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COTTON MARKET.

ouoiatious furnished by W. B. Hibbs & %. mem
beu Of the New YORK Cotton Exchange. Hibbs
Building.
New York Jan. 2-Optio1s Advanced about 81 4
bale on the New York exchange today By reason oS
buying b. spot interests. fmchAses by spot firms
caused further ne-T0uness By shorts who covered
freely. Another inhnencs making for higher quota
tions were the indication from abroad that neotia-
tons IN progress locking to early adjustment
of the labor troubles in Lancashire
Weaker Liverpool cables were completely disre-
Earded at the opening Of the market to-day, pices
being from to points above the final figures of
Friday. larger bushes was transacted IN the late
months. tnders buying on the theory that these
options arr selling at attractive prices in view q
the uncertainties in the new crop situation.
The activity and strength Of the early months ~
fleets the Ep Of the pot interests those options
and the constant squeezing Of The shorts is making
the bear position very uncomfortable. The strength
Of the market coutinued up to the close final prics
beng around the best.
~ 70 6 rointa.
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WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET.

EHlss-RsEular ell. Z o'elock noon:
Potomac cons. S. 81 900 at l0i.
Washington Railway & Electric com-, 3 at 50.
: at s. 3 at 81 3 at s. 3 al 81 3 at s. 5 Al
& % at 81 . at s., 3 at Sc. Sc al s., 5 al s.
Washington Gas. . at aA. . at 9oiz. 3 al s0S
100 at s04, 3 at sis. 5 at pH, 8 al si1. 5 At
81, 5 At 9'5, 5 al 24. ; at RS, s at sOa,
3 al 0N.
Msrsenfhsls-. 10 at 81 10 at III. 10 at IN
IEnston, 10 at 92
After call-Lanstnn, at 92a.
Potomac cons. S. S.oo at lol.
herEsnthaler. at Il 10 at aOS.
Washington Railway & Electric com., - al s.
at s., . at s., 8 at s. 3 at 50. 3 at 50. 100 At
62H, at 81
Washington Railway & Electric pSd-. 10 at ssE.
At sE.
Following quotations were pnstsd yesterday
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NEW YORK PRODUCE.

New York, Jan 2-M1LLFEED-s6uugr: a.
mand is nfeleaG Spring hran. z.eO; standard mid
dinEa. zoo; Western rsd dog. @aa5l.o; winter
wheat bran in 1oopoUnd sackss to arrive. 2oo; city
bnu. IN bulk 800
oATS-stsady; business Il inactive. No 2 vhits.
~; No. ) Whifs. -; standard. 81. elevator hlzis;
ups4zded on trzcks RA55ii.
PJOUR-Stsady; trade moderate. Kansas straiEhts.
I7oaLso IN aicis: spring patents. alsaA6. IN bar.
reis: srring eeHrs. LSaA.eo; sft winter stzishtN.
L5saED
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR-Flm: Tiers Il q smaIl
nipply. Cholos 10 fancy e quoted at 2ZA
RYE FIOUR-Sieady: trade Is quiet. Choics
coRNMEAL--steady; inquiry = modeata. Kiln
dried for export. 36aa65s coarss meal In hagA La
HAY-Rsc.ip4s. 800 tons: strong; znan supply.
Prime timothy. Id No. l. Lzal.o; No Z Lla
LO; No 3 LooalN
sfRxw-Rsoslpts. % tons; Ann. Demand quss..
Long fys quoted at soaa
LARD-Flunsr: inquiry moderatA Prime West
en-. aD; rcansd coutinsnt. alo: eoush American
iB8: refined Bnziiian. IN ken. LIZ; cleostearine
>; lard stsHrsns, quiet: Nss York. l0x
PoRK-steady; DEALINGS are inactive Mss., Hoa
U.s: family 1aahn.@
BEEF-sisady; trading is auis.. Packet, nsa
400; family. hDaIk0
A AIaaaehnsetfs man has Invented an siectrie
Nat arA r~aarlus fnr fnnnnrffur fha fruEl.- -
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CHICAGO GRAIN

Quotations furnished by ". B. HIbhs q o..
member of the Chicago Stock Exchange, HIbbS
Building.
bulIiah advices ffom Argentina May, @sS July,
s4R.
Corn Rhssc lower On better weather. May and
July 81.
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calves nominal Dressed calves strong: city dressed
Tsals, I2alSi1; country dressed, Ioal3A.
Sheep finn; lambs firm. Sheep, common to good.
15aa3T: lambc, medium 10 primo. 6Sa6-s5; o1lla
400. Dressed mutton firm at 6aTiz; dressed lambs,
Sail; hog dressed, niSAI2; county dressed lambs
quiet at 4ooaI.m.
Hogs steady at s5SGAso. County dressed hoEJ
Belling Al siSasz for heavy 10 light.
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TO InrtnII omeers.

Oak Camp. No. 4. Woodmen of the
World. VIII hold a public installation OF
officers in Northeast Temple, Twelfth and
H streets northeast. tonight, when sew
eraI members OF Congress who belong to
the order will make addresses.
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smith Becomes vice President.

Announcement has been made that
George Pratt Smith, Of Chicago. has sue
ceeded H. H. Lurton. jr. as vice presi-
dent of Munford & Lurton Company,
bankers. of s14 Seventeenth street north
west
Mr.. Lurton win probably return to his
former home In Nashville, Tenn.
Mr.. Smith is head OF the George p.
Smith Company, dealers IN investment
securities, OF Chicago. He win retain
his interest in the Chicago concern, but
will make his home in Washington. Re
Gently, Mr.. Smith returned from a four
months business trip in Europe, during
which time he made business connec-
tions which will prove valuable to both
his Washington and Chicago interests.
Mr. smith was formerly secretary OF
the Munford & Lurton Company.
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Apnointed Nnvx soIIcitor.

President Taft yesterday appointed
Harry Miller. an attorney OF Portsmouth.
Ohio, solicitor for the Navy Department,
vice Tristan b. Johnson. resigned.
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

oao,atious furnlshsd b ". D. Hisss q Co. mem
bsn Of he New yosk Steel Ezehanss. HIbbs
Building.
Call money: open. ~; high. ~: low ~ Gloss. ~.
aALE OF grOcK ~ HouRa
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LIVE STOCK MARKET.

New IoEk, Jan. 2-Tn the live stock market to
day beeEeS we've nOutnAly steady. Dressed bed
quiet, but steady. CslFes active and firm veaIs
aooana; choiee, LOO; banyurd and Western
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CURB MARKET.

ouotations furnished By ". B. HTbas q Co, men.
bsrS Of The New YoEk Stoek ExchanEs, Hbbs Buila
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REAL ESTATE LOANS.

Made at Lowest Rate. Of Interest.
". 4. WALKER. 7es 18th St. NV.
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onotationS tuTnisAed by ". q Hibhs q Ca,
nsnbsn q The New Yorf stoek Ezehanss. Hibhs
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GOVERNMENT BONDS.

Most Of US forget rather than forrive,
because It Is easier,
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Opens n Savings Branch.

The savings habit had a strong hold
on the people OF Washington yesterday.
This was evidenced by the unusually
large deposits which were made at
the different banks, and especially at the
Union Trust Company, where a savings
branch was opened for the first time.
The large deposits were partly due to
the fact that the banks had been closed
for two days The fact that It was the
first business day of the year was also
largely responsible for the increased
business. The president Of one bank said
that resolutions 10 save money during
the year 1872 was the chief cause for
the large deposits.
'Tt happens this way every year" he
said. "On New Year Day the resolu-
tons regarding the saving OF money are
solemnly made, and the following day
the increase In the savings deposits show
that the resolutions are being kept"
Edward J. SteIiwagen. president Of the
Union Trust Company. stated at the
close OF business yesterday that the de-
posits In the newly organized saw
ings branch Of that Institution during the
first day of its existence had greatly ex-
ceeded his expectations. This branch OF
the institution viii receive deposits no
matter how small or large they may be.
The interest on this money, which will
be at the rate Of per cent per year,
will be compounded seml-annually.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-03

Massachusetts man has Invented an slectrie
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Election of omcers Is Held.

At the annual meeting of the board Of
directors Of the Firemen's Insurance
Company, held yesterday, the following
oficers were elected for the ensuing year:
Allan z. Walker. president; George W.
Moss, vice president; William NJ. Hon.
man, secretary; James NJ. Fitzpatrick,
assistant secretary. No changes were
made in the personnel OF the committees
Of the company.
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BOSTON COPPER STOCKS.

'Ex rights
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-19

OW would you Ike TO dream
away the summer on a beautiful
island with nothing to do but
be a little brother TO a thousand
sea gulls? Sounds like a fairy
..Ia 5oo,,. az Cs-+.inlv. hut
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of the nest the gull guardian must put
them back. he must also count all the
eggs Of the colony. If the old tree rots
or falls down he must replace it with
a tai post and cross piece, so that aged
Mr.. Gull will have a place to perch, for
they are very particular about retaining
the Sams spot year after year, and II. Mr..
GuH's lookout happens to be destroyed
he becomes nervous and fuses around 50
much that he makes Mrs. Gull perfectly
miserable. When the young are Matched
the gull guardian must watch over them
very carefully. That IS the time he must
be especially vigilant about keeping
strangers of the islands, because the
moment a stranger appears the mother
gull gives the cry of alarm and the baby
birds put to sea. Then, if the wind comes
up, they are oftentimes washed back on
the rocks and have their tender little legs
broken When that happens the guardian
must put on splints and bandage them
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and turn them over to their mothers. All
that would be a part of your duty as a
gull guardian, as any of them would tell
you.
And who are they? What sort Of per
sons have held this novel Job during the
last eight years? One year a New York
newspaper reporter had the position. His
name was Daniel Boone, and he said he
was a relative of the Kentucky pioneer.
However that might be, he made a good
gull guardian, got bis health back and
went West to prosper. For three years
a man and his wife watched over the
feathered colony, and there Is an interest
ing little story about them Here is the
way Mr.. Hatch told it to the WRITER
For two centuries Lake Champlain
was the avenue of. commerce from New
York to Canada and the shores Of the
lake and the country along the river to-
Montreal were settled by the most aris-
tocratic families in America. They were
real old blue bloods and many of the de-
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{ Treatment of Epilepsy by Snake Venom.

NAL aspect. 1t is well to wait two days
more before proceeding with q new injec-
ton. In other words the injections are
generally practised at intervals of from
i've to seven days.
When the results obtained are quite
satisfactory. the intervals may be longer,
the injections being practised only every
ten 10 fifteen days, or even once q month.
But the treatment must not be completely
stopped, though the patient may have had
no further crisis for several months.
DR.. Spangler has had occasion to ex.
pertinent with this mode of treatment in
sirty-fEo cases, Of which thirty-six have
been kept under observation for length
of time sufficient to allow the results OBJ
tained to be considered as permanent.
Among the thirty-Six patients in question,
whose ages vary from Eve to sixty-two
years there are tweny-one male and if
teen female subjects.
Under the influence Of injections Of
snake venom the epileptic crises are seen
to occur only after intervals aud at the
same time the general condition of the
patient, mental and physical, undergoesI
considerable improvement. Sometimes be
fore the intervals between the fits become
longera 1t Is noticed that milder attacks
tend to replace the more violent formA
: "a German physician, DR.. FaekeheIm,
Of Cessel, has recently tried the medica-
don recommended by DR.. Spangler. Upl
70 the present he has had the opportu-
nifty Of testing it in only five cases of
epilepsy. The results have appeared to
him very encouraging, the snake venom
having hadsths effect not only Of redue-
ing the number and the Intensity of the
6ts and Of diminishing the irritability
# the nervous system, but also Of con-
slderably improving the general condi-
tion Of the patients. This was shown
among other things By marked increass
n the bodily weight !
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then Some of the colony are nearly or
quite one hundred years old, and Mr..
Hatch knows these gray veterans, and
has for them the same kindly feeling he
would have for an old horse or dog, and
that is one Of the reasons why he wants
an intelligent, kindly person there every
summer to protect them Zach year the
same ten or twelve hundred come back to
the islands to rear their young. Their
number never increases, because under a
peculiar law of their own the young ones
are sent away as soon as they have
learned to shift for themselves and estab-
lish new colonies elsewhere. Only the
original settlers return to the old home
the following spring When an old gull
dies his place is filed by another elderly
gull, but never by a very young bird.
Now, when you become the gull guar.
dian you learn all this and much more,
and before the season Is over you estab-
ish a personal acquaintance with many
Of the old couples and feel a genuine in
terest in their welfare. At the end of the
season you must make report to the Au-
dubon Society in New York. Year after
year the gulls build their nests in the
same spot-twigs and dry grass collected
in some sheltered place on the shore. The
male gull stands guard on lofty crag or
the dry branch of tree, while Mrs. Gull
is sitting. If by chance the eggs roll out
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Mr.. and Mrs. Gun Taking
q Morning Bath

by nature and occupation a sesvepger Of
the seas.
As fisherman his skillis remarkable.
None of the fisher folk on Lake Cham
plain can begin to compete with Mr..
Hateh's gulls, for they never fail 10 get
good catch. no matter what the condi-
tons are. The gulfs customary msthod
Of fishing is 70 prepare his bs4t in his
mouth by chewing up tender cedar leaves
until they become pulpy mass. Having
supplied himself with a. mouthtul Of bait
the gull lights on the water and deposits
1t. Us specific gravity carries It about
four inches below the surface. The
gulls sits quietly until the fish comes to
take the bait, when he dives quickly,
catching fish and bait together, but after
swallowing the fish the bait Is again
elected into the water for another fish
and so on until the bird has swallowed
all the Ash he can hy away with. His
digestive apparatus is so constructed that
after the flesh Of the fish is absorbed he
disgorges the skeleton, which comes out
of his crop beautifully polished, with
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~ y many occasions it has been noted
\ that epilepsy has been cured fortuit
ously by the bite of a venomou'
snake. In France the cure has been seen
to occur after bite BY viper, and in
America after a rattlesnake's bite. DR.
Self, of Clairith, who has published an &C
count of a case of the latter, states that
it occurred with a man aged thirty five,
subject to epilepsy for fifteen years pre-
viously, who after being bitten by the
rattlesnake was fortunate enough to sur
yipe and never have another ct of cpl
Iepsy.
Another American physician DR..
spangler, of Philadelphia, who for some
time past had used sterlized and diluted
snake venom in the treatment Of GER
tain affections Of the respiratory passages,
was induced by the above fact to Try the
same means against epilepsy.
DR.. Spangler used to dry venom of the
"crotalus horridus" dissolved in ster-
ilized water. The strength of the solu-
ton, to which are added few drops OF
an autiseptie as, preservative, varies
and should be determined: by the special
features Of each case. In general; the
Philadelphia physician began with a So
luton each cubic cOntimetre of which con
tanned three decimiilierammes of veAon.
he then gradually increased the cOncen
tratiOn Of the liquid, injecting each time
a cubic eentimetre oft.
The injections are practised in the
thick part Of the muscles of the fore arm
alternately on each side. Their frequen-
y should vary. not only according 70
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scendants of those families are there
to-day. We hear very little of them in
New York, but these old families are
well known to all the country round about
and most of them are very wealthy. One
day a rather distinguished looking man
came to my Office in response to an ad-
vertisement-I having made an appoint
ment with him-stating that he was q
naturalist and wanted the job Of living
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the character. of the fit but also accord
ing to the duration of the local reac-
tional symptoms. ...-..
According to DR.. Spangler's experience,
In fact, there exists a close relation be-
tween this local reaction and the success
of the treatment. There are some cases
where an injection of six decimilh-
grammes of venom sufices to produce red
ness and swelling in the region, while in
the case Of other patients an injection of
as much as nine or even twelve decimilli-
grammes must be made in order to obtain
satisfactory local reaction
In the majority of instances the re-
action becomes evident from five minutes
to an hour after the injection and attains
its maximum intensity within the space
Of tWenp-four to thirty-six hours, after
which It gradually diminishes. On the
third or fourth day the region where the
injection has been made assumes its nor
ssSssasasstNs6sSsS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Cure for Slandering Tongue.
TAR. wILFRID 7. GRENFELL,
i who is Magistrate as well as ply
sician and missionary among the
poor people of Labrador, tells of q unique
method of dealing with slapderers and
evil speakers. A woman was brought
before him charged by her neighboB
with SANDER. Dr. Grenfell heard the
evidence and gave a verdict. For one
year the accused woman was to have
painted on her Intel the. text, Il win
take heed to my ways that sin not
with my tongue; 1 viii keep my mouth
with q bridle5f
With this pledge ever before her. to-
say nothing Of its being in plain sight
Of her neighbors, she is likely to reform
By the end Of the year and the words
win then be erased.
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on the island. But he said he must take
his wife with him. / said did not want
married man, but he pleaded very
hard. The next day, woman came in.
She was heavily yelled. After a little
she drew her chair close to my desk,
and, lifting her veil, said to me:-Look
at my face sharply and tell me if you
have ever seen me before told her
I had not. Then she revealed to me that
she was the daughter Of General -,
lone Of the wealthiest and most aristocratic
Of the old families there, and that she
was born and reared in sight of my isl
ands. Then she told me her story. She
had eloped when a girl with the man
who had called on me the day before.
They had roamed about the world for
several years, finally landing in New
York penniless- We are living in a hall
bedroom she said, and we are positively
starving. want to go to your island
with my husband provided we can go
there at night so none Of my old friends
win recognize u.s.
Their case appealed to me so strong
b that I arranged to have them trans
terred to the island at night and they
stayed there three summers. don't know
but they would have been there still had
it not been for singular circumstance
that brought independent wealth to them.
In the early days her father had been q
mining operator near Denver and it ap-
pears that he had taken title to some land
that suddenly became extremely valuable.
After advertising for the heirs for sew
eral months the Western men finally dis
covered the daughter on the island and
opened negotiations for the Western
property. 1 helped them manage the
case, with the result that the woman re-
ceived q sum sufficiently large to provide
an independent income for them as long
ss they live. They are now living on Easy
street In New York city and it isn't neces-
sary for them longer to tend the guile on
Four Brothers Island"
Gull Lore.
In September each year the gulls leave
Lake Ohamplain. and when they go their
guardian is released from further duty,
but, of course, he may remain there as
long as he likes. Where the guIls go
nobody knows, except that they find some
place where the water never freezes.
Often in open winters or during warm
spells they return to their summer home
on the lake, but as soon as the water
freezes they are gone again What 6rst
caused Mr.. Hatch 10 befriend the gulls
was his discovery. a long time ago that
they are flying disposal plants" for sew
age. This he learned when he was max
ng his tight against the pollution of Lake
champlain and he has protected the gulls
= his common allies ever since. Although
he average gull consumes about twoI
pounds of organic matter daily (when he
IAN get Iii, he Is, unlike the vulture, al
,ardcularly clearly bird, and In no wayl .
Iivss the slightest indicstiOn that be Isl 1
The evening world., 1912-07-11
BRYAN CUT CONVENTION
RESOLUTION TO SAVE
MRS. TAFT'S FEELINGS
Presidents Wife Would Have
Heard Talk Against Executive
in Ryan-Belmont Attack.

HELENA. Mont. July ia story
OF how William Jennings Bryan In
order not to hurt the feelings OF Mrs.
TAFT. wife OF the President. omitted
from tho original text Of his now IA
nous Ryan Belmont Morgan resolution
certain caustic references to the 80
called steam roller" methods Of the
Republican national convention and to
President Taft. as the alleged recipient
of favors from tho Interests" IL told
by Robert T.. Rose Of Helena. former
private secretary for Mr.. Bryan, who
acted ms his confidential stenoErapher
at Baltimore.
ION going to tho convention hall In
Baltimore" says Mr.. Rose. mr.. Bryan
was told that Mrs. Taft was In tho
audience. ana out of consideration for
The evening world., 1912-07-11
They'd Never Stand for a
Coach in Dundee, y'Know
They'd Walk Him Out
of the Grounds and Then
Walk Him Into a Cell.

sessed. and left too little to the init!a.
tive of the players themselves. I sup.
pose however. when I read. learn and
inwardly digest all that propose to de-
YOUR In the baseball line before ! leave
these shores ] shall be forced to the re-
alizat'on Of this very vital fact. that A
coach Is as necessary to a baseball
team as clown to a circus. And II
ever get together a baseball team !
shall ask Jennings to be my coach.
He's mustard.
The game has fascinated mo 40
much that ] am going to see II some
more. The spectators are q study. The
man sitting behind me has tust
shouted to the umpire that he Ia a
"robber." but the official in question
seems to be undisturbed. His ears are
well stuffed with cotton wool, or chew
ing gum: at any rate he doesn't hear.
or. perhaps, what is more to the point.
he hears but needs not NAV bav.
something to say about the spectators
later on, just few pointed remark.
that will hit them. Because I tell Won
frankly / don't like them.