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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
COTTON MARKET
IS VERY UNSETTLED
Fluctuations Are Irregular.
New High Records for
December and January

New York, October 23.-Todays cot
ton market was nervous and unsettled
December and January contracts made
new high records for the season, with
December cotton selling at 14.05, but
offerings showed tendency to in
crease on advances, while fluctuations
were irregular enough to suggest that
the trade was hesitating between the
execution of q reaction after the re-
cent big advance and a tendency to-
ward a further reduction in crop views
owing to continued bad weather re-
ports from the south. The close was
steady but several points off from the
best. with prices net 4 points higher
to 8 points lower, near months being
relatively firm.
Reports of heavy rains in the south
west and bullish Liverpool cables
caused an opening advance of from to
9 points, but the market met heavy real
izing from the start and prices soon
eased off. The official forecast for
warmer weather in the southwest, COM
bined with the unsettled state of affairs
in Bombay, and rather a less favorable
view of the Mexican situation may have
increased the disposition to take proats
on long cotton, while there was also
heavy selling by houses with foreign
connections. Active months eased off to
a net loss of to 8 points during the
middle of the morning, but after the
close of Liverpool, there seemed to be
less selling pressure and the market
turned firm toward midday on reports
of heavy rains in eastern and central
sections of the belt, rumors that the
National Ginners' association estimated
at 13,750.0o0 bales excluding linters on
data collected before the frost, cover
ing by early sellers and a renewal of
bull support. This advance carried
prices about . to 16 points net higher,
after which the market eased off or
10 points from the best under realiz-
ing.
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Terminal POstOffice

Chattanooga, October 23.-(Speeial.)
The postal authorities are now investi-
eating the need of terminal postof-
flee here, which has been demanded as
an essential to- the rapid dispatch of
mail from certain sections of the city.
1t is understood that the local authori-
ties have recommended the installation
of the office as asked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Poultry at Jackson Fair

Jackson, Miss, October 23.-(Special. }
Will c. Tayi6r, manager of the poultry
exhibit at the state fair for ever since
1t was organized, states that the show
this year Is going to be the largest and
best he ever had. He expects at least
1000 birds of all varietfes-chicken
ducks, turkeys, geese and pigeons. Mr.
Taylor has just returned from the Bir-
minghan1 fair, which he declares TO
have been a good one, and looks for a
great many coops of handsome fowls
from that direction. Entries close by
Friday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
New York Money

New York, october 23.-Money on call
easy, 2isa3 per cent: ruling rate, &c; clos
ing, 21xdt3: time loans weaker; 60 days, Az
mas4; so days, 5; six months. AZ. Prime
mercantile paper, 5js46 per cent; sterling
exchange barely steady, s4.S1.15 for 60
days, s4.S5. 40 for demand; commercial
bills, $4.s0ih. Bar silver. 60kc. Mexican
dollars, A61ac United States bonds strong,
unchanged. Railroad bonds easy. un
changed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Cotton Seed Oil

New York, october 23-Cotton seed
was easier. closing ] to points net
lower. The features were the pressure
in November from refiners and apathy
of outside trade. Sales. 5000 barrels; /;
prime crude, 5.6s a 5.73c; prime summer
yellow, 6.75 a 6.95c; October, 6.s8c: No
vember. 6.79c; December $3.50; Janu-
ary &c; February, 7.03c; March, 7.1sc;
April, 7.25c; May 7.37c; prime winter
yellow and summer white 7n7.SOc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Flour and Breadstuffs

Self rising flour. $780, TennesseI
S5.15; pure wheat shorts,
pure wheat bran, S31:
hulls per ton. Sl3: prime C. S. IN,
ton. $29; c. S. feed meal, per t
No. ! timothy hay. per ton. SIS;
alfalfa and Johnson grass, per {
alfalfa hay, per ton. s26; Johnson
per ton, SIG; mixed feed, $34; o.
bu.; corn, CSC; cornmeal, S1.s5 per
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Fish and Sea Foods

Red snapper, l0c In bbl. lots
snappers or groupers. SC: Spanish
erel. 126i212c In bbl. lots. pomps
red bass. 61ac; mixed fish. SC in bi
in barrel lots, &c; small CT
6iac in barrel lots: Atlantic
let. &c; common mullet, &c; small
S1ac; fresh water cat, dressed, 12h
fish. 6iec; salt water cat. size: $
trout, 121ac. Virginia oysters, Sl.5
New York oysters, sl.S5 per gal. s
10c lb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
st, Louis Grain

st. Louis. october 23,-Cash wheat: No.
2 red, 92q9sc; No. . hard, s41zda211c. Cash
corn: No. light, 7015c; No. 2 white. Tic.
Cash OATS No. ?, S91a@40c; No. 2 white,
41c. Wheat futures: December, S6iS@S7o;
May. S93s@S91ac. Corn futures: Higher:
December, 6979@699sc; May. 72A@7214c.
Oats futures: Higher; December Ale;
May, 42s4@427sc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Bank of England Statement

London, October 23.--Weekly statement
Bank of England: Total reserve, increased
e101,o00; circulation, decreased 911.000;
bullion, increased es3S,000; other securi-
ties, increased e156,000; other deposits. de-
creased e4l0,o00 public deposits, increased
s611 0o0; notes reserve, increased 99l3,000;
government securities decreased e1,o00,000;
proportion of banks reserve to liability,
56 % per cent; discount, 8 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans. October 23.-Rice:
Rough Honduras and Japan active and
strong; clean Honduras and japan
firm. quote: Rough Honduras, 3D460c;
Japan, 2.S5@ @3.S0c; clean Honduras, Az
@6Ac; Japan, new. rs q 4c; old, 3A a
3tsc. Receipts: Rough, 3440 clean, 1874;
nillers, 900. Sales: 904 sacks rough
Honduras at 3.4004.60c; 1916 sacks
rough Japan at 2S5@3.S0c; 1878 pock-
cts clean, Honduras at 1%037sc; 1928
pockets clean Japan at 3B@ @3%c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
1888 Patients Admitted

Jackson, Miss, October 23.-(Special.)
The report of the state charity hos
pital for September shows that 169
patients were admitted, and that rs
surgical operations We're performed
during the same period. There were
eight deaths from disease and three
from operations. During the nine
months ending October 1, 1883 patients
were admitted, GIT were operated on.
There were 110 deaths, AZ of which
were from operations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Cotton Merchants, Hanover Square, N.
Y. Members New York Cotton Ex-
change, New Orleans Cotton Excnange,
New York, Produce Exchange Asso-
ciation. Orders solicited for the pur-
chase and sale of Cotton and Cotton
Seed Oh for future delivery. Special
attention and liberal terms given for
copsignments of spot cotton for do~
AVERY. Correspondence invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
New Orleans Cotton Futures

New Orleans. October 23.-Spot cot
ton firm, lsc higher; middling 1sKc:
sales, spot, 1923; to arrive, $50 bales:
low ordinary, 1890 nominal; ordinary
IL 3-16c nominal: good ordinary.
IL 1s-16c; strict good ordinary, 13 &c;
low middling 13%c; strict low mid
ding, 1850; middling, 1870;
strict middling. 14hc; good middling.
l4%c; strict good middling, IA 9-16c;
middling fair, 15c nominal; middling
fair to fair. 1870 nominal; fair, 15%c
nominal; receipts 1907; stock. $1,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
BUSINESS GOOD IN
SPITE OF WEATHER
Lines Are on Up Grade.
No Change Is Noted in
Poultry Prices

Although the weather yesterday was
anything but pleasant the merchants on
Norris avenue reported fair business.
The supply is well in keeping with q
brisk demand, they say.
In the produce market lines are on
the UP grade and the quotation yester-
day was changed to 9Oe@st per 100.
The demand is good and no direct cause
is assigned for the Strengthening price.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Bonds
Treasury Statement

Washington. October 23.-The condition
of the United States treasury at the be-
ginning of business today was: Net bal
ance in general fund. SECS SIG; total re-
ceipts yesterday, s2,427,054: total payments
Yesterday, Sl,6S3, 406; deficit this fiscal year,
81, S55,2o4, against deficit of $9.S27 $50 last
year. exclusive of Panama canal and pub
lie debt transa ctions
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Texas City: Stock. s2s9.

Texas City: Stock, $3.50
Brunswick: Stock, 294s.
Aransas Pass: Stock POSI-.
jacksonville: Stock, 1893.
Total today, at all ports: Net, 6i.Gl5.
Great Britain. 45o2, France, 1888; conti-
nent 1926; stock, 9i4, 1877.
Consolidated, at all ports: Net, 406.4l7,
Great Britain. 6S,o4O; France, 71,2S6; con-
tinent, 1S0,712; Japan. 2O,2S0; Mexico. loo.
Total since September l, at all ports:
Net, ,720; Great Britain, 709,4l9;
France s13,0S4; continent, S22,243; Japan,
81 1926; Mexico, CESS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
LiyerpOOl Grain

Liverpool, October 23.-Spot wheat
steady; No. new Manitoba, 6s 91sd; No
2 old Manitoba, rs I'd; No. new Mani
toba, IS 71zd. Futures, steady; Decem-
ber, 6s Esd; March. IS 11Ad; May, 6s
111sd. Spot corn, easy; American mixed,
SIS Cd; futures, firm; November, 46s cd !;
December, 4s 95sd.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Creamery Products

Country butter. 20G25c: fresh creamery
butter. 951sc; cheese, 17Isc; imported Swiss
cheese, 31c; German brick cheese. zoe
limburger cheese. 19c; imported Eoquefort.
S6c; Neufchatel cheese, per dozen. s5e.
Piraento cheese. s1.35; process butter. 2ee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Kansas CITY Grain

Kansas City, October 23.-Cash wheat:
No. hard S2Gs71sc; No. 2 red, SSla@90c.
Cash corn: No. mixed 72d17214c No. 2
white, 721ac. Cash oats: No. white, 40c
No. mixed, 391sc. Wheat futures: De-
cember s0&c May, S57sc. Corn futures:
December 69ssc; May, 7211sssL72szc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
st. Louis Produce

st. Louis, October 23.-Flour stead
ier; hay dull; receipts, flour $4,000
wheat $4,000, corn $1,000. oats 100000
shipments, flour 1900, wheat 81 goo
corn 1900, oats 71,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Montgomery Marke

Montgomery, October 2s.-(Shs
Spot cotton was quoted In Montgon@
day as follows: Good middling,
strict middling, 13Ac; middling.
strict low middling. 1874; low mid
1890.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24

in hand increased 3,9SS,00O francs notes
in circulation decreased 110,450,000 francs
treasury deposits increased 70,900,0 600
francs; general deposits increased 70.-
925,090 francs; bills discounted increased
25.150000 francs; advances decreased
g. 900 600 francs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Just Like Baseball

From the St. Louis Republic.
who was your lady visitor. Mrs Wig
ley, that went out just as / came in
one of the members of your bridge club?"
"oh, no; just scout from one of the
clubs over on the South Side
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Poultry and Eggs

Hens, per pound. 15q16c; fry
l1h lbs. average 81 to 22c: ducks.
guineas. soc; roosters. 3oc; geese.
live turkeys. 15c: fresh eggs, case.
&c; extra graded candled eggs. 2;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Selma Cotton Market

Selma, October Especial )-Spot cot
ton was quoted in the Selma market to-
day as follows. Good niddling, 1414c;
strict middling, lie; middling, 1850.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Primary Receipts

Chicago, October 23.-Primary re-
ceipts of wheat today were 1,456,OO0
bushels; a year ago 2.0O9.o00 bushels
seaboard clearances of wheat and flour
equalled $4,000 bushels Galveston
missing).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Pig Iron
Local Cotton
Meat

Lard, 1850; compound, 10 lsc dry salt
short ribs, Sl320; bellies, S1295: ham
butts. -o.ooc. Boston butts, Ice; pork loins,
l9c; spare ribs, 13c: breakfast bacon,
27g2Sc; smoSed bacon. lie: regular bam,
1Sc; skinned ham, lSc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Foreign Exchange

Berlin, October 23-Money, 3h per cent
Private discount rate, AS per cent.
Paris. October 23.-Rentes, 81 francs II
centimes.
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Dry Goods

New York, October 2S.-Advance lines
of cloth and yarns ruled steady today.
Fancy dress goods were in demand. Raw
silk was quieter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
MONEY IN WHEAT

$1,000 Buys Puts or Calls on 10000
bushels OF wheat. No Further Risk. A
movement OF SC from price gives you
$4,000. etc. Write for particulars.
THE CENTRAL STOCK 4 GRAIN co.
Park DIdgy Cleveland, o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Rarls Of France Statement

Paris October 2S.-The weekly state
ment of the Bank of France shows Gold
in hand increased 3,796,00O francs; silver
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Cnffee md Sugar

Arbuckle coffee. 21S0c: Luzanne
pound. Sugar standard granula
per pound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
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Coffee Market

New York, October 23.-European cables
and lower cost and freight offers from
Brazil checked fresh buying in the coffee
market today. The opening was steady
at unchanged prices to decline of {
points. The close was steady, 8 to IL
points net lower. October, 10.12c; Decem-
ber, 10.SOc; January. 10.4Sc; March, 10.67c;
May, 1O.S9c; July. i109c; September, 11.19c.
Spot unsettled, No. I Rio, 107sc; No. 4 San
tos. 1880 Mild quiet; Cordova, 131s@16isc
nominal.
Havre, s4d174 francs lower; Hamburg,
1s@1h pfg. lower. Rio. 200 reis lower at
6sx125; Santos spots, 100 reis lower, As,
6sx650; rs. 5sxS5O. Santos futures, 100 to
125 reis lower. Brazilian receipts, 1900.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24
Live Stock Market

| Chicago, October 2S.--Hogs: Receipts,
1900; 5@10c higher at start; closing weak
mulk of sales $7.65dS.10; light, $7.50aS 10;
mixed, $7.50QS.25; heavy, T.S5@S. %; rough,
s7.3597.55; pigs, s4.50Q7.5o.
/ Cattle: Receipts, 400; steady to strong;
becves, Sc. .90Q9.70; Texas steers, Sc. S5@S;
stcckers. S.. 1907 .65 cows and heifers, 50 so
| as 40; calves, $6.50dS.
/, Sheep: Receipts, $1,000; sheep weak;
! lambs average 10c higher; native sheep,
6e4d5; yearlings, s5.1Ga6; lambs, native.
*. $50. 80.
Kansas City, October 23.-Hogs: Re-
ceipts. 5000; steady; bulk of sales. $1,000
1885, heavy, 81 .55q7 80; packers and BUTCH
ers. $7.5O@7 80; light, s7.4o0f7 80; pigs, $50
7.25.
! Cattle: Receipts, 1900. including 500
southerns; steady; prime fed steers, IS $50
$50; dressed beef steers. 81 25@S.75; SOUTH
ern steers. $5.50@D7 so; cows, "a .2547; heif-
ers, $5d925; stockers. $5.50@S
! Sheep: Receipts, 1900; steady to 10c
higher; lambs, s6.25@7; yearlings. N.75a
| $50; wethers, "a. 25Ql5 ewes, s.. .50Q4. .25.
| st. Louis, October 23.-Cattle: Receipts,
5000, including 2100 Texans; strong; choice
| to fine steers, $s@9 80; good to choice
steers, 81. .25G3: dressed and butcher steers,
| Sc. soar. .25; stockers. $5.25@7 so; Texas
steers, $6d7 10; Texas cows and heifers,
| 81. .25Q65
Hogs: Receipts, tOU0 23c flgher; pigs
| and lights, Sc. 25@S 10; mixed and butchers,
| 81. .75IS. 20; good heavy. $S@S. 80.
| Sheep: Receipts, 1900; steady; lambs, 1oc
higher; muttons.. SO. .50 yearfings, $50
/ 6; lambs. IS. .5047-25
| Louisville, October 2S.--Cattle: Receipts,
200; steady; range, $2QS.
Hogs: Receipts, 22o0; weak, 10c lower;
range. $4.5008.
Sheep: Receipts. 50; steady; lambs, 7c
down; sheep, S1ac down.
Naval Stores
Savannah, October 23.-Turpentine
firm at 411s@41%c; sales. 63 receipts.
$751; stocks 29.S44. Rosin firm; sales,
1856; receipts, 1886; stocks. 15s,5S4.
Quote: A, B. $3.50: C. D. $4.25; e. s4.20;
f, $4.57is; G, $4.55; II. $40; ], $5.371 u !:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-24

Future quotations were as follows:
Wheat Open. High. Low. Close.
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LOCAL SECURITIES

Total sales for the day, 301,300 shares.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-10-25
Whom the Waltz Was New.

have letter in my possession writ
ten by a friend to my great grand
mother In the year 1917. at Christmas
time, In which the lady expresses heI
grave disapproval of the modern" ten
dency toward rapid dancing The para
graph runs as follows:
II was yester evening at your Cousin
Betty's. where was much struck With
the new fashioned dances, which seem.
ed, to me at any rate. to be out Of
keeping with the propriety and mod
esty which we look for in young ladies
OF our class. | can only regret the dis
appearance Of those 'mazurkas' and ga
votes as we'll as the 'miDuets' and
hope that these new dances or 'valses,'
as think they are named, will quick
ly disappear from respectable society"
Letter in London Telegraph
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-10-25
BrittAny's Hair Harvest.

1t is at Easter time that the curious
chair harvest Of Brittany is ''reaped"
by the travelling merchants. who go
from village to village buying the beau
tiful hair for which the Breton bellies
are famous This Is later destined to
be made up into transformations"
"fringes" and other mysterious ar
engagements with which ladies Less
abundantly endowed by nature make
up their shortcomings in the matter of
"woman's browning glory" The eli
ents Of the hair buyers are chiefly
country lasses in the remoter districts
who are only too pleased to sell theiI
tresses in order to obtain little money
to spend at the Easter fairs. The thar
vest" however, is said cot to he SO
good as formerly. as with the spread
of education and the love Of display
many "i'Is prefer TO keep their hair
Wide World Magazine
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-10-25
Geasick Fish.

Fish become i'll and die from seasiek>
ness whei carried long distances upon
the ocean. says Popular Mechanics
Magazine. For that reason many rare
and interesting specimens captured In
tropical countries cannot be brought
alive to northern points for public in
spection. In a recent shipment Of 400
fish from Key West to New York more
than 100 died on the way and the re-
mainder arrived in a condition that re-
quired heroic treatment to save their
lives. According to this 1t may be pre-
sumed that the agony endured by hu-
mans when the ship begins to pitch
and roll is as nothing compared with
the same suGerings Of tank Enclosed
fish. AS a precaution the fish are fed
practically nothing for at least one day
before being taken on board. The gal
vaniZed iron tanks in which the fish
are carried contain from ten to fifty
gallons of sea water kept at constant
temperature Of about 90 degrees by
steam from the ships boilers during
the trip
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-10-25
When an Animal Chokes.

Few emergencies which arise on the
farm are more easily dealt with than
choking In cases of this kind we have
never known the white of an egg.
when poured down the sufferers throat
to fail to give relief. TO administer
the egg quickly and surely it should be
broken into wide mouthed bottle
When such a bottle is not quickly
available, however any ordinary bot
tie can be used by using a funnel to
get into it. and where a funnel is not
at hand one can be made by rolling a
piece Of paper into the desired shape
When everything is ready the animals
head should be raised rs high as pos
sible, the bottle thrust far back in
the throat and the contents rmptied
The egg will Immediately pass down
and make the throat passage and the
offending ohStarIp so smooth that 1t
will pass OF into the stomach Farm
Snd Fireside
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-10-25
a coal Comedy.

The conservatism OF the law as 1t Is
practiced in Philadelphia received an
illustration recently in the loud sum
mons by the clerk OF the court to vii.
liam Penn. Richard Penn and John
Penn to appear in court in order thar n
certain title to land of which they were
the original grantors could be cleared
of an CIRCUMFERENCE.
No one suggested to his honor. the
president judge of common pleas No
4, that William Penn had been dead
200 years. and his sons Richard and
John nearly rs long There was no
need Of such Il suggestion. Every one
within hearing Of the clerks voice
knew that it was vain show and an
empty form that was proceeding be
fore their eyes Through the idle cry.
ing OF the names of men two centu
ries dead the demands OF the law were
satisfied and II title was cleared.-CasC
and Comment.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-10-25
She Didn't Like IL

Even unto honurs. II they must car
~ them alone. children In America
would not be born little girl who
lives I'm my neighborhood came home
from school I'm tears one day not long
ago Her father is n celebrated writer
The schooIteHrhGr happening TO select
one Of his stories to read aloud to the
class. mentioned the fact that the au
thor Of the story was the fntber Of my
small friend
But why are yOn crying about Il.
swcetheartT her father asked DO
you think its such had stOry?"
"Oh. no." the little girl answered: III
Is good enough story. But none Of
the other childrPn's fathers write sto
rles! Why do you. daddy? It's so pc
culiarr'-From "Jhe American Child"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-10-25
Very Scientific Punishment.

Here is charming description of cor
poral punishment as given in American
schools and prisons. 1t is taken from
one of the leading newspapers of Italy
and will astoniSh some people here rs
much rs it probably astonished the
italian readers:
The most incorrigibe persons are
led with eyes bandaged and hands
shackled to Il bath in which there is Il
little water They are stripped and
made. to lie down in the bathtub. In
the water is n wire leading from one
pole of an electric battery. Another
wire leading from the other pole Is
placed in contact with a sponge which
is applied to the bare body of the pris-
oner. Each time it touches him he re.
REEVES an electric shock that feels ex
actly as if he were being whipped.
The punished youth. being unable TO
see whence the blows come, suffers ali
the more and is soon under subsection -
New York World.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1913-10-25
SAVED BY QUICK WIT.
A Reply That Won Napoleon and the
Duke of Modena

Duke of Modena.
In the French campaign in Italy, In
which Napoleon l. first began to win
the laurels which subsequently so
abundantly crowned his career, n
young Italian cavalry officer was TAX
en- prisoner.
Having serious doubts about his
safety, II occurred to the prisoner &c
pretend he was great parsonage. Sc
he promised rewards to his captors II
they would insure his good treatment
adding confidentially that he was the
Duke of Modena.
He was exceedingly well cared for.
and early next morning he was called
before Napoleon. who was somewhat
puzzled at finding two Dukes of Mo
dena among his prisoners. for the real
duke was also a prisoner. The real
duke aMgr1ly asked his counterfeit by
what authority he had assumed the
title nf Duke Of Modena. The young
officer answered:
Your grace. the peril OF my situa
ton yesterday was such that had
known a more illustrious title | would
not have assumed yours"
The reply so pleased both the duke
and Napoleon that he was forgiven his
deceit.