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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
Change in the Music Hall.

From the London Chronicle.
With the visit of the king and queen
To the palace the music hall "a now al
most obsolete phrase) reaches the sum-
n,it Of social recognition. Something in
the nature of a panoramic exhibition.
showing the evolution of the once socf-
ally lespised music hall into the present
day fashionable variety theater, would
have been appropriate to the occasion
Although much has been gained in the
elimination of yuisarity. and the pro-
yiding OF more comfortable and artistic
surroundings. there is also a certain in
defnable sense OF loss, missing Of the
Old-time genially democratic atmosphere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
Not Always the Same.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

What is your name?" asked the new
teacher. as she was taking q roll call of
her new class. before disbanding for the
summer
Its julie"
NO. not julie. but Julius. said the
teacher. for she disiiked authorizations
Next boy. what's your nauie:
My names Bill, but ! suppose ! ought
to say Bilious
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET.

CHICAGO. July 27.-Cattle-Receipts,
B0G head. market strong: beeves. 5.7Oa
a.5, Texas steers. i9OaI.G1. western
steers J0Ua1 81: stockcrs and feeders.
e.Cpa6.Sl. COWS and heifers. 2-10aS.UO.
calves 6..sla9 20
Hogs-Receipts, 1000 head. market.
mixed. s..,aS.;G. heavy. 1.:s,aS -: rough,
1.:.,aI..s.; pigs, G.3oas-2"; bulk of sales.
s.SsiaS2,
SiIeep-Receipts. $50 head: market
steady. native, 3.15a'-G: western, ::.2:,a
d "a. yeariineS i.tsa35p. lambs native,
f2JaI.oo; western, I2Ja1.JV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
Jack and Bean.

From the Pal Mall Gazette.
Lord st. Levan owns that Economically
beautiful Cornish fastness, st. Michael's
Mount. Among other legends st. Michaei's
Mount is supposed to have been the scene
of the fairy tale OF Jack and the Bean
stock" and hence come the nicknames of
Jack and Bean" borne by Lord st.
Lexan and his next brother. Maj Edward
St Aubyn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
Stung
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harper's Weekly.
Twenty-Five dollars f1ne." said the
justice of the peace.
oh. now. look here, judge" said Wig
ellsworth. be consistent. 1 wasn't going
bit faster than | was last summer when
| was up before you the first time, and
you acquitted me-
"All right" said the justice. ''if you feel
that way about it We'll make it fifty, COW
ering both offenses.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
NEW YORK CURB PRICES.
Quotations furnished by w b. Hibbs Co.,
members New York Stock Exchange.
Called It Off.
From Harper's Weekly.

TON Harptrs WSfkIy.
Sarah said Mr.. Jolliboy to his wife
as he finished his breakfast. Il shall not
be home to dinner tonight. My old friend
Bill Peters is in town"
'Good.' said Mrs Jolliboy. THAT suits
me TO T. I'm not -o.ng to be home to
dinner myself. My old friend George
Watkins telephoned me yestel day"
Both dined at home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
FOREIGN BANKS.

PARIS JULY 21-cIosing-Threc per
cent rentes, =. francs IL centime.s FOR
the account.
Exchange on London. - francs 2412
confines for checks. Private discount
rate, 2as per cent.
BERLIN. July 21.-Exchange on Lon
don. - marks asa pfennigs for checks.
Money. ~ per cent. Private discount
rate, jas per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. July Enclosing: Wheat
Spot steady No. = red western winter,
no stock: No. 3 Manitoba, SIS: futures
firm: July, as Sad; October. is Sid; De-
cember. as esd
Corn--Spot steady: old American mix
ed. IS; new American. kiln dried, Us 1Od:
futures firm; September, As a1sd; Decem-
Der, As SD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
LONDON MARKET.

LONDON. July 2I-American securities
we're quiet and steady here today. Prices
opened around parity, and later advanced
fraction on light covering. The closing
was steady. with values ranging from un-
changed 10 q higher than yesterdays
New York closing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
BALTIMORE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE July observation-disclosures;
spot, contract. 80: spot No. red west
ern. 100; July. 90: August. 80: Septem-
Der. 9914: steamer No. > red. %: receipts.
-, 63.3 bushels: southern by sample ia
81: southern on grade. 95a99
-Corn-Quiet: spot. contract, &c: receipts,
$50 bushels.
Cats-Firmer; No. white. 66 sales;
standard white, tx, sales: No. :; white.
GIL.
Rye-Quiet: receipts, 13S bushels.
Hay-Dull: No ] timothy, unchanged
No. ! clover. mixed. unchanged.
Grain freights-Steady: steam to Liver
pool per bushel, 2i2d August; Cork, for
orders, per quarter. I'd August.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
The Money Market.

Close-Prime mercantile paper. liz per
cent. Sterling exchange easy with actual
business in bankers bills ut l.4S.ao Tor
sixty-day bills and a. 1870, for demand
Commercial bills, 4.Si Bar silver. 6ol:.
Mexican dollars Is Government bonds
steady. Railroad bonds steady.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
Negro Accidentally Shot.

John Fractions, negro, was accident
ally shot this morning by Frank Jones.
another negro. while the latter was load
ing revolver at his home on Stanton
avenue. TIillsdale. The bullet struck the
index finger of Fractions right hand.
The wound was dressed ut Providence
Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
American Tobacco Weak.

The market closed heavy. The only
features OF the final hour were acute
weakness OF American Tobacco. which
reli more than points, and a %-point de-
cline in National Biscuit.
Money on call nominal Time loans
steady: sixty days, :i4a3se per cent. and
ninety days. ,:$,ai PEI cent. six months.
-.1.ai5. per cent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
The World of Finance and Trade.
Washington; New York; London.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co,
bankers and brokers. Hibbs building,
members New York Stock Exchange.
Washington Stock Exchange and Chi
cago Board of Trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
LONDON, July -. pm.

Bar silver steady, % 13-i6d per ounce.
Money. 2a2i2 per cent.
The rate Of discount in the open market for
short bills is per cent
The rate Of discount IN The open market for
threv-nIonth bills is 3 lilo per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
Heavy Undertone Reflected on
Opening Prices.
READING ALONE is STRONG
General Electric Declines Point, But
Later Receivers.
WOoLWORTH SHOWS STRENGTH
Shares Lead Specialties With Gain
of More Than Point-To-
bacco Declines.

NEW YORK. July - A heavy under
tone was reflected in opening prices of
IodayS stock market General Electric
declined "A point as did also Bethlehem
Steel. with weakness in all the active is
sues except Reading Among the spec
ialties WoolWorth was strongest, with a
lain Of more than a point.
General Electric made up its loss. and
initial prices otherwise showed some I'M
provelnent hut soon eaSed off again
Canadian Pacific yielded "A point. Beth.e-
hem Steel preferred 1la and American
rrnh..ccn IllnI-.. Than :, DOintS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27

IL matters little what Ii is that YOU
want-whetEer situation or serv-
ant--a want adj in The Star will reach
the person who viii fill your need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27

Peregrine--She looks like an actress
amateur.
Rhoderick = Yes. Must belong to the
Paint and Powder Ciub.-Judge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
Naval Movements.

The Atlantic fleet has arrived at New
port. the Tacoma at New York city. the
Cincinnati at Shanghai and the Pennsyl-
vania, St. Louis and Raleigh at Bremen
ton.
The Ajax has sailed from Hampton
roads for Guantanamo. the Massachu-
sets from New London for Boston, the
Annapolis from Acajut.a for San Juan
Gel Sur. the Petrol from Guantanamo for
San domingo city. the Nanshan from
Shanghai for Cheefoo ana the De Long
from Port Royal for Charleston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.

The following were the readings Of the
thermometer and barometer AT the wea.
ther bureau for the twenty-four hours
beginning at pm yesterday:
Thermometer-Yest erday, 4 pm, q:
pm, -: II midnight 81; today, am
~; = am. IS: Il noon, -: . pm, IS
Maximum. IS, at pm. today; minimum,
63 at u am. today.
Temperature same date last year-Maxi-
mum. 81: minimum, 81.
BarOmeter--Y eSterday, / p.nl. 297J: s
pm. $3.50; II midnight, 1885; today. !
am, 23.S9: am. 1884: 1: noon, 2997
pm, 1885.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition of water at
s am: Great Fafls-Temperature. 20;
condition. 1900. Dalecarlia reservoir
Temperature. ii: condition at north con-
nection. 1850; condition at south con-
nection. $50. Georgetown distributing
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS &C; condition at
effiuent gatehOuse, 100
Tide Tables.
pm: high tide. 6:3S am. and 7:19 pm
Tomorrow-Low tide. 1884 am. and 2:1S
pm; high tide, 1:o2 am. and s pm
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. 4:57 am sun sets,
1:f5 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 4:57 AIN
Moon sets am. tomorrow.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunse.,
extinguishing begun one hour before sun
rise. All arc and incandescent IanEs
lighted fifteen minutes after sunset and
eXtinguished forty-five minutes before
sunrise.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY, W. Va. July 81
Potomac and Shenandoah rivers both
very muddy this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
Marine Corps Orders.

Col. Lincoln karmany, detached expedi
tionary service. to marine barracks, Nor
folk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27
WEATHER
Fair Tonight and Sunday, With Lit.
tie Temperature Changes,

FOR the District OF Columbia. Mary and
and Virginia, fair tonight and Sunday:
little change in temperature; light north
and northeast windse
With the exception of local showers in
the Missouri valley, the plains states
and the Rocky mountain region, the
weather was fair over the country during
the last twenty-fOur hours.
There was general rise in pressure
over the eastern half OF the country,
accompanied by somewhat lower temper
atures Friday night. During Friday.
however. temperatures continued high
over the south and southwest.
The weather will be unsettled tonight
and Sunday over the upper lake region,
with probably occasional showers Sunday.
Elsewhere east of the Mississippi T.ver
fair weather will prevail.
Temperature changes will not be of con-
sequence.
The winds along the New England
coast Will be moderate northelIv: on the
middle Atlantic coast moderate north and
northeast: on the south Atlantic and 20 S.
gulf coasts light to moderate, mostly
northeast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-27

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY, w. Va. July 81
Potomac and Shenandoah rivers both
very muddy this morning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-10-09
ENDO AT HOME
Such Proof as This Should Convince
Any Lancaster People.

The public endorsement Of a local
citizen is the best proof that car be
produced. None better, none stronger
can be had. When a man comes for
ward and testifies to his fellow
citizens, addresses his friends and
ne%ighbors, you may be sure he is
thoroughly convinced or be would not
do so. Telling ones experience when
it is for the public good is an act of
kindness that should be appreciated.
The following statement given by a
resident of Lancaster adds one more to
the many cases of Home Endorsement
which are being published about
Doan's Kidney Pills Read it.
Henry Behnke. s. jackson ST..
Lancaster, Wis. says: my kidneys
did not perform their functions in a
normal manner and the kidney secre-
tions we're very unnatural. There
was lameness and oreness across the
small of my back and mornings l
arose feeling tired and lame. l used
Doan's Kidney Pills and they helped
me wonderfully. I am feeling better
in every way since taking this excel
lent remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster. Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name -Doan's-and
take no other. advertisement
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-10-09
Keeping Water Cold.

Il you are in the habit Of taking a
pitcher OF iced water to your room on
retiring, try this: Procure a square
pasteboard box with lid, sufficiently
large to hold your pitcher, and give 1t
two or three coats of varnish OF the
outside, allowing each coat to dry
thoroughly. Place your pitcher of wa
ter in this box on retiring, putting the
lid on tightly, ard you are sure of
having cold drinking water any hour
Of the night.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-10-09

Ing to do the same thing. In fact, he
had several weeks the start of you.
Every n of his actions which you
regarded as so suspicious and damna-
tory was perfectly applicable on this
theory"
eyes," I grudgingly admitted as l
hastily reviewed them in my mind. Il
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14
STONE THAT HAS NO COLOR
Peculiarly Of the Opal Is Shared by
Few Other Things In Scheme
Of Nature.

The opal has no color in the sense
of pigmentation. To break open an
opal in order to observe its hues would
be the equivalent to killing the goose
that laid the golden eggs, Neither
golden eggs no rainbow hues would
be found.
Opal consists of hydrated silica. It
Is not uniform in texture. If the word
surface may be used for interior con
ditions, it might be said that the opal
inc silica is in the form of surfaces
and layers that lie compactly against
one another These layers refract the
light at various angles, giving forth
the colored flashes in the same way
that pure crystal prism refracts the
colors OF the spectrum. Technically
speaking, these layers OF silica are
said to possess a different index OF
refraction from that of the matrix.
AS the opal is moved the various lay.
ers break the light into colors, which
change OF course. according to the po-
sition OF the stone.
The iridescence OF nacre, or mother
of-pearl, Is also n matter OF form and
not actual color. In fact. all change
able" colors are more or less the re-
suit OF form even where there In pig,
mentation beneath. such AZ in certain
ribbed silks. When sunlight bears di-
rectly upon finely ribbed metal, as a
file. there is the same play Of colOrs
In the case OF mother.ofpearl an In.
teresting experiment has been made.
An Impression Of the pearl was taken
upon pure white wax. II was found
that the apparently smooth surface OF
the pearl had stiE sufficient irregular
tiles to Impress upon the wax a sur
face that resulted in similar color
manifestations.-I IIarper's Weekly.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14
NO SLEEPING-BAG FOR THEM
lap!anders Preferred the Snow and
the Open Air, and So Had a
Comfortable Night.

Sir Henry Lucy tells In the Corn
hill Magazine good story that he
had from Nansen, the explorer. 1t
amusingly illustrates the hardy health
Of the Laplanders.
Part Of Nansen's equipment for his
trip across Greenland consisted of two
sleeping-bags made of undressed
skins. On the first night of the jour
ney Nansen and his two Norwegian
companions got into one Of the bags,
pulled the mouth tight across their
necks, and SO slept in the snow with
only their heads out.
Before retiring to rest Nansen saw
the three Laplanders he had engaged
for the expedition cozily tucked into
the other sleeping bag. When he
with cold, he observed that the bag
in which he had tied up the Lapland-
ers was empty, and that they were no.
where in sight. He was afraid they
had deserted him, and scrambling
out of the bag he went in search Of
them. He found the three men fast
asleep behind a hillock of snow that
they had scraped together as pro-
lection against the wind.
"Ah, master" they said, when ask
ed to explain this extraordinary con-
duct, I'VE couldn't sleep in that thing.
1t was too hot, so we got out and
have had a comfortable night here"
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14
Newspapers and Literature.

All this over emphasis of the un-
meaning surface is due to a confusion
OF newspaper and literary standards,
ends, aims. The word literary has como
to suggest an absence of red blood;
spinners and knitters in the sun; tho
35 cent magazine crowd, this iB non.
scnsical, Of course. In It's elemental
meaning literature Is at least as stern
a lab aG journalism, albeit the intcn-
ly to present things that happen, OF
the former to yolatllizc such material
into lowering and potent meanings, to
strike the rock and raise n spirit that
Ia life
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14
Almost Too EnthuslastIc.

Il know Bin came in for a lot Of
praise because he hunts with cam
era instead Of gun" snld friend
to me 1T never seems 10 strike pco
pie that there may be more than one
kind OF brutality"
What's the matter with Blll7" !
asked.
"Out in Canada last autumn" he re
sumed. Il went on by myself one day,
when BIll was nddling over his cam.
era. and stumbled fun on black
bear Because ! was the only thing
In sight, very likely, I became the i'm
mediate object Of her attentions I
had only a slight lead, but ! was go.
ing very well when Blll poked through
the brush and took In the situation
Hold on there, old chap hr
yelled You're too far ahead cant
got both OF you int"
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14
Probably Prize Crouch.

A grouchy butcher, who had watch
ed the price of porterhouse steak
climb the ladder of fame. was deep
In the throes OF an unusually bad
crouch when would-be customer. &
years old approached him and handed
him a penny.
please, mister. | want cents
worth OF sausage"
Turning on the youngstcr with n
growl, he let forth this burst of good
craftsmanship:
"Go smell o. the hook. New Or
leans Daily States
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14
Truth About Old Aqe.

George F. Baer, the famous Phila-
delphia railroad man, said on his
SEVENTEEN birthday:
II agree with Professor Metchnikoff
about the wisdom of the old. Profess
sor Osler made 1t fashionable to de-
cry gray hairs, but my experience has
been that the old not only possess
wisdom, but they seek it also"
With a smile Mr.. Baer added
THE only people who think they
are too old to learn are those who
really are too young"
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14

Lapland. in Siberia and in Chlna,
where few black diamonds have
been found. Europe has produced
very few OF the brilliant stones.
In North America small stones have
been found in alluvial deposits, most,
ly auriferous. in Georgia. North and
South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Wisconsin, California, Oregon, In
diana and Arkansas.
Small Ones Found in Arkansas.
Localities have been determined in
Arkansas which in 1911 yielded 2S
carats per 100 loads of l6 cubic feet
output This production. according to
the form adopted in the African re
ports (O.2S carat per load, is the
same as that OF the Kimberley mine,
but the diamonds are small. One.
however, was found which weighed
eight and one-eighth carats, a fine
stone, and others have been report
ed found which weighed two carats.
In Jefferson county. Illinois near
Ashley. several stones have been
found, the largest of which weighed
four carats
Particular interest has been evinccd
by American experts in the diamonds
found In Wisconsin. Michigan and
Ohio near the Great Lakes. for In
each case they were found in the gla
cial drift along the line Of the ter
minal moraine supposed to have
spread southwark from the region OF
Hudson bay.
Generally speaking, however, out
side of the mines in South Africa IRA
zil, India and Borneo. diamonds may
be said so far to merely occasionally
occur in the rest of the world, Hence
the interest in the recent discoveries
in the Belgian Congo.
OF the great diamonds, the Cullinen,
picked up in the Transvaal in ls05,
was the wonder of the world, 1t
weighed 3,O25la carats, was bought by
the Transvaal government for 81 ,OOO,-
600, and presented to King Edward
VII. 1t was cut in 1908 into nine
stones and 90 smaller brilliants. The
two largest stones thus created are
the largest in existence. They weigh
respectively in carats 5lGlA and
309 SIG
Others are the Nizam of Ilyderabad.
279 carats, owned by the rajah of
Wattam and valued at s 100000.
The Orloff, 1874 carats valued at
81. 100000, and serving as an orna-
ment in the scepter of the Russian EN-
peror.
The Dorya-inur and Taj.e-mah, lS6
and Jag carats, respectively, are the
property OF the shah of Persia.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14
So MANY Like Tribblc.

"Tribbles is n discontentcd fellow. |
don't believe he ever knows what he
wants"
"Oh, yes. He knows what he wants.
What makes him dscontcnted is the
fact that he also knows he cant get
it"
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14

Newest diamond field discov-
cred in kasai River district, Bel
eian Congo, West Africa, 1900
miles north of the Kimberley
mines.
The mines Of the South A.
.rican Union, notably the De
Beers group at Kimberley, South
Africa, furnish 95 per cent. Of
the worlds diamond supply.
Their annual output is about
s44,ooo,ooo.
Since their discovery in 1867
they have added to the worlds
wealth $6oo,o0o,ooo.
The remaining per cent. Of
the worlds supply comes from
India, Brazil, Borneo and Aus
traIia.
There are many diamond oc-
currences In the United States,
but none SO far of commercial
consequence.
The CuIIinan, found in the
TransvaaI in 1905, weighed
3,o25as carats and was the great
est ever discovered. Two Of the
1o5 stoned cut from 1t, 516lLs and
3oe 3-16 carats, are the largest
in existence.
The Tiffany diamond, 1855
carats, is the largest in the
United States.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14
House Plans Important.

The care In the home and all other
forms of household work are greatly
facilitated by right planning and the
use Of suitable materials for the
construction and furnishing Of the
home. An adequate and convenient
water supply and other conveniences
are essential, not only for comfort
and for saving labor, but also from
the standpoint of home hygiene.
Does a woman feel glad or sorry
when she cries at wedding?
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14
Doino His Part,

What part are you taking in the
war on nles?"
Il do sentry duty at the breakfast
table over the milk pitcher every
morning"
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14

plaster of Neighbor Du Toit's hut an
S3-carat diamond which sold for $780,
600. That stone is now famous as the
Star of South Africa"
That was the beginning of the De
Beers group Of mines, which, with 9th
ers in the South African Union in the
immediate vicinity, furnish the world
today with 95 per cent. of its dia-
monds.
The De Beers group in Griqua Land
West, South Africa, embracing au
area little more than three miles in
diameter, consists of five mines, and
is by far the greatest producer. as in
dicated in the returns for 1911 of the
South African Union, as follows:
De Beers, 1924 ,225 carats, valued at
s24 500, ,43O.
Premier. 1,774.2O6 carats, valued at
81 1853 $50
Jagersfontein, 33S,s31 carats, valued
at s4.96S.S95.
Kofyfontein, 1888 carats, valued
at s1.473,165.
Others, including the Voorspoed,
will bring the product of the Union
mines to 1891, 1898 carats. valued at
S43,743, $40.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14
Summer Stylcs.

Patience see the Burragettcs
have come out against The secret bal.
lot
Pntrice-YoB. women. an rule, pro.
fer Opcn-wOrk.
The Arvada enterprise., 1912-11-14
Importnnt TO Motnera
Its Kind.

What is a voice from the tombs
likc?"
1t must be skeletons articula-
ton"