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Evening star., 1909-05-31
MEETS A FEARFUL DEATH.
Baltimore Woman Burns to Crisp in
Bed-Dies in Agony.

BALTIMORE, May 31.-With an up
turned oil lamp at her side. Mrs. Mar
Earet Mcintyre, forty-six years old, who
lived with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Thomas Joyner. S4S Ramsay street, was
found unconscious in blazing bed about
O'Clock yesterday afternoon by her sis
ter, Mrs. Elizabeth Griffith. The injured
woman was removed to the Maryland
University Hospital, but died at ) O'Clock
I'm the afternoon.
Mrs. Mcintyre was accustomed on Sun
day mornings TO go to her room in the
garret and read in bed with a lamp rest
ing by her side. II is thought that she
fell asleep and upturned the lamp by a
movement Of her body She left her fam
tly. joking as she aScended the stairs
and was not seen again by them until
she was discovered in blaze
The first warming was given by neigh
bors. who saw the smoke pouring from
Mrs. McIntyre's window. Mrs Griffith n
ran TO the room and. discovering her
sisters condition, screamed to the other
members of the family. Patrolman Guert-
Ter, who was attracted by the cries ran
into the house. picked Mrs McIntyre up
from the bed and eXtinguished the flames
Mrs. Mcintyre was moved TO "A place of
safety and the bed was hurled out of the
window. She was taken to the hosnital
in the southwestern district ambulance,
where it was seen that her condition was
hopeless. With her hair COMPLETELY
burned off and her body scorched to a
crisp. she had occasional lapses of con-
seriousness.
Mrs. Mcintyre was a native of this CITY
aud was married twent ty-nine years ago 10
William r. Mcintyre. employed by the
American Lighting Company, Besides
her husband, from whom she was es-
tranged. she is survived by two sons
Thomas
daughter-Mrs. William c. Cooper ir
Besides her parents. three sisters-Mrs
Elizabeth Griffith, Mrs. Julia Vogt and
Mrs. Mary Wnkle-and four brothers
Thomas. William, Raymond and John
Joyce-also survive.
Evening star., 1909-05-31
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.
oc15-d. .eSu,S0

Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.
EGGS-Nearby fresh Virginia. %
west Virginia and southwest Virginia,
%: Tennessee, %.
BUTTER-Creamery. fancy. 261sa27
western firsts, 26a261s: seconds. 25a26
process, fancy, 22a23; fair to good, 19a2O
store-packed. fresh 17A.
CHEESE.-New York state factory.
new, large, 16a16h.
POULTRY.-Chckens; spring, 25a2S;
hens. per h., 16; roosters. per h., g.
keats, per h., II; turkeys. hens, per h.,
13; turkeys. toms. per h., Il; ducks,
per h., Sa1O
DRESSED POULTRY.-Trrkeys, 15a17;
per lb., s: chickens. per h.. 22a25: spring.
per h., 2sa35; ducks. per h., 1Oa12.
VEGETABLES.-Po per bbl.,
No. l, 2.5Oa2.75; northern, per bu.. 9Oca
1.O5; new, bbl., 45Oa5.OO; yams. per bbl..
1.5Oa2.25; cucumbers basket, 1.25a1.75;
onions. Texas. per crate: !4Oal 90
cabbages. southern per bbl.. local 90;
per basket. Local 30: peas. per basket.
1OOa2 90; beans, string, basket, 1.5Oa
175; spinach. per bbl., 1.25a1.5O; kale.
per bbl., 2oa5o; lettuce. per basket.
75a1.25; tomatoes, per crate, 3.00a40O;
radishes, per 100. 1.OOa3.OO; celery.
per bunch, 4Oa75; celery, Fla. per crate.
1.75a2.5O; peppers. Fla. per carrier.
15Oa2.OO new beets, bunch, 3a5; new
carrots, per bunch. Sa4: rhubarb. per
doZ., 20a25.
GREEN FRUITs.-Apples. per bbl.
5ooa7.oo; oranges, Fla. per box. 2;oOa
grape fruit, per crate. 4.00a5.00; pine
apples, per crate. 1.75a225; strawber-
ries, per qt., 5a1O.
HAY AND STRAW.-Hay. western.
No. 1, 16.OOa16.5O; No. 2, 14.5Oa15.OO:
mixed. 11.OOa14..OO Straw, rye. bundle.
1900. straw, wheat. per ton, 10.OOa11.0O; /;
straw, oat. per ton. 10.50a11.O0.
SEEDS-Alsike. per bu.. 9.OOa9.25:
clover, per bu., 615a6.50; timothy. per
bu., 2.OOa2.10.
LIVE STOCK.-cattle. extra. per
4.75: ordinary, per cwt. 3.0Oa3.oo;
Hogs, per cwt.. gross. 6.5OaT.00. Sheep.
per lb, 4a5; lambs. fall. choice, per
h.. CAT: medium. 6: spring. choice.
s14a9; medium, 7lsas. Calves, choice,
BEEF CUTS.-Ribs. No. 1, per lb.
Is; No. 2, IA; No. 3. II. Rounds. No. 1.
per h., 10: No. 2, g.; No. 3. 8. Loins
No /, per H.. II; No. 2. 13: No. 3. IL.
Chucks. No. 1. per h., 8; No. .. 8; No
WOOL AND H1DEs.-wool, washed.
free of burrs. per h., 33a35; wool. un-
washed, per h., 81. Hides, green.
per h.. 10; hides. dry, per h.. 1Oa1i:
sheepskins, green. each. 75a1.15: calf
skins. green. each. 1.3Oa1.5O: dry lint
hides. per h.. 12a15; dry salted hides.
per h., 12a14.
GRAIN.-Wheat. per bu., 1.42a1.50.
Corn shelled. per bu., S4a9O: ear. psr
bbl., 4.4Oa4.65. Oats. western white No.
2, per bu., 66a72; mixed, 62a64. Bran.
per ton. os.OOa3O.00. Middling. per ton.
3O.OOa32. 90.
Evening star., 1909-05-31
Tonic of Praise and Kindness.

From Success Magazine.
Joseph jefferson said: applause is
very necessary TO the actor; it elevates
him and gives him confidence; 1t is like
shaking a man warmly by the hand
when you first meet him, making him feel
at home, instead of giving him cold
bow, by which you take all the geniality
out of him.
Every day the ambitions of scores of
bright boys and girls are fatally bliGhted
by some unthnking or needless superin-
tendent or proprietor. ] have known
of instances which were little less than
criminal, where young hopes have been
blighted, enthusiasm crushed, ambition
paralyzed forever by coarse, rude, bar
barous treatment of employees
Some men look upon their employees as
natural kicking posts, or as safety valves
for their bad temper or their mistakes
and they vent their spleen upon them
without mercy.
No one likes to be blamed harshly, even
when he is in the wrong. Scolding or
fault-tinding never wrought an improve
ment in any one. There is a better way
to make the wrongdoer see his fault
Any one in authority. be he parent
teacher or employer, will get better re-
suits by kind methods than by harsh
ones. Many a clerk, stenographer or
other employe has lost heart and become
Indifferent to his work on account of the
mean silence of the employer who never
praises, never shows any appreciation of
work well done, but who is ready to find
fault on the slightest provocation.
Evening star., 1909-05-31
A PAUPER'S INGENUITY.
He Knitted Socks With Wool Taken
From 345 Blankets.

L rom the L0nCoD InrOnlcie.
How a pauper obtained wool to knit
socks and mittens, which he sold to en-
able him to buy tobacco. was described
to the West Ham magistrates recently.
The pauper was Thomas Ledgett, aged
forty-nine, an inmate of the Stratford
branch Of the Poplar Union, and he was
charged with damaging a number of
blankets, the property of the guardians.
The master of the workhouse found
that the wool binding the edges of
blankets was being removed. and that in
five days no fewer than :,45 blankets
were SO damaged. search failed to
discover who was taking the wool, but
when Iedgett was removed to the farm
colony at Laindon it came to the knowl-
edge of the master that he had been seen
knitting with pink wool. Friday the
master went to Laindon. and on search
ing the prisoners bed he found bag
filled with balls of pink wool, evidently
stripped from the blankets, and three
socks knitted with pink wool Ledgett,
who denied that he had stripped 80
blankets, was sentenced to two months
hard labor.
Evening star., 1909-05-31
The Complacent American.

From the Atlantic.
This American complacency embraces
that citizen himself, as he sees himself
his wife ESPECIALLY his wife, as he sees
herr, his children, If perchance he takes
time to remember that he has any; his
system of government, unless the ogre
known as the Other Party is in power
when the citizen is more critical; his
country at large and all that therein is,
from finance TO watermelons. Like a
Turk, he Is particularly enamored of size
in the harem of his affections.
THE great quality of Dizziness is to be
unalterably contented with ITSELF quoth
Thackeray; but he was not writing of
American human nature, nor are our men
In the least dull. They have only been
too long geographically removed from
any just comparison with other civilized
nations and. what is more to the point
too absorbed mentally with domestic is
sues to bridge the seas with their minds
If not with their bodily senses, to learn
that there are other points of view than
our own, equally civilized, if not always
more advanced"
What the busy American citizen sees
of those least worthy specimens of other
nations who are so rashly welcomed to
our shores only serves further to en-
nance his own self-satisfaction. But is
not that little like judging ones host
by spending the evening in his kitchen?
Evening star., 1909-05-31
Monument to Nine. de Stael.
rom tho london chronicIe

The proposal to erect monument to
Nine. de Stael in Paris. which is being
supported In this country by commit
tee under the presidency of Lady Grove
brings back to ones mind Bouilly's WON
derful description of the woman who was
so prominent both at the court Of Louis
XVI and at that of the directory. She
was about thirty-two when he wrote his
character sketch of her. was neither I'M
posing nor pleasing. but had AN eager
almost ravenous expression in the eyes
and something masculine and assured In
her countenance. Her lips were dry and
arid, her movements and gestures imperi-
Gus; her voice was sonorous and her ut
terance rapid and energetic" She gave
him the idea, he adds. ''of creative
genius taking the form OF a woman des-
titute of beauty 1t is said that she
loved nothing better than to place her
self beside Nine. Recamier. thinking that
this beauty made the best foil to her
own brilliant wit and expressive counte-
nance.
Evening star., 1909-05-31
RAILWAYS AS BORROWERS.
Why They Are, Not in the Money
Market Now.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. May 29.-This weeks
announcements of new bonds aggre-
gated $79.00O,O00 S40,0O0,00O New York
city As, s9.0OO.OO0 United States steel
Gary Terminal 41as and $30.0O0,Ooo
Armour & Co. 4hS. Announcements
were also made of the capital require
ments of a number of proposed indus
trial consultations, including SOL
100000 dry goods merger, a S750.Oo0,-
900 combination of independent steel
manufacturers, a $5O.OOo.O0O fertilizer
company to take over a number OF
smaller concerns and the incorporation
of a chain of retail candy stores tor
the SS0.000,000 Glucose trust. Some ~
the proposed mergers doubtless VIII
not progress beyond the first stages OF
promotion; nevertheless, the number OF
actual applications being made by the
industrial companies for funds raises
question as to why the railroads. too,
are not taking advantage of the exist
ing easy money market.
Aside from the S44 500 900 bonds sold
by the Southern Pacific early in April,
no large railway issues have been an
nounced for months. and it is known
that three roads, at least-Missouri
Pacific, Atchison and Pennsylvania
will need funds before the end of the
year. Why do not these companies sell
bonds now?
This is the way that question was
answered this week by a member of
one of the large international banking
houses:
Most of the railroads have already
paid off their floating debt and raisei
what money will be needed this year.
but still number of companies expect
to sell bonds within the next few
months to carry out improvement plans
that have already been decided upon.
They are not quite ready to begin
work, and argue that they do not want.
to pay interest charges on idle money.
A railroad can borrow now on per
cent basis, keep the money until 1T
needs it, and get 21a per cent from the
banks and trust companies for tempor-
ary use of the money. making a loss of
only per cent. until the money is
needed. If they wait they may either
lose their money entirely or lose as
much as per cent or more on the sell
ing price of their bonds.''
This is the bankers view; the rail-
roads undoubtedly have other reasons
for their policy. For one thing. they
are able to keep their finances in
cleaner shape by not anticipating re-
quirements too far ahead. Neverthe-
less. the result of the policy is to send
them in suddenly and all together as
borrowers. with results that are some
times inconvenient. 1t will perhaps be
suggested that the same thing holds
good in the matter of purchases of ma
terials. Railways are apt to be buying
all at once. and that is apt to mean
that they buy at the highest prices.
Evening star., 1909-05-31
The American Youth.
From the Atlantic.

If the truth were told. most young
American men are not especially interest
ing They do not keep up their reading.
They have a national obtundity when it
comes to music, to art, to literature; nor
do many of them take any OF these things
at all seriously. The young among them
are not good converSationalists. Our
cleverest men are monologists pure and
simple They lecture admirably. They
are born orators along modified lines.
They are inevitable story tellers. None
of this is conversation; and women like
conversation. like it's courtesies, which at
least pretend a little interest when their
turn comes in the game. knowledge of
people and affairs outside our own coun-
try pricks more than one bubble about
our young men.
Evening star., 1909-05-31
TORNAOO'S REIGN Of TERROR
TEXAS VILLAGE OF ZEPHYR
LOSES HALF POPULATION.
Whole Families Wiped Out-Storm of
Unprecedented Fury-Damage at
McAlester, Okla.

BROWNWOOD, Tex, May 1.-A tor
nado of fury struck the little village OF
Zephyr, in the eastern portion of Brown
county, at / o'clock yesterday morning
and left a record of death and destruction
seldom equaled. The death list has reach
ed total of thirty-two, and the number
of seriously and fatally wounded Will
reach fifty. Seven-yfour persons are
known 10 have been more or less In
jured.
The storm formed half a mile south
west Of Zephyr and swept down upon the
village, cutting a wide swath directly
through the residence and business dis
trict Nearly fifty houses were entirely
destroyed. Lightning struck lumber
yard and started conflagratlon Whlch
destroyed one entire business nlock, No no
effort was made to fight the fire. as the
care of the dead and wounded victims de-
manded all attention.
section hand rode a handcar to
Brownwood and spread the a,arm. In
two hours the Sante Fe railroad was
speeding train to the scene or the
storm with nine surgeons and score or
Brownwood physicians.
Whole Families Exterminated.
Hundreds of persons directly in the
storms path saved themselves by taking
refuge in storm cellars. More than a
dozen bodies were horribly mutilated.
County Clerk Thad Cabler, his wife and
two children. who had gone to Zephyr to
spend the night. were killed. The big
stone school building and two churches
We're swept from the face of the earth.
BY daylight sixteen surgeons were work
ing on the wounded.
BroWnwood hurried her second relief
train at noon. loaded with provisions,
clothing and necessary articles and forty
nurses.
Tonight three persons are still unac
counted for Two children were found
dead two miles out from the town, hay
ing been blown that distance.
The storm was 800 yards wide and
swept the earth for only short distance.
probably less than a mile. Its fury is
considered the most terrific of any lorna
do ever experienced in this section.
J. l. Clingman. c. f. kirkpatrick and
nine surgeons, who formed the first party
out of Brownwood. found a desolate
scene awaiting them.
Scenes of Horror.
The hillsdes at Zephyr were covered
with debris of all kinds and bodies of
dead animals and human beings The
ruins were dimly lighted by the burning
buildings, and the cries of the wounded
rose above the sound of the elements
which threatened a second storm A hog
roaming through the debris-Strewn streets
was killed while attempting to devour the
body of an infant
Bodies were found twisted about trees
and in every conceivable shape. People
walked the streets almost naked. crying
for their loved ones. Residences which
escaped the storm were turned into hos
pitfalls, where We're carried the bodies of
the dead and wounded.
One storm house collapsed on a family
of nine without serious injury to any.
Brownwood, with splendidly organized
relief work. has the situation well in
hand.
Storm at McAlester.
McALESTER, Okla, May 3l.-A tor
nado struck Ashland, in the southwest
corner of this county. at . o'clock last
night. doing much damage and injuring
many persons.
Evening star., 1909-05-31
Might Makes Write.
From Illustrated Bits.

From Illustrated BITS.
She-Fred, do you believe that the pen
is mightier than the sword?
He-Well. you never saw anybody sign
a check with a sword, did you?
Evening star., 1909-05-31

The Lowly One-And were you born
great?
The Great One-No; l thrust myself
upon it.-Chicago Daily News.
Evening star., 1909-05-31
Busy.

From the Cleveland Leader.
How far back can YOU trace your an
cestry?"
Il haven't got time TO try. Its all
can do 10 keep track of my posterity.
Evening star., 1909-05-31

AS long as fools are so much luckier
than angels why shouldn't they rush in?
Puck.
Evening star., 1909-05-31
The Badge Of Courage.

From the Detroit Free Press.
He's a man of great courage"
Unusual courage?''
Yes, unusual courage. He isn't afraid
TO keep his seat in a street car, even If a
woman he knows is standing right in
front of him."
Evening star., 1909-05-31
Storm at McAleSter.

McALESTER, Okla, May 3l.-A tor
nado struck Ashland in the southwest
corner of this county. at . o'clock last
night. doing much damage and injuring
many persons.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07
he. L24NZD III bLZDRLLL
cT 5F

ering. and DR.. William Henry Roberts
of Philadelphia. American secretary of
the alliance, have sent communica-
tion to DIR. George ID. Matthews of
London. general secretary of the al
lance, recommending June for the
convention, and they are awaiting his
answer before going on with plans
for the meetings. The western COM
mittee wanted the council in October,
but the eastern section cabled this
could not be.
Already plans are under way for a
celebration continuing several days of
the four hundredth anniversary of the
birth of John Calvin. the founder OF
the system on which this organization
Is based. His birthday comes in July,
and monument to him is under way
at Geneva. Switzerland, his birthplace.
This Pan-Presbyterian organization,
which includes some 25 branches. rep
resenting more than 2O,O0O,000 commu.
nicants from every part of the world.
will be the greatest gathering of the
kind held in New York for many
years. This is the fourth time the al
lance has met in America, and IL will
be the ninth quadrennial conference.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07
A Pleasant Prospect.

A Philadelphia woman, whose given
name is Mary, as is also the name of
her daughter. had recently engaged a
domestic, when. to her embarrassment.
too, was Mary.
Whereupon there ensued a struggle
to induce the applicant to relinquish
her idea that she must be addressed
by her Christian name. For some time
she was rigidly uncompromising
Under the circumstances" said the
lady of the house, there is nothing to
do but to follow the English custom
and call you by your last name. By
the way, what is it?'
We'll, num-" answered the girl. du-
biously, its Darling. g."-Harper's.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07
CRAZE FOR TITLED HUSBANDS.
Cynical Bachelor criticizes Aims OF
Average Rich American Mother.

"'Not only an English earl, but an
Italian prince and a German count
proposed to my daughter while we
were abroad, but
That is the sort of thing" said a
cynical bachelor, that We hear on all
sides from the average rich mother on
her return from Europe. What does
1t denote? Why, hang it, it denotes
that the average American mother
feels actually ashamed nowadays II
her daughter doesn't marry into no.
Bile foreign family. To marry into the
foreign nobility is the correct thing to
do. and the girl who doesn't land q
duke or count or something feels
ashamed, and her mother feels more
deeply ashamed still
Il don't want to boast. but, consider
ing the quality of us American men.
| think it's. terrible that American
heiresses only marry us as a last re-
sort when they are ashamed of their
failure to get duke or marquis.
IF you think I'm exaggerating, lis
ten to the shamefaced mothers of mar
riageable daughters who have returned
from Europe without a title in tow.
Like parrots they say nothing but:
"'Yes, Prince Petit and Lord Lac
land and Count Sage all proposed to
Mamie, but"
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07
It Happened in Church.

Southern clergyman tells the fol-
lowing amusing story:
After the morning sermon one Sun
day he had read the notices for the
week, and then announced the clos
ing hymn-Number so-and-so. At
that moment one of the deacons came
down the aisle. and the minister
paused to hear what he had to say.
which was that the pastor had forgot
ten to give notice of a meeting OF the
ladies of the congregation.
Accordingly the divine gave the no
tice, apologizing to the congregation
for his forgetfulness, and then again
announced the number of the hymn,
and proceeded to read it. His feelings
and those of the congregation may be
imagine when he began:
lord, what thoughtless wretch
was !"-Lippincott's.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07
proII Definitions.

Many children are so crammed with
knowledge that they frequently get it
inextricably mixed
In proof of this. read these veritable
specimens OF definitions, written by
puhlic-school children
Stability is taking care of stablef
mosquito is the child of black a
white parents.
Monastery is the place for moyeters,
Cannibal is two brothers who kill
each other in the Bible.
Anatomy is the human body, which
consists of three parts: the head. the
chest, and the stummick. The head
contains the eyes and brains, If any.
The chest contains the lungs and a
piece of the liver. The stummick Is de-
voted to the bowels, of which there are
five, a, e, |, o, u, and sometimes and
New York Weekly.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07

A dull red flush was distinctly vIsi.
BILE beneath his coat of tan as he re-
piled to my question.
I'm not a native. you know was
here for a bit last year. and liked It;
SO when | had chance to buy an is
land. house and all, | jumped at It.
But I'm not wise about my neighbors
do know that this cottage was oc-
cupied last summer. and | heard the
people were very unsocial and never
ccsived a guest or entered the village
while they were here; and, of course
th ere were stories. Gossip fiourishes
ss mystery, you know"
Well" returned. Il don't care how
my sterious the former tenants were
but I'm glad they did not come back
Perhaps they were In mourning. or in
valids. or something of that sort
mo doubt" he agreed hastily; mo
doubt"
And then we changed the subject
and talked of other things till the
sound of voices and laughter told me
Elizabeth and Gabrielle were return
ing from the village. They brought
Lady Edith and Lord Wilfrid both
home with them to dinner, and 1t was
not difficult to persuade Mr.. Bennett
to stay also. so we had the first of
some very merry repasts. where
morning costumes were allowed, and
where Mary Anne. to quote her own
words. "dished up hanything that
came andy and prayed the Lord it
would be enough"
THAI night asked Gabrielle to look
in her bag and give me my side
comb; but she found that 1t was not
there, and that our picture also was
missing.
I'VE will ask for 1t the next time we
see him" remarked Elizabeth. IL don't
think 1t is very nice in him to have
taken 1t out
Ok. no. | objected; don't say
anything about It. | don't want to
give him the satisfaction of knowing
we missed it,
And we all agreed that this was our
most dignified course.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-07
Didn't Want the Job.

During a recent examination for ap.
plicants for the position of mail car.
rier, colored boy appeared before
the civil service commission.
How far is 1t from this earth to the
moon?" was the first question asked
him. How fab am it from de earf to
de moon?" he repeated, as he began
to reach for his hat. Say boss. ii
youse gwine to put me on dat route
doesn't want de job;" and with that
he left as though he were escaping
from some alamity.-Circle Magazine