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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11
Recent Shrinkage in Values.
From the Brooklyn Citizen

There is nothing in the condition of the
country to warrant any such depression of
values as has taken place within the last
week. and 1t Is risking nothing to predict
that before another week passes this will
be realized by thousands of the victims of
the financial stampede. AS soon as the in
eVitable recovery takes place these shorn
lambs will begin to inquire who it was that
put up the job to shear them as they have
been and when they do SO they will not
have much difficulty in tracing the opera
ton home to the leaders of the bear move
ment. 1t has been in essence one of the
vllest conspiracies ever entered into by
men of large means to enrich themselves
at the expense of the general stock-buying
community. To call 1T a piece of cold
blooded robbery on large scale is not to
characterize 1t with overseyerity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11
Idling Along.

De river is sippin a-past so slow
An singin' song
Like it didn' have much to do but 90
Jes' idlin' along.
Some day dat river will sure turn loose
An staht in raisin' de very deuce.
But now it's murmurin' What's de use ??
An idlin' along
De wind keep shakin' de poplar trees
=. Not shakin' EN- strong,
But a little bit, cause he wants to tease
While idlin' along.
Some O desc days it'll blow up rain
An spread itself in a hurricane
But now it goes-an' 1t don complain
Jes idlin' along.
feels like dem when dars muffin seems
To be turnin' out wrong;
An de hours go passin like pleasant
dreams.
Jes' idln' along.
Some time. s'pose 1 mus grab a knife
Or shovel an hustle an jine de strife;
But de mostes' joy dat l sees In life
Is idlin' along.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

unusual. The privileges already accorded
Gaynor have caused much comment, and
should the government allow him to go
on an ocean voyage there will be strong
protest"
Incidentally 1t may be mentioned. and 1t
Is a safe assertion. that If this man had
been without means or pull he would
long since have been wearing the stripes
to which he has been condemned And
yet surprise and regret are often ex-
pressed at the loss Of respect the courts
OF recent years have sustained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11
Burton and johnson in Cleveland.

KtpUDIlCHN:
The nomination for mayor of Representa-
tive Theodore E. Burton by the republic
cans of Cleveland, Ohio, makes certain a
municipal contest in that quarter which
will share the national political interest
with states holding election this fall The
great growth OF cities in the United States
together with the decline of state powers
relative to the national authority, gives in
creasing prominence to municipal politics
and presents new questions of public policy
of enlarging moment in the affairs of Amer
lean government
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11
Hot Talk From the Colonel.
.Ouisyille CONVERSATIONAL

Get out! The fools you followed into free
silver and populism and protectionist-re-
publitanism have led YOU a merry dance
and you seem to like it. What Is left of
your democracy? Next to Bryan you pre-
fer Roosevelt. and. getting ranker and
ranker for something still gamier. it will
presently be Tom Watson and Hearst Hell
is full of such democrats
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11
SHOOTING STARS.
A Stickler for Expression.

There is only one objection I have to
this hotel" said the pedantic person.
What's that?' inquired the clerk
In quoting rates it speaks Of the accom-
modations it offers. It's one Of the most
unaccommodating places on earth. The In
efficiency might be excused. but the men
dacity is unforgivable."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11
MISREPRESENTATION.

why are you so dstrustful of the rail-
ways?"
Il lost faith in EN- the first time I no.
uced that every one of EN- issued maps
showing their own line drawn with a ruler
and the others looking like bent hairpins."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11
Have The Star Follow YOU.

Readers Of The Star may have The Even
Ing ard Sunday editions mailed to them In
any part OF the country at the rate OF soc
per month, or The Evening Star only SOC
per month. The address may be changed
as frequently as desired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

Perhaps it would be we'll to have per-
manent reception committee stationed at
Oyster Bay to make proper provision for
the numerous people who want to see the
President.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

If communication with Mars should be
established. the universal language experts
will be confronted with a problem worthy
of their energies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11
Haste.

What do you think Of the fashion in
women's hats?'' inquired the storekeeper
They are typical of the rapid pace we
are hitting answered the customer
Heretofore a hat had to go out Of style
before it looked very funny
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

OF course 1t is impossible to predict just
what the message now being prepared by
the President will contain. But it is safe
to say that somebody will come in for
stinging rebuke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

There is not much use In trying to split
presidential terms: two terms and frac-
ton constitute almost as much of a po-
litical argument as three.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11
Police TYRANNY.

From the Kansas City Star.
woman has been arrested in Parsons
Kan. for trying to starve herself One by
the limited privileges of the Door airs
being taken from them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11
The Orator Summarizes.

His lectures he doth now recall;
His heart doth not repine
The influence they had was small.
But the gate receipts were fine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11
Time Saved.

Does your husband spend as much time
as formerly at the race track"
Not nearly as much.' answered young
Mrs. Torktns. He has new system and
nearly always goes broke on the first or
second race"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

1t only takes a day or two to enable j. p.
Morgan to make enough to go back to Eu-
rope and tie up a new collection of art
treasures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

So many women have been detected
smuggling that lodging the customs Of
ficers would seem to rival bridge as
feminine fad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

Some explanation will be needed to make
II clear to the lay mind how the nation
which breaks the rules of warfare laid down
at The Hague is to be adequately dis
ciplined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

Scholars assert that st. Patrcks real
name was Patricius Magonus Sucatus But
this will not make the slightest difference
on the 18th of March,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

There are plenty OF friends who will see
to II that Foraker Is not left unmatched
during Secretary Tafts tour around the
world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

Earle has demonstrated that 1t is not
necessary TO possess millions of dollars in
order to attain notoriety OF matrimonial
kind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

1t appears that both the pole and Mr..
Weliman are to be allowed to remain about
where they were for little while longer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

Joe Cans seems bent showing that you
cannot quell the fighting instinct of colored
people merely by shutting them out of the
army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

Hartman having aroused much discus
sion of many kinds seems content for
time to be a nom participant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11
W Guild Be No More.

From the New York Evening Post.
What would have been left of the Moers
by this time If they had charged the Casa
Blanca at Warrington:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

All this discussion of 'affinities'' proves
to be merely the old question. rs marriage
a faiIure?" in disguise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

EyIn order to avoid delays on account OF
personal absence letters to THE STAR
should not be addressed to any individual
connected with she ONCE, but simply to
THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Bust
ness Department. according to tenor or
purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-11

THE STAR has a regular and permanent
Family Circulation much more than the
combined circulation of the other Wash
ington dailies. As News and Adver-
Using Medium It has no competitor.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
Here are Three Real True Yarns
RETURNS TO DYING MISTRESS.

Nine years ago John j. Roberts of
York street, Poultney, Vt. reared Il
shepherd dog and il became great
pet of the family. particularly Of Mr..
Roberts's daughter. Last February 1T
became necessary to dispose of the
canine and he was given to close
family friend, living in another part
Of the village. who promised to care
for him until death.
The dog apparently realized that he
was not wanted longer at the Roberts
home, for when he saw his old master on
the street he hung his head and looked
the other way. In the meantime Mr..
Roberts moved from York to Depot
street.
About week ago Miss Roberts, the
Young woman who had been so fond of
the shepherd, became mortaly i'll, and
at / clock in the afternoon she sank
into stupor. A few minutes past ]
the dog appeared at the house. whincd
at the door and on being admitted.
As he was not allowed TO enter he
lay down at her Threshold. Three
times he was gently led away, but three
times he returned and WAS sticking to
his post when the end came at 4
clock
Until the day Of the funeral nothing
more was seen OF the dog, but the
procession had hardly started before he
was observed coming from under the
stoop. He clung to the hcarse and
arter the body had been inferred went
back to his home with his head hang
ing. Since then he has not visited the
Roberts house.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
HERE ARE SOME ODD STORIES
MAN IS PLACED
IN TERRIBLE DILEMMA
Has TO Decide Between Saving
His Wife or His Sons From
Drowning.

\ pathetic tragedy, in which q farm.
cr had TO choose between saving the
lives of his two little sons or that of
his wife, has occurred at Point, near
lie Puy, France.
NJ. kuhue, with his sons. aged 4 and
q, was waiting on the bank of the Al.
her for his wife, who had gone to a
village on tho opposite side of the river.
When the wife. on returning, saw her
husband and children waiting for her.
she started wading across the river,
instead of making dctour of 500
yards and crossing by bridge.
The river was only three feet deep at
the spot, but the current was strong,
and suddenly NJ. kuhue was Mortified to
see his wife swept off her feet and car
RED down the stream. He Jumped into
the river to her rescue, but the two lit
tie children followed their father s ex-
ample, and they also were swept down
stream.
The sgonizcd father had to choose
Immediately, and he swan for the boys.
He brought the two boys to the bank in
safety. and then returned for his wife,
but she had been carried into a deep
pool lower down the river and drowned
Her body was recovered half an hour
In
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
LION AND LAMB
ACT IS OUTDONE
This Expression Will Not DO
Any More to Typify the
IdealiStic Peace.
LEOPARD CARESSES A
SPARROW WITH ITS TONGUE
Bird Perches ON the Back of
Savage Beast; AstoundS
Park Attendants.

Hereafter when persons wish TO typi-
fy idealic peace they will not prate
about the lion and the lamb lying down
together. says the New York World.
A leopard caressing sparrow with its
tongue, or a sparrow perched on a
friendly leopard back, is better
symbol. 1t might be craven on the seal
Of The Hague conference or painted on
Andrew Carnegie 8 doorpost.
1t happened in the Central Park zoo
yesterday. The keepers took from the
leopard mother to wean them her three
months-old cubs, Alice, Teddy aud
Nicholas. The keepers put Alice in a
little cage by herself because her broth
ers have been treating her very rudely
lately, cutting and even biting her.
That sho might understand she had
done with food for babes, that she
might exercise her jaws and small,
sharp teeth, some shinbones of beet
were thrown in Alice's cage.
Sparrow Not Afraid.
A sparrow, Just about old enough 10
forage for itself, flew III the cage and,
alghting on a bone, hungrily pecked at
a scrap of meat. The leopard, which is
no bigger than a domestic cat, its
distant cousin, crouched, eyed the
sparrow for 81 moment or two. and then
stealthily approached it in Just the way
every one has seen a domestic cat stalk
a bird,
The sparrow seemed not the least
afraid, but kept on pecking at the meat
industriously. Slowly, slowly, the leop-
ard approached the sparrow until the
bird was her certain prey. Then Alice
opened her mouth and
Did the leopard eat the bird? No,
children, no. Director Smith of the
zoo, and Head Keeper Snyder, who de
spise a nature faker, swear solemnly
that Alice thrust out her tongue and
carresslngly licked the sparrow. Then
Alice lay down and the sparrow flew
on her back and percbed there for an
hour. Then several times the bird,
chirping, flew from the cage and re-
turned after a little while,
Waited for Bird.
And every time the sparrow left the
cage the leopard got on her feet and
went to the front bars and watched and
waited there until her new chum re-
turned. The bird passed the afternoon
either pecking about the cage or roost
ing on the leopard IS back
Another nature fact must be told. 1t
took the keeper three hours to drive
the mother leopard from the cage so
they could take away her cubs. The
mother well knew she was about to be
robbed of Alice, Teddy and Nicholas.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
SIX-|HCA HATPIA N
HIS BODY EIGHT YEARS
EXcruciating Pains Made Par
ents Believe Boy Had
Appendicitis.

To have \ hat pin six inches long
making excursions about one s interior
department was the unusual experience
Of John Weichers of Grundy county,
Iowa. Al times for the past eight or
ten years Weichers, VINO is lS years Of
age, has had eXcruciating pains. which
led the parents TO believe he was af-
fiicted with appendicitis. The doctors
thought differently, as tho pain moved
about Yesterday surgeons performed
an operation on the young man and
removed hat pin, The head was near
the surface Of the body and the point
near the large intestines, which, for
tunately, it had not punctured. About
the pin was an accumulation OF rust
and mineral deposit that increased the
size to that of a lead pencil. The mys-
fiery Of how the pin got into the boy S
body will probably never be solved
That il has been there for many years
is apparent from the mineral deposits
that had accumulated. Weichers is re
covering nicely from the operation, and
bids fair TO make permanent recovery.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
HAS HOT LEMONADE WE'LL,

Thomas ID. Taylor, a Cherokee citi.
zen by blood. who owns several oil
wells IN the vicinity of Collinsville.
Ind, claims to have made a discov.
cry that will startle the scientific
world. He has % brought in' well
of hot water, which tastes like lemon
ade. hot enough to boil an egg in four
minutes and WHICH, he says, contains
various kinds of mineral properties,
such as sulphur, iron and magnesia.
IL is claimed the well produces not less
than 100000 gallons of hot water per
day. and 1t steams and boils out over
the top of seventy two-foot der
rick.
Dr. w: Z. Smith. president of the
Commercial club, has shipped five
gallons of the water to Professor
homa for chemical analysis. He ex-
presses the opinion that this will!
prove TO be a real radium water
and says a large bnthhousc and
sanitarium will be built at the well,
two miles cast of this city.
Mr.. Taylor says: This well is
drilled in this country. | struck
water in white sand al depth of
nearly 1000 feet, and from the way
lost our tools in a crevice. Steam
puffcd out first and then the water
shot far above the derrick. The water
smells like sulphur, but tastes like
lemonade.
81 don t know what to do with it,
but many assure me il Will prove to
be a regular bonanza when chemists
decide what il contains. | don I want
hot water unless it can be turned into
money. My intention is To cap the
well until curiosity seekers leave me
alone.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
BEES SWARM ON SLEEPER.

Apparently to match the remarkable
weather there have been many re-
markable stories of the vagarics of
bees in their annual swarmings. but
the oldest to date comes from Mill
Run, near Addison, Somerset county
Pa, where members of the Frazee fam
lily hold a reputation as apiarists.
Hiram Frazee came home from work
in the field last week, and on a bench
In the apiary yard he saw his 9year
old son fast asleep. From head to foot
the youngster was covered with bees
to the depth of several inches. it
seemed, but he slept on.
Afraid to waken the boy, lest he
anger the bees and be stung to death,
Frazee looked sharply and found the
queen bee, whom the others had fol
lowed from the hive. He carefully re-
moved her, put her in the hive. and
within five minutes the other bees fol
lowed, leaving the lad still sleeping
and unharmed.
1t appears that the queen bee had
been crippled and had crawlcd up on
the boy IS body, where she was shortly
Joined by the whole bee community.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
ALWAYS AT WORK
Iowa Woman Gives Reason for Living
100 Years,

''T stayed in evenings and did not
run about town after ] was through
work, and that is why I have lived un-
til am l0l years old, ~ said Mrs. Ruth
Mcpherson Morris, No 1915 Capitol
avenue, Des Moines, Ia, who attended
the octogenarian picnic and recited an
original poem in n clear, firm voice.
Mrs Morris had been asked how she
lived to such a grand old age and had
retained such wonderful vitality,
~ worked harder than most men
when I was a little girl continued
Mrs. Morris, "and kept it up for years
and years. | began when | was so
young that ] do not remember the first
hard work | did. ! used to spin wool
for hours, aud ! have spun as many as
twenty-five cults in a day, though
twelve cults is good days work. But
| always went to bed as soon as / was
through, and ! never ran about of
nights, and / think that is why | am so
healthy at this advanced age. -
Mrs. Morris IS maiden name was Ruth
Carey, and she was born In Grayson
county, Va, being the first born of ten
children Mrs. Morris is to attend the
wedding of an aged couple, which takes
place in Tatesvillo, Ky, in a few weeks.
The bridegroom to-be is l01 years old
and his bride o-be is 96 years of age.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
To Devote HIS LIFE
TO EXTERA|AATE RATS
Ohio Man Inyents Chemical
Mixture to Burn Up All
Rodents in America.

Professor !. d. Smith of Cleve-
land, Ohio, wants TO rid the United
States Of rats, mice, cockroachcs and
vermin. He says he can do il by the
use of certain chemicals. In handling
these chemicals he has at various times
made himself very sick.
"Some day they Will kill me-" he
says, ''but | am not afraid. If ] am
able to. carry ont my plans, l shall
he satisfied -
AS he talks he drags packages Of
chemicals from his ockets-bue vitriol
and acids of various kinds His hands
are burned through the handling Of
these, but he fondles them afTectionate.
ly and does not mind,
If the city of Cleveland would give
the professor $4,000 year, he says
he would make it vermin and rodent
free community. Smith not only slays
these pests; he apnihilates them BY
playing on their nppetites he lures them
to an awful doom. To the professor. a
dead rat is as dangerous as live one.
Each. he declares, spreads typhoid and
like diseases.
Therefore, he has prepared chemi
cal mixture which will slowly inciner
ate the rat. AS soon as the rat par
takes of the chemical an inextinguish-
able FIRE is lit in his interior The fire
burns AS relentlessly rs a theater vii
lain pursues There is no escape for
the rat. He cannot leave enough Of
himself behind to make a decent fu-
neral
Phosphorus is the base of the mixture
which the professor uses. After he has
gathered remnants of food into a pail
he adds purple and white powder
Then some lemon. AS soon as the rat
partakes of this he is on his way to a
private fireworks display.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
BURN B0Y/AT STAKE
Police Arrive Before Play Indians Do
Much Damage

A squad of policemen routed a band
of bad ''Indians'i just in time to save
victim who had been doomed to die
at the stake, at Waterloo, Ia.
A number of boys, fred to spirit of
emulation by recent Wild West per
formance, were playing Indians and de
cided that Dave Phillips, 9 years old,
should be burned at the stake. Accord
ingly they took him to an old stone
quarry and tied him to an iron pump.
4 quantity Of hay and other dry ma
terial was placed about the victim and
ignited.
Meanwhile some Of the people in the
neighhorhood had seen the performance
and summoned the police. The officers
arrived In time to eXtinguish the flames
before young Phillips was more than
scorched. Leonard Horne and William
Hawkes., aged respectively l2 and II
years, were taken into custody, but
after they had explained that il was
only "fnn" they were allowed to go.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
BOAR RUNS IN HARNESS
Draws Master About Like a Horse in
a Specially Designed Gig.


NJ Tronget, living at Montlucon,
France. has perhaps the most curious
turnout in the whole world Some time
ago NJ Tronget captured wild boar
with the aid of his keeper in the
Tronca S forest. This animal he has
trained.
At first it was a most difficult matter
for NJ. Tronget to get his boar TO run in
harness. but by dint Of much persever-
ance and more whipping it was at last
brought to docility and obedience. Then
q specially designed gig was built for
it, and the animal was made TO draw
his master about just like horse. The
boar is now tHo years old, and this
strange equipage can be seen almost
every day at Montlucou, where the
peasants have become so used to the
sight that they no longer notice that it
is strange The animal eats roots and
leaves, which are gathered fresh every
day for it in the woods where it was
caught.