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The Somerset reporter., 1900-08-09

You will never find any other pills so
prompt and so pleasant as DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. Geo. f. Sampson.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-08-09
Races at NOrridgeWOck.

The race meeting at Elm v God Park,
SO. Norridgewock, held Satni day after
noon last, was attended by large num-
Der Of people, the afternoon being one of
the finest of the many we have enjoyed
this season. or the three events on the
card only one, the $50 class, proved at
all exciting. The class VAS won handily
by Mystic Girl in three straight, with
speed to spare. The 2.20 class did not
fill, and a match race was made between
Commander and Rex Wilkes, won by
the former, who went fine race, going
the second mile Ia 2194. In the 2.50
there was no question but that search
light had the speed all through, but in
the first two heats repeated breaks set
him TO the rear. notwithstanding he
headed all at the wire. After that he
went good race.
The officers in the stand were Ed. g.
Crosby, Watervile, starter; Judge, c. II.
Simpson, Waterville, and w. f. Perkins,
South Norridgewock, associate Judges /;
w. f. Perkins, E. B. Nickerson and f.
f. Southland, South Norrdgewock,
timers.
The summary:
$50 CLASS. TRoT AND PACE. PURSE sioo.
Annie b. CHI m, French. ............1 /
Keel Croix, b g,St. Croix. (Cleveland)3
Bertha Wilkes, m, Johnnie wilkes,
Time, 2.32, 2.sll4, 2.34.
MATCHED RACE. PURSE $125,
Commander, b s. wilkes, Chapman al !
Rex Wilkes, bl g, Johnnie Wilkes,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-12
AMERICAS GOOD OFFICES
A Belief That They Are Now Being E1erted
for Peace.
Quiet Indications That This Govern
ment in Seeking to End the
African War.

There is reason to believe that the United
States government Is using its good offices
to restore peace between Great Britain and
the South African republics. This has not
taken the shape Of a proffer of mediation.
That would be distinctly repugnant to
Great Britain and according to the rule of
International law. which has, without ex-
ception. governed the State Department IN
the past, could not be volunteered by US
until 1t was known to be acceptable to both
parties to the war.
But the United States might very proper
ly serve as an Intermediary to transmit an
appeal for peace and the terms upon which
peace can be secured.
The United States has successfully served
in that capacity in the past. notably in the
termination of the Chino-Japanese war. and
1t is believed its good offices in that line
are now being extended. If this belief Is
we'll founded then Mr.. Adelbert Hay,
United States consul to Pretoria, has been
the instrument for transmitting to the Brit
ish governm ant, through the double inter-
vention Of the Department of State and
Ambassador Choate, an application from
Presidents Kruger and Steyn to bs in
formed as to the terms upon which the war
can be ended. The facts in the case will be
fully developed in day or two.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-12

insurrection against the United States. A
war Of aggression Ia being waged against
them. The purpose. I believe. in the draft
Ing OF the bill proposed by the senator
Congress OF state Of war IN the Philip
pines. It comes to us in disguise and for
the purpose / have stated, and to relieve
the administration from its present anoma-
lous situation"
After saying he presumed that the
speeches Of Mr.. Beveridge and Mr.. Lodge
voiced the sentiments and presented the
program of the administration. Mr.. Raw
Inns said: Il am opposed to the carrying
out of this program. No vote Of mine will
aid in the carrying into effect Of the policy
outlined by those senators. I oppose the
program because It ts in violation of the
fundamental principles upon which our free
institutions are erected, because II is in
opposition to the Constitution, because 1t
proposes to rule by despotic power and
not by rights secured under the Consti-
tuition, because 1t is not expansion, but
retrogression of all that we have held high
est, and because it is unjust, immoral and
breach of the plighted faith of this
nation"
In response to an inquiry by Mr. Spooner
MI. Rawhns said. in the course Of his con-
sututlonal argument upon the rights of in
habftants of the insular possessions that
the treaty of Paris conferred upon Congress
the authority to determine the civil rights
ana political status Of the inhabitants Of
the islands derived from Spain by the
United States in accordance with the treaty.
1t did not, however, he said, confer that
authority upon Congress with regard to
other than native Inhabitants of the islands.
He maintained, therefore, that the Consti
tuition must necessarily extend over the
outlying territory, and the Americans, Ger
mans. Frenchnen and others on these
islands could be governed by Congress only
under the limitations of the Constitution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-12
Washington stock Exchange.

Sales regular call. - O'clock m.-NatouaI Safe
Deposit and Trust 10 at 1919, 10 at H.. 10 ~
at 81. ? at 81. 10 at 81. 30 at "a Capital Trsc-
ti hon Rights $500 At ~. washinston Gas . -
1865, 10 at 1876 10 at 1876 30 at ls6. 10 at 1857,
isI 1910 100 at i loo NJ at 49, 81 am :, an ra =
phone, 30 at 1ik. 100 Mt l1Ss. 100 at lI1S. loo
- cents. After ,aIl-T. s IS. coupon ICON . !
H. Capital Traction, ~ at 81. 20 9I 10 at -.
s G s st. 81 City and suburban Railroad . at 81 .
District of Columbia Bonds-Gs. 1902 an-ypar
Miscellaneous Neutrality-suspicious. Iairoad IS
1909 hid. LIB asked Metropolitan Railrnad cert.
debt, b. 10 bid Washington Gas Co. series A.
Gs, lis bid Washington Gas Co. series r. 6s. rs
chesapeake Potomac Telephone IS. laa iii.
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone con. IS 1O4 hid.
iistoa Market Co list Is, liz hid. Washingi s,
Hiarbet Co IMP mp e Is III bid Washinston Mart
lo1 hid, American Graphophone deb. Us, 100 ibid.
Anacostia and Potomac Is, 100 bid
bid. 400 asked Metropolitan. $50 hid Gao asked.
Central, Ia5 bid, Farmers and Mechanics 2io lid.
bid. Capital, 14O bid. West End III bid. Trnd-
ers l2a bid, lbs asked Lincoln. 40 bid I25
safe Deposit and Trust Companies. sa se
DEPOSIT and Tr9st. 1917 bid 1925 asked. Wash
can Security and Trust, 1871 bid 200 asked WASH
ington Safe Depssit, q bid. 20 asked.
40 bid. Metropolitan 80 hid ~ asked Corcorsa
SO bid Potomac, 1914 bid. 75L asked. Arlington
las bid German American, 200 hid National
Union, II bid, Is asked. Columbia. 124 bid 20
asked, Riggs. bid. So asked. Peoples, 81. bid
asked. Commercial, 4 bid. asked. Colonial
Ill bid. lis asked.
ritle INSURANCE stocks-ReaI Estate Title. SO bid.
s. asked. Columbia Title ~. hid, asked Wash
ingtcn Title, 81 bid. District Title 3IS bid
Railroad Stocks.-Capital Traction ~ hid a7iS
asked. Capital Traction Rights 6ls bid az asked
City and Suburban, - bid. Georgetown and Ten
leytown % bid.
Gas Stocks.-washington Gas, 5ilk bid sax AK
ed. Georgetown Gas, SIS bid
Telephone Stocks--Cnesapeake and Potomac 50
bid % asked Pennsylvania, 81 bid.
Miscellaneous Stocks.-Meryenthaler IInotvpe
1855 bid 13Jh asked. Lanston NonOtvpe I3h bid
14l4 asked American Graphophose. .iits bid liz.
asked. American Graphephone preferred liza bid
fusumatic Gun Carriage. -21 bid, % asked wash
ington Market, 13 bid.
Eek. dividend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-12
Lives Lost Through Fear.
the New York Tribune


Presence Of mind when confronted by
danger" said n. P. Berry of New Orleans
recently, has saved many lives, while the
account has been more than balanced by
the loss of life through loss Of nerve in
critical emergencies. Any member of fire
department or other person familiar with
such things can give you numerous in
stances of lives lost solely on this account.
and this rule holds true In other cases as
well. l remember once walking with girl
and thoughtlessly speaking of a harmless
She became paralyzed with fear. and. be-
fore l could prevent her. backed directly
on the snake. A friend of mine. who was
in a fire told me that his wife became SO
frightened that she insisted on going into
closet. from which. screaming and strug-
Cling, he had to rescue her by main
strength. On the other hand. I once knew
a woman who. driven with her sister and
two children to take refuge on the fourth
floor of her burning home, first threw her
children. then compelled her sister to jump
into the waiting net. and then calmly and
unlnjured made the descent herself, only
to go into Mysteries when 1t was all over
a friend of mine. who lives in Charleston,
told me that just after the earthquake there
some years ago he met the sister of a
friend walking down the street clad chiefly
in her brothers dress coat, and. although
the streets were crowded at the time no
one seemed to think her costume out of
the ordinary. Presence OF mind can to a
great extent be cultivated but it is large
Is inherited. My brother. who Is as brave
a man as | ever knew, has an unalterable
which. try as he WILL he has never been
able overcome
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-12
Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE March 12.-Flour inactive: western
super 80: 2Sas2 3d. do. extra. s240as29O; do. fam
lily, 80 2oaS35 80; winter wheat patent So G5as3 81
spring DO, 81 Toast: spring wheat straight So 45a
$S6o; receipts a 991 barrels: exports 1856 barrels
a731a; steamer No. red 6Sa6SI4; receipts. l. 1of
bushels; southern wheat by sample 67a74; do. on
40s4a 40: April. 4o5sa41: May, 41iiaf1Ia; steamer
mixed, s9sagsss receipts 81 ,a54 bushels southern
white corn 41ai2 do. yellow. i1aiIb. Oats steady:
No. 2 white, 3o1sa31; No. 2 mixed 2SaesI5. Rive
no nominal: No 2 nearby. 5ias5: No. western 5Sa
50. Hay firm; No. l timothy. S16aS16 So Grain
freights steady: steam to Liverpool per bushei.
a4d- April Cox for orders. per quarter. 3s. 7lda
3s. 3d. April Sugar firm; graduated 53lH
Cheese firm large. 13a13ls; medium. I3Hai3it:
small, 13ka13A. Eggs, 1oc. Butter steady: fancy
creamery, 26a21; do. imita ton 2la.3; do indie 10
AZ good ladle 1sal9; store packed, trails; rolls
17a20. AS'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-12
How to Keep Warm.
-Om the Pail Mall Gaxeffa

How to keep warm is so pressing sub
ject with many at this moment that II
tempts me to give the advice of the we'll
known scientific writer. NJ. Gabriel Provost
on this point. Much. he thinks, can be
done by practice, and he is clearly of opin-
Ion that If we could break ourselves In to
do without clothing at an early age we
should suffer less from a cold snap in after
life. This apart. his advice is almost a
series of "don'ts." Don't he saws. wear
heavy clothes which expose you to the risk
Of sudden check of perspiration. Rather
wear one or two extra layers of light cloth
Ing. with the "chimneys." as he calls them.
of the wrists and ankles scientifically
plugged. Don't heat your rooms overmuch.
for to really prevent radiation and conse,
quent loss of heat by this means, you would
have to sit in a temperature of IS degrees
which would infalliby give you a chilli
when you went into the present arctic air
Don't drink too much alcohol, which has
hardly any warming properties, but eat an
increased quantity Of sugar and fat Final
ly, don't take violent. by which he means
exhausting. exercise, but do something that
keeps your hands and feet moving To
which may be added the Canadian plan of
putting on your outer garments little be-
fore you go out Of doors, so as to take as
much warmth as possible out with you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-12
How He Sold Two Pictures.
lie New Orleans Times Democrat.


Dirt is a great promoter Of picture
sales" remarked New Orleans dealer
rather cynically, the other morning. For
over year / had couple of small can
vases here in the store. and although they
were really works of art / couldn't get rid
of them at any figure. They We're studies
in oil by a young French painter-one an
Ideal head and the other a landscape, and
they were well worth my original price of
500 apiece. There were no customers for
them. however. and after a few months 1
cut that down to $50. and then dropped a
notch at a time until finally ticketed them
a $40 FOR the pair. / put on the tag mart
iy as joke and partly because I was mad
but must confess l was considerably sur
prised when nobody took up the pronosi
two pictures out OF their handsome shadow
boxes. slapped them into couple OF shah
by gilt frames. put back the first price and
sent Them over To a secondhand store in
the Old Quarter. The place j am speaking
of is beyond doubt the dtrtiest den In town
II Is cluttered up with broken furniture and
hasn't been swept since the year L but
nevertheless 1t is a great resort for north
ern curio hunters. They imagine they make
discoveries there, and sure enough in less
than week, one of them discovered NV
paintings and almost dislocated his arm in
getting out his pocket book before any
body could rush in ahead Of him NV con-
science Is easy. for he got a bargain as 81
was but the episode Is discouraetnp TN
and emptying few trash barrels around
the store. Then maybe III be able to con-
vince people 1 have works of art ON the
premises"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-12
FINANCE AND TRADE
Short Covering Again Makes Better
Demand for Stocks.
SU G AR TAXES A JUMP
Good Buying of Railroad Bonds
for Long Account.
GENERAL MARKET REPORTS


Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
NEW YORK, March l2.-The covering OF
short contracts which was noted in a few
specialties on Saturday was resumed In the
early trading this morning. London sent
over a range of prices from u to q above
the local parity. the success OF the war loan
having had beneficial influence on specu-
lauVe sentiment at that center This
change In conditions made some Impression
on the local market later in the day. COM
mission houses bringing In more business
and the room receding from Its pessluistic
position.
The vote to be taken on the currency bnl
tomorrow was used as an inducerneut To the
new demand. but authorities differ widely
on the immediate outcome OF this Iegisla-
ton. That a substantial increase will be-
made to the present supply of available
FUNDS is certain, but whether the increase
VIII extend to the imitation point is doubt
fui. The treasury must release, in payment
OF premiums. a considerable sum, and this
amount alone would help the present de-
pleted reserve condition of the local banks
The extent to which new circulation will
be taken Is not easily determined. but the
recent demand for government bonds would
indicate that it Will be very large The
only reason for the high premiums on the
issues included In the refunding scheme Is
lhat cheap circulation is guaranteed to
holders of the new twos.
Keller to the money market may come
within few days from a Treasury offer to
anticipate interest. This actor, Is at least
hoped FOR In banking circles.
Inc call money rate today advanced to S
per cent during the period OF the best de-
mand FOR the railway shares This action
may be taken to indicate the more general
knowledge OF the temporary character of
any scarcity of borrowable funds.
Railroad bonds were all strong and the
preferred stocks showed signs OF an awak-
ening investment interest The first mort
gage bonds of the reorganized properties
were active at advancing prices.
The stocks of the same roads, Atchison,
ern, were all in better demand The breadth
OF the market lacks enduring qualities but
the abandoning of the short account NAV
be taken as straw indicating the main
movement.
American Sugar was strong as the result
or the better tone OF the general market
and under its leadership the entire Indus
trial list moved up sympathetically.
me stocks reflected some covering also
put the common shares responded more
easily than did the preferred.
While the demand centered In the spe-
cialt1es to considerable degree the buy
OF character to inspire hope in the future
or all well-managed properties. PennsyI-
Tania, Burlington and all the dIvidend-pay-
ing grangers were taken by conserya live
houses Representing strictly investment
clientele. The atmosphere of the street Is
more hopeful than last week, but the move
ment today may be a tri1e premature
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-12
POSTAL sUBSTATIONs
And What They Mean to the Servic
and the Public.

And What They Mean to the Service
and the Public.
"a few years ago." said high postal Of
fetal to a Star reporter. 1.-The subpostaI sta
tons in New York were counted by the
letters of the alphabet Now the metropo-
lis has 1859 In all.
These stations are now indispensable to
postal operations But few of the patrons
of the mails in the different large cities
realize their number and Importance When
the Manila troops were in San Francisco
substation did a larger business in money
orders than the main office
washington has 50 stations and substa-
tons. Baltimore, lis: Philadelphia, 113;
Brooklyn, 80; Boston, 81: Chicago, $50; st.
Louis, 75 and New Orleans, Is. San Fran
ctseso has %, and is the general office upon
which postal money orders are drawn for
payment in the Philippines; Jolo. San Fer
nando, Cavite and Iloin being military sta
tons of that Office.
Most of the Substations are numbered.
The stations are usually designated by the
letters of the alphabet, and the Independent
stations are the names of the towns and
greater city. as, for instance, 'Roxbury
Crossing of Boston. In ST. Louis, however,
all Of the rs stations are designated by
name.
But 1t is the great city Of London that
leaves us way behind in the matter of pos
tai stations. Its postal facilities are, in
many respects, admirable. 1t is divided
into eight postal districts, as e. c. for
eastern center and w. c. for western CEN
ter, etc. Washington has four postal dis
tricts, and is one of the very few cities thus
geographically quartered. letter dropped
In one of these London postal districts is
transmitted to an adjoining or adjacent dis
trict without going to the central office in
surprisingly quick time.
There are no less than about TOY SUBJ
stations in London, almost as many as in
the cities named above combined. In Lon
don there are Is Fulhams, 10 Forest
Gates. IA Batterseas. st. Johns Woods,
IA Walthamstows and Hammersniths, and
scores Of other places bearing an identical
name. How do they distinguish? Oh they
have a way, many, in fact. most of these
places being preceded by an affix or fol-
lowed by suffix of some sort, as Lower
or Upper etc. Paris. France, has but 1O5
subpost office stations-less than Balti-
more.
1.-THE substations are very largely pat
ronized by ladies, and to the fair sex they
are an Unreasonable benefit and conven-
fence. They are great educators, think
In their way. If this is doubted, step in
one some day when you have an hour to
spare and listen to the questions PROFOUND
ed the clerk. Even though you are not a
student of human nature you will be edited
and amused"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-12
Gen. Roberts Continues His March
Without Opposition.
lay REACH REACH ,:BLOEMFONTEIN soon
Not Known Definitely as to What
~ -4-~.of =, - l..-.
the Beers intend.
UT
A ADDITIONAL .-.r- CASUALTIES

LONDON, March 12-The war office this
morning issued the following dispatch from
Aasvogel Kop, under date of March Il,
We were unopposed during the march
yesterday. The officers left at the last
camp to record the list of casualties have
not yet arrived. The following additional
casualties are known. however:
"Kfiled-Lieuts. F. N. Parsons and A. B.
Coddington Of the Essex Regiment. =
Wounded-Lieuts. &C. Berkeley (severeIy),
Lloyd Arm and G. H. Raleigh. - SD -.
Gen. Gatacre reports that he was within
mile Of the Bethulie railway bridge yes
teroay. The bridge was partially destroyed
and the enemy was holding the opposite
bank"
Anent Peace Proposals.
In the house of commons today Mr.. Bal
four, the first lord of the treasury and gov
eminent leader. replying*to a question as
to whether. consistently with public inter-
ests, he. could state the essential condi-
lions on which alone the government would
entertain peace proposals from the South
AFRICAN republics, promised that papers in
TINS connection would shortly be presented
Leyds Thanks John Clancy.
Inc letter. of DR.. Leyds, the diplomatic
oeenl VI the iransVaal, to Mr.. John Clan
cy, Irish nationalist, member of parliament
Tor the north division of County Dublin
thanking the Dublin corporation for their
resolution Of sympathy for the South Afri-
can republics says:
The resolution is greatly appreciated by
me Know how keenly it will be priced
oy our much suffering country, still strug-
snng LOT Independence and liberty 1t Is a
satLs1actlon TO know that a considerab BILE
part OF the Irish DOnn1atinn In no
klngdom, mindful of the blood being shed
IN South Africa, continues to extend SYM
pathy to our people. May this sympathy
Dc re,echoed by numbers Of your country
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-12
Wounds Bravely Borne,

Writing Of the scenes after the battle of
Colenso. the special correspondent of South
Africa says: Some of the shell wounds
were terrible and CHASTITY, and many
men wounded by the Mauser bullets were
hit in several places at once, so that It be-
came very difficult In some cases to And an
unwounded part of mans body where he
could be safely handled. Not word Of
complaint was heard. and very little xroan-
Ing or grieving over the wounds. Those
who were able pulled away at their pines
and waited their turn for the operating
tent in cold pluck. asked several men IL
they wanted anything Immediate and al
ways got the same answer: I'm all right
sir: the orderly is getting me some SCUM.
When did you have your last food? +
asked. Two o'clock this morning, sir: but
m all right l saw one man standing
looking at the stump Of his trigger finger
which had been carried away by bullet
You'll be all right said !; cheer uni II
wnl soon heal 1t wasn't that, sor' he re-
piied: I'm wondering how soon I'll be able
10 get back to pay out the mon what did
that. sor such was the spirit shown after
the pattie OF Colenso, after about six hours
desperate hghting against hail of bullets
nred by an enemy that not a single iufan-
tryman had chance of aiming al. I ouas-
toned many OF the wounded and fhav OF,
stated that they had not seen a single Roer
the whole day. Doei