Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 351, 25 January 1907 — Page 6

The Richmond Palladium, Friday, January 25, 1907.

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Provisions Live Stock, Grain and Stock Markets

RICHMOND MARKETS urain ana reed dealers In RIcnmond oave reached a critical point so far as securing hay and corn is concerned. Although good timothy hay, loose, is celling for $14 per ton, the farmers are Inclined to hold their hay back for higher prices. In so doing they are obliged to feed rough. Hay, according to the statement of a feed dealer yesterday, is of A No. 1 quality throughout, and is scarce, because the farmers have plenty, but will not sell. One Richmond feed dealer was forced to advertise for hay last week, but it In understood that with ofTers of prices over the market value, the farmers could not be induced to part with it. Dealers, are expecting a great slump In the prices of old hay just as soon fin the winter weather breaks, as the" farmers will then want to clear their barns In preparation for the new crop. The farmer who lias a good quality of oats in his cribs is extremely lucky, ns that grain is selling for 32 cents per bushel, an increase over that prices offered in the past few years. That grain is both scarce with the farmers and grain dealers. The rains last June spoiled the crop, causing it to mold. THE LOCAL MARKETS. (The prices quoted below are those paid by J. M. Eggemeyer. Main & Fourth streets, for produce, vegetable and fruits. Thrs gives the ' farmers and gardeners the accurate Quotations for their products; also gives the merchant of the smaller ''towns the wholesale prices pa.d In Richmond on all fruits, etc., bought from Commission mnJ Produce- s Eggs 20c doz. Butter, (country table) 23c Butter (packing stock) ISc lb. Chickens, (spring) 8c lb. j Chickens, (roosters) ..5c lb. Turkeys 12c Ducks .. , 10c Vegetables. Okra.. .. .. 10c lb. Carrotts 50c bu. Onions (white) ..$1.50 bu. Onions, (yellow) .. ..50c bu. Cabbage $14 ton Cauliflower (fancy) $2.00 doz. Egg Plants $2.00 doz. Beets ..50c bu. Turnips, (wasned) 50c bu. Sweet potatoes $3.25 bbl. Mangoes (sweet), 45c box. Potatoes (Michigan) ....40c Potatoes (Home grown) .. .'.65c bu. Fruits. Apples, (picked coo&lug varieties).. .. ..$1.00 bu. Grapes,. (Concords). 24c bas. Grapes, (Cal. Muscats) .. ..$2 crate Lemons, (Veredellas 300 s)..$4.00 box Oranges, (Velencias 126 s) ..2.50 box Grape fruit $3.50 box WHEAT AND CORN. (Paid by Richmond Roller Mills.) Wheat 73c New corn, per bushel 35c Old corn, per bu .40c Oats per bu 32c Rye ; 60c WAGON MARKET. Paid by H. J. Ridge Son.) Timothy Hay. Baled .. $16 Loose $14 Mixed Baled .... .. 12 13 Miscellaneous. Straw, bailed $6 CIOVEC SEED. (Paid by Wm.Hill Ac Co.) -"lover Seed. Little Red or Bis English, per bushel- S6.00 7.50 RICHMOND LIVESTOCK. (Paid by Richmond Abbitvtr.) Cattle. Choice butcher steers ...$4.25(0 4.75 Choice butcher steers ..$4.25 4.50 Bulls $2.75 3.25 Cows, common to good .. 2.750 3.25 Calves 6.50 7,00 , Hogs. Hogs, heavy select packers 6.15 6.25 Hogs. 350 lbs, common and rough 6.00 6.10 Hogs, 200 to 250 lbs aver.. 6.40 6.50 it Tolte That Lincoln Made. The University of Illinois has lately added a number of relics to Its Abraham Lincoln collection. Among other treasures in the university's possession Is an ox yoke made by Lincoln at New Salem. 111., in 1830. when he was twenty-one years old. It remained there until 1840. Just after Lincoln's return from his only term in congress. Then Lincoln and his brother-in-law, Clark M. Smith, visited New Salem together. While there the two attended an auction sale of farm chattels, among which was the ox yoke. When the yoke was offered for sale it was treated as a novelty because made by a congressman. Lincoln acknowledged having made the yoke, and Mr. Smith bid It off. saying "it was worth taking home as a souvenir because "made" by his brother-in-law and a member of congress." Decline of Chines Tea. ?oire Interestine statistics have been collected by Vice Consul Arnold at Fuchan concerniug the great decline in China's tea trade. From 1;7. when tea wn first introduced into E'igland, until 1S.TT China held exclusively the tea trade of the world. Then India beg:m to enter the tea market. The Chinese trade reached high tide in 1SS0. with a totnl export of SOO.CKXUXXl ponnds. In 1SS4 China furnished about 72 per cent of the world's total. India and Ceylon IS per cent and Japan and Formosa 10 per cent But' In 1904 when the total consumption had Increased to C44.000.000 pounds. China contributed only CO per cent, India and Ceylon 00 per cent and Japan and Formosa 10 per cent. The decline in Chi na Is ascribed to careless methods of Cultivation and preparation of the leaf.

THE PAULADIUM MARKET REPORTS ARE THE .LATEST AND ARE ABSOLUTELY RELIABLE. NO NEWSPAPERS IN INDIANA, .THOSE OF INDIANAPOLIS NOT EXCEPTED. GIVE MORE COMPLETE MARKET REPORTS THAN "HE PALLADIUM.

IHDIMIAPOLIS MARKETS Publishers Vress.J Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 24.quotations were as follows: -j'ortay's STEERS Good to choice steers 1,300 lbs and upward $ 5.753? t.bu Cciamot to medium eteera. 1,200 lbs. and upward 5.00 5.75 Goou to choic teere 1,150 to 1,250 lbs .. ..4.85 5.35 Coaiinoa to medium steers, 1,150 to L25C lbs :. .. ..4.50 4.S5 Good to ehol.je steers. "900 to 1.000 lbs .. ..4.40 4.80 Cera ru on to medium steers 900 to 1,000 lbs 3.75 4.35 Choice feedlaej afei. steers, 400 to 1,100 lbs 4.00 4.50 Good feriiQR wteers, W3 to 1,000 lbs.. .. .. ..3.75 4.00 Medium fo-d?PV stewre 700 to 900 lbs 3.25 3.60 Commea to &st stock ers.. .. .. 2.75 3.75 Good to choice heifers .. 4.25 4.75 Fair, to medium heifers ..3.7i 4.00 Common light heifers . . . .2.75 3.50 COWS-' Good to choice cows .... 3.60 Fair to Medium cows .... 3.25 4.50 3.50 Canners and cutters .... 1.50 3.35 Good to choice cows and osd calves SO 0050 oo Common to medium ' cows and calves ...... 20.00(330.00 BULLS AND CALVES Good to prime bulls .... 3.75 Fair to medium bulls ...3.25 Common bulls 2.50 4.25 3.50 3.00 7.00 Fair and good heavy .00 Hogs. Best bearlcs. 110 !bs and upwards 6.70 Merit n m an1 mixed. 190 lbs and upward 6.65 6.70 Good to choice lights. 160 to 180 lbs 6.70672i& Common to good lights, 130 to 150 lbs 6.65 Best Pigs 6.25 Light pigs 5.00 Roughs . . 6.00 Bulk of sales 6.70 aheap. 6.70 6.60 6.00 6.30 6.75 Spring Iambs Good to choice yearlings Common to medium.. .. Good to choice sheep .f. Culls to medium ..... Stockers and feeders .. 5.00 7.60 ..5.50($ 6.25 4.75 5.50 4.50 5.25 . 2.50 4.25 .2.50 4.00 MODES OF THE MOMENT. Of the princess and empire styles, both of which are worn, the empire Is rather In the lead, and the surplice and shirred waists seem to have the preference. Some, modistes are featuring little lace coats In empire, sack or pony styles of negligee garments. They are worn over slips of lighter silk fastened with ribbons. Slowly but surely the tea gown Is coming back to its own, and perhaps even before the season is over we shall see them as of yore In the drawing room at 4 o'clock. Since trimmings are such an important factor this season, the market is flooded with new passementeries, applique embroideries. Jeweled bands, etc., while Jet has come to the fore with surprising vim. In the way of negligee under which head come the kimono, short and long, dressing jacket and bathrobe there is nothing really new and startling to be said unless it is that the Japanese designs have taken an extraordinary leap ahead of all others. New York Post. PLAYS AND PLAYERS. "The Love Route" has proved a mighty fine route to travel. "The Social Whirl," a hit in New York, is a big success on tour. Louise Gunning made a big success In "The Flower Girl" in Chicago. Mrs. Flske has made a great hit in New York with "The New York Idea." Manager Savage has added another American girl to his prima donna forces for "Madam Butterfly." This Is Ethel lloustoti, a contralto who came from Paris three years ago to sing contralto roles with the English Grand Opera company. Vera Michelena, the prima donna of "The Tourists," practically stepped from a convent on to the stages also her father, Fernando Michelena, the once famous tenor, while singing as a choir boy in the great cathedral of Venezuela was heard by a man of wealth who saw great promise In his voice and sent him to Rome to study music. LAST WORDS OF FAMOUS MEN Napoleon (1769-1 S21), emperor of France. nead of the army." John Adams (1735-1820). American statesman. "Jefferson survives." Napoleon III. of France (1S03-1S73). "Wore you at Sedan?" (To Dr. Conneau.) Horatio Nelson ..(17"iS-1803). English admiral. "I thnnk God I have done my duty." Ludwig Beethoven (1770-1827). German composer. "I shall hear now." (He was deafj John Quincy Adams (1767-1S4S), American statesman: "This is the last of earth. Iam content." Sir Walter Scott (17711832). Scotch poet and novelist: "I feel as if I were to be myself again. God bless you all!" Dwight L. Moody (1837-1S09), American evangelist: "Earth is receding. Heaven is approaching. God Is calling me.

CINCINNATI MARKETS

IKublishers .t-rwsn.j Cincinnati, Jan. 24. Today's quotations were as follows: CATTLft. HEAVY STEERS

Choice $ 5.40 5.65 Fair to good . 4.50 5.35 Oxen 2.00 4.25 TiUTCHER STEERS Extra .. 5.25 5 40 Good to choice 4.65 5.15 Common to fair .. .. ..3.00 4.40 i:j::feks Extra.. .. 4.60 4.75 Good to choice 3.85 4.40 Common to fair .. ..2.00 3.65 ..4.15 4.25 Common to fair 1.25, 385 Canners 1.00 2.65 Stockers and feeders .. ..1.75 4.50 riVLLfc Thin and light .. .. .. 2.25 3.10 Bologna ... ... 3.15 3.75 Fat bulls . ..3.50 4.25 CALVES Common and large .. .. 5.00 9.00 Extra ..9.50 10.00 Hog v. Good to etiolce oac&err and butchers .. ...... 65 6.90 Mixed and packers . . . . 6.80 6.S5 CmVinH-n to choice heavy fat sows .. ,. 5.75 6.50 Light shippers 6.S0 6.90 Stags 4.75 5.50 Pigs, 110 lbs and less ,.. 6.15 6.S0 Sheep. Common to fair 2.25 4.25 Lamfca. Common to fair 4.25 .7.25

A Wonderful Clock:. A strange story Is told of a clock belonging to a Hindoo prince. Near the dial Is a big gong, hung on poles, while underneath, scattered on the ground, is a pile of artificial skulls and ribs, leg bones and arm bones, the whole number being equal to those in twelve human skeletons. When the hands of the clock indicate the hour of 1, the bones necessary to form one complete skeleton move together with a snap, and the skeleton springs up, seizes a mallet and, walking up to the gong, strikes it a blow. Then it walks back to the pile of bones and falls to pieces. At 2 o'ctock two skeletons rise and strike the gong, and so on, the number being Increased each hour, until at noon and again at midnight all the bones rise and take shape, making twelve skeletons which strike the gong one after another and then walk away and fall apart. How to Walk Upatalra. Perhaps it has never occurred to the boys and girls that there Is a good way and a bad way to walk upstairs. Hear what a well known physician says about it. "There are few persons who know how to walk upstairs properly. Usually a person will tread on the ball of his foot in taking each step, springing himself up to the next step. This is not only tiresome, but is wearing on the muscles, as it throws the entire suspended weight of the body on the legs and the feet. In walking upstairs the feet should be placed squarely down on the step, heel and all, and then the ascent should be made with out hurry. 'In this way there will be no strain on any particular muscle, but each will do its work In a natural man ner." A Creole. As the true meaning of the term Creole is often misunderstood, it might be well to explain it, says the Chicago News. Many persons think It means one with negro blood in his veins, but that is a great error. In general terms a creole is a person born of European parents in the American colonies of France or Spain or in the states that were formerly colonies of those countries. But we use the term specifically to mean a person of French or Spanish descent, who Is a native inhabitant of Louisiana or of one of the adjoining states bordering on the gulf of Mexico. These persons are as free from negro blood as are any native Americans. The Only EnKllah Pope. The world has bad only one English pope. That was Pope Adrian IV., who was a native by birth of Langley, near St Albans, in Hertfordshire. His real name was Nicholas Breakspear, and he left his native country as a beggar and became a servant in a monastery in France. He was a devout man. and his rise from this time was steady until he became pope. Patent Leather Shoea. Patent leather shoes should be cleaned with milk, or a little sweet oil may be rubbed Into them. The soles and heels of such shoes are of course to be cleaned with blacking. A Little Rrarh Into Sparw. There are very few stars whose dis tance s even approximately known to astronomers. Moreover, the different estimates of the distances of these few vary by large amounts. The nearest known star is Alpha,, in the constellation Centaur, not visible from the northern lands of the earth, and one of the next nearest is the little star in the northern constellation Cygnus. called "Sixty-one Cygni." The latest determination of this star makesj Its distance 53,000.000.000.000 mile. This is about , IS. 000.000.000,000 miles less than the distance derived from Professor Hall's measurement of some fifteen years 9 go. ideals come tiigh and are expensive, but we must have them if we Intend to keep up with the uplift.

CHICAGO MARKETS

tlut Ushers freaaj Chicago, Jan. 24. Wheat was In excellent demand at the opening and the market was strong, but many traders were disposed to take profits the first hour, and prices became easier. The corn market was active but easier, because of realizing sales. The oats market was quiet and steady. The provisions market opened dull and steady. - (By O. G. Murray's Special Wire.) OPEN. CLO. Wheat.

May 79 78 July .. .. 79 781,4 Sept 79 78U Corn. May 4614 45? July... ......... .. .. ..461s 45 Sept 1 46 46 - Oats. May .. .. 3S38 3SV4 July. 35 35 Sept .. .. .. .. .. .. ..32i4 32 Pork. Jan .16.02 May.. .. .. 16.35 16.42 July 16.50 16.57 ' Lard. Jan .9.20 9.22 May 9.40 9.42 July .. 9.45 9.47

MARKET SUMMARY. CHICAGO Cattle: Common to prime steers. $4 0007 30; cows, 12 7S 75; heifers, $2 605 00; bulls, $2 75g4 60; stockers and feeders, $2 75-54 30. Sheep and Lambs Sheep. S3 00??5 75: lambs. $5 757 80. yearlings, $4 606 60. Calves $2 75 8 75. Hogs Prime shipping, $8 67S 70; choice butcher weights, $8 67H6 70; packing, S6 6246 6714 : assorted light. S6 656 67; pigs, 6 00 0. EAST BUFFALO Cattle: Export shipping cattle. Jo 356 10; shipping steers, $4 755 35; butcher cattle. J4 755 25; heifers. $3 255 00; cows, J2 504 50; bulls. $2 75 4 25: milkers and springers, $25 0055'00. Sheep and Lambs Tearlings, 16 406 75; wethers, $5 505 75; mixed, $5 005 50; ewes, $4 755 25; spring lambs, $6 508 00. Calves Best, $9 00 9 50. Hogs Heavies, $7 00; mediums, 7 0$7 05; Yorkers. J7 107 15; pigs, S7 20. ' PITTSBURG Cattle: Choice, $5 80 6 10; prime, S5 505 55; tidy butchers', $4 50 05 10; heifers, S3 00 4 75; fat cows, and bulls, 12 004 25; fresn cows, $25 00 050 00. Sheeo and Lambs Pr:me wethers, $5 6005 75; good mixed. So 305 50: lambs. $5 007 90. Calves $S 008 50. Hogs Heavy hogs, $ 90 7 00; mediums, Yorkers and pigs. S7 05. CLEVELAND Cattle: Prime dry-fed, $5 605 75; fat steers, $4 85g!5 25; heifers, $S S5 4 75: cows. $8 004 15; bulls. $3 00 03 60; milkers and springers. $15 00 50 00. Sheep an-. Lambs Choice lambs, $7 75; wethers. $5 00(35 50; mixed, $4 73 5 00; ewes, $4 505 00. Calves $9 00 down. Hogs Yorkers. $6 90; mediums and heavies. $6 85; pigs. $7 00; roughs, $6 1506 35; stags. $5 00 5 60. CINCINNATI Wheat: No. 2 red, 7 77e. Corn No. 2. 434 j44c. Oats No. 2. 3839c. Rye No. 2, 6970c. Bulk meats $8 87 Lard $9 009 10. Bacon $10 12. Hon $3 7007 00. Cattle $2 005 65. Sheep $2 6005 25. Lambs $4 508 00. BOSTON Wool: Ohio and Pennsylvania XX and above, 3434c; X, 3233c; No. 1. 4041c; No. 2. 39 & 40c; fine unwashed. 26 d, 27c; delaine unwashed A, SOc; delaine washed. 3738c; Indiana and Kentucky combing -blooa, 3435c. NEW YORK-Cattle: Steers, $4 00 07; oxen and stags. $3 504 40; bulls, $3 404 45; cows, $1 75 4 25. Sheep and Lambs Sheep, $3 505 50: lambs, $7 Off 8 00. Calves Veal, S5 OOffiHO 00. TOLEDO Wfceat, 78c; corn. 45c; oats. 3914c; rye. 68c; cloverseed. $8 50. franz Josef, fne emperor of Austria, has a fad for collecting menu cards. and as his stock Is contributed to by other monarchs it Is a truly wonderful one. His choicest specimen Is one used at the dinner given by the czar to President Faure. This "card" Is a block of the rarest black marble beautifully painted by a famous French artist, the names of the various dishes being lettered In white Ivory. Although the population of the United Kingdom increased by 2,000.000 dux ing the last six years, there has been a decline of nearly 2,500.000 barrels In the consumption of beer. There Is also a steady decline in the use of spirits On the other hand, the 135.767.710 pounds of tea Imported for home consumption during the first seven months of 1906 mark an increase of 10,000,000 pounds over the same period in 1905. The Chinese minister of the board of education has memorialized the throne to send ail governors of .provinces to study law In Japan for eighteen months, and after the expiration of this term they shall be reinstated In their former offices. He has also advised their majesties to send all the present official academicians to Japan to study western learning, and on their return official positions shall be allotted to them. It is proposed by a German engineer to use balloons for railway purposes. A stationary balloon is fixed to a slide running along a single steel rail. This rail is carried up the side of a steep mountain. The balloon Is moored by a steel cable to the rail at a height of about thirty-five feet above the ground. The conductor can cause the balloon to ascend or descend at will. The lifting power Is furnished by hydrogen gas, and the descent Is caused . by water pressure poured into a large tank at the upper end of the road. H. G. Wells, the popular author, has had a varied career. His father was professional bowler for Kent for many years and the oaly man who his ever bowled five wickets with successive balls In a first class match. This Is a subject for justifiable boasting, with his talented son. H. G. Wells works In a room that is fitted with electric apparatus for light and heat. Swift was his chief source of Inspiration when a youth, Sterne Is the most profitable English master. In his opinion, for a novelist to study, and as a thinker Schopenhauer has Impressed Mro more prof ouadbjrttLaji any other.

. Indianapolis Chicago Cincinnati, New York and Richmond.

HEW YORK MARKETS rinnllsherV Prm New York, Jan. 24. First prices of stocks were little changed from last night, but the general tendency was upward. Transactions were moderate in volume. Prices yielded generally on dull trading. The market at noon was extremely dull. Bonds were steady. The market made headway upward from the outset, although the buying was moderate in amount and quiet evenly distributed among half a dozen of the foremost speculative facorites. After a nnmhj?r of stocks had risen substantially above yesterday's closing the demand bee-raie less urgent. The Maekay companies stocks, which were admitted to dealings on the exchange, were in active demand. Demand Died Out. A demand sprang up for the Hill stocks, Reading and the copper stocks, but their strength did not extend far. Most of the active stocks recovered to the best prices of the morning, after whicb actual demand died out. So Scre. Forbear, rarh swain! You do not know How brave is woman's heart. What dangers fail to daunt her nerve When fate her lot would part From what her spirit holds most dearRemember and refrain From your attempts to fright the girl With the oyster's dread ptomaine. iltlzr.cre American. FIRE ALARM SIGNALS NO. BOX. LOCATION First District. Bouth of Main, West of Seventh Street 12 First and South C, Piano Fao tory. 13 Second and South B. 14 Fourth and South D. 15 Fifth and South B. 16 Fifth and South H. 18 Seventh and South C. 19 Seventh and South J. Second District. Bouth of Main, Between Seventh and Eleventh Streets. 21 Eighth and Main. 23rNo. 4 Hose House. Ninth and South E. 24 Seventh and South O. 25 Ninth and South A. 26 Tenth and South C. 27 Eleventh and Main. 28 Eleventh and South J. Third District. South of Maiu. East of Eleventh Street. 31 Twelfth and South B. 32 Twelfth and South E. 34 Fourteenth and Main. 35 Fourteenth and South C. 36 Eighteenth and South A. 37 Twentieth and Main. 38 Fifteenth and South A. Fourth District. North of Main, West of Tenth Street to River. 41 Third and Main, Robinson's Shop. 42 Third and North C. 43 City Building. 44 Eighth and North C. 45 Gaar, Scott & Co. 46 No. 1 Hose House, North Eighth Ktreet. 47 Champion Mills. 48 Tenth and North I. 49 Ninth and North E. 412 City Light Plant Fifth District. 1 West Richmond and Falrvlew. 5 West Third and Chestnut. 61 West Third and National Road. 52 West Third and Kinsey. 53 West Third and Randolph. 54 West First and Railroad. 55 State and Boyer. 56 Grant and Ridge. 57 Hunt and Maple. 58 Grant and Sheridan. 59 Bridge Avenue, Paper Milt. 612 Earlham College. 613 West Seventh and Peacock Road. 514 West Seventh and Main. 515 South West Second and D. Sixth District. North of D, East of Tenth Street. 61 Railroad Shops. 62 Hutton's Coffin Factory. 63 Hoosier Drill Works. 64 Wayne Works. 65 City Mill Works 66 Fifteenth and Railroad. 67 Thirteenth and North II. Seventh District. Between Main and North D Streets. East of Tenth Street. 7 Ninth and North A. 71 Eleventh and North B. 72 Fourteenth and North C. 73 No. 3 Hose House, East End. 74 Eighteenth and North C. 75 Twenty-Second and North E. Special Signals. 2-2-2 Patrol Call. 1-2-1 Fire Out. , 8-3-3 Fire Pressure. 3 Fire Pressure Off. V , - 10 Natural Gas On. Instructions and Cautions. NEVER TAMPER WITH A FIRE ALARM BOX, unless you have positive knowledge there Is a Are. Never send ,in an alarm unless you are certain the fire is nearest the box you are at. Never open an alarm box when yoa hear the bells on the Engine House striking an alarm. NEVER OPEN A BOX FOR A FIRE SEEN AT A DISTANCE. - When you have positive knowledge of a fire, go at once to the box nearest the fire; break the glass in Key Box door; then unlock the Alarm Box, PULL. DOWN HOOK ONCE, and THEN LET GO. Unless the fire is plainly to be eeen, remain at box until the firemen arrive, and direct them where to go. By order of Board of Public Works. EDGAR E. MILLER, O Richmond, lad, Nov. 1, 1306.

STARR fflPYGIES, Chicago Scientist Found Them Piaying at Cat's Cradle.

POPULAR SOCIAL DIVERSION. Interesting Discoveries Mads by the Enterprising Anthropologist During His Recent Trip to the Very Heart' of Darkest Africa. The eminent scientist Professor Frederick Starr of Chicago university says that one of the most importaut results of his visit to the Kongo region of Africa was his discover' that the natives of that part of the world play the child's game of cat's cradle. The learned professor was In earnest too. His journey -of 22.000 miles was no joke, and be took his life in his hands when he went into the heart of the African jungle. He undertook the trip to study the pygmies of the Kouo region, and he spent fifteen months in his quest for Information about these and other tribes of the dark continent, yet the distinguished anthropologist declares, without a smile, that he found nothing which interested him more than the fact that cat's cradle Is the IKjpular social diversion in the colored society of tie Kongo. Just why the professor attaches so much Importance to this circumstance he does not explain. We must wait, he says, till he makes his report on the subject. It is known, however, that anthropologists have built theories of possible relationships between peoples or the mingling of races by tracing the history of familiar games through the centuries or the variations In a central Idea of a game In widely separated nations. The professor is not the first ethnologist who has noted the popularity of cat's cradle among primitive peoples. It is even said that pious missionaries while waiting to be chopped up -and boiled for dinner by dusky savages whom they failed to convert have observed these simple minded people killing the time before the feast by playing with loops of string and making the cat's cradles just as the very little folks do in America. Apropos of cannibalism it may be remarked that Professor Starr found It to be practiced to a limited extent KOXOO PTQMIKS COMPARED WITH AMERI CAN INDIAN. among the pygmies of the Kongo. It would hardly be fair, however, to call it cannibalism of the same variety as practiced by more savage tribes, says the professor. The pygmies do not kill other human beings in order to eat them," but sometimes eat the flesh of children or old people when they die. Cannibalism. In times of famine is not peculiar to the tribes of Africa, but is found among many peoples. The American Indians, who were not cannibals, as a rule, often in days gone by ate the hearts of captives taken In battle, the practice being more in the nature of an act of symbolism than of a feast, and having to do with their religious ideas. Professor Starr deems the natives of the Kongo to be bright and intelligent. He visited more than twenty-six tribes of them and, on the whole, had a fairly good time among both the big and the little people of the country. The latter are not so dark as the larger natives, and he thinks they are unrelated to the ordinary negroes and belong to a race which for many centuries. If not from its creation, has been distinct from the surrounding peoples. . On the Kaf al and Batua rivers, where' he spent the most time, they grow the smallest, from three feet ten Inches to four feet two inches. The professor explored many of the tributaries of the Kongo river and was the second white man to ascend one of them, the Oiku river. For some months after his departure into the African wilderness nothing was heard from him, and it was feared he might have fallen a prey to the cruelty of the people he went to Investigate, but in due time be turned up-safe and sound, with the young Mexican, Manuel Gonzales, whom be adopted as a boy and who acts ss his photographer. The adventurous Chicago ethnologist Is a bachelor and could therefore follow the leadings of his scientific study without causing anxiety to a wife and family during his prolonged absence in the depths of the Kongo Jungles. If you have good "oDDortunity eyesight" you will find some things in the want ads today which most neople will overlook. Before you throw The Palladium aside, look ovtr the classified advertisements. Use artificial gas for light an lies. I 10-tf See how what you nay neard looks 1 In print and get a dollar for doing it A Win the news 'nip prlzs

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