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The Washington times., 1909-12-21
DECATUR STREET
RESIDENCE SOLD
Government Official Purchases
New Home in Saufs
Addition.

N II Herman has sold. through
the office Of ~ L. Sansbury, the de
Seched house be is building on the
south side or Decatur street. between
Georgia avenue ana Thirteenth street.
in SnuTe addition
The nOUrc is tTTO-stOrN frame.
rchbie-dasEc structure, containing
nif.c rooms. concrete cellar. and a
finished attic o. is trimmed IN oak
and covered with slate The lot b.
occupies contains $500 feet OF
ground The purchaser is Gov
crnment official, and the price Us UNI
derstOOd 10 have been S6.SJO.
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
BANK SHARES AND
GAS LEAD MARKET FOR
LOCAL SECURITIES.

today was active and in larger volume
than for several days. Metropolitan
Bank shares and Gas were the features
Of the trading. A block iof $50 shares
OF the bank were offered. and sold at POI
TO 203. Sales were at first in fve-share
lots, then in ten-share lots. and when
the offering broker saw that the price
would not easily 90 above 2O3 the bal
anCe of 14j shares were sCld en- bloc
Gas sold very freely on a rising scale
of prices from 725s to 1872 The trading
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
ESTATE is LEFT
y TO OFFICERS SON
Wills of Thomas Vincent. Francis
Cox, and Elizabeth PiIling
Are Filed.

Tic Wills of Thomas NJ. Vincent. late
officer. United States Army: Francis
Marccllus Cos, and Elizabeth PUIns
were filed for probate today.
MI Ninccnts WILL under date OF No
vemoer H. 1901. leaves the premises at
~ y street, his late home, and the en-
tire estate left by him To his son
Thomas Norris Vincent
Elizabeth CDrita Cox. is given the
greater part of the property left bv
The WIN rs dated January s. 1901
The nine nicCes and ucphcWs Of Eliza
beth Pilling will receive equal shares
OF her property according TO the terms
or Eer will dated April Is, 1896.
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
BROKEN KNEECAP
MAY BE OVERCOME

Physicians AT the Fort Alyer hospital
today said they entertain strong hopes
That Capt. Warren Whiteside. quarter
master Fifteenth Cavalry, who broke his
knee cap Thursday in a falI from his
bicycle. will not be permanently iujur-
e.. It was az FIRST feared the brilliant
army othcer would lose the use Of his
leg.
The Washington times., 1909-12-21

was on call and after. the old supporter
OF Gas being the principal buyer The
activity Of the stock today started ru-
mors afresh about the plans of the com
pany. TO do something soon for the bene-
fit Of the stockholders, but nothing
definite is known about that and the
rumors fail TO receive confirmation as
fast as they e started
United States Trust was in good de-
mand, selling at 1lS and "A fraction lower
Other trading was scattered and in
fractional lots without feature or spe-
Cial interest.
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
TO HOLD INQUEST
IN SHOOTING CASE
Coroner Will Investigate Killing of
Mrs. Annie Smith, Colored.
by Her Husband.

An inquest will be- held at the District
mOrguc Thursday over the body Of An
rie Smith. cOlOred. tWenty-three wears
old, who was shot and killed last night
by her husband, John +. Smith, at their
nome. l6l2 Kramer street northeast
Smith, who is locked up at tine Ninth
precinct station. told the police he got
luto an alteration with his wife be-
cause he wanted 10 rush the grdwIer."
His wife. he says. slapped him i'm the
race. and during the struggle that fol-
lowed. he shot her.
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
TODAY'S SALES ON
WASHINGTON EXCHANGE

Capital Traction SIS, S4S0113.
Potomac Electric\ Consolidated IS,
81 .O00d102.
Capital Traction Company, 2OG1S21z, 10
d13212.
Washington Gas, 25G725s. 25d72Fs. 250
72al. 25d73. 25G73. 25673, 25d73ls 2Jd731t.
Mergenthaler, 382l1
National Metropolitan Bank. 5d2O1. 81
pol 5d2Of 1Od2bi 10fI203. 145d203.
United States Trust, 10d117St. 1OG11S,
I011lS- s.
After call-Americsn Security and
Trust, sass, SdZS5
I.anston, 2d11&.
Capital Traction SIS. S1Od1l4. s5O0d113.
MergenthalcT. 5d2101l. 10d210is.
Washington Gas, 25Gt73i4.
United States Trust, 10d11S
Washington Gas, J00 72ik.
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
FUNERAL SERVICES
SET FOR TOMORROW
Coroner Will Investigate Death of
Woman Injured When Alight-
ing From Car.
ing From Car.

Funeral services fcr. Mrs. Mary +.
Mohler. who died Sunday IN the Cas-
ualty Hospital from inju les received by
falling from a street car at the Union
station several weeks ago, will be held
In Grace NJ. +. Church, Ninth and s
streets, tomorrow afternoon, at O'Clock.
Mrs. MOhler, who lived at 404 Rhode
Island avenue northwest. was alight-
ing from the car when the accident &C
CURED. Coroner hewitt will hold an
inquest TOMORROW.
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
Wall Street Market Leess Though Securities Ac
Wholesale Produce Prices
Eggs, Cheese, and Butter.

Eggs, Cheese, and Butter.
Cheese-New York flats. large. per To-, III
slSc; per H., 1Sc.
Eggs-Nearbys. per doz. Sos51c.
Butter-Creamery. fancy 57a37iac; reno
waited, soc; firm.
Poultry.
Live PouItry-Chic6ens. large. per 10.
lJal6c; broiers, per H.. lie; hens. 13al3isc
ROSTERS. &c; young ducks. large, per d., lie
small per H., 12c: geese. per h., lOallc
turkeys, toms, per h. gOC, hens. per To-, 2Oci
turkeys, dressed. per b., DC; capons, pei
lb. 22c
Fruit.
Apples-Per bbl s. OOaS5. 70; oranges. per
ooN, SlS5aS2.25; tangerines PEI strap, S200a5- %
grapefruit, per box. s. 75a2. 90 pineapples, per
crate, $. 0OaS2.50. cranberT!es, per Dbl. 500.
a650
Vegetables.
Potatoes, per Dbl. s.. 5OaS2.25; sweet pota-
Toes SL''a2.25i cucumbers, per basket sos
a5OO; cabbage, per cwt., 81 coal %, squash, per
crate, 25aJ0ci string beans, per bushcl. Sl.5a
az; lettuce. per basket ST. e6a1 80. bects. per
doz punches, 25a3OC; radishcs. per 100. 81;
onions, per Du., Soc. spinach. pc Dbl. 81 Goa
L5o; pumpkins, per Dbl. 75csSlO0; turnips.
per bbl., 500; celery, new York. per crate,
s.. OOa350: California, A.25a475; kale, per bbl..
55a50c. Brussels sprouts. per qt- Sa12izc;
Florida tomatoes per crate. S2.75a$3.25. Flor
ida peppers. per bushcl Sl.25 90; parsnips.
per box, 50ca15c.
Live Stock
Calves-6aSl4o: lambs. ea7la. pork. 9alOc.
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
IS MADE
FOR STATE TROOPS

GRAND CANE, La, Dec. I.-Baton
Rouge TO-DAY received an appeal ror
state troops 20 restore order at this
place. where race war is feared. as
the result Of an alteration between
blacks and whites over the theft of a
hog.
Three whites are dead and six wound
ed. A score OF negroes fled taking half
dozen wounded with them.
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
SHARP NOTICE SENT
TO ALL RAILROADS
Commerce Commission Says Its
Orders Must Be
Obcyed.

A sharp notice was today sent out 90
the railroads by the Interstate Com
merce Commission To the effect that
hereafter failure to comply with the or
ders Of the commission through misuu-
derstancing or the negligence OF en-
ployes viii nc treated as am Intentional
violation o. the orders. and the carriers
legally liable therefor will be prosecuted
for the penalties provided I'm the law.
II The time allowed by the commission
~ the case of any given order Is too
short application for an extension of
time with a showing OF facts, should
be made
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
TINDAgL'S PLACE
SOUGHT BY MANY

The Second Army Corps will nominate
Of lcers for the ensuing year a. their
quarters, 80 Fifteenth street north
west tomorrow evening.
Or. William TiEdall, president Of the
CORPS. has said that me viii not bo "a
candidate for reelection. Among The
names mentioned as his successor are
COL George ~ Armes. Mai Nathan
Bickford, Col. Charles Lyman, and John
Jog Edison.
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
WASHING TON'S
Ready Reference and
Business Guide

BOOI% AND ART STORES.
Wash Book & Art store, 5li ifth ST. y. "
CLEANING AND DYEING.
LERCH'S S25 18th ST. y. W
CLOTHES CLEANED ~ PRESSED.
l. SINGER. sol 18th ST. y. w.
H. JACOBSON, 1916 T. st. y. W
CONTRACTORS.
Wi L. STEWART, Evans Bldg
ELECTRIC MASSAGE, ETC.
MRS KEIGHTLEN. 1886 y Y ave y. W
HOTELS.
GEEASON HOUSE 1901 + st. y. W
HOUSE FRISCO, SIGN PAINTING.
j. T.. BATTENFIELD. rs 18th ST. y w
LITERARY ASSISTANCE.
Short Story Writing. Writers Guide. Nat
Literary Bureau. $40 Colorado Bldg.
PATENT ATTORNEYS.
LEWIS r. CREST, 9lS r 81. y. w
John s. Barker, Ouvav Bldg, SIN and NV.
PHOTOGRAPHERS.
w A. SIMONDS. 1902 F 81. n w
j. r. BROOKS 905 Pa. ave. n. w
RESTAURANTS.
THE GEOTTO, 18th and + SITS. y. W.
The famous noon lunch. 20c
j. l.. HANENS. 12o5 y. y. ave. ) w
THE THRIFTY CAFE. 1918 Pa ave. n w
BUSINESS SCHOOLS ~ COLLEGES.
THE DRILLBRN. 100 n. Y. ave. n. W.
TAILORS.
I J. FARRELL a co. SlI 18th ST. y "
TRUSSES. ABDOMINAL BELTS, ETC
Famous American Silver Trusses.
Seamless Elastic Hosiery.
I T. HANGER. 1872 Pa. ave. n w
TNPIW RITTEN LETTERS.
Francis NJ. Afford & Co, 40 Munsey Bldg
Duplicating Letter Co. Pa. av. 4 18TH St NV
UMBRELLAS REPAIRED AND
RECOVERED.
ROgTON UMBRELLA co. l3T rlth ST y
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
TO HELP ALUMNI
FIND EMPLOYMENT

Acting on the recommendation OF As
sistsnt Secretary r. Perry Corbe;t. the
executive committee OF the Business
High School Alumni will appoint a spe-
cial committee Of 100 members to pro-
mote the employment feature %, the
alumni
Al a meeting of the executive board
yesterday President Sullivan announced
the appointment OF committees on school
interest and press work.
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
COURT CONTINUES
LEE ASSAULT CASE
Negro Held for Stabbing His Wife,
Pending Outcome of Her
Injuries.

The charge OF assault with
dangerous weapon against WilIrord
Lee. coIorcd, was continued indefinite
ly in the Police Court this morning
20 await the result OF the injuries he
inflicted upon his wife with a table
knife AT their home, 2215 Twelfth
street northwest last night.
The woman is at the Freedmcn's
Hospital, her arms and shoulders cut.
and her neck badly slashed. the knife
just missing the juEular vein.
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
TEXAS FREES WOMEN.

GALVESTON, Tex, DC. 2l-Because
he does not believe penitentiaries were
Intended for women. Gov. T. NJ. Camp
bell has decided to pardon Mrs. Agnes
Goode. sentenced 10 thirty-fve years in
the penitentiary for killing her husband
When the prison doors swing open TO
release Mrs. Goode on Christmas Eve.
the last white woman iu the Texas
penitentiaries will have been given her
freedom.
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
SEEKING A PARDON
{, AFTER FIFTY YEARS

Hartford. Conn, Dec. I.-Steps
were taken today 10 appeal the decision
of the state board Of pardons which
has refused the request OF John War
rem. % Toilaud county. Saturday War
ron completed fifty years Of a life sen
tence for the murder Of his wife by
holding her head under water.
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
WHAT 1T COSTS.

FropH-Thats \ handsome umbrella
ycu-ve got there. old man.
.cu0N Yes. isn't So
BronX-About what does Il cost 10
carry an umbrella like thatg
LaDoy Eternal vigilancei-The Circle
Magazine.
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
TACK KILLS MAN.

co. TESVILLE. wa, Dec. c1-From
the effects Of "a rusty tack, which pierced
his leg six days ago. Eara =. Dickinson,
q prominent local Free Mason. and con
tractor, slxty-nine years old. died today.
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
THE CURB MARKET.

Quotations furnished by z. F. Hutton a
Co. members New York Stock Exchange.
Thomas L. Hume and Z. L. Caveriy. joint
managers. 1901 street northwest;
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
Market Is Very Dull.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2l-Noon-The
stock market has been dull and without
feature during the morning, with the
prices of most issues holding within
fractions of the opening figures Prices
are going neither up nor down and the
market seems in dead calm waiting
Tor the passage of the holiday period
or some other disturbing circum-
stances having a tendency 10 turn the
public as well as professional brokers
from speculation.
The most active stock during the
morning has been Consolidated Gas
which opened at 1895. sold Off to l5Sis
rose TO I62. and receded again to lei.
While the prices were jumping around
in this fevcrish manner local prOfes-
SIGNALS We're buying and selling the
stocks as though il was about the Only
Thing on tho market
The Washington times., 1909-12-21
May Mean Melon Cutting.

Large buyers of Gas said the move
ment was in anticipation OF a dstribu-
iion of the stock of the Ncw York Edi-
son Company to Consolidated Gas stock
holders as a dividend, the object being
10 get rid OF monopoly in the lighting
business. The DOnneHy antitrust law
of this State. there is reason to be-
licve. viii not be allowed to remain
dead letter. and the Consolidated Gas
Company, il is asserted, intends to fore
stall its application TO corporations op-
Grating in New York. with a distri5u-
ton of New York Edison stock. The
control Of the two properties would re-
main, substantially, in the same hands
- AZ present and there would be no
r, ason 10 apprehend any harmful COM
petition.
Traders sold Westinghouse on rumOrs
that the company would be investigated
Joy the Government The stock de-
clined sharply. but later showed ten
dcncv TO recover.
United Dry Goods WAS strong on re-
ports OF highly fav0raole earnings
Railroad shares and the industrials
generally were very dun.
The Washington times., 1909-12-21

calves-6asl4c: lambs. ea7's: pork. aalOc.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1909-02-04
A Cure for Thumb Sucking

Thumb sucking : n habit SO common
to children that hardly any baby escapes
from at least a mild attack Of it. 1t is a
perfect tyrant, once it establishes itSe (
in the nursery, and should never be al
lowed, even FOR a moment, by the mother
who is watchtul for her child's best de-
delopment. The results of thumb suck
ing are usually these; enlargement of
ihe tonsils, protruding teeth, fiat thumbs,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1909-02-04
Lutesvill News.

Albert NJ SpradIing, assistant
prosecuting attorney Cape 81.
rardeau county, was In our town
Snnday
Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard ut Jack,
son have been visiting the family ot
pr NanAmhurg,
w. :. Lowe, state organizer Of
Red Mcu, came IN Yesterday.
b. d. Wells, Switt's representa-.
tive, stopped Oft in LutesviIIc last
Sunday,
Miss Minnie Revellc, who has
been visiting her sister IN Para
gould. Ark, came home Thursday.
Ben +. Masters, who has been in
the rea estate business al Jackson,
is now on the road selling harness.
He was in lutesville Monday and
Tuesday.
.ir. and Mrs. Lyman Kinder letl
ior st. Louis Sunday.
Dr., 4. J. Mayfeld, who is repre-.
senting a Southwest Texas coloni.
sation proposition, has been in our
Arizona republican., 1909-10-08
A KEEN LAD.

'I had always heard that New Eng flanders were smart" a young physi- elan who had graduated from a vil- lage practice remarked the other day, but I hardly thought that it developed at such an early age"
 He smiled reminiscently, then con- tinued:
 Just after I settled in Dobbs Cor ners, a 12-year-old boy called on me one evening.
 Say, Doc, I guess got measles he remarked. but nobody knows it 'cept the folks at home an they ain't the kind of folks that talks, if there's any good reason to keep quiet
 T was puzzled. and I suppose looked it.
 "Aw. get wise. Doc my small wis., | itor suggested. What will you give me to go to school and spread it among all the kids in the village DO Lppincott's.
Arizona republican., 1909-10-08
THE LANGUAGE OF SIMPLE
 GRINDERS.

The crowning triumph of English simplicity is the abolition of gram nautical gender-that is. gender of words as words, irrespective of sex in the subjects they represent All the other leading genders give the mas culine or feminine gender to names of objects with which no thought of sex can be rationally associated. as noun tains. rivers, trees, clothes, tools, ar cles of furniture, members of the hu- man or animal body. etc. Some. of these languages, as the French, Ital- ian and Spanish, have no neuter gen. der. so that every inanimate object must be represented by a masculine or feminine noun. Hence we often have a quiet smile when the French man or the Italian in his early ex- periments with English. speaks of the chair or table as she" In languages like the Greek, Latin and German, which have a neuter gender, that gender is something so capriciously applied that a neuter noun may be used for living being which must have sex, as the German neuter nouns Madchen-maiden, girl; and Weib- wife. Ingenious theories have been advanced as to the giving of gender to inanimate objects on account of fauns, dryads and other divinities. more or less divine. which were orig inally supposed to preside over some of them; but the Elusive gender far outruns the theory. Why. for in stance should a mans head be fem inlne in Greek, neuter in Latin, fem lnlne In French. masculine in German ana feminine in Italian? The unpo- etlcal Tact seems to be that all this is due to certain stupidity of general lzatlon Men of the early day seem to have concluded that because some nouns naturally have gender. there fore gender was an inevitable prop- erty of the noun per SC, and they in- flicted it accordingly without reason or discrimination upon every unfor- tunate noun that came their way Then. as languages were artificialIv perfected, nouns were made masculine feminine or neuter according to clas- sification of termination, without the slightest reference to nature.
 Here English has made an entirely new departure. so that gender. as far
 it is indicated in our language. ex- actly and uniformly follows the mean
 ing of the noun to which 1t is applied. James c. Fernald in Harper's Maga-
 zine.
Arizona republican., 1909-10-08
AN ENGLISH VIEW OF
 THE MARRIAGE RELATION.

The development of the marriage idea in the individual savage mind, as I have, perhaps too flippantly, sketched it out. is precisely the development that has taken place as the nations have risen from savage freedom to the fetters of civilization. For as they progressed, and their women grew more and more dependent on the mems labor, the more rigid became the bonds uniting them.
 First came the purely physical mat ing. then the conception of the legal bond, and, much later, the ideal of marriage as a union of hearts and souls.
 The modern emphasis placed on this third conception of marriage would seem to tend to weaken the perma- hence of the compact. Where the moral union has failed. let the legal and physical union cease also" say in effete France and America.
 It is significant aso that in all civilized countries where an attempt has been made to raise by legal means the status of the woman the first step taken has been to assure her the con- trol of her own earnings; and with the high wage earning woman there has come. in some quarters at least. a re- vulsion from the pernanency of union.
 In Germany this is especially the case. and young professional woman will calmly announce to her friends that she and Herr x vii be setting down shortly in a union of free honor" freie Ehre.
 In England. Of course. the sacra- mental nature of marriage is vigor- ously upheld to regard matrimony as a piece of political domestic economy rather than as a holy ordinance is ab- horrent to our national mind. We place the Turk, with his four legal West African savage with his couple of dozen No marriage at all!" we say. Can there be anything holy in such a union?"
 The British conception of marriage does not, however. dominate the thoughts of the whole world. Other nations freely grant that its sine qua non is not the priestly blessing, but rather is the legal recognition of the union. Our nearest continental neigh bors have made the religious ceremony purely facultative. the civil ceremony compulsory. In other words. the world wide aim of the arrangement is the assured maintenance of the chill dren. and the mother. when her race work is done
 Were there no kind storks to bring us dear little babies. or if the old woman that lives in shoe would con- sent to deliver them elsewhere if we didn't want one just at present, fancy neither church nor state would have bothered to invent the marriage knot,-Mrs. Milicent Elsmere in Man chester Chronicle.
Arizona republican., 1909-10-08

unmatured interest coupons to accom- pany the bonds.
 Any holder, of such bonds desiring to dispose of same will please submit offer in writing not later than Octo- Der 15, 1909, at , p. m.. stating the number of bonds offered. and the price asked
 TITLE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY,
 By THEO. A. SIMPSON.
 Assistant Trust Officer.
Arizona republican., 1909-10-08
In Every Way Arizona'S Best
 Clothiers

."well, that is not very hard to rem- edy. But how on earth did you do it, child?"' !. .I pounded it with fathers watch" Success.
Arizona republican., 1909-10-08
RpEAkING THE NEWe

Marion. who had been taught to report her misdeeds promptly. came to her mother one day, sobbing pen itently.
 'Mother-I-broke a brick in the fireplace"
Arizona republican., 1909-10-08
NOTICE TO REDEEM BONDS.

E Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. I. 1909.
 The undersigned desires to purchase bonds of the Phoenix Light & Fuel Company of Phoenix, Arizona. to an amount not exceeding s6,0OO.OO, all
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
AToweT story. tor, :.

In certain New England town they
manufacture we'll known kind of
towel, most efficient for drying pur-
poses. How that towel first happened
to be made In the form which has
proved so profitable to its makers is
the subject of an amusing legend. 1t
savors strongly Of belonging to the
"too good to be true" genus Of anec-
dotes aud Is as follows
Once the machinery in the towel fac
tory. buslly engaged In turning out a
very conventional brand Of towel, sud
denly went wrong and began practi-
cally to go backward. There was
much excitement. Eventually the ma
chinery was chastised and set to rights
again.
BUTT was discovered that the tow
els turned out during that interval of
mechanical anarchy were of n texture
quite unrivaed for use as bath tow
els. At once the machinery was set
going backward again and has been
travelling IN that direction ever since.
TO the great delight OF the stockholders
In the towel company. = New York
Times.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
An Entertaining catbird.

Nothing escapes the eye Of our pet
catbird, for he is curiosity personi'
fed. He wants TO know the why aud
wherefore Of everything that Is a lit
tie strange and does not rest until he
has found out. When let out In a
room he will carefully examine every
nook and corner. He is an inveterate
Joker and delights to play Jokes on his
fellow prisoners. while his sense OF
hnmor is almost human at times. The
pincushion Is a constant wonder and
delight 10 him. He hles to II as soon
as let out of his cage and either pulls
the pins all out or drives them into
the cushion as far MS possible. II he
pulls them out. he hops to the edge
OF the table and drops them on the
floor, flirting his tail and utterlng
note of great satisfaction when they
strike the foor.-Suburban Life.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
Not Even the First Stan.

Mr.. Morse, having bought new bl.
cycle of the most improved pattern,
presented his old one to Dennis Halo.
ran, who did errands and odd Jobs for
the neighborhood. You'll find the
wheel useful when you're IN hurry,
IDenpls," he said.
The young lrishman was loud In his
thanks, but regarded the wheel doubt
fully.
IL mistrust twill be q long while
befoor can ride It," he said.
why, have you ever tried?' asked
Mr. Morse.
Il have" said Dennis gloomlly. "a
frpnd lint me the loan o. his whiles he
was having the moomps. Twas tree
weeks had 1t, an what wild practlc-
Ing night an morning niver got SO ]
could balance mesilf standing still, let
alone riding on it."-Youth's Compan-
Ion
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-02
"a Sound Box

Take an ordinary rubber band and
stretch 1t between the thumb and fore
finger Of your left hand. II you pick
1t with the fingers of the right hand
aud let go suddenly 1t will make q
sound which you can hear distinctly
enough yourself, but which will not be
audible to any one a few feet away
But IL you were to fasten the elastic,
with pin at each end, to an empty
wooden box, only not so as to touch
the wood, and then twang 1t the sound
would be much louder than before.
That box is the sound box or sound
board, and all stringed instruments
have one In some shape or other.--st.
Nicholas.