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Evening star., 1903-08-29

already fulfilled the prophecy made by this
authority.
If the loss of S25, 900 600 cash from New
YORK is sufficient to produce a disturbance
In the money market, the presence of that
amount of surplus reserve Is commonly re-
garded as sufficient basis for bull move
ment to start, inasmuch as it represents
$loooO,O0O of credit capacity.
Stocks and the Country.
1t is true that in fourteen of the past sew
enteen years there has peen an upward
movement in stocks in August, the very
time that shipments of currency to the west
and south begin. This August boom is
based on the crops. 1t is stock market re-
Election of the good cheer produced by good
harvests. But the upward movement Is
commonly checked as soon as the reserves
are depleted by the shipments of currency
to move the crops. Crops therefore require
currency, and the stock market credit for
big movement. They cannot ordinarily be
moved at the same time.
What striking illustration of the close
bond existing between Wall street and the
farms of the country. One creates the val
ues that make Wall street securities a mar
ketable commodity. The other supplies the
capital which develops the resources and
moves the product of the country
Evening star., 1903-08-29
THE JOYS OF sUNBURN.
A Summer Luxury Highly Valued by
Many Persons.
From the Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
Among the horses of the sun is Erythreos
He is the red producer" All of them ac-
cording to the Greek and Latin myth
breathe fire from their nostrils," but it is
this one that must be credited with those
peachbloom tints common to late spring
and the summer A half hour out in the
open will convince one that the red pro-
ducer' is tainting the sunshine with his
fiery breath. Hail Erythreos!
Sunburn to the city youth. and age as
well, is one of the luXuries of the summer
1t is becoming to some; some it makes
hfdeous; along with it may come freckles
galore; there may be days and nights Of
discomfort and cold cream poultcng; but
none of these possibilities rob the sunburn
or Its charm. 1t serves an outward and
visible sign of good time somewhere
Where did you get it?' addressed to the
Wearer of a newly borrowed visage will
nine times out of ten, bring out the story
of day, or days, spent away from town
and there will be a touch of pride in the
tone of the narrator. He will talk of tennis
golf, boating. bathing and the like until
you re sorry you got him going. There are
those who will bewail the fate that Drowned
them. Nine out of ten unwittingly or
maliciously prevaricating
Sunburn, when all is said pro and con is
a distinctive joy of the summer It snesks
for the big outdoor world. 1t is the seal
and sign of avocations which may not be
pursued by most for eight months of the
year, and those ayocations fill out the CEN
sus of the chief recrative doings of both
sexes and all ages Sunburn is eloquent
of fresh air. for the sunshine is the bouuuet
to the breeze 1t is synonymous with en-
ergy, and energy is the telltale of life. The
dead bleach, the living breathe and burn,
dogma TO the contrary notwit thstanding
Sunburn burns. The first days outing is
apt to cook the back of the neck. the
cheeks, the nose. the hands and arms, and
the hot breath of Erythreos reaches eyery
exposed square inch. But there are scores
of cooling salves and lotions. with cold
cream and witch hazel high on the list. to
make sadness and signing endure but for a
night Everybody knows what a day. even
In nice, sizzling sunshine, means in this
respect; but, safe to say there will be no
FEWER outing seekers for this fact Sum
burn and love have many things in com
mon, but, at any rate. both are a sweet
pam; both know no cure but time
And the season of this is here Ervthreos
is surely snorting. Those who have been
following the golf ball on recent DAYS, who
have been at the tennis or have chased the
base ball about the lot know it, perhap
TOO we'll Lay on, Erythreos!
Evening star., 1903-08-29

and lashed the approaching horses across
their faces with the fury of a madman.
Slash, slash, slash, the whip cut the air and
fell against their faces like a rain of hail.
1t was forlorn hope, but the only hope.
The maddened team swerved under the
cutting shower. and the wagon swept past
with not an eighth OF an inch to spare.
Chalmers sunk back in his seat, and seiz-
ing the reins from his companions nerve
less hands drove silently home. Once the
pony tried to bolt, and Chalmers, with the
venom of all his days of sufferings, nearly
pulled him into the cart. Miss Bangs no.
ticed that
That evening. having dressed for dinner,
Chalmers stood in the library absently fin
caring pile of books. The door opened
and he turned just as Miss Bangs threw
her arms around his neck with a low cry.
He drew her close and she rested her head
against his heart. Suddenly she drew back
and looked him full in the eyes and smiled
My sweetheart she said.
Evening star., 1903-08-29

to pull up. Then he shouted, but when Miss
Bangs looked up the pony had already
sWerved out for the turn. She took the
situation in at a glance, and her face
blanched she threw all her strength in a
desperate wrench at the reins. They We're
half turned in the middle of the main road
and the team of runaway horses, attached
TO a heavy express wagon, were coming
squarely at them. There was no one in the
seat; the horses tongues were hanging
out and the cumbersome wagon swayed
like a ship in seaway. In a second 1t
would be on them. The pony, sulking at
the sudden pull at the bit in his tender
mouth, was turning too slowly, and Miss
Bangs lashed him with the whip
Chalmers mind worked like lightning. In
the time it takes the flash to leap across
the sky he had considered and dismissed
the chances of seizing the girl and jumping
from the cart, or of throwing her out and
taking his chances. But they were shut in
by the trap-like seat. Suddenly he stood up
and snatched the whip from her hands.
The great wagon pole and the plunging
horses were within few feet of them.
Leaning far out Chalmers raised the whip
Evening star., 1903-08-29

occasional Saturday in the golf links or a
cross-country walk. left his athletic career
ut the university. He had never ridden
horseback in his life and was a miserable
driver.
Perhaps IT was the great contrast in
their lives that attracted Chalmers and
Miss Bangs. He never had been especially
at ease with young women, but Miss Bangs
and her straightforward, matter-o -of-fact
ways, and the easy terms of fellowship on
which she met him, worked marvellous
transformation AS for her she was oblig-
ed to confess-when II became necessary
TO think of such things-that Chalmers ap-
peeled to her wonderfully. She liked his
lncisiVe ways, his clear, clean-cut views on
all subjects and MS manliness. He had
the air of man who had habitually done
things and gets them out of the way, and
what she had heard of him verified that
impression. So finally it came that she
decided In most syllogistic manner that
she loved him: They became engaged
Although Chalmers felt a very cIear-cut
Jealousy for the polo pony. 1t cannot be
said that his other impressions We're we'll
defined That was the trouble He would
not say that their relations were perfume
Evening star., 1903-08-29
Umbrella Swindlers.
From the Golden Penny.

Card sharpers in Marsei1le have adopted
an ingenious method of adding to their
gains. In many Of the secret gaming houses
of the town business men who can spare
half an hour rush in for brief game OF
roulette, baccarat ETC., and do not stop to
leave their hats or umbrellas outside. The
sharpers also keep their hats and umbrel-
las, and lean the latter against the table
while, by a. slight movement of the elbow,
they manage to edge sundry odd napol cons
off the edge into the open folds rich
harvest is often reaped by these umbrella
gentry. Anent gamblers according to the
police records, there are %, 600 card sharp
tries. France containing 5,O0O Italy $500.
Germany 1900 and England and Austria
1,5O0 apiece
Evening star., 1903-08-29
The Aversion of Money.
Suburban Notes.
From Pucl


A number of houses were entered by
burglars last night, but no booty Sc
cured beyond few French maids of NOM
inal value.
In two houses the attempt was made to
drill into the time lock on the door of the
cooks apartment, but without success.
The police have a certain intelligence Of
flee under surveillance. The place is be-
lieved to be a fence for the disposal Of
stolen servants
Evening star., 1903-08-29
Silence.

From Puck.
'Of course, it was grand up there in the
mountains, but the silence was something
appalling
Il dare say"
Not as appalling, perhaps, as an equal
silence at formal dinner but still very
appalling, indeed
Evening star., 1903-08-29
The Reason.

From the Atlanta Constitution
What makes 'em talk bout Death al
ways ridin' on pale hoss?" some one
asked of Brother Dickey.
Well was his reply "any boss in de
country. but mule, would turn pale ter
see Death comin'!'
Evening star., 1903-08-29
Currency to Move Crops.

Now, it takes money to gather these crops
and get them to the distributing markets,
and every year the harvest season, though
otherwise a period of rejoicing, unless there
has been failure Of the crop, is always
burden to the money market. This is be-
cause the harvest demand is not merely
for credit-the resources of the banks
would be equal to that-but for actual cash
which is more serious matter. While
ninety-fve per cent of the business of the
country is transacted by means of checks
the business of farming requires actual
currency. That is to say, many farmers
keep no bank account, and they are obliged
to pay currency for their store supplies and
Evening star., 1903-08-29
STOCKS AND CROPS
Wall Street Drained Of
sloo,ooo;ooo Credit.
HARVEST TIME NEEDS
WEST WITHDRAWs RESERVES
FROM NEW YORK BANKS.
When Money Tightens Securities Fall
and Trouble is at
Hand.
Copyright 1903, by Joseph b. Rowles,

Copyright, 1908, by Joseph B. Bowles)
Written for The Evening Star by Serene S. Pratt.
This is the harvest season. America is
engaged in gathering the products of her
rich soil, the fruit of her agricultural in
dustry. What this means may be gathered
from the statistics of last year, when corn
having farm value of more than a billion
of dollars, wheat having a farm value of
over S422 100000. and cotton valued at over
$300,C00ooO. three crops with an aggregated
value at the farm of more than one and
three-quarter billions of dollars, were har-
vested.
Evening star., 1903-08-29
Quaint Dress of the Women.

Even the women dress like the Puritan
maids of Oliver Cromwells time. That is
because they never see a foreign woman
or a fashion paper. Daughters have dress
ed like their mothers for generations. They
have had no other way, and, even If they
had a new-fangled idea would have been
frowned upon q snare of the evil one.
The spirit of SmiteThem- Hip -and-Thigh
Tompkins and his fellows still pervades
the little commonwealth, but it has its adj
Evening star., 1903-08-29

away az possible 30 as to delay their re-
turn for redemption. There has been
notable increase in bank note circulation
this year, largely as the result of the policy
thing he could to encourage the taking out
of circulation by national banks. But as
the bank notes are secured by United States
bonds. which, though bought at premium,
are good for circulation only at par, the
resulting condition is that of inelasticity,
particularly, as the retirement of circula-
tion by all the banks of the United States
is limited to 100000 a month. There can
be no real elasticity where the facilities for
retiring circulation are not as ample as
those for issuing. President Roosevelt in
his speeches, Secretary Shaw and Con-
troller of the Currency Ridgeley in their
reports and addresses, ex-Secretary Gage
and other bankers have frequently spoken
of this inelaSticity one of the grave de-
fects of our financial system. The matter
Will be debated at the extra session of Con-
gress. to be held November 9. 1t is claimed
by the advocates of credit currency that If
the banks were permitted to issue their
notes with the same freedom that checks
and drafts are drawn and other transfers.
of credit are made, but subject to q small
annual tax which would be held in the
treasury as sort of insurance fund, the
volume of circulating notes would rise and
fall with the supply and demand. Whether
IL would be wise to confer this privilege
upon the 1000 national banks throughout
the country is question upon which there
is a wide difference of opinion. 1 shall not
presume to discuss much less to decide,
such an issue in the limits of this article
But 1t is a fact that under the present sys-
tenn there is such an inSlastcity in the cir
culatlon that every year the currency re-
quirements of the west and south to move
the crops cause a furry and sometimes
almost panic in the Wall street money
market.
Evening star., 1903-08-29
Panic Predicted.

Last February l asked one of the great
est financial authorities in this country
what would be the effect of the failure of
financial legislation pending at that time
and he replied: I'm that case nothing can
prevent panic in Wall street except a
failure of the crops What he meant, of
course, was that the surplus supplies of
money would be so short that, in case the
crops were large so as to require the nor
NAL amount of currency to move them
there would be a monetary convulson IN
Wall street. 1t may be remarked that the
financial legislation then pending, namely
the Aldrich bill, failed of passage, and the
recent severe and long-continued liquida-
ton and decline in the stock market, dis
counting the expected panic in the fall, has
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-06-18
THE DRCUTH IN THE EAST.:O
None sach Was Ever Known in the
State of Maine.

None SHch Was Ever Known In the
State of Maine.
While the Middle West has been suf-
fering terribly in loss of life and proper
ty because of heavy rainfall and floods
the East has been parched by the long
est droutl in its history. Lumbermcn
in Maine say that over 23,OOO.G00 feet Of
logs have been left in the woods or hung
up in brook drives and will not he avail
able for use this year. while unless heavy
rains come soon, from 25.01D,OOO to 30,
100000 feet additional will be hung ur
in the Penobscot River drives. No such
drouth as that now prevailing was ever
known in Maine. there having been nc
rain of consequence il two months. Some
of the largest drives are stranded. and
their crews have abandoned the logs,
there being no prospect of getting them
TO boom this spring unless there should
come week of rain right away.
The loss of the numbering and agricui
tural interests from the drouth can hard
" be estimated. but it is said that ST..
900. 900 would not cover the damage al
ready suffered by those industries. Be
sides the drouth. there were remarkable
extremes of temperature i'll Name during
May. tile mercury having been as higl
as 90 and as low as "A. On the 23d, 224th
and o5tlr of the month severe frOsts pre-
vailed all orer the State. killing all crops
out of the ground and running the straw
berry and fruit prospects. except on the
higher levels. Ali garden crops must bt
raplonted and the farmers are ~discour
aged.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-06-18
SERvIA A SMALL KINGDOM.
Turbulent Little Monarchy, However
Has q Goed Fighting Force.

Turbulent Little Monarchy, However,
Has a Coed Fighting Force.
Servia, one of the smallest monarchies
Of southeastern Europe, has recently
been worrying along under new con-
stitution proclaimed by the King on April
10, 1901, under which the legislative
power is vested in a senate and a ma
tional assembly.
The senate consists of the heir to the
throne, the archbishop of Belgrade, the
bishop Of Nish, thirty members appointed
for life, and eighteen elected for a six
year term.
The area of the monarchy is but 49,
63O square miles and the population in
1900 was 2,493,770 Belgrade, the capi-
tai, has about 10000 inhabitants, while
Nish, the second city, houses about 25,-
900.
Military service has been obligatory in
Servia since the law of January, 1901,
which specifies two years active service
from the age of 20, nine years in the re-
serve and six years in the first and eight
in the second ban Of the national militia.
The budget provides for II, 200 men in
the infantry, 1,400 in the cavalry, 1000
IN the artillery, 1000 in the engineers,
and 500 in the sanitary corps In case
of mobilization the army and reserves can
furnish about 10000 men in five divis-
ions. The two bans in addition would
make up fighting force of nearly 3OO,-
600 men.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-06-18

Murdered Rulers Wife and Others Are Struck Down
with Axes or Killed by Bullets.
Attendants Slain i'm the Dead of Night
May Have Been Result of Plot to Get Rid of Queen
May Cause Turmoil in Europe

Various reports are current as to the
manner in which the King fell. One has
it that both were shot by members Of the
military, while another story has it that
the King, seeing the end was inevitable,
first shot the Queen and then turned his
revolver on himself, committing suicide.
The mob, made thirsty by its taste OF
blood, then made its way to the apart
ments of Premier Zinzar and NJ. Marko-
witch, the commander of the Kings
Guard. Both, with their wives, were
shot down in cold blood.
Queen Killed with an Ak.
A dispatch from Semlin, Hungary.
gives an interesting version of the events
at Belgrade. 1t says:
A party of officers preceded to the pal
ace by previous arrangement with Gen.
Ljubasivkovics and called on King Alex
ander to abdicate in favor of Prince
Peter Karageorgevitch. The King re-
fused and shot Col. Naumovics, who
made the proposal. The other officers
thereupon summoned the war minister,
Gen. Pavlovitch, and Tudorovics, the
minister of the interior, one of the Kings
aids-de-camp, and other loyal officers.
The leader of the actual assailants was
Lieut.. Col. Mischief, who himself mur-
dered the Queen. The latter, together
with her brother and sisters, was struck
down with an ak. The Queen died imme-
diately. The King lived few minutes.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-06-18
From Far and Near.

A damaged footballer has just been
fitted at a London hospital with celu-
loid nose.
Thomas Hanlan, accused of deserting
his wife and eloping with Ada Bethel, 16
years old, narrowly escaped lynching by
women at Mound City, Mo.
The Mercur. a weekly paper published
by a group of young literary men In
Strasburg, was recently coniscated on
the charge of lese majeste. A radical
student named Hans Pagel. the response
BILE editor of the paper, thereupon shot
and killed himself and his sweetheart.
At the demand of Gen. Bohrikoff, the
governor general of Finland. NJ. Savon,
the Swedish consul at Nystad, Finland,
nas been dismissed for participation in
the anti-Russian agitation.
The st. Louis Court of Appeals hand
ed down a decision in the case of John
II. King VS.. the Phoenix Insurance Com
pany that a verbal contract of insurance
by an authorized agent is binding.
All business was suspended at Home
stead, Pa, and the town took holiday
in honor of the dedication of the c. NJ
Schwab free industrial school and the
formal opening of the institution bull
and to be maintained by the president
CT the steel corporation.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-06-18
Told In q Few Lines.

The Pope favors American brides for
Italians, not only because of financial adj
vantage. but because of the benefit to the
torpid Roman nobility.
The National Board of Fire Under
writer's has concluded that it is unwise
to Influence" legislators. A resolution
to that effect was adopted.
As the result of a cavern in the lower
level of the Liberty Bell mine near Tel
luride, Colo. two men were crushed to
death and two others were badly injur-
ed.
Senator Beveridge of Indiana has de-
clared unequivocally that he will not be
a candidate for the Republican nomina-
tion for the presidency. He wants to
be reelected Senator.
The Woodmen of the World conven-
ton in Milwaukee took a new departure
in adding to its eligible list bituminous
coal miners and seafaring men employed
on lakes and rivers.
The annual report of the United States
Rubber Company, the rubber trust.
shows gross earnings to be So, ,1SS, ,751,
and the total net income S2,774.39S.
which after deducting interest and bad
debts. left a surplus for the year of ST.
342, ,44S.
Two Missouri Pacific freight trains
met in head-end collision in the wess
wards at jefferson City, No.. badly shak-
ing up both train crews. but not killing
anyone.
\ man in Buenos Ayres became in
sane from violent emotion, on learning
that he had won the big prize in lot
terry. He went to church. drew re-
volver and fired at the priests.
A fleet of four steamers to handle
freight only between Vancouver, B. c.,
Australia and New Zealand is to be in
augurated by II. A. Alley n Co. of Ia
coma. Mr.. Alley is now in Auckland.
n. T., arranging for the starting Of the
line.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1903-06-18

@'l0E9IlERR<
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Forest and Flood.

4
| This is not an exceptional record. Ev'
cry two or three years the foods are as
disastrous to life and property inter.
ests as they have been this year. II
is believed that one-half of this loss
might be prevented by the reforestation
Of lands on the water sheds of the great
rivers and by tree planting on the plains
Of Kansas and Nebraska.
| The losses by the food in the Ohio
valley a few weeks ago were estimated
| at $50,O0O,O00 The losses along some
Of the smaller Pennsylvania rivers in
Pennsylvania amounted to $1,000 600
The storms in South Carolina on Satur.
day destroyed $3,500,0O0 worth of prop
erty. At low estimate, the floods Of
this spring have entailed a loss to pro.
ducers and business interests and private
property in the United States of $780,.
100000.
This would be a moderate outlay, even
Il there were no profit in tree planting,
but the experiments of railway managers
and of farmers prove that tree planting
as business is profitable. Therefore 1t
is not easy to understand why the farm
ers Of the country, the railway mana
gers, the manufacturers, and business
"en seneraiy 10 NOT unite IN a common
movement to secure practical safety from
alsaslIous noous =. an annual eApenoi-
~. .nnr.y ios. h. saodsNCh,a.aa I inta. as
Oc..r 's
Taking the first cost bovaver of treo
planting, the 100000 trees planted in
nend;turo of not r,o,o +b.r soso o0o If
tbe nnmher of trees nisnted snnroIlv
war. ;noro.s.d an. hn,dradsoIa tLa 90.
wouId ha S95 on o0o snd 70 ~. ,,Iontad
6OO O0o 0o0 trsos 80 -. oo,,Id 10
IN twentr,sra 20. .r"h ~ na.sa,o
of raforestot;on os wou,d n-odrna tbe
.ond;t;on. thot. r.aro;,.d ,..har 49, S-oto-
.hod. of o,,n - -, - ."a.od
-;th fo-.sts
tn. -
- AeS."' noous Az N@nsaS u".naseI ',
p.opey ~ tne f"en'y-hve principa'
c.'es cue VI tue e.ate ana IN IN ma Mansas @ lily, @
W. 10 tns anOunt oa Oh $<'oVV'oW. Inc
losses in the ~ smaier towns IN tne
.one VI .ne ny" noooS U.s. WIN prooaoiy increase
.uis u ]i''VVV,VV' Luz losses IN Ne
asNa arc seheuu.eu at @,v,Vov,VW. Lug
losses s, ~ missouri, inc mci1olng 81. LOUIS
WIN prooaeiy reacn SSo,oo.VoV' ana tne
'osses 20 farmers ano otners ii LIMOS
anu o'ner states a!ons ene nVer VIII III
crease 'he totai 10 Soo'Voo,VW.
experiments in New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Illinois, Minnesota and other States