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The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
BALTIMORE GRAIN PRICES.

Baltimore. Oct. 5.-FoIlowing are the official grain
prices for to-day:
WHEAT-Stock in elevators IO57.u7 bushels
sales Of few hundred bushels on grade at elevators
at l0i for special bn No. red l03ls for stock No
red, / 9I for special bin steamer No red LOO fr
stock steamer No. red. SO FOR special bin rejected
IS for stock rejected. and 95 for rejected 20 90
through the drier. Contract; December L05izaL064.
Sales, car No. , red Western SPOT Los. car No 2
red, track Locust Point, l045; 501 bushels fresh
October. L04it; 5000 December lo6A. 2e0 do.
Loss. No. red Western spot. 1862. Settling
prices: No. , red Western. 1861. contract spot.
LOIS; No red, I02ls; steamer No. red, L00sa ;
steamer No. 2 rcd Western L02% The market for
Western closed strong; spot. October, LO7& Con
tact. spot October LOI4; December. LOl94 May.
LuA.
FLOUR-WinteT extra. 37Oa3sO: do. clear. i1oa
i25; do. straight, 40ai s. do patent 47la4 -;
spring clear. 4lCs4i0 do. straight 5.5a5.55. do
patent. 550a5.T5; City Mills best patent. 6l5; do
high-gTade patent. $50; do. straight. SIS: do.
choice family. AS extra, 3s5a4 60. re flour. medium
70 choice. 435aLs5; corn meal per 100 lbs. La0aL50
| CORN-Stock in elevators 2il .7l3 bushels. Track
yellow corn. domestic delivery. is worth about 3
bushel. Contract: Year, ga Sales. mixed lex
port, 70 90 IN. 70 1000 bushels year. 62at. Set
ting prices officially posted No. white. 70is
mixed. 70; steamer mixed. 66. steamer white 66i1
| No 3. s.. The market for Western closed firm;
/ SPOT, October. 70; year, g. January, 62+-
/ OATS-Stock in elevators 80 bushels; ship
ments from elevators 1910. White, No. 2 heavy.
57l5a56; do, No ?. light 20 medium. Sass do, No.
3. heavy. 53isa5i: No. 3. medium s2isa53. d.. No.
}. light, 5la52 do. No. l. light 70 heavy, 5olzasl;
mixed. No. ,. 53a53z do, No. 3 52a52ia; d., Ne.
/ I, 5la5Ik
RYE-Stock in elevators, So Ss2 bushels shipments
from elevators. aA bushels No westsER rye. pz
bushel, 6assi No. rye Idoassrie. ssaSl,
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6oa55; Western Maryland and Pennsylvania l5s0;
DO Eastern Shore, Maryland. p5r bbL prime.
Leial25s vans. new. L25aI55- sweets new. yellow.
LI5alS3i do Anne Arundel yellow Lsaz1o.
GREEN FRUITS AND YEGETABLES-Apples.
Eastern Shore and Virginia. psr hbl. NJ. J. l0la
Ll5 do do. small. common I5sl @. do do Ter
izbbL basket. soa65; do. New YORK. assorted bbI.
25oa353s cabbage, New YORK. per ton. u.1lal2G6;
grapes, Couc0rds per 5-lb basket llaII. do.
Niagaras. Idl2 DO. DelaEarss I2al3. onions Penn
sylvsuia, yellow, per bushei 65a7o. peaches Eastern
Shore MARYLAND. pr box. choice. a11a251. do.
mountain. per S basket. LooaL5o; pears. Eastern
Shore Sickel. pr basket Sz5J. do d.. Duchess
50a5j do. do. kIefer 52a3rz- pluuls Western
MaCland and Penusylv pr 5-lb basket, I5a1 .
tomatoes, nearby. per basket. l5aaO. do Eastern
Shore Maryland. Salj. do. Anne Arundel. l5a3l; /;
do, DO, measured busael, 55aso
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BY GEORGE c. HENNING.

alarms them. 1t sometimes happens that
a belated fiddler on the flood tide is too
near the water. and a crab comes crab
bing along near the shore and with a
firt out OF the water seiZes the poor I'D
dler and soon makes mincemeat out Of
him The crab usually only feeds on the
flood
FiddleTs' green. according to the Stand
ard is a place for dddung, dancing
frolicklng, sc. The author OF this def
milton evidently forgot his youthful read
ing Of Capt Marryatt':
Saws the parson, says he you're drunk, my man.
And do you not know that this is a sin?
Il you saiCTs viii ever be swigging your can,
To heaven you surely viii never set in.
Parson. says !, you may as wen be t1um,
'Tis only on shore I'm this way seen;
But oceans Oi punch and rivers Of rum
Await the sailor az Fiddler's Green.
At Fiddler's Green, where sailors true
When here they've done their duty
The bowl Of grog shall still renew.
And pledge 10 love and beauty
Suarleyow.
Fiddlers' green is the sea shore where
the green rushes grow and which is in
habltcd by the fiddler crabs, and where
the bodies of drowned sailors are cast
when they've done their duty
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COKE

in Munich. where she has been attending
the special performances OF opera AZ 'Ae
Prince Regents Theater. She is TO spend
a little time in Paris, and will sail for
America the latter part of the month.
Her season opens in Boston with recital
on Monday afternoon. October y.
Paderewsh is bringing 70 America TINS
year two very important compositions for
the plano. which he has played with
much success in England and on the con
tinent. one Is a theme with variations,
and the other a sonata. Those who have
heard them say that they are quite equal
to any work Of this kind y has ever
done. and that they are valuable add
tions TO the literature Of the piano. They
will appear on his American programmes,
Paderewski's FIRST concert in America
will be in Bridgeport, Conn, on Monday
evening. October IS. On Tuesday evening.
the 29th. he viii give a recital in the
Lyric Theater, in Baltimore. and on Sat
urday afternoon, November ? comes his
| first recital in Carnegie Hall. New York
City He will play fifteen times in the
month Of November
Carl Vending, the new concert master
Of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and
successor Of Prof. Willy Hess, has made
most favorable impression upon all
who have met him, and the feeling is
1 that his coming VIII be in the nature OF
/ decided acquisition to the orchestra.
| Although he is but thirty-twO years old.
! his career has been most important He
/ is a pupil of Joachim. with whom he
studied for three and a half years. He
! is an Alsatian and a native of Strasburg.
/ For four years he wasAhe concert mas
| ter Of the celebrated Meiningen Orchestra
when Fritz Steinbach, now Of Cologne,
was the conductor. Thence he went
| to Stuttgart as concert master. which
/ position he now holds, for he is in
/ America on a years leave of absence.
| Mr. Vending was especially chosen
| by Hans Richter TO be the concert master
at COvent Garden at the special per-
/ formances of Wagners "Ring" in 1903
/ 1904. and 1905, and since 1903 he has been
/ concert master at tfTv festival perform
/ ances in Baireuth. Mr.. Vending, in
addition to his French and German,
/ speaks most excellent English.
Nine. Anita Helneck-Lloyd has con-
sented to sing at a church concert given
! Sunday, October Is, at S p. m, at the
Church Of ST Michael and All Angels
Nine Heineck-Lloyd has also been in
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LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET.
prices quoted are wholesale.l

BUTTER-Demand active and market strong
Creamery fancy. 3la3Iiz; do. Western frsts S0a3l ;
do seconds 2sa29 process. fancy. EsS; do. fair 10
good 2ia25; dairy choice, &s2l do, good, lsa0;
store packed. fresh. i9a20.
CHEESE-Alarkot firm snd active on all kinds
New York State factory. large, Hizal5; do. fats
l5al5lz do small. l5izal6: DO. summer. large, l44
Is. do summer small. lialiiz do. fair 10 good Ia
u; Western factory. new. choice, l4zal5; do. fair
70 good. u Virginia. 10.
EGGS-Rcceipts moderate: deinand active. Near
BY fresn Virginia, 25a26; West Virginia and South
west Virginia, 2}a25; Tennessee q North Carolina p
LIVE POULTRY Receipts moderate; market firm
Chickens fancy EaiS; dc. small, l7als; hens Il:
roosters. s: ducks. large, Ual2. do. small 9alO;
geese 6aS; turkeys toms. per H.. a; do, hens Is;
do, thin 10; keats, TO-
DRESSED POULTRY-Roceipts moderate: market
firm Turkeys. hens, undrawu per H.. Is: do
average mdTswu. l5al6 do, thin. 10 old toms l3
chickens large, Sab hens choice, Is; ROSTERS g.
drck, old galg: spring. l5sl{, geese SAIL
DRESSED AIEATS-Calyes. full dressed s0Oa
1000: heads Of 800; hogdTessed calves. 500; hams.
country. sigar-csred, iial6.
YEGETABLES-P5ta home grown, per bbl
1890. per buShel 55a60. sweet potatoes Der bhl
ZO6a2 .; yams, l75a20O; cabbage per bbl. g; Gu
clmi~rs North Carolina, Local 80; onions Maryland
and Virginia, per bushel 75a90; do, Maryland and
Virginia per bbl.. 250a275: beets, bunch Sat; can
taloupes 20qiO; string beans basket Local IS
GREEN FRUTTS-Appes, York Imperial packed
.
250l325: do. SPY. Ter bbl Sa275: de- loose pack
Cd 50sl.50; peaches. pcT box. Zooa250; d. common,
Local. 90
sUXDRIEs-B Beeswax 20; tauow, SASH; honey.
white clover, lib. new. 3; do. do. 2-lb. new. 10
al2: ginseng. per h. 6.0oa650 seneca Per h.. 30;
golden SEAL 4Oa45 pink, l2ali; mandrake. 2a3; snake
root. s.
GRAIN-Wheat choice. 9Oa9s; DO, fair to good.
s5s9j do. ordinary, 75aS5 rye, 65a50 corn sheiled
white 72a73; do, yellow. 72a73; do ear lO0a4 q
cats. Western white, No 2 65a70: do mixed. 65a6S.
Bran per tos. 2 0Oa50Ol; middlings. 30 00as2 o.
Hay AND STRAW-Timothy, choice, 200Ca2l. 90;
do, No l. l90Oa20O3; do. No. 2 TLO0ala00; mixed
hay laOa19o0 clover. l6.6al750. straw rye. per
bundle, 100; DO. DO, machine thraShed 650a5 Is
de-, wheat, go.
WOOL AND HIDES-Wool, washed. free Of burs.
per h. 80; do. unwashed. free Of buTs. per b. 26
do. bury, pr ID. 25 hides green per h. 9; do
dry, per h., l5al7 sheep skins green. each coal 90
do, dry. each 2Sa75 calf skins, green, each, L35
CHESTNUTS-Pe h.. L.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
FRATERNITIES AND HAZING.
Franks of Youthful spirits Not to BE
Taken Too Seriously.

EQll0L Inc washington htTalQ.
I notice your article in this mornings
Herald, in which an attempt is made to
place the blame of hazing in the high
schools, and the secrecy in regard TO the
same. on the fraternities. 1t seems to me
that this is. very unjust. Hazing is a
common practice in all schools and the
question Of membership in fraternities
does not enter into 1t at all. AS to the
secrecy, any one who knows anything
about school children knows that it is an
unwritten law that pupils viii not tell
on" each other. I know it was so in the
schools I used to attend, where fraterni-
ties were never even heard of. and it viii
be so till the end of the chapter To say
that the hazing and the secrecy" should
be charged to the influence of the frater-
mites is simply absurd. as any fair
minded person will admit. Instead of
meekly making such baseless assertions,
let the school authorities see that the
hazing does not get beyond bounds, and
be wise enough 10 wink at It to a certain
extent, where it simply amounts 20
pranks of youthful spirits. causing no in
jury to those against whom it is directed.
MRS. Z. F. TERFLINGER
Takona Park, D, G., Oct. !. 1907.
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vited by the committee for the concerts
for the blind al the Library Of Congress.
to give an hour Of song during this
month.
Mr. s NJ Fabian and Nine. Heineck-
Lloyd had a Wernig musicale at the Co
lumbia apartments last week, assisted by
Mrs. Byram. Miss Ouida Wheelock, and
Miss Elsie Riley Mr.. Fabian played Liszt,
Chopin. and various selections in master
ly fashion. Nine. Heineck-Lloyd sang
Richard Strauss wonderful songs TO the
enthusiastic applause OF the audience
The opening Of the studio Of Nine.
Heineck-LIOyd which occupies the entire
second floor of the residence at I41S II
street northwest, will take place October
- a number Of pupils have already
booked with her. and her first season viii
be highly successful
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
THE DAINTY LADY LUCY"
A New Washington Novel.

The Washington Herald will begin on Tuesday octo-
Der S, its first anniversary, the publication story
relating diplomatic political social Washing
ton The title of the story is The Dainty and
the author Foxeroft Davis The previous novels
Washington life by this author "DespOtism and
racy" Mrs. Darrell attracted wide attention
of the leading critics of the country
the great American novel had at last been written.
THE Dainty Lady Lucy" Is a worthy successor of
these two striking novels.
The Washington Herald has the rights
serial publication this story which upon conclusion
these will be published States
ada Great Britain and the colonies All rights
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET

Baltimore. Oct. 5--Following are the prices
quoted by the principal commission houses:
BUTrER-CTeameI. fancy. per 10. 29i7a3O; imi-
tation, Za2i; Maryland and pennsylyania rolls %
store-packed Ohio and West Virginia, %; Maryland.
Virginia. and Pennsylvania 2ia26
EGGS-Marylsnd. Pennsylvania. and nearby firsts.
loss of per dozen. ..
LIVE P0ULTRY-Chicken old hens. heavy. per
b., l3al5lz do, roosters. each, 2aS0; young per
10, H. ducks. puddle. large per H.. l2al3: do.
small, II; do, muscoyy and mongrel. ilal2 do,
brakes each S0ai0
PoTAToEs-White, nearby, prime. Per bushsl
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CEcadae.

was fortunate one day TO observe how
cicada or locust made the sharp
shriIling semi-intermitent sound heard on
hot summers day. It's body is COM
posed OF Concentrite rings united by
elastic integaments. By muscular efforts
these rings are contracted and expanded
like the working of a bellows, giving out
the sound semi-intermitingly. When the
muscular effort ceases, the sound con-
tinues without intermissiOn 10 an end like
the expiring notes Of an organ when the
bellows ceases 10 work. The sound
seems TO come from the under part Of
the body.
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DID YOU CLIP COUPONS?
Boston Tribune Grows Jocose over
Our Corporations,

From the Boston Tribune.
To-day is one OF the days when We
deplore corporation sin. but joyfully cut
our corporation coupons-if We have any
10 cut
It is one of the quarter-days Of the
year when we jog forth pleasantly into
the financial vineyard and slice another
fourth from the dividend melon. Pity
those whose corporations have passed
the dividend. They must. in truth. feel
that corporations are soUlless and that
their cup of happiness IS as empty as
Jonah's vacant gourd.
Some plutocrats, they say, have so
many coupons to be clipped that they
employ a secretary to do the sCissOring.
What folly! Can one imagine more de
lightful occupation than sitting down
cozily adjacent 10 a plethoric bundle of
bonds and meTTily clipping coupons TIL
Candle-light Away with secretaries on
dividend day
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
Resurrection.

Reading recently Of a Virginia physician
restoring life 10 a dead rabbit by pump
ing oxygen into its lungs reminds me
of some childhood experiments, restor-
ing drowned flies to life by putting them
in the sun and covering them with table
salt. I do not know whether the chlOr-
inc, sodium, or the sun was the restOr-
ing agent Perhaps all, or it may be it
was the sun alone
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
A TRIBUTE.

But thou vast borul
So sweet, so pure a fowerl
Whose perfume was = power
To- each--thy rOsebud's smile
Did charm one all the while,
But thou vast born.
But thou art gonei
So dark. so sad-life's dreaTy
Without thy love. I'm weary
OF all things here. and yet
Hope is in yon sunset.
But thou art gone.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
The GrnsshOnner.

A young lady teacher was one day
boasting TO a man of her knowledge Of
the grasshoppers. She could dissect one
and name all its parts. "Will you please
tell me, miss. said the man, why q
grasshopper -ehews tobaccO?'
She-DOes he2
Every suburban and country boy knows
that a grasshopper chews tobacco.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
MannoSe.

Manuose. mya arenaTia, is known at
the North simply as clam; In some places
a soft-sheu clam. It gets its name from
q peculiar eXtrusiOn, known TO natural
lists as a foot or syphOn. to others it
represents a mans nose, hence the name.
I think all the authorities are partially
wrong in accounting for its home, about
one foot below the surface by attribut-
ing TO its foot the ability 10 bury Itself
There is no doubt the foot has some
power Of locomotion, but not 10 the ex-
tent described. My theory is that the
spawn is carried down into the holes
made by the fddlers, and the clam has
then power to adapt itself to its loca-
ton by slight movements. NY reasons
are that the mannose and the fiddler in
habit the same location, both between
hiEn and low water, on the beaches. /
have never seen one Of these on or near
the surface, nor have l ever been able
to find one who has, Notwithstanding
have asked many old fishermen. The
holes of the hddlers and the location Of
the mannOSe are about the same depth
Their location is discoverable by a
fOaming at the surface of their holes on
the sand, and they are obtained by dig
ging with a spade. HOGS are very fond
of them and dig them with their snouts
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
The Fiddler.

According TO Webster a fiddler is a
small crab having one claw very much
larger than the other. The Standards s
definition is better, though not fully de-
scriptive. The male has one claw larger
than its body. and one small flexible
claw. The female has both claws small
and flexible. and uses each alternately
and rapidly, like a hungry boy, in feed
ing. Fiddlers burrow in the beach be-
tween high and low water. As the tide
fulis they retreat into these holes until
the commencement Of the ebb. whence
they emerge and feed on infusoria, min
ute particles OF organic matter left by
the retreating tide These particles are
too small to be seen by the human eyes.
When done feeding and when the tide is
fully out they march up and down the
beach in solid columns and at a uniform
pace. This is diversified by playfulness,
the male saving his big claw just as a
fiddler does in drawing his bow They
seem to be insenSiDle to sound, as I have
tried loud shouting with seeming indif-
ference, but the slightest movement
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
GuIIs,

The laughing or wading gull is with
US all the year. Unlike many species Of
gull, which nest in Northern regions ex-
clusively, it lays its eggs in the sand
on the beach above high water and cum
ningly covers them up. relying on the
sun 10 hatch them. / can find no au-
thority TO confirm this statement but my
own observation on the shores of the
Chesapeake Bay. During the period Of
incubation, the parent bird, mother, I
suspect, waters her lay with her bill to
provide the necessary moisture to pre-
vent adding. She flies out into the
water and gets bill full each time. The
young can run as soon as Il is freed from
the shell; indeed, I have seen them run
so rapidly as 10 be difficult to capture.
even while part of the shell adhered.
This gull is not a diving bird, but feeds
on floatsam and jetsam. When one finds
a delicate morsel, such as d soft crab.
it sets up a noise which procured the
name laughing gull
The gull is also insectiverous- I have
seen greet fiocks of them circling over
abandoned cabbage fields after the nu-
merOus butterflies bred therein. The
eggs of these gulls are sought for as
food
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
Value of Insects.

Specialists on almost any subject over
Look the correlation Of other facts and
dwell exclusively on the one view that
appeals to them. / imagined that this
was an original thought Of mine until
recently re-reading the Pilgrims of the
Rhine I found the same idea more
elabOrately expressed, and from which
doubtless I evolved it by 4 species of IN
conscious cerebration. Recently there
has been much printing on the subject
of the value Of insecuvorous birds and
the Importance Of their protection. It
is true insectivorous birds are valuable,
but so are all birds. Insectvorous birds
do not discriminate between beneficial
and injurious insects, devouTing one as
readily as another If ii were not for
insects We would not have sufficient fer
tilization Of fruits CT flowers. The story
told in Kolin Klout's Kalender, old
maids and cats, about the red clover seed
grown in Australia, is too well known to
be repeated. As Obadiah Drant would
say. they failed TO fructify, until humble
bees were imported TO fertilize the flow
ers. It is a peculiar fact that America
is more favorable TO imported fora than
trees and - lants. especially weeds, have
been natu.alized, but few animals have
survived. only dOmesticated ones The
fit only survive. Were it not so, the In
dian would still be erecting his wigwam
on the banks OF the Potomac. and agri-
cultural departments would be unknown.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
Aquatic Spiders.

Ever since I read DR.. McCook's Ten
ants Of an Old Farm" in Albion Tour
gees Our Continent, I have been in
terested in spiders. Standing by a mill
pond, one day. which was Overhung with
branches Of trees that grew on its banks,
I saw numerous spiders letting them
selves down from the branches by means
Of webs they spun, until they reached
the water Ey some means, which J
could not discern, when they reached the
water the web was severed about mid
way. and used as a sail, the wind being
fair, to help them reach the other side,
using their legs as oars at the same
time. Doubtless they were seeking new
pastures, as all animals will, man in
oluded. The secret of all migrations is the
auesf for food.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06

Nine. Anita Heineck-Lloyd has con-
sented to sing at a church concert given
Sunday, October Is, at S p m, at the
Church of st. Michael and All Angels
Nine. Heineck-LIOyd has also been in
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06

Mr.. Oscar Franklin Comstock has open
cd his seventh season. The studio has
been attractively renovated during the
summer, and will be opened October 15.
when his ffteth studio recital takes
place.
MIR. Comstock's choir at Trinity Church
is busy rehearsing GauIs Holy CITY"
which viii be sung on November 1. All
Saints Day. For this service the choir
viii be augmented 10 about forty voices,
and some remarkable chorus singing is
expected
The Washington herald., 1907-10-06

The choir Is composed of, Mrs. Dayelle
Taylor welch. Miss NJ Estelle Gulick, Mr..
Philip L. ScantlIng, Mr.. Dana c. Hol-
land, and Mr. a P. Tasker organist. on
November 20 an evening with Mozart will
be given.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-08-21
REUNION uF n. c. CHASSIS.
I To be Held at Crescent September 18th.
Hon. W. W. Kitchen to Speak.

The reunion of the Reformed
Church of N. c., Chassis will be
held in connection with the annual
meeting of Nazareth Orphans
Home, Crescent, N. c., Rowan
County, September 18th, The
speakers for the occasion are :
Hon. W. W. Kitchen, one of the
most prominent men of the State,
and Rev. G. E.. Wehler, D. D.. pas.
tor of-German Reformed Church,
Newton. N. c., and also financial
secretary of Catawba College.
Both of the above men are able
and eloquent speakers. We hope
to make the occasion a most
pleasant one. It is desired that
a large crowd be present. The
Rockwell Band will be present
and furnish music for the occa.
sion. Everybody is invited to be
present and also bring their
friends with them.
W. w. Rowe,
secretary of reunion.