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The Glenwood post., 1905-08-26
Boilers Were Safe.

Washington, Aug. 22.-Secretary
Bonaparte to-day received, and as soon
as he had himself read it, made public
the findings of the court of inquiry
which investigated the explosion of
the gunboat Bennington at San Diego,
California, July 21st. The findings
were a complete surprise, for they at
once set at rest the stories that had
been circulated to the effect tina. the
Bennington's boilers and perhaps those
of other naval vessels of the same age
were defective. AS matter of fact,
the court found the explosion resulted
from the closing of valve which con-
nected the exploded boiler with its
steam gauge, SO that the pressure on
the boiler may have been several hun
dred pounds to the square inch when
the accident occurred.
The officers and men who were re-
sponsible. in the opinion of the court,
are pointed out and courtmartial pro-
ceeGings suggested in the case of the
only one of them surviving, Ensign
Charles T. Wade
The Glenwood post., 1905-08-26
DENVER MARKETS

Denver Union Stock Yards, Aug. q.
There was a good supply OF cattle
ut all points last week and prices gen
orally lower than the week before
Eastern markets report good choice
:ornfed beef steers about steady but all
other grades note very material de-
cline. On the local market there was
very few of the choice kind offered and
prices were very nearly steady on best
beef steers at the close. Common kinds
were about a quarter lower. Cows con.
stituted the bulk of the supply, as has
been the case for several weeks.
There were only a few loads Of good
ones noticed, however, and the trad
ing was draggy on the common stuff.
Good cows are weak TO %
cents lower, with common stuff
showing decline of about 40 cents.
Best grass steers sold up to s4.0o dur
in the week with the bulk at $S.25 to
s3.S5. Cows sold up to $500, but it
took good ones to bring this price. and
the most of the sales were made
around $225 to $2G5. Bulls were
about steady and veal calves strong to
a dime higher. The supply of feeders
and stockers was light and trading
quiet. The demand was fair but not
heavy. Prices at the close were 25 to
80 cents lower in sympathy with the
eastern decline. Very few country
buyers are showing up as yet at any of
the markets, as it is still very hot in
the East and flies are bad, and feeder
buyers are not ready to stock up. In
dications are that there will be more
buyers on this market a little later in
the season than ever before, however,
and trading is expected to be good.
While the decline here looks large,
eastern markets show still larger de-
probation and practically everything
forwarded from here has lost money.
1t has been no uncommon thing this
week for shippers to sell out at the
river for % to So cents less money
than they paid here.
Hogs have been in good supply and
the market unchanged from last week
with S6.05 still representing about the
top. The demand is fair.
The trade in sheep was light as only
few arrived All offerings sold un-
der a very good demand at strong
prices, and quotations are higher than
they were week ago. Good demand
here for limited number of killers.
The Glenwood post., 1905-08-26
Case Of Suicide.

Trinidad, Colo Aug. ga coro-
ners jury investigating the death of
Leonard Linhardt decided that he
came to his death by his own hand.
The testimony of the coroner as to the
nature of the wound and the circum-
stances of the death all tend to this
conclusion.
The instinct of horse led to the
body being found. The animal be-
longed TO an Italian who was passing
near by. and its peculiar actions
caused the man to investigate.
The Glenwood post., 1905-08-26

Owensboro. Ky, Aug. 22.-Owens-
boro and Henderson, Kentucky, and
Evansville, Indiana, were visited by an
earthquake at Hos o'clock last night.
Two distinct shocks were felt. Citi-
zens of Owensboro We're greatly fright
ened. Many rushed from their homes.
No damage was done.
The Glenwood post., 1905-08-26
ohetp,
Comparative Receipts
Grain.

Wheat, choice milling. per 100 lbs
s1,25. Rye, Colorado bulk. per 100 lbs.
soc. Oats bulk, Nebraska. new, white
SLIP; mixed, sl.0S; in sack. Colorado
white. s1.20 Corn, in bulk. $1.OO
Corn chop sacked, s10S Bran, Colo.
RADIO, per 100 lbs, Csc.
The Glenwood post., 1905-08-26
AaY,

Upland, per ton. s1o.oOD12.Oo; sec
ond bottom. SS00@9.00; timothy,
$1,000; timothy and clover. 311.OO; al
fafa, prime, $500; straw. $3.50; South
Park wire grass, s16.00917.00.
The Glenwood post., 1905-08-26

Memphis. Tenn. Aug. 22.-Two dis
tinct earthquake shocks were eXpe-
rienced here last night at li:15
o'clock, The disturbance was more
appreciably felt in the eastern suburbs
than in the city. The shocks were of
brief duration.
The Glenwood post., 1905-08-26

Springfield, H., Aug. 22.-An earth.
quake shook houses in Springfield at
IL o'clock last night.
The Glenwood post., 1905-08-26
Butter.

Elgin market ............ 2Oh
Creameries. extra, Colo. 216 23
Creameries, extra, eastern. 21Q 23
Greameries. firsts, Colorado
and eastern ..,........; $50 20
Process and renovated
goods. lb ............. ITO 10
Dairy, choice, lb ........ 16
Dairy, medium grade $50. IA
Packing stock, fresh ...... 14@ 14h
The Glenwood post., 1905-08-26
Cattle.

Comparative Receipts
Month to August 18th ..... 5,1S9
Same period last year ........ G.GSS
decrease. ............ ......-. l,49J
1ear to date ...............-..l7 .l73,9Il
Same period last year ...... 1906
Increase. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1915
The following quotations represent
the range of prices paid on this mar
ket:
Beef steers, hayfed-grass,
good to choice. 3.90@4.25
Beef steers, hayfed-grass,
fair to good .............,3.25@3.9O
Beef steers, hayfed-grass,
common to fair ....-....... 2.75@3.40
Cows and heifers, hayfed-
grass, good to choice 2.s003.25
Cows and heifers, hayfed-
grass, fair to good .2.25@2.75
Cows and heifers, hayfed-
grass, common to fair. .2.00@2.25
tanners. ................... I.uu0tZ.O
Calves. veal, good to choice .3.75G4.00
Calves, veal, fair to good. .3.00@3.75
Bulls, stays, etc. 1.50@3,0O
Feeders, f. P. r., good to
choice ...................,.. .S.OO@3.75
Feeders, f. P. R., common TO
medium. ......,.......... .2.5O@3.O0
stockers, F. P. R., good to
choice. ..........,.... 2.75@3.5o
Stockers. f. P. r., common
10 meclum. .............2.25 2.25W2.i6
The Glenwood post., 1905-08-26
SHOCK
SHARPLY FELT IN FIVE STATES
lremor Shakes st. Louis, Memphis,
tennessee, and Springfield, Illinois.
Mo Damage Reported.

st. Louis, Aug. 22.-St. Louis and
vicinity was visited by an earthquake
last night shortly after IL O'Clock.
Three distinct shocks were felt by
thousands of persons in St. Louis and
st. Louis county, as far as Belleville,
Illinois, as far south as Memphis,
Tennessee, and as far north as Spring
field, Illinois.
While the tremors lasted scarcely a
minute, they We're distinct enough to
awaken sleeping residents of the city,
to cause dogs to bark in alarm and
to wake sleeping children who cried
out in terror.
The shocks. from comparison of
the time they were felt in the districts
visited, seemed to travel from east to
west. There was but an infinitesimal
period between the shocks, but a sec
ond intervening between the first and
second spasms. and about three sec
onds between the second and third, or
final shock
The trembling of the earth was ac-
companied by dull rumbling noise,
which sounded like the passing of a
distant freight train.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18

the buns I saw good pair of trousers go
for dime, and an overcoat for % cents,
while a pair of boots that will last for a
couple of months at least can often be
picked up for a nickel.
Always Dodges Work.
In the hardest winter the average city
bum will not work, even if he gets the
chance to do so at fair living wage He
will take job readily if it is offered, but
he soon leaves it, for his shiftless life has
rendered him incapable of regular toll. A
day or two at snow shovelng, a week at a
third-rate theater where a crowd is wanted
on the stage at the climax of the third act,
few days tending furnace-these are the
hardest jobs the bum will undertake. AS
soon as he has little money in his pocket
he knows that he is on 'easy street. for as
many weeks as he has dollars. bum can
live well on dollar week if he knows
the ropes"
Contrary to the general belief, buns are
not beggars or criminals, even when they
are most up against it, in the hardest
winters. The "panhandlers'' and "yeggs"
are men of quite different temper and
calber, and they are not recruited from
the ranks of the buns. The ''panhandler''
works hard and makes money; not infre-
quently he owns real estate, and he can
always afford to pay protection money to
the police The "yegg needs cool courage,
energy and a certain amount of technical
skill. No doubt great many buns would
ike TO De CrOOhS, out the cOlQeSI weather
cannot drive them to it, for they have not
the pluck or the initiative. Early in his
downward career the bum is forced to
quire a healthy respect for the cop" and
it never leaves him.
In this respect of not being a criminal or
a beggar, but simply a man who lives as
do the sparrows, the American city bum is
unique. There is nothing like him in Lon
don Paris or other European cities. Loaf
ers there are either decent workingmen in
hard luck or professional beggars and GRIM
mails.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18
FOUND AT LAST.
A Colored Man Who Succeeded in Lo-
eating Dorsey Foultz,

~eAA6 0SASSy HSS~~se'
An old colored man who occupies a mod
est home on the commons near the Jail
thought he could play prank on one Of his
female neighbors during a recent snow
storm and get even with her for all the fun
Getting little black doll, he put it on the
sidewalk not far from the home of his
friend and when he saw her appear at the
east end Of Lincoln Park, on her way home,
he began searching in the snow as if he
were looking for the lost treasure of Cap
tain Kidd
s'Have you lost anything?" asked the first
pedestrian who came along.
. what you spOse Use dom all dis
scratchin' fer eff amt done lost nothin'? %
was his retort.
Several other inquisitive persons stopped,
and nearly a dozen Of them were scratching
in the snow by the time the old woman
reached there
'sIs you done los yo' bag of cinders?" in
quired the old woman, who thought she was
poking fun at the old man.
SISTER" said the apparently Sad-hearted
old man, why does you want to keep pokin'
fun at me when 1 done los all l has in de
world?"
The old woman procured stick and got
busy. Way down in her heart she had a
"feelin' for him. but she was so sorry that
she did not have the heart to insist upon his
telling her what he had lost.
81 found him." shouted the old man after
the search udu pIoSTeSSeo SOIuc minutes
and the old woman showed signs of becom-
ing tired.
'sFound him?" the woman echoed
Eyes, indeed, sister," he said. II found
him."
round whoT' the inquisitive woman
asked.
DORSEY Foultz," he shouted as he hur-
ried away.
That night they met in church, but the
sisterly feeling had departed from the old
woman and she paid no attention to the
deacon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18
HOTELS WELL FILLED.
A Gala Celebration Over Lincoln's
Birthday


Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
LAKEWOOD, N. J., February IT, 1905
Notwithstanding the unusually severe
weather Lakewood was a gala place on
Lincoln's birthday and the two days fol-
lowing, the principal hotels being filled to
their utmost capacity and many guests en-
tertained at the cottages The sleighing, an
unusual feature in this pine region, was
excellent and many Of the visitors enjoyed
the beautiful drives through Pine Park and
around Lake Carasaljo. where the pine for
ests in their white dressing resembled a
veritable fairy land. The more athletical-
ly inclined found the fine skating on Lake
spirits, and all through the day the lake
was covered with merry throng of young
people.
be the first presentations at the Laurel-in-
the Pines on Saturday afternoon and even
ing of Pride and Prejudice" a four-act
play dramatiZed from Jane Austen's novel
of the same title, by Miss Eleanor Ferris a
talented young member of the cottage col
ony. The cast includes Misses Eleanor
Dashiell, Hammond, Gladys Painter and
Cooksey Messrs. Huntsman, Charles L.
Pack, David Schwartz and Knox, all of
whom are prominent in social life.
The board of trade is completing ar
rangements for the automobile meet and
the date is set for the Sth of April 1t is
expected that the right of way on the
Point Pleasant road may be secured for
that occasion, and in that event the auto
mobile fleet will have the finest stretch of
road in New Jersey for the races.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18

to the bum is now a fixed institution OF
night life in all large cities. Half dozen
charitable organizations generally compete
in this field and there is not a night in
winter when it is not distributed at several
points. The bum who knows the ropes
is sure of at least one good meal a day,
even If he has not got a cent
A More Serious Problem.
The lodging question is much more
serious one. None of the buns lodging
houses offer shelter for less than dime,
and the price is usually IS or 20 cents.
Even the lodging housesrun by the Saliva
ton Army and other charitable organiza-
tions usually make charge-in work, If
not in money. That Is why the night
worker in a great city, when he goes home
at in the morning, sees so many poor
devils wooing sleep and finding warmth on
the gratings of the engine room OF SKY
scraper Office building, for many pums
never have even the pittance demanded for
a bed in the cheapest of lodging houses.
In most of the big cities there are few
free lodging houses provided by religious
organizations. A service Is usually given
before the time of turning in" The buns
have to attend it, but it is certain that they
are not so intent on the religious advice as
on the free tickets to the lodging houses
that eventually follow. They are the
American brethren Of the rice Christians
of India and China.
The bum who can afford to pay Is or 20
cents for a bed in real business hotei
unconnected with any society thinks himself
in clever The unpleasantness of these
places has been greatly exaggerated. They
are good paying propositions, and competl-
tion is therefore keen. The bum, too, is be-
coming more and more particular In MS
tastes; for the cleanliness and better accom-
modations of the charitably supported lodg-
ing houses have educated him.
Wants His Moneys Worth.
He still prefers the business place, but he
wants it fairly clean and well equipped. II
the "hotel means to do good business II
must provide hot and cold baths, clean bed
ding, newspapers and magazines, and big
cup of coffee and a couple of rolls free OF
charge when the guest turns out in the
morning. 1t is not uncommon, too, for a
regular customer to be given free accom-
mOda tion for night or two If he happens
to be without the price" In this and many
other ways the wind is tempered to the
Shorn lamb.
The problem of clothes is not so hard as
the problem of lodging. There are probably
few readers of this article who have not, at
some time or another, given an old pair or
trousers or coat or a pair of boots to a
bum.
And clothes can be bought in the slums at
prices that seem incredibly cheap to per-
sons ignorant of the ways of the under
world. The old clothes stores turn over
doris, who stand at street corners and sell to
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Head of the Office.

Do not forget that am speaking OF the
general French post Office service. posts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18
HARD FIGHT FOR ] LIFE
The City Bum Has No Easy
Time in Winter.
HIS FOOD AND LODGING
MUST DEPEND ON HANDOUTS
AND FREE LUNCHES.
But Always Manages to Raise the
Price of a Drink-Where
He Sleeps.

Written fo- The Evening Star by Bassett Staines.
..For we're two buns, two jolly old chums,
We live like royal Turks 7.t
When we're in luck we bum our chuck:
To - with the that works.
This fine old tramp song, with its seventy
odd verses describing the joys of Weary
willies life" may be all very well in the
summer or in the winter down south; but
it Is a satire to the city bum who has not
managed to beat his way the box cars
far below the Mason and Dixon line.
Any police officer or charity worker in a
northern city will tell you that while so
many buns begin to tramp south in the
fall the city is always fuller of buns in
winter than at any other time. The rea@
son is simple enough-winter adds to their
ranks many men who nave not hitherto
been buns.
How do the buns live In the cities in win
ter? 1t is one of those questions. like
What becomes of all the pns?'-which no
body can answer
God only knows!' exclaimed an old po-
lice inspector when the question was put
to him.
"Well of course, there are cheap lodging
houses and free midnight supper-bowls of
soup and coffee-and all that kind of thing;
but they are quite inadequate. Really, l
don't know how they do manage to drag
along This was the reply of Salvation
Army officer in charge of slum work in one
of the largest cities of the country.
How do we live? We don't all live, boss.
A lot of us dier' So said a bum as he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18
Few Bad Fathers Among Birds.
1 the Louisville Post.

Bad fathers are rare among birds. Usu-
ally the male rivals his mate in love for
their children. The carrier pigeon-in fact,
so do nearly all birds-feeds his mate
while she is on the nest.
More than that. the crow, the most dis
NAL of all birds, often sits on the eggs in
the nest in order that Mrs. Crow may have
an hour or so Of relaxation and gossip
among the other Mrs. Crows Of her ac-
quaintance. The blue marten, the black
coated gull, the great blue heron and the
black vulture all do the same
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18
Not Quick to Judge.

From the Catholic Standard and Times.
Cholly--"It was the first time I'd met
Crabbe, mind you. and he actually called
me fool. Hadn't been talking to him ten
minutes. don't you know. What sort of
fellah is he, anyway
Miss f'epprey-"Well, he's awful slow,
for one thing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-18
Out Of Style.

From the Houston Post.
swell, they are no longer the fashion"
"Whatg"
"Eleven butt-in' kids: the foot ball season
Is over"
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Dependent.

From the Houston Post.
1--WE just got nostalgia and got 1t badr'
did We ever try snuf1n' salt water VI
yer nose3'
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27
sEcT SHOWS NEW ENERGY
Pennsylvania Schwenkfelders Have
Been Reused to Remark
able Activity.

After seeming to make little progress
for century and a halt, the little sect
of the SchwenKfelders. existing nowhere
except in southeastern Pennsylvania.
has, within the last few years, been
reused into remarkable activity. With
total membership OF less than 1000
persons they have contributed more
than $50, 200 for the work of compiling
the life and writings of their founder,
Casper Won Schwenkfeld. They have
sent a missionary to China, and have
organized ch-rches in Philadelphia and
Norristown. in addition to the six
churches in rural districts of Montgom-
cry, Berks and Lehigh counties that
have existed almost as long as the
Sch wenfelders have been in America.
IL connection with the organization
of their newest congregation, that in
Norristown. there is a manifestation of
the latter-day tendency toward har-
mony among sects that once were prone
to lay great stress on their points of vari-
ance. When Luther and Schwenkfeid
disagreed at the time of the reformation,
Luther vented his anger toward his OPP
ponent in bitter letter. in which he de-
clared; I'm short either you or | are
the bondservant of Satan"
Now, however the Norristown
Schwenkfelders and the members of
Grace Lutheran congregation hold serv-
.ces in the same church. The Schwenk-
folders bought the property from the
Lutherans recently with the under
standing that both congregations shall
have the use of the new house of wor-
ship. Moreover. when the Schwenkfeld-
ers held their first services in the church
the pastor of the Lutheran congregation
made an address conveying warm ex-
pressions of fraternal greetings on be-
half of his people
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27
CHEMISTS NEW DISCOVERY
Compound That Doubles the Den
sity of Stone and Pre-
serves Metals.

1t is reported that the Hungarian
chemist, Brunn, has discovered liquid
chemical compound which renders GER
tain kinds of matter proof against the
effects of time This wonderful agent
doubles the density of nearly every kind
of stone and renders it waterproof, i'm
parts to all metals qualities which defy
oxygen and rust and is, moreover, a
germicide stronger than any now
known.
II is said that the learned scientist
has made tests of this strange substance,
which he calls zorene, that have satisfied
him of it's remarkable powers.
Not the least interesting fact in con-
nection with this discovery is the state
ment by the professor that years ago,
while travelling in Greece, he observed
that the mortar in stones Of ruins that
were over 1000 years old was as hard
and fresh and tenacious as If made but
year. Taking a piece of this mortar,
he has worked on it for more than a
score Of years until he has discovered
the secret
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1905-09-27
LIVES ON $40 A YEAR
WISCONSIN MAN BUYS ONLY
BARE NECESSITIES.
He Fishes During Summer and Lays
UP Great Store for Winter
Conducts Small Farm-Saw
Service in Civil War.

Dclton. Wis.-Near Mirror lake,
Sank county. Is log cabin in which
a man has lived for 40 years on ten
dollars a year. George Skinner is his
name and he seems perfectly CON
tented.
The old man is a civil war veteran.
When he was discharged at the end
of the war he had money enough to
purchase an acre Of ground on the
shores OF picturesque Mirror lake.
In this acre Of ground he planted vege-
tables and fruit trees. Close to the
house there grows a thick cluster Of
blackberry bushes and in the garden
berries. over the fence that separates
the yard from the road are wild roses.
Here the veteran makes his home.
How does he live?
Each day he takes his fishing rod
and goes down to Mirror lake. That
is his pork barrel The fish that he
draws ont of those waters supply his
dinner. likewise his breakfast.
The vegetables and meal made from
corn grown in his garden complete his
diet. For his lake fishing skinner has
huilt himself boat which is as unique
as himself In order that he may fish
and propel his boat at the same time
he has invented an extraordinary con-
trivance.
At tho stern Of his boat be has pad
die like that Of a river steamer. This
is turned by means of chain running
on cogs and attached to a crank that
the old man turns with ono hand as he
trolls with the other. From this
orange craft, nicknamed "the flying
machine" by the people of Delton,
Skinner does his angling.
Skinner lives during the winter as
we'll as he does in summer. From the
over-abundance of one season he saves
enough to meet tho necessities OF the
other. During The summer days he
fishes continuously. He catches on an
average 100 nsh a day. mostly small
ones Ten of these suffice for his two
simple meals.
The other 80 are carefully cleaned
anu SlVl'u hN''S ~ S''dl pdl IeiS VI
brine kept in the cellar of his cabin.
When he has enough barrels of fish
stored away to last him through the
winter he stops fishing. AS he thinks
it Is a sin to kin any creature, even a
fish. except for food.
From his garden he cans his vege-
tables and berries. Everything that be
needs is supplied from natures pork
barrel"
The ten dollars which he spends an.
nnally goes for tobacco, fish hooks and
clothing