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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-24

Bar silver quiet. 23ssd per ounce.
Money. 4a5 per cent.
The rate Of discount In tile open market for
short bills Is Al. per cent.
The rate Of discount in the open market for
three-month bills Is 3!s per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-24
Government Securities.
Treasury Statement.

The condition Of the Treasury at the
beginning of business today was as fol-
lows:
TRUST FUNDS.
Gold .............. $3.50 154 STD
Silver dollars Observation-Disclosures. 4S8, 400 900
Silver dollars of 1890 ......... 1000. 100
Silver certificates outstanding. 1856. AGO. 600
GENERAL FUND.
fund ............ $3.3S7,727
Current liabilities Neutrality-suspicious.. 104 427 234
Working balance in Treasury Offices. p, 152. 9S6
:" III" ca II ... 1882 800
Subsidiary silver coin ........... 1883, 1912
Minor coin. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1.4OO. 2S5
Total ba,ance in general fund ..... 1920, 5S7
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-24
Calls Attention to Objectionable
Insurance Schemes.
DESCRIBED AS LOTTERIES
Says Advantage Is Taken of Wide
Open Door in Code.
URGES AMENDATORY ACTION
Defects in Law Indicated in An
nual Report, With Suggestion of
Remedial Legislation.

warning against all sorts of specu-
lative insurance schemes is uttered by
Thomas E. Drake, superintendent of the
department of insurance, in Il report just
submitted to the District Commissioners
He says that there is tremendous in
crease in the efforts of certain fraternal
and alleged fraternal beneficial associa-
lions to get into Washington. and de-
scribes certain of them as nothing more
or less than lottery schemes.
The law exempts certain fraternal in
surance organizations from publishing a
statement and payment of taxes on pre-
MUM receipts, and requires no license for
their agents. This old law was framed
primarily for the real fraternal benevo-
lence that came from the insurance fea-
ture of the various lodges and OrganiZa-
tons. In those simple beginnings each
man promised to pa dollar or so to the
widow of any lodge member, or some
thing of that sort, and the law helped
them out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-24
Some Companies Under Ban.

MI. Drake also sounds warning against
the danger Of patronizing some of the life
Insurance companies. He says that life
insurance companies are springing up
everywhere and that there are over 300
companies that are mere babies The
competition being of the cut-throat kind,
the methods adopted to promote some of
the concerns have been at variance with
sound business principles, he declared, ac-
cording to the view of insurance commits
sioners, and resolutions by the insurance
commissioners have been drawn up
against them
These proclaim that the sale Of stocks
for insurance companies through solicit
ing agents necessarily involves d large
proportion of expense which must come
from the investors pocket, and that the
mere fact of an insurance company SELL
ing stock in this way, peddlng 1t from
door to door, Should warn the public or
an improvident promotion expense.
The report also carries with 1t con-
demnation of the so-called coupon policy,
'purpOrting to guarantee dividends and
other considerations that are foreign to
legitimate life Insurance.
The report calls the insurance laws of
the District of Columbia weak. but ex
presses the hope that the model insur
ance bill will get through both houses of
Congress some day and that the District
will be shining light for other locali-
ties to guide by.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-24
Advantage Taken of Code.


door in the code, many so-called frater-
nal organizations, he says, try to lift their
voices in alliterative phrases so that the
poor man will contribute his 10 cents a
week or dollar a month for five years
and then get the 100 or 500 per cent dis
tribution that is promised.
Mr.. BRAKES position is that the schemes
he refers TO constitute a gamble. He
says that the continuation of this kind
OF business depends wholly upon con-
slant and rapidly increasing membership.
The death rate is kept down a s long As
the clever solicitors pile in the new men,
bers-but the minute the membership falls
off there is mighty little chance for any
one to get the distribution. and occa-
sionally there is a chance that the eX-
pectant widow will receive no insurance.
The profits to the persistent members
therefore depend wholly on the misfor-
tune of others who lose a job, skin
weeks payment and lose all they have
paid up to date or who drop out for any
other reason. 1t is Mr.. brakes exne-
rience, made clear in the report. and In
conversation with Star reporter. the
officers of these alleged fraternal organi-
cations are the real benefcaries. and
that the great majority of policy holders
get nothing
1t takes great deal of time to inspect
associations that apply for the right to
do business in the District. Some OF the
organizations have 80 pages of closely
digested and search made for the sus-
pected joker. Mr.. Drake mentions gem
eral warning sent out by insurance COM
missioners of the country at large a
short time ago. and says that If any one
who is inclined to invest in any Of these
lottery Observation-Disclosures" schemes will
give ear to the warning whole lot of
money will be saved.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
Little Education
For Wage Farmers
By DR.. EDWARD J. GOODWIN. President

Packer
SECONDARY system of education for the United State,
yet to be worked In times the American
- school has kept pace with progress in produce
ton and methods of doing business
WHILE THERE HAS BEEN SOME BROADENING SCOPE
AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE QUALITY INSTRUCTION. Epu-
EAioHs STILL LARGELY IGNORE THAT
GREAT AND GROWING BOYS WHO ARE TO sE WAGE
FARMERS, ARTISANS AND TRADEsMEN.
The indictment against scheme elementary nc-
ton that ovrburdens the memory embarrassing and useless
material.
there are two great for the establishment trade and
industrial schools and The first GOOD OF THE
1OOH themselves the second the welfare nation in the
UPBUILDING OF IT'S INDUSTRIES We are pradnalv com,
ing to recognize the injustice of organizing high schools in the
interests Of the FEW alone who able command liberal or
liberal education
What are high schools doing today growing de-
and Tor skilled workers OF all sorts' Practically nothing They
contribute New York state for example, less than per cent of the
men who yearly enter the called "UNIEARNED" PROBES
sIONS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
for Sale.

We have for sale the following valua-
Bile tracts of land:
One Military Lot of so acres, small
portion of which is under cultivation.
All good land, and every acre tillable.
Watered by several good springs and
a never failing small run. Contains
some good timber. One-half mile
from r r. siding, and one and one
half miles from Oakland.
Also part of two Military Lots contain
ing about so acres. This property is
directly East of Oakland, on the South
side of the B. & o. R. R. siding on the
North side of tracks. Contains valu-
able grazing land, a portion of which
is in cultivation. Valuable r. R. front
age.
Also 10 acres suitable for building sites.
Just East of Oakland on the North side of the
Oakland and Mt. Lake Park road.
For further information, address
THE H. WEBER & SONS CO.,
6-tf Oakland, Md
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
WHY SHE PLEAsEs HIM.

You wonder what he sees in her,
Her charms are really very few,
Her beauty's not beyond compare,
And all her dresses look askew.
She is not an attractive sight,
or figure she has none, and yet
She waits on him both day and night
And never has been known to fret.
He loves her, that is very plain,
Although she lacks all social charms.
Her hair is like a tangled skein
And thin and scrawny are her arms.
You wonder what he in her sees,
She brought to him no store of -pelf,
And yet, while hubby takes his ease,
She buttons all her waists herself.
1t Is not necessary that
A woman should be fair of face.
Dr. not too lean or not too fat,
Or cen possess a world of grace,
Our interest in a beauty bright
We find will very often lag,
Especially II late at night
She waits our coming just to nag.
And SO, although she be not fair,
Leading a fashionable life,
They make & very happy pair.
For she's a most devoted wife.
When going out. it's true that she
Has never made her husband wait,
She never calls him in to see
If she has put her hat on straight.
She never asks him where he's been,
She never asks him why he stayed;
But when she hears him coming in,
The supper's on the table laid.
And when he settles down to read,
That little woman he adores,
Has never yet been known to need
His help in finishing the chores.
Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
Young Men With
Clean Morals
Needed In Politics.
BY Vice President FAIRBANKS.

9~"~@% HE young in politics is longer American
- EXPERIMENT lie is the hope and strength Of
: national government.
" 1t takes certain class of govern
ment. Not all men do it. That is why l urge
~"**" young into politics. because of the
wards the the celebrity of Office but govern
ment is what we make it. what it makes of u.s.
Young who looking into the future will find this
opportune time to take part the affairs government This
is essentially young mans country.
There something much greater than MATERIAL GAIN in
politics. The be right with the enormous
sblltles to the broad Interpretation of patriotism
As higher and better civilization has been deveoped in this
country the opportunity for the young politics has become
TRIOT in the service of his country.
There such thing political life now as CLEAN POLITICS
with high ideals for the good of the commonwealth
OF YOUNG MAN IN THE AFFAIRS OF
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, YOUNG ENTHUSIASM IN HIS
DESIRE TO ENTER UNsELFIsHLY SERVICE OF THIS
COUNTRY THE OPPORTUNITY WHO CAN EN-.
TER THE FIELD OF POLITICS PURPOSE IN VIEW
WAS NEVER BETTER THAN
1t is that there Young men that the oppor
tunes today within reach they were when the political
history of our country young
There time when the opportunity Young men in
politics GREATER than is today the initiative in clean
politics the public requirement Of the hour mistake that must
be avoided be of the motive that behind the young
mans political ambition.
LET HIM POLITICS BY ALL MEANS BUT LET 1T BE
CLEAN
POLITICS MUST THE MAN, BUT EDUCATE THE
MAN TO PUBLIC.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
GroWn-Up Children,

1t is not only the frivolous whom
the spirit of childishness is Just now
leading astray. Stiffness is the fash,
ion even among the wise Women
especially affect a kind of childish
shrewdness in talking of serious sub
Jects. Like children who have the
J tbit of romancing, they lose the
sense of reality. and because they new
er talk exactly as they think they be
gin to think exactly as they talk
London Spectator.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
Real Estate Bargains
l offer for sale

FARM OF 147 ACRES, 3 miles from Oakland; good
Groom House plenty of water so acres cleared;
about IS of grass; Orchards, bearing over rs
COTTAGE OF 6 ROOMS for sale at Mt. Lake Park
HOUSE LOT Oak Street, Oakland for sale or
rent. House of rooms Lot 5oxI5o feet, with
Stable and all necessary Outbuldings
FOUR VERY DESIRABLE BUILDING LOTS situated
Liberty Street, in Oakland. Also DWELLING
HOUSES on Liberty Street, with good water and all
necessary outbuildngs.
HOUSE AND LOT on Wilson Street House of 10 rooms.
good water. Lot $50 feet front. Best Outbuidings
in Oakland.
VERY GOOD FARM mile from Oakland-all under
fence containing 80 acres about rs under cutiva-
ton; 2 fine Orchards, and about IN in small
Fruit; Houses, very good Well and never failing
Spring. very desirable place for Truck and Poultry
Farming. Can be bought at low price Just now.
have for sale of the very best Building Lots in the
town which l will sell tor cash-or SIS down and S.
per month.
$50 ACRES OF VALUABLE COAL LAND situated less
than two miles of Oakland which be bought at a
great bargain. The surface would make fine farming
land. This land is well watered with stream and
several good springs.
IL MORE CHOICE BUILDING LOTS at SIS down and
S. per month
If you want cash for your Real Estate, Real Estate
for your cash, let me hear from you.
D3-For further particulars call address
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
The CYnic.

A bachelor, who is known among his
friends and their children as being
always in the happiest spirits, singing
gayly and whistling the newest songs,
recently took unto himself a wife.
Hearing the news the eight-year-old
daughter of house to which he goes
frequently, asked her mother, doubt
fully:
Wont Mr.. Smith sing or whistle
any more, mother?"
Why, of course" said the parent,
wondering. "Why?"
Because married people don't seem
to sing much,' quoth the cynic, sadly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
Following Example,

Like father, like son. said the
Knowing One.
In what way were they alike?"
asked the Curious One.
First, the old man, when the boy
was child, tried to break his sons
will. Now the son is trying to break
the old mans will."-Baltimore Amer
lean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
GnaWinq His Wav,

Nature knew that the rat would
want to spend half his time gnawing
and she therefore provided him with
The right kind OF teeth to do it. A
boy caught rat and boxed it up. and
IN the course of a week the rodent
gnawed hole through oak planks
nailed together until there was a
thickness of Is inches. The hole was
almost as round and smooth as a car
penter could have made.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
Improvement.

1T Is sad" said the man who uses
slang, ito see politicians so busy
knocking one another"
Well" answered Senator Sorghum,
even that program represents an i'm
provement. It's little more humane
to go after a man with a hammer than
with an ax"-Washingt Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
Land of Commercial Industry.

The traveller through Saxony is rare
ly out of sight of a factory chimney
In probably no other land are indus
trial establishments so numerous in
proportion TO the area. The present
number is 24,707. an increase of 1755
over the preceding year. The number
of operatives is 6S5.319, an increase
Of 4l.235 in the course OF a wear.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
Discreet Prophecv.

! why do you invariably predict the
coolest winter we have had in years."
We'll" answered Prof. Blatherton,
"ff it comes true people necessarily
give me credit for great wisdom And
If it doesn't come true, they are too
thankful to hold any grudge' Wash
ington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
The One Luxury.

why do you indulge in such extrav-
agance of speech?"
Because" answered the orator,
who never gets an Office, it's the only
extravaganza | can afford. Wash.
ington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
Mean Evasion,

The Poet-Poets are born and not
made.
His Friend-Cut that out. now! Try
ing to blame that darned stun of yours
on your mother, are you?-Cleveland
Leader.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
His Business to Be.

THE insurance man with literary
ambitions you took on the staff of the
magazine is very much dissatisfied at
being one Of the subordinate authors"
II don't see why he should be.
Wasn't he always an underwriter?"-
Baltimore American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07

Smith-Hello, Jones, do you still
live out at Oyster Bay?
Jones-No-Im in Brooklyn now.
How is it that you Long Island
people are always moving from viii
lage to village ?"-Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
Justified.

why did you strike that man?"
"He called me Clarence
What Is your name?"
"It's Clarence, but he didn't know
q. cleveland Leader
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
Success In Life Not
Measured by Victories.
BY Bishop THOMAS J. CoNATY of Los Angeles

By Bishop THOMAS J. o Los Angelo
OCCEHS IN life not measured altogether by victories Fail
properly understood appreciated are frequently
~ sources of les ultimate No 90 through
life without times FAILING in the things he starts ont
to do, and sometimes failing most egregiouslv
THE MAN WITH THE MARK SUCCESS UPON HIM is THE
ONE WHO HAS NOT ALLOWED DISCOURAGE HIM,
BUT WHO HAS RISEN FROM THE DE-
TERMINATION OF STUDYING ORDER TO AVOID
FUTURE FAILURE.
1he history of successful men walk of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
Baltimore & Ohio R. R.
Schedule effective June2, 1907.
O A K L A ND.

Daily. Daily except Sunday. sSunday
only.
DELPHlA NEW YORK. Depart *l227 a.
M, *6.3i a M, 4.17 p. m, *s29p. M, Arrive
*7-l2 a. M, 1888 p. m, *1026 p. M, ali 81 D. m
1000 a. m, t4.40 p. IN. Arrive 1925 a. M.
1925 p. IN.
For COLUMBUS & CHICAGO. Depart .1l.54
p. IN. Arrive *6.07 a. m, *4.l7p M
For GRAFTON accom-, Depart ~. 26 a, M.
1926 p. m. Arrive 1000 a. M, Il 40 D. M
For FAI RMONT and WHEELING, Depart
fs.26 a; m QocaQ, 80 p. m. *ll54 p. m. Ar
rive *6,07 a. M, a II p, m, *l2 % night.
For FAlRwoNT ACCOM-, Depart *7.26 p. m
Arrive 1000 a. m.
For CINCINNATI, LOUISVILLE and ST
LOUIS, Depart *7l2 a. M, 1888 p. M. *1O2e
D. m. Arrive *l2.27 a. M. 1851 a. M. IS go D. IN
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07

chapter OF failures It is but another experience Of
the through the cross DIFFICULTIES
ARE OFTENTIMES OUR BEST MASTERS
They serve to discipline the character; they the
value IN us; they make for the worth of life; they
give the sterling ring to the character The mere
SlGHlNG after the ability to do the great things
done by others never goes beyond the difficulty that
arises at the very suggestion in the sigh Success
is IN the wish when with it there are ENERGY AN
NATION
EVERY TEMPTATION TO DiscouRAeEMENr col
TORY WHICH MAY BE WON BY FIDELITY TO THE
POSE WHICH LIE BEFORE US. THE CONQUEST
BRINGS The PURE GOLD oE SUCCESS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07

EiEDiah Froyerb.
i d-y thai is lot thine own 10 not
1kon it as Of thy life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-01-07
Then and Now.

her grandsire, many years ago
Came over in the steerage;
And with the money he acquired
She got into the peerage
Chicago Daily News.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-22
THE GREAT GOOD FORTUNE
OF GALVESTON.

All the world viii rejoice with the
plueky and energetic city of Calves
ton on the demonstration that its great
SEA wall Is sure protection against the
Gulf storms. For a few nervous hours
there was fear that the city had again
been overwhelmed by disaster; but
when communication was restored the
report came out that the sea wall had
withstood the storm and the high
tide, and that the city was safe.
Galveston gave a magnificent example
Of courage and determination when, at
ter the destruction of the city nine
years ago, its people set about to make
their sand dune of a site safe. and then
to build upon it a better city than be-
fore. The test has come, and it has
proved that their efforts were not
wasted. Galveston is evidently as secure
as if nature had given it a Gibraltar
for a foundation, instead of a spit of
sand of the most dangerous coast ia
the western hemisphere.
The demonstration of the security of
the new city Is certain to do much to
establish, finally and firmly. confidence
in the town. Galveston has earned
place among the most progressive cities
in the world. Not only by the splen-
did triumph of rising from material
ruin, but by the contribution which
the Galveston Plan has made to the
progressive movement in American
municipal government. has the Texas
city furnished Inspiration to the whole
country. 1t deserves to be, what it is
certain one day to be, one of the
greatest commercial centers of the
continent
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-22
IDENTIFIES THE MAN
WHO STOLE PURSE
COlored Elan Held on Charge of
Snatching Woman's Pocket
book.

Miss Margaret Deatherage, Of 22l2 Flag
Ter place northwest, whose pocketbook
was snatched By a negro last night as
she was walking on w street, between
North Capitol and First streets north
west. this morning identified Albert
Jones as the man who robbed her.
Jones, who is locked up at the Eighth
precinct station, denied the charge, but
upon the young wOmans positive identl-
ficauOn the charge against the negro
was changed on the blOtter from suspi-
CiOn to that Of robbery. Policeman
Watts, who made the arrest, also said
that he had seen Jones in the vicinity
of the robbery shortly before Miss
DeOtherOge was attacked.
Jones will be given a hearing in the
Police Court tomorrow morning He is
employed as a lahore at Trinity Col
lege, BToOEIand
The robbery occurred last night about
1880 O'Clock. Miss DeotherOge was walk
ing along W street when she was ap-
preached from behind by a negro who
grabbed her pOekethOok, containing a
gold watch and chain and a small sum
of money. and sped down North Capitol
street. A negro, who proved to be
Jones, was arrested a few minutes later
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-22
The Modern Innocent Abroad
How One Who Thought FIe) Was Wise
Got Stung by His Wisdom.

THIS is the story Of the Small Child.
otherwise the Guileless Guy from
GUyohOga: the Lovely Lobbyist
from Louisville, and the Modern Maid,
who would pass up a Meal Ticket and
who was foolish about Automobiles.
The Small Child carried a Cane and
smoked Turkish Cigarettes. He used to
stand on the Corner OF + street and
separate the Peacherinos from the
Peachinos and the Mere Peaches. and
what he Knew about Women would
have made Laura Jean Libbey or Ouida
write four Novels without stopping for
Breath.
The Lovely Lobbyist represented a
Large Constituency and a Concern
which was afraid the Senate wouldn't
put a Tariff on Consomme and Peach
lIelbd They gave him Four Hundred
Dollars a Week, he lived at the best
hotels and spoTted sixty-hOrse Car.
He wore a Dark Blue Suit, had Devil
ish Eyes and would buy IL urged Suf-
fcieutly. The Modern Maid comes later,
after this Tale has been divided into
Three Parts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-22
PART TWO

A TTER Ire Small Child had com
n plete.y Transformed himself into
a Meal Ticket w,sa a small Side
Line of theater. the Modern Maid. who
hadn't any Sense Of Iumor and thought
1t was very Easy, invited him out to
buy her a Swell Dinner in the Cool
Cafe by the Thinking Fountain. He
took the Dare because he hadn't any
thing To Do.
She came down about an Hour Late.
she bad been AutUWO5iling with he
Lovely Lobbyist or some other Good
Fellow, and the machine Broke Down
10y BubblinG Spring, where you coulC
set Water If you absolutely Insisted.
The Small Child knew something about
the Lovely Lobbyist, DuJ me bought
NIhs Dollars worth Of f03d lust the
same and Two Drinks. AI-rr a while
she said her Brother was Sick he
worked IN Hat Factory and the bands
made SO Much Noise that he -ot .hc
Ear Ache She wanted 90 Go Home
and Comfort Brother. The Small Child
Couldn't object, SO he took her 20 The
House and bid her a Fond Farewell
She told him he was all to the Merry
Merry and she Loved him Truly The
Small Child always carried Grain
Of Salt in his Hip Pocket, so it didn't
hurt him Much.