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Further Advances for specialties.
Washington Stock EXCHANGE.

SALES
capital Traction 5s. $500 at 1861.
o., i o Electric Cons. 5s. $1,000 at 1OOh
SImO at 1904. $4,000 at 1OOh >2'
Washington Railway pfd., s95 at SIG. 49,.
Washington Gas Light. = at 72A 49,
Gre+ne-C ananea. p at 3st.
After call-Was.,ingtdh, Gas l at TN
Washington Railway IS, $500 at sla.' $1,000
at S1H. -, T
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. August 13.-Cotton-
Spot easier. Good middling, 5.7s; mid
ding. 5.43; low middling. 4.97. Sales.
1000 bales; for speculation and export.
500 bales. Receipts none. Futures
quiet. August. 5.27: August and Sep
TENDER, SGT; September and October,
5.2s; October and November. 5.361s; No
vember and December. SAG; December
and January. 5.481a; January and Feb
ruary, SOL; February and March, SOS !;
March and April. $3.50 April and May.
5.63: May and June, 5.66h; June and
July. 5.6sh: July and August, 572h.
Weekly cotton statistics: Total for
$1,000 were American; stock, 1,34S,o0O;
American. 100000; imports. 1900,
American. 5000; exports, 1890.
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South Penn Crude Oil Advances.

PITTSBURGH. August 13.-Ten cents
barrel advance in the price of prin-
cipal grades of crude oil was am
nounceu today by the South Pennsyl-
vania Oil Company. This is the first
change in price since April B. when
there was a reduction of cents. Penn
sylvania crude is Las. Mercer black.
New Castle and Cabell 1.07, Corning 80.
Somerset 80 and Ragland SO. Increased
demand ard the raising of prices by
midcontinent producers is assigned as
the cause of todays change. a.
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LIVERPOOL

LIVERPOOL. August 13.-Wheat-
Spot No. Manitoba. lis Cd; No. 3,
lis I'd; No northern Duluth, lis I'd,
Corn-Spot. American mixed, new,
9s Sd.
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A party of capitalists and business
men of Richmond are cruising in the
lower Rappahannock river in the In
terest of the proposed railroad to West
Point and Urbanna.
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Depressing Effect on Corn.

Weakness in wheat had a depressing
effect on corn. The opening, which
ranged from u to q lower. was fol-
lowed by some slight further losses.
Oats, like corn. gave way with
wheat Country offerings Of oats were
materially enlarged.
Covering by shorts made provisions
average higher. Lower quotations Tor
hogs were virtually ignored.
Later the wheat market underwent
fresh decline. Influenced somewhat by I'M
exrectedly heavy arrivals Of new wheat
here. 1t was said also that largely owing
to the semi-demoralized condition OF tine
sterling exchange market the buying of
wheat on foreign account had virtually
come to a temporary halt. The close was
nervous at LOTS September and 1.07A
December, loss Of v to 3asaSE from
last night.
Subsequent corn price changes were
narrow. The close was steady IS to Is
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EXPORT SALES REPORT
UPSETS WHEAT MARKET
Excited Breaks Mark the Opening
at Chicago Today, But Prices
Become Steadier Later

CHICAGO. August 13.-Excited breaks
that reached as much as SIS cents
bushel in some cases took place in the
wheat market today as result of as
sertions that sales Of nearly 100000
bushels to exporters had been can
celed. AS the sales, however. were
conceded to show a profit to the buy
ers, the excitement soon subsidized and
the market steadied at about 2 cents
under last nights level. -
Traders generally were inclined to
believe that difficulty in filling the
export contracts at present had a good
deal to do with the cancellations, and
that chances of the opening of the
Dardanelles was only in rem ote way,
if at all. responsible.
Opening prices of wheat with Sep
TENDER at 1.071a to Ito and December
at LOG to LOS. ranged all the way from
la1a to 3haa3H under last nights
figures When the rush at the opening
was over, the market was pivoting at
1.09A for September and 1.07k for
December
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CURB STOCKS.

Quota tons furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co.,
members New York Stock Exchange.
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Bethlehem Steel.

Bethlehem Steel preferred dropped
10 points from yesterdays close or to
1856. with limited trading. 1t advanced
1874 yesterday, to $50, and the reac-
tion to 155 was severe enough to hurt
SDeculatOrs
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The Sun and Moon.

Today-Sun rose. $40 am. sun sets,
I pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 5:11 am; sun
sets. $3.50 pm.
Moon sets. S:12 Dm
The Washington herald., 1915-10-31

I be missed TO tell the householder that
a burglar had been there and escaped
his cunning traps.
II still invited the criminal II stiil
tempted an honest man to make his
hsn han. start Art on the downward path. Per
darkness as he passed around to the
rear OF the house. He was expected at
the front-therefore. he appeared at
was the pantry window. Though arm
ed with putty-knife and chisef IL took
MIN half an hour to get the sash up.
going to spoil his case S Sy ai n6ise Iss
which would reach a sleeper's ears
and arouse him.
Professor Longbody went into that
mistaken about its being the pantry
The door leading into the dining room
s.rk %sj .isnt:rS sagS and !, It was time for tha.
Is. there was no flash: A dark lantern
had been bought all right but the
Professor had not bought any oil to
a strange house at midnight. He had
whsthsT the house was lighted by S
opened the DOOR and found himself IN
a room almost as dark. Where was
the match safe. II there was one7 In
his way for about ten feet. Then
he bumped up against a table and in
voluntarily put out his hands and
they struck a pile of dishes and tum-
bled them to the floor.
The Professor crouched on the floor
and waited with beating heart and
ne had only a few seconds TO wait.
The room was suddenly flooded with
an electric light and a man came run
ming down stairs with revolver in
hand. No move was made to get away.
On the contrary the teacher of phil
osophy and logic got to his feet and
sat down on chair
Well" queried the man with the gun
as he sat down on another.
rs II Of any ust to say anything"
replied Professor Longbody.
'Oh. yes" replied the householder.
You see I know you. You teach phil
osophy and logic at the school. but
you don't practice what you teach
Il was trying an experiment" was
the rather weak reply
Yes. / have expected you since you
first saw mat open window. hap
pened to De watching you that day.
You had convinced yourself that YOU
was smarter than the smartest GRIM
inaL"
Yes"
Professor LonGbody. it is one thing
TO teach abstract, and another thing
TO apply II in practice. Let me tell
you where you have blundered That
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ranted II a genuine Turkish rug. dirt.
fees and all, but in two weeks found
out that il was made in town in
Connecticut. Ever since that l have
hated the Turks. How about old Mrs.
Watkins and her quinsy?'
Got over It," was the answer.
II was hoping it would last her
four weeks longer. Now. Samuel, I
want to have a little talk with you.
I amt mad and l don't want you to
be. fave kept something from you
for three or four days, but I am
going to tell it to you now: Six
months ago. you and Sam Hill got
into a game of checkers in the room
back of Sniders grocery. You had
cider TO drink-hard cider. 1t was
slick and oily. It was almost as strong
as whisky It few TO both your heads
and you got into a fight over whose
move 1t was. You squared off, Sam
uel, and gave him black eye and he
pulled your hair and made your nose
bleed. Both of you yelled and hollered
until they heard you up at the next
corner and came running. You called
him a son-of-a-gun, and he called you
darned old hypocrite. After the men
had pulled you apart, you offered to
fight him with one hand tied behind
you. You were so mad that you were
almost blind and you walked into
three telephone poles before you got
to your own gate Samuel you never
told me about this affair and I heard
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COL. BUNKER.
He Tells of the Strange Duel.

When Col. Bunker had got seated on
the small OF his back. with his feet in
an adjacent chair. Re lit his cigar and
began as follows:
One OF the last duels. sub. IL not the
very last in the United States. occurred
in my native State OF South Carolina. It
was called The Blind Duel and was
much talked of at the time. I was not
a principal in this affair. but a second" :"
There lived in my town. sub. two
brothers who were twins and they were
fine fellows. At . years old. Alfred had
passed the bar, and had a brilliant future
as lawyer ahead OF him. Guy. the other
twin had graduated as a doctor. They
were popular with all and had never had
disagreement in their lives until an
uncle died and left them a legacy in
common. 1t was a large plantation and
they differed about the management of
H."
AT first there was simply a disagree
ment In a years time there was an
open break. / was one of their friends
who tried in vain to make them friends
again. Each thought he had a grievance
and each was too proud to make the first
advances toward a reconciliation. Az
overlook them both. Along came Inde-
pendence Day and there was firing OF
cannon and great enthusiasm. The twins
neither Of whom were aware Of the
others presence stood near the cannon
when there was an explosion OF keg OF
powder. Some twenty persons were in
jured and three or four killed Both
Guy and Alfred had their eyes blown full
of powder and a year later. notwith-
standing that everything had been done
for them by medical men. neither Of them
could see a horse six feet away. All the
hope the doctors would hold out was that |
in time they might see as far as across
Things between the young men were |
bad enough before, but this enhanced
them. They quarreled again and again. |
and finally the lie. was passed between |
them. This meant challenge and
duel blind or not blind. II was Guy |
who challenged Alfred. 7 was at the |
home OF the latter when the gentleman
bearing the challenge arrived. Alfred /
had rather expected the crisis. but had \
not said q word to me- was therefore /
almost paralyzed with surprise"
"A duel between twin brothers,
"A duel between two blind men. II
could not make sure for q few minutes
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to find either OF the men nervous and
excited as II was their first duel. but
I they were as cool and calm as old
veterans on the field.
! The moment came for me To ask IL
they were ready, and they both re-
pied IN firm voices that they were
Then followed the word that might
pistols were raised. the triggers press
ed and I knew no more for the next
ten minutes. When I did open my
like a field after battle. Both pTiaS
ctpals were down-the other second
stretched out on the grass and he had
the company of 80 or 40 of the spec
What had happened, sub was this.
A morning thundershower had crept upon
us unooserved. The first flash OF it
had struck that May pole and shivered
It into matchwood. All Of Us received
heavy electric shock-enough to render
Us unconscious. thought all were dead
one was severely injured The twins re-
gained consciousness soon after I did and
the nrst words spoken by them were
II led Alfred as soon as he could walk
up to his brother, and they fell into each
others arms. and In half minute their
quarrel Sn ,S was aSd In The past Spectators same
them, and We had a half hour of high
rejoicing; told you in the beginning.
sub" said the Major: as he got up and
duel. The end of the affair should be
strange TO match the beginning
In week the eyes Of the twins began
to grow better and continued until with
the aid OF strong glasses they could make
their way about as well as the rest of
US. Both entered into the practice Of
their professions and had long careers.
Do contend that that thunderbolt had
ANYTHING 70 do with IL. I have heard
hundred different opinions about IL. but
have none to offer myself. ! simply set
out to tell you of the strangest duel that
ever took place. and ! have done so"
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MRS. BOIYSER WINS
A Family Bible for Sale Cheap.

BY John!" exclaimed Mr.. Bowser.
The cat waited with bated breath
for rss what tsmIiSg mSht cI;ste felleT n,u,,
Mrs; Bowser looked M from her
book but not too soon. She was used
had never amounted to much.
The scoundrelr" hissed Mr.. Bow
ser. Here is an account of a man
under mnS sSSfs Ss a4S arSunS %e.ry Eta s
evening. II he fnds a woman alone
in the hease; he mutters something
cents II she let's him into the hail,
he demands ten dollars in cash and
threatens her life II she does not give
!. 70 S,.h him; ii It is said he e, has made
vile. game. II the police were worth
their salt he would have been cap
tured long ago. ! wish to- goodness
my revolver. but you were always SO
timid."
,"oh, I don't know" IanguidIy re-
You don'tI That man may come
We'll. what II he does?"
He may demand ten dollars Of
honrished his fist in the air
first place wouldn't have 1t in the
efTs eTSse it i6d to him IN 4 fhf hsd nsf it, wouldn't
DO you mean to say that you
Il might do even worse. At least
Mrs. Bowser. you are a frail little
woman, A man could strangle you
TO death in thirty seconds. / do not
like to hear you talk as you do. 1t
sounds like boasting.- A. woman weigh
ing 200, pounds; and having hand
like a ham and foot like a wash
board, might 6alk Of resistance. but
it Is nonsense on your part"
But yoa Ssy mss send him ht aaRs GRss' in rsRy
.oh. / may. eh? Well. If that is
your tone / almost wish he would
come. At his first words you would
home and he not know l was in the
house. How you would scream for
me to rush to your rescue"
Il do not think i should: But
Mr.. Bowser was vexed. He was net
Bowser and she didn't, scare. He
walked back and forth three or four !
clock and finally said:
Mrs. Bowser. am going to apply |
a cure for your boasting. presuming |
that the man will call some day or |
fvsn f~s that you 70 Of faint 9u away a o ana arc re
found as unconscious as an old log. !
III take the five dollars out OF your
week. Come, now. Mrs Brag. what
II say iii do it," she replied. but
the matter is so indefinite that il isn't
worth our discussion. | don't want
very interesting book"
Mr.. Bowser lighted a fresh cigar
and left the house TO take walk
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MRS. DOLBY'S TALKS
She Said She Would Die, but She
Didn't Do 1t.

Mrs. Dolby had been unusually cheer
full all the afternoon. As Deacon Dolby
the barn, he heard her singing and said
10 himself.
II wonder II she has heard anything
new about me and will make a row this
At the supper table Mrs. Dolby was so
pleasant and gracious that the deacon
was still more puzzled. She even joked
and laughed. and. as the meal was fin-
ished, she did thing she had never
done before. She asked:
Samuel you know how I hate the
Turks wish you would go over town
and see if the British have licked them
again, as ] hope they have. You may
be gone a whole hour II you want to,
and won't scold a word about IT. While
Mrs. watkins had got over w her her quinsy u @
bors."
The deacon left the house in a puzzled
frame Of mind. and. as he made his way
down TO the village. he unused to him
self:
TITS mighty sudden. change in Mrs.
Dolby and i don't know how to fgger
on it. Perhaps she is really goine to
commit suicide this time"
Deacon Dolby reached the postoffice in
due time and asked msnEwith a news
ceived another licking at the hands Of
the British. and all was we'll He STEP
ped into drug store and inquired about
the case Of quinsy The druggist smiled
"oh. the old woman got over that
three days ago and is now gossiping
worse than ever. A case of quinsy can't
keep her mouth shut more than three or
The husband of Mrs. Dolby was IN
vited TO drink a glass OF cider and
play a; game of checkers, but he de-
clined both. The great change in Mrs.
Dolby still worried him and he bent
his steps toward home. He expected
the house would he dark and gloomy
as he had found il on previous oc-
casions,. but to his great surprise Il
was lighted up as IL for an illumina-
ton. As soon as Mrs. Dolby heard \
his approaching steps she opened the
door and received him with the words:
why Samuel, how You must have
hurried to get back SO soon It was
awfully good of you to think that !
might be lonesome. Did you ind out
bout the Turksr
Licked agin." briefly replied the
deacon.
Pm just glad on II. hope more'n |
half the army was killed. Soon after |
we were married a Turk came along 1
with some rugs to sell. j bought one
of them for three dollars. He war
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.Mr. Casey" I said. as We leaned
sSanst the same lamp-post didn't you
90 a nice piece Of detective work in q
department storeg"
but my modesty will not allow me to
claim anything extra for 1t. simply
succeeded where others failed"
.I1 Tel ,5nss me the % yarn; MT; Casey sg now 10
special duty, they took him from patrol.
man: One day / got an % order to report report
ives looked me over for a minute or two
Casey. one would take you for fool
That's my game, sir" replied. In
doing detective work the nearer the ofti-
Ger can look like fool, the greater sue
There may be oomething IN that"
unused the chief after thinking IT over.
II guess the trouble with my men is that
they al want to look as If they knew II
where four or fve of our men have
failed. 7 haven't much hopes OF you
shan do more than that. Sir; Il there are
two guilty parties I shall bring them
sThe chief smiled at me in a sort of
plying way and gave me the story. 1t
was a shoplifter IN a department store
He or she had been working game for
many weeks ana naO HOI yet bcch
caught at It. The store estimated that
this one criminal had carried on 1900
worth Of piunder I was to catch the
man or woman that the others had fail
ed to do"
IT went to the store. and in a private
interview with the manager learned all
there was to be learned, and that was
very little. The shoplifting was SO cutely
done that no discovery had been mace.
Every salesgirl had been warned again
and again to watch for suspicious per-
sons. but they had not reported any
Tuck. The floorwalkers in the different
departments were on the alert, but SO
was the shoplifter.
'T went away from the store to sit
down and have q smoke and think.
After two hours I came to the conclu-
sion that II was no shoplifter at all. but
N employc of the store. What made me
think so was that bulky cloaks and
wraps and whole bolts had been taken.
There were two store detectives, and
with those and all the salesgirls on the
watch those articles could not have been
carried out even during the rush hours.
II did not tell the manager Of my con-
clusions, but went on duty without a
word TO any one. ] pasted on a pair Of |
side whiskers and did not wear too
good suit of clothes, and l wandered
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! that 7 had heard Alright. When I fully
understood the matter | protested with
all my night and so .oIis ala u the bearer OF
protested. Our words We're thrown away.
however. The brother Guy had been
called a lar Although blind. his honor
had made use Of the epithet-
ALFRED had said that his brother was
a liar. His honor required that he gave
him satisfaction. Each would have Il so
trying to heal the breach The only con-
ISOLATION We had was that pistols had
been chosen as the weapons. The prin-
apart, and II would be only by accident
that a bullet would take effect.
II had agreed TO become the second for
Alfred, and IT was agreed between Guys
second and myself that We would only
enough, that was exactly what the twins
thought We would do. They blocked our
little game by making sure before they
lets on top Of the powder. Our only
go wild"
1T Vas the morning OF the 18th Of
On the ist Of May the chfldren hi iag 81 f0is the
town had held a May day party in
the grove. They had erected nag
the distance this pole was left to our
right a few rods"
There were probably three hundred
spectators on the ground. for the
news Of the coming duel was known
to every citizen Of the county. Two
ministers came forward and made
last appeal to the principals, but IL
was as useless as all the words used
before. The duel must go on.
% I Ia am going TO make S a confession
eight or ten duels and a principal in |
twice that number, and no man had
seen me tremble. / trembled now II |
smacked of murder. How deep the |
hate OF men is who seek each others |
lives under such circumstances. 1t |
seemed appalling to me and must have |
seemed so to many others for as we |
placed the twins and handed them |
their weapons, many men left the /
grounds and others turned their heads 1
away that they might not witness the /
Killing
Had the principals had their eve
sight, a handkerchief would have been /
dropped as a signal to fire. As II |
was. the word fire must be given and /
was the man who must give IL. III
would have given much to escape this
iuty. ] shouldn't have been surprised
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of It only three or four days ago"
During Mrs. Dolhy'g talk as above. the
deacon had sat down and picked up a
Thetstone and got rsady to sharpen his
stone when she closd her remarks and.
instead of answerin, her, he began to
draw his knife TO ani fro.
II amt sayin' this in a way Of a COM
plaint, continued Mrs. Dolby. Il have
complained very litts during my married
life. The time / had seven boils at once
you didn't hear a wdd of complaint from
me. The time fdl into the well and
was down there fodr hours before you
came home and fouSd me. Did take on
any? No; I simply said that 1t was an
act OF Providence. Il Is true that l have
mad TO talk to you! sometimes and have
been ready TO die d shame and humiiia-
ton, but now the tfne has come when
beg your forgiveness II I have ever hurt
your feelings"
The deacon didn't look up. When you
are sharpening knife you must keep
your eyes on the milestone and be ready
to spit when the orasion demands. Yes
the time has core, Samuel. when we
must part forevf. can no longer
stand II to have q pirate for a husband.
/! think you tried to be good, but Sa-
tan got the bettsr of you. It is true
two or three yeah. but you are stiIl a
member of the inurch and there are
lots Of people Who say that you are
q eOOQ man ana 1ne lQed OF your cut
ting UP the wy you do. Is some
thing so dreadtl that 1t chills my
very soul. Samel: in the last three
years you havd drank hard cider,
been to hoss RATS. bet on lection, run
told our good parson that he could
not preach sefnon for shucks. Could
Captain Kidd ave done worse than
this had be be.n livin'?"
No answer from Deacon Dolby.
When you waf to put an edge on
the big blade pf an old jack knife, |
you must not hlk. You want to give
the Job all Vor attention. Two min |
utes passed AMI then Mrs. Dolby said: |
,ons But ! foraye you. Samuel. and
put you and / bust part. can't abide
10 Heaven and leave you by yourself |
you can breaklou and lick the whole /
.own. ! shall be singing and PLAYING /
'n the harp fd I shan't know any
hing"
I'VE will talllit over gently and calmly
because it rs tie last talk We shall ever
iaye. What aput the funeral. Samuel?'' i
The Deacon took his knife from the
milestone andtried the edge Of the blade
N his thumb. II was not sharp enough.
Make the funeral Just as cheap as
'ou can I have always had 10 live
heaply and 1don't care to fam out at
ne last Souf wives would want a newt
ress. new sizes, new stockings and ali |
hat: but dot. Ny Sunday things are
ienty good huff was reading the