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many years ago and there were no horse
cars then.
Occasionally a herdic would do the one
horse-shay act. When it did kind hands
SWEPT il into dustpan and it was de-
Gently buried amid tears and lamenta-
tions. Then the company would buy
another herdic.
The herGics row run from their stables
to 10Th and l. streets. traversing 18th.
Il. r, nth streets and Rhode Island and
Massachusetts avenues in their peregrina-
tons.
They stop wherever you want them to.
In this respect the herdc is more accom-
modating than the metropolitan stree
car. There is never any danger of se'-
ting run over by herdic unless you
blind. You don't have to stand on the
far corner of street and watch three
herdics whiz past and then endanger lif,
and limb by making frantic jump for tho
running board Of the fourth herdic only
to learn that you should have stood on the
near side Of the street to get the herdic.
No. they are not run on that idea. The
herdic ambles along peacefully. con-
servatvely. calmly. without any insane
rush or nonsense about 1t. When you
want to get on. you walk firmly out into
the middle of the street, and, arriving
there. strike a pose indicating determina-
ton of purpose and shake your fist ag-
excessively AZ the driver.
Time Is No object.
The two sleeping beasts Of burden that
lead the herdic on it's way pause in their
somnolent march and snore gently This
is your cue. You climb in through a back
door and walk up to the front. taking care
In your march not to bump your head
against the roof. All the time the driver
keeps his eye fixed on you. You can't
beat him out of your fare. You have to
walk up and deposit nickel in a tin saw
1ngs bank arrangement in front before he
Will consent to go on. He is In no hurry.
He will not throw you out He will just
wait until policeman shows up. and If
by that time you have not decided to drop
In your fare he will call the policeman
and the policeman will lead you from
your seat
The herdic company sells tickets at the
rate of six for quarter They are cute
httie tickets, all gray with fly-speck deco
rations about the edges, but unless YOU
contemplate riding out your quarter on
the herdic line they are useless. No car
company will accept herdic tickets al
though the herdic company will take your
street car ticket should you happen to be
without q nickel
AT present there are six herdics running
on the line. and the company keeps about
twenty horses In store, working them on
long and short tricks of duty. On Monday
TWO horses will start In the morning and
work until noon, when they will be re-
heved by another pair, who, in turn, will
work until six that afternoon, when the
original pair resume their morning burden
ana continue business at the old stand
In all the numerous years Of their oper-
ation no one ever heard of a herdic horse
running away. For the most part the an
1mals used are fire horses which have
run to fires until they grew weary.
Ihey have large stalls, plenty of food. a
sooo place 10 sleep, and for this COM
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they have all been built within the last
fifteen years. They were laid out by
Cecil Rhodes, but he died before they
had reached the Zambesi and the greater
part Of his travelling through the country
was done in OK wagons. The roads are
we'll built and travelling over them is
comfortable The gauge is one meter
or three feet six inches. The rails are
comparatively light. most Of them being
from forty pounds to sixty pounds per
yard. Some of the cars are magnificent
The trains de luxe carry cooking and
dining arrangements. and my car 10 Vic
toria Falls had a shower bath with a
coil of pipe which ran round and round,
furnishing needle spray.
One can now get on a train of that kind
at Cape Town and ride TO Victoria Falls
without change. The dis! lance is 16O0 or
leo miles. and the frst-class fare is just
about $50. The meals are good and the
prices cheaper than at home. Breakfast
costs 80 cents, luncheon 62le cents, and
dinner "a cents. On the Rhodesian roads
the dining car rates are q trifie higher,
but nowhere are the ais as much as 81
The rate from Cape Town to Broken Hill
is over 500 but the second-class tickets
cost about one-third less and the third
class are not half much as the first,
For those who wish to travel without re-
gard to cost, private cars may be had
These have cooking and dining compart-
ments attached to them. and single car
mas every arfdflSeIueIt 10 accom- IIlOudlp
six persons. Il has dining room. kitchen.
bathroom and bedrooms. The railroad
company furnishes a cook and all the
provisions. The terms are $l,SOO a
month which includes board, lodging
and travel This Is an average of $40
per person per day. and it seems TO me-
comparatively cheap.
Good travelling arrangements stop with
Victoria Falls. although private cars may
he brought northward to Broken Hill.
came on the ordinary train and had n
first-class compartment all the way.
had to carry my own food and bedding.
however. The travel through the wilds is
light and the road has not been COM
pleted long enough TO make the demand
for comforts warrant the expense OF fur
nishing them. 1t takes two nights to
make the trip to this point. and a few
thick blankets enable one to sleep well on
the ordinary cushions Of the car. have
rolled up my overcoat and used It Cor a
pillow. and notwithstanding the jolting
have slept like a top.
The eating is a more difficult matter.
had a tin cracker box filed with such
things as canned tongue and ham, with
several varieties OF pickles. which serve
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CUTS OUT UNDESIRABLE SEED.
Small Corn Kernels Are Removed
From the Ear Before Shelling.

The real up-to-date farmer, following
the most scientific methods in the opera
ton of his ground, is taught to make use
of the selected material only in order
that the species may be constantly i'm
proved. following the law of the survival
of the f1ttest For instance. in the selec-
tion of the seed to he placed in the
ground. he is not content merely to Sc
cure the best species. but wherever pos
sible he will go carefully over the seed
and Rick out only the largest specimens
to be placed in the ground. If this man.
ner the product is generally of much
higher standard. It is difficult to carry
out this select!ve scheme in the case OF
corn - and similar seeds which are made
use of in great quantities. In the case
of corn, however, the small kernels are
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the incest streets of Washington at ir-
regular intervals and haul people to and
frO-mos.ly fro.
Progress Demands the Passing.
And yet certain unkind persons. wea-
ried of the same form and kind of trans
portatiOn. seeking change and DESTROYS
of killing Washingto n's oldest relic, Wild
ly insist that the ancient buses be gently
led to the District dump and left there
that the horses be fastened to some
graveyard and that the lightsome and
smelly automobile be substituted for the
conservative vehicles now ornament;ng
our city.
For two more years the herdic horses
may go on their placid way and then
That is the question confronting the
management of the herdic vehicles now.
After the two years. what then? Can
they afford to install the automobile. with
the many expenses incidental to it's run
ming, on the amount of traffic furnished
by the patrons?
The principal source of revenue to the
company is the department clerk. From
the Treasury, War. State and Navy and
herdics succeed in fairly well filling their
clumsy carts at little before O'Clock
in the morning and a little after 4:30 in
the afternoon. Except for an occasional
stray traveller who. filled with curiosity or
desire to sit down. takes a short ride,
the herdics rely entirely for their exist
ence on the government employee
During the hours mentioned the herdics.
each of which is capable of holding al the
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Central Africa. have seen tens of
thousands cf thei; hills during this trip.
Sometimes their mounds viii be twenty
feet high ard at others they DO not reach
the height o. your waist. They go about
as far blow the ground as above it. and
each h:ll is divided up into little rooms
much like "A fiat building. The ants have
their soldiers ana guards They have
their workers and drones. and there
is d big queen who looks for all the
world like white worm OF the size and
shape Of small Frankfurter sausage.
and who lays al tie eggs. | was offered
one Of these nueens as a present during
NY stay IN i@dnda. II lad heen caught
by an English tim: officer and picked in
alcohol l feared. however that the bot
tie might break ana had TO refuse.
Speaking Of he white ants. they are OF
great value 20 Africa. Their homes form
grain by grain by these little insects.
which. as they build. moisten the clay
with juice from their mouths. This
Spite contains form.c acid and il is Of
such nature that 1T changes the clay
into a paste or glue which afteTward
turns to stone II may be mixed with
water and softened. but a rule it is as
hard as cement and has the same proper
ties All over Africa the natives take this
ant-clay for their building material They
start their huts by making a framework
Of sticks which they weave in and out
much like basket. Over this they spread
tlls W.T. clay iloiii the WHite AM HHiS,
using ii a plaster. After time the
walls become as solid as stone. and they
form a perfect protection from the
weather. IN some places the hpts are
composed entirely OF this materiaf and in
others they end in cones of thatch. Many
of the pioneers Of Rhodesia live in huts
of this character. and there is mission
church here which is piastered with red
clay from the abandoned homes of the
white ants. The church is fioored with
such clay. but its overharg:ng roof is of
galvanized iron. II was put up by the
Rev. John NJ. Springer. who for a long
time was the head of the Methodist Epis-
copal missions at Umtali. Mr.. Springer
stopped at Broken Hill on trip across
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u RE the ancient. time-honored
~ her1ics of Washington doomed
- 10 extinction? After years and
4 years of usefulness popular cry
has arisen among the users OF
these vehicles demanding that the buses
be replaced by modern automobiles.
Congress for the last two sessions has
ragged and ranted and howled hysteri-
cally against the herdic. 1t is disgrace,
says Congress. 1t is an outrage to the
beautiful streets of our lovely city. says
Congress. One warm and hectic senator
referred to the noble moving impulse Of
the herdics as odd crowbaits.''
In response to the popular wall Con-
gress. on its converting last December.
passed a bill requiring the herdic COM
pany to replace its hoary and venerable
horses and buses with automobiles built
after the ideas embodied in the seeing
Washington affairs and the taxicabs.
This is a terrible shock to the lover
of the venerable. To the worshiper Of
time-worn institutions the removal Of
the llerdic will be considered 4 calamity
only 10 be equaled by the filing in Of the
James Creek canal
The herdlcs are the oldest of our COM
mon carriers. In 1882. when the streets
of Washington resembled the untramped
forest, an enterprising citizen conceived
the happy idea Of preventing the citizens
of this lovely burg from getting all muss-
ed up with the mud when it rained-that
is. when the rain rained, not the muddy
getting some wagons patterned after the
style of the London bus and driving along
stated routes.
When the idea first came to light it
was intensely popular. This was before
the days of the horse car, and the citizens
were deeply appreciative Of the efforts
OF the enterprising citizen. incidentally
they plunked up their little cents mile
and did not utter yelp during the
operation.
Time went by and the company estab-
Gshed itself in large brick building
near the corner of I'D and F streets. 1t
also established itself in the good graces
of the community at large, for this was
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as a relish and aid in cutting the grease
/ started out with some canned butter, but
l will say nothing about that: it was am
ply strong enough to speak for itself. I
had also some jam. made In London,
which / spread on top of my ham sand
witches, and that took its place. AS to
bread carried three Ioaves with me
from Victoria Falls Hotel and ] will get
another supply here when l go back.
Tea From Pills
/ have had excellent tea, which / brewed
with hot water from the locomotive At
meal times the black boy who is in
charge of the car brought me a kettle
and l made my tea with tea pills
wonder if you have ever heard of the lit
tie tabloids of compressed tea, invented
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steel shell about seven feet ,ong with
clamps into which the rails are fitted. m
order to show jGst how they look J. had
a native stand tie upon end and photo
Sraphed il. The man is fully siX feet N
height and the tie reaches more than Il
foot above him. All of the railroad sta
lions are mace of galvanized iron. and i'll
the huts here at Broken Hill almost no
wood is used This is necessary on ac-
count Of the white ants which :nfest the
regions north OF the Zambesi. They live
upon wood and they burrow into the rail-
road ties and eat away until nothing but
shell is left. When wooden telegraph
poles are erected they chew them to
pieces SO that the wires fall to the ground.
Fighting the White Ants.
White ants are to be found all over
generally at the tip of the ears. and in
order to get rid of these undesirable.
pieces Il corn-tipper has been invented.
The device seems to lave been suggest
ed by the familiar pencil-sharpener 1t
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CONGRESS Has De- .
~ creed That Two More
Years Must Complete the
Life of the Venerable
Buses That Have Served
to Carry Westinghouse
to and From Their Work
for More Than a Quarter of
q Century-Automobiles to
Be Observation-Disclosures
Who Have Been MANY
Years Serving the Public.
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EVERY MAN HIS OWN PRINTER.
Wrapping Paper With Firms Name
Stamped as It Comes From Roll.

Advertising has been brought to such
a point nowadays that the up-to-date
storekeeper even has his name printed
ON his wrapping paper. To do this he
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is operated by a small crank. and has
conc with a tooth interior. Thcs tip OF
the corn ear being placed I'm this revolv-
ing cup, all the small seed are cut off.
leaving only the full-sized kernels on the
ear.
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HENKYACTUN
IGEdRS ON TIE BOX

Portable pension In comparatively Old age
they are merely expected to stroll about
the incest streets of Washington at if
regular intervals and haul people to and
fro-mos.ly fro.
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u RE the ancient. time-honored
Az herdics Of Washington doomed
10 extinction? After years and
years of usefulness popular cry
has arisen among the users Of
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Africa and built this church during his
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Rhodesian RAILWAYS.

For the past month or more ] have
been travelling over the railroads of
Rhodesia Those already constructed
measure something like 300 miles, and
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-01
LEMONS BRING HIGH
PRICES IN NEW YORK
Uncommonly Heavy Demand for Cali
fornia Oranges--M arlet Is Active
and Good Prices Prevail
Throughout Week

Victor L. zorn, fruit broker, New York,
says: Exceptionally high prices were OBJ
tanned for California lemons on Tuesday for
a few boxes Of the 800 and $50 sizes OF the In
dependent brand, but the market on the whole
was easy. The independent brand (slzes go
to 800 inciusive) brought S3.65 to 1915. On FRI
day the same sizes of the same brand sold SO
to s. 80 and the seconds 81 90 to $2.25. Some
common fruit sold on Monday down to ST. 40.
Five cars were sold during the week. An i'm
proved demand Is reported from some OF the
western markets, where high grade stock is
selling at S3.25 per box for all sizes and good
seconds at S2.75. The shipments from April 16
to % were IA cars, against los cars in the cor
responding week one year ago. and 80 cars in
1906
The offerings of California oranges on Mon
day and Tuesday were uncommonly heavy, but
the demand was very active and highly satls-
factory prices were obtained On the three
following days, in spite of much smaller Offer
ings the demand was lighter and prices de-
clined appreciably. Fine, firm and sound stock
suffered very litte but fruit showing any
weakness was generally neglected. Some OF
the averages for navels at Fridays sale were
as follows: Cerrito. 1922: do improved. $3.42;
Golden Flower S249; Golden Orchard $2.49;
Iris, So .73: Violet 251; Pointer, S2.4s; Golden
Rule, $2.S2; Uncle Sam, s2.64; Violet, $2.57:
Criterion 81 10; Producer ST. 81; Whittier, s2 So
and 50. 81; Orchard improved, 1920 apd $2.S2
The sales aggregated 164 cars. The shipments
from California from April 16 to 22d were $50
cars, as compared with 1914 cars in the CORE
spending week last year and ss6 cars in 1906.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-01
SAN FRANCISCO QUOTATIONS

Exclusive service to the Los Angeles Herald
by L. A. Crisler & Co., members Los Angeles
Nevada Mining Stock exchange, S05 San Fer
nando building, Los Angelesl.
SAN FRANCISCO, April SO.-The entire mar
ket for Nevada mining stocks was dull and
heavy this morning Daisy and Fraction held
around yesterdays quotations, while Goldheld
Con. and Florence shaded off 171s and l212
points, respectively.
Florence Extension was the feature OF the
morning call, 5000 shares being traded in at
1Sc and 19c closing weak at tic bid.
The total valuation of ore shipped from the
Csoldfield district was not as high as the week
previous as the high grade Of the Little FLO
renee did not come in as strong as expected
and the ore from the Rogers syndicate was
also lower. The Consolidated is not trying to
make a production and only the low. grade is
being run through the Combination mill In
fact the greater portion of the ore shipped TO
the mills and reduction works was that mined
In the course of development OF from the
dumps at the different mines and leases that
have expired on the Consolidated and Flo
renee ground. . -
The following table is as nearly correct as
can be secured: Combination mill, $50 TONS
valued at S25 200; Western Ore Purchasing Co,
zoo tons, valued at $4,000; Nevada Goldheld
Reduction works, 600 tons, value S40'0Oo; total
1890 tons valued at s140,20
Following are the closing quotations, together
with the regular call sales of the San Fran
cisco Stock and Exchange board;
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-01
SAN PEDRO SHIPPING
BY Associated Press.


SAN PEDRO, April S0.--The Union oil COM
psny's tank steamer Roma, Capt. Lane. arriv-
Ing today from San Francisco. berthed at the
Crescent wharf to load $1,000 barrels of oil for
san Jose.
The GauatemalaiN Norwegian steamer Elr,
Capt. Marcussen twenty six days from Junin,
anchored outside Dday. Her cargo consists of
nitrates 1000 tons of which is consigned to w
r. Grace g. Coz and 5000 tons for San Fran
cisco and Puget sound ports The vessel has
net tonnage 1f 26S7 She had an uneventful
voyage.
The schoon@ Ruby, Capt. Korthe fourteen
days from C6quille river brought full lum-
ber cargo fof the Crescent Wharf company.
The steam schooner Jim Butler, Capt Olsen,
four days from Raymond, brought 100000 feet
OF umberlfor the National Lumber company.
The steam schooner Mandalay, Capt Loft
strom from Crescent City via Redondo, dis
charged n portion of her cargo here and sailed
this evening for San Diego.
The eteamer Hanalei,. Capt. McFarlane, left
this evening for San Francisco with large
passenger and freight list.
Tho steamer Roanoke Capt Durham, from
Portland via San Francisco, arrived today with
passengers and freight. The vessel departed
aeain this evening after taking return passen-
res and cargo for the north.
The steam schooners Lakme and James s.
Higgins departed tonight. the former for
Eureke and the latter for Fort Bragg.
The steam schooner Redondo, Capt Bende-
gard, sailed for Coos Bay to reload a return
cargo
Capt. Palmer has libeled the bark Alden
Besse for supplies and wages. Karr & Wood
have been retained as attorneys
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-01
NEW YORK STOCK
AND BOND MARKET
Rx Associated Press.

T. AbSOCldleA
NEW YORK. April so.-The shrinkage of
half in the volume of today's stock mar
ket from that of yesterday was significant
in the abatement of demand for stocks
The reactionary tone at the same time was
more pronounced than yesterday. Most CT
the days sales being effected at prices below
the closing OF the day before, mad last
,,rices showing material declines. 1t is well
understood that the disclosures in connec-
ton with the two latest stock eSchahge
failures have served to force covering ps
the bears to an unusual extent many go a
ers of stocks making peremptory demands
for their return by borrowers for delNery
against short sales These disclosures nave nave
had a disquieting effect on the speculatlNe
temperature owing to the fears that tney
would discourage operations by the seherAl
public through commission houses. me me
practice by a commission house OF snort
sales in a stock which their customers al
long Of discountenanced, and the sugges-
ton that some of the recent short covering
was of this character has caused an un-
rleasant impression. The net result mas
been an unusual exhaustion of the snort
interest, and this was held largely account
able for the dropping tendency OF prices 10
day. OF more active factors the mos ,sIo i5rL,
portant was the rapid accumulation or ioie
freight cars reported by the American fan-
ways association committee Tne nuIhoes es
of these on April 15--375,77o-is pronounce
the greatest total in the history OF Amer.
can railroading, having risen from zsho4A
on March Is, when increased freight move
1nent had been bringing additional cars INTO
service and comparing with 34S,92S on ep-
ruary g. the highest figure touched IN tne tne
depression following the panic. So enphatiec 8
an evidence of renewed trade reaction dlo
not pass unheeded in speculative circles.
Among the less tangible influences In the
davis market was an impression sougnt 10
he created that powerful banking and man
cial interests which have supported the mar :
ket had achieved the desired purpose q
insurance the underwriting of proposed pohu
sssues and saw no further necessity Tor los
taring the rising tendency of prices. rms
view obtained added force from the reaetlon
Of new issues on the outside market wnere
fhey are dealt in when issued Quotatons
for the Pennsylvania consolidated per cent
bonds and the Interborough Rapid TRANSIT
notes both reacted in that market Inc
statement Of March earnings of the Harrl-
man bonds gave signal evidence OF the ei-
fective measures of economy in force. whlcn
oyerreached the fall in gross earnings III
fbe case of Southern Pacific and went tar
to meet it in the case of Union Paclnc.
Copper receded In London again. Crop news
was favorable. -, -ar
value $3,176,000. -
United states bonds were unchanged on
call.