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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
Liverpool Cotton.

Liverpool, March 7.--Cotton spot quiet; prices steady; good middling. 15.96d: mid ding. 15.33d; low middling, 14.2sd; good ordinary, 1276d; ordinary, 12.23d. Sales, 1000 bales, including 800 American; re- ceipts 1000 bales, no American. Futures closed irregular and unsettled. March, 15.ssd; May. 1s2sd; July, 12.95d; Septem- Der, 12.65d.
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New Orleans Futures
Spot Cotton.

SpOI OOLtOn. New Orleans, March 7.-Spot cotton l steady and unchanged. Sales on the
 l spot 1874 to arrive, 433 Low middling, 1 19.50c: middlng. 2sc: good middling, 27c. Receipts. 6190; stock 459,5S4. l New York. March 7.-Cotton spot, steady; middling, 2645c.
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The laying season Is at It's best Just now. but eggs hold stiff I can't fig ure out the reason unless the country folks are setting all the hens as they apply for jobs Let us hope that this is the case. Butter. too continues to climb, now quoted at 62 cents, wholesale. This is another close question to figure out as pastures are picking up slowly and the cows are beginning to get a little grazing. But really it looks like the days of 35c butter have gone never to return. w. NJ Cosby Flour and Grain com pany advanced oats cents this morn- and report most staples as plentiful and firm as to quotations. The fish market is rather bare, but with good weather on the coast ship
 ments will come faster. Quotations were as follows: Poultry Guineas-50c each. Roosters-1Sq20c. Turkeys-Live. old toms, BOG; hens, 35c. I Ducks-30c. | Fryers-2 lbs, 4Oc.
 Hens-2Sg30c.
 Geese-25c Fresh Eggs-3Sdf40c. 1 Creamery-62c.
 Fish l Spanish Mackerel-20Q2l1ac. l Pompano-35c. 1 Salt Water Trout-2o922c. l Mixed Fish-12c.
 Red Snapper-Headless and drawn, 20
 Q21c. l Gray Snapper-Headless and drawn, 14c 1 Fresh Water Perch--12hc, Groupers-14c.
 Shrimp-11Q12Ac Meats D. S. ribs-2590c 1 D. S. Clear Bellies-S3c | D. s. Rib Bellies-Soc. 1 Premium Lard-30Bc. l Silver Leaf Brand Lard--29kc
 Choice dressed beef-22a23c medium. 1 2Oq2lc. Choice Lamb-30c. Hams-Regular. 3OQa4c; skinned, 32@35c | Pork loins-2Gc. l Produce | Gemons-S6 box. l Peanuts-11Q121sc lb. 1 Cabbage-Northern, $360 per 100; Flor ida, & per crate. Rutabagas-$3 per .o0 Sweet Potat toes-$3n3.7 70 per 100. 1 Irish Potatoes-$2N per 100. 1 Onions-Red Globe, $3.75; sack, s5 | Lettuce-$4.50 .50n5 per hamper 1 Oranges-Florida, S5.75.
 Bananas-Extras, ec lb f! Celery-Crate, $l0d12.50. l Cauliflower-Hamper, s4.
 Apples-Barrel Ben Davis. s9 Wine
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Hubbard Bros. 6 Co.

Cotton Merchants, Hanover Square, N. |. Members New York Cotton Ex- change. New Orleans Cotton Exchange. New York Produce Exchange. Associat- ed Members Liverpool Cotton Associh- and sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed oil for, future delivery Special attention and liberal terms given for conoiRn- ment of spot cotton for dslivery, CT. respondence invited
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McREYNOLDS & JULIAN
BROKERS

Members N. q. Cotton Exchan9O
 Chicago Board of Trnde Correspondents IT. X B. Beer, New Or. leans, La, Cement Curtis x Co.,, Chi- cnso, J. S. Bache X Co.,, New York,
 l.. D. Phone SS9 303-f-5-G Empire BIdg.
 Birmingham, Ala.
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Metal Market

New York, March 7.-Copper steady; electrolytic, 14&@15c. Iron, quiet and unchanged.
 Metal exchange quotes lead steady; spot $5.271am5.40; March, $5.27Q5.S7. Spe!- ter steady; East St. Louis spot and March $61706.30
 At London: Standard copper spot E745; futures, G707s.6d; electrolytic, spot eS0; futures, e76. Tin spot e23S.15 futures 9232. 15. Lead spot, R3S; futures, G36.
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Eggs And Butter Still Hold Stiff
 In Quotations in Birmingham
By JOHN c. MOSES
By BRIGGS

saps, sl1q12 boxed. extra fancy Pippin. s4.25; Wipesap, $3.75; Ben Davis. sS.5o. Grapefruit-$5 box. Tomatoes-s5.50 crate. Limes-si.25 per 100
 Meal and Feedstuff Mixed Horse-$65. Old Style Hulls-$21. Velvet Bean Meal-ss. Corn Chops-$3.5O. No White oats-ssc per bushel. Shorts-$55 Bran-S4S. c. $. Meal, per cent-$6o Peanut Meal-S56 Hen Feed-$3,60 per 10o-lh. sack. Choice Pea Green Alfalfa-s4S. No. 1 Alfalfa-s43 Southern Alfalfa-$SS. No. l Timothy--$40. Clover and Timothy-$3S. Wheat Straw-S20 Johnson Grass-$31.
 Hides and Tallow No. 1 green hides. 1S019c. No. green salt hides. 17Q1Sc; half cured 1@2c less, No. 1 green hides, 15@16c. No. green hides, 14@15c. No. l dry flint hides, 30@31c. No. dry flint hides, 29 e 30c No. dry salt hides, 27@2Sc. No, dry salt hides, 26@27c. Goat. skins, S0@90c. Sheep skins and wool, s1.25@1.5O. Lamb skins, 75c@$1.00. Horse hides. $2@5. Colt hides, 25@ soc. Hog skins. 25Q5oc. Wool, 75@S0c.
 Live Stock
 CUnion Stock Yards.) Fed Steers: Good to Choice-901oc. Medium to Good-7@Sc. Common to Medium-6Q7c. Grass cattle, according to weight araI. ity and flesh: Steers-70Sc. Fat Cows-79Sc. Medium Cows--51s@6c. Canners-41aa51sc. Cutters-5 M5kc. Heavy Bulls-7@Sc. Light Bulls-51s66@c. Fat Yearlings-6@7c. Oxen-4n7c Medium Yearlings-5QSc. Vealers--7GSc. Hogs: Choice Corn Fed Hogs-165 pounds and up 15c. s Choice Corn Fed Hogs-135 to 165 lbs, 14c. Choice Corn Fed Hogs-9o to 13s pounds, 13c. Best Heavy Rough Hogs-13d14c Light Pigs-s0 lbs. down, 12c.
 Cotton Good middling ............. 241a Strict mddling ................. 24A MiuulnS ...--..,....-........... 2413 Strict low middling .......... 22A
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Produce Market.

 New York. March 7.--Butter. firmer receipts, 6947 tubs; firsts' 56@ 5Sc1s Eggs, firm; receipts, 74S3 cases fresh gathered extras 471s O 04Sc Cheese. strong; receipts, 1129 cases: average run, 31 Bc
 Poultry. alive weak; chickens, S2c; fowls. S3@ 34c; turkeys. 32@ 40c; dress ed, steady; frozen fowls. 30 O 36c: oth- CTS, unchanged.
 Chicago. March 7.-Butter. higher; creamery. 4S@5Sc.
 Eggs. lower; receipts. 12,166 cases firsts. 3Sa 3SAc.
 Potatoes, receipts. 20 cars; un- changed.
 Poultry. alive, lower; springs, s14c; fowls, soc
 Kansas City. March 7-Butter, creamery $40 55c: sfirsts. 52c; seconds. soc; packing. soc. Eggs kc lower: firsts, 36c. Poultry, hens, PIC: springs. 33c
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Chi, R. I. & Pac Ky. ref 4s 721s Colorado &s Southern ref. 4hs~ ~ 78 Denver & Rio Grande ref. 5s .... 491a Dominion of Canada 5s (193D.. 9SM Erie gen. As .................. 53N Illinois Central ref. As ... s1 Inter. Merchant Marine 6s .... 99 Kansas Citys Southern ref. 5s, bid S3 Liggett & Myers 5s .... 91h Louisville & Nash un. As bid S41s Mo, Kan. & Texas 1st 4s bid. 65
 Missouri Pacific gen. As ......... 6l
 New York Central deb. 6s . 9S5s Norfolk & Western con- As. bid S3K Ns~thern Pacific As .. . S3k Pc nsylvania con. 41as, bid.. 95M Pennsylvania gen. hs, bid ..... S6
 Reading gen As ................ S4h Republic Iron & s. 5s (194O), bid S5M St. Louis & San Fran. adj. 6s ~ 641 Seaboard Air Line adj. 5s ..-... 9SN Southern Bell Telephone 5s, bid.. 9l
 Southern Pacific cv. 5s ........ 103h Southern Railway 5s, bid . 96 Southern Railway gen. 4s....... 97 Texas Co. cv. 6s ............. 1O2
 Texas Pacific 1st ............... 90
 Union Pacific As ............... 86
 IT. s. Steel 5s ............. 100 Virginia Carolina Chemical 5s, bid 95h Wabash lSt bid ,.. 9l
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Weekly Liverpool

Liverpool, March T.Weekly cotton sta- tistics: Total forwarded to mills, 5S,0OO bales, American 4S,000; stock, 503, 900, American sol GOO; imports. 5s,OOo. Ameri- can 36,000: exports none.
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NCoffee Marke.:

New York, March 1.-The market for coffee futures showed renewed firmness today with prices working into new high ground for the present movement. on continued covering and 8 moderate scat tered demand. The opening was four to five points higher, with the advance ex- tending to 15,25c for May and 13.99c for December during the day or about 10 to 13 points net higher
 The close was a shade off from the best on some positions under realizing, but showed a net gain of to 14 points for the day. Closing bids: May. 15. 20c; i; July, H.54c; September, 1419c; October, 14.09c; December 1s.ssc; January. 13 3s3c i; March, 13.S3c.
 Spot coffee, dull: Rio Is, 15 34c: Santos As, 21Ac; firm offers in the cost and freight market were about unchanged, including Santos As at 1960c and Santos 5s at 19.40c, London credits.
 The official cables reported no change in the Brazilian markets except Santos futures which were 9 to 75 reis higher.
 Rio reported clearance of 700O and Santos of 26,000 for New York. Brazilian port receipts, 2700o Jundiahy receipts. 1000.
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Naval Stores.

Savannah, March 7.-Turpentine firm, GAG; sales, none; receipts, none; ship ments, A; stock. 25.6S6.
 Rosin, nominal; sales. none; receipts. 13S; shipments, none; stock, 66.506
 Quote: B. s1310; D and F., $l315; F, s1S.20; G. s13.25: H. s13a 30; I. S1365; K. s1575; M, $16, 25 N and VIC. sl6.30 wv. s1675.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08

Bonds
 U. S. 2s, registered, bid ...... 91 # IT. S. 2s. coupon. bid ............- e7l% U. S. 3s, registered, bid ....... SS IT es counon hid S9 I1s I.ibertv 3hs ........ 9s.62 U. s. 4s. registered, bid ....... 103% ! U. S. 4s, coupon, bid ............. 104A American foreign securities 5s.. 99% Amer. Telephone & Tel. cit. 5s... 90k Anrlo-French 5s .... 97 3-16 Atchison gen. 4s ........... s21a Atlantic Coast Line 1st 4s, bid. S21s Baltimore Ohio cv. 4ks ..... 77ss Bethlehem Steel ref 5s &....... SEA- Central of Georgia con. 5s, bid, .. 92 Centrak Leather 5s, bid ......... 96h Chesapeake & Ohio cv. 5s S6 k Chi, B. & Quincy joint 4s.... 95% Chi.. Mil & St. P. cv. 41ss ..... 79
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-08
Sugar Market

New York. March 7.-The local market for raw sugar was unchanged at 7.2Sc for centrifugal to the refiner. The board reported purchases of 72000 bags of Porto
 Ricos for March shipment. There has been no change in labor conditions with
 the strike still on in Cuba, as well as in the local harbor, which is likely to cause some inconvenience in both the shipments from Cuban ports and arrivals here.
 The demand for refined was again of fair proportion and refiners making fair ly prompt delivery except where lighters are used.
 Prices were unchanged at Sc for fine granulated
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Rice Market

New Orleans, March 7.-Rough rice, no sales Receipts. 1719 sacks: mil lers. 171S Clean rice. sales 1000 pock- cts Blue Rose. 7%c. Receipts, 2270.
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Cotfop Seed Oil

New York. March 7.-Cottonseed oil was lquiet. Prime crude. 17.50c; prime sum mer yellow spot. Soc.
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Live Stock

Live Stock
 Chicago March 7.-Hogs: Receipts. 35,00O; market closing mostly 25c higher than yesterdays average Es- timated tomorrow. 5000. Bulk of sales, s1S.3001S.60; butchers. S1s.45@1S.70; light. $1S@1S.55; packing, $17.50@1s.40; throwouts. s17@17. 50; pigs. good to choice, $15.50@17.50.
 Cattle: Receipts 5000; steers and she stock slow and steady; bulls, 25c low CT; calves steady to strong; estimated tomorrow, 5000. The day prices stand except cows and heifers. $7.25@15.25.
 Sheep Receipts, 600o; market steady; estimated tomorrow, 5000. Day prices stand
 Kansas City, March 7.--Hogs; Re- ceipts, 500; market ste N'y. Bulk. $17.50 @1s; heavy. s1750@1S.25; packers and butchers. $1750@1s.10; lights, s1730@ 17.so: pigs. s12@16
 Cattle: Receipts. 15,O0O; market steady Prime fed steers. $18019; dressed beef steers, S12@1S; southern steers nominally $@13; cows. $10@15; heifers. $9.5O@1.50; stockers and feed CTS, $12@16.50; bulls, s9@12; calves, $10 @1.
 Sheep: Receipts. 7O0 market lower. Lambs, $17.75 @19.25; yearlings, s14@16; wethers. S13.5O@14.S5; ewes. $11@11.50
 St Lous March 7.-Hogs: Receipts 10000; market higher Lights. $1S@ 1850: pigs, s13@17; mixed and butch CTS $1S.15M1S.60; good heavy, $1S.55 @ 1875; bulk, stS20m1S.65.
 Cattle: Receipts. 800; market steady Native beef steers $11.50@ 1850; year ling steers and heifers $95O@ Is; cows s12m13.5O; stockers and feeders, s12@ 1850; fair to prime southern beef steers S10M1S; beef cows and heifers, s7.50@ 15; canners and cutters, $5.50@7.25; na- tive calves. $775M1650.
 Sheep: Receipts. TOO; market steady 11,25; canners and choppers. $5@9.
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Port Cotton. Naw Orleans: Middling, 26c; receipts, 6l90; exports. SS9s: sales, 1867: stock, 459 5S4 Galveston: Middiing, 26.25c; receipts, 31s5; exports, 5000; sales, 902; stock, 315,S77 Mobile: Middling, 24c; receipts, 374; sales, 137; stock. 22.4S3. Savannah: Middlng. 27c; receipts. 1090; exports, 6496; sales, 43O: stock. 2l5,616. Charleston: Middling, 25c; receipts. 927; stock. 59.4l9. Wilmington: Receipts. 1324; stock, 4,714. Texas City: Stock, 1923. Norfolk: Middling, A.5Oc; receipts, 1O63; stock, 102,740. Baltimore: Receipts. s2s; stock, 71O6. Boston: 'Middling, 2e.15c; receipts, 176;
 stock. 12.s47. Philadelphia: Middling, 2670c; receipts, SO: stock, 3261. New York Middling. 2s.45c; sales. 400; stock, S3,493
 Minor ports: Receipts, 57ss; exports.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-16
SEVERAL "BONES. -

The war cost Uncle Sam for our
scrap with Germany up to June 30,
80 billion, III millions.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-16
POTATO WART DISEASE
Watch for 1t at Digging Time and Re-
port All Suspicious Cases.

What is known as the Potato Wart
Disease has at last reached this country
from Europe. While it is not known
to hsve reached Tennessee it is feared
it has gotten hold in some sections,
and all persons who grow potatoes are
urged to keep sharp outlook for the
disease. Since it does not show on the
vine it can only be detected when
zig ging the crop. Following are the
symptoms of the disease:
Spongy growth on the potatoes, es-
pecially at the eye. They increase in
size and may grow as large as the
potatoe itself. A number of warts may
arise at different eyes, causing the
potato to become a spungy, warty
mass. The warts are light brown at
first, become darker, and finally
black with age When badly diseased
potatoes decay in the soil, it becomes
with wart fungus so that po-
tatoes cannot be grown upon it again
for several years without serious loss.
Report any suspicious cases to your
County Agent or send specimens direct
to the Botanist OF the Experiment
Station. Knoxville.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-16
PROVED ABILITY TO REASON
Hard to Explain Monkeys Action in
Putting Out Fire Unless That Ad-
mission Is Made.

A Louisiana planter who owns a pet
monkey which answers to the name Of
JOcko, tells an anecdOte about him
which proves that such animals can
and do reason.
The children of the house and JOcko
are boon companions, and of a sum-
mer afternoon enjoy frolic together
upon the lawn. One. day someone
threw match down and the grass
ignited making a little blaze.
Jocko saw it and stopped and
looked then glanced all around, and,
seeing q piece Of plank not far off, ran
for it, crept cautiously to the fire, all
the time holding the planl; as q shield
between himself and the flame, then
pressed 1t down and eXtinguished it.
What child could have reasoned better
and done more?
Although, perhaps no danger could
have come from the fire, still no one
knows what the result might have
been, and the monkey evidently be-
lieved that prudence is the better part
of yalor.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-16
SAW MILL BURNED.
Mill Near Toilets Chapel Destroyed Sum-
day Night; No insurance.

A saw mill owned by John Q. Burn
EFT and JAS. Smith. located near
Toilets Chapel. seven miles north Of
town. was burned Sunday night.
There was no insurance. Besides the
loss of the mill which represented
about $500. some 5000 feet of lum-
Der was destroyed also. The boiler
anc engine was not damaged and Mes
sers Burnett and Smith will buy another
saw rig and finish cutting the timber,
which amounts to about $4,000 feet.
They have uct around $50, 900 already,
most of which they have shipped. The
fire was set by some one Intentionally
is the belief.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-16
COUNTY COURT CONvENES
Election Of Road Supervisor Forces De-
Gliding Vote on County Judge

County court convened Monday with
all justices present. County Judge S.
N. Smith read his quarterly report,
which was accepted by the court and
ordered spread of record.
After considering a number of bills,
nearly all of which were ordered PAID,
the question of electng a Supervisor
of graded roads was taken up. There
was considerable activity and interest
manifested and the race finally mar
rowed down to Emmett Han by and W.
F. Meyers. When the vote was taken
1t was seen that each candidate re-
ceived six votes, when put it up to
Judge Sniht to cast the deciding vote,
which he did and Mr.. Handy was
elected
When it came to selecting district
supervisors the following were chosen:
First District, E. E. Dorton; Second
District, ". R. Mccoy; Third Dis
trict, Isaac Burgess; Fourth District,
Arthur Reno; Fifth District, John
Tucker.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-16
CROP REPORT FOR JULY |
Wheat Crop Seriously Damaged Over the
State; Corn Shortage Also.

! The condition of the wheat crop for
the state as of July l, shows an in
creased shrinkage, according to es-
innate. Corn also shows a decline,
prospectively.
WHEAT: The wheat estimated is at
rs percent, which is percent below
the ten year average and indicates a
crop of $500, COO bushels. The total
estimate for the United States is bill
lion, 16l million of bushels. Small
percentage of last years crop IN hands
OF farmers.
CORN: Bad weather conditions at
planting time has caused a heavy
shrinkage in Middle and West Tonnes
see. Late planting, due to wet weather
and bad stands, will place considerable
corn in the two sections mentioned in
danger of frost. In East Tennessee,
some Upper Cumberland and few
Middle Tennessee countries the crop is
excellent. The condition in general
is considerable below the ten year
average. Estimate for u. S. two bill
lion, $40 million bushels.
POTATOES: White potatoes show
decreased acreage while sweet potatoes
show largely increased acreage. The
crop promises about normal in quality.
Apples, peaches and pears are poor,
but an enormous blackberry crop is at
hand.
Indications now are that the acreage
in potatoes is considerable shorter
than last year and the weather
conditions have been such that the
quality of the crop will barqhis faach .
the average. Since the cro,ar bisthe I
entire United States is aboutE a.g'nil-
lions CT bushels below last yetso' there
IS every probility that the pixie will
remain high. The sweet potatoe crop
is unusually large and for that reason
there may come slight reduction in
the market.
While the wheat crop indicates a
of a shrinkage as whole
rom prospects a few months ago, the
,rop will likely be the largest ever har-
rested, in the U. S.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-16
KEPT THEIR NATIONAL LIFE
"MoIdavians," HarshIy Treated, Have
Chung With Tenacity to Their Ian.
guage and Customs.

At the opening of the nineteenth
century Bessarabia was still under the
domination of the MoIdavian crown,
but in 1912 Russia proposed to annex
the whole of Moldavia as the price of
her victories against the Turks. Ma
poleOn, however, who was then pre-
pairing his great campaign against the
Russians, urged the Turks not to con-
clude peace on that basis; and doubt
less they would have continued to re-
sist the Russians had it not been that
MOruzzi, the dragOman of the Porte,
sold NapoleOn's secret to the Russians,
who then fastened to sign the peace,
contenting themselves with Bess-
arabia as the spOils of war. Thus the
ROumanianS of BeSsarabia were sew
cred from their kinsmen of the two
Danubian principalities; and the in
justice was only partially repaired in
the Crimean war in 1856, when the
southern districts of Cahul, Ismail
and Bolgard were restored to Rou-
mania. But at the Berlin congress
QS78) Bismarck and Andrassy, in
their anxiety to prevent a rapproche-
ment between Russia and Roumania, |
prompted the Russian government to
lay hands upon Bessarabia once more
After this annexation the CONNER
cial Importance Of Bessarabia waned |
and her territory became an asylum |
for all kinds Of political Adventures,
strange religious sects and the ragtag /
and bobtail of all east European ma
But beneath this frothy
surface the main current I
Of Bessarabian life remained true, and
never lost its essential Roumanian
character, and the "Moldavians," as
they call themselves, have chung
to their Roumanian nation
Atty and have never forsaken the Rou-
nanian language.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-16

BUNDLE BEE BUSY WORKER
sect to Take a Rest From Its
Labcrs.

If one were born a humble bee, his
idea of life success. would be 40 acres
| of red clover waist high, in full June
! bloom and fragrance all the year
/ through and forever. What one bum
| Bile bee could do with 40 acres of clO-
yer no bee nor mortal ever knew; but
the bee, if human wise, would want all
! that and more.
Invade his flOwery honey farm at
the height of the season, and he puts
! out no restraining hand. There is no
paddock on his gate. The whole field
IS album with polyglot plunderers COM
ing from everywhere to carry away
the very goods that are gold to the
humble bee. But he puts up no de-
Tense. He makes no vicious counter
offensive, as the yellOw-iacket might.
If you search for him here you find
MIN diligently prospecting with his
honey pump humming BARITONE solo
as he works, loads of pollen strapped
to his running board, his tOnneau bulg-
ing with joy fodder. He Is having the
time of his life.
When the 40 acres Of red clover is
wilderness of dry stubble under a
scOrching July sun, and his millions
in clover are swept away by the hand
of the strong, this humble bee will
not be found hanging by spiderweb
to a fence-rOw fireweed, a bankrupt
suicide. Not he. In this fence cor
ner left by the mower, clad in his vel
vet suit of black and yellow, even
now he is working over the dump OF
a goldenrod mine and gold is shining
from his pants pockets. Moreover, he
has q fair sWig left in his honey jug,
and he is still humming his song of
high June. 81 So & -
AS the eeason goes down the steep
slope toward chilly weather, the bum
bic bee does not dig his reluctant heels
into the sod, lag sullenly back and turn
a regretful eve over his shoulder, with
his heart in the lost red clover. He
takes the small sweets of poverty as
he did the rich sea of June honey. !
From a June millionare's estate he .
has fallen to the fortune of an au- ,
tumn tramp, taking q handout from
a belated weed and begging a nights
lodging in the last bloom of a wayside
hollyhock. But he still retains his
suit, his good deep barry
tone and his memories Of June.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-07-16
He'd Forgotten.

The school dramatic society was Civ
ing its first performance of the sea-
son and the play they had chosen for
the momentous occasion was Julius
Caesar"
All went smoothly till Caesars dead
body was brought in, and Marc Antony
had to deliver his famous speech.
He put his heart into the part and
the audience felt acutely for the poor
citizens, who were all presumably hor-
ror-stricken and overcome with grief
when Antony gently but firmly
grasped, as he thought, the face-cloth
and slowly, very slowly, began to draw
1t back
Just then an excited whisper came
from the other end of the corpse:
"This end, you IDIOT"
But Antony was too much wrapped
10 grief to hear. He preseYeseJ and
Hep suddenly DISCLOSED ii The ,tte1py
gazing audience osasat. Z boost