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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-08
STANDARD Oils
CENTEROF
OFHALF HOLIDAY

New York, October dealings in
todays brief stock market session
were irregular and we'll above those
of recent half holiday sessions.
Standard Oil shares were the CEN
ter of another publish demonstra-
ton, New Jersey being pushed up to
22S%
Sinclair was again actively improv-
ing, while the price moved up IN
points. = Shares of Atlantic Refining
stock, another member of the STAN
dard Oil group, were sold at $3.50
each, an advance of $50 over the pre-
vious sale.
The markets first reaction to the
order preventing transportation of
liquor on ships entering American
ports was an active selling of ship
ping stocks, but there was good alb
sorption and the losses were held
within / Il points. Marine preferred,
American International corporation
and American Ship and Commerce
were all depressed Rubber shares
continue to reflect the declaration of
the preferred dividend for U. S. Rub
Der, the common rising n and the
preferred Is.
Coppers displayed a reactionary
LGnQGHtY. ACoA o
on realizing sales, Pullman drop
ping "a; American Car l and Ameri-
can and Baldwin Locomotives frac-
tionally.
Sales 4S6 1000 shares.
Foreign exchange rates were bet
ter despite the more threatening
news from the near east, demand
sterling crossed s4.42 for a net gain
of more than n point. and improve
ment also took place in most OF the
European issues. German marks,
however, fell to IA cents a hundred.
another new low record.
The clearing house statement
showed a decrease of S77o70o0 in
loans and discounts of member
banks, as compared with decrease
of s1.24S,000 the week before, and
the reserve of member banks in the
federal reserve bank decreased $780,
70, 900 as against an increase of $50
600, 900 the week before There was
a decrease also Of S5S,972,000 in net
demand deposits. making the aggre-
gate reserve $496,0t5,00O. or SSl,6SS,-
$50 below that of the week before.
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PORT MOVEMENT


New Orleans: Middling. 20.SSc; receipts
$3.50: exports 2.94s; sales, AL; stock
f41,265.
Galveston: Middlng. 2f1oc; receipts.
t5.349: sales. s,776 stock, 822, 637.
Mobile: Middling. 2O.50c; receipts. 500;
exports. S.026; sales. S96; stock, 10.9o5.
Savannah Middiing. 2l.25c; receipts,
1864; sales 159; stock s0932.
Charleston: Receipts, 226 stock. S9,345.
Wilmington: Middling, 2t.25c; receipts.
LISA: stock. 1859
Texas city, Stock, 4,9s5-
Norfolk: MiddIing. 2i.3sc; receipts,
1880; sales. 417 stock. AZ, SOC.
Baltimore: Stock. 1904.
stock 5000.
Philadelphia; Stock. 4.1s7.
New York. Mlddling, 21.55c; stock.
67,165
Minor ports stock. s.s4s.
Total today; Receipts. 32,Sis; exports,
&, e69: stock, 751.4l3.
Total for week; Receipts 52,s1s; ex-
ports, $3.50.
Total for season: Receipts. 1.247,651:
EXPORTS 7SST1S
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uuBBARp mos. 4 CO.'S IErrER

new 1ufk, UctOber I.-ISpeclaI.l =
Prices on the opening were approximately
the same 'as last nights close Shortly
after the call there was a considerable de-
sire to buy by commission houses. and IL
was noticeable that Liverpool and Japa-
nese interests were fair buyers AS the
market advanced selling orders were met
from the south. but were we'll taken. I'M
doubleday considerable cotton has been
bought during the last few days and il
was the selling out Of this long cotton be-
to ease off from the high and closed
around the opening prices The market
shows little pressure and we feel that
when the political situation in Europe be-
comes more settled prices will work
higher.--Huhhard Bros. s. Co.
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Wall Street Firm Broke

New York, October Am iAvolun-
tary petition in bankruptcy was filed
in federal court today against Paul
Alexander and James J. Morrow, Jr.,
doing business in Wall street as
Alexander and company. stock brok-
ers. Liabilities were estimated at
100000 and the assets at $1,000. The
firm holds membership in the Con-
solidated Stock Exchange.
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BUTTER
RY A ssnriafen Press

Chicago, October THE butter market
was fairly active for Saturday and very
firm. Though most Of the 80 score sold
at 43c. almost as much changed hands at
iae premium. Lower scores were adj
vaneed NC. and s6-s7 score was particu-
larly scarce and hard to obtain at the
current prices. Trading in car lots Of
centralized was rather light. but offer
fngs firmly held. High prices on storage
butter We're generally advanced from a to
lac. Besides top scores of both whole
milk and centralized butter fair vol
ume of business was done in miscellaneous
Of storage s6-sS score at prices slightly
under those of fresh
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INTERIOR MOVEMENT
III SSan n N tod RrAG~

Houston Middling, 21c; receipts, 2s.1as;
| shipments. 14,051; sales, ls.3o4: stock,
31s.65s.
Memphis: Middiing, 2fc: receipts 1877
shipments, 3,s17; sales $3.50; stock, "a,
1914.
Augusta: Middling, 2i.25c: receipts,
1,193 shipments, 1901; sales, S51; stock.
60.s3T.
ST. Louis: Middling. Ale; receipts,
21o2 shipments. 2,177 stock, s996.
Atlanta: Middling 21.55c.
Little Rosk: Middlng, 20.75c: receipts
24s9 shipments, 1851; sales. 1874; stock,
as. 500.
Dallas: Middling. 2o.45c; sales. 1s.24s.
Montgomery: Middling, 2o.50c; sales.
s5.
Total today: Receipts. $780, ship
ments, 22.509; stock. 52s.72o.
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COFFEE
By Associated Press

New York, October 7.-Coffee futures
were irregular today with business so
quiet that prices responded to small or
ders either way. The close was net
point higher to II points lower. Sales
were estimated at about 1900 bags. Clos
ing quotations, October S.95c; December,
e.i1c; January, 9.06c; March, a.O4c: May,
S.9Sc; July. s.S2c; September, s.64c
Spot coffee quiet; Rio rs, 1oQ1okc;
Santos As. 15@1514c.
Officiel cables showed a decline Of 1-32d
in Rio exchange on London with no change
in the dollar buying rate. Rio was UNI
changed TO rs reis lower and Santos un-
changed to 1875 reis lower. Brazilian port
receipts. $4,000; Jundiahy. 20, 900.
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Members New York Stock Exchange, New
Orleans Cotton Exchange, New York Pro-
duce Exchange. Associated Members
Liverpool Cotton Association Orders So
icited for the purchase and sale of Cotton
and Cotton Seed Oil for future delivery.
Special attention and liberal terms given
tor consignment Of spot cotton for de-
livery.
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LIVE STOCK


Chicago, october 7.-cattle; Receipts.
1000. compared with week ago; few
strictly choice and prime lone tea STEERS steer 3
top beef steers, $12.70 4bc higher pest
long yearlings csc higher at l26b; other
grassers ESQ 4oc lower; beef cows and
heifers 15Q50c lower Gamers ana cutters
steady to le bulls aff stoeRers snd
feeders. s5e lower; weeks bulk prices:
Native beef steers, ss.1S9 11.bo; western
ers, s6.26@7.5O; beef cows and heifers,
s4i5QT; Gamers and cutters, S2.90@S.sO'
veal calves. s1O5o9id;26. hur, ,zo
800 sVV sood and chooe $50 to sio.ponnd
s sgSdss SsSSy 9S sS?Ap meS sRms
medium, $3.50 800; Light. 1913 $50
.m set fh,s roSsh RaIsnE s R
Sheep; Receipts, 1000; steady; com;
75c lower. fat western lambs. 26@4oc
lower; feeding lambs, 259 soc lower; sheep
steady to s5e lower; closing top p native ,ys
mostly ss0g.5O; choice western lambs,
$l4s5; fat heavy ewes, $3.5oQ4i lighter
weight up to $3.50; closing top feeding
East st. Louis, October 7.-cattle Re-
ceipts 1900. compared with week ago,
beef steers $3.50 and up. steady to strong
common and medium, 25@40c lower; best
s5@ soc lower; best light yearling steers
and heifers steady; others soc lower; beef
cows Gamers and bulls 25c lower; light
calves 20 % soc lower; stockers and feeders
steers IL a 25c lower; top for week. long
yea-lings. s11.75; matured steers. SLIPS;
bults for week. fed steers. S9.50011:
western grassers, s4.5oQT1O; light year
lings s5Qs.5o; cows, S3.5094.75; Gamers,
$2.25@2.50; bulls, $3.269425.
Hogs: Receipts, 5000; steady; bulk ITO
to goo pound averages. s9.604S.75; $500
bid for choice load 225-pound butchers,
10n15e lower on 150 to l60-pound aver
ages; bulks. s9.S5@9.40: no pigs sold
packer sows steady S7.75QS.z6.
sheep: Receipts, 1900; market for week
5og76o lower ON fat lambs; 500 to 81
lower on culs; 25c lower on fat sheep;
other aged classes unchanged; top lambs
early in week, $14; quote, choice to prime,
Sl3@13.2b; weeks bulk fat lambs, $12 rs
Q13.25: culls S750@S; fat light ewes,
1915; heavies. $3Q350.
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New York October 7.-Butter firm: re-
eeipts, 1871. Eggs. irregular; receipts.
1874. Cheese, firm; receipts. 3.469. Live
poultry steady; prices unchanged; dressed
nouItry. sleadY. western chickens. 25 % 2Sc.
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COTTONsEED OIL
Ky Assncfated Prasa

New York, October 7.-Cottonseed oil
was strong prices advancing rs to "a
points on active buying by refiners and
covering of shorts. Realizing sales checked
the advance. final bids being 10 points net
higher for October. and "a to 81 points
higher on the balance. Sales, 20, 100 bar
rels. Prime crude. &c; prime summer yell
low. spot. &c. October, s.s5c; December
S.52c: March, s.75c, all bid.
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DRY GOODS
NV Accumulated Praae

New York. October 7.-Cotton goods
strong and active today. Prices were
higher on some of the print cloth num-
bers Yarns were firmer. Wool goods held
steadily and further lines of spinning
goods were reported as sold up and with
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

New York, October 7.-Foreign ex-
4.43A; cables, 442ia 6O-day bills, on
banks, 4.40Is. Francs: Demand, 7e1A /;
cables. I61 ". Italy, 4,29 and 4.291k.
Belgium. 7.11ls and 7.1s. Germany,
.o4A and .04 5-16. Holland ASA and
1888. Norway, 1910. Sweden 2653
Denmark. 20.37. Switzerland, 1881
Spain, 1918. Greece. 2.S5. Poland, OF X.
Czechoslovakia, $40. Argentine, 1851
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POTATO MARKET

Chicago, October Potatoes. firm on
sacks; dull on hulSs receipts So cars:
Wisconsin sacked round whites soc a 81
90 9ogbc
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NAVAL STORES

Savannah Ga. October T.-Turpentine,
firm; sl.s2x: sales 1872; receipts, AS;
Rosin, firm; sales 1.1I7: receipts. 1,12s;
shipments. ia; stock, s7,Tos. Quote: B. d.
e. F.. g. II. l., X. NJ, s5.52h: N, s5.55;
VIC, Sc; WV, $500.
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Wall Streets Half Holiday Better Than Previous Saturday S.
NEW YORK BOND LIST
Rx Assoclnteh Press

New York. October Following are to-
days high. low and closing prices of bonds
on the New York Stock Exchange and the
total sales OF each bond On $1,000:
U. 8. Bonds
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LONDON MONEY!


London, October 7,-Bar silver, s5Hd
per ounce. Money u per cent. Discount
rates: Short bills NOOK per cent:
three months bills, 271692h per cent.
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SPOT COFFEE

BY Associated Press
New York, October 7.-Coffee: No. Z
Rio. 10 1-l6c. Futures. easy; December
9.10c; May, s9sc.
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NEW YORK CURB LIST
Industrials

New York October 7.-Transactions on
the New York Curb Market today were as
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Hubbard Bros. & Co.

New York. October Foreign bar
yer, 69Aci Mexican dollars. 52Mc.
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chicago, October 7.-Wheat: No hard
s1.f01A @1.11 Corn: No, mixed, 67hci
No yellow 67A 067hc Oats; No 2
wphite, 4O1a @4214c No. white 80 z a
46iAe Barley 60@6Tc; timothy seed, SIS q
6.25: clover seed S14.5o@ 1880. Pork,
nominal; lard, Sii,55; ribs, $l1m1225.
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CHICAGO GRAIN
BY Associated Press


st louis 0ofober 7.-Wheat: No. 2
red s1.16@1.17; No. 8, $l.11@1.15; Decem-
ber s1.06 May, s1.o79s Corn No, 2
cember. 62≻ May, Gaze. Oats No. 2
white, 42@42hc; No. B. 415e; December,
S9%e; May, 41l5c.
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100 T'pah B'mont. 11-fs ILLS 11-1s
zoo Tonopah Divide. 80 80 so
$500 T'pah Ext ....... 3la 37-16 Sa
100 T'pah MINI. 23-16 2 316 BIG
100 Unity Gold ...... 3M 81 S7
10000 Uni East. 1 11-16 1 Gle ILLS
100 Uni Verde EXIT. 80 20 20
1000 Vic Div Min ...... .02 .02 .0z
1000 West Dome Cons
Mines Ltd -. .1s is 1s
400 West End Cons 3-16 316 3-16
100 Yukon Gold ...... 80 80 80
1000 Am Commander .06 :os .o6
200 Dryden Gold. ...... 9Ss ga 9ss
10000 Mcnamara Cres... ..0S .07 .os
1900 Porcupine5. IS 65 IS
1000 Silver Queen. .37 81 81
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by Associated Press
New York, october Raw silk firm.
Prices unchanged.
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wilson&Co s I .71as.lO7 t06 II 1o7
do cv Is ........ 9S% asA 9S%
Total sales of bonds today were 1859.
600, compared with S11 CAT, 900 previous
day and ss9ls. 600 a year aga.
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NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES

% Associated Press
New York, October THE market
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-03-08
Cow That Failed.

Old Buck was known to his neigh
bors as shrewd trader. He had 4
COW that seemed a desirable animal
and he went over her manifestly good
points with one Of them city fellers,
who had taken the Green place for the
summer and wanted fine mixer.
How much milk will she give by the
dsys" asked the more OF less hypno.
tized amateur.
WAL" said old Buck. speaking
guardedly, shed oughter give Is
quarts-as she is now"
This seemed satisfactory and the
buyer drove her home. After fort
night he returned, with blood in his
eye.
Il thought YOU said that COW would
give Is quarts day" he began. "Three
or four are all ! can get out of her"
WAL" replied old Buck, with un-
rufTled calm, Il said she'd oughter give
Is, and that's fact. But, consarn her.
she never did while | had her. Judge.
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Pointed Paragraphs.

Some people are too good to be in,
teresting.
Graft often goes about disguised as
a business opportunity.
Don't try to kill two birds with one
stone. Use a shotgun.
Experience teaches us how to make
other kinds of mistakes.
If misery loves company it's up to
everybody to get married.
Funny actions of some people are
due 10 their lack Of the sense Of hui
NOR.
A wonsn's ~no" doesn't mean yes
when she SAYS il to the wrong man.
Probably Eve was 80 called. Gerald,
because she arrived in the late after
noon.
Fortunately a young man can't even
imagine that his best girl will look like
her mother a few years hence.
A man may be handicapped by being
born = poet. but there il no reason why
be shouldn't brace mp and make some
thing of himself.-Chicago News.
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humble now that he lacks one. ii only
by rotation provided he but dictate a
few lettersg
Then there is that impressive phrase,
I'm Conference.-The name for any
thing that keeps you from the phone.
Once man was only busy" but now
he is "In Conference" -and gains there
by in prestige with the man at the
end of the wire and perhaps with him
self. And many who in other days
were but clerks are now directors in
this and experts in that-at least in
the presence of callers. IL all requires
certain amount of innocent deception
-vof self and others; but everyone feels
the better for it, so what's the harm
We suspect the advertising man, mas
ter of fiattering nomenclature, of in
stilling this new business lubricant. Or
is il a result of the new and subtle in
fuence in business of the euphemistic
sex i-Leslie's.
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STORM SWEEPS
NEW ENGLAND
Swollen Rivers and Flood
ed Highways Caused
Endless Damage
TROLLEY CARS OFF,
AUTOS STALLED
One Man Killed, Another
Suffers Broken Leg in
Yesterdays Storm

Boston, March S.--Swollen rivers
flooded highways, and blocked traction
tracks, tangled wires, derailed trolley
cars and stalled automobiles were left
to day as local effects of rain and
wind storm that swept New England
last night. One death and several in
juries were attributed to the storm.
| Carson Rafaer, so, was killed at
Worcester, when the driving rain pre-
| vented him from seeing an automobile
as he stepped from behind a trolley
car.
| Forty-two passengers were shaken
up and several we're injured when a
trolley care left the slippery rails in the
Dorchester district and brought up
against the street cuTbing, after tear
ing up thirty feet OF pavement.
Richard Carton, rs years old, was
carried off his feet by the high wind
in Woburn and suffered broken leg.
Forty women and girls, marooned in
Weymouth moving picture theatre
| by miniature food, were carried on
the backs of police and theatre EN-
ployes to high ground.
The Merrimack, Connecticut, Black
stone and other New England rivers
were reported rising, cogged with
floating ice. Water was running four
feet eight inches over the New Amos
keag dam at Manchester, n. H., and
was sloshing through the concrete
foundation of new power station.
Rowboats were used in the streets
of South Deerfield and Essex Junction,
Vt. More vehicles were stalled and
many roads were closed by floods in
western Massachusetts. The Central |
Vermont railway line at Fort Ethan
Allen, VT, was blocked by a bank OF |
earth which slid across the tracks |
Railroad traffic was interrupted near
Springfield on the Connecticut river |
division Of the Easthampton branch OF
the Boston and Maine railroad by
washouts and earth clogged rails. Sew
eral trolley cars were derailed in Low
ell by sand washed on the tracks.
The metal spire attached 10 the
cupola OF st. Johns Catholic church /
in Cambridge was blown to the
ground. Leslie Knowles was buried
with his automobile when his barn
collapsed in East Weymouth. Firemen
extricated him. A barn was toppled
over also in Lynn.
Proyincetown was without eleetrici-
ty after power plant explosion be-
lieved 20 have been caused by the
breaking of wires under pressure of
the gale. Two theatres were aban-
doped by audiences as a result. Flee
trio lights, telephone and telegraph
stations in other localities were put
out OF commission. Hundreds of trees
were blown down and cellars were
flooded in many parts of New Eng
land.
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NBWBURY

We were reminded last Saturda,
afternoon of one of the Globe man
daily stories, when we observed severa
of our young married women wadinl
in the snow clear up to their knees
and beyond. to attend a card party
1T is an old story about some marin
| ers shipwrecked on a South sea island
| who were half dead with hunger and
terrified at the thought that they
] might fall into the hands Of cannibals
Looking cautiously about, they caught
sight of a wisp of smoke curling up
! beyond a ridge, but were afraid TO APP
proaeh for fear it might be cooking
fire. Desperation, however, drove them
to investigate. They crswled painfully
up the slope until they were barely
below the rim which concealed the fire.
There they paused for breath and cour-
age, their hearts pounding against
their ribs. Suddenly an angry voice
was raised from the direction of the
smoke: You blank. blonk IDIOT" they
heard, what the hell did YOU play that
card forl" and one of the shipwrecked
mariners raised his hands thankfully
to heaven and said, Thank God,
they're Christiansi"
A stranger standing on the platform
of one Of our morning trains asked
a small boy at our station, "What
town is this" And was promptly in
formed il was Newbury. SIS il a farm
ing town." "Yes, sir" what do they
raise herci" And the boy replied with
a tinge of disgust, @Why don't you
knowf We raised the Carlson broth
ers here" Perhaps the New York gen
tleman did not have the time to find
out just what kind Of animal the Carl.
son boy Is, but it Is quite evident
every small boy who is basketball
enthusiast in a radius Of fifty miles
of Newbury has heard Of these FIVE
brothers. born athletes, who have made
Newbury's basketball team famous.
Last Monday night in Chadwick hall
was close game. won from Woods
vile by a score Of q to 25 in New
bury's favor.
Hon. f. A. Bayley of Boston was in
town Friday.
Some twenty-five Of our young peo-
pie enjoyed snowshOe hike last !
Thursday night with Does Corner a.
the terminal. Here they were fed up /
on a lot Of Esther's good cooking and
came home in Perkins ambulance. all
safe and sound, and ready for anoth-
r. hike as soon as the bugle blows
Frank Stiles. wife and daughter. are
he guests Of Mr. and Mrs. Walker
Woodbury..
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Rural Enterprise.

There came TO the farm of man in
Vermont stranger who was full OF
advice touching certain needed i'm.
provements in and about the place.
"The first thing You should do said
he, is TO have that mudhole in the
road repaired"
Whereupon the owner grew seorn-
full. you performers and experts dom
understand local conditions. Why, |
have nearly paid off the mortgage
with money have made hauling auto
mobiles out of that hole. n-Rehoboth
Sunday Herald.
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What Might Be Done.

A travelling salesman. just before
reaching a small town, had had the
misfortune to get hold Of a SCHOLAR
note. In vain he tried At the hotel and
elsewhere, 20 get il changed. At last.
IN despair. be went 60 a merchant and
laid the bin down before him. word
lesslv. The merchant looked at the
money. and then At the stranger.
4 can't change that thingl-
Ne. # course you can't sid the
travelling salesman YEARLY. ~Nobody
in the world can But I wondered II /
osuidnt get 3 liffle something ~ CIV
ing = first usTtgsEe. Farm Life.
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More Than Metaphors.

At a political gathering in England
an orator waxing indignant said, ITO
ridieule the idea of this country being
invaded Is TO follow the example of
the camel, which buries its head in the
sand when an enemy approaches" The
rival speaker rose and retorted. "Sure-
ly the gentleman in giving utterance
to this apothegm, must have meant TO
refer TO the ostrich, which, in those
has habit of putting
its eye through needle. Boston
Transcript.
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A Humbling Sight.

An old Scotchwoman, much against
her will. was induced to sit for her
picture, the first she had taken since
She was a girl in her teens. When the
photograph was handed to her she
failed to recognize herself. She thought
there must be some mistake.
rs this mel" she asked.
"Yes, madam" said the photograph.
er, "and it's a speaking likeness
The old lady gazed at her counterfeit
presentment for full minute in silence
"Aweell" she said resignedly, its
humblin' sicht. Edinburgh Scotsman
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Youthful maturity may exert charm
which youth alone can't rival And cer-
tainly no woman should allow her youth
full freshness TO fade just when the JOY of
living should be at its height.
Keep your schoolgirl complexion and
you can forget the passing years. The
woman with fresh, radiant skin will al
ways seem young.
How to keep it-this is simple as Cleo
patra could tell you. The secret lies in
daily intelligent care which will make
beauty lifelong.