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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-01
Lower Virginia Notes.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SpecIaf Dfspatch 70 The star.
NORFOLK. Va, September 30.-Noted
Fox Hail. stock farm here of millionaire
lumber dealer John L. Roper of Norfolk Is
to be converted at once into the most ex-
tensive chicken farm In the entire south.
Rev. A. J. Ramsay whose teachings OF
"Sanctifcation" caused a split In Berkeley
Baptist Church and who did not resign fol-
lowing request that he do so, has gone
north and viii not return. He will enter
-Sanctifcation" evangelical work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-01
Chicago Insurance Man Honored.

CHICAGO. September 30.-Howard H.
Hoyt. western superintendent of the Equi-
table Life Assurance Society. with head
quarters in Chicago. has resigned and Was
today elected vice president OF the Chicago
Life Insurance Company. A. the annual
meeting OF the National Association Of
Life Underwriters last week Mr.. Hoyt
waa awarded the Ben Williams vase IN tho
prise essay contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-01

Matony, Mrs. @. Donaldson. Walter w.
Handy. Admiral Androde, u. s. N; w. Hart
Reaves.
Stickney-Mrs. NJ. Miller.
Park-H. c. Keith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-01

Miss Hawkes. Studio of Dancing,
Carroll Institute Han-Juvene classes reopen
Saturday. Sept. q. 10 am. Adult class Friday.
Sept. 20, Tbs pm. Post Once Hall, Mt. Pleas
ant-Juveniie classes reopen Sat. Oct T., Sis
pm. Private lessons specially, Send for book.
let. Residence. 2628 University place. Phone
N. 1856 b. se1030t
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-17
Unsophisticated Hubby.

\ husband came home one evening TO
find note left for him by his wife
Carelessly. he opened it, but as he read
his face blanched MY Cod he ex-
claimed. how could this have happened
so suddenly" And snatching his hat
and coat. he rushed to a hospital which
was near his home.
Il want to see my wife. Mrs. Brown,
at once" he said TO the head nurse.
before she goes under the ether. Please
take my message to her at once"
Mrs. Brown echoed the nurse:
there is no Mrs Brown here"
Then to which hospital has she gone p
asked the distracted husband. II found
this note from her when ! came home -
and he handed the note to the nurse. who
read: Dear Husband have gone TO
have my kimOnO cut out. Belle.'-EX-
change
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-17
NEW BASEBALL DANGER.

Those of us who have been uphold
ing baseball as the greatest of outdoor
sports because in it the element of per-
sonal danger has been almost entirely
eliminated. may be Obliged to revise
our judgment. From Ohio comes word
that while trying to recover a ball that
had been batted into an adjoining pas
tUre a ball player was chased by a
vicious bull and narrowly escaped with
his life. While the dispatch omits sew
eral salient features. as. for example.
the final score, il tells enough 60 con-
vince the most ardent lover of the ma
tional game that baseball is a danger
GUS sport. Especially when played in
proximity to a field containing a bull.
We are left in doubt on the point as
to whether or not the player secured
the ball before the bull made its on
slaught Did he, as all good players
should. get the bail and fire it to the
home. plate in time to cut off a run be-
fore he himself started on his wild hike
for shelter? We leave it to any baseball
fan in Salt Lake that the players duty
was to get the ball, regardless of his
own personal safety. It was up to him
10 seize the spheroid even under the
hoofs and amid the bellows Of the in
furiated bovine. Then, having fielded
it properly. there could be no complaint
IL he sought security.
Alas. though, we can only make sur
misses on these points. The full story is
not told in the dispatches. All we know
is that the player went after the ball.
that the bull chased him and that his
life was placed in great jeopardy. The
baseball world is entitled to further
particulars. Until they are at hand no
body will know whether to praise or
blame the player; nobody will know
whether to crown him with the laurel
that is due of all good ball players or
relegate him to the benchdom reserved
for all HOLSTERS"
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CURE FOR HoLD-UPs.

a citizen Of Evanston, Ill, has out
lined a plan which he believes would
have the effect of putting the hold-up
industry entirely out of commission. He
says: Police officers should be sent
out in citizens clothes. armed for such
emergencies, and invite attacks by
hold-up men. Then when they are at
tackled they should shoot down the
bandits without mercy"
Come to think about it. that isn't
such bad idea. The highwayman is
fair game for the policeman's revolver.
The thug goes out with the intention of
robbing citizens. If it is necessary IN
the course Of his criminal occupation to
kin a citizen he does not hesitate to
do so. The average highwayman has
no more regard for human life than
the ordinary man has for the life Of an
insect pest.
His own life should be similarly re-
garded. Not long ago in Salt Lake
three highwaymen attacked a policeman
three. but two of them managed to get
away before he could take them to the
city jail. The policeman would have
bctl JuSlllltu IN kllAtl5 Nue ueelllS men,
and the chances are that he would have
done so had they not chosen routes
along which were many innocent peo-
pie. The officer was afraid that if he
shot at the criminals he might kill or
wound an innocent person.
To return to the original proposition.
Any policeman knows that he has no
chance whatever to catch a highway
man while in uniform. His buttons and
helmet are easily discernibIe at a dis
tance sufficient to enable the criminal
to get away. In plain clothes an Off
Ger looks like any other citizen. The
highwayman is apt to think he is 4
citizen and to attack him accordingly.
1t might be a good idea for Chief
Lynch TO try the experiment of detail
ing a few officers in citizens clothes to
patrol the hOld-up districts. And let
him advertise the fact If he wants to.
because if the footpads know that they
are liable to attempt TO hold up a po-
Iiceman they will let the citizen go by
for fear they may catch a Tartar. Pre-
vention i'm such cases is as good as
punishment.
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OIL PRODUCTION.

The oil production OF the United
states for 1904 is detailed in a prelim-
mary report recently issued by the
United States geological survey. 1t is
shown that the total oil yield is in
creasing year by year on account Of
discoveries Of new fields and improved
methods Of refining the product. New
ertheless. in spite of the Increased pro-
duction and the Iessened cost Of turning
the crude product into marketable oil,
the decrease in cost to the purchaser
has been only cents per barrel.
AS a barrel of oil holds i'm the neigh
borhood OF fifty gallons, IL is apparent
that the reduction OF 8 cents per bar
rel Is not sufficient to be appreciable
by the ordinary consumer. The indi-
viduaI who buys from one to five gal
Ions Of oil at time is paying just as
much for it as ever. In some instances
he is paying more. A more striking IL
Iustration of the grip of the Standard
Oil company on the oil industry Of the
country could hardly be presented.
In 1904 III. 063.4z1 barrels of oil. valued
at S1Oi .1I0. 400 were produced. This is n
gain of 1900. 600 barrels over 1903. but
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The Tickle Sailor.
CRuffalo Enouirerl

Mayor Weaver of the awakened city
of Philadelphia was talking to a re-
porter about very astute and willy
politician.
ITO get this man to do anything he
doesn't want to do. Cornered, he ad-
vances argument after argument against
the course you desire him to pursue. He
begins with weak arguments. You think
you've got him. But just victory
appeared assured he puts forth a final
argument that is insuoerable a final
argument that floors you thoroughly
''The fellow is like a tickle sailor of
the old romance. This sailor was strong.
handsome and gay. The girls liked him.
and he, / fear. liked the girls. The fol-
lowing conversation. moonlight
night In the tropics, passed between him
and young woman:
- Then. Jack. when shall we be mar
q But / promised my wife, sweetheart.
that L would never marry a second
ti-ae.
The young girl. beautiful in the flat
teriug moonlight. murmured:
- Would you cast me off for the sake
of a promise to a dead woman
% But she isn't dead yet said the
tickle sailor.
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RATH'US, POET.

The world of literature has some
thing to wait and watch for. something
to sit UP nights and eagerly anticipate.
Alderman John Coughlin of Chicago,
better known as "Bath'us," from the
fact that he is the proprietor of a bath
house, has announced that he will
shortly issue a volume of poems. From
Mr.. Coughlin's long and not unspotted
career in the Chicago city council he
should be able to Gull many interesting
subjects for poetry and the Forthcoming
book will doubtless be as full Of gems
as the aldermanic shirt front
And, not by way of intimating that
our limping muse has any business in
competition with the muse of the a'der-
man, but merely by way of suggestion,
we submit a few appropriate samples.
For instance:
Simple Bathus met a franchise
Bound for the city hall.
Said Simple Bath us to the franchise,
1t costs a lot to call"
And again:
Sing a song Of Doodle.
Pocket fun of graft.
-Four and twenty aldermen
Took the coin and laughed
When au outraged people
Talked about the pen.
Bathus and his colleague
Laughed and laughed again.
Then what's the matter with an ode
to spring. like this:
VIII he spring or won't hep
That's what want to know.
He needs a city franchise,
And l. / need the dough.
Or one to youth, on this order:
It's twenty it's twenty
i wish 1t was more,
But the guy only wanted
A license TO snOre.
Bath'us might offer "Liues to a
Maid as below:
Her profile pure her face serene.
Through a life time would / folIer.
She's always true, whater you do,
Is the goddess on the dollar.
Understand, we are not trying to an
ticipate the Bath'us. We simply sus-
gest that he is wei qualified to uoctate
along the lines laid down. But We fear
the alderman is not going TO illuminate
his political life with poetry. Discuss
ing his forthcoming effort. he says lac
is going out to his Colorado ranch to
finish his work because he considers it
the ideal spot for that purpose. lie
continues:
some OF my best poems have been
written out there. 1 recall two which I
wrote on my visit there three years ago.
One was entitled, Perhaps and the 9th
er In the Twilight The Hterati of
New York pronounced both Of them
gems They were. too; no josh
My book will contain seventeen odes,
poems, ballads and sonnets. 1t will be
E,gN I
earlier efforts and the rough edges have
been taken off. 1t will be published
by Chicago house. although I turned
down an eastern concern that offered
me a large royalty
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Pointed Paraaraphs.
Chicago News.)

Some men are as hard to get along with
as balky horses.
One strong point of many a woman is
at the end of a hatpin.
BY doing the hard things first you Will
be sure to find the rest easy.
A pretty girl doesn't mind reflections
on herself when they come from mirror.
4 young man may induce the girls
father to toe the mark by posing as the
mark
Some contrary people would rather have
a pint of trouble than a bushel of happi-
ness.
A man seldom realizes what a cold world
this is until his creditors begin to make
il hot for him
Some women would rather tell a doctor
of their aches and pains than gossip with
their neighbors.
Don't open your mouth and swallow
everything YOU hear-unleSS you are fool
is hand don't care who knows 1t.
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the gain in value was less than s. 600. :
600. This is accounted for partly by
the difference of cents a barrel al
ready referred TO and partly by the fact
that much of the oil produced during
1904 was inferior in quality to the prod
uct of other years. The value of oil.
according to the experts, differs wide
~ That is. the crude product of one
field may be very much more valuable
than the crude product of other fields.
For instance, in the detail of quanti-
~ California easily led all states with
a total of 29,640, 434 barrels The Cali
fornia oil. however, is so inferior in
quality that the 22,241, Alb barrels pro-
duced by Texas. the second state in the
list. came within a few thousand dollars
of equalling it in value. And Pennsyl-
vania, with 100000 less in barrels,
shows a value of upwards of $40, OOO, 900
more than California.
The oil all over the Appalachian val
ley is superior in quality to that west
of the Mississippi river. although in
some of the western states notably
Kansas, a tremendous increase in vol
ume is noted In Kansas in 1902 only
3S1,749 barrels were produced. In 1905
the total rose to 49,, PA barrels, and in
1904 the aggregate was 4,25O,77s At this
rate it will not be very long before
Kansas takes a position well to the
front among the oil-producing states.
And it appears from the records that
the Standard Oil monopoly keeps pace
with the production, that it reaches out
and controls the new fields as fast as
they are opened.
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Forest rangers and supervisors.
deeply imbued with the spirit of our
republican institutions, have been gath
ering in considerable money from the
stockmen and lumbermen who desire
privileges on the reserves. This is the
age of graft as well as the age Of cleo
tricity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-17
GREAT NoRWEoIANS.

Some of the Swedish politicians and
statesmen have been intimating in
their public addresses that Norway is
not worth keeping, that it's people do
not amount to a great deal, anyway.
and that Norway. as a nation. has been
a hindrance, rather than "A benefit to
Sweden. In these statements is re-
Elected the view of the Aesop fox that
found. when he knew the grapes were
Unattainable, that they were extremely
sour and unpalatable.
There are at least four Norwegians.
all working in different lines, whose
names are known throughout the world
1t would be difficult, indeed. one might
say impossible. to find four Swedes who
are 1.-THE as well known. When one
thinks of Norway one thinks of Ibsen
and Nansen, and Bjornstjerne Bjornsen
and Edward Grieg. Here We have one
of the worlds greatest playwrights. an
explorer who has written his name
deeply into the worlds history, writer
whose works have been translated into
many tongues and a composer whose
works are played wherever good music
is known and loved.
All of these men are contemporaries
of the writers, the playwrights, the mu-
sicians and the explorers of today. They
have not been obliged to wait for
friendly biogTaphers to search through
musty records to find and publish their
merit to the world. In the face of the
fiercest competition, under the most
searching of all light, the light that is
Sorl, Mo 10
won their way to acknowledged great
ness. Can Sweden show such a quar-
tette? Certainly not among the living
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-17
Thought His Mine Was Gone.

While he was i'm New York living sump-
tuously at the Waldorf-Astoria, spending
his money like prince, word reached
him of the discovery. of gold in the Fun
eraI range in Death valley, says his BIZ
ographer. Fearful that some one had at
last found his mine, he rushed back TO
California. only to learn that the new
find miles from where he had made
his rich strike. The new discovery was on
property which soon afterWard
bonded by Captain ]. r. Delamar, the well
known mining man.
All this time the official of the Knick-
erbocl<er Trust company had been endeaV-
oring to get another consent from Scott
for an inspection of his property. and with
this end in view communicated with A
2. Rogers. a mining enGineer of New
York and Goldfield. according to the story.
Rogers consulted with II. r. Bacon. an
other mining engineer of. New York and
Goldfield. and they agreed to make the
inspection for $1,000. There was some
hitch about expenses and Scott came to
GOldfield to see Rogers. That the for
mer cowboy is set in his ways-possibly
queer. one might sdy-waS shown when
Rogers spoke to him in the street and he
denied his identity absolutely. He would
not say a word Of the business in hand
until Rogers had produced elaborate Gre
dentials. For some reason or other. there
was another hitch and the inspection was
not made.
So Death Valley still holds it's secret
from all men except Walter Scott.
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John D. Rockefeller denies that he
wronged his former friend, John Corri-
gan. as charged by Miss TarbeI. AS
usual. he makes his denial through his
attorney. and the brief is as good a one
as money can buy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-17
A Chance For Rockefeller.

CNew York Commercially
Only $4,000 stands between Lieutenant
Peary and the north pole. Step lively.
gentlemen. No objection to tainted money f.
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He Knew What Was AiIino Him

(kansas City Journal)
As we review the Bowen Loomis mud
die the thought suggests itself that per-
haps. after all, Castro had good cause
for his exhibitions of bad temper.
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or with a Roar Like Lawson.
brooklyn Cnion.)

Apparently the only doubt now remain
ing in King Oscars mind is whether &c
discuss 1t on the Chautauqua circuit like
Bill Bryan or in a magazine like Ton
Watson.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-17
WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHERS
That Would Be a Square Deal.
Detroit Free press1

ElihU Roots law practice is said tC be
worth $1,000 a daV. When hi- al EDITORS
begin to press he might be gwen a We elk s;
vacation from tine cabinet so that n can
earn a years pa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-17
Will Soon Have 1t at Every Meal.
Washington Times.

Mr.. and Mrs. Peary gave reception or
thcir Arctic ship. This occasion viii prob
ably prove the last on which ice Crea M
figures as luxury on board the Roose-
welt.
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Has Great Brand of Graft.
MILWAUKEE, Sentinel.)

Baron ROsen thoughtfuily puts i'm 2
general denial in advance of everything
the newspapers are going TO quote him
as saying on the subject
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He Got Off Easy.

(NeW York Herald-)
Man who saw the town in companv of
a cabman and a policeman complains that
he lost $40. Is that alp
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-17
May Adopt the Frenzied DoIIsr Mark
Boston Herald

(BoSton Herald-1
We shall watch breathlessiy to see
whether Kansas will swap the sunflower
for pink the state flower after Mr..
IaWsOns visit.
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No faint on That Stuff.


If Rockefeller gives gold at a tin wed
ding what would be give at u golden wed
ding? Radium?
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Keeps His Secret Well.

Since then Scott has kent his secret
with the utmost care. although reported
TO be making regular trips to his property.
He went there by n cirCuitOus route df-
rectly after his quarrel with the experts.
and in less than week took out $4,000 in
ore of the highest grade. doing every bit
of the work alone. the story goes. Ii
Holbrook argus., 1905-04-01
Exchange of Compliments.


 The village sexton, in addition to be. ing grave-digger, acted as stonecut- ter, house repairer and furniture re- mover.
 The local doctor, having obtained a more lucrative appointment in another county, employed the sexton to assist in his removal.
 When 1t came time to settling up ac. counts the doctor deducted an old con. tra account due by the sexton. He wrote at the same time, objecting to the charge made for removing his fur niture.
 'If this was steady, 1t would pay much better than grave-digglng. The sexton replied:
 "Indade, Oi wud be glad ave a steady job; grave-diggin' is very slack since you left"
Holbrook argus., 1905-04-01
One's Sensation in Airship.

Tt is singular fact" says A. Roy Knabenshue, according to the St Louis Globe-Democrat, "that when one is going as much as fifteen or twenty miles an hour in an airship one has no sensation of moving whatever. The air beats in your face as you move along, but 1t only creates the impress sion that one Is standing still in a strong breeze.
 "There are no objects flying past you as when you are travelling on the surface of the earth, and as you must keep your eyes looking ahead of you, you observe only distant objects, 50 distant because of your high point of view that you approach them appar- ently so slowly you do not seem to move at all. l consider this one of the queerest sensations in trip through the air, and the impression of scarcely moving or of not moving at all Is so strong, even on the most ex- perlenced aeronaut, that 1t is probably due to this so many of them push their motor to the extreme limit and 1t dies in consequence. When a speed gauge Is invented for an alrship 1t will cause fewer breakdowns of motors due to crowding power"
Holbrook argus., 1905-04-01
Ancient Bankers.

Among the most valuable evidences of the life and customs of the people of Babylon and Nineveh 700 years B. 0. were found, during the excavations at various times, veritable letters of credit, bills of exchange, with and without warranty, money obligations of all kinds, sight drafts made payable to indorser or bearer. These denote the existence at Babylon, 600 B. O., of a bank which must have done a con- siderable business and shows that 1t is not only in our day that capital is used to give impetus and keep alive in. dustrial pursuits.
Holbrook argus., 1905-04-01
GEN. BUTLER GETS EVEN.
How He Repaid a Boy for Fighting the
 Roy Who Reviled Him.

How He Repaid a Boy for Fighting the
 Boy Who Reviled Him.
 "When I was a boy in Lowell just after the war;" said a Massachusetts man, in the Washington Post, "I met Gen. Benjamin r. Butler on the street one day, and following him was boy who was yelling: old Ben Butler, Cockeye Butlerv and lodging and run ming whenever the general made mo- ton to catch him or strike him with his stick.
 "'Son,' said he to me, "Pll give you 90 cents if you'll thrash that boy: but want you to thrash him good
 "'What do I get if he licks meT asked, for, as Yankee boy, I wanted all there was In 1t.
 IA quarter if he whips you, and 30 cents if you thrash him. Now, give 1t to him goodp
 q made for tho boy, who was about my size. and in a second we were making the fur fly. We hadn't been at 1t long enough to give any idea of the outcome when one of the two or three policemen the town then had grabbed the pair of us and marched us of to the station house, which was but half a square or so away. The general fol- lowed, and after the chargsS were made against us he said:
 "'How much collateral do you want to release this boyY indicating me. I know his parents and will send him home.'
 "'Fivs dollars will be enough, gen. eral. said the man in charge, which the general put up, and left the sta ton with him.
 "'Now, as your attorney, think you had better go fishing tomorrow said he. Go early and stay all day. Here's your 50 cents. You didn't lick him, but I believe you would
 "I took his advice; the case was called the next day and my recog- nizance was forfeited, and l heard no more of it. The other boy got off with lecture, believe.
 "Ten years after that while. Gen Butler was in Congress, l called on him, brought myself to his recollection, and through his good offices l obtained clerical appointment which I held for several years."