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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-28
FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON. March 27.-Another inactive
and uninterestng week on the stock ex-
change leaves values fractiOnally higher
after a series of irregular fluctuations.
Prices moved downward early in the
week, especially in the foreign section,
on the uncertain Balkan situation, and
they continued irregular until the end of
the week, when clearer outlook i'm
parted confidence. Dealers marked up
quotations, while the bears covered COM
mitments prior to the settlement, and
with prospects Of cheaper money at the
end of the month all departments today
closed steady, with hardening tendency.
American securities were not influenced
by these political considerations, and
maintained a firm front throughout the
Wall street gradually moved quotations
higher, with only slight setback, and
the final rates register net gains OF from
to } points. Mexican rails were a fea-
ture on the strength Of good traffic, the
success of the debenture issues and divi-
dend anticipations.
Discounts fell away rapidly on the accu-
mutation of gold by the Bank Of Eng
land and the continued receipt of the
metal from New York. which. with gov
eminent disbursements shortly creating
ease on the money market, raised the be-
lief of an early reduction in the bank s
rate of discount.
BERLIN, March 27.-Prices generally
on the bourse today were higher. Iron
and coal shares were firm. with the eX-
ception Of Dortmund. Electric securities
advanced, but shipping industries were
weak.
PARIS, March 2L-Prices on the bourse
today were firm. The private rate OF dis
count Is la per cent, decline OF "a.
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NEW YORK LIVE STOCK.

NEW YORK. March 27.-Beeves-Re-
ceipts, 1.159; all for slaughterers: nothing
doing in live cattle: feeling steady. Elk
ports. 6.2s5 quarters of beef.
Calves-Receipts, 17s; all for slaugh-
terers;. none for sale on live weight
Prices nominal.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts, 2.715
steady; lambs, 10 to % cents higher
sheep nominal: prime state lambs, S6J.
Hogs-Receipts. 4,Ol6; all for slaughter
ers; nominally firm on Buffalo advices.
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MANCHESTER CLOTH.

MANCHESTER, England, March 27.-
Trading on the cloth market showed no
Improvement during the past week. and
there was only a light turnover In re-
cent currencies, chiefly light cloths and
China and miscellaneous descriptions to
South America. The supplies Of yarns
continue to accumulate, owing to the
poor demand, and the sales of both
American and Egyptian descriptions were
below the average.
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NEW YORK FRUITS.

NEW YORK, March 27.-The market
for evaporated apples is nominally un-
changed, with fancy quoted at SKa0K
choice at 7Ha7A. prime at 6a8a4 and
common to fair at 5a6. Prunes are firm
with quotations ranging from 3A to y:
for new crop California fruit up to 4Oa5Os
and from 61s to for Oregon 4Oa5Os
to 2Oa3Os Apricots are not particularly
active, but the market is firm. owing to
light supplies. with choice quoted at Ola
10. extra choice at 1Oa1Oh and fancy at
11ka13
Peaches are quiet, with choice quoted
at 8a6A, extra choice at 6Aa6A and
fancy at 7aSla. Raisins remain quiet
with loose muscatel quoted at 31aa4a
choice to fancy seeded at 4Aa6A. seed
less at 3Na5E and London layers at
GOAL 10
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NEW YORK METALS.

NEW YORK. March 27.-The metal
markets were more or less nominal in
the absence of cables. Tin remained
firm at 2s.5Oa2s.s7h. Copper was re-
ported steady, with lake quoted at 12.75a
1900; electrolytic at 12371saI25O, and
casting at 12.25a12.37h. Lead was quiet
at 3.971sa4.O2E. and spelter at 475a4. tn.
Iron was unchanged.
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New York Mining Stocks.
NEW YORK DRY GOODS.
NEW YORK, March q

NEW YORK. March 27.-The dry goods
market closed generally quiet. but there
are many places in which strength Of an
unusual character Is shown. There has
been a better inquiry for cotton goods
at the new low prices for gray goods. and
there has also been a more general in
quiry for yarns. but prices are very low.
Linens continue strong. Burlaps are
weak. although In short supply In this
country.
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TREASURY STATEMENT.

Today's statement of the Treasury bal
ance in the general fund exclusive Of
the e-hundred-and fl " million dQlla r
gold reserve. shows: Gold coin and bull
lion $i1 .9S7.57S; gold certificates, A4,-
92O.S20; available cash balance, $751;
SIS, 542.
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Vast Improvement Noted.

With the crop outlook in its present ex-
CCllent shape. and with assurances that
q sane and conservative national admin
iStration is in power al Washington and
with general knowledge of the vast
improvement in the essential status of so
many railways and business concerns
owing 10 the great sums of money taken
out OF earnings and spent upon the prop
critics in the last two years, il ought not
to surprise any one If. as the spring season
approaches, the people of the country
should begin 10 be terminated with hope
and confidence.
q fair exhibition of its strength was
shown in the failure of speculative effort
TO break the market when last week
a violent fall occurred in the price of the
traction stocks whose lines are located
on Manhattan Island. 1t is true that hold
ings OF these stocks and the conditions
regarding them are now of such a sort
that changes in their quoted valuations
do not exercise such influence upon
the general stock market as those Of
many other securities.
Nevertheless the way in which the mar
ket sustained the entire decentralization
that occurred in this quarter last Tuesday
afforded strong proof that the floating
supply of the important stocks largely
dealt in Wall street rests with those
whose convictions are thoroughly opti-
nistic concerning the business future,
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Regnlar call. l2 o'clock noon-wasains
ton Rwy. and Elec. COM. 30 at 431s.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd. so at 9OIa
Is mt 9Oi..
Washington Gas. 100 at 74ss. % at 741a, so a,
7412. - at IS (buyer co..
Mergenthaler Linotype. ) at 200.
Greene Cananea 100 at 9l2.
After call-Cnited States Trust 10 at 99s..
Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd.. 80 at sO1s.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. CON-. so at 431s.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. IS. 5000 at S7s
Potomac Electric 5s. ST. 600 at 100.
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Order Of Steel Sale Reafirmed.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March H.-Judge
Hundley of the federal court today an
nounced a reaffirmation of the order OF
sale of the Southern Steel Company for
the 18th of April. Bond for the appeal
will be fixed next week.
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Mrs Elizabeth Miller, widow of DR..
Darius Miller of Rappahannock county,
Va. died at the home of her son, w. l..
| Miller. in Rappahannock county, aged
seventy years. She is survived by four
sons and one daughter.
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A Discouraging Feature.

a discouraginS feature Of the general
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NeW OH, N. Y,
On the 31st day of December 1908. as required
under District OF Columbia Code, amended
June 80. 1902.
Capital stock. Observation-Disclosures. 500 600 90
Capital stock paid up. in cash...... 100000 %
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STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
Washington Protective Associa-

On the 31st day of December, 1908, requl
under District of Columbia Code, amended
June 80, 1902.
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Exact Obedience.

Native servants in India have the generally desirable, though sometimes inconvenient, virtue of the Chinese doing exactly as they are told The trouble is that they seldom use judg- ment.
 Lord Roberts during a. campaign in India had ordered his man to prepare his bath at a certain hour. One day a fierce engagement was going on, but the servant made his way through a storm of bullets and appeared at his commanders side.
 ''sahib,".- said he, your bath is ready"
 Even a better story comes from an unknown soldier who was awakened one morning by feeling the servant of a brother officer pulling at his foot "Sahib," whispered the man, 'tsa- hfb, what am to do? My master told me to wake him at half past 6, but he did not go to bed till 7."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
Antartic Penxuins.

Some of the penguins in the antarctic regions weigh as much as eighty pounds and are about four feet high, with . splendid orange patch on the neck The young take three years to develop fully. and even then the plum age is distinctly less brilliant than in the older birds. Both the movements and migration of the penguins are re- markabie. When flrst followed the bird prefers to walk. but when in danger of being caught 1t drops on to its abdo- men and with the help of the wings glissades at . pace too great to be over taken by a man walking. They seem aware of the movements of the great ice fields and use them to help their migration to the pack ice in the north. They take trouble to collect stones, which they delight to steal from one another's piles, for nests.
 Many of the ways of the penguins are suggestive of preserved instincts. Their attitude when sleeping is mod eled on that of birds with fully devel- oped wings. But the penguin has to be content with reaching the shelter of his wing with no more than the tip of his beak.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
FOR SALE OR RENT

Bunnell St., up and down, $4,000: rent s15, $15. Central Ave, room cottage, $4,50O- Surf Ave, Stratford, 6 lots and room cottage, s2,50O. 2 lots. room cottage, Adams St., $2.- 200. 9th St., room house, rent $g8. Connecticut Ave. up and down rent, house $4.500; rent $15 and SIG. Con- necticut Ave-, rent house, $5,50O; rent, SAP. 12S Deacon St., rent house, s4,0o0; rent SPA. Extra lot, DeForest St.. first floor rent $10. Jefferson St., single house, $9; up stairs rent $9; first floor rent, $1O. Un- ion Ave, cottage $2,400; rental $22. one story. Enquire at The Industrial Savings Bank, 225 Stratford Avenue, corner KOSSuth
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
Riu<er and wind.

Making a ringer in the pitching of quoits must have been 9 part of the training which made the English long bowmen so terrible in siege tbat by gauging the distance and taking the lay of the wind they could send up deadly volley at the exact angle to drop their arrows with destructive force into the heart of a beleaguered city. Getting the lay of the wind is the first thing to be learned in the noble art of pitching horseshoes. If the wind be contrary, the incest cal- culations es to everything else will be in vain. It is only supreme master of the game, dazzling genius in it's mathematics. who can play against the wind-that is to say, one who, if the wind be from the east, can, by throwing at exactly that degree of an oblique angle needed to make 1t meet the wind full at the point opposite the goal, may hope to have it carried to the right spot.-St. Louis Globe-Demo- crat
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Brandfn< Crimin.Is.

Until the end of the eighteenth cen tury the prisoners dock in most inn portant English law courts was fur nished with an iron upright and collar fixed in front of the person who was being tried. If a conviction followed and the judge elected to include de cree of branding in the sentence that portion of 1t was carried out upon the spot. The criminals hand was put through the collar, which was effectual- ly screwed round the wrist and, the necessary branding irons having been previously heated in the courthouse fire, was forthwith marked upon the thumb with the letters which the judge directed to be burned upon it
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
The Case of Adam and Eve.

Tne C06C OI A0am ana EFee
 '1n a certain church in Coloraz1a Springs" said an Oregon clergyman, "there used to be a queer old, crusty character, a Scot who was noted for his profound knowledge of the Scrip lures. I lectured in that church one evening, and after the lecture the Scot and I and some few others fell into conversation.
 'T was urged to put the old mans scriptural knowledge to the test. I was urged to question him and to let him question me. He would get the better of me-that, every one said, was certain-but I had my doubts and, turning to the Scot, said confidently:
 T will try you, my friend. with the grand, leading, insurmountable ques- ton, How long did Adam remain in 8 state of innocenceT
 ''The Scot answered.:
 [" Till he got a wife
 'Then, with a grim chuckle, he went on:
 "'But can you tell me. sir, how long he remained after?'"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
Ho.ex the E..t.

In ancient Egypt honey was employ Ad as an embalming material, and in the east to this day it is largely used for the preservation of fruit and the making of cakes, sweetmeats and oth- CT articles of food In India a host will offer to his guest a dish composed of honey and milk or of equal parts of curds, honey and clarified butter. It Is given to . bridegroom on his arrival at the door of the brides father. In the east, also, when gratis, seeds aY.d birdss eggs arc to be transported a great distance they are often packed in honey.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
A Bird In the Hand.

1t 1e impossible to trace the earliest use Of the proverb "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," which in va rious forms of expression is common to many countries
 In middle English we find phrases which have the same purport.' Thus in HiIle's Commonplace Book" Q53N we find, "A byrde yn honde ys beter than three in the wode," and in Rhodes "Babees' Book" also of early date, "A byrd in hand . is worth ten dye at large."
 No doubt our modern version springs from these old saws, and it is possible that they may have originated in the quaint remonsrance of one Will Som- ers, a jester in the court of Henry VIII.,. to whom Lord Surrey, In gratt tude for many a good turn, had given a kingflsher from his aviary. When Surrey sought to recover it, promising to replace it another day, the sapient jester is said to have declined, saying, -T prefer one bird in the hand to two in the bushp'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
The r..peran. of Copper.

The expression "the tempering of copper" arises from a thirteenth cen tury misunderstanding of the Greek word baphe-a word used by the Greco Egyptian alchemistic writers of the third century. Berthelot, the emil nent authority on alchemy, has shown that this word may mean tempering, coloring (of cloth, glass and metals), the coloring materials or the coloring bath Egyptian alchemy was busted originally in producing brilliant bronzes on copper and the copper all I0ys, and this expression ''the temper ing of copper" means, and always has meant, bronxing copper so that it may simulate silver or gold.-Arthur Jones dopkins in New York Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
Ancient Indian ob..r-.tory.


 At Jeypore, the pleasant, healthy cap ftAl of one of the most prosperous in- dependent states of Rajputana, India, is the famous jautra or observatory, the largest of the five built by the eel ebrated royal astronomer, Jey Sing, the founder of Jeypore, who succeeded the rajas of Amber in 1893.
 Chosen by Muhammad Shah to re form the calendar, his astronomical observations were formulated in ta- bles which corrected those of De la Hire. He built five observatories, at Delhi. Benares, Muttra. Ujjain and Jeypore.
 It is not under cover, but is an open courtyard. full of curious and fantas- tic Instruments invented and designed by him. They have been allowed to 90 out of repair, and many of them are now quite useless, 1t being impos- sible even to guess what purpose they served in the wonderfully accurate cal culations and observations of their in- ventor, but the dial, gnomons, quad rants. etc, still remain of great inter est to astronomers.-Scien Amer ican
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
B.ther. who sleep F1o.tins.

'-To fall asleep floating on the waves Is not an impossibility," said an At lantic City life guard. "On the sun warmed pillows on an August after noon I once hoated off to sleep. and when I awoke I was nearly half mile out at sea. know a Camden man who often takes floating nap of Chelsea.
 "A good many people can't float even though they can swim. They can't float because they keep the line of the body, from head to heels, stiff and straight. The line should be kept curved a little-it should resemble a very broad v-and all the muscles should be loose, relaxed. 1t is easy to float. I have taught many children of six and seven years to do it-"-Philadel- phia Bulletin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
one Way to Win sleep.

A writer in a medical journal sug- gests a new way of juggling with in- somnia. His sleep inducer is a chain of magic words so associated in sound or meaning that each suggests the next subsequent-for instance: Ice, slippery smooth, rough; rufhan, tramp, etc. When sleep is coy recite the list men, tally. This is said to be a sure cure. 1t keeps the mind from rambling from subject to subject, as the mind tends to do in sleeplessness
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
The unde.ir.bl. simple Life.

Cheese and a cottage complicate life if your digestion is weak and your de- sire urban. So poverty is a less simple state than the possession of an income, because you are forced, If not into envy, the chief defciency from simplic- ity, into struggle with unessential de- tails, with the effort to get hold of something which is of no natter London Outlook.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
Real Elixir of Life.


 Contentment Is the real elixir of life. It Is the real fountain from which flow the waters of perennial youth. Sometimes if costs an effort, tremen- dous effort. to say it is all right, but the man or woman who can say 1t is much better off for thus looking at the sunny side of the world than the person who harbors a grievance against all mankind and walks through the world burdsned with the somber thoughts of his disappointments. The discontented perhaps never stop to think how much worse of they could be; that, no matter how few their pleasures, there are those in the world who have fewer or none at all; that, given health and strength and the full possession of the senses, they are ad- vantaged and blessed in the race of exigtence
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
Another Victim.

'Poor Mrs. Boozer suffers terribly from the liquor habit" said Mrs. Gabb. S"How is thatF' inquired Mrs. Chinn, scenting gossip.
 ssWhen her husband comes home at night is he is too far gone to pay at tention to her remonstrances and the next morning he has such a headache he can't listen to her."-Portland Tele- gram.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29

It is fine thing to know when to let go Many a man holds on too long. It is better to jump overheard than to go down with the sinking ship.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
Now They Don't Speak.

Clara-I always tell my real age. Estelle-Well, you can afford to. You see, you're not as old as you look Detroit Free Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
Rroh0hIX.

"Kind words cost nothing"
 Exactly. I think some folk dis tribute them freely on that account"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
she Quotes an Authority.

-oing to be extravagant like you Mamma->yyhat makes you think Pm extrnvagant? Elsie We'll. I'm sure I've heard papa say so lots of tine
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
A Theory.

"Why don't sailors say right and left instead of starboard and lar board?"
 ''Oh, don't know. I suppose they'd hate to make things too easy for land luhhers"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
Unlike Fishing Line,

, 'That fishing song in the new opera B clever, don't you thinkT' asked the critic.
 ssNo," replied the hard luck angler; sit isn't at all natural"
 MOP,
 4.No; the lines are too catchy"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
STEAMSHIP TICKETS

to and from all parts of the world by all lines, drafts payable in all for- eign countries. As it is now time for your spring booking. if you intend going abroad this summer. Call or 'phone at the Old Reliable
 JAMES FEELEY'S. 2 Arcade Phone 10zB
 Building Lots for Sale
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MISCELLANEOUS

BARGAINS. = Rec touring car with top; one Cadillac with top. new condition. 352 Car roll Ave. D 28 b ID
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aEo E F A. >Iha Kind You Haya Always Bought s'ss..''s s NxHEzzskx
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positively cured in two days by our remedy. Money immediately refunded if not success full. The quickest and easiest cure on the 9a4 market; M.a,se1 sent on receipt ,o or Sq., New York. R 21 sp
 want to buy 100 van leads of second hand furniture and household goods and also mdse. of every description. We give per cent. more than other dealers. A. Elwood & Son, Inc. auctioneers. salesroom. III John St. 2s If. DEPP'S STUDIO. - Special seasons offering. Come in and see our high grade work and find out how to get a life size pastel and frame for one dollar. Prompt attention given view and amateur work. At Depp's Stu dio. sss Main St.. over Jackson's Book Store. R If
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-29
LAUNDRIEs

OPEN AIR DRYING-Famay wash ing. ironing taken by week. Park City Hand Laundry. 4ss Newfiead Ave. Telephone 1316-5.
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PERSONAL
sWELL.CAFEs

LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS with you. Weep and you weep alone. Stop at the Eagles Nest for . smile. Cor. East Washington Ave. and No. Main 6t.. ]. J. Ra- leigh. Prop.
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INSTRUCTION
CARPET CLEANING

Bridgeport Steam Carpet Cleaning
 and Fluff Rug Works Has Removed to 236 Stratford Ave.
 Q. w. WILCOX, Prop.
 J. G. FLORIDA. Mgr. I- Telephone 1S28-3 -.S23 If
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BOWLING
FURNITURE

FURITURE. BEDDING, STOVES. housefurnishiugs. cash or on easy ter:ns Your credit ts good, ask for prices and :erms. The Sterling Eur niture Co.,. 1287 Main St. Tel. 913-l
 B 22 If.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-16
By Louis Joseph Vance

Iy In his sight She was to hin of all created things the most wonder ful. the most desirable. The temptation of his longing seem. ed more than he could long withstand But resist he must or part forever with any title to her consideration-or his own. He shut his teeth and knot ted his brows in transport of desire to touch. if only with his finger tips the woven wonder of Der hair.
 And thus she saw him when. with out warning. she awoke
 Bewilderment at first informed the wide brown eyes. then. as their drowsiness vanished a little laughter. a little tender mirth.
 Good morning. Sir Knight of the Somber Countenance" she cried. standing up Am so utterly disrep- utable that you find 1t necessary to frown on me so darkiy?"
 He shook his head. smiling.
 ''I know I'm fright" she asserted. vigorously shaking out the folds of her plaited skirt And. as for my hat, it will never be on straight: but. then. you wouldn't know
 Tt seems all right" he replied va cantly.
 Then please 10 try to look little happier since you find me quite pre- sentable."
 "I do."
 Without lifting her pended head she looked up. laughing. not i'll pleased. You'd say so reallyf"
 Far down the railway tracks there rose murmuring that waxed to d rumbling roar. X passing porter an swered Kirkwood's inquiry; it was the night boat train from Ostend He picked up their bags and drew The girl into the waiting room. troubled by n sickening foreboding.
 Through the window they watched the train roll in and stoi.
 Among others aiighted. smjrking. the unspeakable Hobbs.
 He lifted his hat and bowed jaunti- ly to the waiting room window. mak. ing it plain that his keen eyes had dis covered them instantly.
 Gro be contInued.)