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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO, December 21.-Notwithstand-
ing an advance Of u to I'd in the price
Of wheat at Liverpool. the market here
was weak during early trading today.
owing to liberal sales by leading hold
ers. Receipts in the northwest show
some Increase. and eastern demand for
nour continues very slack. Prices at the
opening were u higher to y lower with
December at 1.18A to 1.161k, and May
at 1.12x to 1.1SA.
There was little support at the start
and prices declined still further. Decem-
Der selling of to 1.15H and May to JOY
Proht-taking In the December delivery
was feature Of trading in the corn
market and as a result of this selling
the price of that option declined l cent
from the previous close. Future deliy-
cries Also were weak, but the declines
were less pronounced. Continued cold
| weather throughout the west was the
chief reason for the selling pressure.
Opening quotations were X higher to MaN
| lower, with December at 62a to 62N, and
May at 66s to 81. Within the first half
hour December had sold of to GIN and
May to 66h.
Oats were weak, owing to liberal sales
by prominent elevator interests based on
| contracts. May opened a shade higher to
asaA lower. at 45a1 to 45A, and sold on
| to 45ka45M.
| Provisions were weak owing to selline
| by packers. The weakness Of coarse
grain tended to prompt sales OF provis-
ions. Prices at the start were UNCHANGED
to 10c lower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21
IDEAS OF BEAUTY.
Women of Cher Countries Resort to
Strange Practices.

From the Boston Herald.
In some parts of the Indies women
paint their teeth red, In Guxural the
blacklist teeth are esteemed the most
beautiful. In Greenland the women color
their faces with blue and yellow The
Chinese must have their feet as diminu-
tive as those of she goats and to render
them thus their youth is passed in tor
ture. In ancient Persia an aquiline nose
was often thought worthy of a crown.
and IL there were any competition be-
tween two princes the people generally
went by this criterion of majesty.
In some countries the mothers break
the noses Of their children and In others
press the head between two boards that
it may become square. The indian beau
ty is thickly smeared with bears fat. and
the female Hottentot receives from the
hand of her lover, not silks or wreaths
Of flowers. but the warm entrails or ami
mails newly slain to dress hersen with the
enviable ornaments.
In China small eyes are liked. and the
girls are continually plucking their eye
brows that they may be small and long
The Turkish women dip gold orush
In the tincture Of a black orug WHICH
they pass over their eyebrows by day,
but 1t looks shining by night. They tinge
their nails with a rose color. An orla-
ment for the nose appears TO us 10 De
perfectly unnecessary; the Peruvians'
however think otherwise, and they hang
from it a heavy ring, the thickness OF
which is regulated according to the rank
of their husbands.
The custom OF boring the noses. as
Englishwomen do their ears, Is very
common in several nations. Through the
perforation are hung various materials
such as green crystal, gold. stones. SIM
gle and sometimes a great number OF
gold rings. This is rather Troublesome
to them in blowing their noses.
The female headdress Is carried IN
some countries to singular eNts2vagance.
The Chinese beauty carries on her head
the figure Of a certain bird: this is conf
posed of copper or of gold according to
the rank Of the person, the wings spread
out and fall over the front Of the head
dress and conceal the temples; the tail.
| long and open. forms a beautiful tuft of
feathers: the beak covers the top OF the
nose; the neck is fastened to the body OF
| the artificial animal by a spring, that It
| may the more freely play and tremble at
| the slightest motion.
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New York Grain and Provisions.

NEW YORK. December 21-F1our-
Quiet with prime steady: spring patents
5 4Oa5.65; winter straights, 5.25a5.35
Kansas straights. 4.9Oa5.15; receipts,
43. 753 barrels
Rye-Steady; No. western, S4h NOM
inal I. o. b. New York.
Wheat was easier under heavy liquida-
ton and selling by commission houses in
the face OF higher Liverpool cables. The
weather was generally favorable and re-
ceipts were fairly liberal. May, 10;
July. 1.1O1sa1.1OA. Receipts, 1900
bushels.
Corn-Receipts. $3.50 bushels.
Beef-Firm.
Pork7SSteady.
Lard-Easy; middle west 13.3Oa134O.
Sugar-Raw barely steady: Muscovade,
~ test, DDS; centrifugal, % test, 4.O6;
moiasses sugar Sd test, 3.33: refined
quiet; crushed. 5.75; granulated, 5.75;
graduated. sos; powdered, SIS.
PetroleumbSteady: refined. all grades,
sos.
Coffee-Spot firm; No Z Rio. 81 nomi-
nal; No. Santos. 81.
enthusiastically: New Orleans, 2SaA2.
Butter-Strong; receipts, 1850. Cream
cry specials. BE; extras, 363k.
Cheese-Ftrm. unchanged: receipts, 1897.
Eggs-Strong: receipts. SOTO State,
Pennsylvania and nearby hennery, white
fancy. $3.50: do. gathered. white, 36aA2:
do. hennery. brown and mixed, fancy,
42a4S; do gathered. brown, fair to prime.
35a41: western extra first. 30a30; first,
32a35; seconds, 29a31; refrigerators, 21a25.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

At a meeting Of the directors OF the
Franklin Fire Insurance Company yester-
day afternoon the recent change In the
ownership of the stock was formally
recognized by the election of the fol-
lowing members Of the board: John A.
Kelly and Thomas A. Duffey of New York
city, John Taylor Arms and Scott +.
Welker Of Washington. The officers con-
tinue the same, with James L. Norris as
president.
continued as usual. except 1t is intended
to expand the scope of the business, which
up to this time has been confined to risks
on property within the District OF Column
bia. In the future outside business, un-
der proper restrictions. will be written.
Gas stock at the meeting Of the stock
exchange today sold up to higher levels
than have been reached recently. One
sale Of quotation lot was made at 73h.
The supply appeared to be limited. hut
there was disposition to let out quo
tation lot Of twenty-five shares at Q
slight advance over the previous sale.
The advance was made in this manner.
and. as customary Of late days. there was
but one principal buyer. and for the
most part only one seller.
Altogether one hundred shares were
dealt In, and the range was 72N to 7SA.
Inc DID AT the close was It56s ana Inc
asking price 73h. Yesterday the sales
were at 72N. ana the quotations were
72k bid and 72Z asked.
After the call today q transaction was
recorded Of fifty shares at 73h. while
during the call the principal trader pro-
posed to buy or to sell at 70 any part of
one hundred shares. but he did not sue
coed in doing either.
A quotation lot of Capital Traction
stock. being twenty shares. sold for 1921;
also ten shares at the same price. The
bid was then 1872 and the asking price
1913.
Metropolitan Bank stock was quite
largely dealt in today, for stock be-
longing to the bank list. Three five
share lots and one ten-share lot were
sold on the same level as that Of yes
terday, namely, 2O1. The next sale Of
ten shares was at 2O6, and then q lot
of AS shares were sold at 2OS The bid
advanced to 2O6, but there was no
stock offered for sale less than 30.
1t Is commonly said that the end Of
the period OF low levels for this Sc
curity has now been reached, and that
at the coming annual meeting some
changes are to be made in the board Of
directors. It is thought that this means
the establishment of relations which
are to be of advantage to the bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21
Militia Service.
From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.

From the Rittsburg Chronicle-Teiegraph.
A British officer who recently visited
the United States contributes to one of
the London magazines an article in which
no strongly recommends the adoption in
Great Britain Of the American militia
system. The great advance OF this sys-
TEN. in his Judgment. consists In the fact
that 1t provides a military nucleus sub
sistiug through times Of peace as well az
In times Of war and necessarily more VAL
liable than IL it were raised and trained
by compulsory methods. The compulsory
idea Ii obnoxious to Englishmen, and Il
10 for this reason that the continental
system OF general military service has
not been transplanted to British soil. But
In rejecting this system England has
failed to provide q substitute, her own
militia being insignifcant and wretchedly
organised and trained. The deficiency
thus arising ID felt with especial force in
these hays when war scares are chronic.
The tendency to take pattern by the
United states In maintaining a well
ordered and competent militia service IL,
therefore. q natural one, and 1t is not
impossible that 1t will lead to definite
results.
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Rich Authors.
from the London Chronicle

From the London Chronicle.
Had it not been for his lavish benevo-
lence Ruskin's estate would have exceed
ed that Of Sir Theodore Martin. In 1885,
Mr. w. NJ. R0ssetti notes in his diary:
Howell says that Ruskin's income is
a22,OOO a year, out Of which he only keeps
El,5OO for his own expenses. - The
expense Of his books was huge-912.OO0
for the Stones of Venice, and EDS. 600 for
the whole lot Il Think. The sales have
covered the total. and yielded him a profit
Of f4O." Ruskin's pet aversion, Vtoltaire,
appears to be the only other f1rst-class
author with private means on the same
large scale. At the time of his death the
author Of Candle" was worth f14OOO a
year, thanks to the judicious employment
of a comparatively small inheritance. He
disdained to make any profit from his
books but was a keen and successful
speculator; and, reversing the usual order
of things, often assisted his noble friends,
the Due de Richelieu and the Prince de
Guise, when they were pushed for money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21
LONDON MARKETS.

LONDON. December 31.-In the oflicial
session American railway shares, with
the exception Of Louisville and Nashville.
displayed improvement but the group
took a heavy turn on the curb. Copper
shares were inclined to droop in the final
dealings. Consols made q firm showing
and finished At the best figures OF the
day. Home rails were cheerful. In the
foreign group the movement was quiet
ture in Kafflrs was the purchase OF on.
tions by professionals and the tone was
good. The continental boursos closed
firm. De Beers were lie lower, at
lis 1915
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Liverpool Cotton Prices.
BALTIMORE GRAIN.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE ND. December 21.-wHEAT-
Dull; SPOT contract, LIN; spot No. red west
ern: l.21&: May, l.2O3s; steamer No. red
l.l3N; receipts. 47.127 bushels; exports, 47,s3t
bushels; southern on grade. 1.141Sal. p.
CORN-Firmer; spot contract. 67a67M: year
S1a6Ih; ssnuary. 67ssa67&s February, 67fka6sh
March, 669Sa06A; steamer mixed, 64A; receipts
64a66h.
64a68h
OATS-Firmer: No 2 white, 50a5O1a; No. :
white. 46ha5O: No. mixed, 4Sa4S11: receipts
5,229 bushels.
receipts, 2. 1888 bushels.
HAY-Firmer: No. / timothy, 1885, No. /
clover mixed, 176Oa18.OO.
GRAIN FRElGHTS1Steady, unchanged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21
Review Of Sanitary Conditions.
Bolton Hall. in Puck

A. D. 1909.
The verses Of Pope and other cotem-
porary literature show that the people
of the eighteenth century were simply
overrun with vermin. F'leas and lice were
common everywhere. and appeared even
on the persons OF great ladies.
They thought that these were a natural
product Of the human organism.
A. D. 21O9.
The reports Of the government depart
ments and otner contemporary articles
show that the people of the twentieth
min. Mosquitoes, house flies and even
rats were everywhere, and large sums
were spent even by the best hotels Pc
riodically to clean out the rodents.
They thought that these things were a
natural accompaniment to the extremely
artificial modern. surroundings of man.
kind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21
Wildcat Meat for Fighters.
From the Fur News.


Wildcat meat Is at a premium In the
Chinese quarters of San Francisco as a
result Of the strife between the Yee
family and the On Tick Tong. which has
brought about six murders ia or near
San Francisco since November 1.
There II q superstitious belief among
the Chinese that II their warriors are fed
on the mesh OF the wildcat they will &C
fighting efficiency will be much improved.
The butchers OF the quarter are driving
q thriving trade in wildcat among the
two clans now at war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.

BOSTON. December 21.-The local wool
market has regained its activity, espe-
cialiy in California and quarter-blood
feeces. The demand is mostly from the
wooden mills, and grades hitherto unsal-
able are being cleaned up.
Values are we'll maintained. Wyoming
selling in original bags at Is to q cents.
while Ohio quarter-blood fieeces are held
at 36 cents. Considerable interest is also
manifest in pulled wool.
Bidding for the 1910 clip is said to be
fairly active in the west, although the
holding price is. not, attractive to local
dealers. - --soa 5.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21
Washington Stock Excnange.

Sales.-Resular call. IL O'Clock noon-Cspital
Traction So. $4S at 1l3
Potomac Electric Cons IS, $1,000 at 1o2.
Capital Traction, % at 1871. 10 At 1921.
Washington Cas- % at 72x. ~ at TN. . at
q at 73k.
Mergenthaler Linotype, at All.
National Metropolitan Bank, at 2Ol, s at
2O1. ) at DOL 10 at 2ol. 10 at 9oa. LAG at 2oe.
United States Trust, 10 at 117k 10 at lis,
10 at 116.
.l-r n--American Security and Trust. at
285. at 285.
Laiiston Monotype, 3 at 17K.
Mergenthaler Linotype. at 21015 10 at 210z.
Washington Gas Is ut TIN.
United States Trust. 10 at lis.
WASHINGTON Gas. ID Mt 7Hk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21
He Didn't Know It.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
What are you doing here?"
''Waitin' on prosperity
why. prosperity passed this way two
months ago.
'You don't say? That accounts for the
twichin' in my j'ints. 1 had q idee that
s0methin' or other had run over mel"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.

The following were the readings Of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-fo
hours beginning at 2 pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-Decemb 20. 4 pm, %;
8 PM. "a: IL midnight Is. December
p. 4 am, IA; am, IS; II noon. 30;
2 pm, IS. Maximum. %, at 4 pm, De-
cember 20: minimum. ID, at $50 am.
December q.
Barometer-December 20. pm, 3O.OS;
pm. 8O12: IL midnight. 3O16. De-
cember p, am, 3O.18: 8 am, 1921;
noon, 3O19; 2 PM, 3O14.
Maximum temperature past twenty
four hours, %; q year ago, Al.
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Liverpool Grain Prices

LIVERPOOL. December 21.-Closing
Wheat-Spot firm; No. 2 red western
winter, 8s. 21kd; futures firm; December
SIS 21kd: March, IS I'D; May, Is 1OAd.
Corn-Spot steady: new American mixed
(via Galveston), IS Cd: old do. SIS lloyd;
futures firm: January mixed. 5s Cd; Jan
uary plate, 6s Ind.
Peas-Canadian steady, 7s Cd.
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FOREIGN BANKS.

PARIS. December 21.-Three per cent
rentes, 90 francs 921a confines for the ac-
count.
Exchange on London, % francs q CEN
times for checks.
BERLIN. December 21.-ExchanRe on
London, 20 marks 461a pfennigs for
checks.
Money. ~ per cent.
Rate Of discount for long bills, AZ per
cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21

]. A. Wine, forty years old, resident
of Falmouth, near Fredericksburg. Va.
died Of consumption at his home Sunday
night after q lingering Illness. Mr.. Wines
wife died q few months ago Of the same
disease.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21

Charles w. Ficklen Of FauQuier county,
Va, and Miss Cora Mcdonald Of Culpep-
er county, Va, were married recently at
the home Of the bride by Rev. E. A..
RhooAoA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21
The World of Finance and Trade.
Washington New York; London.
new YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co., bank
ers and brokers', Hibbs building. members
New York Stock Exchange. Washington
Stock Exchange and Chicago Board OF
Trade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21

Plans have been perfected by the York
Lodge. Nc. D. Benevolent and Protective
Order OF Eaks. of York. Pa, to extend
Christmas cheer 10 the poor families OF
the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21

Bar silver quiet. = lied per ounce.
Money, 4a4h Der cant
The rate Of discoant in the open market for
short bills II 4a4M per cent
The rate Of Discount IN the open MARKET for
thfee-month bills II 85sa3 1919 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21

After its characteristic fashion. how
ever, the stock market community chose
to regard this information with good
deal Of skepticism, and preferred to be-
lieve the tale which the tape seemed to
be telling. For the course Of the copper
metal group there was not much to ac-
count other than q moderate advance In
the price Of lead, and the announcement
that the Utah copper merger was enec-
tive SO far as the Boston Consolidated was
concerned, although the status of the Ne
vada Consolidated part Of the transaction
il involved in much controversy.
There Is no reason to relate the course
Of the leading railroad stocks to the in
terstate commerce commissions annual
report, which was made public today. SO
far as concerns the recommendations for
legislation which are made by the com
mission. they are practically identical
with the program which President Taft
has unfolded in his speeches. and was
gathered up and presented In the address
made by Attorney General Wickersham
in Kansas City last month. The commits
sion's requests embrace little that Is
novel ana a good deal that will not or
cannot possibly be enacted into law Tor
a long time to come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21
NEW YORK CURB PRICES.

ouctations furnished by E. F. Hutton Co..
member New York Stock Exchange; Thomas l..
Hume and EAw. Fioy Caverly. managers. 1904
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21
Treasury Statement.

The condition Of the Treasury at the beginning
Of business today was Is follows:
TRIyST RIINDS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21

Judging from the indications furnished
up to the middle Of the afternoon, gold
exports for Europe can hardly begin un-
TIL next month. Foreign exchange was
firm, but banking houses were not figur-
ing on engagements of the metal.
Interest rates for money on call were
well maintained at AZ to 5 per cent, but
the tone Of the time money market was
one of increasing ease. and some six
months money was put out at AZ per
cent. New York exchange at Chicago
was unchanged from yesterday at 5 cents
discount. but while the domestic ex-
change market suggests holiday de-
mand on this center from the interior,
q cash loss in that direction may be on
set here by the gain which the banks are
making from the subtreasury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, December Election flu
lures opened easy: December. 14.95a15.OO;
January, 1904; March. 1910: May. 1870;
June offered. 1881: July. 1859: August
1910: September, 14.15; October, 13.4S.
Tho market opened steady at an adj
vance of 2a9 points. with the active
months selling about 5 to points net
higher during the early session. on bull
ish southern spot advices, scattered cover
ing and little buying by spot houses.
January contracts sold at 1907 and May
at 1915. but the upward movement was
checked around this level by realizing,
ana while there was no aggressive sell
Ing the market eased OF a point or two
during the middle Of the morning.
The market continued quiet late in the
forenoon at an advance Of 5a8 points.
Spot quiet, middling uplands. 1920; mid
ding gulf. 1915.
Estimated receipts at the ports today
5000 bales. against 44.472 last week and
balek against 2O3, 13J last week and 1885,
396 last year. Today's receipts at New
Orleans. $50 bales, against 2S741 last
year. and at Houston, 8,793 bales, against
q, liz last year.
Liverpool Cotton Prices.
LIVERPOOL. December 21.-Closing
NOttOA~SopOS, uuIl, pTiCcS pOIiltS lSHcT
american middling, fair, 8.43; good mid
ding. $40; middling. sos: low middling.
7.08; good ordinary, TIP; ordinary, TAI
The sales OF the day were 5000 bales
of which 500 were for speculation and
ceipts. 5000 bales. including LOO Amer.
lean. Futures opened dull and closed
steady: December. 1892; December and
January, 1872: January and February
1885: February and March, I. 9S11a: March
and April. 8.O1h; April and May, SOB
May and June. 8.O4h: June and July
8.O3k; July and August, 500: August and
September. 7.73M: September and Octo-
Der. LIN; October and November, 699k
November and December. 8.91h.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-21

For the rest 1t might be said that moth
ing necessarily noxious to railroad Sc
curities turks In much Of the railroad
legislation which has been projected
The exhibit of railroad statistics made
in the commissions report was hardly
discourasing. 1t showed that while for
the year ended June 30 last, i'm compari-
SON with the preceding year. railroad
gross earnings decreased $1s4 a mile. net
earnings, as a result Of more economical
operation, increased 1926 q mile. Since
June railroad gross earnings and net
earnings both have gained heavily over
last year, and at the present the rate OF
gain In well maintained.
The Southern railway reported today for
the second week of December q gross in
crease of Sc. 600, and the Louisville and
Nashville for the same period an increase
OF 500 900. AS an index of business ex-
pansion telephone earnings are useful,
and the American Telephone and Tele-
graph Company reports moderate gains in
both gross and net earnings for Novem-
ber, bringing the increases for eleven
months Of the fiscal year up to So, 600
in gross and 81, S3S. 900 In net.
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DECEMBER 81, 1870

DECEMBER p, 1909.
The board Of directors OF the NATIONAL
UNION INSURANCE COMPANY OF WASH
INGTON has declared the usual semf-annual
dividend Of 81 Per cent; payable on and after
December 81. 1900. Books for transfer OF stock
closed from December - to 81 inclusive
PHILIP F.. LARNER. Secretary.