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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-12
"Cutting the Painter. -

Lord Robert Cecil's refusal to "cut the
painter between the unionist party and
himself is by no means the first appli-
ca tion of this nautical phrase to politics.
Thousands of landsmen who had no previ-
GUS idea that painter could signify a
rome learned the expression thirty or
forty years ago, when there was some
talk in Australia of cutting the painter
that connected the island-continent with
the mother country. But the metaphor
is at least 900 years old. "Ill cut your
painter for We" meant "I'll prevent We
doing me any mischief" in 100. according
to the Dictionary OF the Canting Crew.
That way of putting the meaning would
scarcely do In Lord Robert Cecil's case;
but in 1885 Crosse more exactly explained
TN cut your painter for YOU as equiva-
lent to I'm send you off, In the un-
metaphorical sense painter" rope. Is
SO old that its origin Is indetermin able.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-12
PREHISTORIC HUMANS"
World Likes Stories Of Giants-Men
as Big as Ever.

From the Cleveland Leader.
The story that the skeleton Of a prehis-
toric man of gigantic size-about fifteen
feet In height-has been found ten miles
from the City Of Mexico will find many
quick believers. Men and women in dis
tant lands will not only credit the one
giant whose bones are reported to be IN
evidence. but they will draw the inference
that at some remote period many human
beings lived upon the earth who were
much bigger and more imposing than any
races of this day.
The world likes to hear tales of giants.
1t wants to believe that amazing men
and women lived long ago. 1t is ever
ready to let distance and time lend interest
to the ways and products OF prehistoric
tribes and nations. That accounts for
the general belief that there were mound
builders in this part of America, far
back beyond the Indians the whites FOUND
when they came, who were much IN al
vance of Indian development and Indian
power.
There is no evidence of such conditions.
There is no proof that the savages that
built the prehistoric mounds were essen
TALLY different from the Indians who
roamed the forests when white men first
saw the Ohio. 1t Is certain that the
earthworks which they reared for defen.
sive purposes were less effective against
warriors armed with bows and arrows,
tomahawks and war clubs. than the nlgh
wooden stockades of historic times. The
earthworks might have been better to re-
sist artillery. but not against the weapons
used by the enemies of the builders OF
these walls.
If there is one fact better settled and
more clearly known than any other per-
tanning in a broad way to the development
of mankind, it is that man achieved
nothing wonderful. even in length of limb
and bulk of muscle. in prehistoric times.
If there were occasional giants IN those
DAYS there are giants still There is no
evidence of retrogression in the crudest
physical tests of development, to say
nothing OF those which measure the prog
ress of the mind and the higher powers
of man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-12
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The situation in regard OF the financial
institutions of the city today resembled
that of the general attitude of mind as to
whether or not the special holiday legis-
lation enacted yesterday by Congress was
really and truly law. The banks were
closed. and yet they were not closed. Most
of the clerks were having a holiday. but
if any one came along who insisted on
his or her right to take up note that
fell due today or to draw out money for
some need. such demand was compiled
with.
1t was thought wise by the men at the
head of the financial institutions to be on
the safe side. and SO, while many OF the
banks closed for general business. they
were open for business when the demand
was made.
SION as the result of the action taken by
President Flather and the governing COM
mittee last evening. The passage of the
Joint resolution was not known before the
close of the daily session held yesterday
afternoon.
The scope of central bank in this coun-
try according to the Wall Street journal,
involves first of all the idea that II snouio
be bank for banks. 1t must necessarily
be a bank of issue, and when the time
comes for doing away with te present
bond-secured currency, such an 1nstituliolI
would become the only bank OF issue. ~
should also be a reserve bank. and In IT'S
early stages. at least. largely a bank TO
rediscount commercial paper for the other
banks.
The most formidable obstacle to ever
come in the opinion of this authority, Is
the feeling that such an institution may
be captured by some single powerful imam,
ciaI interest. But the opinion is expressed
that if such a contingency can be 1ore-
seen, it can be prevented
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-12
PAINE WAS NO ATHEIST.
Letter He Wrote to Gen. Greene
Asked Gods Blessing.

From the New York Times
An instance of the use of Gods name
by the famous patriot Thomas Paine Is
found in a letter written by him jan
uary 10, .17S1, to Maj. Gen. Nathanie9
Greene, whose aid-de-camp Paine had
been. He wrote:
II have put O the writing of this letter
to the last moment, lest / should DC ols-
appointed by any unexpected circum-
stance, in the journey and voyage am
undertaking.. / received your very friend
ly and affectionate letter, for which l
thank you. / followed the advice or II,
and that with the more readiness as II
was the advice too, Of several OF my best
and warmest friends. Since which Con-
gress has appointed Colonel Laurens en-
voy extraordinary to France, and l shall
accompany him there as a secretary. l am
DESTROYS of giving you this information,
because no endeavorS of mine. as lar
as they extend. will be wanting to show
the necessity of a. reinforcement of cash
TO The continent and troops to the south
ward. ] leave America with the perfect
satisfaction of having been to her an
honest, faithful and affectionate friend.
and / &C away with the hope of return
ing to spend better or more agreeable
days with her than those whoch are past.
God bless and prosper you. Yours sin
cerely, T. PAINE
1t is widely believed that Paine was An
atheist but this letter sustains the state
ment that he was not So and that he be-
leved in the existence of God HIS own
opinion was that he was fervently re-
ligious. His hope Of returning to this
country was realized. He spent the last
years of his life in this city and died in
1909 at 80 Grove street He was buried on
his, farm al New Rochelle. but ten years
later his body was removed by William
Goblet to England. In 1896, after Cob
belts death, the remains were seized as
part of the property of Paine's bankrupt
son. They we're eventually taken to
France.
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$1.17L Bid for Wheat at Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, February 12.-No. ;
red western wheat. the highest grade
In this market, sold on the floor of
the chamber of commerce yesterday at
S1.11il bushel. This is record price in
four years. The last time this price was
nearly reached was in January, 1905,
when the same grade of wheat sold here
al SLIT a bushel.
Traders steadily bid for wheat at this
top price throughout the day, but none
was for sale and transactions were limit
ed to two cars.
kirwan Bros. e Co. shipped two cars of
the same grade TO a miller in the south.
who paid $1.3a a bushel for it delivered
at his mill. This included freight and
handling. SO that the price was practically
nothing in excess of the wheat bought
in the elevators or on the track here.
The high price of this cereal is said to
be due to its scarcity and to the urgent
milling demands from all sections.
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SALT IN DEATH VALLEY.
Great Tonnage Available in the
Avawatz Mountain.

From the Los Angeles Times.
Slowly but surely. inch by inch, in the
face of drought and intense heat. man is
solving the mysteries of Death Valley,
and one by one its hitherto unlocked
treasure vaults are being thrown open to
add to the wealth of the world. There is
gold in large and In small quantities
throughout the length of the valley, par
ticularly at Skidoo and other neighboring
camps in the Panaminta; there is copper
at Green: water. enough boraX to supply
the entire world for many year. and
now it seems probable that the district
will soon be known as a large producer of
rock salt.
These salt deposits are found in the
foothills of the AvawatZ mountains at
the southern end of Death Valley and
within sixteen miles of the Tonopah and
Tidewater railroad There are four dis
tinct bodies known as the Death Valley,
King, Salt Basin and Jumbo salt mines.
The salt appears to lie in ledge form with
well-detined walls, particularly ON the
upper or hanging side. The deposits have
been well known to prospectors for many
years, but 1t was not until the completion
of the railroad that they assumed any
commercial value. Years ago some OF
the material was freighted to the Tecopa
mine for use in a chlorimatiOn mill in use
on the property. when it was mined for
its high surface values of silver.
The Death Valley mine consists of
eighty acres. and it is upon this ground
that the larger part of the present de-
velopment of the deposits has been done
The showing is 500 feet wide by 1000 feet
in length, the salt being covered with
wash gravel and mud to a minimum depth
of ten feet. Where the salt has been most
exposed to the elements 1T has dissolved
and mixed with the mud and gravel
forming an incrustation harder even than
the rock salt. The development consists
Of numerous open cuts. tunnels and
shafts, all penetrating the surface in
crustation and showing pure salt in the
faces. 1t is estimated that there are 250.-
600 tons Of salt already exposed in this
deposit.
The King mine lies one mile to the
north of the Death Valley property, and
shows salt more than 100 feet in width,
traceable for 100 feet. In one place the
rock salt stands fifty feet above the sur
rounding formatio The Salt Basin prop
erty lies one mile farther to the southeast,
on what is really a continuation of the
King deposit. Two miles farther south
east is the Jumbo mine, showing body
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-12
Hats and Hatpins.
From the London Chronicle.

So long as women associate hats with
hair they will wear hatpins. They Wore
them in old Babylon. and they go on
wearing them in the new. But it would
be well if some less dangerous form Of
hatpin could be devised than that which
aroused the protest of "Granta" in the
Times A child. colliding with another on
roller skates, had the sight of one eye
destroyed by the stab of hatpin. Now.
If you will look in at Olympia or Earl's
Court when roller skating is in full
favor you will find many novices tumbling
over one another. And every woman of
them carries the murderous hatpin in her
hair, with the business end ready for
work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-12
Z salt seventy-five feet across.

Of salt seventy-five feet across.
1t is estimated that at the present time
5000 tons OF rock salt are imported into
California from Liverpool and sells to
jobhers at about Sl6 per ton. OF this
amount probably ], 500 tons come 10 south
ern California and Arizona. where IL COM
mands prices we'll over $50 The owners
of the Death Valley deposit claim that
their product is very hard, firm and fine
grained, and in every way equal to the
Liverpool importation. 1t is probable
that 1900 tons Of salt are made on the
coast each year by evaporation. this prod
uct being used for table salt, hide salts,
ice cream salts and glazing salts. Salt
for packing meats. fish and fine dairy but
ter. and which must be particularly pure.
is brought to the coast from Germany.
New York and Liverpool.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-12
Roller Skating in Rome.
From the London Chronicle.

What leisure good works leave to
Roman society is given this month to
roller skating. The passion for a game
or a sport is never local in these days;
it is instantaneously international. Hard
ly had the roller skate been fastened on
the English heel than it was speeding
the Roman. Princess Odescalchi is the
president and leader of the brilliant rank
in Rome; and it is noticea BILE that most
of the skaters are of the Vatican party
the uuetest as well as the most aristo.
cratic of societies; 1t were particularly In.
appropriate to call them smart or by any
other such f1ippant word. BLACK" is the
local name. but it suits the Roman skat-
erS even less.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-12
Liverpool Grain Prices.

LIVERPOOL. February 12.-Closing-
Wheat-Spot strong; No red western
winter. SIS 4d: futures uiet; March, IS
11Isd: May. as 1Ol2d; July. Is 11isd. Corn
Spot steady; new American mixed via
Galveston), IS 7Isd: futures quiet; March,
Us ed; May, is SGD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-12
FOREIGN BANKS.

BERLIN. February 12.-Exchange on
London, 20 marks SOFA pfennigs for checks
Discount rates-Short bills. ~ per cent;
three months bills. 2L per cent.
PARIS February 12.-Ciosing: Three
per cent rentes, 81 francs 40 centimes for
the account.
Exchange on London, % francs 2Ola
centimeS for checks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-12

France supplied large share-s14 o9o,-
600 worth out OF a grand total of $33,-
600, 600 worth imported: Germany, So
100000: Japan, S4,000,00o, and Switzer-'
land s. 500 600
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-12
Laid to the Automobile.

From the Yonkers Statesman.
Whats making this scarcity OF eggs"
asked the city man.
"Oh. l reckon the automobiles is KILN
off all the chickens" replied the farmer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-12
Genius Still Lives.

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
Il don't know that Napoleon was so
much" said the married man.
How now"
II believe use as much strategy to get
a night out as he expended In the Austen
litz campaign"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-12

II matters little what II is that YOU
want-whether a situation or a servant
want ad. IN The Star will reach the
person who can fill your need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-12

Amalgsmated Copper. .................. 20
Bar silver. steady. 239sd per ounce.
Money. 11sa1| per cent
The rate OF discount in the open market for
short bills Is 2Aa23s per cent
The rate Of discount in the open market f0-
three month bills is 2ii per cent.
sEx-diy,
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FINANCIAL.

REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF the
National Metropolitan Bank,
At Washington, D. c..
At the close Of business February j, 1909.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-12
FINANCIAL.

REPORT OF TIE CONDITION
OF the
Farmers and Mechanics National
Bank,
AT Washington. in the District of Columbia. at
tho close OF business February s. 1904.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-12
RESOURCES

RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts. ...........-.. 5000. SIS ~
OveNirafts. secured and unsecured SA 80
7. :. bonds TO secure circula ton. 10000 90
L. :. bonds TO secure L. :. deposits 10000 o.
Other bonds secure L. s. deposits 100 $50 o.
Bonds. securities etc. 335.e56 ~
Banking house furniture and fix
pue from nations, banks mot
Due from approved reserve agents. 245.s.O -
Checks and other cash items 1897 %
Exchanges for clearing house . ..30f o.
Notes Of other national banks. l,1so o.
Fractional paper currency, nickels
Lawful money reserve In bank. viz.
- 15s.s.4 ~
Redemption fund with U. S. treas
urer $50 OF circulat ioni. ..-.....-. 1880 90
Total .........&2 107 49, 20
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid In ............. Sss2, orc w
Undivided profits les. expense. and 1900 =,
National bank notes outstanding a47.OOo Oh
Due to other national banks 1894 ~
Due 10 state and private banks aud
inss banks ..................... co,7lo -
Dividends uupa Observation-Disclosures. $40 90
Individual deposits subject 10 check 1851. 6.S 81
Certified checks Observation-Disclosures. Slf AZ
United States deposits. ...-...... $1,000 oo
Rcnds borrow ed .............. 5000 "a
Reserved for taxes $500 o0
Total 81 IO7. 767 ~
District OF Columbia. county of Washington S.:
I. c. ". EDMONSTON, cashier Of the above
named hank do solemnIy swear that the abor"
statement is true TO the best OF my knowledge
and belief. &. W. EDMONSTON. Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this ioA
j. McKENNEY BERRY. Notary Public
s THOMAS BROWN.
NJ. J. ADLER.
aHAS. II. CRAGIN,
WILLIAM KING.
!. II. BRADLEY.
=. SEWALL CISSEL,
!. II. SMALL. Jr.,
$. c. PALMER.
A. h. JACKSON,
Directors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-12

WOOD IRA w, y. J............ Hotel Cochra
WOODWARD. ii. c.. W. Va. ...........B ancro
YOUNG, Fl. O., Mich. Portlan
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF the
Citizens Savings Bank,

WASHINGTON. d. e..
At Washington. in the District of Columbia, az
| the close Of business February 8. 1902
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-01-28
Board Proceedings

Logan, Ia. Jan. 2, 1909. The
Board of Supervisors of Harri-
son county, Iowa, met on the
above date in regular session
as by law provided. Present,
A. B. Hosbrook, ]. Holeton and
Thos. Chatburn.
The Board approved a School
Fund Loan of 100000 on a part
of the Sc Sc Of 17-79.43.
The Board the school fund
loan Of S4e50 90 on the ne sw
sec 14-79 As.
L. R. Young of Boyer town
ship was granted permission to
arrange a cattleway under the
county bridge near his resi-
dence.
The Board fixed the compen-
sation Of the several assessors
of Harrison county as following
for the year 1909, the same to
be compensation in full for all
services required of them by
law and the auditor is directed
to issue warrants in payment
Of said salaries when they re-
turn their books to him and
they are by him checked up
and found to be correct.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-01-28
To Reclaim Lands

Twenty-Five sections in the
northwestern part of Pottawat.
tamie county are expected to
be drained and protected from
overflow by a system of bitches
and levees asked for in petit
lions filed with the board of
county supervisors yesterd ay
afternoon.
q. E. Hart, Charles A. Beno,
Charles r. Hannah, Jr., and
other owners of property in
Rockford and Crescent town
ships signed the petitions.
One petition for a levee and
drainage system such as that
described was presented to the
board during the forenoon
session. During the afternoon
another petition was presented,
signed by thirteen property
owners, asking for the estab-
lishment of a levee, the descrip-
ton of which was similar in
substance to the levee asked in
the previous petition.
ENGINEER TO INSPECT.
j. H. Mayne, county surveyor,
was appointed by the board to
make an examination of the
territory to be affected by the
proposed ditch and levees and
no action will be taken until
after his report to the board.
The levee, if established, will
start at a point in section 81, in
Rockford township, and extend
southwark to the Missouri river
practically paralleling the line
of the Illinois Central. The
ditch will start in section 35 in
Rockford township near the
town of Honey Creek. and at
the point where Honey Creek
crosses the line of the Chicago
& Northwestern railroads, and
will extend southwark to the
Pigeon creek ditch. = Nonpareil
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-01-28
debate, the Boys Glee club
rendered several selections, in
which they made a good show
ing.
Simple Remedy for La Grippe

Racllng Ia grippe coughs that may
develop into pneumonia over night are
quickly cured by Foley's Honey and
Tar. The sore and inhamed lungs are
healed and strengthened, and danger
Gus condition is quickly averted. Take
only Foley's Honey and Tar in the yell
low package. j. d. Brown & Son j'l
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-01-28

Mr.. Abrams of the Racket
Store returned last evening
from a trip east on a goods buy
ing expedition. He got on the
mrrket just in time to buy a
large consignment of goods be-
fore a raise in price, and these
goods will be put on sale in his
store within a short time, at
prices that are unusually low
in consequence. Abrams says
he is going to make his store
headquarters for dry goods and
believes that Missouri Valley
has a future that will mean
considerable to the business
men.
The annual meeting of the
shareholders of the Magnolia
Creamery Co. was held at the
G. A. R. Hall, Monday at Mag
nolia. The reports of the ac-
lions taken by the board of
directors were approved as
were also the reports made by
the treasurer and the auditors
of the accounts of the company.
The finances were in a healthy
condition, no debts and a small
balance in the treasury, after
an 8 per cent dividend was dis
tributed. F. ii. Caldwell and
A. L. Merchant were both elect
ed to succeed themselves as
members of the board of direct
ors. During the past nine
months nearly $4,000 pounds
of butter fat, equal to 1000
cans of cream, of IL gallons
each, have been shipped. The
value Of this product will ap-
proximate $4,000, which was
all distributed at home.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-01-28

Many little lives have been saved by
Foley's Honey and Tar, for coughs,
colds, Group and whooping cough. 1t
is the only safe remedy for infants and
children as it contains no opiates or
other narcotic drugs. and children like
Foley's Honey and Tar. Careful moth.
ers keep bottle in the house. Refuse
substitutes. J. D. Brown & Son. j3l
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-01-28

Title Wallace Cooper, wife
of Fred Cooper died at the
home of her parents Mr.. and
John Wallace northwest of
Mondamin, Thursday evening.
She had been in i'll health for
the past four year and her
death was unexpected but was
taken suddenly worse a short
time before her decease. Mr..
and Mrs. Cooper had resided
near Woodbine for some years.
Father, mother, husband, two
sons daughter, seven brothers
two sisters with a large num-
Der of other relatives and
friends are left to mourn her
early taking away. She lived
80 years, 6 months and Is days.
The interment was made in
Magnolia cemetery Saturday
afternoon. Magnolia Item.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-01-28

You can cure dyspepsia, in
digestion, sour or weak stomach
or in fact any form of stomach
trouble if you will take Kodol
occasionally. Try it today on
our guarantee. We knew
what it will do for you. Sold
by Doty & Peterson. f28
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-01-28

therefore, if kidney
trouble ispermitted to
continue, serious re-
suits are most likely
to follow. Your other
organs may need at
tention, but your kid
neys most, because
they do most and
should have attention