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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
COUNCIL OF FINE ARTS.
Principle of the Institution Recognized
 in Congress.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
 The people of the country will not be disposed to dispute the assertion that the highest expert authority should be en- gagged to pass upon designs for the inn provement of Washington and upon all art work that Is undertaken by the gov ernment There has been, however. woefll lack of system, order and prop erly equipped authority in much that has been done hitherto by grace of Congress, and this winter the President appointed a council of fine arts to supply a long felt want His relations with Congress were such that criticism from members of that body was inevitable, and it came on schedule time, which is to say soon us the appointments were made. The law is quoted to prove that he has exceeded his authority, but the council remains in a position to act
 If is to be noted also that, despite the conflict, bills have been introduced in both Senate and House for the creation of an advisory council to be appointed by the President, subject to confirmation hy the Senate. Under the legislation that is proposed, the office of the supervising architect of the treasury would be known as the bureau of arts and public build ings, and the architect would have the title or Ql1tClOT Ol dIlS anu pubilC bullu- ings. The council would aid this official in various ways It would be its duty to advise upon the chara cter, design, site, and landscape treatment of all public works of architecture, painting, sculp- ture monuments parks, bridges; to as- sist in the selection of competitors where work is to be carried on under competi- ton: to make recommendations for the conservation of public monuments.
 Probably the executive order will stand until the desired legislation is passed, so that there is little danger of a return to chaos The subject, it should be under stood, has been long and carefully con- sidered. It has been given an exhaustive study by committee of the American h. stitute of Architects, which paid due att tention to the practice of foreign gov garments. We have, therefore, a fully matured scheme that should put a stop to such bckerings as there have been in the past, and be a guarantee that the government art work will compare fav- orably in all respects with that of other great nations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21

It's hard to keep an even temper with a dull pain nagging all day at your back; in fact kidney troubles are at the bottom of very much of the nervousness and irritability that are so common today. You wonder why you are short and cross, can't keep your mind on one thing, are inclined to worry over trifes; and subject to fits of blues" and despondency. Partly 1t is due to the pain in your back, partly to the irritating effect of uric acid on your brain and nerves.
 Uric acid is a poison that is always forming in the body, and it is the duty of the kidneys to filter 1t out of the blood and pass it off, dissolved, in the urine. Healthy kidneys do this work thoroughly and we'll, but weak or sick kidneys get behind, and the waste matter collects here and there in the muscles, joints and nerve centers. Head ache, dizzy spells, rheumatism, neural gia, blurry spots before the eyes, nerY- ousness and heart trouble are signs of uric poisoning.
 So do not wonder at your condition. especially If the urine does not look o.' pass naturally. And If your back aches
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
smokeIess American City.

John L. Cochrane in Review of Reviews
 The smokeless American city is coming in the very near future. This is the be- lief of government scientists who are now pointing the way toward a country with an undecided atmosphere The prob lem has been solved, they declare, and 1t is only matter of time before manu- facturers and others learn the way. The governments investigation of the smoke problem-the stopping of the great waste in the utilization of the fuel resources of the country, which is necessary If the country is to prosper in the future. The abatement of smoke means a conserya- ton of the fuel supply, for the absence of smoke indicates better combustion, and better combustion results In the use of less coal So far the Investigators into smoke abatement have indicated clearly that each type of coal may be burned practically smokeessly in some type Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
A STOCKS LIFE
 IS AN EASY ONE
From the Smart Set.

From the Smart Set.
 It was not hard work getting accus- toned to being a spirit. The difficulty lies in describing my condition, and my sensations, for never having experienced such condition we have no words in the language to do justice to the occasion. can probably convey some idea by de- scrfbing what I was not. In the first place there was nothing tangible, as we understand the word, about me. I was a nothingness of no length or breadth or thickness, yet I was all there with an individuality and a personality that could experience and which the other spirits could perceive and experience. Jim Hooper and I talked this over later on. and we came to the conclusion that 1t must be "inwardness'' or some fourth dimension unknown to mortals. How ever, be that as it may, l was full fledged spirit, ghost, spook or what not, and as good a one as any I met up with. Next, I could neither see, hear, smell, taste nor feel. l had, however, some sixth sense which included all of these, and a lot of other senses of which we know nothing. Also, I had no emotions, such as anger, fear, or joy, nor any sen sation of time or space. There was no such thing as time. Things Just moved along or stood still or went backward as l wanted them to do and fitted in per fectly with what every other spook want ed, no matter how diverse their re- spective views of the matter.
 Well, as l said. 1 slid into the angel job mighty easily. Thirty seconds after I had hit that Broadway pavement I was taking things quiet like and watching the fuss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
SHAKESPEARE WROTE MUSIC.
Is Found to Have Composed Brillian
 Score.


 Score. Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati En- quirer.
 Chicago. Notwithstanding the fact that William Shakespeare has been dead near ly 200 years 1t only came to light today that the prolific writer of an endless num- Der of comedies. comedy dramas and trag- eedies was the composer of some brilliant music.
 According to Leon Friedman business manager of the Soul Kiss company score from the pen of Shakespeare Is nightly being played in his organization, and 1t is none other than the tuneful ac- compartment which Adeline Genee, the celebrated Danish dancer, used in the hunt dance"
 The score was originally composed for the entre'acte music of Hamlet" as serts Friedman, and has been passed down by six generations of the Genee family, and was presented to Adeline sev- eral years ago by her uncle, who in turn had received it from his father back in 1s45 in Jutland-Aarhus, Denmark. Genees aunt, Mile. Zimmerman, also a noted dancer, used the music 90 years ago while appearing at the Royal opera house in Munich.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
IT DRAGS YOU SLOWLY DOWN

continually, or you are takeu witt sharp cricks and stitches of pain wh en you stoop, turn, or try to lift. 1t is sure that your kidneys are out of order and need prompt attention for sick kidneys cannot right themselves with out help.
 Doan's Kidney Pills are especially for the kidneys. They relieve conges- tion quickly. cleanse the kidneys and the blood, set the Altering system in perfect operation.
 Fifty thousand persons publicly rec ommend Doan's Kidney Pills. Here's a case right at home:
 Birmingh ham Testimony.
 Mrs. M. E. Parsons. 1125 s. Second street Birmingha am, Ala, says: While I have not been using Doan's Kidney Pills long, I have received enough benefit from them to give me positive proof of their worth. I suffered terri bly from a dull aching across the small of my back and soreness throughout that region. If l stopped sharp pains would dart through my back. What gave me convincing proof that my kidneys were disordered was the un- natural appearance of the kidney seere- tions. Having Doan's Kidney Pills brought to my notice, I procured them at Norton's drug store and can truth fully say that tn ey proved a great help to me in every way"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
furnace or with some arrangement of me

furnace or with some arrangement of me- chanical stoker.
 In the ultimate solution of the smoke problem in the United tSates there are several highly interesting factors that will play important parts, according to the government scientists. One of these is the gas engine or. as the engineers term it, "the rnal-combustion motor" This engine Is absolutely smokeless- smokeless because it has no chimney. Its greater economy, 1t Is declared, may cause it to displace the steam engine within a few years, but this is not con- ceded by many engineers.
 Another factor is the establishment of central steam-heating plants in the va rious cities to supply heat to the thou sands of homes, and the great steam power plants many of which are now op- erating smokelessly and with far greater efficiency than ever before.
 Still another factor is the location of immense gas producer plants at the coal mines, and the turning of this gas into electric power for long-distance trans mission or the piping of the gas to sub stations near the great manufacturing districts there to be burned in gas en- zines and also to develop power and heat for the various industries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
Too We'll Match he'd.

From the Youths Companion.
 A summer visitor who was trying a horse-the property of aANew Hampshire farmer-with view to buying him, mo- ticed that after driving a few miles the animal pulled very hard, requiring a firm hand and constant watching.
 DO you think this is just the horse for lady to driver" he inquired doubt fully.
 Well" answered the owner, with an air of great candor, "1 must say I shouldn't really want to be the husband of the woman who could drive that horse"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
Got What He Could,

The great specialists patient, after many weeks of treatment, had at last been declared cured of an ''incurable' disease and with a grateful feeling he asked the physician the amount of his bill
 That depends my dear sir said the specialist ''Whenever l treat a man l always make it a point to determine his occupation and how large a family he has to support Then I make out my bill accordingly. May l ask what you do for a living?"
 T am a poet replied the patient soul fully.
 Tn that case,'' said the physician, If you will give me the money in cash now, it'll be a dollar and q half"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
UnfortunatelY.

ness and symmetry. Unfortunately. cannot say much of it's musical quality. It is a voice which forcibly recalls the rumbling in the bowels of an elephant
 Colonel Gray was forgiving, but it was weeks before he squared the Plain Deal CT for this pleasantly of Wards In writing of the violence of storm that swept over the lake, Browne said:
 Captain J. arrived yesterday and said that his deck had been swept clean of everything by the sea. It's mighty good thing for some people that the sea can rise up now and then for sweeping purposes. It is to be hoped that Captain J. will not neglect his decks in the future
 Looking for the Author.
 ''When the captain saw the item he be- came wrathy and at once sought out the perpetrator. The first person he encoun- tered on entering the Plain Dealer sane tum was Browne, to whom he related his troubles.
 Can you tell me the author@ he asked and there was blood in his eye.
 Certainly Browne replied without hesitation and, pointing to a young actor, who also claimed to have been misrepresented and was in the office on similar errand, said: That's the man.
 The sailor made at once for the Thes- plan.
 So you're the man who wrote this, are you?
 "The actor denied any knowledge of the item in question, whereupon the cap- tain hit him on the cheek. The actor swatted the captain in turn, and as they fought it out on the floor Browne counseled them to forgive and forget and told them how much better it would be to arbitrate. He told the captain that he didn't believe the actor meant an injury when he wrote the squib, and so on.
 Browne, describing a freight wreck, remarked that only the engineman fire man and conductor escaped; the list of the dead had not yet been received. He failed to state that the three persons mentioned were the only ones aboard"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
Consign your horses and mules to our big auction sale, Wednesday, February 25.
 FEES 6 SONS.

Now's the time to buy a smart suit for business. See our S17,45 values. They will please you. Varley & Bauman Clothing Co, 1910 Sd Avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-21
Of Course.

From Judges Library.
 Of course, it makes a striking display advertisement but should not the line be drawn on "Womans shirt waists half
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
MELDRUM TO HOLD ON.
Denied That Murray Will Head the
Seaboard,

NORFOLK, Va, December n.-Presi-
dent n s. Medium of the Seaboard
Air Line railway, having concluded a
four-day conference here with view
to a general lineup of the new manage
ment under plans of reorganization, re-
turns to New York tonight. 1t is au-
thoritatively denied that Oscar G. Muir
ray, president of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, is to succeed Mr.. Meldrum as
president of the Seaboard. President
Medium will have offices both at Ports
mouth, Va, and New York.
l.. C. Haas, assistant to the president,
and S. l.. Ramps, another assistant to
the executive, will go to New York. Vice
president and General Manager G. H.
Hix, in charge of transportation, and
Vice President c. r. Caps, in charge of
traffic, made official announcement today
that there will be no change in the heads
of departments or other Seaboard Of
ficials.
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New Orleans Cotton Market,

NEW ORLEANS. December 11-Spot
cotton, firm. unchanged. Middling, 15c
Sales on the spot, $50 bales; to arrive,
500.
Futures opened today at an advance Of
10 to II points on stronger cables than
expected and an accumulation of buying
orders over night. Outsiders bought heav-
lily and among professionals there was
much covering Of shorts in the early
hours. BY the middle of the morning
prices were Is to 10 points over yester-
days closing and the March option was
sent up to 1884. New high records for
the season were made for all months. AT
this level profit taking began on a large
scale and during the rest of the morning
the selling from this source was very
heavy. The result was the loss of the
better part of the advance. the market
closing steady at net advance of 2 to Z
points.
Futures this week made substantial adj
vances the result of the census bureau
report on ginning up to the 1st OF De-
cember and the estimate Of the crop by
the Department of Agriculture, both of
which confirmed the short crop views of
the extremists among the bulls. January
advanced 81 points over last weeks clos
ing. March advanced 20 points and May
and July advanced 81 and Sc points, re-
spectively. These are net advances.
Early in the day Saturday all months
were about fifteen points higher than the
level at which they closed. The prices
reached were the highest since 1904. when
the market went to IS cents. Outside OF
the bureau reports there were no features
of prominence. Longs took profits freely
all the week, both before and after the
reports Late in the week there was some
fresh buying for long account. but the
bulk of buying orders appeared to come
from shorts who were stopping their
losses.
In the spot market prices advanced 9-16,
middling closing at 10 cents. against
IA TIC last week.
A year ago middling was quoted at Ss4.
Sales on the spot this week amounted to
4145 bales. against $40 last week; sales
to arrive amounted to 3,O15 bales, against
1870 last week
Futures closed steady. Closing bids:
December. 1917; January, 1881: March,
1571 May, 1903; July, 1915; September,
so; October, 1924.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
CAT CLUB EXHIBIT.
Fifth Avenue Bench Show to Open
Tuesday Morning.

The fifth exhibition of the Washington
Cat Club will open Tuesday Morning at
IL o'clock in the National Rifles armory,
in G street between 9th and 10th streets.
Many cats Of high degree will be exhibited
and two we'll known cat fanciers, Mrs. l..
Fl. Bixby of st. Louis and Miss J. r.
Kreoch of Orange, N. j.. will pass upon
their merits.
The patronesses Of the show are Mrs.
William A. Hammond. Mrs. William B.
Hibbs, Mrs. Fairfax Harrison Mrs.
Arthur Lee Mrs. ]. F. Leech. Mrs. F. B.
Loring, Mrs. ]. ]. Morrow, Mrs. E. j.
Somers, Miss Florence SpoffOrd, Mrs.
Huntington Wilson and Mrs. Richard d.
Harlan.
William B. Hibbs, Mrs. Arthur Lee,
Berry & Whitmore Company. Mrs. Clin-
ton Locke, the founder Of cat clubs in
America, and Mrs. g. H. Brayton of the
Boston Cat Club have added valuable
challenge cups to the number already
owned by the Washington Cat Club.
Among the out-of-town exhibitors who
have already entered their cats are Mrs.
McCoun Of Oyster Bay, who will bring
her imported blue male. Azure Shiraz.
and her imported blue female, Hebe. Mrs.
w. j. Furness, the noted cat portrait
painter OF New York. will not only bring
several fine cats. but will have with her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
New York Fruit Prices.

NEW YORK, December 11.-Evaporated
apples are quiet, with prices nominally
unchanged at 77saS for December-Janu-
airy. on the spot. Fancy new crop is
quoted at 101sa11h; choice. 8; prime. 7Ma9;
old crop. prime. III: common TO fair.
6Aa7. Prunes are moderatively active
and prices are steady. Quotations range
from 2sta9 for CALIFORNIA;. up to 3O-40s.
and Gao for Oregons. Apricots are quiet
but stocks are small and prices are firm
Choice. 1lRa11h: extra choice. 111ea12
fancy, 12iaa13h. Peaches are steady, with
light offerings. but the demand is small;
extra choice. 7a71; fancy. 7a7N. Raisins
to the unusual conditions on the coast
Loose Muscatel is quoted at lash: choice
TO fancy seeded, at 511a6ax, seedless, 3ha5
London layers. at 1.171za1.30.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON, December 11.-After a display
of strength and activity in the early part
of the week the stock market became i.
regular under profit-taking in certain sec
tons. and closed today with prices below
the best. At the same time the undertone
continues confident and practically all
sections benefited by the increased specu-
lation and investment attention displayed.
Home rails, which were SO long neglect
ed, provided specially buoyant feature
on improving traffic returns and trade
prospects, The general tone of the mar
ket was assisted by an absence of a finan-
cial upset in connection with the rejec-
ton of the budget, and this seemed to be
the chief reason for the reduction in the
bank rate Thursday. The lower rate,
however, had no material effect, as the
profit taking movement had already be-
gun, and some operators maintained that
the improved position of the gold reserve
warranted a reduction of more than one
half of l per cent.
Foreign bonds and foreign rails were
consistently firm, and continental as we'll
| as local buying raised values all around.
Mexican rails and grand trunk shares
were the features of the week end on
good traffic returns. Copper shares,
after a squirt on renewed hopes regarding
| the merger negotiations. finished weak
on the unfavorable Interpretation Of the
American statistics. Industrial and dia-
| mond shares attracted attention owing
| to better trade prospects.
| American securities, after good deal
| of irregularity, closed the week higher,
| the upward movement, started by the
moderate tone of President Taft's mes
sage, being helped by pronounced bull
| support among the coal roads. Norfolk
and Western and Ontario and Western
being prominently firm. Today's market
reflected the overnight irregularity of
Wall street, but final quotations, which
We're above parity, showed gains for the
week ranging from one to three points
in the market generally and Of seven on
| Norfolk and Western.
! LIVERPOOL, December 1.-The pro-
vision exchange here will be closed De-
| cember % and q and January 1.
| PARIS, December 11.-Prices were
steady on the bourse today.
| BERLIN, December lion the bourse
today prices generally were lower on
realizations.
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New York Live Stock Prices.

NEW YORK, December 11.-Beeves-
Receipts. lob head. Nothing doing; feel
ing. steady. Dressed beef, quiet and un-
changed. Shipments. 500 cattle and 1920
quarters OF beef.
Calves-Receipts. 40 head, all Indiana
veals sold at 6.5Oa9.5O Steady feeling all
around. Dressed calves, firm at last quo
tations.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts, 2,971 head !:
Arm feeling. Medium lambs, 7.75; good
sheep, Ats; culls, 800: Gull lambs, 900.
HogsEReceipts, 1926 head; nominaliy
steady at $50 to $40.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
New York Metal Prices.

NEW YORK, December 11.-No change
was reported In the metal markets today
with quotations practically nominal in the
absence of the exchanges. Tin was firm
at 80. 40a32.6O. Copper continued, with
lake quoted at 13. 25a13. 80: electrolytic at
13 121sa13.371a. and casting at 13OOa13.25.
Lead. firm. 4.45a4.50. Spelter quiet, 6.1Oa
6.2T12. Iron unchanged.
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Imports and Exports.

NEW YORK. December 11.-Imports OF
merchandise and dry goods at the port
of New York for the week ending Decem-
Der 4 were valued at $17.4O6, 79S. Imports
of specie for the port OF New York for
the week ending today were $77.576 silver
and $34O.1 1856 gold.
Exports of specie from the port Of New
York for the week ending today were
s., 97S 900 gold and $53S, 49, silver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
Shippers Win in Rate Fight.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. December 11.-Ohio
shippers have won their fight of many
years standing against the Detroit, To-
ledo and 1ronton Railroad Company. At
conference held at the Neil House
today. participated in by Receiver Lowell
of the company, Of Detroit; Judge o. II.
Hughes. president of the Ohio railroad
commission, and Special Counsel Free
man L. Eagleson of the attorney gen.
erals department, Receiver Lowell said
that the company would grant all the re-
lief asked for by Ohio shippers.
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Manchester Cloth Prices.

MANCHESTER, December 11.-Al-
though the cloth market Is still in a
depressed condition. a very slight i'm
provement is noticeable in the inquiry
in certain quarters, and a few more
sales were made Of bleaching and print
ing cloths and light fabrics at steady
prices. The turnover for the week, how
ever, was considerably below the aver
age, producers adopting a firm attitude
for fear of bullish bureau report on
the American cotton crop, which was
not available until after the close of
the market. Yarns are still dull, and
the strength of cotton checks business
while quotations are nominally three
Sixteenths dearer.
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To Command Philippine Battalion.

BY direction Of the President, the 4th,
9Th. sth and SD companies of Philippine
scouts are formed into the 18th Battalion
of Infantry. Philippine scouts, and Capt.
A. v. P. Anderson, 9th United States
Cavalry, has been detailed as major
Philippine scouts to command the bat
TALON. He is now with his regiment at
San Francisco.
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New York Dry Goods Prices

NEW YORK, December 1.-THE cot
ton goods market is stronger, and buying
on the part of converters and printers
is more active. Retail holiday trade is
active. The jobbers are making steady
and full advance shipments. Linens are
very strong. Burlaps continue low in
price and weak in the local market Fine
and fancy cottons are seasonably quiet