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Chicago Cattle Market.

CHICAGO, August S-Cattle-Receipts
estimated at q, 900 head; market steady to
100 higher; beeves, 49Oas.35; Texas steers.
g. OaS 65; western steers. 4.O0a6.76 stock
ers and feeders, 4OOa8.25: cows and heif-
ers, 2.7Oa665; calves. 6SOaS.bO.
Hogs-Receipts estimated at 1900 head;
market lOc higher; light, 84Oa9.O0: mixed,
7.SOa8. 50: heavy, 7.4ta8.35; rough, 7.45a
7.65; good to choice heavy. 7.65aS.35; pigs,
8. 4OaS. O5; bulk of sales. 7.85a8.2O
Sheep-Receipts estimated at $4,000
head: market steady; native, 26Oa4.6O;
western, 2.75a46O; yearlings, %5Oa5.75:
lambs, native, 4.5Oa7.15; western, 475a
715.
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AERO FLIGHT OVER ALPS.
Great Interest in Race to Be Held
September 20.
.eirn Correspondence Of The Star.

FOREIGN Correspondence Of The Star.
MILAN. July "a. 1910.
Intense interest has been aroused over
the proposed aeroplane race over the
Alps from Brigue to Milan. The race is
fixed for September 20. Already Latham.
Iahouchere. Cattaneo. Chayes and thir-
teen others have entered.
There Is keen rivalry among the makers
of flying machines, each of whom hopes
that his own make will carry the winner.
The committee has announced that 1t Is
not definitely decided that the aviator
must take the Simplon route.
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DIES VICTIM TO SCIENCE.
Experiments With Roentgen Rays
Fatal to Medical Student.
'espondcnce Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
BERLIN, July "a. 1910
Another victim to scientific medical re-
search has been claimed at Heidelberg,
where Robert Ceder, medical student,
has fallen a victim TO experiments with
Roentgen rays. Overexposure to the
rays resulted in a painful Inflammation Of
the soft part of the palate, and eventually
In death within two days after the out
break.
The funeral was attended by the en-
tire stan Of the university. and the de-
gree OF doctor wac conferred post
mOrtem.
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British Foreign Trade.

LONDON, August S.-The July state
ment Of the board Of trade shows 9
decrease of $466O.OOO in imports and
an Increase Of 4,5OO, 500 in exports. Tho
principal changes In imports were q de-
crease OF 100000 900 in foodstuffs and an
increase of 5000. 900 in rubber. In the ex-
ports manufactured goods showed tho
largest. gains.
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Will Of Francis Mclean.

rho will Of Francis Mclean. who died
August 2, was filed for probate today,
and by It's terms all Of his estate. with
the exception OF $500. 10 beQueathed to his
widow. Marion Judson Mclean, who also
set sssdA to be administered for the care
and benefit Of o son, Frank Newton
Mclean.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, August S.-Closing: Cot
ton-Spot In fair demand; price IL points
higher: American middling fair, SIS;
good middhng. S.45; middling. 631: low
middling. s.21; good ordinary, 7eS: or
binary. 7.9O Sales OF the day were
lation and export, and included 1900
American. Receipts. none. Futures
opened steady and closed firm; August.
8O31s; August and September. 7.S0h: Sep
TENDER and October, IA: October and
November, 1851; November and Decem-
Der, 7.16; December and January. 7.l3h
January and February, 712h; February
and March. 712h; March and April,
I.12x; April and May, 7.16; May and
June, 7.12
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, August 8.-Wheat-
Spot, dull: No. 2 winter, no stock. Fu-
lures dull: October, IS 6kd: December,
Is 71ad.
IS lid; futures. quiet; September As
9Nd; October, As esd.
Peas-Canadian steady, Is.
Flour-Winter patents, steady, 30s,
Hops-1n London Pacific coast)
steady, 6x3, SIS Cd 4x10s.
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Copper Stocks on Hand.

NEW YORK, August Stopper stocks
on hand in the United States August 1
were 17O.640. 678 pounds, an increase Of
2254 661 pounds, as compared with July
/, according to the monthly report Of the
Copper Producers Association, made pub
lie here today.
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While Alex Crowder, william Heath
and Robert Goodwin. employees Of the
virginia Railway and Power Company
at Petersburg. Va. were "9isging'' hogs
near the old shipyard. they found q
skeleton OF human being, or, rather the
head and few bones. Over the left
eye was a hole. apparently made BY .
bullet.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales. Regular call. IL O'Clock noon-Washtpg
ton Rwy. and Elec pfd. ~ at s'a4.
Washington Cas- Is at 72i2, % at 73.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 1 at PIG.
Lanston Monotype. 10 at 50, 10 at 90, 20 at
SO. 20 at 50. at S. 5 at s2b, 20 at S2A.
United States Trust. 20 at lis, 10 at lis. at
lis. at lis.
After call-Mergenthaler Linotype, at PIC,
at PIG.
Capital Traction, 2 at 121.
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LONDON MARKET.

LONDON, August s.-American secur-
tiles were dull and featureless during the
early trading today. At noon prices rang
ed from y above TO u below Saturda q
New York closing.
New York support in the afternoon adj.
vanced values small fractions. The clos
ing was steady.
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BALTIMORE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md. August .s.-wheat-
Easier Spot contract, 99A; spot No. 2
red western. 1O1A: August, 99A: Septem-
Der. 1OOasa1 cos: December. 1.O4h: sales,
steamer No. red, 9314: receipts. 42,37
bushels: exports. 5000 bushels: southern
by sample, SOa96; southern on grade,
93&a1.OOA.
Corn-Dull. Spot contract, 6Sls: re-
ceipts, S1o8 bushels; southern white corn,
1871: southern yellow corn. q.
Oats-Unsettled and lower. No 2 white.
461ka47: No. 8 white, Haas; No. 2 mixed,
Al. nominal; receipts 4, $50 bushels.
Rye-Dull. No. western domestic, ia
50: receipts. Is bushels.
Hay-Firm. No. 1 timothy, $500; No.
clover mixed, 20 5Oa21 90.
Grain enthusiastically, unchanged.
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Three Chinese Banks Fail.

VICTORIA. B. c., August s-News is
brought from Shanghai by the Empress
of India of the failure OF three Chinese
banks with losses Of 100000. owing to
the collapse of the rubber boom.
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Treasury Statement.

The condition OF the Treasury at the beginning
Of business today was AZ follows:
TRUST FUNDS.
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Bar silver steady. Z@lsd per ounce.
Money, iafA per cent
The rate Of discount - the open market for
short bills Is 2x peI cent. go
The rate of discount the open market ar
three-month bills is rs per cent.
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J. T. Dyer. FRANK l. Dyer. W. Talbot oinclatI.
DYER AND SINCLAIR
Incorporated.
REAL ESrATE n al its bsanehee. SAL
soNAL and PROMPT attention. MONTY 10 Iean
on improved property 10 the District an6 u
Once: Suite 2oI-2o2. ltee u q. jx1A-eee
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eorynic-nT 1910

my name Is Madeline Fairbairn, and We are
staying at the Kunnymede House, and
please will you show me the way there
before lis dark"
With pleasure said Irsa Major be-
ginning 10 blow up flame with the bellows,
as soon as the storm i over.
What Storm" she asked, and was an
swered by sheet oi fame and reyerbera-
tion that made her shrink away from the
window
Better come over 10 the fire, suggested
lfsa Major You can have linon'
cushion Oh the hearth and keep the bellows
going '-~he put on Iwo fresh logs as he
spoke while the Three Bears eat their
dinner He added taetfully: Unless you
will join u:9"
She hurriedly declined the invitation and
sci 10 WORK with the bellows wishing that
She could explain how she had meant to
leave money for what she had already taken
But he was not man to whom this could be
said.
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EDI TIL

giving him the first bowl 10 dry, III you've
anything interesting TO say.
But haven't Z said he. How could II
| haven talked to awoman cxceptfarIner.
folk for two years II
But ! suppose that was your own
choice She suggested demnrely, swishing
the second bowl round and round in the
suds.
"May be-" said he soberly. But /
haven't thought so all along"
why, what did you think?p she asked,
i'll frank surprise.
7 ! thought they'd given me the go-by--
all that | cared lor J" said he. And as for
your summer visitors Lord
II am a summer visitor myself" she
teased
II know-but hadn't seen you, you
see"
This was trifie embarrassing so she hur-
riedly passed him the second bowl, and be-
tween them they nearly broke it.
That vas a narrow escape, said he.
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He laughed "My age? How old do you
think | amS"
"Old enough to be doing something use
ful!" was hei severe comment
That's true" he granted meekly.
" However, there's plenty OF time yet. I'll
bet you what you like, I'm not ten years
older than yourself Besides, I've been
living up here isn't that useiulSp
1T looks very selfish to me, she said.
:" But what else could do1 You see, the
girl threw ME over, he urged in comic dis-
tfess
"As if girls we're ALL"
''Still, they do count for something, you
know" he insisted, as he held out the coat
for her to Slip into "They're not The whole
show, OF course; but then | haven't been
altogether idle up here in the woods. It
isn't bad place for naturalist to hang out
his sign. shouldn't wonder il could get a
decent job il | ever 60 back.
She was too embarrassed by her blurAIer
even to apologize; and he continued cheer
fully: "lf you'd been naturalist yourself
you might have seen lev signs Of my oc-
cupation about
She recovered herself enough to say. But
being only grl-wel, | take back what |
said, Say 4 hermit if you like Where's
Iimons want 10 say good-by to him
Poor little Bear did break um's chair and
steal um S dinner and abuse um altogether"
But Timon only opened one eve to her
caresses, with sound that seemed equiva-
lent in his tongue to "Get-along-with-
you!'
Soured said Ursa Major Leave him
alone-hes hopeless He doesn't know a
nice girl when he sees her Come Diog-
enes."
With that he stepped out into the twi-
light with his lantern. The cynic went
crashing ahead through the underbrush;
and the girl picked her way over the sodden
leaves as last as she could follow.
Are you sure you know the way9" she
asked and then there was no more speech
between them, for the need OF keeping clear
OF wet brambles and wayside pools, until
they came out upon the road, and saw The
lake cleaning between the ranks OF trees
and Runnymede House with lights begins
ming TO twinkle in its Win,iows, But Il Il
probable that both nad been thinking and
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who knows7 Diogenes too may have had
his thoughts. Certainly, at the end, he
came and snuggled bis nose in Madeline's
hand, as il admitting her of their fellowship
and loath % say good-by
AT the white gate Ursa Major paused
You'll be ali right nov, and we must be
getting home He whistled for Diogenes,
who seemed 10 have The intention OF enter
ing the hotel and was deaf 10 the call
He's not Shy bless the brute : said lrsa
Major impatiantly and continued to whis
tie.
Are yop when you are shaved1" asked
Madeline.
"Oh, don't know "
"Then Why don't you shaveY"
"Would you like me TOP"
1--WE no idea. You'd have to try"
For q moment they looked at each othe,
by the dim light Of the lantern; then be
whstled again for the tmant, and after
waiting moment with il-concealci inira-
ticnce, turned away: =. You'd probably treat
me as badly as the other girl did.
She Withdrew into the shadow several
steps up the path before she. said naughtily:
:" But you'd get over il tltice as fast because
it would be your second eAperenc or ~,.tg'
tenth, for all | know
II was at this point that Diogtnes .s>yv,
back out OF the darkness and laid his nose II
her left hand. She took him BY The collar
and together they returned to the man who
still fingered swinging his Iqn.ern
Thank you beth FOR Bringing nr home,"
said she, and my love to Timcn, p.ease.
And you all look SO happy il yosr cabin un
there, I'm SIRE you'd better 5ta~.
Hang i'll III shave to-norrow, was a2s
irrelevant rctort
"Oh, don't" She espcs,cia,td
And. ccme down sni G ,asrd--dr.ak
tea, | suppose But ltayen'l y mon
and I'm not sure that ,er . stop being
bear and 90 back into ,as world ana MAJ ,
some.
You needn't stop beiTg oca.,' raid
she, and added: | Ire btars.1
With that she fed Up the te's; and "
the loci, Of The lantern and The ,o,nls %
the gravel, it would sen th4, s.i' h.. -
pursued her. LiAe :. II: ,lc glr The ~
tale She 60, away ior ths us.. IT,. ms
story hasa slitieiept nduis
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II il had broken, should have had to
returnio civilization to buy another
Better use enamel ware, she said curtly,
If you are going to be savage
l. il SO bad as that2" he asked taking
out lis pipe and surveying himself as well
as he could. BY love, | do look pretty
roagh! You wouldn know me shaved and
DIRE. ssd Ike Christian"
Fl supposc there IS usually good reason
ior such i atatc OF things, she observed, in
the tone oi one that had no desire to hear
more
q don't know was pretty sick when !
c1rne up here two years ago "
"Sieks
Not in body. How would you have lelt
il your particular chumra fellow you'd
known all your lie and roonled with through
college il he d made away with nearly all
the money you had in the worldr".
I'D have worried him till got il back, !"
said she promptly.
Would you-if he'd made the thing
completr by marrying the girl you were
engaged tor
OH said She And didn't she know
about.hiin, mean"
He answered indirectly. I'd have opened
her eyes il il hadn't been too late at
least, i think so. As it was, cut and
run. Came up here to think it over"
And have YOU been thinking it over ever
sncei she asked, taking him the soup
plaie.
He laughed. about the girl2 No.
lot over that part Of it in two or three
moaths. ! found | could live very well
without her. But it seemed sort OF natural
TO stay on--habit, | guess. I'm naturally
lazy; and Ed lost heart, you see. There
didn't seem 70 be anybody to work for, or
any special reason Tor going back"
There said she, carefully wiping the
table, ''Now il you will empty the dishpan
and put the things away, you are all
straight. Has ii stopped raining1 My
mother will have q titI
He rose and went to stand in the open
doorway. It's clearing. We shall have
daylight again and perhaps streak OF sun
set Let me sec your shoes. Too badi
They'll be soaked. Sorry | haven't an
umbrella. No hermit ever has. But I'll
ind you en- old coat to keep of the worst Of
the drip
Are you going to keep en- being hermit
all your lie" she asked, while he rum
nased at The lar end q the cabin.
Can't say Trn sure. Now put this on.
Wat a miuutc We shall need lantern
lliogencs wUl ccmc hey, bcy?
The cyHie began 4 series Of springs
aeainst the white serge dress, but Madeline
Wa ico ahsoshed IN her thought TO push
bin awav Il thiuk you cKght 70 gahack
sed he civilized, Sic urged
Why hcaskell busy with the lantern;
and she was hard pitt totto lind a sufficient
y aSA,f f3f
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don't care--r air ! can never get home
without
She found 4 cup on the table and ladled
the little basin iull, and cut bread and fell
To- The soup was SO good that She emptled
her dish twice before she felt able 10 stop
But what Conld they want with the mus
tards she wondered
Strengthened as she was TO face her prob
lem how to get home, she was YET no ne4Eer
is solution Ii only somebody would come
anybody who could get her out Of this
scrape She had feeling that the hour was
near sunset and il she wandered away now
She might have TO spend the night in the
cold, lonely woods. Ii seemed almost bet
ter to wait il the snug little cabin for the
coming OF the Three Bears whoever they
were Or course, they were bound to be
people,
This decided, she looked about for com
Portable pace to rest, the chairs being hope
less. All the lar end Of the room lay a cot
bed covered with coarse blankets; but prn-
dence counseled Keeping near the door.
Under the window beyond the fireplace was
bnilt rude seat on which lay 4 bearskin rug
and calico cushion TO match the one on the
smallest chair.
This must be the Little Bears bed, " she
said, feeling very drowsy She dropped on
The rug, and laid her head On the cushion to
think minute.
Andthen the Three Bears came and stood
in row grinning down upon her and lolling
out their red tongues, and the Little Bear
gave jump and landed on her chest with
horrible snarl.
She opened her eyes with a scream, and
heavy furry thing that must have been on
her chest jumped to the ground and disap-
pcarcd. But great shaggy head, on level
with her own, remained real, staring and
painting, then suddenly stopped and thrust
a snulfiing nose against her shoulder.
AS she struggled to disentange herself,
she came suddenly face to face with the
third bear who had risen from the arm
chair, il seemed and stood looking at her
with grin on bis shaggy, bearded face.
AS ier vision cleared, she gasped Why,
YOU re only q man
That's all, said he. And dog
breed unknown --inG coon-cat Sorry we
disturbed you, but you were warned TO keep
out.
II know" she said, almost ready to cry
With rtlicf,. but | had lost my way; and
wls 50 tired and hungry couldn't 20 a
step further; and don't know how 70 get
back 70 the hotel.V
We'll said lie, . il sounds good excuse
for trcspasaing. Sit down whiie we Consider
the situation
With this She was suddenly quite al home
with tiln: = have tried ali your chairs. y
Only 4 nice man would have taken things 50
much as a matter OF course.
And brokeI Timons Bsiound It out
al once And yoi ate Iimon's soup; and
lay down on his bed poor Tinon! He got
the warst Of it,
Poor whoy she asked, demureiy, re-
treating again to the seat under the window.
Timon. And the Middle Bear is Diog.
enes. Sec-he's ready to make ii up; YOU
nisht give hita paw And the Great
Bear-oh weIl--UrsA Major will do for a
name, il yot know what that means?"
"Of course" she cried Indignantly. "I've
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"Sure2' said he, as he finished filing the
three bowls. Then We viii cal together as
usual At q curious clicii@ lhal he made
with his teeth, I'mon came Icaping IRON the
dark end OF tlc room where he had been
sulking for hi. Injured dignity, and jumped
up on the far end Of the i4bIs. while Diog
enes luAberediato the nli. lle.s1el chair
They botll v4itel politely uulil t'rsa
Major iE,l cut Jicad ail broken ii nto
their ba.lls, and thei, lipoa anoihcr click
from him, they irlI TO-
# : rDothey understand you;" a.keI M@ds,
llne in surprise.
" Oh yes, We talk great del togethc-.
They're The only ftieads have ia the
world laid l'rsa Major impa siyely.
"Ohl' cried she, and dropped the below
to cover her ears agains! tcrfinc peal Of
thunder Alter that, there Was 10 l.lore
conversation until the storm lulled, but the
Three Bears ate imperturbably, which was,
under the circumstances, the politest thing
they could do Madeline felt her heart
warming toward them.
ousSS L Dttttl hBllt Il t3nulCt d+tu
clear the table, said Ufsa Major at last
when the thunder had given WY TO he-vy
rain. You've made poor work OF that
fire."
She flashed a smile upon him. Suppose
suppose | put the dishes together and
yoa blow up the iire2"
"All right" sid he. .'You may Nash
'em too, il you like III get you the dish.
pan"
IS she went to tie t...sle on which he had
set Lighted cardle, sac broke into soft
laughter.
@What now7' he asked stopping the
bellows.
Il wondered what you would do with the
rustaTd' But fgsere did you get yoGr baked
potatoesS'
From the ashes, oil coursc. Didn't you
sec..le raaethem cut3 Ialways use mustard
when | haven't any butte. One hes 10
make shift up here in the woods
It,was oitthe Zip OF her tongue to ask why
he lived there; but she said only; "Do you
think the stormwill be over by the time I've
washed your dishes?
Sure said he,. making beautiful
fame.
Then when you've brought in the dish
pan and the soap and the towel----p
Towel: saidhe You're too civilized.
You just get EN- clean and I'll dry en- here
en- the hearth. Tint my way"
He poured the he; 8ater on She soap,
making a be4GliiG s,Nl y 5uds; llsl ahr
said m d tonc II command, SoS lrt YOar
pipe honging over tie shell ti'eFe, end 50
dean Just Is il weren't here. lsa q tlc
other leats NE q hear v,e"
lie laughed a~ be reached for tie hrar-
wood "Nouyc hi' / shopi tie p'!N. ,ut
the other bears woa'tstand it ta be Ngi.ed
from their afterdinner maps, 50 snali sspc
10 ial' "a yons
s,s,.4 i4si.,l s.s, 4 ,t,.,,t rs..i sgtt ,,t,,siet
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6dfy VI looking red calico
cushion; but the moment
she sat down, she began
70 Sip, with a terrible
creaking noise, and barely
saved herself from going
through to the floor.
When she lifted the cush-
ion sac found the spiht-
salt gaping, and she was
az once bcwildered and
hall frightened to ind the
fairy story 50 literally
coming true. She brought
all her common sense to
bear on the situation, to
prove that it was only a
,oincidence with probably
4 quite natural explana-
tioa--wlen she came to
know ii.
Well, | may as well go
ontsespa;sing, | suppose,
she said resignedly, "and
pay the damage later. |
a., 50 hungry | wonder
what's IN the kettle.
Size took another survey
oA tha table, discovering,
bcSdes the large porrin-
aer. the Eniddle-sized soup
plaicand the little shallow
basin, q loaf Of bread, and
Ia bottle Of
Z Mast1rdl" she cried.
ssl'<fsich mustard. Fancy
D~;rs easiIag French mus
sarJs Bit what would
they "A Il will2 Oh, |
.pr~s te1 what's 10 the
kettir
r'sc p-led nj the hd and
- ~elfg~d u ; s:ezmy
<4r1r ,hs' -rad- hes ~
fs~>s = te,r<Iy !. before.