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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-17
Chicago Futures
Produce Market

New York, November 16--Butter, firm: receipts, 55S7. Creamery, higher than ex- tras, 4513946c; creamery extras 92 score, 45c; firsts, 42@44tac. Eggs, irregular;J receipts, 7036 fresh gathered extras, 54a55c; firsts, 4s@51c. Cheese, steady;
 receipts, 1924. State fresh specials, 23A 231sc; do average run, 221@G23c. Dressed poultry, firm; chickens 20a35c; fowls, 161aQ25c; turkeys, 25632c. Live, firms chickens. 22AQ2Sc: fowls, 23Q25c; tur- keys, 2SGS0c.
 St Louis, November 16-Poultry, un- changed. except hens, 171sc. Butter, creamery, 441sc. Eggs, 40G41c Chicago, November 16.-Butter, un- changed. Eggs, receipts, 5241 cases; un- changed. Potatoes, receipts, 40 cars:
 unchanged Poultry. alive, lower; fowls, 15@1915c; springs, 19c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-17
Rice Market

New Orleans November 16-Rough and clean rice continued steady today. Re- ceipts: Rough, 2sG6 sacks; millers, 2s66; clean, 425S pockets. Sales: Clean Hon. duras 427 pockets; blue rose, 5467 Quote: Clean blue rose, 7@75sc; others unchanged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-17
Naval Stores

Savannah, November 16.-Turpentine firm, 46Ac; sales, S9; receipts. 23S;
 shipments, 55S; stock, 23.27S. Resin firm; sales. 1044; receipts, 997; ship ments. 1794. stock, 76.222. Quote: B, D,
 p, r, G, $6.15; H, I, s6.20; K. s65O. M, s6.70; N, s7.45; VIC, $7.55; wv, $770.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-17
Bonds
Money Markets

New York, November 16.-Mercantile pa- per. 51a per cent. Sterling 60-day bills, M7M; commercial S0-day bills on banks, Nn; commercial 60-day bills, S4.70M; de- mand. $475A; cables, $476 ZIG. Bar sii- yer, S5A Time loans firm; 60 days, 5Q5A months. 51s@5% per cent. Call money easier; high, per cent low, 31a per cent. ruling rate, 4 per cent; closed, 31a@s% per cent; last loan, 3A per cent
 London November 16.-Bar silver. 4315 pence per ounce. Money, 3% per cent. Discount rates Short bills. 4ss per cent: three months bills, 4% per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-17
Wholesale District Still Shows
 Inaction in All Channels of Trade
Rr JOHN c. HOSES

Rice-Fancy Blue Rose, ss cwt. Fancy Rice-s7 per cwt. Grits-Cartons, $l dog. Grits-Sacks, s3.S5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-17
Live Stock

Kansas City. November 16.-Hogs- ceipts 9,000 highers bulk, 1740017 65 heavy, $17.50%17.75; packers and butchers. Sl7 45aal7.6o; light, $17.25Gl750; pigs, S17.0o N17.50.
 Cattle-Receipts. 5000. including 100 southerns; steady. Prime fed steers s15.5O Ql6.7o dressed beef steers s11 0O@l50 0o western steers. $S0o9135o; southern steers SC. 5OG11.o0; cows, S4.5oM1ooc; heifers, SC. 50 @l2.oo; stockers and Feeders, $6.50911 50 ; bulls s6.OoG7.75; calves. s6.C1@12.00.
 Sheep-s Receipts 1,50o; strong; lambs. SIG 2o4l7.25; yearlings, s12.O0Q1375; wethers S1l00Q1250; eyes s1o0O9l150; stockers and feeders, s700@17.25.
 St. Louis. November 6.-Hogs-Receipts. lS,ooo: higher; lights a7.25@17. 75; pigs s15.OO @17.00; good heavy s17.65@17S0 bulk $17. .25 Q177o.
 Cattle-Receipts 3500 steady Native beef steers. $S13o0o@16.5o; yearling steers and heifers, s7.O0q16.OO: cows $5.O0@11 O0;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-17
GRAIN OFFERINGS
 WERE VERY SCARCE
Oats Went to Record Prices and Caused Corn Shorts
 Much Uneasiness

Chicago, November 16.-Grain prices ran up today bainly because of a scarci- ty of offerings. Corn finished unsettled, but 14 to 1Ac net higher with December s1.2o1a and May, s1.153s to s1.15h. Oats gained ssc to 1c. These were declines of to 25c in provisions
 Bulls in corn put stress on the fact that stocks of corn at leading termi- nals amounted to next to nothing Old. No. 2, yellow corn here commanded as much as $2.40 a bushel, for the little that could be had, and it was said many farmers in the sofe corn sections had been stopped shueking and would wait for the garin to dry out. Mean while a pump of oats values to the highest point this season tended to make corn shorts vt more uneasy. On the ensuing bulgs in corn prices, however, leading commits sion houses became free sellers and something of reaction followed. The late downturns were accompanied by re- ports that more cars were being sent
 into the corn belt and that an increase of arrivals here would result.
 Unusual activity and strength in the oats market came about to a great ex- tent through reports that virtually no responses had been received from over night bids to the country. Provisions lacked support.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-17
Birmingham Live Stock

Dlrmlngndm Live SLOck
 (Union Stockyards.) Fec Steers. Good to Choice-7@sc. Medium to Good-6@61Rc. Common to Medium-51a@6c. Grass cattle. according to weight, quail ity and flesh: Steers-647c. Fat Cows-6@61ac. Medium Cows-5.259575c. Cutters-4. 75d5. .25c. Canners-47o@5c. Heavy Bulls-5.75G625c. Light Bulls-5@5.50c. Oxen--4@5c. Fat Yearlings Medium Yearlings Vealers-6Q7c. Hogs: Choice Corn Fed Hogs. 1s5 and up- 14D15e. Choice Corn Fed Hogs, 135 to 15o-13W 14c.
 Choice Corn Fed Hogs 90 to 135-11912c. Light Pigs, 90 Pounds Down-10Q11c. Best Heavy Rough Hogs-111s@1Sc. Half Fat Hogs-10@11c. Soft and oil hogs from 1c to 2c per pound less than above prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-17
Hides and Tallow

Hides and TallOw Green Salt IIides-1s@19c. Half Cured-17@1Sc. Green IIides-16@17c. Dry Flint Hides-37@3Sc. Dry Salt Hides-33@35c. Damaged Hides-Half price. Sheepskins-25c@S1.25. Horse Hides-$2@5. Ginseng-s7@8. Colt Skins-25G60c. Sherlings-25@35c. Goat Skins-40q50c. Hog Skins-10915c. Beeswax-2SG30c. Tallow-12@13c. Washed Wool-65G75c. Clear Unwashed Wool-50965c. Bury Wooi-30035c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-17
Creamery Products

Sugar and Cereals Granulated Sugar-S.S3c.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-06-01

two-thirds parts. Sodium phosphate
given alone was not an antidote. but
the two combined, when given either
with the mercury or after it, We're very
e%ficacfous.
AS a. result OF his experiments. Dr..
F'antus recommends in a case OF BIZ
chloride poisoning that Carriers anti
dote be given. the patient made to vom-,
it, and hen that treatment be followed.
up by the use Of sodium acetate. Tho
patients should drink water freely after
the vomiting has subsidized.
If Carriers antidote is not to be had.
DIR. Fantus recommends that the fol-
lowing mixture be given:
Sodium h~ypophosite ..............l grain
Hydrogen peroxide ...............6 mills
1t is best not to give an excess of hy-
drogen peroxide. Following the giving
of this solution the vomiting is TO be
induced, and following that sodium
acetate is to be given.
Corrosive sublimate poisoning begins
by producing vomiting and usually
%purging. Then follows a period OF
comparative safety. During this per-
iod the poison is absorbed into the
bloodstream. Later it affects the kid
e Most of the deaths produced by
it result from the action of the poison
on the Kidneys. The fact that death
is delayed so long after the taking Of
the poison stimulates physicians n
Psychologists in their attempts to fnd
an antidote. DR.. Fantus has studied
the question practically and scientific
ally and his advice will be followed by
physicians. druggists, and the laity.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-06-01
ANTIDoTEs FOR COR RoslvE suBuIMATE.

The textbooks give white Of egg as
she best antidote for corrosive sub
Innate. A common direction is-give
the white of one egg for each four
Grains Of corrosive sublimate swal-
lowed. This forms the albuminate. The
etomach must be washed out immedi-
etely. as the illuminate of mercury is
soluble In an excess Of albumin. 1t is
also soluble in the intestinal juices.
Three grains of corrosive sublimate
nave proven fatal. Since it is usually
Impossible to learn just how much cor
rosive sublimate has been taken and 1t
ID seldom possible to give the antidote
or even sOOn after the
poison has been taken. the use OF white
or egg has never been satisfactory.
DIR. Fantus. of the college of medicine
OF the University of Illinois, has recent
~ published the results OF some tests of
various %antidotes for corrosive subli-
mate. He used rabbits for his expert
ments. He found white of egg prac-
.tically OF no service unless it was given
immediately after the poison was sWal-
found to be without value Halls anti
dote potassium iodide and quinine)
was worthless. So also was sodium
carbonate, sodium sulphate. and potas-
SUM bitartrate. Sodium bicarbonate,
sodium acetate, and %stanuous chloride
were found to have some effect. but mo-
much. Calcium Sulphide was not Dun
practical.
DR.. Fantus found that the best anti
dote was M advocated by DR.. Carter
OF Chicago several years 6 Carriers
antidOte consists of sodium phosphate,
part. and sodium acetate. six and
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-06-01
MUNITIONS WORKS HEALTH PERILs.

From all parts of the world where
high explosives are manufactured there
come reports Of in some cases fatal, i'll
others serious but %nonfatal, poisoning
due to the fumes and dust. DR.. Hud-
son, OF the Du Pont factories, tells US
that his people have largely escaped
such injuries and this is how it has
been done.
In the acid rooms the men suffer from
acid %splashing and acid fumes. An
muntion factory rooms ire thoroughly
ventilated. The air is removed by ex-
haust fans through multiple outlets in
the floors. and fresh air enters through
multiple inlets located in the ceiling.
Near every acid vat there are water
nozzles. tubs or showers. When a nan
gets a splash he turns on the water or
jumps into a tub at once. Next he
applies saturated solution Of bicarbo-
nate of soda until the foaming stops.
Next he applies a burn ointment.
Cabinets conveniently located contain
soda solution, aromatic spirits of ann
monia, cocaine, glasses, eyecups, ban
dages n absorbent cotton.
In the nitro-aromatic room especial
emphasis is put upon ventilation II
washing facilities. Washing the hands
is made attractive, comfortable, and
easy.
The blood of every workman Is ex-
amined twice a month. A blood ex-
animation will point out developing
trouble days before symptoms appear.
Men who are heading for trouble are
put at work in the open air for two or
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-06-01

three weeks. Ca and oxygen helmets
are in the factories.
If q man shows symptoms he is
stripped of all clothing and his skin Is
thoroughly scrubbed with soap Int
sand. II he is working in an aniline
room vinegar is added to the scrubbing
He is given effervescing phos-
phate of soda and aromatic spirits Of
ammonia and plenty of milk to drink.
The men who work in picric acid
rooms get an inflammation OF the skin
similar to poison ivy. Ii they scratch
the irritated areas they are liable to
become poisoned constitutionally.
The methods Of prevention employed
in these room relate largely to clean
Illness of the skin. There are ample
toilet facilities. Floors are kept clean
and free from dust. =.
Much depends upon the workingmen.
A physician should examine them Pc
riodically. If h early symptoms are
recognized and the men are transferred
temporarily to open air work a toler-
ance for these poisons a be gradually
established. Then, again, personal
cleanliness is something more than the
provision of washing facilities. The
men must use them.
Just as important as cleanliness ID
the necessity that munition workers
shall not drink. II has been proven
~conclusiyely hat drinking alcohol pre-
dispOses to poisoning. Munition work.
ers must go without alcohol outside. OF
working hours as well as during them.
That Is the keynote of safety.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-06-01
ACUTE DlARRHEA.

The New York Medical Journal tells
of a dietetic treatment for acute diar-
'rheas in adults tina has been used In
the French army. The men treated were
ESQ soldiers with acute diarrhea fol-
lowing unusual exposure, the eating OF
improper food and the drinking OF i'm
pure water. The men were having from
six to 30 watery stools a day. About 81
CEN had bloody stools-so-called
d%ysentery. They had cramps and
straining at stool, temperature from
.1O1, to 104. nausea and vomiting.
They were put o a mixture OF n
part OF condensed milk and four parts
of sweetened rice water. OF this they
took one to two quarts a day. They
ook no other form Of FOOD or drink.
The number of stools fell one to four
a day within four days in 81 per cent
of the u patients who got no medicine
Of any sort. In 43 per cent of them the
diarrhea stopped between the fifth and
the 10th day. One advantage Of this
line Of treatment is that the IN or two
quarts of milk-rice water mixture sup
plies enough nourishment to sustain
the body for two or three weeks.
A patient with diarrhea should go on
a sweetened rice water-condensed milk
diet while his case is being Investigate
ed further. IL the pain makes it neces-
sary ne can take an opiate. II the bowel
movements are very offensive she
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-06-01
SWAT EN- NOW!

least twice a week removal from the
beginning to h end Of the fly season.
1t has been proven that flies cannot
breed in manure that is not wet and
fermenting. Therefore which
has been spread out ON h ground, as
is the case when it is used as a fer
tilizer, is not capable Of acting as a
breeding place for flies.
At this particular season, however,
halfway are compelling.
Phelps and Stevenson of the public
health service say Of these halfway
measures in bulletin No. 108 that many
are valuable. They recommend forma-
lin in h strength Of 1875 to 2.5 parts
OF the commercial formalin to 100 parts
OF water. A 1 per cent solution of So
dunn s~altcylate In water, they say. Ia
even better than formalin solution.
They recommend sticky fly paper also.
However. they found that formalin and
salicyltc acid preparations killed about
twice as many flies in the same length
OF time.
The efficacy Of preparations for kill
ing ny larvae has been proven. OF these
probably borax is the best, though sew
eral others are very efficient.
MOI only do flies spread typhoid. but
they are also potent in-causing infan-
tile diarrheas. This Levy has proven.
but Mes at this season are not q nuiS-
ance. An easy going person will put
up with them. Therefore. the need just
now is for a word that will make us
Kill files not for the trouble they now
are q for what they can and will do.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-06-01

should have a purgative. The dis
charges should be examined micro
scopically. If amoeba are found rice
water-condensed milk will not cure.
1pecac or emetin must be used.
The Old and we'll established treat
ment for d%ysentery was ipecac. In re-
cent years 1T has been found that ipe-
cue was as muc a specific for amoe-
bic dysentery as Quinine is for malaria.
Emetin, derived from ipecac. is more
pleasant to take, has fewer drawbacks
thar ipecac and has all of it's advan-
tages. 1t is replacing ipecac. just as
quinine has replaced the powders OF
einehona bark and teas made from
1t is possible that the microscopic
and bacteriologic examinations will
show that no amoela are present, but
will show the presence of some of the
baci'i of %dysentery. Diet alone will
cure some cases of bacillary dysentery.
but it is not to be depended on. Tho
point is this: The person with a diar-'
rhea accompanied by fever is not justi-
fled in treating himself. He can go on
a rice water-condensed milk diet and.
take a purge, but If his fever continues
more than a day and il his diarrhea
does not yield in the same time he
should place himself under medical
care. and have proper examinations
made and tests applied.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-06-01

This is the season for profitable fly
killing. What we do in July, August
and September is merely making the
hest of q bad situation. What we do
now is productive of results SO great
that we may rightly think of them as
commanding
Flies spread typhoid fever. In no
sense do they occupy the relation to
typhoid that some mosquitoes do to
malaria and others to yellow fever.
They merely transport it. But. having
an all embracing appetite, their possi-
bilities are great. They are fond of
eating human excretions rich in ty-
phOid bacilli. and they are equally fond
of eating milk. sugar, molasses, bread.
meat. vegetables and other human
foods.
Nicoll. England, research scholar. has
recently published o report which
shows that flies can spread typhoid. He
found that typhoid bacilli would not live
indefinitely in flies, but they do live in
them and On them fOr.a brief time. In
other words. while flies can. and do.
carry typhoid. they u ave frequent
access to typhoid material and easy ac-
cess to human o material in order
to make the transfer.
The work Of Nicoll takes nothing for
granted. 1t is bnsed upon the closest
scientific scrutiny and trial.
The only compelling method. Of meet
ing the fly situation is municipal (and
in h case or country people. individ-
ual) daily removal of or at
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-04-08
"CASCARETS' FOR
 SLUGGISH BOWELS
No sick headache, sour stomach, biliousness or constipation
 by morning.
Get a 10-cent box now.

Turn the rascals out-the headache, biliousness, indigestion, the sick, sour stomach and foul gases-turn them out tonight and keep them out with Cascarets.
 Millions of men and women take Cascaret now and then and never know the misery caused by a lazy liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom- ach.
 Don't put in another day of distress. Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach; remove the sour fermenting food; take the excess bile from your liver and carry out all the constipated waste matter and poison in the bowels. Then you will feel great.
 A Cascaret tonight straightens you out by morning. They work while you sleep. A 10-cent box from any drug store means a clear head, sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver and bowel action for months. ChiI- dren love Cascarets because they never gripe or sicken. Adv.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-04-08

partments supervised the maintenance of nearly 5000 miles of main and trunk-line roads.
 The increase in expenditures for road and bridge work in the United States has been from approximately sSO,OcO,OOO per year in 1904 to about S2S2.OOO,OOO in 1915, an increase of more than 2JO per cent. The expendi- ture of state funds during this same period increased from about S2.5J0.0oO % more than S53,OoO,OOO. In addition, more than S27,000,O00 of local funds was spent under state supervision in 1915, bringing the total road and bridge expenditures managed by the states to SS0,415,699. This amount is greater than the total expenditures fo= roads and bridges from all sources in 1904.
 An increase in the uses of better and more expensive types of roads also is shown by the recently compiled statis- tics. This development has been due, in large part, to the great increase in automobile traffic. It Is estimated that there are now approximately two and one-half million automobiles in use of the roads of the country, or one car for every mile of road. This present motor traffic is in excess of traffic of all sorts F years ago.
 The cash road and bridge expendi- lures of the United States averaged only S2S per mile of rural roads in 1904. In 1915 this average had grown to S109 per mile. New Jersey led all other states, both in 1904 and in 1915, with S221 and S415 per mile, respec- lively. Nevada made the least expendi- ture in both years-S3.72 per mile In 1904 and S17 per mile in 1915.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-04-08
IeM@isl9m@JtA
 aQ49gk!|Rlzaaf !g!|!
;R0WTH OF IMPROVED ROADS
Mileage of Surfaced Highways Has Been Increasing at Rate of
 16,00o Miles Yearly.

Rapid increase in total expendi. lures for roads and bridges, growth of building and maintenance activities 1nder state supervision, and sharp decrease in the proportion of coptribu-
 ions in the form of statute labor mark the development of highway work in the United States during the past 12 years. These facts are brought out by statistics for the cal sndar year 1915, recently compiled by the office of public roads and rural en- gineering of the department.
 The total length of public roads in the United States outside the limits of incorporated towns and cities was about 2,452,OOO miles on January l, 1916. Of this. about 277,O0O miles, or 11.3 per cent, were improved with some form of surfacing. The mlle- age of surfaced roads has been in- creasing at the rate of about 16,OOO a year, and in 1915 approximately one half of this increase was made under the supervision of state highway de- partments. In addition these de-
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-04-08
.|S CHILD GROSS,
 FEVER|SH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue is coated, give California
 Syrup of Figs"

Children love this fruit laxative" and nothing else cleanses the tender stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
 A child simply will not stop playing to empty the bowels, and the result is they become tightly clOgged with waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach sours, then your little one becomes cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat, sleep or act naturally. breath is bad, system full of cold, has sore throat, stomach-ache or diarrhea. Listen, Mother! See if tongue is coated, then give a teaspoonful of California Syrup of Figs" and In few hours all the constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food passes out of the sys- tenn, and you have a well child again.
 Millions of mothers give California Syrup of Figs" because 1t is perfectly harmless; children love 1t. and 1t nev- CT fails to act on the stomach, liver and bowels.
 Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of California Syrup of Figs" which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Adv.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-04-08

spice may be added if more nutriment is needed to supply the menu.
 Swiss Eogs--When eggs are plenti- ful this is a dish we may enjoy with a clear conscience. Break an egg for each serving into one of the small brown shirring dishes. sprinkle with salt and dash of red pepper, thin layer of finely chopped ham, grated cheese, and over all some buttered crumbs. Set into the oven in a pan of water and bake until the eggs ar, set. Serve with tuft of water cress.
 Cherry Brown Betty. This is best made from fresh berries, but the drained fruit with buttered crumbs may be used, alternating the layers, and use little of the juice to molsten when the dish is filled. Serve with either cream or hard sauce.
 Spring SaIad.-Slice tomatoes and cucumbers and place them on head jet tuce that is well chilled. Just as 1t is time to serve the salad pour over French dressing, highly seasoned with onion juice. .red pepper and half cupful or more of Roquefort cheese i; stir until well blended.
 Ginger Puddin9-Cover the top of ginger bread before baking with cupfuls of chopped almonds: q few raisins may be added to the batter. Cut with n fork while hot and serve with hard sauce.
 Princess cream.-Wrap one pint of cream, add sugar and vanilla to fla vor. Crumb some stale cake and moisten with orange juice and grated rind. Put layer of the cream in a glass bowl, then a layer of the crumbs and few pieces of jelly. cut small 1; more cream and cake until the dish Is full. Garnish with cubes of jelly and chill well before serving. Nuts of various kinds may be added if so de- sired.
 Cooked chestnuts in almost any salad of apples and celery with chest nuts Is good combination