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The Washington times., 1908-10-29
" YORK COTTON
LOWER ON CABLES

NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-The cotton mar
ket opened easier three TO five points
lower on the cables. but later rallied o.
a little support from professionals, this
being the final regular notice day foI
October. After fifteen minutes trading
local prices had recovered about all
their loss partly on further Wall Street
The Washington times., 1908-10-29
MEASURING MUSIC.

How do you sell your music?r ask
ed the prospective Gus toner. at de-
ponds on the kind you want" replied
the smart clerk. I'VE sell piano music
by the pound and organ music By the
choir."-Chicago News
The Washington times., 1908-10-29

BONDS conservative. economically managed
bituminous coal companies Netting % per
cent absolutely secured By FIRST mortgage and
sinking fund provision Legally approved.
Circular from
WASHINGTON INVESTMENT COMPANY.
"iJtsburg. Pa.
oc2sno2.9l6
The Washington times., 1908-10-29
HE CURB MARKET.

Quotations furnished by r. F Hutton
& Co, members New York Stock EX-
change, G. Bowie Chapman. manager.
1901 + street northwest
The Washington times., 1908-10-29

hand. The chances were for higher
prices in the closing hour
The Washington times., 1908-10-29

The funeral Of the late Viola Davies
will be held from her home IN Payne
this afternoon. Burial viii be in Bethel
Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1908-10-29
IODAY'S PRICES ON
NEW YORK EXCHANGE

Quotations furnished BY W. 3. Hubs =
Co, bankers and brokers. Hobs Building
members New York Stock Exchange. WASH
ingteR stock Exchange and Chicago Board %
TradaA
The Washington times., 1908-10-29
JUST LIKE AN AUTO.

''YCur story has considerable nerve.
rattle, dash. and go. yss il breaks
down in spots well, what do you
want in an auto story ?"--LouisvilIe
COurier-JournaI.
The Washington times., 1908-10-29
FINANCIAL
4 BUSINESS


Old established manufacturer Of Chocolates
and Bon B1ns Of Word wide reputation. de-
sires responsible resident representative IA
Washington, j. c. who is also willing u
organize tributary territory Jobber preferred.
Liberal commission assured TO right party.
Address BOX AZ, Times Office.
The Washington times., 1908-10-29

Miss Della 81. Peverill, daughter %
Air and Mrs George Peveriu. and Lor-
emo Butts were married AT the home
OF the brides parents. ~ South Lee
street. last evening. The Rev. JcAn
Cavanaugh, OF the Free Methodist
Church. Ofncidted.
The Washington times., 1908-10-29

Mrs. Florence Luttrell and John A,
Hoffman. both Of CulpepeT. We're mar
ried at the home of dr and Mrs J. "
Harris, % North Columbus street, yes
terdaF. The Re-. Mr.. Clark, OF Man
ISsas. performed the marriage CeTe-
mony. after which Mr.. and Ms. HolJz-
man left on a edding trip 70 Niagara
Falls.
The Washington times., 1908-10-29
COURT RECORD OF THE DISTRICT
J. Lambert; defendants attorneys,
Hamilton, Colbert. Yerlles, & Hamilton.
Circuit Court, No. 2.
CHIEF JUSTICE CLABAUGH.
Called Yesterday

Circuit Court, No. 2.
CHEF JUSTICE CIABAUGH
Called yesterday
No. $3.50. BigEs VS. Belmont Dairy,
Company; judgment on verdict VS. de-
fendant Belmont Dairy Company. for
$500 interests and costs, and for de-
fendant. Farquhe VS. plaintiff for costs.
Plaintiffs attorneys. Topper & Gusack
and Cuttings & ChambeTlin, defendants
attorneys, Handy s. Matthews.
No. 1882 American National Bank
vs. LamsOn; judgment on verdict VS..
defendant for 1904 % with interest from
February 5, 1907, and costs. PLAINTIFF s
attorneys Berry d Minor; defend.
ants attorney. Z. L Giles.
Called todayD
No, 1871 Warren VS. Thompson; on
trial Plaintiffs attorneys, w. GrOyime
Gardner and L. n. HOpewell, defend
ants attorneys, !. J. Mather and II. J.
Sweeney
No. 56254-Ferguson Contracting Com
pany VS.. The Coal and Coke Railway
Company; time to file transcript e1S-
tended 10 November Is. 1903. PlaintifS
attorneys II. r. Burton and J. s Fas-
by smith; defendants attorneys Faux
ner d Darlington
Probate Court.
JUSTICE WRIGHT.
Called yesterday
Estate or Henry Woodruff: petition
for probate of will and letters tesla
mentary fled Attorney, Clarence r.
Wilson.
Estate Of Frances NJ. Able; petition
for probate OF viii and letters testa-
mentary filed. Attorney. +. s. AIussev.
Estate OF Harriet c. LOulin; exempt
fed copy Of will filed
Called todayl
Estate Of Augustus d Lynch; order
for transfer OF stock. Attorney. 5. r.
Bond.
Estate Of George r. p. Britt: order
granting letters of administration to
Frances f. Cross; bond $500 Attor-
neys, Ralph Given and VI. B. Mangun.
In re Ella s Lynn ct al; order APP
pointing Mary +. Lynn guardian; bond.
500 Attorneys, RalstOn & Siddons
In re Edwin w Waller; order appoint
ing Eddie +. Harris guardian; bond,
500. Attorney, Shelby J. Davidson.
In re Mark K Bohannon; order ap-
pointing George +. BOhannon guardian.
bond, $500 Attorney, R. P. SheaIey.
The Washington times., 1908-10-29

DR.. ". 7. BALDUs. German Specialist Oh
diseases Of the = ain, ye. yous system heart
stomach and E-11eys. Doctors service 49,
medicine, s.. CONSULATE 1n free Sc, cor. efa
saa y st. ava aOurs' 70 80 I. 20 3.
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The Washington times., 1908-10-29
SLOT MACHINES NOW
FEARED BY DEALERS
Alexandria Merchants De-
eide They Will Take No
Chances on Gambling.
WASHINGTON TINES BUREAU,
ALEXANDRIA, VA. OCT. g

The publication OF the fact that sew
eral Washington storekeeDers had been
arrested and fined for having chewing
gum machines ia their stores into
which the element Of chance enters,
has created much talk in this city, as
a large number Of these machines are
now in operation in Alexandria.
A number OF the Alexandria mer-
chants who had allowed agents TO
put the machines into their stores, have
discontinued their operation.
The Washington times., 1908-10-29

An interesting meeting Of Fitzgerald
Council. No, 459. Knights OF Columbus,
was held last evening. James Dunn,
who is connected with the Apostolic
Mission House in Washington, deliver
ed an address, taking for his subject,
Cd Missions TO Non-CathOlics."
The Washington times., 1908-10-29
TOday's Pnces.

Wholesale prices were az follows. JobbeTs
ugures being sride higher:
Eggs-NIrgInia. nearDyE Soc southwest
Virginia ana West Virginia, zSc. Tennessee
and North Carolina. -5C-
Cleese-=L.aT-c. NgW York fats. per ID.
l5lzaT4-s small. I4al4izc
Butter-Creauery. fancy. 2sisaa3c. Western
Irsts. -la-Sc. process. fancy. Ila26cs faII 10
soodi -aa-4ci dalry, choice, Soa--ci good, ia
The Washington times., 1908-10-29
Equity Court, TO. 2.
JUSTICE WRIGHT.
Called tOdayl

No. 2T792. Mead vs. Macfarland; de-
murrers overruled. Complainents so
lCitOrs Biney & woodward; defend
ants attorney, +. II. Thomas.
No. 27Sg9. Noble VS.. Crane demurrers
sustained. Complainants solicitors,
Clarence r. Wilson and paul r. LeSni
defendants solicitors, Maddox < Cat
ley.
No. 2SOl0. Hirth VS.. Hirth; decree for
sale or real estate Complainants soil
citors Maddox & Galley.
The Washington times., 1908-10-29
Circuit Court, No. I.
J JUSTICE STAFFORD,
lCalled NesterdaYl

No. 50103 Dawes VS.. O'Donnell; YER
dict for plaintim for $500. Plaintiffs at
torneys. Cuttings g. Chamberlain and
II F. Mum; defendants attorneys,
Baker, Sheehy and Hogan
Called tOday)
No. 50425. browning 4 Baines VS.
Johnson; certified to Circuit Court, No.
2 PLAINTIFFS attorney. r. q. Donaldson:
defendants attorneys, r. A Jones and
G. c. Shinn.
No. 50l5S, Thomas VS.. Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company; on trial Plain
TINS attorneys, q. Il milford ana W.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-03
A Palpable Falsehood.

| think every kindly person is sad
when he hears railroad men allege
that their business is upon a competi-
tive basis. The falsehod is so palpa-
BILE. Until recently there was some
comr etition-that is. one road might
offer a big shipper a larger illegal
rebate than another had offered. As
to the small, local shipper, the bust
ness was always a monopoly. II is
now \ monopoly to everybody. Being
a monopoly 1t is entitled to earn only
a far return upon the investment.
How anybody can determine whether
rates are reasonable without knowing
what the investment is, is beyond
merely mundane comprehension. Yet
nobody does know what the invest
.nent IS. Railroad men do not wish to
iinow and they do not wish anybody
lse to know. Only by an elaborate
F; I'D costly federal investigation can
! re amount of bogus capitalization
at the railroads are carrying be dis.
covered. But one fact is rather signi.
+ can't That is. there are not many
s ,ots in the vast mass of capitaliza-
IN where you can sink a drill with
IT striking water.-"The Cheat of
decentralization" in Everybody's.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-03
REALISTIC ACT.
A Moving Picture That Was Really
Natural.

A Moving Picture That Was Really
Natural.
Approaching the door of beautiful
country home In Belvidere last Sum
day in the act Of saying farewell to
my hostess, my attention was attracted
by a superb painting which hung at
the side Of the entrance. The scene
was a landscape and was surrounded
by a deep gilt frame. The landscape
depicted a stretch Of water with a
cloud-fecked sky, steep banks and
tossing trees. Apparently a high wind
was blowing. 1t was a magnificent
work Of art, full of unrivalled lights
and shades and with strength and
virility about 1t which was amazing.
I turned for a last look and rubbed
my eyes, for I thought l must be
dreaming. The picture was moving!
Not the framed picture itself, but the
objects-the water, the trees, even the
clouds in the exquisite stormy sky. An
indefinable, inscrutable change came
over the pictured landscape even as
gazed. In amazement turned to the
owner Of the remarkable painting and
mutely questioned with my eyes. She
laughed outright
Don't worry" she said. you are
not the only one who has been puzzled
by that painting. 1t really is paint
ing, but by the great artist nature. You
are looking at the real thing. and the
frame is only placed there to give the
objects the effect of being a
picture. We had section of the wall
cut out and the frame fitted around it.
Is 1t not an idea?" And I thought u
Francisco Call.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-03

parior a minute, do you" She passed
through the open door, and he follow
ed her at once. "A little story I want
y tell YOU" she said, over her shoul-
der, as she led him into the parlor.
1t was a few days later that Mr..
wellesley left the clearinghouse for,
as he put it, "a little trip" And for
TWO weeks he was absent. The powers
that be at Ryerson's not being given
to relating gossip. it was not known
where he had gone.
But one balmy night he again ap-
peared In the dining-room. He was
respondent in a new light suit Of
clothes. and the curls upon his fore
head were glossier and neater than
ever before. Beside him was none
other than the slender and shrinking
and freshly clad form of Miss lehman.
Ladies and gentlemen" he an
nounced, with much precision, Mrs.
Wellesley and wish to express a great
deal OF pleasure at being with you
again."
A burst Of congratulations shot up
at him at this with bomb-like force.
The pretty girl smiled quietly. There
was a strangely warm and pleasur-
able little feeling in her heart-From
McCalrs Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-03
A GOOD HOUND.
Which smeIIed Its Way HON,
Through a Tomato Can.

Which smeIled Its Way Home
Through Tomato Can.
Even a foxhound, whose business
it is to earn living by his nose, must
have remarkable powers of smell to
find his way five miles through the
woods when his head is stuck in a tin
can. At least, that is the way Bert
Whitman of Los Angeles looks at it,
and he is proud of his dog Spark.
Spark went hunting recently with
his master, and when 1t became dark
he was still running a crafty old fox
up the side of Pico mountain. There
was no catching the hound and no call
ing him of, so Whitman left him to
return home when he got ready. Ere
quently he had packed his gun down
the mountain while the hound was
still believing on a hot scent, and he
had no fear as to his showing up in
the night.
At 10 o'clock, when there were no
signs of Spark, Whitman left the
kitchen door ajar. placed big pan Of
mush and soup bones on the floor, and
went to bed. Three hours later he
was awakened by a Gathering In the
kitchen, and a moment later the
hound, with his head stuck into a two
gallon milk can. waddled erratically
into the bedroom.
To say that the animals master was
surprised is putting it mildly. At
first he was not sure that 1t was his
dog, but after he spoke Spark thumped
his tail and tried to climb into bed.
It was necessary for him to use a
can-opener to free the dog. and this
took some Is minutes. All this time
Spark stood perfectly still, but the mo-
ment he was released he made for his
supper and ate as If famished.
The animal probably found the can
near some camp, for 1t was covered
with rust. Doglike, he investigated the
interior with hopes of finding food, and
could not remove his head. He must
have found his way home through
scent, as 1t was impossible for him
to see through the bottom of the can.
Youths Companion.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-03
AN AUTO FIRE ENGINE.
With Which the Milan Fire Brigade
Is Experimenting.


The Milan fire brigade has also ex-
perimented recently with a steam au-
tomobile pumping engine bought re-
Gently from a firm in Saxony. The
chassis, U-shaped frame, resting on
springs attached to the axles, carries
the boiler, the motor, and the mech
anisms for the propulsion of the car
and for the pump. The rear wheels
of the engine have diameter of feet.
The front wheels have solid India
rubber tires, while the large wheels
have double solid tires.
A special friction differential appara-
tus allows one wheel to go forward and
the other to work backward, to be
guided in places where the streets
have sharp curves. The motor propul-
sion Of both the pump and the car has
two cylinders, with the so-called
Stephenson disposition. The pump is
two-cylinder machine. The fuel can
be either coal or petroleum; but pet
roleum is found much more convent
ent, as the stoker only turns the tap
on and the fame is Immediately work
ing.
Five firemen and stoker can he ac-
commodated on the car. which. so lad
en-, can run as mean speed Of is 1-2
miles per hour, although on smooth
road and with no obstacles in the way
of other traffic it has run easily at the
rate Of % miles. Experiments have
shown that the car can deliver $50
quarts of water per minute at a suffi-
cient height. The machine, when run
ming. requires 80 horsepower, and the
pump 25 horsepower-Harper's Week
ly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-03
WHEN MY MOTHER TUCKED NE
IN.

An the quaint and curious carving
Az u, the posts of that old bed,
,r,,ere were long -beaked, queer old grill
wearing crowns upon their head.
NJ they fiercely looked down on me
With n cold, sardonic grin;
wss not afraid OF griffins
when my mother tucked me in.
rhat cared for dismal shadows.
"shifting up and down the floor,
n, the bleak and grewsome wind gusts
Beating 'gainst the close-shut door,
~ the rafting of the windows,
An he outside noise and din;
1as safe and warm and happy
when my mother tucked me in.
ewsst and soft her gentle fingers.
they touched my sunburnt face,
sweet 10 me the waited odor
T'hat enwrapped her dainty lace;
Then a pat or two at parting,
And goodnight kiss between;
All my troubles were forgotten
When my mother tucked me In.
,sov, the stricken years have borne me
Far away from love and home,
AM no mother leans above me
IN the nights that go and come.
Rut II gives me peace and comfort,
When my heart is sore within.
r,.t 10 lie right still and. dreaming,
rink my mother tucked me In.
m the gentle. gentle breathing
To her dear hearts softer beat,
And the quiet, quiet moving
on her soft-shod willing feet;
Ana Time one boon i ask thee,
Whstsoe'er may be my sin,
when I'm dying, let me see her.
As she used TO tuck me in.
Betty Garland. in the Waterman.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-03
The Medieval Grocer.

In an interesting and informing
lecture last night at the Agricultural
hall, Mr.. j. Aubrey Rees Giscoursed
on "Grocers, Past and Present" Gro
GERS. he said, were once called pepper
ers, because they dealt in pepper and
spices. Their history would seem to
begin about 1880, when there is an en-
try on the Pipe Rolls referring to the
London Guild OF Pepperers; then, in
1910, Mr.. Rees finds a reference in
the city records to one William Cham
bers being apprenticed to John Gutter,
a 'grossarius," OF Soper lane. The
title seems due to the dealings in
things by the gross-i. e., in quanti-
ties.
"In those days grocers ministered
to the Injuries OF the rich; now" said
Mr.. Rees, tersely, they distribute
the necessities OF the poor" The ap-
pearance OF tea changed the business
greatly, and took the place OF drugs,
which Parliament forbade grocers TO
sell.-London Daily News.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-03
Cigar Delays a Train.

A Montmartre tradesman delayed
railway traffic for twenty minutes at
a suburban station yesterday, because
the officials would not add a smoking
carriage to the train on which he was
about to return to Paris.
The occupants OF a non-smoking COM
partment objected to the bridesmaids
cigar, so the tradesman, still putting
his cigar, lay down on the line in front
Of the engine.
He announced that he would remain
there until he had finished smoking.
Various officials were summoned to ar
que with him, and finally, when the
train had been delayed twenty minutes
and the irate passengers demanded
that it proceed regardless Of the
tradesman, the latter was forcibly re-
moved and arested.-Paris Dispatch In
London Express.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-03
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

All paths, all haunts OF men are full
OF God.-Aratus.
One wise counsel is better than the
strength Of many.-Euripides.
A man must stand erect, not be kept
erect by others.-Marcus Aurelius.
There are abysses that love can not
cross, but it can bury itself in them
Balzac.
How Ill to please is a man in dis
tress and annoyed by everything
Amphis.
The sower of the seed is the author
OF the whole harvest OF mischief
Demosthenes.
No one can end with being superior
who will not begin with being inferior.
Home Notes.
Man understands woman theoretic-
ally. Woman understands man instinc-
tively.-Home Notes.
In consequence of gold there are no
brothers, and, no parents, but wars
arise from it.-Anacreon.
Il love everything that's old-old
friends, old times, old manners, old
books. old wine. Goldsmith.
The test of political institutions is
the condition of the country whose
fortunes they regulate.-Lord. Beacons-
field.
Il jes' do the best I ken where the
good Lord put me at, an 1t looks like I
got happy feelin' in me most all the
time. Mrs. Wigs, in Lovey Mary.
Every right action and true thought
sets the seal of its beauty on person
and face; every wrong action and
foul thought its seal of distortion
John Ruskin.
There are compensations; and no
outward changes of condition in life
can keep the nightingale of its eter-
nal meaning from singing in all sorts
OF different mems hearts.-WIniam
James.
Adversely is like the period OF the
former and Of the latter rain-cold,
comfortless, unfriendly to man and TO
animal; yet from that season have
their birth the flower and the fruit
Sir Walter Scott.
Religion, in one sense, is a life OF
self denial; but self denial does not
belong to religion as characteristic Of
1t, it belongs to human life. The low
er nature must always be denied when
we are trying to rise to higher
sphere.-H. w. Beecher.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-03
The Joke Was on Her.

A woman member OF the bar in New
York gives to our correspondent the
following correspondence with the res
eryation that no names shall be quot
ed:
Il am one OF the few women" she
says, who can see a joke, even II
aimed at myself. l do not feel that In
this case came on first best"
The first letter was from a man law
yer and was as follows:
Dear Miss Blank-we agree to the
compromise as proposed in your favor
or this date. Not because your client
has q just right to such settlement,
but from the fact that we do not care
to open a contest with woman law
yer"
TO which this reply was sent:
Gentlemen note yours agreeing
to a settlement, although I cannot
congratulate you on your gallantry in
begging the question. Like the origi-
nal Adam, you seem inclined to hide
behind a woman's petticoat."
And the following letter closed the
correspondence.
Dear Miss Blank-If you will turn
to the early pages OF Genesis you will
discover that Eve did not wear
petticoat.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-03
WHEN GENIUS BURNS.

When genius burns. tits very hard
TO concentrate my mind
Exactly as I'd like to do.
No sooner do 1 find
My pad and pencil and retire
TO back me in poetic fire.
Then cook appears. at whose approach
Inc Muse prepares for flight.
But AT her garment fearfully
i clutch. with angry fright,
Ana having coaxed her hack again
wang my lyre-in vain, in vaini
ne ceman calls. the grocer waits,
The butcher's at the door;
I'm wanted at the telephone
dozen times or more;
housekeeping cares and poetry
Won't coalesce-at least with me
n leisure moment comes; I'm free,
My ideas all agley
"nen-relatives appear. who state
TheyVe come to spend the day."
At this the Muse deserts me quite
And l am left-to be polite,
New York TimcS
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-01-03
Family of Blind Musicians.

A concert as pathetic as 1t was in
teresting took place lately at Ham,
burg. The concert givers were a sis
ter and two brothers, all blind; a
fourth brother who is studying compo-
sition at the Berlin Academy of Music
and whose works have already been
very favorably commented on, being
similarly afflicted. The sister poss-
esses a fine and well trained So
prano voice CT considerable compass,
while one brother, who on this &C.
casion acted as her accompanist. holds
an appointment at Muhlheim-an-der-
Ruhr as organist- The third brother
is a 'cellist of considerable talent.
The family are natives of Muhlheim.
Pail Mall Gazette.