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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-12
MEN-HEAVEN BLESS EN-.

ct would not dare tell Harold this
said a New York bride, but all the
good housekeeping advice I have had
since we took our fat. has been given
me by men. Harold teIephoned he
would bring two friends 10 dinner one
night. and 7 hurried over TO the butch
er. He told me not 10 bother with a
big roast of meat, IL might not be done
IN fifteen minutes. which was all the
time I had. You just take these veal
croquettes.' he said OF course. you
can cook them Just put them on and
fry them, in the frying pan. you know.
Then put water in with your drippings
and make gravy. They're fine They
would have been fine. too, only I got
mixed Up and put them IN water first
and boiled and boiled them till they
went to pieces. I made the gravy Of
the drippings and had IL or the table
before 7 remembered that l had Just
turned his directions around The bak-
or told me how 70 freshen rolls by put
trg them in the COlandeT with a cloth
over them and steaming them The
gas man told me % always open the
oven before l Lighted II and to stOp a
snail leak with -Or7mon soap until
got help. The ErOce-- told me 10 rub
laundry soap on dresser draws that
stick. and the laundry collector told me
just to pack my china and glass il my
trunk with clothes aid rags, keeping
it IN the center and well wrapped"
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NEW YORK MONEY

NEW YORK, July u.-AIoney on call
nominally u per cent today. The week 5
market displayed the same Characters
tics as have been noted all along Loans
were made between ~ and / PEI. cent;
averaging about IL
Time money continued in liberal SUP
ply throughout the week. Demand was
light. and the bulk Of the business was
the renewal OF loans. OF which there
are many maturing during this month.
The tone was firmer at the close of the
week.
Rates: 12ld2 per cent for sixty days.
202i4 for ninety days. 21za22t for four
months, 3Q3H for five months, and
Slz434a for six months.
Mercantile paper was in fair demand.
There was not q large supply OF high
grade names on the market. Rates were
somewhat nrmer at the close of the
week, especially for the six month ma
turity. Rates, 31z04 per cent for sixty
and ninety days. indOrsed bills receiv-
able, tQ41z per cent for choice four and
siX-mOnth single names. for less
wcll-knOwn names.
Steeiing was very quiet today, with
rates unchanged.
Through the week the market was
dull, but generally firm demand. ster-
ling ranging from 4.S9S5 70 4SI05-
Rates for actual business were: Sixty
days, S4S55O04S $500: demand. S4S695a
4S7: cables. 4S15dAS730: commercial
bills were 4S46G4S555
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TRAGEDY OF THE WHISPERS

For ages boards were the delight OF
ancient beauties. The sight of a
shaved chin excited sentiments Of hOr-
ror and aversion. To obey the injunc-
lions Of his bishops. Louis VII OF
France cropped his hair a Ia papadour
and shaved off his luxuriant y Aiskers.
Eleanor of AuUitance, his consort. found
him with this uncommon appearance
very ridiculous and very contemplate.
She revenged herself by becoming
something more than a cOquette The
king obtained a divorce She then mar
ried the count Of AniOu. who shortly
afterWard assembled the English throne.
and gave him as her marriage dover
the rich provinces Of Poitou and
Guienne, and this was the origin OF
these wars which for 800 years ravaged
France and which cost the French ma
ton 100000 men. All Of which, prob
ably. had never taken place If Louis
VII had not been so rash as TO shave
of his whiskers. by which he make him
self so disgusting 20 the fair Eleanor
New York Press
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NEW YORK BOND MARKET.

NEW YORK. July 11-United States
bonds:
Is reg. 1880. 1O35s dIO4lz.
rs coup. 1890. 1O3ss d1OpL.
SIS reg. 1905. i00d1O02i.
3's coup. 1903. 1909 dIO1h
3's small bonds. l00Ik
As reg. 1925. 121l4 d122H.
As coup. 1925, 1221[ 0I23Iz.
s1OCKEXCHANGE BOND TRANSACTIONS
japanese, second 41k's. S67k.
American 7. & T. cvt, S6GS6Jk.
American Tobacco Cos. 1864.
American Tobacco, As, T27k.
3. & o. S. w, div. 35k's. SS7s.
Central Of y. J. SIS, 122h.
D. & II. cvt. As. IS.
NJ. Marine, as. So
Mex Cent con As. Sly
Trust Company ctfs.. SH.
y. K w, con. As. 951z.
NorfOf and Western cvt. as. S3al
North Pacific 3's. p.
Oregon Short Line, rig. as. COZ
Pennsylvania Con As, temp. receipts.
1929.
Pennsylvania 91z's, 1912, g5%.
Pennsylvania 31z's. 1915, e27s.
Reading, gen. As. IS.
Southern Pacific rig. As. %.
Southern Railway 5s. 9S7k.
Union Pacific first As. I01H
Union Pacific cvt. As. 9I9s.
Union Pacific rig. IS, when issued
95ls.
United States Steel S. F. SIS. ss%.
Registered 9Sil.
Wabash first As 1Oi5s
Westinghouse Mfg SIS. 1912
Total sales. S1.460OO0: against s.. 45S. OJO
yesterday; holiday a week ago. and
S516. 600 a year ago.
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the hopes of the profitable speculation
this year. Large narvests mean big
business for the railroads. better re-
turns on invested money, higher prices
for stocks, greater activity IN the in
dustrial world. In a word, Wall Street
reads the answer in the stars, meaning
by that good weather 20 mature the
growing corn and cotton
The outlook for the market during the
coming week is much more hopeful than
IL was a week ago. IL seems probable
that the setback at the end Of the week
is only a realizing movement that Will
be followed by another upward swing
that will make the market buOyant and
active for several days 10 come.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC STOMACHS.

An improved apparatus has been made
by Dr. Fritz Lang, OF Munich, By which
the inside OF the stomach can be clear
y photographed The camera is actual
~ swallowed by the patient. and when
IL reaches his stomach the walls thereof
can be Illuminated by a small electric
lamp attached 10 the apparatus. Al the
bottom or the camera IS wound q pho
tOSrahpic film twenty inches long and
one-Quarter OF an inch wide All me
surgeon has 20 do Is 10 pull a cord. and
thus lun the film past the lens. The
electric light is then turned on, and
after the sensitive film has been i'm
pressed with the image the current
is turned on and another section OF The
film is brought into play, until the
requisite number Of pictures have been
obtained
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FAMOUS WRITERS
WHO WERE PAUPERS
There Have Been Many Lit
erary Men Whose End
Was Miserable.

That Ouida should have 6ied as she
old in poverty and ionelintE@. an exile.
though a voluntary one from the land
OF her birth. was On undoubtedly pttiful
ending 10 an exceptionally brilliant
career. Equally sad has been the fate
reserved for some literary geniuses in
the past
For Instance, Richard Savage, the
gifted poet, died Ia a debtors prison at
Bristol, after enduring the panss OF
semi-starvation for years. Chatterton.
driven desperate through hucger. poison
&C himself at the age Of eighteen. Swift
died mad. as he had all along predicted
he would.
DR.. Dodd. whose beauties OF Shakes
pere"- IS well known. was hanged for
forgery. George Gissing. after suffering
hardships that embIttered his whole ex-
istence. died Just as fame was begin
ming 10 be assured 10 him
Imprisoned for Debt.
Stow, the famous antiquarian. author
Of the Survey If London became in
his old age "A licensed begsar. asking
aims from door 10 door through thir-
ty-six counties" Wychcrley. from be
ing the spoiled idol Of society, fell TO
the lowest depths o. destitatiOn, and
was eventually consigned 20 The Fleet
prison Tor debt, where he remained
seven years. Cotton also spent mary
years in a debtors prison. and eventual
~ died there by MS own hand.
Robert Burns. writing only fourteen
days before his death, impIored his
friend Cunningham to use his influence
with the commissioners OF excise In or
der 20 get his salary raised FROM $40
year 10 $40. otherwise. II 1 die net Of
disease. 1 must perish with hunger"
Lorente. the learned and Ia tented his
Photographer OF the InQuisitioII, was glad
during the close OF MS brilliant but IN
fortunate career 10 hire himself out
for a few cents a lght 10 keep watch
over the dead bodies at the Paris
morgue. and died eventually Of starva-
tlor. Camoens begged his bread from
door 10 door until compelled % take
refuge in an almshouse. where he oIed.
Ben Johnson's Pride.
II is told Of Ben Jonson that when in
his last illness King Charles sent him
a small sum OF money he returned IL
HE send me so miserable a donation"
cried the dying poet. because I am
Door and live IN an alley. Go and tell
him his soul lives in an alley"
Very sad was the fate Of Ulrich Won
HCtJen, one Of the greatest writer's Ger
many has ever produced Unable 20
earn a living. he was reduced 10 tramp
ing through the country, begging food
and shelter from the peasants One
bitter winters night he was refused
both, and next morning was found
frozen stin and cold in the drifting
snow outside the village The only
thing he died possessed Of besides the
rags be WORE" saws hts biograPher,
Zuinglius, was a pen"
St Simon. the celebrated French au-
thor who wrote The Reorganization
OF European Society" wss twice driven
by want 10 attempt his own Ire, and
although he died a natural death in the
end il was among the most lamentuble
surroundings For fifteen days" he
avs. writing 70 a friend Just before the
end came, Il have lived upon bread
and water, without a fire: ! have even
sold my clothes H-.Tit-Bfts
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-12
: Remarkable Lamb.


Down in North Carolina not very long
ago. a lamb was born which was a
lamb in all other respects save in the
matter Of pedal extremIties-of these IL
had none. Head, tail. body etc. were
normal. but there were no signs OF
limbs. Il seemed as II this animal must
be the result OF some caprice Of nature,
Until few months later, another limb
less lamb offspring Of the same father,
was born These do not belong 20 the
freak class. for mOnstrOsities. as a
rule 90 not posses normal bodily tunc-
lions. and do not live long These lambs
were healthy. normal They fed on a
bottle for a while and eventually got
so they could feed on grass.
To such cases as these is given the
name Of sports Their appearance is
but they breed true 20 the species OF
which they are The origin as was
shown IN the case or the AucOn ram.
In England the iapanued peafOwl Is
another sport which has been known
20 crop out on many occasions in focEs
% these fowls, II is peculiarly marked
and smaller than the ordinary peatOWl.
but it thrives and soon crowds out the
regular type Another sport which
persists IS a dog with a long body and
short legs. known as the ''turnsplt-'
sun another case or the Work or OLD
Mother Evolution is found in the de-
The slopes OF the Himalayas- This time
Il appears in sheep again. and is con-
cerned with their horns A family Of
sheep. all coming from the same moth
err possess variations OF horn supply
Two Of them are One-hOrned. another
has two horns. another has three horns,
and two have four. Besides these re-
Gently developed sheep the chika-a an
1elOpe Of India is the only rUninant
which has two sets OF horns
Prop cation Of Spors-
Over forty wears ago GregOr Mendel,
an Austrian monk, made a careful
study Of the Trop0 cation OF sports"
and succeeded in formulating 10 a fair
degree Of accuracy the law by which
the new species comes 10 establish IT.
selS. II works in this way II an al
biEO white mouse be paiI ed with a
cr.y mouse. all the of3STr 'ue viii be
rent, bat when thes In turn pair
among themselves, out OF every four
offspring one viii be a pure albinO.
TIE first general ton. then, shows the
characteristics OF the parent which IS
more prepOJenT or Dominating. but
when these are paired. one out Of four
shows the characteristics Of the other
grandparenJ. II might be expected
that II these ImbleSS sheep arc paired
with ordinary sheep. the offspring
would be all legless or all with legs;
and if the offspring were paired among
themselves We might expect one out OF
four OF the new generation 20 be ike
ono grandpsrent while the rest would
resemble the other
Farmers who note new formations
appearing among their hoczs and herds
would do well 10 take especial care OF
them and pair them for the sake OF the
scientific interest that hes III the ex-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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PRICES FOR TO-DAY ON
NEW YORK EXCHANGE

Quotations furnished by W. 3. Hlobs &
Co.. bankers and brokers. Hibbs Building,
members New ork Stoc.l Exchange. Wash
ingJ0n stock Exchange and Chicago Boars
OF TTadel
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THE CURB MARKET.

Quotations furnished BY E 2. Hutton 3
Co. members New York stock Exchange.
1901 + street nOrthwestD
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GROSS ERROR.

About eight miles from Lebanon Ewes
an old German farmer. who nakes
brooms and brushes and carries them
70 town on a wheeibarrow. He gener-
ally gets a good price for his brOons.
and on one occasion got larger cargo
of beer on board than was good for
him.. 50 that II was quite late when he
got home.
sort Of a tavern. and here Fritz STONED
He left his wneelbarrow around so that
IL faced the other way.
Fritz came out fuller than before.
TOOK the handles and started back for
town II was daylight when he got
there and recognized his surroundings.
and II took full hour to convince him
that the town was not moved out into
the country.-Philadelph Ledger.
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AN UNWRITTENLAW

The smaller man bristled up.
See here he growled, you have
applied two unpleasant terms to me. %
Then ne paused and scowled and came
little closer Il just want you 10
understand that a third term doesn't go
in this country
WhereupOn the big man drew back a
little ana said no mOre.-EXchange
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WORRIES FOR HOMETOWN

A COW got into the fire engine house
sunday night and cheWed IN most Of
the hose and ate of the bell rope. while
three hogs were found in the BAPTIST
Church Monday afternoon. II Home
town is ever to become great city
these things must be rendered impos-
sibie--HometOwn. Ind, Banner.
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EVOLUTION TODAY
WORTHY OF STUDY
New VaritieS of Animals
Have Been Developed in
Modern Times.

A great many years ago when the
Darwinian theory OF evolution had lust
come into popular notice. the whole
civilized world was afire with the new
intellectual wine. Then. the sensational
part Of the theory passed and the work
Of assimilation went on Today IL has
made sUct progress that both religious
and irreligious accept the theory. il Is
no longer looked upon as a piece OF
heresy; IL appe3ls too strongly 10 the
reason Of man. And evolution is going
on around Us all the time. but very
slowly. as with that great law a thou
sand years is as a day. The race OF
men Itself may be known 10 the science
OF the future ages as an important link
IN an evolutionary chain. But this is
speculation.
There are. however, facts. and evolu-
ton In our own day has produced new
varieties Of animals that have deveI-
Oped. run their race. and persisted from
the face OF the earth Such was the
fate OF the Ancon race Of sheep right
here in America. Prior 70 abOu- 1870.
says the Pathfinder. We have no record
Of such sheep, but along about that
state or AasS1ch ISettS Il had a long
body and short crooked Leg a COmbi-
nation which prohibited u from climb
ing the low stone fences Of New Eng
lanG. and which. therefore, made 10 q
valuable animal II its type would per
sist. The question was whether this
single ram was a mere freak OF ma
ture or was It the precursor Of a new
type Time told The ram was paired
with common sheep. and many o. its
offspring We're ike their J.OgeuitCr.
They, In turn, increased and multiplied
until a whole. race Of sheep had de-
scended from the. Ancon ram For sixty
or seventy years they persisted. and,
not being properly nUrtUred, they be-
came extinct
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FIRST NECESSITY

How would YOU define a crying
need?' asked the teacher of the
rhetoric class.
"A handkerchief" replied the solemn
young man with the wicked eye.-Chi-
cage Tribune
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-04-16
An End Missing.

An Irishman who served on board a man-of-war was selected by one Of the officers to haul in towline of con- siderable length that was towing over the taffrail. After pulling in 40 or 50 fathoms, which had put his patience severely to proof, as well as every muscle of his arms, he muttered to himself:
 Surely it's as long as to-day and to- morrow. It's a good weeks work for any five in the ship. Bad luck to the leg or the arm it'll leave at last. What, smore of it yet? Och, murder! The says mighty deep, to be sure!"
 After continuing in a similar strain : and conceiving there was little prob- ability of the completion of his labor, he suddenly stopped short, and, ad- dressing the officer of the watch, ex- claimed: Bad manners to me, sir, II I don't think somebody's cut on the other end of it!"-The Pathfinder.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-04-16

Once within St. Peters, however, conflicting memories fall away, lost, as is all sense of minor faults in the building itself, in the impression of vastness, of aE all-enfolding and all reconciling hospitality. That hospital ity is taxed by the crowds which gather for the services of Holy Week. Palm Sunday initiates the series of elaborate ceremonies with it's beauti. ful rite of blessing the palms. A mot ley throng it is which streams up the wide steps and gathers about the altar above which glows in a golden halo the holy dove. There are tire foreign sight-seers, of course, made evident by their camp-stools and red guide books, but there are also soldiers in picturesque variety of uniform, priests wearing their black draperTes in the classic folds which recall the toga, shepherds from the Campagna, beard ed and wild-eyed' in their sheepskins; pilgrims from far countries with the fixed visionary gaze of those who look on their sacred places after long de sire.
 Sacred indeed is the spot to those who hold the faith of Rome. In front of the high altar with its baldacchinp the twisted bronze columns tower ing up superbly, yet dwarfed by the Armament of the dome above-burn the golden, never-dying lamps which mark the resting place, so tradition says, of the apostle.
 But on Palm Sunday the attention Is fixed on the altar in the Cappella Giulia, and the pressure of the eager people increases cruelty as the bas kets of palms are set down by ths
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-04-16
DEMAND CHICORY.
'Foreion-Born Americans Introducing a
 New Product

The steady demand by those who have remgrated to this country from Europe IS daily creating a greater demand for chic ory to improve the flavor of coffee.
 It Is a fact not generally known to Americans that chicory, owing to it's pe- culiar properties, neutralizes harmful ef- fects which result from the drinking of straight coffee as a beverage.
 Now that it is becoming so difficult to secure coffees at any price which are really palatable, it is worth remembering that a mixture of coffee and chicory will give. beverage which we have dili- find, for the family breakfast, viz, the same good coffee we so much admire in hrst-clasS restaurants and hotels.
 We have our European citizens by adoption to thank for this Used as they have been for more than a hundred years to add little chicory to their coffee, this was custom that clung to them after coming to America.
 Their constant demand for 1t upon our merchants led to its being imported in largely increasing quantities until one of the largest foreign firms engaged In pre- sparing 1t established great works here in America.
 Since then its use has widened until nearly all classes are now using it daily. Because it improves the taste of coffee and takes away it's bad effects.
 Leading merchants are now putting up of the proper proportion of chicory and plainly labelling the package accordingly This insures you coffee and chicory of the quality that will produce a beverage like that served in the best hotels and restaurants,
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-04-16
@f 5a Nut @frr; fir 5a Ktartt

altar stairs and the canorcs slowly move tu, their places. The priests aEs in violet, the Lenten color. The deel hue brfaaitened by wonderful inter weaving of gold and silver, and the crucifiN on the altar is Glse violet. yelled. There is no organ music, and the desp notes of the chanting swell with a. strange solemnity through the echoinE vaults.
 At last tlse solemn final word ana gesture of blessing have been gwen, and one by one the priests lift and bear away the palm branches. Then the olive, which is givsn in their stead to the people, is brougEe for ward in great sheaves, and a prnest In gold-em bruidered violet robe hcisfs out the siiyery branches to the. hands which, reach and clutch for thsna. till all taa. nearest of the throng have re- ceiwed their portion and pass oE twige to, those behind PeaIe and siessin8 is that olive to bring; to ttDse who revenenly receive the gieaming leaves. The distribution comnfeted, the carGt- nas ana canons with their attendant train move in stately procession down the church, out into the pofico, and so back to the altar They bear al0ft. with the tall taperss and ths shrouaed eaucihx, the golden palm branches; i; not simple boughs such as were cast Before Christ by the peopla of Jorusa- lem. These are, fantastieally 0pped and twisted till they lock more liks < furled standards, significant teuch f in that church which is so ready to | turn the martyr symbol into the con | quering banner.
 | DORA GREENWELLA M'CE1ESNEY
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-04-16
GIRL. WAS DELiR1CGa
With Fearful Eczema-Pan, Heat. and Tinein9 Were Excruci ating-
 Cuticura Acted Like Magic.

'An eruption broke out on my daughters chest. I took her to a doctor, and he pronounced it to be- eczema of very bad form. He treated her, but the disease spread'to her back. and then the whole of her head was, affected, and all her hair had to, be cut off The pain she suffered was excru- ciating, and with that and the heat and tingling her life was almost un- bearable. Occasionally she was, deliri- ous and she did not have a proper hours sleep for many nights. The second doctur we tried afforded her just as little relief as the irst. Then I pur- chased Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills, and before the Ointment was
 thres-quarters finished every trace of the disease was gene. 1t really seemed like magic. Mrs. T. W. Hyde, Brent
 wood. Essex, England, Mar. S., t907."