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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

cotton goods and linens. The trading was limited all the week by the willingness of buyers to operate at a reasonable price. Offerings of goods from second hands were common enough. but no market could be found for them in any broad way. Western markets have continued to buy steadily in small quantities for quick shipment and distribution, and there seems much better than in other sections.
 Owing to the great strain upon credits and the closer examinations of dry goods paper by all banking factors. forward operations have been discouraged. Busi- ness Is being confined strictly to the most urgent needs and where forward orders are being placed 1t usually happens that they are being given to assure continu- ance of min production on staples that are well known.
 Prices are soft. but the trading has been so inactive that great changes are not noted. Mill agents are beginning to counsel prompt curtailment until more settled conditions obtain in the markets
 With print cloths and unbranded sheet ings have sold in very limited quantities at isc q yard off in some instances. Nom inal prices are as follows:
 Print cloths, 2S-inch, 6ix64 S. 3sc: 64x60' S, slae: 3sls-inch. 64x64s Dc and 5isc: brown sheetings. southern standards 7S.dSc denims. Bounce. l4c; tickings, s-ounce. 13c: standard prints. 5i4; staple ginghams, GAG; dress ginghams. 9i4c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York. August 1.--(Special. .)-With the exchanges in Europe and America closed, the interest of the trade settles upon the outlook in Europe.
 As we read the dispatches the powers are all working to persuade Russia and Austria to submit the question between them to reason. It is true they are all standing by their arms and that heavy losses are incurred everywhere by this condition of affairs.
 So far as America is interested, we must act sensibly realizing that coop eration and combination between planters merchants and bankers will be needed and must take place, with conditions as they are; that unity of action will pre- vent losses and give value to credits and crops which might be inperilled by in- dividual action. There will be plenty of currency; that Is already arranged.
 The difficulty now is the paralysis of exchange, that is credits between America and Europe and the absence of American shipping. Today it is probable that the exchanges will remain closed until more is known to furnish a guide to the future.
 At present everybody seems to recognize that serious situation must be met in serious sensible manner except some of the newspapers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
SOan in Mexica

From the personal appearance of tho natives came in contact with when I went to that part of Mexico few years ago." said New York travelling man. according to the New York Sun, Tt did of saop could be an industry of much importance in that country, but found
 out when came to Quataro. that soap was an important item in the domestic economy of that region. at any rate. But It's use was not for lavatory or laundry purposes.
 "It was the coin of the realm, so to
 speak" the legitimate medium of ex- change, as I discovered, much to my surprise. when the change I received for my coin in making some purchases was three cakes of soap The fact then appearing that soap was money, l re- cognizcd why 1t was that so few traces Of It's being put to the ordinary use could be discovered.
 'Subsequent experiences showed me thnt there was a good deal of soap manufactured in Mexico: but how much
 was used for its ordinary purpose and how much as substitute for more convenient circulating medium I never knew. At zapotlan. Inf western Mexico, there were several large soap factories and the business had grown to much Importance. After witnessing the meth cd of making the soap. however. l was quite content to use my Mexican soap
 as money rather than as an adjunct of the toilet
 Not far from Zapotian is a small lake. the waters of which are densely alkaline. Washing up on the shores they leave a thick deposit of alkali.
 That necessary ingredient in the manu
 fracture of soap was transported from the lake to the factories packed on the
 backs of mules. or. in many instances,
 on the backs of peons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
|HYSTER|A VAN|SHES
 FROM WHEAT PIT
After Relatively Narrow Changes Close 1-401 1-4c
 Up for Deferred Options

Chicago, August 1.--Wheat transactions halted to a great extent today. awaiting the outcome of a movement to give ex- ports from the United States the pro tection of the American flag. After rela- lively narrow changes the market closed steady, s4c net lower for nearby deliv- cries and 1a@1Ae up for the more deferred options. Corn finished at an advance of ls@Sl4c above last night. oats with rise of s4@1lsc, and provisions higher by 21sa 15c.
 Hysteria vanished today from the wheat pit. It was evident that for the time being war news, no matter how exciting, probably would not affect the market with any such violence as had been the case during the preceding four days Removal of the French import duty on wheat helped harden prices in the last hour of the session.
 Buying of corn noticeably enlarged to- day despite the requirement of unusually heavy margins on all trades Chances of receipts being shut off by the threatened strike on western railroads brought apout wave of buying. Oats advanced irreg- ularly in sympathy with the other feed srain. Urgent covering by shorts strengthened the provision market.
 Future quotations were as follows:
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has to do with securing eggs of high fer tility. At this season fresh eggs are in strong demand at high prices, and if the hatch is poor the egg cost per chick runs high. In the roaster section near Boston this situation has caused certain poultry
 men to specialize in the production of
 matching eggs of the desired quality,
 more, each. This often proves a profita- /, ble side line for market egg producers. l After the eggs are matched they are | given careful attention to the end that
 mortality may be kept down to the lowest
 rate, and steady, rapid growth secured
 If they can be given a good start before l the unfavorable weather sets in the battle
 is half won. Many growers experience difficulty in keeping the chicks on their feet" All conditions are essentially artificial. and l considerable skill is required to keep the | flock healthy, active and growing. Leg weakness is a serious trouble. and to l overcome this many expedients are re- l sorted to-
 | Since this condition may result from the long hours of idleness due to the 1 limited hours of daylight. it is quite pos sible that the use of artificial light in the brooder house may prove an aid in over coming it. The writer has successfully practiced this plan in America, and MT l Tom Barren states that he has done like wise in England The character if the light used is of little moment. provided 1t Is sufficiently powerful to enable the chicks to feed and exercise. By adopting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
FLOATING PALACES OF THE
 ALABAMA IN EARLIER DAYS

of East Mississippi and all the Ala bama-their names are at my tongue s end, and can be called as easily as though yesterday instead of 45 years had passed and gone--Foote & Rich = ards, Aubrey X Kennedy, Fry. Bliss & Co, Parker. Morris & Co.,, William H, Ross & Co.,, Perryman & Sons, Pomeroy & Marshall. Rix. Kendall & Co. Cham berlaln & Co.,. William Calvert & Co.,, William Sayre X Co.,, and others too
 numerous to mention. all of whom have juined the silent dead, except Maj Will liam H. Ross, today one of Mobiles oldest and most honored citizens. "The wholesale dry goods trade was
 held by the substantial firms of John
 Reid & Co.,, Moore & Lynes. Garner, Williams & Co.-while the hardware was controlled by OMazange & Co.,, Dade Hurxthall & Co.,, and Reynolds
 & Go. Hats by George A. Arnolds, and shoes by M. S. Stetson & Co.,, and oth- CTS
 With the trade of the immense ter
 ritory then open only to Mobile. wharf | age was very limited, for the Bigbee and Warrior rivers had their fleet of superb steamers also.
 "The Bank of Mobile and the South ern Bank of Alabama, unlimited in capital and resources. were two banks that stood the crash and panics of former days. and would lend money from their overflowing vaults on sim pie one-name papers. When secession came these institutions went out of the business of issuing money, and now are only remembered by the older in habitants of the city.
 "But we digress from the real in- tention of our subject. The firm or lcorporation of Cox. Barinard & Co. had 1 a line of elegant steamers, one leaving each day of the week. Five D. m was the hour of departure for all days except Sunday, that packet being billed to leave at 10 a. m. For the winter
 season when traffic was heaviest, on long. with capacity of from 1900 to 2500 bales of cotton-side- W whee elera with powerful machinery and all built l for speed. All through passengers were carried by these boats from Texas and Louisiana to northern points The
 Montgomery and West Point railroad was the connection at Montgomery and ralatiai mail line of steamers to New Orleans. At the beginning of the war
 side -wheelers were cut down as block
 ade runners. or thrown aside to be re- placed by the smaller stern -wheelers Of today. which were then classed as
 third-rate risks, and not considered safe in high water. Remember that in those times Montgomery, Wetumpka and
 Selma were tributary to Mobile as our own little Camden is today.
 "The captains who trod the decks of these Alabama racers were generally
 Stockholders. of who we mention Jesse
 J. Cox. Chesterfield in department
 collegiate, and man fitted to adorn
 society. He was always in command
 of the Tuesday night boat. first the
 grand Messenger. and last the renowned | St. Nicholas. The former was, perhaps lthe most elaborate packet ever borne
 on the bosom of the Alabama waters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

The following article was written by
 the late Judge James Fleetwood Foster,
 who for number of years was editor
 of the Wilcox Banner, in which paper
 he wrote a series of articles on '"The
 Floating Palaces of the Alabama or de
 Good Old Times in Dixie" One of these "reminiscences will be published each week. Judge Foster was son of the city by -the-gulf, where he was promi- rently connected both in business and social life. In 1878 he moved to Will cox county, coming to Birmingham in 1910. where he died in 1912.
 With no desire to live again in the past, and no intention to disparage the present age of the railroad, yet often and anon, do memory bells chime to
 use of by-gone days. whose records lie sleeping till evoked by those sweet, low tones. says the Wilcox Banner.
 "As youth of IS. we became one of the collectors for the celebrated Dispatch Line of steamers. running between Mobile and Montgomery, car rying the daily mail between North and south and west, under the control of Cox. Brainard & Co.,. one of the strong est and most reliable corporations ever
 known in the Gulf City. At one time their stock of vessels was far above the million-dollar mark and more than two dozen hulls were at their bidding.
 The older people of Mobile remember the line to New Orleans-the William Bagley, Carondelet and Henry Lewis, all large and powerful side -wheelers stout enough to battle with the outer course. when low tides prevented the use of Grants Pass, which connects
 Mobile bay and Mississippi sound
 While these fine vessels were com iortable for passengers. they did not compete with the finer mail steamers that left daily for. the Crescent City. Freight was their chief business, for
 as all western produce came down the Mississippi through New Orleans and
 thence through Mobile to all Alabama
 towns and cities. these boats did an i'm mense transportation business.
 'In these articles 1t Is not our pur-
 pose to dwell upon the events of the sos connected with this part of the possessions of Cox, Brainard q Co. but rather to review the advent career
 and demise of some of their floating palaces that piled the Alabama when
 Mobile was the recipient of S0O,0OO bales of cotton-all consigned to her rrincely merchants: among them were B. F. Marshall. Rives. Battle & Co.,,
 McDowe1l. Withers 6 Co.,. John A. Win
 ston & Co.,, Tarleton, Ledyard & Co.,. | ]. w. Olds, Fustis q Foster, Boykin,
 AtcRea Foster. Harrison & Dawson, | IL. H. Slough, Levine. Malone & Co,
 Rush. Hudson & Co.,, Carlisle & Smith land number of others whose faces, names and salutations cheered the young collector as he entered their busi- ness houses almost daily.
 And then the grand old men who
 held the entire wholesale grocery trade
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
An English General Purpose Fowl
By EDWIN MEGARGEE

poultry fraternity. Some authorities claimed that the alleged new variety was merely the old Lincolnshire Buff masques- ading under different name.
 We have no particular interest in this controversy. being willing to admit that the variety in question Is both beautiful and useful, regardless of it's ancestry.
 The typical Orphington. whatever the variety, Is a large stately fowl with rather short, wide-set legs. The breast is full and round, the back broad. the body deep. Since the plumage is some- what loose the whole effect is that of massiveness.
 In color the surface of the Bluffs should be a rich, golden buff throughout. even in shade and free from shafting or a mealy appearances; the under color, a lighter buff. with no trace of foreign color; beak, shanks and feet, white or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Fruits and Produce

CantaloupeS-S2. Watermelons-l5@S0 Lemons-S4. Limes-T5c4Si.2 Home Grown Cabbage-2hc 10. Northern Apples-Fancy box. Sd2oc. New Crop Apples-Per hamper. SIPS. Home-Grown Lettuce-Per hamper, q. Peanuts-6Wle.
 Imported peanuts-9hc pound. Egg Plants-saa250 apples-S2H2.5 Snap Beans-Sl.50. New Sweet Potatoes-s2.25 per hamper. New Irish Potatoes-In sacks. s1. 25dI1.6o Squash-Hamper. a. Cucumbers-Per crate. sld125. New Corn-Dozen, 16c. Peaches-Georgia H.7592.50. Huckleberries-s2. 50Q3. Concord Grapes-$1.5o per crate, 40o basket.
 White Grapes-4-lb. baskets. Soc. Figs-Se. 50dS per crate. Okra six-basket crate, S2.50. Tomatoes-Six-b basket crates. g .5oGi3. Alabama Tomatoes-Four-b ba sket crates. S1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Weekly Market Summary

New York, August After four days of severe unsettlement resulting from
 the Austro -Servian situation to date,
 the New York stock exchange yester- day closed for an indefinite period. This decision was reached shortly before the opening hour.
 Leading banking interests advised the exchange that any other course might endanger credits and put the entire financial structure of the coun- try to a test beyond endurance. The closing of the London exchange left the New York exchange in a posi- tion where 1t would have had to ab- sorb the stock offerings of all the worlds markets.
 This, 1t was reasoned, would have resulted in a titanic wave of selling which would have depressed prices to a panicky level.
 The string of the preceding days of the week were succession of moro CT less convulsive movements largely due to heavy sales of our securities hy London and the continental mar kets.
 The heavy selling of stocks at stead fly diminishing values was accompan- fed by demoralization in foreign ex- change and the imposition of almost msnded by the marine companies for shipment of gold to London and Paris which again attained special propor- tions.
 A number of small failures on the stock and cotton exchanges followed the closing of those institutions, but it Is believed that more disastrous ef- fects would have been sounded but for the suspension of trading.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

the latter one of the swiftest and most successful ever moored to the wharves Of Mobile, clearing, during one season, over s75,000 for her owners. Charles w Locklin, now residing at Perdue Hill, Monroe county. was her chief clerk
 and did all the office work-a feat that
 seems now we'll nigh impossible,
 strong Chidsey was her second clerk,
 and year ago was living at Artesia,
 Miss.
 "The next in order of captains was
 Robert Otis. the cumulative, who ruled
 the deck of the invincible Cuba. and afterwards commanded the St. Charles, New Albany, Ind Captain Bob was
 the Saturday night man, and always had opposition. and many were the great races from Mobile to the junc- tion of the rivers some 50 miles above.
 In those days more steam was carried than is now allowed, and more steam was stolen by means of weight on valves and consequently better time
 made
 "The old Montgomery, large side wheeler. with 10-foot stroke of engine,
 made the junction in three hours and 10 minutes. which is the record to this day The Cuba, with Bob Otis on the boiler deck. made two trips each week from Mobile to Montgomery. running the down trip in 30 hours. It was a
 seasons experiment. for passengers oiily.
 Large crews, were carried on the lower deck, and some 30 or 40 deck hands had their loads on thir back be- fore the steamer touched the bank. Capt. George w. Clouds was one of Cox. Brainard X Co.'S favorite com
 manders and was a steamboat man from foretop to fetlock. His last com mand was the beautiful LeGrand, and Wednesday night was given her upon which to leave Mobile Although not to be compared in speed to those above mentioned yet she often made the up ip. attending to all calls, and reach 1 ing Selma in 29 hours.
 William F. James. with the handsome Magnolia, was another. of the great boatmen of that day. HIS steamer was without doubt the best built With the finest machinery. and the most com fortable and by far the most beautiful cabin of all the fleet and in the forma- ton of Cox, Brainard & Co. was put in as stock by Captain James, who owned every foot of the elegant craft"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
ss:,s's Q lSs7ss ,s'is< ~ss' ss.'-.

pinltish white; eyes, bay; earlobes, comb, face and wattles, rich red.
 Cocks should weigh ten pounds, hens eight coclSerels eight and one-half, pull lets. seven.
 This is grand general purpose breed, and is very popular in America, though somewhat handicapped because of it's white skin. The flesh Is fine and of good flavor. The chicks are generally sturdy, capable of fmaking rapid growth and dressing off well at almost any age.
 As layers, the hens rank very well. Their eggs are brown in color and me- dium in size. They are most dependable sitters and careful motheers, points ap- preciated by those who depend upon the natural method of raising chicks.
 Everything considered, the Buff Or phington well deserves the high place 1t holds in poultrydom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
False Bottom Held Lace

Miss Bertha Sattler, cabin passen--- who arrived from Bremen on the North German Lloyd steamer Bremen. was de- tained for time on the pier because the customs inspectors found that one of her trunks hsd false bottom. under which quantity of lace was hidden says the New York Times. It was said that the lace might have been made by Miss Sattler who comes from Neudek. Switzerland She was met at the pier by New York friends and was allowed to leave with them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

Copyright 1914, by Matos-Menz Adv. Co.,,
 Incl
 To the vetefan English poultryman, the late William Cook Is given credit for the production of the Orphington breed of fowls. He introduced the Black Orphing- ton in 1886, and stated that the new breed was a mixture of Minorca, Langshan and Plymouth Rock blood The new fowl i'm mediately became popular, and additional varieties were soon turned out.
 The Buff Orphington was first shown in 1894, and MT. Cook claimed that this was the result of fusing the blood of the Ham, burg, Dorklng and Buff Cochin. It will be instantly noted that the two varieties are absolutely different in respect to blood lines.
 With the introduction of the Bluffs, a storm arose in the ranks of the English
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Kiss Wilson Photo or Fight

FrOm LHe NeW IOTK SuH.
 Yonkers, N. Y.-Frank Jahn was chal- lenged by George Warda, fellow Syrian, last night to show his fidelity to his adopted country by kissing picture of Woodrow Wilson.
 Warda did 1t himself. and when Jahn refused to follow his example a fight en- sued, in which Warda's finger was sliced nearly off with knife. He had Jahn arrested and in special sessions today Judge Beall adjourned the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

is usually kept in hoppers where the birds
 may eat at will.
 As soon as the cockeres are sufficiently large they are invariably caponized. This is done primarily to keep them soft
 meated and tender. since these qualities
 are demanded in roasters. But there are
 other advantages as well. The capons reach greater average weight than cock
 erels. s.and they are more docile and easier to handle. There is no fighting, source gether
 they are sent to market, and the capons
 are held until the bullets are all disposed of Then they, too, are dressed as they reach the proper condition, become ripe as the growers express it.
 Buyers near Boston pay %he growers from 25 to 35 cents per pound, live weight, for well-grown stock of this kind Figure
 out what a nice bunch of eight-pound
 chicks would bring at such prices. Profits vary according to the season and the skill of the poutryman. One dollar per head Is said to be fair average. but in some
 cases it considerably exceeds this figure.
 One specialist in this line told the writer
 that he cleared upward of 5000 on his winter chickens in one season. It would scarcely be the part of wisdom to advise every poultryman to engage ex- tensively in the production of winter chickens. But 1t may pay to investigate the matter and experiment on a small scale, since this may prove to be good way to make use of idle equipment and swell the seasons receipts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Hides and TallOw

Green salted hides, l4M16c; partly cured 13@14c; green, 13ql31ac; damaged and culls, one-half price; dry flint, 27Q2Sc; dry salted. 25@26 dry culs. 121hc; goat skins, 25a40c; kids, one-half price; lamb skins. 25@s5; sheep skins, 25G75c: shear ings 15d25c: green salted horse hides, No. 2s, s2; glues and ponies. s1Ql.50, No. 1 tallow, 5@6c; No. tallow, 4c; beeswA5S, 2sd6oc; wild ginsing. s6@s; cultivated gin- sing. s3@5; golden seal. sS5044; clear grease wool 16Qlsc; slightly burry. 1501S; clear tubwashed wool 30QS3: burry. 15q20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
hubbard Bros. & Co.

Cotton Merchants, Hanoyer Square. N. change, New Orleans Cotton Exchsn9s, New York Produce Exchange. Asso. s.ate Members Liverpool Cotton Asso- chase and sale Of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for future delivery. Special attention and liberal terms siysn fes 1vsr1. cosfesDondsnee invtto4 ..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Fish
perch-qc mound.

Perch--9c pound. Salt Water Trout-12isc pound. Blue Catfish-Sisu92c pound. Red Snapper-sdSisc. Gray Snapper-5c. Mullet-Ic pound. Spanish Mackerel-15c pound. Fresh Pompano-e5c pound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
LOCAL QUOTATIONS
The Iron Market
Local Cotto,
Poultry and Eggs

T Fryers-n4-i1s lbs; average, 22lsc. Ducks-l5c 10.
 Guineas-30c.
 Rcosters-S0c.
 Geese-40a45c each.
 Eggs-Fresh country receipts, 17d1sc; candled, 19c: extra graded candled, 20e. candled. carton eggs, 24c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans, August 1.-Rough rice re- mains nominal, while the clean grade has become strong with Japan active. Quota tions unchanged Receipts: Rough, 240; millers, 240 clean, S6S3. Sales, 967 pockets clean Honduras at 1AG4Nc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
POULTRY

FOR SALE-About 100 White Leghorn Pullets. Wycloff and Ferris strains, 2 to 5 months old; best of laying strains and in perfect condition; can mate up pens of any desired number with cock erels not related; prices, Soc to 75c. Ad- dress Mrs J. c. Moses. Route 2. East Lake Ala