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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. February 17.NF1our-Ffrm.
with a quiet trade. Receipts, 1855 bar
rels.
Rye-Dull; No. western, S0h nomnai
t. o. b. New York.
Wheat-Except for moderate reaction
under realizing, wheat revealed nrm
undertone early on extremely cold weatn-
err lack OF snow coverings, smaller nortn-
west receipts and speculative buying.
May, 1.2lRa1.22h; July, 1.121fa1.13. Re-
ceipts, 2.4OO bushels.
Corn-Receipts, 23,62o bushels.
Beef-Firm.
Pork-Firm.
Lard-Strong; middle west, 12.95a13.O0.
3.67; centrifugal, 50 test, All: molasses
sugar, 80 test, 3.42; refined steady:
crushed, SIS; granulated, SIS; powdered,
5.25.
Petroleum - Steady; refined, barrels,
100.
Coffee-spot steady; No. Rio, sk; No.
Santos. 9ha9h.
Molasses-Qmet; New Orleans open ket-
tie, 32a42.
Butter-Firm; receipts. 1852 packages:
Creamery specials. 81: extras, 30; third
to first, 25a29; held, second to special.
25a31; state dairy, common to finest, 23a
20; process, first to special, 241Aa26h.
Cheese-Firm, unchanged; receipts, 1872
packages.
EggsLFirm; receipts, 9.5S9 cases. State.
Pennsylvania and nearby hennery, white,
fancy, 3Oa3S; do. gathered, white. 3Oa37
do. hennery, brown and mixed. fancy,
2Sa29; do gathered. brown. fair to prime.
27a28; western firsts, 26ha27; seconds, 70;
REFRIGERATOR, 22a23.
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NEW YORK. February 17.-Chesapeake
and Ohio officials admitted today that
they are negotiating for control of the
Hooking Valley railroad. An officer and
director said:
1--WE need the Hooking Valley. It will
take our coal to the lakes at Toledo with
q haul shorter by 100 miles than our
present route over the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton and Dayton"
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LONDON MARKET.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star
LONDON, February 17.-There was q
rather healthy tone to the stock market
as a whole in the late dealings. Gilt
edged issues showed some hesitation. but
there was investment buying of home
rails. Portuguese government bonds also
were in demand. The mining department
was brisk in spots. Rio Tintos ended un-
changed at 761k. Americans were strong
on the curb, but the, dealings were largely
professional. The speculation in rubber
stocks again broadened. The continental
bOurses were quiet.
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NEW YORK. February 1.-THE gov
errors of the stock exchange yesterday
declared that the failure OF Lathrop Has
kins & Co. January 10 was caused by
reckless and unbusinesslike DEALINGS. and
that Henry s. Haskins, the board MEM
Der of the firm. is ineligible for rein
statement as q member of the exchange
The firm Of Lathrop Haskins & Co. was
involved I'm the Hooking Coal pool
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GENERAL FUND
London Tubes to Amalgamate.

LONDON, February 1.-THE share
holders Of the three principal London
tube railway companies. about half OF the
stock in which is held in America. met to-
day and agreed upon ~ plan OF amaiga-
nation. A bill providing for the ANAL
gamation will be laid before parliament.
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PRICE LEVEL HIGHER
Recovery rs to so Per Cent of
Recent Declines.
MARKET PUZZLES EXPERTS
More Active on Advances, Contrary
to Expectations.
DOUBT CHARACTER OF GAIN
May Be Due to Large Short Interest
or to a Thoroughly Sold
Out Market.
DOUBT CHARACTER OF GAIN

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February lit was
only ten days or so ago that the stock
market appeared to strike the low
prices of the great declining move
ment which went on for six weeks or
more after the first of the year. Since
last Tuesday a few issues, notably
Reading. have practically recovered
their loss. Elsewhere throughout the
market advances from the low prices
ranged from IS to so per cent of the
declines.
The rise shows considerable irregu-
larity, but, regarding the market as a
whole, 1t is beyond question that the
advancing movement, which has been
almost continuous since a week ago
Tuesday, has for a mere upward reaction
gone pretty far and pretty fast.
Wherefore. the question has now arisen
in the speculative precincts and purieus
of Wall street If what has been taking
place lately has been such reaction only
or whether for various reasons not now
I'm process of rapid restoration to the lev
els from which 1t fell. Such restora-
ton would necessarily imply, or should
imply, some changes in the recent out
including politics. That there has been
some change in the last named respect Is
professed by some discerning observers
to be the case.
Activity on Advances.
patent to everybody which initiate against
the stock market. 1t must be, however.
that temporarily, at least, the line of
least resistance in security prices has been
upward, and while this week spectators.
rlyn of ho r.
vance, have been trying to find the top
of the recovery with short stock, the price
movement has been strongly upward, &C
companied by greater activity on advances
despite all theories to the effect that the
market must inevitably encounter a large
supply of stocks bought at various stages
of the decline for supporting purposes.
1t has also been true despite expecta-
tons. of an early elimination of the up
ward reaction. to be succeeded by a mar
row trading market. 1t has been as
Sumed by some that the existence of an
enormous short interest was all that
could satisfactorily explain the ease with
which at least partial recovery has been
accomplished. but what more than any
thing else has been exhibited by the
resulting from the thoroughly sold-out
condition to which 1t was reduced by
liquidation on the decline.
Market Generally Strong.
Today's market was characterized by
rather general strength from the early
dealings until well into the after
noon.
Very likely speculative confidence was
somewhat strengthened by the develop
ments At Washington with respect to the
income tax on corporations.
There was no change In local money
conditions, not even in the direction of
activity, despite the strength and ac-
tivity in the stock market.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, February 17.-Closing:
Cotton-Spot in fair demand; prices 8
points lower: American middling fair,
SOL: good middling, S.21; middling. sos;
low middling 1855. good ordinary. 7.69;
ordinary. IA. The sales of the day were
10000 bales. of which 1000 were for spec
ulation and export and included 900
American. Receipts. 5000 bales. inelud-
ing 1920 American Futures opened
easier and closed barely steady. Feb
ruary. TT; February-March,7 IT'S: March
.6; June-Joy. 1914; Juiy-August, 7.56I8
August-September. TBS; September Oc-
tober, 6.s5; October-November. 6.65; No
venber-December, 6.55lz; December-Jan-
uary, S-5ts' January-February, 6.52i2
February-March. 6. 52h
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)NDON, February II, 4 pm.

Bar silver steady, 24isd per ounce.
Money, 1a1k per cent.
The rate Of discount in the open market for
short bills IL 3-16 per cent.
The rate Of discount In the open market for
three month bills Is $40 per cent.
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Record Shipment of Cotton

STATESBORO, Ga, February H.
Probably the largest land shipment Of sea
island cotton ever made left here today
for Savannah. A special train of twenty
two cars was used. The shipment is
worth 100000.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.-Regular call, IL o'clock noon-Capitsl
Traction 5s. 81, 500 at lis, $1,000 at 49, 81 600
at 11j, 81 900 at lis.
Potomac Electric Light Is. $1,000 at 1854,
81 900 at 1851.
Capital Traction, 1 at 1874.
Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd., 20 at S7%.
Washington Gas, Is at y.
After call-Washington Rwy. and Elec. A.,
81, 600 at S6A.
Washington Gas, Is at TN.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. February 17.-Ciosing:
Wheat-Spot dull; No. 2 red western
winter. no stock: futures inactive; March,
SIS 2sSd; May, IS I'D; July. Is lid.
Corn-Spot quiet: new American mixed
northern, bs SID; old American mixed,
Is sid; futures dull; March. So esd.
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BALTIMORE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, February 17.-Wheat
dull; spot contract. 1854: spot No. red
western, 1.27A; May, LIN; steamer, No.
2 red. lao. Receipts. 5000 bushels.
Southern. on grade. Local. 26A.
Corn-Firm; spot contract, 69asa69x
February, 69%a69H: March. Dha7Oh;
May, 72Aa3; steamer. mixed. 671a; re-
ceipts. 1884 bushels: exports. 34.2sd
bushels.
Oats-Firm; No. 2 white, 531ka54: No. 3
white, 52ha53h; No. mixed, 52a52k
receipts. 9,818 bushels.
Rye-Steady; No. western domestic,
SJa9O
Hay-Firm. unchanged
Grain fretghts steady. unchanged.
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NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS. February l7.-Cotton
futures opened dull. February. IA 10 bid
March. 14.5S bid; May, 14.7Sal479; July,
14-91: October. 1911; December. I253a
1856.
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Treasury Statement.

The condition OF the Treasury at the beginning
Of business today was as follows:
TRIST FINDS
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Capt. Charles T. Phillips, seventy-two
years old. clerk Of the hustings court Of
was a Confederate veteran and was Q
past commander 81 Stonewall Camp.
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REWARD OF FIDELITY
Pensions for Long Service
Paid by Railways.
SYSTEMS ON 13 ROADS
Over 1900 Employees Received
$S14,e95.10 in 1907.
NEW YORK CENTRAL'S PLAN
Expected That II Will Add 800 or
1000 to the 1876, 900 Already
in Line for Retirement Pay.
SYSTEMS ON 10 ROADS
NEW YORK CENTRAL's PLAN

Corporations are often regarded as
soulless institutions unaffected by hu-
manitarian sentiment, yet recent sta
tistics. compiled by the bureau of labor.
Department of Commerce and Labor.
and obtained from the companies them
selves. or estimated as accurately as
possible from data at hand, show that
at least twenty -one railroad systems Of
the United States have pension systems
in operation. Not only that. but the pen
sions as q rule are reasonably good al
lowances; they are paid in every In
stance by the company without contri-
button from the employees, and leave
OF absence, suspension for discipline or
temporary lay-off. not exceeding one
year, on account of reduction in the
force, Is not considered a break in the
continuity of service which entities an
employee to receive a pension.
It is estimated that 674.259 railroad
employees in the United States are now
in line for pensions. OF these the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company employs
l25,2S6, the Baltimore and Ohio 55,554
and the New York Central approx
matplv 1C5OO0.
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Civil Service Pensions.

Thus it will be seen, argue those who
urge approximation pensions for civil
service employees. these great corpora
tions whose policies in every detail are
outlined with the purpose Of making
money to the best advantage find q lib
eral pension system an economic ad-
vantage In the conduct Of their business
In a large majority of cases. it is said
the pension is fixed at i per cent Of the
average wage of the employe for the
ten years next preceding retirement, null
tiplied by the number of years Of service
For example, IL an engineman earned an
average Of $50 month during the last
ten years OF his service and had been in
the employ of the company for thirty
years he would be retired on a pension OF
As month, or enough to insure him not
only the necessaries, but some OF the
luxuries, of life as long as it lasted.
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Retirement Age e5 and 70.

1926. the Baltimore and Ohio 55,554.
and the New York Central approx
mately $4,000.
Retirement Age 65 and 20.
The retirement age is sixty-five years
on four roads-the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe, the Baltimore and Ohio.
the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg
and the New York Central. On the
others 1t is seventy years. Half the
roads limit the age at which a man
may be employed to thirty-fve years,
the other half to forty five years. Two
roadside Rock Island and the Union
Pacific-make a distinction between ex-
perienced and inexperienced labor. the
limit for the former being forty five
years and for the latter thirty-ive
years.
The length Of service required for
eligibility to pension varies with the
different roads from ten to thirty years,
twenty years being the average. All
insist upon continuous service. except as
already stated. but the Interpretation Of
the term continuous service" is said to
be most liberal. An employe who leaves
the road, voluntarily. Of course. inter-
rupts the continuity of his service. The
Baltimore and Ohio requires at least
ten years continuous service to entitle
vania, thirty years; the Philadelphia and
Reading. thirty years; the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western, twenty-five
years; the Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts
burg, the Chicago and Northwestern, the
Chicago. st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha, the Illinois Central, the Oregon
Short Line, and the Union Pacific, twenty
years, and the Atlantic Coast Line, like
the Baltimore and Ohio, ten years. Inc
New York Central requires ten years IN
case of approximation and twenty years
in case of disability.
Over 100000 Paid in 1907.
Data obtained in the case Of thirteen
roads show that they paid 1850 pension
ers $914.695.1O in the year 1907. The
Pennsylvania company led with $685.
l75.46 to 1854 pensioners. The Baltimore
and Ohio paid $s2.97295 to 444 pension
ers, and the Atlantic Coast Line, $3.50 10
to 81 pensioners. The Chicago and
Northwestern, with 1902 pensioners, fifty
two less than the Baltimore and Ohio.
paid out $S9,830S7. or $6,357.92 more than
ing. with 221 pensioners, paid out &c.,
isl47.
The foregoing data all apply to the
year 1907. The commissioner OF labor is
bringing the figures down TO later date
as fast as they can be obtained.
A number Of railroads have had I'M
official pension systems in operation for
many years. among them the Central
Railroad Of New Jersey and the New
York Central, which granted pensions
before 1t inaugurated its official plan Of
January l. 1910. The latter company.
with its $4,000 employees. is said to esti-
mate that the new pension plan inaugu
rated by It January 1 will add 800 to
1000 men q year to the number already
drawing pensions.
Civil Service Pensions.
Thus II will Ie soon arpue those who
urge approximation pensions for civil
service employees, these great corpora
lions whose policies in every detail are
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NEW YORK CURB PRICES.

Quotations furnished by +. +. Hutton 4 Co.
Caverly, manager. 1901 street northwest.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-08-06

there should not be an attendant wis ible at the time, every vine is labeled so that a stranger can see what it is. The men in charge, however, will be ready at all times to give informa- tion, and things have progressed so far that it is practicable to tell just what resistent stocks and what gratis to recommend for any locality in the State. What this means to the indus try, only the practical Viticulturists of California can realize.
 Location of Stations
 The experimental stations, with the names of the persons or corporations denoting the use of the land and the character of soil or locality chosen for experimenting, are as follows:
 OakVille, Napa County, 16 acres de voted to 800 varieties of grapes, sit uated on a side hill and donated by the Tokalon Vineyard Company.
 Fresno, twenty acres, Fresno Vine ydIu OOAupohJs ldioih 6lhpCo 6Au sweet wine grapes.
 Cucumonga. twenty acres sandy desert type. Italian Vineyard Company
 Chico, Department of Agriculture plant introduction garden. Here rep resentative specimens or all types from every country are tried out.
 SOnoma. Cundlach Bundsclu Wine Company
 Lodi, table grapes. Geo. E. Lawrence
 Stockton, adobe soils. San Joaquin Valley Realty Company.
 Livermore, grayelly red soils, sau ternes, c. H. Wente.
 GeyserviIle. home of the choicest red wine, John D. Bosch.
 Mousaain View. typical of the Santa Clara valley, Mrs. Caroline Distol.
 ColfaK. locstlon on top of noun tain. table grapes, Louis cortopass.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-07-22
IL Is a Mistake

Many have the Idea that anything
will sell If advertised strong enough.
This Is a great mistake. True. a
few sales might be made by adyertis.
Ing an absolutely worthless article but
1t is only the article that is bought
again and again that pays. An ex-
ample of the big success Of a worthy
article is the enormous sale that has
grown up for Cascarets Candy Cathar-
tic. This wonderful record is the result
u great merit successfully made known
through persistent advertising and the
mouth-to-mouth recommendation given
Cascarets by its friends and users.
Like all great successes, trade pi-
rates prey on the unsuspecting public,
by marketing fake tablets similar in
appearance to Carcarets. Care should
always be exercised in purchasing we'll
advertised goods, especially an article
that has a national sale like Cascar-
cts. Do not allow a substitute to be
palmed of on you.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-07-22
A Practical Dipping Tank.

The time to rid focks of sheep and
herds Of swine of ticks and lice is
during the warm months and then
there will be none to bother with in
the winter time and to annoy animals
50 that only half or no profits can be
Fad from them. Of course while the
focks and herds are cleaned up, the
Buildings must also be properly reno
stated and cleaned up, or there may be
4 general reinfesting from them, says
Wisconsin Agriculturist. Every hog
and sheep farm should have a dipping
plant as a part of its regular equip
szens. for ever carefully kept herds
and focks are liable to become infest-
ed vith rernlin such as lice and ticks.
Il convenient, inexpensive and
durable dipping plant may be con-
strrcted on the plan of the one repre-
seated in the accompany Illustration.
The sheep or hogs are driven in at a
Receiving chute, plunged into a tank
containing a disinfectant solution,
Znade 80 swim to the other end, where
they can climb out owe another chute
and return to the pens or into pad
docks The general construction OF
the chntes does not need much eX-
p~A1atiOn. That is quite clear from the
plan OF the illustration. Good cedar
posts set firmly into the ground three
Eeer apart, with the exception of those
at the ends Of the tank, which should
De no farther apart than the top width
OF the tank, answer the purpose of sup
.pcrts- Pieces of 2x4-inch studding are
nailed to each pair at proper height to
give the incline to the floors. Planks
are used for the flooring and inch
Boards for the sides. The incline of
d receiving chute to the right of the
illustration has cleats nailed across it's
floor to aid the animals in making the
climb: the decline has no cleats and
Is covered with a sheet of galvanized
zinc TO prevent the animals resisting
Being plunged into the tank. The
cleaCs OF the former are nailed straight
across A gate is attached at the en-
trance TO the chute so that a number
Of animals may be inclosed at a time
Ehale the clippers are working at the
eaLk- The distance between the posts
st che receiving chute on the sides is
four feet and the height of the incline
IS cl6a foot and a half.
The incline of the chute through
wnich the animals leave the tank is
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-07-22

the same as that Of the receiving
chute, but it Is longer, the distance be-
tween the posts being five instead Of
four feet. The floor here should also
be covered with galvanized sheeting
and the cleats nailed so as to allow
the dripping from the wet animals to
run back into the tank. Unless this is
done the supply of solution in the tank
will soon all be lost, and the dipping
made unnecessarily much more ex-
%pensive. The cleats, instead of run
ming directly across, are short pieces
nailed at angles, so that their inner
ends are lower than the outer ends,
and do not meet SO as to let the drip
pings u down the center. When
sheep are dipped it may become nee.
essary to retain them in the dripping
chute for a time, as those with
long wool will carry even a gallon or
two of the dip in their ~fleeces, which
takes time to drain out.
The dipping tank should be at least
four feet deep at the end into which
the animals are plunged to admit Of
SASiA Al htAASA OAA1 SSNB ain
should be about fifteen feet long, so
that sufficient time is required by the
animal to pass through for them to
receive a thorough wetting from the
solution, otherwise /. will be neces-
sary to hold them back for a time un-
til this is accomplished. The deep part
of the tank need not be longer than
five feet, the rest of the tank becom-
ing gradually shallower up to the
dripping chute and the bottom having
cleats or grooves across to assist the
animals in wading along. At the top
the tank should be IS inches wide, but
at the bottom a width only suffi cient
for the animals feet is necessary.
This will properly be about one foot.
The material of which the dipping
tank is made may be either wood, gal
vanized sheeting or concrete. Con-
crete will prove the most lasting, and
can easily enough be nodded by the
owner.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-07-22

Alcohol and whiting make a good
silver polish, also excellent for pol.
lshing plate glass mirrors.
A piece of flannel dampened with
spirits of camphor will sometimes re.
move stains from mirrors and window
glass.
Don't use soap for vanished paper:
Instead try half a pint of parafin in
a pailful Of warn water. Dip a wool
en- cloth into this, wiring it fairly dry
and with it wash the walls. Polish
With a dry linen cloth.
A good use for the bits of soap that
accumulate on the toilet stands is to
Try them out thoroughly by placing
hem on tins in the warming oven and
then pounding to a powder.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-07-22
Of INTEREST TO THE COOK
Some Culinary Hints of Importance
Excellent Method Of Serving
Toothsome Cucumber.

French dressing served with plain
lettuce is most attractive looking if
seasoned with aprica. which gives it a
rich coral color.
An egg that has not been boiled
long enough can be quickly hardened
by putting the egg cup containing 1t
in boiling water. That improves the
aavor.
A pleasant change from cream
cheese is cheese favored with pimo-
las. 1t can readily be nodded into
balls.
Cottage cheese must be eaten the
day it is mixed in hot weather, as 1t
quickly sours. Double or whipping
cream improves it.
Cut cucumbers in half lengthwise,
peel and put in ice water unsalted for
20 minutes. Place fiat side down on
platter on which they are to be served.
slice. keeping shape. Garnish with
button radishes or larger ones cut
into sections or thin, round slices.
Cover with thick French dressing.
Cucumbers are better to eat and
look at if the rinds are cut in two
~lengthwise, followed, and filled with
the mixture. finely shredded and
mixed with French dressing.
Have you ever tried making French
dressing owe a big lump of ice? The
ingredients are put in a bowl around
the ice and thoroughly mixed by lift.
ing it up over the lump until is be
ONE 4 thick, chilled emulsion.