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ROSS NOMINATION. CONFIRMED.
By 4SsAtiesed Press
Washington

Washington, H&2 al.-The nomina- tion of J. w. Isoss ta he federal judge
 tor the wessern Tennessee district as confirmed lN.h today by tie Sem
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HUBBAR LETTER

New York, May 31-(speciaL)-Our market today was influenced to a great extent by favorable weather over the belt during the last few days. How ever, the market remained very steady under the influence of bullish private crop estimates.
 The coal strike in England still re- mains unsettled, and the views from abroad are that Lloyd George will ere ate legislation to make the miners and operators arbitrate
 There was very little business dur ing the day. the principal feature be- ing the buying of a large amount of January. which was attributed to a prominent spot house. We do not an- ticipate much change in values until after the government report on June 2. Hubbard Bros 6 Go
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SPOT COFFEE

New York. May S1.-Coffee. Rio No. 7,6xc; futures steady; July, 4.44c; Dec cember. 7.23c.
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INFERIOR MOVEMENT.


 Houston: Middling, 12c; receipts. 12,724; shipments, s,91s; sales, e.s5o; stock. 322,811.
 Memphis: Middling. 11.75c; re- ceipts. 2,677; shipments, 3,945; sales, $50; stock, 309,365.
 Augusta: Middling. 11.25c; receipts, 1,530; shipments, 90S; sales, 416; stock, 136.S6S.
 St. Louis: Midddling, 11.T5c; re- ceipts, 1.023; shipments, 13S; stock, 30,- 725.
 Atlanta: Middling. 11.65c. Little Rock: Middling, II Soc; re- ceipts. 1923; shipments, 1.166; sales. 7s3; stock, 69,901.
 Dallas: Middling, 11.15c; sales, r. 795.
 Montgomery: Middling, 10. .75c. Total today: Receipts. 1s,967; ship ments, 15,074; stock, 869,670.
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SPOT COPIED

By Associated Press
 New Orleans, May 31.--Spot cotton steady and unchanged. Sales on the spot. 1,641 bales; to arrive. 21e. Low middlinE 9.3Sc; middling, 1A>SSc; good middling, 13.3sc; receipts, 4,374; stock. 417227.
 New York, May S1.-Spot cotton. mid ding quiet middling, 13.10c.
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PRODUCE

By Associated Press Chicago, H., May 31.-Butter un- changed, creamery firsts 23 3@26hc Eggs unchanged. firsts 21h @22c Poultry alive higher; gowls. 22c; broil- CTS 40@ 45c.
 New York. May 31.-Butter firm, creamery firsts 26@2SAc. Eggs. fresh gathered firsts 25A0 27c
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ANT IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELING

AeID ToO RE ENnerA6G GR TAe TNsNTT BUCKS Too IOANA So
 HS CHAP WAO SITS CUGR ACROSS TtiG ROOM AND NOU GlU6 HIM A NASTY LOOK
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now an just as soon as the tide is at
the flood she'll drive further up the
beach an fall apart"
perhaps McGuffey will have heart
enough to telephone into the city for
a tug
"'Tain't scarcely probable, Scraggsy.
You abused him vile an threw lot
of fodder at him."
II wish I'd been took with paralysis
first" Scraggs walled bitterly. you'd
best jump ashore, Glib, an phone in.
We're just below the Cliff house and
you can run up to one o. them beach
resorts an phone in to the Red Stack
Tug Boat company"
'Twouldn't be ethics for me, the
registered master O. the Maggie, to
desert the ship, Scraggsy. old stick-in-
the-mud. What's the matter with get
tim your own shanks wet"
81 dassen't, Glib. I've had a touch
of chills an fever ever since 1 used
to run mate up the San Joaquin
sloughs. Here's nickel to drop in
the telephone slot, Glib. There's a
good fellow"
"Scraggsy, you're deludin' yourself.
Show me tugboat skipper that would
come out here on night like this to
pick up the S. S. Maggie. two decks
an no. bottom an loaded with garden
truck. an I'll wag my ears an look
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"AppIe-Pie Order"

Few persons take time to trace ex-
pressions they use every day. When
thing is in "apple-pie order" for
example, you Uean, Of course, that 1t
is clean and neat and generally every
thing that 1t should be. The express
sion originated under somewhat differ
ent circumstances, observes the New
York Sun.
"Apple-pie order" is an old New
England phrase, and Is well grounded
In the blue laws of several centuries
ago. Formerly the New England
housewife did little work on Sunday
and among the many things she didn't
do was baking. Everything Of that
nature was finished Saturday night.
When the baking was done all the
pies and cakes were ranged in a row
on the kitchen shelf. With the flour
still on her hands and apron, the good
housewife would come out with a
smile on her face ready for the Sab
bath. Everything was in "apple-pie
order"
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CHAPTER III.

In the Office of the Red Stack Tug
Boat company Captain Dan Hicks,
master of the tug Aphrodite; Captain
Jack Flaherty, master of the Bodega,
and Tiernan, the assistant superin-
tendent on night watch, sat around
a hot little box stove engaged in that
occupation so dear to the maritime
heart, to-wit: spinning sea yarns.
The telephone rang and Tiernan an
swered. Hicks and Flaherty hitched
forward in their chairs to listen.
"Hello. -. Yes, Red Stack office.
Steamer Yankee Prince.
What's that? silk and rice? 1.
Half mile below the Cliff house,
Eli? =. Sure. I'll send tug right
away, Lindstrom."
Herman hung up and faced the two
shippers. Gentlemen" he announced,
"here's a chance for little salvage
money tonight. The American steam
er Yankee Prince is ashore half a
mile below the Cliff house. She's a
big tramp with valuable cargo from
Hong Kong, with the rudder gone and
her crank shaft busted"
tits high water at twelve thirty
seven,' Jack Flaherty pleaded. "You'd
better send me, Herman. The Bodega
has more power than the Aphrodite."
This was the truth and Dan Hicks
knew it, but he was not to be beaten
out of his share Of the salvage by
such flimsy argument. Jack" he
pleaded, "don't be hog all the time.
The Yankee Prince is an eight thou
sand-ton vessel and It's two-tug job.
Better send us both, Tiernan, and play
safe. Chances are our competitors
have three tugs on the way right
now"
"What wonderful imagination you
have. Dan. Eight thousand tons
You're crazy. man. She's thirteen
hundred net register and know 1t be-
cause / was in Newport News when
they launched her, and went out with
her skipper on the trial trip. She's a
long, narrow-gutted craft, with en-
gines aft, like lake steamer"
"We'l play SAFE" Herman decided.
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There's hearts delight in
COLGATE
Dsyanaes
sattIe.sattered Monster.

The curators of the Launceston
and Tasmanian museums have pre-
sented the Royal Society of Tasmania a
preliminary account of nearly COM
plete skeleton of a gigantic extinct
monster, recently discovered in the
pleistocene beds of Tasmania. The
animal was as large as the largest
existing rhinoceros. The newly dis
covery shows clearly that it was a
rhinoceros-like animal, with skull
built for aggressive warfare, and at
least one powerful horn on the snout.
Evidence of the gigantic battles in
which this animal engaged is to be
found in the complete smashing and
partial mending of the collar-bone,
and in the crushing and subsequent
repair of the bones of the nose and
snout.
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lessness that bordered en- saflnity.
When the indicator showed eighty
pounds of steam he came up on deck
and discovered Mr.. Gibney walking
solemnly round and round the little
capstan up forward. 1t was creaking
and groaning dismally. Captain
Scraggs thrust his engine room torch
above his head to light the scene and
gazed upon his navigating officer in
blank amazement.
"What foolishness is this, Gib?" he
demanded. "Are you clean daffy, do
in q barn dance around that rusty
capstan, maxim noise fit to brighten
the fish,"
mot much" came the laconic re-
ply. SIN smart man. I'm raisin'
both anchors"
swell, all I got to remark is that 1t
takes smart man to raise both an
chors when we only got one anchor
to our blessed name. An with that
anchor safe on the fo'castle head, /,
for one, can't see no sense in raisin'
it."
"You tarnation jackass!" sighed
Gibney. "You forget who we are.
Do you s'pose the steamer Yankee
Prince can lay on the beach all night
with both anchors out, an then be got
ready to tow off in three shakes of
lambs tail? 1t takes noise to get up
two anchors-so I'm maxim all the
noise / can. Got any steam?"
eighty pounds" Scraggs confessed.
Having for the moment forgotten his
identity, he was confused in the pres
ence of the superior intelligence of his
navigating officer.
"Run aft, then, Scraggs, an turn
that cargo winch over to beat the
band until / tell you to stop. With
the drum runnin' free she'll make noise
enough for a winch three times her
size, but you might give the necessary
yells to make it more lifelike."
Captain Scraggs fled to the winch.
At the end of five minutes, Mr.. Gibney
appeared and babe him desist. Then,
turning his improvised megaphone sea-
ward he addressed an imaginary
mate: "Mr. Thompson, have you got
your port anchor up?"
Scraggs took the cue Immediately.
"All clear forward, sir" he piped.
"Send the bosun ford an heave the
lead, Mr.. Thompson"
Every well, sir"
Here The Squarehead, who had been
enjoying the unique situation immense
ly, decided to take hand. Presently,
in sing-song cadence, he was reporting
the depth of water alongside.
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CANADA DID WELL
Honors Worthily Won at Interna-
tional Live Stock Show.
Friendly Rivalry at Chicago Splendid.
ly Revealed the Possibilities of
Our Northern Neighbor.

Further evidence, If any were needed,
of the friendly relations between Can
ada and the United States might
have been found by visit to the In
ternational Live Stock Show recently
held at the Chicago Stock Yards,
There the Canadian and American
were TO be found side by side in the
friendliest competition, the loser will,
ingly admitting defeat when the other
fellow carried off the blue ribbon,
Some Of the Choicest and best OF
Canadian stock was there, and much
of it returned loaded down with rib
bons denoting firsts, championships
that indicate pedigree, breeding and
worth, and cups and trophies that
were won in hard and severe contests.
The hay and grain classes were
points of great interest, and here
Canada did well, securing many
prizes
Twenty-Five first prizes were listed
in the oats class; Canada carried
away % of them. A sample of oats
from the Province of Alberta, weigh
. Ing 4S pounds to the buShel, was the
heaviest sample in the show. 1t was
Alberta oats that took the sweep
stakes, the exhibitor in this case, j.
w. Lucas, of CayIey, repeating what
he did last year.
In wheat there were % first prizes
TO be awarded; Canada got % of
them.
The greatest interest was shown
when the horse classes were called.
Here also Canada stood well to the
front. The Percheron entries showed
that Canada breeders were popular
and successful exhibitors. Champion
ships were awarded to a number, and
first prizes were common. The same
may be said Of Clydesdales. This
breed stood out prominently, there
were many entries, and this old-time
popular breed had an unusual num-
Der of admirers. This was especially
so in ''Wee DOnald's" case. Here was
q Saskatchewan horse, his owner TAX
ing back to Canada the grand cham
pionship. Not only has he done 1t this
SNNib DuS ioSt SSeA 90 "SiA wv JSeiAS
In uccession-something never before
done at the Live Stock show. In
Clydesdales Canada won places in
every class in which entries were
made.
The same story could be repeated in
sheep and hogs, honors being heaped
upon honors on Canadian entries.
Particularly important is the fact that
first prize for alfalfa seed was
awarded for seed grown at Brooks,
Alberta in competition with 43 en-
tries. Alfalfa growing in Western
Canada has been increasing by leaps
and bounds, and this victory will give
it-and the dairy industry, which is
always linked with it-a further i'm
petus.
A visit to the Canadian government
exhibit of grains, grasses vegetables,
fruits, minerals and other products
of the Dominion to the north, revealed
in tabloid form what the great coun-
try TO the north could do. A great
interest was aroused in this exhibit,
and it was greatly admired by visitors
to the Live Stock show. Representa-
fives Of the government were on hand
for the purpose of giving information
to those desiring it.-Advertisement.
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Joke Was on Whistler.

Whistler, the great American artist,
was dining with Sir Henry Irving.
Two of his earliest pictures were on
the wall and he remarked jokingly at
the beginning Of dinner that he could
study them from the point of view
of his ripper years. Though he spoke
with smile. he did indeed look at
them great deal. Suddenly he ex-
claimed. "Irving, look what you've
done. I" "What" asked Irving. "Why,
these pictures, both of them, are up,
side down, and you've never noticed
1t even" SWELL" said Irving, "sure'y
/ can be excused. It's taken the man
who painted them over an hour to dis
cover It"
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brief glimpse of blue fame with sparks

radiating family from it.
That settled matters for Bartholo
new McGuffey. The metallic SOUND
was the protest from the wheels of 9
Cliff house trolley car rounding 6
curve; the blue flame was an electric
manifestation due to the intermittent
contact of her trolley with the wire
wet with fog. McGuffey knew the
exact position of the Maggie now, sc
he poised moment on her bow; as
wave swept past him, he leapet
overheard, scrambled ashore, made
his way up the beach to the great
highway which TANKS the shore line
between the Cliff house and Ingleside
sought roadhouse, and warmed his
interior with four fingers of whisky
neat. Then, feeling quite content with
himself, even In his wet garments, he
boarded a city-bound trolley car and
departed for the warmth and hospital
ity of Scab Johnny's sailor boarding
house in Oregon street.
Captain Scraggs sat down on the
half-emptied crate of vegetables and
commenced to weep bitterly-half be-
cause of rage and half because he re-
garded himself pauper. Already
he had vision of himself securing
the waterfront in search of a job.
mo use boo-hooin' over split milk
Scraggsy." Always philosophical, the
author of the owners woe sought to
carry the disaster off lightly. 'Don't
add your salt tears to a saltier sea
until you're certain you're a total loss
an no insurance. / got you into this
and l suppose it's up to me to get you
off, so / guess I'll commence opera
tions." Suiting the action to the word
Mr.. Gibney grasped the whistle cord
and strange, sad, sneezing, wheezy
moan resembling the expiring protest
of lusty pig and gradually increasing
into a long-drawn but respectable
whistle rewarded his efforts. For
once, he could afford to be prodigal
with the steam. and while it lasted
there could be no mistaking the fact
that here was steamer in dire dis
tress.
The weird call for help brought
Scraggs around to a fuller realization
of the enormity of the disaster which
had overtaken him. In his agony he
forgot to curse his navigating officer
for the latter's stubbornness in refusing
to turn back when the fog threatened.
He clutched Mr.. Gibney by the right
arm. thereby interrupting for an in
slant the dismal outburst from the
Maggie's siren.
"Gib," he moaned ''Pm a ruined
man. How're we ever to get the old
sweetheart off whole? Answer me
that, Glib. Answer me, say. How're
we to get my Maggie off the beach p
Mr.. Gibney shook himself loose from
that frantic grip and continued his
pull ON the whistle until the Maggie,
taking false note, quavered, moaned,
spat steam minute and subsidized with
what might be termed a nautical sob.
snow, see what you've done?" he
bawled. you've made me bust the
whistle"
Answer my question, Glib"
"We1l never get her off if you don't
quit interferin' an give me time to
think. I'll admit there amt much of
a chance, because it's dead low water
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at the back o. my neck. She amt
worth it."
SAINT worth it! Why, man, paid
fifteen hundred hard cash dollars for
her,"
Fourteen hundred an ninety-nine
dollars an ninety-nine cents too much.
They seen you comm. However,
grantin for the sake of argument
that she's worth the tow, the next
question them towboat skippers1l ask
is: Who's goin' to pay the bile
It'll be two hundred an fifty dollars
at the lowest figger, an if you got
that much credit with the towboat
company you're some high financier.
Amt that logic?"
"Pm afraid" Scraggs replied sadly,
sit is. Still, they'd have lien on
the Maggie"
Steamer ahoyr came voice from
the beach.
MAN with megaphone,' Mr.. Glib
ney cried. "Ahoy! Alloy, there!"
"Who are you an what's the trou-
ble?"
Captain Scraggs took it upon him.
self to answer: american steamer
Mag"
Mr.. Gibney sprang upon him tiger
ishly, placed horny, tobacco-smelling
palm across Scraggs' mouth and effec-
lively smothered all further sound.
american steamer Yankee Prince y
he bawled like a veritable Bull of
Bashan, ''of Boston, Hong Kong to
Frisco, with a general cargo Of sandal
wood, rice an silk. Where're we att"
"Just outside the Gate. Half mile
O. the Cliff house."
Telephone in for tug. We're in
nice shape, restin' easy, but our rud-
der's gone an the after web O. the
crank shaft busted. Telephone in,
my man, an I'll make it up to you
when we get safe anchorage. Who
are you"
"Lindstrom, of the Golden Gate Life
Saving station
'I'll not forget you, Lindstrom. My
owners are Yankees, but they're
sports"
"All right. I'll telephone. On my
way!"
"God speed you," murmured Mr..
Gibney, and released his hold on Cap
tain Scraggs, who instantly threw his
arms around the navigating officers
burly neck. 81 forgive you, Adelbert,"
he crooned. 81 forgive you freely. By
the tail of the Great Sacred Bull,
you're a marvel. She's an all night fog
or I'm Chinaman, and if it only
stays thick enough"
It'll hold" Gibney retorted logged
ly. "It's tule fog. They always
hold Quit huggin' me. Your breath's
bad"
Captain Scraggs, hurled forcibly
backward, bumped into the pilot house,
but lost none Of his enthusiasm.
you're jewell" he declared. ooh,
man, what a head! Whatever made
you think of the Yankee Prince?"
Because" Mr.. Gibney answered
calmly, "there amt no such ship, this
land of ours bein' a free republic
where princes don't go. Still, it's a
nice name, Scraggs, old tarpot-
particular since I thought it up in a
hurry. Eth, what?"
"Halvorsen," cried Captain Scraggs.
The lone deckhand emerged from a
hole in the freight forward whittier
he had retreated to escape the vegeta-
BILE barrage put over by Captain
Scraggs when McGuffey left the ship.
"Aye, aye, SIR" he doomed.
"All hands below. to the galley !"
Scraggs shouted. "While we're wait
in for this here towboat I'll brew a
scuttle O. grog to celebrate the dis
covery O. real sea-farin' talent. Glib,
my dear boy, I'm proud Of you. No
matter what happens, I'll never have
no other navigatin' officer"
Don't crow till you're out O. the
woods" the astute Gibney warned
him.
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Do Hicks and Flaherty col
lect? Watch for next weeks
doings.
(TO BE CONTINUED
SMALL TALK" is IMPORTANT
Well Worth Cutivating by Those to
Whom Its Possession Has
Been Denied.

The man who is a failure at small
talk never quite hears what the girl
he is talking to has to say. He is
trying to think what he is going to say
next, so of course he cannot fail to
misunderstood what the girl he is talk
ing to says. He is needless, abstract
ed, worried and has way of listening
to the conversation .oe others rather
than to those at hand.
The girl whom men regard as a
good talker is always ready with a
laugh, and the girl who laughs well is
always popular. One can excuse the
girl who giggles if she giggles in a
way that makes others merry and
seems to tell those with whom she
talks that they are entertaining her
immensely, that their stories are deli
ciously funny-though they may be
very stupid-and that on the whole
she is enjoying herself and her COM
panions enormously.
"How should a man start the con-
versation at dancer" is frequent
query. There are 1000 ways and al
most any way is good way provid-
ing it is prompt and whole minutes of
agonizing silence do not slip before
anything is said. Little personal re-
marks that are not impertinent are
sure to win girls attention.
Il was impatient for this dance"
says the popular man to the girl
dressed in old rose, whom he has met
for the first time that night, because
l always find that I get along famous
ly with girls that wear pink. / can
tell lot about girl by the colors she
likes to wear"
The man who never seems to know
what to say to woman would say
something like this: II knew I had
this dance with girl in pink, but
there are so many girls in pink here,
and they all look alike to me so was
afraid / would ask the wrong girl"
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$50 to it-both Of you, and may the
best man win. She'll belong to you,
Jack, If she's thirteen hundred net and
you get your line aboard first If she's
as big as Dan says she is, you'll be
equal partners"
But he was talking to himself.
Down the docks Hicks and Flaherty
were racing for the respective COM
mands, each shouting to his night
Waterman to pipe all hands on deck.
Fortunately, goodly head of steam
was up in each tugs boilers; because
of the fog and the liability to COLI
sions and consequent hasty summons,
one engineer on each tug was on duty.
Out through the Gate they nosed
their way, heaving the lead continu-
ously, made wide detour around Mile
rock and the Seal rocks, swung a
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He Didn't Like IL

A little three-year-old, who had been
summering on a farm, fell into an
old well where the water was only six
inches deep and remained there for
some time before he was discovered.
When he was rescued his pent-up in
dignation knew no bounds: "You fink
] kin tay in well wizout muffin to
eat, like a fwog?" he scolded. Ely
was no better fadder'n mudder'n you,
/ dess I'd go without children"
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WHEREIN Mr.. CHENEY PUTS ONE
OVER,

Synopsis.-Captain Phineas p. Scraggs
has grown up around the docks of San
Francisco, and from mess boy on river
steamer, risen to the ownership of the
steamer Maggie. Since each annual in
spection promised to be the last of the old
weatherbeaten vessel, Scraggs naturally
has some difficulty in securing crew.
When the story opens, Adelbert p. Gibney,
likable but erratic, a man whom nobody
but Scraggs would hire. is the skipper.
Neils Halvorsen. solemn Swede, consti-
tutes the forcastle hands, and Bart Nc
Guffey, a wastrel of the Gibney type.
reigns in the engine room.
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Osaae oranue and Locust.

Usage orange and black locust are
much alike in structure, strength, dur
ability and color, although the former
usually has more of golden brownish
tinge. These two woods can readily be
distinguished by the fact that Usage
orange gives off a yellowish color if
wrapped in wet rag or placed on a
soaked blotter, while black locust gives
off practically no color under the same
conditions.
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Willing to Be Instructed.

"Your constituents regard you as
man of great knowledge"
"No, they don't" answered Senator
Sorghum. Half my popularity is due
TO the fact that ] never pretended to
know more than they did,"