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New York Monev M.rket

new YORK, May 20.-Money on call easy
@l% per cent; ruling rate, 1& closing bid
Time loans firm and quiet Sixty davs
80 per cent; 90 days, 3 per cent; six months
irime mercantile paper, 315 per cent
Sterling exchange steady. with actual business
81 s535 for 60 day bills
Commercial bills S4S4Tk
Bar silver. 53Mc
Mexican dollars 57c
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Northern Rusine..

TACOMA, May 2o.-CIearings, se4e, ,os7; bal
ances $40, ,074.
balances. S19S, 039.
PORTLAND, May 2o.-cIearings, ssos. 700:
balances, S11O214
sPoKASE; May 2o.-ciearings, sso2, 800;
balances, ST0,415.
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LOCAL MARKETS
San Francisco Money Market

Exchange was active yesterday and New York
and Hongkong rates were higher. Silver ad
vanced Ac.
Brokers wires from New York yesterday
contained the following:
Gold Is flowing out and will continue to flow
out long as we furnish a dumping ground
for stocks that Europe took from us some time
ago. -
The silver situation is depressing. The
oriental demand is unusually small, having
fallen to almost nothing.
No change in the Bank of England rate is
expected today
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Northern Wheat Market

PORTLAND. May 20 Wheat-Club, sec; blue
stem, 92c; valley, 89c; red SIC
TACOMA, May 20.-Wheat, unchanged. Blue
stem, S9c; Club, SIC.
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Condition of the Treasury

WASHINGTON, May 20-Today's statement
oL me treasury balances in the general fund
Available cash balance, $242, 1S1 O46: gold coin
n ana bullion, $l2f54,116; gold certificates, $29-
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Bar silver-Steady; 241kd per ounce
Money 4 Q1h per cent
Inc rate of discount in the open market for
short bills is 2@2 1-16 per cent and for three
months bills 2G2 1-l6 per cent.
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Cash Grain and Provisions

follows:
Flour steady: No. 8 spring wheat. s2c@s1.o OF;
77&c; No 2 yellow, 77sl @77%c; No 2 oats.
55c: No. white. 55@56Ac; No 3 white, 51@
53a4c; fair TO choice mailing. 66@I0c; No.
northwestern, S1.21; short ribs, sides Cloose),
sc. .s715 @7.25; mess pork. per Dbl. s1350@
13.625k; lard. per 100 lbs, $S.45; short clear
sides (boxed), ST.50@7.55; whisky, basis of
high wines 81 a.
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS
Naval stores-Turpentine and Rosi

NaVaI StOres-Turpenune Hnu Hosih
SAVANNAH. Ga, May 20.-Turpentine.
firm, 42A@42hc; sales, 500; receipts. 13,0S5;
shipments. 1876.
Rosin-Firm; sales 247e; receipts. 2,75s;
shipments 100: stock, IS $40. Quotations: A.
B, C. 81. 1922. so: d. 50. .9O@3; f, So 10; r.
SO .20M3 .25: G. So .25I3. 30; H, s.. 1868 so;
l, 81 So K s5. 10; NJ So 90; N Sc. 05; W g,
$6.lO; w W, SO 1906 80
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Butter, Cheese and Egg

CHICAGO. May 20.-On the produce exchange
today the butter market was firm Creameries,
1TM22c: dairies, 16M20c. Eggs firm; at mark
cases included. 4A@14%c: frsts. I51ac;
prime firsts. lie. Cheese, 10h@12kc.
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THE STOCK MARKET
FOR WEDNESDAY. MAY q

General Decline I'm Mining shares
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Provisions

Cottolene is higher. No other changes.
Cured Meats-Bacon, to 10 lbs. 1910; 10
to II lbs, 151zc; light medium and medium
13 hc; bellies. u 10 IA lbs 15c; sugar cured. s
to lbs. 19hc; to 10 lbs. 1S1ac: 10 TO II
lbs, 1sc; fancy sugar cured, 22e per ID; eastern
sugar cured hams, 15c for heavy and 151ac for
s11 per bbl; extra family. $12 family. S11.50;
prime pork, $21; extra clear. So; mess.
S24; pig pork. $25; pigs feet, So for half bbls,
s2-2 20 for 25 ID kegs and $1-30 for kits; smoked
beef, 1SQ20c per ID.
Lard-Tierces quoted at SIZE for California
compound &c for eastern compound and lie for
pure; half bbls, pure, 11Ac; so lb tins, 1lAc;
10 lb tins, 11Ae; ID tins, 111se; ID tins,
I2c.
Cottolene-One half bbl. 1Oc; 8 half bbls.
9Tsc; tierce, 9&c; tierces, 99sc; tierces,
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packers and butchers, s54o@5.55; light, $1,000
5-43; pigs, S4G4.5O
Sheep-Recefpts 5000; steady = muttons. 81 70
@5 lambs, S5.T5@6. 40; range wethers, $4.2o@
4.Ij; fed ewes, $4@4. so.
OMAHA
government bonds steady; railroad bonds easy.
OMAHA, May 20.-Cattle-Receipts UVV,
nafiye nat steers. S475@7; cows and heifersr 20 20
S2Io@5.25; stockers and feeders, $3@5:2o;
calves $3- 25@625; bulls and stays. $3@5,oo
Hogs-Receipts. 2.5oO; market shade to DC
higher: heavy. S5371l@5 421s; mixed. s.. .35@
S.40; light. $5.30@5.3714; pigs $46oG7-lo;
Sheep-Receipts, 5000; market slow and
lower; yearings, $5@5.65; wethers, $4.75@5.4o;
ewes, $4.65@5; lambs, $6@655.
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ST. Louis Wool Market

ST. LOUIS, May 2o.-wool, dull Medium
grades combing and clothing, 15g16Jhc; light
fine. 12@13c; heavy fine, 9@10c; tub washed,
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wide California small round yellow, nominal; ;
large yellow nominal; white, nominal; western
states yellow, sacked. $l.90G2; in bulk, San
Francisco track, 81 pole; white, M.I2@Lio'
mixed 81. .70Q1.72; Egyptian. nominal
Rye-California, s1.471a@1.50 per ctl-
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New York stock List

E. ?. Hutton & Co. 490 California street,
members Of the New York stock exchange, fur
nish the following list OF bond and stock sales
YESTERDAY
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New York Cotton ,rart,a.

NEW YORK, May 20-Hutton's wire saws.
Inc local cotton market opened easy at to Is
points decline. The trade was on a lighter
scale than OF late and largely professional
with limited outside business The feature
was buying by Wall street presumably cover
ing OF shorts Better weather prospects and
general apathy preceding the government re-
port incline traders not to look for n sustained
advance, as professionals will be free sellers
on all rallies
Spot quiet Middling uplands. H. l0c; mid
ding gulf Sal hala
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California stock and on Exchange
OFFICIAL SALES
Mining stocks
SAN FRANCISCO

SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE
Following we're the sales on the san Francisco
stock and exchange board yesterday
COMSTOCKS
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New YORK Mining stoclS.
Boston stocks and Bond.
TIE coPPER sTOcKs

BOSTON, May 2o.-The market was a point
or so lower In the leaders.
At the annual meeting Of the stock holders
OF Anaconda at Butte, Mont, today the retiring
board Of directors was reelected with the ex-
Urban II. Broughton
COPPER CLOSE
The following list is furnished by E. r IIut
ton & Co., 400 California street San Fran.
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Hides. TaIIow, Wool and Hops


Hides-Culls and brands sell about 1591C
under quotations Heavy salted steers. Sc; me
Size for light: stags axe: ssited Kip exc; salt
ed veal. sac; salted calf. 11hc; dry hides. 13e;
dry kip, 11c;. dry calf. Ice; dry stays, Sc;
DC; Mexican picked do. 10c; sheepskins. sshear-
linSs. 5Q30c each; short wool, 25G5Oc each;
medium. 55gsoc each; long wool, s5c@SI 10;
for large and s1.75@2. % for medium; T5cG$1. .25
for small and 25G50c for colts; horse hides,
dry, $2l225 for large and 81. 50@2 for medium.
5Oc@$1 for small and 2565Oc for colts; deer
skins, dry Mexican. 25Q26c; dry salted do, 204
24c; picked do. zoe; dry Central American, 269
2se; goat skins. prime angoras, 50cqSl; large
hair goats. 35c; medium. zoe; small 5q10c.
Tallow-No, l rendered 4c; No. 2, 3G315c;
Wooi-spring clip (free) Humboldt. years
staple. zoe; northern Humboldt and Mendocino,
12d14c; San Joaquin. sGllc; southern coast,
ern mountain Cfree5. 7@se; defective. 4&Tc.
Hops-Prices to growers follows: 1908.
coO sfop s fop one m Seal
10@12c for three to five years
Meat Market
Hogs are lower owing to free arrivals and
the general G1llneSs of the butcher and packing
trades Another decline in dressed lamb is
DRESSED MEATS
Slaughterers' rates to dealers are as follows;
Beef-6at q7Ac per ID for steers. 5G6c for
Mutton-Wethers, S6shc; ewes, 7471ac.
Lamb-10G11c per ID for spring.
Dressed Pork (per lbl-712 GSc for heavy and
9@10c for light.
LIVESTOCK MARKET
The following quotations for good, sound
livestock. delivered in San Francisco less SO
per cent shrinkage for cattle:
Cattle-Steers. No. 1. Sc; second quality, I4se;
third quality, 1a17c; cows and beifers. 61a q
7c for No. L: second quality, 6061sc; third
quality. 5d5Ac; thin, 3614c; bulls and stays.
315 6l4e; thin bulls, 363Ihc
Calves-f12c per lb FOR light. 4c for medium
and SAC for heavy (gross weight.
Sheep-Wethers, 415c per lb; ewes, &c (gross
weight.
thanksgiving, Size per H.
Hogs-100 TO 200 lbs, &c; 200 and over, 5S4
@l6c; boars, so per cent, stays 80 to 40 per
cent and sows 10 to 20 per cent on from above
nuO att
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Dried Fruits, Rai.In., Nuts and Honey

Frults-Apricots, 1OG1 12c spot and 1Gs1ac Tor
new crop; eyapOrated apples, 5d6c; pears. 54Se;
peaches. 61a @Sc spot and 6@71ac for crop;
figs 215@3c; prunes. size basis. pa G3i5c for
1907 aud &c asked for 1908, per h.
Raisins Il. o. b. Fresnol-2 crown, 4c; 8
crown, 4Hc; crown. 415c; seeded. 5A G6Hc;
seedless sultanas 3@3hc: S16110 for London
layers and - for clusters
acknowledgements. 1Sk G141zc; IxL.
13Q14c; ne plus ultra 1215 0l3c: brakes, 11q
HE; Languedocs. 10c; hardsheils. 7G71ac.
Walnuts-13c per ID for No. 1 softshel and 1Oc
for No. do; 12l5c for No. 1 hardshell and
913c for No. do; Italian chestnuts 1091213c
per ID.
Honey-Water white, comb. 16@17c; white,
15c water white, extracted. S4S15e; light
5Zc per H.
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with cherries. which ruled weak at the old quo
tat1ons. there being large surplus OF both loose
and packed stock In first hands at the close. Ihe
Gamers took several large lots Of the white va
rieties at prices ranging from 1 1ac TO &c a
pound, but they were not buying blacks. In the
citrus market lemons and navel oranges were
dull and weak. with stocks ample, while grape
fruit and Seeding oranges found ready sale at
hrm rates The crop Of navels is about gathered
and the last shipment from the growing districts
will be made within few days Stocks of cold
storage apples are closely cleaned up and trashy
stock has about disappeared from the market.
there being practically nothing but high grade
fruit obtainabie now.
Strawberries-Longworth, S7@10 per chest
large varieties. S5q7 per chest crates nominal.
Blackberrfes-S275 per crate.
Cherries-Black. 50@75c per drawer; white.
35@ soc per drawer: bulk, 49Tc per ID for black
and 3@5c for white.
Apples lper box. $1.75G2.25.
Citrus Fruits tper boxl-Navel oranges. s.. 25Q
3; seedlings, S1.5O@l.75; lemons. s.. .3502.50 for
fancy, I.T5@2 for choice and $1Q1.25 for
standard; grapefruit. S3.50G4 for seedIess;
lines. $565.5O.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas, s16i.T5 per bunch
for Hawaiian and 81. 50@35O for Central Amer
lean; pineapples, s5@7 per dozen.
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SAILS
Morning Session

Board
10 Associated OIL ..-.-........... so. 80
80 Hawaiian ComI & s Co b TO-. 90. 50
IS Makaweli Sugar Go .... 81 80
$1,000 Cal Gas & FL G NJ & t js.. IS. 90
81 600 Oakland Transit 5s .......... loo. p
81 900 Sac Elect. Gas & Ry 5s...... % 90
s.. 600 United r r OF 4s........ %. 81
LOCO United r Of S 4s....... 74.O0
Street
40 Associated OIL .-..--......... 80 30
10 Cal Fruit Gamers Assn. ....... 100 80
100 Pacihc Tel & Tel (conmOnl -. u. 80
81. 600 Oakland Gas. L & II 5s...-.-.. 80. p
81 900 S & S j Valley IS. ......-.. .110. 50
So. 600 Spring Val Wat gen mtge As. 81 50
Afternoon Session
Board
Alaska Packers Assn . 40. 90
20 Associated Oil L........... 80 .25
10 Hawaiian CCml & Sugar Co.. $500
50 HOnOkaa Sugar Co ...........- n 90
100 Hutchinson 5 Co ............ 80
S5 MakaweH Sugar Co ....-.....-. 81 80
10 Paauhau Z Co ..-......... 10. 90
10 Spring Valley Water Co... % %
81 600 United r r Of S 49,. T3. %
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Assessment DIRECTORY COmstocE Mines
STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE
WEDNESDAY. May 2O-iO:sO a.

UNITED STATES BONDS
Bid Ask Bid. AJAX
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-01
EXPENSIVE BOOKS.
Prices That Prevailed Before the In.
 vention of Printing.

Prices That Prevailed Before the In.
 vention of Printing.
 In the present day 1t seems very strange to read about the prices of books before the invention of printing.
 King Alfred gave very large es- tate for a book on cosmography. In the year 1174 Walter, prior of St. Swithin's at Winchester, purchased of the monks of Dorchester, in Oxford shire, "Bede's Homilies'' and "St. Aus tins Psalter" for twelve measures of barley and pail on which was em- broidered in silver the history of St. Birinus converting Saxon king.
 About the year 1400 copy of John of Meun's Roman de la Rose" was sold before the palace gate at Paris for 40 crowns, or about s175.
 The Countess of Anjou paid for a copy of the "Homilies of Halmon," bishop of Halberstedt. 200 sheep, five quarters of wheat and the same Quan- tity of rye and millet.
 In 1471. when Louis XI. of France borrowed the works of Rhasis. the Arabian physician, from the faculty of medicine at Paris he not only deposit ed by way of pledge considerable quantity of plate, but he was obliged to procure nobleman to join with him as surety in deed binding him. self under great forfeiture to restore the books,
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welt policies? Does he imagine that he can win the support of the Ohio republicans in that manner.

Much wonder continues to be ex- pressed about the climate of Panama and it's effect upon American resi- dents, says a Washington corre- spondent. The endemic diseases have either been abolished or are so rap idly diminishing that they will soon be unknown, the water supply is admirable, the heat is never as op- pressive as it often is in some of our large cities. In fact, practically all the conditions of physical life are salubrious and yet people find it diff ficult to remain there longer than year at time, if as long. Altogeth- CT, it is not surprising that people wonder and yet the explanation is not difficult to find. It is simply the difference between variety and mono tony. We have four distinct seasons in each year with marked differences of temperature and of weather but Panama has only two seasons and the difference between them is prac- tically confined to the one detail of rainfall while the temperature re- mains practically the same, and it is temperature which most affects com fort and health. Those who are habituated to the climate. like it and it agrees with them and it may be that Americans will, in time, be- come acclimated to the monotony of the tropics and it will then agree with them. In fact many have done So already and some even found themselves at home at once in this land of unbroken summer, but with the majority it is a process requiring time and patience with an occasional respite for refreshment in the more varying climate of our own country.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-01

The law breaking trust magnates are still at large; the railroad cor porations are continuing to charge all the traffic will bear, as far as in- terstate commerce is concerned, while President Roosevelt offers no remedy but joins with Speaker Cannon in leaving bad enough alone. Business is depressed and wages are falling, but the republican congress stands pat, having raised their own salaries 50 per cent they can stand it. The republican party is far from being the party it boasted it was; and the rain and sunshine are. therefore, not mortgaged to the trusts, and the cor porations have no monopoly of the wealth of nature. The American farmer will pull us all out of the hole through the sweat of his brow, in spite of the handicap of republican and folly. Let us all who feel the financial distress that republican policies have pro- duced, determine. during the New Year to cease believing republican boasts, but do their best to turn the rescals out.'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-01
MAINS TIMBER OUTPUT.
900.000.000 Feet. Last. Winter
 Preparing for This Years Cut

Preparing for This Years Cut
 The log drives of all the Maine rivers are now in the booms. The drives have been especially clean this year, no logs being left to winter ir the streams and brooks. This, of course, has been due to the high water which has continued through the summer.
 It is roughly estimated that last winters cut in Maine was about 800,- 000,000 feet of spruce and perhaps 100, 100000 feet of pine, most of the latter being in the southwestern part of the state, where second growth of pine has now developed along the Saeo in place of those first great pines which gave Maine the name of the Pine Tree state.
 The lumbermen are already locat. ing the camps in the woods and mak- ing active preparations for next years cut. In the old times lumber ing was strictly winter business, but in these times practically all the cutting is done in the fall and this part of the work is ended by January l. The indications point to large cut, though the scarcity of labor is a serious obstacle to be overcome and there are other factors-the weather and the condition of the lumber mar ket
 Twenty thousand fire notices have recently been posted in the state of Maine, some being sent to every town
 and plantation. and those with large wooded sections being very literally supplied. Doubtless the warning conveyed by these notices has been a factor, as we'll as the wet summer in making the Maine record of for est fires more favorable than for many years. There were a few fires in June in Summerset and Washington counties. but they were not exten- sive and did very little damage. June Is usually the worst month of the yea for these great fires which worked such havoc in the wild lands of this state There were not fires In July or thus far in August, and the woods are now SO wet and the swamps so full Of water that 1t is very unlike ly theat Maine will suffer much from forest fires this year, even if long dry spell should come on.
 There will be no relaxation, how ever such in the vigilance of fire wardens. There are two hundred of these vardens. and though they are paid by the state only for time ac- tually spent in fighting fires or otherwise serving tho commissioner. they are always on the watch. Most of them are men employed in the woods by private concerns or en- gagged in running sporting camps and their own interests keep them very watchful against fires. These vardens posted the fire notices in the unincorporated places. while the notices were sent to the seleetmen of the towns and the assessors of the organized plantations ns-Bangor Daily News.
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FACTS FROM FRANCE.

In Paris there are seven free eating houses for poor mothers.
 A statue of Emil Zola to be erected in the Palace Dauphine in Paris will be unveiled on Jan. 13.
 Although the little boy in France wears cap on the street. it is thought proper for girl to go bareheaded.
 The trade of France with her colo nies last year aggregated over $200,- 100000, of which $129, 800 consist ed in exports of manufactured prod ucts from France.
 Many French vineyards are likely to be turned into rose gardens. The per fume factories pay $6O0 per kilogram for pure essence of roses, and the de mand is greater than the supply.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-01
Would Choose lIis Company.

In the west, some twenty years ago. there lived good man who gave up part of his time to teaching the h. dians the Christian faith. On one of his trips he stopped at the ranch of a well to do and very religious Swede and requested nights lodging.
 The Swede thought a great deal of the missionary and disliked to offend him, but he also disliked extremely having pack of dirty. greasy Indians hanging about his place, so. after much hemming and having, he stated his ob- jections.
 But these Indians are Christians, my good brother, and if you can't abide with them for a single night here on earth how do you expect to dwell in heaven with them through all eter- nityr inquired the indignant mission ary.
 The Swede was perplexed. but. after thoughtfully scratching his head mo ment. he said, "The Bible says that in my fathers house are many mansions. an I tank I haf separate house. Lippincott's Magazine.
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HEARD IN PASSING.

Temperance is going some when even New York gets scared.-Wash- ington Times. N
 It is proposed to hold reunion of the automobile survivors of 1907. Are there enough left?-New York Amer ican.
 Luther Burbank has evolved thorn less cactus. That fellow could hand the public a sweet lemon.-Manches- ter Union.
 There are S,OOO,OO0 telephone girls in the world The duties of 6,7SS,9 S,943 consist in telling you that the line is busy.-Louisville Courier-J Journal.
 According to the new directory for that city, Chicago has pushed Berlin out of fourth place in the list of the worlds great cities. Why didn't Der lin publish city directory also?-Kan- sas City Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-01
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS:
Tonight and Tomorrow Morning

Tonight and Tomorrow Morning.
 Sun sets, 4:ss; rises. 7:1. Moon rises, 5:4S a.. n Moons age, 2S days. Constel- lations visible. s:S0 p. m, during January: overhead. Auriga, Perseus. Taurus. Aries: north, Ursa Minor. Draco; northeast Ursa Major, Lynx; east, Leo. Leo Minor. Can cer Gemini, canis Minor: southeast, Mo noceros. Canis Major: south. Orion. Lepus, Fluvius Eridanus. Columbia: southwest, Cetus; west, Andromeda. Pisces. Pegasus; northwest. cassiopeia, Cepheus, Cygnus. Bright stars visible. same hour: overhead Capella. Aldebaran; east. Regulus, Dene- bola, Pollux; southeast. Sirius: south. Be- telgeux. Rigel: northwest. Deneb. Plan cts during January: Mercury passing the sun; Venus in southwest after sunset: Mars and Saturn in southwest; Jupiter in east; Uranus passing the sun; Neptune opposite the sun. Sun in Sagittarius till the 18th; then in Capricornus. Suns dec lination, g degrees. 2k minutes. Astro- nomical year begins at noon today. A. D. 1901, first asteroid. Ceres. discovered by Piazzi the largest of the 800 now known; diameter, 49o miles. 1908 is the 6S21st of the Julian period.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-01

The Philippine government recent ly sent to Washington an order for the smallest and yet the most expen- sive shipment that the government has ever been called upon to make. It's order was for one thousandth of a gram of radium and the price paid for it was s3,000. The insular bu- reau which has charge of the ship ment, is wondering how it can send the tiny fragment of mineral with out danger of its being lost. The bureau of science wishes to use the radium in a series of ex- periments it is conducting. And the poor Filipinos pay the shot.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-01
Financial Episede.

A Milwaukee business man stepped up to the teller's window in one of the city banks during a financial furry, presented a check and asked for the money 1t represented.
 Y cannot give you the cash" said the teller. but can pay you in clear ing house certificates"
 q would much prefer the currency" 1" answered the man. "The certificates are just as good" said the teller.
 "well," returned the merchant, "if that Is the case suppose I can go home to my baby and give it some milk tickets and say, Here, little one, these are just as good as milkr