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Evening star., 1914-07-18

We're not going to have so large a sup
ply Of pork for next winter as We had
been counting on. One of our pigs is dead.
I don't know why it died. A couple of
my neighbors whom I called in for con-
sultation were not able to enlighten me,
except that they insisted it wasn't a case
of cholera Naturally, that was the first
thing I thought Of and I felt / should
spread warning about the countryside.
There hasn't been case of cholera in
our neighborhood. I am told, for the past
three years. But, more to the point. my
pig didn't show any cholera symptoms.
1 suppose pigs do die sometimes with
out assistance from the great porcine
scourge. but one hardly thinks of a hog
just getting sick and dying. If any sin
Of commission or omission on my part
was responsible for the pigs death I'd
like-to know what it was, with view
to not doing it again; but IL it wasn't my
fault 1 don't see that 1t would do me
any good to know the particular, form
of malady. ~ g.
do know that It was one of the most
disceuragfng things that has happened
since we came to the country last March.
And the discouragement doesn't HE who'll
ly in the financial loss. resulting from the
death OF this one hog, though both of the
Evening star., 1914-07-18
AMERICAN SHIPS.
Big Tonnage Under American Own
ership and Foreign Flags.

From the New York Times.
There is now a fleet of ocean big
fellows coming and going to and from
the only American port which can float
them or provide them with business
They fly more than one flag, but the
American flag is seen at almost no mast
head. 1t is lamentable, but the case is
not so bad as it seems, and the cause
and the remedy are not those generally
thought. In the first place it does not
follow that because the American flag
Is seldom seen there are no American
ships af1oat. On our inland seas there
are ships Of tonnage rivaling many that
go foreign" and in the aggregate they
surpass the merchant marines of some
nations which rank higher in the ocean
bluebookS. The American tonnage pass
Ing the 500 may easily surpass the for
efgn tonnage passing through Panama
Although the official records do not dis
close it, yet the foreign tonnage Is swell
ed by vessels owned by American capital,
but operated under foreign flags. A CEN
sus taken privately several years ago re-
vealed 1,213,965 tons Of ocean vessels
owned and operated by leading exporters
of American products, but on foreign reg
listers. The Standard Oil Company alone
had forty-seven high class cargo carriers,
and there can be no doubt that its fleet
has grown with its business. The cap
ital of the International Mercantile
Marine is. chiefly American, and in the
same proportion its ships are American
owned, including fair claim to the
White Star heavyweights. There are
200 ocean-going steamers fairly to be
classed as American, without reckoning
a larger number under time charters.
American capital in the West Indian
trade operates steamships under flags
other than American, and altogether
there can be do doubt that American
owned steamships are much underesti-
mated.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
The Angleworm's Hope.

From the Rochester IN. W Democrat
1t has been said that fishermen as a
class have two salient characteristics
unlimited patience and boundless divi-
sion Of opinion regarding the choice of
bait Nearly every form of bait has
warm supporters. Earthworms, min
nows OF various kinds. grasshoppers,
frogs crabs, have all been used with
success to lure greedy fish. And those
who use artificial flies form a highly
argumentative subdivision. for there are
artificial flies of multitudinous forms and
colors.
Among the many things that science
has done Is recently to discover a new
kind Of bait. and 1t is believed that the
newcomer will precipitate violent dis
cussions among those who profess to be
experts in angling for game fish. At a
dinner given not long ago by the Ameri-
can Society of biologists, the important
announcement was made that many fish
can smell bait much farther than they
can see 1t. Those responsible for this
spot. They put a fish into a tank of
water where food which it liked was
present. and by ingeniously plugging and
unplugging its nostrils 1t was shown, to
the satisfaction Of all present, that the
fish's sense Of smell guided it unerringly
to the food.
AS result of this notable demonstra-
tion a new bait called smelling bait"
has been made. This bait is made Of
soft rubber. and it closely initiates a
fish in shape and coloring. The rubber
fish is filled with fish oil, which is al
lowed to leak out slowly in the water.
The elusive Inhabitants Of the deep scent
from afar the odor of the oil, and come
unsuspecdngly to their destruction.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
IMPORTED CLOTH"
Are You Being Fooled by Your
Tailor in This Matter?

From Fiber and Fabric.
The craze for imported cloth" has
reached the men as we'll as the women
shoppers, and merchant tailors are
reaping a rich harvest in imported"
cloth for custom-made suits. some of
them using $1-per-yard American wool
fabrics and charging up to IS and $6 a
yard and selling $40 suits at from $50
to $50.
The misrepresentation of the cloth is
between the jobber and the suit maker.
fraud in any particular. The buyer
swells up in his imported" suit that
cost him $50. and 1t Is not dtfficult to
match the suit in the big ready-to-
wear shops at $50 to SIS. A leading
nized a piece of his cloth In a tailor
shop in an eastern city not long ago
and 1t was prominently labeled i'm
ported" Inquiry brought out the story
wooden, not equaled anywhere. and a
| bargain at 81 yard. the price paid to
the jobber for It. A suit would cost
$50.
This particular fabric was sold by the
western mill at 81 yard, and the mill
profit was 10 cents a yard. The tobber
put on the imported" label and took
800 per cent profit and the tailor made
at least 200 per cent on a suit. Inc
consumer paid this exorbitant profit un-
der the impression that there was some
thing extraordinary furnished. when.
as a matter of fact the fraud was on
par with gold bricks and the badger
game. There is need Of laws protect
Ing the consumer. The manniac5urer , ,
and he is the goat The jobber and
the retailer carry of the plums and
| the consumer is defrauded.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
SUNSET ON THE NILE.
Rowers Chant Weirdly as They Tug
at Oars.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
aret of the mosque. the skies slowly
turned from orange to lilac and purple
Of night throwing a strange pink light
over tho city's buildings. The minosa
trees and date palms became black and
great white cranes, seeminiy knowing
that their wings had an appropriate
background. circles over our heads. over
the deep azure river and over the many
white-sailed dahabeahs that were float
ing along in the breezeless night. pro-
PEELED by rowers who were chanting
weirdly as they tugged at the oars
Dimly. We could see the black-draped
figures Of numberless women approach
the rivers brink and we know that the
SplaSheS In the water were caused by
the dropping Of their heavy jugs. which
they twin around till they are filled.
to their heads and then skip up the
banks and disappear in the darkness of
the night.
The sounds OF the city ceased and all
was quiet All but the plaintive lay OF
a piper who must have been somewhere
not far of on the bank of the river. II
seemed that he was playing the love
song Of Larbi of Beni-Mora- 1t was
monotonous and drowsy and invoked
slep. In the morning before dawn
heard the boys pulling the stake near my
window. had fallen asleep to native
music and now I was awakened by their
song. As we started up the river, the
from the minaret For good Mohamme-
dams it means that a new day had be-
gun-but for infdel Americans. there
were several additional hours of sleep.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
Pests in Massachusetts.
From the Boston Transcript

From the Boston Transcript.
Browntail. gypsy. leopard moth. and.
as the mourth Of the seven plaques. the
tent caterpillar. This last is getting
worse. Two years ago its ravages were
expected to decrease. Instead, thorugh
two more successive years. they have in
creased. 1t was expected that their nat
ural parasites would reduce them. Ap-
parently they have thriven either on or
without their natural parasites. 1t was
intimated the other day that this season
would see them dying on to a temporary
relative extinction: but this is by no
means sure. It Is the third year that
such a release has been predicted and
expected confidently. Meanwhile, from
the coast to a point more than half way
across the state. the nests of
these insects befoul the foliage.
Orchards are devoured. Whole groves
which should be rustifng and shim-
mering in a cool June breeze,
bending sleek. glossy leaves to the brush
Of wind, are bare as March. blasted as II
fire swept. The state forestry depart
ment has no money to night this pest. Its
appropriations are definitely for the other
insects Much could be done by individ-
ual land owners painting with creosote
in the early stages (Which are now. un-
happily, past) or burning the larger nests.
for which, in a large number OF cases. 1t
is no. vet too late. Are we letting this
plague get out of control? II We do.
shall we have in Massachusetts any
trees at all?
Evening star., 1914-07-18
4 The Searchli8ht'
New Bait for Fishermen.

A new bait has been evolved for fish
ermen-and, more especially, for fisher
'women-which eliminates annoying proc
esses with angle worms and the equally
disagreeable task of threading the ten
der structure of live minnows with the
hooks. This new bait consists Of a live
minnow in a small glass tube-not unlike
the laboratory test tube-with four
sharp -pronged hooks fastened by iron
bands around the glass.
This novel contrivance. besides it's
primary value Of sparing the feelings of
sensitive people and making fishing for
the first time in all history an enjoy
able pastime for women, has the addi-
tional advantage in the economy of bait
and energy. A single live minnow with
in the tube is sufficient for an entire
days fishing.
The glass Of the tube is of extra
strength, and is crystal clear. After the
minnow is placed within. the tube Is
filled with water and a fishline Is made
fast to the wire loop which passes
through the screen at the head of the
tube and fastens to the iron bands. Then
the minnow Is cast into the water.
The glass tube magnffies the size of
the mfnnow and attracts the fish. Fresh
water is constantly admitted through
the screen, so the minnow is not injured
or harmed in any way. though he be cast
into the waters many times and abet the
hooking of many Of his natural enemies.
The glass tube, filled with water, is in
visible the moment 1t Is submerged.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
Beating the Parcel Post.
rom the Philadelphia Inquire

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
One ofs the great express companies
has decided to make this city the center
Of an experiment which promises to re-
duce the cost Of living to the consumer.
1t intends to go into the produce busi-
ness on a large scale, both for dealers
and householders,. in the hope of lessen
ing the transit charges and eliminating
the middlemen's profits. Its profits will
come from the transportation charges.
The plan is to have its agents all
through the country collect butter eggs.
chickens. vegetables. fruits, etc, and
send them to this city at rates which are
even with or below those of the parcel
post. These will be collected at the va
rious Offices Of the company, and dealers
can come for them with wagons, or
housewives may come and buy. after
which the goods will be delivered. or
they may give regular orders which are
to be filled on stated occasions.
This looks like sensible plan. 1t puts
organized energy in the place of a gen.
eral opportunity which few In the cities
have accepted. It is all very we'll to say
that the parcel post will bring you
things from the farmer. but the latter
doesn't know you or your wants, and
you do not know the farmer. To make
one middleman do all the work at no
profit upon sales apparently offers excel
lent opportunities for saving. and now is
the time to demonstrate whether the ex-
pertinent is or is not worth while.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
The Garden City idea" !"

From the Atlantic.
If the English city presents In Its con-
eestion, its ugliness. its discomforts. a
horrible warning to American life. ex-
periments like that at Hampstead present
a hope and an inspiration. and way
of avoiding the urban evils which follow
ed In England the mad deluge of the in.
dustrial revolution. For the chief value
of building beauty into the collective
life of a city is that thus the ideas and
principles which animate that beauty are
given the most effective and dramatic
form, Every one can feel the charm OF
open spaces, of effective vistas and the
harmonious grouping of buildings: vil'
lage like Hampstead attracts immediate
and widespread attention, and becomes
the leaven which leavens a broad lump.
Though it is the external forms and not
the inner spirit and motive which are
being copied. already in the countryside
about the village are to be seen the in
spiration of the model; new building es-
tates are being developed in the frankest
imitation of the Hampstead principles.
while pioneer rows Of unregenerate brick
villas stand tenantless. unable to COM
pete with the new ideas. And II a VII
iage composed on these principles can
permeate its own vicinity SO quickly and
SO completely. it almost guarantees itself
as a model and inspiration for the build
ers of the cities which men Of the TWEEN
tieth century will find fit to live in.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
Intensive Sleeping.
From the Atlantic


There seems to be such a thing as in
tensive sleeping, just as we have intensive
gardening and farming. 1t has been shown
experimentally that repose is deepest dur
ing the first hour or two and that sleep
becomes more shallow. more superficial,
thereafter; and 1t is conceivable that by
sleeping intensively for two or three hours
we might secure as much actual rest as
we now obtain by dissipating 1t over
seven or eight hours. 1t would be in
teresting to know more than we do about
comparative sleep in the various animals
The authorities state that birds. despite
their enormous activities and more intense
metabolism. sleep very little. The dog.
which appears to sleep SO much. Is said
to be the most wakable of animals. Man
is regarded as the soundest sleeper and
the least wakable among all creatures. 1t
has been suggested that this sleep rela-
ton between dog and man, companions
from preglacial ages, which has been so
conducive to their mutual preservation, is
another example Of that duplex kind Of
life that we call symbiosis.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
THE COURTS.
District Supreme Court
EQUITY COURT NO. 2.-Justice CO

EQUITY COURT NO 2-Justice Gould.
Gray agt Duney; order vesting title
and directing sale. with Ralph B. F1e-
harty. trustee; bond. $1,000; plaintiff q
attorneys. R. B. F1eharty and w. E.
Ambrose: defendants attorney, r. H.
Yeatman.
In re. John Cochrane: order appointing
Henry F. Lowe receiver; bond. 5000;
attorney, G. c. Shinn.
Phillips ag. District Concrete Com
fund paid into registry Of court: plain.
John Ridout; defendants attorneys.
Foster agt. Baxter: order ratifying
Cuttings & Chamberlin.
DISTRICT COURT-Justice Anderson.
In re alley in square 2S47; order to
pay money out of registry.
PROBATE COURT-Justice Anderson
Estate of Martha NJ. McKm; will
dated June g. 1900, filed. admitted to
probate and letters testamentary grant
ed to W. Duncan McKim; bond, $4,000.
Attorney. ]. S. Jones.
Esate of John F. Reinhardt; Will ad-
mitted to probate and letters testa-
mentary granted to Mary L. Reinhardt;
bond, 500: attorney. Andrew Wilson.
Estate Of Benjamin B. Baker; letters
of administration granted to Annie
p. Baker; bond. $1,000; attorney. Leon
Estate of Julia H. Chadwick; ex-
emplified copy Of will filed.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
Child Study and Ape Study.
From the Chicago Record-Herald

from inc S0lcdgo hecord-Hefald,
The proper study Of mankind is man.
says the poet. but a professor and
psychologist is reported as saying that
the proper study of mankind is-the ape.
We know so little about our instincts
and about child mind and Fundamental
family relations. according to this savant
that a systematic study Of the wild apes
would throw much light on our own
natures.
A curious notion. this. It is on a par
with the notion that in order to under
stand the civilized man in all his com
plex relations we must study the primi-
tive savage. Both notions are hAld TO he
fallacious by sound thinkers. The way
to understand civilized man is to study
him-study him in politics, industry. social
Hfe amusement and play. We may have
to study him long. and under MANY con-
ditions. but there's no short cut to
knowledge Of him. We must live with
him. work with him. trade and fight
with him. to understand him.
The way to know the child Is to observe
and study the child at home. In school,
at play. Observation and experience fur
nish the data Of science and lead to gem
civilizations. The remedy for the mis-
takes Of observation is more observation.
To study the ape is to understand the
ape. Man. at any stage, In man, not
ape, and his intellectual and moral differ
ences are precisely the things ~ have to
comprehend and interpret
Evening star., 1914-07-18
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.
BGGs-Strictly fresh Virginia, q; near
by. 21; West Virginia and southwest
Virginia. 49,
BuTTER-Elgin. fancy, per lb. 3o.l;
packed, 17a1S.
new. 1Sa19.
PoULTRY-Hens, per Ib., IS; roost-
ers. per lb.. 10; turkeys. per lb.. 15a16:
chickens. spring, per h.. 22a23; ducks,
per lb.. 10; keats, each. 30.
DRESSED PoULTRY-Hens. choice.
per H., 10: turkeys, per lb., 14a16:
ducks. per lb.. IA: roosters. per h.. II.
GREEN FRUIrs-Apples. box, LISA
22o; new, per bbl.. 1.OOa2.O0: per box. 25a
70; oranges, California, per box. 2.75a9.25;
Florida, per box. 3.5Oa4.O0; lemons, per
box, 3.OOa3.75: pineapples. per crate, Flor
ida, 1.75aOO; grapefruit. per box. 2.5Oa3 IS;
peaches. 1OOa2.OO crate: huckleberrtes, Ga
10; cherries. per quart, 5a15; blackberries,
sac; cantaloupes, 1.OOa2.5O crate; water
melons, 15a3O each.
ETABLEs-Potatoes. new. por bbl..
onions. per bbl., s.Sas.5e; cabbage, S: Der
crate. 25a75; spinach. per bbl., 2.OOa2.bO;
kale. per bbl., 25a5O: string beans, per
basket. 5oa75: per bbl:, 1-ooa1.25: beets.
per nuuoreo, IUUal.oO. tomatoes, per
crate. 5Oa75: celery. per dozen, 3Oa1.o0:
peppers. per crate. 1.0oa2Oo; carrots.
2oa35 doz. punches; okra, per crate, LOO
a1.25; radishes. per 100. 50a1 90: aspara-
gus. per doz punches, 1.OOa225: psRs.
4.5Oa6.OO bbl.; lima beans. per basket,
2.5Oa3.OO; corn. 15a2O per doz.; cucum-
bers. 25a5O basket; lettuce, jOa1.O0
basket
HAY AND STRAW Hay, western,
No. l.. 19.5oa2o:5o: No. 2. 1s.Ooa190o;
12.5Oa13.O0; machine thrash, 11.0Oa11.5O.
LIVE sTocK-sheep. per lb. aax
spring lambs. per h.. 91k; calves, Der
lb.. 9h; medium. per h., S1za9
WOOL AND HIDES = Wool. washed.
free Of burrs. per h.. 20: wool, un-
washed. per lb.. 25: hides. dry. per h..
17a22; salt green, per lb., IA; salt sides.
dry per h.. Is: .Aifskins. green. each.
l.5Oa1.15.
GRA1N-wheat, per bu., 70as0; corn,
per bu.. 79aso; per bbl., 4.5Oa4.75;
oats, western white. per bu., 4Oa4S
mixed, per bu, 42a46.
sEEDs-clover. per bu.. aO5a9 25; blue.
bu., l.25a1.35: timothy, per bu., 29Oa3. 90
orchard grass. per bu.. 2.0Oa2.2a
Evening star., 1914-07-18
WRITING.
by DIR. FRANK CRANE.
Copyright. 1914, BY Frank Ctane.)

would like to become writer, say a
hundred and fifty correspondents. more
or less 1t seems as II at least every
other person in the country has an ambi-
ton to break into literature these days.
The cacoethes scribendi, the garden name
Of which is the writing itch, appears to
be universal.
suppose, says one, that you cannot
tell me whether ! can ever become a
successful. author or not. No, Louise. that
is where you are wrong. I can tell you
exactly.
There is but one requisite. It is de-
sire that is strong enough. That's all.
II you have that. it will make you do
namely, Keep at it day after day.
Good writing comes by practice. It Is
the result Of unremitting routine, just as
mastery OF the piano.
OF course, you must have talent, the d.
vine aff1atus, natural ability and all that;
but the point is that If you have the need
ed inborn gift strong enough It will make
you work. It will transform toll into
play. 1t will take away the curse OF
irksomeness from labor.
And II your lust for authorship Is not
fierce enough to make you. why, give up.
You are not Of the elect.
ture designed you for a writer is to note
whether the cacoethes scribendi in you
is absolutely incurable. If criticism dis
heartens you. IL editors discourage you.
and you give up. then you know it was
not writing you were born for.
"How can 1 get into journalism" The
only known way. as Murat Halstead said,
Is to break in. Nobody wants your stuff
Every newspaper and magazine has four
teen times more matter than it can print
And the only thing to do is simply to Of
fer editors something better than they
can get anywhere else.
The writing business comes nearer to
being as fair as a base ball game than
any business in the world. No pull goes
permanently. You cannot get very far
upon your notoriety outside of your au-
thorship. All the pulls and influence
can advance you but little way. It is
up to you.
The authors. said Carlyle. are the high
priests Of humanity. And in that
hierarchy nothing goes but the spirit. The
fire in you must be unquenchabie.
l do not mean to say all writer's are d.
vinely gifted. Goodness knows there is
bad writing enough. and cheap and poor
enough. But what do mean to say Is
that in no field Of effort does the prize
go to the man who makes good SO in
variably as in writing.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
Money to Loan
Secured BIZ First Iced Of Trust on Real EstasA
Prevailing interest and eommission.
Joseph I. Weller. 6eo F St. NV.
S AND SO MONEY
to Loan on D. c. Real Estata
JESSE L. HEIsKELI.. 1908 n st. Nv.
LONDON MARKET.

LONDON, July 1S.-Money and dis
count rates were quiet today. The
stock market ended the week quietly
depressed. Consols declined a fraction.
and the lower Paris bourse was reflect,
ed in dullness in kaffirs and foreign
securities. Brazilian shares were steady
exceptions.
American securities opened weak.
with prices from u to q point lower
Low-priced rails eased further during
the first hour, but the list improved a
fraction later.
Closing Prices. a
The closing was unsettled. with vai-
ues from u above to q below parity.
Closing-Consols for money. rs l1-l6s
sylvania, 56; United States Steel, SIN:
bar silver steady. 25 1-16d: money. IVA
TX: discount rates-short bills. 2 per
cent; three months. 2Asa2 S-16.
Evening star., 1914-07-18
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO. July 1s.-Hogs-Receipts.
10000 head; lower: bulk. S.s5a9.05:
light S.70a910: mixed, S.60a9.10: heavy.
s.45a910; rough, s.45aS.60: pigs. Elsa
$50.
Cattle-Receipts. 200 head: weak:
beeves, 7.70a9.90: steers. 6.40aS. 80:
stockers and feeders. 5.s0as.O0: cows
and heifers. 3.90a9.10; calves. 7.50al1.0o.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000 head; slow:
sheep. 5.25a6.10; yearlings. 5.65a7.00;
lambs 6.25aS.s5.