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Evening star., 1914-02-11
T0START WORK ON
LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Ground Is to Be Broken To.
morrow Without Cere-
mony of Any Kind.

Without ceremony or formality OF amy
bind ground Will pc broken in West Po-
tond" Park tomorrow for the construc-
ton Of It marble memorial, costing X2.H0.-
GD. to Abraham Lincoln. 1t viii be Il
simple recognition of the 1o3th anniver-
s:iry of his birthday.
Following the direction of the Lincoln
memorial commission and the Secretary
of War. Col. ". W. 1iarts. Corps of En-
sineers. who Will represent them both i'll
the direct supervision of the work of coll
structins the memorial. has arranged Il
program of complete simplicity for the
technical beginning of the work.
Evening star., 1914-02-11
wGyMxy

Cor. 18th and r streets
Riggs Buiiling. 18th and {. SIS.
Evening star., 1914-02-11
No Corner for Thirteen Years.

Mr.. White declared there had not been
4 corner on the New oYrk Stock E.N-
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-07
HIS ONLY HOPE.

81 want a satisfactory hearing"
yelled the deaf plaintiff in court.
''Then 60 to a specialist" shouted
the irate magistrate.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-07
SNAKES SEEK WINTER HOME
Gold Weather Sent Them Back TO
Abode Where They Had Met With
Affection and Warmth.

Consider now the snake, hated of
mankind, and yet proved by a Colo
RADIO professor to be possessed of af-
lection surprising that of the house
cat or the pet dog. Here is the prop
osition: A professor at Greeley, MAX
ing a scientific study of snakes, al
ways had several reptiles, Of varying
species, about his house. In the sum-
mer he turned them out, to live as
they would, relates the Denver Re-
publican, but in the winter he gath
cred them in and housed and fed and
warmed them until spring. The
rattlers he rendered harmless by re-
moving their poison sacs and faDgs,
but this dental work aroused not the
slightest of i'll feeling ON the part Of
any diamondback. On the contrary,
the rattlers we're always ready to
revel in steam heat and all the other
comforts of modern house.
But the professor has been called
to another institution. He turned
his snakes out, thinking that they
would go back to the wilds again
when they found that he was not
there to welcome them in the fall.
But evidently he knew not the way
Of a serpent on the front doorstep.
Today there are Disconnected snakes
Of every kind, including the ode
horned" rattlers, wandering around
the house once occupied by the pro-
fessor. They are waiting to be taken
in and warmed at the furnace when
the first fires of fall are lighted. But
more than all else, they show that
they are waiting for the sound Of a
voice that is lost and a hand that will
caress them no more. There is de-
lection in their attitudes, as they
hear only strange footsteps on the
walks.
Either the professor should come
back to Greeley to live or take his
affectionate snakes with him. Then
devotion will receive its just reward
and, besides, the house can be
rented.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-07
MEAN HINT.

Gladys-Jack proposed to me last
night.
Maude-I suppose you turned
aim down like the rest of us girls2
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-07
cHIVALRYs REWARD.

There is a sham content whose
practitioners often get their Scum
uppances" as effectively as did
Thomas Raikes. The duchess of
York led him about her garden,
where was a menagerie crowded with
eagles and some favorite macaws.
A herd of kangaroos and ostriches
appeared and a troop of monkeys.
Next morning a kangaroo and ma
cav strolled into Raikes' bedroom,
He was too much of a courtier to tell
his terror. AT breakfast he said,
eff I like one creature more than
another it is a kangaroo, while
there is nothing so good for a bed
room sentinel as a strong-legged ma
cav" The good duchess smiled
pleasantly and put Raikes down in
her will for two macaws.-Lucy E
Keller, in the Atlantic.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-07
ONE REASON FOR eLADNEss
Consolation Handed UnchivaIrous Es-
cort Who "Kloked" at Cost Of
His Companions Luncheon.

They were on the subject of girls.
'Look here!' exclaimed McFar-
land. "Did you ever take girl out
to lunch when she felt a little
faint?"
"Er-no," admitted Smith, reluc-
family.
''Well, take my advice and don't.
One day 1 took Miss Jennie West
colt into a restaurant. At first she
declined to eat anything, but then
she said she believed she did feel a
little faint"
"Did she take anything? She
seized the menu, glanced over it, said
she didn't feel very hungry, and or
lered-"
swell, what did she order?"
"Oysters, bouillon, lobster, outlets,
;weetbreads and peas, chicken,
shrimp salad, biscuit glace, maca-
rooms, coffee and creme de menthe.
1t cost me three dollars"
'Well, you ought to be glad" said
Smith.
"Glad? What for?"
"Why, glad she wasn't hungry"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-07
FORCE GROWTH OF PEARLS
Japanese Have Ingenious Process to
Accelerate the Production Of
Coveted Gems.

The growing scarcity Of perfect
pearls has induced the japanese at
many of their pearl fisheries to adopt
a somewhat novel plan, which, if it
succeeds, should tend to increase
enormously the worlds pearl output
Pearls are formed by little grains
Of sand and other substances which
get into the oysters shell and are
source Of irritation to the little ami
NAL inside. He cannot turn out the
intruding substance, so proceeds to
cover it up with layers of lining ma
terial, until at length the object is
incased and a round or pear-shaped
pearl is formed.
The japanese are trying the fore
ible introduction of foreign sub
stances into the oyster shells. They
place live oysters before a fire, the
heat of which induces them to slight
ly open their jaws; then a very tiny
piece of wood is inserted with a little
carbonate of lime. They are then
placed once more in the oyster beds,
and it is calculated that in about
twelve months the oyster will make
pearl out of the substance intro
duced.
The result Of the experiment is
awaited with keen interest, as, owing
to their comparative scarcity, pearls
are now among the most valuable of
precious stones, very large sums be-
ing paid for especially fine pear
shaped pearls.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-07
MINOR INCIDENT.

"The men of this country don't
appear to object to giving their wives
the vote" said the visitor from
abroad.
''Well," replied the plain citizen,
"after you have put in your life try
ing to give a woman the kind of a
house she wants and good clothes and
furniture and anything else her hap
piness Graves, it doesn't seem sensible
to try to hold out on a little thing
like the vote"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-07
DANGER ZONE.

"What battered you up?" asked
the germ.
81 was on a dollar BILL" explained
the microbe, "and miser grabbed it.
But you look worse than l do"
Eyes; I was on a girls lip the
night her beau called"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-07
SHE COULDN'T SEE IT.

Jack-Did you tell her that she
was necessary to your happinessf
Tonne; | tried to persuade her
that l was necessary to hers
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-07
THE FACT IN THE CASE.

"PeOple are getting on badly
Enough in those floods, aren't theyS'
81 think they ought to be able to
get on swimmingly."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-07

Critique-Your wife has very
good taste for dress.
Caustique-Good taste for dress?
Great Scott, man, she's got more
than a taste. She's got a ravenous
appetite for it.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-07
QUITE EQUAL.

"That surgeon was very much cut
hp about the result of his operation.
"Not as much cut up as his patient
was"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-07
HOpkinsviIIe Market
Quotations.
Corrected Feb. 2, 1914.

RETAIL GROCERY PRICES.
Country lard. good color and clean
14c and 15c per pound.
Country bacon. tic per pound.
Black-eyed peas. $3.50 per bushel
Country shoulders, 15c pound.
County hams-2lc per pound.
Irish potatoes. $1.3O per bushel.
Northern eating Rural potatoes,
81 80 per bushel
Texas eating onions, $1.75 pc,
bushel. newlstock
Dried Navy beans, $500 per
bushel
Cabbage, 8 Genus a pound.
Dried Lima beans. Coo per gallon.
Country dried apples. Toe per
pound. 3 for 25c
Daisy cream cheese, 25c Der
pound
Full cream brick cheese. 25c per
round
Full cream Limberger cheese. 25c
per pound
Popcorn. dried on ear. &c per pound
Fresh Eggs 35c per doz
Choice lots fresh, well-worked
country butter. in pound prints. Doc
FRUITS.
Lemons. 30c per dozen
Navel Oranges, zoe to Acc per dor.
Bananas, 15c and zoe dozl
Cash Price Paid For Produces.
POULTRY.
Dressed hens, lac per pound
Dressed cocks, 7c per pound
live hens, lie per pound; live cocks
&C. pound; live turkeys. =, 14c per
pound
Roofs, HIDES, Wool AND TALLOw.
Prices paid by wholesale dealers &c
butchers and farmers:
Roots-Southern ginseng, So. rs ID
Golden Seal" yellow root, $I.35 II
Mayapple, 81; pink root. 12c and 13I
Tallow-No. l. al; No. 2. DC.
Woodbury., IOc to I7c:::'C J
Crease, 21c. medium, tub washed
2Sc to Soc; coarse, dingy. tubwashed
18c.
Feathers-Prime white goose. 50e
dark and mixed old goose, I5c to 30c
gray mixed, I5c to 30c. white duck
&c to 35c. new.
Hides and Skins-These quotations
are for Kentucky hides. Southern
green hides &c. We quote assorted
lots dry flint. I2c to l4c. $40 bet.
ter demand
Dressed geese, lie per pound tOr
choice lots. live 81
\Fresh country eggs. rs cents per
dozen
Fresh country butter 25c ID.
A good demand exists for sprins
chickens. and choice lots Of fresh
country butter
HAY AND GRAIN.
No. l timothy hay. $22 90
No. | clover hay, $50 90
Clean, bright straw hay. 25c bale
Alfalfa hay. $21 90
White seed oats, SAC
Black seed oats. 53c
Mixed seed oats. 65c
No. 2 white corn, 92c
Winter wheat bran. $500
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-07
GETTING 1T STRAIGHT.

she-I believe you married me
simply because l had money.
He-Quite the opposite, madam.
| married you because / hadn't any.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-07
BOTH POSITIONS.

He-I see that Binks on that
question is on the qui vive.
She-I thought you said the other
day that he was on the fence.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-07
IN THE LODGING HOUSE.

First Bedfellow-There is a noise
in this room.
Second Ditto-It must be the bed
ticking.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-07
MISUNDERSTANDING.

Impatient Horseman = Here,
ostler, / want feed for my horse.
Deaf Ostler-Hey2
1. H.-No, stupid; oats.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-02-07

No. l timothy hay. $22 90
No. | clover hay, $50 90
Clean, bright straw hay, 25c bale
Alfalfa hay, $21 90
White seed oats, SAC
Black seed oats. 53c
Mixed seed oats, 65c
No. 2 white corn. 92c
Winter wheat bran. $500
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
Urges Cooperation of
Doctor and Veterinarian

The time will come when people will
consume their food as regularly as ami
mails are fed in animal hospitals ant
the veterinary surgeons will be the
cause OF the innovation" declared DR.
b. i. woodward as he addressed the
alumni Of the United States College OF
Veterinary Surgeons at the Raleigh last
night. DR.. Woodward was saying that
irregularity Of meals is a large factor
in the cause of many serious human
ills.
DR.. woodward then spoke Of the aid
given by veterinarians in the redeeming
of the tropical countries. notably the
Canal Zone, the eradication OF pleural
pneumonia of cattle in this country and
the eradication of the Texas cattle
tick which has thrown open to i'm
proved breeds of cattle 215,90S square
miles in the Southwest. He also said
that If tuberculosis ever was extermi-
mated. it would be only by the co-opera-
tion of the physicians and the veteri-
narians.
DR.. Joseph G. Kenyon, District bac-
teriologist. spoke of the debt owed by
the medical profession to the veteri-
nary. He said that he would like to see
the two professions 'yoked as sturdy
oxen and pulling together for the good
of all living creatures"
Others who delivered addresses were
DIR. Herbert Young. dean of the college:
Secretary George Prevoe, DR.. G. II.
Grape. president of the Maryland ex-
amining board: w. P. Pollard, presi-
dent OF the alumni, and Samuel A.
King. president of the class of 1914
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
DEPARTMENT STORE
MAKES BIG CHANGES
Third Floor at Lansburgh's Ex-
tended, Better to Display
Stock to Patrons.

The new extended departments On the
third floor of Lansburgh & Bro, Wash.
ington's oldest department store, where
undermuslins. negiigees. corsets, and in.
fants' wear is displayed in a variety
rarely seen in Washington, has been
christened during the last week by
huge crowds of shoppers eager to take
advantage of the excellent offerings in
this new department of the large Sew
enth street establishment.
Step by step the detartments have
increased their business to such an ex-
tent that 1t was necessary to seek
larger quarters. The third floor of the
immense store was renovated and fitted
up with new and modern fixtures for
the convenience of patrons of the store.
and for The purpose of better displaying
the wiG6 assortment Of garments shoN,a.
-Four times the former space has been
acquired in the improved third floor,
and care has been taken to adjust the
lighting effects so the immense. stock
viii have natural light at nearly all
hours.
On cloudy days and evenings a system
OF reflected lights are used. The ner
departments are in charge of a compe-
tent corps of salespeople, and care Is
taken to give the wants of all patrons
careful consideration.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12

these States has agreed to nav the
same prices for roosters as thew do
for bullets and hens"
Reason For the Ad.
The parenthetic statement is OURS.
We didn't know before that there
was much interest in the infertils
egg. We supposed the interest was
in the fertile ones-the ones with the
sulfurated hydrogen. The statement
then goes on to say that the depart
ment estimates that one-third of the
tremendous loss Of eggs is due to the
fertile egg. Which is reason enough
why the rooster should get the AK.
Further on it is explained that the
rooster is an evil which cannot be
excused as a necessity. They should
be allowed to live only during the
breeding season.
The department advises that on
May l all male birds be either killed,
sold,' or confined until December /,
after which and until May / the
rooster may return to the poultry
yard
The statement issued by the de-
partment contains several hundred
words. Poultry is referred to either
as hens" or "roosters," the word
chicken being entirely eliminated
from the departments literature. BY
some this might pe taken as an ad-
mission that by common USAGE the
word Chicken" now refers exclusive
ly to the homo genus.
At any rate, the rooster must 60.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
Former Judge Lindsey
To Make Address Here

The most comprehensive address yet
made by former Judge Ben B. Lindsey
OF Denver, on the subject Of Juvenile
courts and probation departments. Il
now being prepared by him for delivery
at the Third International Congress or
the welfare Of the Child, to be held In
this city April p to q, according to ar
announcement made today at the office.
Of the National Congress of Mothers
and Parent Teacher Associations. under
whose auspices the congress will be
held. Judge Lindseys address is sched.
uled for the morning session. Monday
April a
Some of the most interesting ad-
dresses appearing on the portion Of the
program made public today are THE
Financial Training of Children" by
Prof. E. A. Kirkpatrick. of Fitchburg.
Mass; Training for Good Citizenship
by James +. west. of New York, chief
scout executive OF the Boy Scouts of
America: How and When to Teach
Children Honesty by Miss Parker.
superintendent of kindergartens OF
Pittsburgh: self Control by DR.. J.
George Becht. secretary OF the Pennsyl-
vania Board of Education; Reverence"
by Mrs. John Hays Hammond. of this
city: and "Unselfishness," bv Mrs
Henry o. Holland, OF Buffalo. y. Y.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
All BOOSTERS Must Die.
Scientists Decree

There was sorrow and weeping,
mingled with CONSERVATION and
anger, in all the best poultry circles
of the country today.
The recent boycott was as nothing
compared with what may happen.
for the walking delegates of the In
ternational Union Of Laying Hens
and Growing BOOSTERS have threat
ened to call a general strike.
This decision on the part of the
union chickens-followed an an
nouncement from the Department OF
Agriculture that the rooster must
go. The department has sealed his
death warrant.
OF course, roosters expect TO meet
the ak on the block sometime during
their natural life. II is part OF the
scheme of poultry life-or death.
Heretofore the executions have been
in individual cases or gross lots, but
now the department has declared
that the rooster, collectivel, must go.
In other words. if the Department
of Agriculture has its way. every
rooster in the United States IS TO
get the AK in one great Dig SWING.
calling a strike.
Who Will Do the Growing.
Why. ask the hens, should the
connubial felicity of the poultry yard
be broken up to satisfy q whim of
the armchair poultry experts? Who,
the roosters want to know, is going
to do the crowning when our wives
lay an egg? The poultry experts
answer that the Growing, like the
rooster, is superfluous.
The old question of which came
first, the egg or the chicken? has
been superseded by the question,
What's in an egg? In this one re-
spect an egg resembles a name, not
that any egg could be as bad as
some names, but the similarity Is
there, just the same.
What's in an egg? In some eggs
there is white and a yelk. In
others there is an added ingredient
which is chemically referred to as
sulfurated hydrogen. That's the ele-
ment which makes an egg powerful,
robust, strong-not physically, but
ethereally, SO that the egg in no un-
certain or modest way permeates all
the air within a radius of a city
block.
The Department of Agriculture
charges all this sulfurated hydrogen
up to the rooster. Just as If the
rooster was to blame! Here is the
way the department puts 1t!
In the interest Of the infertile egg
the poultry specialists of the De-
partment of Agriculture have start
ed a campaign for the elimination OF
the rooster among poultry fiocks
during the seasons between May l
and December !. In this connection
May 16 has been set aside as rooster
day (roostrrs. like dogs, are tn have
their day. in Kentucky ana Tennes-
sec. when every poultry dealer in
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
s $SsT::i %:i's? s:?;,' ;s' 7,"'atr8R R,n'% 8REb A.

possible, touch up the cracks in
the sidewalk.
However, the good work
should not be limited to the ex.
terror. Vacuum cleaners should
be kept extremely busy this
week, walls should be papered
and painted, cellars cleaned Out
and thoroughly lined, window
shades cleaned, and furniture
polished and repaired, in fact
every nook and Granny in the
city should be made clean and
beautiful.
Added impetus was given the
movement this morning by ex-
hortations delivered from the
pulpitS of many churches. Cit
izens' associations and other
civic organizations throughout
the city have enthusiastically in
dorsed the movement and it is
expected that every Washington
citizen will enter the crusade to-
morrow with the determination
to do his full share toward max
ing the National Capital clean,
healthful, and beautiful.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
Folk May Discuss Tolls
At Banquet Tomorrow

Intimation that former Gov. Joseph
w. Folk of Missouri, now chief coun-
selor of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. will deal with District suffrage
and the canal tolls question at the JEFF
ferson Day banquet at the New Ebbitt
tomorrow night, is calculated to insure
a large attendance.
The committee in charge announces
Senator John Sharpe Williams OF Mis-
sissippi as toastmaster. with the fol-
lowing speakers: Senator johnson of
Maine, Senator Shafroth OF Colorado,
Senator Chiffon of West Virginia, John
Burke. Treasurer of the United States;
CONGRESSMAN Andrew j. Montague of
Virginia, Congressman Jefferson Levy
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
Sc, 600, 600 ButterieId
Will Contest Halted

NEW YORK. April IA stay fror
Justice Stapleton yesterday stoppe
further action in the probate Of the vii
of Julia Lorillard Butterfield, of Col
Spring. Westchester county. The cas-
will go to the court of appeals.
There are two distinct contests. On
Is for the fortune Mrs. Butterfeld hai
In her own right The other IS for tn
estate of her first husband, FredericI
James. in which she had only a liz
interest Altogether $4,000, ,N0e is a
stake
Emelia Pilkington. Charles Purdy
Georgianna Marshall, and other col
lateral cousins, barred from the contes
for Mrs. Butterields own $4,000, ,6en
obtained the stay.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
Sigma Nu Convention
Ends With Banquet

Members OF Sigma M Fraternity from
the first division. which includes chap
ters at the University Of Virginia
Washington and Lee. North Carolina
College. Delawar and the alumni
chapters of Baltimore. Wilmington
Del; Washington. and Wilmington.
y. C., closed the annual conv ention last
night with a banquet at the Raleigh
Hotel.
Congressman John NJ. Evans of Mon
tana Was the principal speaker. Those
who responded to toasts were Wade II.
Ellis and DR.. |. r. Robinson, former
regents of the fraternity; n. II. Angel.
and A. y. Trundle
The following committee had the ban
quet in charge: +. b. Linton, chairman
X. X. Cox, ana J. l.. Denham The
president Of the Washington alumni
chapter is F. X. Iden.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
Hypnotizes Subjects
At Distance of a Mile

BOSTON, April l2.-Wireless hyp-
notism by influence transmitted through
the air distance OF nearly mile. was
demonstrated at the statehouse before
Lieut.. Gov. Edward P. Barry. and State
officials. The hypnotist. Azariah Weldon
Pearl. Of Orient Heights. from an office
building nearly a mile away. sent Miss
Evelyn Leroy into d ten minutes coma.
during which period she was oblivious
TO the heat Of matches applied to her
skin and pins being thrust into her
flesh.
At the same tine Pearl conducted a
similar test at a greater distance, to
the office OF DR.. Eliza T. Ransom. in
the Hotel Puritan, where a dozen phvsi-
clans and scientists We're gathered The
demonstration was characterized as
either master taking or something new
- psychotherapy.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
Bullet Victims Widow
Asks $4,000 Insurance

DULUTH. April 12-Mrs. Sarah Nc
Alpine. widow of Jonn McAlpine. whose
death by shooting several months ago
caused a sensation, has fled suit in
district court against three accident
insurance companies TO recover amounts
agregating $s9 90.
The Fidelity and Casualty Company.
OF New York, is defendant IN an action
to recover on $1,000 policy; the Pa
cific Mutual Life Insurance Company,
OF Los Angeles. is sued for SIS, 000, and
the London Guaranty and Accident
Company. Limited. IS asked to pay
$24,oQ0
McAlpine, who was rated a million
aire lumberman, was shot earE on
the morning of August 10.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12

of New York, and Harry st. George
Tucker. of Virginia. " o..
The celebration is in honor of the
hist birthday anniversary OF Thomas
Jefferson.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
Campaign for
Beaud6cation
Of City viii Be
Supported by
Public at Large

The "Clean-up and paint-up
week" of Washington starts to-
morrow. Everybody will be ex-
pected to place his house in Or
der, clean up the front yard,
clear out the back yard, straight
en- up the alley, dig out the
weeds, cut the grass, paint the
porch, the fence, and the sticks
around the flower beds, and, if