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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
ARGENTINA CROP
ESTIMATES LOWER
Wheat Shows Strength.
Rumored Export Sales
From Omaha

Chicago, February 26.-Wheat today
showed considerable strength, an out
come largely of rumor that export sales
had been made from Omaha and Duluth.
The close, though easy was lsa9s@1kc
higher.
Corn finished at net advance of4@1s
ale; oats with a gain of 1x9ssc, and pro-
visions unchanged to 21ae higher. Firm
cables gave wheat an upward impetus.
Argentine crop estimates from the
start were reduced 100000 bushels be-
cause of disappointing returns from
threshers, the yield from India was de-
clared to be under the average and there
were dispatches telling of scarcity of
milling grades in both Russia and Eng
land. Snow and rain, putting the Uni
TED States winter wheat belt in almost
perfect condition. failed to stop the up
turn. There was a belief that the nat
ural export level was not much under
present prices, This appeared sufficiently
general to check selling pressure. A
slight reaction at the close. however
came about through assertions in some
quarters that rumored Duluth export
sales could not be confirmed. Primary
receipts of wheat for two days were l,
bfi,OVo DuSnels against t9luVO year ago
Clearances of wheat and flour equaled
94S 900 bushels.
Support by leading bulls forced the
corn market to bulge, They were helped
by the unsettled weather which threat
ened to interfere with wagon hauls and
to increased feeding, Oats worked higher
with corn although most of the day trade
was small. In provisions break due
to larger receipts of hogs disappeared
under the influence of grain strength and
the good commission demand.
FnturA quotations were as follows.
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Interior Cotton Movement

Houston: Steady: midding, IL 9-16c; net
receipts, 1929; gross receipts, 4O2S; ship
ments, 612S; sales, 1867; stock. 1f0,290
Augusta Steady; middling 12sic: net
receipts, 12ol gross receipts, aS6: ship
ments, 92l; sales, 1249; stock S3,949
Memphis: Quiet; middling, 12ssc; net
receipts, 857; gross receipts, 1904: ship
ments 1915; sales. 1850 stock. 2,7S1.
St Louis: Dull: middling, 129sc: net re-
ceipts, 295; gross receipts 1894; shipments
1920; sales. n; stock, 20 103
Cincinnati: Net receipts, 1881; gross re-
ceipts, 1881; shipments. 966; stock, 2S,5l1
Little Rock; Quiet; middling. 12Ac; net
receipts, 81; gross receipts, 81; shipments
109: stock, 1924.
Total today: Net receipts, 5000; gross
receipts. $40; shipments, 4354; sales, 4643
stock, 475052.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
Liverpool Cotton Market

Lverl FebruaI I'y 26.-Spot cotton
moderaf usiness; prices firm; mid
ding n Americat. laid; good mid
ding, Z middlitg, 6S5d low mid
ding. d; good d 'dinary, 6.33d; or
dinary, 99d; salel, 5000 bales. in
cluding 600 for SPECULATION and ex-
port an $500 American. Receipts, 25,
600, i1 .uding 14.300 American. EN-
lures opened firm and closed firm. Feb
ruary. 6.59d February March, 6.581a d;
March April. 658kd April-May. 65sd;
May-June, 6.5Sd; June-July, 656d July
August, 6.52Ad; September
6.43d; September-O october. 6.2Siad; Oc-
tober- November. 6.21d; November-De-
cember. 6.1Sd: ecember-January, 617d;
January February. 6.16d.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.'s Letter

New York. February 26.-t Especial -
Resistance to any decline was the fea-
ture of the day on moderate trading.
The buying of the morning was a con-
tinuation of Yesterdays short covering
and while southern spot advices were
conflicting the latent strength Of the
market was apparent
Notices for March will be issued TO-
morrow and some liquidation is ex
pected but the undertone Is too firm
for any aggressive selling. Higher
prices are more freely predicted than
for some time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
London Stock Market

London. February 26-Money dearer
Discount rates easy The stock market
was distinctively more cheerful on better
peace prospects American securities
opened firm and higher. Prices continued
to advance during the forenoon. The
Wall street opening was disappointing
and the list receded, but repurchases
strengthened it. The close was firm.
:, Consols for money, 70 9-16c; consols for
account. 74ssc. Southern railway, 259s
Bar silver easy, q 19-16d per ounce.
Money, 4s4 per cent. Discount rates. short
bills, 8 per cent; three months bills, 13-1t
Qi5s per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
Fruits and Produce

Apples, fancy winesap, s4.75Q5 per bbl:.
York and Imperial apples. 1915 bbl. /,
Florida oranges, S2.75qS per box Cali
fornia oranges, $3.50 per box; Califor-
MIA lemons, So per box; Califor-
$2.75d3 per box; tangerines, s4.D
per box; Malaga grapes. in kegs.
$5.5oa7.Oo; Cranberries. s2.75 box; per
barrel, $40. Italian chestnuts, 1Oc
per pound Lines. 81 per hundred
Irish potatoes, sOqS5c bc. Onions. red
globe, 1%c per lb. Danish cabbage, I1,c
per lb. California celery, 90c per dozen
81 per crate. Rutabagas 111c per pound
Lettuce, S1.50Q2.50 per crate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
Bonds
Treasury Statement

Washington, February 26.-The condi-
ton of the United States treasury at the
beginning of business today was: Work.
ing balance. s7S,621, ,7S5; in banks and Phil
ippine treasury, $43, ,70t, ,275; total of gem
eral fund.- S147,197 ,61l; receipts yesterday,
$2,7of3i0; disbursements, $1.7S0O7s. The
surplus this fiscal year is $S,134662, as
against a deficit of $23 915,531 last year.
The figures above for receipts, disburse-
ments, etc, exclude Panama canal and
public debt transactions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
WANTED
Capital $780, 900

$4,000 State of Alabama As, 1920.
$4,000 of Alabama rs, 1856.
SO shares Ala. city G. & A. Railway.
100 shares Admission city Land Co.
20 shares birmingham Realty
shares Birmingham Baseball.
$4,000 birmingham Waterworks 5s,
10000 Birmingham Railway & Electric
5s, 1924
$4,000 Dimmiek Pipe Co. 6s.
100 shares Decatur Land; common.
90 shares Empire Imp, preferred.
90 shares Fnsley Land Co.
1000 Five Rivers Oil
70 shares Great Southern Life Ins.
10 shares Merchants & Mechanics Bank.
100 shares Protective Life Ins.
$4,000 Pratt Cons. SIS, 1855.
100 shares 5. & N. Alabama, common
$4,000 I. c. q l. Underlying 6s, 1917.
20 shares Traders National Bank.
Prices on application
wish to place at once $4,000 at per
cent for months Active stocks and
ponds required as collateral
FOR SALE
20 shares Amer. Trust & sav. Bank. at
at 2. - = ieei'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
Flour and Breadstuffs

Self raising flour, s615; Tennessee tour
Sc. .G5; Indiana -four $50; Oklahoma -four
IS 35; Michigan flour. $685. bolted meal
per 96 lbs. s1.4O; No. corn. per busheI'
ice; pure wheat shorts. $751; pure wheat
bran, s2S; C. s. hulls, per ton, SIS: prime
c. S. meal, per ton, $31; c. S. feed meal
per ton, S36; No. l timothy hay, per on
s22; mixed alfalfa and johnson grass.
per ton, $50: corn chops. per 100 lb sack.
sl.4O; alfalfa nay. per ton, s26 Johnson
grass per ton. sl5; mixed feed. s31; oats,
SIC bushel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
New Orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans, February 26.-Cotton,
spot, steady, &c up siddling. 12Ac;
sales on spot, 1170; to arrive, 1850 low
ordinary, csc nominal: ordinary
Q 15-16c nominal; good ordinary
IL 9-16c; strict good ordinary, II 2-16c
low middling, IL 1116c; strict low mid
ding. 12ssc middling 12h nominal;
strict middling, te 11-16c; good mid
ding, 12Hc; strict good middling,
IS -16c; middling fair. 1S1sc nominal;
middling fair to fair, 1870 nominal;
fair, 14Ac nominal receipts, 1854;
stock, 116,09S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
New York Money

New York, February 26.-Money on cal
steady, 2a4d3 per cent; ruling rate. 8 pei
cent: closing bid, 294 per cent; offered al
rs per cent Time loans stronger; go and
80 days, 41sq4a per cent six months.
per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, per cent
Sterling exchange at $4S325 in bankers
bills for 60 day bills and at s4S760 for de-
mand. Commercial bills, s4S2A. Bar sill.
yer. 6oIac; Mexican dollars. 4slsc. Gov
.ernment bonds steady. Railroad bonds
irregular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
st. Louis Produce

st. Louis, February 26.-Flour, light
trade. Hay steady; timothy, sl1dl5
prairie, 9al3. Whisky, $1.40. Iron cotton
ties, CSC. Bagging, 10c. Hemp twine S5c
Pork, lard, dry salt meats and bacon un-
changed. Receipts: Flour. 1000; wheat
71,O00; corn, 44000 oats, $1,000 Shipments
Flour, 1900; wheat, 10000; corn, 5000
oats, 10000.
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Kansas CITY Grain

Kansas City, February 26.-Cash wheat
higher. No. hard, s51k@SSc; No. red
S1a1 .o6. Cash corn higher: No. 2 mixed
47@471ac; No. 8, 46@461se; No white. 4Sc
No. 8, 47@471sc. Cash oats, steady; No
white, S4s4c; No. 2 mixed. 32@S21ac
Wheat futures, May s715@S77sc; July, $50.
dS57sc; July S5s4@S57se. Corn futures, May
529sG521sc; July, 5S1ac. Oats futures, Hay
351Ac.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
Liyerpool Grain

Liverpool, February 26-Spot wheat
steady. No. l Manitoba unquoted; No
>, rs, 71ad; No. 3, rs. cd. Futures quiet;
March, rs, esd May, Is, 4d; July. Is,
ing offset 3ssd. Corn. spot steady; Ameri-
can mixed. new. As 101sd; American mixed,
old. 5s 11lsd; American mixed, old, via
Galveston, 5s 71sd futures steady; March
ia Plata, 5s 57sd; March (American),
mixed As 1O1kd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
Cotton Seed Oil

New York, February 26.-Cotton seed
oil was steady today to shade higher or
very light tenders on contract. scarcity
of crude offerings, covering of shorts and
scattered commission house buying OF
the late firmness in lard. Closing prices
were unchanged to / point net higher
Sales, 100 barrels. Prime crude, 513d
5.1Sc: prime summer yellow spot, 630al
6.42c; March and April. 6,3oc: May. 6.32c
June. 6.34c; July. $3.50; August, 6.41e; Sep
temher. sac; October, $3.50. Prime win
ter yellow 6-4oa7c, prime summer white
G. 1906 soc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
Metal Market

New York, February 26.-Copper steady;
spot and February, $14 bid; March, Aprnl
and May $1461i.5 so; electrolytic, 15c; lake,
Is. 25c; casting, 1475c.
Tin steady; spot and February. SAT .50G
As March, s47. 456l47 .75: April, SAC. 90d47. 25.
Lead steady, 81. 25d4,3 ,35
Spelter quiet, $6,15Q6.25.
Cookson's antimony irregular, $3.50
9.40.
Iron steady.
Copper arrivals, 545 tons; exports this
month"; 24,o77 tons. London copper steady;
spot, GG4 futures, GG4 2s Cd. Local ex-
change sales tin, IS tons. London tin easy;
spot, e217; futures, e2l0 5s. London lead,
SIG Is Cd. London spelter, G25. Iron;
Cleveland warrants, COS 1lsd in London.
Wool Market
St Louis, February 26.Wool firm;
medium grades, combing and clothing,
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FOR SALE

$40 900 Alabama As 1856 at 104ls.
SO shares Birmingham, Ensley & Besse-
mer. pfd., at 81.
20 shares Bessemer Coal &c Iron, at 80.
$4,000 City of Bessemer SIS, at 9s.
$4,000 Birmingham r., L. s. P, 6s, 1858.
at 103.
$4,000 City of Birmingham AIS. 1929,
at 9s.
80 shares Corey Land Co. at "a.
20 shares Copeland lnglis Brick Co., at
100
$4,000 Cherokee Income Cert. at 90.
$1,000 Chamber of Com. pfd., at Is.
10 shares Commercial Bank, at 100.
30 shares Central Park Land Co, at 50.
$1,000 Dlmmick Pipe, 6s.
| 80 shares Empire Imp, common, at So.
Is shares First National Bank of Bir-
mingham.
5000 shares Five Rivers Oil. at S5
$4,000 Globe Coal Co, 6s. at "a.
. shares Huntsville Blk &c Tr., at 100.
| $4,000 Geneva Ala. 6s 1880, at 96.
100 shares Interstate Casualty, at 5 a.
| 200 shares Interstate Fire. at 10.
% sii4al ss Jefferson County Bank. at 165.
| 5000 shares Providence o. & Gas, at 4.
100 shares Southern States Fire. at 7.
| $4,000 Woodward Iron Co, 5s, at 95.
$1,000 woodward Con. Co., Is, 1885.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
Grain Receipts and Shipments

Kansas City, February 26-Receipts
Wheat, $1,000; corn, 11,00o; oats, 600
Shipments: Wheat, 10000: corn, 25ONi
oats, 5000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
THREATENED FISH
FAMINE AVERTED
Receipts on Morris Avenue
Heavy Yesterday-Busi-
ness Continues Good

Fish receipts were heavy ON Morris ave-
nue. yesterday and more large shipments
are expected today to relieve the threat
ened famine of the past few days.
Business continues good with the whole
sale men on the street, but receipts de-
creased considerably yesterday No price
changes were noted in any of the mar
kets Wholesale quotations We're as fol-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
Creamery Products

Country butter, 20Q25c; fresh creamery
butter, 39c; cheese. 19c, imported swiss
cheese, SIC; German brick cheese aoc
limburger cheese. 19c; imported roquefort
&c; Neufchatel cheese, per dozen. 45c
Pimento cheese 40c; process butter. 3OLao,
daisy cheese. 19c per pound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
st. Louis Grain

st. Louis, February 26-Cash wheat,
No. red 81; No. hard, 921sc. Cash corn,
No. 2, 4S1s@49c; No. white soc. Cash
oats, No. 2 33@3S1sc; No. 2 white, 341k@
35c, Wheat futures, May 92cs4; July, S97sc.
Corn futures, May 527sc July, $3.50 Oats
futures, May 345sc; July, 34lac.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Pig Iron
Local Cotton
Meat

Lard, 121ac; compound, sMc: dry salt
short ribs, 1245c; bellies 1310c: ham
butts, 15c; Boston butts. 141kc; pork loins.
15Ac; spare ribs, 13c; breakfast bacon,
22@21c; smoked bacon. Ice; regular nam.
| Ice; skinned ham, 19c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
German Exchange

Berlin, February 2G.-Exchange ON Lon
don, 20 marks, 46is pigs. for checks.
Money. per cent Private rate of dis
count, 5i4G55s per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
Poultry and Eggs

Hens, 35q40e; live per pound, 14d15c.
large fryers, l4@l5c; medium fryers. ia,
zoe; small fryers, 2z1au26c; ducks s0Q4Oc:
guineas. 25c; ROSTERS. 25c; geese, eOm70c
live turkeys. 1Sq2Oc; fresh eggs, case
candled, 19c; extra graded candled eggs
22c; Rabbits, s225 per dozen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
Fish and Sea Foods

Red snapper. 10c in Dbl. lots: lie in
small lots; groupers, &c; Spanish mack
erei. 15c; specified sea trout, 11tac; carp
roughs, &c; mullet. 615c; sun perch or
Dream. s1zc; pompano, zoe; mixed fish,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
French Exchange

Paris, February 26.-Three per cent
rentes, IS francs So centimes for the ac-
count. Exchange on London, 20 francs
% centimes for checks. Private rate of
discount, 37s per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
Dry Goods

New York, February 26-The cotton
goods markets are quiet but generally
steady to firm Jobbers are getting
very good recorder business on wash
fabrics of novelty kind. Worsted
yarns are easier. Burlaps are slightly
lower Linens steady.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
Montgomery Market

Montgomery. February Especially
Spot cotton was quoted in Montgomery
today as follows: Strict middling, lie
middling, 12lsc; strict middling, 12l4c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
Rullion Taken In

London, February 26.-Bullon amount
ing to G17i,000 was taken into the Bank
of England on balance today.
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Coffee-Arbuckles, S25.05 per hundred
pounds Luzanne, 27c per pound Sugar.
standard granulated. SIC per pound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
Coffee Market

2S1s426c; light fine, 19921c; heavy fine
13d1sc; tub washed, 27q36c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
WEBUY
Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Cotton Merchants, Hanover Square, N
Y Members New York Cotton Ex-
change, New Orleans Cotton Exchange
New York Produce Exchange. Asso-
ciate Members Liverpool Cotton Asso-
citation. Orders solicited for the pur-
chase and sale of Cotton and Cotton
Seed Oil for future delivery. Special
attention and liberal terms given for
consignments of spot cotton for de-
livery. Correspondence invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans, February 26.-Rice steady
with unchanged quotations. Receipts
Rough, 250; clean, 1924 millers. 200.
Sales: Rough none; clean Honduras, 6lSS
at 3d5c; Japan, 4s at 3GsSsc. Quotations;
Rough Honduras, 2.50ff4.75c: Japan, 2.75@
4.25c; clean Honduras, 4d51sc; Japan, 81 &C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
Live Stock Market

Chicago, February 26.-Cattle-Receipts
15000 slow; beeves, Sc. .S5G9; Texas steers,
50. .20Q6; stockers, s6.15@S. 10; cows and
heifers, So. 25Q7 so; calves, $741o5o.
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; market weak;
light, IS 20as 40; mixed, S. s.15ds. 40; heavy,
ssas. 40; rough, $S@sl5; pigs, s6.4oaS. .25
bulk of sales, IS .30QS. 10.
Sheep-Receipts, 25,O0o; market duh; ma
tive muttons, IS 25Qt6.75; yearlings, $3.50
1856; lambs. native, 81 4o@S.5o.
Kansas City, February 26.-Cattle-Re-
ce.pts, 6000, including 800 southerns; mar
ket strong; dressed beef and export steers
$S. .20d9; fair to good, $7.25dS.1 Is; southern
steers, 81. .750iS; southern cows, 81. 2@7. .25
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; market lower
close firm; bulk Of sales, s. 2oQS. 80; heavy
IS. .15QS .271a; packers and butchers, IS. 20u
SIS; light, IS .25QS. .35; pigs, 81. .2597. so.
Sheep-Receipts, 5000; market dull; Colo
RADIO lambs, SOS so; yearlngs, $6.75@7 so
wethers, $5.5o@6. so; ewes, s4.75@6.25.
st. Louis, February 26-Cattle-Receipts
900, including 600 Texans; firm; choice to
fine steers, $s.5o@9; good to choice steers
81. .500S so: dressed and butcher steers $5.7I
al. so: stockers, So. .2547. 20; Texas steers
IS. .25Q7 80; Texas cows and heifers, 50. 75@
$50.
Hogs-Receipts, 1880; lower; pigs and
lights, $, ,50QIS. So; mixed and butchers $S.3
as. .55; good heavy IS. 45qS so.
Sheep-Receipts, 1900; market dull; NUT
tons. s5.50Q6.95 yearlings, S@7.75; lambs
$7ge.75.
ceipts, 125; market quiet and firm; range
$2dS.
Hogs-Receipts, 1000; market firm; closed
dull; range, s4.50qs.7O.
Sheep-Receipts, 25; lambs, TIC down
sheep 4c down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
VOTE ON BOND ISSUE
ELECTION MARCH 81

Gnntersvile, February 26-(Speeia1)--
At an adjourned meeting of the county
commissioner yesterday the date for the
election ON the slSO,OOO bond issue, for
the purpose of building roads, was set for
March 2
The Rev. and Mrs w. X. Simpson will
leave for Washington tomorrow to 30
present at the Inauguration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
Coffaa and Snnar

Sc in barrel lots; crockers. 6lkc; fresh
water perch, SEC.
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Personal Acquaintance

Whether your banking transactions large small n
volume personal interview with official of this bank may
you with the distinct advantages of having account
with this bank You cordially invited to discuss any mat
ters IN which can be of service to you.
First National Bank of Birmingham
Capital S15OOOOO surrlus 81 kon mn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
LOCAL SECURITIES

'otal sales for the day, 100000 Shares
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Naval Stores

Savannah, February 26.-Turpentine
firm. 42%c: sales, se; receipts. 165; ship
ments 1856; stocks. 1868 Rosin firm;
sales, 1701: receipts, sos; shipments, 9OS;
stocks, 122, ,522. quote: A. B. s6.271z; C, ID,
81. 40; J., $6.421h; F, s6.45; G. $3.50; H. $3.50;
1, s6.75: K, 81; M. s.2O; N, s7.2o; N. 1925;
WIG, S735; WV, $3.50.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27
New Orleans Cotton Futures

Open. High. Low. CT Bd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-27

Future quotations were as follows;
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-17

our large Chinese cards, with the nTst
letter, we ourselves following along
slowly on our donkeys.
Everything had been prepared for
our arrival. word having been sent
of our journey by special courier from
Pekin. So we remained In our sad
dies until we had passed the imposing
gateway and entered the large outer
court. This yard was lined with sheds
for the accommodation Of scores OF
horses and had down the center .
stone feeding trough over twenty feet
long. cut from a single block.
On leaving the yard we passed
through the kitchen and living apart
ments of the mancipal; thence into
most lovely garden containing several
weird dwarf trees. a rookery and min
iature lake, running water and gilt
tering goldfish. This tiny paradise Is
the inner court from which there are
several exits. one leading to the tenn
pie proper. with the priest quarters;
another to the hall Of documents and
a third to q cloister Enclosure. with
buildings on three sides. These build
ings are for the reception and enter
tanment Of high officials when passing
through this part of the country.
OF all men under the sun the Chi
nese gentleman make the most de-
llghtful, the most plausible, the most
elegant liar. In differing from him
one feels positively uncivil. With q
charming frankness and winning log
ic he will affirm what he knows to be
directly contrary to the fact, and then,
without the slightest conjunction, but
always with the same adroit, face saw
ing pretext. he will swing around and
declare the opposite to be true.
Most heather Chinese do lie-but
why? AK the,man in the field which
road to take TO such and such q VII
Iage. He will invariably say he
doesn't know or that he IL q stranger.
Both OF these answers are untruths.
seemingly very silly. senseless ones.
The man has probably been brought
up in worthy family. From bis
childhood he has been taught the
beauty Of truth. Does he lie because
he Is Inherently bad? Not BIT Of T.
He hates his lie as much as you would
II q merely seli-defense.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-17
W. N. u, KANSAS CITY, NO. 2s-1s1s.
GENEROUS AT SMALL COST
Phiianthropist's Right to Have He
Name on List Of Those Who
Go About Doing Good.

At a banquet at San Francisco re-
Gently William F. McCombs told OF
a conversation in a club in which sew
eral philanthrppic personages we're
mentioned and lauded to the skies.
The conversation had gone to some
length, Mr.. McCombs said. when q
man who was sitting in a corner arose
with a merry smile fitting over his
features and broke into the gabfest.
Your philanthropists are all right"
he remarked, but l think II is only
just that my next-door neighbor should
be included in the kindly disposed
bunch" I'VE are willing to add him
to the list" responded one Of the
others, but is he really so gener-
ously inclined" We'll. / should say
that he is," was the emphatic declara-
ton OF the first. Dozens Of tramps
hammer at his back door and ! have
never known him to send one away
empty.handed." you don't mean it,"
returned the second triHe incredu.
lousy. That's right" rejoined the
first he always gives them a letter
Of introduction to me-"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-07-17
Plans to Live 40 Savage.

To prove that the people Of the
twentieth century need not be slaves
to civilized convention, Joseph
Knowles, a Boston painter OF outdoor
life, plans to plunge into the wilder
ness OF northern Maine this month
without clothing, food. matches. nre-
arms or ammunition.
He promises to stay there until oc-
tober /, to subsist on fish. game. ber'
rIes and wild vegetables and to come
out fully clothed. He will live so or
so miles away from any settlement.
and will accept no help from the out
side world.
Knowles will make his own fire by
friction; will build log cabin from
material he finds in the woods, and
will make traps out Of what he dis
covers in the practically UNEMPLOYED
northern part OF the Pine Tree state.