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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-03
Naval Stores

Savannah, April 2.-Turpentine. firm, 45 sales. 172; receipts, 2; shipments, 52; stock, 11,124.
 Rosin, firm sales, none; receipts 29e; shipments, A: stock. I103,S0s. Quote: A. B. c, D, E, F. G, H, 5.6oc; I, 5.7oc; K, 5.70c @5soc; M. $500; N, 5.70@5.S5c; VIC, 5.75@ $500; wv, 6.00c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-03
Sugar Market

New York, April 2.-The local market for raw sugar was quieter today, but the undertone was firm and prices were 3-32 cents higher. The market closed firm at 31-32 cents for Cubas, cost and freight. equal to 5.99c for centrifugal and 5.11 for molasses.
 In refined the demand continued good and prices were firm and unchanged at 725@8c for fine granulated. Sales for the day were 26900 tons. May sold from 507 to 517c, closing. 5.15c; July 51s to 527c, closing, 5.25c; September. 5.2s to 5.3ec, closing. 5.s5c; December. 4.94 to 5.o0c, closing, 5.00c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-03

An Indian. Wallace Lewy. holds seat In the Maine legislature:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-03
Cotton Seed Oil

New York April 2.-Cotton seed ad- vanced to new high levels on urgent de- mand from shorts and good buying by commission houses and trade interests on reports of export business and with the strength in all commodity markets. May opened at 1454c, sold to 14.65c and closed at 1459c Final prices were 15123 points net higher. Tenders, 900 barrels. Sales, 32,000 barrels. Prime crude. 12.67c. The market closed firm Spit, 14.30c bid; April, 14.30@14 45c; May, 1459G14.6Dc; June, 14.53M14.5Sc; July, 14.56d14.5Sc; August, 14.53@1454c; September 14.54@15.56c; Octo- Der, 13.S5@13.S6c; November, 1s.3561S 36c Total sales, 32,200.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-03
Bonds
Marcantile Paner

New York. April 2.-Mercantiie paper. 4@4H per cent. Sterling, eo-day bills. Mr: commercial, 60day bills on banks. s4.n:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-03
Live Stock

Chicago, April 2.-Hogs: Receipts $50, 900; market steady at 10c under Satur- days average. Bulk, $151od15.So mexd. 4.75d15.35; heavy, H4.60915.5o rough, $14. 60114.75; pigs. s1050Gl1410. Cattle: Receipts, 16,000 Native beef cattle, s91oG12.95; stockers and feeders, s7 @9. 60; cows and hefers, s5.50d10.75; calves. $s. 5oM14
 Sheep: Receipts, 1s,ooo. Veal wethers. $10. 5O612.s5; ewes, s9612.3o; lambs, s12@ 15.40
 Kansas City. April 2.-Hogs: Receipts, 2,0Oo; market higher. Bulk, $14.S5G1525; heavy, $15.15@15.30; packers and butchers, $15G15.3o; light. $14.5Oa1495; pigs. s12d1s.75. Cattle: Receipts. 1000; market steady to 1Oc higher. Prime fed steers, s11 .75012.50; dressed beef steers, s9611.50; southern steers. ss5o611.25; cows, s7d1o.5o: heifers. $SG11.5o: stockers and feeders, $7.4o610 45; bulk, $7G10: calves. SS113.
 Sheep: Receipts, 12,o0o: market lower. Lambs s12G1475; yearlings. s1sd13.75;
 St. Louis. April 2.-Hogs: Receipts. H. 900; market lower Lights, s14so@15.25; pigs $9. 7511350; mixed and butchers, $14.sO 615 40; good heavy, 15.30@15.4o; bulk s14S5 @15.25.
 Cattle: Receipts AGO: market steady. Native beef steers s7.5o112.25: yearling steers and heifers, ss.5o@1r75: COWS. s5.759 10 stockers and feeders, $60710; Texas quarantine steers S55o69 30; prime south- ern beef steers $S0f1: beef cows and heif- CTS, s4. 2509; prime yearlng steers and heifers $7.5oG10; native calves. s661425.
 Sheep: Receipts. 300: market steady. Lambs $13n154O ewes s9.5on12E 5; year lings, $1075@14.25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-03
Coffee Market

New York April D. There was a fur ther decline in the market for coffee fu- lures owing to reports of cheaper cost and freight offers from Brazil and a re- newal of liquidation. Closing prices were practically the lowest of the day, snow ing net loss of 5 to points. Sales, 63,- 800 Closing bids: April, 743c; May, 7.5oc; June, 7.5sc; July, '. 62c; August, 7,67c; September, 7.7Sc; October. 7.77c; Novem- 795c; February, S.02c; March, 80Sc
 Spotscoffee quiet; Rio Is, 91ac; Santos As, 9Bc.
 The official cables reported a decline of 75 reis in Rio spot market. Santos spots were unchanged and futures 75ddOo reis lower. Brazilian port receipts, 12,0o0; Jundiahy 5000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-03

commercial, 60-day bills. 4,70% demand, 4.15 9-16; cables, 4.76 7-16. Francs, demand, 5.S3A: cables. 5s2s4. Marks, unquoted; kronen, unquoted. Builders, demand
 491s cables, 40 7-16. Iires, demand, 7.6s; cables, 7,67. Rubles. demand, 2S.45; cables, 2S.4s. Bar silver, 741sc; Mexican dollars, 5IAc. Government bonds steady; railroad bonds irregular. Time loans firm; 50 and 90 days, 31xdS% per cent six months, SAGA per cent. Call money steady; high, 21s per cent; low, per cent; ruling rate, 21s per cent; last loan. 2h per cent; clos ing bid, per cent; offered at 21k per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-03

London, April 2.-Bar silver, 3e 13-1ed per ounce. Money. S% per cent. Discount rates. Short bills, "A per cent; months, "A per cent.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-03
Four Hundred Tons of Egg
Shells to Make Kid Gloves

Many people imagine when an arti-
Gle is cast into the dustbin its days are
ended. This, however, is not so, for
all the contents of dust carts are care
fully sorted as they are emptied, any
thing of value being put aside. Disre-
garding things such as scissors, knives,
ETC., many corporations are making a
big profit out of their dust" You
wouldn't think that there would be any
value in eggshells, yet every year as
many as 400 tons are required in the
manufacture of so-called kid gloves,
and also in printed calico, observes the
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Corks, too, are a valuable item, for
they sell to manufacturers at the rate
of 8 cents a pound and in a year no
fewer than 100000 worth are thrown
away.
Cycles suffer n number of h~ardships
before they reach an absolute end. Old
tires are bought at quite a good price
by manufacturers for the rubber on
them-inner tubes are especially valu-
able and go to make rubber mats and
cheap rubber toys. The frame supplies
short lengths of tube and the rest of
the machine is melted down to make
a fresh iron article.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-03
Colonel Bids Newsx eood.Rx.

He was one of those solitary-loOking
men. According to the eagle device on
his shoulders, he was q colonel in the
United States army.
He issued forth from a lunchrOom on
lower Fifteenth street, and q newsbOy
not over twelve, stepped up to him
with a paper. He seemed to be one of
the kids steady customers.
The unsmiling face of this man who
seemed alone in the world lighted up
as he saw the boy.
"Good-by, old top" he said to the
youngster, as he took the paper, 81
won't see you any more"
"Are you going to WARP" asked the
boy, with an anxious note in his voice.
"Yeh in a day or two now. Good-by,
old fellow"
The kid looked at him a minute in
silence, and said slowly:
"Good-byl"
The officer stuck the paper under his
arm and turned up Fifteenth street,
with a strange mistiness in his eyes.
One got the idea that there wasn't
anybody else that the officer wanted
TO bid farewell.-Exchange.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-03
Sunday Nlaht Supper

The Sunday night supper should be
the happy meal of the week, for young
aud old, a time when a few friends
may gather for a quiet hour and enjoy
each others society. The meal should
not be a burden to the house mother,
for in many homes it is entirely given
ove- to the young people or the men of
the family to prepare and serve. They
usually delight In preparing some silu-
pie dish, at the crate, chatting dish or
electric grill. Sandwiches may be pre-
pared beforehand and the meal may
be served from "a small table in the
living room. everybody sitting cozily
about the fire, unless there are some
who prefer a table, to holding the
plate and cup in the lap. For the
drink cocoa is the most often used, as
II is one that may be given to even
Vhe small people. Matted milk. tea or
coffee are all acceptable drinks and
rarely refused.
A simple salad of some kind, depend
ing upon the family taste or the heart
mess of the dinner which has been
eaten at one or two o'clock. should be
served.
A hot dish. some jelly preserves or
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-03
Heavy Work Done With Steel.

British and French alike use the
heavy grenade for defensive work,
where the thrower is sheltered by a
trench or shell hole. But when the
word comes to Ego over" the English
give little thought to the grenade. The
~bombardiers make a few long range
throws as the force approaches the
other trench, but nee in the BIiton
does his work with the iron. The mop
pers-up who follow carry grenades for
their work, while their comrades tear
across country for the next trench.
This appears to be n of the essen
tial differences in French and English
grenade practice which the Americans
will be called on to decide between.
At present the opinion of the Ameri-
can line officers seems TO lean to the
English idea that the light offensive
grenade is of scant worth. No decis-
ion will be reached until both plans
have been subjected to trial.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-03
HOME 80
TOWN - -
REM0DELED HOUSE LIKE NEW
Dwelling That Is Made over MsN
Come Nearer Meeting Needs Than ]
One Constructed to Order.

The remOdeled house is often more
comfortable, charming and satisfying
than one built new. Buying a house,
already built is much like purchasing
clothes ready-made; it is never quite
a perfect fit; there is never perfect
harmony with individual needs and re-
quirements, says Noble Foster
HoggsOn in the Philadelphia Public
Ledger. Remodeling makes it virtu-l
ally q new house, with the added adj!
vantage that, the general plan being
satisfactory, it is easier to see just
what notifications and improvements
are needed than to see them in imag-I
nation from a study of the archi-l
tect's plans for a complete new
building.
An old house, endeared through
years of occupancy and association,
grows into a familiar adjustment to-
the needs of the family. But usually
there comes a growing realization of
the many ways in which it might be
altered and improved. The growing.
family requires more rooms or
changed arrangements; or the taste OF
the owner, becoming finer with the
years, or bettered fortune making It!
easier to make his dreams a reality,
brings him face to face with the
problem of remodeling, should he not
care to move to a new dwelling which
might prove, when tested by occu-
pancy, less satisfying.
The two principal reasons for REL
modelling are the unitarian and the
esthetic; the need of more space or
more convenience and comfort and
the natural desire to make the home
more beautiful to the eye. Both re-
quirements a be met perfectly by
proper remOdeling, which may really
prove an actual transformation. Re-
modelling gives a stamp Of individu-
ality to a dwelling as nothing else
can, for it means the revising Of the
building within and without to har-
monte with individual tastes and
needs.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-03
COST SHOULD BE IN HARMONY
Amount Put In House Should MOI Hd
Out of Proportion &c the Value
of the Site.

One of the most grievous mistakes
the owner car make is to build a house
which is out of proportion to the valus
of the land OF which it is erected. Tho
higher the cost of the land the better,
as a rule, the character of future build
ing operations in the neighborhoOds
For instance, 1t is generally unwise
to build a house costing $1,000 on
$4,000 on a site costing less than $25
to $40 a front foot. Nor should the
reverse mistake be made of building a
cheap house on an expensive site
though that is governed by the re-
strictions which most developers OF
high-grade subdivisions impose. Cost
of house and cost of site should be In
fairly strict proportion.
Buy as much ground as you can rea-
sonably afford. Twenty-fve-foot lots
in a suburban section are an abomina-
ton. Fifty-foot frontage should be the
minimum for any modern residence
built for a home, and 100 feet with tina
added possibilities Of attractive lawn
and garden is better.
As a bit of advice here is an excerpt
from a booklet recently issued by a
realty broker:
"Forced growth in anything is haz1
ardous; natural growth is a guaranty
of stability and permanent values. De
mand governs supply, not supply de-
mand. A piece of real estate has no
fixed value until someone takes it to
keep and improve"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-03

causes the electro-dynamic waves Of
the sun to undergo circular ~refraction,
dispersion and absorption. This, says
Professor See, weakens the action of
the sun on the moon when that satel-
lite is near the shadow of the earth, as
at the time of lunar ecllpses. This
weakening of the gravitational force
Of the sun on the moon causes the
fluctuations in the moons revolution
in its orbits.
In 1878 Simon Newcomb finished an
elaborate investigation showing that
the moons motion is irregular, and
from that day to this the irregularities
of the moon have defied all astrono-
mers and mathematicians. Professor
See states that the Irregularities in
the moons motion may be calculated,
and that thereby the accuracy of the
predicted places in it's orbit may be in
creased ~twelvefold.
mo irregularity," he asserted, NOW
remains in the moons motion large
used by astronomers. Thus with the
previous mathematical development
carried out by Newton, Laplace, Hill,
Newcomb, Brown and others, the lunar
theory will be entirely perfected.
Professor See regards his discovery
as to the cause of the lunar fiuctua-
tons, and his successful working out
of tables that indicate the place of the
moor in its orbit more accurately than
has been done heretofore, as corrobo-
rative of his theory of the cause of
gravitation. He has sent a report on
his discovery to the Royal Astronomi-
cal society, London, and to scientific
societies in Paris, Stockholm and Edin-
burgh.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-03
CarIyIe's Long Clay Pipe.

Thomas Carlyle, whose memory win
remain as a man who has given much
to history, enjoyed his long clay pipes.
They were made in Glasgow. These
pipes were made with long green
glazed tips for the mouthpiece, and
those who visited at his home say
that he smoked a new pipe every day
or perhaps oftener from the stock that
he kept in a box. Usually the pipes
were in a corner of the fireplace, with
in the fender, and ready for Carlyle's
further service. Here he stored also
a half pound tin canister of his to-
bacco, which was often r~eplenished
from his larger supply. The box stood
usually m the table, though at times,
1t occupied a place of honor on the
mantlepiece.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-03
Beautiful Lugano Smallest
of Italian Lakes and One
of the Most Picturesque

Lugano is the smallest though not
the least beautiful of the Italian lakes
as a matter Of fact it is not entirely
in Italy, as the Swiss frontier Is
crossed at Chiasso, yet, perhaps on ac-
count of its Italian sounding name, 1t
is usually classed with Como and Mag
giore, says the Christian Science Moni-
tor. The lake is surrounded by wood
ed hills, which rise directly out OF the
clear water, and at all times of the
year it is beautiful.
In early spring these tree-covered
slopes take on a soft purplish bloom;
all the outlines become blurred and
velvety as the sap rises In every
branch and twig, and there is o Won
derfully peaceful impression given by
these soft outlines against a serene
blue sky. All along the lake sides
are tiny villages, built on the steepest
possible slopes, the houses seeming to
stick to the hillside wherever a niche
al be followed out. There is no
directly around the lake, so the inhab-
itants prefer to go everywhere by wa
ter. Little steamers ply from the
town of Lagano to PorleZza, taking a
Zigzag course in order to call at the
various villages on either side of the
lake.
OF ali the villages, perhaps the most
beautiful Is Morcote, which lies east of
Lugano. with Its dark cypress trees
standing out on the hillside against the
pure sky, but for sheer picturesque eff
feet the village of Cambria must come
first.
The houses appear to rise straight
out of the water, piled, as it were, one
on top of the other, quite haphazard.
Many of them shine white in the bright
sunlight with hard blue-black shadows
where the projecting ave cover
them. The walls at the waters edge
are festooned with flowers and creep
ers, clinging wherever they a find q
foothold, while the water laps softly
against dim shadows of boats tied up
under dark archways.
Each little village forms a separate
picture, having its w characteristics,
while Over all the mountain of San
Salvatore stands like u sentry on
guard.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-03
Native Trees Are Desirable.

Many people have the decidedly mis-
taken idea that the only trees worth
buying and setting out are the more or
less expensive shrubs or evergreens
which are not native to most sections
of the country. The idea of paying out
good money for a pine or a birch or q
maple seems to go against the grain.
AS a matter of fact there are many
places where such trees are to be had
for the trouble of digging them up and
transplanting them, but ever this is
considered too high a price. And yet
for many purposes pines and naples
r as good trees as can be had, and
there is nothing listed in the catalogue
more beautiful and graceful than a
well cared-for group of white birches,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-03

had been for many years in peaceful
occupation.
War clouds burst suddenly. Soon
the city of Reims was awake, the
streets filled with people, all vending
their way towards the cavalry bar
racks to have a last glimpse of the de-
parting dragons.
Three hours after the bugle call the
regiment stood ready awaiting the
command of the colonel to mount. In
Il long address the colonel reminded
the soldiers of the achievements of
their ~forefathers, hoping that they
would be brave to add another pen
nant to those already attached to their
standard, and with the shout of Long
live Francel Long live the Repub-
llc" they swung into the saddle and
left the barrack yard for an unknown
destination.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-03
Popular Science.

An average tar yields 20 per
cent of pitch and only 6 per cent
of materials useful in making
dyes.
If a grain of granulated sugar
were n hollow capsule 1t would
hold 400, 000, 900 typhoid bacilli.
A 30-passenger auto bus with
a four-wheel truck in front, runs
on a standard railway track in
the Hood river region of Ore
gon.
The most powerful telescope
in the southern hemisphere,
ranking as the third most pow
erful in the world, will soon be
completed at the national astro-
nomic observatory, Cordoba, Ar
gentina.
The public of Cleveland. O.,
is made familiar with the opera
ton of the fire alarm devices of
the city by means of frequent
demonstrations by competent
persons connected with the fire
department.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-03
ADD MARBLES TO CURRICULUM
Popular s%pringtlme Pastime for Boys
to Be Taken on by University
of California.
"Fen dubs, there :"

"Fen dUbs, there"
"Knuckle down, now Prexyl"
"Say, Prof, how many taws will
you swap for my moss agate?"
These are the sporting terms in the
vernacular which soon may be heard
on the campus of the University Of
California, according to the San Fran
cisco Bulletin. The spectacle Of a
group of bearded dignifed educators
squatting down on their "hunkers,"
while one of their number commands
their attention by the exhibition of his
skill, may be n common one.
The new course in applied science
to be included in the curriculum en-
braces the ancient problem of the ir-
resistible force and the immOvable
body. 1t has to do with the tendency
of one spherical object to impart mo-
ton by coming in violent contact with
another spherical object previously in
a state of inertia, when the first oh
ject is given q certain velocity and mo-
mentum.
This is done by an intricate method
OI OADulSlDu, Ill Which, lHG SDlleIe,
placed in juxtaposition of the first and
second joint of the thumb, is propelled
through space by a dexterous flip of
the member, which previously had
been held in a condition of suppressed
energy by means of interlocking two
or more digits.
In other words, the game Of mar
bles is to be part Of the university
course. The ancient and honorable
pastime, by which the vernal season of
the calendar is heralded by the small
boy, has been included in the scheme
Of exercise in the gymnasium, accord
ing TO the announcement of F. L. Klee-
berger, physical director.
Not only the undergraduates, but
the instructors and professors of the
university intend to take a course. De-
grees possibly will be awarded the
most skillful. 1t is held that the ac-
tivity necessary to play marbles will
be beneficial to q high measure.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-03
Skim Milk Most Valuable
When Used as Food.

From the United States Department of
A%griculture.)
While skim milk is useful for animal
feeding it will serve its best use as
food for humans. BY substituting grain,
green feed, buttermilk and whey in ami
NAL feeding, much skim milk may be
left for human use as a beverage, In
cooking, c%ondensing or for making cot
tage cheese. Only the surplus of this
valuable human food should be fed TO
stock.
While skim milk is good for stock,
the fact remains tina its highest eff
cheney cannot be had through turning
it into meat. Skim milk is used most
economically in animal production
when fed to hogs, yet it takes 20
pounds when fed alone to produce one
pound of pork. The same quantity
will make three pounds of cottage
cheese. In addition, cottage cheese
contains ~ >times as much protein
and one-third as much energy as pork,
so that the skim milk in the cheese
form gives quite as much energy and
Az times as much protein as it would
If converted into ham or bacon.
Even at the highest prices recently
paid for hogs, skim milk fed to them
is worth not more than n cent q
pound. Yet one cent a pound or ap-
proximately one cent a pint, is very
cheap for any human food, and par
ticularly for a food so high in nutri-
tive value as skim milk.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-03

raucous dabs of white, green and vel.
low, with a band emitting frlghtful
blares above the entrance arch!
A grubby Mexican in cotton clothes
and a hat with towering crown and
30-inch brim distributes handbills an
nOuncing that at 4 p. IN. -four ar
ragantes Y braves toros, four" will be
fought to death. Follow the names of
the intrepid matadores, banderilleros,
picadores, etc, who are to fight I'm
der the auspices of the Charities asso-
citation" %.
Seats on the "entrada sombra"
(shady side of the ring) are 50; those
on the "entrada a sol" are $1-and
If in all the world there is to be seen
more wanton cruelty and horror for a
trifling fee tell me where it isl Yet
women and young girls flock there,
bringing dressed-up children as to a
sylvan picnic!
A huge motor dashes up to the beg
carly plaza" in a choking duStclOud.
1t grazes the toes of squatting beggars
and loafing men, sideswiping the I'M
ruly Mexican horses on which half
drunken soldiers loll.
From it step half a dozen Mexican
officers in expensive, well-ftting serv-
ice uniforms, brave leather puttees,
spurs and ~festoons of braid. The
crowd stares and cringes. The slim
young officer losses silver dollars to
Il subaltern, who buys tickets, and with
great eclat they pass inside to their
hideOuS entertainment.
You wonder what is in the mind of
the Respondent officer as he views
the ragged, half-starved desperadoes
of his army" Some sophisticated
persons whisper to you that few m
are published of those who fall in bat
tie. 1t pays better to keep the m
on the roster! The poor creatures
pittances come in handy for bullhghts
and other extras.