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The Washington times., 1907-10-25
MINISTER LEE SEES RAcnN

Joseph ". J. Lee, American minister
TO Guatemala, called at the State De-
partment this morning TO see Assistant
Secretary of State Bacon. Mr. lee
who is a Washington man, was forced
10 return to the United States because
hc contracted fever He expects to re-
turn TO his post within a month
The Washington times., 1907-10-25
P0LICEMENS APPEAL
BEFORE COMMISSIONERS

Policemen J. II. Moore and Jerome
jenkins, OF the second precinct. we're
Given a hearing today before the Com
missioners of the District or The charge
IF neglect OF duty. The officers were
found guilty by the trial board. and ap-
pealed their case. The Commissioners
have the case under. consideration.
Moore and Jenkins were alleged TO
have remained in the saloon Of Z. D.
DAILY. at I226 Seventh street. for eight
ecn minutes.
The Washington times., 1907-10-25
DANCING MICE.

Many years ago the japanese OBJ
served that some mice had the habit
Of dancing round and round. So they
began TO train these mice TO waltz
around so rapidly that you can hardly
sec more than a blur. Apparently, too,
they consider il great fun, for they
will stop occasionally 10 nibble some
food-then away they go again.-From
an Exchange
The Washington times., 1907-10-25
[IPSCOHB ACQUITTED
FOR SHOOTING BOY

John b LipscOmb, formerly a police
man, who has been on trial for shooting
Daniel Boyle. young boy, in July, 1906,
was acquitted today in Criminal Court
No J.
Boyle was one OF the boys with whom
Llpscomb demonstrated. and whom he
later attempted 10 put under arrest
when the boys failed 10 heed his warn.
ing Boyle was accidentally shot by the
policeman while the latter was pursuing
the boys.
The Washington times., 1907-10-25
CAPTAIN swIFTs NEW BERTH.

It is understood that Capt. William
Swift. L. S. N. whose suspension was
recently remitted by Secretary MetcaIf.
viii be assigned as cOmmandant OF the
Boston navy yard. to succeed Rear. .Ad-
miral Albert S. Snow. who viii retire
on November Is
The Washington times., 1907-10-25
CROPS BADLY DAMAGED
BY RAINS IN SCOTLAND

GLASGOW. oct. Z5.-Crops throughout
Scotland have suffered damage within
the past fortnight by excessive rains
to the estimated extent of at least
f5,0o0,0OA- America viii be called on to
make Up the deficiency.
The Washington times., 1907-10-25
G0HTAIRS NO RGETANILIlE

Hicks Capudine-the liquid remedy
fer all headaches, cold, indigestion
pains and sour stomach. Trial bottle
10 cents at Druggists. Get it To-
day
The Washington times., 1907-10-25
Bidding Was Furious.

The bidding was fast and furious.
Some secondhand furniture dealers,
. who had assembled in the crypt under
the mistaken impression that they would
buy lot Of stuff at nominal prices.
soon lost heart. and sadly Went away.
Their bids brought them nothing but
higher bids from the nervous and de-
teTmined Curio hunters.
What the total pTOht Of the mornings
slaughter was nobody yet knows. At
last accounts, Mr.. Ransde0 was of in
a corner shaking hands with himself
and telling himself what q "cinch" It
WAS TO sell old furniUIre at it's original
cost He was very much pleased with
himself
But his self-satisfartiOn wasn't any
thing compared 10 that of the people
who mad rabbed themselves for the
pTlNnese of carrying the OLD furniture
ont of the Capitol.
The Washington times., 1907-10-25
GEORGETOWN NEWS

The secretary of the Georgetown cit
izens' Association, as the result of a
resolution passed at She last meeting Of
the association, has written to the Com
missioners of the District requesting
that the Georgetown and Rockville
Railroad Company re required to in
stall The underground system through
Georgetown, instead of the present
overhead trolley, and that the Washing
ton Traction Company be requested TO
repair P street between Thirty-fifth and
Thirty-siXth streets northwest, on each
side of the car tracks.
The Washington times., 1907-10-25

Dr. and Mrs William c. Fisher, Wh.A
were recently married in New Y0rS
city, have returned 10 New York. after
a visit Of several days TO DT. Fishers
home, at $50 D street northwest DR..
Fisher has been practicing dentistry in
New York
The Washington times., 1907-10-25

The Rev. Ben DarneiIIe, formerly of
Georgetown, brother OF II. II. Darn ellie,
who has had charge OF q church o n the
coast Of California for two years, is
here visiting his mother and sisters.
The Washington times., 1907-10-25
Brought Good Prices.

Ordinary typewriter chairs, broken
uP and worn out by the Industrious
and lovely typewriter girls. brought as
much as 81 each, because the souvenir
hunters were convinced they had once
been the resting places of Senatorial
frames. y box, into which a coIored
1anitor had irreveTently tossed the logs
OF wood every morning. brought $3.50.
Revolving chairs were handled by the
curious tourist with an air approach
ing alteration, and were paid for at
rate indicating dementia of a pro-
nOunced type.
Villagers from the South and West
stopping over In Washington on their
way home from the jamestown ExpOsi-
ton, fingered with awe bedragglGd
sofas and cOuches and then gave up
rolls Of bills for the privilege Of having
the old furniture sent home. It was the
same all along the line Desks. screens.
revolving chairs, thrcadbare rugs. all
brought TOp-nOtch prices Employees Of
the House and Senate stood around and
gtgEled and nudged each other when
they saw the dear public g1ugiug them
selves to such an unexpected degree
The Washington times., 1907-10-25

The Rev. George c. F. Bratenahl, pas
tor Of st. Adams Episcopal Church. has
returned from a short stay In Rich
mOnd, Va
The Washington times., 1907-10-25

William Dunlop, OF Thirtieth and \
streets northwest has returned from
trip to the jamestown Exposition.
The Washington times., 1907-10-25
PUBLIC IS GOUGED
. FOR OLD FIXTURES.
AND GLAD Of It
Broken and Worn Furniture
Sold at Capitol for
First Cost.
Curio Hunters Outbid Sec
Ond-Hand Dealers
in the Sale.

Great is hero worship. Grand is the
souvenir hunter. Both bring many dol
lars into the National Treasury.
This was especially so in the crypt Of
the Capitol all this forenoon, when there
was suctioned off. under the supervision
OF d. NJ. Ransdell, sergeant-at-arms of
the Senate, a picturesque lot Of old
furniture that had become too worn and
shabby for the use of the Senators. The
dear public paid fabulous prices for the
old junk. 1t came high, but they had
TO have it.
The Washington times., 1907-05-19

sack Of anur a handful of tobacco. The gOs-
eminent now eniorces law prohibiting :; native
from hiring out a child without the permission
of a missionary. The children are said tc be IN
usually bright, bat they quickly reach their
limit, and all efforts part Of teachers 70 ad-
vance them are In vain
If little boys and girls in this country had
to build their own schoolhouses, 1t Is likely few
would go to school; the houses would remain
unbuilt But In South Africa the enthusiasm
of the Zulu youngsters not only takes them 10
the American and English schools. but they build
brick schoolhouses themselves.
In many of these schools negroes conduct
the classes, although most of the teachers are
white In Central Africa q traveller viii quite
often come across a school where half-nude chill
dren cit on the ground or on rough benches be-
meath a matched roof And it is interesting to
observe that with reading and writing the boys
are taught carpentry. Out of wood they make
crude implements. blocks and clubs.
Five miles from Phoenix Station, IN Natal
is an industrial school where the principal and
entire faculty are black. 1t is a co-educational
institution. The boys sit side of the
room and the girls on the other If boy is
seen making faces" at a girl, he is given I'VE
lashes with whip. After school boys and girls
are led out into a garden, and their lessons of
the day end with planting sweet potatoes, pump
kins and beans.
In Persia what do you suppose the little
Joys and girls learn. as they sit with crossed
The Washington times., 1907-05-19
4 6tuay Bnoa al BeaitO africa.

TO hIc. among thelhowers they rush, hiding be
hind shrubs, peehing about trees, running up the
little hill.
One would think they'd have difficulty in
running for they the clumsiest clogs imag
Unable. These are fastened to the big toe As
they run, most of the chubby little legs are seen
10 be bare; some wear stockings, and these are
made so the big toe has a separate compartment
all to itself.
In Japan there are nearly $50 kindergartens
where about $4,000 little ones receive their play
instruction When the last census was taken,
in 1899, in these schools there were 11,764 boys
and 1O097 girls.
The kindergarten system was adopted IN
1879. Children from to years are admitted.
At the age of they are transferred to the
elementary schools, where they study morals,
reading, writing, arithmetic and other useful
sciences. The ordinary school term is thirty-two
weeks.
In China the pupils-serious-eyed little
creatures, with struggling hair drawn back and
tied IN Gueues-sit before the teacher. q learned
The Washington times., 1907-05-19
II KR2zeygaotsH al h1ato eApoz

udia, you would probably experience qui,. e.
surprise The making of hats and dresses l. one
OF the chief branches OF study. Sitting On
stools before the teachers you would see the ua-
tive girls sewing and embroiderine industrious.y.
Throughout the mysterious country are
many orphan schools, mostly founded b. thu
British Government and by missionary socirjl,7
And here, sitting by tables, in rooms where tHs
sunshine pours through open windows, are Int
tie boys hewing out wooden toy cannon and H.
tie wooden balls.
In Mexico sewing constitutes an i'm
portant part of the education of girls Perhaps
you have a rare bit Of Mexican embroidery in
your home. In the City of Mexico you can seq
this work done by a sewing class Of girls, many
of them Indians.
In the Girls Normal School of the Mexican
capital vocal and instrumental music and draw
ing are taught. besides regular courses IN Eng
lsh, science, mathematics and history. Girls
from the country, mostly Indians, arrive at the
school with skirts trailing. wearing loose bOuses,
big clumsy shoes and big earrings. By the tims
they leave tLey have learned housekeeping COOK
ing, sewing. the making of beds, ironing and al
household arts
Since 1900 there have been great advance
ments IN the schools IN the Philippine Islands.
In schools patterned after those IN America
Filipino girls and boys study much after the
fashion of American children. Because must
Of the boys viii depend Tor their living upon
farming the school-day often ends with classes
The Washington times., 1907-05-19

looking, begoggled individual. Instead Of STUDY
ing diligently and silently, as little ones d. IN
the United States, all study aloud and the pu-
pill who can make the most noise is deemed the
most industrious.
Then, instead of beginning at the top of a
page the Chinese, with national perversity, begin
at the bottom and read up backward Their
chief study is the teachings Of Confucius In
stead OF learning mental arithmetic, the teacher
,rnpresses them with the necessity of re-ering
the memory of their sainted ancestors.
Where Christian missionaries have made
their way in China their influence is manifested
in the schools. In most Of the large cities mis-
sionaries conduct schools and here the little Ce-
lestials are given the first rudiments Of West
ern education. In most Of the schools the little
Chinese are taught gymnastics, and it is rare
sight to see the clumsy boys and girls going
through the American system of calisthenics. As
they get older they are taught arithmetic, alge-
bra, geometry, physics and physiology. 1t is a
revelation 20 many of them TO find that their
body is not made of FIRE, air and water.
Sometimes the American teachers have
great difficulty with their charges. With in
herited suspicion of foreigners, rumors often get
ahoat that the American teachers viii harm
them. \ few years ago a number Of Chinese
pupils ran away from q Christian school; they
had been told that they were being treated so
well and fattened so as TO make fit sacrifice 70
tho Christian gods.
At Chefoo and Wyhu there are schools for
leaf children Here teachers instruct the little
ones 10 read and write.
The Washington times., 1907-05-19
AIEer6cEadH Hours in Ma1ztza

ei BADLY at first. When he sa5c that there
S,as no objection TO his dra1oing faces or FIR
NIX paper balls, and .UheH he Sd1U that in
Hlad Of being confined inside four Spick-
a7a-SpaH gvaH5 H. 1Ca5 IN bamboo-cOvered
sA, d, 5,ifh tall palms outside he 7voHId soon
become rec0Hciled, perhaps. TO his fate
In China, too, american and Cana
dian 1oyS end girls 9Uouid meei many sur
prises; there's syhere they do things back
s,ard, so they say. Like httle Bags Of salt
me pupils collapse on The floor, and the
brightest pupil is the one 5Cho makes the
most noise. Think of IL!
The Washington times., 1907-05-19

Throughout Aorea, through the efforts VI
missionaries. schools have been opened Korean
parents are glad to send their children. and the
majority pay for their education. Schools for
little girls new IL Korea until few years
ago. but the advancement which the parents
have noticed in their daughters hae helped
place the schools on firm standing.
Now let us so to the wilds of Australia,
where both government and missionary schools
are doing their best to make the aborigines give
up the wickeduess of their ways and tame the
wild spirit OF the children
Among the aborigincs a child takes the
class name Of its mother. The little fellows frst
lesson Is from his father, and is with stone
hatchets, knives and chisels. These are the in
struments of labor, and young mans success
IN the for subsistence depends upon his
of the implements. just as he is able TO walk
the father gives his son lessons in throwing tn
boomerang, welding a club and sending a spear
straight to the mark.
Can you imagine their school-a large space
under a bamboo tent2 Here. sitting the
The Washington times., 1907-05-19

" lCTURE to yourself Japanese kinder
- garten-one OF the prettiest, most re-
treshing places one could imagined
In Japan these schools for the lit
lie ones are made as beautiful as the thought
and care of solicitous elders can make them.
The little ones grow up IN a veritable fairy
land; their schooldays are as pleasan. and as
happy as they can be.
A large garden grassy lawn, flower
sDecSed. A little rivulet gurgling over white
stones "a little stone bridge. pillar, surmounted
by lantern. Beyond, little hill, green with
grass. scrubby pines, gnarled, twisted, grotesque
h,jlc trees-the trees of the japanese noun
Ialn- Nearby, along the whispering streamlet.
almond trees, flaming pink, flushing with soft
blossoms, cherry trees. their boughs white with
the ,Hug blooms; wistaria vines, with wondrous
cluster of blossoms-white, lavender. dehcately
TINTED
Suddenly the door of the one-sto~y house
opens. and from the treliised portico comes a
crows of 'children-pi cture-book children turned
The Washington times., 1907-05-19

ground, before d
teacher-an Eng
lish missionary,
p er h aps the
dusky native chill
dren are taught
the value Of clean
Illness, sewing, the
ru d m ents OF
arithmetic a n d
English. Here a
boy was formerly
sold into slavery,
20 york in the
pearl and beche-de-
mer nsheries fora
The Washington times., 1907-05-19

n II 7 IL w F'2 8HF5 tVIFO ~ 9
+ compelled to sit prInrIy in rosU5 o;
SgOOdeH seats rUhile at school in this
country svere transported TO school IN.
Persia or IN ZHinLand, lUherc the little ones
squat and roll about on the floor, they
tcoHld PROBABLY think they 1Uere having the
1oliiesf time possible
Gould q LIME girl, in her 5pofless, stiff
and sfarched syFifc dress, become a member
O. q Japanese kindergarten, she 7pouId
Pro5abiy feel thai she cUcrs among a lot Of
doAS-iHSt the cuteJt Hffle dolls imaginable.
No ioubt if Willie or Charlie, BY the
1ctisk of fairy'5 evaud, ,cere picked mp.
carried 10 q school on :he Congo and there
scSre set do5Un among lot Of half-ciad liz
III africans, he svonId probably be frighten
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-01-10
H. G 3. Beers Private Wire to c. H.
Cothran, Nor.


New Orleans, January 9.-The publishing
of the eighth of series of ten census re-
ports showing quantity of cotton ginned
TO January l was construed by ma
jority of traders as being bullish, the
market advancing about 81 per bale from
the opening level of this morning, 10 80
for March to 1876, finally closing 10 $40
1904. An analysis of the report does not
make for bullish statement, for 1t shows
about 2G25,000 bales more gihned to end
or December, compared with a year ago
n,l5l,O 900, against 9,725,0oO, the results be-
ing obtained from a smaller number of
gins reporting than last year by 454, the
turn out for the last period being 651 900.
against 256.OO0 last year, Notwithstanding
the smaller number of ginners reporting
The $3.50 gins reporting, which compares
with 2S,S53 gins last year. figure an av-
erage of 413 bales to the gin, and IL is
probable that If the 454 gins which did not
report had been heard from, today's CEN
sus would have shown II. $4,000 bales
ginned to January /, instead of II, 751, 600
bales. That all gins have not been report
ing Is indicated by returns from Louis
lana, where there Is a larger acreage than
last season, and where the crop is a fun
one, compared with half crop one year
ago. 2046 gins in the state against 2061 last
year showing S36,6i6 bales ginned to the
new year, against only 456,339 In 1906. The
fact that glnnings to the LIST inst. show an
excess of about 2.025,O00 bales when COM
pared with last year, Indicates on its face.
even though there be no more to gin than
was ginned after this date one year ago,
and mark YOU there was but 265,O00 bales
ginned from January to January 16 one
year ago. that this years crop will be
13,lsG,O00 bales or more.
We also beg to call attention to the
fact that there was but $4,000 bales
ginned during the big crop season from
December 10 to January 16 whereas this
year there was ginned 651 900 during the
holiday season. December 10 to January 1.
There is no doubt of there being more
cotton TO be accounted for during the
next period than was ginned last year.
January | TO Is. but then. of course. the
claim that there is less cotton to be
ginned than ever before will still live
with those who are disposed TO postpone
improbable developments.
That the crop is 100000 bales is almost
an assured fact; how much larger re-
mains to be seen. There will be more than
enough to go around and probably more
than tine rings will care to husband The
sustaining feature of the market al the
moment lies. not In the quantity ginned,
nor to be ginned, nor to the movement to
market, hut to the prevailing inquiry for
spot cotton, which for the moment ap-
pears to be the governing influence.
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CENSUS REPORT IS
REGARDED BULL|SH
11,750,944 Bales Were Ginned
to January |
MARKET SHOWS STRENGTH
Figures of Government Report About
$4,000 Bales Under Average Esti-
mate-Bie Receipts
for Today.
MARKET SHOWS STRENGTH

New York, January 9.-After early weak
ness the cotton maraet had a sharp
advance, following the census report, and
closed very steady at a net advance of
to : points. Sales for the day We're
estimated at $4,000 bales or nearly double
the recent average.
The opening was barely steady at a de-
cline of to 8 points, and during the
middle session the market sold Off to Il
net decline of about Halls points with
March touching 80 and May 9.S2 under
scattering liquidation by nerved longs and
some selling for short account by parties
who were looking for bearish census
report. Lower Liverpool cables, big esti-
mates for tomorrow's receipts at Houston
and generally good weather in the south
were bearlsh factors offsetting the big
spot sales in the English market and
reports from the south that spot buyers
were taking lower grades more freely
and that the differences showed signs of
narrowing as result.
The census report, showing II, 750,9H
bales ginned to January l. was about
00GQ bales under the average estimates
of sixty members of the exchange, made
up during the morning and was followed
by a quick upward movement carrying
March to 9.94 and May to 1906 or 9 to
10 points net higher.
The close was 8 or points off from
the best, under realizing. The advance
Immediately following the census figures
resulted from covering by some of the
early sellers and a renewal of support
from the local bulls who We're prominent
buyers on the bulge of last week.
Receipts at the ports today. $3.50 bales
against 1885 last week and 1884 last
year. For the week. 2S0000 bales, against
313, 701 last week and 1926 last year. To-
days receipts at New Orleans, 1S,S0S bales
against 7651 last year and at Houston 20,-
119 bales, against i109 last year.
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New York Cotton Futures.
Daily Cotton Movement.

Galveston: Firm; middling, 1913; net re-
eeipts 25,70S gross receipts, 25,7OS; sales,
2573: stock. 427, ABA; coastwlse, 176S.
New Orleans Firm; middling 10 SIG;
net receipts, 1S,S0S: gross receipts, 1S,S0S;
sales, 6o5O; stock, 423,S15 coastwise, 20SS.
Mobile Firm; middlnig, lO1s; net re-
ceipts, 1876; gross receipts 1876; sales, 1725;
stock, oS9oS; coastwise, 21S4
Savannah: Steady; middlng, 10 9-16; net
receipts, 1856; gross receipts 1885, sales,
1905; stock, 1S3,60S; Great Britain, $3.50;
coastwise, 10.
Charleston; Firm: middlng, 10; net re-
ceipts, 6S; gross receipts. s.; stock, 1870;
coastwise, 3l9
Wilmington: Steady: middling, 1898; net
receipts, 491; gross receipts, 491; stock,
1921.
Norfolk: Steady; middling. 1923; net re-
ceipts 29S7; gross receipts, 29S7; sales, Si5;
stock 50, 434; coastwise 4076
Baltimore: Nominal; middling, 10a
gross receipts, $50; stock. 1850.
New York Firm; middling, 1890; net re-
ceipts 332; gross receipts. S724; stock, 49,,
7s4; Great Britain, 1856; continent, $780,
Boston: Steady; midding. 1890: net re-
ceipts 1894: gross receipts, 4iS3; Great
Britain. 10
Philadelphia Quiet; middlng, 11.15: net
receipts, 100; stock 2554
Total today at all ports; Net, 1860;
Great Britain S716; continent, $50; stock.
/ $50. 623.
Consolidated at all ports: Net, 2s2Sl !;
Great Britain, 75.751: France, 1888; con-
tinent, 30O75.
Total since September / at all ports:
Net. 6.346 10: Great Britain. 1910 rs;
France 552 216 continent. 1,S29269; Japan,
944S4
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Liverpool Cotton Market.

Liverpool, January 9-Spot cotton in in
creased demand prices. to points high
er. American middling fair. S672; good
middling, 6266; middling, 6.02; low mid
ding, $50; good ordinary. So ordinary,
SIG.
The sales of the day were 1000 bales,
OF which 1900 were for speculation and ex-
port and included 14.1O0 American. Re
ceipts, 1900 bales. including 1900 Ameri-
can. Futures opened steady and closed
barely steady; American middlng, G. o.
c.. January.q $50; January-February.
Z. 5s15; February March. 5.561s; March,
April, 5541z; April May 5.54; May-June,
5. SPY; June-July, 5.53; July-August, 5.511a;
August September. $40; Sepetmber-Octo-
Der. 1854; October-N November, 5.S3h; No
vember- December, 5. 80.
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Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour-Quet and barely steady.
Wheat-No ? spring, 757S1ac; No. $3.50
7sc; No. . red 1A471Bc.
Corn-No. 2, 400t40i4c; No. 3 yellow 491ze
Oats-No. 2, 33s4c; No. 2 white, Csc; No.
white, 3i035c.
Rye-No. 2, 60c.
Barley-Fair to choice mailing, 4Sa52e
Flax Seed-No.1, LIS; No. / northwes-
tern. $1.2id1.22.
Prime timothy seed, $435
Clover-Contraet grades, s14
Short Rlds Sides-Loose. s.. 50d1S. Ia
Mess Porl<-Per barrel, $15.S5.
Lard-Per 100 pounds. s9.121A.
Short Clear Sides-Boxed. S12ikGf9 37iS
Whisky-Basis of high wines. $129
On the produce exchange today the but
ter market was steady Creameries, 221
Gle; diaries, 20M27c. Eggs steady at mark
cases included a0a22c; firsts, 22c; prime
firsts, 2Sc; extras, 25c; chees STEADY to
firm, 13@1ic.