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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-09
sWINDLER INvADEs CITY.
Local Merchants Receive Alluring
Letters From Schemer.

The perpetrators of the Spanish swindle.
so-called, which has been heralded from
one end Of the world to another for years.
are now invading Washington and seek
ing to draw some OF its prominent mer-
chants into their net.
A. Eberly of 718 7th street northwest,
Harry Rupprecht Of 129 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, J. F. Beck OF 40 X
street northwest. L. Herreh OF Lee Herreil
& Brother. 1915 18th street southwest.
and James Atkinson Of 1902 18th street
northwest are recent recipients OF aliur-
ing letters from one Alexander BeIavsky'
alias Vladimir Grodinsky. alias Nanas-
senia." accompanied by what purports 10
be q clipping from one Of the LONDON
papers, but which varies In the names
used, showing 1t to be fictitious. telling
Of the distress OF the writer who has been
Spain, but who has $4,000 on deposit IN
this country, q third OF which he Is will
ing to share with his correspondent FOR
assistance in procuring his release and
the recovery OF portmanteau containing
valuable papers.
The newspaper clipping recites that a
man of the name OF one of the aliases has
been arrested in London charged with the
criminal conversion OF 100000 rubles;
that he II forty-eight years old and q
banker Of st. Petersburg, Russia, with a
ping combined make q plausible story for
the gullible, but the Washington mer-
chants who received them were not easy
marks and turned them over to the police
and the Post Once Department for proper
action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-09

500; pineapples. per crate 2.O0a3. Is;
cantaloupes, per crate, 5Oa2.75; water
melons, each. 17a25; peaches. per car
rier. 1.50a2.50; plums. per crate, l.OOa
LOO: grapes. Concord. per crate, 65a
1875: grapes. Delaware. per crate, LISA
1.50; alligator pears. per crate. 2.5Oa
800.
HAY AND STRAW. Hay, western.
No. /, 16.OOa16.50; No. 2. 145Oa15 90 :
mixed. 11.OOa14.0O. Straw, rye, bundle.
15.0Oa16.OO; rye. machine thrash, s.OOa
600; straw. wheat. per ton. 6.OOa8 so :
straw. oat. per ton. 6.5Oa7OO.
SEEDS. - lstke. per bu.. 9.O0a9 IS
clover. per bu.. 7.O0a7.50; timothy. per
bu, 1.s0a2.0o; crimson clover. per bu.,
6.OOa65O.
LIVE sTocK:-cattle. extra. per cwt..
ordinary. per cwt.. 3O0a3.5O. Hogs, per
cwt.. gross. 700as.oO. Sheep. per ID. sa
4: lambs. spring. choice, per h.. ea7h
medium, per h.. 6a6h. Calves. choice.
per h.. sha9; medium. per H.. 7has.
WOOL AND HIDES.-Wool. washed.
free OF burrs, per lb.. SSa36; wool, un-
washed, per h.. 28a29. Hides, green.
per h.. II; hides. dry. per lb.. 14al5:
sheepskins. green, each. 75a1.15; calf
skins, green. each, 1.S0a1.50: dry Mint
hides. per h.. 14a15; dry salted hides.
per h.. 14a16.
GRAIN. Wheat. new. per bu.. 65a
100. Corn. shelled. per bu., 78aS3; cob.
per bbl.. 4.2Oa4.50. Oats. western white.
No. 2. per bu.. 48a53; mixed. per pu..
4:a6O. Bran. per ton, 2300a25.O0. Md
ding. per ton. 25.00a27. co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-09
PETS OF GREAT LADIES.
Some Curious Alterations Of Lon.
don's Social Favorites.

From the New York Sun.
Some pretty rough things have been
said about the affectations Of English
aristocracy from time to time, but the
recent accounts Of their household pets
are about as incomprehensible as any
Of their other foibles. The greyhound
and the long, silky-eared spaniel are a
thing Of the past. The Duchess of
Marlborough is said to have a special
fondness for serpents. She spends days
also in the park at Blenheim with the
gazelles, which in her society seem to
forget their traditional shyness. Her
other pets are grotesque-looking peli-
cans, which may be seen about the
shores Of the ponds. Lady Warwick,
the titled socialist leader, especially
loves white animals, and in her ground
at Warwick are white peacocks, all
kinds of white birds, even a white ele-
plant. Her special treasure Is a white
parrot, which Is said to be more than a
century old.
Lady Cadogan has a famous collec-
ton Of snakes. She Is able to drape
some of them about her In such q way
that they serve as jewelry. Among her
pets are two trained lizards. Lady Cot
tenham nurses with great care her dor
mice, and Lady Churchill is said to be
happiest when her crocodile Is near her.
Lady Hopes pet Is an ape from Sene-
gal. while Mrs. Rose Hubbard. one Of
the most popular of the women In Mrs.
Keppers set. raises geese. Miss Rosa
Boughton, one of the most liked of
the unmarried girls in London society,
insists upon taking to all the houses
that will allow her a hyena that she
brought from Constantinople and has
tanned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-09
Carefully Guarded Trade Secret.
From the Y0ndou Nous

Among the finest and most distinctive
varieties Of textile fabrics are the cloths
Technically known as cuttings. which
however have nothing to do with bed
quilts. but include such fabrics as niones
diamonds, mattings and materials for
gentiemen's light waistcoats.
The important processes in the mann.
facture OF cuttings are zealously ruarded
as trade secrets. They represent the
finest achievements In cotton cloth.
The extreme delicacy OF their manu-
facture may be gathered from the fact
that down to even twenty-five wears ago
they were still largely made on the hand
loom. the work being done not in mills.
but given out to the workers in their own
homes. BY constant experiment and after
many failures quilting loom was con-
structed which could be driven by power.
though Its production was only slightly
faster than the hand loom During the
last twenty years great improvements
have been introduced. especially at Bury,
England, which came to be the center OF
the making Of cuttings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-09
MARKET REPORT,
Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.

Quotations given below are for large
lots Jobbers' prices are higher.
EGGS. - Nearby fresh Virginia, %:
west Virginia and southwest Virginia,
26a27: Tennessee, 26a27.
BUTTER-Creamery, fancy. 32a32 y
Western firsts, 2Sha29: seconds. 21a
27h. Process. fancy. 26a27: fair to
good, 19a2O. Store-packed. fresh. 10.
CHEESE. - New York state factory.
new, large, 16A a16%.
POULTRY.-Chickens spring. per H..
ISa19; hens, per H., 16; ROSTERS. per
lb., o: keats, per h., IL: turkeys. hens.
per H., 16a17: turkeys. toms, per To-,
l6a17; ducks, per h.. 12a13.
DRESSED POULTRY. - Turkeys. per
h.. bali; hens, choice. per h.. 10;
ROSTERS. per h.. 8; chickens. spring,
per h., 1sa19; ducks, per h.. 1Oa12.
VEGETABLES. - Potatoes, No. J., per
bbl, 200a2.5O; sweet potatoes. per Dbl.
2.25a2.50; cucumbers. per basket. Goa
l-25; onions, per bbl., 1.50a2.25; cab
bages. per bbl. 100a1.25: eggplant. per
doz. 2Oa25; squash. per basket. 30a40:
corn. home grown, per doz., 12a25
string beans. home grown. per bbl.,
@oOa2SO; lettuce. per basket, l.25a2 90:
tomasoes. home grown. per box, 4Oa66:
radishes, per 100. LOO: peppers per bhi
ooal.oo; new beets, per bunch. 2a2X.
new carrots. per bunch. 2a3.
GREEN FRUITS. - Apples. new, Dor
Dbl. l.OOa450: oranges. Cal. per box.
2.5oa3.50; grape fruit. per crate, 4.OOa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-09
Schooner Chased by Whales.
From the Boston Herald.

Iu.
A dozen whales chased the two-masted
schooner John s. Preston. Capt. Chan
tree. many miles while the vessel was
proceeding toward Boston from Mount
Desert with a cargo of gravel. Capt.
Chantree is unwilling to state that the
whales had evil designs on the schooner,
but he admits the leviathans kept uncom-
fortably close to the coaster, blowing,
sounding and gamboling as If they con-
sidered an opportunity to race the Pres
son too good to be overlooked.
Capt. Chantree does not know when the
whales closed in on his schooner, for they
were sighted early in the morning when
the vessel was not far from Seguin. and
did not disappear till the Preston was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-09

Beverly n. Lockhart. one Of the county
supervisors Of Frederick county, Va, and
a leading farmer, Is In q critical condition
at his home. near Winchester. Va. from
injuries sustained In . dynamite explosion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-09

In the corporation court at Lynchburg.
va. John Lee pleaded guilty to horse
stealing and was sentenced to three years
In prison. Edward Taylor was acquitted
on the charge OF burglary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-09

Miss Ethel Taylor, the eighteen-year-old
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred H. Tay-
lor, and William p. Anderson, recently OF
Richmond, Va. but now Of Suffolk. Va,
eloped to elizabeth City. N. c.. and were
married. $500 -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-09

81 made big hit with that woman, all
right"
what did you say to herr
Nothing. / just kept still and lis
tened. kansas City Journal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-09

Are you willing to join US and become
a vegetarian
YES" said the PHILOSOPHER. III you're
willing to concede that all flesh is
grass"-Iife
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-09

abreast Thatcher's, OF Cape Ann. Word
of the school has been sent to Province
town, and some OF the whaling steamers
may start in pursuit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-09

Mrs. Roy Jones of lower Culpeper
county, on the Rappahannock river, died
at her home from typhoid fever.
The Florida star., 1909-05-21
Bruee's Mother.

The Inspector was examining
standard l, and all the class had
been specially told beforehand by
their master, Don't answer unless
you are almost certain your answer
is correct"
History was the subject.
"Now, tell me-" said the inspect
or, "who was the mother of our
great Scottish hero, Robert Bruce -
He pointed to the top boy, then
around the class. There was no
answer. Then at last the heart of
the teacher of that class leaped with
JOY. The boy who was standing at
the very foot had held up his hand.
"Well," my boy" said the in
spector encouragingly, who was
she:"
"Please, sir. Mrs. Bruce"
The Florida star., 1909-05-21
He Accepted the Apology.

A prominent New York lawyer is
noted for his ready answers and
skill in repartee When a young
practitioner he appeared before a
pompOus old Judge, who took Of
tense at remark the lawyer made
criticising his decision.
IF you do not instantly apologize
for that remark, Mr.. Blank" said
the Judge, 81 shall commit YOU for
contempt of court"
Upon reflection. your honor" in
stantly replied Mr.. Blank, Il find
that your honor was right and
was wrong, as your honor ALWAYS
is"
The judge looked dubious, but
finally said that he would accept the
apology.
The Florida star., 1909-05-21
His Great Weiaht.

Nothing expresses better the i'm
portance of person-in his own OF
in the worlds eyes-than to state il
in terms of his relations with the
physical world.
Oliver Wendell Holmes. it will be
recalled, remarked that the axis of
the earth sticks out in every mans
back yard. A bonmot of not dis
similar kind is recorded Of Wash
ington Irving.
The conversation was turned on
the pomposity of a certain Ameri-
can diplomatist.
"Ah, he is a great man." said
Irving, "snd in his own estimation
a very great mana man of great
weight. When he goes to the west
the east tips up"
The Florida star., 1909-05-21
PRESCRIPTIONS.
Reasons Why They Are Written In
Latin BY Physicians.

4 HSA1Sns why tney are Wrttton 10
Latin BY Physicians.
Il don't see," said the man who
was leaning against the drug store
counter, "why a doctor can't write
his prescription in English instead
of Latin"
The druggist said: ''You think,
suppose, that the doctor writes his
prescriptions In Latin so it can't be
read so easily-so the layman can't
steal his trade and learn what he il
giving him. But that's wrong. In
the first place, Latin is a more exact
and concise language than English
and, being a dead language, does not
change, as all living languages do.
"Then, again, since a very large
part of all the drugs in use are
botanical, they have in the pharma-
copoeia the same names that they
have in botany-the scientific
names. TwO-thirds of such drugs
haven't any English names and so
couldn't be written in English.
"But suppose a doctor did write
a prescription in English for an un-
educated patient. The patient reads
it, thinks he remembers it, and so
tries to get it filled from memory
the second time. Suppose, for in
stance, it calls for iodide of potas-
sium and he gets it confused with
cyanide of potassium. He could
safely take ten grains of the first,
but one grain of the second would
kill him as dead as a mackerel.
That's an exaggerated case, but it
will serve as an illustration. Don't
you see how the Latin is a protec-
hon and safeguard to the patient:
Prescriptions in Latin he can't read
and consequently doesn't try to re-
member.
"NOw for a final reason. Latin
is language that is used by scien-
tiic men the world over, and no
other language is. You can get
Latin prescriptions filled in any
country on the face of the earth
where there is a drug store. We
mad prescription come in here the
other day which we had put up orig
inally and which had since been
stamped by druggists in London,
Paris, Berlin, ConstOntinople, Cairo
and Calcutta. What good would an
English prescription be in st. Pc
"-New York Herald.
The Florida star., 1909-05-21
THE CRACKER PACKERS.
Nimbls Fingered Girls That Work
Like Autom atoms.

II
I found girls in numbers on the
packing floor, a large, low ceilinged
loft three stories up in the air. In
front of. a girl packing ''lady fin
gers" stood a large truck piled high
with frames bristling like so many
porcupines with long steel spikes or
points. On each point was suspend
ed a lady finger, chocolate iced. The
girls hands fairly few between the
frames and the box she was pack
ing. Back and forth as tirefessly
and as automatically as a machine
her fingers travelled, plucking the
cakes, half a dozen at a time, and
packing them precisely in the box.
Working steadily at this rate she
could pack six fve-pound boxes in
an hour. If she kept up her speed,
never stopping a single second, she
earned Is cents an hour. If her
speed decreased she soon ceased to
earn anything, because she lost her
job.
Fifteen cents an hour would
mean SLAP in the nine and a half
hour day. But no girl in the fac
tory earned that much, because
time had to be sacrificed going after
the cake laden trucks and hustling
the frames of and on the trucks.
Work Of this kind was not paid for.
The cracker packers were not
losing any time. The endless chain
of fiat pans loaded with hot crack
ers descending from above moved
at a smart pace, and the line of
girls standing on either side had to
work at top speed to keep the trays
clear. They grabbed both hands
full of crackers and flashed them
into the big wooden boxes beside
them. They seldom broke a crack
er or made a mistake in their me-
thodical progress. The packers
moved their arms, shoulders and
spines continually. 1t must be splen-
did exercise, i reflected, only they |
Set a good deal of it between Z in |
the morning and 5 at night.
The cracker packing girl attaine
a higher speed than the cake pack
ing girl, because she has a pace
maker-the machine. As fast as
the machine moves she must move
She earns cent a dozen. and she |
can pack hundred dozen in a dav.
Here is another significant fact
The cracker packing girl is younger
than the cake packing girl, because
20 girl can keep up with a machine
indefinitely. At the end of Ger,
tain period she loses speed and goes
stale. Then she drifts out of crack
er packing into some other unskill-
I'd trade. Usually she has to ac-
'ept a lower wage, since her eff
,iency has declined. By efficiency
me always means speed. - Rheta
Jhilde Dorr in Hampton's Maya
inc
The Florida star., 1909-05-21
Weman.s Riah,s.

madam, do you believe in wom-
ans rights?" asked the man stand
ing in the car.
81 do" she replied shortly.
Excuse me-" he went on. 81 am
but an ignorant male seeking light.
May | ask if you construe these
rights to include the privilege of
spreading your really becoming
skirts over three seats?"
Thereupon she condensed herself,
he took a seat, and conversation
fiagged.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Florida star., 1909-05-21
The ATTIC INSTINCT.
Why sems Psrsons Cling to Thinss
That Are RUBBISH.

Why 3eae Persons Cling 20 Thinaa
That Are Rubbish-
The attic instinct hangs on sur
prisingly, and an observing eye can
tell how many years a person has
lived in the city by merely glancing
under her bed. II there are three
hat boxes one win contain letters,
one scraps Of ribbons and laces-if
it's a man it's newspaper clippings
and one anything from a broken
lock to old road maps. If, besides
these, there are bundles Of magA-
zines and piles Of newspapers, not
to mention a bicycle seat and .
green umbrella that one might use
in private theatricals-if all these
things have been placed under the
bed against the protests of the fam
lily, if they are patiently moved
every cleaning day and clung to
through a moving, then their own
ers have the attic instinct to such an
extent that there is not the slight
est hope of their ever being cured.
They will think from an attic point
OF view for the rest Of their lives,
and their family might as well be-
come resigned.
When people are willing to make
themselves disagreeable over a bit
of string and absolutely objections
bic on the subject of stray pieces Of
brown paper they should not be ac-
cused Of having bad dispositions,
nor should they be suspected Of do
ing it to annoy one. They are
merely suffering from the attic in
stinct and cannot help themselves.
Their characters were formed and
have now hardened for a scheme Of
life where certain things we're al
ways kept in the cellar, Others in
the wood shed, others in the pantry
and the cupboard on the first floor.
still others in the closets on the
next floor, and everything and any
thing that overfowed from anv OF
these places was just taken up to
the attic. And now these poor dear
souls live with a cellar, three stories
and an attic still lodged in their
minds, and, though they will In
time disappear. like all unnecessary
members-seventh toe. tails, an APP
pendix-in the meantime they are
having trouble with them, they are
suffering and fighting for them, and
1t takes a serious operation to re-
move so much as one scrap book if
the owner thinks he NAV like 10
read it over in his old sge.-Hsr-
per's Weekly.
The Florida star., 1909-05-21
Golden Silence.

A man who once met Ralph Wal
do Emerson at the house Of a
friend told of the characteristic way
in which the Concord philosopher
blunted the edge of a compliment.
"Oh, Mr.. Emerson" said a young
woman of the party, ''it must be so
delightful to know that people all
over the country are grateful for
the things YOU have saidw
Thank you," said Emerson slow
ly, ''but it is for some of the things
| have not said that I feel most
grateful"
The Florida star., 1909-05-21
THE OBJECTION TO JOHN.
u Was Easily Renewed When the Sit
uation Was EXPLAINED.

uation Was Explained.
The Gaylords and Nelson's have
always been neighbors and intimate
friends. So when John Gaylord al
tEenty-four, as fine a fellow as evel
was, began to see what an altogeth,
er charming girl Molly Nelson was
there was naturally no opposition
Indeed, as the affair" became Sc
rious it was evident to all, includ-
ing John and Molly themselves
that the parents concerned were de-
Lighted. As yet there was no form
al announcement, but every one
knew that it was understood" and
evening after evening John talked
to Molly on the front porch, often
lingering after the other Nelson's
had retired.
The surprise of the two was con-
sequently great when one evening a
shutting step was heard in the hall.
and presently Mr.. Nelson appeared
in slippers and dressing gown, can
die in hand. Quite evidently he
had gone to bed and then got up
for some purpose.
"Why, father, what is the mat
ter?"
Molly's cheeks were burning, as
her father stood there hesitating
and eying John closely. John, lean
ing against the doorpost, where he
had stood for the last fifteen min
utes saying good night to Molly,
felt decidedly uncomfortable under
Mr.. Nelson's gaze.
In fact, it was embarrassing all
around. But John is a young man
who goes straight to the point.
as anything wrong, Mr.. Mel
SOM" he began. Gam l to infer
that you object to my being here?"
"Well, no, not exactly, john"
Mr.. Nelson coughed slightly, hest
tating. "It's only that mother and
l would like to get little Sleep"
Father" cried Molly, quite in
eve couldn't have been dis
turbing any onel John has been
talking very low
81 don't doubt that, my dear"
Mr.. Nelson was beginning to enjoy
the situation. Its not that, nor
have any objection to Johns talk
ing to you. In fact, | haven't an
objection in the world to John nor
to his conduct, except
Mr.. Nelson is open to suspicion of
having prolonged the matter unnec-
essarily at this point.
-"except in one thing. Mrs. Mel
son and | do object seriously, my
dear John, to the habit you seem to
have formed this evening of leaning
against the bell push. Our bed
room is next to the. kitchen, and
this continuous bell ringing is not
conducive to repose."
The Florida star., 1909-05-21

A great many people who have
triHed with indigestion, have been
sorry for it-when nervous or
chronic dyspepsia resulted. and
they have not been able to cure it.
Use Kodol and prevent having
Dyspepsia.
Everyone is subject to indiges-
ton. Stomach arrangement follows
stomach abuse, just as naturally
and just as surely as a sound and
healthy stomach results upon the
taking Of Kodol.
When you experience sourness
Of stomach. belching Of gas and
nauseating fluid, bloated sensation,
gnawing pain in the pit OF the
stomach, heart burn (so-called),
diarrhoea, headaches, dullness or
chronic tired feeling-you need Ko-
dol And then the quicker you take
Kodol-the better. Eat what you
want, let Kodol digest II.
Ordinary pepsin dyspepsia tab
lets" physics, ETC., are not likely
to be Of much benefit to you, in
digestive ailments. Pepsin is only
The Florida star., 1909-05-21
whooping Cough

I'm February our daughter had the whOop-
ing cough. Mr.. Lane, of Hartland, recon-
mended Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and
said 1t gave his customers the best of satisfac-
ton. We found it as he said, and can recon-
mend IL to anyone having children troubled
with whOOping cough" says Mrs A. Goss. OF
Durand, Mich. For sale by Titusville Phar-
macy.
The Florida star., 1909-05-21
A Living Skeleton

Is the final condition nf any child thar has
worms If II lives. Think of having something
IN your stomach that eats all you "a kr Ms nour.
'Shment. Nine tenihS uf the habies have
worms, may be youIs has. Zee certain that il
has not by giving il Whites Cream Vermifr,ge
it expels all worms and is a tonic for the ba-
by. PIice p cents Sold bv all dIugyists
The Florida star., 1909-05-21
A Fine Family Medicine

Every family needs good pleasant-tO-tak
liver medicine. There is no remedy known
that is better than St. JOseph's Liver Regula-
tor for this purpose. II has been in use for
thirty years. and is endorsed by thousands of
families as the greatest of all family medi-
cines. It relieves biliousnesS, constipation,
indigestion etc, and thus preserves good
health. IL is made ip both liquid and powder
form. Druggists and general dealers sell it,
liquid 50 cents; powders, in tin boxes, 25 cents
box; five boxes for a dollar.
The Florida star., 1909-05-21
Just Some sadinaae.

Mr.. Jig.ey-The other day saw
quite an interesting educated pig
Miss Pert - Oh. Of course! 7
suppose
Mr.. Jigley-Don't say it! You
were going to say you suppose |
looked in the glass. weren't YOU?
Miss Pert-Not at all. ! don
consider you interesting OF edr-
.ated. - Catholic Standard and
Times.
The Florida star., 1909-05-21
Better Not Get
Dyspepsia

If you can help it Kodol prevents Dyspepsia, by
eftectually helping Nature to Relieve indigestion
But don't trifle with Indigestion.