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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24
REPORTS

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK. May 24.-Today's stock
market made its best showing In respect
both of strength and activity during the
forenoon session, In which period d fairly
which resulted in a number of extensive
advances in all departments. After mid
day there was a material decrease in ami
nation, and the market developed irregular
tendencies.
The rather erratic and mystifying fuctua-
tons in the rates for money on call played
some part in such reactions as were wit
messed Up to this morning the banks had
lost to the subtreasury in their dealings
with that institution upward of 81. 800 900.
but on the other hand there were today
heavy transfers of currency from San Fran
cisco. and 1t was difficult to ascertain any
specihc reason for the rather unsettled
state OF the money market Advices re-
speeding weather conditions in the grain
beit were also unusually conflicting.
Most OF these were received by wav of
the chicago wheat pit, and they varied ac-
corolng to the speculative proclivties of
the houses furnishing the so-called infor-
nation An authoritative weekly trade
journal. in it's summary of crop conditions.
stated that the heretofore favorable posi-
ton or the crops had been considera bly
modlned by the recently prevailing wealth
er, but Its compilations were made pre-
vious to yesterdays rains. Whatever the
facts in the case may be, the grain market
this morning rose sharply, and Wall
streets opinions as to crop conditions were
shaped accordingly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24
Today's Cotton Summary.

Quotations furnished by Atwood Violet & Co.,
members New York and New Orleans cotton ex-
changes. Washington branch office. 713 14th street
northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-24

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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
The Women of Tehuantepec.

The climate OF the Tehuantepec 18th
mus compares most favorably viii
that OF Panama, being mild and health
full, writes Rene Bache In Technlca
World Magazine. Coffee. cacao. to
bacco, vanilla and sugar cane arr
grown In the region, which has a pop
ulation of about 10000. The inhablt
ants are hardy and industrious. those
Of the plains on the Pacific side being
descended from the ancient race OF the
Zapatecos and boasting that they were
never conquered by the Spaniards. II
Is said that the women Of this race
have from time immemOrial been able
to maintain supremacy over the weak
er male sex. leaving the men at home
to take care of the house and children
while they carry heavy burdens Ia
market on their heads. They are very
handsome. these women, and their na-
tive costume is most artistic. including
a picturesque headdress.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
Her Husbands hook.

James, dear, will you bring me uI
q scuttle of coal from the cellarY SAID
busy wife.
That's just the way with you," said
James, with frown, az he put dowr
his book and rose from the armchair
"Just the way with mef"
"Yesr he snapped. "As soon as you
zee me enjoying myself you have some
thing or other for me to do. Didn't
you see / was absorbed in my read
mgr
well, dear, | will do 1t myself"
Yes, and tell everybody, your moth
er especially, that you have to carry
your own coal up from the cellar.
No, I'll do it. Let me mark my place"
So he marked the place In the book
at which he had ceased reading. and
when he went down to the cellar, grum-
bling all the way, she picked up the
volume and found 1t was love story
and that the passage he had been abb
sorbed in was as follows:
MY darling, when you are my wife
| will shield and protect you from ev-
cry care. The winds Of heavens shall
not visit your face too roughly; those
pretty hands shall never be soiled by
menlal tasks; your wish shall be my
law; your happiness
Just then he reappeared and, drop
ping the scuttle upon the floor, said:
There's your coal! Give me my
book. ."-Tit-Rits.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
EeRctn 1les md Fruffs.

The term vegetable has reference tc
the whole or any part of plant culti'
vated especially with reference to use
at the table. But the use Of the word
vegetable doesn't always depend upon
cooking, for celery is a vegetable and
apples are fruit whether eaten raw or
cooked. One would suppose the toma-
to to be entitled to the term fruit, for
the method of its raising resembles
that of fruit. But II Is usually called
vegetable, whether eaten raw or cook
ed, in spite Of It's appearance. The
ounce is so frultlike in appearance,
so resembling apples, pears, etc. that
1t persists In being called fruit though
eaten only when cooked. Sometimes
the vegetable Is a bud, as with cab
bages and brussels sprouts; leaves, as
spinach; stems above ground, as as
paragus; stems enlarged tubers) un-
derground, as common potatoes, or
roots, as sweet potatoes. turnips, beets
and carrots.-St. Nicholas.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
The Plausible Lie.

We resent calumny. hypocrisy and
treachery because they harm us, not
because they are untrue. Take the de-
traction and the mischief from the IN
truth, and we are little offended by It..
Turn 1t into praise, and we may be
pleased with II. And yet 1t is not cal
umny and treachery that DO the lar
gest sur; Of mischief In the worl =.
They are continually crushed and are
felt only in being conquered. But 1t Is
the glstening and softly spoken lie.
the amable fal!acy. the patriotic lie OF
the historian. the provident lie Of the
politician, the jealous lie Of the partl-
san, the merciful lie of the friend and
the careless lie of each man to himself
that. cast that black mystery over hu-
manity through which We thank any
man who pierce5 it as we would thank
one who dug "A well in a desert. Hap
py that the thirst for truth remains
with us even when we have willfully
left the fountains Of it.-John Ruskin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
The Unicorn.

The unicorn was one Of the tabled
monsters of antiquity. 1t was. accord
ing to a summary OF the opinions OF
several of the old time writers, beast
about the size Of n common horse. but
with very short legs. The people OF the
middle ages believed In the existence
OF three kinds OF unlcorns-the magnifi-
cent white unicorn. which had n purple
face and blue eyes and single horn a
yard in length: the egllsserlon, which
resembled a gigantic deer and had Il
very sharp horn growing from the mid
die Of the forehead. and the mOnoceros.
or common unicorn. The white uni
corn's horn was OF three different col
ors-white at the lower part, black as
ebony in the middle and red at the
point. Common unicOrns were said 10
have had horns about eighteen inches
In length. but so strong that they could
easily kill an elephant.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
Cats.

A man OF cats declares 1t Is tie worst
OF luck for pet black cat TO forsake
your EOme. a woman OF cats asserts
Ii Is the best of luck. In the middle
ages Satan's fayorite form was black
cat. Witches always have a cat as
their familiar-n stray black pussy in
preference. If white cat races across
your yard a child is going to die. II a
stray cat Of any color takes up with
you, making your house its home. you
will have good luck: Napoleon Bona.
parte showed Il morbid horror Of cats.
The night before the battle Of Water
loo q black cnt passed near him, and
Mt the sight the great warrior was COM
pletely urnleIyed. He saw an omen
Of defeat. Henry III. of France swoon
ed whenever he saw cat, and one Of
the FerdInands of Germany would
tremble in his boots IL q harmless tabby
got In the line OF his vision. Among
the Romans cat was q symbol Of lib
erty. The Egyptians held the animal
In veneratfon under the name Of Aelu.
rus, deity with human body and
cats head Whoever killed cat, even
by accident. was put to death Diana
assumed the form Of cat and excited
the fury of the giants.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
Why Cut GInSs nrenks.

Cut glass makers explain why it Is
that there are frequent reports Of cut
glass suddenly breaking or crumbline
on a table, shelf or sideboard in homes
and elsewhere. although the glass was
not in use They assert that whenever
the tone Of any cut glass article comes
into contact with its responsive chord
the life of the glass will go with the
tone, by which it is affected, and the
glass collapses or crumbles. 1t Is on
record a famous opera singer could
break cut glassware by reaching high
G In her singing. Several tests were
made in New York and Paris, and by
her singing she broke several pieces of
cut glassware. The tone of violin If
attuned so as 10 be in true accord with
cut glass will destroy ii.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
Horses and Grass.

4 famous veterinary surgeon de-
clares that grass beats all the drugs IN
creation as a cure for sick horses and
mules. Horses should have q few
quarts OF grass daily from spring until
fall, he says. The prevalent notion
that It Is harmful is idiOtic and cruel.
Grnsg TO horses Is the same as fresh
vegetables and fruit to us. Their crav-
ing for It proves their need Of II. Yet
ignorant. nnfeeling drivers yank them
away from IL as If it was poison in
stead Of The ,ife giving medicine 1t is,
designed by thelr Maker for them.
When they gnaw the bark Of trees or
eat leaves IL Is because they crave
grass and can't get H. Millions Of bush
els Of grass go TO waste yearly by the
wavside which should ba utilized for
our noble. faithful, helpless. dumb col
league. the horse, thus making him
healthy and happy. Summer visitors
who hire horses should remember these
facts ana give TIE animals chance TO
get at the grass by the roadside once
In awhile
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07

A Ico gathers honey by tic aid Of
It's trunk" "lJwer l.p" c: tongue"
which is usel as al nsvumeat Tor ex-
tracing the nectar fr.-I flowers The
"tonc-e" Of i bee is nol. a3 was olce
thought 10 be the case. tube through
which the juice is sucked. lut is built
more alter the fashion " Il i8c broom.
With this broom the bee brushes or
laps the honey or honey material from
the flowers, leaves, etc., and passes il
down a groove in the upper surface Cf
the tongue TO the mouth proper. From
that point the juice is conveyed
through minute Orfice into the first
stomach" yulGarly called the honey
bag" The honey bag Is a real chem
lcal laboratory. where by some mystic
rious process which has not yet been
explained by science the jrces are
converted into pure honey. When the
chemical process OF transforming the
nectar into yiScid honey has been COM
pleted the bee disgOrges II into one Of
the cells made for the purpose Of O re-
ceptaclc. For years the microscopists
and the entOmOlOgists have been study
Ing the bees laboratory, but its work
ing5 are ut present among the uneX-
planned mysteries.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
Tho Dime,

That neat and lovable little coin, tn,
dime, has had n most useful history
As far as we are aware, Ii Is unique
among the worlds coins, having nc
nearer equivalent than the English six
pence, which is worth cents more. II
Is one of the handiest Of coins, being
about rs small as n silver piece can
conveniently be. Being less in size and
weight than the nickel, which Is worth
only half as much. it Is vastly more
convenient to keep and hoard, and that
Is one reason why 1t Is becoming ex-
traordinarily scarce in spite Of the
fact that more dimes are now turned
out of the mints than ever before in
the country's history. There is a rage
for "dime banks" and some Of these
mechanical contrivances are so pretty,
so ingenious and so alluring that they
force people to save dimes who have
no earthly occasion to do so.-New
York Mail.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
Man and His "GnlIuses.r

The "gallus" marks the freeman and
the man of genuine, unpretendlng cul-
ture and civilization. Your snob and
your savage abhor It. In Mesopotamla
the wild bashi bazouk wears belt; In
Yucatan the Indian wears a girdle Of
sharks teeth; In Senegambia the
shameless cannibal sports gunny sack;
In Atlantic City some years back the
dudes used to wear sashes. But find a
man who when he throws off his coat
to begin his daily toll lays bare pair
Of heavy sky blue galluses and you'll
find man who pays his way In the
world, loves his wife, rears his chill
dren In the fear OF the Lord and votes
the straight ticket. The "gallus" Is
useful. II Is graceful, and properly
adorned with hand painted flowers and
brass buckles ii Is beautiful. To be
ashamed OF it, to conceal It or to aban-
don IL for a somber leather belt Is 10
fail In an essential OF true manhood
and fly in the face OF fate.-Baltimore
Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
Reserve Buds.

Every one has noticed how. when
large branch OF n tree Is cut off, small
branches will shoot out around the
stump. These branches are from the
reserve buds. of which all trees have q
great number at every portion Of their
surface. Under ordinary circumstances
these never come to maturity, but when
the tree is wounded or cut off or loses
some of its branches the reserve buds
at once come into play and renew the
foliage.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
Tobacco the 0yotionaI Flower

If the great republic must have O
flower, why not adopt the tobacco
plant (Nlcotiana tabacum)? 1t Is ma
tive of this country and was first
found In Virginia. There is nothing
sectional or local about the plant, be-
cause today II Is grown in most of the
states from Florida and Louisiana to
Connecticut and Is now used in every
nation on the globe, civilized and bar
barlan. If 1t Is possible to obtain 1t. 1t
Is not commonly known that the to-
bacco plant bears very pretty pink
blossom, which might come into the
flower gardens but for its rank and
disagreeable odor. The Indian corn, or
maize, is another plant indigenous to
the United States and was found In
use as food by the Indians from Vir-
glnia to Massachusetts. But II we
must have q flower that Is esteemed as
such without regard to any economic
considerations or utilitarian qualities,
why not adopt the laurel Q.aurus lati-
folia), mountain laurel or broad leaf
laurel?-New OrleansH icayune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
YeIloxytaii Fishing.

There are no between rounds" nc
breathing spells, with the yellowtail
He Is fighting for his life desperately
no quarter given nor asked, with an
amazing staying power akin to that
marvellous faculty of the leaping tuna
The angler is far more likely to be
the first one exhausted; the inches of
line gradually granted to the pump.
ing" rod are earned by the sweat Of his
brow and the semiparalysis Of the bi-
ceps.
Have | got fish or a devil" ex-
claimed a weary Englishman after a
half hours work. with Sir Yellogtall
still gamboling at the end Of 200 feet
Of line. And many have shared his
astonishmcnt while Catching these
animated galvanic batteries.
That man has lived and lived In
tensely to whose bending rod half
dozen lusty yellowtail have capltulated
in a bright afternoon. May his re-
manning history be ever so humdrum
or prosaic, that crisp encounter wiz
illuminate the dullest moments.-F. L.
Harding in Field and Stream.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
Hebrews and the Sabbath.

There is not, and there never was in
tended to be- any such feeling OF Puri
tanism or of Calvinism with regard tC
our day of rest as there Is connected
with the Lords day Of our neighbors
The Jewish Sabbath was to be de
light, and we read that In the mediaeva
ghetto dancing. among other recrea
tons. was common on that day. There
Is nothing contrary TO the spirit OF
Judaism in the playing of games or in
dulgence in any form Of light recrea
tion on Saturday so long as 1t Is com
bined with n due regard for the sacred
claims of divine worship. - Jewish
World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
As Seen From a Balloon.

Sense Of danger you have Of course
none, for you are so aghast at the dan
gers run by your dear ones below from
motors and bicycles and trains and
gas works and all the other things ter
restrlal that all concern for your own
safety goes. And the shocking air
they breathe and the horrid little
wormlike trains that burrow in and
out of dark looking holes-how un-
healthy the whole earthly existence
seems to you as you glide motlonless
through the air, with white clouds be
low you stretched out as sort Of sill
yer carpet at your feet and above you
nothing but llmltless expanse Of
deep blue skyEBystander.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07

The new Office boy was found sitting
in his chair. with the telephone trans
mitter in his lap.
What I'm the world are YOU doing? ~
asked the boss
a fellow called up little while
ago" replied the future head of the
firm, land told me to hold the phone
till he called again" = Lippincotts
MAGAZINE
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
England the Land of Flowers

l know not why Italy rather than
England should be called the land Of
flowers. The truth Is that the English
people are an art loving one and that in
England more than in any region OF
Italy or country Of Europe flowers are
In evidence everywhere and. with The
grasses and plants and unlvel sal vege-
tation, ARE more intimately and peren-
nlally 'intertwhed with human exist
ence itself.-Naples II Mattino.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
Brazil's JungIes.

The jungles of Central America and
Brazil are masses of vegetation sc
dense that 1t is practically impossible
to penetrate them. Swain and his par.
ty when crossing the isthmus Of Da.
rien labored hard with their hatchets
and machetes the whole Of one day and
achieved but half mile. In many
parts Of Central America the under
growth renews itself so rapidly that II
Is almost impossible to keep road
open through 1t. In one instance In
Honduras a road sixteen feet wide was
made by engineers and laborers
through a jungle, the underbrush and
vines being cut away even with the
ground. Two weeks later, returning to
complete the work by laying stones on
the roadbed, they could not find the
road, the vines having completely filled
the vacant space.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
The Great Lake Cities.

Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, Detroit
and Milwaukee, with Duluth and Su-
perior thrown in at the head of the
greatest lake and many thriving ports
on Lake Erie added, are Il unique sec
tion of the urban life Of America.
Their rate of growth is the highest
maintained in any group of cities.
Their death rate is phenomenally low.
Their proportion Of home owners Is
extraordinary. Their totals and gains
in savings bank deposits are almost
unparalleled. They are handsome cities
as group. full of enterprise and activ-
ity, fairly eloquent with the spirit OF
prosperity ana progress. - Cleveland
Leader
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07

A man bad sixty ducks for sale and
divided them into two lots OF thirty
each One lot was to be disposed OF
at three for 81 and the other ut two
for 81. In his absence his clerk so!d
the sixty ducks at five for 81. realizing
the sum of $24. II sold according to
instructions one purchaser would have
got thirty ducks for SIS and the other
thirty for $40. making S25 for the lot.
What became of the missing doIlarf
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
CIcck Inscriptfons.

In former times ii was the custom OF
clockmakers TO inscribe on the dial
plates of their clocks quaint verses.
one OF the most common being the fol-
lowing:
! serve thee here with all my might
To tell the hours by day. by night.
Therefore example take by me
To serve thy God as / serve thee.
Another fayorite inscription was
''Tempus Fugit," or "Time Flies" and
thereby hangs q tale. \ well known
English clockmaker who flourished to-
ward the close Of the last century, on
being asked by customer whether d
certain clock was OF home manufacture,
replied: 'Oh, certainly. Don't you see
the name sir-Tummas Fugt? | often
have his clocks through my hands"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
Cor-ecfed.

"No," remarke. the man who had
Travelled anu hai rcturned to the place
Of his birth, tn village is not what II
used to be. Many of the old landmarks
have vanished"
What landI LrisT asked the native
resentfully.
"Why, the town pump, for instance.
"Call that q landmark? call 1t q
water mark"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07

Velvet is manufactured by placing in
the loom rows of very short threads OF
the material designed to be employed,
whether cotton or silk. These are then
caught up by the cross threads in the
weaving and fastened in such a way
that the fleecy ends present themselves
all on one side Of the fabric. The man
ufacture Of velvet is so slow that for a
hand weaver a yard Is considered a
good days work. The machine made
velvet is Of course turned out much
more rnpidlY.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
His Personal Appearance,

Mamma-rm afraid that young Wild.
or will not make you Il good husband,
Clara. Clara Why not mamma!
Namma-Because it seems to me that
he rather neglects his personal ap.
pearance. Clara Yes, that's true,
mamma, and I'm glad you mentioned
It. I'll see that he makes his personal
appearance here every evening after
this instead Of only twice week.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07

German goods 20 where British
goods might but do not. Here IS n
case. The I;uSsian joiner, not being a
meat eater. has not much muscle and
cannot use heavy hammer. SO ne
buys and uses the German light ham.
mer made for him, while lie has no
use for the heavier one of English
make-LondOnp Post
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
Getting Licked For Principle.

Meeting a newsbCy whose face was
SCARED with scratches and lOokcd like
a map Of some great railroad center, a
reporter askeI the younSster what the
matter was. "Feller spoke disrespect-
full of my sister; said he'd bet she was
cross eyed. and | sc.icd il."
us your sister cross eyedY" asked
the reporter
"Hain't got no sister" was the re-
ply 1T was the principle Of the thing
what | got licked for."-Phiadelphia
North American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
The White Headed Boy.

The phrase "his mothers white head
ed boy" is as old as the hills in Ire
land. 1t appears in many Of the Irish
fairy stories OF the last century. Irish
mothers who knew good fairies always
kept the secret ior the white headed
boy" Of the family. Gerald Griffin In
one OF his best short stories years ago
used the phrase as one he had bor-
rowed from an old Celtic book.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-12-07
An Innocent Diversion.

Poor woman" sighed the prison Wis
itor to the convicted murderess. Does
not the thought OF your impending
doom cause your mind TO revert to the
days Of your innocent childhood? DC
you not wish you could be playing
again as you did them
"Why, yes" replied the poor woman.
81 would like to skip the rope" ."-Phila'
delphla Press.