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DIR. FISK ELGIN.
RAILROADS.
SeabOard Air Line.

TICKET OFFICE. 1921 PENNA. AVE.
NOTICE.-Following schedule not guaranteed
9:o5 AM DAILY = "Florida Fast Mail u
Through coaches and Pullman sleepers to Savan.
nah and Jacksonville. Through seepers wash.
ington to Hamlet. and Hamlet to Atlanta Din.
ing cars.
go PM. DAILY. EXCEPT SUNDAY-"Sea
hoard Florida Limited Solid electric-lighted
Pullman. with sleepers, to Jacksonville St
Augustine, Palm Beach Miami. Knights Key.
Dining cars.
81 PM DAILY = Year Round Limited -
Coaches and Pullman to Savannah Jacksonville
Tampa. Atlanta Birmingham, Memphis. Dining
cars.
r. II. SrANSELL. District PASSENGER Aren't
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ADAM A. wEscHI.ER, AUCr1oNEER.

ADAM A. WESCHLER, AUCT1ONEER.
Trustees Sale i'm Bank
ruptcy of Valuable Drug
Business at southeast
corner 10Th and IF Streets
NV, known as the Eb=
bitt House Drug Store.
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EFTHE ABOVE SALE is FURTHER POST
poned until MONDAY MARCH TWENTY SEC
oND. 1909, same hour and place. by order of the
trustees mills 20 223t
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EDUCATIONAL.
IN WAaHINCT0N

FRENCH GENTLEMAN WISHES TO GIVE n
structions in French language: practical meth
Cd: Conversation: private lessons: moderate
-30fs -
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EyTHE AROVE SALE Is POSTPONED IN
TIL. THURSDAY. MARCH EIGHTEENTH. 1909,
same hour and place ny order of the trustees
mh15-d&ds
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IN LIEU OF ICE CREAM.
,SH&91~@&@@4&0%~a9&

However men may talk Of rising su-
peror to the pleasures of the palate,
the desire of the individual on short
commons for something good to eat
with intrude itself in even the gravest
situations. That in time of battle
ones thought may be occupied, not SO
much with dread of the bullet as the
wistful recollections of generous
and tempting bill of fare is shown
by Frederick Palmer's experience. told
In With Kuroki in Manchuria.' Mr..
Palmer and fellow war correspond
ent had spent the night sleeping on
the stalks of a corn-field.
When we awoke, the flashes of the
Russian guns were playing. Drowsily
we rolled out of our blankets with the
comprehension that the artillery fire
was going on, as it had yesterday, and
that we were hungry and there was
no breakfast in sight. Probably the
artillery fire would go on forever;
probably there were no soft beds and
no square meals anywhere in the
world
AS we dressed, Collins broke in
with:
What l should like would be, first,
some grapes. all dewy, of the ice,
then - but would not allow him to
go any further
We had little rice and some cot
fee. He boiled the rice and l made
the coffee, and l assure you we did
not overtax our stomachs
And after l had topped off with
Ice cream" said Collins, reminiscent
ly, Il think I'd 60 to sleep with or
ders not to wake me-ever."
We had something that tasted as
good as Ice cream to the diner-out in
town. A spring dubbed out OF the
plowed earth, dubbed carelessly. cool.
ly. from filter of sandy loan, laugh.
ing typhoid to scorn. When l looked
at it remember wondering how such
cool water could come out of a corn.
field on such a hot day
II linen cloth, and spotless nan
kins, and Collins idea of a breakfast
had been realized, l could not have
felt much happier than | was to have
my turn at this fountain of Joy. You
felt each swallow trickle down until
you were full to the throat.
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four years the mail car operating be-
tween Butte and Salt Lake City was
sent 10 Denver, Colo, for repairs, and
there GOO letters were found under the
floor of the ear. where they had lain for
as long as four years in some cases. 1t
WAS accidentally discovered that there
was Il crack in the back of the pigeon
holes where the letters are thrown and
that mail had been slipping down
through this crack. When the discovery
was made carpenter pulled up several
boards and found the hidden letters. all
in good condition. They will now be
forwarded to their destination, the same
as If they were mailed today.
1T shows one significant thing said
Cochran, 'aud that il TN" manner i'm
which people neglect to report loss of
mail There must have been many peo-
pie among those GoD who sent or expect
cd to get some of that mail, bUt as far as
| know now there was not one complaint.
cur clerks are checking up the lists go
see Il there are amy such persons
While Ugging IN the mill race in I.au-
rel. bel. 81 ruloreI boy caught the lHrg-
est pike ever landed ia this vicinity, EN-
Senator W. II. Records bought the fish
for ~ cents. II weighed Is pounds and =
ounces, and was - inches long. When
opened. two herring We're found in its
stomach. The largest pike ever previous
ly caught there weighed but / - pounds
and measured % inches in length.
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PAPERS * 2np PEOPLE,

the United States Cur rate is twice tnat OF Switzer-
land thrice that and five times that of Ger
many.
The census figures dissipae many false Impressions
1t is assumed that couples separate precpi
lately before they have given marriage fair trial. but
interval before separation exceeds six and
onehaf years. and is not diminishing. Since more than
half the couples lived together above four years. while
in the majority of the duration OF marriage eX
ceeded years 1t would be rash to surmse that peo
pie forming risky and unstable unions in full view
of their easy dissolution.
Nor is divorce usually sought in order to remarry.
In Connecticut, during period OF years, the number
of divorced persons married about 40 per cent Of
the number divorced in the same time In Rhode
Island from 1889 to 1896, the proportion only %
per cent. Remarrage is Of those In which,
Dr. Johnson put it, hope trumphs experience
and it is all certain that the for divorced
persons much exceeds that for widows and wdowers
the age. Certainly the restrictions that many
States imposing remarriage do not seem to af-
feet appreciably the divorce rate,-The Century.
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Used Telephone In Hunt,

OF all the thousands of ways In
which the telephone contributes to the
needs and luxuries Of mankind, the
most remarkable one so far recorded
is its use as an auxiliary in hunting
coyotes.
Leroy Moreland, says the Gridley
(Colo) Herald, of Gridley Colony No
3 saw a coyote sneaking up toward
his chicken Enclosure. He procured
his rife and shot at the animal, break.
ing his leg The coyote is fairly MIN,
BILE In getaway with only three legs
and this one was making good prog.
ress out of the cou1try, when Mr.
Moreland went to his house and tele.
phoned Harry Turner to pick up the
warmth as 1t was going his way.
Mr.. Turner had but one shell for his
shotgun and he used it without eff.
feet. He then telephoned to w. l..
Harkey that the animal was bound his
way and for him to get him. Mr.. Har.
key shot the coyote and killed It.
The animal had evidently been driv.
en- out Of the river bottom covers by
the high water and was forced to for.
aging In the open. This Is the first
coyote seen by the settlers on the Col.
onies In several years.
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TO STUDY yAGRANCY PROBLEM.
Senator Burke Wants Committee to Re
port Next Year

MADISON, Wis, May Especial
Senator Timothy Burke believes that
all of the Migrants in the state should
be gathered together and compelled 10
work for their living. At his behest the
Legislature has passed a resolution in
Structing the state board of control to
make an investigation of the plan aud
report tic findings to the governor in the
annual report for 1910. Senator Burke
claims that the present system Of deal
ing with vagrancy tends TO scatter the
evil throughout the country rather than
To curb or eliminate the evil In the
winter time the tramps become q burden
upon the city population and in the sum
mer they stroll out in the country. The
state of New York will conduct an in
vestigation Of the feasibility of the va
grancy labor colonies this year and Sen
ator Burke declares the state has great
opportunity to deal with the problem.
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JAMES A. PATTEN.
anticipated, and the solitary transaction
in the option during the first hour, mark
ing up n quotation Of Sl.3i. was n great
disappointment. The first sale of wheat
for delivery this month was made June
% last at S9I cents the bushel Last
Tuesday it sold at 1851, rise of 4ola
cents.
Reserves Are Exhausted.
Mr.. Patterns assertion that reserves
have been almost exhausted is apparent
ly confirmed by Il comparison of receipts
in Chicago during the last month. Dur
ing May a year ago 1901 cars were re-
ceived here: this month there were but
1873 cars. Today but one ear arrived
Friday GIL, 900 bushels of actual wheat
We're delivered on the board of trade, and
today 81 900 bushels additional were
transferred. Most of this went TO Pat
ten. Accurate information is not OBJ
tainable as to how much wheat now
rests in the Patten warehouses, but the
stocks in public and private elevators ag-
gregate only 4 100000 bushels. 1t Is gem
orally believed that most of this belongs
to the bull leader, and that he has paid
in the neighbOrhood of S5,OoO,OoO for it.
Before Mr.. Patten can calculate his prof
its on the deal he must merchandise this
wheat-turn it back into money by sell
ing it to millers here and abroad,
Profits Not Estimated.
Any endeayOr to estimate his profits is
futile. The Bartlett-Patten house has
by no means purchased all the May
wheat that has been traded in for its
own individual account. Much of it
was for customers. Other houses have
participated in the advance. These and
other factors render any attempt to es-
a., .i,,l &C \
the veriest guesswork. Close follow ers
of the market are content with n state
mcnt that he has made a huge sum
which may grow or decrease as be mer-
chandises his actual wheat. Half a doz-
en- other houses have been bullish ON the
market for months, but generally retired
with their profits some weeks ago.
The visitors gallery of the board was
thronged, many of the woud-be sight
seers being women. But there was mo
sight" except the normal one, gesticulat-
ing and shouting pit clerks.
Mr.. Patten sat throughout the session
in his office, chewing gum necessarily,
occa sionally reading or answering n mes
sage. The air was surcharged with ey-
element, but the fact was not betrayed
on the faces Of the habitually self-con-
trolled traders.
"The market is closed" smiled clerk,
sticking his head out of pigeon hole
marked "ordcrs."
HUH" inquired Mr.. Patten.
She's all over" said the clerk.
Nothing came from Patten. In all the
crowd watching the quotation there was
nothing indicating an interest in the
passing of an historic campaign OF which
the quiet, gray man, sunk back in "A
chair, was the unfaltering leader.
Closes Last Deal.
1t was a disappointed crowd which left
the board of trade gallery They had
seen but little. At the opening, repre-
sentative Of Bartlett, Patten * Co. Of
fered to buy or sell May wheat at SI3l
Mt which price Mr.. Pattcn disposed Of
100000 bushels TO the flag end of the
short interest those who to the end had
hoped against hope for turn.
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"THINKING" A FLOWER.
How Katherine ConsOled Her Sick
Friends without Expenditure.

Friends without Expenditure.
Dear Miss Katharine said the
childish, uneven writing, the mishun
school has sent me Easter lily and
it is in the window where | can see 1t
and | love 1t. ! could not send you
any, but please | want to tell you that
| thought you flower-the butitlest
white one you ever had. | thought it
to you before any one was awake this
morning Your Little Friend
"JANEY."
Katharine Sedgwick felt a mist be-
fore her eyes. All through the day be-
fore she had been girding at economy;
not economy in necessaries,- that was
easy,-but the sordid economy that de-
MED one the luxury of sending Easter
flowers to friends who were especially
needing comfort. Oh, for box of sill
ing, There would be poetry in that.
And now, from a little iron bed in
charity hospital, a child who had
been perhaps three times in her mis-
sion school class had sent her this bios
som-"the butiflest white one you ever
had"
That was a year ago, Since then
Katharine Sedgwick has given more
flowers to her friends than in all the
other years of her life together. Some
times she sends them in little white
envelopes; sometimes by telephone.
Only yesterday she called up a neigh
Dor whose three children are strug-
Cling UP from scarlet fever.
Il want you to know that I'm think
ing you two dozen pink roses. she said,
after hearing the daily bulletin from
the patients. They're on the mantel
in your room, reflected In the mirror.
And there's a bunch Of violets for that
darling little Priscilla right on the
white stand BY the head of her bed,
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HIT BY A MOTORCYCLE.
Umpire Gardner of Central League Sc
verely Injured While Alighting
from Car.

DAYTON, O., May 31.-Umpire
Gardner of the Central league was Sc
vercly injured last night alghting from
n car in front of the Wehucr hotel lie
had barely reached the ground when he
was struck by a motorcycle that was
speeding by. Gardner WAS hurled to the
sidewalk and received scalp wound
three inches long, aud leg coutusiOns.
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and dozen red carnations for each OF
the twins. The carnations are on the
chiffonier. Dear! How | wish
could make them all come true!"
Come true!" was the echo, for the
neighbor to whom she spoke is a WON
an who understands. BLESS your
heart! | can see them everywhere
and this house Is full of their fra
GRANGE. Child. there isn't a conserva
tory that can grow thing to com
pare with the blossoms Of remem
brance you're always sending
Youths Companion.
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Nav Build Sanitanum at Madison

MADISON, Wis. May 3f.-l Special !
A meeting of citizens has been called
by Dr. W, D. Frost Of the university
aud +, A. lIutchns, formerly secretary
of the free library commission, to nyet
tomorrow night to discuss the advisable
ity Of establishing local sanitarium to
treat tuberculosis patients.
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BULL CAMPAIGN
IN WHEAT ENDS,
PATTEN WINNER
SMALL TRANSACTION SENDS Sue
CESSFUL DEAL INTO BOARD OF
TRADE HISTORY.
PROFITS ARE NOT ESTIMATED.
Chicagoan Now Has 4,70o,oo0 Bushels in
Elevators with Reserves Nearly
Exhausted
LEADER BETRAYS NO ELATION.

CHICAGO, H.. May 29,-The great
and successful bull campaign in May
wheat passed quietly into board of trade
history today. Not a ripple disturbed
the speculative sea.
James A. Patten, the bull leader, with
his gray fedora hat pushed back on his
head, betrayed no elation. The DEAL to
all intents. ended weeks ago when the
shorts, gradually driven in, pocketed the
losses. Still, lot of sentimental inter.
est attached to the last day.
Among laymen fire works had been
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PHILADELPHIA, PA. May 81
Among the successful candidates for de-.
grees AT the University of Pennsylvania
are Harry Forrest Wendell of Milwau.
kcc, who receives the bachelor of arts
degree in the academic department, and
Marcus Montgomery Fulton. hudson
Wis. who receives degree in the de-
partment Of veterinary medicine. They
will receive their degrees with houors
INN IL
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els, dealing With the affairs OF people quite common
place in every respect that of human interest
moral passion, gradually felt in the sphere of the
drama The pedestrian realism and midde-class pre-
occupations of Richardson, Of Fielding, of Rousseau
set up a in fiction which first acceptance
the at the hands Of Diderot, and found fur
Their and higher development through the instrumental
ty Of Dumas fs Augier Ibsen, Bjornsen ard the mod
ern school of playwrights.
The anecdotes and adventures which constitute the
material Of the earlier drama have lost their hold upon
the modern world because they longer furnish us
that thrill Of immediate actuality that interest
of contemporaneous circumstance which live only In
the atmosphere of today.-North American Review
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ten broken and in some States the proportion may be
as high as in four Forty ago the broad
trast was between North and South; but the divorce
rates of North and South have been convergng where
as those of East and have dverged. The Central
States have and onehaf times the rate Of the At
lantlc States while for the Western States the proper
ton is three and one-haf
Although the tide of divorce is rising the world over,
nowhere is so high nowhere is it rising fast in
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Weston Is Nearing Wyoming

GREELEY. Colo. May 29.-Pedestri.
an Weston left here early today and
hoped to reach Cheyenne, Wyo., fifty
six miles distant before stopping tonight
The roads north are in better condition
than those east Of Denver.
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GROWTH OF THE DIVORCE EVIL.
Bv Edward AIsworfh Ross.

Twenty years ago an investigation by the
Department of Labor showed that 328,716 di
vorces had been granted in the United States
between 1867 and 1886, and that divorces
were increasing two and one-half times as
fast as population. The recent census for
1SS7-1906 brings to light 945,625 divorces, and
demonstrates that the movement constantly
gains in velocity At present one marriage In
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MODERN DRAMA REFLECTS LIFE
By Prot. Archibald Henderson.

The drama typical Of our day is bourgeois
in character, dealing with the thoughts and
passions the loves and hates the comedies
and tragedies OF the sort of people we meet
every day on the street. They are people
with like passions as ourselves, and the in
cidents of their lives are constantly being re-
produced around us In real life.
The influence Of the first truly realistic nov.
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IRRIGATION IN OLDEN MEXICO.
By President Diaz.

J !
9 With view Of beneHtng properties that
~ are susceptible Of irrigation, the National
III Geographical Exploration Company made a
vi | survey of the Santiagullo lake, in the valley
~ | of the Guatmape river, Of which the waters
be diverted to the rich Nazas region and
4 made reconnoisances of the Tunal, Conchos
I'm and other rivers looking to the use Of their
60 waters for the encouragement Of agriculture
by irrigation Increased interest Is constantly being
manifested In the utilization Of water courses subject to
federal jurisdiction, stimulated during the last six
months by the ample resources which the important
financial institution the Bank for Loans to
Irrigation Works and for the ENCOURAGEMENT OF Agr1
culture has been able to furnish to agricuturists
and by the assigned out Of the treasury
for the promotion Of irrigation works wherever they are
possible.
AS a consequence of these facilities concessions
have been granted such that TO the San Diego River
Company, the Sautena Company and the Chapala Com.
pany others with subsidies which 1t Is hoped will
accelerate the progress of agriculture and make 1t
the basis Of our national wealth. In the first half Of
the fiscal year 142 applications were received
utilization in different Of federal water
courses.
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NINE. ALA NAZIMONA, the dis
tinguiShcd Russian actress who is now
appearing in America, was born in YAH
ta Crimra, ON the Black sea, May -.
1879. When child she WAS taken 10
Geneva. and there received her early
education and learned to play the violin.
At - sine began the study of the drama
in Odessa. The season after her gradu-
alton she became the managing actress
in a company playing at Kostromu, in
the north of Russia, cuaCting many parts
in "A single season. The season of 1902
was spent in Poland. where she played
L'Aiglou, and in 1908 she was first seen
in ST. Petersburg, playing many impor-
tant roles, including Xaza, Camille, Mag
da. Hcdda Gabier AID Trilby. Nine
Nuzimoya left Russia in 1904 and after
appearing in Berlin and london she
made her American debut in the fall of
1903 at the Criterion theater in New
York.
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"A French company. Clement Bayarl.
was the first TO 90 into the sole business
Of building airships, and the second con-
Germ of this character is TO be in the
United States.
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NOTES OF NOTABLES.

MOSES T.. CLAPP, United States
senator from Minnesota, was born May
parents removed to Hudson, Wis. and
after common school education young
Clapp graduated from the law school
of the University of Wisconsin in 1878.
In 1878 Senator Clapp was elected couu-
ty attorney Of st. Croix county. Wis.
Three years later he removed to Fergus
Falls. Mimi, and in 1891 he took up
his residence in st. Paul. where he soon
established reputation IA one of the
leading lawyers of Minnesota. He was
made attorney general of Minnesota in
1887 and served three terms. lie was
first elected TO the United States Senate
in 1901. to fill the vacancy caused by
the death Of Senator Cushmau *. Davis.
In 1903 he was reelected for the full
term of six years.
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DIR MERRITT C. FERNALD. VIII,

DIR MERRITT c. FERNALD. who
was the first president Of the University
of Maine. was born in PeuobScot county,
Me-, May 20, ISIS. lie was graduated
from Bowdon college IN 1861, and for
two years pursued post graduate stud
les at Harvard. He was principal of
academies in Maine until 1865, when he
became professor of mathematics and
physics at the Maine State college. which
later became the University of Maine.
Or. Fernald was acting president of the
institution from lS6S to 1871, professor
of mathematics and physics from 1871
10 1879. president from 1879 to 1893.
and professor emeritus in the depart
ment of philosophy from 1898 until be
retired year ago. His connection with
the college and university covered
period of forty years, during which time
he gained national reputation for his
activity in educational work and was
honored with membership in the leading
learned and scientific societies of
America.
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The little King of Uganda Is an in
telligent hoy. IL years old. now being
educated by an English tutor.
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When the boss Is away his assistant
poses as wise guy.
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Corrected by His Wife.

Hubby (modestly) u was taken by
surprise when you accepted me.
Wifey (sarcastically) Is that so?
You were taken by mistake, If any.
thing .-Kansas City Journal.
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EDWIN YATES WEBB. representa-
tive in Congress from the Ninth district
of North Carolina. was born in Shelby.
n. G., May %, 1872. After graduating
from Wake Forest college in 1898 he
studied law Mt the University of North
Carolina. and was admitted to the bar
in 1904 He began the practice of law
in his home town and soon became ac-
tive in politics. For four years he
served rs chairman of the Democratic
executive committee Of his county. His
first public Office came to him in 1900
when he was elected a member of the
state Senate During the same year
he acted as temporary chairman of the
state Democratic convention. Follow
ing Il spirited campaign Mr.. Webb was
nominated and elected to the Fifty.
eighth Congress and since then he has
been honored twice with reelection.