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Evening star., 1915-12-22
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, December 2s.-The cot
ten market opened at unchangeo
nrices to a decline Of points today
n RESPONSE to relatively easy cables.
Rns,ness appeared to be chiefly in the
Vay Of switching from near to late
months, with scattering liquidation OF
near positions absorbed by spot house
brokers. who were selling later de-
March rallied from 12.1s to 1922
rirht after the call. or back to about
last nights closing price. but demand
vas limited, and the market later
s.ceed back to about the opening fg-
ures. with January selling at ilsS and
Nav AZ I242 Private cables reported
= very small market In Liverpool. and
JoeaI business may have been restrict
"a 10 son,e extent by nervousness over
fnternational politics. as well as by
holiday considerations.
Eutures opened steady: December
ofYered 11.s5; January. 11.s7; March,
i2.1s: May. l2.4s: July, 1855; oc-
Some New Orleans and local selling
caused a slight decline to 1916 for
March and 1910 for May during thu
middle of the merning or about points
from last nights closing figures. but
the selling was not aggressive a.o
nrjces were barely steady around mid
day at rallies off or 3 points from the
lowest .,
Toward the middle of the morning the
market steadied on favorable spot ac-
counts from the interior and the most
active months went to net advance
of one to two points At noon under
dullness the market again was az the
lowest
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Real Estate Transfers.

NO. s11s PARK PLACE NORTHWEST
Samuel Shapiro ct al. to Edward
W Kirby, lot 70. square s04s. Whit
NO. ney saSa Slose; sTR s1e; hsn stamIs; Taptrs $.
John w. Riley ct al. to Mary Camp.
SO: stamps. 81.
BURRVILLE-Fred Mckee ct ux. to
District Of Columbia, lots I. 2. and
40. block 5. section 8; 5000.
wooDRIDGE-Mary B. Heaselton to
John and Jennie Scatter. lot Is. block
C SHEET SOUTHEAST BETWEEN
14TH AND 18TH STREETS IS.
Boyle. lots IS and 81. square 1861;
NO. s2i STREET NORTHWEST AND
NO: 92s LOUISIANA AVENUE
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. & Co. and
William G. Carter ct ux. to Joseph
D. Sullivan. lots 13 and "a. square
3s2: SO; subject to trusts for $37,-
600; stamps, $50. Joseph D. Sullivan
convey conveys .,s same property to Albert
NO fss; asio 80, WASHINGTON CIRCLE
NoRTHWEST-George r. Lord ct
al. trustees. to Simon jacobson and
Reuben Goldstein. lot 20. square 81:
'TH aoRTHE1 STHEET sTN1se ANP NORTH IA. AVENUE e
trustees. to Trinity College. part
1918
SECOND STREET SOUTHEAST BE-
TWEEN B AND C STREETS
part lots 25. rs and 2s. square 7a2;
STREET. NORTHEAST beween 18th
and 18th streets-Samuel Maddox to
charle' saaale ssa ~ GSrson lots Il to ls
rogkTEENSTSH 81 siREET Ri5@P' HsiSHrs- is;Is
James L Gardner to Charles ".
King. lots and 6. square 2s17: SO:
NO. e' f7as p STREET NORTHWEST
J. Ross Calhoun ct al, trustees. to
pany. trustee. lot 81. square 15s;
NO. 1913 EAST CAPITOL STREET
SOUTHEAST AND 1908 POTOMAC
AVENUE SOUTHEAST-Ralnh p.
Barnard ct al, trustees. to Patrick
part original iot i: square ss7. and
NO: 1893 POTOMAC AVENUE SOUTH
EAsT--Patrick H. .Leughran ct ux
interest in part lot 9. square 1916;
$40; stamp, 80 cents.
NO. 1913 EAST CAPITOL STREET
soUTHEAsT-Patrick H. Loughran
fourth interest in part original lot
l, square 967; $40: stamp. 50 cents,
CHURCH STREET NORTHWEST, be-
tween 14th and 18th streets-Annie
L Cole ct vir. John T., to Annie Lee
Cole. lot 81. SQUARE POS: 81
SOUTH CAROLINA AVENUE SOUTH
EAST. between 18th and 14th streets
Arthur c. Moses ct ux. to Bernard
F. and Agnes v. Miller. lot il2.
square 1898: SO; stamps, $45e.
SOUTH CAROLINA AVENUE soYjTu.
EAST. between 13th and 14th streets
Arthur c. Moses ct ux. to Sybil j.
Thon,an. lot 1873. square 1895; SO:
stamps, $3.50. Wv
soGIa CARoLINA AVENUE SOUTH
EAST. between 18th and i4th street.
Arthur c. Moses ct ux. to Heien
stamps. -. Wv
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WHEAT PRICES YIELD
AFTER EARLY ADVANCE
Argentine Reports Of Harvest
Weather Give Advantage to Bears.
Heavy Proft-Taking.

CHICAGO, Ill. December 22.-Wheat
turned weak today after an early ad-
vance, which had resulted from higher
quotations at Liverpool. Argentine re-
ports. however. telling Of hne weather
for the harvest and OF large yield
assured gave an advantage to the
bears. Profit-takin: by holders was
on a broad scale.
Opening prices. which were un-
changed to %aN higher, with Decem-
Der at 1924 to 1.24K and May at l.25A
to 1.25A. were followed by a reaction
all around to below yesterdays finish
Corn Highest for 1915 Crop.
Corn rose to the highest prices yet
for the 1915 crop. The buying was
largely speculative. After opening X
to Y higher. the market made some
further gain, but then underwent a
moderate Sag.
Oats hardened with corn. The vol
ume Of trade was much greater than
has recently been the rule.
Liberal receipts OF hogs weakened
provisions. However. there was no
urgent pressure to sell. Reports
showed that slaughterings in the west
continued heavy. as compared with =
year ago.
Subsequently, wheat rallies took place
owing to supposed signs Of export busi-
ness. The effect, though, failed to last.
Trade in futures was unusually active.
but European buying seemed to have
come to a pause. The close was weak,
IN to .2A net lower, with December
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NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. December e2-Butter-
Unsettled: receipts. 5.315 tubs. Cream
cry. extras (9e score), 34iza35 cream
cry thigher eoring). 35isa36; frsts,
2sMa33t1 seconds. 25iza2S.
Eggs-Unsettied; receipts s.4s4 cases.
Fresh gathered. extra fine 36a3T: extra
firsts. 34a35; hrsts 32a33. seconds 30a
81 Nesrry herrery whites, fine to
fancy. 4Sa5o: nearby Aennery browns.
3sa40.
Cheese--Fif m; receipts, 1874 State,
whole milk fats hs'd. specials INA
17H do, average fancy. II: do. current
make specials: 1s%a17; do. average
fancy. Isna1sh.
Dressed poultry-Firm: fresh killed
chickens, 15a27; fowls. 13aI7k: tur-
keys, 23a25
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO. H., December s2.-Hors-
Receipts. 10000 head; dull, 10 to is
under yesterday's average; bulk. s.ooa
heavy. 6.10a6.60; rough, 6.1Oa6.25: pirs.
4.25a5.50.
Cattle-Receipts, 1900 head; weak;
native beef steers. 5.s0al0.25; western
steers, 6.20as.20; cows and heifers, 2.S0a
$50: calves, 6.25a8.50.
Sheep-Receipts, $4,000 head: weak;
wethers. 6.1oas.so: lambs. 6.s5a940.
Evening star., 1915-12-22
LANSTON CORPORATION
HAS GOOD PROSPECTS
No Dividend for This Quarter, But
Resumption Early in 1915 Is
Considered Probable.
' Mergenthaler Shares Show Strength.
Local Securities S-ow-Some
Dividend Increases.
BY I. A. FLEMING.

According to inside reports. there Is no
special reason for holders OF Lanston
Monotype stock to be discouraged WINE
there will be no resumption of DIVIDENDS
this year, the chances are said to be very
snccs,ra9ine for a declaration covering
the first quarter Of 1915.
The corporation has been handicapped
in its work in former years by lack OF
suficient working capital, but this mas
been overcome, through the accumulation
of profits, since the passing OF the oiS'-
dend.
Reports from inside sources are Una.
the company is doing satisfactor! anu
profitable business, with It's iaciii'ies
largely employed.
Margenthaler seems to be acting pet
ter on the local exchange; ana .onas
trapsa actions. practically the only pusi
ne.s of the day. showed an advance 70
10 and this price was freely oio a. a.
the close. Graphophone common. i3s'
In the bond section, Riggs Realty os'
long term maturity, improved ~ i'i'
washington Gas SIS sold lo9N- =;
Positive strength was SHOWN II,
Greene Cananea shares on the new
YnrE exchange. a three-point advance
marking the initial sales, pu' '"'
points of the gain Were M at
a;y,rv
tertion on the local market, saies p.!ns
limited to one share of Capltai irac'io"
at s7A.
Pennsy Increases Dividends.
The directors of the PENNSYLVANIA
company, operating west OF PlttspuIsu u;
today declared a semi-annual dlVldehu
of 4 per cent. as compared win Per
cent declared six months ago. ihis
makes the distribution for the year
ner cent as compared with 1914.
The directors of the Pan Handle a
Pennsylvania subsidiary. also increased
tine dividend on the common STOCK
from u of 1 per cent in 1914 TO per
cent. while the regular per cent oivi,
dend was declared on the pre1errei
stock.
Condition of the Treasury.
The condition of the United States
Treasury yesterday was:
Net balance In general fund. slo7'-
o27.s13.
Total receipts. s2.373,1oo.
Total payments, $2.4s5.751.
The deficit this fiscal year Is Soi:-
6s1. .s25. against a deficit of $55. 1891
last wear. exclusive of Panama cahai
and public debt transactions
Evening star., 1915-12-22
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL, December 22.-Cotton-
spot steady: good middling, 7.ss; mid
ditnE. 763: low mid1ling, 7.1s: sales,
1000 bales: for speculation and export.
1000 bales: receipts. 11.10o bales. Fu-
lures barely steady. December. 1.3s:
february, 73e: February March. 1877;
March April. 1857: April-May. 1901 /;
May-June. 1851: June-July. 723:
JuIy-August. 7.1s4: August-Septem-
Der, 1906: September October. $50; Oc-
tober November. 6.sf.
Evening star., 1915-12-22
DAIRY MARKETS.
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO December 22.-Butter-
Lower; creamery. 23a33k.
EgKs Unchanged: receipts. 1850
cases.
Potatoes-Unchanged receipts. TWEEN
ty cars.
Poultry, alive-Hgher: fowls, 11h;
springs, 12h: turkeys. Il.
Evening star., 1915-12-22
NEW ORLEANS.

, NEW ORLEANS. December 22-Re-
spending to poor cables, the local L
ton ma -ket was easy in the early trad-
sellers were cautious. At the end of the
6rst half hour of business prices were
8 to points under yesterdays close.
Futures opened steady. Opening bid:
January, lila: March. 1907; May. 1881 ;
Inlx 12iI: October. 12.l6.
Evening star., 1915-12-22
LONDON MONEY.

LONDON. December 22.--Bar silver
IS 15-l6d per ounce. Money, 4a4N per
cent. Discount rates-Short bills and
three-month. 5h per cent.
Evening star., 1915-12-22
Further Gains Later.
Washington Stock Exchange

SALES.
washington Gas IS, $500 at 1854.
RIGGS Realty S. 0ong) 81 600 at 101.
Capital Traction. l at STA. -o .o
Mergeuthaler, at l69 at ifo' ~ VI 1i"' ~
at I'D. 10 at ITO, at no.
After call-Graphophone COM, 10 at 1Ss.
Bid and Asked Prices.
Evening star., 1915-12-22
NEW YORK COTTON.

ouotatious furnished BY v. B. .Hibhs / Co..
nsmhers New York Stock Exchange, New York
Cotton Exchange and Chicago Board Of Trade.
Evening star., 1915-12-22
French Bourse Is Quiet.

PARIS. December 22.-TradIng wa:
quiet on the bourse today. Rentes, s.
francs rs centimes. Exchange on Lon.
don, 81 francs 70 centimes.
Evening star., 1915-12-22
BALTIMORE.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, December s3-wheat-
Dull and lower; spot No. red. LES;
spot No red weatern. 1.29: December
NO 2 red. LBS: January No. Q. 1.?5;
steamer No Q red. 1.lS; receipts.
67099 bushels.
Corn-Firmer; spot contract. 76: year,
7e: January. 76ssteamer mixed. 70; re-
ceipts. 6,775 bushels.
Oats-Firmer: standard white. 47a
47H; No. white. 45a46h: No. 3 mixed,
41a42; receipts, 1854 bushels.
Rye-Steady; No. 2 western export,
1.o0a1.01: receipts. 2e.144 bushels.
changed; No. clover mixed. un-
changed.
Grain freights-Firmer; steam to
Liverpool, per bushel, unchanged:
picked ports. per quarter. unchanged.
Evening star., 1915-12-22
Condition Of the Water.

Temperature and condition of water
at 8 am: Great Falls-Temperature
80; condition. 300. Daleearlia reser-
"a; condition at
north connection, 1870; condition at
south connection. 120 Georgetown dis
tributing reservoir-Temperatu 80;
condition at influent gatehouse, So;
condition at effluent gatehouse, 16.
Weather In Various CitieA
Evening star., 1915-12-22
WEATHER..
Partly Cloudy Tonight and Tomor.
row. With Rising Temnerature.

For the District OF Columbia. partly
cloudy tonight and tomorrow. with ris-
ing temperature; lowest temperature
tonight about 80 degrees: moderate
southerly winds.
For Maryland. partly cloudy weather
and rising temperature tonight and to-
morrow; mode ate southerly winds.
For Virginia, fair weather and rising
temperature tonight and tomorrow;
light variable winds. becoming moder-
ate southerly.
For West Virginia, probably fair to-
night and tomorrow: warmer tonight.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings Of
the thermometer and barometer at the
beginning at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-Yeste ( pm, 81:
pm. 30; 10 midnight, 26: today,
I am, 26; 8 am, 81; IL noon. 80: 2
pm, AZ. Maximum, ~, at 2 pm. to-
day: minimum. 25. at am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum. 3S; minimum. 2s.
Barometer-Yeste p.m, 80 90;
8 pm, 30.25; 12 midnight. 1929; today,
Q am. 3031; am, 1898; IL noon,3 1920:
2 pm., 1925.
Evening star., 1915-12-22
NEW YORK.
LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. December 2l.-wheAt
Spot No. l Manitoba, 12s II d: No. 2.
not quoted; No. 3, 12s 8 d; No. Q hard
wirter. new. 12s.
Corn-Spot, American mixed, new, %
Sd.
Flour-winter patents. AS Sd.
Evening star., 1915-12-22

At one time In England people wer
,rohibited by law from making hatt
Of anything except beaver.
Evening star., 1915-12-22
Under U. S. Treasury Supervision.
MAKE THIS CIRISTM As ONE
TO BE REMEMBERED FOR
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!

Give yourself a Savings Bank
Book showing that you have
made a deposit in this strong
bank, and let it be the first of
regular series Of deposits. In a
few years time you will then be
able to look back to this Christ
mas as the real commencement
of prosperity.
How much happier you will
feel when you know that each
year leaves you better off and
that it is only a matter Of time
when you will become wealthy
enough to be independent.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-22
STATE NEWS

A three-legged rooster is a pet oil
the employees Of the American Eek
press Co.. in Barre.
One side of a crab apple tree on the
state fair grounds in White River
Junction is in bloom and the bios.
SONS for this time of the year make
quite a contrast to the crab apples on
the other side Of the same tree
Frank j. Sheckler, western cattle
buyer picked up three carloads in
the vicinity of White River Junction
last week. He and his brother filed
an order for 1000 horses for the war
before he came east, but so many of
the animals failed to come up to the
requirements that they made only $27
on the transaction.
John Hall, the Shelburne Falls
Mass, youth who was arrested for
having short trout in his possession
last July and who was ordered in
Brattleboro municipal court TO pay
fines aggregating 500, succeeded in
raising the money and was released
from the village lookup.
N. C. Florence, Of Stairway farm,
Appleton Point near Burlington, re-
Gently showed lilac i'll full bloom.
The flower was picked from bushes
near his house which he says are full
Of blossoms. The bush blossomed as
usual in the spring. tth
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-22

~ Don't send your child to school
y until you KIN oW whether or not its
x EYESIGHT is normal. t''f FL
% Your child's eyes play most i'm
y portant part in its ability to study.
I5tDefective eyesight is a very frequent
7, cause of apparent dpllness or STU
!. pidity in your children. gr
~. Glasses worn in childhood avoid.
Sin many instances. their constant use
Tin later years.
a We are Licesnec and Registered
fOptomettists of many years expert
ence, and il yourchild does not need
\ GLASSES we will tell you so.
y Our reputation and standing are
gSsLfficient assurance that we will not
prescribe glasses unless your child's
~ eyes can DC benefited.
Ng Let us examine your cnildren's
~ eyes Thoroughly before sending them
sNto school.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-10-19
Turner and His Pictures.

"The glory Of Turner" writes +. w.
Chubb In a study Of this eccentric fa-
nous artist In sketches OF Great
Painters" "lies not In the details OF
his life, but In the beauty OF his art
Personally, ! shall never forget the
shock of charmed surprise experienc-
cd when first l entered a large room
filled with the glorious coloring OF Tur'
ner's landscapes. His pictures have IN
individuality that Is never forgotten.
But little knowledge Of art Is needed
to recognize Turner or picture done
in Turner's style. He belongs to the
few who have the force Of personality
which bursts the bonds Of convention.
He Is n pioneer. What Dryden said OF
Shakespeare may be said OF Turner,
He needed not the spectacles Of books
TO read nature With sketch book In
hand he trudged over Europe, absorb
ing beauty and subfimity wherever
beauty and sublimity could be found.
This man, 80 mean and sordid and un-
couth, at least so regarded by a con-
ventional society, must have had an
inner nature marvelously beautiful and
magnanimous and imaginative, for
how else could he have seen the beau
tiful and sublime? The world with
out Is but the reflection Of the world
within"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-10-19
Use Best Machinery.

Farmers nowadays should not try to
get along with old machinery, even
though 1t is not entirely worn out. Old
fashioned implements will require more
hired labor, aud in such a case nothing
is saved, and almost always more money
is spent than if improved machinery
were used. This is where lots Of the
profits slip away. 1t is not necessary to
buy every new implement on the mar
ket, but have enough to do the work ri ight
and profitably. One should know just
what is needed, then 60 ahead and buy
it and take care of it. Implements that
we're good years ago will not do the
work as it should be done now, nor as
cheaply. To attain the highest success
one must manufacture as cheaply and
put on the market as good or better
goods than his competitors, at as cheap
a price, or give up the business.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-10-19
NAV be Something In Ii.

A patch of quack grass is cause OF
rejoicing, and not sorrow, with me. l
get my best gardens on witch grass
catches. never dig out any witch
grass roots, but simply cut off every
green blade every other day without
fail. In three weeks time the grass Is
all dead, and the rotting roots supply
humus for a glorious garden. This Is
no fad. 1t was taught me by a skillful
old farmer in Maine. The more witch
grass in the patch the better, only no.
gers must come into play to pull on
every green blade that escapes the hoe.
Fail not to do it every other day. II
takes surprisingly little time after the
first two cleanings, and vegetables raised
ON a witch grass patch, thus treated
cannot be surpassed.-Cor. Hosrd's
Dairyman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-10-19
Can You Go straiohtf

The above question Is not intended
TO be personal We are quite sure that
you are a good. steady going citi1en;
but, all the same, We are equally sure
that you cannot walk straight without
the help of your eyes. Naturally your
tendency IS to walk In a circle, and
you would do this II your eyes were
not constantly correcting the tendency.
You may easily test this. Place two
stakes In your garden about eight feet
apart, take up position some sixty
feet away. get some one to blindfold
you and then try to walk between the
two stakes. You will fnd that you
are going In circle.
Why? The explanation Is very SIM
pie. You walk faster with one foot
than with the other. Everybody does
One leg always takes a longer stride.
with the result that you naturally
walk more to one side than the other.
Men who have been lost In the Aus
traliau bush have marked the trees
they passed and found that they again
and again returned to their starting tree
after describing complete circle
Dundee Advertiser.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-10-19
Kugel G. Fishblatt. Proprietors, File Pc
tition In Bankruptcy.

There was notable gathering Of
jobbers and wholesalers ut the first
meeting Of the Boston Stores creditors
which occurred month later. Abe
and Morris We're both there, and they
vainly scanned the faces Of the assem-
bled host for the features Of Philip
Unterberg. They also made careful
examination Of the schedules Of In
debtedness, but nowhere could they
find the name Unterberg.
"Ain't Philip Unterberg In It with
the rest Of us?" Abe inquired In trem-
bling tones Of Louis Marcus, fellow
creditor, who was standing near BY.
"Why, no." said Marcus. 81 seen
him yesterday, and he told me that the
last time he was In Kugel l. Fish
blntt's he collected a hundred dollar
bill that was three weeks overdue. He
said he met Morris going In and want
ed to give him warning, but he forgot
about 1t. He says, too. that l should
tell you from him that Kugel 4 Fish
blatt Is two good, bright boys, only
they amt exactly millionaires. But so
far what Unterberg hears, they amt
never done nobody for cent up to
now. Unterberg also says that l
should tell you from him that any
goods what you might Of sold Kugel
& Fishblatt you shouldn't be afraid
for. because It won't be no use."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-10-19
Bows Sweet Corn Plots.

The boys interested in growing sweet
corn for 1916 should prepare their one
quarter acre plot this fall. The plot
should be located on an elevation to af'
ford good air drainage, thereby prevent
ting late and early frosts.
The soil should be we'll drained, pref
erably sandy losm having a good sub
soil that does not allow too much leach
ing. Barnyard manure should be ap-
piled at the rate of 3 to ) spreader OF
dump cart loads to the plot and plowed
under to a depth of OF s inches accord
ing to the depth of the surface soil. Do
not plow more than one-half inch deep
er than the land was plowed before.
If there is danger of washing, furrows
should be plowed from point in the
middle of, and eight or ten feet above
the upper end and extend down to and
along the sides of the plot. These fur
rows should be turned in towards the
plot. Washing to any degree will be
prevented by this means.
Fall plowed land will absorb more
moisture and will be in a better condi
ton for corn than land plowed in the
spring. Manure applied in the fall and
plowed in has chance to decompose,
making the plant food available to the
crop. Manure applied in the spring is
likely not to decompose very rapidly
and the corn crop would suffer from
lack of available plant food.
II should be always borne in mind that
land we'll prepared is half boed, that
little extra time spent In plowing may
mean a successful crop.
II the instructions are not clear, please
write Immediately to the State Leader ol
Boys Agricultural Clubs, Orono, Maine.