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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23


Chicago, July 23.-The Tribune: Grain
receipts revive hopes of a good business
and better things for the future The size
of the wheat movement is regarded as
largely a matter of cars. AS to oats.
they are expected TO move In liberal vol
ume as sooh as ready for the market.
Harvesting is making good progress with
most favorable conditions and cutting of
early oats in northern Illinois is within
twenty miles of Chicago. readjustment
of values is underway. but as to the ex
tent and duration of the decline traders are
mixed. Some think there has been decline
enough in oats while others look for much
lower levels late. when the full extent
Of the hedging movement is felt. AS to
certain owing to the rush of wheat. With
a continued heavy run enlarged buying
power will be necessary as many see It.
New York. July 23.-The Financial News
Bslletin: Stocks-There is strong UNDER
lying tendency on the part of the profess
SIGNALS who dominate the market at pres
ent to accept profits as shown on bulging
In the active list. regardless Of what such
strength may apparently be based on Rec
ord breaking earnings are real force be-
hind steady absorption Tobacco Products.
Scale down buying orders are encountered
on all reactions in American Car Foundry.
BALDWIN. Railway Steel Springs, Ameri-
can Can Is feid in well Informed quarters
to be getting into position. where market
advertising" of the company would he
entirely Justified The common stock now
estimated Is earning S14 share. Good
buying eported from western sources 10
by taking place for western accounts in
Southern Pacific.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23

KANSAS lily fTO0uce mafkt.
Kansas City, July 23.-wHEAT-Cash
Market unchanged. No hard. S2.21@2 %
No: 2 81 2o@222; No. . red. s2.1s; No. 2,
No. mixed. M.s5ai.7o No. 5, si.S5@ISo
No. white, S192@f.95: No. g. nominal
No 2 yellow, sl7o@i7s; No. 3 nominal n;sI
7sRa5sc NJ a %ised. Shell Wn''e
KAErR AND MILO MAIZE ss;as@sos-
s23oo@24;oo choice prairie. $225oQ2S.50
SKakTs1.s 5S 1sSs 81: s.
wHEAT-Receipts $40 cars.
CoRN..cIose: July. sL51; August.
Chicago Produce Market.
Chicago. July 2s.-BUTTER-Market IN
EGGs-Market unchanged.
POTATOES-Market lower Virginia
illinois 6hio,s s2s5@2.5o: Kentucky Cob
PoUTTRY-Xiive. unchanged. >
Chicago Grain and Provision Markt.
Gs.ssEG ssly ssseGPsr AssHst
9 oAT 81. gsyz 74Ac; August, s9d6shc
k3Rb5ay ss ss s ssptsmSSsF ssss
SHORT RIBs-July. s26.65; September.
$2495.
New York Sugar Market.
New York, July 23.-SUGAR-Raw,
steady; centrifugal, 6.055; fine graduated,
$50
New York Stock Market.
Wall ST., New York. July 23.-STOCKS-
Renewal of pressure against United States
Steel which reacted point from its best.
was the overshadowing features of the
morning. Trading became active and more
diversified but continued to embrace many
stocks under professional dominating: Tel
egraph and Telephone shares were heavy
with Western Union dropping points.
Canadian Pacific and New. Haven again
represented the rails, the former gaining
2 points. Price movements at noon were
very irregular. Liberty 315's sold a 99.64
to 9s9s; As at 1924 to $3.50 and AIS at
1856 to 1918.
specialties furnished only diversion at the
dull and irregular opening of today's stock
market, Sumatra Tobacco, Tobacco Pro
duces and Industrial Alcohol gaining / to 2
points. The balance Of the active list in
Guided o. s. Steel and the several war
groups showed little change from yester-
days final quotations. Rails were apathe-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23

,,r and, Copt.ers Motors and Oils moved
snrrishly firmer tone was manifested
BEFORE the end of the first half hour LID
erty bonds were steady
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23

Kansas fats drain Market.
(The range of prices on grain tutures o.
Kansas City Beard Of Trade as reported,
by Thos. J Myers aD1 r. sId9i
Kansas City, July %.
Close
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23

rh, following saies were made this morn
ing at the Stock Yards Kansas City. and
reported, ave. t,n- distance telephone d.
rect to the state Journal nv clay Robin
son & Co. i've stock commssicD mer-
chants.l
Kansas City July 2S-CATTEE-Receipts
14.000 head. Market strong to .10c higher !;
others steady.
HOGS-Receipts 1900 head. Market 25c
to SIC higher. Bulk of sales, SIS. 500f IL % |;
top, $1,000.
SHEET-Receipts 5000 head Market
15c to 25c higher. Lambs, S1S.25.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23

Chicago. July 2s.-HOGS-I.eceipts 29,-
OOo Market 10@2oc higher: Big packers.
slow to start; butchers. SIS 10; light
81. 25Mi7.10: hulk of sales. S1S10d 800;
pigs. good to choice. S11.256I1SOO.
CATTLE-Receipts 1i,0O0. Market for
good and better steers. strong: other kind
and butchers cattle. active aud firm to
higher; calves, steady to 25c higher.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23
DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

Furnished by the weather bureau office.
Topeka. Kan. for the uwenty-four hours
ending at a. m. Tuesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23

Poultry and Eggs.
FURNISHED by the Topeka Packing Com
pany corner Laurent ami Madison
Topeka, Kan, July %.
Springs, over Z tbs. t9c: Old ruustfrs i5c
broilers, I H. to his and under, 32c: hens
over 8 lbs, PIC: hens under lbs. dc.
E(i(sS-37c
BUTTER-46649c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23

T0neka has Mtr ket
Topeka, Kan, July %.
PRAIRIE HAY-sf7.OO
ALFALFA-S17.W
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23

Topeka Grain Market.
FURNISHED by Derby Grain Co, corner
Kansas Ave and Curtis ST.
Topeka, Kan. July %.
MIXED CORN-$1.5o.
WHITE CORN-$170.
OATS-65c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23

New York Sugar Market.
New York, July 23.-SUGAR-Raw,
steady; centrifugal, 6.055; fine graduated,
$50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23

t, Topeka Market Report.
tPriees furnished ny Wolff Packing Co (,
: Topeka, Kan, July %.
HOGS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-23

Retail Hay.
Topeka, Kan, July %.
ALFALA-s17.0
PRAIRIE ttAY-S17.00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27
Evolution of the Movies

Linda A. Griffith, in Film Fun.
 Apparently the only mission of the first
 moving pictures was to excite the cu-
 riosity of the beholder and make him
 wonder how it was done It is true that
 there was entertainment in all this, but
 the shock of surprise the visitor had
 on seeing the Empire State Express
 train seemingly bearing down directly
 upon him from the screen gave an unex- pected thrill. I have been told this at least, by several persons who saw this sensational film of the pioneer days. How far the movies have advanced since those days How much farther they will so when they visualize the wonderful les sons that educators, teachers and preach CTS are now endeavoring, in the old, hum drum way, to impress upon too often unimpressionable public. The tendency in every moving picture house of high quality at this time is to have at least one educational film. There may be filmed the drama, the comedy and the travelogue, the last with an educational quality; but there is also shown on the screen something that teaches both young and old an easy lesson in botany, ethnol- ogy entomology, architecture or zoology. The wonderful thing about all this is the avidity with which the public de- vours these educational films-the same public that would not go across the street to hear the most cultured profess
 sor deliver a lecture on an educational
 subject
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27
GEORGIA BOY WRITES BREEZY LETTER ABOUT
 HIS LIFE IN FRANCE

enough, but imagine sitting down to sup
 The bomb landed 20 yards outside of our
 dining room in a little court yard. They dropped two bombs on the little village
 in which we are staying, but fortunately no one was hurt.
 q am sending you by mail two souve- mir paper cutters, which I hope you will get. One for you and the other for Ferdy. Yesterday I spent 8 for a pres ent for mother. It is two vases made out of French 75 shells. They are beauti- fully hand-carveG by French pollu. have made up my mind not to receive any more money from you while I am here, if you should send some 1t will be sent back. I am mo longer the foolish schoolboy, but am doing mans work. ard receiving the corresponding pay. l Don't think l am saying this because it | is impossible to obtain money, for it is not. One of our boys walked into the | Bank of Nancy and drew a draft on his father without being identified. A sol dier of the American army is all that is necessary. | "The place where I am at present is very picturesque. It reminds me of the | logging camps you read about in the llOl tHWeSl. l1lhe tnc IOItHWe eSt It IS JuSl as cold. We are about a mile and
 quarter behind the lines, and every night the guns sing us to sleep. Oh! this is weird life, and sometimes it seems almost unbelievabl that you are here. Tl.ere is a certain fascination mixed with dread that keeps you keyed up all the time. The men are sleeping in a shack near the road with their cars ready. I am ouartered very comfortably with a French sergeant who doesn't, speak a word of English After an hours constant drilling he has learned to say 'Tr hell with Germanyn
 q see that the people are undecided as to what to send to the soldiers. Let me put you at ease. Tobacco is the most welcome gift. It is hard 70 get. and it ie the soldiers one pleasure. Next to
 it, I should say milk chocolate, as it
 stands the trip well. Personally I should
 like some knitted garments. but I sup
 pose the winter would be over before I
 could get them. I spent a months sal
 ary to buy fur coat. WI at is money
 without warmth? The main trouble is
 keeping these long legs of mine warm.
 The cars we drive have no wndshields
 0. side doors. An aviator hasn't much on us when it comes to exposure
 Here's hoping my efforts have not been in vain, and that this will reach you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27
Hopes Women Will
 Adopt This Habit
 As We'll As Men Glass of hot water each morn Ing helps us look and feel
 clean, sweet, fresh.

Happy, bright. alert-vigorous anu vivacious-a good clear skin, nat ural. rosy complexion and freedom from illness are assured only by clean, healthy blood. If only every woman and likewise every man could realize the wonders of the morning inside bath, what a gratifying change would take place.
 Instead of the thousands of sickly ana emic- looking men, women and girls with pasty or muddy complex ions: instead of the multitudes ot nerve wrecks," "rundowns," "brain fags' and pessimists we should see virile, optimistic throng of rosy checked people everywhere.
 An inside bath is had by drinking each morning before breakfast. a glass of real hot water with tea spoonful of limestone phospate in Il to wash from the stomach. liver, kid neys and 10 yards of bowels the pre- vious days indigestible wastes. soul Concentrations and poisons before put ting more food into the stomach.
 Those subject to sick headache. bill ,ousness, nasty breath. rheumatism colds; and particularly those who have pallid, sallow complexion and whc are constipated very often. art urged to obtain a quarter pound oi liemstone phosphate at the drug store which will cost but a trifle but is sufficient to demonstrate the quicl and remarkable change in both healtl and appearance awaiting those Wh' practice internal sanitation.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27
MORE WOOL FOR THE ARNNY- Frank G. Carpenter

merlno, raised on the high, dry lands of Australia and South Africa. The sheep of Algeria and Morocco grow excellent wool, and so also do those of Asia Minor and Persia, as we'll as those which graze on the Highlands of the Andes. Our Ohio and Pennsylvania sheep produce some of the strongest wool in the world. They are chiefly merinoes, and they pasture on the sod-covered land. our Michigan and New York wools are al- most as good. and after them come the wools from Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri and Wisconsin. There is a special grade for Texas wool and also for certain wools of oregon and California. We have one grade known as territory
 wool" which comes from the great range states of the west, such as Mon tana, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada and Colorado. Much of that wool is from sheep which feed on the high plateaus, where ithe wind blows sand and oirs into the fleeces It IS related that one sand storm which came up while the men were shearing flock, caused them to stop work for an hour, and that at the end of the storm the average weight of the fleece had risen from six to nine pounds. In sucn wool great shrinkage has to be allowed for on ac- count of the dirt.
 The grading of wool is a science and 1t must be done by experts. It is taught in the agricultural colleges of Austra- lia, and at Sydney, which is the chief wool market, there are night classes where the students learn how to grade wool. The bales are sent in by ,the dealers and the boys pick out the good and bad wool and sort 1t according to quality. We have experts at our wool markets, some of whom can tell by the feel just how much each shipment should bring when sold in the market. Some years ago there was a blind buyer at Boston who operated with success, mak- ing his purchases by the touch and odor He could tell not only the quality of the wool, but the section of the country or the part of the world from which it came.
 The most of the wool is shipped in 5urlap bags which contain several hum dred pounds each, comprising the fleeces of 40 or 50 sheep. After the wool has been graded, it is put up in piles, and is then ready for sale to the mills At the mills it is sorted and graded again according to the part of the sheep from which it comes. The wool from the back is not as good as that from the shoulders, and that from the belly has it's own grade. The wool from the head is short and coarse, and in the black-f faced sheep it is likely to contain black fibers There is also short wool from about the face and eyes. The num- Der of sorts vary also with the quality and length of the fibers and the goods for which the wool is intended. Each mill has its own way of sorting and uses it's own names and numbers From this it will be seen that great deal of intel igent work has to be done from the time the wool leaves the sheep until it reaches the machines which make it into the yarn our women are knitting. Copyright 191S by Frank G. Carpenter)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27

I that the farmers east of the Missouri
 river raise more sheep. The experts | say that 25,000,000 more ewes can be kept there at a profit and that if this is done 1t will greatly help the
 meat supply for ourselves and our allies It will also add 200,000,000 pounds more wool to our annual clip. As 1t Is now, the United States wool product is several hundred million pounds short every year. In 1915 we
 imported 3O8,000,O00 pounds, and we have now the additional needs of our army. How can they be supplied? In the past we have imported great
 deal of wool from Australia. This sup ply was cut off in 1916 when the Brit ish government out an embargo OH all wool shipments fl om there to This
 country. I understand that 1O0,O00.0O0
 pounds have now been released and
 that the embargo may be raised as
 far as we are concerned. The Pacific shipping facilities are not good, how
 ever, owing to the need of vessels for
 the Atlantic service. and we shall probably have to rely upon getting most of our wool from Argentina. The product of that country is of the low CT grades. and 1t cannot replace the fine Australian wool.
 It will surprise some to know that there Is as much difference in the hair which grows on sheep as that which grows on a man. Some races of men have fine, silky hair, others have hair that is coarse, straight and wiry, and there is also the kinky woolly hair of the negro. baby's hair is fine, and | it grows coarser as the child grows older It is the same with sheep. | Lambs wool Is finer than sheeps wool . and the wool on sheep varies accord 1 ing to the breeds or families to which l they belong.
 I Wools are also different according to l the wave or curl in them and in certain | other things that fit them for weaving l To the naked eye merino wool as it l comes from the sheep means to be made I of fine curly hairs. They are so fine | that 10000 of them are grown on a space | the size of a silver quarter, and so fine 1 that pound can be spun into a thread l 100 miles long. It is only by putting | the fibers under a microscope that you can see how they differ from hairs En- l larged to the size of a lead pencil, you
 observe that each is covered with sharp | scales which overlap one another like 1 those of a fish. The scales are so close 1 together that there are several thousands 1 of them on a single inch of the fiber 1 These scales are found on all wool, and 1 1t is the scales that enable the wool to I te woven. They itneriock so that the 1 fibers of which the cloth is composed
 cling closely together. It is this charac- l ter of the fiber it's length, its curls ! and other things affecting the weaving l which have to do with the value of the i wool.
 There is a difference in the wools of
 | sheep of the same breed, according to
 | where they are found. Just now some
 1 of the finest wool of the world is the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27

the business. as comparatively few men are needed in connection with 1t.
 Not only the department of agricul- ture, but several patriotic wool asso- citations as well, have organized q
 movement to increase our product of mutton and wool Among the latter are the national sheep and wool bu- reau and the More Sheep More Wool association of the United states. These are composed of wool dealers. textile manufacturers, bankers and others, all of whom are uniting with the pack CTS to give us more wool and more meat. Secretary Houston has sheep specialists who are travelling over the country featuring to the farmers on sheep husbandry, and he is planning
 to organize boys and girls sheep clubs as a part of the extension farm move
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27

ment of every state. He is especially anxious to increase the flocks in New York and New England and also in West Virginia, North Carolina, Texas and Michigan
 The wool experts are also sending out over the country educational ex- hibits illustrating sheep and wool and with them are lecturers who are urg- ing the farmers to increase their mum Der of sheep. We have experiment sta tions for the studying of sheep man aeement in Maryland and Vermont and in Fremont county, Idaho, there is a sheep farm of S0,O0U acres, which is experimenting on a large scale. The bureau of animal industry has flock of 1000 ewes on that Ltation and this number will be increased as rapidly as possible. It is especially desired
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27

The government at Washington is urging the farmers to raise more sheep and the high prices of wool and nut ton caused by the war will probably induce many of them to go into this business. For 10 years before the war began, wool sold, according to it's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27

character and the market, all the way from 19 to 25 cents per pound. In 1915 the average price was less than
 23 cents, and in midsummer, 1916, 1t had risen to 20 cents. Last year the average price per pound was just un- der 55 cents and today it Is selling for more than that. Sheep have trebled in value and there Is more money in sheep raising than there has been at any time in our history The agricul- tural experts tell me that we could easily double our shoep population
 They say there should be more sheep in New England and that there are millions of acres ot suitable land in the west which should be occupied by them Moreover, the present deplorable conditions are such as to encourage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27

The following from the Atlanta Journal will be read with great interest here:
 With each day increasing interest is being manifested in any news received at first-hand from the front The count less friends of Stewart Phnizy, Jr., Of Augusta, son of MT. and Mrs. Stewart Phinizy, now a sergeant with the Amer ican expeditionary force in France will
 read with pleasure letter written to his parents during the holidays from his place of duty on the firing line.
 Dear Father" writes this young pa- triot you are prince. and I am the
 happest man alive today.
 My ship came sailing in today, F let ters and cigarettes from you After
 months of waiting the impossible has happened. Those cigarettes came as a gift from the gods. It sounds bad to say | it but cigarettes are essential over here. One would not be able to stand the in tense excitement without them. l really cannot understand why my letters have not reached you. The address is all right because some of the other boys nave TecelVeu hilONleuSHieIll VI thSii letters. Don't lose faith. Maybe they will pour in all together as yours did to mo. Pat mother on the back and tell her not to worry. I am an absolute fa- talist, and have made up my mind to come back to America. There is too much that should like to do to keep me
 here. Console yourself, that is only a
 matter of time. We are on the right
 side and will win eventually.
 Since my last letter have had some very thrilling experiences. In one week I was victim of gas attack, and an
 air raid. The horrows of both, l think,
 are underexaggerated The gas was bad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27
Portable Dental Ambulance

From the Popular Sclence Monthly.
 At the beginning of the war, the dental surgeon, so far as the allies were con cerned, was not officially recognized in army circles. Indeed, it was not unti, the Germans marched into Brussels, with dental post every 10 kilometers, that the allies appreciated the impor- tance of oral hygiene
 Today there are Il American dental fleid ambulances in France alone Men, who were formerly sent home on sick leave. whose only trouble was their moiars. are now kept at the front. Sol diers to the number of division and half have thus been spared to the army. Furthermore the surgeons insist that wounded man with bad teeth makes a slow recovery. And then, too army rations are hard to masticate, SC that the man with poor teeth bolts hii food and loses strength and endurance In our new national army there will be { dentist for every 800 men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27
Mother! If your Child's
 Tongue IS Coated.
If Gross, Feverish. Constipated, Bilious. and the Stomach out of Order. give
 "California Syrup of Figs"

ton poison. sour bile and fermenting waste matter will gently move out of the bowels. and you will have healthy, playful child again. A thor ough inside cleansing is oft-times all that is necessary. It should be the first treatment given in any sick ness
 Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for bottle of genuine 'California Syrup of Figs ard Elixir of Senna,' made by the CaIifor- mia Fig Syrup Co, which has full di- rections for babies children of all ages and for grownups plainly printed on the bottle.---Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-27
Seeing Stars From Bottom of We'll

From the Popular Science Monthly
 That stars are visible in the day time fropwsthe bottom of deep shaft or well has been generally believed since the days of Aristotle. but there is not the slightest foundation for the idea. Baron Humboldt. who spent a good deal of time in mines himself and questioned miners in various parts Of the world, found no evidence in sup port of this belief. and 1t has since been thoroughly exploded. But like
 many other "exp1oded'' ideas 1t flour
 ishes just as vigorously as ever.