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The Washington herald., 1909-08-12
LOCAL FINANCIAL GOSSIP.

Lanston was the leader on the local
stock exchange yesterday, the record
showing sales Of about 1000 shares. mostly
at l64s. though one small sale was made
at II. Trading in this security was active
on regular call and after call,
Something Of the strength Of Lanston
was reflected in Mergenthaler, quotation
lots selling at 227s, with far more Of
the stock in demand than could DO had
at the figures the brokers were willing
to pay At the close the bid price was
A29s. with an Offering at q.
In the early trading bids were entered
FOR a good supply OF bonds. Sales were
one registered S-per cent government
at lOO1s, 500 IN Gas certificates at 1147s.
one Metropolitan per cent at Ill, and
five Potomac Electric Consultations
5's at 1884.
Trading in the railroad shares was con-
fined to one share OF Capital Traction.
which made a new high record at l42.
and a few shares Of Railway preferred,
which were bid in at 80. After call 100
lhares of Railway common found buy
er at 49,
Except one share Of Washington Loan
and Trust. the bank shares were neg
lected Washington Gas was quiescent
The Washington herald., 1909-08-12
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Quotations furnished BY W. B. Hibbs & o.,
members Now York Stock Exchange. Hibbs Build
ms. 72s Fifteenth street northwest
CALL MONEY-SALES By HOURS
Money o., 25zJ H. 25ky L., 274I G.. "a.
shares 10 IL a. m............ 5@o,lOV
shares 10 II m. m..-........s.ss 4a5ySyV
shares 10 i p. N. m............ss 099'VVV
The Washington herald., 1909-08-12
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.

Baltimore. Aug u.-Quotations established by the
Baltimore Fruit and Produce Association as
follows:
RUTTER-Cruamcry separator, per b. 2lsa8;
imitation n 22lta2r5: prints 15-lb per 10. 2a2s:
do. l.lh por H. =7a29. blocks 9Th. per b. Ma2S
dairy prInus. Maryland Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
per b.. l6al7; Virginia and West Virginia. store
packed per To-. is; Ohio store-racked per b., l9;
nearby rolls per h.. lsalSi5; Ohio rolls. per Ih
lSalsis; West Virginia rolls per d.. lSalsi.
EGGS-Mayland. Pennsylvania, and nearby
irsts, per dcz. Z5lk Eastern Shore. Maryland. and
Virginia, per dcz.. Gyis; Western frsts. per dOz..
~ West Virginia, per doz G55.
LIVE POULTRY-Old hens. heavyweight per
H.. Is; do. lightweight, per H.. IA; spring
chickens large. IA lbs. and Ofcr pcr h.. IS; do.
small, per D.. IS ducks, por h. y; do, white
Pekins. per lb. z; sTrins dicks. lbs. and over.
per To-, I3ali; do. small, lla2; pigeons young. per
pair. IS; do. old, Per pair, %; guinea fowls. old,
5 each.
GREEN FRUITS AND vEGETABLEs-Apples.
Eastern Harvest smooth. per bbL, L5eaL75; do.
small, per bbl. 75aLB: do. per 1k-bbl. basket.
50a75 heets native. per bunch LAIN; cabbages na-
tive, Der 100, 20Oas00; cantalOupes, Potomac, per
crate soa75; native pr basket green. @aS0; ripe,
AOa5O; corn native, per dozen, Sal0; cncumbers.
native. Der E-baskct, Ea20; dams0ns. Maryland
end Virginia per bus. box. 80; per bbl 45Oa5.00;
egsplants. Norfolk PER crate. lO0a22j native. per
bas., S0a5o; hucklobeuics. North Carolina, quart.
l0al2; lettuce, New York. h-b5l. basket. L0cal25;
onions RappahannocN bbl.. Lo0al.J0; do. it-hbl-
baS. 80 Maryland and Ponnsylyania- per bus. 55a
co. peaches Florida and Georgia PCT crate, l2a200;
Maryland and Virginia. box, Lo0al25 S-bas., Soas5;
fancy. per bas. 6as5; Ter carrier. f5al Mountain,
per A-haS, T5aL0o; carrier, L50al75; Mannings
Elizabeth, bas. 4075i raSpberries, red. pint 7a73E
quart. Salo; black quart, sal0; squash native per
basket l2l5al5; green beans native bus bsS. sOa5O
wax beans. native. per bus bas, 9a6o: tomatoes,
Potomac. per 6-basket carrier Z5a30; do, Kappa
hammock, Pc carrier. 0a30; do, Eastern Shore.
Maryland psr carrier. 2asO: do per basket, l5a2O:
native. per s-bas. size l5a25; watermelons Georgia
each, IS 70 size, 5al5i North Carolina, per loQ,
5.OOA90O0.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-12
LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET.


tfrlcea Qcolcu are Wno-cSalcl
BUTTER-Creamery fancy. Zsa2ss Western. frsts
2Ga27 seconds. 2a22; process fancy 2ia2s; fair to
good Aa22: dairy. choice. Ioa9, do. good, lsaIs,
store-packed. fresh. lsal9.
cHEESE-New York state factory. fancy fats.
iiAal2. smG1. l5algs; large lHzaliA.
EGGS-Ncar-by. choice free cases. q; do re-
tlrnable cases. G2ia; West Virginia and southerr,
West Virginia free cases p; do retsnnabe cases.
q; Tennessee free cases. .; do. returnabe cases.
Ai5; North Carolina, FREQ cases. %; DO. returnable
cases 70.
LIVE POULTRY-Chictens suring large. Ia
lsal9: do. medium Tals: do. small. l7als: hens.
small, per ID, l34al4; large, Il Toosters per 10
ducks Old 10; do, spring. lbs. and over lCal2.
geese. per h.. 6a1; do fancy. 8ll0: TURKEYS toms
per h.. IS; do. hens. Is; do, thin 10; keats per
DRESSED POULTRY-Turkeys. choice. undr,wn
hens. per h.. IS; do, average undrawn mixed ls.
chickens, pr b. l6al7. hens, choice Der b. ia IS.
ROSTERS. per ID. p: ducks. lOal2; geese. per 10.
5alc
DRESSED NEATs-Hams. country. sugar cured
lZ1aI5.
VEGETABLES-Potstoes. per Dbl. LJoal. Is. sweet
potatoes per bbl. new. 250a300: cabbage psr crate
90: celery. pew York. per dozen. i0a6l: cucun,bs-,
per basket, aa75; lettuce home grown. barrel 0a
IS: do, New York per basket. 75al .: onions Marv
land and Virginia. per barrel l50al75. string bsoDs
Der basket. Nai5; beets. bunch, 2a3. peas. basket
7Jai5.
FRUITS - Apples. loose. Der barrl 5o,, *.
peaches per s-basket carrier, 75aZ50; do. per bor
lo0al.5O; do. common. 25a50; oranges. CaIir,rni,
Valencias. per box. 275a&5; lemons. Sicily rer
box. 5ooa55: pineapples. florida. per quart ~
a3O0
WOOL AND HIDES-Woo uuvashed I'm, NJ
burs per h. 2sa29; wool. bury per b. Z5a2s: bdss
green, per b.. loall; do. dry per Ib lsal6 sbssr
skins green. elch 75al00: do. dry each Za5O. eaif
skins. green. each. l0OaL40
SCNDHIES-Boe 2o50 taIlow. 6sek. Gin.
seng. per d.. 5OoaA5O; Seneca per H.. 40: Golden
Sea-. ioal5; pink, l2ali. mandrake. 2a5; snake
root y
GRAIN-Wheat, new, per bushel s5alC3. cnrn
sheiled, per bushel, s0as5 ear per barrel 4Zs4D.
oats Western white. No. 2 per busbe 6ss72. r,irsd
62a6i; bran. per ton. 8OOaS0.OO: mlddling Der ton
s0.OOaS2M.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-12
RIVER COMPANY ISSUES BONDS.
Files Mortgage on Property as Sc
curity for Payment of $500. 900.

AS security on an issue Of bonds
amounting 10 $4,000 the Potomac and
Chesapeake Steamboat Company yester-
day filed for record a mortgage upon its
vessels. property. and franchises. The
bonds win mature In thirty years and
VIII bear 5 per cent per annum. The
mortgage IS given in favor OF the United
States Trust Company. which viii nego-
tiate the bonds. and the American Sc
curity and Trust Company is named as
trustee In the deed OF trust.
The proceeds from the bonds viii be
used for the betterment Of the company's
transportation facilities.
Similar action was taken by the Colo
Eial Beach Company an the property OF
which is pledged to the United States
Trust Company for the payment OF the
bonds.
The Potomac and Chesapeake Steam
boat Company last winter acquired the
Randle properties on the Potomac River,
and have operated them since their ac-
QUESTION. 1t was found necessary 20
make certain betterments 70 the service
In order 90 bring them 70 higher eficlen-
cy. and the issue OF bonds in the sum OF
EoGCo) Is the result
The Washington herald., 1909-08-12
COTTON MARKET.

Quotations furnished by ", p. H,bbs s Co
members Of the New York Stock Exchange. Hhn
Building. p Fifteenth street northwest
New York. Aug. u.-Cotton was again to-day In
lz-cent territory the market showing considerable
strength. The market opened steady at a decline
Of 5al0 points, and sold 70 points net lower In
the early trading in response to disappointing cables
and expectations Of further moisture in the South
west Offerings were not aggressive, and the mar
6et steGdicd mp later covering and fresh blyinc
with prizes advancing 70 about the closing fclrss
Of last night Reports Of good demand for re-
naming old crop supplies and Of a better iropirv
from manufacturers for new crop shipment belDsd
the rally.
The market fm late on Mefnpbis Wan
street and Chicago buying with rumOrs circulating
that 0 new bull clique had been formed and tbaf
m attempt was 70 be made 70 force Covering bv
bear leaders owing to tho continued absence of
pressure from SPOT Supplies and the bullish aye
Of private crop reports from the Southwest
Receipts at the ports were 900 bales arainst
5e2 last week and s,s53 last year For the weel
2o@ bales, against 9,ois last week and q ass nst
year. Receipts at New Orleans were / 5es bales
against &5 last year.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-12
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Quotations furnished b. W. b Hibbs & o..
members Of the New York Stock E1ehange. Hibba
Building. rs Fifteenth street northwest.
Chicago. Aug. u.--A reaction from tho slump Of
the last two days marked early trading in wheat
and active demand developed from unexpected
advance of ID 10 lssd at Liverpool Opening quota
tons here were up 4 cent 20 ia ccntA The mar
ket lost much oi its DuoyaDoy before the end Of
the first half hour owing 10 liberal sales by com
mission houses. The deferred futures. which had
manifested the greatest strength at the opening
displayed relatively greater weakness than the Sep
tember option. which sold of 70 98 Prices were
steady aud firm through the afternoon.
Firm cables strength Of wheat, and continued
hot weather in parts of the o0rn belt caused q
hun opening in the market There onn-
siderable prodt-takng IN the September delivery
and that option weakened.
Oats were firm
The Washington herald., 1909-08-12
PRINTING THE TARIFF BILL.
Mr.. DonneIIy CompIimented on work
by Chhirmnn Pnyne.

Work has been begun at the Govern
ment Printing Office on the printing OF
the new tariff bill Chairman Payne. OF
the House of Representatives. recently
c0mplimented Public Printer Donnely
upon the excellent way in which his Of
fee has handled the printed matter in
connection with the tariff
The printing OF the bin involves a vast
amount Of labor. Much Of the earlier
work must De destroyed owing 10 the
changes by the conferees. When COM
pleted the bin viii M more than 507
printed pages, exclusive Of the index OF
forty-six pages In addition 70 this. a
volume OF comparative statistics viii be
printed 10 accompany the bill, which will
contain more than 1500 pages.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-12
WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET

Regular call p O'Clock noon
Z. S. regular B. 500 at iOOA
Washington Gas certificates. 500 at iifB-
Metropolitan RAILWAY s.. Sl.O00 at Ill
Potomac Electric cUnS S. Loo at 1DA. $1,000
at 1854. 5000 az 1884.
Capital Traction, / at l42
Washington RailWay and Electric preferred. %
az q nj %
Meggenthaler 10 at Z2A 10 at L2N 10 az Ilg6.
Lanst0n. ? at II. 20 az l6a.. 10 at II. 90 at l69s
100 at l6N 100 az les. 100 a. les. 100 az l5s, 100
az 1875
American Security and Trust. 10 at a5. 10 at
GpL
Washington Loan and Trust. ! at GF.
GrGphouhOne common. y az s.
After cal-Lauston 90 at los. 100 at ls9s loo
az l6s.
Washington Railway and Electric common. 100 at
&C.
Following the bid and asked prices on yezter,
days Washington Stock Exchange;
GAS BONDS
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RYE-Quiet. New No. 2. Z a b. IS.

Closing prices year ago: New York. September
wheat. LON; September corn. s5f. Chicago Sep
tenber wheat. 81 5-i6. September corn. 7s5L
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NEW YORK MONEY.

New York. Aug. u-Nloncy on can at the stock
exchange to-day opened az "a per cent; highest.
2ia; lowest. 2N; closing. ~. Most of the days
loans were made az 2h Der cent.
Time money continued finn in tone. leaders gen
Crally declining 20 consider any loans over the
year except 40 4 pyr cent. Brokers were still not
prepared % bid that figure FOR any large amounts.
81 the market continued rather dull. except in the
case Of several large houses. which borrowed quite
heavily at ruling quotations Rates: Sixty day.
9En3: ninety days. 5a3h. four months 81 five and
six months, 57s.
The market for sterling to-day was stiu easy. with
rates points lower. Rates Tor actual business
closed as follows: Sixty DAYS. 4sia4 S.; demand
A86s5a4. $3.50 cables ssG5ai SOS
Commercial bills were 4si for ninety days ard
4giaLsiA for sixty days Flour bills were Sis
for sixty days, grain. ass. Supply OF grain and
cotton bills was moderate.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-12
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

New York Aug. .-OATTLE-Receipts. 2sso
head. Steers 540a5l65; oxen and stagz. 95Oas5O:
bulls. 3DaAoo; COWS. L2Jaf.Gj: dressed beef SLOW.
si5al0h
CALYES-Receipts. 225O head veals. 61aab0;
ouls, 5oa500; grassers and buttermflks. 35Oa4 IS;
Western calves. 575; city dressed vcals steady,
shaH' country dressed salg4 dressed Frassers and
buttemilks 58gik.
SHEEP AND LAAIBS-Rsceipts. 6O7O head.
sheep S0oa5oOi .cuns, L5oa25o; lamhs e.OoaS Tsl
Two cars choice do, at 9.G0i cnnz 500
HoGS-Reoepta, $3.50 heaaJ strady 20 70 cuntv
loTE
The Washington herald., 1909-08-12
WASHINGTON CATTLE MARKET.

CATTLE-Ertra, per cEt. 55Ca6Oe; butcher. 4OOa
$50. common. 2Ua5O0.
HOGS-Per cwt.. gross. 7ooa7.5o: ordinary 6o0ns Is
sHEEP-Prime. clipped. $50; common. 2Ooas00
LAMBS-Choice, spring, PER 10. :. medium
eag5
CALVEs-Prime, Per 10. 81; medium. ?: eam-
mon Sac
COWS-Prime. fresh, each. s5OOa45oO; common
5.o0a30o0: old and dry, I0O0al5M
The Washington herald., 1909-08-12

New York Aug u-WHEAT-Stronger: quiet
trada No ! Northern Duluth 10 arrive. Ls5h: new
No. red I. o. b.. nominal LIZ: n8w No red
c. l. T. In car lots. LO7it new No. red FOR mid
die August "a over September: new FOR end Sep
tember az IA over; No. > hard New Tork z o. b.
new. LION: No macaroni. new crop. 6A T. O. b.
October; No. I Manitoba. 2. o. b., % arrive, Ooto-
ber-Novernbe-, L0s9s- Exporters took nine loads
part last night
OORN-sucng; small trade. No. elevator. nom
nal: No. 2 T. O, b.. nominal. Exporters took two
loads No yellow nominal elevator. T7lL, No 2
white, new No 2 December 20 March shipments, az
gu
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-12
PRESENT AMERICAN POETRY.

THE present age has apparently
one leading characteristic really an
tipathetiC to poetry, and that is its
habit of nervous haste" writes Brian
Hooker in the August Forum. This
we love to flatter by calling it eff
cheney and immediacy, and the Mod
ern Pace; that is, we applaud the evil
dence of friction by the name of en-
ergy. But energy differs from haste
as the poised and vital swfftness of
the fleeing cat from the fluttering
scurry of the discom bobuIated hen.
Your cat will not hurry, though all
the little dogs in town yelp at her tail;
but she will be up the tree in the
smallest fraction of time, unruffled
and rejoicing in her strength; where
as your hen arrives unnecessarily late,
in a fluster of squawking exhaustion.
The important thing about hurry is
precisely that it is inefficient, as ev-
cry man knows who has tried to dress
hastily. Energy is swift and whole
some, leading to results; hurry is slow
and pathological, leading to neuras-
thenia. We pretend that our time is
one of enormous accomplishment; but
compare it with, for instance, the
Elizabethan, when people used their
breath in playing the game rather
than in talking it up. We have made
many scientific inventions: they in
vented Science. Against our cultures
of bacilli, they set the colonization of
continents. They humbled Spain in
her pride, as we have done in her
dotage. And in the lesser field of liter
allure, the comparison is obvious Just
as obviously, the most efficient of
modern nations is imperturbabIy ORR
entail Now the bearing of all this
upon the subject in hand, is that you
can neither make nor appreciate poet
ry with exhausted nerves. You can
do either in an o Altitude of vigor-
Gus excitement or in a calm of con-
temptation. But the modern man at
the end of his days hustle cannot bear
poetry because he cannot bear emo
ton; not from WEAKNESS of mind or
body, but from a narcosis of nervous
stimulation. He wants something to
hypnotic his intellect, something to
preoccupy his senses; something like
the Hippodrome, or an adventure
novel, which will focus him with
out making him feel. There is much
truth in our platitude about the tired
business man and relaxation. Only,
his state is not fatigue. but reaction;
and he desires not relaxation, but a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-12
QUAKER MEDITATIoNs.
IFrom the Philadelphia Record

| lE rom the 1HlldQelpnla RECORD
| Some men never believe in kindness
| so long as they can use a club.
Some fellows are so obstinate that
even their food doesn't agree with
them.
The married man realizes the differ
! ence between home ties and homa-
made neckties.
A nervous woman's Illness is fire.
quently due to the fact that the doctor
needs the money.
There's a fine place in Heaven for
the man who lives up to his wifes ex-
pectations Of him.
The birth rate still continues, and vet
some people insist that there Is moth
ing new under the sun.
No. Maude. dear: we have never
heard that the universal peace advo-
Gates were unalterably opposed to mar
riage.
Nothing succeeds like success"
quoted the Wise Guy. Unless it's the
way failure fails" added the Simple
Mug.
Love may be heaven born,'' observes
the Cynical Bachelor. but platOnic af-
lection was the invention of the devil"
Guzzler-'I don't like the way he
treats his friends" Wigwag-"Why'' 30
Guzzler-"He always takes them to
soda water fountain"
Muggins-"A couple Of weeks ago I
prevailed on my wife to economizc."
Buggins-"Does she come UP to your
expectations?" Muggins-"Well. she
seems to fill the bill"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-12
GLOBE SIGHTS.
TFrom the Atchison Globe

TF>TOm the ALCnlSOn IAOOC'1
1t is as difficult to select the pest
automobile as II IS 10 Se4eCe 'AA0 S
cantaloupe. -
If a young husband fails to kiss his
wife when he comes home, all the girls
notice it.
You can't tell the size of a mans
bank account by the length Oh his
daughters feather.
Have you ever noticed that you no
sooner get one trouble off your hands
than another comes along.
A young mother in Atchison has a
baby boy a year and half old;
hate this baby's wife already" she
says.
If we kept hotel, we would not
buv a piano for the parlor. Every
guest who can not play always tries
hotel piano.
Lately we are hearing less of mean
husbands, and more of the manner in
which married daughters impose Oh
their husbands.
If you are not saving a portion OF
your salary no matter how small 1t Is,
you are not following in the footsteps
of your rich uncle.
An Atchison retail grocer, who has
been selling cigars for twenty years,
smoked a really good cigar lately, and
it made him sick.
What has become of the old fash
ioned child who followed the other
children when they went anyWhere'
and cried to be taken along?
All the "healers" have been placed
in the background by a South Atchi-
son woman who can cure burn by
simply blowing her breath on it.
When a woman gets married, it is
not because she loves anybody, but be-
cause she wants to get a red lamp
shade, and a house of her own in
which to entertain"
There is usually more or less ty-
phoid among the young people every
summer. and doctors claim it is due
to camping out parties. Few spots,
they contend. have the water and
drainage that make them fit place
for camping out. Going in wading
and swimming in stagnant water will
also cause typhoid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-12
AYHAWKER JOTS

| The Jewell County Repubncan's view
of it is that marriage is not failure,
| but a lot of failures get married"
New interpretations of the Kansas
| motto "Ad astra per aspera" seem to be
| the order of the day. Henry Allen sug-
gests: Through the soil to gold
mines.''
When Laurens Calls airship does fly
him will not be forgiven. although tney
may be forgotten by that time, says
the Wichita Beacon.
The Garden City Telegram has come
to the conclusion that the good c1tlZens
of Canton are lying down" because
the Pilot earnestly calls on them 10
stand up for Canton.
The Leavenworth police judge, who
handed down a ringing decision to thS
effect that no lady stmokes cigarettes
cjarred that very few of them now
adays use snuff, says the Kansas CITY
Star.
A Mount Pleasant township boy who who
embarked in the poultry business laSl
spring finds it profitable. His rather
bought the hens for him. buys the teed
for the hens, and buys the eggs of the
boy The boy eats most of the eggs
Potter KaEsan.
The S-year-old boy who wandered
was found viewing the Mar1as des
Cygnes, gave the very proper explana-
ton that he wanted to see the most
Interesting thing in Ottawa, says the
Hutchinson News.
Willie" said Bill Slncaller, Il am
ashamed to hear that you whispered In
church lasE Sunday night. 1t is wrong
but 1 have no punishment for you. GU
are too young to club and too old to
spank, so guess I will have to stand
this disgrace. ''-Vinland Vine.
Polk Daniels is a great taIker," says
the Howard Courant. He tells so much
more than he hears that he should have
been built with two mouths and one
ear, instead of the way he is The
Courant might have added that there
are a whole lot of other people just like
Polk.
Landlord wray of the Commercial
hotel in Miltonville. finds 1t impossl-
BILE to keep girl employees more than
two weeks at a time because they get
married. This being known, however
it is always easy to get new girls to
fill the places-MinneapOls Messenger
Kansas editors are discussing the
question as to how fast corn grows
this hot weather The Gazette does not
know. but 1t does know this: In Kan
sas during the past two weeks 1t has
been growing fast enough so that there
has been no need for the boys to lie
about it as they have been. Ihe truth
would have been enough.-LaWrence
Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-12

ocean studded by the higher volcanic
peaks of the Rockies, were unearthe6
allve IN a sandstone bluff three miles
west of Denver by G. D. --ston. a
truck gardener, Sunday afternoon.
Easton was digging in the side of tbs
oIur on his premises when he found
several spherical cavities. The cells
contained a number of soft n1ushv~sn-
pearing balls, which. when rolled out
proved to be living reptiles of another
age, Easton claims. The creatures are
of the Batrachian species and resemble
frogs.
According to local biologists the bed
in which the prehistoric reptiles were
found was probably mud at one time.
the chemical process changing the sub
stance gradually to Observation-Disclosures
dispatch to the New York American.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-12
Kills Dog in Girls Lap.

field escaped unframed Tuesday when
a bolt of lightning killed a dog that
lay in her lap. Miss Williams, the
daughter of Oscar B. Williams, who
has a country home near Neversink
Pond, was sitting on the veranda
when the storm came. The dog, alarm
ed at the thunder and lightning, ran
to her to seek protection.
Miss Williams took him in her lap
and was trying to calm him when
there came a flash of lightning, and a
ball of fire which traversed the YER
anda from end to end disappeared
across the lawn. Miss Williams was
dazed by the flash, but recovered i'm
mediately. The dog, unmarked by the
lightning, lay dead at her feet.-Dan-
bury, Conn.,, dispatch to New York
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-08-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.1


Even a woman who is vi likes to
dress we'll
Not every wife can transform a hots5s
into home.
It's not a womaus fault If a secret
remains a secret.
It's difficult to tell what a wo9lan
really thinks by what she doesn't say.
You are very bright but you can't
tell how many toes a cat has without
looking.
When a woman inherits money she
thinks 1t is because of her ability as
financier.
There is always a fool at one end Of
a 1atterer's tongue-and sometimes at
both ends.
Cupid would have a snap If things
were so arrange that all the moonlight
came in summer.
It's we'll to have a song in your heart
II you haven't the right kind of a Yolcf
it's also well to keep It there.