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The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET,

Regular caii-l2 O'Clock noon:
Capital Traction S.. 5000 az ll0iz Sl.ooo at i0iz
81 900 At liois. 500 at li0i. $500 at 10y, secs at
HOS.
Washington Railway and Electric Is. So0 at n
SlCl9 at z.
Washington Railway and Electric common, 80 at
Z7s
Washington Railway and Electric preferred. 10 at
70la. 30 at 70ls
Lanston Monotype 100 al Ga
Greene CananCa 100 AZ 50
Union Trust 5 at is
After oan-Washington Railway and Electric pre-
feIred az a.
Meggenthaler Linotype ] at 1854.
Capital Traction, / az 10.
Following are the closing quotations on yesterday ;
local stock exchange:
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Tuesday Anniversary of the
Patron of Ireland.
HISTORY OF THE SHAMROCK
Facts SkiIIfuIIy Woven Into History
Of II. Patrick and Irish FayOrife
Flower ny Rudolph DE ZaPP-Rec-
ords Go Far Back Into the Early
Events of Christianity.


81. Patricks Day in the morning day
after tomorrow. 70 be sure.
There's q dear little plant that grows in our Isle;
10 was x PatTick himself sure who set II:
Aud the ms labors with pleasure did smile.
And the tear froln his eye ofttimes vet H.
II grows through the beg. through the brake through
the mireiand
And thy call it the dear little Shamrock Of Ireland
Old Song
There are few plants. If any. That are
as closely associated in the peoples mind
with any one nation in particular as is
the little Irish shamrock with Tie joys
and sorrows of the Emerald Isle In the
ancient literature Of Erin the word oc-
ours yariously. as seamsog. seamrog.
seamroge. shamrote, shamrocke, sham
r0ke. SHAMROCK or shamroote. shamrug.
shamroge, seamar-oge, and chambroch
The word shamrock is Erse. being de-
rived from seamrog. "A compound of
seaman, meaning trefon, and "og. lit
tie-little clover. Seaman is supposed 70
be the same as sumar. obtained from the
Celtic name OF the clover visumarus.
As 10 the plant itself, il is generally
considered that true shamrock is either
the black nonesuch or the Dutch clover.
with q decided preference for the hrst-
named. on no less an authority that the
curator of the Dublin Botanic Gardens
and other competent persons. There are.
however. some who hold that trifolium
repens, or uifolium minus is the true
shamrock, and this opinion emanates
from experts in our own Agricultural
Department at Washington.
Other Writers.
Other writer's have adopted the fancy
Of Bicheno, who advocated the right Of
the wood sorrel 10 this honor. This last
belief may have arisen from the appear
ance OF the word seamsoge. meaning
wood sorrel, ia old Irish writings. re-
ferring 10 the shamrock. but by those
competent 90 judge this IS thought 90 be
a misprint. the word seamroge. yignifying
meadow trefoil, having been meant
The earliest references 20 the shamrock
ia Irish literature deal with il as a fool
plant CampiOn. in his Historic OF Ire
land, dated I51 says in speaking OF
the food Of the common people, sham
rotes, watercresses, and other herbes they
feed upon; oathcIe and butter they cram
loErller.
Matthias LObel. the Flemish botanist.
who published his "St.rpium Adversaria
Nova. IN 1870. appears 10 be the first
botanical writer 10 mention the plant
He enumerates the purple and the white
trefoii, and says % the latter. 1T IS
stated 20 be good for fattening cattle d"
adding that the Irish grind the flowers
and leaves into a meal, which they
knead with butter. and thrust into their
groaning bellies, when il sometimes hap
pens they are vexed and nigh maddened
with three days hunger"
Edmund Spencer in 1896 also tells Of
the Irish people feeding on "sbamrokes. 90
or watersresses. when reduced 10 Starva-
tiCn during the Munster wars. In the
Itinerary Of Fynes Moryson, written In
1929. this passage occurs in a description
Of the Irish: They willingly ear the
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BEARS ARE ROUTED
Buying Tendency in Wall
Street Is Persistent.
BULLS SEE CHANGE IN LAWS
Anticipate Modification of sherman
antitrust BiII-BeIicve Such Action
Business COnditions-Nuch later
ested In Stories of Conferences.

New York. March 14-To-day's stock
market was again the scene OF that
urgent and persistent buying which has
characterized it through the present week
and which undoubtedly las a more SUBJ
stantial basis for its origin than any at
tack upon the short interest in the mar
ket, extended as this may be in proper
ton TO the floating supply of stocks. or a
mere temporary speculation for the rise.
even If this may have the support of high
financial powers.
In the middle of the week, the upward
movement halted and the rank and file
of those who had been following it in a
speculative way made haste to close their
accounts, believing that the advance
should eliminate, but they plainly mis-
judged the market. for the buying power
that had been excited was sufficient 10
easily overcome all the profit taking that
was INDUCED IN and TO push prices to a
little higher level.
The idea has become widespread that
the real impulse behind the rise in the
market is a conviction that important
changes are pending in the existing Sher-
man antitrust law. which has long been
the most grievous thorn in the side OF
the business interests of the land.
No Details of Changes.
No details of those changes are forth
coming, but IL is evident that something
OF the kind is meditated. II is admitted
that conferences on the subject have been
had in the White House. attended by
those who. whatever may be done in the
way Of amending the Sherman law, would
be the last TO approve OF such change
as that outlined in some of the newspaper
dispatches or an entire exemption OF
labor unions from the scope Of the pres
ent statute: and this has led TO the sug-
gcstion that the new law may perhaps,
contain as its most prominent feature
such a limitation of the terms OF the
laws as viii require all agreements in
restraint Of trade to be proved TO be
harmful before they can rank as offenscs.
Under the statute. this would. il seems.
allow the railway companies TO make pool
ing agreements and the Ike and would
also still hold labor unions 10 account
ability for boycotts and similar malignant
conspiracies.
Advanced Cautiously.
All that can be said of the market to-
day is that it steadily and continuously
advanced. 1t was noticeable that much
less buying was necessary than used TO
be required in order TO bring about higher
quotations for the L. S. Steel common
and preferred shares. One cause for the
particular movement here was the belief
that the annual report Of the steel cor
poration which is expected to be made
public next week, will show that the
finances Of the corporation are in even
more manihcent shape tian has been
commonly supposed.
Tho weekly bank statement was Of en-
tircly non-committal order. The bank
surplus reserve increased slightly, APP
parently as a result OF an unexpected
decrease in the loan account Of over So
500.0e0
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New York March lA-WHEAT- Higher checking
trade No. ! Northern Duluth. % arrive I.I5ls No.
2 red. {. o. b. l0l2: No hard T. O. D.. ll2zs:
M. I msCaIoui l-0Si2 No. macaroni. 100. TX
porters took loads
CORN Higher hndering trade No elevator.
IA; new No. p Z. O. D., IS; No. white, T. o. b..
ssis No. yellow, f. o. b., 5s's. Exporters took
nothing.
RYE-Dul; nominal. unsettled. No. ?. Sc. E. O. b.
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Quotations furnished by E. T. Hutton & Co, mem
bers Of the New York Stock Exchange C. Bowie
Chapman manager 1901 + street northwest
Total sales. .6i2,S 800 shares
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Probate Court.

JUSTICE EUILU-
Estate a. James r Sc9ggS, petition for probate
AID recCTd Of VIII and letters Of administration
c. z a. Attorney. q. T. sullivan
Estate Of Ellen NJ Cotton; notion 20 frame issue
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CHANGES FOR THE YEAR.

Following arc the bid prices Of the most
active bonds and stocks listed on the
Washington Stock Exchange yesterday
and on the corresponding day one year
ago:
GAS BONDS.
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MINING STOCKS.

Quotations are furnished hy Irving X. Harrington
< Co. members Of the New York Produce Exchange.
h. r. Baker manager. Hibbs Building
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DEEDS OF TRUST.

M. xxi Norman l. I.-ushuTgh vs. Lewis Bcnnet
e. al; judgment from justice of the peace. $50
Attorney. Charles " Clagett.
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Only ten cents week, delivered AZ
your door-the daily issues Of The Wash
ington Herald. Phone Main 300
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Circuit Court No. 2.
Criminal Court No 1.

JUSTICE STAFFORD.
Assignments for M0rday March IS. 1865:
United States rs. Andrew JeRkins.
United States vs.. John Howard
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Enuffv Suif.


Nc. 1853 Charles C.. Ratio infant. IS sara
Ratio Ct al; fer partition Attorney, Howard BOYD
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Circuit Court No. /.


Thomas IS Baker and jackson rs Baker two
cases. Judgment ON verdict. Attorneys. w g.
Frentiss-D..W. Baker and J. c. Adkins.
Assignments for Monday. March l6 1905:
No. So. Pierce. administrators. vs. BTigltwood
Railway Company et al Attorneys. 7. G. Taylor
and A. s. Worthington-C. A Douglas
No iiS- Swift Taylor Attorneys. A. Y.
Br >dley-Stuart Mcnamara.
No. 80 Williams Richmond. Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad Company e. al. Attorneys
A. :. W1rthington-Herbert X Mioou. Hamilton
Colbert. Yerkes Hamilton, and McKenney x
Flanner.
BOYD =. II. Marshall. and W. W. Bride-Rastcu
a Siddons.
No. 4i9 Doyle rs. Stearns. Attorncys. Hamilton
Colbert. Yerkes & Hamilton B. =. Leighton.
No. i5l- Taylor rs. W. and r. Railway Company
Attorneys. A. y. Bradley-C. A. Douglas.
No. i55 Houghton Chase. Attorneys. H. D.
GOrdon-E. T. Enig
No. i57. Sackerman vs. Washington Railway and
Electric Company. Attorneys. J. l. PEPPER and
Hayden Johnson-C. A. Douglas.
Nc s07. McDeyitt vs. lexington and Soldiers
Home Railway Company. Attorneys. A. 5. Worth
ing;on-C 4. Douglas and g. Z. Hoover
No 42. Hurst, Sc, Is. Miller. ATTORNEYS, G. Z.
ENG and Edwin Forrest-Brandenburs X Branden-
burs-
No gas Hawks rs. Brown ct al. Attorneys. A
;. Worthington- Tucker & Kenyon.
No ST. Wiley vs. City and Suburban RAILWAY
Company. Attorneys. Wolf X Rosenberg-C. A.
Douglas.
Circuit Court No. 2.
JUSTICE ANDERSON.
Assignments for Monday March Is. 1905.
No 80 Mckenzie rs. Capital Traction Company
Attorneys. Leckie, Fulton & C0x-R. r. Ferry 4
Son and g. T. Dunlop.
Nc. SS. Mears vs.. Jones ATTORNEYS. c l. Frat
ley--AIthur Peter
No. 20. International Trist Company vs.. Howard.
ATTORNEYS. W. C. Clephane-B. H. Warner. jr.
No. N. international Trust Company vs. Crook.
Attorneys. same
No 5Gl09- International Trust Company vs.. Crook.
Attorneys same
No. 50lil. International Trust Company vs. How
ard Attorneys same
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The Trinity legend If the shamrock
appears first in literature in III. in Caleb
Threkeld's synopsis Stirpium Hiberni-
carum-" Under the heading "TrlfoIum
pratense album" occurs the following
passage: The plant is worn by the
people IN their hats on the 18th day of
March yearly, which is called Saint Pat
rick's Day. il being current tradition
that by this three-leaved grass. he en-
Dramatically set forth to them the mystery
OF the. Holy Trinity. However. when
they met their Seamar-oge. they often
committed excess in liquor, which Is not
a right keeping % "a day 20 the Lord. error
generally leading to debauchery."
Speaking of ST Patrick himself. Prof.
Maclean in his Literature Of The Celts.
says: 1t IS Characteristic Of our age 20
doubt. If not deny. the historical reality 81
many Of the historic figures that hover in
the background OF history And such a
doubt has extended even 70 St Patrick. due
largely 10 the fact that he is not men
toned by the early historians. Prosper
OF AqTitaine "a. ID. 4l--s63l and Bede "a
D. 6l3--55l, both OF whom attributed the
conversion of Ireland 10 Palladius."
This seeming omission, however. has
been explained by the theory that 81.
Patrick and Palladius are one and the
same person. Succat. the saints hap
tismal name I'm the ancient British lam
guage. means Good Cg war" tmOdern
Welsh hygad warlike). and is accurately
translated by Palladius 0rOm PallasJ. a
common Roman name al that period.
As a Roman citizen. and. moreover. OF
noble birth. the saint must have had
more than one name. and doubtless his
praenOmen was Patricius.
IL would therefore be appropriate 10
call him 81. Patricius. for. as Mr. Andrew
Lang says. st Patrick almost newt
ably suggests an Irishman, and Patricius
was none. The authentic records Of ST
PatTick'S life are fairly numerous and
Of great age. dating back almost 20 his
own handwriting. The first is the auto
biographical confession" preserved ia
an abridged form in the Book Of
Armagh" one of the finest and oldest Of
the Irish manuscripts. written IN So. by
a scribe. Ferdomnach.
Scribe Had Before Him.
That the scribe had before him the
actual autograph manuscript of the saint
may be Inferred from his own words.
Thus far the volume which Patrick
wrote with his own hand. on the seven
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BOSTON STOCKS.

Quotations are furnished BY E. f. Hutton & Co.
members New York stock Exchange. c. Bowie
Chapman. manager. 1901 + street nortbwes,
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herbe shamrocke. being Of sharp taste.
which, as they run and are chased to
and fro. they snatch Ike beasts out OF
the bitches"
Belief Arose.
This statement has given rise to the
belief that the watercress was the sham
rock. although some have identified Mory-
sons shamrock with the wood sorrei.
oxahs acetoseIla, a trifoliate plant. with
acid juice. which grows abundantly in
Irish woodlands. The shamrock food OF
the Irish was supposed TO make them
strong and swift of foot T. Mundy re-
fers TO this fact ia a work written by
him in 1889. Pie nourishing qualities OF
the food are also CLEANED from the state
ment of the Earl OF Antrim during the
siege OF Munster by the Earl OF Argyle,
10 the effect that as long as shamrocks
were available no apprehension regarding
the food supply need exist About ~
the shamrock as an article Of food IN
Ireland was supplanted by the potato.
st. Patrick is believed % have lived
about 81 A. D.. yet the legend connect
ing his pane with the national badge OF
ireland does not make its appearance
IN the literature of the country until 1881.
An English traveller. Thomas Dinley
wrote during the reign OF Charles IL:
The 18th day Of March yearly is st.
1airick's. an Removable feast. when -
Irish Of all stations and conditions wear
crosses ia their hats some of pins. some
OF green ribbons. and the vulgar super
stitiously wear shamroczs three-leaved
grass, which they likewise eat tthey say
TO cause a sweet breath. The common
people and servants also demand their
patrick's groat Of their masters. which
they go expressly 10 town. though half
a dozen miles of, 10 spend, where some
times IL amounts 20 piece Of g
and very few Of the jealous are found
sober al night"
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CURB MARKET.

Quotations furnished b. T. F. Hutton & Co.
members New York Stock Exchange. G. Bowie Chip
man. manager l50l + street northwest
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The Largest Morning Circulation.
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herbe shamrocke. being OF sharp taste,
which, as they run and are chased to
and fro. they snatch like beasts out of
the ditches'
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scrihc lad Rcfnrc Him.

That the scribe had before him the
actual autograph manuscript Of the saint
may be Inferred from his own words:
Thus far the volume which Patrick
wrote with his own hand on the seven
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-12-19
Teach
Health
Laws i'm
Schools
BY. DIR. HEALY H. ALMOND.

school board venured propose regular open drill for the children
how the chairman with benevolent smile, suggested
business Something of the
complained of the fine assortment of evil
exhaaons in school where the master smitten with
of drafts" and preserved each days carefully for
these particular irectons things little better now
the position of the where he grand bay
mains nearly strong
Let marks be given freely for tests of vision and hearing strength
grip for doing long walk 25 miles, please cedabe
and eepechase obstacle and
time Nor do why marks should not be given also for boxing
gymnastics would only fit pupils pursuits which
strength activity directly useful but also would enable
Of modern city life far better
study the future professor to be
masculine if it supplied with blood from
brisk circulation all professors Or devoted
to research
belief is that not than six hours diem
voted eentary wot in Schools and certainly
and two and half games rest of the
time should be largely occupied with military drill with
naums the workshops targets in kinds
excellent the ungsor musical
Instruments.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-12-19
The Students, Scantily Clothed, Pur-
sued the Frightened Burglar.

home for the night, had returned I'M
expectedly. Not receiving an answer
Miss Duryea put forth hand to feel
If there was anybody near.
The burglar was standing within a
foot of Miss Duryea's bedside and she
touched him. She shrieked for help
and the marauder struck her blow
in the face, which was sufficient to
mark her, but not to still her voice.
The girls screams aroused the
dormitory and the burglar plunged
through window which he had left
open in anticipation of flight. Re-
CARELESS of the cold and bitter wealth
er the students, arrayed only in their
beribboned nighties, took up the chase
of the intruder. Some were armed
with hatpins, some with books, rats -
combs, brushes, shoes, and others
with rulers, blackboard rubbers and
suit cases. Several in the excitement
chose their feather pillows for
weapons.
But the brigade of flimsily dressed
feminity did not overtake the burglar
he was TOO fleet. The chase stopped
at the school gates, and there several
policemen found the young women
shivering in the cutting night air
The arrival of the police caused nearly
as much of a commotion as the bur
glar. There was a wild retreat upon
the dormitory and the seclusion of its
rooms.
Miss Susie Kingman, preceptress OF
the institution, and her assistants
who had been foremost IN the chase
of the burglar, retired long enough
to replace their nighties with apparel
more suitable to the weather and the
presence of the policemen, and then
arranged with the bluecoats for the
establishment of permanent guard
Con the grouds.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-12-19
Rode on Runaway Mine Gaze.

Wilkesbarre, Pa.-Alternately hoist.
ed and lowered at full speed up the
Lance colliery shafts some 80 or 40
times, Charles Edwards, a mine work.
er, had a thrilling experience, and
was saved from death only by the cool
ness and quick action of Charles
Young.
The trottle of a hosting engine
which Young was running became
clogged and he found he could not
stop it.
There was but fraction of a sec
ond to act when he made the discov-
cry, but it was enough. Young re-
versed the engine, and kept reversing
it every time the cage was close to the
top or bottom until other employees
arrived and shut off the steam.
Edwards was In a state of collapse
when taken from the cage.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-12-19

would depend upon how and where
Were cigarette with the feeling that
she other medicine all would be WELL otherwise would be dis
tasteful
would not sanction all smoking cigarette public
for bravado merely With and alike tobacco like
other edatve become violent poison when used to 1t Is
this knowledge which keeps physicians generally from advising the use
of tobacco for their patients
Aside from its value sey tobacco smoke has been praised
by who have made study its effects valuable dnant for
the nasal and respiratory Hay smoke has the effect in de-
which lodge there inhalation think always would
have i'll effects
Ispk from the general knowledge which physician
One prominent member of the Philadelphia County Medical society
this knowledge the why certain disorders he advised
his patients smoke good tobacco moderation afraid how
that of them would not be frank in view of the
widely spread prejudice certain people against tobacco
FORM AS e regard tobacco valuable alike to and
the and conditions and extent of its uta is
another matter entirely.
For ages have found relief from petty rest for
and general physical benefit the moderate of tobacco We
should probably hear less of the loudly proclaimed Of the
American she devote five minutes three times day
cigarette two, preferably after meals.
The smoking habit would be difficult stop the breathing habit
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-12-19
SQUIRRELS Nab Dynamite.

Winsted, Conn.-Alexander w
Regner, laborer, left ten sticks oil
dynamite beside large rock beneath
a chestnut tree, while he drilled holes
in a number of large stones prepare
tory to blowing them to pieces with
dynamite.
When he went for the explosive he
found squirrels busily engaged eating
the stuff, little of which remained. He
thinks they must have boarded most
of it, but hunters are wondering what
will be the result IL they happen to
shoot one of the dynamite-filled SPUR
rels.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-12-19

David Lubin, formerly OF California
has finally won complete success for
his long-cherished plan to aid agTicul
ture in a worldwide way. After ,ap
pealing in vain to his own government
to encourage agriculture 10y bounties
on leading agricultural staples, instead
of continuing a hopeless struggle he
changed his base of operations in be
half Of agricultural interests and 'ap
pealed to the king of Italy with sc
much responsiveness that his recon
mendations were adopted by that
monarch much as he made them. The
result is the endowment and perma
nent establishment at Rome Of the
International Institute Of Agriculture
The test of its value is shortly to be
made. Within a month delegates
from 46 nations will meet at the first
session of the general assembly Of the
Institute, and working plans will be
considered and probably adopted.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-12-19

No labor movement Of modern times
Is more needed or likely to do moro
good than the organization Of wage
earning women. The woman has a
harder time than the man in a single
handed fight to earn respectable liv-
ing and maintain herself in decent
surroundings. Last month stimuli
taneous conferences Of the Women's
Trade Union League were held in
Boston, New York and Chicago.
Women united in a cause are almost
Irresistible, and this is a cause which
can have few enemies.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-12-19

Approaching completion in the ship
yard of the Elswick works at Newcas-
tle-on-Tyne, England, is the Brazilian
battleship Nina Geraes, which has SUI
perior armament and arrangement to
the British Dreadnought class, as well
as being the heaviest battleship yet
built in the world. The cruiser Irwin
chile and the battleship Superb, Of the
Dreadnought class, are also to be seen
at the shipyard.