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THE BALTIMORE MARKETS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DiSpatch 70 The Htaf.
BALTIMORE. Md. August s.-wHEAT-
1..!sr: spot eontSact ssasasssss; spot No red,
her. ssxa9sA; December, l.02; steamer No. 2
red. 95ha95k; receipts 173.470 bushels; ex-
southern ON grade. e5a9s14.
CoRN-DuIl: spot mixed. 50: September, So;
receipts. 9.5S1 bushels: southern white corn,
S2ss5: southern yellow corn, Sass.
OATS-Cnsettled and easier; No. white. old,
5Ss57; No. mixed. old, 61ha62; new. 30: re-
ceipts, IA. 46S bushels.
RYE-Firmer No. 2 western domestic, S0aS1
receipts, 100 bushels.
HAY-Steady, unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Quiet unchanged.
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LOCAL FINANCIAL. NEWS.

The Bankers Association of the District
of Columbia will be represented at the
meeting of the American Bankers AS
ISOLATION which will be held in Denver
next month by George w. White. vice
president of the Commercial National
Bank, and George E. Fleming, secretary
of the Union Trust Company.
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The World of
Finance and Trade
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by w. b. Hibbs & Co.. bank
ers and brokers'. Hibbs building. members
New York Stock Exchange, Washington
Stock Exchange and Chicago Board OF
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ELECTRIC EGG BEATER.
Much Time and Labor Saved by
This Invention.

This Invention.
Electricity having been used for almost
every purpose under the sun, now it has
recently been harnessed up by a Jersey
City man to beat eggs. In any hotel
or bakery, where eggs are used In large
quantities and where they require beat
ing as for a cake, this electric beaten
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United States is exceeded by only ore
other country Of importance. and that "
France.
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The Safest Investments

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Government Securities.
CURB QUOTATIONS..

Quotations furnished by E. F. Hutton 4 Co.,
members New York Stock Exchange: G. Bowie
Chipman, manager, 1901 F Ut. NV.
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It's Floral Beauty

Nor do 1 remember q panorama where
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The driver gives us an hour to see this
lovely and sacred place. and then we
return to the main road, resume our jour-
ney and soon enter the pass of Kei-
maneigh. which divides these savage
mountains in twain and permits people
to pass from the former kingdom of the
MacCarthy clan to that of the outfawed
O'Sullivans. The mountains were split
by some terrible cataclysm ages ago, but
nature has done what she could to heal
the wound. The almost perpendicular
walls are clothed with wild Ivy arbutus.
hawthorne. laburnum, rhododendron and
other trees. which are now glorious in
color and light up the gloom of the gorge
with wonderful beauty. We have many
grander canyons in the Rocky mountains,
and several Of the fiords on the Norway
coast are grander and inclosed by lOftier
peaks and more precipitous walls but
none of them that l have seen is any
where near so beautiful.
Its Floral Beauty.
Nor do l remember q panorama where
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Special Correspondence of The Star and
Chicago Record Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01
A MoUNrEBANK IN HIS own LIGHT

r. HEARST loves the rnegit If opportunity
itself give him for taking the the stage
lNf he easily manufacture will
him we'll if nobody objects takes the trouble
expose the pretense believe
Samuel Gompers thought him of sufficient consequence
for political bargain 1t opportunity for Hearst
claim public by climbing the shoulders of Gompes
Hearst may believed that the president
federation OF labor would think it worth while bother about
negligible quantity in politics. butt any event advertising
OF the gnomuiou character always welcome
the proprietor OF the independence league The story told by
Gompers interesting diagnosis of character
AS related bv the labor leader he appears have had
informal and, possibly confidential talk with somebody,
who carried the story Hearst and the latter this
peext peg which hang interview with himself pro-
claiming his high moral purposes We quote Gompers
this regard: =.
conversation principles
liberties involved
eestabn these principles ought for their
achievement rather than play politics by called third
Out OF this evidently the made and
be really
This stolen Hears pretending
that he had turned down with lofty the of
Il the petty, little trick Of mountebank exhibit him.
sell the lnegt Of his manufacture proprietor
great moral circus which for sale apparently
nobody buy. ,*:..- +:
The Gail hesitates suggestions Hearst who is
sufficiently fertile expediens for creating noises seems
he had forgotten something Having ignominiousy
ousy expelled Delegate Shepard from his
take the of Delegate Marshall insurgent
who procas that the independence league exclusively
by Hears payroll 1t is certainly in order
shall of the party, unless he be put payroll
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01
A NEW WAY WITH DRUNKS

E chief of police of Cleveland has discovered way
of handling the drunk and disoder These obstreperous
be treated with the distinguished
argument addressed their sensbites
with ngIsck forbidden by the rules unparamentary
Improbable 1t is thus that the chief lays down the law
his patrolmen:
Of Cleveland
the policeman We
then deal citizens
ike not
seemed
their lives their property onhne them until sober
allowed plead guilty and by
Of without The force shown
would
the public when officers day duty They would the
thousands OF dollars in witness fees ueh work for the police Judges
would politicians and sh lawyers of their OF
and drive them back good, honest work-maybe
The policeman whose dignity nsulted take it
reply with his club Rather he enjoned call
carriage and having snugy tucked his drunken fellow citizen
he shall send him home the municipal In the extreme
where the arreng officer feels that he safely
precious charge honesty of
may be placed the safety deposit vault for municipal
valuabes and when he his senses he dismissed with
apology signed by the chief of police AS chief very justly
points his plan will and tear of policemen He
expects the police ssters the politicians by
the process-maybe.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01
BIG CROPS AND MONEY TO MOVE THEM

~ RAFIFYING reports of big fruit crop California open
prospect OF good times when the products of field
and orchard marketed. 1t is unfortunate prices
comparatively low this that the of the
will equal those of last but the quantity
duced necessate large distribution of
Tor handling the products That must circulation
The only chapter the tale of prosperity
Beet brings lot The wine yield promises
well and although there shortage in the raisn
dryers will make New oil fields of great yield
being opened and prices better the average than they
been for years
The president OF the Bank of California estimates that it will
take Sal 100000 handle the and other products
this region during the coming fall He adds that
Francisco amply able supply the money and that
need be fear of stngency 1t encouraging sign
weekly totals OF bank cearngs steadily improving San
continues hold her position the financial
OF the
Notwithstanding the amount OF building that has been
done the fire. permits continue to be taken large
During past the total S324O33 the
OF operations since the fire foos up figure
SlOl9992 being of about S40O0OOO month
months. 1t is a wonderful showing
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01

this view he the pipe line carrier and does exercise
rung lines until shall have taken articles of incorporation in
Oklahoma itself the laws OF the The Prairie
pany has firmly declined to do this
Haskell has sides against the attorney general
this controversy He insists that the legal adviser of the has
right initiative bringing pre-
umaby anything else 1t is altogether conception OF
the duties and OF state officials regard them subordinate
coordinate with governor the attorney general
continues obdurate and laughs threat him In the
daily production of OIL about 100000 barrels
be marketed and the whole industry suffers
from the meres of half baked constitution, interest
ing question brought definition of the relations of
the chief executive of the Governor
appears think that they until he gives the
the general why should
of the OF state and down the
official line? points being
benefit of the nation by ingenious
experiments the body of Oklahoma
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01
The Smart Set

and Donner lake, and is already be-
ginning plans for the seasons cotfl-
Ions. The birthday event, which will
again be a dance this year, is dated
for November s. and the first of the
three regular cotillOns will take place
on December IS All will be at the
Fairmont hotel
Miss Edith Trean0r returned on Mon
day from a delightful motor trip TO the
Santa Cruz mountains. which she made
with her mother, Mrs ". H Jordan
DR.. Lawrence Draper and Miss Anna
Foster. whose marriage is to be one
Of Augusts most important social
events, will return from their honey
moon trip TO a charming house on
Washington street near Fillmore.
which is already being made ready for
them.
The smart set of Ross Valley has
formed a little bridge club. the mem
bers of which Will meet every fortnight
for an. evening of the popular amuse-
ment and an informal supper. The
members are:
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert.
Mr. IAN and Mrs. Alfred ,Ir and Mrs. Charles
Mr. and Mrs John sir, and Mrs. j. K.
Mr. and Mrs c. o. G. Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton
Miller Jones
Miss Newell Drown, who has been
the house guest OF Miss Elizabeth Liv-
ermore at her country home near CAL
istoga, returned to town yesterday.
Miss Elysse Schultz is spending a few
days as the guest of Mrs. Nobel Eaton
IN Ell Cerrito. where the Eatons have
leased home for several years
Mrs. John f. Boyd was hostess at
a bridge party in her San Rafael home
on Wednesday afternoon, entertaining
a score of society matrons After the
game handsome prizes were awarded,
and the afternoon ended with an in
formal tea.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Aiken YeazeI
are receiving congratulations upon the
birth OF daughter. The Yeazel1s' old
est child, Louise Campbell Aiken. is two
or three years old. Mrs. Aiken, who
was Miss Corne1ia Campbell is with
her sister. Mrs. Emmett Rfxford, in this
city. pending the completion Of the
Yeazells' new home in sausalito.
Mrs Thomas Driscoll entertained a
few friends informally at tea in her
San Mateo home on Tuesday last.
Among her guests were Mrs. j. r.
Driscoll and Miss Mary Verdon. who
are spending the summer in San Mateo.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01
POLITICAL v1y1sEcTIoN IN OKLAHOMA

n KLAHOMA, in its brief period of existence sovereign
monweath has distinction
which political experiments trial at the expense
of the citizens The offers itself example
and the willing patient suffers the other commonwealth
take comfort the fact that the victim gladly offered
the sacrifice The itself the best modern
craftsmanship and all troubled by
powerng of modesy Indeed old fashioned folk might
Oklahoma a very bumpious infant
Regarded in this light the painful struggle which official Okla
wagng
Among other provisions designed
the the Oklahoma constitution declares that
corporation right eminent domain
properly domesticated itself within the dispatch
describes the troublesome
vision as follows:
highways
claims not I q
the Charles West declines
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01
Answers to Queries

POLL TAX-C. F., City. Why is poll
tax collected? When did the collection
of the same commence? Has any firm
or corporation the right to pay the poll
tax of an employe and deduct 1t from
his wages?
Poll tax Is collected in California for
revenue. The collection is mandatory
by the constitution of the state and IT
has to be paid into the school fund Its
collection, under the present constitu-
ton, commenced in 1880. 1t has been
held that employers have the right to
pay the poll tax for employees and de-
duct the same from the wages.
USE OF FORKS. s., City. Which is
correct when at table: to cut the meat
on the plate, then lay down the knife
and use the fork with the right hand,
or proceed to cut the meat piece at
a time and use the fork with the left
hand?.
Meat should not be cut in pieces at
one time. That is done only for one
who is deprived OF the use of hands.
1t is not contrary to etiquette to con-
vey the food to the mouth with the
fork in the left hand.
COAL-Subscriber City. How is coal
usually found. and what is the thick
ness of the finds?
Coal is found in beds or seams. rang
ing in thickness from an inch to 80
feet and covering wide tracts of land.
These coal beds very often are in
groups of several In number, separated
from each other by strata called bar
rem measures" of considerable thick
ness.
DISTANCES-J X, City. What is the
distance from Market street along Van
Ness avenue to the water edge at North
beach? CD When walking up Market
street from the ferry what cross street
is reached after walking one mile?
Length of Van Ness avenue 1880
feet. (2l Fourth street on the south
and midway between Grant avenue and
Stockton street on the north.
ELECTROCUTION-F G., City. How
many volts are required to carry out
the sentence of death by electrocution?
Death has been produced at the peni-
tentiary at Sing Sing, n. Y, by the use
of from 800 to 1900 volts. The num-
Der used to insure death is 1900 VOLTS
although in some cases 5000 have been
required.
FIDDLETON-Read City When
was the name of Fiddletown in Amador
county changed?
The place which was commonly
called "FiddletownV in Amador county
was. according to the statutes of Cali
fornia .Fiddleton.' The name was
changed to Oleta February 20. 1878.
CANAL-Reader, Oakland, Cal When
was the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
built and what was its cost?
The work was started in 1928 and
was completed in 1850. It's length is
1874 miles from Cumberland, Nd, to
washington, ID. c. It's cost was $11,-
290.327.
ELLIS STREET.. W. B.. City. How
far will one have TO walk on Ellis
street to go one mile?
From Stockton and Ellis streets to
within a few feet of a mile.
CREME DE MENTHE-w. r.. Fair
banks, Cal. What is creme de menthe?
1t is a liquor (cream of mint in
which the flavor is impaired by extract
of mint.
PoPULATIoN-A. s.. City. What
are the latest estimates OF population
in Oakland and in San Francisco?
Oakland. s13,Soo; San Francisco.
100000.
was Tetrazzini in This city last and
where did she sing?
In the fall of 1906. At the Tivoli
EvANS-R., City. What vessel did
Robley d. Evans command during the
Spanish war?
The Iowa.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01
Famous Medieval Library

Merton college library is, says the
Periodical, probably the oldest example
of the true medieval library in Eng
land. 1t was newly built and presented
to the college by William Rede. bishop
of Chichester, 1878, and cost with
fittings $3.50. The rough hewn benches
and the book cases, apart from the
added decorations, date from the liz
brary's earliest days; Nand since the
middle of the seventeenth century the
library has remained practically un-
changed. All the cases retain the
marks and fittings for the chains and
the holes for the rods.
Only three other libraries, it Is
claimed, preserve examples of chained
books. At Merton college all the books
were chained and it was not until 1892
that fhe chains were finally removed
The practice of claiming grammar
books on table dates back to 1884,
and originally the manuscripts of the
society were kept in oaken chests. each
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01

VERY jolly house party is
~ planned for the third week in
~ August by Mr.. and Mrs. H. II.
Bancroft in honor of their
granddaughter. Miss Ruth Richards,
who is one of the girls OF the Santa
Barbara school. and who is now visit
ing Miss Dorothy Baker in Sausalito-
The affair will take place at the Ban
croft home near San. Diablo. where the
Philip Bancrofts and Paul Bancrofts
also have charming country homes.
Miss Richards and Miss Lucy Bancroft
will act as hostesses and their guests,
who are all prominent in the younger
set here. will enjoy several days of
country sports. Some OF the guests for
this affair will be;
Miss Ruth winslow Joseph Donohoe Jr.
Miss Dorothy Baker Earl Miller
Miss Jane Selby Hugh Porter
Miss Myra Josselyn l.eaVHt baker
Miss Ysabel Chase Kenneth Monteagle
Miss Leo Cirvan Kirk Allen
Edward Eyre Jr. Mrs. Charles Richards
Mr. and Mrs. William Crocker were
hosts at one of the weeks smartest
dinners on Tuesday evening last, their
guests enjoying an impromptu game of
cards after dinner. The affair was
given in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
de Saba, who will shortly leave, with
Miss Leontine and Miss Vera de Saba,
for a year in Europe.
Miss CIarita Blair, who has been the
guest of friends in Belvedere, has re-
turned to her home in Berkeley.
Mrs. John Drum has sent out cards
for a large bridge party, which will
take place in her Ross Valley home
this week. Her guests. 20 in number,
will be prominent society girls and
young matrons from San Rafael and
Ross. After the game tea will be
given, to which several friends who do
not play are hidden. Mrs. Drum was
Miss Georgie Spieker.
sE
Mr.. and Mrs. John Martin, Miss
Frances Martin and John Martin Jr.
are enjoying a motor trip to the Santa
Cruz mountains. They will return this
week to their handsome Ross Valley
home, after a delightful outing.
Mrs. Samuel Knight has Joined the
colony of society people at Del Monte,
where she will remain several weeks
before returning to her Burlingame
home.
Captain John Barneson has returned
to San Mateo. after hurried trip to
Coalinga.
Edward NJ Greenway has returned
from q months visit to Lake Tahoe
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01
Personal Mention

Banker T. B. Rickey of Carson, is a
guest at the ST. Francis.
Senator George Nixon, Nevada. is
staying at the Fairmont.
David r. McGinnis, a lumberman of
Seattle, is registered at the st. Francis.
Frank Golden, owner of the Golden
house at Reno, Is guest at the st.
Francis.
George P. McCabe of Washington,
d. C., member of the bureau of agri-
culture. Is registered at the St Francis.
McCabe is on a tour of inspection.
Richard Walton Tully. the playwright.
came up from his country home at AL
ma, in the Santa Cruz mountains, yes
terday morning and registered at the
Fairmont. Tully recently returned
from New York, where he signed con-
tracts for three plays to be written
within the next two years.
fastened by three locks, and not to be
opened save in the presence of several
members of the college
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01
Impertinent Question No. 62
What Is the Most Useful Thinq on Earfh2

WHdI 10 HIc WOSI USCIW lining on EdFTn!
For the original wtest answer to this ouestion-he
brefer the beter-Ihe Call will pay FIVE DOLL AIRS.
For the next hve The Call will pay ONE DOL
LAR EACH Pnze winning answers will be printed next
Wednesday and checks mailed to the winners at once Make
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CARD to
IMPERTINENT QUESTIONS,
THE CALL
s. xpdzee t l. Cans Ansers
s prss to r. sige. Central Alameda
A
81 prize to w stsnn streets city,
A baby carriage on
81 D. Eighth hstrets
To your
81 evfne Cal
An a m.
g to Rudolph Schwar
An all
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01
Used Waste Water
and Defeated Fair


and
in some
prced
garden about his he had
privileges. rule there
an
himself He
whic he
vegetable Perhaps he had read Victor Hugos ideas
Miseabes perhaps hadn't
anyhow gardens sewer of Virginia City
inventive scheme saving
of Jim
furnished The rebeled He said he
going pay bill the when the he
his garden belong anybody; But
the he considered his had been
deprived heard the market gardener
The the company's for the won
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01
MaSseuSe Receives
Gift of ExerciSer

and habby her muscles and
generally gone seed she
something that will perfectly splendid
prescribed and it braces
muscles fine Yout before your cold plunge"
An arrived The irony of such
occurred the kindly ger 1t
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01
Fears Bird Might
Sit on Bald Head

didn't
ntently gave
You desert Sleep would
father s..
Father did catch the point and asked Why, jack?
replied the child thought
migh on o hatch
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01
The Insider
Relates how Nevada gardener secured water
in Virginia City without paying toll to
the monopoly controlled by James g. Fair

TE were talking about the present
San Francisco water question and the
old timer told me this.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01

a VERY jolly house party is
~ planned for the third week in
~ August by Mr.. and Mrs H. H.
N Bancroft in honor of their
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01

Miss Elysse Schultz is spending a few
days as the guest of Mrs. Nobel Eaton
in Ell Cerrito. where the Eatons have
leased a home for several years.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01

Mrs. John F. Boyd was hostess at
a bridge party in her San Rafael home
on Wednesday afternoon, entertaining
a score of society matrons. After the
game handsome prizes were awarded,
and the afternoon ended with an in
formal tea
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-01

Miss Newell Drown. who has been
the house guest OF Miss Elizabeth Liv-
ermore at her country home near Call
istoga, returned to town yesterday.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-11-24
COUNTRY LIFE
COMMISSION BUSY
Holds Session at El Pas0 and Meme
bers Say They are Learning
Lots OF Interesting Things

El Paso. Texas, Nov. 24.---3scar
Snow, in appearing before the Coun-
try Life commission, which is invest-
took occasion yesterday to charge
New Mexico politicians with doing
great harm among the country ped
pie by purchasing votes. He Mads
many charges against ''public Off
cials' but carefully avoided specific
instances or persons ets
Education In agricultural work. CO.
operation for better living, better pro-
ducts and better prices and sanitary
surroundings were among the most
important things called to the atten-
ton of the commission by a large
number of speakers. The case .sf the
native farmers and ranchers was Civ
en- special attention, and II was aileg-
ed that the native farmers needed
more training in farm work that they
might be better farmers and make
their ranches more productive and
their products OF better value.
Prof. Fabian Garcia OF the Agrt-
cultural College at Mesilla Park. said
the chief need of the native farmer
was agricultural education. He char
acterized this as the hope or the ma
tive population in the southwest The
hearing before the commission had a
number of. sensational features. The
commission win embody its findings
in a report to the president and he
viii make II feature of special
message TO Congress.