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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-09

one hour later a well-known cotton mer-
chant was found in his chair, with slow
ly widening stain Of red on his shirt front
as the evening papers put it. He had
shot himself through the heart-utterly
ruined by that last little capricious rise
in our Cotton Kings market"
who. after all, is not much better than
a wiretapper exclaimed the woman,
with her mirthless little laugh of scorn.
There's a difference-he thinks in big
figures and affairs: we, up till now, have
worked and worried and fretted over little
things. This man Curry, too. is a sort of
Napoleon. You have to smash the eggs
to make your omelet' was all he said when
he heard that big brokerage firm had
fees because Of his bull operations. Why,
this week he's making his clerks eat and
sleep right in the offices-he's turned one
Of the rooms into a sort of dormitory. and
has their meals sent up to them. And out
side of all this he's manipulating his own
underground movement, doing that over his
home wire. after his regular Office hours"
"And this is the wire You have tapped?"
Eyes, that's the wire that has been CIV
ing me my information-or, rather, little
scattered shreds of it. But here, mind, Is
where the difficulty comes in. Curry has
got to let his partner, Green, down in New
Orleans in on the last movement of his
campaign. so that the two can strike to-
gether. But he is wise, and he isn't trust
ing that tip to any open wire. When the
time comes it's to be a cipher message. 1t
will read, Helen saifs'-then such and such
a time on such and such a day. That
message Curry's confidential operator will
send out over the wire. under the protec-
ton of quadruplex from his Wall street
Office. And that is the message have to
intercept"
She was moving her head slowly up and
down, gazing at him with unseeing eyes.
And you have some plan for doing it?''
Precisely" replied Durkin, wheeling
nervously back and forth. This Is where
I've got to run the gauntlet of the whole
Postal Union system, cut in on their
double-guarded wires, and get away with
my information without being caught
But you can't do. it, Jim. It's impos-
sible.'
"Oh. but it is possible. quite possible!'
he said hating for moment before her.
!! Here's where the climax comes to my
story-the one started to tell you over the
phone. You see, just at the time Of that
little conduit fire the Postal Union Com
pany was having trouble with the Elec-
trical Workers Unions happened to be
! laying in the supplies for that uptown loop
of mine when I found they were offering
81 an hour for expert work. jumped on a
Broadway car and took the plunge
what plunge, Jim?"
'I mean that applied for work. down
there, as a cable-splicer."
Wasn't 1t rather dangerous w,,rk-for
you, mean?"
Yes. tribe SO, suppose. But none of
the inside men were on the force. No one
knew me there, from Adam. And 1t was
worth 1t. tool"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-09

well Herewith. Ask no matter which Of
these young beauties who, having made
them. can unmake them, and she will
reply: THE Sisters!"
In the argot of this world it Is '1es
soeurs' 0he sisters), "les BONES fenrmes''
(the good women). 1t is the mass of sue
cessful beauties-by-p profession on and off
the stage. They have the collective favor
of the clubs. Each one. besides, has the
ear Of some influential banker. bourse man
or commercial or industrial giant. Acad-
emicians bask in their boudoirs. Senators
and deputies boast their friendship.
These silly-looking beauties ,conspire
like trust magnates. and for like end,
to keep up their monopoly.
to academy, courts, university, administra-
ton, legislature. and, by way of the
clubs, to society itself. Downward. by the
way Of hangers-on and underlings, their
occult influence is rooted in the very peo-
pies heart, from which they spring.
What They Did to Gailhard.
Ask Gailhard, the director Of the opera
what he thinks about the Clique Of
Women In the natural course Of things,
his privilege would be renewed this month.
But Gailhard was severe with the fair
creatures of the opera ballet. Gailhard re-
fused to engage the protege OF great So
prano. Gailhard refused to mount new
opera desired by number of his artists.
Gailhard was parsimonious with free TICK
cts, in particular to the ''old guard OF
mature professionals all over Paris.
So for six months past-1 wrote you or II
in the summer-there has been consplring
against Gailhard in the boudoirs., Rosy
creatures, pouting, drew from ciubnen
promises to work against Gailhard.' Lam
guild beauties threw old statesmen into
frances till they promised to see about
Gailhard" Bald-headed bankers FOUND
themselves no longer loved until their views
about Gailhard were satisfactory. :,
SO the Gailhard cabal mounted, mounted!
He was a man strong with the administra-
tion He had vested rights. Yet, one Dy
one. the men on whom he counted failed
him There were no particular competitors
against him. Care of the Opera Comlque
was offered a million to buy his release and
take the opera The Isnla-brothers, music
hall men, were brought into the lmbrogNo
And. in the end, they have brought man
from Covent Garden, London the Composer
Mesager, to take the place of Gallhard-
expelled by the clique of women!
Wanted to Be in the "Grand Collec-
ton"
In the photographs accompanying this
article are the faces of two girls whose
"Iaunching'' in the Paris swim 1 witnessed.
One. in the quadrilles Of the opera ballet.
grew ambitious at the age of seventeen
and wanted Reutlinger to sell her photo
graphs 1t is the usual thing-you cannot
be a Paris parsonage without your photo-
graph in the shop windows.
MADAME desires?' the clerk inquired,
and when he learned she did not want to
nav, but come into the grand collection
he said:
Madame is presented by?"
And this in spite Of her place as child
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-09
BY ARTHUR STRINGER,

hadn't To- he queried, cigar in hand. while
she nodded comfortably to the silent ques-
ton as to whether or not he might smoke
ST suppose you know that Curry was once
a New Orleans cotton broker. 1t was little
over two years ago that he first came to
New York, with about a million. and q half
of his own, and an available three or four
million belonging to pool that was to back
him through thick and thin. This they did,
when he became a member of the cotton
exchange. Then step by step he Logan to
plan out his campaign patiently and labor
iously plotting and scheming and manipu-
lating and increasing his power, until the
newspaper men dropped into the habit of
speaking of him as the cotton king, and
the old home pool itself got little afraid
of him, and held a few secret meetings to
talk things over"
But how did this campaign end?'
'Tt has not ended. OF just how 1t will end
only two men, outside OF Curry and his
confidential old head-broker down on the
exchange floor, have any inkling."
Who Is the other man?" asked Frances
quietly.
Durkin smiled covertly. with half-mock-
ingly bowed "Thanksr
"The other man, Of course not counting
myself, is the operator, or, rather, the pri-
vate secretary. he keeps at the home end
Of the wire he has had put into his house,
for carrying on his collateral manipula-
tions as It were."
IT understand" said Frances.
And then comes myself" he added con-
fidently.
The woman settled back In her leather
lined armchair, locking her slender white
fingers together above her head. The clus-
tered lights of the chandelier threw heavy
shadows about her quiet eyes. and for the
first time Durkin noticed tender little hol-
low just under her cheek-bones, lending an
indescribable touch Of tragedy to the old
time softer oval of her face.
Now this Is what our friend Curry has
been doing, in a nutshell. For months and
months he has been the acknowledSed huIJ
leader OF the exchange. Point by point
week by week and day by day. he has man.
aged to send cotton UP. Where II was al
first IL and IL and perhaps 13 cents. he has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-09

shouldered, say, August cotton up to 1855.
and July up to 1870, and May up to 17.2O.
Day before yesterday July cotton advanced
some time mighty soon-if not tomorrow,
then the next day, or perhaps even the next
every option Is going to go stu higher.
And this man Curry Is the imperial dictator
of it all. He is known to have interests be-
hind him that amount to millions now. And
this is the point I'm coming to: This pres
ent week Is to see the rocket go up and
burst"
Durkin was on his feet by this time pacing
up and down the room.
THE first, but not the final. climax Of all
this plotting Is 20-cent cotton.
Has it ever been that before"
Never! It has not been above II cents.
not since 1871 declared Durkin. excitedly.
But here is the important part Of 1t all.
the second climax, as 1t were. When 1t
strikes nineteen his old home pool are going
to abdicate. They are going to turn turn traitor or
under. Then here is the third and last ell
max: Curry knows this fact; he knows
they're making ready to crush him. And
when they get ready he's going to turn and
smash 'en,, smash 'em and sling 'em down,
even though he goes with them in the
crash. Which he won't, If he's the Curry I
take him to be. In other words. Frank. at
the right moment he is going to abdicate
from the bull movement absolutely before
1t is publicly realized"
'It all seems vague and misty to me
but suppose you know.
Know? Why, I've been rioting through
his holy of HOLES for two days now. I've
been cutting in and reading his own private
WIRE He firmly intends to forsake this bull
movement, which, apparently, he has spent
SO much time and toll in building up. But
in reality, out Of the crash that comes
with a collapsing market-and 1t must col
lapse when he stands from underline is
to sit and see million or two rain down
into his lap"
But can he, one solitary man, do all this
I mean do it Enthusiastically, inevitably?'
Eyes, he can. firmly believe that moth
ing short Of a miracle can now upset his
plan Today he Is not only the leader OF
the cotton pit; he is both openly and
tacitly the supreme dictator of the market
of the worlds market. Why, last week
when he publicly announced that he was
going down to Lakewood for couple OF
days. the market fell back to 1885 for an
hour or two, and he had to jump in and
start buying, just to give a little order to
things. Somebody even said that when his
wife and an actress friend of hers visited
the exchange gallery he asked them II
they'd like to see little panic on the
floor. The actress said she'd love to see
cotton go up few points, IL he wouldn't
mind. Curry said all right, to watch out
for some real acting So he started down
into the pit and pulled the strings until
puppets danced to their hearts content
Frances nodded her appreciation Of the
scenes dramatic values, and waited for
Durixin to continue.
"And enc minor result Of that was thai
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-09

| care not to cut too deep. II the knife Is
dipped in boiling water the mark will be
clearer in outline. Brush over with q little
milk and again set aside for few mo-
ments. then bake in hot oven. When
| done brush the tops with milk. Chopped
| almonds may be substituted for the cur
| rants.
Scotch Shortbread.
Sift together a pint and a half of flour.
| four tablespoonfuls sugar, two teaspoonfuls
| baking powder and half teaspoonful salt.
Rub in four tablespoonfuls butter and three
well-beaten eggs, nearly a teacupful or
milk and a teaspoonful orange extract. Mix
to smooth dough, handling as little as
possible Turn out on a Toured board, roll
to a quarter Of an inch in thickness and
then with sharp knife cut In squares or
ovals as desired Pinch the edges all round
with the fingers, dock the surface with
biscuit cutter, lay in baking tins. wash over
with the remainder of the teacup OF milk,
lay on each three large thin slices OF citron
and few caraway comfits and bake in
moderate oven about twenty minutes. Some
| cooks dredge them with sugar before bak-
ing. then dredge again when about half
done.
Valentine Cakes.
Rub to a cream one cupful butter and
two cups sugar. Add four eggs. two at q
time, beating FIVE minutes between each
addition. Sift together three cupfuls OF
flour and two teaspoonfuls baking powder
and add to the butter and sugar mixture
together with a scant teaspoonful almond
extract. Mix into a smooth batter, then
bake in heart-shaped patty tins Have
ready as many printed notices or write lit
tie valentine couplets yourself, fold over,
white side out, leaving q little loop about
an inch and q half In length. Frost the
cakes fastening the folded loops In for ham
dies. These are very easy to prepare, and
afford much pleasure to the recipients At q
valentine party.
Hickory Nut Kisses.
These, too. are approved additions to the
valentine menu. Have ready one cup
hickory nut kernels chopped rather fine
Beat the whites of three eggs very stin.
add one-half pound powdered sugar and
one tablespoonful flour and beat again. Add
the nut meats, drop by teaspoonfuls on we'll
buttered tins and bake in q moderate oven.
These may be served alone or with ice
cream. For the latter place one Of these
kisses on each side OF large spoonful Of
ice cream and put a little whipped cream
over the top In serving. Peanuts may be
substituted for the hickory nuts, IL desired.
Peanut Waters.
Cream together one cup sugar and a half
cup butter. Dissolve half teaspoonful
soda in a half cup milk and add to the
butter and sugar mixture together with
two CUPS flour. Beat all together until
smooth, then spread the batter thinly and
evenly over the reversed bottom OF a drip
ping pan that has been well creased Strew
the surface thickly with fine crushed pea
nuts and bake to a light brown.
Jo.enhjne-"I wonder IL Count BAIL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-09

Josephine-"T wonder IL Count BAIL
knows have money!
Olga-"Has he proposed to your"
Josephine-"Yes."
Olga-"O, then he certainly knows
Strana, st. Petersburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-09

care not to cut too deep. II the knife Is
dipped in boiling water the mark will be
clearer in outline. Brush over with little
milk and again set aside for a few mo-
ments. then bake in hot oven When
done brush the tops with milk. Chopped
almonds may be substituted for the cur
rants
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-04-18
WILL HEPPNER BE ASLEEP.

The Portland Business Mems
Excursion will arrive in Heppner
on Friday evening, May 10, at $50
p. m.
The Gazette hopes that more
interest will be shown at this meet
ing than at the development league
meeting last week.
Heppner business men will
have much to gain by attending
this meeting.
The CO ming visitors are enter
prising eooush 20 want to get &C,
quainted, to exchange ideas that
all may absorb soma good thought
that will result in mutual benefit.
Let US show the Portland bus
lnes5 men that we have the best
town OF its s.ze in the Northwest.
This will not be hard to do.
The farmers Of Morrow county
are especially invited to attend
this meeting. They are all bus
mess men and should be as much
interested in business interests as
anybody.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-04-18
A Wonan's Back

Has many aches and pains caused ny
weaknesses and falling, or other displace-
ment Of the pelvic organs. 0Gher symp-
toms OF female weakness are frequent
headache, dizziness, imaginary specks or
dark spots floating before the eyes, gnaw-
ing sensation in stomach, dragging or
bearing down in lower abdominal or pelvic
region, disagreeable drains from pelvic
organs, faint spells with general weakness.
Ifany considcra bIcnumber of the above
symptoms are present there Is no remedy
that will give quicker relief or a more per-
manent cure than DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. 1t has record of over forty
years OF cures, 1t is the most potent
invigoratlng tonic and strengthening ner-
vine known to medical science. 1t Is made
Of the glyceric extracts Of native medicf-
nal roots found in our forests and con-
tains not drop of alcohol or harmful, or
habit-forming drugs. It's ingredients are
all printed on the bottle-wrapper and at
tested under oath as correct.
Every ingredient entering into VA
vorite Prescription" has the written en-
dorSement of the most eminent medical
writers of all the several schools of prac-
tice-more valuable than any amount Of
professional timonialS-though the
latter are not lacking, having been Con-
tributed voluntarily by grateful patients
in numbers to exceed the endorsements
given to any other medicine eAtant for
the cure Of woman's ills.
You cannot afford to accept any medicine
OF unknown composition asa substitute
for this well proven remedy OF KNOWN
COMPOSITION, even though the dealer may
make little more profit thereby. Your
interest in regaining health is paramount
to any selfish interest Of his and it is an
insult to your intelligence for him to try
to palm off upon you substitute. You
know what you want and it is his bnsi-
ness to supply the article called for.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little Liver Pills" first put up
by old DR.. Pierce over forty years ago,
much initiated but never equa!ed. Little
sugar-coated granules-easy to take ~
candy.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-04-18
THE WOOL SITUATION.

The wool situation during the
past week remains practically uu-
changed.
The most noticeable feature is
the contrast between this year and
last in the way of activity of the
market. A year ago there were a
number of buyers in the Eastern
Oregon field before this time and
all were eager to contract for the
clips while yet on the sleeps back
This season the buyers seem to
be content to wait until after shear
ing, while the growers are equally
willing to let them wait.
The buyers present an attitud-
that is decidedly bearish. OF
course this can be expected to
certain extent.
In speaking of the situation, the
breedef Gazette says:
'But little domestic wool of de-
slrable quality remains in stock
and dealers are awaiting ayaila-
bility Of the new clip. Foreign
woods are more active. Indica- /
tiong are tLat manufactures ne.
cessities will force them to bid on
the new clip early and sentimen,
in producing circles IS very bullish.
Heavy arrivals Of foreign woods
are going direct to the mile. 1t is
g market with a strong undertone
the world over. Reports from
England aud continental manu-.
featuring sections state that con-
is heavy. Stocks Of
goods are small and
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-04-18

etaileis are doing II hand to-moutl'
trade. Present prices are high not
~ reason of speculation but be-
cause production has not kept pace
with consumption.
buyers are in the West look
ing for wool and talking bearish
Tie season at Phoenix, Ariz, has
practically closed and activity has
been transferred to California
Eastern Oregon will later attract
attention. Idaho and Montana
will be dealt with subsequently.
Indications are that not much
buying will be done until sbearing
is over. Boston trade is quiet ow-
ing t., scarcity Of grades manu-
facturers want. At London, auc-
tons have shown hardening ten
dencs, prices being in Instances, 5
per ceut higher which has deferred
American consumers from buying
literally. British and Confidential
buyers have, however, invested
freely. Prospects are for good
clip of territory wools but growers
are fully poste | on market condi-
tioDs and buyers are picking up
no bargains. Dealers claim that
the financial situation aud tight
ness of The mooey ma,ket will re-
strain Them from tuyiug freely,
as asking prices leave
them little chance of ptoft. Buy
ers will undoubtedly insist GU look
iug wool over carefully and know
luz exactly What they are buying
and the general disposition is to
move slowly. That there will be
40 weakening on the part of the
grower between now and clip time
S obvious.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-04-18

Pendleton is now interested iu
the question Of building a macad-
emized, or in fact any kind Of a
good public road between Hepp-
ner and Pendleton. This is q
question that at least deserves
careful considera ton, however the
Gazette is candid in the opinion
that this road deserves no more at
tention than many others leading
into Heppner.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-04-18
Friday. May 10, Portland buslu'
ess men will be in Heppner.

"We want to meet the business
men of Heppner and get thorough
ly acquainted" From the mes
sage OF Portland business men to
the business men of Heppner.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-04-18

The Lexington creamery is now
In actual operaI,on and is max ing
good butter. This is an enterprise
that Morrow county people should
encourage IN every way possible.
1t ID to be hoped that the Lexing-
ton creamery will be great sue
cess.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-04-18

Rinaldo NJ. Hall, formerly ad.
vertising manager of the Harri.
man lines in this state, who vii
write a series Of articles on Ore
gon, for Eastern magazines, will l'
much good. Mr.. Halls loog asso
citation with the railroads anG
actual experience in covering Sc
many localities probably makes
him bettr qualified than any Other
man in the state for this work.
He will visit each district written
about personally in order to be in
close touch with existing condi.
tions
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-04-18

The Oregon Legislature would It
give a cent for the Jamestowl ex-
position, and now our pretty girls
are going down there looking like
squaws. Poor old Oregon anyhow.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-04-18

Independent and reliable-Thn Oregon
ian
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-08-29

also. When a person is ordering from
one of these houses they leve con
slider h expense of getting it until
it arrives, possibly damaged, for which
no rebate can be gotten, and then
they find their mistake; but when this
Happens there is not a soul in that
town hears a word of it, but when
they think that they have gotten a
bargain the whole town hears of it.
If they would say as many good things
If the home merchant he would make
a bowling success. You always have
the home merchant to fall back on
if the goods are not as represented,
and nine cases out of ten he will make
it good, but try making a mail order
house make a thing good, and you will
have a tiresome job on your hands,
Publishers Auxiliary.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-08-29
MAIL ORDER Gaia
LoeUEs DECEPTIVE.

The patrons of mail order houses
are very often deceived in the goods
they get from these houses, just as
persons contemplating taking a trip.
They send for literature of the place,
which has many beautiful pictures of
the place telling of the attractive see
merry, and the enjoyment that may be
had out of it, but when you get there
o find hat you a just is good
scenery at home if not better than that
described in the booklet, and you r
out the expense of the trip nel you
could have had just as good a time
at home. Just so with these mail order
houses. You send for the goods which
look as if they were very good on pa
per, but when you get them you find
that you could have don as well at
nome, if not better, and you are out
the freight or express as it may be