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HAVING TIME OF THEIR LIVES.
German-American Gymnasts Enjoy
ing Sights Of the Old Country.

FRANKFORT. Germany, July 1.-THE
gymnasts who have assembled here for
the forthcoming international tournament
are spending the days preceding the
championship contests. which begin Sat-
urday, in visiting various places Of in
terest. They are travelling about in large
bodies. A body of 1.250 has gone to the
Taurus mountains, 1900 to the Nieder-
valid. 1900 to Coblentz. 1,400 to Cologne
and 40 to Paris. There are Americans
represented on all Of these excursions.
The American delegation that went to
Wiesbaden were welcomed in Turner Hall
there last night by Herr Kaltwasser.
president of the local sDciety, who made
an address Of welcome.
Mr.. Eberhard replied for the Ameri-
cans, and presented the WieSbaden Tur-
ners with a golden clasp for their flag.
In return the Wiesbaden society gave
the Americans a ribbon for their nag.
After these interchanges there was an
exhibition Of gymnastics.
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To Entertain Business Learue.

A public meeting has been called by the
Negro Business League for tomorrow
evening In Metropolitan A. NJ. E. Church
The purpose Is to arrange for the enter
tainment of the 400 members Of the Ma
tional Negro Business League. which will
meet in Baltimore August 10 to q and
which has been invited to this city.
1t is intended to arrange for a public
demonstration for the president Of the
league. Booker T. washington, and also
to present him with 81 COO. covering five
scholarships in Tuskegee University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-14

CHICAGO. July 14.-Wheat today was
inclined to be bearish. as foreign markets
failed to follow the advance here yester
day. September opened NAN to sah
lower at 91Za31h, and advanced to 81,
but subsequently sold of to 911sa91K.
September corn opened Aa1a lower at
T4a74A, sold at I4st,- and then declined to
14sa74A.
September oats opened Hals lower at
43lsa439s. and sold at 43&.
September pork opened 12lxaA5 lower at
10 3Oa166O: lard opened 1a11k lower at
9.571aa9.60, and ribs opened 5a10 lower at
9.O6a9. 10.
The wheat market weakened later,
September selling of to 9Oss The close
was easy, with September down 4 at
91xa911s.
The corn market was bea IRISH through
out the session and closed weak. Septem-
Der sold between "a and 742, and closed
at the lower figure. making net loss
Of nc.
Close: Wheat-July, 81; September, OBS
a911h; December, 93h.
Corn-July, 1874: September, a: Decem-
Der, &c.
Oats-July. old. SIS: July. 5oas; septem-
Pork|July, 1a72h: September, 15.s2h to
1885; October. 1888.
Lard-Juiy, $50; September. 9.371a; Oc-
tobsr. 8.42h.
Ribs-July. as@.: September, s.75a
871,s; October, 8.s2,saS:so.
Rye-Cash, "a.
Ra rley--Caah 0k3a7A
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THE BALTIMORE MARKETS.
peciai Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md. July .14.-wHEAT-Un.
settled spot contract. 95a9ois: spot No. red
western. SIa91h; July, 85aa51s: August, 94i4
asked; September, sity bid steamer No. 2 red,
s.mpls sssa Southern on srsds siss tserh 0'
CoRS-Duli: spot mixed, 794s asked; No. 2
white. s3aS3A: September 80 asked; receipts.
l9. 1875 bushels.
OATS-Firmer; No. white. 5easO; No. 2
white. 5s1as59; No. mixed, 51t4a5S; receipts,
k.S04 bushels.
RYE-Firm: No. 2 western export, 8SsS; No.
western domestic, ssas9; receipts, 800 bushels.
HAY-Firm, unchanged.
GRAIN FREiGHTS-Quet. unchanged.
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Record for Twenty-Four Hours

The follow ing were the readings Of the
Thermometer and barometer at the wealth
er bureau for the twenty-four hours be-
ginning at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer: July 134 pm. SO;
pm. SO; II midnight 81. July IA am,
rs; am. SO; IL noon. 81; 2 p.m., 93.
Maximum, 90, at pm. July 10: mini
mum, "a, at 6 am. July IA.
Barometer: July 13- pm, 1895;
pm, 1884: IL midnight. 1872. July IA
am, 1891: 8 am, 1891; noon, 1916;
pm, 1906.
Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 90; q year ago, 50.
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Inspects Workmen's Homes.

BERLIN, July 13.-Miss Anne Morgan,
daughter Of J. Pierpont Morgan, vino
has been investigating German institu-
tons for workinEmen. visited yesterday,
In company with representatives Of the
Berlin city council. the municipal labor
ers dwellings. Miss Morgan will remain
in Berlin until next Wednesday.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-ReSulAr call. IL o'clock noon-District
Of Columbia 3.65s. 500 at 111h. $500 at 1i1Is.
Capital Traction ss, $500 at 1i0la, 81 600 at
iio i,o $500 ooo At ., liHS 800 e. at 11SH
at 11OA.
Capital Traction. 4 at l2S.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 10 at 100.
Lanston Monotype. 100 at 1Ola, 100 at 1Oi2
40 at 1Oas. 100 at 1Olt, 100 at l0h.
Greene Cananes, 8 at 1OH.
Mitchell Mining, 100 at
United States Trust. 10 at 93, 10 at 93, 10
at 90.
Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank, at
40. 10 at 40.
After call-washinston Gas cert, $50 at 1o5,
$50 at 105.
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Dividend Declared.

NEW YORK. July 1.-THE Nashville,
Chattanooga and st. Louis Railway
Company today declared a semi-anuual
dividend OF 2ls per cent, which Is a re-
duction of one-haif of l per cent from
the regular semi-annual dividend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-14
WILL URGE ACCEPTANCE.
Standing Committee of the Dlo
Will Write to Bishop Brent,

When Bishop Charles Henry Brent Oh
the Philippines. twice elected Bishop Oh
Washington, reaches Vancouver. b. C.. on
his way from the orient to this city ne
will receive a letter from the clergy OF
the local diocese urging him to accept
the local bishopric. A decision TO seno
such a letter has been reached by the
standing committee Of the diocese OF
Washington.
Bishop Brent is expected to reach Van
couver about August !.
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Treasury Balances.

Today's statement Of the Treasury bal
ances in the general fund exclusive Of
the $50. 900 600 gold reserve shows:
Available cash balance $40. 40. 2O7; gold
coin and bullion. $42. i59. 016: gold certifi-
Gates, $31, 446 go.
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Promotion for Jules Cambon

PROMOTION LOT JuIeS Cambon. ;
PARIS, July 14.-Among the national
fete honors issued yesterday was the pro-
motion of Jules Cambon, the French am
bassador to Germany, to the rank of
grand cross of the Legion of Honor for
service at Berlin and the
decoration of p. Lefaivre, the French
minister to Cuba, who was made an officer
OF the legion.
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Closing Quotations.

At the close Of the stock market the fol
lowing stocks had changed in price sine
above quotations, there being no chang
in balance of the closing prices:
Amalgamated Copper. 20.
Am. Car and Foundry, 37%.
Am. Car Foundry, pfd., 1Vl.
Am. Cotton Oil Co., "a.
American Smelling. s31s.
American Sugar, 12S.
Anaconda, 44A.
Atchison, Top. & 8. F., s5A
Baltimore & Ohio, 91s.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, 1914.
Canadian Pacific, 1874.
Central Leather. 1874.
Chesapeake & Ohio, A.
Chicago, Mil. & st. Paul, 1889.
Chicago & n. W., 154ss.
Col. Fuel & Iron, 29X.
Consolidated Gas, i27&.
Distillers Securities. 81.
Erie, common, 1874.
Erie, LIST pfd.. &c.
Erie. I'd pfd.. 25k.
General Electric. 49,
Great Northern Ore, 61a4.
Great Northern. pfd., 1874.
Illinois Central. 1S4A.
Kansas City Southern. 24z
Kansas City Southern. pfd., 81.
Louisville & Nashville. 1O8.
Mo-, Kan. 4 Tex, COM, 29ls
Mo-, Kan. and Tex, pfd., 61i4
Missouri Pacific, 5Oss.
National Lead. TON.
New York Central, los.
n. Y, Ontario and West. ~.
Norfolk and Western, 7OS1
Northern Pacific. 14O
Pacific Mail Steamship. %.
Pennsylvania r.. R, 1874.
Peoples Gas of Chicago, So.
Reading. 116ss.
Rock Island. COM, 167s.
Rock Island. pfd.. 20A.
Sloss- ShefYleld Steel 59K.
Southern Pacific. 90h.
Southern Pacific, pfd., 12O.
Union Pacific. 149%
L. g. Steel, AZ.
L. s. Steel, pfd.. lots.
Utah Consolidated, "a.
Va. Car. Chem. Conn.,, 24s4.
Va. Iron. Coal and Coke Co., j331la
Wabash. pfd., %.
Westinghouse Eject. Man, 55,..
Wooden Goods. u.
BONDS.
b. r. T. As, r.
Rock Island As. 63.
United States Steel %. 99i..
Union Conver. 4s, 911a.
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Government Securities.
THE FOREIGN BANKS

BERLIN. July 14.-Exchange on Lon
don. - marks 3e1s pfennigs for checks.
Discount rates-Short and three months
bills, "a per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-14
Monitor Fireman Dies Of Injuries.

NEW LONDON, Conn.,. July A.-Nich->
olas j. Caulley. fireman on the United
States monitor Nevada. who was scalded
by the bursting of boiler tube on the
monitor July 6. died yesterday at Me-
mortal Hospital. Caulley was the most
seriously injured Of a number of men In
the 6reroom at the time Of the accident.
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Liverpool Grain Prices.

LIVERPOOL, July 14.-Closing: Wheat
Spot firm; No. red western winter.
IL i'd: No. California. Is Cd; futures
STEADY: July. Is 6,1d; September. Is AID:
December, Is 8Hd.
Corn-Spot firm; old American mixed
&c sgd; futures steady; July, IS Sd; Sep
TENDER, IS sad.
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The World of
Finance and Trade


Furnished by w. B. Hibbs Co.. bank-
ers and brokers', Hibbs building. members
New York Stock Exchange, Washington
Stock Exchange and Chicago Board OF
Trade
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brOOk. Rapid iran.
Canadian Pacinc.
c.. c., c. & st. l.. .
Central Leather. j..
Cen. Leather. pfd. .
Chesa. & Ohio. -.
Chi. Great Western
Chi. Mil. & st. p. 4.
c.. NJ. & st. P. pfd.
Chicago & NV.
Col. Fuel & Iron. . a..
Col. Southern.
c. & III. G.. & I.
Consolidated Gas. .
Corn Products. 49,.
Corn Products. pfd.
Delaware & Hudson
Del, Lac. & West. i.
Den. & Rio Grande.
Distillers' Securities
Erie. common.
Erie, LIST pfd.
Erie, I'd pfd.
General Electric. %.
Great Nor. Ore.
Great Nor. pfd. 80.
Hooking Valley.
Hooking Valley, pfd
Illinois Central. 49,.
Interboro Met.
Interboro Met. pfd.
International Paper.
X. G.. Southern.
X. c. Southern. pfd.
Louisville & Nash. .
Mackay Cos. .......
Mackay Cos, pfd. .
Mexican Central.
NJ, X. &c T., com.
NJ. X. & T.. pfd.
NJ. s. p. & 8. g. NJ.
NJ. 8. p. g. S.S.M..pf
Missouri Pacific. 90.
National Biscuit Co.
Nat. Biscuit Co., pr.
National Lead.
N. Y. Air Brake. =. =.
n. Y. Central.
n. Y, Chi. & St. l..
n. Y, C.. e. s. L., I'd
n. Y. Ont. & w.
Norfolk & Western.
Northern Pacific.
Pac. Mail Steam. :. i.
Pennsylvania r. R. i.
Peoples Gas of Chi.
Pressed Steel Car. =.
Ry. Steel Spring Co.
Ry. 8. 8. Co.. pfd. ..
Reading ...........
Rep. Iron & Steel. /.
Rep. I. & s.. pfd.
Rock Island, com. j.. .
Rock Island. pfd.
'Sloss-Shemeld Steel
8. l.. & s. F.. I'd pr.
st. Louis S.W.. pfd.
Southern Pacific.
SO. Pacific. pfd.
Southern Ry.
Southern Ry., pfd. :.
Tennessee Copper. Il.
Toll. st. l.. & w.
T., 8. L. & W., pfd.
Union Pacific. ......
Union Pacific, pfd. i.
U. 8. Rubber. ......
u. 8. Rubber, pfd. !.
T.. s.. Steel. ........
L. 8. Steel. pfd. 80.
Utah Copper. ......
Va--Car. Chem. Co.
Va. l.. G. & c. Co.
Wabash ............
Wabash. pfd.
Western Union. 80.
West. Elec. Man. 90.
Wisconsin Central. i.
Wisconsin Cen, pfd.
Wooden Goods. 49,.
Wooden Goods. pfd.
BOZ
Am. lob. IS.
Am. lob. Is. .......
b. II. 7. As.
Inter. Met. 41as.
Rock Island As. -.
U. 3. Steel Dc.
Union Conver. -.
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FACTORIES REsUM1NG.
Full Time in Many Places-Hun-
dreds Called Back to Work.

WINSTED, Conn. July 14.-The facto-
ries of the Winsted Silk Company. En-
pire Knife Company, Winsted Hosiery
Company and Benjamin Richards Com
pany all resumed full-time operations yes
terday, after a period Of short time.
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THE COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, July 14.-The cotton mar
ket opened unchanged to 3 points lower
July being in demand and selling at un-
changed prices, while the remainder OF
the list continued comparatively easier al
a further recession of q point or TWO UNI
der local pressure. after which there was
a return to the opening level Inc uh-
Around noon the market was decidedly
firner October contracts. which carrier
in the session had sold at 81, MADE
quick advance to 9.36, this being points
above the trading basis OF the previous us
proportion This advance was charac-
ferized by exceptionally small offerings
Spot, quiet: middling uplands, lilo;
midd1ing gulf. 11.3o.
Estimated receipts at the ports today,
1000 bales, against s,437 last week and
It's last year. For the week, O,o0
bales, against IS. 2s7 last week and 1O,36l
last year. Todays receipts at new Or
leans. 435 bales against 742 last year.
and at Houston, 1851 bales, against 23s
last year.
Liverpool Cotton Prices.
LIVERPOOL July 14.-ClOsing-Cotton:
Spot. quiet: prices thirteen points lower;
American middling. fair, as; good mid
ding, 6.42; middling. 6.14; low middling.
J.16: good ordinary, SIS; ordinary. AIS.
The sales of the day were 1900 bales, OF
which 200 were for speculation and ex-
port, and included $500 American. Re-
ceipts, 1000 bales. including 1890 Amer
lean. Futures opened quiet and steady
and closed steady. July. 5.6s1s; July and
August, 56S: August and September. SO:
September and October, 5.13; October and
November, 5.G6E; November and Decem-
her. 501L.; December and January, 4.9S1a;
January and February, 1884,: February
and March. 4y7Is: March and April. 43S;
april and May. 400.
Liverpool Exchange to Close.
LIVERPOOL, July 1.-THE cotton ex-
change here will be closed July 81 and
August / and 3.
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AUGUSTA. Me-, July 14.-The Edwards
mills, employing more than 1900 hands,
have started up on fun time after running
half time for over five months. The re-
sumption of full time affects all depart
ments.
The management has orders for large
part OF It's product, and when these are
filled goods will be manufactured for
stock.
LIMA, Ohio, July 1.-THE Lima loco
motive and machine works. which have
been practically shut down for four
months announce the replacing of 500
mechanics in : the various departments.
The order Is effective at once.
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CURB QUOTATIONS.

Quotations furnished by f. F. Hutton 4 Co..
members New York Stock Exchange; G, Bowie
Chapman. manager, 1901 ct. nv.
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Bar silver. barely steady. 24sId per ounce.
Money, q per cent
The rate 81 discount in the open market for
short hills 70 IN pee cent.
The rate Of discount In the open market for
three month bills 10 lAslH per cent.
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Nine Killed in Landslide in Italy.

TURIN, July IA landslide which has
occurred at Romeo buried several peasant
houses. Nine persons were killed.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-11-05
NOT A MIRACLE
just Plain Cause and Effect.

There are some quite remarkable
things happening every day, which
seem almost miraculous.
Some persons would rot believe
that a man could suffer from coffee
drinking so severely as 10 cause spells
OF Inconsistencies. And to find COM
plete relief in changing from coffee
TO Postum is well worth recording.
Il used to be a great coffee drink
er, so much so that It was killing me
by inches. My heart became so weak
/ would fall and lie unconscious for
an hour at a time, The spells caught
me sometimes two or three times a
day.
MY friends, and even the doctor,
told me it was drinking coffee that
caused the trouble. | would not be-
lieve 1t, and still drank coffee until l
could not leave my room.
Then my doctor, who drinks Pos.
tum himself, persuaded me to stop
coffee and try Postum. After much
hesitation ! concluded TO try II. That
was eight months ago. Since then l
have had but few OF those spells,
none for. more than four months.
II feel better, sleep better and am
better every way. now drink moth
ing but Postum and touch no coffee.
and as l. am seventy years of age all
my friends think the improvement
quite remarkable"
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road 10
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read theabOve letter? A new
one appears from time TO time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-11-05
Clever Women Then and Now.

believe me-" said the Woman Who
Thinks, I'm a little weary Of rhapso.
dies over the supposedly superior in
telllgence of the women Of bygone
days. Why don't those so generous
OF praise give modern women a
chance? It Is a sort OF mental fash.
ion to assume that George Eliot and
George Sand and Lady Mary Wortley
Montagu and Lady Blessington and
others like them we're peculiar to
themselves and their periods that no
woman OF today can hold a candle
70 them in any particular. wonder
II that's true. Seems 10 me there
are dozens OF women in New York
alone who are every bit as clever
as those heroines OF the past. Lady
Montague wrote delightful letters,
but the art OF correspondence has
not passed from earth, and surely
the cultured woman OF today can be
as sprightly. As for novehsts and
essayists, they flourish in abundance
IN this enlightened age. And when
II comes TO social knowledge, almost
any Fifth avenue hostess is far ahead
Of those OF yore. Let's bring our
commentator up to date, New
York Press.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-11-05

Chicago, llL-HOw the wards Of
the State have been abused and jor-
tured was the subject Of a sensational
recital by the Rev Charles Virden,
agent of the State Board of Chart
ties, TO the State Conference of Char
tiles, held at Rock Island His paper
was entitled The State Visitation of
Children" and said, in part:
During the last two years I have
personally handled approximately $50
special cases. Most of the children
are well cared for when placed in
family homes. The bad cases are
exceptions For example, | have
found them tortured with hot irons,
stabbed with toasting forks and scis-
sors, limbs broken, hair torn out by
the roots, dashed until black and blue
from head tc foot, faces cut and
Scared and eyes blinded.
Numerous other cases Of crime
against children in the form of as
sault have been prosecuted. and in
the three years Of my incumbency ten
Of these offenders have been sent TO
the penitentiary and numerous Jail
commitments and fines have been i'm
posed.
q, Many Children Sold.
" "There has been a wholesale traffic
in children in Illinois. | have a re-
ceipt in my possession for child
who had been sold for a stipulated
price.
"One of the most distressing cases
occurred in Quincy, H., where a child
was taken from its mother, q Young
girl. when less than an hour old,
placed in a market basket absolutely
nude except for a covering Of an old
piece of quilt, carried about the
streets and offered to any one who
would accept It, The infant finally
was given to a woman who had been
a pensioner on The county for num-
Der of years.
The evidence showed that this
was at least the second child that
had been sold from this institution.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-11-05
An Early NIillais Critic.

Sir John Millais tells this story on
himself. He was down by the banks
of the Tay, painting in the rushes Of
his famous landscape, Chill Octo-
ber," which has thrilled us all with
the inetfable sadness and mystery of
the dying summer. He worked on so
steadily that he failed to observe a
watcher, until a voice said; Eth,
mon, did ye ever try Photography"
NO." said the artist, Il never
have"
Its a deal quicker" quoth his
friendly critic, cycling the picture
doubtfully.
Millais was not flattered, so he
waited a minute before replying, q
dare say It is" His lack of enthusi-
asm displeased the Scot, who took an
other look and then marched of with
a Parthian shot:
"Ay, and photographs a muckle
sight mair like the place, too. -
Eyerybody's Magazine.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-11-05
WORLDS RUTHLESS WASTE.
huiders al BIZ steamers coal substut Yet

London. Henry Z. Armstrong,
professor Of chemistry at the City and
Guilds of London Central Institute,
addressing the annual meeting of the
Iron and Steel Institute at Middles-
borough, said Il was difficult to keep
calm when he reflected upon the ruth
less way the worlds stores of timber,
iron, coal and oil were being used up.
IL made the scientist shudder to see
the indifference displayed in all civil
quences OF such waste in the nowise
distant future.
No comment was provoked by the
fact that the steamers Lusitania and
Mauretania deyour daily a thousand
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-11-05
OF Course.

"And the streets are paved with
real gold, and there will be music and
flowers, and everything will be beau
tiful!" finished the Sunday-school
teacher, who was telling her small
charges of Heaven.
And now tell me- she continued.
what kind of little boys and girls are
going there?"
Nobody knew. Then from one cor.
ner a small brown hand shot up.
Yes, Samuel" the teacher smiled.
Please, teacher, dead oneslp-
Eyerybodys Magazine.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-11-05

or more tons Of coal while crossing
the ocean. This extravaganza was
gloried in as an engineering achieve
ment when it ought to be anathema-
tiZed
The public comforted itself with
the belief that science would dis
cover q substitute for coal, and there
destroying the capital won from the
sun in past ages, but science could
not at present support the Illusion.
Professor Armstrong earnestly
urged serious scientific study OF eco
nomical methods of fuel consumption,
outlining the direction such study
ought to take.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-11-05

The saddest part Of IL all is that there
is no law in the State of Illinois pro-
hibiting the sale of a child
In speaking Of other specific cases
the Rev. Mr.. Virden said;
"A girl of thirteen years, commit
ted by the Juvenile Court was made
a household drudge Our State agent
found that she was being beaten with
a horsewhip. The girl was removed
and placed in good home, where she
was given a chance for education and
religious training.
Burned With Hot Knife.
"a girl, having only one parent
living, seven years old, was in the
home Of a family at Alton, III. The
evidence showed that this child was.
covered with bruises. Her face was
burned, her hands were hacked with
a red hot knife and the sight of one
eye was destroyed. The foster moth
er, charged with having inflicted these
wounds, was fined for assault and
battery, aud will be tried under the
cruelty act.
"A girl was the victim of her step
fathers attacks for ten years, after
she was seven years old. Her step
father was sent to the penitentiary
and the girl sent 10 a good home.
Two girls. aged five and ten, we're
forced to beg on the streets for their
mother, who kept a disreputable re-
sort, They are now in good homes.
A girl thirteen years old did the
washing and ironing for a family of
seven. She had no school adyan-
tages. An investigation showed that
she wore her foster mothers old
clothes and shoes; was overworked
and received no salary; that her life
was insured in the benefit of the
mother-in-law in the home. The
child was returned to the home on
trial upon the cancellation of the life
insurance policy. and promised that
she was TO receive new clothes and
81 a week l protest against the in
surance Of thelivesof these children"