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Evening star., 1909-05-22
BALTIMORE GRAIN.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. May 22.-WHEAT-Firm;
spot contract. 1.40a1. 49l; spot No. 2 red west
ern. 1.4eal .49h: July. I. .l6Aa1 167s August.
1.13N asked; steamer No. 2 red. 1.4oa1.45A;
southern on grade. l.4sal a. ..,
July. 76Aa77: steamer mixed. 761aa76S4; re-
ceipts. 4, $40 bushels.
OATS-Firmer: No. white 63a631a: No. J
white 62a63: No. mixed, 601aa61; receipts,
10, 127 bushels.
RYE-Firmer: No. western export, 90a91
No. western domestic. 0Oa91.
HAY-Firm. unchanged.
GRAIN FREIGHTS-Inactive. unchanged.
Evening star., 1909-05-22
FAIRBANKS IN TOXIC.
Arrives Same Day British Minister,
Sir Claude Macdonald. Departs.

TOXIC. May 22.-Japan lost one distin-
guished foreigner and gained another to-
day with the departure for London Of the
British ambassador, Sir Claude MacDon-
aid. and the arrival Of former Vice Presi-
dent Charles w. Fairbanks, from San
Francisco.
Sir Claude left for home by way of
Siberia on a six-month leave Of absence.
He was given an enthusiastic farewell re-
ception.
Mr.. Fairbanks. who arrived today, will
be received in audience by the emperor.
Later he will be the guest of honor at a
banquet given by Premier Marquis Kat
Sura.
Evening star., 1909-05-22
Liverpool Grain Prices.

LIVERPOOL. May 22-Closing: Wheat
Spot No. = red western winter nominal
futures steady; July. 9s Id: September
81 I'd; December SIS I'D. Corn-Spot
strong: new American mixed via Gal
vestonb Us SID, futures steady; July, is
6l:d.
Evening star., 1909-05-22
Government Securities.
Treasury Balances.

Today's statement of the Treasury
balances In the general fund. exclusive
Of the $15O.OOOO00 gold reserve, shows:
Gold coin and bullion, $4c.761,l7s
Gold certificates. $31, ,O28,27o.
Available cash balance. $120, 900 3Oa
Evening star., 1909-05-22
Call Money Rates.

NEW YORK, May 22.-Money on call
nominal: no loans. Time loans very soft
and dulI: sixty days 2a2ic per cent, and
ninety DAYS. III per cent; six months, On
2L per cent.
Evening star., 1909-05-22
Washington Stock Exchange.

Saes.-Regular call. IL o'clock nocn-Capital
Traction 5s. $500 at 119&.
Columbia r. r. Os. $500 at 1O5.
Potomac Electric Cons. 5s. 81 900 at 1851.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd., at 10, !
at 9O1a, } at 90ls.
10 at 2O9 10 at 2O9, 10 at 2OSis 10 at 2OS7s.
Evening star., 1909-05-22

BAR silver steady, 2ilsd per ounce.
Money. Sal per cent.
Tho rate OF discount in the open market for
short bills is ISsatI2 per cent.
Tho rate of discount in the open market for
three month bills is 1asa1ia per cent.
Evening star., 1909-05-22
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
Evening star., 1909-05-22

II pays TO read the want columns of
Th" star. Hundreds of situations are filled
through them.
The Forrest City times., 1909-10-15
TAKE CARE OF GOOD HEAITu
Mistake Most People Make Is in Waa ing for Bad to Come and
 Then Coddlino It.

II ~e would take as good care a, our good health as We do of our had health We would have more of tho former and less of the latter. We s4t our good health down in a draft and let it get it's feet wet, We infringe on it's sleep time and gorge it with uD. suitable food at irregular hours. We load t with nerve-raeking cares and duties, and reply to it's frantic ap. Dedis for rest with. You haven't time. We squeeze 1t with clothing; We distract it's ears with noise and it's lungs with bad air. But We put our bad health in a quiet room. on a soft couch We robe it in d comfortable gown, We give it pure air al stated intervals, we put ice on its head and hot water at its feet, We feed it with food convenient for it. We take away all care and responsibility; We give it a soothing draught to rest it; and We pay a doctor two dollars to come and leave it a scrap of paper and say that it will better tomorrow One might think We preferred bad health to good health From an ar ticle ill Good Health.
The Forrest City times., 1909-10-15
TRIAL OF A BIG GUN

service on the target grounds. So great is the penetratiFe power Of this new L400 pound shell when fired with the full load Of 5G5 pounds of powder from the new t4-iuch gun. that the pfoiectile will be able 10 penetrate 22 inches of the latest Krapp steel armer at the muzzle This would be equivalent to penetration of not less than 25 inches of Harvey nickel steel at the muzzle
 But this does not measure the full power of the gun for naval purposes. the muzzle penetration being merely a proving ground factor. Tor after the shot hurled from the 14-inch gun has travelled distance of 1000 yards 1t will still have the remaining velocity o1 2,234 feet a second. which would enable 1t to pierce tt that distance a thickness Of IS.I inches of Krupp steel armor. After t has travelled 6.O00 yards, or 1000 yards distant. the shell will have remaining velocity of 1 90g feet per second, giving it at that range d penetration of 1S.7 inches of Krupp steel
The Forrest City times., 1909-10-15
BRING BACK ART TREASURES
Treasury AdVices Show That New Tariff Law Has increased Do7a.
 tions to Libraries.

Washington Millions of dollars worth of valuable paintings are being bought abroad hy American million aires for free entry under fba new tariff law.
 Treasury department adqices show that one Philadelphia millionaire alone recently imported $e00.0o0 of these works of art The law provides thai works of art over 20 years of age may be brought in free Of duty. provided accompanying afidavits show the age of the paintings Another paragraph of the law provides for free entry ot works of art over loo years of aea The first paragraph has been con strued to apply to paintings and everything except articles Of utilitv and the second paragraph to articles of utility
 II is stated that private as well as public galleries are being greatly on. riched by the operation of the nev law
The Forrest City times., 1909-10-15
Wife of Rich Washington Wheat Rancher Complains of Days
 Schedule in Divorce Suit.

Spokane. Wash.-Mrs Maries Mann. wife Of John Lester Mann. bonan- "a wheat raneher in Spokane county. shows in her petition for divorce. filed in the superior court here. that the routine Of her four wears Of married life left no time for visiting relatives or neishbors. To say nothing of bridge whist and music Stripped of their legal yerbiage the allegations set forth in the complaint present the ap- pended schedule of duties
 Rise at four o'clock a. m.
 Exercise with a cross=eut saw on a pile of logs
 Get breakfast for threshiue crew of 50 men, each possessed of a healthy appetite
 After breakfast.
 Plant potatoes and other chores.
 Clean the barn and chop wood for the cook stove
 Load several wagons with sacked grain 10 take to market
 Cook dinner for 30 threshermen. with appetites as mentioned.
 Afternoon recreation.
 Butcher hogs and make sausage.
 Chores and wood chopping. also milking a dozen cows.
 Prepare supper for the same crew of hungry haryesters and clean the house.
 Evening at home:
 Darn socks, make bread and do oth- CT work till ten o'clock D. m bed on a pallet of straw on the floor of the cookhouse.
 The complaint closes with the dee laration that Mrs. Mann was literally forced by her husband 10 perform the tasks mentioned, alleging also that when she was too sick to work he re. fused to permit her to go to her moth CTS home.
The Forrest City times., 1909-10-15

stranger in this camp Yet that's the boy who draws four cards and fills a flush. The ways of the Most High are mighty mysterious in Arizona"
 An when he comes back from shooting black-tail up the Gila. with just one cartridge left. he goes and kills she silyertip that's naturally scheduled 10 eat a magazine full of cartridges along with the man who shoots them But it's Pinks fool luck; just like il was when his pony steps sudden from hoof-deep into T no bottom quicksand hole as he cross. es the Grande, and Pink comes safe by quick jump oyer the tai, He oughter been drowned right thar rfs his fool luck. ehimed in Jim Black despondentIy.
 YOnce this Pink sleeps in dobe full of greasers with all kinds of small pox, bat Pink don't catch nothing added Spike Sanders moodily. Hen always have fool luck"
 in the afternoon, however. Hcrf.osa. changed lts mind Two boys from the KIT range rode in, big with the i'm. portanee Of the news they bore "Thar's been sure nough oloud-b1ret down wonder on the Seco, said one eNcitedly Came down early this morning It's taken off Bojaroue.s ranch-hoHse and that bunch of Naxi. can 'dohes up this side of the canon and the trail through the gulch E eight feet under water"
 Wal val, said Jim Black. sudden. ly animated the Secou be down again hy night, but she's certainly got old Pink this trip He was due in that canon just about the cloud. bursts time
 Couldn't have been more than half way through, assented the bar-keen. CT gloomily. Then Old Man Hooner nearly asleep strolled in to hear inc news. I'm offering ten to one the eloud-hurst don't git him. backing Pink's fool luck on principle" he growled. and s'erguson, of the Cray Eagle mine took the bet
 Pink had ridden away in an ex,l. tant mood in the dawn. which moan. he had ridden just as fast as mod. ding spurs and lashing quirt and inc skipping Of a big sombrero conId make his angry pony fy along the fayeI civ miles thai stretched from the camn 10 the canon of the Rio Seco. through which went the trail to his ranch.
The Forrest City times., 1909-10-15
Old Scottish Words

A correspondent of the Glasgow Herald submits the following samn,es ot oid scotch words from East Aber deenshire; "Mowse"-To say anvth,ns is nae mowse means tt is nneann. n, dangerons. 'Connached. - Spoiled clean eonnaehed would mean pt,erIy destroyed or rendered use,ese
 blaud. To olaud anything would mean to soil it. A child would bs told. eDinna blaud your clean nina Gardies or "Gaurdies. A child, forearm. The last is a very old ex presslon' but l have heard it psed
 Sic bonnie gardies he has," mean, the baby has plump arms.
The Forrest City times., 1909-10-15
MUCH EXCITEn
 ABOUT CASE
Mrs. Justice Refuses to All Operation and Is Relieved bv Cardui, the Woman's
 Tonic.

Pedro, Or suffered for as
 with weakness and female trons. and nothing has done me SO n,., s as Cardui,' writes Mrs. Martin D ''" dce, of Pedro, o. Before I tool ~ 's iui. the woman's tonic. beca,. S1'' bad that my son, who is a nbr.;.. s0 wanted to have me operated o, kA refused and gave Cardui a trial n been so weak 1 could scarcely s...s my feet, but had taken Ca~dui oss ss oa few days when I becamf eo . stronger. had prolapse and haas- sA very much excited, but Was rras.ls deVed as soon as began to take e.. dui. ] thank you again and agai,@ s4
 Cardui is a pure vegetable av,,.. of special benefit to vona, ., sse V times when they need tonic . over half century it has been i,
 by those who have known of fts h,ss ficial effects, and is today in Ysa thousands of homes, whera if rali.. and prevents pain and brings b,.s strength and ambition Safe raii,s,. scientific, successful.
 Try Cardui. the woman's tonis
 N0TE-The GarduI Home Tr..,
 for women, consists of Cardpi 1s,' Thedford'~ Biack-Draugbt tp-a Wp, Nelso t5DcD. for the iivcr, and C.f or sutiseptic t50ct. These rempdi.. aai he taken singly, by themseIyes. v nay 4 tired. or three together as n ea,, ee- treatment for womfn's ills. Wri,a .. i.adies' Advisory Dept, Chatt.a.."' " Nedicfae Co. Chattanoagn. Tenn special Instructions, and g4-psxe h.as Home Treatment for N onen," ..n, , ptain wrapper. on request
The Forrest City times., 1909-10-15
STUDY IF BIRD LIFE
Campaiqn Started 10 Found Uni versity Devoted to Con-
 SerVation.
Scientists Will Teach the People That Feathered Creatures That Eat Crop Destroyers Are Sslvs-
 ten of the Country.

New 1ork-To save the natural wealth of America by educating its ae5ale regarding the value of wild aIsd lfe d. the only sure check to zHa iasegf pests that are rapidly dey asfauu- fhe crops and woods os the country .s the object ol movement raw gathering headway in this city. Headed by the National Association Of Audubon societies. q campaign k 10 be begun in every section ol The con. tiapnt fer fhe establishment Of na. Tioual university devoted 10 the con. sefgati0n ef American resources though the preservation of the pest hans birds Suitable endowment is f7 6e soughr by officers Of the associa fiou.
 Broadening the educational work that is now being pushed by the AUdu. bon worker is designed 10 be the main aim .! the proposed national university Skilled ornithologists are to be employed in compiling and an. aItziug scientific data showing the ca. Haeify oi various species of wild birds fo5 destroying such pests as the gyp. v moth the boil weevil and the taoRH-tail moth whose rayages have besn proven 10 cost the country s1.. 4a981o.esa in is crop yield each year Igu ami women lecturers, trained al fha proposed university. will be sta toned iH every section of the eontin eHi to present 10 the people proofs oi their enormous loss in agricultural wealth, due To lack Of knowledge oi the work doHe by the feathered insect eaters.
 On the children Of the land the Au dHbon officials declare they must base fheir hopes for the spread of the gos eel #el conservation through the birt resources O the nation. Trained teach efs are to be assigned to conduct sum mer schools among the teachers 0 every region and through them tt reach the future American citizens IHr preparation and extensive circa latiau of the Illustrated edueationa pamphlets on the economic uses o wild bird lie is 10 be one of the chic activities of che new institution. as i k of the National Association of Au duhon societies at present. Text books treating of all the local viii birds will be published and issued t every school.
 Nothing but the education of tn American people on this subject ca now avail to ward off the impendin agricultural devastation. said Wi liam Butcher, president of the Na tional Association of Audubon socie ties. al its headquarters, III Broad way. If persons of wealth desire q bestow upon their country the great est possible benefaetion, now and fo all time no better way could be de vised than to endoW such a nationa university on conservation througI bird life as We have projected. w shall exert our best efforts to prc cure this extension of the edueationa work that We have been pushing 10 wears
The Forrest City times., 1909-10-15
Breech-Loading Cannon Designed for Shooting Immense
 Shell.
IL Will Have Extreme Range of 2s Miles and Gan Penetrate Two Feet of Hardest Steel
 Armor.

Washington have been re ceived in Washington to the effect that the giant l4-inch breeehloading gun being built at the works of the Mdyale Steel Company Of Philadel- phia for the navy department, and which when completed will be the largest and most powerful naval weapon in the world will be delivered toward the end of the month. II the delivery is prompt its official tests may be conducted at the naval prov ing ground at Indian Head. Md. in Oc- tober or November
 There is a great 16inch gun at Sandy Hook proving grounds, built un der the auspices Of the ordnance de partment of the army about eight years ago, and from which only few shots have been fired Thirteen II. and even l6iuch guns have been built in some foreign nayies, but that was many years ago before modern ord. nance reached anything like the ex- Cessive pressures and temperatures such as are used in the modern l2- inch weapons using cordite or smoke less powder When the l2-inch gun came into fashion as a more powerful weapon than the old 13inch gun Of our navy, and the I312-ineh gun of the old Royal Sovereign class of battle ships in the British navy. the con, stIuetion Of the larger sized bore ceased
 The shot projected from this new American l4-inch gun will weigh a30 pounds more than the most powerful Pinch gun now in the service Of the American fleet on the target grounds below the Virginia capes Stated an other way. the new shell weighs more than half ton and will be as tall as man, After t is fired the sEen will travel distance of 542 inches within the bore of the gun There the grooved rltiing Of the gun will impart a rotary motion. which will make the shell spin around rapidly on it's flight through the air, and prevent the huge projeetile from turning on end and losing its force.
 This new f4-inch gun will have an extreme range of 9 miles. although the range at which 1t would fire in actual battle would be about 5000 yards, or five miles. The range of naval battles has more than trebled since the Spanish-American war. Then It was thought that battles on the sea would be fought al 3.000-yard range
 Guns were built accordingly. All heavy American naval guns are now built powerful enough to engage the enemy al five miles distance. The l. 400 pound shell from this new gun will leave the muzzle Of the weapon at the rate of 2.600 feet per second Of time, and it's mHzzle energy will be G5 606 foot tons This is about 13.000 more foot tons Of muzzle energy than that designed for the latest l2-ineh guns, and about poo foot tons more of muzzle energy than that of the 45- ealiber 12lnch guns now in actual
The Forrest City times., 1909-10-15
A Fool for Luck
By CAROLINE LOCKHART
copyright by ;.

The smoking lamps in the Dutch mans at Hermosa were dimmed by the hot dawn of an Arizona morning when a red-haired freckled-faced cow boy swaggered out of the door of the saloon. laughing boisterously. He pulled a sombrero over his keen gray eyes and swung himself into the depths of $ Gallup eow-saddle; where. upon he broncho under the saddle pitched across the road brought up against the New York store, and bit the leg of his rider. This made many silver dollars clink in the big pocket Of the cowboys chaps" and be, hear ing them elink. called derisively to the group of men who had followed him ont the door-no silver elinked in their pockets
 When you all think you have enough dinero to afford me again. send word down to the Quarter-C Circle Bar, an I'll give you another lesson in stud poker" The broncho squealed as the spurs dug into his ribs, and Pink Murry disappeared down Alkali avenue in cloud of dust.
 "A fool for luck every time" ob. served Old Nan Hooper a little bit terly, for he had lost a bunch of COWS during the night Pink really don know any more about poker than h. does about the Holy Bible. which ain [ much. Last winter he rides over e Fairview for little time and happens in the Sunday school while a Meth odist missionary was running there 'Mr. Cowboy the minister asks Pink who killed Abel2 Pink says politely. You must excuse me. parson. I'm q
The Forrest City times., 1909-10-15
Ships keep Yard Rl1.u

Seattle. Wash-ln order to furnis, employment for the hundreds ot skilled laborers who have been idl, at the Puget sound navy yard sfncs the four armored cruiser. of the pac, he fleet left there August F. the nav, department has been persuaded te send the gunboat Concord and tbs cruiser Charleston to the yard Tor ra pairs. As result, 73G men are to hs kept at work.
The Forrest City times., 1909-10-15
Wanderer Is eft so5 noo

Boonton. \. J.-Unless Charles A. Zabriskie returns to his family here within four years he will lose a legacy Of s25,000, according to the will Of his father, which has been filed for probate Zariskie disappeared two years ago, and subsequently was men toned in divorce action.
The Forrest City times., 1909-10-15
Dislikes q Farm Drudgery

Mann declines 10 talk about the charges preferred by his wife, nor has he engaged counsel 10 defend the action
The Forrest City times., 1909-10-15
ApCrOpriste.

First Milliner-You have designed he north pole hat?
 Second Millinery it will be a matter of dispute between the par chaser and her husband.
The Forrest City times., 1909-10-15
Sea Gulls Driven Inland

Pine Bluff. Ark Hundreds of sea eulls. driven here from the gull by the hurricane, the first ever seen m this section, are attracting much attention on the Arkansas river at this point.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-26
CEMENT WALK EXPLODED.

Leon Reporter.-A curious thing oc.
Cured In this city last Thursday after.
noon. the like of which has never be.
fore been heard of in this locality. 1t
was nothing more or less than Sec
ton of cement walk exploding. 1t
happened on South Main street, in
front Of the residence of l.. P. Sigler.
where a substantial cement walk was
built last summer, and had never CIV
en- any indication of even cracking.
Last Thursday Afternoon four foot
section Of the walk exploded with a
loud report like the crack of a gun,
and the cement top of the walk was
thrown up in the air two feet or more
and broken into pieces. The concrete
foundation was not injured and the
broken top was as hard and solid as
on any ordinary walk. What caused
the explosion is a mystery, several
conjectures being advanced as to the
cause, among them that water had
seeped in between the top coat and
the concrete and as the day was very
warm 1t may have caused steam to
generate in sufficient force to break
the walk, or the break may have been
caused by the hot weather expanding
the walk. One of our citizens was on
the opposite side of the street when
the walk exploded and witnessed the
strange sight.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-26


From the Houston Post.-A girl
with one dimple and 400 freckles is
a cinch If she possesses sweet dispo-
sition and knowledge of domestic
science. AS homely as she may be to
the unthinking world, she becomes
glorified when she dons the bingham
apron and goes into shining kitchen
and pulls from the singing range the
well-made bread, the majestic pies and
the sublime potlicker. In the eyes OF
her entranced husband she outglitters
the Queen of Sheba and her children
rise up and called her blessed three
times day and several times between
meals.
When the bread is perfectly baked,
the coffee strong and hot, the steak
juicy and fragrant, the hash well built
and appetizing and the battercakes
light and smoking as the melting but
ter is absorbed the spirit of Lord de-
sends upon that household like a
dove and the caverns of the lucky
mans soul echo with GLORY Halle
lujah!" 1t beats bridge, it lays
euchre in the shade, it makes the job
in the shop look like 80 cents. The
girl who can cook is divinity. She
is the delight of a mans soul and a
glory in the sight of God And we have
such girls in Texas but the need for
a million or two more is pressing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-08-26
DEGENERATE DAYS.

Golfers Weekly-Consider the diff
ference between the state of the world
now and half a century ago. Then, ii
you cared for fiction no one insisted
on your reading Meredith or Turgenef
or Tolstoi Sargent and Rodin made
no trouble then AS for music, the
composer of La Boheme" was scarce
ly born, Tschaikowsky mere young
ster, and Wagner an upstart. One
didn't have to listen to Media or
Carsuo or Paderewski. Coquelin,
Sonnenthal Irving, Bernhard, Duse,
Modjeska-well, the universe did not
ring with their names. One rode be.
hind horses on the highways, and there
was no talk of flying over the tops OF
houses, or Of getting in week from
| Vienna to New York Neither the
telephone nor the phonograph had
been discussed, much less the wireless
telegraph. Edison was child, Koch
and Pasteur were youths. Radium
the X-ray, typewriting machines, and
fountain pens mankind had contrived
to do without, and the present methods
of street lighting and harvesting
would have caused profound astonish
ment Factories and tenements and
hospitals and public asylums-h al
| is changed, and still is changing
Every one worries now about typhoid
and consumption, and therefore about
! water and milk. Look at the NOR
tally rate, especially among babies
There were other questions to be de
bated in the fifties and sixties; fol
example, whether it was right or moi
| to make men work without paying