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lined By Bismarck wh9 n he took over the
privately owned railws lys. He said: ]
THE SURPRISES which the statzs receive
in the form Of net pre- TITS from .thes tate
owned railways. or which go to ithe,s hare-
holders in the form io6 dividends III pri-
vatelI owned railways. are really the
taxation which the states might impose
upon. The traffic by hson of its pr NilegeJ
but which. in the e6se of private rap
ways, falls to the stf arehoidertandk notf 70
society,"
made from state-yowned bushSesss. as
actually saving hith that .much,fp faxes.
since he believes that IL these cPy icerns
were. privately owned they swo,Hdt5 collect
as much money. for more. from m and
his fellow Germslns as they NOW fdo, but
| that in that casss the dividends " ould all
go TO the stockholders. and ne y Guild be
excluded altogether from the by nefits of
the industry. Now. he looks " Jon him
| self as a stockholder. receiviufj his divi-
dends in the form Of RENTED Taxation.
ro..,-.~-1uE eEaMANlADvAxcE.
XVII-IpemOcratlc Socialism.
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HONE IN. 0ZARKsCAvE.
Habitation Fitted Up With Piano,
=. Library and Furniture.

From tie 81. Louis Post dispatch
Going directly south two .miles from
Prairie Grove. Ark, You enter a mIrrow
valley, and travelling westward I few
mile. YOU come to the PICTURESQUE cliff
Of conxlonnerate and sandstone with a
VAL Of boards at its base .wh CHI forms
the only Inhabited cliff dv sellins in
America.
You enter and find yourself In a room
7ox4o feet, with a ceiling OF ! ave marked
white sandstone rising as it recedes. from
twelve feet at the entrange to forty-five
feet 1t the rear wall. ~ IRE Elder n. 8.
Mobiey. president OF the Boys Corn Club
Of Arkansas and valY.d a1tache OF the
department Of .AgricY .ture, has lived the
ast three years WITH his cultured family,
his books and musj: in contentment, hap
piu6ss and HEALTHY.
cripple from rh1 umatism. lie then owned
the land on which his clinfdwelling now
Is, and knew that under the projecting
rock, where Ile lives it. wss always dry.
There .wss/a seep OF .ch.iybeate water
Of clear I,ater west. and so he boarded
M the south OF the cum and there was
roof ava door and twot s9des OF a kingly
chamyer OF stone free From insects, al
peri .ture. Into it for health and novelty
h9 moved.
Dous traveller and uiork4r for AGRICULTURAL
:, interests Three years have dulled the
eASA Of novelty. but the comfort OF this
I UNIQUE home holds him, and family to it
lyet.
Gent heat on the cold est day of winter.
ana in fact il is not OF ten that the smoke
cnrls from the eliff = de where the pipe
pIo,sr su q ts see s ss. p A,.yism no.
there. and the new.t Of the busy. throb-
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bling world finds daily a pulsing response
in this home.
The smooth, dry sandstone stratum
fforming the floor of the dwelling extends
out beyond the roof several feet, hard
fAnd white, and then the ground slopes
sharply but evenly for 100 feet to the fer
tile valley.
The dryness of these cliffs Is wonderful
and accounts for the fact that toads. liz
ards. snakes and insects do not infesl
them. Back of the table are natural
shelves sufficient for all the food and fol
Mrs. MobIey's culinary utensils. There
is water at the door.
Storms. not even the cyclone that some
times disports over that region, never s.
turb the dwellers Of this twentieth cen
fury cliff house. Nature is lavish i'm sculp
| ture and painting IN and around ii. ant
hence Elder Mobley does not object to hi:
neighbours fence on his roof, for il doe:
not disturb him nor detract from thu
unique beauty Of his picturesque home.
| Contrary to what might be expected
the cave home is nicely lighted by TIT
windows in the front because the ceilings
| and walls are white. And not only ar
ordinary insects not found in this home
| but that universal pest, the housef1y, doe:
not annoy.
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MISSISSIPPI VERY Low.
Steamboats, Can't Run, But Pearl
81 Hunters Are Happy.


| n is only within tire memory Of the
oldest OF river men that che rivers
forming the great Mississippi system
have been SO low In the summer as
they have this year. The old-timeps
say the low stages this year can be
compared only with those OF 1854, when
the catfish had 20 climb out into the
fields to moisten their parched throats
with the dew.
North OF st. Louis steamboat trafic
is almost at a standstiIl on account oil
the low water.in the upper Mississippi
tThe Diamond 10 Line has been forced
to take on it's through boats to st
Paul and has great dimculty in get.
ting its local packets through to Bur
lington, Iowa. Many excursion boats
are tied up. Several OF the boats have
\ been damaged IN an effort to navigate
The river can be waded in many places
and IL is common sight to see
wagons fording the stream to save
| bridge tollA
But while the steamboat interests
are suffering the pearl button factories
and the pearl hunters are reaping a
harvest Hundreds OF men. women and
children can be seen along the water
front of every town hunting CLANS
1 The shells are sold to the button fac
tories, after being searched for pearls
Many fine pearls have been found. One
found. by Dubuque man was sold fol
$500.
| Conditions along the Ohio river are
4 getting SERIOUS. too, though the situa-
tion there Is not as bad as IL was last
tyear. when practically every one OF the
hundreds of steamboats, along thai
stream were either stranded in tho
river or tied up at the bank.
| II IL were not for the water thai
comes out OF the Missouri steamboat
Itrafiic would he suspended between
here and Cairo. While the Missouri
has not risen this year to within nj
teen feet of the flood stage, II has
maintained a steady now OF water
tenoueh to keep the steamboats, goin6
on the Mississippi and enough for thu
boats running on that stream. Still
UNLESS there are rains soon in the nortl
the Missouri is likely to go very low
this fall. although not as low as 1t hal
been in some years. 1t has been mar
years since the Missouri has fallen be
low the zero stage. II Is now etgh
feet above that stage, which Is abou
she usual flow in the fall.
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The Improved Boomerang.

IRON Inc ShcaR0 IfiDune
Always the Australian boomerang haa
been interesting to the civilized general
public. Many persons are unfamiliar with
the fact that the boomerangs OF these
aborisines of the far-on island continent
have been of various shapes and patterns
Most OF those former experimenters IN
civilization have made a particular type
OF the boomerang. deciding finally for
themselves that "the blamed thing vii
hy. but IL won't come hack" II has re-
manned for an Esnglishman so to improve
on the Australian cross-shaped weapon
that II Is no more than q cross Of plain
wood. the lower strip of the cross beinl
one-third longer than the other arms oil
it.. In throwing the "curva," as thu
maker has called IL. the long lower enc
OF the cross Is held firmly between thu
thumb and finger vertically and with thu
plane OF the cross beside his face. -
Thrown seventy-hve feet the boone
rang will not return, but for 100 feet OF
more as II whiris the curva begins Il
turn to horizontal plane, its revolution!
increase rapidly until just a. its maxi
mum velocity has raised the cross to tn,
top OF its flight IL swerves to the ief
and begins Its return night to the thrower
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-20
Morality and Beauty.

So many people think. IL they have a
ill-fltting dress. eat badly cooked din.
ner and have no ravishment in the clean
sweet uses Of the senses, they are Leading
a moral life. II In a profound depth OF
immortality to be able to live without
beauty. and perhaps the most tragic
thing in our social system Is, that while
one class has a surfeit OF luxury and
show which they mistake for beauty, an
other class is deprived of beauty alto
Sether. II IL more beauty we want ana
iess luxury.
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Marriage At Eighty Forbidden.
From ibe London rbroric,.

" Chronicle.
hch as that recently cele.
ora.e' al Leeds. where a bridegroom
ased eish gone led his fourth wife to
.he az ar are forbidden in Russia. Ac.
cord'D TO Russian law no man or wom-
en- 10 has attained the age of eighty
can Contract legal marriage. No other
CO Intry nowadays imposes such q re-
y riction. In ancient Rome, however
7 legislation on this point was even more
stringent the maximum age limit for
men being fixed AT sixty and for wom-
en- at fifty.
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SU|C|DECURESOUGHT
Appalling Increase PerpIexes
Sociological Students.
REASONS NOT Determined
Causes for Self-Destruction Hard to
Classify.
VARIED METHODS EMPLOYED
Last Years Toll Greatest for City
Of Washington-Zed Copp
Offers Aid.
REASONS NOT Determined
VARIED METHODS EMPLOYED

Surprise at the marked increase in re-
cent years I'm the number OF suicides in
Washington and throughout the United
States. as shown in statistics presented
In The Star of Thursday. is expressed BY
many professional men and others.
Many students Of the suicide question
are asking IL something cannot be done
to prevent such Wholesale taking OF human
life. Ii is agreed by the interested that the
causes are numerous. While they know
nothing can wholly prevent self-destruc-
ton. they think something might be
done to lessen suicide.
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Have the Star Follow You
Wherever You Go.

II you are going out OF town
for a few days or for the season
The Star. nine times out Of ten.
can bring you the dr. news
from Washington.
RATES BY NAIL, POSTAGE
PREPAID:
The Evening Star. l0c a month.
The Evening and Sunday Star,
6Oc q month.
The Sunday Star. zoe a month.
In ordering the paper or hav-
ing the address changed always
give the old az well as the new
address.
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Greatest Total Last Year.

The smallest number of suicides COM
mtted in any year during the past ten
years was In 1901. when thirty-one per
sons ended their lives, twenty-siS white
and five coiored. The greatest number
was during the past fiscal year, the total
being ninety -four. eighty white and four
teen colored.
The report OF the coroner for the past
ten years gives the suicide statistics as
follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-20

PA, what's the difference between the
north pole and the south pole anyway"
An the difference in the world, my
boY."-Judge.
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High Monthly Rate.

During the month of July, the first
month of the fiscal year. Coroner hewitt
was called upon TO investigate fifteen
cases of self-destruction, a rate, which.
IL maintained throughout the year, would
mean the recording OF $50 such deaths.
This months record. IL is thought. Will
show a decided decrease as compared
with that OF last month. however. The
authorities have no idea that anything
like $50 cases will occur during the cur
rent year.
1t is lamentable that ninety-four per
sons took their life in this city during
the fiscal year ended June 80" a District
official said this morning. But what
can be done to prevent a repetition OF the
slaughter
Rev. Zed ii. Copp, probation officer OF
the Juvenile Court. and officers OF the
Salvation Army have made special Of
forts to get in communication with de-
spondent persons, thinking they might he
able 10 prevent suicides. Mr. Copp has
given much thought to the question ana
says he is always prepared to assist such
persons.
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State Owned RailroadsSe arm
RevenueA Producers.

$4,000, OONa year.> which Nis . little more
than 3 peri cent ont THE total amount in
vested BY PRUSSIA in sthe. state railway
system, including both what was spent
in 1S4S and\ N49. when itle nrst Prussian
RAILWAYS were< built. and what was ex-
nended since 1850 in the purchase Of
privately owned railways. Sthe construc-
ton of new iire.@ and the reconstruction
of old ones. AS this hass been accom-
n,ished in connect IN with a, gradual and
Steady reduction of tariffs, there is no
opposition, in Germ Sny at ysny rate; :. g
rai,ravs. From it's other enterprises. in
cind,nS forests, CROWN land farms, mines,
norceisin factories and hanks. Prussia
makes a net annual 'front.' of ahDut ST.
OQOO 200.
In ali Germany there us. no puis'ic-own-
"a enterprise which doe not pay profit
- The state. with the tsingie exception
of steamship lines. The Vmperiali govern
ment does not sexpsct 10 Vece, v "a auect
ISnuee German ocean steam fhip companies.
and several 'of. the incfvidia l states
operate internal navigffat on lines at q
loss But others make lFomt, 50 that
the total annual loss Tor Vail Germany
upon its unprofitaDie ste eniship lines
reaches a total of only Ss. 20 year.
In addition to these FEEDER ~ and state
owned properties. the German j cities near
ly all are committed to the >; ene principle
of colles.tiye ownership. PTat tlcally every
German city owns its street railways. Its
cas miami its electric light 1 and power
works. its water works. II slaughter
houses, its markets. its cPad storage
plants. its canals. docks an. wharves.. !
More than half OF the citi IS also owY
| and operate amusement park 3. beer gyr
dens. theaters. moving pictur shows Iant
other concerns Sdesigned prin ta'-ily " az
| ford cheap enteh'tainrient for the Leople
The cities as a rule, make tproH from
| their municipality owned enterprises
sbout coual-to what iwould % considered
as fair interest on the amou PIT OF actua
capital invested.
This principle OF .operat ns publicly
owned enterprises forea pro 6t was out.
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SUES FOR RECOVERY Of
MILLION ACRES OF LAND
Ejectment Proceedings Insti-
tuted in Wythe County, Va,
for Mrs. Maybrick.

RICHMOND, Va. August ao.-Judge L.
ID. Yarrell of Emporia, Va, counsel for
Mrs. Florence Elizabeth Maybrick, has
called at the ONCE of Secretary of the
Commonwealth B. c. James to procure
the necessary authority for the taking of
evidence In ejectment suits brought in
Wythe county. Va
I Among the papers was copy of the
will of the late Baroness Caroline Z. Won
Roaues, mother of Mrs. Maybrick. with a
certificate from the clerk of the circuit
court of Wythe county to the effect that
the will had been probated there: then
the signature Of Circuit Judge T. l..
Massie TO the effect that the clerk was
such de facto. The secretary OF the COM
monwealth was required to certify that
Judge Massie was lawfully holding Of
flee.
Evidence Sought in France.
This does not end the red tape, as the
French ambassador to the United States
must add to the papers. Samuel V. Hay
den. Judge Yarrelrs associate counsel,
will go to France to secure the evidence.
Baroness Won Roques died April 10 last
and her will bequeathed all her property
to her daughter. Mrs. Maybrick The in
strument is under date CT June L., 1905. A
decade ago the case of Mrs MAVERICK
filled much space in the newspapers and
I'm the public eye. The unfortunate
woman. who is now lecturing in the mid
die western states, was born in Ala
bama Her father, a Mr.. Chandler, was
a wealthy man, who died during the civil
war Mrs. Chandler later married the
Baron Won Roques. German nobleman.
| who is still living. but who was separated
from his wife for years before her death,
Supposed to Have Been Murdered.
The husband of Mrs. Maybrick was an
Englishman. who was supposed 10 have,
been murdered. His wife was tried ana
convicted and was for years confined IND
prison under life sentence. At last
the British home officer gave her an UNI
conditional release, but not until afteS
many efforts had been made by .
American State Department. Judge
rell continE~i as her counsel durin 81
years OF her confinement, being n
i'm his efforts to secure her releas itiril
Large tracts of lands i'm Nirg
other states are claimed by ma al
Roques estate, and the preser (the W
the case proposes to eject Ne move
Connecticut parties from fork al
Virginia counties Of Wythe anus In q
which were sold to them ana trays,
this one suit there are per years ago.
involved. while in the Eidps i@WS acr
is said to be no less " ntire claim the
which lie in Henry sp 49,. ," acre
Grayson. Buchanan Fatrlck' WITH
CT virginia anu We Il Virginia
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state-owned property Of any Of the Ger
man states-only S1100O annually
The duchy of rSchaumb,ng-Lippe, with
a population of 400 and an area Of 100
square miles, has i'm annual income from
state enterprises cr about $2O0,OOo. rep
resenting about per cent OF the total
income Of the STATE. SchwaIEburs-Son
derhausen derives 80 per cent ,of its total
revenue from its state-owped farms and
forests; Gutenberg rays - percent OF it's
bills in the same. way; Meckknberg-
Strelitz pays ,half oGS it's expenses in this
way; Bavaria pay.s 80 per cent; So xony
81 per cent and W,irttembergi 80 per cent
Of all governmental expenses. with the
revenue from publicly owne6< properties
Prussia, which he's consid,.ra bly,. more
than half OF population and AREA of the
empire. paysSmore THAN haf OF all its
Observation-Disclosures in this way. The
Prussian enterprises yield n constantly
increasing revenue. last year producing
net profits of S176OOGOO0. This, was
more than twice tas much asi was collect
being a little more, THANH SIS. ONsOco
In one year the average income from
state-owned properties was, $3.50 per
capita. while the ,per, capita taxation
was S215. in the SsuIs wear. owing to
extension Of ,raiiwaHst and, other public
amounting tee an avark ge pars ca pita of
$3.50.
Thus in one1 year thee public properties
produced a g1sater imfme than both tax
alton and the sale of bonds. This. il is
important to remember, wasfn Prussia,
where the people aN ,almostSin open re-
bellion because of excessive TIA xation. IL
all the expe nses OF stlie sath had to be
met by taxi levies the result can be
imagined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-20

Sharise.is the Mahommedan term for
canon law which is based upon the
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ciple of collective Ownership has been
applied to a greater extent in Prussia, the
most autocratic arsd illiberal monarchy,
than in any Of the other kingdoms, duch-
les or principalities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-20

The tiny principslity Of Reuss Of tn,
elder line. with a population OF 10000 and
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The imperial government and Sthe|sos
eminent Of the several GermaaA state
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-20

I'm Prussia3 the state-owned railways
are the chiets source of eincdme. The rail-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-23
Chief Yeager Cleared .

DES MONIES, Aug. 23.-It is ex-
pected the axe will be used by SUI
perintendent Roe and Chief of Police
Yeager in the police department
since the council voted to reinstate
Yeager as chief of police in spite OF
the charges against him by the Anti.
Saloon league. With Councilman Mac
Vicar absent, the council voted tc
re-instate Yeager, with the exception
of Schramm, who voted no" Ssvera
police testified against Roe and Yeag
err and others are known to sympa
thize with them and as result {
general shake-up is expected and a
least half dozen will probably b.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-23
Ad MoIaast at pes Moines.

DIES MONIES, Aug. 23.-Ad VOL
CAST. lightweight champion Of the
world, is to appear with the Tom
Sharkey aggregation of athletes at
the Coliseum during State fair week,
according to an announcement made
today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-23
FOREST FIRES
TAKE MANY LIVES
California is Blazing.
CONTINUED from page -

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. Three
companies of infantry were today
ordered by Major General Wood to
proceed to the Cahoe national forest
in California, in response to an appeal
from the district forester to assist in
fighting the forest fires.
This is the first appeal from Cali
fornia.
COLFAx, CAL, Aug. %. Two disas
trous forest fires are racing through
the Cahoe national forest today
Damage estimated at one million has
already been done. The fire is rapid
ly getting beyond control.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-23
|HANDlCAPS F OR
DAVIS CUP PLAY
| Golfers Of Country Club are interest
ed in List Made Public Today,
Which Contains Many
Changes.
l4 WOMEN IN CONTEST
Ii Promises to be Biggest ad Best
! Tournament of Year-Matless
and sheldon Given Minus
81 Marks.
WOMEN IN CONTEST

Handicaps were announced today
for the Davis Cup Contest, play IN
which started Saturday afternoon on
the golf links of the Keokuk Country
Cub.
The handicaps given the poorer
players are very liberal, so that the
minus and scratch men will have to
exert themselves to win. Each pay
err must turn in ten cards before Sep
TENDER "a. Play will be match against
DOGGY. For the first time in several
years the handicap committee have
considered some of the players strong
enough to be given minus marks.
James Matless will give DOGGY a ham
dican or three strokes, while Perdew
Sheldon will give it two. -Four lady
golfers will play.
The handicap list follows:
Matless ..........s....I.a.... p p
Sheldon y
/, Dickey ............s......s.s. -. ociatcn
Elder ................... ..'....... 2
/ Dunlap ................... =
/ Cochrane ....................
Mcfarland ................... .
! G. w. Cox OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
/ Bouscaren ...............s... .
Davis ..... .......a.....
Dickinson
~. E. Craig .................... .
IT. A. Craig ................... .
! Van Hayden ................... 6
! Birge Elder NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. b
Sawyer ................... .
Marshall ..................
Ellsworth .........5...... {
/! Meigs ................... :
o. C. Smith northumberland. 8
] Daniei .......... ......,..........
Mills .................. .
~. r. Hayden 9
Huiskamp ................. 8
/ LeBron .................. .
1 Boxer ................... IL
Hamill ..................... IL
IDysert ................... II
Allen .................. IL
Collier .................... IL
lAyres .....,............ IL
i Tucker ...................., y
Miss Davis Observation-Disclosures. 8
Miss Baldwin Observation-Disclosures. Is
Miss Allen ................... Is
j Miss Marshall ................ Is
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-23
viii Hana on.

PANAMA, Aug. 23.-Under the in
fluence of his secretary M. Morales,
a rabid anti-American, Acting Presi-
dent Mendoza, has reconsidered mis-
resignation and Announces that he will
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-23
Some New ones.

HELENA, Mont, Aug. 23.-Several
new forest fires were reported
throughout Montana today. Other
wise the situation Is little unchanged.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-23
official Report.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-Official
dispatches received at the forest SER
vice offices today from Associate Dis
trict Forester Silcox of Missoula,
Mont, state that the known dead In
the Lotto and Occur d'Alene forests
number 33, with two fatally injured.
Several large crews are lost and in
danger of death.
Fighters are Encouraged.
SPOKANE, Wash. Aug. 23.St.
Regis has slight chance of being
saved. Mullen, Saltesv and Hender-
son are now considered out of imme-
date danger. Besides Wallace and
Taft. the towns of Bryson. Deborgia
and Haughan have been wiped out.
While the situation is far from re-
lieved, the progress made at st. Re-
gis, Mullen and Saltese, which yes
terday seemed to be doomed, has en-
couraged the fire fighters and they
| now hold out hopes of being able to
hold the flames in check until a
rain comes and extinguishes the fire.
/! The wind Is dying down at all points.
| 1t is known that fire along Cedar
Creek in Idaho destroyed the plant
of the Amadpt Company, and Kansas
! City Commercial Co. Six men are be-
| lieved to have persisted there.