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Evening star., 1909-02-18
sIBERIA'S GREAT FUTURE.
Soil Rich, Has Vast Timber. and Min
eral Resources.

From the Journal Of the American Asiatie -Asso-
citation.
The vast area OF Siberia is as yet
scarcely touched commercially, when We
consider the richness and capability of
production of its soil and its constantly
growing population.
In 1900 1t was estimated that out Of a
total Of 1917, 900 acres of cultivated land
II, $4,000 acres were under crops in ST.
beria- Crops greatly fluctuate in Siberia:
the yield in good year is two or three
times that of bad one.
Siberia's exports of dairy products are
rapidly increasing and have a most prom
ising future. In 1898 4,0OO buckets OF but
ter, each containing thirty-six pounds.
were sent as an experiment 10 the Lon
don market; 10000 buckets of butter a
week were sent hither In 1901. The pas
turage in this butter producing region.
whicn lies chiefly in the district of Tomsk.
is so good that there is per cent Of but
ter fat in the milk.
In 1902 Danish firm was the first to
export salted beef, mutton and pork from
Siberia to London. Its success showed
that Siberian mutton was good enough to
compete with the best Iceiandic mutton
and may in future become an important
factor in the meat markets of western
Europe.
In 1902 the first canning establishment
N.
Exports of hides and skins from Siberia
increased from 2,SOO tons In 1S93 to- B. aOD
tons in 1902. More than 1.6Ov tons OF
Siberian eggs are exported annually,
many of them finding their way to the
London market
The fisheries of Siberia arc very i'm
portant. The river Amur is especially
rich In salmon. The amount of preserved
fish exported from Siberia grew from
$40 tons In 1899 to 1000 tons in 1902 The
high price of salt and tin plate and the
lack of skilled knowledge are retarding
the Siberian canned fish industry.
The vast conferous forest zone of ST.
IBERIA is yielding ever increasing quanti-
ties Of timber. January l, 1905. the state
forests of Russia in Asia covered ESQ.,
6S7 ,4y7 acres. The timber industry has
scarcely begun to be developed in Siberia
Mining has the greatest future of any
Siberian industry. Gold in placers is the
chief mineral product at present No
statistics as to the amount of gold pro-
duced in Siberia can be obtained. as the
figures are contained in the total output
OF the Russian empire.
The average annual production of pig
iron In the Ural and Siberia Separate
statistics for Siberia not given) from
1902 to 1908 inclusive, was 657, ,44O tons.
fhe Siberian output of coal, chiefly from
che province of Akmolinsk, rose from
$50 10 tons in 1902 to 1,325 400 tons in
1905. Copper is mined in small quantities
More and more foreign capital is becom-
ing interested in the mineral wealth of
Siberia. and American miners are pros
pecting In those parts Of the Primorskaya,
opposite and near Alaska.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Women Gardeners Not Wanted.

Vienna Corr. Pail Mali Gazette.
By large majority the Imperial Aus.
trtan Horticultural Society has rejected
a proposal for the establishment OF
schools for women gardeners in Austria
SO strongly we're the members opposed
to any encroachment by women into this
field Of mems labor that they refused
to re-elect the president of the society
because he was known to favor the inno-
vation. Even the suggestion that Ger
man women gardeners who already enjoy
the advantages of horticultural schools
would come into Austria and enter into
competition with the male gardeners
failed, to influence this obstinate major
ity. The German women might come
If they liked, but at any rate the I'm
perial Austrian horticultural Society
would protect the home gardeners against
the competition of their own womankind
as long as possible.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Inedible Chicken.
From the Philadelphis Bulletin.

From the Phiiadelpbis Bulletin
ut doesn't pay TO raise chickens in a
small way" said suburbanite, 'for the
reason that you can only eat the eggs
never the chickens themselves
But why can't You eat the chickens"
inquired the mans partner.
Gould you eat your canary or your
dog? No. And for much the same rea-
son you can't eat your chickens, for they
are pets, as dogs or canaries are. You
have raised them: they have learned to
know you; they have names that they
answer to: they follow you about the
yard-in word. they like you. and you
like them
He shuddnred.
II remember when we killed and stewed
Mary Jane. She had stopped laying: she
was long past that stage: SO We mur-
dered her and tried to eat her. But we
failed. We felt like cannibals, like
shouls, when Mary James mangled re-
mains were set smoking before us. Eat?
Why. the very memory half sckens me
now.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Visitors at Westminster.

From the London Chronicle.
The recommendation that in future no
member shall escort larger party than
six ladies over the palace of Westmin-
ster brings back memories OF the late
Sir Richard Temple. who specialized on
the conducting OF troops of ladies through
the lobbies and corridors A remarka bly,
successful Indian governor. he>was quite
a fish out OF water at Westminster and
his only business in the place seemed to
be that of a squire of DANES. This was
all the more remarkable as he was the
least beautiful of the members of par
lament OF hts time. He was the special
favorite Of Mr.. Harry Furniss the prede-
cessor of Mr.. h. T. Reed. in illustrating
the Essence of Parliament" by Toby,
MP, in Punch. The persistency with
which Mr. Furniss week after week pre-
sented Sir Richards homely features was
resented In some conservative quarters
as amounting almost to persecution.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
LONDON MARKET.

LONDON, February 1S-ln the late af-
tcrnoOn the stock exchange markets were
weak, with gilt-edgcd issues closing at
about the lowest points, Influenced by the
publication OF the prospectus of new
colonial loan. Home rails were depressed.
American railway shares were heavy
when the official session ended and there
were falling prices on the curb. .Atchison,
Union Pacific and steel stocks made
further declines of q per cent. Grand
Trunks of Canada shared in the weakness
The department for foreign securities fin
ished little above the lowest prices. Bos-
ton Consolidated Copper was fiat on re-
ports of new issue of securities. De
Beers closed ls higher at II 5-16. Rio
Tintos are down J-S, at 691,. The continent
frl nIIiat
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Havana Cigars.
From the Providence Journal.

IT.
We have already seen what the pure
food law has done in the case of whisky.
The demand for exact definitions and de-
scriptions has brought out the fact tha,
no living human being can tell what
whisky is Suppose the whisky rules were
to be applied to cigars and tobacco. What
state of mind would smokers be in If the
tobacco people were required to decide
Havana cigars?" AS it is, there exists a
strong belief among consumers that Ha-
vana cigars are constructed of the choic-
est Connecticut and Pennsylvania stock
but If the manufacturers were once
forced to the admission that they really
don't know what Havana cigars are
the uncertainty would be distressing
Most of the Havana cigars now sold are
an awful mystery
Evening star., 1909-02-18

which works on a pivot. When not in
use the handle folds over one side like
the blade of u jackknife. and when the
tool is in operation IL is opened out tn
its full length. The jaws work by means
of q screw. as in an ordinary wrench. but
this screw has a nut mounted upon IL
which fits into slots on either side OF the
handle. When the handle is open the nut
keeps il rigid and when it is closed the
nut fits into the slot on the other side and
keeps il closed. AT the other end OF the
handle is ring by which tho tool can
be hung up.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Destruction of Wild Game.
From tho New Orleans Picayune


In European countries the wild animals
that were objects of the chase and were
protected in the forests from extermina-
tion by strict laws, now since the public
forests are greatly limited in extent are
preserved in private lands. SO that all the
uuadrupeds and birds good for food are
still U be found in the most densely set
'led countries.
In the United States the wild game ami
mails are only to be found i'll those sections
where there are extensive mountain re-
gions or great areas of swamp unfit for
human habitation. and until a very recent
period any person was at liberty to go
into such districts and eXterminate the
game animals at pleasure.
The American people as rule are the
most destructive race on the globe. and
they have done their share in eXterminat-
ing the game. Then the immigrants from
European countries. who were not allowed
to shoot in their native lands. finding on
reaching the United States that there
were no legal restrictions as to shooting
on either public or private lands. did their
part in destroying the wild game.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Chilly Homes Of England.

From the L0ndon Chronicle.
1t is very largely our own fault If Eng
land has earned the reputation of an i'm.
possible country to winter in. AS a ma
ton we are. ] verify believe. the greatest
living amateurs in the science of keeping
our houses warm. An Englishman'S home
is his castle: 1t is also, ninety-nine times
out of a hundred. his refrigerator The
truth is that England in winter time is
one of the chilliest spots OH earth. After
call. thirty months on my return to Lon.
don to get warm again.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Dog Ghosts.
From the London Chronicle.

The phantom dog specter was one Of
the hardest of old English supersti-
tions. Almost every county had it's
black dog which haunted its lonely spots
and was the dread Of every native. Most
OF them were regarded as devils, but
some were held to be the spirits of hu-
man beings, transformed thus as pun
ishment. Lady Howard, "A Devon no.
table Of the days of James 1, for in
stance. was said to be compelled to
haunt Okehampton in the form of dog
as punishment for her cruelty to her
daughter.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
B. & o. FINANCES.
Statement of Earnings and Expenses
for Month Of January.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany's statement of earnings and ex-
penses exclusive of outside operations)
for the month Of January, 1909, as COM
pared with January. 1908. shows gross
earnings. 1909. so.36s. 400; 1908. s5.177.12o;
increase. Sls6.33335. Expenses. 1909, s3,954.-
3S1; 1908. s4.164.545; decrease, s210164.
Net earnings. 1909. sl,4O9.O74; 1908. ST.
O12,o15; increase, 1896, ,499
For the seven months of the fiscal year,
as compared with the same period Of
1908, the statement shows: Gross earn
ings 1909. 81. 3322s 1856; 1908. $4SO622, 263s
decrease i.733.927 Expenses, 1909, $27-
57S, AL; 1908, $;4 .uo0,346; decrease. $6, 4S1.-
s39. Net earnings. 1909. $1i. 1859; 1905,
s14,OO1 OF; increase, STAT ,972
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Psychology Of Bigotry.
From the London Times.

ErOM INC London Times.
The bigots of science are men not nat
urally scientific, just as the bigots of re-
ligion are men not naturally religious
Aware of their own weakness they are
wager to submit their minds to a despot-
ism; and it only depends on circum-
stances whether IL is the unscientific des-
potism of science or the irrelisious des-
potism of religion
Evening star., 1909-02-18
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

CHICAGO. February obstinate ed
shipments OF 6o00,pp bushels OF wheat
during the week from Argentina inspired
considerable selling at the opening of the
session here today. resulting in declines
of Ia TO IS. Sentiment continued bearish
the first hour. May opened at l.13s4 to
LII. and sold OFF TO 1.i33.
Al the start May corn sold at 65S. to
GJa,. Later ii went up TO 66.
May oats opened at Jii4aj4ss TO :Ass.
and advanced to 5i9s.
Provisions al the opening were shade
higher TO 2i.c lower.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
NEW YORK CURB PRICES.
BALTIMORE GRAIN.
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
BALTIMORE. Nd. February 1s.-WHEAT--
Strong spot contract. l.2Oli; spot No. red
western. l.20i,: February. l.2Oi4: March. 1.19,a:
May. .I9i,; steamer No. red. 1.17l,: receipts,
o.593 bushels: southern on grade. 1.17iIa1. .2ot..
CoRN-Strong:: spot contract. 10aa7O!s; Febrr-
ary. 70f4a7O5s: March. Ioaaa1o's: May 7l&ia1l's;
els: southern white corn. 72a74; southern yellow
corn. 6Sa.a7Os.
OATS-Firm: No. . white, 51laa5S: No. s
white 56taa57; No. . mixed "a l2a55;' receipts.
.24f bushels.
RYE-Firmer: No. western export, 50; No. =
western domestic, 81
HAY-Qniet.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Very little demand.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Washington Stock Exchange.

Washington Gas cert. 81. 600 at ia.
Washington R~y. and Elec. COM. at Az.
Washington Rwy. and IsIec. pfd.. IL at 81.
. at 81. - at 81, % at 90's.
Nor. and Wash. Steamboat 10 at 2l2
Washington Gas. % at 76 p ut 'o.s. - Mt
131.. - at -. % at 75,s: 70 at ,o3s % at g.
81 at 752.. - at 1914, 25 at I5a., 2a at ti% ,
100 at 75a.. 23 Tax, 100 at 7oa4. 100 at 757s.
Georgetown Gas. 90 at 62~.
Mergenthaler Linotype. 10 Mt go 10 at 20
National Metropolitan Bank. at 2ls:
Union Trust, II at l34, 10 at 134li. 2 at 134,
10 at I35.' 10 at 135, 10 ut 1885, 10 at 136.
United States Trust. 10 at 100. 10 at 100.
After cal-Washingtou Rwy. and Elec. 4s.
$500 at sSt2. 500 at SSH
Washington Rwy and Elec pfd. 80 at ooa..
Bell Telephone of Pa. 10 at l02A.
Washington Gas % at 7ja4. 25 at 1884, 25 at
75Is. % at 76, 81 at 7Gls % at 76i4, 25 at 16as
Evening star., 1909-02-18
FOLDING MONKEY WRENCH.
Can Be Easily Carried in Pocket
When Not in Use.

Nowadays almost every sort of tool is
made SO that it can be folded up into a
small compass when not in use. One OF
the most useful OF these is the folding
monkey wrench which has been invented
by an Indiana man. This implement il
especially convenient for plumbers and
automobile drivers. but many other peo-
pie will find il valuable, it can be
dropped into handy pocket or hung
upon a nail or other projection within
easy reach. This wrench has a handle
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Government Securities,
Vanishing Cures.
From Country Life.

Occasionally in the country one does
come across, even at this time Of day. an
individual who can make excellent elder
berry wine, and who breaches it as a SOW
ereign remedy for colds and sore throats.
and as an excellent substitute for port.
The bullace and the wild cherry used to
be treated in a similar manner; but few
and far between are the housewives now
who can make palatable beverage from
them.
Evening star., 1909-02-18

the Michigan salt industry proper. Over
three times this number are employed
In the Detroit district making products
of which the salt brine is the basis. Tn
like our coal. copper and iron mines, which
will some day be exhausted Michigans
supply OF salt is SO extensive and so widely
scattered that untold ages must elapse
before there can be any apparent diminu-
ton OF the supply.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Fixing the Blame.
From lie Soir, Brussels.

rom Lc SOFT, BrusseIs.
With all due respect TO her who first
listened 10 the perfidious advice of the ser
pent. it was. after all. Eve who made use
of the first archaeological ineXactitude and
who taught woman TO deceive.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Iiyernool Grain Prices.

LIVERPOOL. February 1S-Closing:
Wheat-Spot strong; No. western
winter. ss 4d; futures quiet: March, Is
io@sd: May. as 9isd. July. IS 1O2sd
Corn-Spot steady; new American mix
ed ~ Sd; futures steady; March, 5s 6lad: !:
MAY. rs 6%4d.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
FOREIGN BANKS.

LONDON. February 1S-The weekly
statement of the Bank of England shows
the following changes:
Total reserve increased Gl,161 600.
Bullion increased G7S33OO.
Other securities increased f336, 900.
Other deposits decreased G164 600.
Public deposits increased G1,5.O.OC0
Notes reserve increased S61 ,1S9, 900.
Government securities decreased co.
COO
The proportion of the banks reserve
to liability this week is $3.50 per cent;
last week ii was 1872 per cent
The rate of discount of the Bank of
England remained unchanged today at
. per cent.
PARIS. February 1s.-The weekly
statement of the Bank OF France shows
the following changes:
Notes in circulation decreased JO,4cJ,-
coo francs.
Treasury deposits increased 29.15o,oo0
francs.
General deposits decreased 37,4JO.OO0
francs.
Gold in hand increased 2.O25 900 francs
Silver in hand Increased S0O,UO
francs.
Bills discounted decreased $500, 600
francs.
Advances decreased 9,O2o,L O francs.
Closing Three per cent rentes, 81
francs 10 centimes for the account
Exchange on London. % francs 23k
centimes for checks.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
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., 1909-02-18
COTTON MARKETS.

NEW YORK, February 1s.-The cotton
market opened steady at unchanged
prices to an advance of points and sold
:; TO points net higher during the early
session on a moderate demand for near
months from shorts and commission house
buying of new crop positions.
Futures opened steady; March. 9.o4:
May, 3.JA: July. 9.o2; August, 9.44; Octo-
Der 9.3sa9.39: December. 9.34; January,
93Ia9.32.
The market was easier late in the fore
noon under increased offerings. which
seemed TO be promoted by the reports of
rains in Texas over last Sunday, while
there was no sign of support from the
leading bulls. Prices al midday were
about / TO points net lower. with the
-pring months relatively easy.
Spot Auuiet: middlins uplands. $50; mid
ding s1lf. 1910.
Estimated receipts at the ports today.
l9O0o bales, against 1880 last week and
.2G5s last year; for the week. 10000
bales against Dol. .S91 last week and i 49,
435 last year. Today's receipts at New
Orleans. 3.9o3 bales. against S351 last
year. and at Houston. 22lo bales. against
last wear.
Evening star., 1909-02-18
Liverpool Cotton Prices.

LIVERPOOL. February lS.-Closing-
cotton: spot quiet; prices two points
lower; American middling fair, 5.ds; good
middling 3D.: middling. o.i2: low mid
ding, i.92, good ordinary, so; ordinary.
At The sales of the day were 900
bales of which JUO were for speculation
ana export and included 400 ameri-
ean Receipts. ;;o.0D bales, including
29,GO American. Future opened steady
and closed quiet. February, J.or.: Feb
,.Iary and March. J.OI: March and April.
-.GJ: April and May. 5.06: May and June.
,.o1l2; June and July, 5.0Sis; July and
August, 1.G9; August and September
5.O3I2: September and October, 1901. +;
October and November. 4.o7; November
and December. 4aJ, December and Jam
Uary, i.94; January and February. i.93
Evening star., 1909-02-18

BERLIN. February 1s.-EXchange on
London, 20 marks, 51 pfenngs for
checks.
Discount rates for short bilsc. II. per
cent; three-month bills, pa per cent.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-20
REGISTRATION FINISHED.
Over Thirteen Thousand Names Now
On the Books.

Registration for the primaries has
ended and last night an hour after the
books were closed the city election
commissioner, Captain Charles H. IL
tus, gave out the complete registration
as Is, ,22S. or a little less than the aver
age in Topeka for the last few years.
The probable cause of this slight de-
crease was the fact that the contest
for city offices is slow and uninterest-
ing. For awhile the battle for school
board between male and female occu-
pied the stage but since the women
have denied the intersex fight the en-
thusiasm has died away and nothing
is left but the polls.
The contest for city attorney, city
treasurer. and clerk of the court of To-
peka is also inspiring as far as it goes
but there is nothing left to do but guess
on the results of these and the friends
of the candidates registered long ago.
All of these things can be at
trfbuted to the light registration-or
rather the slow registration. The bad
weather and the lack of free con-
veyances also had something to do
with it. The primary law will not
allow this to happen. Probably the
poor betting instinct inserted its part
of the quenching powders.
At the election in 1907 the regis
tration was 1873 and in 1905 it
was 13,1O9.
The male vote was very light this
registration. The big fall national
election last November caused prac-
ticaIIy all of the voters in the city to
register and as a result there was
nothing much doing for the men. Then
the male-female school board scrap
appeared and the men who forgot"
rose to the defense of their sex and
came to the registration office but the
enthusiasm was soon killed
Those who have registered at these
primaries will not be required to reg
lister again for the spring election un-
less they move from one ward to an
other. This is a ruling that several of
the people do not understand.
The voting at the primaries on
March 2 will be by ballot. The voting
time and the regular system of a mass
a clerks, a huge city of white tent
booths and a little black pencil at
tached to string will be used.
The candidates will be there with
their representatives and nothing will
be offered as an inducement but pa
per card and a pleasant smile
The Topeka primaries will probably
not cause any wave on Wall street and
the markets will rest as smoothly as
ever.
In the last few days the female vote
has picked up wonderfully. Friday, for
instance, there were almost 400 women
registering.
Office force at the office of the election
commissioner could give out this after
noon was: Male, 10,350. and female, p
T22. Three-fourths of the women sign
ers were registered in the last three
days. The office force has been swamp
ed with the tender sex at this time
and it was no place for men.
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-20
SENT UP FOR 80 YEARS.
Man Who Held Up l.. NJ. Jones Sen
fenced to Prison.

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 2O.-Robert
Bledsoe of Dallas. Tex. who on
Tuesday last entered the home of
Lawrence NJ. Jones. a millionaire
merchant of this city. and attempted
to extort $1,000 from him. was SEN
fenced to 80 years in the penitentiary
here today.
Bledsoe entered a plea of guilty to
the charge of attempted robbery.
Judge Ralph w. Latshaw of the
criminal court. before whom he was
arraigned. said he regretted that he
could not sentence Bledsoe to a longer
term He said the near-crime was the
most diabolical one he had ever
heard of.
In answer to a question from the
court Bledsoe maintained that he had
no confederates nor did he have any
intention of exploding the bomb with
which he had threatened Mr.. Jones
and the latter's wife and son, who
came to his assistance. He merely
used it he said, to intimidate the mill
lionaire. Mr.. Jones. however, told the
court that after he had captured
BIedsoe the man kept crying why
didn't the thing go Off
The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-20
New York Stock Market.

Wall ST., New York, Feb. 2o.-sTOCKS+
Twelve thousand shares of United States
Steel were thrown on the market at the
opening to be sold simultaneously at 47ss
and 475s compared with the last price of
1895 yesterday. The preferred stock de-
clined a point. The trading in the rest
of the market was restrained to observe
the action of United States Steel. The ma
jority of stocks sold lower, but there was
a sprinkling of gains and dealings were on
a moderate scale. General Electric fell 1
and Chesapeake and Ohio, American
Smelling and Republic Steel large frac-
tions.
The market shook off for a while the
depression produced by the disturbance
in the steel stocks, and rose gradually
til prices in the railroad list averaged
about yesterdays closing. The Southern
groun stocks especially firm and
there was also rise of nearly a point in
Union Pacific. Atlantic Coast Line gain
ed 1. Louisville and Nashville 1% and
Western Maryland ~ A renewed out
break of liquidation in United States Steel
prompted active selling of other metal
stocks and the market weakened all
around. United States Steel sold down
13s to AZ and preferred points to 10. Re
public Steel preferred yielded e. the COM