2
hard, S91aa911Ac. Corn firm; track No. 2,
47d471ac; No. 2 white, 49d49iac. Oats firm;
track No. ,. 33@331ac; No. 2 white, S4d
34Ac, Rye steady, 62c.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Pig Iron
Local Cotton
Meat

Lard, 121ac; compound, s7sc; dry salt
short ribs, 12.45c, bellies, 13l0c; ham
butts, 15c; Boston butts, 141sc; pork loins,
151ac; spare ribs, 13c; breakfast bacon,
22qy1c; smoked bacon, Ice; regular nam.
19c skinned ham, 100
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Montgomery Market

Montgomery. February 2i.-(Special)-
Spot cotton was quoted in Montgomery
today as follows: Strict low middling ia.
cents; middins, IL cents, and strict mid
ding, 121s cents.
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Weekly Cotton Statistics

Liverpool, February 21.--The follow
ing are the weekly cotton statistics:
Imports, all kinds $4,000 bales; i'm
ports, American, $4,000; stocks, all
kinds, 1.114,300; stock, American, L.
$4,000; American forwarded 7000 to-
tai exports, 1890.
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, February 21-Close: Wheat
May, S6as@Se1ac; July, s5ssc. Corn, May,
|51h@512sc; July, 52ss@521ac. Oats, May
35l5o.
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Flour and Breadstuffs

Self raising flour, s6.I5; Tennessee hour,
q IS: Indiana flour, $50; Oklahoma flour,
$50: Michigan -four. $3.50; bolted meal,
per ss lbs, s1.4o No. corn. per oushei,
76c: pure wheat shorts S31; pure wheat
bran, SIS: C. s. hulls, per ton, SO; prime
@. s. meal per ton. SCI; c. s. feed meal.
per ton, $50; No. 1 timothy hay, per ION,
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Comuarative Cotton Statement

New York, February 2I.-For the
week ending Februf ~ 81; Net receipts
at all United states a1 ring week,
1899; same wee fft faf 307,-
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Creamery Products

Country butter, 2vq25c; fresh creamery
butter, 39c; cheese, l9c, imported Swiss
cheese, 32c; German brick cheese, 2Oc,
37c: Neufchatel cheese, per dozen. 45c:
Pimento cheese. 40c; process butter. 30l, /:
daisy cheese, 19c per pound.
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German Exchange

Berlin. February 21A-Exchange on
London, 20m 4o1s pigs for checks;
money Az per cent; private discount
rate, ~.
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Grain Receipts and Shipment

Kansas City, February 21.-Receipts:
Wheat, 27,0OO; corn, 6o,oo0; oats. 1900.
SHIPMENTS: Wheat, $4,000; corn, 5000;
cats, 1900.
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French Exchange

Paris, February 21.-Three per cent
rentes. sSf 77ke for the account. ex-
change on London. 25f "a i4c for checks
private rate of discount, s5s per cent.
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s22; mixed alfalfa and johnson grass.
per ton, $50; corn chops. per 100 Id sacx,
$40 alfalfa nay, per ton, SIG; Johnson
grass, per ton. SIS; mixed feed. s31; oats,
SIC bushel.
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Fish and Sea Eoods

Red snapper, l0c in bbl. lots; lie in
small lots; groupers, Sc; Spanish mack
erel, 15c; spechled sea trout. HE; carp,
roughs, &c: mullet, 6lsc; sun perch or
Dream, S12c;, pompano, 20c; mixed fish.
Sc in barrel lots; crockers. 6,sc; fresh
water perch, &c.
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Poultry and Eggs

Hens, 35Q40c; live per pound, 14115c.
large tryers, l4@l5c; medium flyers, $50
zoe; small fryers. 2212Q25c; ducks, 3Oa4oc:
puineas, 25c; roosters, 25c; geese. eOG70c
live turkeys. 1sqe0c; fresh eggs. case
candled. 20c; extra graded candled eggs.
22c; Rabbits, $2.25 per dozen.
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We already have the savings Of than 10000
savings depositors.
We would like your account.
Interest is compounded four times a year.
The security offer capital stock of 5000OO
surplus and undivided profits of than 81 100000 besides
the stockholders responsibility of $1500000 making grand
aggregate of $000 the margin of safety
positors.
banking hours and
on Saturday evenings o o'clock
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Coffee and Snrar

Coffee-Arbuckles, S2505 per hundred
pounds; Luzanne. 27c per pound. Sugar,
standard granulated. 5l2c per pound.
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Cotton Seed Oil

New York, February Election seed Gil
declined early today under scattered liaui-
dation, owing to reports of easy crude,
but was steady at the close on pre-holi-
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Cation Statistics

New York, February 21.-The follow
ing statistics on the movement of cottor
for the week ending Friday, February
q. were compiled by the New York cot
ton exchanges:
WEEKLY MOVEMENT
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Live Stock Market

Chicago. February 21.-Cattle: Re-
ceipts 1000; market strong; beeves
S6.7599 Texas steers $5.20@6 west
ern steers se@7.5o, stockers 5000
els, cows and heifers ss.l5@H4o,
calves $7@10.50
Hogs. Receipts 1900; market firm,
light ss.20GS.50, mixed sS.15G S45,
heavy s7.s5@s.4o, rough 1880 SIS,
pigs $640@S.30, bulk of sales, $3.50 q
$40.
Sheep: Receipts 5000; market firm;
native $6.10@6.65, western $40 $40,
yearlings $6.7Ods, native lambs $740@
SS5, western $7.40QS.s5
Louisville, February 21.--Cattle: Re-
ceipts 1875; market steady to firm;
range $2@S.
Hogs: Receipts 2100: market steady;
pigs lower: range $450@S.40.
Sheep: Receipts so; lambs 71sc down;
sheep &c down.
st. Louis February 21.--Cattle Receipts,
$500, including 600 Texans; market steady
choice to fine steers. ss.5od9; good to
choice steers, $7.59dS50; dressed and
butcher steers, s5.75@Z5o; stockers. $3.50
100; Texas and Oklahoma steers. $3.50
$50: cows and heifers, s3.75a6.5o.
Hogs: Receipts, 6400: market cents
higher; pigs and lights, Sc. S0nS.4o: mixed
and butchers, $S.25@s.45; good to heavy,
s.. .s5@S.45.
sheep: Receipts. 200; market steady;
muttons, s5.5OQ6.35; yearlings, $7q775;
lambs. $7Q9.
Kansas City. February 21.-Cattle: Re-
ceipts 700: market steady and strong.
Dressed beef and export steers, $SQS. 70;
stockers, Sc. 25a7 80; southern steers, $6.25
al 80; southern cows, $4Q6.5o; native cows
s407: native heifers, $6as; calves, $500
1000.
Hogs: Receipts. $4,000; market 10 cents
higher. Heavy, sSds 10: packers and
butchers. ss.15@s. s.221z; light, $s.15qS. %;
pigs, Sc. 75q7 80.
sheep: Receipts, $500: market strong
Colorado lambs, S. o5Qsso: stockers, S.of
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Naval Stores

Savannah, Ca, February e1.-Tur-
pentine firm. f2%c; sales. 107; re-
ceipts, ss: shipments, es2; stocks. 49,
ses. Rosin- firm; sales. s65; receipts,
33s: shipments. $40; stocks, 121,904.
Quote. A, B. s627h; C, ID. $3.50; f.,
$685.: d, s6.40: F $6.40.@6.42h; u,
s6.471s@6.50: II. $3.50 $50; |, 1870;
X. $500; NJ, 81; N. $7.o5; WIG, $40;
WV, t7.15Q7.50.
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LOCAL SECURITIES

Total sales for Che day, 250,9 shares.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-06-05
BOTH TELEPHONES
BRUCE I. SUSONG
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
About thirty five rural editors

About thirty five rural editors
sat down to a banquet at the I'm.
peral Hotel Saturday night where
they were feted and toasted. In
fact the editors get good deal of
attention whenever a publicity
movement is inaugurated, yet Geo.
Berry, president of the FRESHMAN s
Association spoke works of truth
when he stated that while the press
was one Of, if not the biggest fac
tor in our American life, that
many of the men who mould pub.
Tic opinion were working for a
laborer's wage. OF the thirty five
editors present there were several
who were not earning as much as
VI 900 per year, while some few
were not getting more than half
this sum. OF course there were a
few who were doing better. but on
the whole the pay of the rural edi-
tor is so small, considering the
work he is supposed to be doing,
that it is lilicious, and it is the
EDITORS fault. Just as soon as the
editors realize and insist on their
rights, Just that soon will they
make wage in keeping with their
I work.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-06-05
A GOOD INVESTMENT.
Californian Lost One Wheel and Got
Three Back.

Californian Lost one Wheei ana oot
Three Back.
PalO Alto. Cal.-There is ut least one
man in Palo Alto who has profited by
the philosophical way in which he
looks upon the dark side of life. This
unusual person Is Van Dyke Works.
whose bicycle Wv; carried off by a
thief. Works called upon his erring
brother to return The missing wheel by
posting the following words of wisdom
in conspicuous place:
IF the cyclist who borrowed my BIZ
cycle and failed to return same had
only waited until May he would have
spared tile owner considerable incon-
venience IL he will be so good as to
leave 1t on the lawn at 505 Embarca-
dero road one of these dark nights he
will have the reward Of clear con-
science and the owners blessing. Dur
ing the next week the watchdog will
be kept indoors"
Works awakened in the morning to
find three bicycles on his front lawn.
He is advertisin. for the owners Of the
other two recovered wheels.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-06-05
A BELL AND A BARGAIN.
Both Were We'll Handled by the Young
Man From Vermont.

Ono day IN the year 1854. says the
tale. u tall. awkward looking snap. just
from the Green mountains Of Vermont.
went OH board one of the North river
boats ut Albany. His curiosity was
amazingly excited ut once. and he com
menced ''peeking." MS he called 1t. into
every nook and corner Of the boat.
The captains office. the engine room.
the barber shop. all underwent his In
spection. and then he went on deck
and stood In Arrangement ut the lever
beam. the chimncys and various FIX.
ms" till at last he caught sight Of the
bell This was the GROWING wonder.
and he viewed It from every position.
walked around It. got down on his
knees and looked up into 1t and ex-
claimed:
WAL. rally this beats the bell on
our meetin' house darned sight"
BY this time the attention Of the cap
tain and several Of the passengers was
attracted to this genius.
How much would you ask to let Il
Teller ring this bell!"
You may ring 1t for a dollar. sir"
said the captain.
"Waal. it's bargain. all fair and
agreed and no backing out?''
ITS Il bargain. sir" said the captain.
Orr hero went deliberately and
brought seat and took hold Of the
bell rope and. having arranged every
thing to his satisfaction. commenced
ringing slowly Mt first and gradually
faster and faster till everybody on
board thought the boat on fire and
rushed on deck screaming with alarm.
The passengers began to expostulate.
The captain said it was bargain. But
the passengers became urgent that tile
eternal clangor should be stopped. All
the while there sat our hero undis-
turbed. ringing away more ways than
cockncy chime ringer ever thought
of. At last the captain began to think
it time to stop the simpleton. but his
answer was:
IA fair bargain and no backing out!'
And he rang away for dear life.
Well says the captain. what will
you take to stop"
"Waal. cap'n. guess shan't lose
nothing il take S. and free passage
to New York. but not a darned cent
less"
'Wcll. walk down to the Office and
get your money and passage ticket
said the captain. which IL why even in
those days there ran saying. Look
out for the young man from Yer.
mont. "-Harper's Weekly.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-06-05
An Austrian Dogberry.

The Vienna men OF law once dis
tinguished themselves in a unique
manner. A Wachau peasant had
been caught in the criminal act Of
throwing stones at rabbits. He had
not hit thems and the rabbits had
decamped without SO much as sus-
pecting the attack, but the peasant
was hauled before the high courts
of justice. His defense was that the
rabbits had been close to his garden
and that he had only tried to fright
en- the greedy rodents off his cab
bagcs. All the same, he was con-
demned to three days imprison-
ment. The peasant appealed against
the sentence, but in vain. If a rab-
bit had been killed, said the au-
thorities, the peasant would certain
ly have stolen it, and stealing a
rabbit was an unlawful action. And
thus the man from Wachau went to
prison for three days, and the wise
Judges of Vienna bounded into fame
for their method Of applying the
Of and "and' theory. Westmin-
ster Gazette.