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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-02-22
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT

Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.
EGGS. Nearby fresh Virginia, %;
west Virginia and southwest Virginia,
20; Tennessee. 70.
BUTTER.-Creamery. fancy, 25a26
Process, fancy. 21a22: fair to good, 19a
20. Store packed. fresh. 15a16.
CHEESE. New York state factory,
new, large. 13a14.
POULTRY Chickens, spring. per h.,
16a17; hens, per h., IL: roosters. per
h.. Z; keats. per h.. 10; turkeys. hens.
per Ill.,, 10; turkeys, toms. PEI lb., 10;
ducks. per h., 9.
DRESSED POULTRY.-Hens. choice,
per lb, Halls: ROSTERS. per h., 8; chick
ems, per h., 16a1S: ducks, per h.. 11a13
VEGETABLES. - Potatoes. new. per
Dbl, No. 1. 2.OOa2.75; potatoes, No. 2, per
bbl., 1OOa1.2J; sweet potatoes. per Dbl.
cumbers per basket, 50a1.0O; onions.
per box, rs; peppers. per carrier, so:
cabbage. per Dbl, 1.O0a1.75: eggplant.
per Dbl, 200; per doz.. 3Oa5O; squash.
per bbl.. rs; snap beans, per basket.
4Oa5O; per Dbl. 1.oOa1.25: new beets.
also; tomatoes, per box. 25a50: rad
ishes, per 100, Local %; green corn, per
doz.. sails; celery. per bunch. 40a5o.
GREEN FRUITS.-Apples. new. per
bbl. 1.OOaS.OO; oranges. Cal. per box,
3OOa4.OO; grape fruit, per crate. 3.OOa
400; pineapples. Fla. per crate. 2.OOa
plums, per crate. 50a1.OO; cantaloupes,
per crate, 75a1.5O: watermelons. each,
15a4O; pears, per Dbl, 2.OOa4.5O; per
basket LOCALES. Grapes, per baske ct,
15a2O. Damsons. per crate. 1.0Oa1.5O.
HAY AND STRAW. - Hay. western.
No. 1, 13.5Oa14.OO; No. 2, 12.OOa125O;
mixed, 11.OOa12.OO. Straw, rye, bundle
14OOa14.5O: rye. machine. thrash, 1O.0Oa
1880; wheat. 6.0Oa650: oat straw. per
ton. 9.O0a9.5 so.
SEEDS-Alsike, per bu., s45a1O.45;
clover, per bu., 9.95a1O.45; timothy, per
bu., 1.95a2.40.
LIVE sTOCK-Cattle. extra, per cwt.,
5Ooa5.25; medium. per cwt.. 400a4.5O;
ordinary per e SGtS s6e:n hoss
3: spring lambs. choice, per h.. 6; me-
dunn, per h.. 5k. Calves. choice. per
h., Sk; medium. per h.. 8.
BEEF CUTS.-Ribs. No. 1. per h., "A
No. .. IL; No. 3. 10. Rounds. No. 1, per
h., 10; No. 2. o: No. 3, Z. Loins, No. 1.
per h., IL; No. 2, IL; No. 3. 10. Chicks,
No. 1, per h.. 8; No. 2, Z; No. 3. 8.
WOOL AND HIDES.-Wool, washed.
free Of burrs, per h., 10a21; unwashed.
per h., 20. Hides, green, per h., 6; dry.
per h., 9a1O. Sheepskins. green, each,
5Oa75; dry, each, 25a6O. Calfskins. green,
each. LOCALES. Dry flint hides. per h..
8: dry sailed hides. per h.. 8.
GRAIN.-Wheat. per bu., S5a94. Corn.
49, Oats, western white. No. 2, per
bu.. 63a6S: mixed. 62a64. Bran. per ton.
80 O0a32.OO. Middlings. per ton. S2.00a
34.OO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
NEW zEALAND's EXPERIMENT.
Scheme for Avsrting Strikes and
Lockouts.


New Zealand. that land of startling So
cial experiments. is apparently about to
try another scheme of industrial arbitra-
ton. The existing scheme, which has
been in force for some years, is pretty
widely regarded as unsatisfactory, if not
downright failure. Under 1t people have
become increasingly reluctant to invest
capital in Industrial enterprises. the cost
of living has greatly advanced to the
natural dissatisfaction of the working
people, and indirect taxation has in
creased by about S. head of the popu-
lation.
In such circumstances it is not strange
that a new law has been proposed. max
ing sweeping changes in the system. In
place of the old boards of Cancellation it
is proposed to have councils of cOncilia-
ton, which will differ from the boards
in much more than name. Each council
will consist Of magistrate and asses
sors from the industry involved If a coun-
Gil fails to effect settlement of a dispute
1t may be referred to the court of arbi-
tration. which is to comprise assessors
from the industry involved, who shall
not, however, be interested IN the dis
pute. This court is to have extraordinary
powers, among them that of fixing arbi-
trariiy rate of needs wages. which
means such as workmen of average skill
and energy could earn. and also an lex
ertion wage" for work done above the
average standard For Industrial dis
turbances severe penalties are prescribed.
For strike a fine Of $50 will be imposed
upon the strikers. with S. more for every
week the strike is maintained. For a
lockout the fine is $1,000. with $3.50 addi-
tional for each week of its continuance
Special and heavier fines are prescribed
for strikes in bakeries. slaughter houses
and coal yards and on railroads, and in
other industries directly affecting the
health or welfare of the public. and the
fines are made collectible by levying upon
the wages of the strikers either due at
the time of the strike or earned in any
subsequent employment.
This is obviously a stringent measure,
designed to establish very different sys-
tenn from that which now prevails. 1t is
not surprising to hear that many labor
leaders are opposing it, though wherein it
would bear more hardly upon employees
than employers does not yet appear. OF
course the great difficulty is to get a
measure which will be regarded by both
sides as perfectly fair and impartial
Perhaps We might say it is not only diff
cult but practically Impossible to devise
such a measure, since il both sides could
agree in thus regarding any conceivable
law, they would be able to agree on the
questions between them without any law
at all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
Power of Mind Over Body.

FROM SUCCESS Magazine.
We hear a great deal about the power
of the mind over the body. Why, the
whole secret of life is wrapped up in It.
We do not know the A, B, c of this
great, mysterious power. though the CIV
ilized world is rapidly awakening to its
Transforming force. The prophet, the
poet, the sage, from earliest times have
felt and recognized it.
BE We transformed by the renewing
power of your mind" Paul admonished
the Romans. "'Tis the mind that makes
the body rich," says Shakespeare. What
we commonly call man." writes Emerson.
1.-The eating. drinking, planting, counting
man, does not, as we know him, represent
himself, but misrepresents himself Him
we do not respect; but the soul, whose
organ he is, would he let 1t appear through
his action, would make our knees bend. :"
Today even the prizefighter. the uned-
ucated. as we'll as the educated, the man
who lives on the animal plane even as
the man who lives on the spiritual plane
In fact, all sorts Of people-are beginning
to see that there is some tremendous force
back Of the flesh which they do not I'M
derstand. The rapid growth of the So
called New Thought movement shows
how actively this idea of mans hidden
power is working in the minds OF all
classes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
IMPORTATION OF ToRTo1sEs.
Thousands Sold as Guardians Of
English Kitchen Gardens.
From the London Field.

From the London Field.
Few people have any conception of the
vast number Of tortoises which are i'm
ported every year to be dispersed over the
country. To say that from 10000 to 10000
according to climatic conditions, arrive
here annually is by no means an exagger-
alton. Allowing 5000 for death and re-
expectation, we get an average of 31,OUO
which remain in the country during the
year; in other words, one tortoise to every
81 square miles of the British Islands,
one person in every 1,4OO possessing a
tortoise.
"A CARLOAD of monkeys" has long been
q standing jest but a CARLOAD Of tor
toises' is reality. Packed in barrels.
boxes and crates, they are sent over here
in consignments of from 1000 to 5000 at
time, and. extraordinary as 1t may
seem, the death rate is only about l per
cent if in barrels and one in 800 if In
cases. In size they vary from youngsters
inches long and weighing hardly an
ounce to patriarchs 3 inches long and
weighing more than pounds. Two extra
large specimens imported recently were
II inches long. inches and rs inches
across the broadcast part Of the plastron,
20.5 inches and 1915 inches round the shell
latitudinally, and u inches and 20 inches
longitudinally, while they weighed re-
spectively pounds ounces and pounds
IA ounces.
Ever since Gilbert White immortalized
his pet tortoise these animals have been
kept by many people as "destroyers Of
beetles and slugs and guardians OF the
kitchen garden" a false idea that no
amount of reputation has been able
to eliminate. Though they will eat
snails with much relish they greatly
prefer their owners choicest garden
produce. Nevertheless a tortoise is the
most popular Of reptiles, and people will
continue to keep them ESQ long as they
do not make their escape-and 1 have
known one to surmount four-foot wall
with only creepers for a foothold). In
this case there is no fear that the
enormous demand will decrease. though
whether the supply will ever give opt
and the price of tortOises go UP Is q
question difficult to answer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
Wide and ErratiC Fluctuations
Followed Opening.
SOME SHARP RECOVERIES
Tremendous Orders on Both Sides
of the Account.
LONDON CHANGE IS CLOSED
Large Buying Orders for Foreign
Account in Local Dealings-In-
dustrials Enjoyed Rallies.
SOME SHARP REC0VERIES
LONDON CHANGE IS CLOSED
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, August 22.-For a Satur-
day half holiday in midsummer the trans
actions upon the stock exchange today
produced some noteworthy results. Di-
rectly upon the opening of business ire
mendous orders on both sides of the ac-
count poured into the market and pro-
duced unusually wide and cratic fluctua-
tions.
Very sharp recoveries took place in New
York Central, the Rock Island issues and
number of other stocks which have re-
Gently been under pronounced pressure.
This naturally suggested the idea that the
covering of short contracts upon q large
scale was in progress, and it was stated
with the opening fortnightly settlement
upon the London Stock Exchange next
week an exceedingly large short interest
i'll American stocks would be disclosed.
The London Stock Exchange was closed
today over one of the customary August
holidays. but quite large buying orders
for foreign account were nevertheless ex-
ecuted in the local dealings.
A Conspicuous Feature.
Such recent market traders as Southern
Pacific and Union Pacific moved irregu-
larry. and. in fact, next to the large vol
ume of transactions irregularity of move
ment was the most conspicuous feature of
the dealings.
The industrial issues also enjoyed Wig
orous rallies upon occasions, notably in
the instance of American Smelling, and
the United States Steel shares were firm
only on large transactions.
The sudden access of activity in the
market in the absence of any novel and
direct incentives was the subject of much
comment in financial circles
The preliminary forecasts. of the weekly
bank statement suggested a very strong
showing in that document, but this pros
pect appeared to cut no figure whatever
in the days speculation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
COUNTLESS PAPER BOX.
Of Single Piece Of Cardboard-Little
Possibility of Leakage

The time was not long since when the
purchase of all liquid or semi-liquid COM
modities was restricted to such persons
as were willing to carry pitcher OF
bowl in which to put them. but at the
present time it is possible to transport
almost anything of Thu nature n paper
boxes. The first innovation of this char
acter was the box in which it was de-
signed to convey the masculine peace
Offering of a half a dozen fried oysters,
and from this origin tn. use of the pa
per box has extended until its range Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
Couriers.
From the London Chronicle.

Wolsey's achievement as newscarrier,
a correspondent objects, did not match
that of Pheidippides at all. since Wolsey
used horses and boats, while Pheidippides
did his run on foot. IF horses are to be
allowed, Herodotus would have given the
championship to the Persian courier sys-
tenn, than which, he says. nothing that
and one horse did days journey, stopped
by neither snow nor rain. neither heat
nor night. and then another man and
horse took up the task. AS to unassisted
human feet, Grote has note to the effect
that Persian foot messengers will travel
for several days successfully at the rate
of sixty or seventy miles a day. These
might have rivaled Pheidippides' $50
miles within forty-eiGht hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
Gallows W ork.

From the London Chronicle.
A curious note of Pepys may be COM
pared with Count Tolstoy's reference 10
the former unpopularity of hangmen in
Russia. Commissioner PETIT. who had
Travelled. told Pepys how dsspicable
thing it is to be a hangman in Poland
although it is a place of credit and that
in his time there was some repairs to be
made of the gallows there, which was
very fine. Of stone. but nobody could be
got to mend It till the burgomaster or
mayor of the town. with all the companies
of those trades which are necessary TO
be used about those repairs, did go in
their habits with flags i'm solemn process
sion to the place. and there the burgomas-
ter did give the first blow with the ham,
mer upon the wooden work, and the rest
of the masters of the companies upon
the works belonging to their trades, that
SO workmen might not be ashamed to be
employed upon doing OF the gallows
work."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22

rate OF %f.55 on each share. The par
value of $50 will be distributed, it is un-
derstood, about the latter part of Sep
TENDER.
The latest figures of the funded debt
of the city of New York places the gross
sum at 1885,, 9S5. 127. and the net debt,
after deducting sinking funds. as $780,
3G6.429. The total assessed valuation of
real estate reported for the present year
is Sc. I'D Ala, 7S9.
These figures are SO colossal that they
can only be compared with those of the
national government. the funded debt of
which is now something over eight hun
dred millions. The obligations Of this
one city nearly approximate it.
According to a statement prepared in
the office of the controller of the cur
rency fifty-seven of the $40 national banks
i'm the state of Oklahoma have awaited
themselves Of the state guarantee deposit
law. Of the thirty-three that have re-
piled to the notification that they cannot
continue under that law twenty-seven
have informed the controller that they
have notified the state banking commits
sion of their desire to withdraw from the
guaranty agreement and six have de-
cided to surrender their national charters
in order to reOrganiZe under the state
law.
The acting controller of the currency,
Thomas p Kane, makes some interesting
comparisons of the showing made by
the latest statement of the national
banks of the country. He finds that
since the December .'call'' of 1907. i'm
mediately follow ng the panic. individual
deposits have increased $197 ST., 490S5. or
4.73 per cent; loans and discounts. $40,
33S 1862. or 66-1OO per cent; cash in the
banks. S1SS. 234. O1293. or 2S.40 per cent;
capital stock. ST., 419. 1853. or 1893 per cent,
and surplus. 14,43O. 1875 or 2.62 per
cent. The volume Of business of the
banks. as shown by their total resources.
has increased $3O6,O76, 27S72, or 3.64 per
cent
The liabilities of the banks for the
same period for government deposits have
decreased $1O4.54O. 1882; bills payable,
SAT ,O5S, 1882. and clearing house GER
tificates $74, 461 O26.61.
A com parison of these figures with the
condition of the banks as shown by the
reports made under the cali of August
90. 1907. the high-mark period immediate
ly preceding the panic, shows an increase
in individual deposits of 1.2S per cent;
cash in the banks. 21.01 per cent; capital
stock, 2.j3 per cent: surplus. 2.S7 per
cent; volume of business. 3.s5 per cent,
and the loans and discounts are within
LA per cent of the high-rnark period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22

To the Editor of The Star:
What is needed down at the United
States Jail and workhouse, about which
SO much has been said in the press in
the past two weeks?
There is an old motto, can ounce of
prevention Is worth a pound of cure"
think in the conditions which prevail in
this city 1t is worth two or three pounds.
How can the Jail be other than hotbed
Of crime when young and old are packed
in cells, as they are down there, with no
work for the prisoners!
The United States government, under
whose auspices 6these people are sent
down from the 800 liquor saloons that are
sustained by our population, has never
paid one dollar for the redemption of
these people from lives of crime. They
have never had a chaplain or any person
or organization to look after those dis
charged to prevent their return.
There is no other place in the United
States where such conditions prevail.
More arrests are made here than in seven
states of the Union, it is said. and the
offer to have a chaplain appointed has
been twice rejected by Congress. 1t was
drawn up after two and one-half years
Sunday service by a person who, through
ten years of work in reformatories. with
1900 young people to care for. was well
acquainted with conditions and needs. A
chaplain could have saved this city thou
sands Of dollars in expenses: 35 to 81
cents day at the Jail and workhouse
and 81 cents at the reform school count
up fast
The authorities of this city were re-
quested years ago to work for a "curfew''
law, but have never done it. Almost any
hour till midnight. in all the lower parts
of the city. may be seen scores of young
children loose on the streets, learning the
way to the jail. Reports from more than
1900 towns and cities where the "curfew'
is enforced show from 50 to 80 per cent
less arrests of young people than before
that law was enforced Give us eur
few and let Congress provide a chaplain
and no new jail will be needed. The
great instrument for crime is strong
drink. Let the saloons be closed and
the inmates of the jail would get lone
some. j. H. BRADFORD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
"Rather."

From the London Chronicle.
So we'll accustomed are We to the gen.
eral and popular use Of rather" that it
is almost startling to come upon this re-
buke addressed to an author by the
Academy: 1.-The universe will be rather
bad is weak slang when it means some
what bad or little bad" When does
an idiom become weak slang? Other
languages have approved their own equiv
alent of rather" for in italian 'piuttos-
to" is a perfectly legitimate word in the
place of somewhat or "a little" and
is not considered in any degree slangy
It has even a point and delicacy OF
it's own One of our English es'
sayists has appreciated its tolerant eff
feet when used with reproachful ad-
tective in the dimfnutive. If you wish to
say of some ugly illustrations i, to o book
English. merely that they are somewhat
ugly If you are Italian ian you outn can th say
most gently that they are .1 in ,mo
words, "piuttosto bruttini.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, August 22.-The cotton
market opened steady at decline of 8
to q points in response to lower Liverpool
cables, bad trade accounts from Man
chester and continued good weather in
the south. After the early decline the
market ruled a little steadier. although
the demand seemed to be mostly a mat
ter of covering for over the weekend.
and after rally to within or points
of last nights finals the market was
nervous and irregular.
Futures opened steady; August, 9.51
hid; October, S.62: December, $50; jan
uary. Si6; March. S.5j.
The market closed barely steady. with
prices net 2 points higher TO lower
Estimated receipts at the ports today
..N0 bales, against 4.O95 last week and
2IS4 last year: For the week, 10000
last year. Today's receipts at New Or
leans, 800 bales, against 148 last year.
and at Houston, 6.573 bales, against 2O5S
last year.
bids: August, 9.52; September, S72; Oc-
tober, S.67: November, $50: December,
March, $50.
Spot closed quiet: middling uplands,
1000; middling gulf, 1925: sales. none.
Liverpool Cotton Prices.
LIVERPOOL. August 22.-Close: Spot
quiet; prices points lower; American
middling fair. 8.12; good middling, SIG;
middling. 5.56; low middling. 5.2S: good
ordinary. As; ordinary. 4.28. The sales
of the day were 1900 bales, of which 100
were for speculation and export, and in
Guided LOGO American. Receipts. none.
Futures opened and closed quiet. Au-
gust. 0.421s: August and September.
1921; September and October, 40; Oc-
tOber and November, 4.73: November and
December. 469: December and January.
4.G71s: January and February. 4.67: Feb
rWry and March. 4:6s1k; March and
Aprii, 40; April and May, Al; May and
June, 4.12k.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
Liverpool Cotton Prices.
THE GRAIN MARKETS

CHICAGO. August 2.-Predicted frost
in the northwest materialized last night,
but the effect ON the wheat market here
today was slight at the opening. Liberal
receipts in the northwest induced general
selling, which resulted in a slump of L.
September opened a shade to Aa& higher,
at 931a to 9324. and sold of to 92Z
September corn declined to a, after
opening u to u higher, at 77ss to tn
September oats opened 1AaA to Ka%
higher. at 49ss to 1914, but dropped back
to 1914
September pork opened 2h higher. at
14.47h.
The wheat market was dull and easy
of the Minneapolis market having a de-
pressing effect The low point for Sep
fember was 925s. The close was easy,
with September Nah lower. at 49,
all day. September sold off to 1914. The
close was steady, with September of Y.
at II.
Close: wheat-september. 90: December.
Corn--september. II: December. s5%a
65A May, 64$.
Oats September. 4ob; December. AsN;
May. JOAa50A.
Pork-september, 141o; October. H-2o;
Lard-september. 912Il: October, go;
January. 9.O2H: May 9.1O.
Ribs-September. S.55; October, $50;
January. t.02la.
Rye-Cash, 771a: September, 76a17.
Barley-Cash. G,a6S.
Timothy-September. 36J.
Clover-October HOO.
Liverpool Grain Prices.
LIVERPOOL. August 22-Closing
Wheat-Spot. quiet; No. red western
winter. IS 61ad No. California Is lloyd;
futures, quiet; September. Is 4Ad; De-
cember. as Sad.
Corn-Spot, firm: American mixed, Is
I'D; futures, quiet; September, is Sgd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
Stale Slang.
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
Slang, like shell fish, must be fresh to
be tolerable, or must have reached the
authentic taste of the Chinese buried egg.
We have welcomed many slang words
from past centuries, and swallowed them
with pleasure. as one may tackle the
Chinese egg disinterred. But the egg of
two years ago is intolerable. And the
only two bearable slangers are the user
of the freshest word and the purveyor
of the carefully potted word. For ex-
ample, you mustn't say classy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-22
THE BALTIMORE MARKETS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special O1spatch TO The Star.
=, BALTIMORE. Nd, August 22.-WHEAr-
western, 99a99h; August, 97Ha97is: September.
97Aas113; December. 99ha99s4 steamer No. 2
red S4Ha9sk; receipts. Il. $40 bushels; exports,
5000 bushels southern by sample, 92a951a;
southern grade. 9ja9S.
CORN--Dull; spot mixed. S31a: September,
S3A asked; year, 81 asked; receipts 20. ITS
bushels: southern white corn, S3as1: southern
yellow corn. Sass.
OATS-Steady; New No. white, 521sa53:
new No. 3 white, 511sa53; new No. mixed,
51a5lh; receipts. 1925 bushels.
RYE-Firm; No. western domestic SOaSl
HAY-Dull and easier; No. 1 timothy, Il so
asked; No. clover mixed. 11.5Oa120O.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Dull, unchanged.