davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1923-09-08
Last Rose of Summer.

From llle.
Thela rose of summer was bloom
ing quite alone. as the modern sum-
mer fiapper passed. What a ridicu-
lous fower!' the f1apper observed.
"Roses are quite out of date, nova
days, and besides, it's not the season
for them" But the rose merely
nodded q smile, and swayed to and
fro as the snatch of breeze waited
by. "That reminds me-" reflected the
dapper aloud. II must order some
orchids at once-some wonderful un-
natural orchids, though ! do think
Geoffrey might send them to me-and
some more of that lip rouge and
mascara, a little cosmetic, few eye
brow pencils, some face powder. that
new liquid white. and more henna.
What an absurd flower that rose
really Isl" And the little rose seemed
to shake with laughter. Indeed, 1t
shook SO hard. that its head dropped
till it touched the ground, and when
the gardener examined it the next
morning. he found that it was no
more. The last rose Of summer had
died laughing. =
Evening star., 1923-09-08
FEW BIRDS RELY ON SMELL.
Sense Used Only by Turtle Dove,
Canada Jay and Turkey Buzzard.
From the Review Of Review.

from the Review of Reviews.
1t Is a rather curious fact that only
three or the common birds seem to
make any constant use Of their VAL
uapie sense of smell. These are the
turtle dove (close relative of the ia :
nous, now extinct passenger pigeon),
the turkey bu1zard and the famous
Canada Jay, common about. hunters
Hunters believe that the WHISKY
jacks, as they are commonly called,
assemble as soon as they detect the
smoke OF campfire. and the writer
mas seen them coming from distance
IN the deep forest where a campfire
had been ktndled. to watch the build
ers Of II. and steal any grub" they
could find They are as bold as
bun,ers brass as9pt ss% 5his hs Opsrstion as the
had them pilfer bacon he held in his
very hands, in the Canadian woods
The buzzards gather freely wher-
ever carrion is displayed. They are
valuable as scavengers. and are pro-
tected by the laws of several states.
Their aerial movements often reveal
the wherea bouts of a dead horse or
COW. on which they gather for a
suit OF the operation on their sense
OF smell. which must be preternatu-
rally acute. They are never seen to
attack any. creature that shows signs
Of life, but they. will sit around.
srdVely Sllent, ana watch an expiring
COW until she is quite dead. and then
descend for their feast. which is a
pleted.
There are plenty of visible evidenc-
es that these birds actually do rely
upon their sense of smell for this
work. yet the same sort Of evidence
seems to be lacking from the other
birds who eat putrid tissue. and must
know it's odor. The northern trap
pers hate this feathered robber: which
they often find clutched in a trap they
had carefully set for a mink or other
fur-bearing mammal. If "a Canada
jay or a buzzard finds sUlh a trap, he
is pretty likely to rob and spring 1t,
and il is little satisfaction to the trap
per to ind the lifeless bird in the traps
jaws.
Evening star., 1923-09-08
SHE HAD "TABAsCo TONGUE >
Mexican Boy WIithes and Squirm:
Under a Castilian "Calldown."

From the Kansas City Star.
She was undoubtedly Spanish. One
wanted to give her a cigarette, rose
and guitar player and call for the
.fandango." .
At 18th and Walnut streets she
paused at the curb and sought a path
through the traffic. She started across
A boy on. bicycle swiftly rounded the
corner. He jammed the brake hard, but
not quite in time; the girl received a
jolt and her white skirt the imprint
of a bicycle tires tread.
Thirty seconds. perhaps. she consid-
cred him and noted he was a Mexican.
Then in rich tones she addressed him,
evenly but warmly. The lads face red
dened under its tan. The speech went
on the youth fidgeted from foot to foot,
blushing tremendously.
Then the girl concluded, and with a
final soaring fash from her eyes, pro-
ceeded on her way.
What did she say, kid?' asked an OBJ
server. i
The boy. sighed with relief as he saw
her 60. He mounted his wheel
II don't swear no good in. English
he said. -
Evening star., 1923-09-08
A Sacrifice for Rain.

The London Times recently told the
story of the sacrifice of a chiefs son
In southern Rhodesia for rain. There
had been prolonged drought. The
people had brought offerings to the
rain goddess, but she had remained
implacable. So the chief ordered that
his eldest son be sacrificed to appease
the divine wrath and save the crops.
The young man was bound and cast
on funeral pYre. He made no re-
sistance. witnessNs said. But the Brit
ish government leSrned of the pro
ceeding. British law CSot con-
template human sacrifice. So the >Shief
was tried and convicted of murNer
But as the chief and his tribe han
looked on the burning not as murder
but as a religious ceremony. the
judge announced that the extreme
penalty would not be exacted
1t is curious conflict Of two stages
OF civilization. British law clashed
with tribal custom. But there was a
time when human sacrifices were
countenanced in Britain. Wherever
anthropologistS read the records of
the past they discover traces of the
I sacrifice of human beings for the
beneht of their fellows. The legend
'of the sending of the seven youths and
seven maidens from Athens to Crete
to be devoured by the Minotaur was
based on such a sacrifice. In order
to renew the fires of the sun the peo-
Pile of Carthage laid their children on
the hands of a Calf-headed image of
bronze from which they slid into a
hery oven.
In ancient Mexico wars We're waged
in order to provide human victims by
the thousands whose hearts were
necessary to maintain the sun in its
vigor. In Europe, in historic times
there were midsummer festivals to
renew the fertility of the soil, in
which men were burned In wicker
cages. Traces of this custom came
down in many parts of Europe into
! the nineteenth century, when efiSies
oh animals were burned as part OF q
midsummer celebration.
What a road mankind has Travelled
up from savagery! cit is only a few
thousand years since all the earth was
filled with the most frightfui cruelty
carried out in mems Ignorance as q
solemn duty. How many hundreds OF
thousands of men, women and chill
dren have been sent to a cruel death
by their fellows! For ages no sense
of pity was developed in the human
race. Mercilessness was the normal
quality In life.
Today the old cruelty survives only
in the dark places Of the earth where
the advanced nations cannot enforce
their laws. If mankind could pull out
of the hopelessness Of the time OF hu-
man sacrifices 1t ought to be able to
solve the problems caused by the ma
tiOnal Selfishness Of today.
Evening star., 1923-09-08
COAL STRIKES END
|. HELPS: RAIL BONDS.
Buying in Erie Issues Very
: Active in Today's Brief
Two-Hour Session.
BY GEORGE e. HUGHES.

special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, September S-The
weeks trading in the bond marke,
closed with prices generally firm.
settlement of the anthracite coal
strike proved especially stimulating
10 the speculative rails The most
active buying was in Erie bonds, the
general As advancing nearly a point
III the hrst half hour. The Erie has
SHOWN remarkable recovery in earn
ing power and the only deterrent has
oecn fear of a long ng-continued suspen-
sion in the coal regions. with this
roar removed 1t was natural that the
oonds should promptly respond.
Other Bonds Quiet.
ASIDE from today's strength in the
fnle,,d Erles there has been little doing in
has centered In the foreign group and
Principally in the Japanese obIiga-
tions. Falling sharply on the first
news OF the disaster they recovered
iase iaser and closed with only fractional
ment short-term issues, som, two or
three points In the longer term As
ana about seven points in the case
OF me city OF Toxic .5s.
was expressed in the stability of
credit. II ID believed that Japan
win be in the market in the next
Two or three months for loan either
IN New York or London, and thai it
Will be readily taken. no one doubts.
Two Other Features.
Two other features Of the trading
In foreign bonds have been the sus-
tanned strength in French govern
ments. which carried the SIS up to
par, and the simultaneous weakness
IN u, the austrian 7s, which made a new
OF more than 2 points. There was
nothing in the news to account for
the favor shown to the French bond.
The decline In the Austrian issue can
ptrooariy pc accounted for by selling
from spectators for both accounts.
The Incident shows that a new OFFER
ing 1s not necessarily we'll aced
simply because 1t is .over sub-
scrlbed and temporarily sells at a
premium.
New Issues Well Taken.
IL is still doubtful what reception
VIII De given any new foreign finan-
cling. The sale this week OF the s55.-
100000 Argentine notes was hardly a
TEST because of the short term The
bankers apperently believe that bet :
ter results would be obtained by hold
ing III permanent financing for Ar
new issue OF the week was the Union
Pacific refunding mortgage 5s to the
amount Of S20,000.000 sold on SIS
per cent basis. These bonds were re-
ported to have been very well taken.
Liberty bonds have been only fair
ly steady. The money market has
been appreciably hrmer and there are
some indications that the banks are
no longer accumulatins government
obligations. .,
Evening star., 1923-09-08
TREASURY ISSUES
CALL FOR FUNDS
Means $15,149,00O With.
draWaI From Banks-Busi.
ness Steadily Expanding.

I National banks of the country have
been ordered by the Secretary of the
Treasury to pay into their regional
members not later than Tuesday mex
10 per cent Of the TD2-1923 sale az
Treasury certificates, dated June Is.
The call will result in the withdrawal
| of SIS, 900 from national banks Of
the nation.
National institutions throughout the
country have had use of the entire
| notation since issue, the current call
| marking the first draft on the funds
in question.
The certificates, which were issued
to the extent of s151,490,0o0, including
$3S,S44,000 of exchanges, are of six
months maturity, falling due on D..
cember Is next.
busfness Gaining Steadily.
EVioences OF expanding business
multiply with the advancing season.
1ains are not uniform and few signs
ol increase appear in some quarters
| put lne main tendency is in the righi
| direction. Preparations To meet faiI
requirements are becoming more gen
| erai and there has been q CHECK ~
tne restriction of outputs in SOM
\ prices developing.
| Whlle the anthracite coal strike
/ mas caused some unsettlement and
| the Japanese disaster has affected
| certain domestic markets, the trend
| toward enlarging operations has cou
| tinued and there is expectation a.
] 1urther progress now that the yaca.
tion period is practically ended.
| Curtaflment of industrial and mer-
cantlie activities during the summei
aahl la
oinerent lines. and current statfsti,s
I or car ioadinSs, which surpass ali
previous records. show that distribu-
| tlon OF goods is maintained in ey-
or most buyers remains one of iinit.
| ing commitments to well defneu
| needs, but this serves to prevent nm
wholesome exceSses and disturbinp
movements in prices, and the COM
| paratfyely moderate stocks ~ r1aI
chandiSe are a favorably aueurv
On the whole. the business oufIooL
| seems promising, and there is an
uhoercurrent of confidence in co'n,
merclal channels.
Hanker to Return Soon.
| francis NJ; Savage, president of III.
III t,Mest savings Bank. who spent
the greater part of August al Won
WIN return in time to attend ~,
| american Bankers Association CON
Ventlon at Atlantic City the Iatter
par par. OF TINS month Mrs, Savage. how
ever. VIII remain at Vichy with her
| mother during September.
Weeks Bank CIcarinEs,
owing to the holiday. returns cr
| oahk clearings to Dun's Review this
week are for five business days oniv,
ana snow an aggregate of s5,265.S9a
States. S"i'cu
rms total is 4.3 per cent less than
| that or year ago, but is 1872 ner
cent IN excess of the figures for this
| period OF 1921, the statement for botb
4 five days. 'Siie
| with an aggregate of 1.S9s.ooo
| cities outside of New York this weeL
| report an increase of 3.6 per ceni
/ over the clearings of year ago and
| this week of 1921.
Evening star., 1923-09-08
She Knew Enough.
From the London Mail.
"Does she know Grace to speak toy
NO. only to>talk about"

connection with the Presidents of the
United States is shown by the Chief
Executives furnished by. the state
of Tennessee-Andrew jackson, An
drew johnson and James Knox
Polk. All three were born in North
Carolina, all were democrats and each
had thirteen letters in his full name
Tour other Presidents had thirteen
.etters in their names-Zach chary Tay-
or. James Buchanan. Ulysses 8. Grant
and woodrow Wilson,
Evening star., 1923-09-08
French Wheat Supply.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The principal food Of the French
people is bread. In an exceptional
year France raises nearly enough
wheat to supply it's needs, but after
q mediocre harvest, like that OF 1929.
1t has to import large quantities from
abroad. On account OF the rate OF
exchange, France in 1872 had to pay
10 francs abroad for an amount OF
wheat that was worth only 25 francs
at home. An agricultural congress
at Paris recently organized cam
paign to enable France and its coll
orifes to raise all the wheat 1t will
need after 1923. The campaign will
urge not so much increased acreage
as better methods, better se@d and
better fertilizer.
Evening star., 1923-09-08
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

eign echanges irregular. Quotations
in United States dolIars:,5 Great
Britain, demand, 4.53N; cables,
4.53a = S0-day bills on banks, ,4.5o1s
France, demand, .055s; cables,
.055sh. Italy. demand. .04s2: cables
.04S21a. Belgium, demand, .0455 "a !;
cables, .0456. Germany. demand,
land demand, 1924: cables $3.50.
Norway. demand. 1920; Sweden, de-
mand, 1880: Denmark, demand, 1890:
Switzerland, demand, 1884; Spain.
demand, .13l5; Greece, demand. .01S3;
Poland. demand, .oo0o04;s Czecho-
slovakia, demand, .o2ss:. Jugoslavia.
demand, .010; Austria, demand.
.000014: Rumania. demand. .0045a
Argentina. demand, .3276;: Brazff, de-
martd, .os75; Montreal. demand, 81 u
Evening star., 1923-09-08
STEELS CREEP Up
IN SLOW MARKET
Closing Is IrreguIar-Jones
Tea Drops 5 Points-CoaI
Stocks Quiet.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September s.-Dullness
again characterized tedays brief ses-
sion of the stock market, the usual
leaders fluctuating within a narrow
range. Uncovering of a few weak
spots among the speciaities. notably
Jones Brothers Tea. which dropped
81 points to 4S. the lowest Of the
year. had a depressing influence on
other shares for which there was a
thin speculative market.
Coalers became quiet after an in
itial display of strength. but the in
dependent steels. which were heavy
at the start. crept slowly upward un-
der the leadership Of Republic and
Crucible. Some Of the merchandising
issues exhibited moderate strength,
Woolworth rising three points.
The closing was irregular. Sales
Approximated 100000 shares.
SUGAR STOCKS POPULAR.
Evening star., 1923-09-08
~ GINNING REPORT OUT.
1,141, 1897 Bales Up to September
Much More Than Year Ago.

Cotton ginned prior to September 1,
amounted to 1,141,337 running bales.
including 5l,797 round bales, counted
as half bales.
To September 1. last year, sinnings
were S06,179 running bales. including
25.S25 round bales counted as half
bales.
Ginnings this year to September 1,
by states follow:
Alabama, 4.7o4: Arkansas, 1868;
Georgia, 1876: Louisiana, 1890;
Mississippi, 1,457: North Carolina,
AS: Oklahoma, 5,26S: South Carolina,
2,327; Texas, 1,088,072.y All other, 745.
Evening star., 1923-09-08
From the New York Sun.

Nix - You're a pretty busy man.
How is it that you're always so we'll
informed on current events, contempa
orary literature and nearly every
thing else?
Dix always read while waiting
for my wife to finish dressing.
Evening star., 1923-09-08
Not for Eph to Say.

From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
when de jedge he say t. me is I
guilty" said Charcoal Eph, rumina-
lively, 'T says If yoll kin prove hit,
jedge. 1 is: but ef'n yo'all got any
doubt about hit, Not Guilty, jedge,
Not Guilty."
Evening star., 1923-09-08

She-I wonder why this place is
called THE Palms." There are no
|. He-Guess it refers to the. itching.
not the sheltsring, kind.-Boston
Transcript.
Evening star., 1923-09-08
Enough.
From Life

FROM Life,
"I thought you said your wife would
never smoke cigarettes"
II did say SO and some one told her
said So"
Evening star., 1923-09-08

Two bone harpoons. found under
peat in East Yorkshire, England, are
stated to date back from 10000 TO
1900 b. G. ai = 20 o. --ls5
Evening star., 1923-09-08
Customary.

How do you get along with your
wife?"
II nisunderstand her perfect!y:'
Evening star., 1923-09-08
ToDAY,s CHICAGO PRICES.

CHICAGO, September S.-Unexpected
new bearish figures regarding the
Canadian wheat yield this season had
depressing influence on Chicago
prices today during the early dealings.
The new forecast was more than 1O0.-
100000 bushels in excess of the amount
pI edicted yesterday by the president of
the Canadian Pacific railway. At first
the trade here showed a disposition to
ignore the fresh estimate from Canada,
but selling increased when Winnipeg
quotations showed a substantial set
back Chicago opening prices. which
ranged from Is of to IS up. with Sep
tember T02 = to 1o3 and December
1868 to 107B, were followed by a mod
crate general decline.
Corn and oats were easier with
wheat, despite the continued cool
weather. After opening unchanged TO
Il up, December 6S& to 6SN the corn
market underwent a general sag.
Oats started unchanged to II higher,
December 39N to 39Ha40. Later there
were slight losses all around.
Provisions advanced in line with the
I,o l-ot
Evening star., 1923-09-08
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO. September s Omitted
States Department of Agricultural
Cattle receipts, 1000 head; compared
with week ago native beef steers.
yearlings and fat she stock, % to 70
lower; so TO 80 off on beef steers and
beef heifers: western grass steers,
steady to 20 lower; Gamers and cut
ters. 10 to 25 lower; bulls, steady to
% lower; desirable stockers and feed
ers. steady; others. 25 lower: vealers.
LOO higher; practical top-matured
steers. 1900: best yearlings, 12.40;
bulk prices: fed beef steers. S.75a10.S5:
westerns, 7.50aS.25; butcher cows and
heifers, 4.25as.5e: Gamers and cutters.
2.50a3.00: vealers. 10.75a11.15; stock
erS and feeders. 5.50a 1.6o.
Sheep-No receipts: compared with
week ago. lambs and feeding sheep
about steady; fat sheep, 80 to LOO
lower; top fat western lambs. 13.40;
feeding lambs, 1850: few natives.
1900; practical top, 1890; culls. 9.00a
995: hulk prices; fat western lambs,
13.00a13.25: natives. 12.25a12.15: fat
ewes, 5.00a7.00; feeding lambs. 1S.e5a
1850; feeding ewes. 5.00a6.00.
Hogs-Receipts 5000 head: uneven.
mostly strong to 10 higher: bulk good
and choice, 160 to 230 pound averag ges,
S.90a9.10; top. 9.15; desirable, 240 to
800 pound butchers largely, S.55aS.S5
packing sows. 7.30a7.60; few desirable
strong-weight pigs. 7.75aS25; esti-
mated hold over, 5000 head.
Evening star., 1923-09-08
DAIRY MARKETS.

BALTIMORE. Nd. September (Spe-
ciaD.-Live poultry-Spring chickens,
pound, 25a32; leghorns, 23a26: old
hens. 20a2s: leghorns, 2oa22; old
roosters. 16a17: ducks, 17a23; pigeons,
pair, o0a25; guinea fowl each, 40a60.
firsts. dozen, "a; southern. SO.
Butter-Creamery, good to fancy,
pound. 42a461s: prints. 46a4S: nearby
creamery, 35a40; ladies'. 34a5o; rolls.
31a33; store packed, 81: dairy prints.
SASS; process butter. 3Sa39.
Evening star., 1923-09-08
COTTON IN JUMP
OF S4.9 A BALE
Sensational Advances in
New York and New Orleans
Markets Again Today.

Ne" YORK, September .S.-Cot,op
jumped $3.50 bale IN the local mar
ket today, October selling up to
s27.7o.
This was an advance of more than
s13 bale from the low price reached
on the reaction OF last Tuesday.
Prices for all deliveries made new hiSh
records for the season.
The heavy buying movement. which
mas been going on the cotton mar
ket since publication of the govern
ment crop report at the end of last
month. continued. The report of the
census bureau showing 1,141,337 bales
slnned to September /. the largest
amount on record for a like period.
was only momentary check in the
advance.
demand for cotton goods in Man
chester and apprehension Of a fur
ther reduction in crop estimates be-
cause of unfavorable weather in the
south. were factors on the advance,
wnich was also encouraged by the
better news from. the coal situation
| and the hope OF an early settlement
between Italy and Greece
Futures closed excited and irreEu-
lar; October. so to 27.70; December,
\ SI-fo ~ Sf.UU TO 21O5.
! March, --27.oo to 27.15; May, 200 to
1926.
New High Levels In New Orleans.
| NEW ORLEANS. September S.-New
high levels for the season again were
| made in the cotton market today on a
buying movement that started on the
opening, and which at the end of the
first hour of business had prices SO to
36 points up. October was sent to
26.22 cents a pound. Rains in Texas,
that were not expected. as we'll as
| moisture in Oklahoma and in central
and eastern portions Of the belt,
caused much Of the buying. Liver
pool, open on a Saturday, simultane-
ously with the American markets for
the first time in years, was better
than due, and the effect of other bull
] ish influences was increased by the
I favorable tone of week end reviews of
the country in general commerce.
Futures closed strong at net gains
Of 123 to 127 points. October, 2710-1S;
December, 2I10-16; January, 27.O4-0S;
/ March, 27.05; May, 1856. -
Spot cotton, quiet; as points higher.
! Sales on the spot, 10; to arrive, 200;
| low middling, 26.75; middling, 26.T5;
good midling, 2G25.
Evening star., 1923-09-08

HOURLY SALES or STOCKS.
IL Am. .14l00 I2m., 25l 100
Evening star., 1923-09-08
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

September =, 1923-11:12 am.
Quotations furnished by W. b. Hbbs & Col
Evening star., 1923-09-08

TOTAL SALES (Par Value):
liam. 2027000 IL noon, 3453 900
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-11-02
YOUNG LAD ENTERTAINS

On Tuesday, October 25, Mast
er John Lincoln celebrated his
ninth birthday anniversary by
giving a Hallowe' en party. The
afternoon was spent in "stunts y
with the award Of wonderful
prizes to the winners. Then the
children We're called to beauti-
fully decorated table and found a
jack lantern filled with candy
and an old witch with an all-day
sucker for a head at each plate.
Then came sandwiches. cocoa, ice
cream, fresh Strawberries and four
kinds of cake. When they could
eat no more, the young guests
were treated to moving picture
show, after which Mr.. Lincoln
took the young guests home in his
car. They all left, hoping that
Master John has many more birth
days with party each year.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1923-11-02
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
MEETS NEXT MONTH

FruitgrOwers will be interested
i'll the announcement that De-
cember 6, 7 and s are the dates
selected for the fourth annual
convention Of the Western Wash
ington Horticultural association.
The convention this year will be
held at Everett, where some of the
most prominent fruitmen in the
Northwest will gather to take part
in the program. These men are
leading representatives of all the
different phases of the fruit in
dustry.
An unusual feature of the con-
vention this year will be an ex-
hibit Of fruits confined to the va
rieties recommended by the assoc
iation. This exhibit should be
particularly interesting as it will
demonstrate the careful selection
of varieties particularly adapted
to western Washington climatic
and soil conditions. At each con-
vention an opportunity is provid-
ed for the conservative revision
Of the recommended list Of va
rieties.
The Western Washington ex,
pertinent station will take very
prominent part with its education
al exhibit demonstrating the dis,
eases and insects injurious tC
western Washington fruits. With
this exhibit is a startling demon,
Stration Of the effects of fertiliza,
ton upon the improvement OF
plant growth and fruit quality
which, under present economic
conditions are of the greatest i'm
p0rtmce.
The sessions of the convention
are not confined to the members
Of the association, but are open tC
all who are interested in the fruit
industry.