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The Washington herald., 1907-08-22

yesterday on the Washington Stock Ex-
change, the net results Of the DAYS trad
ing being $50 shares of stock and $500 in
bonds. Prices were without much change,
shading to lower figures.
Brokers complain Of a scarcity of mon
ey for stock operations. the facts seeming
to be that with large sums tied up in
Gas, the Railway and other shares. and
prices at low levels, there is not much
/ inducement to trade, as there must Be
sales. If the brokers are TO do any busi-
ness. and sales at present figures mean
sacrifice upon stocks bought during the
/ boom" periods Of a few weeks and
months back The same thing in prin-
ciple applies 10 those who employ brokers
TO buy and sell for them on the local
! exchange.
A close observer Of the operations of
/ the stock exchange yesterday remarked
upon the situation. and had some quiet
fun over the predictions freely made by
enthusiastic brokers, a few weeks ago.
when it was said openly that Gas would
go to 100, that Railway common would
/ go to 80. and the preferred above 100, be-
/ fore the falling Of snow this year He
/ said the outlook for such prices was not
now very probable This man said that
/ the holders of these stocks, who had
/ bought upon the enthusiasm then created.
now were tied up with their holdings and
could neither sell out, without a great
! loss. or borrow money upon their stocks
! for speculative purposes. He said that
I if one had money most Of the stocks were
/ a buy at present figures, but he predict
ed that there would be no rush 10 sell
unless some one should be caught where
he was forced TO liQuidate to save his
| credit
/ The price of Mitchell Mining stiffened
up a bit yesterday, both here and in
/ New York, and the movement was suffi-
| cient TO arouse a faint hope that the local
| level in Mitchell had been reached. and
that it would slowly recover some of its
lost ground.
/ Opinions on the New York Market.
Benz. Woodruff. of Post & Flagg.-'The
market to-day was dull and this lack
of activity was the best thing that could
have happened. The only sensation was
two Or three small and unimportant
drives by the bear interest Should we
have a sharp advance it would drive 10
cover the short interests, now a strong
sustaining force in the situation, which
the writer believes would be a disad
vantageous thing to happen. On the other
hand a further decline would create
further anxiety, and we have had enough
Of this. Money continues high on time
and on easy call In fact, there are no
new changes, either in prices or condi-
tions worthy Of note"
George /. Edmunds, Of A. o. Brown
* While the market was nervous
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october 5. 1907. Remember the date.
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sUrREAIE CoURT 0F ne DIsTRICT oF q

SUPRE1E COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF CO
lnmbia, holding Probate Cart No. 1890. Ad-
iHistration.-This is 20 give notice that the SUD
scT1hor. who was BY the supreme Court II the Dis
trict of Columbia granted letters testaInentary ou
the estate q William De Batz, deceased, has with
the approval Of the supreme Court of the District
OF Columbia. holding Probate Court, appointed
TUESDAY. the Sd day Of september 1867. ar 10
O'Clock a. m. the time. and said ccurt room as
the place, for making payment and distribution
from said estate. under the courts direction and
control. when and where all creditors and persons
entitled 70 distrbutiYe shares OF legaces resi-
due. are notified 70 attend, IN person or by agent
attorney duly authorized with their claims against
the estate properly v0uehed Given under ny hand
this 18th day Of August. 1907. THE WASHING
TON LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. By
FRED'K EICHELBERGER. Trust Officer. JOHN
B. LARNER. Attorney. Attest: (Seall JANIS
TANNER. Register Of Wills for the District Of Co
iumba. Clerk Of the Probate Court. aUl5,2 %
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\ THE srPREAfE COURT % THE DIsTRICT

IN THE SUPREME COURT or THE DISTRICT
Of Columbia Beatrice ]. Nyc, &c, vs. Edgar II.
Nyc e. al Equity No. 1g36.-Thc object of this
suit is 10 obtain a decree Of absolute divorce By
the complainant from the defendant Edgar H Nye
on the ground 0f adultery. On motion Of the com
plainant, BY her attorney. Edwin l. Wilson II is,
this eth day Of August 1907. ordered that the de-
fendsnt. Amy Phillips. cause her appearance 70 be
entered herein on or before the fortieth day ex-
elusive Of Sundays and legal holidays. occurring
after the date Of the first publication Il this order
otherwise the cause viii BE- proceeded with as in
case Of default Provided a copy Of this order be
published cnce week f0T fOur successive weeks in
the Washington Law Reporter and The Washington
Herald before said day JOB BARNARD. Justice
4 true copy-Test: lSeall J. r. YOUNG. CLERK.
By F. E. CUNNINGHAM. Assistant Clerk. Ed
WIN L. WILSON. Attorney for Complainant. Fen
dali Building aus. l22
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The price of Mitchell Mining stifened
up a bit yesterday, both here and in
New York, and the movement was suffi-
cient TO arouse faint hope that the local
level in Mitchell had been reached, and
that it would slowly recover some of its
lost ground.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-22

The foreign exchange market was again
very strong with demand sterling up
twenty points at 4S7S5 and 4S790 at the
close. The probability of further gold
exports increased accordingly. The pos
sibility of imports from London at any
time this fall has practically passed out
of consideration.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-22
Opinions on the New York Market

George L. Edmunds. of A. o. Brown
* Co.-While the market was nervous
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-06-07
A Marine Monster of 1900.

when l saw our latest leviathan
warship, the Indomitable, launched at
Glasgow the other day." writes a cor
respondent, II could not help wonder
ing what our forefathers of a century
ago would have thought of her. In
1900 a leading naval authority wrote:
The size of our ships seems now
to have reached its ultimatum. The
French indeed have latterly built a
ship of most extraordinary size, 172
feet keel, 50 feet inches by the beam,
tonnage about 1850 tons But she is
pronounced to be entirely unfit for
service And yet this marine monster
of 1900, whose size made her so I'M
wieldly that she hath never been out
of harbor,' was but a third as long as
our latest cruiser, little more than two
thirds the width and a sixth of the
tonnage. In fact, she was relatively
so small that she might easily, one
would think. have been carried on the
IndOmitable's deck. Although a fifty
acre forest had provided her timbers
and it had taken 200 shipwrights year
to build her, her total cost was less
than one-tenth that of her successor of
today. "-Westminster Gazette.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-06-07
Brown University.
porter.

Professor Albert Hardness, Phi. D., l..
L. D., Professor of Greek Language and
Literature at Brown University from
1855 to 1892, and since then Professor
Emeritus. died at his home in Providence
shortly after one o'clock Monday morn
ing, from heart failure, brought on
probably by an attack of pneumonia
from which he suffered in February last.
DIR. Hardness was the first American to
receive the degree of Doctor of Phil
osophy at the University of Bonn. He
was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, of the
Archaeological Institute of America, and
in 1884 was elected president of the
American School of Archaeological and
Classical Studies at Athens. He was
made member of the Board of Fellows
of Brown in 1904. since which time he
has been active in compilation of text
books and other works. All University
exercises will be suspended the day of
his funeral, which were held on Wednes-
day at the First Baptist Meeting House.
President Faunce appointed members of
the Board of Fellows, the Faculty, and
the student body to represent these Or
CARNATIONS on this occasion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-06-07
SOCIOLOGICAL
Rate of Forest Destruction.

According to bulletin just issued by
the forest service of the agricultural
department, every person in this coun-
try is using over six times as much
wood as the individual consumption in
Europe. and the country as a whole
consumes over three times what the
forests of the United States grow dur
ing the year. The consequence of this
policy is an inevitable timber famine.
1t is pointed out that the increase in
population since 1880 is hardly more
than half the increase in lumber cut. so
that the increase of forest destruction
cannot be explained entirely ON the
theory of increased population.
Sage Foundation Organized.
At meeting of the trustees of the
Sage foundation, the name given to the
$10,00O,000 endowment established by
Mrs. Russell Sage for the purpose of
Improving sociological and living con-
diuons In America, Mrs. Sage herself
was chosen president, Robert W. De
Forest, her attorney. vice president.
and John Nj. Glenn of Baltimore Sec
rotary. Mr.. Glenn will be the active
administration He has been for many
years conspicuous In local and national
charity movements. He Is about fifty
years of age and a graduate of Wash
ington and Lee university. The trus.
tees decided upon the scope of the
work to be pursued, saying that the
foundation would not attempt to re-
lieve individual or family need, but
that its function is ito eradicate SO far
as possible the cause of poverty and
ignorance rather than to relieve the
sufferings of those who are poor and
Ignorant" The reason given for this
attitude is that neighborhood charity
would be dried up If neighborhood
needs were supplied from without.
They say also that the sphere of high
er education will not be within the
scope of the Sage foundation, thus dis
tinguishing its work from that of the
general education board which has
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-06-07

Many plants and flowers are provid
ed with devices that protect them from
undesirable insects and other enemies.
The cactus and other prickly plants
find their spikes an admirable protec-
ton, while several plants exude a
sticky liquid which entangles insects
endeavoring to climb up the stem. AS
insects are useful to many flowers In
conveying the pollen from the male to
the female plants, provision is made TO
attract those insects which are capable
of performing the service and to ex-
clude those which would be of no use
to the flower. Several pale flowers,
for instance, which attract moths ex-
hale fragrant Odor only in the even
ing when the moths will be abroad and
be attracted thereby. In the day the
flowers close and thereby avoid the no.
tice of undesirable insects abroad at
that time. Certain plants of the dan
delon class actually have bodyguards
of ants which repel the attacks of de-
structive beetles, the ants being re-
warded with sweet nectar deposited
by the plant.-New York American.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-06-07
Queer Locomotives In Bolivia.

The Siamese twin effect Is the result
Of a definite purpose and not, as might
we'll be imagined, a freak locomotive
made to pull itself apart. This type
of engine. built in England for the
Bolivian railways, is so constructed
on account of the terrific grades, which
frequently are as steep as one foot in
thirty-five. Under such conditions II
a single boiler of necessary length was
used all the water would frequently
be at one end or the other of the boil
ers with disastrous results; hence the
Fairlie type, us it is known, was de-
signed, using two. boilers, each fired
independently Of the other. The ma
chine is really two small complete 10
comotives backed together and con-
nected permanently. The water tanks
are on each side below the cab floor.
The coal storage is in the side tanks
above.-New York Globe.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-06-07
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Mans Care of Himself.

The writer, after studying his kind
for number of years, has been fore
ed to the conclusion that the average
man comes very near being an idiot
when it comes to taking care of himself.
We have seen him wearing fur cap on
his head while his shoes let in the snow
and water. He wears an overcoat on
his back and nothing but thin shirt
over his chest. He is mighty scared
about freezing his fingers while his
throat is exposed to billiards. and he is
often aiing or thinks he is. Its herb
tea, root tonic, Peters pills, Paurs pine
tar cordials or plasters and cures, until
the balance wheel in the machine comes
to stop. Nature wants to keep going,
but she can't. He drinks whiskey. and
that clogs the valves: he drinks beer
and that clogs the wheels; he pours
down lemonade, ginger ale, buttermilk,
ice water. tea, coffee, and what not,
and then wonders why the fires under
the boiler do not burn. If you should
take an OK and put him through like
performance he'd be dead in year.
The simplest and plainest laws of health
are outraged every hour of the day by
the average man. Did Adam smoke
Did Eve wear corsets? Did Solomon
chew tobacco? Did Ruth chew gum
Did the children of Israel make for d
beer garden after crossing the Red Sea
Did Rebecca eat gum drops and ice
cream and call for soda water: Adam
was the first and was made perfect from
head to heel. How long would he re-
main 80 after eating a mince pie before
going to bed Suppose he had slept IN
a bedroom SKI with the windows down,
the door shut and two dogs under the
bed? Suppose Eve had laced herself
up in corset, put on tight shoes, sal
up all hours of the night eating her Ill
of trash and sizzled her hair. When you
come to look at the way man misbe
HAYES himself you can only wonder he
ever lived to get there Verify, the aver
age man behaves as if he were little
better than a fool.-Woodbury Ct, Re
porter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-06-07

hopes to continue in the service of
Dartmouth as a lecturer on the sub
ject, THE Formation and Expression
of Public Opinion In Democracy"
Equal Pay Bill Vetoed.
Mayor Mcclellan of New York has
vetoed the bill recently passed by the
state legislature equalizing the salaries
Of men and women teachers in the
higher grades of the schools of the
metropolis. He justified his veto on
four grounds: First, violation of the
home rule principle; second local au-
thorities already have the power to do
the same; third, discrimination in ia
vor of a certain class of teachers;
fourth, that it would destroy the elias
ITCHY of the present school system
The bill was promptly passed over the
mayors veto by the senate and assem-
bly,, and the matter now goes to Gov
ernor Hughes for final action
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-06-07
The First Book Catalogue.

The first book catalogue was issued
in 1864 in Augsburg, Germany, by one
George Willer. 1t was a quarto of
nineteen pages and recorded the titles
of 256 books arranged in classes.
Hand lists or posters We're printed as
early ms 1869 by Jonathan Mentel Tor
Mentelin of Strassburg. who printed
the first edition of the Bible in 1865 or
1866. The first catalogue in England
was printed in 1895 by John Wndet
for Andrew Maunsell, a bookseller
Minneapolis Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-06-07
IN DU ST RIAL
A Raise For Cotton Hands.

The New Bedford Cotton Manufac-
turers' association has voted a 10 per
cent increase in the wages of the oper-
atives in that district, to take effect
May 81, and it was expected that other
New England mills would follow suit.
loneshoremen Made Gains.
The strike of the New York long
shoremen for better wages continued
and both sides remained firm except
that one line gave In for the time in
order to get a fruit ship unloaded.
Elevator men Joined in a sympathetic
strike, but the teamsters refused.
Some of the strike breakers abandoned
their jobs. Many of the companies
continued to board the new men on
their ships, but many Of the boats were
delayed in sailing, while merchants
and railroads began to suffer severely
from the tie-up. 1t was hoped that the
arrival of Ismay, head of the ship
trust, from Europe would bring some
sort of compromise.
Steam Shovel Men Quit.
Steam shovel workers on the Panama
canal have struck for $500 a month in
stead of S210 which they have beer
receiving and only two shovels remain
ed at work, but Chief Engineer Goeth
ais was trying to fill the vacant places
with shop mechanics.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-06-07
The Chinese Jews.

American interest in China since the
Boxer rebellion has extended to the
Chinese Jews, who settled at Kaifung-
fu during the Han dynasty, that ruled
China from 200 B. G. to 200 A. d. The
Kaifungfu colony is mentioned occa-
sionally by European travellers, among
them Marco Polo In the fourteenth cen
fury, while in 1000 and 1704 they were
visited by Jesuit missionaries. Today,
according to Alfred X. Glover writ
ing in the Overland Monthly, the Chi
nese Jews are almost extinct. but their
records and historical tablets are care
fully preserved.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-06-07
THE WHITE BIRCH.
Peeling the Bark Ruins the Trees
Beauty Forever.

Beauty Forever.
One Of the loveliest of our trees is
the white BIRCH with its graceful foil
age and cleaning trunk, and yet how
often II is robbed of half its beauty
by careless hands.
The temptation to take off strip after
strip of its easily peeled bark seems
well nigh irresistible If one may judge
by the countless forlorn trunks along
our roadsides. Instead of silvery white
columns standing out with conspicuous
grace from the green of neighboring
shrubs and trees. the trunks are
marred by great black circles, the re-
suits of wounds inflicted by wanton
passersby.
Too often this is done merely for the
fun of seeing how easily the bark can
be pulled off and no thought is given
to the feelings of the owner when he
finds that one of his finest trees, in
which he took great pride, has been
robbed forever of its beauty.
The next time you are tempted to cut
off birch bark. stop. Think of the in
jury to the tree and the injury 20 all
who shall pass that way after you
in depriving them of something they
might have enjoyed but for you-the
sight of that tree in all its beauty. Re-
member that the bark never grows
again.
If you have in mind the making of
some article for which birch bark is
an absolute O. necessity. can you not
from some tree well hidden in the cen
ter of the woods. removing only the
outer layers, and those in such way
that the tree will suffer as little as
possible? By doing this you will earn
the gratitude of all wayfarers and land
owners.-Plant World.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-06-07
Estate of ROsella Forrest.

STATE OF VERMONT,
oDIsTRICT OF ADDISON, IS.
The Probate Court for the District OF Addi-
son.
To all persons interested in the estate OF
Rosetta Forrest, late Of Middlebury in
said District, deceased who was under the
guardianship OF J. ID. shannon OF said Mid.
dlebury at her decease, May II, 1907.
GREETING
Ry the authority OF the State OF Vermont,
yon are hereby notified to appear before the
said Probate Court. at the Probate Once in
Middlebury, In said District. on the 18th day
to show cause, II any you have, why the &C.
count OF j. d. shannon, guardian OF
Rosetta Forrest now deceased, should
not be allowed, and also why her estate
should not be distributed to the parties
entitled thereto.
Dated al Middlebury, in said district, this
a3u day OF May. A. ID. 1907.
81 WIN. H. BLISS. Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-06-07
Alterations at the State Prison.

Plans for alterations on the State
prison at Windsor have been completed
by the State board in charge of the
penal institutions. which consists of N.
K. Chaffee of Rutland, j. E. Weeks of
Middlebury, and r. w. Hulburd of
Hyde Park. A large part of the $780,
600 appropriated by the Legislature of
1906 will be expended on the west wing
of the prison which will be extended
about 40 feet, several new cells to be
installed. With this enlargement all the
convicts employed in making shoes in
the two shops will be under one roof.
Through this change A. E. Mann & Co.,
of Boston, who have the contract for
employing the convicts, will pay 81
cents day instead of go cents day, the
former price.
The basement of the main shop will
be fitted up and used for making,
while the old shop will be remodeled
into chapel. By this change an OPP
portunity presents itself for a new din
ing hall which will be constructed from
the old chapel and the adjacent store
room. Heretofore the prisoners have
eaten their breakfasts in their cells,
while their other two meals were taken
on the run as they returned from work.
improvements are to be made in the
room used for a hospital, which is at
present inadequate in size and poorly
ventilated. The room will have mod
ern ventilation installed and an isola.
tan room established as a contagious
ward. The work will be done by the
convicts and no contracts will be let
out. The night school, which was
started some time ago by a prisoner
from Bennington county, is very sue
cessful, and at present is being attended
by 20 pupils.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-06-07
Estate of John o. Hamilton.
Commissioners' Notice,

The undersigned. having been appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for the District OF
and adjust all claims against the estate OF
John o. Hamilton, late OF Bridport. in said
District. deceased, and all claims exhibited
will meet for the purposes aforesaid at
the late residence OF said deceased in said
town OF Bridport, on the 9th day of July
until O'Clock p. M, each of said
days. and that six months from the Srd day
OF June, A. ID. 1907. Is the time limited by
said Court for said creditors to present their
claims to us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Bridport, this 9Th day of June.
A. ID. 1907.
ID. G. BARBOUR, c..
GRO. +. soLLAcE, Commissioners.
j. G. s. HAMILTON, Administrator. 20
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-06-07
H Ps Hs' p1sss&,as'

ment. Doctors treated me for rheu-
matism, but failed to help me. I lost
all confidence in medicine, but Doan's
Kidney Pills relieved me so quickly
and so thoroughly that l gladly made a
statement to that effect for publication.
This was in 1898, and during the six
years which. have elapsed 1 have never
known Doan's Kidney Pills to fail"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Bierbach will
be mailed on application to any part of
the United States. Address Foster-Mil-
burn Co.. Buffalo n. Y. For sale by
all druggists; price, so cents per box.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-06-07

J. w. Ketchum announces that his
four-act melodrama, "A Wrecked 1nsti-
tuition" which is sensational and start
ling, will start down the pike the week
of August 20 at Middlebury. 1t will be
the real thing" and under the manage
ment of Dryden, Mitchell and Sawyer.
Ketchum also announces, according to
the Boston Post, that his future life will
be devoted to an attempt to place the
blame of wrecking the Farmers Nation
al bank of Vergennes upon the should
ers of the right parties. In other words,
he holds that he has suffered for what
others did. And there are many in Ad-
Olson county who hold similar views
If he has been wronged we hope he will
be able to prove it and that those guilty
of wronging him will be brought to
Justice. Bristol Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-06-07
CHARLES l.. STORY. Administrator.
Estate of John Q. Atwood.

q TATE OF VERMONT,
oDlsTRICT OF ADDISON, IS.
The Probate Court for the District OF AID.
Olson.
To all persons interested in the estate OF
John Q. Atwood, late OF Cornwall, in said
district, deceased.
GREETING:
By the authority OF the state OF Vermont,
you are hereby notified to appear before the
said Probate Court at the Probate once in
Middlebury, in said district. on the 18th day
OF June, A. ID. 1907, at 10 O'Clock a. m, to
show cause, II any you have. why the ac-
count OF j.. Walter Atwood. Executor OF
the estate of said deceased, should not be
allowed, and also why the residue OF said
estate should not be distributed to the parties
entitled therto.
Dated pit Middlebury in said district, this
27th day of May, A. ID. 1907.
% MABEL A. BLISS, Register.