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Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
SHORT COVERING
STEAD|ES STOCKS
u, S. Steel Common Was Object
Of Bear Attack at 0utset-laCk
Of Demand Noted.
sv CHARLES w. STORM.

NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-The continued
weakness in the continental markets and
the aggressive attitude as shown py
some Of the more important traders on
the bear side. unsettled the stock mar d.
ket in the early trading to-day ana
caused losses all around the room. 1here
was a similar lack of demand 10 tndt
noted in the dealings yesterday after
noon and moderate Liquidation coulu
only be effected at concessions. AFTER
the first few minutes a steadier tone
developed, partly due to covering by
boardroom shorts, and some fracuohaI
gains were made.
Missouri. Kansas and Texas. which
was the weakest feature in the CONT
mental markets declined r. to 17la here
and the preferred sold at %. "a loss ol
Nearly all the important railroads and
industrials showed initial losses. ranging
from * to y
There was some vigorous selling Of
United States steel common, which was
the object OF bear attack; ne mrs.
sales were recorded at 1000 shares az
637s and 600 at 63s4. against b4s az
the close YESTERDAY During the iirst .
minutes there was no further Chahge III
the price Of this industrial
Missouri Pacific opened at decline OF
s., but in the next few minutes fahled
A heavy tone was in evidence in Lon
don Canadian Pacific was weak there'
The curb market opened weak
There was further Improvement IN the
stock market on the late trading. Ten-
nessee Copper responded to It's Eooq re
port by advancing about a point hoEN
Island common also made gam, sen T.
ing around S7s Steel sold at b4ia
against 637s at the opening. Union "a
cifc sold at l60Ia a point gain from the
morning Canadian Pacific, Missouri
Pacific and other stocks made supstah
tial gains over the noon range.
No ri plnSaH GtplIN
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
LONG," CURTA|L
MARCH HOLDINGS
Tomorrow Being Notice Day on
March, Traders Switch Lines
to May and July.

NEW YORK Feb. ga number OF
overnight selling orders caused an un-
certain tone at the opening OF the COZ
ton market to-day and FIRST prices were
unchanged to points above Wednes-
days close. on the openin gthe tone
became steady, on firmness of Liverpool
cables together with q cable stating
that spinners we're calling cotton. This
encouraged a wave OF active buying, at
tributed chiefly to the spot interests,
and prices advanced to points from
the opening range.
small. there being no Significance TO
the trading and prices eased or to last
nights close As whole II was an
other one OF those deadly dun markets.
which have become very frequent OF
The steadiness Of March was based on
scattered covering in advance or nrst
notice day. which fails tomorrow. The
whole trade is waiting developments IN
March 1t is believed spot commit .
ments for March will he heavy, and If
this be true, the demand Will be
The market was featureless during
the late forenoon, except further
switching from March TO other positions
especially May ana July, by profession
al and outside longs, who were inclined
to get out of the way OF notices to
morrow. Liverpool was also active IN
undoing straddles between the two eN-
changes. The result of these Cross-cur-
rent transactions caused March to ease
off to 1917, while other months held
steady at several points above the OPEN
ing.
At the close the market was steady,
with prices points off TO points
higher than the final quotations of We'd
nesday
York March, 1917; May, %; July,
11,S5; August, 11.6S; october, H. As
Following are 10 a. m. bids in New
Orleans: March, 1245; May, 1859; July,
1875 October l1.61.
Estimated cotton receipts:
Friday, l9lS.
New Orleans $500 to 1906 7079
Galveston 5000 to 1000 3S97
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
RANoE nm NEW YORK EuruREs.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET,

LIVERPOOL, Feb. 26-Due y point
higher on October and y to ! e points
lower on other positions, this market
opened quiet. / Y to points lower Al
1915 p. IN the market was steady, Y to
| point lower on near and unchanged
to p point higher on late months. La
ter the market advanced Y to l point
from 1915 p. m.
Spot cotton steady at unchanged quo
tations middling 7.05d: sales s 600 bales,
of which 1900 were American bales
At the close the market was very
steady, with prices at a net advance Of
2Ia TO 31a points from the closing quo
tations of Wednesday.
Opened quiet and steady.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
Directory of
The Leading Real Estate, Renting
and Loan Agents of Atlanta

w a. BAKER & COMPANY. 1I1s
Fourth National Bank Building, Reai
Estate. We deal in farm lands. city
and suburban property.
FIELD REALTY COMPANY, 2Il Empire
Building. If you want to trade your
property we are the ones to see. We
buy, sell or trade.
G. T. r. FRASER buys and sells real
estate. 406 Equitable. NJ 1928
LIST your property with galloway &
Smith, 213-214 Empire Bldg. Ivy Ills.
GRAHAM & MERK, 301 Empire Build.
ing. We sell city and suburban prop
erty. Also make speciality OF farm
lands in Georgia. For information call.
write or phone Ivy s35B.
HARLLEE REALTY COMPANY, Real
Estate Sales and Home Builders, 800
Equitable Building. Phone Main 47ss.
HARPER REALTY COMPANY, III
Third National Bank Bldg We han
die city and suburban residence proper
ty, Georgia farm lands and investments
Your property will be given our person
al attention. Bell phone Ivy 1926: At
lanta phone s72.
THOMAS W. JACKSON. 1915 Fourth
National Bank Building Phone Main
52l4 Deals in Georgia lands specially
MCLATCHFY REAL ESTATE AND
TNVESTMENT COMPANY. located at
2ll Candlsr Building. phone Ivy $3.50
dess in large and small business and
gives same their personal attention.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
Sale on East Alabama.

j. l.. Wright and j. I. Carson have
sold 10 G. c. Rogers, through the
George p. Moore agency, the property
at No. SO East Alabama street, be-
South Pryor and Central avenue. The
lot faces p IL feet on Alabama
street and is occupied by two story
brick building. The consideration was
$22,5 500. A loan of $4,000 was as
sumed as part consideration.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
GRAIN GOSSIP

The Chicago Inter Ocean saws 1T
was the gossip on wheat that the main
strength yesterday came from corn At
the same time those who We're bulllsh
pointed to the good cash demand. which
for the past two days has been close
to 600 600 bushels In all positions,
mainly TO seaboard exporters. A num-
Der OF the local traders are bearsh,
but are not standing short for more
than fractional loss.
1T was announced yesterday that
the Armour Grain Company was off
the bear side Of corn and oats. Most Of
the commission houses are friendly to
the buying side of corn and oats ON the
breaks, but a few traders. who were
bearish on corn. said the market had
received all the bulge it was entitled
to-"
Bartlett Frazier Company saws
'Wheat-The general situation looks
healthy and as long as the export de-
mand keeps up we see no reason for
lower prices
=, Corn-l.ocal sentiment bullish.
Shorts covered very freely yesterday,
and the leading short interest said to
have taken the long side.
"Oats-The market will be governed
by action OF corn"
Armour interests were reported good
buyers OF corn to-day.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
Moore Mill Acreage Sold.

c. w Hunter. of the w. L. Wor-
ley Realty Company has sold for
Thomas Moore to n. E. Hamilton, of
Lynchburg, Va, 80 acres of land on
the Moore Mil road. near Rosserville,
for $5,770 or 5000 per acre. This
property is about seven miles from
Atlanta
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
CORN FIRMER ON
SHORT COVERING
Weather Excellent for "Finish-
ing" and Moving Crop-Wheat
Shipments Light.
ST. LOUIS CASH QUOTATIONS..

CHICAGO, Feb. G6 Wheat was y, te
9sc ower at the opening Of the grain
market to-day on the light shipments
from Argentina and India az Liverpool;
Corn was n to sc better on good
buying by shorts. Weather conditions
are excellent for finishing corn as well
as for its movement.
Oats were IS TO &C higher in sympa
thy with corn.
Provisions we're hrmer and a shade
higher.
The demand for cash wheat was the
strengthening inuenfice on the Board OF
Trade during the afternoon session ara
prices closed lsdi4c higher for the day
Corn showed loss Of is for the near
by months on profit taking, while the
deferred months were hdi4c better
oats were unchanged to &c higher
While pork was sol l0c lower, lard ard
ribs were 2taG5C higher
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK, Feb. %. The metal
market was weak to-day standard
Copper. spot 10 April, Is - a "a "a spel-
ter. 25i% m5.37l7 lead, 3,9S@ 4.05, tin.
80 50n39 so
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
LIVERPOOL GRAIN MARKET

LIVERPOOL. Feb. 26.-Wheat opened
unchanged to I'D higher; at 1880 p. m
the market was unchanged to lad high
er; closed isGSd higher
Corn opened a a sd higher. al I 80 y
m. the market was isQ@d higher
closed l4d sd higher
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
Black to Rebuild Home.

Charles H. Black will rebuild inn
mediately his home on Peachtree road
which was burned Wednesday, the
cost to be $4,000.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
,ANoE IN NEW oRLEANs FUTURES
SPOT COTTON MARKET

Atlanta, nominal; middling l2c.
Athens, steady; mlddling l2ss
Macon, steady. middlinP I3i
New Orleans, steady; middling ISc
New York, quiet; middling l3c
Boston. quiet; middline 13c
Liverpool, steady; middling. 7.O5d,
savannah, steady. midd1ing l3c
Augusta. steady; middling 1874
Charleston, steady; middling 1871
Norfolk, steady; middling 12L
Galveston, firm: middIing 1888
Mobile. steady; middiiug 70 7-I6
Little Rock. quiet; middling l3c
Baltimore, nominal: middling 12A.
St Louis, quiet; middling 1874.
Memphis. steady; middling Sc
Houston. steady; middling II 2l1-l5
Louisville firm middlipK l2L
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
RAR SIlVER.

LONDON. Feb &c Bar silver steady
al 26 9-16d
NEW york. Feb % Commercial
bar silver 57iR Mexican dolalrs, 45c.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26

10 ACRES OF rich, productive land: u
mile of Lumber City. Ga A good
town of 1900 people. Largest pay roll
per capita of any town in South Cen
1ral Georgia. Good schools and churches;
fine, pure drinking water: health unex-
celled; 55 acres in cultivation: all can
be cultivated. This is a bargain $50
per acre; terms. Address j. D Vaughan,
Lumber City. Ga
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
200 Farms
FREE
The Land Is ii
Palm Beach
County, Florida

in the heart Of the grapefruit, orange
and pineapple country, the land of
THREE CROPS A YEAR $1,000 an
acre is often made in this county from
winter vegetables alone. This land which
we WILL GIVE AWAY is some of the
most fertile land in this county 1t has
been decided to us in trust and the deeds
are in the bank here, on the agreement
that we shall use it solely for advertis-
ing purposes
And Give 1t to Two Hundred
People Who Make Visit to
Lake Worth.
You do not have to settle on the land
unless you wish to or farm it or spend
one cent developing it. We want you
10 see Lake Worth. If you come to see
us we know you will want to be one
of us. Our location is ideal. two miles
frontage on the lake, the mos4 beautiful
bathing beach in Florida. Our climate
is the most perfect on this continent
CHEAP EXCURSION RATES TO
LAKE WORTH. MARCH 3, MARCH H.,
APRIL Z, APRIL 81. Is there anything
more you want to know? II so. write
Secretary Chamber of Commerce, Lake
Worth, Fla, or c. E. Pierson, 104 Queen
St., Atlanta. Ga.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
FARMS FOB SALE.

LOCATED in Middle Georgia in Rock
dale County, can be found large and
small farms. at high and low price.
Healthy climate, productive soil, good
water, plenty of timber and at prices
mat can not help but please the most
eXacting buyer. Special 200 acres
possessing these qualities. together with
graded road, school. churches, and Only
S1a miles from good market r. l.. Ba-
ker. Conyers. Ga.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
PORT RECEIPTS.

The following table shows receipts al
the uorts to-day compared with the
same daV last year:
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
PRIMARY MOVEMENT.
ST. LOUIS CASH.

ST LOUIS. Feb. 25.-Cash grain
Wheat No. = red, 95s. a g6Is No :
hard, 92h hq94, No. 3 hard, 9l1sqa3.
eo Corn; No; 2, Co. No 3. s21g No; 4,
90 No yellow. 66 No. yellow, SEA
So; No. I yellow, 6lm6lie. No . white.
66iR d67
oats: No. :. 40laGH: No. 4, 39g
S9ia; standard, AN
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26

j. ID. M'MILIAN-512 SiIvey Building
NJ. 35l3 Real estate, city property
and farms handled with experience.
OTIS e. HOLIDAY,
Real Estate We also handle real estate
notes. lS Peachtree St 18th National
Bank Bldg
NJ I. PETTY, I25 North Pryor street.
City and farm land. Southwest Geor-
sa farms specially, Phone Ivy 1885
w N SCOTg & co, Timber and Iron
Properties. 210-212 Gould Building
More than thirty five years active ex-
perience.
SMITH EWING e. RANKIN, No 1870
Peachtree, sales, rents and loans. Spe-
cial and prompt attention given to all.
Phone Ivy 15il
SMITH, TT 'RNEk & PARANTHA, col
Empire Building. Phone Ivy sf55.
Real estate, homes, loans and invest
ments.
TURMAN. BLACK & CALHOUN, sec
ond floor Empire Building, real estate
Investments Of all kinds. Sales, rentals
and loans. Cali Ivy 1850.
A. J. & II. F. WEST, real estate 2Is
Atlanta National Bank Main 1854
WILLIAMS -HARTSOCK co. Real Es-
tate. Building and Loans Homes ard
Investments 90S Fourth National Bank
Building. Main 2l77
gAVE YOU SOLD THAT HOusEY A
little For Sale ad in the Want Ad''
sectiol4 y i hno a purchaser.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
Warranty Deeds.


S2600-J. A. Cochran to j. A. Davis,
lot so by $50 feet, west side Porter
street, 100 feet south of Kirkwood
avenue. February 8.
81, 1,500-Albert H. Bailey to H. w.
Nicholes. lot as by 100 feet east side
Barnett street, 135 feet south OF St.
Charles avenue. February 10.
$1,250-H. w. Nicholes to Mrs. Nora
G. Webb, same property. February
p.
s22. 5O0-James l.. Wright and j.
I. Carson to George c. Rogers. No. 50
Alabama street. u by 80 feet. Feb
ruary IS.
$2,50O-John B. Daniel to Mrs. S. NJ.
Whitner, lot 80 by 1S0 feet. south side
st. Charles avenue, 200 feet east of
F'rederika street. February, 1914.
$2.250 - Realty Investments to
Charles Franklin, lot 203 by 100 feet,
west side Gray street, 1O1 feet south
of Kennedy street. February 26
$1,000. p. Hornsby to Mrs. Lem
nie Hornsby. % acres on west line Of
land lot 1875. Fourteenth District, 3S3
feet south of northwest corner of said
land lot. February Is.
$S.S50-Samuel L, Adams to o. II.
Pickett, lot so by 1870 feet, west side
Luckie street, being lot Is of Harris
property, land lot 70. March lS, 1911.
S45U-EllZd Z. Iltj to y w. Fnll .
lips, lot 100 by 595 feet on Dunwoody
road, in land lot 43, Fourteenth Dis
trict, adjoining Orr, December %,
1913
S1,000-John NJ George to r. G.
Holmes, lot so by 200 feet, north side
Brookline street, 200 feet west of
Stewart avenue. February 20
$3.50. Walton simmons TO George
Ware and w. J. Harper, lot so by 200
feet, north side Simpson street. 70
feet east of Ashby street. January Z.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
Loan Deeds.

Loan Deeds.
s3250-Mrs. s. NJ Whitner to NJ.
McClintock, lot 90 by $50 feet, south
side St Charles avenue, 200 feet east
oe Frederika street. February 49,
S3.000-M. Esther Holleyman to
Dickinson Trust Company. trustee,
No. so West Baker street, 80 by 200
feet. February %.
$40, 0,000-Daniel Bros. Company to
Fanny Joseph, Nos. PA, 276 Whitehall
street, 49 by 151 feet. February "a.
S4,0O0-Mrs. Rosa B. Kingsberry to
Atlanta Savings Bank. lot As by sc
feet. west side West Peachtree street,
100 feet south of Peachtree place.
February %.
QuitcIaim Deeds.
S3-Sol Benjamin to Herman Ben
iamin, No. SO Central avenue, lot So
by 1877 feet February IS.
81 and Other Considera ations-Mrs.
Eliza f. Martin et al. to Mrs. Geor-
giana A. Corley and Mrs. Mary Fields,
lot 5S by II by 81 feet, east side
Hemphill avenue, 1876 feet southeast
Of West Tenth street. February 3.
$1-Southeastern Land and Invest
ment Company to Mrs. Laura ID. Nc
MILAN. No. 500 Highland avenue, lot
81 by 12S feet, February "a
$3S-Georgia Granite Company to
Benjamin f. Ragsdale. No SO Drum
mond street. 40 by So feet Decem-
ber II. 1912.
Sesame to same, lot 40 by 100
feet, north side Drummond street, be-
tween Jephtha and Ashby streets. De-
cember %, 1912.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Feb 26- Wheat-No.
red. 96l4 a s69. No. 3 red. 94d95: No.
hard winter. 94G94t4 No. 3 hard win
ter. s3493la No. , Northern spring
95 ~ ass; No , spring 9fq95.
white. 64@65; No. yellow. slleMe1
No 4. 5sts a 60t5; No white. 59d6c1 d
No 4 yellow. 59m6Oai
Oats-No. 2 white, 3oR @40 No
white, 39la 39% standard. Il
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
FARMS FOR SALE.

"BtGf FARMS IN 7GfEEoRGfA.'
$500 ACRES at Sc per acre; improve
ments costing 100000 including ~
houses, one residence, barns, store.
church and schoolhouse.
Fine for fruit growing; can be made
a splendid ranch. In Polk County.
Georgia $4,000 cash. balance $4,000 a
year at per cent. 600 acres in cul-
AMERICAN SALES COMPANY.
ROME, GA.
RANCH for rent or sale, 1850 acres in
shallow water district, one mile from
Iddlou, Lubbock County, Texas; l,400
il cultivation, balance pasture; gas
tractor with tools necessary to farm
land, ID. Tinkelpaugh, I'll Reno, Okla.
4S0 ACRES Alberta land part fenced,
with stock and tools; $3.50 acre;
terms; bargain. J. ID. Young. Rimbey,
Alta, Canada,
FOR SALE-160 acres Jackson County,
Indiana, Sl,600; $50 acres Charlton
County. Georgia, SO per acre. Homer
Arts, Route 50. Columbus, md.
FOR sALE-Vslley farms, Northwest
Georgia Suitable general farming,
stock, grain, dairy. Wei watered. I'm
equaled climate Can suit every class
of buyer c B. GoetchiuR Rome. Ga.
FARMS FOR SALE.
WE have bargains to offer in good
farms, both large and small; also busi-
ness propositions, located all over Bar
tow and Polk Counties, Ca, two Of the
best and healthiest counties IN the State.
If interested write for our property list.
J, r. YOUNG & CO..
Curtar=NF1IA
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26

S5 ACRES with big frontage on stone
Mountain car line for 500 an acre;
just about one-half the price you can
buy any other acreage on this line.
Owner, Box 14S, care American.
FOR SALE-245 acres best farm land IN
Appling County, Georgia, about 30
acres under wire fence, 60 TO 70 acres
in cultivation. Grows anything that Will
grow in Georgia Fine spring water;
good locality; bargain for right party
Half cash, balance on easy, terms For
full Information address J. O'Connor,
Surrency Ca, or NJ. O'Connor 429 East
Duval street Jacksonville, Fla.
JOHN p DAVIS & CO., ROME CA
THE best section in North Georgia"
Have for sale farms from one TO fifty
thousand dollars. Reasonable terms.
SEE ME- for South Georgia Farms.
VIII exchange for city property. J. T.
Kimbrough. 400 Atlanta Maj, Blk Bldg
NORTH GEORGIA FARMS bought.
sold and traded For full particulars,
write or see G. w. HELMS, DALLAS,
GA
FARMS FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE,
H6TST0N IC70TNTTY~700 acres, $3.50;
now get busy. Farms. care Georgian.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26

CHICAGO CAR LOTS.
Following are receipts for Thursday
and es''mated receipts for Friday.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26

j, ID. M'MILLAN-512 SiIvey Building
NJ. 1913 Real estate, city property
and farms handled with experience
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
FARMS FOR SALE or EXCHANGE.

HOTSTON COUNTY-700 acres, 81 so;
now get busy. Farms, care Georgian.
Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-26
GRAIN cLEARANcEs.

Armour interests were reported :
buyers OF corn to-day
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-03-13
The Gotebore System.

The "Goteborg System" works like
a charm. Before 1t was adopted Nor
way consumed more alcohol per in
habitant than any other country in
Europe, but, owing to the "Goteborg
System" it is now. one of the most
temperate of all lands. In other words,
only fourth of the quantity of ardent
spirits is consumed in Norway per
inhabitant as compared with the con-
sumption before the system went into
operation. The saving to the people
and crime. has practically been eliml-
mated. The death rate as the immedi-
ate result of alcoholism has dropped
from 33 per 10000 of the population
to 10.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-03-13
A AFar.Travelled ALLIGATOR.

A female alligator four and half
feet long, species Alligator mississippi
ensis, was recently captured in cen
trail Oklahoma, in bayou of the
South Canadian River. Mr.. H. H.
Lane of the University of Oklahoma
believes that the animal had travelled
up the Arkansas River to the mouth
of the Canadian, and thence to the
point where it was found. a distance
of some $50 or 40O miles west of the
Arkansas-O -Oklahom, state line. The
Canadian River is not nayigable, and
during most of the year Is only small
meandering creek in a wide valley.
The alligator had been in the neigh
borhood at least three years before its
capture. Its skeleton is now in the
university museum, where the lone
traveller is also commemorated by a
life-like model.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-03-13
A Little Too RastY.

In the scramble that followed a
premature discharge of dynamite in a
building-lot, says writer in the New
York Sun, stout man lost scarf
pin. After he began TO search for it
. he noticed another man po:l!ng round
in the dust and debris. He immediate
ly grew suspicious, and at last spoke.
Il do not wish to give offense," he
said, but i must ask you to refrain
from assisting me in this search. l
appreciate your willingness to help,
but as "a means of seli-protection l
long ago made 1t rule never TO al
low strangers to assist me in a search
for lost article"
"Oh, very WELL" said the stranger.
"You have no objection to my looking
on, suppose?"
He sat down on the curbstone and
watched the stout man sift dust and
overturn stones. After twenty minutes
of painful stopping the stout man
found scarf-pin.
But it is not my PIN" he said, de-
jectedly.
No. it's mine" said the other man.
81 heard it strike somewhere here
abouts. That was what ! set out to
look for, but when saw how anxious
you were for the job let you go
ahead Your own scarf-piD, If you
want to know, is sticking 20 the flap
of your left coat pocket"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-03-13
THE PROSE TRANSLATION.
Shows Difficulty Of Forcing the Door
Of the Understanding.


The difficulty Of forcing the door of
the understanding is amusingly Illus
Tated In story related by Mrs. Rog-
er A Pryor in her recent book, "My
Day: "reminiscences of Long Life"
Mrs. Pryor's daughter, Mrs. Rice, once
attempted to Introduce William Cul-
len Bryant to class of poor white
boys she was teaching at night
school in her home on plantation In
Virginia.
She had taught them to read and
write, had given them some arithme-
tic and geography, even some Latin,
and was then minded to awaken the
esthetic instincts which she believed
must exist in the poor fellows. She
read the beautiful poem ITO a Water
Fowl"
"Now, boys" she eagerly said,
"tell me how you would feel If you
had seen this?"
There was dead silence. Appealing
to the most hopeful of her pupils, she
received an enlightening response:
81 wouldn't think nuthin"
what would you say?" she per.
sisted.
"Wal, l reckon I'd say, "Thar goes
q duck!"