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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

And she must have made him help
LUZ WIRE Tor later when he was contend
ma With his brothers Zuleika brought
MIN the deed of sale which had placed
MIN in bondage and with it he dis
concerted them In their story of false
hood. 1t was just after Joseph had
listened to them and then picked up
the cup probably the same goblet in
which he had seen his fathers face at
Zuleikas banquet; he gazed into it and
SAID: "Ye are liars. Ye told me that
your brother Joseph was dead and be-
mold he is alive, for l see him in this
bowl ye sold him."
1t will not be out of place here to
mention a few peculiar cbaracteristios
OF Reuben and Judah which thew
threatened to display when talking to
Joseph in Heliopolis. Reuben possessed
such fierce temper that when he he
came angry the hair of his BODY
Dristied up and penetrated his clothes
IKE needles. He could scream SO loud :
ly that often those who heard IL died
Of fright. His frenzy when once aroused
could only be abated by one of the
FAMILY OF Jacob placing his hand upon
MIN. Joseph knew this and when he
neard Reuben threaten to scream and
saw his hair bristling like needle points
through his clothes, he babe Emphriam
go softly to him and unob servedly
place his hand upon his shoulder Eph-
riam did SO and when Reuben found
ms effort to scream unayailing he sale: :
thlnk there must be one of the fam
lly of Jacob in this house"
judah could roar like a lion and
when he was angry blood spurted from
his right eye. He wore five sets of
hoo q,
aroused his heart swelled up to such
an extent that it burst all his gar
ments asunder When he roared the
walls Of Memphis rocked and Pharoah
was shaken from off his throne and fell
upon his face and the roar could be
heard for 400 miles away. Joseph was
afraid that judah would kill him but
he subdued Judah by roaring himself
so loudly that he shivered pillar of
the palace into fine dust.
When Joseph was told that his father
was blind with grief he directed his
brothers to take his shirt and pass 1T
before Jacobs face that his sight might
be restored; but the old man sensed the
odor of the garment upon the wind and
long before his sons returned he cried
out 'Oh women. oh children, can smell
Joseph The Book of Jasher gives a
most poetical account of the breaking OF
the news to Jacob that Joseph was vet
alive. The returning men gave the kiss
OF peace to Sarah, the adopted daughter
of Asher. who had come out to meet
them. and told her the tidings She was
beautiful and graceful and modest and
played most sweetly upon the harp. Pick
ing up her instrument she accompanied
its strings with the song, Joseph Is not
dead. God has been his protector and
he lives and Is governor in Egypt. Re-
joice and be glad of heart" When Jacob
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

always been cry for dress reform. When
the ladies used to ware hoop skurts nine
feet across the bottom so that when she
went down the street she would obstruct
the traffic and it was impossibull to get
close enuff to her to tell whether she was a
blond or a brunett, there was a howl
against them. Finally she had to yeeld to
public sentiment and begin wearing skurts
of the moor clinging variety. Then when
she used to bind herself in with armour
plate corsets to effect the "slinder waste"
a roar went up frum the syentifc hygeen
and health experts, who declared that she
was sacrifising herself for the sake of APP
perence.
There was a protest against the big
sleeves; there was a holler against the null
titude Of skurts of a crinkling variety de-
clarring that she was waiting herself down
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

NERTAIN localities are like human
= beings inasmuch as their topo-
- graphical features correspond to
the physical appearance of man while the
legends or historical associations con-
nected Herewith represent the garments
OF the human being
II has been properly observed that fine
clothes do not make a gentleman, but
equally true is it that they proclaim him
and we must all admit that fine feathers
make fine birds; SO frequently in this
aspect it is the habiliment garb more
than the individual or the object that
attracts and pleases us.
1t has been my good fortune to visit
many localities of profoundly interesting
historic associations and several con-
nected with one of the sweetest love
stories of the Orient a slight reflection
OF which we catch in the pages of Holy
Writ
Void indeed of sentiment Is the man or
woman who has not hung in a smell over
the pages of Daphnis and Chloe. Pyra-
mus and Thisbe, Aucassin and Nicolette,
Nero and Leander, Romeo and Juliette
and a dozen other romances that have
enthralled the human heart for centuries
and will continue to hold 1t captive as
long as time endures.
The story which Is the supreme favor
ite of the east is known under the title
of Joseph and Zueka, and it is great
pity that we do not know it in the origi-
nal Arabic, for all displays of imagery
lose much of their beauty in transla-
ton.
The initial sentence OF the story is
poetry itself: 1T was moonlight and the
caravan was resting"
| had read it more than once, but this
single sentence was vividly recalled to
me when during my last visit to the
Holy Land | stood on the same spot
and under the same conditions that en-
vironed the scene which opens the charm
Ing story of Joseph and Zuleika. I was
walking from Bethlehem to Jerusalem
and In a belated hour stopped to rest
at Rachael's Tomb under the rays of a
gentle moon. A caravan making the same
journey had halted in the immediate vi
cinity. and II was resting No wonder
then that the romance leaped into my
mind, romance the most salient points
of which are worthy of presentation.
1t was moonlight and the caravan was
resting and in that caravan referred TO
In the story was Joseph on his way to
poiuHse III ESypt. AS ne accompanied
the 1shmaelites he had borne up well un-
til he reached his mothers tomb then
his grief overcame him and he burst
forth into bitter tears crying 20 mother,
mother, | am an outcast and slave. l.
the child of the wife Jacob loved When
thou ~ vast gatbs1 dying nS s,,,l alast G show me
and be comforted for my loss. O. mother.
mother. hast thou no thought for thy
eon? Awake and see the misera ble con-
dition of thy child; shake off thy sleep;
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supper at which he gave his daughter
to Joseph
This Is quite pretty story and prob
ably more conventional than the ons
anent Zueka, but | like the other et-
ter; 1t is more human. more full of weak
ness, pathos and naturalism.
or all my travels athwart the globe
nave no sweeter memory than that Of
the hour of dreaming spent at Rachaers
tomb In far off Palestine, when it was
moonlight and the caravan was resting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18

lM1lSTUR EDDITU R-In the spring is
sertainly the time to see Washing
GS&y tun. If the towerrist wants to get
the most favurabull impression of the Cap
itoll he ought to arrange to cum here in the
Spring. Spring is later here than down in
Alabama. 1t does not begin to get hot
quite so early-this may be on account of
spesial arrangements with the Weether Bu-
row or it may just happen So but emmy way
it is a fact. That Spring feeling-tired
feeling does not put in its appeerense quite
so early, this may be because the Hook
Wurm is afraid Of late Frosts and don't
get up this far till there is no danger. When
the leeves air full grown in Alabama, the
buds air just cumming out up here. The
trunks and limbs of the Trees can still be
seen through there scant but gawdy Spring
attire. The gawdy Spring styles of the la
dies are almost ditto, and in order to equal
ize things for the yeer round, as the trees
put on moor foliage the ladies take off, and
thus the scenery loses nuthing in attrac-
tiveness.
There has been CRATE deel sed in the
newspapers, and through organizations re-
sently about woman's wearing apparel,
Considering the vollum of the clothes the
strained to believe that thereis CRATE deel
of fuss being maid ovver very smail
mattur
Our wimin air constantly growing moor
economical in there clothes. In ordur to
save time and mummy whenever they find
1T convenient to leeve off emmy little triffle
IN wearing apparel they do so. 1t used to
be when lady got ont on dress parade she
looked like furniture van cTvverad ovyer
with dress goods With her big hat, puffed
sleeves, five or six layers of wide skurts, and
every phase where she could stick on sum-
thing extra it was stuck on, even to few
little patches here and there on her com
plexion to represent moles 1t is not thus
today, one by one she has discarded all
these useless lectures of her toilet, until
there is scarsely emmy thing but the patches
left. We air getting back mitey close to
nature.
This tendency on the part of our fee
mail populasion toward economy in dress
has brought about CRATE deel of adverse
criticism. Not on the part of us men, but
on the part of uther ladies who do not be-
1eeye that it is quite proper for tall thin
feemail to promanade down f street on
windy day with Just one barrel stamped
skurt on which has a disposition to veeld
to every passing breeze and rise to point
ct order or sum uther point. There is a
CRATE hew and cry for dress reform. and
TIC varlus and sundry wimin's clubs have
'csrnted and protested in harsh terms
against the drift of the existing fashions
But this Is no new thing. There has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
IA TO 5-S CENT NET
ADVANCE IN WHEAT
The Supply at Large Visible
Supply Give Market
Lift

Chicago February 2f-surprise at a
large increase in the visible supply
gave the wheat market today a lift
Closing prices were firm at &c to a.
net advance. The outcome for corn
was unchanged to sea Ae up and for
oats gain of shade. Provisions fin
ished dearer by 2tsc to 15e.
Instead of a falling off IN the visible
supply, wheat traders were looking for
decided enlargement of The total.
Strength developed also as a result
of improved demand here from ex-
porters. Omaha took note of the for
eign account and those of the milling
interests. Most of the wheat advances
came late in the session and was partly
ascribed to pit shorts covering because
OF a holiday on elections tomorrow.
Reduced estimates of the Canadian
yielded tended likewise to aid the bulls
Cold weather in the winter crop belt
was not source of worry, snow pro-
lection being ample. Primary receipts
of wheat were 100000 bushels,
against 722,OOo a year ago; clearances
of wheat and flour equalled $4,000.
Huge receipts held corn prices in
check, despite cold weather that prom
ised a reduction of stocks later on.
Elevators and shippers did the chief
buying.
oats were practically at standstill.
the trade awaiting news of farm re-
serves.
Provisions turned sharply higher,
owing to continued scarcity of hogs
at the principal western cities On the
bulge, however, one of the leading
longs unloaded and brought about some
setback.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
New York Cotton Futures
Open. High. Low. O
Port Cotton Movement

Galveston: Quiet mlddling. 1215c;
net receipts, 6433; gross receipts, 64s3 ;
sales. 1000; Stock 247,s28; continent,
902S: coastwise, 1897.
New Orleans Quiet: midding, 12as
net receipts, 210S; gross receipts, 210S
sales. sos: stock, 109,354.
Mobile: Steady; middling, 12Bc: net
receipts, 70S; gross receipts, 70S; sales,
250 stock, 81 1905; coastwse 49.
Savannah: Quiet; middling. 12ss
net receipts, 1172; gross receipts, 1172;
sales, 100; stock, 96,469; coastwise.
1872.
Charleston: Quiet; 12.5oc; gross re-
net receipts, 36e; gross receipts, S62;
stock, 20,601 coastwise. 605.
Wilmington: Nominal: net receipts,
200; gross receipts, ZOO stock, 1857.
Norfolk: Steady middling. 129s c;
net receipts, 710; gross receipts, 710;
sales, 494; stock, 52.S76; coastwise, 764.
Baltimore: Nominal; middling, 12& c;
stock 1910.
New York: Quiet; 12.5oc: gross re-
ceipts 5091; sales, 400; stock, 123,617;
coastwise. 1897
Boston: quiet; middling, 1250c;
stock 14,646.
Philadelphia: Steady; middllng,
12.75c; stock, 231s
Brunswick: Stock, 10,005
Texas City: Net receipts, S11; gross
receipts, s11; stock, 1854.
Aransas Pass: Stock, 1854.
Jacksonville: Stock, 1711; coastwise,
81.
Total today to all ports: Net, 12,504;
continent, 902S; stock, 1885.
Consolidated at all ports: Net, 52,7S7;
Great Britain, 11,733; France 1880:
continent 19.021 Japan, 24,564.
Total September l at all ports: Net,
S,2S5,501; Great Britain, 2,S71, ,637;
France, s94,296; continent, 2,614,4S3;
Japan, 221094; Mexico. 400.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
QUIET SESSION ON
COTTON EXCHANGE
Absence of Important Oper-
ations = Await New
Developments

New Orleans, February 4.-It was a
quiet session on the cotton exchange to-
day. In the morning the market was
steady and prices went up for a small
net advance, but in the afternoon the
market became dull and easy and net
decline was finally brought about. There
was an absence of important operations
traders on 10th sides waiting for new
developments.
The opening was steady at an ad-
vance of to points. Gables were high
er than expected. Bullish operations were
restricted because of the good weather
prevailing over the cotton region, which
brought forth from the bears many glow
ing kilograms regarding the progress of
farm work was making in different sec
tions of the belt The highest prices
were reached early in the day and they
were only 5 points over last weeks close
Bulls received some Encouragement from
the quick stopping of the few hundred
March motives which the first notice day
for that option brought out. This and
the report that exporters were buying
March made the bear side cautious.
Toward noon selling orders increased
and in the afternoon sufficient pressure
was pfouBht 10 pear TO put prices below
the level of Fridays close. Weakness in
the stock market and reports from Wash
ington that anti-future legislation would
be pressed before the end of the session
, of Congress increased offerings from both
accounts. At the lowest the trading
months were 3 to points under the
last quotations of last week; the close
was quiet and steady at net loss of
2 to points.
New Orleans Cation Futures
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
NEW YORK COTTON
MARKET IS QUIET
Columbus Fire Encourages
Scattered Buying-Mar-
ket Steady

New York, February 2I--After
quiet steady opening today. the cotton
market became comparatively quiet
and eased Off in the late trading. with
the close steady, but from TO IA
points net lower. The market opened
steady at an advance of to . points
owing to the relative firmness of Liv-
erpoo1 over the local holiday and
better view of the European political
situation. Foreign houses We're consid-
cradle buyers here, while there was
also a fair local demand. Reports of a
compress fire at Columbus Ga. which
was said to have destroyed Il 900 bales
may have encouraged some of the scat
tered buying, but the market found
plenty of cotton offered around the
initial prices, and as soon as Liverpool
closed, support from arbitrage sources
was withdrawn. Trading consequently
became less active and the market
later developed an easier tone under
by recent buyers, a renewal
of pressure from Wall street sources
and moderate selling by houses with
Memphis or other southern connections.
Reports of a slack spot demand and
uneasines over the situation in Mexico
added to the confidence of sellers and
the close was practically at the low
point OF the day. Unsettled conditions
In the stock market were supposed to
be partly responsible for Wall street
offerings, while March was evidently
influenced by scattering liquidation in
advance of notices toward the end of
the week. and the near months were
relatively easy. At the close February
was IA points lower and other posi-
tions from to points below the
closing figures of last Friday. Private
cables attributed the relative firmness
OF Liverpool to continental buying.
and covering of near month shorts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
Live Stock Market

Chicago. February 24-Cattle: Receipts
22,000; easy; beeves. $6.75d9; Texas steers
$5.2oa6; western steers, $6@7.6o; stockers,
S5.90dS.15; cows and heifers, $3.15QgI. 40;
calves, $7u10.50.
Hogs: Receipts, 1900; firm; light, S. 35
@S.65; mixed, sS.S51S.6o; heavy. sS.20ds.5O;
rough, $s.200fS.30 pigs, s6.50dS45 bulk of
sales, IS 456lS.60
Sheep: Receipts, $4,000: irregular; ma
tive, IS. 5.9OGp690; western, $5.65d7: yearlings
$6.S5dS.l0; lambs, native, S7.5o@S.75; west
ern, s760ds.75.
Kansas City, February 24.-Cattie; Re-
ceipts, II 900. including $50 southerns;
strong; calves. 25c higher; dressed beef
and export steers. ss.1olls.S5; southern
steers, $6.50dT. .90 southern cows, $410qi
6.S5; calves, s6.50010.
Hogs: Receipts. 5000; higher; bulk. $3.50
@s.4o heavy, $s.25aS.35; packers and
butchers, sS.S0aS.40; light, sS.s04S. .42ia pigs,
S7df 20.
Sheep: Receipts. 1900; steady: Colo
wethers, S575a6.5o; ewes. s5d6.
st. Louis. February 2i.-Cattle: Receipts,
1000. including 400 Texans Market firm
Choice to fine steers. 5000; dressed and
butcher steers, $5.75d7.50 stockers, Sc. 25@
7Go: calves. $G49; Texas steers, $5.2597.90;
Texas cows and beifers, ss75@6.50.
Hogs: Receipts, 5000; market higher;
pigs and lights, s650aS.75; mixed and
butchers, $s.60QS.75; good heavy, $500
$40.
Sheep: Receipts, 1l.0o0; market higher;
muttons. s5.5oa6.75; yearlings, s7ds.5o;
lambs, s769.
Louisville. Ky, February 24.-Cattle;
Receipts, 1400; firm and actice; range, 81
as
Hogs: Receipts COCO, 5@1oc higher;
range, $4.50saS.55.
Sheep: Receipts, 200 lambs, TIC down,
sheep, 4c down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
WHOLESALE TRADE
UNUSUALLY BRISK
Eggs Continue Downward.
Fish Rather Scarce-Few
Price Changes

Business among the wholesale men
on Norris avenue yesterday braced
up in sympathy with the weather, ap
parently, and a very good trade was
noticeable. New shipments of fruits
and vegetables were arriving and their
freshness appealed to buyers to such
an extent that the street presented
scene of rather more than the usual ac-
tivity for Monday.
There We're few price changes, eggs
being alone in this matter, with a de-
cline of about l cent per dozen. Fish
ARE rather scarce, but not sufficiently
so to cause an increase in quotations.
The early spring shipments of Flor
ida raised spring vegetables and gar
den stuffs are expected in sufficient
quantities within short time now to
make them factor in the produce
business. Wholesale quotations yes
terday follow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
Liverpool Cotton Market

Liverpool, February 24-Spot cotton, mod
crate business. Prices firm; American
riiddling fair, SD; good midding, 7.03d;
riiddling, 6.Sld; low middling, 6s3d good
ordinary, 6.29d; ordinary, 595d. Sales
5000 bales. including 500 FOR speculation and
export and 1900 American. Receipts, 700l
bales, including 600 American. Futures
opened firm and closed firm. February,
C.74kd February March, 654d; March
April, 6.5id April-May, 6.53d; May-June,
G.52izd; June-July, 6.5Ol5d; July-August
6.4Sd; August-September 6.Ssd; Septem-
ber-October G.2312d; October November,
6161zd; November December, Gid; De-
cenlber-January, G.1Sd; January ebruary,
6.12d.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
Cotton Seed Oil

New York. February 24.-Cotton seed
oil was steady today, the easier ten
dency in crude being offset by the
strength in lard. Trading was quiet
and of the professional sort. Closing
prices were unchanged to points net
higher. Prime crude, 5.13 @ 5.20c; prime
summer yellow, 6.2S@6.45c; February,
s.2Sc; March and April, 6.30c; May.
643c; September, 6.44c. Prime wonter
6.43c; September, 6.4c. Prime winter
yellow, Case bid; prime winter white,
630c bid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
NORTHWESTERN IS
LOWEST SINCE 1907
Louisville and Nashville at
130 5-S Touches Bottom
Figure Since 1910

New York, February 2L-The action
of the stock market today could not
be explained as the result of altera-
tion in conditions which determine spec
ulative opinion. These conditions were
little ehanged; in fact, some improve
ment might have been discerned had Wall
street been in a more cheerful frame
Of mind. Stocks. however, again broke
sharply. many important issues dropping
TO new low points.
For time during the morning quota
tions fell at such rapid rate that the
market was badly upset In the last half
of the day trading was quieter and some
recovery was made, but fluctuations con-
tinued In a nervous, erratic manner. The
break. began in Can, which gave way
under rapid fire from bear traders.
Both the common and the preferred
dropped about six points. Reading and
Union Pacific also were sold heavily, the
former losing 334.
1t is necessary TO go back several years
10 duplicate the low prices made by some
stocks In the general decline which fol-
lowed the slump iii Can today. North
western sold at 1873, the lowest since
1907; Southern Pacific at 9s94, the low
point since 1908; Erie at 26la, the first pre-
ferred at 42si and Louisville and Nash
Vile. at 1895, touched the bottom fg-
ures since 1910
The weakness among specialties which
has been q recent feature of the mar
l,et was again apparent, such stocks as
Rumely, Woolworth, Goodrich and Mex
lean Petroleum showing substantial losses
American Tobacco dropped II points.
The weakness of the market gave rise
TO various rumors, mainly concerning
government proceedings against corpor-
ations, but none of them was substanti.
ated. The decline served merely to il
lustrate the excess of bear operations In
speculation at present and making for
other accounts as the selling appeared 70
he little more than a bear raid, the eff
feet of which wa saugmented by the
uncovering OF stop loss orders.
In another mood the street might have
derived some comfort from the more
cheerful sentiment abroad on expectations
of peace in the Balkans. London bought
1900 shares of stock Lehigh Valley s
report of a $l56000 gain in last month.
a decrease in the number of idle freight
cars, cheerful reports from western tart
fic managers and the gain in surplus
by the banks were developments which
at other times have been construed favor
ably but acted as a balance. The Lon
don market was heavy. Total sales bonds
par value $2 10000. Bonds of the United
States we're unchanged on call.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
Interior Cotton Movement

Houston: Quiet: middling 12ssc; net re-
ceipts, 955S; gross receipts, 1858; shipments,
9SSS, stock 141,005.
Augusta, two days: Steady: middling,
12Ac; net receipts, GAP; gross receipts,
1910; shipments, 1885; sales, 80; stock,
8i,919.
Memphis: Quiet; middlng, 12ssc; net
receipts, 1897; gross receipts, 2797; ship
ments, 1913; sales, 2250; stock, 1882.
st. Louis: Dull; middlng, 125sc; net
receipts, "a gross receipts, 1850; stock, 2S.-
s29.
Cincinnati: Net receipts, 41e: gross re-
ceipts, 419; shipments, 1922; sales, 400;
stock, 2S,54e
Little Rock: Quiet; middllng. 12Ac; net
receipts. 456: gross receipts, 456: ship
ments, $50: stock, 39,s63.
Total today: Net receipts 1886; gross
receipts. 1920; shipments, ABS; sales,
4932 stock, 472,733.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25

s4.25Q435; spelter quiet. s6.2506.35;
Cookson antimony dull. s9.20@9.40;
iron firm; No. l northern, $1S.25@
1875; No. northern, $17.75@1S.25; No.
l southern s1S.25 @1s.75; No. 1 south
ern soft. $1s@1S.50.
Copper arrivals. 225 tons. Exports
this month, 23,1s7 tons. London cop
per steady. Spot f64. 15s; futures.
f64, 12s. Cd; local exchange sales tin,
so tons. London tin weak Spot. f215,
15s.; futures, f210, los; London lead,
FIG rs. 3D.. London spelter, 1885, iron,
Cleveland warrants, COS sd. in London.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-25
Visible Supplv of Grain

New York, February A.-The visible
supply of grain in the United States Sat
urday. February %, as compiled by the
New York Produce exchange, was as fol-
lows: Wheat 63.7S5,000 bushels, decreased
$500; wheat in bond 3,0S7,o0 bushels, de-
creased $500. Corn 16,576.000 bushels, in
creased 2,341 600. Oats 1.425,00o bushels,
increased 640.OO0. Oats in bond 2l9,s0o, in
creased 290o. Rye 1,511.00o decreased SS,-
coo. Barley 2,6p1 900. decreased 5s,00o Bar
lev in bond $4,000, increased 1000.