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Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-31
Bonds

Associated Oil ..........,...,
California Pacific Ry. ....
Corona Water Co. .........,
Cucamonga Water Co.
Home Telephone ............
Edison Electric Con Co $50.
rome I. & 4. Co. OF Santa
Monica and Ocean Park. =.
L. A. Pacific 1st Con. Mtgs
L. A. Traction Co.
L.. A. Railway Co.
Mission Trans. & r. Co. 80.
Mt. Lowe Railway Co. o.......
Pacific Light & Power Co..
Pacific Electric Ry. Co. ....
Pasadena Home II. & T. Co.
jnediands Home L. & l.. Co.
Pomona Con. Water Co...
Riverside Light & f. Co..
San Diego Home r.. & r. Co.
Santa Barbara Electric Ry..
Seaside Water Co ...........
United Electric G.. 4 p. Co.
Union Transportation Co...
U. S. l.. d. r. & T. Co...
Whittier Home 7. & T. CO..
Whittier Light & Fuel Co..
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-31
Hons In London

BY Associated Press.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 3O.-Hops in London
Pacific coast, easy, G2Q3.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-31
New York Bonds

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 30-The following
were official closing quotations for bonds
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$3.50 for so.Foot Lot

IN beautiful HOLLYWOOD, corner Center
street and Sunset Boulevard QO0 feet
wide); cement walks and curbs, streets
graded, oiled; elegant surroundings: pro-
tectiVe building restrictions. You cannot
get such values for your money else
where. Will double. Agent on tract
Take Hollywood car to office, corner
Prospect and Vermont avenues, scent
fare, WIESENDANGER, 221 Laughlin
Building,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-31
Mining Stocks

Los Angeles Bank clearlnes
1906 1904. 1909,
Oct. 80. 81 316 O3652 955, ,739. .16 $1019 943 G
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-31
Cotton and Wool
By Associated Press.

BY ASSOCIdIeu ITeSS.
NEW YORK, Oct 3O.-Cotton futures
closed barely steady at a net advance
of 15@1S points.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-31
Boston Stocks and Bonds

BOSTON, Oct. 30.-The following were
official closing quotations for stocks and
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-31

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 3O.-Wool, steady;
medium grades, combing and clothing,
z6@31c; light fine, 21 a 26c; heavy fine,
100 22c; tub washed, 1904
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-31
GENERAL FRUIT MARKET
sy Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 3O.-Fruits-
Fancy. apples, Sl,OO; common, 4oc.
cranberries, S3OOGiOSO, '''''S'''''
Grapes-Ordinary, 30c@$1 .25.
Pears-Common. 75c; fancy, 81 25.
Pomegranates-7 90.
PerSimmons-S5cM$l.1 .15
Quinces-S5cQ$1. .0O
- 6ranges-Navels, $2.5O@426; valencia,
Mexican limes-$S 5O@4. 90
LemonsZ-tCommon California, $3.50;
MeionsIW IWatermelons 81 .Oo02. 90; nut
megs, 75c@$1 80; fancy cantaloupes, 81. 90;
common. Toe.
Tropical 4 .ffr5Hnits1BEananas, 81 5000 90;
pineeapples, $2.OOaSOO; Smyrna figs. 5Ocd
Dried Fruit Prices
BY Associated Press
have been reported of prime evapor-
ated apples at 9Ac on spot, but the
general situation is unchanged and
quiet. Common to good are quoted at
prime, SIC.
Prunes are unchanged, with spot
quotations ranging from 4hc to 7Ac
according to grade.
Apricots are sparingly offered from
the coast and while demand is light
spot stocks are firmly held. Choice arc
quoted at Sk Q9c; extra choice, 9A a
SIC; fancy at 1O@11hc.
Peaches show no fresh feature.
Choice are quoted at 1Oc; fancy, 104s a
lie
Raisins are unchanged; loose mus
catels are quoted at 5% @7Bc; seed
raisins, 5A @6$sc; London layers at
$1.20@1.25.
Shipments Of Fruit
LOS ANGELES, Oct 30-Carload ship
NETS over the Southern Pacific road Oct.
28-Oranges, 0; lemons. 8; grand total,
1880.
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Financial Record

NEW YORK, Oct SO-Close: Honey on
call firm, 1854 IPer cent. Lowestil ruling
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-31
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
Prices for Wheat Influenced Largely
by Foreign Advices-Corn
Steady-Oats Weak
BY Assnciatad Press.

CHICAGO, Oct. SO.-The wheat mar
ket opened weak on heavy profit-tak-
ing and liberal short selling by com
mission houses May was off 9s to "a
" to &c at S9Ac to S9%c. At the
start the market was influenced by q
decline of ] to 1Ac in the price of
A cablegram from Odessa stated that
there was possibility of shipments
from that port being stopped tomor-
the last half of the session continued
strong. For May the highest point of
the day was reached at 92c. December
advanced to 9ORc.. The market closed
quotations on December were at 80 &c.
The corn market was Influenced
largely by the situation in the wheat
market. The market closed strong
cay; December opened 1s to Ac lower
at As PC to, 455sc, sold between As $s c
and Acc and closed at 46c.
Heavy liquidation caused weakness
In the oats market. Later a steady to
firm tone was manifested. December
opened a q 3sc to 3sc lower at so &c
cIosed fG 80 % a. a. asSoHHs soH advanced to SOhc and
Provisions were firm on an excellent
shipping demand for lard. Al the
clos" January pork was unchanged,
Market Ranges
The leading futures ranged as fol-
lows:
., Wheat. No 2-December 9O%c; May,
Corn, no. 2-october. 521ac; Decem-
Der new, 46ci December old, 469s a
46hc; May, 46hc.
oats, No. 2-December, 3Ohc; May,
Cash quotations We're as follows:
Flour firm; No. 2 spring wheat, SS6
sic; No. 8, S4@9Oc; No. 2 red, S0A "a
80 C: No. corn. SIC: No 9 yellow
" GO54c; No. . oats, 3O1ac; No.
white, IL @31&c; No. white, 80 d
$1c; No. 2 rye. 7211a a 7Sc; good feeding
barley. 39@39 &c; fair to choice malt
ing, 4S 46c; No. l flaXseed, 93hc; No.
l northwestern, 81; prime timothy seed,
$500; mess pork, per Dbl. S16.371s %
1850; lard, per 100 lbs. $7.07h short
clear sides (boxedj, T.7O@775; whisky,
basis of high wines, $1.3O; clover, con-
tract grade, $13.25.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-31

New York Stocks
BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct 3O-The following
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-31
San Francisco Mining Stocks

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30.-The official
closing quotations for mining stocks
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-04
To Make Janancse Taller,

The Japanese government has been
greatly exercised in its mind over the
low, stature Of the soldiers, and it ap-
pointed a commission to study the
causes of this lack of height, and to
suggest remedy. The commission
has published its report, and it as
cribes the shortness OF the Japanese
to the habit of sitting on the heels in
stead of on a chair. This attitude, 1t
holds, had prevented the legs of the
Japanese from growing. and il sug-
gests that the children should for the
future be made to sit in the European
fashion. This Is a matter in which
the query why can't you leave Il
alone?" applies with much force. The
legs of the Japanese may be short,
but they are uncommonly sturdy, and
are capable of great feats in march
ing Moreover, 1t should be remem-
bered that short soldier hears many
bullets whistle harmlessly overhead
which would kill taller man. In
these days of magazine rifles there In
little advantage in height SO it Ia
just as well for Japan that it will GER
tainly take many generations OF sit
ting on chairs to make the Japanese
q taller race.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-04

The slow progress that is being
made by cremation in this country
must he disappointing to its advocates
as well as surprising to the student
of human affairs. Twenty years ago
the pioneers of cremation naturally
met with good deal of opposition,
for we alter our ideas on the subject
of "pomp of death" a good deal more
slowly than on the mere question OF
how TO live. But it was reasonable to
expect that in two decades sentiment
would have capitulated to reason to
a greater extent than has been the
case. Unfortunately. as we think, the
law courts early stepped in and stere-
otyped that sentiment before 1t had
had time to steady itself. Dr. Trist-
ram decided in 1894 that unless ex-
plicit instructions had been left in
the will an executor Is not compe-
tent to cremate his testator. The
ground of his decision was one that
already reads strangely, viz, that ev-
cry one is entitled to Christian burial,
and that cremation is not Christian
burial Thus it is that only those en-
thusiasts for hygiene who make tho
stipulation themselves come to he cre-
mated.-LOndon News.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-04
The Man Vino Rules japan,

The emperor of Japan is the sun Of
all authority. Everything in Dai Nip
pom shines by his light. In the Jap
anese conception of history he is the
living representative of the gods who
made Everlasting Great Japan
Whether it were court mobiles OF i'm
memorial lineage, heads of military
clans, medieval governors who gov
erned in the Mikado's name, or the
all-powerful Shotgun at Kamakura or
Yedo, they did but shine by borrowed
light. Even the constitution of 1889,
which made government representa-
tive and progressive, was whole the
ory OF administration is that the son
OF heaven is the source of all auth
ority. and that prosperity to the ma
ton cores from his divine ancestors
through him. The most serious ques-
tion which Japanese patriots have to
answer, and the most weighty prob
lens they have to solve, center in
this-how to reconcile this ancient
theory with the claims Of civilization
and Of stianity-Harper's Week
w.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-04
California Salt Farm.

One of the strangest Of farms in
the country, if not in the whole world,
is situated in Southern California,
205 feet below the level of the sea-
The place is known as Salton. 1t is
salt farm Of about 1000 acres. Here
the salt lies, as deposited by nature,
from six inches to sixteen inches in
depth The salt farmers are busy
harvesting this crop the year round;
and, though the harvest has continued
for twenty years, during which time
more than 10000 tons of salt have
been harvested, only ten of the / 900
acres of the farm have been touched.
The salt is first plowed up into
furrows; it is then thrown into con-
ical piles by men with barrows, after
which it is taken to the reduction
works near by and put into market.
able condition. The work is done by
Mexicans and Cinnamon, the intense
heat being more than the white man
can endure.-Chicago Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-04
Asnhalt Laid In Slabs.

A new system of laying asphalt
roads is being adopted in London. In
stead of paving the road with one
homogeneous mass of the material,
which means the closing Of the thor
oughfare for prolonged period, the
asphalt is laid in slabs. in the same
manner as paving stones. says the
Scientific American. The asphalt
slabs are previously hardened, so that
all it is necessary to do is to lay them
down on the prepared foundation and
cement them into position with tar
BY this system road can be reopen
ed for traffic as rapidly as it is paw
ed, while further distinct advantage
is obtained as, owing to the use of tar
at the joints, the surface of the road
way is less slippery than in the case
OF large, unbroken stretches of as
phalt paving.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-04
ENGLAND AND OUR NAVY.
Recognizes We Are Equipped to Pro-
tect Interest In Atlantic and Pacific

Recognizes We Are Equipped to Pro
tect Interest In Atlantic and Pacific
No greater compliment has ever
been paid to any nation than that
which was conveyed by Great Britain
TO the United States. With the tradi.
tions of three hundred years OF naval
power and the consciousness OF hav-
ing been the worlds police force for
at least a hundred years, Great Brit
ain made a public recognition OF the
fact that the navy of the United
States has come to be capable of car
rying on the work in the western
Hemisphere which is the function OF
naval power.
This recognition came in the form
of a redlsposition of the naval forces
Of the British empire, which will.
when fully carried out, practically
abandon the naval work In this hem
isphere to the vessels of the United
States. The feet which has been
maintained in West.Indian and North
Atlantic waters since the days of Eng
lish colonization on this side of the
Atlantic is TO be Withdrawn ana maze
a part of the main defences OF the
British Isles.
The real reason for the change Is
that with the additions which have
been made to the navy of the United
States since the Spanish-Amerlcan
war, this country is, probably for the
first time in its history, able effective
ly to police Atlantic and Pacific wat
ers adjacent to North and South
America, and for the first time the
presence of the warships of other na-
tions Is not necessary in any part
Of this wide flung commerce line to
maintain the international order for
which the ships OF Great Britain have
stood fer so many --tIarper's
Weekly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-04
FISHING THROUGH THE ICE
spearing Muscalonee on chautauqua
Lake Pleasant Sport.

UP TO and including 1902 fishermen
were permitted to spear muscallongc
through the ice on Monday and Thurs.
day of each week for five consecutive
weeks, beginning on the first Monday
In February. During this season the
lake presented busy appearance, as
hshermen came from not only the i'm
mediate vicinity, but from Pennsyl-
vana and Ohio. For this method of
fishing each man is supplied with a
fish coop" and spear. The "coops"
are huts about four feet square and
from 31s to Az feet in height with
pair of wide runners underneath, and
built perfectly tight in order to ex-
clude every ray of light. Within is
a small sheet iron stove, burning
wood or charcoal, to furnish warmth
for the fisherman. Opposite the stove
is seat, with only narrow margin
of floor around the inside of the hut
for the feet to rest upon. The hole
in the bottom of the coop" is about
three feet across and, when the
"cCop" Is in place, is Immediately
above a somewhat larger hole which
has been cut in the ice. The spear
used in taking the fish has five or
seven tines and short handle, to
which is attached a stout cord, and
hangs half its length down into the
water, secured by a catch on the
floor of the coop"
The fisherman sits down with one
foot on either side of the house and
places weighted wooden minnow
about six or eight inches below the
ice. Sometimes he does not have
long to wait for muscallonge to ap-
pear. but again there may be no signs
of one during the whole day. When
fish does appear it generally ap-
proaches the decoy slowly and careful
ly. The fisherman grasps the spear
and quietly poises it directly over the
fish, which. as there is no light in
the hut, is unable to see its danger.
It is inhis endeavor to plant the spear
a little back of the head thus break
ing the backbone and killing the fish
almost instantly. He then carefully
brings to the surface, secures it on
the spear by means of a gaff hook,
lifts it from the water, and throws it
through the door of the coop" upon
the ice outside AS soon as the days
fishing is done, the coop" must be re-
moved to the shore, to remain until
the next legal day for spearing. Owing
to the strenuous objections made by
sportsmen and others, the legislature
of 1908 amended the law so that the
practice Is now permitted only on
Thursday of each week during the
month of February.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-04
Brains Of Men and Apes,

According to the examinations of
the brains of Europeans that have
been made by anatomists, one of the
most important physical differences
between men and apes and monkeys
has been the absence of the so.called
simian fold in the human brain. This
slmian fold, or sulcus, which occurs
on the posterior portion of the main
homlspheres, has recently been dis
covered by Prof. G. Elliot Smith, of
the Egyptian Government School of
Medicine, in the course of an exam
nation OF number of brains of Egyp
tians and Soudanese. He has found
That in certain examples of brains In
his collection the characteristic folds
found in anthropoid apes are so close.
ly reproduced that he Is able to trace
and clearly establish the identity of
every sulcus or fissure. Prof. Smith
has also succeeded in finding human
brains where the occipital pattern
corresponds closely with the brain
of the gorilla.
AS these points OF Identity between
man and his nearest relations have
not previously been encountered NV
European scientists in their brain
studies their importance can he re-
allied, as they do away with one Of
the supposed and hitherto recognized
structural distinctions. - Harper's
Weekly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-04
Camphor Wood as Road Pavinu.

An experiment is to be made In
London to ascertain the wearing and
durability of camphor wood for road
paving. A section of the Buckingham
palace road for distance of 45O feet
Is to be paved with this wood. II
within four years the new material
proves unsatisfactory it is to be re-
placed by creosoted deal blocks. The
experiment is entirely new, for cam
phor wood has never been used before
Iore this purpose. The wood comes
from East India and Is of a rich
brown color and close grained Trials
arc also being made with various 9TH
or woods for this selfsame purpose.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-04
LeeWard of a Ship.

South End-The leeward side of a
ship is the opposite to that on which
the wind blows when it crosses her
course, and which is termed the
weather side. Leeward is on the lee
side; opposed to windward, on the
weather side. A lee shore Is a shore
on the lee side of the ship, or the
shore on which the wind blows; and
ship Is said to be under the lee of
the shore when the wind blows from
the shore, or when she is in some
measure sheltered by the shore The
names Leeward and Windward, as ap-
piled to the West India islands, were
given to them from their situation
in voyage from the ports of Spain
to Carthagena of Portobello. The
islands which lie to leeward extend
from Porto Rico to Demarara.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-04
The Tools of Genius.

Some of the greatest discoveries in
physics and chemistry have been
made with the simplest forms of ap-
paratus and under the most modest
conditions Of laboratory equipment.
One need only recall the achievements
of the famous John Dalton, and in
later time of Sir Gabriel Stokes, to il.
lustrate the point. AS regards the
latter, a comment of Lord Rayleigh
is Of interest. Stokes's experimental
work, he says, was executed with the
most modest appliances. Many of his
discoveries were made in a narrow
passage behind the pantry of his
house, into the window of which he
had shutter flxed with slit in it
and a bracket on which to place
crystals and prisms. Tele.
graph.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-04
RACE SUICIDE IN LONDON
Due to Love of Ease and Luxury
Among Upper Glasses.

The continued fall in the birth and
marriage rate in London, combined
with the terribly high rate of infant
mortality, is viewed with the greatest
concern in religious and scientific cir
ces. The Rev. w. Carlile, head Of
the Church Army said that a declin-
ing birth rate was one of the surest
signs of national decay.
Love of ease and luxury among
the upper classes" he continued, ARE
mainly responsible for this terrible
state of affairs. The refusal Of moth
ers to accept the responsibility of
motherhood is, in my opinion, nothing
less than child murder.
The moral standard in this respect
is much higher among the lower than
among the upper classes. For in
stance. while the birth rate was 376
per 1000 in Stepney, 357 in Bethnal
Green and 34.5 in Poplar, all poor
districts. in rich Kensington 1t was
only 20. in wealthy Hampstead III,
and in Westminster lowest of all,
16.9.
Il weep to think of it, London is
becoming another Herculaneum, an
other Pompeii. II we do not mend our
ways our fate will be none the less
terrible.
History has proved over and over
again that when the birth-rate falls
the whole prosperity of the country
suffers. Take France, for instance.
Her 'stagnant population has brought
defeat in war, increased criminality,
and lessening of virtue and strength.
In Italy, on the other hand, where the
population is steadily increasing, the
country is progressing by leaps and
bounds"
Sir James Crichton Browne also
blames the mothers of Britain for the
declining birth-rate and the heavy in
FAINT mortality. He has declared these
facts to be due to an increased disin-
clination on the part of mothers to
nurse their own offspring.
"The extent to which mothers shirk
their responsibilities is lamentable,"
he said. "Seduced by the siren calls
of fashion and frivolity, these women
evade their duty--to the loss of their
offspring"
The Bishop of Ripon declares that
much more terrible than those irreg-
ular alliances which the church had
not sanctioned were those terrible
fashionable marriages where the du-
ties of life are shirked, and where
marriage is made mockery. This is
a question affecting society as a
whole. for the birth-rate Of almost
every European nation is declining"
The Bishop of London expressed his
firm belief that married life properly
lived is the happiest form of exist
ence.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-05-04
Cotton in Enqland.

American cotton thinkers, with
memories still busy with the recent
uproar in our cotton mart, will prob
ably read with interest of the discus
sion in the house of commons recent
ly on growing in the British
empire, in which both sides showed a
commendable zeal. Mr.. Emmott,
speaking on behalf of the British Cot
ton Growing association, thanked the
government for the assistance they
had given, and pointed out that the
only barrier to making British Central
African territories great cotton
producing region lay in the labor
question. Mr.. Lyttelton, in an inter.
esting speech, summarized the s'eps
which have been taken in this work
throughout the empire. Egypt.
thanks to Lord Cromer, sends a good
supply, and there is every reason to
believe that cotton growing may be
established in the Soudan. Expert
ments are being made in Rhodesia and
other parts of South Africa, but the
west coast of Africa is the chief cen.
ter of promise. 1t has been arranged
that the Cotton Growing association
shall contribute 100000 year for the
work, and that Southern Nigeria, Sier-
ra Leone, and Lagos shall provide
86.5O0 for three years. No better
work in the cause Of Imperialism
could be undertaken, for on it's sue.
cess depends the future of some of
Britain's chief tropical possessions
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