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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-31
LIVESTOCK
MICHIGAN CENTaAL STOCK y.pn

DETROIT, Dec. si.-A light run
helped the cattle market and prices
were steady with last week Prices
ranged as follows: Choice steers. av-
eraging from 1000 to LOO lbs. $50
$50; choice handy killers. s6.75a77S;
light to good butchers steers and heif-
ers. s450Q6.50; common killers and fat
cows. s3q6.50: Gamers cows, s2751
4.26; common to prime shipping bulls
sS46; light butchers and heavy sau-
sage bulls, S3Q5.50. Veal calves: High
er at $3.50 s.6O per cwt. Sheep and
lambs Active and steady; quality,
fair. $6.5OM7.50: common to prime
sheep. s4a5: culls. s2d350 per cwt.
Hogs: Active and loo higher than last
fat workers.. 1925 az per cwt Rece.pts Dts
Cattle, T69; calves. ass; sheep, $50
hoga l42S3
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-31
THE YEAR IN GRAIN AND FLOUR

BUSINESS among the bulls and pears
FOR the year Just closing shows i'm
portant increases in several lines and
was, on the whole, very satisfactory.
detroit has recovered to a great ex !.
tent, its former position "a a receivar
ana shipper of wheat and is also gain
ing as milling center With the
purchase OF the Detroit railroad ele-
vator by the Caughey-Swift Co, the
business OF receiving and handling
grain received an important impetus.
They installed a grain drier which was
greatly needed in this market and
MADE possible the proper conditioning
OF corn and the handling OF wet car
goes. Grain and -four handled In this
market for the year. with comparisons.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-31
RurrrR AND EGGS

Butter-Creamery extra. sac: frsts,
31c; dairy, 21c; packing stock, zoe ID.
Eggs-Fresh receipts. cases includ-
ed, nrsts. 34c; current receipts, 30kc
doz. Receipts, 3s1 cases.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-31
o. s. GOVERNMENT BONDS
N. Y. COTTON EXCHANGE
Quotations by Hayden. stone
xr.sr xonx MONEY MARKET

NEW YORK. Dec. 31.--Money on
call. AK per cent; time money; "a per
cent for SIX months; mercantile paper.
404Ac Bar silver: New York. 4sBc.
Demand sterling: s4.s5N 64.s5A.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-31

N the vicinity OF Newcastle. Eng
Iond. there a said TO be coal enough
10 1As< the world 800 years-that 10.
t'oooNoo 900 tons-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-31

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-The stock
market opened dull with a snaiI
volume OF business and only trac'
tional changes In prices. x...d
III a. m.-The market strengthenea
slirhtly during the first hour ana
there was fair squirt OF activity.
.. MN the afternoon the mar
vet again relapsed into dullness win
prices slightly on. ,.o1
close--The stock market closed
weak.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-31
STOCK MARKET
OPENS DULL
.,,,v yosK sTocK MARKET-Clo.e

NEW YORK STOCK MARkEr-Ciose'
.t..S. f.oIA as4. Ana q Sugar 80 D,
ios AM nR 4 I u per g lisa. A y
IA x-s5c asa. Ateh gs = %-,GI P s
Beth steel 4Sh, b X Ssh,no Con sSis.
Cd 81 p SEA-, Con Gas ia Dis Sec
Cor iiE. Erie 2ii4. do LIST pf SSs., Gen cen
Mot com sih. Goodrich Is Int int Me-
TN Int Harv- com ssis. Lsh Val tSS.
Maven Ell LIST pr "a. No Pae ~ y *
r pf 20, Miami Cop iIls. n { St e
n X. o. w nr; y fiN aa Penn
Ioar. Railway Steel spgs q =;
Hax cons ISL, Read 143lS, sloss- shen hen
"a. south Pae 81, ,stuasDssker ses' 49, 5Sil
Tvvfan Pse lie. u Rub com Sly =
Steel ass. do pr lotn, 8 Bonds w
utah Cop 4ss.. West Un Tel BIN west
Mig x&l IS.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-31
FEDERAL TROOPS
LEAVING COLORADO

DENVER. Cal. Dec. 31.-Troop l..
OF the Twelfth United States cavalry
at Oak Creek, Colo. have completed
preparations to leave the Routt coun-
~ coal fields today. This marks the
beginning OF the evacuation OF Colo
RADIO by federal troops. which have
been on duty since the tragic fight
Ing between coal miners and militia
men last spring.
II Is believed all the soldiers will
have left the state by Jan. ~. the day
Gov. elect Carlson will be inaugurated
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-31
TOLEDO LIVE STOCK.

TOLEDO. Dec. 31A-Hogs. Receipts,
/. 900: market, higher heavies, $40:
mediums. s7.0bm7.10; good pigs S7.1O0
720 Calves: Market steady. sheep
and lambs; Market. strong; workers..
s71Am72b
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-31

The Following nrms are privneeed
Ssri fasss'' rc S5as1 bs sn ails'nsn &C.,
~ W. Noble a Co. w. r.. Moss q Co.
Lewis q. qorton. w. ~ Reilly a Co..
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-31

Marseilles, France, has mills en-.
gagged in producing coacoanut butter.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-31

A new species OF whale was iiscov
cred recently In abe south Atlantic.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-31

Dssro,s E,- 10 ses rr'as,.s Depart.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-31
JoBBING PRICES.

Canned Goods-ApPles., gals; '2i2Sg
$40 standard. soc, Table bests. rs
standard. 81; baked. 5OqIOc. salmon:
soskeye tain. ;2So: nat s2-s:9S" A Alaska
toes. Sll0; Marrowfat peas, 81; early
June; $3.50; sifted. early June. sl'Ao
Feed--Jobbing prices In lOo-lb: sacks:
bran, $25c; standard middlings. s25' nno
and oat chop. s25 per ton.
Flour-Jobbing prices: Best Michigan
straight, $685.; pure rye. $3.50: spring
Hardware! ,l.SS case; anneal:
Wire. point, Zoe; ssivaniseS sheets. a
gauge, 50; 26 gauge. 3.15; % gauge.
1890; rs gauge. s3's6; 80 gauge. 1915;
single BIT bronzed axes. ,5.2S per don /:
sss5; Is gauge. ss.sc: II gauge. Sass;
rs gauge, S2,+0: carriage bolts, small.
15c, 10 and per cent OF list; large.
zoe and 10 on machine bolts. small. 50
list.
..Provi.ions-Mess pork. s2l; family;
s23 q "a: clay backs. $la42Sc; smoked
lave, shoulders. lac; picnic hams. $50
lac; bacon. 10000: lard In tierces
lac; kettle rendered. lie Id.
Edgar 4 Sons: Crystal dominoes. 2-lb..
ssSs; do. 5-lb. $3.50. eagle tablets.
NXSx cut nnwd Loaf 3s,sS cubes; $3.50;
dered. s5.75; graduated, extra coarse.
S6,t5; do. fine In bulk, 1896; do. 26-ip.
cottons. $40; crystal domino gran, 2
10. and s-lb. cartons. in cases. $3.50:
diamond A. s5.45; confectionery A.
$500; No. 9. 1925; No. 5. $40; No 9.
s e. 10 No % $40 No s. 1875 N No. :.
1855 No. Is. $3.50: No. IA. $3.50: No.
10, $3.50 non-caking mixture. Se,25;
beet graduated. $5.z5 per 100 lbs.
do. As to case. ss.50 rer case
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-31
EAST BUFFALO LIVE STOCK.
Dunning n stevens

EAST BUFFALO. y. u, Dec. 81
Cattle: Receipts. 100 head; market
prime I ,sgs.S far ns,. % good $500
;s9s25; best handy, ss256s75; com.
mon TO good, s7.254s; yearlings, IS a
9: cows and heifers. prime weights
h ss siaSgsSO: Commons aaa to ou sood
ss07; best heavy fat cows, 1880 a I
good butchering cows, s6.7596.26; me.
as: Gamers, fair TO best. s4q4 20
common and rims. s3.50@s75: bulls
best heavy. s76 $50: good butchering
y625@e,7e; sausage. sS.so@e. light
bulls, $4.T6G5.25
steady; heavy. t75Sa7S5; workers.
sheep: Receipts, 1000 head. mar.
ket, strong top lambs. tsQe.15; year.
lings. se.50Q 100: wethers. s64s25
ewes, sib0M5.7b.
Calves: Sbd13
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-31
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. Dec. 31.-Flour: Dull,
unchanged. Pork: Dull mess. sls.6oG
20. Lard: Easy: middle west spot.
s1o5S a. 1850. Sugar: Raw, firm; CEN
trifugal. SO test, $4.o1G4.0s: musco-
wade. SO test, s3.S6Q34s; refined, quiet;
cpt loaf. s5.s5; crushed. s5.75: powder
ed. $5.05@ sis; granulated, S4.95 q sos.
Coffee: Rio. No. Z, on spot inc Tai
low: steady; city, &c; special country.
s1 qsSe; special. SIS. Hay; Quiet;
s7h as1.05. Dressed poultry: Quiet;
turkeys. 12424c; chickens 12h a zoe;
fowls. l2q Tic: ducks. 10417c. Live
poultry: Firmer; geese. 154 Ice; ducks.
Is II q lie: fowls, 1917 415hc: turkeys,
soc: roosters. 1lG11l-c: chickens.
broilers. l39 14hc. Cheese: Firm; state
milk, common to specials, 12q16c;
Skins common TO special. 7Ql8hc;
Butter: Quiet; receipts. s,023; cream
cry extra, ssc; state dairy, tubs. "a q
35c: imitation creamery firsts, 269
25hc. Eggs: Quiet receipts. 1926:
nearby white fancy. 4794sc; nearby
mixed fancy. 37941c; fresh hrsts, 81
@41c.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-31

j, Printing the plain neat kind--thst ~
rizht = Tines Job Depsrtrnent,--Main
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-31
UNION STOCK YARDS.

UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO
Dec 31.--Hogs. Receipts, %. 900; mar
ket. arm and generally higher: mixod
and butchers. 46S5@7.25; good heavy.
,7,05 @7io; rough heavy. ss:s596.sS
light. ss75aLi5 pigs. $500 10. Cat
strong; beeves. s5.5065.S5 cows and
heifers. s2q6.so; Texans. t515G6.s0:
calves, ST.5OQ1O. sheep: Receipts,
IsSe s sSSss strong se.eqn sshsS
lambs, SIC SOB; western. s7mss6
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-31
Bonds and Coupon
Payable January End, 1915, at Office o,
DEIR0ITTRIlsTl0W
BONDS.

g. Detroit T. w; s%ts Ss', s.ssmse.. CO.
g gnon STEAMSHIP Company aOf
Continental steamship -
4 rS%ss s s.ssm:sp Co.
MiIinokett steamship
MUTUAL MUTUAL s sS :4..y 'ome
Mutual steamship Co.'S. "wm. Livingstone" yo
ISLAND Transit
Farrar transportation
Kinney steamship
Postal Steamship sC
so~sS American 1.%" s..s%hip
W W..s e s%:t'i s.dS ssss"ccsp Co.
Cadillac Steamship Co.. uao
Cleveland s"fsao Iran. Co..
Total Bonds ..........................A
COUPONS.
n. ore% g auffsIo Steamboat Co.
eooth-Kely Lumber
Union Steamship
Continental steamship Cos. aHav.y oouIdsr.
9e" Mountain IsS, Fuel Co..
United sssmshp Co;
su1ea %,,s ss' css,
CONTINENTAL steam.hip Co.'S s. Chester A. conedon"
Miinoket. steamship
Midland Navigation ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Anderson Carriage Co. :.;;..a........"
o. W
Mutual Steamship Co.'S 8. Erred O. Hart~eH
Mutual Steamship Co.'S 8. "Wm. Livingstone"
Koenitzer Tanning
island Transit
n. L.
Farrar Transportation
sadacona Steamship
Postal Steamship
Steamship
Douglas Steamship
Raleigh Steamship Co.
North American Steamship Co.'S. s. a. p. ReIss" .'M
North American Steamship Co.'S s. "A NJ 6eyers"
North American Steamship Co.'S. g. "Peter Reiss"
American Steamship
Calclte Transportation
Redwood
County Gas Electric Co.
Northern Engineering Works.
BuidInq Co-First Mortgage
Sigma Chi Building co-second Mortgage
AroiIne Steamship Co.
Alger Smith Co.-Notes.
Cadillac Steamship
Port Biakely Mill
Broadway Market-second Mortgage. .S.........
Washtensw Gas Observation-Disclosures.
Cleveland Buffalo Transit Vu
Saginaw Plate Glass -
Kinney Steamship
iotsi coupons =
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-25

capers The stalks should be about
three inches long and two should he
served to each person.
The same arrangement answers for
salad course, with the exception that
there is more variety to the filling.
Four stalks piled crisscross are served
in each portion and on the side OF the
plate there is some attractive little
receptacle for salad dressing. Some
times deeply cured lettuce leaf holds
pepper. basket is filled with French
dressing. Each stalk Is then taken in
the fingers and dipped into the dress
ing.
salad of this kind served at a
recent luncheon consisted in each por-
ton Of two long stalks Of celery, each
laid In narrow leaf of romaine. The
filling was of finely chopped boiled
heets mixed with grated horseradish.
1t was packed so closely In tho
groove that there was no danger of
displacing when the celery stalk was
lifted and dipped in the stiff mayonnaise
which formed little mound at the side
of the plate.
filling Of finely chopped chicken
salad IL delicious and requires no other
dressing served with II.
When served hot a. an entree large
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-25

stalks of celery are chosen, These are
allowed to simmer just long enough to
he tender and are then stuffed with
forcemeat or any highly favored mix
ture OF fish, fowl or meat. The stuffed
stalks are then arranged I'm n baking
tin and the top of the filling Drowned
In hot oven. With each portion should
be served spoonful OF cream sauce
Braised celery is "A favorite vegetable
at the foreign restaurants and provides
an excellent way of utilizing the large
outside stalks. Boil the stalks in a
weak meat stock or In water to which
some beef preparation has been added
When tender thicken the liquid slightly
and use as a sauce, Braised celery is a
suitable accompaniment to either hot or
cold meats and is particularly good with
poultry.
Boiled celery with Hollandaisc sauce
can be made into delicious entree
ranking with asparagus or artchokes
and, like them, served as separate
course. The punches are washed as
carefully as possible without separating
tho stalks. They are then tied to pre-
serve their shape while boiling. Small
tender punches require almost an hours
cooking.
To serve split each bunch In half,
which Is single portion, and serve
with Hollandaise sauce made from the
water In which the celery has boiled, as
this stTspgthens the vegetable favor
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-25
-AlEST PARTISAN DANCE GOWNS
HAVE LONG POINTED TRAI
he Effect Delightfully."- Picturesque.
Facial Makeup With Powders of
Various Shades a Consequence of
the Powdered Hair Fashion,. Hair
Dressed High at the Back...A Season
of Bare Arms and Bare Foreheads

own shoulders far too thin; at least this
IL the explanation given by her
acquaintance. AT any rate the fashion
III curiously becoming. The little
boleros are sleeveless and held together
on the shoulder by a small diamond
clasp. They veil the bust slightly and
when bordered with fine paste they look
really charming.
so Tar as the waist outline Is con-
cerned there are few changes to record.
waists are still almost exaggeratedly
natural. Every effort is made to bring
the Dust and hip curves into line with
the waist and to do away with anything
IKE an hour glass appearance. Many
or the fashionable beauties of to-day ap-
pear almost as large at the hips as at the
waist: this is the chic idea of the mo-
ment
Inc style is admirable when exploited
by slender women. but difficulties arise
when what is called "a fine figure" has
TO be considered. Flesh. IL II exists
must 20 somewhere. a clever Partisan
actress recently gave me valuable hint
about evening corsages and | am going
to pass II on.
She told me that she only wore a
very low tricot ceinture at night. A
celnture which was finished at the waist
by band OF wide elastic II was sufii-
GENTLY firm to confne the hips. but IL
did not touch the upper part Of the
figure at all. Then she has her evening
corsage built on little bust bodiccs, or
"soutien gorges." These bust supports
lace down the front and hold the upper
portion OF the figure in graceful posi-
ton. They are made OF fine linen and
carefully boned and almost any kind of
evening corsage can he built up on them
with ease.
l find the idea excellent. 1t does away
with the necessity OF wearing first a
soutien gorge and then a lined corsage
and 1t gives all the support necessary to
the figure.
II is still the fashion to cut evening
corsages extremely low at the back. At
first sight this seems a curious fashion.
but with the present style of tricot
corset the effect is excellent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-25
COLOR TOUCH IN WAISTCOAT.

TH HERE Is no better way OF adding
touch of novelty ar color to
an otherwise plain costume than
by the use of one Of the quickly ad-
Justed waistcoats. Some of these are
reduced to such simple form that they
are known as waistcoatees, the strip
OF fabric merely passing around the
neck and extending little below the
waist in front. 1t IL model Of this
type that attracts the woman unskilled
In dressmaking. for in the absence ot
any back. side forms or armholes there
IL really little cutting. fitting or sew
ing to do.
The easiest plan Is tn choose a fabric
sufficiently decorative to require no
trimming. The waistcoat then resolves
itself into lined strip of cloth,
the fronts meeting with ornamental
buttons and ending In two trig little
points. Duvetyn in silk or wool IL
high on the list of popular waistcoat-
ngs. with printed velours. brocaded
silks and tapestries following close be
hind.
Some Of the prettiest models are only
three inches wide at the centre OF the
back. from which point they gradually
increase in width until from the bust
down they are between five and six
inches wide, which allows for n suf-
ficient lap at the front. Once the shape
Is cut from a strip of thin crlnoline Il
need only be covered with the outside
fabric and the lining hemmed down To
be ready for the ornamentation Of the
front.
a few mock buttonholes with stun
ming buttons are the tavoritc closing.
the fronts hooking invisihy. Many
women take their waistcoats to "A tailor
and have handsomely worked button
holes and buttons for the front finish.
Another method is To ornament the
buttonhole with a row of soutaChe or
metallic braid. with Il small fancy de-
sign at each end of the opening,
one model recently seen carried out
this idea the Waistcoat being of white
brocaded silk, closing with bali buttons
Of cut Jet and each huttonhole decorated
with a line of small jet beads, which
formed arrow shaped designs at the
ends Of each buttonhole. There were
also two little waistcoat pockets simu-
lated Just below the waist. each one
outlined with tho beadwork to har-
monize with the decoration of the but
tonholes.
Many women invest in half a dozen
expensive buttons and make them do
duty on several waistcoats, by using
button rings and eyeletA Where but.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-25
SUNDAY BREAKFAST PARTIES.

-Four thousand followers Of the fads
and foibles of the tabled -Four Hun
dred find frugal If fuliginous fun in
following fashions fancy for Sunday
breakfasts for friends fond of food,
furnished formally, with father figuring
frantlcally at the frying pan. Get it?
In other words it is the proper thing
among the Younger dwcllers In the
Cavernous buildings which consist
mainly of entrance halls and two and
three room apartments with kitchenette
to entertain their friends at breakfast
at noon on Sundays. To have the af-
fair done properly the host does the
cooking and the hostess entertains as
many of their friends as Can comforta-
bly, lie fed in the restricted limits OF
the dining room.
With a ConEcnial party and the host
proficient as "a cook such affairs are
wholly successful as a means of meet
ing social obligations, and productive
Of some of those Joys Of living young
persons long for, even away from the
trotteries 1t is such parties as these
that iii the air with those theoretically
musical sound waves the Churchgocrs
hear on their homehound Journeys.
The more venerable the ragtmc re-
verhcrations the older the participants
in the breakfast, New music, newly
WEEDS
Fried bacon and eggs or fricd sau-
sages with a plentiful supply of pancakes
and coffee. all Of which must be pre-
pared by the head Of tn" house, make
up the general bill of fare, though
should he happen to he Of Philadelphia
extraction the host is apt to essay such
flights as fried catfish and VARIES, while
the Baltimore born and bred will launch
out IN fried oysters and corncakes.
Fruits of course are served before the
meat but rarely does a cereal figure
in the meal. The frivol Of conversation
or the well told story suffices To fill
that gap while the host acts as waiter
In the intervals between hapjaCk turn.
ings.
a short after breakfast stroll In the
crisp air or motor trip tn the coun-
try usually brings these altogether
pleasant little affairs to a close.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-25
CELERY IN OTHER WAYS.

DELERY Is served In more variety
~ than formerly. Both cooked and
uncooked 1t figures on the restau-
rant menu In ways not known to the
average housewife.
Uncooked celery stuffed Is served as
hors d'9uvre. a salad or an entree.
When Intended as an appetizer ut the
beginning Of meal choose deeply
grooved stalks and fill the depression
evenly with any preferred combination
Of cheese rubbed to a paste with cream
and seasoned. Cream cheese mixed
with any Of the strongly favored
cheeses IA the usual choice On this
cheese fillins place . line of small green
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-25
. A BOTTICELLI EVE
up a long train
iridescent beads.

full as the dandelion. An Arctic report
cites the fact that the liver of the wal
rus makes a succulent salad. At din
ner given by the Ichthyophagous club
the question of what would go in a salad
was tested by the service OF a bowlful
containing dock leaves. young mint,
wood sorrel. chopped chives and sassa-
fras buds. This mixture was garnishcd
with honeysuckles and wild flowers. 1t
was voted success.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-25

tons are set with rhlrestones or other
mock jewels or where they are good
limitations Of the real cameo buttons
this adjustable button scheme Is worth
considering.
a waistcoat FOR tho coolest Of weather
should have an interlining Of light
weight wool wadding. This Is not at
all clumsy and gives delightful bit
of warmth.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-25
PARIS. January 16.

~NE of the latest Partisan dance
gowns Is illustrated this week.
~ 1t is a robe with a long pointed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16
STAPLES
 ALL SHOW DECLINES
Disappointment That No Relief for Ocean Shippers
 Obtainable Responsible

Chicago. August f5.-Disap ppointment that no immediate relief for ocean ship pers could be obtained had an unsettling effect today on the wheat trade. At the close prices were 2ts cents to sss cents under last nights level. The outcome In corn was a net decline Of km1 cent and for oats loss of ss@ts cent. Provisions finished irregular. varying from 15 cents off to a rise of 2ls cents.
 Within an hour after trading began wheat had suffered a break of 27s@sss cents. Many owners had held on in the hope that consultation of exporters with Secretary McAdoo might end the virtual embargo, quickly were forced to let so.
 Advices that a million bushels of wheat were being put aboard steamers at Gal weston and that the Atlantic passenger and mail service was 10 be resumed were responsible for a comparatively steady feeling at the close.
 Increased country offerings depressed corn, but a prospect that Argentine ex- ports would he stopped altogether led to a decided rally. Oats like other grain showed signs of having been consider ably overbought Provisions weakened on account of larger receipts of hogs. Sensational declines at Liverpool also counted
 Futura otations wara as followe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-16

and windows are left wide open the greater part of the year. The droppings are usually well sealed up by dust coating, and the free ventilation re- moves all objectionable odors. The range is so large and so thinly populated that ground poisoning does not exist. Fur ther, the stock lives under natural con- ditions, breathes pure air at all times, and thus is kept strong and vigorous. able to resist lease If exposed to it.
 The owner of this place is now well advanced in age. He has been keeping poultry for many years and Is repnted to have accumulated comfortable for tune from the profits of this business.
 The Owners Statement
 In speaking of the methods he now uses he once said: "I have tried every conceivable plan of poultry manage ment Have used simple ratiohs and complicated feed mixtures; dry mash and moist mash green food daily; cold water and warmed water, kept my houses absolutely clean. As result Of my experiments covering years of time, l have come to the conclusion that my