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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-13
Grain Sold by Signs

Robert ii. MOultOl, III AooAio D.
 One of the queerest sign languages anywhere in the world Is to be found in use in Chicago between the hours of 9:30 a. m and 1 p. m each week day. Its characters, while only nine in number, are of such far reaching importance that thousands of dollars are involved practically every time one of them is made
 This system of communication Is the means by which the brokers on the Chicago board of trade conduct the open market, and is unlike the method used on the floor of any other ex- change in the world. This sign lam guage has developed with the growth of the board and it's use has long since become a necessity. The turmoil and hurly burly resulting from thousand traders seeking to attract attention Tn the excitement of the hour, added to the click of hundreds of telegraph tn- struments and the noise of small army of messenger and errand boys scurrying about, makes articulate | speech practically impossible. Then, | too, the eye is quicker than the ear, | and the signals given with the hand | or by a gesture of the head mean as | much as a telegram to the party ad-
 dressed and frequently permits the l closing of a. trade, when, if time had ! been taken in an attempt to reach the
 side of the party making an offer, some change might have taken place 1 in the market and the opportune mo- | ment would have been lost.
 l The sign manual of the pit trader Is simplicity itself. For instance, wheat | having sold at 90 cents, trader catches the eye of someone opposite in
 the pit who has 50.o00 bushels to sell, and signals that he will take the $50" l IL I-~ 1vy hA1I I- ! up his right hand with the index finger extended horizontally, indicating that
 he wants M cent more than the price 1 quoted, or g0M cents The buyer mo- 1 tions acceptance and signals back "A." The seller and buyer then note
 on their cards Sold 50 at h Jones" and Bot 50 at M Smith" respectively,
 the number of bushels bought and sold
 always meaning so many thousands. After leaving the pit the two traders
 meet and check the operations.
 | All prices are indicated by the hand and fingers when held In a horizontal position. The hand displayed verti- cally refers to quantities, each extend- | ed finger meaning 5000 bushels up to | 25.000 for the entire hand. Whether the | grain is being offered or bid for is | shown by a slight motion of the hand l to or from the trader making the
 signal. The official reporter stationed
 in each pit sees all this signaling, and,
 partly by observation and partly on
 information given him by the traders,
 notes the latest prices and gives 1t to
 telegraph operator at his side to be 1 put on the ticker" Thus the price | of grain is made every moment of the l session and transmitted to all markets | of the world.
 l While the visitor who sits in the gall lery overlooking the floor. and who understands nothing of what is going on below, is likely to be impressed | with the thought that he is looking at the vitals of a lunatic asylum, there
 is really no other business so we'll or
 ganized that one man will accept .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-13

more difficult when it comes to being infused with romance; there is little chance to hold hands, even when an auto must be guided, and what fun is there to sit under the shade of the old apple tree, when the next minute perhaps the flashlight from a big old numbering trolley car may be turned square upon you?
 You get home in the evening after a gay time at ball. and you flash on the electric lights and the house is flooded with radiance; no dimly lighted candle bu,1'ing; the furnace has heated up the great drawing rooms beautifully, so TO smoldering embers from a lovely old fashioned fireplace greet you; passing motor car is heard crunching the gravel
 in front of the door; no owls screeching to impart touch of the weird and the romantic!
 You say good night and then you fit upstairs: you wind the alarm clock. rless the button again and turn the lights off, raise the windows and snrggie iEto bed and declare that romance is dead and buried!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-13

Love is of mans life a thing apart,
 'Tis woman's whole existence''
 Yes, whether she is a "suff," or an 'anti," she still clings to traditions, tc romance, to love, in spite of what the funny papers say to the contrary.
 But
 Thereunto also there is corollary:
 She Is not as romantic as she used to be.
 How could she be when serenades arc served a la photograph, and "honking automobiles invade every "1overs lane?''
 Time was when houses were not electric lighted, when people went to bed carry ing a tiny wax taper. How far that little candle throws it's beams effect, as Portia unused, while she waited the com- ing of her lover in the garden.
 Alas! It was very short distance reckoned by our lights of many candle power; the rest was dark, mysterious,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-13

nod and shake of the finger for thou sands of dollars without argument. This means that it is business en- bedded in honor. No contract, either written or oral, is more binding than the contracts to which a member of the association is a party. No infor- mality, no absence of legal technicali- ties, will avail under the rules of the association to absolve man from un- deviating compliance with every term and every feature of his business obli- gation. Every pretext for the avoid ance of such obligation is brushed aside by jury, not of court but of business men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-13
Better Than Spanking

Spanking does not cure children oi bedwetting. There is constitutions
 cause for this trouble. Mrs. M. Sum mers, Box w, Notre Dame. Ind, will Send free to any mother her successful
 home treatment, with full instructions Send no money, but write her today i your children trouble you in this way Don't blame the child. the chances ar{ it can't help 1t. This treatment a1sd cures adults and aged people troubled with urine difficulties by day or nighq
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-13
FULFILLMENT
By PENDLEToN WATSON.

When shall tiresome day be leaving, When the lot of toll be gone, When shall be the end of grieving,
 When shall come tomorrow's dawn? Ah I do not ask when toiling
 Shall from this brief life away; But give me strength that free from foiling l may work till evenings gray. If set light so burning
 Casting OCT the wave one gleam, Then my heart may cease it's yearning And my soul may dream it's dream.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-13

The purpose of this department is to help you with your remodel problems. I will be glad to answer questions or to supply ideas for your individual re- quirements. A description of the color and style of your old gown, together with description of your figure and coloring. will enable me to reply to your questions more intelligently and in greater detail. Address Gertrude Beresford, care of this paper, and en- close stamped addressed envelope for a direct and prompt reply.
 Copyright, 1916, by the Mcclure News
 paper Syndicate.)
 The demand for simple dance frocks seems never to subside. These dresses are usually built of flimsy, perisha ble fabrics, which need constant replen- ishing or constant cleaning. With the idea of avoiding these expenses I have sketched for you a dress of black net over black charmeuse, relieved with touches of silver and vivid turquroise blue. This dress was made from a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-13
HUSBAND SAVED
 HIS WIFE
Stopped Most Terrible Sufs fering by Getting Her Lydia E. Pinkharn's Vegetas
 ble Compound
Denisons Texas. "After my little
 girl was born two years ago began suf-

fering with female trouble and could hardly do my work. I was very nervous but just kept drag ging on until last
 summer when I got where l could not do my work. I would have a chill every day and hot flashes
 and dizzy spells and Ll 1J II
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-13
"Great Pan is dead!"

u6ttU!
 That's what they used to say way back in Plutarch's days.
 What would that hoary old philosopher say if he could be brought back into the mad rush and scramble of modern life? We don't call him Pan nowadays, how ever!
 Most of us forget the old Greek and Ro- man gods, as soon as we dare, unless
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-13

gown of black charmeuse. The skirt was scalloped in squares to give more width around the feet. These scallops are bound with bias strips of black charmeuse. The waist is made over a fitted lining reaching to the top of the i girdle. This lining is rather snug and may be bound. The wide flaring ruff | fles, suggestive of a period in Spanish art, when even the children wore these | tight little basques with widely dis I tending skirts, flaring on either side. l seemed to demand the small waist line. The shoulders are covered with black net drawn into V-line back and front. A fold of net is passed around the bust.
 The upper part of the girdle Is made of cloth of silver and the lower part of turquoise blue charmeuse. These two
 colors are folded over each other in a slightly bias line and the black velvet
 ribbon is carelessly wound around the
 girdle and finishes in front under a wired bow and a small black velvet | rose. This girdle may be made of all silver or all black, with perhaps line of blue showing at the top.
 DISTENDING SKIRT RUFFLES The full ruffles on the skirt are made of black net. One is only half as deep as the other. The under ruffle is dis tended by a featherbone or one of the haircloth distenders, under a casing, through which is run a wider velvet ribbon, which is brought out through two buttonholes and ties in loose
 knot on the side. This gown is quite ef- fective and may be worn with tur- quoise blue stockings and silver or
 black patent slippers. I particularly recommend it made up in all black. So amny women and even young girls look their very best in black. It seems to
 contrast properly the vividness of youth An all-black gown may be very grlish if kept quite simple. In any assembly. the woman in black is usu-
 ally the distinguished-look woman.
 STREET DRESS OF SERGE
 The other dress is suggestion for early fall sewing. and is made of blue serge combined with soft taffeta in dull stripes of blue, black and old gold. In this dress have tried to avoid labor ' in cutting and piecing. The old skirt
 was cut away around the hip and set
 on to plain gathered yoke of striped
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-13
Eleventh Hour Preparedness

Charlton Bates Strayer, in Lesles.
 What has become of the beautiful theory that one day we would witness the miracle of million citizen soldiers springing to arms. fully equipped, be- tween sunrise and sunset? On paper, the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-13

A solution of soft soap. instead of wa. ter, was used in making waterproof concrete in building the foundations o3 grain elevator on river bank in Budai pest.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-12

"Americanisms" viii be found in
The New Universities Dictionary be-
ing offered to the readers of this
paper. They make up one of the
twenty-five supplementary diction-
aries which have been Incorporated
in this remarkable volume, COM
piled and edited by leading Ameri-
can photographers, including Percy
w. Long, Ph.D., Harvard Universe
ty; Clark s Northrup. Ph.D., Cor
nell University; John G. Rolfe, PHI
d., University OF Pennsylvania; For
rest s. Lunt, AM. Columbia Uni
versity, and Morris w. Crool, Ph.D.,
Princeton University The editor
chief is George J. 'Hagar, compiler
of many previous dictionaries and
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-12

"A IVAN ffHfft~+'~
So was one 81 Mark Twain''
i.fe..s Neither of Us had
rrovicdEs Of the matter.
10 Its great facts all the
mag The thought that the
s~ed star was 25.00o000.ooo.-
away - oue-fourth million
u. distance 20 our own remote
him a sort Of splendid thrill.
"a figure out those great meas
80. II space. covering sheets Of
zen his sums. but be was not q
..bamatlcian. and the answers
rerallv wrong. Comets in par
,r,srssted him, and one day he
no in with Hallcy's comet in
= IS coming again next year,
,nf,t 10 go out with it. 1t will
createst disappointment of my
u don't go out with Halley's
,..,sa so strong and full of color
.s,,tr one could not believe that
held a prophecy.-"The Boys
= Mark Twain" BY Albert Bige-
e,los. in st. Nicholas.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-12
alhu sniders Fiaht.

IVA Two spiders fight there is gen
+ GOOD reason for the attack
/ IL vigorous defense that follows.
uot generally known that after a
/ n. time spiders become incapable
.t5uipg a web from lack Of mate
I Tie glutinous excretion from
/ 4 the slender threads are spun is
b; therefore spiders cannot keep
+ sostructing new snares when the
ones are destroyed. But they can
sa themselves Of the web producing
sgs Of their younger neighbors. and
hey do without scruple. As soon
pider's web constructing mate
las become exhausted and its last
4 lestroyed it sets out in search of
her home, and unless it should
,cs to find one that is tenantless a
ID usually ensues, which ends only
the retreat or death of the in
e or defender.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-12
.n..ion Of the Buffalo.

.riao of the extinction OF the
VI. inc director of the New York
'ssseal park said:
Il nv no means true that the ex-
.,;on of the buffalo is due most
I ~ encroachmeBt of human be-
Is their feeding grounds rather
!. I !. :, their wholesale slaughter. The
! IN bisop herds of the plains, from
s.,ebevan to Texas. were all OF
.fsx,srminated by systematic robe
- hide hunting In summer, Kill
. ar tongues and slaughter for all
excuses imaginable. This oe-
"a long before any of their ranges
!, wanted by man either for cattle
s,r or for agriculture. The legiti-
/. & iosustries of man played no part
,,sve, IN the determination Of the
ether west or east. The slaugh-
i -.s systematic and deliberate and
/ I si1anee OF the agriculturist and
1 ..ack aroyer."-New York Times,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-12
For feed and fuel phone Brod-
cad & Kennedy old phone is. II
QUIT MEAT WHEN
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Take Glass of Salts II Your Back
Hurts on Bladder Troubles You.

Take Glass of Salts IL Your Back
Hurts on Bladder Troubles You.
No man or woman who cats meat
regularly can make mistake by
flushing tho kidneys occasionally,
says a well-known authority. Meat
forms uric acid which excites the
kidneys, they become over-worked
from the strain, get sluggish and fail
10 filter the waste and poisons from
the blood, then we get sick. Nearly
all rheumatism, headaches. liver
trouble, nervousness, dizziness. sleep
lessness and urinary disorders come
from sluggieh kidneys.
The moment you feel dull ache
in the kidneys or your back hurts
or If the urine is cloudy, offensive,
full of sediment, irregular OF pas
sage OF attended by a sensation of
scalding, stop eating meat and get
about four ounces of Jad Salts from
any pharmacy: take a tablespoonful
in Il glass of water before breakfast
aud in q few days your kidneys will
act fine, This famous salts is made
from the acid Of grapes and lemon
juice, combined with lithia. and has
been used for generations to flush
and stimulate the kidneys. also to
neutralize the acids in urine SO it nc
longer causes irritation, thus ending
bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is Inexpensive and can.
not injure, makes a delightful effer
veseent littia-water drink which o.
eryone should take now and then te
/ keep the kidneys clean and actiy,
and tho blood pure, thereby avoid
ing serious kidney complications
/ (adV.l
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-12
SAGE TEA TURNS
GRAY HAIR DARK

It's Grandmother's Recipe to Bring
Back Color and Luster to Hair.
That beautiful, even shade Of dark,
glossy hair can only be had by brew
ing a mixture of Sage Tea and Sui
phur Ypur hair is your charm. 1t
makes or mars the face. When it
fades, turns gray or streaked, just
an application or two OF Sage and
Sulphur enhances its appearance a
hundredfold.
Don't bother to prepare the mix
ture; you can get this famous old
recipe improved by the addition OF
other ingredients for so cents large
bottle, all ready for use, 1t is called
Wyeth's Sage and sulphur Com
pound. This can always be depend
ed upon to bring back the natural
color and lustre of your hair.
Everybody uses "Wyeth's' Sage
ana Sulphur Compound now because
it darkens so naturally and evenly
that nobody can tell it has been ap-
piled. You simply dampen a sponge
or soft brush with it and draw TINS
through the hair, taking one small
strand at time; by morning the
I gray hair has disappeared, and al
ter another application it becomes
beautifully dark and appears GLOSSY
and lustrous. This ready-to-use prep
aration is delightful toilet requi
site for those who desire dark nan
and a youthful appearance. II Il
not intended for the cure, mitiga'
ton or prevention of disease.-(adyj
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-12
a,n 10 Maks Use of vermin.

H1W 70 isidrc 0oO W v VI ttph +
Paris, says a writer in the New
Sun, rats are made to serve a
Id commercial purpose. When the
1als are caught they are put into
walled pit and fed regularly.
b month there Is a general ex-
saen. accomplished in a scientific
aef by means OF gas. BY that
B; The rats are sleek and plump, and
hides are in excellent condition.
hides are removed and treated
Il eTentually are made into kid"
|ls 1t has also been found that
lsins can be used for bool5binding
n the manufacture Of photograph
nos
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-12
Inherited Idea.

aeT the financier's little son is en-
q himself in the country"
noe to instinct, his amusement is
u in the financial line"
HaF IS that?'
Nat you see how he is now plan
q run on q bankW-Baltimore
ssaican.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-12

If you contemplate marriage this
fall let us print your marriage invi-
tations or announcements. ]. T..
Tucker, job printing. that's ALL"
at the Daily Light office. tt
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-12
$500 Reward.

A reward Of $500 viii De paid by
this company for the conviction OF
any one found guilty OF taking the
Daily Light from the yard or lawn
of any subscriber of this paper. EN-
TERPRISE PUBLISHING COM.
PAMY.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-12
TACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Sleep Is Important.

-
me average healthy adult re-
i1es at least eight hours of
assp IN the twenty-four to keep
ne best condition. Perhaps
are one Of the executions
i. maze managed to get along
gFs OF six hours for years and
-.a 70 thrive on it.
/ &c yeu are an exception, for
~ People would run down"
'aaE amount Of sleep. Every
workers. should make it a
- 2 pc in bed by 10 o'clock
tasL i've nights in the week.
-'4 bedroom should be quiet
ven ventilated. Never per-
slIself to "sleep cold" This
a@ mean, however, that
~osa1d pile on covers until
are weighed down with
", 40 TINS viii only disturb
'.eep and make it restless.
geo. If possible. should be
part Of the room where
@iil not blow over you.
~. il mattress is better for
taan a soft one, and a
| 49, ped should not be in any
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-12
Scared Him.

VII wonder why Harry broke his
..aiaaat with Miss Pecken. Jack
saFding to my information, her IA
Msred to lend him money enough
2 married on.-indianapolis Star.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-12
BEST WRITERS USE
"aMERICANISMs'
Interesting List of These Phrases
Found in New Universities
Dictionary.

Many words aud phrases thae
have Z peculiar significance in the
United States have come into com
mon use in recent years They are
encountered every day in articles
contributed to the newspapers and
the magazines by the best writer's.
\ carefully SELECTED list Of such
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-12

If you haze secondhand articles
that you wish to dispose OF let the
people know it by placing a small
/ at Ia the Daily Light want column.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-12

encyclopedias. The book is new, abb
solutely new. It's definitions are
simple, accurate and authoritative.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-12

The dollar that walks by your
door is yours. Get the Dellneator
and Everybody's Magazine for one
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could've Be Much oftsner.

-1ou only kiss me now when you
money. She-Good gracious,
~ lsnt that often enough STRAY
s2ies
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tf-dh

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year for So, or get either magazine
two years for 81. three dollars is
the regular price. Phone your mag
azine orders. single or clubs. to 315.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-29
NOT TOO LATE YET
TO SOW SOY BEANS
Declares w. D. Zinn. the Agri-
cultural Agent of Harrison
County, in Article.
ny ". u. zlnn. County Farm Agcnt.D

(lIy ". II. linn. County Farm kgCnt.)
The rainy season has no doubt de
TERED many formers from planting Us
ouch corn ~ they had intended tn
pant and some may begin 10 conclude
that they will have To furCEo the
planting Of as many SOY beans as they
expected to plant. hut It Ia 100 early
In the game to abandon the planting
~ beans yet Our station advises
farmers tn plant them as late as july
10 FOR hay. | have planted them july
~ and they grew waist high. II It is
impossible 10 get the SOY beans In BY
July 10, millct or sudan grass may
be sown up to July Il and still make u
lot Of feed One thing rs greatly de-
sired and that "a that Harrison county
shall grow more rnuEhaEc In 1915
than she ever did and to accomplish
this every farmer must do his part.
Fodder corn may be planted vet.
Drill Il in thirty inches apart between
tho rows and cultivate Il few Times
You will be surprised nj the amount
Of feed you can grow on an acre Of
ground in this way
In a few weeks farmers viii he
laying by" their corn In the mean
time, every farmer should decide what
he wants to do with this ground next
year. II II is 30 he sown down 20
pursue After the corn Ia cut SOW
timothy with one hushel Of spring oats
per acre, Tho oats viii be winter
killed. hut they will protect the tender
grass plants through the winter and
he out Of the way when spring comes.
lie may SOW the ground 10 rye and
cut the, rye for hay rs hundreds did
this season or he may seed The ground
TO wheat. II the land rs 10 produce
corn. then by all means he should
seed the ground down 10 twelve
pounds each ~ crimson clover aud
hairy vctch being careful to inoculutr
the seed. Several farmers tried this
plan last season aud arc moro than
pleased with IT, The following are
aomc Of the names 81 farmers who
tried the scheme Benjamin Anderson,
Shinnston; Claude Robinson. Rose
bud: r G. Smith. ClnrksburG: Arthur
Harbcrt Doln; Martin Williams. Rris-
toll There wore perhaps others
whose names do not now recall.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-29
PAUL SAGE
Former Resident Of the City Is at thu
Front In France.

Paul Sage, former resident Of
Clarksburg, is In the British army in
France. where he has been ut the
front some time Mr. Sage is a
nephew OF william A. Harrington here.
While his home is NJ Bradford, Pa.
he came to ClaTkshurg about two
years ago aud remained several
months. during which time he made
many friends hero. A part Of the
time he was here he worked In Sem
ator Cons oil and gas fields How he
happened TO Join the British army Is
not known here.