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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-25
Port Cotton

New Orleans: Middling, 30 75: receipts, 9603; sales, 29S7 stock, 461 ,Se4
 Galveston: Middling, 32.50c; receipts, s,929; sales. 11Ss; stock, 271. .509
 Mobile. Middling. 29.50c; receipts, 14z1; exports, 6637 sales, 330; stock, 26,0S1.
 Savannah: Middlng, 30.50c; receipts, 74ss; sales, 1135; stock, 260,2os
 Charleston: Receipts. 2121: stock. 55,24s: Wilmington: Receipts, 129o; stock, 51, ,422; Texas City: Stock. 58l7. s4
 Norfolk; Middling, ao.6oc; receipts, 2O3s; sales, 3s4 stock, 100.431.
 Baltimore Middling, 32.1oc; receipts, 70; stock, 13.0N.
 Boston: Middling. 32.s5c; stock. 13.10o. Philadelphia: Middling, 32.s5c: stock, 10. so5
 New York: Middling. s2 sec; stock. 1A,- 633
 Minor ports: Stock, s767.
 Total today: Receipts, 3os36 exports 6637. stock, 1,420,3 ,39l
 Total for week. Receipts. $50; exports, 49s19.
 Total for season. Receipts. 2.72.@11; ex- ports. 1,77s.17s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-25
Interior Movement

Houston: Middling, s2.ooc: receipts, IT.. 5e2. shipments, 775s sales. 25s3; stock, 2ss.- 513
 Memphis; Middling, Ncoc; receipts, 7loo shipments. 335s sales. 54oo stock, 3l6,350
 Augusta: Addling, 90. 25c; receipts, 27os sales, 546: stock 22.090
 Little Rock: Middling. aO25c receipts, 4as; shipments, 644; sales, 644; stock, 70. : s22.
 Total today Receipts. a,ss5; stock. ss5,- STA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-25

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-25

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-25
Live Stock

Live otOCh
 Chicago. December 24-Hogs: Re ceipts, 3O,000; the day market otherwise unchanged.
 Cattle: Receipts, 5000; beef steers, fully 25c higher; butcher cattle, 15c to 25c higher; calves, steady; feeders, dull. Day quotations unchanged.
 Sheep: Receipts. 5000; market, nom- inally steady; trains late; day quota tions unchanged.
 St. Louis, December 24.--Hogs: Re-. ceipts, 5000; market, higher; lights, s1650@1740; pigs, $12@16; mixed and butchers, s17.25@17s5; good heavy, 17.45@1770; bulk, $1715@17.50.
 Cattle: Receipts, HOO; market, steady; native beef steers s11.50 @1S.50; yearl- ing steers and heifers, $9.50@16: cows, $7.50@12.50; stockers and feeders, $S.50 $1S@1S; beef cows and heifers, $7.50@ 15; native calves, $7.75@17.
 Sheep: Receipts, none; market, steady; lambs, s1425; ewes. sS@s; canners and choppers, $5@s.
 Kansas City, December 24--Hogs: Receipts, 5000; market, strong; bulk. SIT @17.40; heavy, $17@17.5o; stockers and butchers, s17@17.50; lights, s16.90@ 1T 80; pigs. $12@1425. < Cattle: Receipts, 2O00; market, strong. prime fed steers, $1Sm2O; dressed beef steers $13@1S; southern beef steers, $7@13; cows sra If, heifers, $S@1450;y stockers and feeders $7,50@16, bulls $7M 9.50 calves $7@1350.
 Sheep Receipts, 1000; market, steady, lambs, $12@1465; yearlings. s10@ 50; wethers. $s@1025; ewes, $7.50@9.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-25
shicaeo 1lls December 2A-Rutter.

Chicago Ills, December H.-Butter, lawer; creamery, 55@661sc; eggs, higher; eeoeipts, 1124 cases; firsts, 5sG60c; ordi- nary firsts, 5e@57; at mark, cases includ- si, 5s@59c: pStatoes. receipts, 2S cars; un- hanged; poultry. alive, higher; fowls, 2i@27c; springs, S5c; turkeys, 33c.
 St. Louis, December 24.-Poultry: But ter, unchanged; eggs. Sic.
 Kansas. City. December 24-Butter, poultry and eggs, unchanged, except turkey hens, 1c higher, BOG
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
CHICKENS TAKE FIRST PLACE
Some Reasons Why They Lead in Scheme of Poultry Production-
 Utilize Much Waste.

Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agriculture)
 Chickens, in any general scheme of poultry production, of course must take first place. They are best adapted to general conditions, take a wider range of feeds and convert them, perhaps, with the greatest margin of profit. Chickens, better than any other class of poultry, utilize table scraps and the general run of waste from the kitchen door, all the way from apple and potato paringS to sour milk. Chick ens far surpass all other kinds of pouI- try in salvaging waste grain from the stables, from the shed or lot where the cattle are fed, and from hog pens. During the winter months on farms where any considerable number of live stock are kept the hens would take their living from these sources with only slight additional feeding from time to time. Chickens are great de- stroyers of insects, including many in- furious forms, in yard, pasture and orchard. They utilize also many grasses and weeds, and seeds from the same, that would otherwise be of no use. Except in isolated instances the part of wisdom would be, undoubtedly, to keep more chickens than all other kinds of poultry combined, but there should be, in a major-ty of cases. some of all the other common kinds of pouI- try.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
PHTHlSlS AS DEADLY AS WAR
Expert Says That in Four Years It Has Killed as Many as Have
 Died in Battle.

The war has served effectually to disclose that during the four years of hostilities mortality from tuberculosis in the civilian population and in the armies of all the countries engaged has at least approXimated the total number of soldiers killed in battle, according to Dr. Livingstone Farrand. AS direc- tor of the American commission for the prevention of tuberculosis in France Doctor Farrand will resume his work overseas within few days. He returned to the United States for graduation exercises of the University of Colorado, of which he is president.
 TO make our country really safe for democracy we must first make it healthy" is the slogan Doctor Farrand suggests.
 Of the men called to the colors in this country's first draft summons 50,- 900 were found to be tubercular, his appeal states. This, it declares, is one of the striking indications of the prev alence of the disease in the United States.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09

No matter what ails your child, a gentle, thorough laxative should al- ways be the first treatment given.
 If your little one is out of sorts, half-siek, isn't resting, eating and act ing naturally-look, Mother! see if tongue is coated. This Is q sure sign that the little stomach, liver and bow els are elogged with waste. When cross, irritable, feverish, stomach sour, breath bad or has stomach-ache diar- rhea, sore throat, full of cold, give a teaspoonful of California Syrup of Figs" and in a few hours all the con stipated poison, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of the lit- tie bowels without gripping, and you have well, playful child again.
 Mothers can rest easy after giving this harmless fruit laxative" because it never fails to cleanse the little ones liver and bowels and sweeten the stom- ach and they dearly love it's pleasant taste. Full directions for babies, chil- dren of all ages and for grown-ups printed on each bottle.
 Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for bottle of Cal ifornia Syrup of Figs" then see that it is made by the "California Fig Syrup Company. Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
SLEPT LATE THAT MORNING
Traveller tn Sleeping Car Had His Own Reasons for Not Wanting to
 Turn Out Early.

X certain wcll-lnoWn local artist who threaten dire doings if we use his real name and who k in position tO make sood-Was returning to Clcye- land from Columbus the other night. He had d lower birth, and when he re tired he noted that there WAS nobody in the berth above him.
 The evening was chilly and our friend soon perceived the need of aH= other blanket. He thought of the berth above, reached his hand up dnd pulled blanket down. It came hard, but he got It; and in a few minutes he was comfortably asleep. But not before he had wondered what made the blanket so nice and warm around the neck.
 There's no use in trying to work up to climax i'll this yarn. The man from whose sleeping form that blanket had been dragged aWoke with loud complaints later in the night. And his words were so violent that cur artist friend feared to get up in tue morn ing. until all but him had fled. as the old song hath Exchange
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09

market as clean and nice looking as white ones, fl often happens that they are not salable.
 When a flock of fowls is kept for egg production only, uniformity in col or is much less important than approximate uniformity of size and type, yet the more attractive appear anee of q flock of birds of the same color iustifies selection for color as far as it ean be followed without sacrificing any material point.
 When poultry keeper grows his own stock year after year he ought by all means to use stock of d we'll established popular standard breed. By doing so and by selecting as breed- CTS only as many of the best specimens of the flock as are needed to produce the chickens reared each year, d poultry keeper maintains in his flock highly desirable uniformity of excel fence in every practical quality and with little extra care and no extra cost can have pleasing uniformity in color.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
shout.

Elsie arrived home one evening with a beautiful silver-mounted walking stick and her younger sister was anX- ious to know whence 1t came. But Elsie would not tell, so the curious one asked her father to obtain the in formation for her.
 T found il" Elsie poutingly said to her father, floating on the waves one day when I was bathing"
 But two days later Elsie's sister said to Elsie. Come, tell mel What is his name?n
 "NameY repeated Elsie blankly what do you mean?'
 T mean, dear,s said Elsies sister, that last night I tried to make that stick of yours float in the bath, and well, darling, it sank"
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
Lives 200 Years!

For more than 200 years, Haarlem Oil, the famous national remedy of Holland. has been recognized as an infalhble relief from all forms of kidney and bladder dis orders. Its very age Is proof that 1t must have unusual merit
 If you are troubled with pains or aches in the back. feel tired III the morning, headaches, indigestion, insomnia, painful or too frequent passage of urine, irritation or stone Tn the bladder, you will almost certainly find relief in GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. This Is the good old remedy that has stood the test for hundreds of years, prepared in the proper quantity and convenient form to take It IS imported direct from Holland lab oratories, and you can get 1t at any drug store. It is standard, oldtime home remedy and needs no introduction. Each capsule contains one dose of five drops and is pleasant and easy to take They will quickly relieve those stiffened joints, that backache, rheumatism, lum- bago, sciatica, gall stones. gravel, brick dust, etc. Your money promptly refund ed If they do not relieve you. But be sure to get the genuine GOLD MEDAL brand. In boxes, three sizes.-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09

Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agrieulture.9
 The object of making standards for poultry is the same as the object of making standards of weight, volume, or quality for any product or commod. ity; that is, to secure uniformity and establish q series of grades as q basis of trading in the article.
 In making standards for poultry which apply i'll the process of produe tion the principal points considered are size, shape and color.
 Size and shape are breed characters and largely determine the practical values of poultry. Many standard breeds are divided into varieties differ ing in color, but identical in every other respect.
 Color is not 2 primary utility point, but as secondary point often comes in for special consideration. For ex- ample. a white variety and black va riety of the same breed are actually identical in table quality, but be- Hause black birds do not dress for the
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09

single unpleasant thought of what may follow. EAT0NIC Tablets, good tasting, quick acting, and absolutely harmless, have already proven an un- told blessing to thousands of people.
 One or two EATONIC Tablets after meals work wonders. They sweeten and purify the stomach by neutraliz- ing the trouble-making acids and gases and stop the griping pains of indiges- tlon and other stomach and bowel disturbances.
 And the best part of it is-you can be your own judge. Just try EATONIC. Let your own stomach tell you the truth. If you are not pleased then they don't cost you one penny.
 Druggists are amazed at the aston. ishing reports from EATONIC users. who have found EAT0NIC a quick. wonderful relief for stomach ailments.
 So we tell you to get large box of EATONIC from your druggist, whom you know and can trust, and then fl EAT0NIG is not suited to your case return 1t to your druggist at once and get back your money. That's a fair square offer. Every person is urged to make the test. Let your own stomach tell you the truth. So start using kATONIC today.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
GIRLS! USE LEMONS
 FOR SUNBURN, TAN Try itl Make this lemon lotion to whlten your tanned or
 freckled akin.

Squeeze the juice of two lemons in- to a bottle containing three ounces of Orchard White. shake well. and you have a quarter pint of the best freckle, sunburn and tan lotion, and complex ion whitener, at very, very small cost.
 Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will supply three ounces of Orchard White for a few cents. Massage this sweetly fra grant lotion into the face, neck, arms and hands and see how quickly the freckles, sunhurn, windhurn and tan disappear and how clear, soft and white the skin becomes. Yes! It is harmless.-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
l am Sincere! Stop CaIomeI!
 Guarantee DOdS0n's Liver Tone Listen to me! Calome siclens and you may lose a days work. If bilious, eonstipated
 leadachy read my guarantee.

Liven up your sluggish liverl Feel fine and cheerful male your work q pleasure; be vigorous aad full Of am biton. But take no nasty. dangerous calomel, because 1t makes you sick and you may lose days work.
 CaIomel is mercury or quicksilver. which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel crashes into suur bile like dynamite breaking it up. That's when you feel that awful nausea and cramp- ing.
 Listen to me. If you want to enjoy the incest gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienced. just take a spoonful of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone tonight Your druggist or dealer sells you bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone for few cents under my
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
New Source of Alcohol.

Through seizure of still in bak- cry in New Mexico, where quantity of alcohol was discovered that had been distilled from bake-oven fumes, there is considerable discussion as to the feasibility of manufacturing alco- hoi as q by-prod0et of bread. The seized still was I crudely constructed affair, the yapor from the bread being conducted from the oven into a worm which passed through a barrel of wa ter for cooling. It is believed large quantities of alcohol can be manu- factured for war use at small cost at army bake shops.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
Do This After You Eat
Hot Weather Out of Fix" Stomachs
 Easily Put Right

When hot weather comes, stomach and bowel miseries begin. Strong, sound stomachs as well as weak ones are easily affected by the harmful gases and acids so often produced in the things we eat and drink during hot weather. Winter-Nature' ice box, is gone-hot weather breeds the poisonous germs that cause pto- maine poison in all it's many forms.
 Every one knows that the after-eat- ing nausea, belehing, that wretched, bloated, "lumpy" feeling, sour stom- ach, heartburn, food repeating, and other forms of indigestion and dys- pepsia are far more frequent during hot weather. 1t is the time when you have to guard constantly against an upset stomach and the many ills that are always apt to follow. Then again we have the worlds war to win with the change of diet and extra work which means we must all care fully guard our stomachs this year keep ourselves fit and fine.
 4 marvellous relief and prevention has Eeen found for stomach sufferers, which makes it possible for you to eat the things you like best without a
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
GoshI

Old Lady-Tut, tut! Do you know what becomes of little boys who tell fibs?
 Willie Hibrow (aged fve)-0h, that Is an optional matter with the boys parents Some are foolishlY threat- ened with eternal damnation. corporal punishment is inflicted on some; oth- CTS are incareerated for short periods of time in cellars, sheds and closets or are humiliated by being put prema- turely to bed Others are subjected to q course of light mental gymnastics containing q smattering child psychol- osy, psychopathy, psychomaney, often times with an element of alectryo- macy of daetyliomancy. After all the question is one of belief in or against a personal devil. Personally, r.
 fBut the good old lady was gasping for breath.)
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09

personal nahey-baek guarantee the- each spoonful will eteau yoaz ..agg gsa liver aetter#than a dose ef Haztg c4..5= mel atp tha it won't make g9u sick.
 pad-ous IaTer Tone Is r.a. liver medicine eal know T next raGlA- ing haraus Eau VII wake Hp feeling fine, yaur liver vlI e working hea I- ucie and | 2rGe st0ugch Vlli be sweet ea heeeI@= regular.
 Dodsoas trr 4aHe is entirely vegetable. t orore hann'aas and can not salvates se F t6 your children. Millions of people are using Dodsons Liver Tone instead af aan- -afaas galo- mel now. YaHf druggist wit teli yae that the sale of ea'mnel ls almost stopped entirely heFa=-AdY.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
Short and Pointed Messane.

Few women have been so hard worked since the war as Mrs. Bram- well Booth. wife of the Salvation Army chief. But in her scant leisure Mrs. BramWell Booth can tell a good story. One of them concerns certain drunk ard who fell into the hands of the Salvation Army.
 He had been drunk for so long, :" said Mrs. Bfamweil Booth, that he was able to give us very little infor- nation about himself Eventually. however, we discovered that he WIS married and that his deserted wife lived in town in the Mldlands. We Immediately telegraHhed 10 her: We have found your husband. In I very short time We got the reply You can keep him 2"
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
oueered Himself Right There.

She was about to marry Mr. Money bags. and it was case of May and December. X party was given to cele- brate the engagement, and one of the guests was requested by the hostess to sing
 "Yes, do. Mr. Sweetnote," remarked the prospective bride. Do you hap pen to remember My Sweetheart When Il Boy|
 Great Scott" exclaimed the vocalist. Remember him! You must take me for q centenarian !'
 He was not invited to the wedding.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
TURKEYS GIVEN FREE RANGE
Care for-Larger Number Is Not Favored.

When two turkey hens with broods of about the same age are turned out on free range together they will re main in one flock, and this makes 1t easier to hunt them up and care for them. It is not good plan to have more than this number of young poults try to crowd under one or two hens to be hoyered.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
May Restore Canals.

China, in its pressing need for trans portation facilities, is considering the restoration of it's old-time system of canals, of which there were at one time Go,0o0 miles within the empire. Centuries before the Christian era the great rivers of the celestial empire were diverted from their natural courses to form these ancient water ways
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
FOR SICK HEADACHE. TRY THIS MILD AND
 SURE REMEDY. FINE
 FOR BILIOUSNESS

Bilious headaches are due 10 inactive liver. Stir Up your liver. get 1t working right again. get your bowels regulated, the poisons cleaned out and you WiIl feel like a new person. Do this hY taking BONDS LIVER PILLS one each night for two or three nights A large bottle costs only 25c at any drug store. They are mild. safe; never gripe. yet thorough In aetion.-AdV.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
Watch Your Skin Improve.

On rising and retiring gently smear the face with Cuticdra Ointment. Wash off Ointment in five minutes with Gu ticura Soap and hot water. For free sample address "Cuticura, Dept. x, Boston" At druggists and by mail. Soap 25, Ointment 9 and 50.-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
Read to the Children.

When children read book 10 them selves the words do not leave the same impression upon their minds as when they hear them read aloud. When some one reads q book to them they learn how to pronounce those words which puzzled them; and if they do hot know the meaning, it is easy 10 ask.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
In NoWise Playful.

q understand you have quit play ing politics?"
 T never played politics" replied Senator Sorghum. "When went into a campaign I never left the other fel- low enough of chance to warrant calling it any kind of a game"
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
Eqqs From Guinea Hens.

Guinea hens usually begin to lay In April or May. and will lay 20 to 30 eggs before becoming broody. If not allowed to sit they will continue to lay throughout the summer, laying from 40 to 60 or more eggs.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
RED CROSS STORY.

Red Cross Ball Blue and what it will do seems like an old story. but it's true. Red Cross Ball Blue is all blue No adulteration. Makes clothes winter than snow Use 1t next washday. All good grocers sell it.-Adv.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
Importantt to Mothers
Makinu Gunootton Safe.

Guncotton, properly made and com pletely purified from free" CT uncom- bined acid, is not liable to spontaneous combustion. Such guncotton kept for many years, shows no tendency to chemical change, however gradual.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
Dolnn Their Bit.

Graham is extremely patriotic and careful in his observations of meatless days, etc. The other day he turned to his mother and said, "Mums, what ani- mal is it that goes for days without drink of water? Is it came1?' His mother told him it was. After pause he looked up, his eyes sparkling, ''The dear, dear things Doing their bit -
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
Clean Your comhs

Instead of washing combs. clean them by brushing and pulling a piece of cotton through the teeth. always changing it as it gets soiled, then rub with a clean cloth
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
Chickens Save Much Waste.

Chickens far surpass all other kinds of poultry in salvaging grain from the stables, from the shed or lot where the cattle are fed, and from hogpens.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
No Worm. in a Healthy Child

All children troubled with worms have an un- healthy color which indicates poor blood, and as Q rule, there Is more or less stomach distufba nce GROVES ThSTHLHSS chill TONIC given regularly for two three weeks will enrich the blood, im- prove the digestion, and act as General Strength ening Tonic to the whole system Nature will then throw on dispel the worms, and the Child will be in perfect health. Pleasant to take 60c per bottle
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09

Haunted houses may be curtainless and still have shades.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
Accounted For.

'The company listened to his story with bated breath"
 "Of course; wasn't 1t a fish storyY"
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09

A woman's missing sense of humor has saved many man from making Il fool of himself.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09

It's easy for women to keep secrets that are not interesting
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
Extreme View.

"Ella is getting daft about this san itary pure food business"
 ''Yes; she won't even listen to a fellows ehaff unless 1t Is pure non sense."
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
Better Not Try.

A man may be a hopeless idiot, but if he admires a woman you can't con vince her that he is crazy.
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
The Usual Place.

Don't cry. little boy. You'll get your reward in the end" q s'pose SO. That's where I allus do git it."
The Monticellonian., 1918-08-09
Like Rice Flour.

Willie-What's a substitute, dad7
 CrabShaw-Anything that costs more than the real article.-Life.