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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
WHEAT PRICES 60 LOWER ON REPORTS
 OF REAL OPT|M|STS

Chicago, April 9.-After making new high price record today, wheat values had severe break due largely to realizing by holders who believed that the government report showed the winter crop at the worst stage, and that some improvement in the general crop conditions had since taken place. Heavy callif, of margins tended further to increase bearish senti- ment, and soon. too, did talk of govern ment measures to stop all speculation in foodstuffs. Fluctuations which covered an extremely wide range as much as 10 cents in some cases, were followed by an un- settled close at net loses of 3 to 514 cents, with May at $2.0684@2. 7,and July at s1s4s4 01.85. Corn finished 3ss4%c down, and oats 11zc to 2ss021Ac. but provisions up 12 132 cents.
 At first, crop reports, especially from Kansas were of a continued pesmistic character, and the wheat market al though flighty and changeable to an ex- eraordinary degree, had general upward slant Trading showed spurts of great activity, but for the most part was evil lently curtailed by the big margin calls, which were enforced in particular against SlSNOh~ii hiOui sPCCdldllFe Duy6TS. ADOul he middle of the session sellers began to oe in divided majority and from that time on the market was on the down. grade, with only brief transient rallies It was a coincidence that the setbacks started almost simultaneously with an- nouncement of Austrias break with the United States, but any relation between the two events was scoffed at
 Aside from somewhat more hopeful winter crop reports, there was late gossip of possible huge increase of spring wheat seeding. The posting of domestic visible supply figures showing a big fall ng off in the total available stock, had only temporary effeEt in partly checking the final downward slide of prices.
 Corn, like wheat, reached new top quo |tations, and then receded sharply. Profit taking and general disposition to even out risks appeared to be cnierly responsi- bic for the weakness which succeeded the early bulge. Oats merely duplicated in a restricted way the action of other cereals
 Fresh top-notch quotations on hogs were reflected by provision. Demand was broad and general
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Hester's Weekly Cotton Statement

Comparisons are to actual dates not to close of corresponding weeks:
 In sight for week. ending April 6: 105 GOO same seven days last year. 131 900: same seven days year before,e 244000; for the month, 6o,OO0; same date last year, 920pO same date year before, 199,O0O: for the season, u,354,000; same date last wear .o.s24,o0O; same date year before last, 1S,- ooo,Vo0 Port receipts fo~ season. 6.320 OGO . same date last year, 6,276O0O same date year before last, 9,554O0 Overland to mills and Canada for the season, 1.1O7.-
 oo; same date last year, 1,OOS, GOO; same date year before, 952,0O0 Southern mill takings for season, 3.35O.O00; same date last year, S,044OOO; same date year be fore, 2, ,429,0o0. Interior stock in excess of August l. 57S,o00: last year 496,0OO; year before, 7500O0. Foreign exports for the week, 93,oOO; same seven days last year
 1000; same seven days year before. 179.- mo; for season, 4,40S,0O0; same date last year, 40S7,o00: same date year before 5,679O0o. Northern spinners takings ana Sanada for week, 46,0o0, same seven days last year, 37,000; for season, 2,17S,O0o; to same date last year, 2,41O0O0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Flour and Feedstuff

Michigan patent flour, $11.65; Idaho pat ent flour, S10.90; Tennessee patent flour
 s10S0; medium grade self-rising flour Sl0.90; high grade self-rising flour, $l0.90; hard winter wheat flour, $10.65; corn meal S2.96 per 96-pound sack; heh feed, s3.C0 q sack; mixed horse and mule feed. si1050; 71a per cent c. $. meal. $40; Cremo feed meal, $30; prime c. 5. hulls, s23; lintless hulls, $16 gray shorts. $50; wheat bran. s4S; velvent bean meal, $33; wheat bran, $1.55; corn chops, s2.sO; No. white oats per bushel, s3c; wheat, per 100-ib. sack. S3; kaffir corn and milo maize, per 100-lb. sack, s; choice fancy pea green alfalfa, per ton, $32; southern alfalfa, per ton, S26; mixed alfalfa and Johnson grass, per ton, $23; choice fancy timothy hay, per ton, $26; No. 1 timothy hay, per ton S23; light clover mied hay, per ton, s23; No. 1 Johnson grass, per ton, sl7.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Spot Cotton
Pig Iron
Prevention

From the Chicago Herald.
 Choly Softbed-Say. MT Killtime. Ter love your daughter and want to marry her. Is there any insanity in your fam fly?
 Mir. Kiltime-No, young man. there's not; and, moreover, there ain't er-goin' t be-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Sugar Market.

New York, April 9.-The local market for raw sugar was unsettled today, with buyers inclined to hold off and await further details regarding the shipping sit uation. There was talk of an additional import tax, higher freight rates, increased war insurance as a result of the reports of German submarines in the south At 'antc, and it was even thought that some of the freight engagements would be can celed owing to the state of war now ex- isting between Cuba and Germany. With all these uncertainties in mind, offerings of Cuba at 51zc for late April and early May shipment failed to find buyers and the market closed unsettled with rrices entirely nominal. Cubas cost and freight , 1-32c, equal to 6.05c for centrifugal and 5.17c for molasses.
 The market for sugar futures was active again and prices were strong, one time showing advances of to IS points on covering and buying for outside account prompted by the firmness of the spot
 market and uneasiness over the shipping situation. Near the close prices eased off under realizing, closing unchanged to & points net higher. Sales, 23,000 tons May sold from 540c to 5.34c, closing 5.34c; July 550c to 5.44c, closing 5.45c: September, 5.61c to 5.54c. closing 5.54c; December. 513c to 510c; closing, 5.06c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Produce Market

St. Louis, April 9-Poultry, hens, 201ac springs, 26c; turkeys, 26c; ducks, 20c; geese, 13c. Butter, creamery, 43c. Eggs, 291ac.
 Kansas City. April 9.-Butter, creamery, 45c; firsts, 42c; seconds, 40c; packing. 311zc Eggs, firsts, 3sc. Poultry, hens, 21c; roos- ters, 141ac; turkeys, 26c.
 Chicago, April 9.-Butter higher; cream cry, 3S6G44c. Eggs lever: receipts 14.so7 cases; firsts. 3o@31c; ordinary firsts, 2sa 29c; at mark, cases included, 2sG31c. Po- tatoes higher; receipts, Ss cars. Idaho. Colorado Oregon and Washington, E 90 @315; Wisconsin and Michigan, $2.75G2 S5. Poultry, alive, steady. Fowls, 23Ec; springs, 231ac.
 New York, April 9.-Butter firm; re- ceipts, 4740; creamery, higher than extras, 451a@46c; creamery. extras. 92 score, 45c; firsts 43@441ac. Eggs weak; receipts. 31,- 429; fresh gathered extras. S31a@34c; fresh gathered storage packing firsts. 33c; fresh gathered firsts, 31h@32Ec.
 Cheese irregular; receipts, S4s6; state fresh specials 24%@25lsc; do average run 241h625c. Dressed poultry firm; chickens 23@29c; fowls. 20@26c; turkeys, 1S@34c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Cotton Seed Oil

New York, April 9.-Cotton seed oil had a sensational rise early on short covering and good general buying on the big advance in all commodity mar kets and higher crude oil, but the market reacted sharply late in the ses- sion under realizing and lack of fresh outside support. May opened at 15.75c, sold to 15.86c. back to 14.56c and closed at 15.55c. Final prices were l to IS points net higher. Sales. 62,000 bar rels. Prime crude, 13.33c nominal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Fish

Pompano-3Oc. Oysters-Eastern select, s1.6t gallon medium, s1.50. Perch--S1zc. Salt Water Trout-121ac. Red Snapper-121ac. Gray Snapper-Sc. Mullet-7c Spanish Mackerel-12l3G15c. Shrimp-121ac. eephead--S14c. Virginia CroakeT-6c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10

commercial 60-day bills, s4.7Os4c; demand $4.75Ac; cables, $4.765sc. Francs, demand, 5.6S1s; cables, 5.671a Builders, demand ii 1-16; cables, 40A. Lires, demand, 7.15; cables, TIA. Rubles, demand. go; cables, 2S1s; bar silver, 73ss. Mexican dollars, 56c; government bonds strong; railroad
 bonds irregular. Time loans, firm; 6U days, 315q3% per cent; 90 days, 324@4 per cent six montbs, 4a4A per cent. Call money steady; high, 2h per cent; low, 2A per cent; ruling rate, 2A per cent; last loan 21s per cent; closing bid, 2A per cent; of. fered at 21. per cent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10

0O0; year before, 5.7s9,OOO. All other kinds this week, 937,o0o; last week, 9Se0oo; last year, 1,674,000; year before, 1,703,00o. Wis ible In the United States this week, 2074, GOO; this date last year. 2,279,00O. Visible in other countries this week, 2.2S9.O0O. this date last year, 3,1S7000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
New Orleans Futures
New Orleans Cotton

New Orleans, April 9.-Spot cotton steady, 7o points up; sales, S46S; to arrive, 800; good ordinary, 18.S7c; strict good ordi- nary, 19.37c; low middling, 19.S7c; strict low middling, 2o.06c; middling, 20.25c; mid ding, strict middlng. -20.44c; good mid ding, 20.62c; strict good middling, 20.sCc; receipts, 6230; stock, 36S,971.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Rice Market

New Orleans, April 9.-Both rough and clean rice were strong and in good de- mand today. Receipts: Rough, 57S5 sacks; millers, 55S0 sacks; clean, 14,776 pockets Sales: Rough Honduras 100 sacks; Blue Rose, 50 sacks; clean Honduras, 2S6S pock- cts; Japan, 2SS6 pockets; Blue Rose, 21S5 pockets. Quotations: Rough Honduras 3.7544 .S5c; Jauan. 3.50s4 .5Oc; Blue Rose, 4.5OQ5 .S5c; clean Honduras, 41sQ6c Ja- pan, 4A@5isc; Blue Rose. 5G515c; polish per ton, S37@3S; bran, per ton $31@33
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Interior Mdyemenf

Houston: Mddling. 20c: receipts. 6S45: shipments, 4004 sales. 2917: stock, 127,2n.
 Memphis: Middlins. 20. .50c receipts. 1910; shipments, 203S; sales, a5o0; stock, 336, s6s Augusta: Middlins, 2o.15c receipts 427; shipments. S5l:' sales. S47;. stock. g., ,6sO St. Louis: Receipts 2994; stock, 34 4,2s7. Cincinnati: Receipts, IS; shipments, 1O4; stock, 20,19S z
 Little Rock: Receipts, 2o9s; shipments, S5l; stock, 2.939.
 Total today: Receipts, 11,4o6; shipments, 9S42; stock, 64S,0S1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Worlds Visible Supply

Statement of worlds visible supply:
 Total visible this week. 4,31s,O00; last week, 4.35S.0o0: same date last year. j 466. 900; same date year before. 7,492OO0. Of this the total American this week. 3,S75.- GOO; last week. s,4lS.0oO; last year. s.Tsi.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
MORRIS AVENUE

Price changes are all upward, with no limit in sight. Butter went to 411z cents yesterday, while process butter was quot ed at fl cents. Cream cheese was down 1 cent at 25lz cents. Cotton has reached 90l4 cents, with fur ther advances in sight. It may go to the high figure of 9 cents as demand is heavy at all exchanges. Green stuff is coming in plentifully, but at a high price.
 Quotations were as follows:
 Poultry and Eggs Hens-19Q20c
 Hens-Dressed, 21022c
 Fryers-40c
 Guineas-3Jc. Roosters-12lae.
 Extra Graded Eggs-34c.
 Fresh Country Eggs-34c Turkeys-Live, 27@2Sc; dressed. 30c. Geese-13c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Chicago Grain

Chicago April 9.-Corn, No. yellow
 nominal; No. 3 yellow, s1 S41a@1. 40; No l 1 yellow, $1 3S0p1.3 .371a. Oats, No. white, 611a@701ac; standard. 6S4@71c. Rye. No ?,
 $1. 1901. 80; barley, 1.15G1 40; timothy, s4.5O @6. .25; clover, SIS. Pork, $37 40; lard, s21 32 1 @21. 42; ribs, $19. .606119 95.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Future quotations were as follows;
Kansas City Grain

Kansas City. April 9.-Cash wheat, No hard, s2.26@2 32; No. ? red, s2.24d2. .2s. Corn: No. mixed, s1.371aa1 .391s; No. 2 white, s1.S9@1 .421a; No 2 yellow, $1.SS@ 1.40. Oats, No. white, 72@72s4c; No 2 mixed. 70GI71c; No. 2 red $2 .24G2. .2S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Creamery Products

Butter--Creamery, 471ac; process butter, 41c: eleomargarine, 25c; country butter, 35c.
 Full Cream Cheese, 251so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Spinners' Takinrs

Statement of spinners' takings of Amer ican cotton throughout the world:
 This week, 14S,0oO; same seven days last year, 226,00O; same seven days year before, S3S7. .O00 Total since August l, 10,107 OOo same date last year, 0.S1S, 900; same date year before, 9,566, GOO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Dry Goods Market

New York. April 9.-Cotton goods markets were very strong today, bid ding being active but mills refusing to sell on account of the rise in cot ton. Government orders were placed on various sorts of army supplies Wool goods were firm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Live Stock

Kansas~City, April 9.-Hogs: Receipts, $500; higher; bulk, s15.65a16.05; heavy, $15 30 @1610; packers and butchers, s15.sO1le. .O5; ; lights, $15. 4Oa15.S5; pigs, s12.5Od15
 Cattle: Receipts, 11,00O; higher; prime fed steers, $12.25@13; dressed beef steers, $10Q12.25; southern steers, $S.5O@11.25 cows, sG.25Q1O75; heifers, $sa12; stockers, s7.75Q lO.75; bulls, $7.50Q1O; calves, $S013.
 Sheep: Receipts, 1900; higher; lambs, S125O015.90; yearlings,. S13.25@14 wethers, $12Q13; ewes, $10.5Od12. .75.
 Chicago, April 9.-Hogs Receipts, 8, 900; strong; 25c above Saturdays average; top, S1630; new high record; bulk, s15. .956516 20 lights, $15.35@16 t; mixed, $15 6OD16 25; heavy, $15.55Q16 30; rough, s1555015.70; pigs, S117O@14.65.
 Cattle: Receipts, 16,000; strong; native beef steers, s9.4Oa13 .35; stockers and feed CTS, $.109S15; cows and heifers, s5.S5@ l1.20; calves, $9913. 30
 Sheep: Receipts, 15,0OO; strong; wethers, 101o@10.35; ewes, $9.10@1O 40; lambs, $11.9O 115.SO.
 St. Louis, April 9.-Hogs: Receipts Il, D0; 15 to 2oc; lights, $15.65@16.10; pigs, $10.5O a14.25; mixed and butchers, $1565@16.15; sood heavy, $1610916.15; bulk, $11.75Q16. 10.
 Cattle: Receipts, 13,SO0; strong; native oeef steers, $7.50G12.50; yearling steers and 1eifers, $S.50412; COWS, S6d11; stockers, seq l0.25; Texas quarantine steers, s5.5019. 50; prime southern beef steers, SS@11. .35; beef cows and heifers, $4.2599; prime yearlins 'teers and heifers, s7.50010; native calves, s6@14.
 Sheep: Receipts, 11,600; 10 to 15e higher; ambs, $1341545; ewes, $950G11. .25; yearl- ings, $12.75Gd425.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Meats

Extra Ribs-2Oc. Rib Bellies-2te- Clean Bellies-2li2c Smoked Bellies-26c. Breakfast Bacon-2SQ34c. Pork Loins-22e Pork Shoulders-1Sc. Pork Hams-19c. Skinned Hams-26c Hams-Reg., 25c. Pork Trimmings-1Sc Pure Lard-22c. Open Kettle-23c. Compound-16c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10

Green Bides-16G17c. Dry Flint -38d40c. Dry Salt Hides-3sd37c Damaged Hides-Half price. Sheep Skins-25cd$1.25. Horse Hides-s1I5. Angora Goats-2543oc. Ginseng-Wild, S5. Colt Skins-45a60c. Sherlings-15G25c. Goat Skins-50dS0c. Hogskins-10d15c. Tallow-5QSc. -25d27c. Washed Wool-40di3c. Clear Unwashed Wool-30d3c. Burry Wool-20d22c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Bonds
Mercantile Paner

4@D44 per cent; sterling, 60-day bills, $471;
 commercial 60-day bills on banks $471c;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Naval Stores

Savannah, April 9.-Turpentine firm, 461h 947c; sales, s5; receipts, 6S; shipments, 736; stock, 1o02S. Rosin firm; sales. 3S1; ; receipts, POP; shipments 25s0; stock, 9S,7S4 Quote: A, B, c, D, E, $5.55; F, G, H, l. s5.6o; K, M s5.65; N, s5.7o; VIC, s5.75; wv, 5 SO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Fruits and Produce

Oranges-Florida, $3Q3.5o; California, s3.75.
 Lemons-California, s4@4.50. Lemons-Imported, $4. Grapefruit-Florida, s3G3.25. Grapes-Malaga Key, seer. ranberries-Barrel. s9. Potatoes-Irish, bu.. 8. Potatoes-Sweet, bu., g. Onions, Red Globe, h., 12c. bage-Florida, crt., s6. Turnips-Pound, 31ac. Apples-Wine Sap, s7. Applase-Pippins, $650. Limes-Imported, S1.25. Sugar and Cereals / Granulated sugar. S7.75 cwt. f. O. b. Birmingham.
 Choice Rice-S5.50 per cwt. Fancy Rice-s6 per cwt. Extra Fancy-$6.50 per cwt Grits-2-lb. cartons, S5c doz
 Hides and TallOw Green Salt Hides-19@20c. Half Cured-1S419c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-10
Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Cotton Merchants. Hanoyer Square. N Y, Members New York Cotton Ex. change. New Orleans Cotton Exchange New York Produce Exchange, Associate Members Liverpool Cotton Association Orders solicited for the purchase ana sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for future delivery. Special attention and
 eral terms given for consignments of
 cotton for delivery. Correspond.
 invited
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-01-12

Estate e. Angela Z. Thlele. deceased
The undersigned having been APP
pointed executor Of The last aElE and
testament ~ Angela j. Lalele. some
times known as Ellie Tu5eIe. lats al
the county or Rock Island state OF EE4i-
n0Is. deceased. hereby gives notice
that ne vii appear before the Hon.
BENJAMIN Bell Judge cs the probate
court Of Rock Island county. a. the
probate court room. in the city ~ Rock
Island az the February term On the
arst Monday III February. next. al
against said estate are notified and
requested 10 attend for the purpose oil
having the same adjusted
All persons indebted 10 said estate
are requested 10 make immediate paw
ment to the undersigned.
Dated 8th day Cf December 10
1916.
LOUIS II THIELE Executor.
HITTER & WALKER, Attorneys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-01-12

Iaerea.e -I LalIIaI -.

Fuh5- notice Is hereby given chat d
special meeting OF the stockholders 8t
tine Hansen Auto company was held
All the office OF said company iu the
lltE of Rock Island. county OF Rock
Island ana state of Illinois. on the
-8EG aaE of December. A. y. 1916. par
suauE - notice published according 90
the statute iu such case made and pro-
v.de4. and pursuant To personal notice
40 each Of tHe stockholders ol said corr
pDralol tu accordance with the stat
ute. resolution was adopted 5ulreas-
ing Tire capital stock oE said CORPORA
lion from nueeu thousand dollars
divided into one hundred and fifty
tl5Df shares or the par value of one
hundred dollars per share 10 thirty
five thousand dollars divided into
three hundred ana ht-F G550f shares
OF tlH par value OF one hundred doll
lars per share. and providing that two
hundred tzGgN Df such shares should
be preferred, as more fully set out in
said resolution. Stockholders repre-
saUGng all " the capital stock Of said
corporation being present in person
and voting In favor Of said resolution
and change. and certificates Of said
change have been filed in the Office Of
the secretary Of state Of the state of
Illinois and b the offce OF the re-
eorder af deeds of Rock Island county.
Illinois. as required by Iaw
Dated al Rock Island Illinois thiz
-Rd dsE Of January A. p. 1915.
HERMAN HANSEN. President.
WILLIAM 81. WALKER. Attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-01-12
DreEsmaking

HIGfI CLASS dressmakfaz phone
The midland journal., 1917-01-05
enake'a Method Of Attack.

No snake is able to jump or spring
from a coil In order to strike, as often
represented In pictures. 1t can only
strike when 1t resembles the letter S
and is lying fat on the ground. It can
then only reach the distance supplied
by stretching the body out straight.
The two curves In the letter supply
this distance, which is about half the
length of the body. No snake jumps
through the air to its victim or springs
clear from the ground. rising upon its
tail. Such stories and pictures are all
false. Neither do they coil like rope
and strike from that position. They
may coil partially. but the part of the
body that does the striking is ever and
only that part which makes the letter
S and lies fiat on the ground; hence no
serpent can strike when stretched out
its full length.
The midland journal., 1917-01-05
Extinction of the Buffalo.

Speaking of the extinction of the
buffalo, the director of the New York
geological park said;
st is by no means true that the ex-
termination of the buffalo is due most
" to the encroachment of human be-
ings on their feeding grounds rather
than to their wholesale slaughter. The
great bison herds of the plains. from
Saskatchewan to Texas. were all OF
them exterminated by systematic robe
hunting. hide hunting in summer. kill
ing for tongues and slaughter for all
other excuses imaginable. This oc-
Cured long before any of their ranges
were wanted by man either for cattle
grazing or for agriculture. The legiti-l
mate industries of man played no part
whatever in the determination Of the
bison, either west or east. The slaugh-I
ter was Systematic and deliberate and
far in advance of the agriculturist and,
the stock grower."-New York Times.
The midland journal., 1917-01-05
Why Soldiers Fiqht.

When two spiders fight there is gent
orally good reason for the attack
and the vigorous defense that followsI
1t is not generally known that after a
certain time spiders become incapable
Of spinning web from lack of mate
rial. The glutinous excretion from
which the slender threads are spun is
limited: therefore spiders cannot keep
on constructing new snares when the
old ones are destroyed. But they can
avail themselves of the web producing
powers of their younger neighbors. and
this they do without scruple. AS soon
as a SPIDERS web constructing mate
rial has become exhausted and its last
web destroyed it sets out in search Of
another home. and unless It should
chance to find one that is tenantless a
battle usually ensues, which ends only
with the retreat OF death of the In
yader or defender.
The midland journal., 1917-01-05
Wonderful WRITING.

In competition for prize offered by
i newspaper for the best example OF
microscopic w:'itin reader eat in
4 fairly readable and exhaustive ac-
count of the first VOYAGE of Christie
pher Columbus and the discovery Of
America written on hens egg.
Another competitors series of efforts
included the Lords Prayer written on
q grain of wheat. split lengthwise and
the first chapter of Genesis Inscribed
within a circle no bigger than shil-
ling
A French Canadian sent in Francois
Coppee's novel of "Henriette," contain
ing over 10000 words. written on the
back of cabinet photograph.
On the inside of silver watch case
a girl of sixteen had engraved 2,l07
words, using tiny platinum needle
dipped In a powerful acid.
A committee of six examined the va
rious efforts through powerful micro
scopes. and eventually the prize was
awarded TO Il man who sent in the first
two sheets of great newspaper writ
ten on postcard.
The midland journal., 1917-01-05
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Marx rwain,s Prophetic Wish.

Astronomy was one Of Mark Twain's
fayorite subjects. Neither of us had
any real knowledge Of the matter,
Which made its great facts all the
more thrilling. The thought that the
nearest fixed star was 25,O00,000O00,-
$40 miles away one-fourth million
times the distance to our own remote
gun-gave him a sort of splendid thrill.
He would figure out those great meas
tlrements of space, covering sheets OF
naper gith his sums, but he was not a
ood mathematician, and the answers
were generally wrong. Comets in par
ti,ular interested him. and one day he
said:
Il came in with Halley's comet in
1888. 1t is coming again next year,
and | expect to go out with it. 1t will
be the greatest disappointment of my
life II don't so out with Halley's
omet"
He looked so strong and full Of color
and vitality one could not believe that
his words held prophecy.-"The Boys
Life of Mark Twain" by Albert Bige-
low Paine, in ST. Nicholas.