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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20

Why he cried. do you mean to tell me
that there is q society in England con-
nected with Omar Khayyam? The man
has been dead a thousand years. can
tell you OF many better poets than he"
But the admirers Of Omar have the salts
faction Of knowing that though the shah
laughed at the poet no one ever laughed
at the shah
Perhaps the most fascinating part of
the lecture was a rapid outline of
Persian year. At the end Of February
the garden is full Of violets. and after
the vioIets pass away the water channels
are lined with white iris. and after the
iris come tiger lilies. and after the tiger
lilies come roses with the roses come the
which sing while the sleeper
sleeps.
Every known flower may grow in Per-
sian soil. and most of the European ones
do. while the early summer Is riot of
color. The autumn tnts are more vivid
than any In the world except. perhaps.
those in America. The snow of winter is
delightful. What is the charm of Per-
sia?' asked Sir Mortimer Durand "One
finds il I'm the great contrast between
everything about him and all that he has
left behind.
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The Hasty Lunch.
From the Chicago News

From the chicago news.
Speaking before the Illinois Homeo-
pathic Medical Association the other day.
Dr. Fred w. Wood scored the quick lunch
as thing to be avoided by those who
desire some comfort in life He presented
a dolorous picture Of the ills that follow
In the wake of the snatched and bolted
luncheon, the indigestion, dyspepsia. ner-
yous and other troubles that eventually
possess the person who habitually fire.
uuents the catch as-catch-can food dis
pensaries.
Dr. Weed has a particularly vivid way
of voicing the conscientious physician
Mortified protest against a common and
highly unintelligent abuse Of the body. 1t
is not enough that the digestive tract
generally resents the insults placed upon
It, Kicks its owner in sensitive spots when
1t gets tired of overworking in the at
tempt to dispose of food that should have
| been masticated but was not. and finally
o resents him with an aura neurosiS or
some such incurable trouble Persons
who swallow awful dietetic combinations
under the delusion that their stomachs
are provided with teeth and who then
rush straight to their offices and there
compel much of their blood supply to rush
back to their heads when 1t should be en-
gagged elsewhere need to be reminded OF
certain anatomic limitations before ma
ture sternly forces their attention to the
subject.
we are not eupeptic race. Hence, the
national caricature in the person of Uncle
Sam, a lean, attenuated, somber being.
whose looks Indicate that his sole article
Of diet is soggy mince pie. Possibly
GREATNESS pursuit of the nations cele-
brated dollar is responsible for the rather
prevalent hurry-up luncheon which vio-
lates fundamental rules Of nature. In any
event. having the doctors word for 1t
that the habit is prejudicial to health, II
one cannot afford sufficient time to masti-
cate ones luncheon with moderate thor
oughness or to permit the processes. OF
digestion to become we'll started before
! returning to work. one may at least con-
sumo only digestible foods
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20
Money Relics of the Lost Cause.
rom the Boston Transcript

From the Boston Transcript.
The announcement that Secretary
MacNeagh will distribute the mass OF
Confederate currency which has been
kept in the Treasury vaults for more
than forty-f1ve years among the pub
lie Libraries of the country is re-
garded by a contemporary as likely to
fill the long-felt want of the curious.
Our contemporary observes that millions
OF people now living in this country
have never seen a note issued by the
Confederate States OF America. Mil
lions is a large word to use IN this
connection. since Confederate money
was brought home by almost every
Union soldier returning from the war
and in many households specimens of
the somewhat crude art OF the Confed
crate engravers. as exercised on cur
rency. may be found to this day. 1t is
really nothing wonderful IL these indi-
yfdual collections of the Confederacy's
notes and bonds number scores OF
thousands. for certainly there was no
lack Of material Probably no in
in the same time printed and put out
a larger quantity of irredeemable cur
rency and doubtful obligations.
The Confederacy almost from the
very start was chasing prices with
the printing press. AS prices advanced
under the influence of war and the
blockade, the Confederate treasury
printed more bills. The net. circula-
ton rose from nominal figure Of
about 100000 in July. 1861. by leaps
and bounds In the closing months OF
1863 the face value OF the notes In
circulation was At least 100000 900.
From thence on there was no diminu-
ton and the efforts OF the Confed-
crate government to counteract the
redundacy OF currency were unavail-
ing The exact total of note and bond
issues put forth by the government at
Richmond Is a matter OF conjecture
even to this day. Moreover. besides
the Confederate government the sew
eral states constituting the Confed-
eracy issued notes of their own. In
fact Alabama 'sent out 100000 in
state notes even before Sumter was
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A Nation of Optimists.
the pi,tsburgb cbronicle-TeIegrapb

From the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
A Persian philosopher and moral re-
former now travelling in the United
States declares that in the university use
Of the phrase ''All right which falls
upon his ear wherever he goes. he dis
Germs evidence of spirit of national
optimism. His impression Is correct. The
optimistic tendency of the American peo-
pie is its dominant characteristic and 1T
is the standing guarantee of the national
well-being. AS long as the nation Is proof
against dependency and palcontentism,
in the face of all troubles that may come
upon us, our republican government is
safe, and prosperity and happiness are
assured. Nothing succeeds like success,
and nothing goes further to insure sue
cess than the feeling of self-confidence
for which optimism is bue another name.
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Her Dowry Around Her Neck.
I'M the Metropolitan Magazine.

From the Metropolitan Magazine.
The distinctive thing about the Ouled-
Nail. the professional dancing girl of
North Africa. is her jewelry. She has so
much OF 1t. indeed. that there is no gold
to be had in Algeria. Ask for napoleons
instead Of paper money at your bank in
Biskra or Constantine and you will meet
with a prompt Impossible. m sieur."
but why Is 1t impossible?" you natu-
rally inquire.
Because we have no gold on hand,
m sieur," is the polite response.
Where is 1t, Them you ask, seeming
a robbery or q defalcation.
ION the Ouled-Nails. m'sieur." the
cashier courteously replies.
And he speaks the truth. Every CEN
time that dancing girl can beg. borrow
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Battle With Apemen.

1t was a tremendous experience that
the explorers In THE Lost World had
when they got mixed up with the Ape
men. In the last installment Roxton, you.
remember. was telling Malone how he
and the two professors happened to be
captured by those Missing Links. Well.
In our next Sunday Magazine is told the
details of the battle wherein Roxton and
the newspaper man rescued the others in
one Of the most dramatic scenes ever
pictured in fiction. Conan Doyle gives a
CLINT of humor when he points out the
strong resemblance between Challenger
and the king of the Apemen. The pic
lures Coll has made for this issue are
among tho best of his series.
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Consistency in Plays.
From the Chicago Journal.

= rom the Ch1cago Journal.
Modern audiences are exacting creatures
in some ways. They will attend and sit
through some of the most feaful trayes-
ties on the drama that were ever known
In any age. But when they patronize a
serious work, they want it finished. con-
sistent. and, above all. true to the life
and times which 1t represents.
Shakespeare could put a sea coast in
Bohemia and clocks in ancient Rome
without criticism. The modern writer
must have historical plays historical, or
his audience feels the Inconsistency.
Take one instance, from a production
given not so very long ago in this city.
The date of the play was 1850. One
scene of the play represents a police
official writing in his record book.
The official was using perfectly proper
quill pen. His light came from an old
fashioned lantern "a candle inclosed in
glass. But in an age when every writer
carried tiny box Of sand to sprinkle on
the moist ink. this progressive official
was using modern blotting paper!
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The Best Summer Camp.

Dan Beard. in Leslie's
Where logs are plentiful and forests
thick, the safest and best camp Is one
made like a miniature log cabin. Up IN
Maine there is a cabin that STOOD IN
the midst of a windfall and, although
one Of the trees had fallen across the
roof, the only damage II did was to dis
place one of the short logs in the front
of the house and scrape the door on
of its hinges with one OF its branches.
The interior of a hunters cabin shows
hunks on each side. puncheon floor
and mattresses Of layer of balsam
boughs. A fisherman's shapty may be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20
ired on. cities followed suit and such

fired on. Cities followed suit and such
industrial corporations as could strug-
gle along still further complicated the
situation by issuing promissory notes
All this time. as prices went up, the
real value of the Confederate cur
rency declined. In 1853 a Confederate
dollar was worth cents in gold. After
that time it can scarcely be said to
have had any easurable value what
ever The money with which they
were paid became bitter jest to, the
Confederate soldiers.
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or earn goes toward the purchase Of mas
sive silver jewelry. anklets. bracelets and
the like, and this in turn Is exchanged for
gold pieces, whether French napoieons,
british soyereigns or Turkish liras she Is
not particular-which. linked together in
that trellised armor of which | have al
ready spoken, clanking. clashing and
shining, envelops her 1.-THE young body
from neck to hips. When her portable
;s usually the sign for the Ouled-Nail to
retire from business. going to her nomad
busha nd with her dowry about her neck.
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Borrowing Literature

From the Courier-Journal
Can you loan me four volumes OF your
Shakespeare set?'
Certainly. Which volumes do you
Wish?"
1T makes no particular difference.
We're to play bridge tonight. ana our
card table isn't quite high enough.
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Kindly Meant.
From Everybody's \

From Everybody's Magazine.
Mrs. Jenkins-Mrs. Smith, we shall be
neighbors now. / have bought mouse
next to you. with water frontage.
Mrs. Smith-So glad! l hope you VIII
drop in%some time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20
Making Perfectly Sure.

From the Boston Transcript
Jack-Are you sure that / am the only
man you ever really and truly loved!
Ethel-Perfectly sure. dear. went over
the whole list only yesterday.
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built Of sawed lumber. There is none
OF the shakes, shacks. shelters. shanties
or cabins described or pictured mere
which cannot be built by the readers
of this article themselves.
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JOIN NOW

All of the benefits and advantages to
toners Always give you real value
for your money, but this club offers you
very much return for your money than
our usual best. Such opportunity should not
be passed by any person who has thought of buy
ing piano or player You should immediat ely
investigate. Our distributed
out-of town folks be served we'll - those
living in larger cities. But If you can't CALL WRITE
a for club literature. and a beautiful booklet,
THE House of Frederick"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20
ARMY NAVY
Army Orders.

Mai Edmund j.. Butts. 18th Infantry,
is relieved from duty at the University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Mimi, and
will join his regiment.
Capt. George II. Jameson. general staff,
is assigned to the I'd Infantry.
Capt William A Kent, Cd Infantry, is
transferred to the 4th Infantry.
Leave of absence for two months Is
granted Capt. Christian BRAND, 4th
Cavalry.
Capt Samuel t. Ansell, Sd Infantry,
now on temporary duty in this city. is re-
lieved from further duty as assistant in
the office of the judge advocate, eastern
division. He is granted leave of absence
for two months.
Capt. Edward Garfield. jr, Coast Artil-
lery Corps. is relieved from duty at Bos-
ton, and will return 60 Fort Monroe, Va.
Leave of absence for fifteen days Is
granted Capt. Alfred T. Clifton. Signal
Corps.
The following transfers are ordered:
First Lieut.. Ambrose, r. Emery from
the 21st Infantry to the 2Sth Infantry
First Lieut.. John B. Richardson from
the 18th Infantry to the 21st Infantry.
Leave of absence to July co. 1912. is
granted Capt. Earl Biscoe, Coast Artillery
Corps.
Capt. William H. Armstrong. Porto Rico
Regiment of Infantry, is relieved from
duty in the office of the chief of staff
and will return to his proper station.
Leave of absence for one month is
granted Lieut.. Col. William A. Skunk.
cavalry.
Leave Of absence for four months. with
permission to go beyond the sea. is
granted Capt Monroe C. Kerth, general
staff
Second Lieut.. Harold c. Vanderveer.
recently appointed from civil life, is as
signed to the Sd Field Artillery.
Naval Orders.
Lieut.. Commander Z. E. Briggs, from
California to wait orders.
Lieut. Commander F. H Brumby, to
navy yard, Norfolk Va.
Ensign L. j. CULVER. from Louisiana tc
Indiana.
Ensign r. c. White from Petrol; resig
nation accepted TO take effect July 1. 1912
Ensigns c. j. Bright and S. S. Kennedy
from Washington to Petrol.
Assistant Surgeon ]. b. Pollard to navy
recruiting station. Dallas, Tex.
Chief Machinist II. /. 1.utken. from Cali
fornia TO naval station, Olongapo. p. !.
Machinist r. G. Moody, from naval sta
ton. Olongapo. p. l., to California.
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COUNTEDAMONG RIOTERS
Representative SuIzer Greatly
Interested in Congress
Si0nal Ball Game.

One of the keenest rooters at the
congressional ball game between the
republicans and democrats Saturday
afternoon at American League Park
Will be Representative Bill" Sulzer of
New York, If he is not pressed into
service to work for the democratic
team. The game is to be played for
the benefit of the Fairgrounds and the
Boy Scouts of the District of Columbia
both organizations in which Mr.. SulZer
is very much interested. He believes
he said today. that the citizens Of the
District should do all in their power
10 aid these institutions. and that mem
bers Of Congress should also give their
hearty support.
Il believe in the Fairgrounds for the
children of the cities and. of course.
for the children of the National Cap
ital Unless a child is given fresh air
and an opportunity TO play 1t Is i'm
possible to expect that he or she will
develop into a good citizen. 1t is the
duty of Congress and of the residents
OF Washington to see that the poor
children of the capital have just as
much of an opportunity for becoming
good citizens as have those of wealthy
parents.
Fairgrounds a Godsend.
The Fairgrounds are godsend to the
little children of the city during the not
summer months. They give the children
a chance to get away from their hot and
often ill-ventilated homes. from the steam
ing asphalt streets. They keep the chill
dren out of mischief at the same time
they are giving them good occupations.
The Boy Scout movement Is one of
the best things which has been started
in this country. in my opinion. The or
ganization should be made as broad as
possible, and should take In the poor
boys as we'll as the rich. All boys have
an inclination to seek adventure. to camp
out, TO rough IT, The Boy Scouts gives
boys these opportunities, teaches the boys
self reliance
The members Of the republican and
democratic teams will take advantage of
the fair weather this afternoon to timber
up after several days of enforced idle
ness-so far as base ball practice was
concerned.
At the request of Speaker Champ Clark.
boys and girls will be admitted to the
game free. Seats will be reserved for
those who have bought tickets and the
remainder of the stands will be thrown
open 10 the children of the city.
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DOESN'T 1T LOOK GOOD?

These are some of the special features peculiar
to the Frederick cooperative club. We could
truthfuly say they only possible with Fred
erick clubs. They don't need to be patented. They
can't be duplicated any than the real and
very extraordinary money-saving prices can be
duplicated. No house In the country can purchase
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20

equal in value or better. without the loss of
a penny YOU have paid. We make the exchange
without word. and apply all payments rh,, on the
be able decide between the piano or the player
and you finally take the piano, any time within
year you may exchange for the player.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-20

these or equal instruments. as to sell at these
prices and profit can
offer the wonderful extra attractive features.
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LIFE INSURANCE

but 1t will pay you to anticipate payments when
you
LIFE INSURANCE
The Life Insurance feature. is wonderfully lib
eral concession. We have testimonials from the
families Of deceased club members. showing appre-
citation for the prompt adjustment of claims and
our receipt in full, covering all remaining pay
ments on pianos and players The only REQUIRE
ment is that payments shall be up to date at time
of death. This Life Insurance feature is Fred
erick invention freely copied by competitors.
FREF EXCHANGE
We offer you free privilege of exchanging the
piano or player you may select for any other,
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CASH REBATES

The Relating System is instance. Figure it
for yourself. Every time you make payment
of $3.50 before 1t is due we hand you back 25c in
cash you pay 70 e IN s in
yourself Of the extremely easy terms If you WISH
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-05-31
$1oo,o DEAL MADE.

The Eighty Five company has bought the Superior mine, which ad. joins it's properties on the southwest the consideration being $1O0,000. The Superior is the oldest producing prop erty in the camp, and until the S5 passed it, it was the largest producer. It was patented in 1878, and has been owned and worked by several differ ent companies since then. Every one who has worked it has made money out of it, but generally the people who have worked it have had enough other properties to sink them. It was owned by D. w. RecKhart, and other Fl Paso men and w. P. Black nego- tiated the sale, which took place the latter part of last week, and the Su- perior is now in the possession of the S5 company. The S5 company has ample capital and valuable mines. If necessary it can build mills, or smell ters, or any reduction works needed. It has an accomplished mining en- gineer, in the person of W. H. Kin non, and will either continue to sell it's ore to the smeltors, or erect re- duction works, whichever it concludes will bring the largest net returns form it's ore. .-Lordsburg Liberal.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-05-31
WALKERS WEEKLY
 COPPER LETTER

Geo. L. Walker, writing in the Bos
 ton Commercial, under date of May 1 25th, has the following to say regard.
 ing the copper situation:
 Copper is advancing on heavy buy.
 ing for early delivery. Lake is quot
 ed at 165s cents and electrolytic 1612
 cents a pound. The recent sharp ad- vance in the price of copper shows 1 how sensitive the market is to aggres-
 sive buying demand. While there is nominally a worlds surplus of 170,- i 0OO,O0O pounds, nothing like this amount is waiting for buyers. con- siderable portion of the surplus has
 been sold and is waiting delivery. All of the refined copper in existence is included in the statistics as surplus until it is actually delivered.
 So far as can be learned, there is no disposition on the part of large pro ducers or the selling agencies to bull copper or to advance quotations. It seems to be unanimous opinion that the metal is high enough and the hope is freely expressed that nothing in the nature of a runaway market may occur.
 If the price of copper does not go above IT cents, it is quite probab that it will average A51a to 1612 dur ing the coming three or four years Should the price be forced up to 20 cents or higher, however, it would naturally have a tendency to bring about a curtailment of it's use and has ten severe reaction. A reasonably steady market with ne price around 16 cents is not a hardship on consum- CTS and from the producers stand point it is all that is to be desired.
 The copper shares are holding we'll and there is every reason why they should as the current earnings of the producing companies are averaging more than 10 per cent on their selling prices. The Calumet & Hecla and Quincy dividends have been increased and others must follow, as a result of which the copper shares should go much higher ultimately. The decided improvement in metal market condi- tions and prices during the past fort night has not been reflected as yet in the stock market, which must be aS- cribed to the hesitation which char acterizes the general list. 1ne out look for the copper shares is more bullish than it has been for a long time from every standpoint, and with natural reactions from time to time the stocks are bound to sell higher.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-05-31
OLD DOMINION.

Total production of the Old Do minion smelter for April amounted to 2,150,O00 pounds or copper. This does not represent the total produc- tion as a portion of the product be- ing shipped to the Fl Paso shelter.
 The management has decided to increase the capacity of the miii from 800 to 1000 tons of ore per day, and complete new crushing and sam bling mill will be built. Changes will also be made so that the hoiSting If ore will be done by skips instead of cages. The erection of the new f1ue and dust-chamber for the converter plant will be started in about ten days.
 The construction work which the Old Dominion company has planned will take the better part of two years to complete, and will mean an expenditure of $500,000. This will involve no new financing how ever, as the company expects to pay for the new work out of earnings in excess of dividends.
 Underground developments contin- ue favorable and when the 1900 and 1900 levels are opened it is expected that a large amount of ore will he added to reserves. The shaft is now being sunk from the 1900 to 1890 level.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-05-31
SITE SECURED FOR
 SHATTUCk SHELTER
Definite News That Building Is to be Erected is Heard in Douglas.

Douglas May 23-That the Shat tuck smelter has been agreed on de finitely by the directors of the com pany, was the word given out here yesterday by l.. c. Shattuck, of Bis bee, the local and managing director of the company MT. Shattuck fur ther stated that in accordance with instructions received from the board recently he had closed the deal and secured title papers for the smelter site and the work of making a con tour survey and plan of the works has been completed. Just when actual work on the plant will be started he could not say, but was positive in the statement that the smelter would be built.
 The work at the mine, he said, is bringing results of the most gratify- ing character with every blast and stroke of the drills. The ore now being shipped to the Queen smelter is very high grade and the increase in price of the red metal, over the average price of year ago, will go a long way towards the construction of the new plant which is now estimated to cost $500,000.