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The Proof of the Pudding.
If you don't believe it try one of the
fruit cakes baked at Jones bakery.
, 1909-08-05
CHAPTER xxx.
In Which We Fight Death.

| ren~mber distinctly enough til
first six days of that boat voyage: :.
seems as If every detail was bu"Gcd
upon my brain with fire. I sec fhs
faces Of the men constantly b~ecor1'"g
more haggard and hopeless as ,hCy
stared, dull-eyed and aimlessly odt
over the endless waste of water to the
dun sky. We were so tired of II: II
had grown so hateful in its pitIl,ss
vacancy. its dull. dreary void. It
seemed to me that with every re-
curing dawn those within the BOA,
al peared older. grayer, more deeply
lined; their exposed flesh caked more
heavily with the salt spray: their
limbs cramped from confinement and
cold; their eyes lusterless and heavy
With despair. They %conversed with
some effort at cht yrfu.n $ al FIST.
figuring on the spe,u WITH which ne
sailed. dividing up the treasure, count
ins the gold pieces, and Specializing
upon their probable value. But de
preston followed swiftly as d.,y
merged into day. with only that same
desert of tumbling waters stretching
al ut us. that same wild sky over
he'd. Finally the growing voices
c,;.sed entirely. the fellows becoming
moody and sullen, scarcely answering
even when addressed.
II anything the INT managed to
bear up better than the men. but
whether this was because of their dis
positions, or failure to comprehend full
ly The desperation OF our situation. |
---Ll- W., -. NhAr
seemed to retain courage longer.
! owever, their eyes told me plain
ly enough how heavily the hour
rested upon them. | saw comparative
ly little of Celeste. as she chose a po-
81 ION near the foot of the mast, and
remained there much of the time,
wrapped warmly in blankets, minis
terel to by De Nova, who sat beside
, 1909-08-05

the door and began hastily gathering
up their belongings. Within a brief
minute we were outside on the deck.
A single glance told us there was no
time to waste. The sea ran somewhat
heavier, yet with a regular swell. the
Donna Isabel Keeling and staggering
like a drunken man. The vessel had
sunk so deeply that her main-chains
dipped. while her list permitted the wa
ter free entrance through the gap in
the port bulwarks, and flooded the
deck. There was a desperation TO her
mad wallowing which made me think
each plunge would prove her last. |
swung Doris into the stern of the long
boat. bidding her hold tight.
Now jump, men lively, or she'll
go down under us. De Nova. John
, 1909-08-05

was fairiy w"rm h%eneatt pie =,
| saw Doris sitting wha-e
h could look down irto nv face,
and the men busy stepping me mast
and getting up sail. I pushed my
hand u from unier the covers and
found hers.
Don't cry. little eirl." I whispered
tenderly; "it is all risht now"
She bent down, her cheek pressed
against mine, unable to speak.
"Did-did the Donna Isabel go
down." I asked, after a moments ST.
lence.
Yes. and-and 1t nearly caught us
her voice sobbing. as the memoir of
1t all came back. II saw you jump.
and then there was notNi1g-rctt'n-
but the sea. Oh! how did God Ger
save you-ever bring you back 10
me?"
could only press her hand rnl' ~
the warmth of the blankets. still feel
ing 1t difficult to breathe.
"Did-did you see CoIeo" she ques
TONED az last, more calmly.
No. but ! heard him: he was down
In the l%azarette, chopping at the ice,
poor devil
felt her shiver; then she lifted her
head. locking forth over the sea.
ITO the very end the dead a,e
doomed TO guard that gold" she said
scberly. 81 wish we had none o. II
aboard" I lay watching the delicate
nrofile of her face. happy, yet with a
little of f%oreboding.
Lift me up a little. dear, until 7
can look about"
She did so with much gentleness.
and | leaned against the sunwale. It
was a raw. cloudy morning, sea and
sFr TIE same dull. dreary expanse CT
gray, with nothing anywhere to re.
lieve The awful loneliness of water on
which we tossed. Our eyes me- and
our handclasp frightened.
, 1909-08-05

her. But Doris remained aft with me,
resting when ] was of duty, but sit
ting wide awake, her head touching
my knee whenever 1t was my trick at
the tiller. 1t seems a strange thing to
say. yet | believe 1t was the very Ger.
tainty OF death which kept her strong.
sci reliant, almost happy. Not for n
instant did she consider our final re-
cue as possible. She lived in her love
for me, utterly ~insensible to the drear
surroundings. and merely anxious to
prolpng u life together. 1t was a
revelation to me of a woman's heart,
a woman's consistency. May | never
fn"get the clasp OF her hand, the ten.
der lovelight in her gray eyes the
words of faith and hope on her lips.
as We sat thus through those long
hours battling against the sea. the
motionless forms of the ~blanketel
E l4"pers alone ~evidencing other hui
man life within the boat. 1t was her.
presence, her love, her inspiration.
which stiffened me to the continued
performance Of a labor growing harder
v-i'h aaoh dow
, 1909-08-05

De Nova woke me with a fierce grip
on the shoulder, and | started up, no
ting the gray dawn on the front win
dows. and reading the truth in his
face before he uttered a word.
rs she going?"
"Oui. Oui; by gar. she sink quick"
Call all hands; get the boat clear
and ready to swing. I'll bring the
women"
h men were tumbling III as |
pounded on the after state-room door.
A glance through the s%tern-ports
brought my heart into my throat, the
crests Of the pursuing waves were so
close. Knowing that both women
wealA hs fully dressed I auAs aAaa
, 1909-08-05
no second thought, but went trotting
aft. chattering together like q parcel
Of boys.
CHAPTER xviii.
#, Which the Donna Isabel Goes Dow

clea ar. but with a mist slowly gather
ing In the south that seemed to threat
en- cnaree. T observed Just before sun.
set that his fog had so thickened and
spread as to obscure nearly a third of
The sky. and yet there was no veering
If tire wind or noticeable increase in
tho roll of the sea. The hulk was
sinking. yet so slowly that we were
only certain of the fact through con-
slant measurements and the sight of
water seeping in through the numer-
Gus cracks revealed by the disap.
~pearing ice. II was a situation to get
upon the nerves. yet | do not remem.
Der that II occasioned any great
change in the routine of our life on
board.
The negro Cole acted as though he
had lost his mind. entirely. and after
studying him awhile I concluded to
let him do as he pleased He ate
breakfast with the rest of us, but with.
out speaking. n afterward. when we
left the table. picked up the cleaver
and made directly for the lazarette. ]
called to him. but he merely roHed his
eyes up at me from the blackness be.
low and disappeared. the icy water
slushing underfoot. We soon heard
him vigorously slashing away at the
ice. muttering constantly to himself.
| went part way down the ladder. with
a andle in my hand, whence I could
see him toiling away at the end of the
hole the men had excavated in the
ice. though he paid no attention to my
call. The water was fully six inches
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SAID soDeriy.
"blow-hell! why, That crack never
hurt his skull, Mr.. Stephens. The
FELLOW was plumb crazy as soon as the
box was open. He never thought there
was so much money IN the world
why. you ought to a heard him tell
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. Cattle branded IN left aide; horses
left shoulder. Range Cedar srssk
Address, SARATOGA. Wyo.
, 1909-08-05
JAMES W. SEWERS.

4 Horses Branded on left shoulder.
cattle on left side. Range, Method
J list Creek. Postoffice Address. Sar-
atoga, Wyoming.
Evening star., 1909-05-11
HEARINGS ON APPEALS.
Maryland Coal and Coke Company
Case Up at Richmond.

RICHMOND. Va, May 1.-THE United
States circuit court of appeals reconvened
yesterday morning, with Circuit Judge
Pritchard presiding and District Judges
Keller and Mcdowell sitting with him.
Judge Waddiil was engaged in the circuit
court yesterday.
The following case was argued:
Maryland Coal and Coke Company,
plaintiff in error, VS.. Quemahoning Coal
Company, defendant in error on cross
writ of error from the circuit court of
Baltimore, Md: argued by Carroll T. Bond
and Frank Gosnell of Baltimore. Md, for
the Maryland Coal and Coke Company,
and by Frederick Dallam of Baltimore,
Md, and Ernest o. Kooser of Somerset,
Pa, for the Quemahoning Coal Company
and submitted.
The following case is in the call for
argument today:
Mary G. Leary. administrators of John
d. Leary. deceased. appellant, vs. the
United States of America, appellee: ap-
peal from the circuit court at Lynchburg,
Va: to be argued by J. D. Horsley, /.
T. Coleman and A. f. Strobe of Lynch
burg. Va. for the appellant, and by Ma
rion Erwin. special assistant to the Attor-
ney General of the United States, of Ma
con. Ga, for the appellee.
Evening star., 1909-05-11
ROCKVILLE, MD.
Correspondence Of The Star.

Speclai correspondence oI Inc
ROCKVILLE, Md. May II. 1909.
Mrs w II. Baker of Washington spoke
before the missionary societies of the
Rockville Baptist Church here yesterday.
Her subject was missions" She gave
an account of the thirtyeighth annual
meeting of the Womans Baptist Foreign
Missionary Society, which she recently
attended at Buffalo. Preceding Mrs.
Bakers talk a meeting of the societies
was held, with Mrs. George Z. Lewis,
the president in the chair. Besides
members of the societies there were a
number of visitors present. All were en-
tertained at luncheon in the dining hall
of the church.
The funeral of DIR. Roger Brooke, who
died Sunday morning at his home at
Sandy Spring, took place at IL o'clock
this morning from the family residence.
The services were those OF the orthodox
branch of the Society of Friends, OF
which DIR. Brooke was a member. The
pallbearers were Walter Brooke, Caleb
Stabler, Tarlton Brooke and Frederick
L. Thomas nepheMs of the deceased. and
Joseph Janney and DR. George +. Cooke.
Interment was in Woodside cemetery,
near Ashton.
The Glen Echo base ball team and the
Orioles, from the vicinity of Chain
bridge, played at Glen Echo yesterday
afternoon. Glen Echo won, 3 to =. The
batteries were Husband and Ehrman-
traut, for Glen Echo, and Athey and
Small for the Orioles.
Evening star., 1909-05-11
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The investment feature of the market
just now finds expression in the trans
actions in the bond list. The volume of
such dealing has reached large proper
tions during recent weeks and as one re-
suit the figures for securities of this class
show an improvement over the usual quo
tations.
In another respect the market for bonds
son that such issues are much larger than
formerly was the case. and the fact that
for the most part the entire output is
placed among local holders shows that the
money for local enterprises is furnished
at home and in increasing quantities.
Lanston continues to pursue an upward
course, and today as much as 14as was
paid for 100 shares and 141s and 14A for
shares in odd lots. These are the highest
levels reached by this security since the
fall of 1906 At the close las was bid and
14l2 was asked.
The figures for the common stock of
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company showed an upward tendency,
but without bringing out any of the
stock The bid advanced to 4112, half
point better than that Of yesterday,
while the asking price was IL, which Is
a similar advance over the correspond
ing figure of yesterday.
There have been no new developments
as to the probable course of the COM
pany relative to a dividend in the near
future, although there are some who
maintain that something of the kind Is
going to be done before long.
One of the brokers who was express
ing himself on tho subject today did
not hesitate to declare loudly that the
company might much better use the
money in improving the property.
Evening star., 1909-05-11
WlCKERSHAM MINSURANCE VIEWS
BANK soLvENCY CONTRACT UP
TO OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
Within the Powers of Latter to Make
Pact for Protection of Assets
Against Loss.

1T is matter for the discretion of
the directors and officers of a national
bank to determine whether they will enter
into contract with an insurance COM
pany guaranteeing the solvency of the
bank says Attorney General Wicker
sham in an opinion forwarded today TO
Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh.
This discretion, says the Attorney Gen
eraI, is Ito be exercised in view of the
solvency and general financial conditions
of the company making the insurance
and the reasonabieness of the rate of
premium
Mr.. Wickersham says that the form of
the policy being modified to conform to
the suggestion he makes in this opinion,
he sees no legal reason why bank may
not enter into it. The Attorney General $
opinion is i'll reply to a recent letter or
the controller of the currency asking as
to the power of a national bank to en-
ter into such a contract and transmitting
to the Attorney General "a form OF pol
icy which is proposed to be issued by an
insurance company proposed to be or
ganized.
LAS general principle" the Attorney
General says. Il have no doubt that it
is entirely within the powers of ma
tional bank to contract for the insur-
ance Of its assets against loss" But Mr..
Wickersham says that the form OF the
proposed policy submitted by the con-
troller is somewhat peculiar, and the
contract thereunderr is in effect an
agreement to pay to the bank any de-
ficiency in it's assets upon ultimate real
ization necessary to enable 1t to pay all
of It's liabilities of every kind. one
paragraph seems to the Attorney Cen
eral to be Objectionable committing
the bank to profit-sharlng feature
which might be contended to entail a
corresponding liability for losses.
Questions Legality.
Mr.. Wickersham advises that this para
graph be eliminated from the policy.
The Attorney General also says that he
very much questions the legality of an
other provision in the policy which sub
jects the bank to a periodical examl-
patton by the examiners of the insur-
ance company without notice and at
such times as the company may elect
one of such examinations to be within
each period of six months covered by
the policy and all renewals thereof.
Mr.. Wickersham at least questions its
enforceability. He quotes section 324l
of the Devised Statutes, which, he says
while not prohibiting the bank from
permitting an examination of it's books
does operate to prohibit the bank from
obligating itself to permit such examina-
tion.
If the covenant to insure can be con-
sidered as in any respect dependent upon
this agreement to permit examinations
it might be vitiated by the unlawful
provision. He advises that the clause
be reframed SO as to make 1t clear that
the agreement to insure is not dependent
on the failure to permit the examination,
although it might be stipulated that in
case at any time the examiner of the
company should not be allowed access
to the books of the bank for making an
examination the company should have
the option, upon reasonable notice, to
terminate. the contract.
Evening star., 1909-05-11
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT
Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher

Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.
EGGS.-Nearby fresh Virginia, 20;
west Virginia and southwest Virginia,
10; Tennessee, 10.
BUTTER.-Creamery fancy. 27Ha
IS; western firsts. 27a27h; seconds,
27a2S; process. fancy. 23a24: fair to
good, 13a20. Store-packed fresh. 16.
CHEESE.-New York state factory,
new large, 16a16h.
POULTRY.-Chickens winter, per ID
25a26; spring, 2sa30; hens. per 1b,, -;
roosters, per h.. 8: keats. per h.. IL;
turkeys, hens. per h., 1S; turkeys. toms
per lb,. 15a16; ducks. per H., 1oa12.
DRESSED POULTRY.-Turkeys 1sa
90: hens, choice. per h.. 16a17: roosters,
per h., 8: chickens. per H., 2Oa22
spring, per h., 2Sa35; ducks, per h.,
14a16.
TABLES.-Potatoes. per bhl,
No. 1, 2.50a300; northern. per bu., 1.OOa
1.20: new, bbu.. 4.OOa4.5O; sweet pota-
toes. per bbl, 30oa3.75; yams. per bbl.,
2.O0ao.50; cucumbers. basket, 2.O0aa.3o;
cabbages. southern. per bbl., 1.ooa
1.o5; eggplant. crate, 1.50a2.0O: squash,
per basket, 75a100; peas. per basket,
1.00a2.25 spinach, per bbl. 1.o5ar.5O;
kale. per bbl., o5a50: lettuce. per bas-
ket. 1.00a1.50: tomatoes. per crate. 15Oa
800; radishes. per 100. 1.OOa3.OO: celery,
per bunch. 4Oa75: celery. Fla. per crate.
1.75a2.50; peppers. Fla. per carrier, l. 2J
also: new beets. bunch, Gar; new car
rots. per bunch. 3a4; rhubarb, per doz,
2Oa25
GREEN FRUITS.-Apples. per bbl.
3.5Oa650; oranges. Fla, per box. oO0a
$50; oranges. Cal. per box. 3.0Oa3 ID
grape fruit. per crate, 4OOaj.OO; pine
apples. per crate. 2,5Oa3.OO: strawber-
ries, North Carolina. per qt. 10a13.
HAY AND STRAW.-Hay, western.
No. l, 16.O0a16.5o; No. . 145Oa15 90;
23.0Oa240o: rye. machine thrash, 15.0Oa
1900: straw. wheat. per ton. 10.OOa11 90;
straw, oat, per ton. 1o.50a11.O0.
SEEDs.-Alsike. per bu.. 9oOa9. o5 !:
clover. per bu., a6.50; timothy. per
bu., 2.OOa2.1O
cwt.. 5.50a6OO; medium per cwt., 4.OOa
4.75: ordinary, per cwt.. 3.oOa3.5o;
Hogs. per cwt., gross, 6.5Oa7.OO Sheep.
per h., 4a5; lambs. fall, choice, per
lb,, 6a7: me medium; nn, 6; spring ehoise: a.
medium, per H., LAS.
BEEF CUTS.-Ribs. No. /. per h.
Is; No. =, IA. No. 3, Il. Rounds, No. L.
per h., 10: No. ., 8; No. 3, S. Loins,
No l. per h.. IA: No. ,. IL: No 3. IL
Chucks. No. l. per h., o; No. =, 8: No.
3, g.
WOOL. AND HIDEs.-wool. washed.
free of burrs, per H.. 30as3: wool un-
washed, per b.. ~. Hides, green,
per h.. 10; hides. dry. per h.. 10a14;
sheepskins, green, each. 75a1.15; calf
skins, green, each. 1.30a1 30; dry lint
hides. per h.. 12a15: dry salted hides.
per h. 12a14.
GRAIN.-Wheat per bu.. 1.4aa1.5G
Corn shelled. per bu, S4a9O; ear. per
bbl. 4.40a465 Oats. western white No.
., per bu., 66a72: mixed 6oa64 Bran.
per ton. os.00a3O.OO Middling, per ton,
80 0Oa32
Evening star., 1909-05-11
To Be Put on the Panama Route.

The big passenger and freight steamers
Shawmut and fremont which were re-
Gently purchased by the government for
the route between New York and the
Isthmus of Panama in connection with
the railway across the isthmus, have
gone to Philadelphia to be overhauled
and made ready for the service in which
they will be placed within the next few
weeks These vessels We're built at Spar
rows point near Baltimore for the Bos-
ton Steamship Company, for an Atlantic
coast route. Soon after being built they
were sent to the Pacific and for num-
ber of years traded between Tacoma and
ports in China, Japan, the Philippines
and other points on the Pacific. The ven-
ture proved unsuccessful. as the line was
unable to compete with the Japanese and
other lines employing coolie hands, and
was abandoned. The ships were recently
sold by the owning company to the
isthmian canal commission at a very low
figure.
Evening star., 1909-05-11
How to Kill Flies.
the st. Paul Pioneer-Press.

From the st. Paul Pioneer Press.
1t Is important that the agency used
to kill flies that get into your home be
non-poisonous or not dangerous to hu-
man beings. Especially is this true in
homes where there are children per
cent solution of bichromate of potassium
made up with water and sweetened with
sugar. and placed in shallow dishes
throughout the house, will kill the flies
and viii: not harm the children should
they get hold of It. This Is cheap and
may be obtained at any drug store. A
per cent solution of cobalt chloride may
be used. 1t Is non-poisonous, but is more
expensive and hard to obtain. Spraying
ponds of water with kerosene will destroy
the larvae of mosquitoes, and used in the
same way in garbage boxes will destroy
the larvae of flies.
Evening star., 1909-05-11
WANTED IN VIRGINIA.
Seeks to Extradite Ferrati
Charges Of Embezzlement.

RICHMOND, Va. May 11.-Gov. Swan
son has issued a requisition on the Gov
ernor of Louisiana for the extradition OF
Ettore Ferrati. an Italian railroad con-
tractor, who is now under arrest in New
Orleans.
When brought back to Virginia Ferrat
will be called upon to answer severa
charges Of embezzlement. He was en-
gagged several years ago as contractor FOL
the yirginian railway. The Italian la.
borers, being remote from banking facili-
ties gave him their savings to keep fol
them. He is said to be still keeping them
Resides the breach of trust. the fugitive Is
said to have been guilty of other offenses
It is said that Ferrati used the name OF
G.. Deluca & Co., bankers. of New YORK
as 2 medium for his fraudulent transac-
tonS.
Ferrati at one time stood high in Roa'
noke. where he owned considerable prop
erty He claims to be a nephew or Car
dinal Ferrati He lived with his young
wife in one of the most fashionable sec
tions of Roanoke.
Evening star., 1909-05-11
The Laura Put in the Water.

The handsome new power launch
Laura, owned by Mr.. Johnson. the latest
addition to local fleet of pleasure craft,
was put overheard at Regan's railway
yesterday practically ready for service.
The launch, which is thirty-six feet long
and eight feet beam and is driven by a
fifteen-horsepower gasoline engine, has
been in the boathouse near the foot of
14th street having the house put on Her
and being made ready for service. The
boat was built by Mr.. Johnson for the
use of his family and during the summer
months he will take his wife and chill
dren on trips to the salty Potomac. Some
Evening star., 1909-05-11
Standard Oil Cuts Prices.

PITTSBURG, Pa, May 11.-Another cut
of 5 cents barrel in all grades of crude
oil was announced here today by the
Standard Oil Company. This makes the
second reduction in the price within a
week. prior to which time there had been
no change in the price in more than two
years. Pennsylvania oil is now quoted
at $1.6S.
LIMA. Ohio, May 1.-THE Standard Oil
made another cut In 'crude oil prices to-
day. reduction of ) cents barrel on
all grades being posted. Large stocks in
storage in Oklahoma and a decline in
demand caused the cut
Evening star., 1909-05-11
Virginia Man Accused of Abduction

RICHMOND. Va, May Thames Har-
ris. a well known young white man in this
city, is in Jail charged with abducting
Mary Kennon, a girl less than fifteen
years of age. The child was brought here
from Mineral City, Va, and has lived
with Harris as his wife. though they
were not married. On arrival two weeks
ago the man took the girl to a home al
legged to be that of his brothers widow.
The woman who represented that role left
the house shortly afterward and Is un-
known to the police Parents of the young
girl traced her to Richmond. where Har-
ris was arrested last evening. A two
year-old child believed to be that Of the
woman who played the part of widow
was left in the house and sent last night
to the protection of the Home for Desti-
tute Children until the mother can be
traced.