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The Washington herald., 1908-03-26
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
Iew York, March 5.-olosinE quotations Of United
ties rnrerrfranf ,Nnnds.
COTTON MARKET.

Quotations furnished by E. F. Hutton & Co.
members Of the New York Stock Exchange and the
New York Cotton Exchange, G. Bowie Chipmar,
manager. 1901 F street northwest.
New York. March Son better cables than the
trade looked for the cotton market opened steady.
unchanged 10 points advance. then turned easy on
heavy selling by the bear crowd. Carrying prices 10
new low Level, but on the decline there was some
good outside buying and the market soon turned for
the better. There was not much news The South
reported better demand Tor all grades Of cotton
New months sold quite freely On better weather
outlook, and the latter from now on should be
watched closely. The market at present Is in a
healthy condition and ought TO work hi=her as the
short interest Is large. Trade conditions showing
improvement and slzc cotton discounts most any
thing Just row until there IS change for new crop
The Washington herald., 1908-03-26

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The Washington herald., 1908-03-26

New York, March 25.-During the early
part of the stock exchange session to-day,
and in fact. throughout the entire day,
save for the last hour of business, the
stock market showed an Enthusiastically
tendency toward realization of profits
by the fortunate buyers Of the preceding
week.
The market during this time. however,
although characterized by lessened vol
ume Of trading and by distinct heaviness,
was not in any way depressed in the ordi-
nary sense OF the term, and evinced
very decided ability 10 maintain itself
at only a slight recession from the high
est level of prices. 1t is true that there
was no especial drive at values. and it
is doubtful if speculative sales for the
decline were any feature OF business at
all. Such selling as there was appeared
to come almost entirely from those who
desired to turn their paper profits into
money although this was plainly ac-
eompanied on the other hand by a mar
keting o. u certain amount OF stocks
by large financial interests who seemed
10 be quite content under existing cir
cumstances to allow the speculative
cliques now at work for the rise TO ac-
quire stocks at existing quotations.
Rapid Rise at Close.
But toward the end Of the day the
character Of the market changed Large
buying orders were placed simultaneously
in a number of the prominent stocks 50
that prices rushed upward in a really
violent manner. At the close nearly every
prominent stock on the list was again at
an advance, making the sixth successive
day of the rise in the market without an
intervening period Of reaction. The ad-
vance in the present month has indeed
been Of a continuous order seldom wit
messed.
The market has gone on rising since
March ( with a net advance in the lead
Ing railroad shares Of over seven points
and with record OF only three days Of
declines in this time and these only at
widely separated intervals. Wall street
IS a place where the unexpected usually
happens but it will nevertheless be very
surprising, inasmuch as the buying OF
stocks that is at present being conducted
Is OF an almost exclusively professional
origin, If at some time in the near future
sharp downward movement does not
occur.
SpeciaIties Were Conspicuous.
1t is also worthy Of notice that the
most conspicuous OF the advances in the
market now made are I'm certain special
ties like Consolidated Gas. Westinghouse.
United States Cast Iron Pipe. and United
States Rubber shares, and that although
dealings in leading and active stocks such
as Union Pacific. Reading. and PennsyI-
vania have been very large. the quota
tons for these stocks each day rise but
very little.
The only real news matters to-day Of
financial importance was the Presidents
message to Congress asking for additional
legislation at its present session. but as
the message covered ground that had
been luminously disclosed in advance it
was in no way a market factor except in
so far as it was characterized by a more
temperate tone than any similar emana-
ton for long time past.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-26
CURB MARKET.

Quotations furnished by z. r. Hutton & Co.,
members New York Stock Exchange G.. Bowie Chin
man. manager. I30l street northwest
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PROFIT TAKING DAY
Bulls Realize on Strong and
Rising Market.
LARGE BUYING ORDERS PUT

Prices Rushed Upward at the Close,
with Nearly All of the Leading
Stocks Showing Advances-Consoli-
dated Gas, Westinghouse, and Rub
ber Eagerly Sought After.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-26

No. red. T. o. b. LOls: No. hard E o. b..
l-llz; No. / maearoai. Lo2is. Z Q. D; No. maca-
roui s9ss Exporters took loads
CORN-weaker; limited trade. No. > elevator,
7sls: new No. ?. T. o. b.. 20; Nc white, T. o. b..
Il; No. yellow. T. b.. 4 Exporters took nothing
REVIVAL; nominal; unsettled. No. .. S.. T. o. b.
Futures were quoted as follows.
WHEAT Yesterday .
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WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET.

Regular call-l2 O'Clock noon:
Washington Gas . at 6li1. g at 6l1, 25 al els.
. az 6ils . at 6Ih
After -Mergenihaler. at lef's.
Following the closing quotations on yesterday
local stock exchange:
The Washington herald., 1908-03-26
INSURANCE STATEMENTS.
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
National Life Insurance Company Of
Montpelier, Vt,

On the Slst dsy Of December 1907. required under
District Of Columbia Code amended June So ls92.
ASSETS.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-26
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Quotations furnished hy z. F Hutton & Co.
members II ;he New York Stock Exchange. q.
Sales TO noon On...-........3 353.2OO shares
Total Sales. ........... s0l 300 shares
Call money; High, 2; low, ia; close.
ia.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-26
MINING STOCKS.


Quotations are furnished by Irving X Harrington
e. Co, members OF the New York Produce Exchange.
Z. T. Baker. manager. Hibbs Building.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-26
A FINAL WORD TO INVESTORS

generally in America belle is
sand dCanadaw wthhR
result that beIe-sToF believe the people large had
tumble nd il
ar h
A Asquaeda is whtI Iwilpr resent tomorrow
The Washington herald., 1908-03-26
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FINANCIAL.

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numbers fpeopee where in stob be ede9rbedtc
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to supply the sk to ncnnes nd work with
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for ftof fhe corporate
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its rpr
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stocks the and
A FINAL WORD TO INVESTORS
for hsarun il America TII
the sandC adawnhhe
4 large have tad muno
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means heI o orach nnesner they
are to
A squared is Iwnp pesntto morrow
THOMAS w. LAWSON.
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a world Of tiaIf.buIlt psnpls.

Tho W, rid is full of half built peo-
pie. II any one doubts this, let him
or her visit a Turkish bath, and note
the number of people who arg fiat In
the chest. round In the back, ponder.
Gus MS to paunch. and heavy In the
jowl--people with outstanding shout
der blades and fiat feet.
Out OF thousand people In this
country. there could be found scarce
ly three who had really fine figures.
| make this statement aiyisedly. after
many. many years of careful oLserya
tlon. And why Is this SO? Why ara
there so few people in this country,
In the civilized world, who have bod.
les that arc not travesty of Hin in
whose image they are supposed to he
created?
The reasons are many. but may be
grouped under one phrase-unhygien
&c and nnwholesome conditions of lly-
Ing. Among these conditions may be
mentioned dietary errors-food that
Is EXCESSIVE in quantity, variety, or
frequency as to meals. and food taken
under improper conditions, elther OF
mind or bodybuilding Magazine.
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Oh, Pshaw.

Ono Of the consuls to Persia, uur-
ing a recent visit home. said at din
ncr recently:
The present Shah will never be
the equal of his predecessor. What
= character the late Shah has. He
never opened his mouth without say
ing something worth repeating.
Lady Drummond Wolfe once got
permission to visit the Shah's harem.
She. took friend with her, a Miss
Blank, who was about to be married.
The two Englishwomen wandered over
the splendid palace among the hun
dreds Of beautiful young girls, and
presently the Shah encountered
them.
Come here he said to Miss Blank
in his crude French.
She approached. He looked close
ly at her.
you are about to be marrlcd?" he
said.
Yes. your highness.'
Its late"
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have been dlsmounted and all the
movable parts stored away.
1t is not contemplated, however,
that the boat will be sunk by the
bombardment It Ia to undergo.
1t Is Mt tho turrct that the shooting
Is to be done, and the high super.
structure will be peppered by the best
marksmen who have been left in this
country after the fleet under the COM
mand of Bob Evans got It's quota.
This turret, high up in the air, not
very large or fixed mark. Will COM
mand all the skill of tho gunner to
make strikes. and rs It is at marks
, like this ne would be called upon TO
shoot In actual conflict the value of
this kind OF practice can readily be
seen.
Previous tests of understandable in
the navy have heretofore been con.
Quoted on n somewhat different basis
Where possible the English custom of
sending naval ships to blow up dere-
licts that have fioated into tho path
| of navigation to become a menace
has been followed, but this Is natural
iy only occasional and accidental
practice.
For the regular work tho crews OF
t~eiVe'inch guns have fired at a tar.
get which had painted on It bulls ewes
which were fourteen feet square. For
the smaller guns this bull's-eyc was
ten feet by eight
In order 10 add interest to the work
and make comparisons possible tho
crews of every ship, as we'll as the
ships Of each squadron or department
are pitted against each other.
Therefore target practice becomes /.
contest for which nigh prizes are of
fercd. and the mon arc stimulated t.
Their best efforts in order to make =
showing,
| Meantime while battling against
each other they are developing a skill
10 be used against the foe of Uncle
sam, should the unhappy time como
when other conflict will make this &C.
curacy necessary in actual warfare.
The cost of this gun practice is onf
OF heavy items that go to make M
that huge naval budget that Is offer
a cause Of annoyance to those VIII,
fail TO see the need OF a big navy. hui
the officials properly take the position
that no amount of money. no mattel
how great, is wasted. II 1t results II
giving the navy's marksmen the skill
that wins battles.
| without this certainty the Who'll,
establishment is rendered useless
Might as we'll not have a navy as hav,
gunners who cannot hit the mark IL
| the viewpoint of Washington. Eek
I, eepting only England. whery the sys
| TEN is mncn the same as in the Unit
ed States. the American methods be,
! Ing TO a large extent modelled ON tina
y OF the older power no country make
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Guammery I'm The u. S. Navy

Experts may battle over the condi.
tion OF Uncle SANS navy, but ms long
as the man behind the American gun
can continue to shoot straight the ma
ton will have faith In the defensive
and offensive power of the marine
arm of the military service.
There are those students of battle.
ship construction who bitterly attack
the design of the ships used in the
American navy. who storm over the
influence exerted by what they call
THE bureaucrats. of Washington, "
who say the whole system is anti
quated, and would never survive the
test of conflict with a first class
power.
1t Is terrible picture Of inefficien-
cy they draw. but the sting OF II is al :.
ways taken away to some extent by
recollection of what the American
man behind the gun nas done in other
conflicts.
The remarkable record of success
In. the navy. which has to its credit
trlumphs in the revolution. the war of
1912. the Civil war and finally the
Spanish-American war, is based al
most entirely on the ability of the
American gunner TO hit that at which
he aimed.
Paul Jones had no great number OF
ships. In fighting strength no was
usually inferior to the foe. but his men
could hit tho mark.
The whole world applauded the re,
| markable skill of the marksmen OF
Dewey's fleet. and a little later that OF
the men who. under Sampson and
Schley, riddled the ships of Cevera IL,
that flying battle OF a summer morn
ing in Santiago harbor.
Victory in all these conflicts was
the direct result of inspired marks
manship.
Determined not to permit any les
SEEMING of this skill Washington is ar
ranging severe tests for the near fu-
ture.
The monitor Florida has been turn
ed over as 4 target to test tho eff
cheney OF the twelve-inch guns. ant
is now being prepared at the Nor
folk navy yard.
While Britaiu's admiralty has al.
ways been partial to shooting at ships
as the ideal form OF target practic,
and has pumped thousands of pound.
of lead into the hulks of derelicts ol
or antedated warboats whose usef-l
ness has past, It has seldom happen.
ed that ship as modern as the Flor.
ida should have been picked for ,
target.
| The Florida is not much more thar
! ten years old, and IL of type tina
has always had the preference o
Washington for use in the coast de.
| Tense. But now all the four and six
Inch guns that formed her equipmen
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nd great an outlay for tho training OF
/, Its naval sharpshooters.
Ono whose department OF the build
Ing devoted to the navy is filed with
tho records of this marksmanship.
Here the annals or hits and misses Is
kept with No much care as mer.
! chant files away HID invoices.
With only few minutes notice the
secretary of the navy is In possession
of facts which will enable him TO tell
the shooting record of any ship in the
navy.
FOR instance, IL the skill OF Rear
Admiral Evans rs master of a feet
were In disputc. the secretary of the
navy could turn to the records OF the
fleets of which the doughty old salt
has had charge In the last decade. He
| could tell how often target practice
+, has been called for. how many ships
fired at the mark, what percentage
| scored hits. which captains got the
best results, which crews excelled,
and even the names OF the members
OF tho crews that shone bright enough
to deserve special mention.
/! Admiral Bob's skill In this kind OF
work would be determined BY the per-
centage OF Improvement he managed
TO work in the fleet during the time
he had charge.
For instance, II grand summary
of the accuracy Of the gunners in tho
first trial showed so per cent. of the
shots hitting the mark It Is expected
that by the time dozen other tests
bad been made the officer command
Ing the fleet would have been able TO
work an Improvement OF from any.
where between and Is per cent II
he failed 10 do this there is more than
a probability that his skill would be
seriously questioned.
1t takes varied knowledge to fire
one of the steel monsters that have
been evolved for use on the modern
battlcship. The days of the little for
ty-pounder. discharged by pulling a
string, and which used to be moved
from position to position while talk
ing aim. by the hand OF the gunner
have given way to monsters that have
to be worked entirely by hydraulic en-.
gines, which carry projectile four
feet long and twelve inches in diam
otter and Weighing 1000 pounds.
Every time one OF Uncle SAM.
sharpshooters sends such messen
ger on its way. whether 1t he In &C
tual warfare or only in the harmless
practice Of hitting the target. he is
burning up the money that II cost IL
buy 500 pounds Of powder. He has
at his command an engine OF work
that can send the projectile a mile
In three seconds and that can do ths
enemy damage at distance OF nine
miles. at distance of half mile
he can drive the projectile through
thirty inches of iron.
! The penetrating power of these
guns is constantly increasing. the
cost of operating them grows create
\, all the time, and the outlay 10 de.
;;fend against them Is climbing noun.
tain high. but tho history of the ma
val warfare OF the world is that ii
'the race OF destruction against pro
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A Realistic paTnter.

The late John Lambert. the Phila.
delphia artist whose blindness,
brought on by the dazzling sunshine
of Spanish summer. caused his
death through grief. was n portrait
painter of rare talent.
Lambert" said a member OF the
Philadelphia Club the other day, "was
realist. His portraits were true and
unfiattcring. 1t annoyed him tremen.
dously to be asked to make an ugly
woman beautiful-it was the samo
thing, he used TO say. rs Icing asked
TO lie.
"a Spruce street matron sat to
lambert once. At the end of the
third sitting she professed to be quite
satisfied with the progress OF the
work.
"AlI but inc mouth" she said.
Please make it small and curved. |
know II Is straight. long mouth real
~. just as YOU have drawn it. but In
the portrait I want you. If You will,
to make 1t very tiny. Will your
Certainly. madam said Lambert,
III leave 1t out altogether If you
wish'"
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80, ---'l1--''-----------
Has a Pin In Her Luna.

Mrs. w. c. Smith. OF Dalton. near
here, la likely to carry n pin In one
Of her lungs for lifo, IL she does not
succumb to operations that have boon
PERFORMED
After eating her New York's dinner,
Mrs, Smith used large pin In an
attempt to dislodge some food from
a tooth. During tho effort she war
seized with a fit of coughing and the
pin was hurled into her windpIpe.
from which 1t was forced into the left
lung, near the heart.
She was taken to New York hos.
pital. where four unsuccessful opera
lions for its removal were performed.
me pin was located with tho X-rayB.
but 1t was so imbeded In the lung that
fear of liberation caused the surgeon
10 abandon the attempt TO remove 1t.
me woman suffera little pain.
Scranton Dispatch to the philadelphia
Press.
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A Great Smoker.

A Pittslurg millionaire said at n
dinner:
II lunched with Sir Thomas LipI,p
at the Ghezireh Palace IN Cairo jus.
before he set out for his tea planta-
tion In ,Ceylon. where the ex-Empress
Eugene was to visit him.
When the coffee and Tarragone
came on | opened my gold case and
offered Sir Thomas a beautiful arc.
matte cigarette fresh from the factory
down the street.
"'No, thank you. said he. 4 am
with one possible exception. the big
eest smoker in the world, but l never
smoke cigars nor cigarettes
"'What do you smoker said /.
Baron he answered.
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Rares, o, Trades.

Mine is the rarest of all trades.
said an Englishman. slipping his light
ale. which he called small beer. 81
am maker of instruments OF tor
ture. suppose that at this moment,
In Siam and China. yellow men are
bleeding and bowling in the clutch of
machines of my make"
lie lighted his pipe. pleasant
thought. ch? But we must make our
living somehow. In Birmingham
mines made. There. for seventeen
years. have been turning out RACKS.
hair and nail drawers, thumbscrews
stinncrs, needle beds. soaring iron :,
bone breakers. and what not.
Slam and China have bought their
instruments of torture from Birming-
ham for generations. Some of these
contrivances are very costly and In.
gcnious. There's a water dropper
which works BY clockwork that costs
$500. There's a. hut that's toe
horrible to talk about The Chinese
instruments. by the way, arc mil,
lion times crueIer than the Siamcse.'
| New York Press.
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Anecdotes About People

the smoking room. had all thirteen
trumps dealt me.
You. suppose. were - er = the
dealer?' some one said.
The colonel turned purple.
NO. sir. he reared. No. sir. blast
Your impudence, was not the dealer!
"The other nodded calmly.
Then. may ask. he said. what
happened to the trump which the
dealer turned up"
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lection. destruction wins. No mattor
how powerful tho defepses, gun can
always be found capable of piercing
them.
Therefore. defense Ia less n matter
OF steel plates than OF having gunnors
who can hit the enemy and disable
him before he can do his worst.
Uncle Sam is generous In exposing
bis comparatively modern monitor,
but no does it in good cause,--Wash-
ington Star.
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partment of charities, at banquet in
New York.
Take the question of poverty and
wealth.
Once in a miserable Stun heard
two little girl beggars talking.
Why ia IT, said the first. that the
poor is allus more willin' to help us
than the rich?'
THE second answered promptly and
bitterly:
"'Them wot don't mind glyIn is the
ones wot stays POOR"
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Victory So Called.

James Carroll. the amateur light
weight boving champion of San Fran
cisco. said at the end of recent wo-
mems boxing and fencing exhibition:
women's growing strength and pluck
lend interest TO marriage, change
marriages complexion.
How Is poor Smithers gettin' on
said one man to another.
WELL said the other. 'Smithers ia
now almost recovered from the beatin'
ho gave his vito last Saturday
night"
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Nor Ere Nod Water

Secretary a. NJ. Downcs of New
York's department of fire related at 2
dinner fire story.
AT the end of the first act of a
drama" he said, "a man leaped hur-
riodly TO his feet.
II heard an alarm OF are,' he said.
I must so and sec where 1t is
Ills wife. whose hearing was less
acute. made way for him in silence.
and he disappeared.
at wasn't fire. he said on his re-
turn.
Nor water either. said his wife
coldly."
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An Old iNan.s prudae.

Mrs. Belle dc RivcIa, president of
the. Equal Suffrage League, of New
York. said the other day of certain
suffrage question:
"If We adopt that course we shall
be going from bad to worse, from fry
Ing pan to fire.
I'm fact wc will resemble tho poor
shop girl who married the elderly
miscr.
The girls position after marriage
WAS hard one. and she and her mean
old husband exchanged many bitter
words.
81 only married you,' tho old man
said ono day. because piticd you
when nobody thought anything abou,
YOU
She looked up from the wash TUT
YEARLY.
"'Ah, we'll, Timothy. she said
everybody pitics me now"