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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-10-03
OF Course Not

man doesn't cast much of a
shadow when he's standing In his own
light-Detroit Free Press.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-10-03
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-10-03
Moments.

Whoever has gazed on a bright coppor
cent
Has noticed. unless I'm nistook.
The proud aboriglne's classical face
And remarkable in-a-cent look.
Judge.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-10-03

II you can't be happy, appear to be
is neatly as great an honor rs b.
.ag Tich.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-10-03
BLACKWELL & BRO.
ONE OF THE LEADING PAn5TERs

-Nelsou.s Har Dressing can be
bought at Jennings and Brown Drug
Store, Pittsburg, Pa.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-10-03
NEGOTIATIONS OF A sPINsrER.

A sleeping car is like love-nice to
make you enjoy life after you get
out OF a.
It's fairly safe 10 be nice TO a mar
ried man-as long as there are plenty
Of people around
II a married woman came home late
az night the worse for liquor. won
der II husbands would see anything
funny In it2
One great relief just now in the
heated season Is the way you have no
duty 20 go 60 church because the min
lister IS away on his vacation.
kissing in the dark is more enjoy.
able to a girl. because then she does
not have 10 pump up some sort OF a
blush aud an awfully embarrassed
look.
More than one man believes that his
argument Is unanswerable-when all
the time g. is the same sort OF thing
you hear when a poor brass band com
menccs 20 perform.
Many a girl repines because she
has 20 earn her own living. and so
gets married. and after that she earns
IL under the hardest possible circum-
stances and for no cash payment.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-10-03

We are selling old papers az
fifteen cents per hundred.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-10-03

Little Allen was crying because he
had accidentally let his toy balloon
get away from him. Never mind.
Allen" said his small sister. when
you die and 90 to heaven youn get it
again"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-10-03

Mrs. De Richie (showing her home
10 Mrs. WindfaH)-Whatd do you think
Of my Venus de Milo?
Mrs. Windfall-Ain't Il a shame how
careless servants arei But couldn't
you glue the arms on again Puck.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-10-03

The automobile throws new light
upon the old phrase: The quick and
the dead. The quick are the ones
smart enough TO dodge.-The Bo-
hemian.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-10-03

No chauffeur need complain OF the
names he may be called In this coun.
try; In Germany he has become an
observation-disclosures"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-10-03

He's a wise motorist who knows his
own machine.
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a.. MeI

An, Mel
But how could you tell. darling,
that had never proposed to any other
girl?"
Because you were not married"
she murmured rapturously and admir-
ingly.-Judge
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OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES.

Teacher Johnny. can you tell me
where the north pole is?" Small John
ny-"Yes. ma'am. It's at the top OF
the map"
What straits are the most danger
ous?" asked the teacher OF the juve-
nile class in geography. Whisky
straights," promptly answered the boy
at the foot
Mamma-"Tommy. / see you took
two pieces OF cake instead Of one. as
I told you. Why did you do that?"
Well, mamma. / was playing
that another little boy was visiting
me. and knew you wouldn't mind me
giving him a piece"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-10-03

A sleeping car is like love-nice "a
make you enjoy life after you get
out Of &c.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-10-03

II you need exercise. it's not neces-
sary 70 buy an auto-just dodge.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-10-03

It's fairly safe TO be nice TO a mar
ried man--as long as there are plent,
of people around.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-10-03

The California man. named Leggitt.
who bought his first auto the other
day. declares he already knows what's
in a name.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-10-03

Motoring improves the lungs. You
have TO shout 10 make the chauffeur
hear.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

or Albuquerque and Governor Curry of
New Mexico and the opening address i'll
response by President Goudy.
feature Of the opening address was
the long list of responses to the ex-
pressiOns Of welcome by representatives
from foreign countries, incluing France,
England, Spain, Portugal, Itay, Cape
Colony, Canada, Porto Rico and Brazil
The visitors from abroad have been
given an important part in the program
and their presence is lending interest to
the work of the congress.
A demonstration lasting several min
utes was made when the military band
sent by the government of Mexico play
ed THE Star Spangled Banner" at the
opening of the session. The singing of
the Irrigation Ode" by a chorus of
100 voices was another feature which
aroused enthusiasm. After an address
by General ]. Franklin Bell, U. S. A,
the first session closed with the ap-
pointment of committees.
The usual exposition, to which Con-
gress appropriated $4,000 and which
has brought together the finest display
of irrigated products ever assembled in
the United States, was formally open
ed by Governor Curry, following a pa
rade by the troops of the department
of the Colorado ordered there for the
occasion. General Bell, chief of staff,
and Brigadier General Thomas, COM
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UEE lxEAA(a;2sEERg5
as1s.s.s ;S9 M EE>$SasA<,cGN==.
s67s5s w ssSs Is
=S-lao. $4,000

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $7.65; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to 1925; sheep, fair 70 choice, $500
to S4.35; wheat, No. 2, 800 to $1.0l:
corn, No. 2 7Sc to 79c: oats, standard,
47c to 4Sc: rye, Ne. 2, 75c to 76c; hay,
timothy, $500 to $500 prairie, $50
to $11.00; butter, choice creamery, 10.
to 24c; eggs, fresh, 19c to DC; potatoes,
per bushel, 60c to Zoe
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $3.50
to $780, hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $T.45; sheep, common to prime,
$3.50 to $3.75; wheat, No 2, CSC 70
$1.00; corn, No. 2 white, 7Se to roe; oats,
No white, SOC to sic.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $780, hogs,
$500 to $720 sheep, $500 to $4.15i
wheat, No. 2, $1.04 to $1.05; corn, No. 2,
76c to Tie; oats, No. 2, 47c to 49c; rye
No. 2, TIC to roe.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to 1925;
hogs, $500 to $735; sheep. $500 to
1886; wheat. No. 2, $1O5 to $1.06; corn,
No 2 mixed, Zoe to soc; oats, No.
mixed, SOC to sic; rye, No. 2, 7Sc to SOC
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 99c to $1.01 corn, No. 3
yellow, Sic to S3c; oats, No. white,
SOC to sic; rye, No. 2, Toe to TIC.
Milwaukee-W No. . northern
$104 to $1C3; corn, No. 3. 7Gc to TIE;
oats, standard, SOC to sic; rye, No. /,
75c to &c., barley, No. l, G5c to Csc;
pork, mess, $14.95.
New YOrk-Cattle, 800 to $500
hogs, $3.50 to S7.O0; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. red, $1O7 to $1OS;
corn, No. 2, Sic to SIC; oats, natural
white, SIC to soc; butter, creamery, pc
to pc; eggs, western, 19c to 23c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 99c to
S1.01; corn, No. mixed, roc to SOC;
oats, No. mixed, Acc to soc; rye, No.
}, roc to tic; clover seed, October, $5.57.
Bufalo-Cattle, choice chipping steers,
$4.OO to S62j; hogs, fair - choice, $4O0
to $3.50; sheep, common To good mixed,
$500 to $40 lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $3.50.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
NEW YORK.

While events generally lend toward
steady if slow Improvement, conservatism
still rules purchasing in wholesale and
jobbing lines. and at several large cen
tiers fall trade, notably in dry goods, has
reached and passed its maximum. Taken
as whole, trade, though in a few in
stances equal to a year ago at this date,
is still generally below the normal, and
the approach of the election has a ten
dency TO discourage all but absolutely
necessary purchases.
Western trade advlces are good as a
whole, though house trade is on the wane
and travelling statesmen are relied upon to
take care of recorder business. There is
very general agreement that stocks are
small in retailers hands, and color to
this is given by the many orders given
for immediate shipment, which throws
unusual burdens in turn upon iobbers,
wholesalers and manufacturers.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Sept. "a number 267,
against 266 last week, 166 in the like
week of 1907, 1875 in 1906, 1875 in 1905
and 10 in 1904 Failures in Canada for
the week number 80, against % last week
and 80 in the like week of 19O7-Brad-
streets Commercial Report.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
LIVES Of no LOST IN
ALASKAN SH|PWRECk
Star of Bengal Is Broken to Pieces
on the Shore of Coronation
Island.
REsCUERs SAVE ~ PEOPLE.
Two OF Crew Reach LAID and Make
Vain Effort to Operate
Life Line.

One hundred and ten out of a total
OF 131 persons aboard the cannerv shin
Star OF Bengal were drowned last SIM.
day afternoon when the vesse Twas form
from the hold of protecting turs and
dashed ashore at Helm Point, off the
Alaskan coast, at the southeast end of
Coronation Island
The news was brought to Wranpcl
by the tug Hattie Gage, Captain Farrer.
winch carried the survivors, twenty
seven in all. The survivors before leav-
Ing Coronation Island, buried the
bodies Of fifteen white men ON the
beach,
The cable ship Burnside, which left
Ior the scene of the wreck at midnight
Monday, as soon as the news of the
wreck was received, returned the fol-
lowing evening with the information
that the Star of Bengal was a total
loss, only the ends of the masts show
ing above water.
Cast Ashore in Driving Rain.
The ship was being towed to sea from
the Wrangel cannery by the tugs Hattie
Gage and Kayak. Captain Farrer of
the Hattie Gage gives the following ac-
count Of the disaster:
LAS we came within reach of the
gale we could see we were making lee
way and drifting toward Coronation
Island. The Kayak was light and could
do nothing. The Hattie Gage could not
handle the ship alone. At 4 o'clock the
Star of Bengal drifted into a narrow
blight and we could see land on both
sides abreast. We sounded and found
eight fathoms.
1--WE could see the vessel dimly by
the PHOSPHORUS dark rocks that were
all around. We cut the towline and
steamed out into open water. but could
not see anything in the driving rain
except one blue light burning on the
ship. The storm increased and the
tugs steamed to Shipley Bay, twenty
six miles away"
Survivors Tell of Struggle.
Survivors Muir and Olson said the
ship sank about 9 o'clock after break
ing into three pieces. The surf was
full of salmon cases and gasoline
drums
Muir says he and Olson got a boat
off and went ashore through the wreck
age. They helped several ashore and
pulled Captain Wagner out of the
wreckage. He could not speak. The
brooches buoy was rugged to tree, but
the ship was swaying so that the line
was alternately loose and tight, making
its use impossible.
The ships books and papers were
found on the beach. One man had
matches and a fire was built with kero-
sene from the wreck. The fire saved
the lives of the survivors, as it kept
them from freezing
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
Sees with n Rabbits Eye.

DR.. Henry r. Lesser of New York de-
scribes in the Medical Record the remark
able operation by which he recently graft
ed the eye of rabbit to the optic nerve
of blind man, so as to give him sight
He says the patient is young man of
"a years, blinded through measles at the
age of 8, so that his right eye was entire
ly useless and the left darkened by a
dense leucoma. He was placed on one
grain of mercury with chalk three times a
day for two days before the operation,
and the eye was bandaged with a dressing
of bichloride the night before The eye
was irrigated and c9caineized and a disk
cut from the cornea, and in its place
was affixed disk from the eye of an
S-months-old rabbit. The vision, after
three months, improved so that the pa
tent could count fingers and get about
unaided. Also, he is beginning to learn
colors again.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
in America, and great interest is being mant

in America, and great interest is being
shown in its work. If the people can
be thoroughly aroused to the danger
there is in trifing with this subtle foe;
if they can be led to comprehend how
much valuable aid they may easily
render by presenting a united front to
this arch enemy among fatal diseases,
then the efforts of this congress will
have accomplished great and lasting
good; then we may hope, and not i'll
vain, to see each year many sweet lives
spared to add brightness and beauty to
the world instead of being sacrificed to
this Unsuitable Moloch through our
careless treatment of a matter so Sc
riouS.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
REPORTS FINE OYSTER CROP.
New York Health Board Also Guar
antees Their Purity.

New York Health Board Also Guar
attees Their Purity.
BEST in several years." is what the
dealers say of this falls oyster crop in
the Long Island waters. The future, too,
is provided for in an excellent set of baby
oysters. In the summer officials of the
health department have inspected all the
oyster beds from New York City to New
Haven and down the New Jersey coast
as far as Manasquan. Certain waters
are under the ban, and Health Commits
sioner Darlington says New Workers may
eat the city's supply without fear. The
new law requires that every person who
sells oysters in that city shall have
written permit from the board of health.
Applicants are required TO give the
names of the growers from whom they
buy their stock and the location OF the
beds. Such permits are revocable on
proof that q dealer 10 selling "drinl1ed
oysters, as the oystermen call them-that
is, oysters that have been "fattened' in
polluted waters. Mr. Darlington said all
leading oyster dealers are heartily CO.
operating with the health department Off
Gals in enforcing the new law. The
New York State oyster is recognized
patrician and is sought eagerly. Blue
points, Rockaways, East rivers, ETC., are
shipped to all parts of the United States
and Europe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
ALLEGED GRAFT EXPOSED.
Doctor Said to Have Listed Sing
Sing Convicts as Sick for Cash.

Doctor Said to Have Listed Sing
Sing Convicts Sick for Cash.
The reason for the resignation last June
of DIR. Robert I. Irvine of Ossining,
n. Y, as physician at Sing Sing prison
has become known with the pardon of
John W. Wooten, who, it is alleged. help
ed expose the system by which DIR. IT.
vine is alleged to have grated" thou
sands of dollars from prisoners, the scheme
being to keep them in the hospital ward
and away from hard labor so long as they
paid the sum demanded. Wooten was serv-
ing an indeterminate sentence for looting
the Weisell estate of $4,000. According
TO one prison official, DIR. Irvine saw to
it that no man who could pay the price
came in contact with the rock pile or other
hard labor. The price varied according
TO the prisoners circumstances, but there
were no social determinations. The sec
ond-story worker who could buy it got
the freedom of the hospital ward as well
as the fnancier. 1t was generally under
stood that the lowest fee was $50. There
was no limit at the other end, and $50
would only keep you in the hospital for
three or four months. If you fell back
on your payments you were pronounced
cured and out you went to the shoeshop
OF the brick department.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
E GSA,M HERCLAL.
L.. 81: :::l::1 HIN
FL AND lEIa IN
~ skSs,
'zE,NANCAL
CHICAGO.

some irregularity is seen in the course
OF events, but the general trend of busi-
ness Is encouraging. Temporary setbacks
are caused by forest fires, delayed fall
blowing and postponed demand in leading
retail lines, all due to the abnormal
drought
The volume Of payments through the
banks furnishes the best record in twelve
weeks, and is considerably above that of
the corresponding week of 1906, when
trade was remarkably active, while the
comparison with year ago shows only
small loss.
4 healthy indication is the firmer tone
in money, which has caused an advance
in the discount rate
Despite increasing shipments of cur
rency to move the crops and reserving of
funds to meet heavy October settlements,
bank deposits remain at the best average
of the season and resources are ample
toF anticipated borrowing needs.
investment has widened in choice bonds,
although the new issues are restricted,
and sales of local securities almost equal
those at this time last year. There is
also considerable money going into real
estate, mostly bought for improvement
purposes. The total new building work
6nd heavy construction compares favor
F9sly with this time last year, and labor
lads more employment at good wages.
Absorption of building materials stead
ly expands, and this strengthens the
conditions in lumber, structural steel,
wood work and quarying, shipments hav-
ing increased and prices being firmly up
held.
Manufacturing discloses no significant
change in production. More machinery
and hands, however, are active and new
orders come forward as well as expected
in iron, brass and electric lines.
Bank clearings, $237 ,615,0T3, are 81
per cent under those of the corresponding
week in 1907. Failures reported in the
Chicago district number Is, against "a
last week and 16 year ago. Those with
liabilities over $1,000 number {, against
8 last week and in 1907.-Dun's Re
view of Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
Roosevelt on Farm Life,

President and Mrs Roosevelt, with two
of their children, spent one day at Jor-
danville, a village of central New York,
to attend the dedication of a public IL
brary given to that town by Douglas Rob
inson, brother-in-law of the President.
Secretary of State Root and Congress-
man Sherman came out from Utica to be
present. The speech of the President
was, of course, the feature of the day, and
the most prominent feature of it was the
part dealing with farm life. He hoped
to see the farmers bend their energies
to making life in the country more inter
esting and attractive, using the library
and clubhouse there dedicated as one il
lustration of ways and means to that end.
He said he had only contempt for the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
handing the department, took part in
the parade
DIGGING FAST AT PANAMA.
Labor Supply Is Plentiful and Canal
Work Is Pushed.

Satisfactory progress in making the
dirt fly was reported by Colonel George
W. Goethals, chief engineer of the
Panama Canal, on is arrival at New
Orleans, on the steamer Carriage from
Colon, en- route to Washington.
Natives and Jamaicans," Colonel
Goethals said, constitute practically
all the manual laborers at the canal
An attempt to use American labor fail
ed mainly because it could not be Sc
cured. At present the labor situation
is very good.
considerable numbers of our labor
ers have been accustomed to leave from
time to time, and later to return happi-
ly for work again. This coming and
going has resulted in developing a
source of supply of labor more or less
suitable and trained for the canal
work.
''As a rule there are about as many
returning to work as there are leaving,
so that we almost always have suffi-
Gent labor at hand. Just at present,
in fact, there are more laborers than
we can well use"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
WIDOW TORTURED WITH ACID.
Crime of Vengeance in Which Vic
tim Guards Assailants, Names.


tim Guards Assailants' Names.
First gagged with a rag stuffed with
pepper, then stripped and her entire body
rubbed with carbolic acid by a man and
two women, Mrs. Sarah Sample, we'll
to-do widow of 81, living at 577 Franklin
avenue, Brooklyn, n. Y, was the victim
of one of the most extraordinary and
mysterious crimes of vengeance with
which the police of greater New York
have had to deal in recent years. Mrs.
Sample says she was standing in her
open doorway when the man seized her
and thrust her back into the fat. The
two young women followed The man
held Mrs. Sample by the arms while the
two women pried open her mouth and
crammed into it a rag stuffed with red
pepper. The trio then flung her across
a bed and stripped her. While the man
held her down the women produced
large bottle of carbolic acid and, with
deliberateness, rubbed the acid over her
entire body. The victim refused to name
her assailants or to prosecute them if
caught, or even to submit to ambulance
treatment. Instead, she summoned her
own private physician and kept her own
counsel
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

anu OIHCA
pictures showing the progress of tuber-
culosis and the various stages of cur.
ables. Tuberculosis literature has been
provided by the ton and elaborate dis
plays of window tents, cots, beds, all
sorts Of outdoor appliances, models of
buildings, sanitaria, hotels and homes
built for the purpose of treating tuber-
culosis in all it's stages.
President Roosevelt accepted the
presidency of the congress and DR.. Ed
ward L. Trudeau, of Saranac Lake, has
been made honorary president. Vice
President Fairbanks, Speaker Cannon
and the Governors of the States have
agreed to serve as vice presidents.
Among the distinguished physicians
present are: Robert Koch, Landouzy,
of Paris; Sprouck, of Utrecht; Tende-
loo, of Leyden; Philips, of Edinburgh /:
Conf, of Buenos Ayres Flugge, of Bres-
lau; Bang, of Copenhagen; Vargas, of
Egger. of Basel; Wladimiroff, of st.
Petersburg; Kayserling, of Berlin, and
Calmette, of Lille,
The first day of the congress was
marked by simple but unique cere-
monies. Preliminary to the formal
opening, the diplomatic corps, the
spokesman of the several countries, the
officers of the congress, the honorary
presidents and the section presidents
met in the office of DR.. Henry G. Boyer,
chairman of the committee on exhibits
In the museum building shortly before
II o'clock and accompanied by Drs.
Boyer and John S. Fulton, the secretary
general, proceeded to the stage in the
great auditorium.
There Secretary of the Treasury Cor
telyou, as the personal representative
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
sven Hcdin Ont of Tibet

Recent dispatches from Simla, India,
brought to the western world news that
the noted explorer. Sven Hedin, had es-
capped from the interior of the so-called
forbidden land Of Tibet, after a journey
of 1000 miles, extending over period Of
two years. This was his third explora-
ton of that strange country. His path
lag over the untrod section of the LOFTY
plateau in Western Tibet, 1000 feet high
er than Mont Blanc, and word received
last January told of the loss of his entire
equipment except the maps and note
books. Many new lakes and gold fields
were located. also rivers and mountains.
The explorer looked thin and worn. but
was not i'll. He had not touched tobacco
OF liquor during the trip and attributed
to this his staying powers. The Tibetans
treated him in the friendliest manner.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
DESERT TO BLOOM AIM.
Great Meeting of Irrigation Experts
Begins Work at Albuquerque.

The sixteenth annual meeting of the
national irrigation congress was called
to order at Albuquerque by President
Frank Goudy of Denver with every one
of the 4 COO seats in the convention han
occupied and crowds clamoring for adj
mission TO the gallery. Nearly 1880
delegates were present
The days sessions were devoted to
speeches of welcome by Mayor Lester