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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-13
DIVIDEND DECLARATIONS.

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-13

Eek dividend.
Where a &c" follows
q quotation II indi.
Gates q bid or offer
for 10 shares.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-13
COPPER MARKET QUIET.
Producers Quote 1880 Cents Abroad
SOLD - Low ~ 1914.

Tho copper market remained quiet yes
terday. with no business OF Importance
taking place. 1t Is apparently the belief
Ut consumers that the statistical position
OF the metal does not warrant prices as
high az those current.
Foreign agencies OF American producers
were quoting 1890 cents for electrolytic
In London. Metal was available at that
centre from second hands. however. az
low - ll.l4 csntA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-13
SUB.TREASURY STATEMENT.

SATURDAY..
paiI ny Suh,Ireasury % hHuks.,. S373G, 900
Paid by banks to Sub. Treasury 4iIT'oo0
Loss to banks ON days transact
lions ....,..,,...,.,...,.. 1881 900
SINCE FRIDAY LAST
PAID by Sub,TreasYry TO banks.. s6.75s, 900
rau pE banks 10 sup-Ireasury... 6s30,0O0
Loss TO banks ....,,...,.:.,... $4,000
v'ous week ,,.,...,,.'.,,..,',.. $4,000
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-13
BONDS

$4,000 Can Pac SO uoteslOlis 1915 ok ~
10000 n state 4'ss W iio5's 1c5'. iOs'. 'r',
SELLS cents per share.
Evening star., 1914-12-25
families today by Louisville charitable

families today by Louisville charitable
organizations
Christmas music by chorus of 800
massed about a Christmas tree in La
ture of Buffalos observance of the
yuietide. Street car tickets were dis
tr1buted among the poor to enable them
to attend the celebration.
SIX thousand dollars earned by the
sale of newspapers by wealthy men of
CoMmbus, Ohio, who formerly piled the
newsy's trade. were distributed in food
and clothing to the city's poor.
In New York Santa's sleigh. in the
shape of motor car bearing the Ii
cense tag of Robert Goelet. whizzed
past all the crossings where traffic po-
licemen were stationed and gave each a
fiVe-dollar gold piece.
Chicago opened 5000 letters addressed
by tiny devotees to Santa Claus. Cen
eral Delivery. and made each home
happy with food and gifts for young
and old.
The advent of Christmas in the
south was marked by executive elem
various public celebrations in city and
country. Among the governors who is
sued pardons. combinations and pa
roles to convicts were Blease of Soutf
Carolina. Hays of Arkansas. and
Hooper of Tennessee. Many city and
court actions.
Gifts Of food and clothing to the poor
were especially extensive in the chief
cities. Montgomery. Menu
phis. jackson. Miss. and other cities
had municipal Christmas trees.
Southern childhood celebrated by fire
works displays. which are probably
more extensive in the south at Christ
mas than in any other section of the
country.
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SOLDIERS WIDOW APPOINTED.
President Issues Executive Order
EMPLOYING Mrs. John L. Evans.

The President has directed that Mrs.
John l.. Evans be appointed to the
position of charwoman under the SUI
perintendent of the State, War and
Navy Departments building without
regard to the labor regulations govern
ing appointments of laborers in WASH
inGton.
Mrs. Evans is the widow of John IT,
Evans, who was discharged a corporal
from Company II, ed United States
Infantry, July II. 1902, character eN-
cellent From July, 1902. until Janu-
ary "a, 1914. he was employed in the
navy yard in this city. on the latte
date. while working as machinist =
helper at the navy yard. a hammer
flew off the handle and struck him on
the head, from the effects of which he
died June IS, 1914, after long illness
and much suffering, leaving wife and
two small children.
The acting superintendent of the
State, War and Navy Departments
building recommended that an executive
order be issued authorizing the ap-
pointment of Mrs. Evans.
The civil service commission did nor
concur in the recommendation
Evening star., 1914-12-25

these are said to be. in general. the
right ones to use. Hickory. of the
non-resinous woods, has the highest
fuel value per unit volume OF wood
and has other advantages. II burns
evenly, and. as housewives say. holds
the heat The oaks come next, foi -
lowed by beech, birch and maple. Pine
has 4 relatively low heat value per
unit volume. but has other advantages.
1t ignites readily and gives out =
quick, hot fame, but one that soou
dies down. This makes IL a favorite
with rural housekeepers as summer
wood, because it is particularly adapt
ed for hot days in the kitchen.
Evening star., 1914-12-25
CRYSTAL PALACE TO BE CLOSED
10000 Soldiers to Use London S
Famous Recreation Ground.
Of the Associated Press.

'"TItsI"ndence of the Associated Press
LONDON. December 15.-The Crystal
Palace. London's famous recreatioi
ground. will be closed to the public
from New Year day until the end of thu.
war, in order TO provide training quar-
ters for soldiers. 1t is estimated that
at least 10000 men will bunk in the
glass exhibition hall.
One effect will be to cause the Eng
lish cup final. which decides the pro
fcssional ASSOCIATION foot ball cham
pionship, and is the most popula
sporting event in England. with th.,
exception of the Derby race, to be
played on other grounds next April
Evening star., 1914-12-25
AT ANNUAL DINNER.
Lanman Company Gives Its Regular
Christmas Eve Affair.

The Lanman Engraving Company
gave it's annual Christmas eve dinner
last night at the Occidental Hotel. I'M
promptu speeches and useful souvenirs
were features of the evenings enter
tainment. Addresses We're made by
Charles F. Lanman. president. and J.
Harry Cunningham, vice president. and
Foreman Clayton Thoms responded.
Among those present. besides Mr.
Lanman, Mr.. Cunningham and Mr.
Thomas. were ]. MaXon Cunningham,
Charles E. Hoover. Clyde Fletcher, Ed
ward S. Norris. Elmer T. Good, Francis
q. Stevens Maurice Appleby, James
Godsey, James Sullivan. Nathan Peck,
Harold Ready and Harry Bjorkland.
Evening star., 1914-12-25
OLD BOOKS And
MANUSCRIPTS.
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

Notwithstanding the ever-increasing
number of new books. the interest in
the old ones never lessons. At rare
intervals the discovery is made of some
unknown book or manuscript of the
days of antiquity. Such discovery
interests laymen as we'll as librarians.
for the charm of book current in the
time of our remote ancestors appeals
to readers of every class. The quest
for old literary treasures has been car
ried on SO increasingly by modern IL
brarians that it is believed few remain
unknown, SO each new discovery Is q
matter of Importance.
The latest discovery of this KIND Is
that Of The Odes of solomon. an carry
religious work known to nave eA'steu'
but which had been lost to the Worio
for nearly 1000 years. 1t was iouhd oE
Rendel Harris. a distinguished student
and explorer, among collectloh Vi
loose leaves sent in from Mesopotamla'
The book was written in Syrian char-
acters and is believed to be the only
one of its kind in the world Inc copy
is imperfect at the beginning ana the
end, the preface and the colophon peihs
missing. Mr.. Harris was able TO ldeh-
tlfy 1t promptly 1t iau
logued in lists of early Christian ana
semi Christian literature made during
the first and second centuries. Ihe
Latin writer, Father Lactantius. quoted
from it in the fourth century, and hVe
"odes" from it were quoted in curious
Gnostic book called "Pistus Sophia. an
early Egyptian translation of which
now exists in the British Museum. The
old volume lately discovered is to be
included in the treasures OF the mu-
scum. Its contents are being trans
lated and will soon become tam!ilar
additions to the recognized religious
literature of the ancients.
Evening star., 1914-12-25
Some Elusive Dimensions.

From Judge.
with no apologies to the 9TH }
The long green
The short sermon.
The wide skirt.
The narrow path. -
The high stakes.
The low hole.
The lean meat.
The fat check.
Evening star., 1914-12-25
VIII 3
Repairing Pages is t'
Seems Almost Magical. .oaos p

AsSPs~AA o6SS
Seems Almost Magical. holes p Il and
to give it a perfectly smooth. straight
edge by grating on paper in a manner
that seems almost magical Then, to
strengthen it. delicate layer of a silk
gauze known to repairers as crepellne
is applied with -four paste. This gauze
is SO delicate that it is not to be de-
tected by the naked eye. yet At holds
smoothly together paper that other
wise would be in crumbly fragments
In applying the gauze to the illuminat-
ed page, Mr.. Berwick took a fine cam
els hair brush and carefully outlined
each bit of color with the paste when
was applied to cover all the uncol-
exceeded his expectations. and will
no doubt attract considerable atten-
tion from experts in the fine art Of
manuscript repair.
The facilities of the repair shop of
the Library of Congress are so well
recognized throughout the world that
requests have come even from Eu-
rope to have fine commissions executed
here. One of the most important of
these was a large volume of manu-
the old Cutters Guild of London, dat
ing back to 1925. An exhibition of the
repair work done in the Congressional
Library was taken to a convention OF
antiquarians several years ago by
Gaillard Hunt, the chief of the division
of manuscripts in the Library of Con-
gress. Its excellence made SO strong
an impression upon those who eX-
amined it that when this important
old book was discovered in a seemingly
hopeless condition permission was
asked to have it repaired in the Lii
brary of Congress. compliment which
was greatly appreciated by those in
charge.
The repairing of an old page, whether
printed or written, goes through prac-
specimen presents some new difficulty
In making repairs care is taken to use
old paper having the precise grain and
water mark of the sheet to be repaired.
New paper could not be used for this
purpose. Consequently, every scrap of
Evening star., 1914-12-25

old paper which can be secured from
old books and manuscripts of no value
in themselves is carefully preserved. as
it may be worth many times its weight
in gold. One lady employed in the re-
pair room is especially interested in the
collection of scraps of old paper for
this purpose. One day she had assem-
bled a quantity of these fragments upon
her desk. intending to have them as
few minutes. During her absence an
active charwoman. thinking they were
of no value brushed them into the waste
paper basket. They had been taken
downstairs to be destroyed before their
collector returned. Considerable excite
ment prevailed throughout the entire
library for time before the entire mass
of waste paper collected for the day
could be assembled and the precious
scraps regained.
Evening star., 1914-12-25

George F. Sloan of Roland Park. Bal
timore, former well known lumber
merchant. died at Mercy Hospital after
an illness of about three months of heart
trouble He was seventy-two years old.
Evening star., 1914-12-25
FUEL VALUE OF WOOD
|SLESS THAN OF COAL
Two Pounds Roughly Equivalent to
One of Mined Product. Forest
Service Estimates.

The fuel value of two pounds of
wood is roughly equivalent to that of
one pound of coal, says a bulletin of
the forest service. This is given as the
result of certain calculations now
being made in the forest service labo-
ratory. which show also about how
many cords of certain kinds of wood
are required to obtain an amount of
neat equal to that in a ton of coal. The
statement further sets forth:
Certain kinds of wood. such as
hickory. oak. beech, birch. hard maple.
ASH, elm, locust, long-leaf pine and
cherry, have fairly high heat values.
and only one cord of seasoned wood
of these species is required to equal
one ton of good coal
More Heat in Heavier Wood.
Equal weights of dry. non-resinous
woods. however, are said to have prac-
tically the same. heat value regardless
of species. and as consequence it
can be stated as a general proposition
that the heavier the wood the more
heat to the cord. Weight for weight,
however, there is very little difference
between various species. The average
heat for all that have been calculated
is 1900 calories. or heat units, per
kilogram. A kilogram of resin will de-
velop 9,400 heat units, or about twice
the average for wood. AS conse-
quence. resinous woods have a greater
heat value per pound than non-resinous
woods. and this increased value varies,
of course, with the resin content.
The available heat value of a cord
of wood depends on many different fac
tors. 1t has relation not only to the
amount of resin it contains, but to the
amount of moisture present
Heat Value Not Only Test.
1t is pointed out, however, that heat
value is not the only test of useful
ness is fuel wood, and since % per
cent of all wood used for fuel is con-
sumed for domestic purposes, largely
in farmhouses, such factors as rapid
ity of burning and ease of lighting
are important. Each section of the
country has it's favored woods and
Evening star., 1914-12-25
Comfort and Good Cheer Ex-
tended to Needy Through
out the Country.
SEASONABLE WEATHER
GREETS NEW WORKERS
CITY Covered With Snow. While Mu.
nicipal Lakes Furnish Skating.
Charity at Other Places.

NEW YORK. December 2".--Ih hilSt :
mas davned with :; thin mantle OF
SNOW over the city. ice for skating on
the municipal lakes, the weather sea
sonabIe. and with the many public ana
private charitable agencies prepare
to extend comfort and good cheeF ~
the poor throughout the city. In chufch
and cathedral and synagogue peace WIS
the keynote of sermon and hFmh.
The Yuletide spirit lowered afioat ana
ashore Men on the big German t iil'ei
n port at Hoboken since early AuS u''
and the families VINO tenant ,nt -;
slightly barges in Gowanus canai shli 5' 5u
alike with the provided and the heeuS
on land whatever offerings came WIN
the Christmas For those IN WAN,
offerings took material form III 49,
ing and food distributed by the S"i
tion Army, the Bowefy MIsstua,, or
,-bildren's Aid Society and klhdreu VI
..anizations, and by the city IN hos
nital and correctional institutions aiIu %
nv the federal government among '''
immigrants of Ellis Island AlIell, " SC !,
man, newsboy. convict. the uliSinPios :"
they and thousands OF laihiiles ,'
awoke hungry and poorly clao oi'
.rhriStpas in the city were aided.
Every poIiceman received time on by
specIaI order from -CommlSSloher Al :
-hur Woods to eat dinner AT ms hoiiIe. t
Commissioner of immigration freueii ic
=. Howe brought WORD from "aSitins ,I7iti -
-on that the pay of Il hundred ElhS is
and employees was to be raiseu at
once. Along the waterfront many
.hips were dressed in bunting. In MAD
son Square, City Hall Park ana on
other public greens in the city num-
cinai trees stood waiting, decorated,
for evening to come. Wall street was
silent. inactive until Monday.
Evening star., 1914-12-25
alleged as "Cxx x T. in the papyrus
collecti of the British Museum.

alleged as "Cxx x T. in the papyrus
collection of the British Museum.
The Library of Congress hid not enter
the markets for the purchase of liter
airy antiquities until very recently, be-
cause it was felt that the money appro-
priated should be expended upon books
of general use for their contents.
rather than upon rarities chiefly val
liable to the collector. 1t has been the
policy of the library. also. not to pur-
chase rare volume until after it
reaches the secondhand shop or the
auction rooms, in order that it may be
secured by as small expenditure as
possible. Notwithstanding these draw
backs. it is securing a wealth of an
Itique treasures most creditable to its
single century of existence, as well as
gratifying to the Americans who are
interested in such matters. This has
been brought about largely through
donations and deposits made by pri-
vate individuals.
The unsurpassed facilities of the Ii
brary for caring for rare works and
also for placing them at the service
OF the persons capable of being bene-
nted by them are making definite ap-
peal to wealthy private collectors who
are looking for a final repository for
their treasures
Evening star., 1914-12-25

Another discovery of great interest
to literary antiuuarians is that of what
is believed to
AriStotle'S ORIGINAL be the original
Manuscript Found. Aristotle,s fa-
nous treatise on the constitution of
Athens. While copies and translations
of this work are fairly well known.
the original manuscript, written upon
Egyptian papyrus, has lately been cat
Evening star., 1914-12-25

their work because of the beautiful
view Of the city commanded from
their windows. Visitors are few, be-
of the library is up a winding stair
numbering seventy-eight steps. The re-
pair work completed last week upon
the rare old psalter was chiefly upon
the front pages. which were embel-
lished by illuminations in water col
ors. 1t was the coloring which puzzled
the restorer. The use Of paste was es-
sential and how to apply moisture
without running the water color was
problem.
When a. page from a book or manu-
Script is in bad condition. the first
Evening star., 1914-12-25
PAIR
Washington Will OF t
Repaired in Fine Style. prar ~ar

This old document had rested in the
Fairfax courthouse for over a century
and during most of that time could he
Freely handled by visitors. Good sized
fragments We're missing from it, pre-
sumably because some of these visitors
were so desirouS Of owning a scrap of
paper upon which the first president
had written that they We're guilty OF
tearing off bits to carry away with
them. The document was worn through
along the creases where it had been
folded and had been crudely repaired by
stitches of coarse thread and also by
little strips Of gummed paper placed at
irregular intervals. Through the cour-
tesy of the librarian of Congress, Her
bert Putnam, Mr.. Berwick was permitted
to repair the old will. He was obliged
to go to the old courthouse to do the
work, because the law of Virginia pre-
vented the document being removed
from the county in which it was pro-
bated. The will contained forty-four
pages. Each page was put into a perfect
condition and all were bound into a
book. This book Is now inclosed in a
steel case with a glass front 1t is open
at the front page so that it may be read
by visitors.
Evening star., 1914-12-25
Books Printed Before
the Year 1900.

ton is unsurpassed because of the care
taken in its arrangement. Incunabula
is term used by librarians to include
all the books printed before the year
1900. Most of these were religious
works, and few of them can now be
bought except from private collections.
The collection of incunabula belong
ing to the library has been greatly
augmented by the collection made by
the late John Boyd Thatcher of AL
bany, N. Y. which has been deposited
there. This includes nearly 900 VOL
umes. Its greatest treasure is a copy
of the psalter printed upon vellum in
the year 1857. In the collection owned
by the Library of Congress is another
psalter, similar in character, printed
upon paper in 1889. which is almost
equally interesting. This rare old book
has lately come from the hands of Will
liam Berwick, the restorer of manu-
scripts for the Library of Congress,
who has mastered one of the most diff
ficult feats of restoration in his work
l Don this book.
The restoration of manuscripts and
old volumes is a fine art all by itself
and one requiring infinite skill and
patience. The repair room of the Lii
brary of Congress is located far above
the beautiful marble halls, through
which visitors love to walk It is a.
real attic workroom, where the '. ork-
ers are none the less absorbed in
Evening star., 1914-12-25

The repairing of the will of George
is a fine specimen of the re-
Evening star., 1914-12-25

Ihe collection of incunaDula now as
sembled in the Library of Congress is
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-17
TRAINER RETURNS
WITH MANY ANIMALS
COLLECTION INCLUDES GREEN
SNAKE, WHICH HAS BEEN
NAMED "ST. PATRICK"

NEW YORK. March 1s.-Bringing
a green snake, which he called st.
Patrick" ana many strange animals
and birds from the wiids of Colombia,
Jake Schmidt, the Batavian animal
tanner, returned today on the Hum
burg American liner Graecia from
hunt.
In the collection brought north by
Schmidt, whose arms and legs are
SCARED by snake and wildcat bites,
there were two large South American
crocodiles. one of which weighed 500
pounds: a large bird of a previously
unknown variety, called by Schmidt a
"cayunga": several iguanas. two hun
dred parrots wild ducks. spider
monkeys and eight wart hogs. There
were fifteen wart hogs in the collection
when the ship left Cartagena, but
one Of the crocodiles got loose during
the rough weather and ate, seven Of
them.
The animals we're carried on the
afterdeck until the Graecia encounter
ed a big storm on Wednesday, when
Schmidt and several sailors risked
their lives getting them below. 1t was
at this time that the big crocodile
got loose and ate the wart hogs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-17
FROM THE VIEWPOINT
OF THE PRESS AGENT

George Evans. the little minstrel
favorite whom nearly everyone knows
as Honey Boy" and who has for the
past Ave years headed his own conn
pany Of black face entertainers, will
offer his new production Of minstrelsy
at tho Academy tomorrow and Thurs
day and Thursday matinee.
It II promised that for this, his
sixth season as minstrel star, the
Honey Boy" has = program Of this
time honored amusoment which will
.snrpass all his previous e&tortA The
'scenic frame for the many features
Is said to be especially elaborate and
the First Part" picture one Of ex-
ceeding beauty This aoene has been
christened The Good Old Summer
Time" and In Transformation effects
shows Summer Time In Japan
Summer Time In Hawaii and finally
Summer Time In Dixie" and Is the
latter scene appears the big company
are discovered In their places on the
terraced lawn Of an old Southern
mansion.
The company supporting George
Evans includes John King, Sam Lee.
Vaughn Comfort. Tommy Hyde, Ell
don Durand. Will Crawley, William
II. Thompson, James Meehan, Joseph
Gillespie. Rage 1eaghton, Ed. Lin
deman, Master Paul Van Dyke and
many other notable minstrel expo
nents.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-17
BROOKLYN REGULARS
DEFEAT SECOND TEAM
PITCHER ALLEN SPRINGS BIG
SURPRISE ON MANAGER
ROBINSON.

AUGUSTA. GA, March 1.-THE
Brooklyn regulars had an easy time
this afternoon with Kid Elberfield's
second team at Warren Park. de-
feating them by a score OF SIX to one
Robinson and Elberfeld took the
young pitchers in hand at the morn
ing game. and showed them several
things tn the pitching line. Pitcher
Allen, who has not been going any
too good this spring in the scrub
games. surprised the manager and
coaches by his form.
This afternoons contest was won
In the seventh by the regulars. who
jumped on Pitcher Brown and gath
cred In four runs.
Manager Robinson Is still trying to
arrange a game here with the e,ieve-
land club. 1t Is his intention to have
the Cleveland first team play here.
while the Brooklyn Yanigans will
journey to Athens and play Birming-
hams second team there.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-17
MOTOR TRUCKS ARE
REPLACING WAGONS
OLD STYLE STAKE BODY TRUCKS
ARE GRADUALLY DISAPPEAR
ING FROM HIGHWAYS.

Even the fashions OF the annual
householders' pageant are changing. In
bygone years. when the spring migra-
ton of jewellers set in during the lat
ter part of March and the AFst part OF
April, one saw the highways and by
ways we'll dotted with old style stake
Lody trucks. buiging to their guards
with heterogeneous mass. which
seemed to consist mostly Of chair and
table legs. with here and there stove
pipe.
Later came the moving van. hauled
by q team with glittering harness that
Wed with the gold leaf letters on the
van itaelf. Circus wagons had seemed
mammoth. but the moving van, to steal
an adjective from the circus press
agent, was stupendous.
This 1914 season sees the moving
van Of horse propulsion rapidly dis
appearing. The storage and warehouse
men are replacing them with the time
saving motor truck. 1t not only carries
mere at loading. but also cuts the
time per trip to y minimum.
Tho Packard Motor Car company rec
ords show that Packard trucks are
being used this sprinE for moving work
in no less than forty cities.