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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-23
New York Cotton Market
Port Cotton Market

New Orleans Middling, S.3Sc; receipts 6273; sales, 2130 stock, S5s,419 Galveston: Middling. S.95c receipts, 14, o45; exports. 11.oss; sales, 22o9; stock. 3S6.- 076 Mobile: Middling, s.25c; receipts, a11; sales, 275: stock. S9.5S2 | Savannah Middling. S.SSc; receipts
 52o4; exports, 400; sales, .e-0; stock, ,95.- 901
 Charleston: Middling, shc; receipts, 2S25; stock, 96,393 Wilmington: Middling. SAC; receipts, 5S72; exports, 12,27S; stock, 55O66. Texas City: Receipts, 1884. Norfolk: Middling, S.3sc receipts, 632S; sales, 1S61 stock, S3,720. Be fillmore: Middling. S1hc; stock, 29o5 Boston: Middling, 905c; receipts, 473
 stock 1900. Philadelphia: Middling, e.4oc; receipts IA; stock. SS6S. New York: Mlddling, e.15c; exports, AIS stock 133,935. Minor ports; Exports, 14.4sl; stock. Ss,
 Total today: Receipts. 47.229: ex- ports, 42,46S; stock, 1,455, 467. Total for week: Receipts, 96.022; ex- ports. 108,517. Total for season: Receipts. s,s:1, ,006; exports, 6,256,S51.
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WAR NEWS LOWERS
 WHEAT VALUES
Surrender of Przemysl and RumOrs of Italian Ac-
 tivity Are Causes

Chicago March 22.-Wheat values shrunk on the surrender of Przemysl and uneonfirmed rumors that Italy had de- clared war. Closed heavy. 1h@sisc under Saturday night. Corn finished ss424c off; oats down is4Ae. and provisions at ,eG 121sc to 22i.c decline.
 Selling of wheat became somewhat ex- cited at times in the last part of the cay, many holders taking the view thas a speedy end of the war might perhaps be brought about. Numerous stop-loss or ders were uncovered and raalies were only half-hearted. notwithstanding denials that Italy had yet joined the fight.
 About the only fresh encouragement of the bulls was at the start, when prices developed some strength on reports of de- creasing stocks at Liverpool.
 Corn gave way with vneat but made a fair recovery on some export sales.
 Oats were relatively firm on reports of delayed seeding.
 Decrease of exports made provisions head downgrade.
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Produce Market

St. Louis, March 22.-Poultry: Chickens. 14c; springs. 19c; turkeys, 17c; ducks, 15c geese. 9c. Butter: Creamery, 29c. Eggs. 1S1sc.
 Kansas City. March 22.-Butter, cream cry 27c; firsts, 25c; seconds, 23c; packing 17c Eggs, f1rsts. 1siac; seconds, 17c. Poul- try, hens. 1Hsc; roosters, 1o1sc; tur- keys, 15c
 Chicago, March 22.-Butter, steady: creamery, 20m2Sc. Eggs higher; receipts, 9746c; at mark. cases included. 17@19c; or dinary firsts; 1711@1Sc; firsts, 19c. Potatoes easy. 27c; Michigan and Wisconsin red, 35G40c; Michigan and Wisconsin white, 35643c
 New York. March 22.-Butter. receipts 4366 tubs; market steady; creamery ex- tras, 92 score, 2s1zc; creamery extras. high CT scoring, 29GN91kc; creamery firsts, 26d 2Sc; seconds. 2S1s@251sc. Eggs. firm; re- ceipts. 14S5S; gresh gathered extras. 22d 221ac; storage packed firsts to extra flrsts 201zd211ac; regular packed extra 1rsts 201s@2lc; regular packed firsts, 191s@20iac nearby hennery whites, fine to fancy 25426c; nearby hennery browns, 22@2Sc Cheese, irregular: receipts. SSS; state whole milk, held specials, 16%@174c: state whole milk, average fancy, 16616szc Dressed poultry, steady: western frozer roasting chickens. 17@21c; fresh fowls, 14d 1S1ac; turkeys. 1SQ20c.
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Cnffee Market

New York, March 22.-Coffee futures were lower today under May liuuida- tion in anticipation of deliveries Of high grade Rios from the local stock and scattered selling probably inspired by the somewhat unsettled ruling of the primary markets. Opened at a de- cline of points and closed at a net loss of to 12 points for the day. Sales 30,750; March, 5.94c; April, 5.94c, May, 6c; June. 6.05c; July, 7.15c; Au- gust, 7.22c; September, 730c; October, 7.3Gc; November, 7.41c; Dect mber, 7.46c; January, 7.50c; February. 7.54c. Spot quiet; Rio No. T. Sc; Santos No. 1, 1OQ10hc. Cost and freight offers were easier by about to 10 points on Rios and 20 to 25 points low CT ,n Santos grades. Rio exchange was r lower and the Rio market was i1 reis lower while Santos was unchanged. Receipts al the two Brazilian ports 33,000; Jundiahy, 15,000; Njct oria cleared 10000 bags for New York
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OPENING IS BRISK ON MORRIS AVENUE Spot Cotton Goes to Eight and a Half-Highest
 Point in Weeks
Kate. Bfd. Asked

Business In the wholesale district opened yesterday morning with a brisk demand, the trade in fruits, veg etables and poultry proving strong. Fish and oyster supplies are also sell ing we'll. The grain and flour mark cts are firm with little indication for any decided change within the next few days
 The spot cotton market was ad- vanced ls cent on all grades at the close yesterday. making the good mid- cling quotation for Birmingham Shc. This is the highest price demanded for cotton on the local market for several Wea1xs
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York, March 22.-(Special. } cay. closing F to 1s points higher. Liverpool did not advance as rapidly as we did on Saturday but the trade were impressed by the cold, stormy weather in the south, the delayed prep arations for planting, and the repoi ts coming to hand of smaller contem- plated acreage. It Is almost too soon to know anything definite about the acreage but it is becoming we'll know n that the amount of fertilizers made, which can be sold is very much less than last season. Altogether the ac- ton of the market during the last few days has caused many, who were certain of lower prices to become doubtful of their position.
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Cotton Merchants, Hanover Sauare. y Y. Members New York Cotton Excha n ee New Orleans Cotton. Exchange, New York Produce Exchange. Associate Members Liverpool Cotton Association. Orders solicited for the purchase and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for future delivery Special attention and spot cotton for delivery. Correspond once invited
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Sugar Market

New York, March 22.-Ray sugar firm; centrifugal, 4.S3c; molasses, 4.06c; refined steady; cut loaf, 6.s0c; crushed, 6.70c; mould A, 6.S5c; cubes, 6.15c; XXXX powdered. 6.06c; powdered, 6.00c; fine granulated, 5.90c: diamond A, 5.90c; confectioners' A, 5.S0c; No. 1, 565c Sugar futures opened steady today on scattered trade and commission house buying. Prices at midday were 2 to 3 points net higher. The market eased off in the late trading and closed barely steady net unchanged to 1 point lower. Sales, 500 tons. March, S90c; May, 3.97c; July, 4.0Sc; September. 4.1Sc.
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Live Stock Market

Kansas City, March 22.--Hogs: Re- ceipts. $500; strong; bulk s6.650 6.S0. heavy $6.65Q6.75, packers and butch CTS $6.65Q6.s5, light S6.65W6.S0.
 Cattle: Receipts $500; steady; prime fed steers $8.25 QS.55, dressed beef steers $7Q8.15, southern steers $5.s5 @7.40. cows s425@6.75. heifers S6@ S.25, stockers S6Q7.S5.
 Sheep: Receipts, 10.500: steady, lambs $9.35@9.S5. yearlings $STS.S5. wethers $7.25@S, ewes s7@7.s0. Chicago. March 22.--Hogs: Receipts, S2,000; unsettled, lower; bulk $6.75@ 6.80. light $6.60@6s5. mixed s6.60@ 6.90. heavy $6.35@6.S5, rough s6.35@ $50. pigs $5.25@6.40.
 Cattle: Receipts. 16,O00; firm; native steers $5.s0QS.75, cows and heifers $S @775, calves $7Q10.50.
 Sheep: Receipts, 14,000; slow; sheep s7.10@8.15, yearlings $7.S5@ @s.15. lambs $7.60Q10. springs $15.
 St. Louis. March 22.-Hogs: Receipts. LOO; steady; pigs and lights $5.S5 @7.35, mixed and butchers $6.y6V 7.3C, good heavy $7Q7.15.
 Cattle: Receipts. 2sOO; steady; native beef steers $7QS.65, cows and heifers $5.500S.25. Texas and Indian steers $5.25@7.75, cows and heifers $4@6, native calves s6Q1O.25.
 Sheep; Receipts. 5000; steady: native muttons $6.75@S, lambs S9W9.S5, yearlings s7.5o@S.S0. sheared yearlings $6.50@760.
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Self-resing flour. N60: Tennessee flour, S.SO: Michigan flour, sS.75: Idaho nour, N.70; Indiana four. $7.60; spring wheat flour, S.20c; hard winter wheat flour. S.: shorts, $sS; pure wheat bran. 80; c. 6. meal, 71s per cent. $3O; Cremo meal, $26; C. s. hulls, G0 ton; No. timothy hay, s25 per ton; mixed alfalfa and Johnson grass per ton. xls: pea green alfalfa, western $26; bixed feeds. per ten. $S5; oats, per bushel. Toe; corn. per bushe, 9Sc; corn meal. 1.s0 per es pounds.
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Montgomery Market

Montgomery. March 22.-(Speoial Spot cotton was quoted here today a follows: Middling fair, old, nothing new, 9.19c; strict middling, new, Ss2c good middling, old, s 1-16c; new, 3.64c strict middling, old. 3-16c; new. S.44c middling old, 2 15-16c; new. S.19c strict low middling. old. 7-16c. new 7.69c; low middling, old, 15-16c; new 719c; strict good ordinary. old 6 3-16c; new, 669c: good ordinary, old 13-16c; new, 6.S2c; market quiet.
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The Little Boston Boy

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 George" said the Beacon Hill teacher. what is hyphen?''
 The little Boston boy settled his spec tacles more firmly on his protuberaft nose. line connecting a floating bit of false work with a substantial base. As in 1<cr TO- American and Turco- Christian ''
 Yes said the teacher, and you mieht add, Chelsea Boston,"
 Madam said the little Boston boy. with much gravity, T decline to make a frivolity of a serious subject
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New Orleans Cotton Market
Spot Cotton Market

New Orleans, March 22.--Spot stotton steady; quotations revised: Middling, 1S.60c. Sales on the spot, 1880; to arrive, 800. Good ordinary, 6.37c; strict good ordinary, 6.93c; low middling, 756c; strict low middling, sole; middling, S.3Sc; stroct middling, S.63c; good mid ding, 9.07c; strict good middling, 9.44c. Receipts, 6273; stock 35S,419.
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Bonds
Metal Market

New York. March 22.-Tin strong; j. ton lots. $5s.5o @ 5650. Copper firm; electrolytic, $15,12@15.50, casting $14.50@15.00. Iron steady; No. 1 north ern, S14.50@15.00; No. ?, $14.25 @14.73; No. 1 and No. 2 southern, $14.25 e 1d.75. At London, spot copper, f6S 5s Futures, f6S 15s. Spot tin, f171 los. Futures, f166 los. Anthony, f77@79.
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Cotton Seed Oil

oil declined 1 to 8 points early under liquidation for western account. pre- cipitated by the pronounced weakness in lard, but later rallied slightly on short covering and southern buying on the advance in cotton. Final prices were 1 to 5 points net lower.
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Interior Cotton Market

Houston: Middling. s9Oc; receipts 14,131 shipments. 13,253; sales, 6464 stock. 15S,165. Memphis: Middling. 8.25c; receipts 4736; shipments, 1867; sales, S100 stock, 211,223. Augusta: Middling. saSc; receipts S15; shipments. 169; sales, 104D; stock 136. 401.
 St. Louis: Middling. sac; receipts l732; shipments. 21O4; sales 27O, stock 37,229.
 Cincinnati: Receipts, 460; shipments 1455; stock. 19153
 Little Rock: Middling. S.35c; receipts, 10S9; shipments, 1246; sales, l246; stock, 44,549.
 Dallas Middling, $500; sales. 1879.
 Total today: Receipts, 22.913; ship ments, 21.SS4; stock. 606,720.
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Fruits and Produce

T Lemons-$35O.
 Limes-$1.25
 Florida Oranges-$2@2. .50. rapefruit-S1.75QR 25 Florida Strawberries -3o040c at. Apples-Winesaps $4.5O Baldwins, S90 $50; Ben Davis. $2.50@350; box apples, q .6091.75.
 Peanuts-51k@61kc per ID. Malaga Grapes-S5G6 per keg. Tomatoes-$2, 75Q3.25 per crate. Cocoanuts-A per sack. Cranberries-Per box, s1.50G2; per bar rel, $6.
 Celery-Florida. per crate s2.75; 75c to M dozen.
 Walnuts-16020c lb. Pecans-15M20c per lb. Filburts-15c per lb. Almonds-20c per lb. Chestnuts-9c per lb. eLttuce-sl .7542 per hamper. Rutabaga Turnips-Per h., 11zc Eggplants-$3.O. Green Peas-$3.50. Green Beans-s4.50Q5. Onions-21sc per lb. Spanish Onions-s1.75 per crate. Sweet Potatoes-$1.25 per bushel. Irish Potatoes-75c per bushel. Cabbage-2c per lb. New Cabbage-$2 50 per crate. London Layer Raisins-$1.75. r California Figs-S2 per case. Seed Potatoes-s1Gl1. .25 bu. Onion Sets-$1. .5Oq1.75 75 bu. Seed Sweet Potatoes--Dooly Yalns, per bu, $1 .25; Porto Rico Yams, per bu, S1. a Nancy Hall, per bu., 20.
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Future quotations were as folio
Chicago Grain

Chicago. March 22-Cash wheat; No. 2 red, $1.44@147: No. hard. s1.57is1l .6l ts. Corn: No yellow, 7s1ac. Rye, No. 2, SLIT. Barley, 75@s2c. Timothy, s4.5O@ $50 Clover, se.ooa1S.5o. Pork, S17. Lard. S.67. Ribs, S9a9.50.
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Hides and TaIlow

Green salt n. .aes, l6QIl7c; green salt hides
 enaif cureD, 15@l6c: green hides (fresh). i4e!l6c; ] dry flint hides. 29@3Oc; dry salt niocs, 2!g9sc; damaged hides. half price; sheep skins. 2o96oc; horse hides, seds5o; snsrlings, l5q25c; goat skins. 3Oqsie; kid s.n snns, ~c: taiiow, 6q6c; beeswax, 2s@2Sc;
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Liverpool Cotton

Liverpool March 22.-Cotton: Spot firm; good middling. 5.67d; middling, 5.33d; low middling, 4.93d. Sales. 5000;
 speculation and export, 1000; receipts, 17.000 Futures steady; May and June,
 5.24d; June and July, 529d; July and August, 5.36d; october and November, 5.51d; January and February. 560d.
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Dry Goods Market

New York. March 22.-Cotton goods markets steady today. Yarns quiet. Im- porters bought fine domestic dress goods freely to replace foreign stocks that have become exhausted here. Raw silk steady. Jobbers reported a fail mail order trade.
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St. Louis Grain

St. Louis. March 22.--Wheat: No. ? red, nominal; No. hard, nominal; May. $1.4S. Corn: No ?. 73iac No. 2 white, nominal; May, 1sdi77SsiSse Oats. No. g. bS1Ad69c; No. 9 white, 5eiA06Oc: May, 57%c.
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New Orleans Rice Market

New Orleans. March 22.-Rice continued quiet and strong today Quote Rough Honduras, 250d460c; Japan, 2.75M4.a0c; 1; clean Honduras, fs@5ssc. Japan. 37sdis4c Receipts. rough, 1200; mlllers, 1ia5: clean, SS3. Sales, 5o5 pockets clean Honduras at 314614 5-16c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-23
Frigid rum

From the New York Sun
 How did you catch your cold, old man?"
 'T cod i'd by sIdding dear a wid- dow"
 "She must have been very icy"
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Kansas City Grain

Kansas City, March 22.-Wheat: No. 2 hard. S1.4SiaQl1. 491a; No. red, s1.4S91. 4Sla. Ccrn: No. mixed. 71i1c; No. 2 white, 72I4c; No. yellow, 721hc. Oats: No. 2 white, 5S1se No. mixed 55@56c.
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Naval Stores

Savannah, March 22-Turpentinc firm. 12c; sales. 59; recepits, 76 ship ments, 63; stock. 29,72S Resin firm sales, 1s7 receipts 223; shipments 5S3; stock, III, AT. Quote: A. B, $290Gg 2.O5; l. S3.10: K. s3.30; M, s4: Y, So, VIC, s5.50;s WW,s$5.55.
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Especially As to Going

From the Boston Transcript. I4ingerlong Cat 40 p. m.)-My money comes easy and goes easy. you know.
 Miss Bright (stifling a yawn)-I wish you were like your money. MT. Linger- 1cEg.
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Spot Cotton
The Iron Market
Poultry and Eggs

Hens-15c.
 Live Turkeys-1Sc; dressed turkeys, 24c. Fryers-1A-1h lbs; average. 1Sr Ducks-15c ID. Guineas-30c.
 Young Roosters-40c. Old Roosters-35c. Geese-6GM 75c.
 Fresh country eggs-1sc; graded carton eggs 1Sc.
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Flour and Breadstuffs

wool, 2i@sc; burry wool, 12a15c; ginseng, 4@5.
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Creamery Products

Creamery Butter-32Q34c; process but ter, 30c; oleomargarine. 15023c.
 Full Cream Cheese-17c; imported Swiss. 3Sc; Plmento, dozen. N.35.
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Meats

Meats Extra Ribs-10c. Bcllies-1lMc. Boston Butts-101ac. Pork Loins-13c. Breakfast Bacon-22c. Spare Ribs-S1ac. Regular Hams-15c. Skinned Hams-151ac
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Fish

Perch-S1xc. Salt Water Trout-9c. Blue Catfish--7lkc. Red Snapper-9910c Gray Snapper-406c. Mullet-7c.
 Spanish Mackerel-121t@15c. Fresh Pompano-30c Gulf oysters-standards. $1 gallon; SC lects, N.25 gallon; plants. s1.5O.
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owning Prosnerity

Tt dropped. A shout of Joy went up from the soldiers In ambush under
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Earl COuton Captured.

Earl Cotton, who escaped from
the State prison farm at Halifax
about four months ago, has been ap-
pretended in Lexington KY, and
George c. Hayes, deputy warren at
the state prison, left last night for
Lexington, KY, to bring the prison.
er back.
The escape of Cotton the last of
year was his second escape within
six months. His first escape was on
Saturday, July Is, and he and Egg
bert Mills, who robbed a jewelry
store in Raleigh, were captured in
Weldon 48 hours after their escape.
Both were in the hospital at the
time these two made their escape.
Cotton was also in the hospital
when he made his last escape. Al
this time Mills and four others gain.
ed their freedom with Cotton.
Cotton was sent to the peniteni
tary in April, 1909, for the murde,
of Richmond, Va. travrling man
and was given 80 year sentence
News and Observer.
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North Caf9linian Finned in France.

Rouen, France, March 17.-An
American woman known as Miss
Florida Settle, of New York, today
was sentenced to pay fine of $40
and go to prison for month for
firing on a man named Waterman,
who persisted in teasing her dog.
The incident occurred last Novem-
ber on the French line steamer Chi
cago. from New York to Havre.
Some passengers began teasing Miss
Settles dog, and she objected siren
uously. but they would not desist.
Becoming angry, she drew a revol-
yer and fired at Waterman, ring
leader of the group. The bullet
flew wild. Miss Settle was arrested
when the Chicago reached Havre.
The prison part Of Miss Settles
sentence was suspended. Her de-
tense was that she fired only to
| frighten and with no intention to
kill.
Miss Settle is a daughter of the
| late Judge Settle and sister OF
Hon. Thomas Settle, the we'll known
/ Republican politician of North Caro-
lima. She was formerly on the stage
and was at one time popular stage
beauty, She married a foreign no.
bleman from whom she was later
divorced.
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Stables Burned.

What came near being a very dis
astrous fire when Mr.. w. T. Han
cock stables caught on fire Friday
was prevented by the hard work Of
amateur fire fighters. It looked one
time as if the whole block on Kitch-
in street would catch, but by tie
strenuous eff crts of those arriving in
time the fire was prevented from
doing further damage than burning
the stables. All team was saved
from the fire. The damage was es-
timated by Mr.. Hancock to be about
$500 with no insurance.
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War Cost To Kill A Man.

What does it cost to kill a man?
Probaly $25, 1000 in the present con-
fict.
The cost Of killing one soldier is
obtained by dividing the cost of a
war to any of the belligerents by
the number of men killed on the
other side.
In the Franco Prussian war of
1901 the cost of killing each man
was q 900. But the cost of every
material Of warfare has advanced
substantially since then. 1t is safe
to estimate unless the terrific de-
struction Of machine guns upsets
precedent-that to bring about a
soldiers death will cause an expen-
diture of $4,000 on the other side.
France spent 100000, 900 in ac-
tual expenses of that war and 200,-
100000 in repairing materials Civ
ing help to the fatherless families,
and other uses The Germans dead
numbered 28,600. For every one of
them France spent approximately
$21 900.
The figures of the Russo-Turkish
| war of 1877-1878 give an average of
SIS, GOO for every one killed.
It cost Russia 81 100000 to kill
So, 800 japanese in the war of 1905,
making the cost of the individual
Staying $20,40G.
Fatigue, typhus or cholera will, OF
course kill the gratest number and
reduce the effective force of the
armies. In the Crimean war four
times as many died through disease
as were killed in battle. Advanced
hygiene will undoubtedly do much
to cut down these figures, but death
! by disease in war time surely cannot
be entirely obliterated. Selected.
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Bald Mans Masquerade.

The eos stumer came forward to
attend to the nervous old beau who
was mopping his bald and shining
poll with big silk handkerchief.
And what can | do for you?' he
asked.
Il want little help in the way Of
suggestion, said the old fellow.
Il intend going to the French stu
dents masquerade ball tonight and
| wanted a distinctly original cos
tume-something | may be sure no
one else will wear. What would
you suggest"
The costumer looked him over at
tentively, bestowing special notice
on the heaming mob.
well, iii tell you, he said then.
thoughtfully, why don't you sugar
your head and go as pill?"-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
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viii foodsiuEfs be Cheaper

Whether foodstuffs are to be much
cheaper this spring and summer is
not only concerning the brokers and
merchants, but most vitally the con-
sumers. The Chicago ard New
York authorities continue to predict
that there will be a big tumble in
prices this summer because the
great quantity Of foodstuffs brought
in from South American markets
will make the cold storage PROPOSE
ton out Of the question and reduced
prices will be necessary in order to
find quick markets for the perisha.
die products.
The high tariffs which have pre-
vailed under the Republican admin
istrations have heretofore shut out
the splendid products of our sister
continent and consequently he'
trading has largely been done with
European countries. The Under
wood Simmons tariff has made il
possible to alter that situation anc
make the importation of foodstuff:
from South America very attrac
tive. The war has given impetus t.
the changing trade routes and i
begins to appear that the Demo
cratic measure will come into it
own even in spite Of the war. Th'
bulk Of the export trade Of Soutl
America should be had with th'
United States and likewise her i'm
ports should come from our mar
kets. Encouragement should b.
given to the establishment of thi
trade and the present opportunit'
IS about the best that has been at
forded the United States to Weal
the South American countries AVA
from the old world marts.-kinstoI
Free Press.
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To
Some
People
II Seems
Remarkable

But when you stop TO
think, you will realize
that particular people
have ALWAYS traded
where they could get
QUALITY, SERVICE,
ana a SQUARE DEAL,
and be treated courte-
ously.
With all our RUSH.
we never get too busy to
give the smallest order
the strictest attention,
and to thank you EVE
RY time.
Besides, where could
you get a larger stock
to select from?
Something good to eat
every day.
Cell
1-7-Aa
It Pays You
Goods Delivered Promptly
Clee Vaughan