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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-22
PAVED WITH BUFFALO SKULLS.
Wealth Thrown Away by Early
Bone Hunters Of Kansas Prairies.

wichita Cor. Topeka Capital.
Though comparatively few people know
1t, there was day when Seneca street on
the west side was paved with buffalo
skulls and horns, and many a horse has
been snagged by the crooked horns which
stuck UP through the road in muddy times
For long time in an early day all trav-
elers by wagon to the west avoided this
street on this account.
In the light Of subsequent values this
was the most expensive pavement on
earth. pair of buffalo horns and the
head Of an animal of that breed
will easily bring $4OO. Thousands
of them were Thrown away in an
early day. and it happened that Seneca
street was the dumping ground for them.
When the first settlers struck this part
of the country farming was virtually i'm
possible. and mighty little Of it was done
at the start. One of the first things the
new conner learned was that he could sell
buffalo horns in Wichita. and as the
prairies were covered with them he loaded
up his wagon with the only crop in sight
and drove in. Everybody did it.
When Senator Hemenway of Indiana,
who had claim in Harper county in
those days, begins to talk about dis nan
sas experience the first thing he recounts
is that he hauled buffalo bones to Wichita
Nearly all the newcomers believed they
could sell skulls and horns. too so they
brought them along with the rest of the
bones. But there was no market quota
lions on skulls and horns, and the city
authorities made the newcomers take them
out of town on their return trips. Some
one started dumping at Seneca street. then
country road and section line, and every
body followed his example.
1t is singular thing, but no old settler
seems to remember what was given for a
load of buffalo bones in those days. About
the only man who seemed to put a value
on the skulls and horns at that date was
Father Bliss, an ancient character who
lived in a queer little house which stood
on the corner of LIST and Main streets. A
popularity of the house was that it had
curved roof like a houseboat. Father
Bliss had weakness for collecting the
larger buffalo heads and piling them on
his roof, much to the amusement of the
citizens.
The buffalo bones were collected here by
the ton and shipped to New England and
made into buttons and like articles. This
trade followed the heavy transactions in
hides and robes which wiped out the
American bison. 1t was a commercialism
which took everything, even his bones, for
profit. but. stupid as commercialism usual
ly Is. threw away the heads, which are
now the most valuable.
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HOW DIVERS ARE TRAINED.
Schools in England-How Science
Has Helped Them to Work in Sea.

Schools in England-How Science
Has Helped Them to Work in Sea.
From the London Daily News.
The admiralty trains divers. and every
British warship carries at least one repre-
sentative Of the craft and frequently
more. There are training schools at Ports
mouth. Davenport and Sheerness.
One of the difficulties with which divers
have to contend is probably not realized
by a 1andsman, namely. that the greater
the depth the greater Is the pressure Of
water on the mans body and the greater
the labor and exhaustion Of working. The
naval authorities limit their men to a
depth of 12O feet. The greatest depth to
which a man has descended Is said by
Siebe to have been 2O4 feet. and the pres
sure at that depth was extraordinary,
namely $50 pounds to the square inoh;
One wonders how any human being could
stand it. Twelve fathoms. or about sew
enty feet, would be enough for most men.
The ears and nose would probably begin
to bleed and the pressure on the head
would be very serious. A practiced diver
can. of course, descend much deeper with
out such unpleasant sensations.
His dress costs more than a hundred
pounds: tits Of tanned twill and rubber and
made In one piece. with big opening at
the neck. Inc helmet is OF copper and
screws on to the shoulders so tightly that
the water cannot penetrate the joint. Air
Is pumped down to him by pipe made OF
canvas. and rubber and outlet valves,
which only open outwardly. are placed at
convenient places to permit the vitiated
air to escape. These valves are extreme
ly important, as by them the diver can
regulate his supply of air.
In addition to this pipe the diver has a
lifeline enabling him to communicate with
his assistants above water. This was for
merly done by a series of concerted tugs
or jerks on the line. but the method Is be-
ing superseded as means of communica.
ton by the telephone. the wires being
conveyed by the lifeline. He therefore
touches the button and talks as If he were
in the city.
Another great improvement is the use OF
the electric lamp. though In some West
Indian waters a diver can see clearly for
some distance. In other waters again the
darkness is intense twenty or thirty feet
down. The weight Of the dress is extraor-
binary and is necessary to enable the diver
to maintain his stability. His helmet
weighs considerably over a quarter Of a
hundred weight. and his boots. taken to-
gether. about as much, while If these be
not sufficient he claps lead upon his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-22
Government Securities.
THE BALTIMORE MARKETS
Special Dispatch TO The Star

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE. Nd. November 22-wHEAT-
Weak; spot contract. 9sa9Sn; SPOT No p red
western, 99a90s; November. 9SassIs; December
99a90ls: January. l0lsl014: May. I06al0OH
steamer No. red, 94a94h; receipts 10 40
bushels southern by sample 90a83; southern on
grade. 94a9Sh
CORS-Weak: old spot mixed. 631saS34s; No Q
white. 631sa834s: new spot mixed S2I Noyem
Der: 631sa63%; year. G61aa6OX: January, 59isa
3s9t February. SOY aS0; steamer mixed, 59aJ9H
receipts, 31.511 bushels.
OATS-Dull: No. white. 521sa53H; No. 3
white. 50a53: No. mixed, 5la511a; receipts
20 304 bushels.
RYE-Firm: No. western export 81 sales;
receipts. 1862 bushels.
HAY-Quiet. unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Steady. unchanged
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Written In Prison,
From the Westminster Gazette.

1t was in Newgate that Defoe wrote his
"Jure Divino'' and began his Review"
in Carisbrooke Castle Sir William Dave
nant wooed the Muse of Poetry; Howell
wrote the greater part Of his Familiar
Letters" and many another work In the
Fleet Prison; Voltaire penned most of his
"Henriade" in the BastilIe, and Bunyan
his Pilgrims Progress in Bedford Jail.
Raleigh's History of the World" light
ened eleven years Of imprisonment; Ger
vantes Is said to have written Don Ouix-
ote" while a captive in Barbary: and
Boethius and Grotius piled equally busy
pens within prison walls. In later years
among authors who have beguiled impris-
onment with the labors Of the pen have
been lola, William O'Brien, Oscar wilde,
Edmund Yates and many others whose
literary activity even durance could not
quench.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-22
Saving Further Trouble.

From the indianapolis Star.
Ambassador Bryce at a dinner in Ur-
bana, ILL.,, gave young lady some tips
on European travel.
And above ALL he said, don't fail to
tip your cabman literally. Hansoms and
fourwheelers would be cheap in London
If one only paid the legal fare for them,
but he who tries to pay the legal fare
well, he doesn't try 1t more than once.
"One day I saw an old lady stop a
hanson. look up at the driver and say
timidly:
".Driver, I want to go to Ludgate Cir
GUS see by the book that the legal fare
is two shillings. II give you three will
you promise not to swear at me after
Ward?'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-22
THE LONDON MARKET.

LONDON, November 22.-American Sc
curities opened irregular today. Most of
the active shares showed losses during
the early trading. and at noon the market
was steady with prices from " above to
point below yesterdays New York
closing.
In the afternoon there was a sharp re-
action on New York selling and the mar
ket closed generally heavy.
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Gold Still Pours In.

NEW YORK, November 22.-Engage-
ments of foreign gold to relieve the money
stringency in the United States today
passed the S75.OOO.O 900 mark. when Lazard
Freres announced that they had COM
pleted negotiations for an additional
100000.
Goldman, Sachs & Co. also engaged
$4,000 today. a portion of 1t In Paris.
This brings the total to 100000.
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Liverpool Cotton Prices.
THE GRAIN MARKETS.

CHICAGO. November 22.-There was
only moderate trade in wheat The
market was weak. the decline at Liver
pool and favorable weather conoitions IN
Argentina being the chief influences
December. 9O1ta91ls: May. 1.o0,s.
Corn weak. December, 54haj4a.; May.
55is.
Oats weak. May, 495s
PROVISIONS weak. January pork, II 49,
lard, I.65; ribs. $40.
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Brisk Demand for Curb Money.

NEW YORK. November ESQ brisk is
the demand for currency that it was dealt
in on the curb yesterday and those in
need employed brokers to bid for 1t. The
opening sale of money was a lot Of $10.-
600, which brought from 70 per cent to
IN per cent. For gold due to arrive to-
morrow per cent premium was bid and
for gold due next week TX per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-22
Modern Clothes,
From the London Gentlewoman.

The wiseacres of criticism are continu-
ally comparing disadvantageously mod
ern costume with the attire of the an
clients. Was the toga verilis OF the Ro-
man really so Mt garment for civil life
as the frock coat? Was the chiffon of the
Greek better than a modern jacket :?
Wers doublet and hose preferable. on the
ground of fitness, to "A Norfolk suit? The
alleged ugliness and inartistic quality of
modern dress are parts Of pure myth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-22
Places for Asiatics.
From the Pioneer Mail.

from the Pioneer Mall.
There are many places in and out of the
British dominion where Indians are well
come, can earn a living and can con-
tribute to the prosperity of their native
land. In Colombia. Venezuela, Guiana
and Central America. as we'll as in many
of the West Indian Islands there is a
profitable career for Indians. as we'll as
in the vast tropical regions of Africa,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-22
Historic Pass Words.
From the Birmingham Post,

The king has sent to the British Museum
Z collection Of passwords used for the
SQUIRT and the city for each day in the
months of July, 1912, and November. 1920
signed by George Nv. as prince regent and
as king: and this has been placed in the
departmen mt of MSS. where other notes Of
the kind are kept,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-22
Pious India.
From the Rajahmundry Bhafata.

From the Rajahmundry Bhafata.
Good often comes out of evil. Gods
ways are inscrutable. 1t cannot be said
that India Is out Of his ken and care.
Even the extreme repressive assures,
which the government might feel COM
PEELED to adopt out Of alarm and panic,
have some permanent good concealed in
them which the people might not be able
to see and recognize now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-22
A W oman's Face.
From the London Reader,

No words can express the almost divine
love and tenderness and the perfect trust
and happiness Of that girl-wife's face.
as she looked into the eyes of her hus-
band-and smiled. Other holiday i'm
pressions may grow dim and fade away
but that sweet woman's face remains
stamped on my memory forever,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-22
THE FOREIGN BANKS.

LONDON, November 22.-The United
States today purchased e413.0OO in bar
gold and 100000 in American eagles
from the Bank of England.
PARIS, November 22.-Three per cent
rentes, 90 francs confines for the ac-
count.
Exchange on london, % francs IN GEN.
times for checks.
BERLIN, November 22.-Exchange on
London, 20 marks 514 pfennings for
checks.
Discount rates-Short bills 6k per cent;
three months bills, per cent.
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Grain and Provisions SUMMARY
Liverpool Grain Prices.

LIVERPOOL, November 22-Wheat-
Spot steady: No. red western winter,
IS lid: futures firm; December. Is 11hd !;
March, IS 2bd; May. Ss1%d. Corn-Spot
quiet; prime mixed American. IS nd; flu
lures quiet; December, IS ED; January,
IS Sad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-22
Government Receipts,

National bank notes received today for
redemption, S2G7.515. Government re-
ceipts: From internal revenue. $6O5, 1875
customs. $685.. 7S7: miscellaneous, S94, 935:
expenditures. sl94O.OOO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-22
The Blindness Of Love.

From the London Daily Mirror.
Love is the idealizing faculty carried to
its most extravagant point 1t is natures
way of leading US into error by throwing
blindness upon us-a blindness to any
defect In the being who enchants us.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-22
THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK. November o2-The cotton
market opened steady at a decline of sac
points, owing to lower cables than due on
the New York close of yesterday, but rail-
lied sharply during the early session on a
renewal of Wall street covering, New Or
leans buying and local bull support. The
bulge carried active months about 4a5
points over the closing figures of the pre-
vious day. but around 1913 for January
realizing sales became very heavy and
during the middle of the morning prices
worked back to about the opening figures.
Trading was active and the market ruled
very nervous. with small traders much
confused as to the probable further atti-
tude of leading interests.
Futures opened steady. December,
101S: January, 1923: February, 1O41:
March. 10.43: April 10-47 bid; May, 1854
June. 10JO-52; July, 1851.
The market was nervous late in the
forenoon. but trading was less active and
prices at noon were about to points
net lower.
Spot quiet: middling uplands, IL. 10; mid
ding gulf. 11.35
Estimated receipts at the ports today.
o6.o,O bales. against 63. 10S last week and
G3.;'JO last year. For the week. 100000
bales. against 554.243 last week and 49,
s49 last year. Todays receipts at New
Orleans. 1883 bales. against 1S,3SS last
year. and at Houston 9.lO6 bales. against
800 last year.
Liverpool Cotton Prices.
LIVERPOOL. November 2.-Closing-
Cotton: Spot. quiet: prices points higher;
American middling fair. 6.58: good mid
ding. go: middling. $40: middiing. 600;
low middling. 5.6S; good ordinary. 5.24;
ordinary. AGA. The sales Of the day were
5000 bales. of which 1000 were for spec
ulation and export. and included 500
American. Receipts. 5000 bales, includ-
Ing I3.4O0 American. Futures opened
firm and closed quiet: American mIddling,
g.o.c.. November. 5.7lh: November-De.
cember. 5.64: December-January. 5.64;
January February. 1884,; February
March. 5.671z; March and April, $50;
April and May. 80: May and June 81
June-July. o.1l1s: July-August. 5.7O1s; Au-
gustSeptember. 5.65.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-22
The World of
Finance and Trade
NEW YORK STOCK MARKETS.

Furnished by w. B. Hbbs Co.. bank
ers and brokers, 1419 F street. members
New York Stock Exchange. Washington
Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of
Trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-22

Washington Stock Exchange.
Sales.-Regular call IL o'clock noon-Mergen-
thaler Linotype, at 19O
Columbia Fire Insurance, so at 10.
After call-Mitchell Mining, 100 at V, 100 at y
GAS BONDS
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CURB QUOTATIONS.

Furnished by E. R. Chapman 4 Co. "a. d.
Chapman. manager). members New York Stock
Exchange, 1901 st. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-22

Money, 41aa5 per cent 20 ''
short bills is per cent. 'lsn market NF
IN, rue rate OF discount in the open market FIR
three-month bills Is 6a4a7 per cent. -0'
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Open High. Low. Gas.
Amalg m. Copper. 46B AN 46 469s
Am Tar e. Eoupdrv o5lA oJ1S 24A 24E
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-02-14
DENMARK.
Copenhagen.
chosen.

According to newspaper reports,
King Friedrich has founded a new Or
der to be known as a 'husorden' in
memory of his esteemed father, King
Christian. The decoration consists Of
an oval silver-shield in the center Of
which is engraved the kings name.
On the shield is mounted the royal
croWn-all in gold. Originally it was
King Fredrick's intention that the dec
Grafton should be awarded to only
members Of the royal household on the
anniversary day Of King Christians
death. A number of these orders
were, however. awarded to a few
members Of the Danish royal family
prior to Jan. 1 Of this year.
Peter Peterson's farm house and
outbuildings in Tollerup were burned
TO the ground Jan. II. A large num-
Der of horses and cattle were burned
and the occupants Of the house barely
escaped with their lives. Two servant
girls employed on the place have since
confessed that they put fire to the
house because they tired of their
work. They also confessed that their
plans were to poison the entire fami-
~. The two girls have been placed
under arrest, but will, owing to their
age, be given lenient punishment
A new steamship company has been
organized in Copenhagen for traffic on
the North sea and the Baltic. The
company will have it's headquarters in
copenhagen and will be known as the
stanton Steamship company. One
large steamer has been purchased in
Gothenburg and two new steamers
have been ordered from Burmeister e.
Vain in Helsingborg-
= MARION 5. NORELIUS.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-02-14
First Publication Feb. T, 1907.
Notice of Cancellation.

Princeton, MIMI, February 6. 1907.
To Chauncy K Young.
You are hereby notified that in ac-
cordance with the conditions of the
contract made and entered into bv and
between Thomas 81. Galley and YOU the
said Chauncy K. Young on the 18Th
day of April, 1904, for the sale bv the
said Thomas 81. Galley to you the said
Chauncy K. Young of the piece or
parcel of land situate in the county of
Mile Laos and state of Minnesota.
described as the southwest quarter of
the southwest quarter of section thirtv-
six (36) in township thirty mine 1897.
range twenty-six (26), payment of the
sum OF one hundred (S1OO) dollars
under the terms of said contract was
due on the 18th day of April, 1905:
and the sum of one hundred ana
twenty (S12O) dollars was due on the
18th day of April, 1906: said sums be-
ing the whole of the amount unpaid
on said contract; and that no part of
the same has been paid; and you the
said Chauncy K. Young are further
notified that the sum of two hundred
and twenty (S22O) being said unpaid
payments, and the interest specified in
SAID contract amounting at this date
to twenty:six and 44-100 (s26.44) doI-
lars and being two hundred and FORTY
six and a. 100 (S246.44 dollars in all
are now due and payable and that
thls contract shall be cancelled and
determined unless you the said
Chauncy K. Young within thirty 1907
days from the service of this notice
upon you pay or cause to be paid to
the said Thomas 81. Galley the several
amounts specified in said contract and
interest thereon.
The sum of money can be paid to
SAID Thomas 81. Galley at the Office of
Inc Galley Hardware company at
9th, 1907. -en
THOMAS n, Galley.
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construction. When he was twenty
three he determined henceforward to
work for himself. With an outfit of
fifteen teams, he secured a small rail-
road grading contract, completed it at
profit, then tackled a bigger PROPOSE
ton. He then lived at Langley, S. G.
Five years ago he removed to Knox
Vile, Tenn, to be more nearly at the
center of his operations, which had
grown to amazing magnitude.
This Indiana boy is now said to have
assets of about $3OOO,OOO, earned in
sixteen years Of hustling for himself.
Railroad officials are quoted as say
Ing that they like to have Oliver do
work for them, as he turns over the
completed job without any legal en-
cumbrances, which means that he paws
as he goes along.
How Lewis Figured In It.
Mr.. Oliver was the first man to sug-
gest that the Panama canal be dug by
contract. He thought over the matter
for months, then sent his chief engi-
AAS>A W l. e~AAdA1A " 1uClAe u CLOSE IN
spection and report, with view to
presenting a bid for the job. The en-
gineer's report was placed in the hands
of Alfred Henry Lewis of New York,
an all round author, who whipped it
into literary shape in his we'll known
style. This literary document, it is
understood, was laid before President
Roosevelt and Secretary Taft and no
doubt had some weight in influencing
them favorably toward the prospective
bidder for the building of the canal.
Great is the literary physician and
surgeoni
Mr.. Oliver has a magnificent home on
the Tennessee river at Knoxville called
Cherokee Place. He loves social life,
is cfubman and an active Elk, but
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By ROBERTUs LOVE.

EUST now the American public is
highly interested in the person
az ality Of William J. Oliver, the
contractor who may build the
Panama canal, and in that Of Freder-
lick G. Stevens, his financial hacker.
The public is interested in anybody
who looks big enough actually to un-
dertake and perform this very impor-
tant but nevertheless pesky job. So
many men have marched up the hill
and then marched down again, doing
little or nothing toward the consum-
nation devoutly to be wished, that the
patient public is beginning to yawn.
Now it appears that Mr.. Oliver will
be the contractor. He is young man.
only thirty nine, but he seems to have
done things. One enthusiast calls him
Theodore Roosevelt No. 2. This char
acterization, Of course, refers to his
strenuity. He is said to be the biggest
railroad contractor in the south. Great
railroad works are progressing in the
south, and to be the chief figure in
constructing these means something.
1T is estimated that Mr.. Oliver is now
engaged in construction work which
will aggregate in cost about $32, OOO,-
900. The fund now available for all
the great land reclamation projects
undertaken by the United States gov
eminent in the semiarid west is but
little more than that sum. Mr.. divers
undertakings therefore put him in the
class of those who do big things.
"Real Captain of Industry"
It is not improbable that the youth
OF Mr.. Oliver appeals to the president
as favorably as any other Of his quail
ties. Mr.. Roosevelt, as the world
knows, likes to put young men for
ward. Young Mr.. Oliver is called ga