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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-09
A C. AND o. CANAL INQUIRY.
Declared It Would Be Waste O.
Money!.

1t is believed at Annapolis that no good
can be accomplished by the adoption OF
the joint resolution forsthe investigation OF
the sale of the states interests in the Ches-
apeake and Ohio canal. These resolutions
were introduced in the house, and are pos
sibly based on wild and unsupported ru-
mors.
The sale of the stock was as open as
day. 1t was conducted according to law,
and was widely advertised All who wished
to bid had ample opportunity to do so. and
there is no ground for the suspicion that
the state did not get full value for it's stock.
BY the sale the state FASTENED by more
than year the completion of railroad
which will be of infinite advantage to the
trade of Baltimore. The canal was tied up
In the courts and was useless to any pur-
chaser except the Western Maryland road,
which is served In procuring Its right or
way from Hancock to Cumberland Since
the sale the Western Maryland has paid
S5O0.000 to the canal trustees, which was
used to pay back interest on the bonds OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-09
CUSTOMS OF THE JAPANESE.
Description of the Island Empire il
Peace and War.

with America, England and Japan
united, no nation could cause trouble in
the far east Prof Kokichi Morimoto de-
clared in the course of a lecture on the
recent great war, delivered Wednesday
night before a large gathering in Waugh
NJ. z. Church. At tn etime he made the
remark there were displayed upon the
screen which received the stereopticon views
the mingled colors Of the three countries
named. Il hope to see the time" the
lecturer continued, when Il csc three
countries will act together"
The most interesting part of Prof Mort
motos lecture was that devoted to the life
and customs of the Japanese. Japan is
loacted on the opposite side of the globe
from America and relatively to us they walk
upside down. said the lecturer, who was
formerly professor in the University of
North Japan Their customs are upside
down as compared with ours. For in
stance, there the men wear the skirts.
When he landed at San Francisco, over
two years ago, an acquaintance who had
come to meet him beckoned with his hand.
II thought that very strange" said the
lecturer, ''for that is sign In Japan to
go away. When we becllon to a man we
make a motion like this" and he made
gesture that to us would signify dismissal.
Japanese wear their best clothes out of
sight. The lining is much finer than the
exterior material. They don't shake hands
when they meet they bow. They sit on
| four inches high. knives and forks are
| used only in the kitchen, and to cut up the
| food before 1t goes to the table. There 1t
| is eaten with chopsticks. Bread is un-
| known. Boiled rice is eaten instead. 1t is
consumed three times day. Many thou
sands of characters are used In the Japa-
nese language. BY a combination of these
| characters others are formed. For instance,
| three or four lines suggesting the branches
and trunk of tree represent tree. Two
| of these characters mean grove. Three
signify q forest. A certain character
| represents girl. Two of these characters
| mean the word quarrel three, the word
| noisy"
Il haven't learned that when three Amer
| lean girls are together it means noisy--not
| yet," remarked the lecturer naively, where
| upon there was a general laugh.
number of motion pictures were shown
representing stirring action In war on sea
| and on land. The attack on Mukden, the
| fight off Chemulpo, skirmish of outposts,
| defense of Port Arthur and many other
| historic occurrences We're adequately por-
| trayed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-09
Eighteen Stricken With Typhoid.

mysterious Illness with which eighteen
young women living in the same boarding
house and working In the same factory in
Midway. Mass, were attacked recently was
diagnosed definitely yesterday as typhoid
fever. The sickness developed about two
weeks ago, and was at first attributed to
ptomalne poisoning, and later to the grip.
An investigation by DIR. McGrath of the
state board OF health, resulted IN the dis
covery that the malady was typhoid fever.
One of the girls is dead and another is in a
critical condition at the hospital and seven
others are considered dangerously sick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-09

1S7S-the first mortgage on the property.
If the sale should be rescinded there is no
way to get this money back. There have
been rumors of large sales of canal prop
erty, but these are without foundation. Not
a foot OF canal land has been sold since
the state parted with its interests.
On the whole, IT Is difficult to see how
any good purpose can be served by the pro-
posed investigation. and the useless ex-
pense should not be incurred. If the legts-
fature wants the stock and mortgage back
perhaps the Western Maryland company
would be willing TO restore II on payment
of the purchase money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-09
For Sale of Property.

Suit has been filed in the Supreme Court
Of the District by John II. Reese, George
W. Reese and William D. Grant and Their
wives. asking that William +. Reese be
required as trustee, TO sell premises 4v8
N street southwest and distribute the pro.
ceeds among the deyisees under the Will
of Martha A. Mack, deceased. Attorneys
James b. Archer, Jr.. and Jno. Lewis Smith
represent the complainants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-09

trust investigation at the time of the strike
all We were able to prove was a sort OF
'tacit understanding among gentlemen In
what the governments attorneys have now
is shown a hard and fast agreement for
the division of spoil and the United States
district attorney is so impressed with the
evidence laid before him that he does not
wait to have it threshed out before the
interstate commerce commission. but takes
it directly to the grand jury, and will ask
for indictments"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-09

w. A. Brother. government dIsbursine
agent for the Pathfinder reservoir project!
with headquarters at Casper, wyo., was
arrested yesterday on a charge of embazl
cling government funds to the amount ok
$1,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-09

In a saloon fight near the line of the
Chickasaw Nation, thirty miles east of
Lawton. Okla, Thursday night, Ed Bu-
chanan and Thomas Caldwell were shot
and killed and a third man name un-
knownl was seriously wounded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-09

I sell shoes at 81 to So; children's
of course, for less. Be wise about
shoes.
ARTHUR BURT iali r
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-07

Sir lIumphry Bayy married u widow
as peculiar as himself Ills pet aifec.
tation was a lack of time. lie was al.
ways In hurry. lie pretended that
he had no leisure to dress himself. and
when change of linen became neces.
sary he simply put one shirt over an.
other until he was known to have on
five or six shirts at n time. or course
he could not wear this amount of ap.
parel without nppreciably increasing
his size and his friends not in the Sc
crct were sometimes surprised to see
him fan off in apparent weight twenty
pounds in day. His wifcs great anX
iety was TO keep him "ft for company
but as he did not care fig for com
pany she had no casy task. and domcs
tic discord was q common thing.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-07

When the reputability of punnng is
under discussion it is well TO bear in
mind that the very name of the Jest
confcsses TO a degree of atrocity. To
pun" according to the London Chron-
iclc. is TO 'puuHd' words. TO beat them
.n'o forced conditions. so the philolo-
"ifts believe. He would pun thee into
shivcrs with his fist" says Thcrsitcs
in "froilus nnd Cressidn." meaning
physical pounding" Pun" IS not Il
Siipshod development OF pound" but
It's orlg.p.l 'nr.t. the A'-''- Saxon verb
being "g. - ... '..... or "poun''
having developed Il final ID" just us
"soun' became Sound" and MS the
illitcrate turn gown" into "gownd." "
Curiously enough, pun" and pound
have no connection with punching" q
mans head. which Is simply punish
ing contracted. or with punching
ticket, which goes back 10 the Latin
''pungerc,' to prick or puncture.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-07
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

What Is sign of age in others Is,
of course Il sign of sense in you.
Some people think they have done
their duty If they express willingness
to do IL.
Some people in time grow almost IA
nous for hearing of things that never
happened.
The average man will stand without
hitching Il great deal better than If he
Is tied 10 pole.
There Is one thing sure-in IA home
where there is always enough cooked
for company they always have it.
How severe young man is with the
love affairs Of wdowcr, and how Sc
we're an elderly man is with the love
affairs of young fellow!
The jealousy of the children when
mother cuts the pie isn't anything com
pared with that they feel in later years
when father divides IT, - Atchlson
Globe.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-07

When the average boy spends the de.
lighted hours of imaginative youth IN
dcvouring the pages Of Robinson Cru.
Soc be has. like most people Of moro
mature years, no idea that he is pcrlls-
ing a work Of profound philosophy
written 10y one of the greatest political
thinkers of the English speaking race.
Taken with "A knowledge OF the facts
of the career of DE Foe. Robinson
Crusoc' can properly be considered u
story Intended 10 Illustrate the heavy
burden of trouble placed upon any sin.
gle individual isolated from his fellow.
and compelled 10 maintain his exist.
cnce without their aid. The tale shows
In an inimitablc way how all civilized
men are interdcpendcnt Regarded
from this point Of view. the author of
the most widely read work of fiction
ever written becomes an object of par
ucular interest 10 an thinkers upon
politics. William y. Hin. VI. D., in
Watson'g Magazine.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-07

There are dogs in New York that
never set foot on the street. They be-
long to the janitors in the downtown
buildings, and their runways consist
of the roofs of the buildings in which
their owners live and adjoining roofs
on the same level. That is Il rare day
when the office worker on looking out
of the sixteenth story window does
not see half dozen dogs rompinG
about upon the roofs beneath him.
There is one advantage at least in be-
ing a roof dog-the dog catcher has nc
terrors for him.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-07

Kansas city, Mo. Jan. 5.-(SpeciaD
The cattle market is little better
this week, fed steers selling better
than anything else. relatively. Not
much change is noted on quarantine
cattle, as receipts are small, but the
tendency is stronger. Some steers sold
at S4.35 Tuesday, and two loads of
1854 pound steers sold today at $3.50,
but they were medium quality Bulk
of the steers sell at S3.70 to $4.15,
cows up to S2.65. In the native diyi-
sions prices are equal 20 the best time
recently. and general expectation is
that the market will make some ad-
vance this month. Stocks and feed
ers are much wanted, prices about the
same as a month ago. except that the
cost of wintering since that time is
allowed for. Average value of cattle
marketed here in the last year was
$500 per head more than during 1904.
mainly account of better pasture this
summer than last, so that the increase
went mainly to the range men.
Hogs are higher this week, top to-
day S525, best price in several
months, bulk of sales s5.O5 to $500.
light hogs and pigs $40 to $50. The
run is larger than usual at this seas.
on, but quality is good Average
weight for December PA pounds,
against 1874 pounds in December a
year ago Receipts increased 10000
in December, but the price was gen
orally strong and averaged so to -
cents above a year ago.
Sheep and lambs are firm, barring
a slight weakness in lambs today but
this is more account of lack of weight
and quality than anything else Top
price this week $3.50 for lambs, bulk
of sales $7.15 to S745, yearlings $500
to $64O, wethers s5.75 to 500, some
113 pound Colorados at the latter fig
ure today, ewes $500 to $5.45. A string
of New Mexico feeding wethers, IS
pounds, sold at $4.S5 Monday.
j. A. RrCKAR1,
Livestock Correspondent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-07

A dog fancler once took exception to
Professor Huxleys assertion that zone
Of the most curious peculiarities Of the
dog mind was it's inherent snobbish-
ness, shown by the regard paid to ex-
ternal respectabilty. The dog who
barks furlously at beggar will let n
well dressed man pass him without OPP
position" He said that, in fact, only
dogs OF we'll dressed persons act 80.
Dogs accustomed TO men in rags bark.
not at beggars. but at persons clothed
Sn sleek broadcloth.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-07
A COSTA RlcAN VOLCANO.
Pen Picture of Pons ana Its Danger.
nms SmrrnnnhInrs.

On the island OF Costa Rico IL the re-
markablc volcano Of Poas. The crater
has an altitude of about $500 feet The
traveller who makes the ascent on
reaching the lip of the crater finds him
self at the brink OF vast perpendlcu-
lar sided pit. at the bottom OF which
Hes motionlCss pool of yellowish wa
ter. The sense of deadly stiffness and
dcsolation is undisturbcd 10y any indi-
cation of life The almost vertical
walls are devoid of even n vestige OF
plant creation not a bird wings its way
through the air, the surface of the pool
Is without Il ripple and even the hu-
man voice sounds strange and incon-
gruous Suddenly the silence Is bro
ken hy Il great and startling under
ground rumbling. and a huge column
Of a dark colorcd liquid is thrown to n
vast height from spot near the center
Of the lake. The column ordinarily
rises to n height varying from $50 10
SEQ feet Almost instantly n vast cloud
Of VapOr Is evolved which surrounds the
column and rises to an immense height.
A thousand feet below the lip Is the
lake or pool. along the shores of which
II is necessary 10 move about with care
because Of numerous concealed holes
filed with Il sllmy substance. consist
ing munly of sulphatc of lime with a
large excess of sulphuric acid. This
hardcns in few moments when ex-
posed 10 the air, anl consequently
the pits are Covcrc with slight shells
that render It almost impossible 90 dis
tmgulsh between them and solid
ground. If foot goes through this
thin crust Il will he found that in a
| few days the shoe will be destroyed, ns
| the seams cannot resist the acid action.
| The lake at closer view is discovered to
| be covered with clouds of vapor and II
Is impossible TO see for any distance.
| Among other gases. sulphur dioXidc IL
present in considerable quantities, and
at times the smell becomes almost I'M
! bcarnhlc.
At close range the water is grayish
| in color and II Is so acid that It almost
| burns the tongue when tasted. Any
dark cloth moistenod with the liquid in
| stantly becomes red ana is ultimately
| destroyed. The temperature at the
shore, while varying considerably,
ranges around 1l5 degrees +. During
one of the greatest eruptions known n
tremendous column Of dark liquid rose
to an estimated height of 1000 feet and
was about 800 feet in diameter. The
waves produced on the lake by such an
outburst are formidable, and long after
the eruption has ceased the whole era
ter Is filled with the roar of the troubled
waters. Chicago News
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-07

The pawnng OF the wedding ring has
become pathetic commonplace 10
those who arv flM.a ar with police
court and c.rHucr'a cadrt stories or
with the private petition for help Of
the deserving and uwloscrvlug poor
But we curic# that with the WHst
minister magistrate We have never
heard ucfJ.c OF pJwurg bank books.
Yet ON expert pawrhrJEcr's evidence
elected 10y police inquiry IL is found
that this t. not at all an unusual prac-
ticc. Ia the vast majority of eases 10
would seem to hc a simpler matter to
draw on the bank account rather than
borrow on the strength of it from the
pavu~hup iut one Of tie unfortunate
possibilities of the practice is revealed
In the particular case mentioned at
Westminster \ picture frame maker.
wishing 10 withdraw t3 from the bank,
could not find his bank book and then
learned that his wife had been putting
the book in and ont Of pawn for eight
years. having borrowed L. los. on Il
the first time. and Of course she had
been paying interest on her various
transactiOns.-L London PAN Mall Ga.
zette
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-07

The cups of the AsSyrians closely
rcscmbled our sauccrs. Every noble
man and gentleman had his own cup
and cup bearer, the latter of whom
always accompanied him to feast,
carrying before him the cup Of gold,
silver, crystal or marble. which his
master only used on state occasions.
Saucers for cups were introduced in
the latter part of the eighteenth cen.
tury and at first were greatly ridicul-
ed, the persons who employed them be-
ing said not 70 be able TO drink with.
out having two cups.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-07
Goal Oil johnny" III.

Franklin, Pa, Jan. John w.
Steele, known, all over the Uni'eG
States as Coal Oil Johnny is living
critically i'll at his home on a farm
near this city. Physicians who are II
attendance declare IL taunot recov='.
He is Ga years old.
Coal Oil J1luny' r'ate nalf a doz-
en- fortunes during the early oil ex-
citement in Pennsylvania He has al
ways spent like water Though known
everywhere for his lavish extrava.
gance, he is still well-to-do.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-07

The country people Of England, as
well as OF several other countries, have
an idea that the red OF the robins
breast was caused by drop Of blood
which fell upon 1t at the cruclhxiOn.
According to the story, the robin, COM
miserating the condition of Christ tried
to pluck the crown Of thorns from his
brow, and, in doing SO, got It's breast
wet with the blood flowing from the
wounds. The color became permanent,
being transmitted from generation to
generation, and thus. according TO the
legend, the robin is "A perpetual re
hinder OF the sufferlngs Of Christ.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-07
NEW YORK COTTON LETTER.

Ardmore, Jan. 6-The following is
the New York Cotton circular by Nc
Intyre:
Speculation in cotton the past week
has been irregular and uncertain, and
mostly of a professional character.
The liquidation and bear tactics of
preceding week were continued upon
the resumption of business on Tues
day following the New Years hoh-
days, and the heavy pressure from
this source carried prices down to- the
basis of 1886 for March and 1852 for
May and 1850 for July
These prices showed a maximum
break of 100 to l0G points from the
high record established on Dec. 9Th,
when January option sold at 1912,
March 1912, May 1855, and July 1861.
The bear element and the scalping
contingent however, over sold them
selves to such an extent in following
thls selling that the market imme-
diately rebounded the next day upon
the development of fact that ;he
prices had reached the basis in this
decline at which the spinning inter
ests not only here but in Europe We're
willing to buy freely.
Covering of shorts and general re-
buying by sold out bulls together with
Ia, ag hill I,Nf L.,
by the ciques here and at New o.
leans brought about a recovery of
about 40 points on this maximum de-
cline but most of this has since been
lost on general reselling and the trade
Is now in a waiting and eXpectaDt
mood pc ling developments as whetn-
er the spinning interests will again
fall back on their ,policy of buying
only from hand 20 mouth in purchas-
ing supplies for the balance of the
season, as thoy are by no means as
yet willing to concede the crop is like
ly to turn out less than 10,25000O tc
1O,5O0000 bales of past seasons
growth.
The reports of Southern Cotton
Growers Association and those of the
National Ginners' Association both of
which indicate a prospective total
yield of only 9,5O0,OOO bales are still
looked upon as containing a consider.
able amount of bias in order to facil.
itate the holding movement, among
planters and bull the price of the
staple. therefore, the spinning inter.
ests of Fall River as well as of Great
Britain and Germany are still hoping
subsequent events may show a crop
much nearer their views.
| Thus it remains largely a test OF
strength between the planter and the
consumer in regard to the question OF
values for the balance of the crop
In the meantime speculation will con
time to play its part and we are like
ly to witness a continuance of an ex
cellent trading market throughout tbs
balance of the season, with fuc,aa
tions sharp enough and sufficiently eX
pensive to make the market a con
tinued attractive field for operations
especially by those who desire quicl
action.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-07
Roadmasters' Office Established.

II. NJ. McNair came in Monday TO
take charge of the newly created Road
Masters Office with headquarters at
this place Mr.. McNair will have
charge of the line from Lindsay to
Shawnee and it is understood will
soon have an office erected on the
site of the old depot. This is a move
in the right direction and when the
company establishes shops here for
both lines and makes it a division
point, they will show good judgment
again.-Pauls Valley Enterprise.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-07

DR.. Franklin thought that judges
ought tc be appointed by lawyers. Tor,
added the shrewd man, in Scotland,
where this practico prevails, they al
ways select the ablest member of the
profession in order to get rid Of him
and share his practice among them
selves.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-07
Division of Profits.

Litlgant-You take nlne-tenths OF the
judgment? Outrageous! Lawyer-I
furnished all the skill and eloquence
and legal learning for your cause
Litigant-But | furnished the cause,
Lawyer-Oh, anybody could do that!
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-07

stood to be tunneling unoer the New
York Life.
State and district attorneys are at
work upon the evidence, and in addi-
tion to litigation now pending. some
sriminal proceedings are imminent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-07
One Way to Get II Persian Carpet.


A woman who accompanied her hus-
band up the Khyber pass in Afghan
istan tells how she saw fine Persian
carpet and coveted II. An assistant to
their host went out and returning said:
MY head man says the owner of the
carpet is wicked old man, who will
not sell his carpet at any price, but he
has gone for the night TO sleep in Il lit
tie village close by, which Is beyond
British boundary. He wants to know
II he shall make a hole in the wall of
the mud hut and steal II while the Old
sinner sleeps. Shall he walk in at once
and kill him and take It? He will do
whichever memsahib likes" Mem
sahib, however, discovered that she
could live without the carpet after all.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-01-07

Smythc-I intend Harry for the bar.
Would you advise his beginning on
such old works as Coke and Black
stone? Tompkins-No. | would begin
by grounding him even further back.
Smythe = Indeed! In what? Tomp-
klns-The Ten Commandments.