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and Lack of Inside Buying Create AcVy on the Part of the

Southern Pacific, and Steel. and revers-
ed the program on each OF the stocks
mentioned they are now ready, so Gos-
SIPS belece, 10 Jump on the list and
bring about good declines. when they
buy back their holdings.
The fast fading bank reserves offers
cause for the calling Of loans and Is
legitimate reason for a decline-if one
Is wanted Moreover. the bears have
come 70 the conclusion that the Sttua-
ton is altogether too much in their
favor not to inspire them into action.
They understand that the market can
rot stand stili-that it is q case Of must
move and if they Will not move upward
then there Is but one other direction.
The labor troubles could not be passed
over lightly. The light demand for
stocks shook confidence. For a week
commission houses and brokers nave
been warning their customers to be-
ware the ex-diyidend Of Steel common
today. as IL was 7 per cent and a extra,
the largest div idend that the bears had
ever been called upon TO make good
and many traders bought the stock for
the expected and the usual quick re-
covery of dividends-but they were
doomed to disappOintment-it was the
bears turn TO laugh. as the stock lost
not only Ia, but 2 additional points.
From the tone OF the comment Il must
be evident that II was a real bear ses-
sion. not only in Steel, but In prac-
tically everything on the list The de-
clines varied. but the leaders lost about
2 points on the average. ana other stock
] 20 points 1t wasn't a satisfactory
market 10 anyone but the bears.
During the noon hour further declines
OF LNda point were sustained. This
brought Reading to 1865. Union Pacific
TO 1S6asG1S6i5, Southern Pacific TO I215s
and Steel common TO S4as. Other stocks
eased OF In like manner
Later on extreme dullness developed.
The bears did not show the slightest
uneasiness and covered only sparingly,
while commission houses did little or
nothing.
It did not promise much Of closing.
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crease OF ssooo ard a surplus Of sss,-
eSI was credited 20 profit and loss, max
ing the total surplus. after rafno- al
loWances, S,s9s, 70, OF which d,aT. so
was cash on hand.
Ihe report states tSat the pohcy OF
nGlldlnS ND the Comp5ny's plants VIII
be continued. During the Iasr nine
years SleGo,olo has been paid IN dlvi-
derds. while more than S1s.GlaOl0 OF fhe
earnings have gone into bet:crmeuts.
ana Lle improvements NOV Planned for
the next few years win reo1Iire 3 on =
coo more.
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LEGAL NOTICES

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT or
COLUMBIA. Holding a Probate Court. No
1872. Administration. This is 70 give notice:
That the subscriber, of the District of Co
lumbia, has ObtaineC from the Probate Court
of the District Of Columbia. letters OF ad-
ministration on the estate OF Annie b Port
late Of the District Of Columbia de-
ceased. All persons having claims against the
dece lsed are hereby warned TO exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof. legally
authenticated, 70 the subscriber, on or before
the 7th day Of March. A D. 1911: othe-vyfse
they may by law be excluded from an bene-
fit OF said estate. Given under nv hand
this 7th day Of arch, 1910. JOSEPH A
PORT. 500 st. y. W. CSeaD Aftest.
JAMES TANNER. Register Of Wills for tba
District Of Columbia. Clerk Of the Probate
Court ALEX II. BELL, Attorney.
rnLIs-L ~ -L-n 90
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ELECTRIC MERGER
is CONTEMPLTED

II is said that the Westinghouse Man
ufacturing Company and the General
Electric Company are soon to he
merged. It will be a S150, ,000, 600 merger
If IL goes through
Mr.. Westinghouse himself has had
little to do with the proposed merger
but has worked with a view of Securing,
control of the European concerns he
had lost in the panic, and also to for
ward the use by the government OF the
war vessels.
Financial hackers Of Mr.. Wrestling
house are sore over his refusal to accept
the General Electric olive branch
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velop. but rumors do not look good at
the present time.
United States Trust Company fur
nished the best show Of activity in ten
share lots and one 1OO-shsre lot, the
price advancing from I19 10 lls SIS.
RumOr is mighty busy with this institu-
tion despite its emphatic deuials.
Utilities were rather quiet, Gas sell
Ing at 7lh 70 y and small lots OF street
railroad shares ar former prices.
Lanston moderately active at 81, with
a sale buyer 50 days at q.
Bonds slow but steady.
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TRAIN JUMPS TRACK:
ENGINE IN RIVER

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. March 16-Tbe
Boston and New York Express jumped
the track just outside of the deDot. At
the south end bridge. The engine and
four cars LETT the track, the engine fail-
ing over a. twenty-fOOt embanknent and
going into the river.
The engineer was probably fatally in
1ured, and the fireman and two train
hands seriously hurt No passengers
were injured
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COMMERCIAL NATIONAL STOCK POS.
MAKING NEW HIGH RECORD.
u. S. TRUST ACTIVE.

II was bank stock day on the local
exchange, and the feature was the rise
in Commercial National Yesterday lq5
was bid and 205 asked. The highest
price that the stock has sold heretofore
was 1865. The jump TO 205, the high
price today, from an opening at 200lt
on sales Of forty-fve shares, was, there
fore, rather sensational
There was nothing new on the bourse
regarding banking matters The Street
seems to have an idea that there's some
thing doing. but it SINNERS down to
rumor, without foundation. Perhaps IN
the future something definite may de-
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STEEL co.
HAS A GOOD YEAR

The Cambridge Steel Company. ac-
cording 70 its annual report, had a to-
tai net income Of S2,55S, ,0s6, compared
with s.. is3s s75s for -he previous year. and
paid Sl.Soo,0o0 in dividends, an increase
OF $50 Oo0 For depreciation and better
ments. S7oAO00 was appropriated. an in
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UCiOn Trust. i0d1S1.
Washington Loan and Trust, 5d21g1k
4d21Ois. ld21O5z.
United States Trust 11d11s 1o9119. 109
10. 1O6119. 1O619, 1Odi19 10d119, I0G119
10Q1191a, 1OallS9s. 100a119Ss-
After caIi-CaDitaI Traction, SIS, s5OC9
1157s.
Washington Gas. 567I.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE

COMMISSIONERS OF THE DISTRICT on
COLUMBIA, Ofice Of the Assessor. wash
ingtOn, March S, 1910 Notice IS hereby given
that on the thirty-first day OF March. 1910
wiH expire al licenses granted by the AS
and produce dealers trading at large. SAD
licenses must be -operly renewed by ali s,1cb
persons desiLlng % continue business after
y - uahs-st. exSu
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COTTON GOSSIP.

J. S Bache & Co.-The bull CLIQUE
have shown . disposition not 70 force
an advance. but simply 10 give the mar
ket support on weak periods: these tao
tics strengthen their position. alpi lat
uraliy the short interest is IN no posi-
ton 10 increase their offerings.
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Days Sales on Washington Exchange

Washington Railway and Electric pre-
ferred. jN90$.
washington Gas. 25GnI. 25q7lK.
Mergenthaler, 5d217.
Lanston, 20d90. 1O0G91, buyer 81: 10O4
90
Commercial National Bank. IO3200lZ
5G200jt. 50204 1G7205, 572g5. 10d2G5.
American Security and Trust, lG6zs0
lOG280. 10a2S0.
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plant. per crate. Ss.ooaAOO; parsley. per has
ket S-s5a2 so; Florida tomatoes. per crate,
Live Stock.
Calves-Prime. per h.. 1Oc; medium, sIa
a9c. common, laSc; spring lambs, choice, 20
a22c; sheep. choice. per ID. 45za5c; medium
3a31ac; hogs. S9.o0a9.5e; dressed pork IOaI2c:
rough 7aSc-
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JosePhthal, Louchheim & Co.-That
there IS a big short interest in the Octo-
her option is past con. lecture. With the
Continued unfavOrable outlook in Texas
shorts are beginning to display an un-
easiness that IS reflected IN the increas-
ing strength OF new crop months. We
believe hat these options offer a splen-
did Opportunity at existing prices. re-
gardless Of the eventual size OF the new
crop.
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Atwood, Violet & Co.-Everytbinu
seems TO be helping toward a confrrna7
ton of what everybody sees. sxceDt
those who have been fighting a wind
mill for the last FIVE months. IN con-
tending as Spinners have 70 a very large
extent abroad, and especially in Great
Britain, that speculation was the cause
OF the advance In the price Of cotton.
W 1ereas nature has been the stumbling
Ol Dck, because Of producing a croD :
III lie over 10.250OO0 with requirements
OF America nearly 100000 larger.
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NEW YORK CURB MARKET.

Quotations furnished by T. f Hutton
& Co, members New York Stock Ex-
change. Thomas l. Hume and z. r
CaveTly. managers. 1901 + street north
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Today's Nezv York Stock Exchange Prices

Quotations furnished T brokers
ar Chiago
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just the other day, Of woman who
made herself perfectly lovely net
waist out Of her husbands old linen
mesh underwear. Now, man never
would have thought of doing that,
would he?
Dan-Not in a thousand years! Its
a pity can't afford to wear mesh I'M
derwear.
Louise-Yes, isn't it? And today,
found a recipe for making the most
delicious cake without eggs, milk, but
ter or sugar! What would you think of
that?
DAM prefer to reserve judgment
till I've eaten the cake BY the way,
was the dinner we had tonight con-
structed on the economical lines?
Louise (nodding her head emphatic
allyl--Wasn't it splendid?
Dan-Well, didn't seem to be able
to recognize anything.
Louise (triumphantly)-I knew you
wouldn't. Left-overs from soup to des.
! sert. Mary worked on that dinner for
hours and hours! She says if we are
going to have such meals often she
will have no time to wash and iron
and We'll have to hire laundress, but
OF course we can't afford that.
(The telephone bell rings and Lou.
Use hurries out to answer it. Dan puffs
the last inch of his cigar and looks
thoughtfully at the fire.
Louise (returning)-It was Mrs.
Blankley. She wanted us to be on the
list OF patrons for the charity ball. l
told her of course we'd be delighted
(Sits down and begins to play with
her pencil. Brief silence.) Dan!
Dan-Well?
Louise-I'm rather glad, after all,
that you don't agree with me about
the need Of economy.
Dan-Why. I didn't say
Louise know you didn't, dear, but
can always tell just how you feel
about things without your saying a
word. suppose it's a sort of sixth
sense. And since you don't think il
necessary to economic, don't you
| think
Dan-Yes?
Louise--Well, my evening gown is
positively threadbare and
Dan--And you ought to have new
one before the charity ball?
Louise-You clever man! How die
you guess it? But docking serious)
my bank account?
Dan (gallantly)-Tell them to sent
the bill to me.
Louise Dumping up and running
toward him)-Dan, you are the dear
est thing!
(Tableau. Slow curtain.)
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new NEWS OF YESTERDAY
Story Of David Davis, LincoIn's
Circuit Judge.
Fraudulent Promissory Note Case Ii
Which Abe Was Concerned
Taught the Magistrate Better
Business Methods.
BY e. J. EDWARDS.


First as justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States from 1862
to 1877, and then as a senator from
Illinois until 1888, the late David Dav.
is, who presided over the senate fol.
lowing the accession of Chester A.
Arthur to the presidency, was for
many years prominently in the eye of
the country. But long after his name
has been forgotten as that of Su.
preme court judge or United States
senator, it will be remembered as that
of the judge before whom Lincoln
tried his cases when he rode the cir.
cult of Illinois. The histories of Lin.
coins life are full of anecdotes telling
of Judge Davis's partiality of Lin.
coin and of his eagerness to hear Lin.
coins stories when the days work
was over.
l got to know Judge Davis we'll in
Washington when he was a senator
from Illinois, and at the time that
he went south to marry for the second
time, travelled with him.
do you know" he said to me as we
were nearing the end of the journey,
"it was case with which Mr.. Lincoln
was connected that had very impor,
tant effect upon my methods of doing
business?
This particular case involved the
non-payment of a promissory note.
The note itself was in evidence and
the defendant admitted that the sig.
nature on 1t was his. But he denied
ever having written the body of the
note. He also swore that he could
not explain how it had got Into the
hands of the man who was suing up.
on it. @
1T was not an uncommon practice
! for. business men to sign notes In
blank, which their partners might
utilize. and that would explain the
difference between the handwriting IN
the signature and in the body of the
note. It was written upon ordinary
letter paper-and that was not5uncom'
mon in those days-but I notified that
! the strip of paper used was much mr..
/ rover than that usually employed in
making out notes.. Upon closer ex
animation 1t looked to me assthauEh
the bit Of paper had been cut on the
bottom of sheet of writing paper
letter size. had an expert-a watch
maker. think-make q microscQpica]
examination Of the upper edge Of the
note and he testified that in his opin
] ion the paper had been cut of the
bottom of sheet Of paper with pail
Of scissors.
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Preliminary
Negotiations

Bobby pushed open the dentists
door and entered the waiting room.
"It's me-" he said as the dentist
came out of the office. II came to
ask you to look at tooth"
II have some free time this morn
ing" said the dentist. "A patient has
just telephoned that he cannot come"
Guess he got cold feet" said Bobby.
Il came awful near not coming, but
it's raining and there's no skating.
wish it wouldn't rain Saturdays"
ut is hard luck" agreed the dentist.
Have you had toothache?"
cob, a little," acknowledged Bobby.
But it doesn't hurt hardly any now.
I thought you'd be too busy this morn
ing to do anything and I'd just ask
you to look at the TOOTH
Fortunately, I've nothing to do"
said the dentist. IF you wish, I'll
look at it now"
Il don't know" Bobby said, hesitat-
ingly. I'm not sure feel like hav.
ing anything done. I've been feeling
bad for an awful long time"
'"I'm sorry to hear that" said the
dentist, sympathetically. Sometimes
bad tooth makes a person feel sick
all over, until it's attended to-"
ut isn't that" said Bobby, hastily.
"It's just that I've felt tired. 1t hasn't
anything to do with teeth"
1T won't hurt to look at your TOOTH"
suggested the dentist. "Climb up in
the chair and let's see."
"Why do they make these chairs so
awful bumpy?" Bobby asked. "It
would be great if a teller could go to
sleep while his teeth were being filled.
know feller-his names Billy-and
he had a tooth pulled with gas. He
says it's great. Only thing was he
said he wished he could stay awake
! and see it pulled. He made me prom
i Use to let him 60 with me first time l
ever have tooth pulled. He wants
to see it. bet he thinks I'll holler."
"No, you wouldn't. of course. Now,
just open your mouth a little WIDER"
Il wasn't ready yet. I was lst get.
ting ready. Now, here goes"
"You surely need that tooth filled, 81
said the dentist. "1'm sorry you don't
feel equal to it to-day, because I'd
like to do 1t now before 1t aches
more"
Eyes. I'm sorry, too," said Bobby
II don't often feel bad, but when dc
I certainly feel awful bad. It takes
me all of sudden. What do you
keep in that funny-shaped box?"
"Some things for false teeth" the
dentist said, quickly. you'd be sur
prised to see how many people have
them. A little hole comes that the,
think doesn't matter, and all of a sud
don the tooth's gone. False teeth are
very expensive"
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LAS result l asked the defendant
to produce several letters which he
had written. Then l discovered that
in each case he had placed his sig
nature at the bottom of the page, sew
eral inches below the bottom of the
latter itself, leaving plenty of space
on which note could have been writ.
ten above his signature. Various rep.
utable witnesses had testified as to
the defendants good character and
integrity, so I gave him the benefit
of the doubt and decided the case in
his favor. Afterwards I learned the
name of the man who had got hold
of one of the defendants letters. cut
off the signature and on the two
inches of blank paper above it writ.
ten in the note, which he has sold, the
defendants credit being excellent.
"Well, this case set me to thinking.
l realized that frequently signed my
name a considerable space below the
bottom of a letter or document. 1t
might not be easy to prove, If some
one cut off my signature and filled
note or something, that the document
was fraudulent one. So decided to
make radical change in my methods
of writing, and from that day to this
I have always written from one edge
of the paper to the other, both across
and down, and whenever l sign my
name to a document, l place it so
close to the last line of the text that
it all but runs into it, making any
interlineation between text and sigma.
ture impossible. And any interlinea.
ton elsewhere is made impossible by
the fact that l cover the page comp.
pletely with my writing, and write
the lines as close to one another as
legibility will permit.
"This is the method I followed all
the time was on the Supreme bench.
and all the time have been in the
senate, and recommend it as good
rule for any business man to adopt"
Copyright, 1909, by E. J.. Edwards.)
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elephants tusks?" Bobby exclaimed,
changing the subject abruptly. II seen
saw woman once who had teeth
like a squirrels. Honest, h-
ner teeth
were awful funny. Mamie Kelly wrote
a composition on squirrels and it was
SO good they sent it to the exhibition
somewhere. Do you know Mamie
Kelly?"
mo, I haven't that pleasure"
ss'She said she'd never been to
dentist, but thought maybe that was
whopper." Bobby sighed disappoint-
eddy. "Well, when she does come I'll
tell her to come to you"
THANK you"
THAT'S all right. I'll be glad to
help you along. I think everybody
ought to help everybody else. I send
lot of candy customers to the school
store. They give lots of candy beans
for cent there"
"Those same candy customers get
to be customers of mine after a WHILE"
laughed the dentist. "If it weren't for
candy I might have to go out Of bust
ness"
"Honest?"
"Sure as shooting. That's where
this hole of yours comes from, prob.
ably"
"Oh, I guess not" declared Bobby.
81 wear holes in everything anyhow.
My stockings are the limit and I've
got hole in my shoe this minute that
you could put your finger in. We're
going downtown this afternoon to get
me some new shoes, so guess I'd
better go home and rest"
"1'll give you card to a man down.
town, SO you can have that baby tooth
Of yours pulled" said the dentist,
calmly. "It's getting very loose ana is
making trouble"
"Has that tooth got to be pulled ?"
asked Bobby, aghast. 1.-THE one with
the hole in it,"
"That one will come next" replied
the dentist. "This baby tooth, of
course, would come out If you wiggled
it yourself from time to time. That
is, II you felt able to do it. This other
is different, though If you stop eating
candy and sugar you may not have
to have it pulled for some time"
| Bobby regarded the false teeth box
for some seconds.
"Well," he said, explosively at last,
81 suppose I'd better let you fill that
tooth now"
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The
Usual Result

(Time. winter evening. Place. the
comfortable furnished living room of
q house in Chicago suburb. Cav
thorn is seated before an open fire,
holding between his fingers an I'M
lighted c:aar. which he surveys crit.
ically. Louise, his wife. is seated at
desk, frowning and biting the end of
her pencilD
Louise-There' no question about
It, Dan; we really ought to economize
Dan (striking match)-Well
haven't been smoking my Christmas
cigars for nearly month? tPuffs the
cigar.) If smoking your Christmas
cigars instead of buying the kind you
like isn't economy don't know what
Is!
Louise-You can, at least, be thank
full that didn't give you any! I've
been married long enough to know
better than to do that!
Dan-N'hat put it into your head to
economic?
Louise with solemn intensity
What do you suppose that wretched
bank has done?
Dan (smiling in anticipaticn)-I
can't imagine.
Louise-Sent me a notice that my
account is overdrawn! Did you ever
hear of such thing? They might
have known that would come down
and put in some more money just as
soon as you give me my next month s
allowance!
Dan-But didn't you know? Comes
over and picks up a checkbook) Why,
these stubs are all blank. When you
write check, don't you subtract
Louise-Of course not! never
could subtract right. When l want to
know how much money l have in the
bank just go and ask them. They're
supposed to know. What is bank
for, anyway?
Dan-But if YOU
Louise-Please don't bother, Dan.
How can l subtract when there isn't
anything in the bank to subtract from
The only thing to do now is to prac'
tice strict economy. Not that I'm ever
the least bit extravagant! hope you
realize, Dan, how much you owe to
my good management.
Dan-Of course. I do. (Sits down. }
was telling Blankley, Just the other
day. that the way you manage things
housekeeping is almost as cheap al
living at hotel. We had quite, an
argument.
Louise-Didn't he believe you?
Dan-Well. had to show him. You
k1ow Blankley lived IN Missouri till
he was almost old enough to vote.
Louise with an uncomprehendine
stars)-I don't see what that has ia
DO with It. But, really, 1t takes q
Ycmen TO economic. Why, ! read.
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. Hate and Love.

We hate each other because we are
ignorant Of each other. Mutual under
standing tends to mutual good will
and peace. Our steamships. railroads.
automobiles, telegraphs and tele.
phones. by annihilating the distance
between men and by means Of the in
terchange Of thought and knowledge
that they afford, are fast creating the
dominion Of large human confidence
and love.-Rev. Thomas B. Gregory.
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Roundabout Way to Happiness

If everything in the holy state of
.matrimony went on too smoothly We
should not be aware Of how happy we
are. We should not realize that q
horse was well trained II horses never
never ran away. We should never
know that marriage makes for long
life were 1t not that there are Incl.
dental troubles which sometimes
shorten It.
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A Reasonable Preference,

Z First Fair Invalid.-"Which kind OF
doctor do you prefer-the allopathic
or the homeopathic"
Second Fair Invalid.-"I prefer the
sympathetic"
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An .E:::sert.

'Prim Aunt-"My dear nephew, were
you wise in your choice Of wife? Can
she cook? Can she make good stew"
Nephew-"She can make stew all
right. The only trouble is that she al
ways puts me in It," 9
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a conusniaI Soul :.
Don't you think we'll Of the man
Who smiles when fortune frowns?"
IF he invites me to smils WITH
Tim"
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Some girls wear their hearts on
their sleeves. and others are heart.
less.
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wouldn't Teller look funny with
elephants tusks?" Bobby exclaimed,
changing the subject abruptly. II seen
saw woman once who had teeth
like squirrels. Honest. h-