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The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
frhur.dar. Anil IS. 1901

Eighth and L streets northeast-Francis A. Blum
don et ux. 20 Bertha +. Mooney lot g. square
s0s So
Fifteenth and streets suitheast-Lee NJ LIPS
cumb ct uK. TO William P. AlcSee. original lot
g. square 1910 SO.
Pleasant Plains-Soph.e +. Nussbaum 10 Katherine
Hackett lot IS. SO.
Kalorama Heights-Wolcott TuckCrman 20 TX. 70
Amaryllis GiIlet. lot g. block Il SO
Ninth and I streets northVest-George A. Green
and Clara II. Gamer 20 viz. Thomas A. 10
David NJ Gatti. part original lot J. square
173 So
Takoma Park-IOnn A. Norton to Harley C. and
Rosa A. Murray. lot 81 block L. SO
Barry Fam-Aiartha S. Wracks e vir, Samuel. 10
James A. Taylor. psrt lot % section l. SO.
Columbia HeiEhts-HarTy Wardman and Harrv b
Wilson 10 Eva N. Fay. lot S. block s.. SO
Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Plains-M Frank
Rupert et ux. 70 John n. Rupert. lot 1856
south laE Of lot Is7 and south hall Of lot 80,
and half intercs. In los Is. 50
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
VIII stop TrawI Fisbiur

Trawl fishing which has been so ex-
tensively introduced on japanese coasts.
is 70 be curtailed. Vice Consul General
z. c. Babbitt sends a newspaper article
from Yokohama which states that the
japan fishery conference at Tokyo passed
a resolution in favor Of the prohibition of
the use OF steam trawlers.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
RAILWAYS DO WELL
United, of Baltimore, Shows
Increased Profits.
ROSS EARNINGS FALL OFF

urPIus for 1905 Nearly Three Times
Greater Than In I9O7-Big ExPendi-
lures Are Made and Transfer Privi-
IeEeS Observation-Disclosures of On
GRAFTON and Views of President.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
Transfer Direction
n-....- n-.-.l----


From this Il IS seen that 80 per cent Of
all passengers used transfers.
On the subject Of transfers. Mr. House
said: While the travelling public has
greatly profted by this liberal use OF
transfers. the general use and. in many
cases. abuse Of the transfer privilege has
steadily grown until the average rate
now received per capita IS but c.45 cents; ;
and. after dedUcting the park tax Of 9
per cent upon gross receipts within the
city. a net per capita revenue Of only 3.15
cents
'It should be recognized that the serv-
ice given by the company IN transporta-
tion represents the commodity which Il
has for sale, and. by reason Of legislative
enactment. this is a fixed rate Of cents
for adults and cents FOR children.
Therefore, we endeavcr to impress upon
the public and upon municipal officials
the fact that, as the margin OF profit
on the sales of this commodity is un-
reasonably reduced. the ability Of the
company to perform its functions of eff
cient service and TO lead in the develop
ment Of the city and the increase in the
taxable basis IS impaired"
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18

Much Of Swedens wealth lies in her
wonderful deposits Of iron, which enable
her TO produce every form OF iron and
finished steel. In one section alone she
has more than 500OOQoS0 tons Of ore above
ground
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
InternatIonaI Exposition at Kazan

An international exposition viii be held
at Kazan. Russia. during the months Of
June. July. and August, 1909, under the
supervision OF the KaZan government
zemstvo 10 whom applications should be
addressed. Foreign exhibits viii be re-
ceived up 10 July Is, 1909. The exhibits
will be classed at follows; Home indus
tries, agriculture. stock and poultry rails
ing. dairy products. agricultural and other
machinery. fireprOOf materials. fire en-
gines and apparatus, and general manu-
featuring industries.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18

Comparing 1908 results with those Of
%. the following changes are shown:
'ecrease in gross earnings, Sls3, ,279.6S, or
I per cent: decrease in operating eX-
onses, $176,7 1886, or 500 per cent; de-
,-ease in other income. S3. .265, 200; Increase
o fixed charges. S149. .2f00S, OF 6 per cent;
crease in amount carried 10 profit and
IS for the wear. S56.113.I6
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18

WIZ
which there has been credited to
Extraordinary expenditure. sls.75l.O5
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lance carried to tho credit Of profit
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AOfal net income auplc1Dle 70 uNed
charges. taxes. &c..........-...........S
'ixed charges. including park and other
taxes, interest on Car Trust ccrtif-
Gates and funding bonds. rentals for
Maryland Electric Railways and other
.eased property.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
Pnnic end Ruin.

But early Tuesday morning the story
got around that Wiltshire and Kershaw.
the cnief clique broker. had been clos
eted at the Richelieu Hotel well into the
night and that Kershaw had come away
looking worried and discouraged. Defeat
was in the air. At the first tap Of the
bell July was down to 50 cents. The pit
became a rout. panic. The immense
structure OF the clique. built into the
trade by enormous purchases extending
over four months, was plainly going 20
pieces. The bears flung themselves upon
II without thought Of caution. BY noon
cash wheat had dropped to % cents. At
that hour Secretary Stone appeared in the
small south gallery and began announc-
ing the failures That morning the clique
had been long some 10000 eco bushels. The
next morning one OF It's brokers said:
Il know Of 100000 bushels Of actual
wheat the clique had bought and paid for.
This wheat 1t held yesterday morning;
but where Il is now, God only knows A"
There were nineteen failures on the
board. When the wreck was cleared UP
few days later II was found that 4.
L. Harper was the clique; that he had
ruined himself and looted the Fidelity
Bank of its last available dollar TO carry
on the deal
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
Estimate Confirmed.

The remarkable accuracy OF the Jones
forecast give the young crop reporter a
position in the grain trade which in sue
ceeding seasons became stronger. In 1903
the June government estimate OF the to-
tai wheat crop of the country was O0,OO0,-
900 bushels above the Jones figures. In
July the government was still 100000
bushels above him, and when the gov
eminent December figures We're published
they had cut of this q. 100000 and a few
millions more. When the authentic re-
ports were published the crop turned out
10 be what ne had estimated il in the
early summer.
But It was in 1904 that Jones-no longer
a newspaper reporter. but the owner Of a
grain trade journal and a member of one
Of the largest grain houses in the West
made his most remarkable record as a
crop estimator. It was at the end of July.
after he had made his final estimate OF
the crop in the winter wheat States and
had already made a preliminary survey
Of the Northern crop that he made a dis
cOvery at Marion. s. Oak, on the St.
Paul. that electrified the grain market Of
the world. The last government report
had estimated the yield Of spring wheat
at 300 o00.000 bushels. Jones had put the
figures az 250,0O0.000 bushels, and the zrain
trade ridiculed him for his conservatism.
as it had ridiculed him in 1900 for his op-
timism- When Jones left his train AZ the
Marion station and went out into a neigh
boring wheat field, he discovered that the
whole field was infected with black rust
The Washington herald., 1909-04-18

Net earnings from Operatioa......--.. ssh
Other incoine- --.--..----------.---- 3.
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The Washington herald., 1909-04-18
Earnings and Expenses.

iToss earnings Of lines COVned and
lperating expenses Gncluang insurance) $685. Il
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-05
A lich Gate.

A lich gate is a shed. generally of oak over the entrance of church yard. beneath which the bearers paus- ed when bringing a body for inter- ment. Here the clergyman met the body and read the introductory part of the burial service as he preceded the funeral train into the church. Ex- amples of old lich gates are still to be seen in many country -churchyards. In Wales they are more modern and are usually built of stone. Some of the old lich gates are formed with one wide door turning on a central pivot and self closing by means of a rude pulley wheel in the roof and a stone weight inclosed in an iron frame. a primitive but effective piece of ma chinery In Herefordshire. they are also called "scallage' or "scallenge' gates. "Lich gate" is derived from the Anglo-Saxon lich, a corpse; hence the north country '1yke wake."-Lon- don Answers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-05
Hypnotic Power In Animals.

An interesting instance of the hyp- notic power possessed by d good many animals Is given by correspondent of the Glasgow Herald. One morning outside Elgin a blackbird was ob- served to be standing by the road side. paying no heed to the footsteps of the passerby. 1t was gazing fixed ly at four young weasels under the hedge. which were approaching in a semicircle. apparently to surround it. Just then a warning cry was heard from behind, uttered presumably by the parent weasel. and the young ones disappeared in the hedge. The bird still remained powerless and immova- ble. and only after repeated urging did it fly to a tree near by. when 1t gave forth a weak. frightened sound. as though still under the influence of the terror which had arrested its faculties
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-05
The Candle Tree.

One of the wonders of the vegetable kingdom is undoubtedly thef candle tree of Panama. known to botanists as Parmentiera cerifera. This tree produces from it's stem and older branches a great profusion of yellow ish, cylindrical. smooth fruits, twelve to eighteen inches long, which appear exactly like wax candles. az the botan- ical name implies. So close is this resemblance that travellers. seeing the tree for the first time. are linble to be temporarily puzzled as to whether the candles of shops are made in factories or grown on trees. The candle-like fruits are suspended from the branches and bare stem by short, slender stalks, dangling in the air. and readily give the impression of the .chandler's shop. As night falls and tIS numerous fire flies move among the fruit this impress sion is intensified. The inexperienced traveller is not infrequently informed that the firefiies perform the duty of lighting up these candles" at night when light is required by the denizens of the jungle-London Strand.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-05

Advertise in the Farmer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-05
conxineina the Waiter.

'T have learned how to make the foreign walters in the restaurants where f,eat think I have lived in Eu- rope half a lifetime" said a woman who never dimes at home. 'I dawdle over my dinner twice as long as any body else in the place. It requires no effort for me to do that By nature eat in the same leisureIy manner that I do everything else Most of my compatriots bolt their food As a consequence the foreign walters who are used to leisurely dining regard them with amazed horror.
 "'Ah, those AmericansP they ex- claim Some day they choke But as for misunderstanding newell. ma- dame is different. Madame nibbIes. she sips. she fingers; therefore she is not as those of common American clay. It takes madame never less than two hours to eat her dinner. That marks her as one of the European elect '"-New York Globe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-05
Eurnne,s pirtinnt To,rn.

All travellers should shun Boryslaw. fin Galicia-"the back of Europe truthfully called the dirtiest place in Europe. It is the oil trade center and is decidedly not beautiful. In the main street all the houses have been built on mine refuse. and most of them have sunk below the level of the street. In fact. there is not a solid brick or stone building in the whole of the town, and many of the houses are in a state of partial or entire col lapse. Cnrefined petroleum is every where. It gets into everything-food and clothing-and the atmosphere reeks of 1t. Along one side of the main street is a raised wooden pave ment. and beneath 1t is an oily ditch. Boryslaw's main waterway is a mar row. sluggish, oily stream. On it's banks the towns refuse is cast. and the market booths are erected along side. while the local washerwomen- though from external appearances one would judge that laundresses did not exist there at all-do their washing in its oily depths.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-05
Matchina tn. Braid.

After ten years he returned. footsore and weary. His wife met him at the door.
 "I thought you were dead" she told him.
 You should have known better than that,' he said. Do you remember that last piece of net tried to match for you? You scolded because there was a difference of an eighth of an inch in the width of the folds. and l vowed that would never again return from matching anything for you until l had found the exact thing you wanted"
 He handed her a package
 Here is that old rose binding braid that you told me to buy. l found it last Monday in Billings. Mont. l have looked for it in thirty-seven states"
 She tore o6 the wrappings.
 Ut is a little too dark" she said.
 "But the sample has faded some in ten years" he reminded her.
 Tt is little too heavy besides"
 But handling by thousands of clerks has worn the sample away some. It was heavier when l started out"
 .'I suppose l can make it do," she said.-Newark News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-05
Her Dime.

Somebody had given the east side woman a bad dime. It w0s composed largely of lead. She tried to pass 1t at several places. but they are wary for some reason or other on the east side They invariably ring a dime on the counter once or twice and bite 1t be- sides. When she got home with the dime it had several holes in 1t from the pressure of east side teeth '-It is more impossible than ever." she said.
 The impecunious man called that evening. He had a dollar with him which was wholly intact-that is to say, 1t had not been broken.
 'T am afraid they'll give me bad money for it. he said upon taking his departure. lover here in these east side cars Will you change 1t for meT
 'T shall be delighted" said she.
 He called a week later with a grouch.
 'You can't seem to get away from the bad money over here on your old east side" be complained. Somebody or other stung me with an old lead dime that was full of holes."-New York Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-05
unanpreeiated Efforts.

Unselhsh goodness is seldom appre- ciated In this world of ours. There was that man in the electric car. for instance. Having rung up three fares in his efforts to stop the car for the lady that sat on the opposite side. he tossed after her the umbrella that be- Ionged to the little gray whiskered man on his right. Neither the gray whis- kered man nor the conductor liked the thoughtful Samaritan for his al- truistic efforts.-Bostou Transcript
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-05

I lot g Mems Satin Calf bal plain toe and congress. all solid leather. at ..-.. $1.4S pair.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-05

1 lot Women's Patent Colt Skin Calf top. plain and butcher cut, all sizes. widths B to E. Regular $3-50 grade, at ..---- -$1 .9S pair
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-05

A broken lot of Mems Patent Colt and Gun Metal, the famous '.All American and Ralston Shoe, s3.50 and $4 grades, to go at
 S2 20 pair.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-05
rhera Ar. Better Seats.

He is now. they say. on the very pinnacle of fame, and yet he isn't ex- actly in comfortable circumstances"
 That's not surprising Did you ever sit on a pinnacle of any t:"-Brook- lyn Citizen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-05
The Better Way.

lawfully rude of him to throw a kiss at me-"
 ''Yes, my dear; those are things which always ought to be delivered in person."-Illustrated Bits
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-05

s5c, $ $125 Sl50 pair
 
 day rush of trade at this Busy Bargain Store
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-05

1 lot Women's Gun Metal. high cut, button, sizes to 6. Regu- lar 8 grade. at .-..- $1.9S pair.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-05
Some Odd Spelling.

Americans. says the London News employ the word 'Britisher." which they invented, in a contemptuous sense It was a certain Philadelphia wit who is said to have asked his friends what a -Britisher" would mean to convey by the written word ''ghoughphtheight- teeau." He had to explain to them that. according to the genius of the English language. 1t meant potato Thus: Gh-p. as in "hiccough:" ough- O. as in dough-" phth-t, as in '-phthi- sis;" eigh-a. as in ''neighbor;:" tte-t. as in ''gazette,% and eau-o, as in beau" This was at least as puzzling as the livery stable keepers bill which contained the two lines
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-05
AOSaIaoa .Atacinonimomgin.

Nobody who does not know the an- swer" has ever yet arrived at the sclu- tion. which is. in the vernacular of the creditor himself. "A 'oss 'alf a day" and "A-takin' on i'm 'ome ag'iu.''
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1909-01-21
WHY NOT MAKE THEM.

In an editorial on the Gompers case,
The Farmers Journal of Abilene sug.
gests: "That a good way to avoid all
this trouble and expense and bad blood
would be for the people to have their
own foundries and provide their own
stoves, just as they have their own
mints and coin their own money. Why
notf Stoves are universal necessity,
not only in the United States, but in
every part OF the civilized world-much
more so than the printed envelopes
which the government now supplies.
Can you think of a single reason why
the government should not manufacture
stoves, distribute them at cost and stop
all this fuss, except that capitalism
would in that case be shorn of an op-
portunity to pile up private fortunes at
the expense of the people who make
stoves and the people who use themi
-ge.whizl-that would be too
much like Socialism. Better have war
between capital and labor, with strikes,
lock-outs, boycots, court injunctions,
Jail sentences, pickets, police, militia,
troops, gatling guns-better have years
and years Of such diversion as this
rather than Socialism and government
stoves, so the people are taught to be.
lieveip
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1909-01-21
Highest Court i'm the Land Legalizes Bull Pen

Washington, Jan. ls-The supreme
court of the United States today de.
cided against President Meyer, of the
Western Federation Of Miners, in the
damage suit brought by him against
former Gormernor Peabody, of Colo
RADIO, on account of Meyers imprison.
ment on the governors orders because
of his alleged connection with riots at
Telluride, Col, in 1904.
In the course of his opinion Justice
Holmes said:
Right to Call Troops.
awe must assume that the governor
had a right under the state constitution
and laws TO call out troops, as was
held by the supreme court of the state.
fhe constitution is supplemented by an
act providing that when an invasion
of or insurrection in the state is made
or threatened, the governor shall order
the national guard to repel or sup
press the same.
"That means that he will make the
ordinary use Of the soldiers to that
end; that he may kill persons who re.
sist, and of course that he may use
the milder methods of seizing the bod.
les of those whom he considers 10 stand
in the way of restoration of peace.
Such arrests are not necessarily for
punishment, but are by way Of pre-
caution to prevent the exercise of hos.
tile power; so long as such arrests are
made in good faith and in the honest
belief that they are needed in order
to hold the insurrection off, the gov
ernor is the final judge and cannot be
subjected to an action after he is out
Of office on the ground that he had no
reasonable ground for his belief.
Individuals Must Yield.
"When il comes to decision by the
head OF the state upon matter involv-
ing Its life, the ordinary rights Of in.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1909-01-21
FEED MY SHEEP.

age of six and fourteen years old, work
ing for far less than it costs to feed,
clothe and house them in a manner
conducive to health and growth to the
fulness Of man and womanhoodf
Do the people who work for wages
produce so much profit for others that
they themselves must wantf Do we
call out our troops and shoot people
down when they protest for an increase
share of the product of their toili
Do one class Of our citizens tell
another class, to go idle and starve or
work upon terms and under conditions
arbitrarily prescribed by themi
Are there many of our citizens who
are forced to work for other persons
and sell their labor power for what it
will bring in the open market in order
TO acquire the necessities of lifef
Since the advent of machinery, and
the resulting unemployed workers to
compete for the jobs, does not labor
power sell at its cost of produetionf
is not the economic life of a Nation
impaired when one class of citizens
are dependent for their economic life
upon another classi
Have we fulfilled the command of
that Great Shepherd to feed his sheepi
No! BY the powers of government ex.
ercised by the special privileged class,
they make it impossible for his sheep
to feed themselves until the profit
mongers receive their pound of flesh
and blood because special privilege re.
quires that the workers be restrained
of their economic freedom which is the
basis Of all liberty and National great
ness.
Political liberty the second requisite
of National greatness is necessary to
effect economic freedom, and all per-
sons who are deprived of this liberty
are in no wise responsible, if they the
weak are oppressed by the strong. No.
No the stain for the condition of the
weak and helpless is upon the build
ers Of Navies, the maintainers of
armies, the owners of railroads, who
buy Courts and Senator's. The profit
mongers and dollar chasers who grind
human flesh and blood into dividends.
The economic oppressors and political
knaves who feign the Christian faith
OF the great Shepherd, and use his re-
hgion as a cloak of hypocricy while
they keep his sheep in ignorance and
political subjugation.
Mothers, wives, sisters and brothers,
swaken from your slumber, the world
is full OF wealth enough for all, and it
is yours, you created it every whit.
awaken l say and by your political
power effect your economic emancipa-
tion, for with the emancipation of the
women, children and men who toll for
profit to the class who oppress and rob
them, will come the emancipation of
the fatherless or motherless child. and
We will be brothers and sisters together
under true National greatness eeonom-
ically free through our political power,
and We then will keep the Great Shep.
herds command, and feed his sheep.
EDWIN J. BROWN,
us First Ave, Seattle Wash.