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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-13

more than their stuffed memory class
mates were ranked below them.
AS a matter of fact. formal examina-
tions are modified by SO many things
that the result is not in any sense con-
elusive test of what one actually knows.
or Of what he can do in the life contest
ahead of him. Many good scholars work
themselves Up into such a fever, and are
so filled with terror of the possibility Of
not passing that they are in no condition
whatever to do their best at the exam
nation. Their minds do not work nor
mally, and they cannot express what
they know One of the best scholars in
my class at Harvard University failed
utterly in his examination. yet every
professor he had been under said that he
was an unusually able student. and his
daily class work showed that he stood
exceptionally high.
Overwork, studying late at night.
and consequent lack Of sleep. fear. Of
failure and the overweight mental
condition for days and weeks before.
and the strain at the time of examina-
tions. have kept multitudes Of bright.
clever boys and girls from getting their
required percentage. and their failure
has had a very serious influence upon
their whole career.
1t Is natural for youths to compare
themselves with their classmates. They
think that their rank in school is the
standard of their success ability: that
they will stand in life as they stood In
school.
I have known splendid young people
to become utterly discouraged because
of their inability to pass in certain sub
jects. such as mathematics or chemis-
try They took ii for granted that II
they were deficient in studies on which.
perhaps, their teachers placed emphasis.
there must be something seriously lack
ing in theiz ability. They lost faith In
themselves. and thus undermined the
very foundation of all achievement.
Now. do not make any such unfor-
tunate mistake. Do not think because
you have had hard time with your
chemistry study. or failed in mathe-
matics, that you are mentally deficient,
or that you are going to be a nobody
in the world. You may far outshine
your classmates who rank high In
these subjects. You may have talents
which will place the average of your
ability away above that Of others who
may be brilliant in mathematics. chem
istry, or some other study in which
you are weak.
Ability is measured by the resultant
force of all the mental faculties. not
BY the brilliancy or deficiency Of any
one or more faculties. II Is question
Of averages.
Copyright 1851
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COTTON MARKETS.

New York July l2.-Cotton experienced a sharp
upturn in the last half hour today. after having
shown and irTesularity previously The
bull movement was brought about BY rImors that
the Dardanelles had been forced and heavy buying
by New Orleans, Wall Street and Liverpool. Earlier
there fresh liquidation. but there were cover
ing orders on a scale down. At the outset wire
houses Southern interests and Europe sold.
Futures closed at a net gain Of "A to Is points.
The spot article quiet and unchanged at ~
cents. There sales. Southern spot in
terests reported a good demand from American
spinners for October. November and December ship
ment Liverpool again showed . good demand for
the spot article at a decline OF 8 points on the
basis Of 5osd for middllns upland. Futures in
the English market ended steady at net loss of
siz to lol. points Exports for the day were 6.s52
bales against 67ii on the corresponding day last
year The days total included go bales to Great
Britain sxty-six bales TO the Continent. and
seq bales to Japan and China. For the season
the clearances aggregate S.lS.5s bales against
8 ais iG3 a year ago Port receipts for the day
were Ils8 bales. against 2fs bales last week. and
al bales last year. New York warehouse stock are
z ,l25 bales against 10. 81 bales year ago. The
average export price per pound Of cotton exported
in May was officially announced tGday by the De-
partmert Of Commerce to have bean - cents.
against l22 cents a year ago. and for the ten
months a. cents. against 70 cents in the same
period last year.
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PRICES SUFFER A REACTION.
Volume of Trading on Stock E1-
change About Summer Average.

Prices suffered slight reaction at yes
tcrdays session Of the Washington Stock
ENchanre The volume Of trading COM
Jared fA"orably. however. with the sum-
ner daily average. Washington Gas IS
did at the amount Of $4,000 at los; the
t"nand for them caused the quotation
ID to be raised from 1o4 to 104 5-s. Quo
'ntion prices on Capital Traction IS. Rail
ny IS. Potomac Electric Power frsts and
,rusolidated 5s dropped from is to SIS Of
roint One Potomac Electric Power
"nsolidsted brought 100.
Capital Traction stock started favora-
'iy an odd lot OF three shares bringing
= md forty shares selling at 81 IS. The
'.'! then was lowered from 3-i to 90.
nc hundred shares Of East Washington
slvmss Bank stock sold at 10: six shares
Of Lanston Monotype brought 81. and
twenty-five shares of Washington Gas
stock were disposed of at "a IA.
The United States Savings Bank has
lurc hascd the Capital City Savings Bank
and merger has been effected. The
Capital Cry Bank was esta blished about
Two wears ago at Seventh street and
Florida avenue. A P. Crenshaw has been
president OF the bank.
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NEW YORK PRODUCE.

New York. July I2-MILLFEED-Firm business
is restricted. Spring bran. in lelpound SACKS
40 to arrive standard middinss. TO arrive.
3 mayJo red-doS to arrive. 500. winter wheat,
in 100 pound sacks. to arrive. $50. city bran. IN
bulk 3H.
RYE FLoUR-Steady: small business. Good to
choice 5.6las.l0. in sacks.
cORNNsEAI-FIr-n; business 10 hndered. Kiln
dried for export. 37oa3'5. in sacks: coarse meal.
in bags Ls2al.S.
HAY-Receipts SIS tons: strong. quiet demand.
Quote: Prime timothy. IS: No. timothy. 10
No = Is: No. ;. LIS.
STRAw-Receipts. % tons: steady: inactive deal
inss No. I rye 66a'o cents.
FoRK-weaker: inquiry is inactive. Mesa ID 0a
$50; family I.0oa2N: cless. is.0ael.W
BEEF-Flat business is moderate. Packet, lsooa
'e.si; family. lsooa2o.D: extra India mess. e ooa
mo-.
kARD-Weak; dealings are inactive. Prime
Western SIS; refined continent. 80: South Amer
lean. eIS; refined Brazilian. in ken. p.7S; beef
stearine ~ cents; lard stesrins quiet At 10 cents.
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OF
MARKETS RAISE
Common Makes New High
Record, Following Bear
Raid.
GOOD PRICES AT CLOSE
War Rumors Accompany Jump in
Street-Bethlehem Sets New Mark
in War Stocks.
GOOD PRICES AT CLOSE

New FORK, July E.-Under leadership OF
steel common, which established new
high price for this movement suoseantia.
s-sins were MADE il the stock market this
,.rtarnoon following a raid by the pears.
which Hailed 20 bring OFT raISh STOCK:
Accompany the advGnc" we're f"nl"Fs OF
IN important French victory. toSctne.
with iunIors that Tee i'acolheEes hau
fallen, but TIE real -caso:i 10: tire al
,.,oc. wa. the urgent covering Of tho
shorts
At the opening the professionals. who
OF Saturday expressed satisfaction with
"a. :;:rman note. said il was unfaHordole
t:,t!a.. with the result that opening prices
showed very little change. Following the
lightning OF trading the bears mace 4
drive. but aside from fractional declines
their offerings had very little excel there
ueins q quicker rebound.
Good Prices at Close.
For the remainder of the forenoon and
I'm ro the last hour OF the season price
fluctuations were confined to narrow
range.
It was IN the last hour. when Steel
after cncountering plenty OF stock around
81 broke through that level and carried
The Balance of the list with II. On the
uplift several new high records were
made, particularly in American Can COM
mon. The close was around the best
prices.
War stocks were especially strong I'M
der the guidance Of Bethlehem Stee!
common. which touched a new high rec
ord of lTS a gain of points. Baldwin
Locomotive rose nearly ? points. Ameri-
can Coal products common also made a
new top. rising is 1-2 points.
Foreign selling of bonds continued.
Investment bankers expect the foreign
ers to continue their sales Of American
securities until the British loan Is con-
cluded, when a let up is expected until
payment Of the next installment Of the
loan
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QUAIL EGGS DAILY
DAINTY FOR MIKADO
Eats Two. Raw. Patronizins Mer-
chant Who Has a Vir-
tual Monopoly.

Tokyo, July LOT the many dainties
which daily appear on the imperial table
the eggs Of the quail, which are ira
ditionally known in Japan as an elixir OF
life, are perhaps the most expensive.
The emperor daily takes two Of these
eggs raw. for which he is reported to
have a great fondness.
Very few people keep quail. and even
II they do It is very rarely that the
birds lay eggs. Perhaps kotaro oda
may be the only dealer in quail In
Tokyo who can successfully obtain their
eggs. Last year Mr.. Oda presented
some Of these eggs to the emperor. who
accepted the rare gifts. which he highly
priced Since then the quail eggs have
formed a favorite dish for the emperor.
who now never fails to partake Of them
once every day.
A farmer of Echiso. Oda. worked in
the fields when quite young and later
made a regular trade Of hunting. He
started the rearing Of quail. which has
now almost become his monopoly In
Tokyo and vicinity. some years after
coming to the capital.
He first procured a pair Of quail from
a bird fancier in the employ Of Baron
Iwasaki and tended them carefully. In
due course the pair furnished him with
q number Of eggs. and thus he obtained
some hne young birds.
"One day." narrates Mr.. Oda, "a GER
tain noble looking young man called on
me and asked my views on quail breed
Ing. When he was leaving / presented
him with twenty quail eggs. which he
duly accepted. The young man was later
found to be q son Of Prince Takatsukasa.
for II was known that the prince offered
the eggs to the Emperor several days
hence. Some time afterward received
an inquiry from Baron kameda. chief
imperial veneur, II I had more quail egss
to be presented to his majesty. This
was an unexpected honor to me, and
presented . box OF eggs several DAYS De-
fore the Emperor's birthday laet Octooer
nv nav of wishing him longevity"
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COMPANIES AID IN VALUATION.
Local Corporations Are Cooper
ating with Utilities Commissfon.

The Public Utilities Commission has
been taken to task by several local cor
porations for the statement in its annual
report that the Capital Traction Company
is the only one that has offered any CO.
operation in the work of determining
physical valuations.
The commission points out that the
statement was true at the end of the
calendar year 1914. and that the report
covers only that period. Since December
81. 1914, the commission has undertaken
the valuation OF the Washington Gas
Light Company. the Georgetown Gas
Light Company, and the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company. and all of
these companies are co-opera ting In the
work and furnishing information will
inely.
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NEW YORK MONEY.

New York July R.-csr money opened at per
cent: high, per cent; sow. N. renewals ..
last, .: ruling rate
Time money has Z hrmcr tone With q fair in
auiry for the longer maturity. Quotations for such
shorter tenn money were around Fridays offered
prices. while there 10 . good demand for six
months money at ) per cent. but bankers are no<
rnxious TO meet these tsrma Rates ~ for
aixty days, ~ rer cent for ninety. days. AL
pr cent for four months. per cent for I'VE
months and aa3S foe sx montha
Commercial paper rstes remsin practically IN
chsnsed Al 5 to ~ for best names Of sixty 10
ninety days maturitiss and ~ 70 ~ Per csnt
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-13

Fisurss complied by the Austro-Hun-
garian and German eonsulatss In New
York show that 0Ao0 reservfsfs Of their
countries who reS1stseed for service are
unable to obtain transportation
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for longer maturItieS- II anything. the market
shows a slightly fruer tenoency This Is attributed
PARTLY the fact that 4 number of banks continue
remain out Of the market altogether at pre-
vailin: low rates. On the whole. however. the
,ulume of paper is still too small 10 influence any
definite trend In rates
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-13

Pearls having an average total value Of
q oec, 900 are exported annually from La
Pas, q seaport on the Gulf OF California.
nea, The southern end Of Lower CaliSor-
MIA.
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WASHINGTON PRODUCE.

Quotations. given below sFs 81 iasus lots q SO
marketable gonds only. JooesD' u4eo ass hisAse.
command hiSAsf rsieA
Ths prvdscs nsrtst rs auise yossdN q -.
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WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
Furnished By w. b. Hibbs 4 Co.

Potomac Electric con. IS. 5000 at cox.
Capital Traction. at 81. Is at 9Fs. IS At Ss.
Washington Gas Light. . At 7it.
Lanston Monotype. at 81.
East Washington Savings Bank. 10 at IS.
After call
Washington Gas IS. $1,000 at los.
GAS BONDS.
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The Safest Investments

Are tl.oss that do DOT huctuAt< dur,nS as
,u:psG conaIuuns a the money stocx mAs.
tsu su2 Deco Of trrSl Dots tnrst mort
ssxes, well -c,ured on real estate IN the Uis
u,r, Of Coiuuha. Constitute 'nltsdse" In
ssstments lhsy do Got deperd upon the
enan0aI r.upnsib-hty n INDIVIDUALS or oor.
prrsrous to theb stability. and are sxemps
from uxsr.n per uual property. We CA
supply ru:b = ,a'mr7ts IL snounts from 500
sp~ard t<nd Tor aSoklet 'copcxrnins Loan
seo lprAImentA
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NEW YORK COFFEE.

Frrr.sh.d By y. L. Carpenter l. Co.
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Total sales 80. $50 shares against e6.s4o Satur-
day. holiday q week ago. and a. $50 year ago
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HOTEL ABSEC0N.

Virginia ave-. near beach. FIREPROOF Built Of |
cFick and stone Private baths. rooms with runnina
water. electric lights elevator TO street level and
all modern convenienceA Special early season rstsA
SO up daily; N26 up weekly 81 up European. !
Booklet q. ID. PAINTER
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-10
Ginger Snaps

Now are the winter flannels of our
discomfort.
Cold snap, so called because it's
such snap for the wood dealers.
Crown prince having been a failure
on the western front it is understood
that the Germans are thinking OF
bringing up father.
There probably isn't anybody like
an American war veteran for laugh
ing at England for the ludicrous way
she is muddling this war.
"Eighty-Five Die-King George
Sends Letters of Sympathy to Vic.
TINS" reports the New York Amer.
lean. We doubt if it does them much
good.
Watson Bell thinks that dentist.
should make good poker players be-
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-10
ucational administration and knows

ucational administration and knows
the details of school administration
from the ground up.
3. His experience covers all lines
Of school work He has been high
school principal, city superintendent,
an assistant professor, a full profess
sor. and now is head of one of the
largest departments in the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, the department of
education. In this department he is
also director of the course for the
training of teachers and, in connec-
tion with this work, he has organized
and equipped the Wisconsin high
school, one of the largest and most
complete university high schools for
the training of teachers in the coun-
try. He has also taken a leading part
in some of the most noted school sur
veys in the country, among which are
the New York city survey and the
Vermont school survey, which in
cluded the system of elementary, sec
ondary and higher education in that
state. He is, therefore, familiar with
all lines and departments of school
work and is not likely to emphasize
the value of one department and one
school over that of another because
of a lack of knowledge of, or sym.
pathy with the worl: Of other schools
and departments.
4. He is young man, not yet
forty-one, just in the prime of life
with his best years left to give to
the work in this state.
5. He has the support of all lead
ing educators in this country. Just
to quote from the last letter received
congratulating the board on his Sc
| lection:
"Please accept my congratula-
tions on the appointment of Ed
ward C. Elliott, as chancellor of
your state educational institu-
tions. Professor Elliott is one of
the three best men in the United
States for such a position"
The fact that he has such a stand
ing among the educational leaders o1
the country is no small asset to this
state.
l have set forth the qualifications
of DR.. Elliott so that those inter
ested may know all the facts which
entered into his selection The boarc
has no doubt as to his ability and fit
ness for the place, but the boare
knows and DR.. Elliott knows that he
cannot succeed without the co-opera.
tion and support of all parties inter.
ested in the building Of a greater
Montana and the development of its
educational institutions. Let US not
say, at can't be done" Of course i,
can't if you and think so, but with
our help he can and will succeed.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-10

When Sears Sawbuck get hold of
country paper in which the mer-
chants do not advertise they hold a
little joy dance. Then they have a
thousand or so of their catalogues
shipped to the town by fast mail. "If
the merchants in that town do not
want the business we do," they re-
mark. And they get it. How? By
advertising.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-10

few successful spectators in war
stocks. The many hundred of unsuc-
cessful spectators contribute most of
the others winnings.
What this wasteful country does
not know about food values has filled
some books and good many poor
houses, jails and insane asylums.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-10

How many hides has a COW, This
may seem a foolish question, yet the
area of automobile upholstery made
from one cows hide is about three
times that of the whole hide. This is
obtained by splitting the hide into
three sheets, and coating and en-
bossing the "splits" in imitation of
grain leather.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-10


cause they are fine at filling. Our
experience has been that they draw
we'll too.
"Three Would Wed Widow" says
an Indiana headline. Oh, Sammy
Weller, if you were only here to share
with 'em that advice.
Roosevelt Won't Fight" Here is
the millennium approaching.
"He's to Pick Beauty" Well, if he
needs any assistance, all he's got to
do is to say the word.
A Connecticut couple have kept
! their wedding a secret for five years,
but Adam and Eve did heap better
than that.
A woman never knows how happy
she is until her husband begins to
praise her loveliness.
It's the birth of nation that's wor-
rying Greece.
Oyster Bay, Long Island, seems to
be one of our leading exclamation
points.
Tennessee shipping whiskey in cof-
fins provided another striking illus
tration of cause and effect.
Every warning nation talks of more
war and dream of an early peace.
Of all the ways to relieve distress
the best is to give an unemployed per-
son a job.
To see the Kaiser posing as the en-
voy of Mohammed is something new
and interesting.
The first snow was merely a case
of mild hammered winter calling and
leaving his card.
With the wireless telephone operat-
ing nicely the hands across the sea be-
come ears across the sea.
Winnetka's postoffice has done
what it could to keep the public in
terested in the White House wedding.
After buying the Christmas pres
ents early one has only to wrap them
up with little love and pink ribbon. |
|
1t would help little if this coun-
try would provide regular wailing
place, somewhere in regions remote,
for the convenience of Mr.. Bryan.
! Colonel Roosevelt says that new
diplomacy will follow the war, which
is not at all a wild prediction, as the
old variety is damaged beyond re-
pair.
President Wilson is writing his an
nual message himself on the presi-
dental typewriter, presumably as a
precaution against hyphens and split
infinitives.
Blue eyes are becoming so scarce
that workers soon may begin to wear
pink overalls. Since pink is the color
dedicated to pajamas, sensitive work.
ers will naturally be embarrassed.
|
Until there is world police, cap
able of enforcing peace, preparedness
for armed defense, will be necessary
among the nations.
Japan's little jubilation over it's cor
: onation makes good and pleasant
reading, especially in comparison with
Europe's big butchery.
|
Foreign nations do not pay The
5 greater part of the money that goes
20 make up the large fortunes of the
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-19

trian admiralty's otiicial report on
the Ancona case. saying the vessel
tried 70 escape and declaring that
foreign reports that a submarine
fred on the. lifeboats are mendacious
inventlch6 and that whom the steain1
er stopped the submarine ceased
fring."
The admiralty report said that the
submarine fred q shot before the
PROV OF the Italian liner. whereupon
she fed with fun speed. In accord
ance with the Italian order to foe or
ram. II pointed out. too. that great
number OF boats. probably sufficient
to save all passengers, remained un-
occupied after so minutes, Then rs
another steamer was approaching the
submarine submerged and torpedoed
the Ancona. She sank after another
AZ minutes, In this report, the ad-
miralty declared that II passengers
lost their lives Il was the fault OF the
crew, because the ship tried to escape
and tho crew tried 10 save only them
selves, The submarine allowed 4b
minutes to abandon the steamer,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-19

As to the Austrian commander who
sank the Italian liner. the Vienna
foreign Office held that the note does
not In any way sufficiently warrant
attaching blame" TO him, even II
American con ntenil0ns are correctsnd
"a most rigorous legal conception"
were applied to Judgment OF the case.
The note held Austria not to be
fully informed as to the communica-
tions between America and Germany
in their submarine controversy.
It suggested further parley.
This tho American government
does not want and will not permit.
Austria held that she ought to eS-
pect precise specifications as TO the
circumstances on which the United
States based its contentious, In the
original American note. said Aus
tria, was room for doubt" The
United States failed to designate per-
sons upon whom Il relied for its evi-
dence "and to whom II apparently be
|lieves II may attribute a higher de-
gree OF credihility than to the com,
mander of the imperial and roya
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-19

feet"
Further, America gave no names OF
persons who lost their lives, But,
said Burian. In view OF the fact that
the Washington cabinet has now
nadssa positive statement concern-
Ing loss OF lives, Austria ia in prin-
ciple ready to enter into an exchange
of views In the affair"
In what some regarded as rather
|curt language, Austria, however. re-
served the right to maintain It's own
legal views in discussion of the case.
and Queried as to why America refer
rcd TO the German American subnar-
Inc controversy settlement. particu-
larly as Austria ''hy no means pos
sesses knowledge OF all the pertinent
correspondence In that situation. Al
the same time, Austria held tho cases
did not parallel,
! Therefore. continued Burian. Aus.
tria leaves It TO the Washington
cabinet to formulate the particular
points OF law against which tho sub
marine commander offended"
Lansing also gave out tho Aus