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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08
Perplexities.

From the. New York Tribune.
The road through life of the conscien-
tious layman is beset with scientific per-
plexities. No sooner has he changed the
habit OF a lifetime in obedience to some
new scientific warning than a still later
acquired faith. Take the case of the
houSehy, for instance. Sanitarians con-
Quoted for several years a campaign OF
education against the little pest that left
1t not a communicating foot to stand on
and eliminated this spring in a de-
termined lay campaign for it's extermina-
ton. The newspaper poets even enlisted
and sang orr duty toward ourselves and
the community In verses of the House
wife. swat that fly, and Ten wicked
housefiies sitting in a row variety. n.y.
less hygienic millennium was In prospect.
Now arises the inevitable unsettler of
our new belief and bids us pause. The
mission Of the housef1y, he reasons. Is
to scavenge. Therefore, il we kill it in
the house while providing work for it be-
hind the barn. We may upset the ball
ance of nature, which sounds ominOuS
and means that, lacking the insect APP
pointed by nature, the hOrsefiy may come
to take up its unfinished task. And the
horsefly, with its sting, may make our
last hygienic state worse than our first.
Therefore 1t behooves us, before proceed
ing with our hunt, to remove the scaveng
ing spots, which are also breeding places,
behind our barns, in stables and wher-
ever else In city and country, we un-
hygienically throw refuse and dirt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08
Vacations for Dobbin.
Harrisburg Telegraph

From the Harrisburg Telegraph.
Miss NJ. Cora Dow is a young business
woman Of Cincinnati who has preserved
in the calloused world OF trade the true
feminine tenderness of heart.
Although she is engaged In making her
own living and in meeting all competition
in her particular branch of business, Miss
Dow has found time to conduct cam
paign for the better treatment OF work
horses She leaves to the Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals the task
OF guarding them from abuse while on
duty in the city streets. and confines her
efforts to persuading horse owners TO
give their animals two weeks vacation
in the country every year.
Without doubt. the horse Is quite as
capable OF approaching change as the
human being. Turn your sleepy old DoD-
bin suddenly into a strange byway ana
see him prick up his ears and become IN
terested in the scenery. He knows as
we'll as you do when he encounters
something new and different, and ii takes
his mind off his troubles, makes him
forget what an awful thing it is TO be a
horse and puts into him the same sort
of animation that appears in you when
YOU tackle fresh job.
AS for giving him a vacation, no one
ever thought of that before Miss Dow agi-
tated IT, but she declares that the effects
have been very beneficial to her own
horses, and that thsir augmented life and
energy upon returning to work more than
paws for their keeping during the rest
periOd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08
The Tax on Bachelors.

From the CLEVELAND LeaQcF.
Probably the average opinion Of a law
imposing q tax on bachelors is that 1t is
freak legislation OF the kind to be ex-
pected only in such states as Oklahoma
and Oregon. But two other states, Wis
consin and Massachusetts,. have taken up
the matter seriously. The basic idea Of
laws having this end In view Is the same.
1t is that the bachelor. unless he is sub
jected to a special tax, does not bear his
share of the burdens of society. But
the argument can properly go farther
than that. Who Is 1t that stolidly re-
mains seated In street car while deli
cate women sway back and forth in the
aisle. systematically grabbing at hand
holds covered by masculine backs and
directing appealing glances at him the
while? The bachelor. Who Is 1t that
forces his way into an elevator car al
ready crowded to suffocation and steps
on the feet and puffs tobacco smoke into
the faces Of the poor stenographer ladies
going to their arduous labors? Again.
the bachelor. Who spends his vitality
and dollars trying to pair kings and
queens until the small hours Of the morn
ing, when his efforts might better be d.
rected toward the accumulation Of gro
ceries and beefsteak? Same old bache
Tor.
Married men don't do any Of these
things They have high and fine objects
in life. Their close association with the
sex justly selected by genius to wear
wings in pictures has purged their ma
lures of grossness and eliminated from
their beings all desires save those which
qualify them as candidates for the celes-
tial choir.
Yes, the bachelors are bad lot. 1t
would serve them right to be taxed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. July S.-The cotton mar
ket opened easy at a decline of 1Sa21
points on the old crop. and of 6a12 points
on new crop positions under an active
general liquidation. which amounted al
most TO Decentralization, so far as the old
crop positions were concerned. July broke
from 1870 to l4.13 on the call. New crop
deliveries sold 10 to II points net lower
right after the call. Private reports of
further good rains in the southwest
seemed 10 be responsible for the selling
movement. but at the decline there was
heavy covering and active trade buying
of the new crop months. This checked
the decline and slight rallies occurred
during the middle of the morning.
After showing net loss of 17a36 points
with August relatively weak, the cotton
market closed steady. on covering, with
prices net 1ialS points lower.
Estimated receipts of cotton at the
ports today. $40 bales. against $50 last
week and 6.373 last year. For the week
1o.OO0 bales. against S.6s5 last week and
Al, 925 last year. Today's receipts at New
Orleans. $50 bales. against S4S last year.
and at Houston, 26 bales, against 1853
last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08
Danger in Floor Oils.
From the Chicago Record Herald.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
There Is warning to housekeepers and
to all who have the care OF buildings in
the fatal fire at Nantucket last Satur-
day night.
The boathouse that burned SO rapidly
that two young women were killed had
just been oiled. There are oils and oils;
some are highly infiammable. others are
comparatively safe, though nearly all
used for this purpose will burn when a
flame is applied to them. A mop used
for the oiling was near the match thrown
to the floor by a careless guest 1t
caught instantly, and the fire spread SO
rapidly that those who escaped did so
by jumping into the water surrounding
the boathouse.
Probably there was a large amount of
the Oil, applied carelessly to the floor, In
the expectation that it would soak in.
But the lesson is that oil should not be
used too literally, as it so often is,
wherever matches may be dropped. Test
your oil before using it, and then be
careful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08

Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers prices are higher.
DGGs.-Nearby fresh Virginia, 16ha17:
West Virginia and southwest Virginia.
1871; Tennessee. 1872.
BUTTER : Creamery. fancy. 241za25:
western firs;s. 23tsa2f: seconds. 22laa23
CHEESE-New York state factory. new.
I3a14.
POULTRY-Chickens. small. per h.,
q; large, 22ae3; hens. per 10. IA; BOOSTERS.
per 10. SAP: turkeys, per h., l5al7
DRESSED POULTRY-Hens. choice.
per h.. 151za16: chickens. 2oa26: ROSTERS,
per ID. 10.
per Dbl. 3.25a425; No. 2. per bbl. 200:
old, No. l. per bu., coal 20: per Dbl. 200
a2.25, No. .. Dbl. 15a1Oo: vans. per
bbl, 2OOa3.U0; cucumbers, per bas-
l.9oa2 -. cabbage. per bbl. 1OOa
$50. kale. per Dbl. 100; eggplant. crate.
.5oa2o0: lettuce. Dbl, i.0oa2. 30: Gym
lnes. per Dbl. scars; string beans. per
bei.. l21al.5O. beets. per bunch, 3a5;
spinach, per Dbl. l.oal-5o: peppers, per
crate. l.Jaal.I5; green peas. per Dbl, 600
a1.JD, tomatoes. Florida, per crate GOA
Loo. home grown. 75a1.50. rhubarb. 1ha2
per hunch; green corn. per crate, North
carolina, 5oal.o0; home grown, per doz.
Taco
GREEN FRUITS pples. per bbl.. g. 80
aS.5o; oranges, California. per box 285a
B.40: Florida, 400a4.50: lemons, per box.
JDa5.5o; grape fruit per box fOOa5 90.
pineappies, = 25a3. 90: cherries per olart
sails. cherries, per crate. 2.Ooa3 So water
melons, lsa35. plums. y. g. 2oOao - per
crate. cantaloupes, per crate, 1Oa2 30:
peaches. per crate. a,Ua3 30: raspberries'
red. per qt., l2lza15; black. per Of, Sa12ia.
HAY ANO STRAW-Hay, western. No
!, 2iooa2J.o0. No. .. 2o.00a23 so: mixed
hay. lS.uUa22.O0; straw rye bundle 90:
machine thrash. 7.0Oa7.5O: straw, wheat
per ton. $50; straw. oat per ton, 7.OOaS 90
LIVE STOCK = Sheep. per h.. 3a3h;
lambs, spring, per lamb, 6a6ia calves.
choice. per ID, :; medium, per h., 6atsIs
GRAlN-Wreat, new, per bu., S0a9O:
corn, shelled. OLD. per bu., 6Oa65: new ear.
per Dbl. 3 %: oats. western white No q
per bu.. flair: oats. mixed, per bu i3a
IS. bran. per ton. 27.00 mddling, per ton.
$500
WOOL AND HIDES = Wool. washed.
free of burrs, per H.. 25a26; wool un-
washed, per H., 2la22; hides. green, per
ID, 10; hides, dry. per h., l5a16; sailed
hides. ID. 10. calfskin. green. each, LISA
$50.
SEEDS.-Red clover per bu., 10. OOalO 50
alsike clover. per bu.. 325alO.OO; white
clover. per bu.. 15O0a1S.O0: crimson
clover. 500: timothy. per bu., 6O0s
D. 70: blue grass. per bu.. SO0a3. 80: or
chard grass. PEI hu.. aOOa2. 80: redtop
grass. per H.. 12Aai7: alfalfa, per bu..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08
Swimming.
From the Chicago Post.

From the Chicago Post.
A street sign reads: THE Art of Swim
ming Taught Here" There is precious
little art about swimming: II is almost
wholly nature. Yet the frequent plant is:
II can't learn to swim No boy who
daily takes TO the water ever was heard
to utter it. 1t is an adult whimper and
fear is its parent. Unfortunately the
census officials give no heed TO such a
trivial thing az the ability OF the Ameri-
can citizen to keep his head up when his
toes cannot touch bottom, hut II would he
interesting to know how many free born
ones are graduates OF the school of the
old swimming hole under the willows.
It's the man who can't swim who pays
the dividends of the electric fan stock
companies. Every well ordered country
swimming pool has its deep hole. over
which the six-year- older. venturing for
the first time with the veterans from
seven TO ten, makes II his ambition to
founder safely. He gets well over dur
ing his first summer and all because he is
unafraid. Nature helps him when 1t
won't help the aged one of twenty-five,
who lets fear "trip and paralyze Instincts
guiding hand. The country boy who
can't swim is held a weakling. The lake
gives the Chicago boy his opportunity.
but its lure is not like that Of the pool
by the bend, where bathing suits are I'M
fashionable and the sunburned back is a
red badge of courage. Naval officers will
tell you that all the country recruits can
swim and that most OF the city ones
can't.
Swimming Is a pleasant hot-weather
sub ject. The heat ought to help the
cause OF what the professors" call nata-
ton among city grown-ups who were not
blessed with q country upbringing, but
whether 1t does or not may be questioned.
In the multiplication of swimming pools
in the Fairgrounds Of the crowded places
lies the hope OF the future. The genera
ton is caught young and no boy has to be
thrown in. When the day comes in which
every man-and woman. too-can swim,
the doctors will be less troubled about the
problem of how to make the unwashed
take the baths which make for peace,
happiness, prosperity and health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08
Fight Against Disease.

From the ST. Paul Pioneer Press.
Experts of the federal hospital serv-
ice have been compiling data from the
census reports that make a striking
showing OF the cost of disease in this
country and emphasize the necessity of
more rigid enforcement, particularly in
cities, of laws and regulations de-
signed to safeguard the public health.
tuberculosis Is stated to cost this
country in the value OF lives destroyed.
$3.50, 0OO.OO a year, and the mere ex-
penses in medicine. food. medical at
tendance and loss of wages is 500 .000,-
900 annually. The census reports esti-
mate the value of the $4,000 lives lost
annually from typhoid fever at $212.
100000. The experts estimate that the
total loss from contagious diseases. in
clucing tuberculosis, Is $75O.OO0.000 a
year, of which 40 per cent, or $500 000,-
O0O is preventable.
The cost OF prevention would be a
mere fraction of the cost OF prevent
able diseases, and there should be no
false economy in expenditures for the
campaign against contagion. The health
Of the people is the greatest asset OF
the nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08
Notes of Science.
From Popular Mechanics.

rom Popular Mechanics.
OF the 100000 telephones installed in
the United States 10000 are located in
hotel bedrooms.
A remarkable method of making birds
eye photographs is by the use of "gun
camera" which is shot several feet into
the air from the top OF a standard in the
head Of which is an explosion chamber.
The camera is set to expose from one to
ten seconds after the explosion. when it
reaches its full height. 1t must be
caught in net when it comes down to
prevent 1t from being smashed.
Perfect sterilization Of liquids by
means of filtration only seems to be made
possible on large scale through a
process originated by two French scien-
lists and reported to the Academy of Sci
entists at a recent meeting. 1t is known
that membranes of collodion have the
property OF retaining all the microbes
in liquid filtered through them But
they are very fragile. and therefore i'm
practical outside of the laboratory BY
reinforcing the colodion membrane with
fine wire screen imbedded in it, just a
pane of glass is thus reinforced, the
two scientists constructed a filter not
only strong enough for practical purposes.
but so effective as to exclude even mole
cules OF salts dissolved in the liquid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08
Education Reform in italy.
Rome Correspondence London Sketch.

Rome Correspondence London Sketch.
A new method Of teaching introduced
by q woman, Signora Montessori, who
holds a Doctors degree. is making great
Roadway In Italy, and is now being put
into operation throughout Switzerland.
1t was found that the Frobel system
yielded negative results, and the new
method-that of teaching children on the
family plan-was applied.
The children are gathered In room
and made to feel that they are members
of one family. There is no discipline or
restraint The pupils move about freely
or group themselves affectionately round
their mistress.
1t is claimed that the children are as
sisted in their acquisition OF knowledge
by the fact that they are not held in
subsection. If they desire to study alone
they can do so, the means Of learning
being placed at their disposal. In this
way they become their own teachers.
their aptitudes and senses are developed.
and the knowledge they gain makes them
sensible to the beauties of nature They
become self-reliant and develop lovable
dispositions.
The teachers have readily taken to the
new method and the local authorities are
making the necessary grants for over
hauling the educational machinery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08
Human Endurance.

From Current Literature.
No test Of human endurance from the
physical standpoint can compare in Sc
verify with that imposed upon the work
ers in the steel and iron mills OF the
Pittsburg district. BY singular paradox
an idea prevails among the workers
themselves that these labors OF theirs
are healthfu. The whole subject has just
been investigated with pains and thor
oughness by the expert OF the New YORK
state department of labor. John A. Fitch.
who finds the workers for the most part
healthy, but he suspects that this excel
lent physical condition is due to the pre-
cautions taken by the men, and not TO the
CAPACITY they possess for wthstanding
the terrific strain to which they are sub
jected daily The severity OF the strain
itself is due to the Incredible heat, i'm
posing. as it does, the most tremendous
Of all physical tests to which the human
organism is subjected in any form OF
recognized human activity. What Mr..
Fitch has to say on the subject Is con-
firmed by the best medical opinion he
was enabled to consult in the course or
the long study Of conditions made for the
Russell Sage foundation. The heat has
effects so marked that on a street car
the men employed where the high tenn
perature strikes their faces can be sin
Rled out because of their peculiar COM
plexion. Sometimes their faces are red.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08
Credit Due to China.
rom the PHILADELPHIA Record


During the three years that have
elapsed since the issuance of the govern
ment edict against the further propaga-
ton Of the poppy plant in China 1t Is Of
ficially established that there has been
a reduction OF from 60 TO 20 per cent OF
production. There seems to be no doubt
of complete eradication OF poppy cul-
ture within the next two years. When We
consider how firmly fixed the opium
habit had become in China-the yearly
output being valued at $1l5.COO,OOO, an
amount insufficient for yearly consump-
tion-the response to the restrictive regu-
lation OF the government upon the part
Of SOC, 1000 people must be deemed re-
markable. English observers call ii
miracle. How far should We hope to sue
coed in the United States IL the govern
ment were to undertake to suppress the
tobacco habit? The failure Of the effort
to suppress the sale of spirituous liquors.
wherever tried, furnishes an instance of
abortive prohibition. The suppression of
the opium traffic and the opium habit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. July S.-Butter-Steady;
receipts. 1886 packages; process specials.
10: do. extras. Ply: do. firsts. 19a2Ois.
Cheese--Quiet and Unchanged receipts.
1916 boxes; exports 500 boxes.
. Eggs-Quiet and unchanged: receipts,
G.363 cases.
Poultry-Alve, slow. spring chickens.
20a2l; fowls. 121za13: turkeys, II: dressed,
quiet; prices nomirally unchanged.
Flour-Quiet but steady: spring patents,
4.GGa5.1 Is: winter straghts. 39Oa4. 10; win
ter patents. 4.2Oa4.50; spring clears 3.75a
410; winter extra No. l. 3.35a3. 30; winter
extra No. =, 5.15a3o5; Kansas straights.
4.1Ga425
Wheat-Firm Liverpool cables, lack of
rain northwest and expectation Of q bull
ish government report Monday on spring
wheat caused an early advance in that
grain. which was lost later owing to pre-
dictions of cooler and unsettled weather
and with the setback in corn, July. 95A
September, 96 7-16a97 1-16.
Beef-Quiet: mess. 11.OOa113O; family
12.Ooa125O beef hams, 275Oa29.5O.
Pork-Steady: mess. 17.25a17 So family,
1s.0oa1aO: short clear. Ii. 75a17.OO.
I-ard-Ffrm; middle western, S.35as.4S
nominal
3.55: centrifugal. 9e test. 4.o5; molasses
sugar. 50 test, $50 Refined steady;
crushed. $50; graduated. $40; powdered
$40.
Petroeum-Steady; refined. barrels, 7.25
Coffee-Spot firm; No. Rio 10 5-16a
1875 No. 4 Santos 1874.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY; New Orleans omen
kettle, 3Oa5O.
Hay-F'irm: prime. 1.40; No. /, 1. IS; No.
2, 1.15a1 20; No. 3, S5a9O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08
Anne Boleyn's Coach.
ON the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle
Headless coaches" are fairly numer-
Gus. The most famous is the one that
drives once a year. on the anniversary
OF Anne Boleyn's execution. up the ave-
nue. at Blickling. her Norfolk home.
The coachman and the four horses have
not a head between them. and Annes
own is not upon her shoulders. but she
holds it in her lap as she sits in the
coach all in white. At the hall door
the whole apparition vanishes. Anne's
father Sir Thomas. also rides in a
coach drawn by headless horses once
year. and his ride is much more ex-
citing than his daughters. He has to
cross forty county bridges during the
night, and a company of yelling demons
pursues the coach to keep the horses
going.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08
Where Thackeray Studied Law.
From the London Chronicl,

The lover of Thackeray who makes a
pilgrimage to the Temple must not con-
fine his attention to Brick court. for that
was only one CT the novelist's Temple
homes. In 1881. when Thackeray became
a member of the Temple. he commenced
his studies at 1 Hare court by reading
with William Taprell. and in 1913. when
he was finally called to the bar. he took
chambers in Crown Office row, sharing
them. it is said, with Tom Taylor Of
Punch His Crown Office row chambers
have disappeared. but Hare court. in
which disastrous fire was once extin-
gushed with beer because the Thames
water was frozen, still stands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08
TRADING VERY DULL
Little or No Life Shown on
Stock Exchange Today.
PRICES DRIFT AIMLESSLY
Few Gains Made, But Most of Issues
Remain Stationary.
COPPER SHARES STRONG
Gain of One Point Made in Last
Hour-Brook1yn Rapid
Transit Advances.

NEW YORK. July g. = Trading was
quiet and changes were small on the
stock exchange at the opening today.
Canadian Pacific. the only stock which
fiuctuated widely. advanced liz. Anal
gamated Copper and Western Maryland
gained a half. International Harvester
and Peoples Gas lost "a.
Prices drifted aimlessly. with no spe-
cial movement in either direction. Vir-
ginia Iron declined GA. and Lackawanna
IL points.
Closes Dull, But Strong.
The market closed strong.
The strength of the copper shares and
General Electric, and one-pont ad-
vance in Brooklyn Rapid Transit were
the only features of the hour. in which
trading fell to very low proportions
The Money Market.
NEW YORK, July s.-Money on call.
nominal; loans easy: sixty days, 2Laa2A;
ninety days. 224a,;: six months, 3laa3E.
Close: Prime mercantile paper. to 4la.
Sterling exchange steady, with actual
business in bankers bills. at 4S4.5O for
sixty-day bills and at 4S6 20 for demand.
Commercial bills. 1884. Bar silver, 52Is.
Mexican dollars, A.. Government bonds
steady. Railroad bonds steady.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08
London Stops Piling Up.
from the Boston Traveller.

From the Boston Traveller.
London, biggest Of the worlds cities.
is growing smaller. That is, fewer poo
pie are living within the actual working
dstricts-the congested districts-than
lived there ten years ago. The decrease
is small. only twenty nine-one-hundredth
per cent, but 1t marks the turn of the
tide.
London is moving to the suburbs,
spreading out on the land, where its
children may play in the sunshine,
thanks to the tubes" tramways, cleo
trio railways and motor buses.
There is a point, then. beyond which
population will not be heaped on popula-
ton; a point where it will begin to
spread out instead of to pile up. Lon
don has reached that point.
This is a new tendency, and whole
some one, in the life of the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET.

CHICAGO, July s.--CattIe-Receipts es-
timated at 100: market steady; beeves
4 9oa6. 30; Texas steers. 4.6Ua5 so; western
steers, I.75a5G0; stockers and feeders,
:. 2Sa5.J0: cows and heifers, 235a5. so,
calves, q aOaSO0.
Hogs-Receipts estimated at 5000 mar
ket strong, ) higher; light. 6.4Oa6. S71s
rniNed. 6.40aS S1is. heavy 6 2-a6. 81
rough. 6.25a6.4J; good TO choice heavy,
s 45ae. s71a; pigs, G.l5ae.T0; bulk Of. sales
8 coat. 81.
Sheep-Receipts estimated at 5000; mar
ket steady: native. 260a4.1O. western
8.OOa4 81: yearlings. 4.40a5.J0: lambs. nat
ive f25a7.25; western, 4.I5a1.35.