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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-07
HIS FIRST VISIT HOME
Walter Winans, Born Abroad, Ar.
rivcs i'll New York.

NEW YORK, November although
past the half-century mark in years and
an American citizen, Walter Winans of
Surrender Park. Kent. England, first
touched the shores of the United States
yesterday. He came in on the steamer
Cedric.
Mr.. Winans is well known, however, i'm
both England and the United states as
a breeder of fine horses and "a cham
pion rifle and revolver shot. lie has
been highly successful at the horse shows
i'm London. where his entries have won
numerous blue ribbons. II IS for the pur-
pose. of exhibiting, his harness horses
and jumpers at the approaching Madison
Square Garden horse show that he has
now come tn America.
Mr. Winans is the son of William l..
Winans of Ferry Bar. estate. Baltimore,
Md. He was born in Russia and edu-
Gated at 81. Petersburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-07

LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

Washington Gas was the market leader
again today at the meeting of the stock
exchange and under active bidding and
buying the stock scored another slight
advance. The opening transaction was
at 1914, against IS. the high mark Satur-
day. and in the course of business a total
of $40 shares of Gas stock changed hands,
while the price rose to 7sa. and ISL
Because of the holiday on election day
there will be no session of the stock ex-
change tomorrow.
Announcement was made today by Sec
rotary Woodruff that there will be al
executive meeting of the exchange imme.
diately after the regular business session
Wednesday
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admitted to probate and letters tesla
mentary granted to Arthur p. Miller:
bond, $1,000; attorney, H. r. Webb.
Estate of Eugene b. Garages; order to
sell real estate; attorneys, j. b. Flynn
and C.. A. White.
Estate of Harry r. Andrews reference
to auditor; attorneys, Dalr, Peyser u
Curtin.
Estate of Iisette d. Lamperter; order
to sell real estate; attorney, b. +. Leigh
ton te@
Estate of Andrew Anderson; petition
for probate of will filed; attorney, J. T.
Sherier, jr.
titfon to appoint guardian filed; at
torneys. Montague & Moriarty.
In re Paul E. Thesis ct al: order ap-
pointing Emil Thesis guardian: bond,
500; attorney, William Henry White
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NEW YORK CURB PRICES.
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET.

CHICAGO, November 1.-Cattle-R
ceiptS estimated at $4,000; market weak
to a shade lower: beeves. i..s,a7.6O: Texas
steers. 3.35a5.s0: western steers, 4. t0a6 q. !;
stockers and feeders 310a5.5O; cows and
heifers. 225a6.4 ~; calves. T.J0aI0.l
Hogs Receipts, estimated at :g.OOO;
market ajoc lower: light. 1.EDaS:,..: mix
ed. 1.S5aS. ~: heavy, I.sGsS.io; rough. 1.fDa
T.so: good to choice heavy. 1.6,as. ~:
pigs. I6f}aS. q: bulk Of sales. I.SoaS-3o.
Sheep-Receipts estimated at 35.ooo:
market, weak to a shade lower; native,
2.6,a&.30: western, 26s,a5.3o: yearlinSs.
4.a0aJ 40: lambs, native, 4-73a660: west
srn, 4.15a6.JJ.
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FAIR ELECTION DAY.
Pleasant Weather Throughout the
Country Predicted for Tomorrow.

Brisk winds from the northwest. With
bright sunshine that made conditions
ideal. today made washingtoniams forget
that young blizzard and snowstorm
visited the city Friday last The fair
weather will continue. according to the
weather bureau. and election day will be
generally fair in all sections of the coun-
try.
\ light snow probably Will fail over
the lake region and New England tonight
and tomorrow hut for Washington fair
weather with rising temperature is fore
casted.
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CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. November because buy
ing seemed only of spasnlodic sort, the
wheat market today after a show OF
strength reIapsed into comparative weak
ness. Purchases were mostly by commits
sion house shorts, whose wants were soon
filed. lighter world shipments former
the principal cause OF the early advance.
Mild weather at southern ports in Rus
STA had a part I'm the subsequent reac-
ton. The opening was lass to asaas
higher. December started LAS to Nal.
up at S9ts to S9Sa, and fell Lack to
S9saS9h
a Lite selling served to pull down corn.
May opened unchanged to "A shade higher,
at t9a 49ts to 49iS and receded to 4SN.
II was n marrow market I'm oats aud
swayed by other grains. May started
n shade 10 u mp. at s4'aaises to :;i3s and
declined to 34Ss.
Good outside buying made hog products
firm. Opening prices were 10 higher to
2L off, will, January at t5.:i21s for pork.
i0.lTia to 1910 for lard and 3.25 for ribs.
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WEATHER.
Fair Tonight and Tuesday; Slightly
Warmer Tuesday.

Z
For the District Of Columbia, fair to-
night and Tuesday; slightly warmer Tues
day; moderate westerly winds.
Maxirnum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 40; a year ago. d.
snow f1urrfes continue over portions OF
the great lake region and northern New
England. and rains Occuri ed during SUN
day and Sunday night on the south Al
lantic coast.
A storm of marked intensity has APP
peared on the north Pacific coast. attend
ed by high winds and rains in Washing
ton, Oregon and Idaho. In districts 9TH
er than those referred to the weather
remained fair during the last twenty
four hours.
eastern and southeastern states. and
there were frosts Sunday night as far
south as northern Florida. Warmer
weather is reported from the Mississippi
valley and the Pacific states.
region east of the Mississippi river will
be generally. fair, except that snow hur-
ries are probable in the. great lake re-
gion. northern New York and northern
New England.
upper Ohio valley. Tennessee and the
east gulf states, and Tuesday in the At
lantic: states. south of Pennsylvania
storm warnings are displayed on the
Washington coast.
The winds along the New England
coast will be moderate westerly; on the
middle Atlantic coast light to moderate
westerly: on the south Atlantic coast
light variable, except moderately norther-
ly on the Florida coast: on the east gulf
coast light to moderate northerly. becom-
ing variable.
ports will have moderate to brisk wester-
~ winds, with fair weather, to the Grand
Banks.
The following heavy precipitation lin
inches) has been reported during the
twenty-four hours ending I'm. Sunday:
Mobile LIS: Meridian. LES; Pensacola,
1.24.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty -four hours
beginning at , pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-Novemb 6. 4 pm, 46;
8 pm. Al: ~ midnight. 80; November Z.
am. ID: am. b: II noon. 3s
pm. As. Maximum, 49, at /: noon No
vember 6; minimum, 81, at Z am No
veinber Z.
Barosneter-No November 6. PM. 29.s2:
PIN, aaS5: II midnight, 1870: Novenbe,
= 4 a. M. 1901; am, 29.J1; noon, 2O.90
2 pm. .9.S!
xdUtCSs
rodav-,Low tide. SAB a m. and 3:31 p m.
high tide. 11:e4 am and II IS pm.
| Tomorrow--Iow tide, 6:32 am. and 6:2l
pm, high tide, 1910 am, and 's;'e p :"
The Sun and Moon.
Teday-sun rose. $50 am; sun sets,
4 :.sI pm.
Ton,orrow-Su rises, 6::::s3 am.
Moon sets S:E pm. today.
re City Lights.
The city lights and naplltha lamps all
Lighted by thirty minutes after sunset:
exttnguishing begun one hour before sun
rise All arc and incandeecent- lamps
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
distinguished forty-fiye minutes before
sunrise
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.
HARPERS FERRY, w. Va. November
7-Roth rivers clear this morning.
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LONDON MARKET.

LONDON. November I.-American Sc
curities opened steady and fraction
higher. and during the forenoon i'm
proved on light support. At noon the
market was steady with prices ranging
from 4 to = higher than Saturdays New
York closing.
I'm the afternoon covering for over the
holiday In New York and Wall street
buying increased the gains. and the mar
LEI closed steady.
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Up-River Waters
SWALLOWS CHEWING GUM.
Foot Ball Player Near to Death
From Choking.

f'lTTSBURG. November 5.-Clyde Kim
scy. right halfback Of the West Virginia
University foot ball team, went into con-
vulsions and almost choked to death yes
terday afternoon on Forbes Field.
During q scrims1aEe he fell with the
ball. aud having wad of chewing gum
in his mouth. he partly swallowed 1t. The
gum stuck In his wipdpfpe and he was
carried from the field to the Mercy Hos
pital in what WAS thought to be. q dying
condition: He recovered after he arrived
q the hospital. and last night left Cor his
home at Mofgantuwn, w. Va ..s- =
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ARMY NAVY
ADMIRAL PHELPS RETIRED.
Has Served Nearly Twenty Years al
Sea in All Parts of the World,

Rear Admiral Thomas ). Phelps was
placed on the retired list of the navy
today on account of age. He is a ma
tive of Virginia, and entered the navy
at the close Of the civil war. He was
graduated from the Naval Academy in
1869. since which time he has served
| nearly twenty years at sea in all parts
of the world. He was attached success
siyely to the Juniata, Richmond, Pensa-
| cola, Brooklyn. Hartford. Independence,
| Olympia and !Al.rt, with short intervals
of shore duty between cruises. In May,
| ISIS. he went 10 the Philippine station
OF the Raleigh and remained on that
| duty until June. 1872. when he was Or
| dered to the Independence. at San Fran
cisco. He subsequently commanded the
cruiser Marbiehead of the Pacific fleet,
and was cofnmandant of the Mare Is
land navy yard for several years. His
! latest duty was as senior member of the
board of survey of vessels OH the IA
/ cific coast and as co;nmandant of the
| twelfth naval district, with station at
San Francisco.
Army Orders.
| Cant. Allen l. Greer, acting judge ad-
vocate, is relieved from duty at head
quarters, .Depa rtneni OF California. and
will proceed to Vancouver barracks.
Washingt on. for duty.
| First Lieut.. Leo L.. .samucisou- LIST III
| fautry is relieved from further obsefva-
| ton and treatment ut the General Hos
pitai Hot Springs, Ark, and will join his
proper station.
Naval Orders.
| Passed Assistant Surgeon j. L. Taylor,
from Naval Hospital. Las -AIiinas, Col,
| to Naval Hospital. Naval Home. Phiia-
| deIphia.
Pay Director r. r. NJ. Ball, from navy
pay Office Newport, II. L.. TO navy pay
office, Baltimore. Md.
Pay Inspector s. l.. Heap, from navy
pay Office Baltimore. Md, To bureau OF
| supplies and accounts, Navy Department,
Washington, ID. c., connection establish
| charge
K. ". BELL. appointed paymasfer S
| clerk In the navy, duty the Richmond,
navy yard, Norfolk, Va.
| w H. Normand, resignation as a pay
masters clerk in the navy. duty supply,
accepted.
Naval Movements.
| The Vicksburg has arrived at Ficllilin-
que, Mexico: the Justin and Navajo at
Mare Island and the Bailey and Terry at
Annapolis.
| The Castine. cuttIefish, Tarantula and
1 Viper has sailed from Solomon's Island
| forN Norto.k; the Roe from Newport for
| Norfolk, the Washington from st.
| Thomas for Culebra, the Tennessee and
Montana from Hampton roads for
| Charlie ston, the Hist from Norfolk for
Charleston and the Supply from Guam
for Yokohama.
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Profit Taking on Eve of EIec-
ton Cause of a Slump.
MARKET LIKE A SEESAW
Several Rallies Started, But They
Fail to Hold Prices.
FIRM MONEY CHECKS TRADERS
Bankers Chary About Putting Out
Funds for Speculative Purposes
Selling of Specialties.

NEW YORK. November THE open
ing dealings in stocks today were light,
and the changes generally small. especi-
ally In the usual active stocks. Gains were
largely in the majority. but there was a
fair sprinkling of declines. Union Pa
eific. Atlantic Coast Line. Southern Rail-
way preferred. Kansas City Southern and
Cleveland. c. c. and st. Louis rose /. and
Louisville and Nashville and Sloss-Shef-
field advanced large fractions. Virginia
Carolina Chemical and American Agri-
cultural Chemical declined large frac-
tons.
Profit Taking in U. p.
Profit taking Cancelled most of the rise
in onion Pacific. and this induced sales
OF other stocks. Some of the leaders
sasged to under Saturdays closing. Fresh
bidine for Union Pacific started another
general advance. and the whole list sold
higher than at the outset. Union Pacific
got up to 49, Reading, Kansas City
Southern preferred. National Lead and
Bethlehem Steel 1. and Texas Pacific
Land Trust ..
Speculative interest centered in Union
Pacific, but that stock reacted point
and the general list failed to respond to
its advance. Allowance of southeastern
freight advances by the interstate COM
nierce commission sustained II southern
railway group. The firm money market
held the stock operations I'm restraint
fractional declines were shown by the
important stocks at noon. Bonds were
Irregular.
Pressure Is. Renewed.
Steady selling of the fertilizer stocks
Ultimately led to renewed pressure
;saainst the active stocks, particularly
;.eading. which went down to 1854 COM
'ared with 1854, its early high price.
american Agricultural Chemical and
Virginia Carolina Chemical gave way "a,
Terican Hide and Leather preferred
-. Minneapolis, st. Paul and Sault Ste.
':l'ie 2k. International Harvester 11k
sra American Linseed preferred /. South
"a railway preferred advanced points.
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BALTIMORE.
Special dispatch to The Star.

Spr'IdT I'IsUdICN- % . uP iI8T. t1-s-f+
BALTIMORE, Md November r.
Wheat Firm: spot contract. 500: spot
No. > red western, 9Dls: November. 29s,
December. 91A: steamer No. = red, SJss
Receipts, :s4.l37 bushels Southern. by
sample, s2aS5: southern on grade s7a90.
corn--Steady: spot contract, j5s: year
514; January. II February. sig; March
-. Receipts. 2.6US bushels.
Cats-Steady: No. . white. ;71sa37a.
standard white. 81 a a35la No 5 white
3sssas7; receipts. 4.ai9 bushels.
Rye--Firm: Mo- western domestic
S1aS2;; receipts, ;,.,,4 bushels.
asked: No. ] clover mixed. $ts.50a$1S-
Grain freights-Firm; steam to Liver
pool, per busheI, Sd, December. Cor]
for orders, per quarter, Is 41sda2s Cd
November.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. November 1.-Closing:
Wheat-Spot dull: No. red western,
winter no stock: futures, firm; Decem-
Der, 6s I'D; March, Is; May, Is. Corn
Spot easy: American mixed, As I'd: fu-
lures Arm: January nominal; February.
Is 3szd.
Peas-Csnadian, firm, Is Sd. Flour
Winter patent steady, 30s. Hops-In
hocdon {Tacific COAST. steady. 81 SOFA
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. November 1.-Cotton-
Spot. good business done: prices. points
higher; American mddling fair. S.34;
good niddling, SOP: middling. IS; low
middling. 7.6S; good ordinary. s.42: ordi-
nary III. The sales of the day were
1c,ONo bales. of which 1000 were for
speculation and export. and included
II 400 American; receipts. 1900 bales. in
Guiding 34,2CO American. Futures opened
firm and closed steady. November, 7.76;
November December III: December
January 10: January-Febrnary. I'll
FEBRUARY March. 1.I2: March-April, ia:
-Aprfl-May, ia; May-June. ia; June
July. I.I3; July-August. 1.7uls.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales. Regular call. II O'Clock noon-Potomac
Electric Cons. rs. 81 900 ut l00i,.
Washington Gas % ct 1Sl4. % at tSti. p at
ISL. q at 1sss. 81 at 1885. - at Isly. p at
lSie. a. at 1SE, 10 at 1SE. 80 at 1S,s, u at
7Sla. ) at 7SS.
National Savings and Trust 10 at 22o. 10 at
225
After call Washington Rwy. and Elcc. IS,
$500 at S4l,.
Washington Rwy. and, Elec. com., 10 at 36s4.
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'a FOREIGN BANKS.

BERLIN, November 7.-Exchange on
London, 10 marks ~ pfennigs for checks.
money, 4 per cent.
Private discount rate. Az per cent
LONDON, November Bullion
amounting to Ssh 600 was taken into the
Rank of England on balance today.
PARIS, November CLOSING. :; per
cent rentes. % francs % centimes for the
account.
Exchange on London, % francs %
centimes for checks.
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After an illness OF only an hour. Col
w e. Allen. seventy three years old.
died at Roanoke. Va. SATURDAY. night -of
heart failure. He entered the confed-
crate army as captain OF company he
raised I'm Halifax county and became a
colonel.
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Killed by Eau From Roof.

NEW YORK. November 7.--Mre. Ellen
Post. widow of william Port OF lthscs.
n. Y, fell from the roof Of IN apartment
house in Brooklyn yesterday and was inn
paIed on a fence beneath. She Was In
stantly killed. Mrs. Post was an invalid.
and II Is believed she went to the roof to
years old.
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Absolute Divorce Granted.

Justice Stafford has granted an abb
soluta divorce. to Katie Saffell from
Walter Thomas Saffeil. She Is allowed
to resume her maiden name. Katie Jost.
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Mrs. Hollis Explanation.

Mrs. Holt said she employed detectives
to follow Mrs. Mclaughlin to Ohio and
then to Texas. She followed. and in
Beaumont the matter was taken into the
courts The trial was postponed until
next Wednesday. but in the meantime
she and Mrs. Mclaughlin came to an
agreement TO fake the lad back to New
York and have the matter fought out
there.
Chief Smith proved that he was depu-
tized by the court to take the boy back
to New York and that he was not a
party to any violation of the law.
Justice Grammar stated that he was UNI
able to go behind the signed warrant
from Prince George county and would
have to hold the parties for the action
of the authorities of that county
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Court of Appeals.

Present.: The chief justice, Mr.. Justice
Robb and Mr.. Justice Van Orsdel..
Edwin French, Louis Marks, Josiah
L. Carr. Charles b. Wait and Lester l..
Sargent were admitted to practice.
21S2 and 21S3. Jaselli agt. Riggs Ma
tional Bank: on motion of Mr.. r.. Ross
Perry Of counsel for appellee, leave
granted appellee to file additional brief
herein by, November IL, and appellant to
file reply brief herein three days there
after If so advised.
No. 628. Patent appeal. Nestle and
Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company
agt. Walter Baker & CO.. limited; argu-
ment commenced by Mr.. James Hamilton
for appellant; continued by Mr.. J. J..
Putnam for appellee, and concluded by
Mr. James Hamilton for appellant
No. 852. Patent appeal. Underwood
Typewriter Company agt. A. B. Dick
Company: motion to pass until Novem-
Der 10 overruled
No 1852. Patent appeal. Broadwell
agt Long: continued.
No. $50. Patent appeal. In re applica-
ton of James F. McElroy; argument
commenced by Mr.. Charles Neave for
appellant. continued by Mr.. W. r. Ruck-
man for commissioner of patents and
concluded by Mr.. Charles Neave for ap-
pellant.
No. 2149 Griffith agt. Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company: Judgment at
firmed, with costs: opinion by Mr.. JUS
tice Robb.
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DISPUTE OVER CHILD
Father Accuses Mother of
Kidnapping a Boy.
Is UNDER SAME CHARGE
Texan Police Chief Also Ar
raigned.
ARRESTED IN BALTIMORE
Prisoners Held for Action of tine
Prince George County Authori-
ties Who Issued Warrant

BALTIMORE Nd, November IA
complicated situation was disclosed this
morning when Chief of Police Smith of
Beaumont, Tex. and Mrs. Celia r. Holt
of Brooklyn, n. y, were arraigned be-
fore Justice Grammar in the central po-
lice court, charged with kidnapping Mrs
Hollis nine-year-old child.
The complainant in the case, Michael
Mclaughlin, Is the father of the child,
and he said this morning that he, too, is
now out on S1,Co9 bail furnished in Upper
Marlboro, Md. on the charge of kidnap-
ing the same child Both. the father and
mother of the little fellow have been
married to others since they were di-
vorced in 1897, but the woman says that
she has not been living with her lfu =
band. charging that lie conspired with
the other parties to get her boy away
from her.
Shortly before S o'clock this morning
the station master at Union station re-
ce;ved dispatch from Hyattsville. Mo
requesting the officer at the station Il
arrest Mrs. Holt and John Doe" thu
chief of police. Upon the arrival of the
train Mclaughlin leaped from the traif
and ran. up to Policeman Schleigh. He
placed "a crumpled warrant in his hand
and pointed out the couple. The child
was still with them.
Patrolman Schleigh placed them under
arrest and took them to the station. They
were accompanied by Mclaughlin and At
tOrneys William p. Jeffrey of New York
and c.. w. Merrill of Toledo. Ohio, who
are acting for Mrs. Holt and have fol-
lowed her all over the country.
The couple, Mrs. Holt still holding her
little son. the innocent cause of all the
trouble by the hand, were subsequently
taken before Justice Grammar.
Agreement IF the Parents.
Mclaughlin. the boys father. said he
and his former wife before they were
divorced entered into an agreement over
the custody of the child. The boy was
to be given over to a sister of his wife,
A year after the divorce Mclaughlin
stated his wife married DR.. Holt, but he
(McLaughlin) had the custody of the
child for year. He said that the boy
was taken from him by force in Albany
and brought to Maryland.
When he came after the lad he was
arrested on the charge of kidnapping in
Laurel. Nd, and was released on 81 .0U
bail for hearing January 3 next. He
then sent his present wife to Columbus
Ohio, with the boy and she then took
him to Texas, Later he was notified that
Mrs. Holt had been there and had taken
the child and was on her way 10 Hyatts.
vile with him in company with the chic!
of police.
But Mclaughlin feared that Mrs Holt
would continue to New York and get
out of the jurisdiction of Maryland. Upon
the arrival of the train at HyattSville
Mclaughlin jumped aboard to see If fhe
couple were going to get Off. When they
did not lie remained on and sent the
message to Union station to arrest them
Mrs. Hollis Explanation.
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For the District Of Columbia, fair to-
night and Tuesday; slightly warmer Tues
day; moderate westerly winds.
Maximum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 40; a year ago, o4.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1910-06-17

frontage Of lawn. The ownership OF
land, and plenty of 1t, creates spirit
of independence. 1t was the "embat.
tied farmers" who drove back the red.
coats from the redoubt on Bunker
Hill. To-day the foreign immigrant Is
populating the abandoned farms of the
Eastern States and gaining prosperity
for himself and his children.
The man who is tied to the city by
his business or profession, yet who
genuinely desires for himself and his
family the peculiar kind of content.
ment, health and self-reliance that are
bred Of country life, has the solution
of the problem in his own hands. Let
him first choose the region in which
he wishes to live. Then let him lease
a farm for year, spend as much time
on 1t as he can afford and learn all he
can about making it productive. II he
takes kindly to the experiment, let
him go in quest of a farm of his own,
buy 1t (and farms are sold on uncom-
monty easy terms of payment) and
make up his mind to retire to it when
ever circumstances will permit. Own.
ing country home is not specula-
tion. 1t Is one of the soundest and
sanest investments in the world.