Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 31, Number 361, 9 February 1907 — Page 6

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The Richmond Palladium, Saturday, February 9, 1907.

Provisions Live Stock; Grain and Stock Markets

RICHMOND MARKETS L,oeal markets this morning will show a fresher appearance than for many weeks past. With the approach of spring the (southern states that furnish the local markets with fresh vegetables out of season are feeling the effects of the longer days ant! are turning out larger quantities of the vegetables that are now delicacies. Strawberries have put in an appearance. They are of poor quality and are high priced but those are minor considerations. Straw berries at this time of year are ripe on but one side; the side that receives the most sunshine. On some southern ranches it is customary to turn the berries over that they may receive an equal amount of sunshine. This is a labor-1 ious operation but is thought to be a j paying one. ' ' Contrary to the common idea many of the vegetables now bfing received are not raised in hot houses, but under canvas. Large sheets of canvas are put on wires stretched about a foot above the cround and cucumbers. tomatoes and other vegetables raised underneath them. This is much cheaper and just as good as the glass hot houses. It is possible to raise several hundred dollars worth of vegetables under a piece of canvass a hundred feet square In a year, so. the practice is becoming quite prevelant all over the south. There is still a dearth of butter and eggs. Country butter is to be had in only small quantities and the creamery article is being almost universally used. Eggs are in more plentiful supply but are still a luxury. Lard is quoted at 10 cents and is expected to go still higher. THE LOCAL 1V7ARKET8. (The prices quoted below are those paid by J. M. Eggemeyer. Main & Fourth streets, for produce, vegetables and fruits. Thfs gives the farmers and gsrdeners the accurate cuotations for their products; also gives the merchants ef the smaller towns the wholesale prices pa d in Richmond on a!! fruits, etc.. bought from Commission mnj Butter. Butter, (extra creamery) 31c. Butter, (fancy country) 20c. Butter, (packing stock) 11?. Eggs. Eggs, (fresh county) 20c. Eggs, (storage Aprils ISc. Poultry. Chickens, (frys) 23c each. Chickens, (old hens) 8c lb. Chickens, (roosters) 25c each. Turkeys, (live) 12c lb. Geese, (live) .6c lb. Ducks, (live) 8c lb. Fruits. Lemons, (Cal.) ?J.5u. Oranges, (Florldas all sizes) $2.50 box. Cranberries, (fancy Howes) $8.50 bbl. Cranberries, (Pride of Cod) . . .. ' St5 bbl. Apples, (fancy cooking varieties).. $2 bbl. Apples, (greenings) .. ..$2.50 bbl. Apples, (Baldwins) $2.50 bbl. Apples, (Northern Spys) . .$3 50 bbl. Apples, (Kings) $3.75 bbl. Apples, '(Grimes Golden) ... .$4 obi. Apples, (Belief lowers, extras.) box. $2.25 Apples, (Jonathans, extras $5 bbl. Grape fruit, (Florida fancy) box... .. .. -.. $3.50. Malaga grapes .. .. $8 50. Tangerines, (Floridas) '. ...$2 Chestnuts, (Italian) 3c lb. Vegetables. Endive lettuce, per doz ...70c. Ieeks, per doz 25 30c. Carrots, new. per doz GOe. Beets, new per doz. bunches. .50c. Turnips, new, per doz. bunches, 60c. Spinach, per doz. hunches, 50 55:;. Radishes, hot house, per doz...f0c. Cucumbers, hot house, per doz. $1 50 Shallots, per doz. bunches, 55c. Lettuce, leaf, per case ....10 45c. Lettuce, head, per box.. $1.00. Cabbage, red. per bbl. $2.50. Cabbage, Holland seed, extra fancy per bbl $1,15. Beets, per sack, 75c. Beets, per bbl $1.45. Carrots, per sack 75c. Carrots, per bbl $1.35. Turnips, white, per sack 75c. Turnips, white, per hbl $1.50. Parsnips, washed, per sack 75e. Persnips. per bbl $150. Squash. Hubbard, per bbl. $1.50. Garlic, in baskets, per lb 12c. Oyster plant, per doz 53c. Parsley, per doz 30 35c. Rutabagas, Canadian, In sacks, per bushel ..40c. Horse radish, root, per bunch.. S5c. Horse radish, root, per bbl.. $5.73. WHEAT AND CORN. (Paid by Richmond Roller Mills.) Wheat 75c. New corn per bu 40c. Old corn, rer bu 40c Oats, per bu 35c. Ryo 60c WAGON MARKET. (Paid by H. J. Ridge . Son.) Timothy Hay. Baled $1G Loose . . $11 .12 13 $6 Mixed Baled Miscellaneous. Straw, bailed .. .. ciover. seed (Paid by John H. Runge & Co.) Clover Seed. Little Red or Bis English, per bu, (cleaned) $7.23 7.50 Timothy seed $2.05 2.10 RICHMOND LIVESTOCK. (Paid by Richmond Abbatiir.) Cattle. Choice butcher steers .... 4.50 4.73 Bulls 3.00 3.50

THE PALLADIUM MARKET REPORTS ARE THE LATEST AND ARE

NEWSPAPERS IN INDIANA, THOSE OF INDIANAPOLIS NOT EXCEPTED, GIVE MORE MARKET REPORTS THAN THE PALLADIUM. ' . -

INDIANAPOLIS MARKETS Publishers' Press. Indianapolis, Feb. 8. Today's quotations were as follows: STEERS Good to choice steers 1,300 lbs and upward ..$ Z.Z0 6.50 Common to medium steers 1,300 lbs and upward a.2.j O.t o Good to choice steers 1,150 to 1,250 lbs... Common to medium steers, 1.150 to 1.22C lbs Good to choice steers &00 to 1,000 lbs CouiuioD to me-IIarr 5.00 5. GO 4.75 5.25 4.500 5.00 4.00 4.G0 4.25 Cd 4.50 4.00 4.25 3.50 4.00 steers 000 to 1,000 lbs Choice feeding steers steers, 900 to 1,100 lbs Good feeding steers, S00 to 1,000 lbs Medium feeding steers 700 to 000 lbs Common to best stack ers -. . . . ..2.75 ! HEIFERS Good to choice heifers . . 4.25 4.75 Fair to medium heifers ..3.75 4.UU Common light heifers .. ..2.75 3.50 COWSGood to choice cows .. Fair to Medium cows ... Canners and cutlers .. . 3.60 4.65 C.25 3.50 1.50 3.35 Gc-od to choice cows ana &sd calves 30 00350 00 Common to medium cow 3 and calves 20.00 30.00 BULLS AND CALVES Good to prime bulls .... ' 3.75 4.25 Fair to medium bulls ...3.25 3.50 Common bulls 2.50 3.00 Fair and good heavy .. ..3.00 7.00 Hogs. Best heavies 210 lbs. and upward 7.10 7.20 Medium aril mixed. 190 lbs and upward 7.05 7.10 Good to choice lights. 160 to 180 lbs 7.05 7.10 Common to good lights, 130 to 150 lbs 7.00 7.C3 Best pigs 6.50 7.00 Light pigs 5.50 6.25 Roughs 6.00 6.50 Bulk of sales , Sheep. Spring Iambs Good to choice yearlings Common to medium.. .. Good to choice sheep . . . Culls to medium Stockers and feeders . 7.05 7.10 ..5.00 7.25 ..5.50 6.00 4.75 5.50 4.50 5.25 . 2.50 4.25 . 2.50 4.00 Cows, common to good ..2.75 3.75 Calves ... ... 6.50 7.00 Hogs. Hogs, heavy select packers 6.65 6.80 Hogs, 350 lbs, common and rough 6.60 6.75 Hogs, 200 to 250 lbs aver.. 6.85 7.00 Carious Jicthotl of Mlningr. The increasing depth to which it is necessary to go in following the vein of kaolin, or potter's clay, mined near the llousatonic river in Connecticut recently caused the introduction of a novel method of mining. Wells from 50 to nearly 200 feet in depth are driven, and two pipes, the outer four Inches and the inner two Inches in diameter, are Introduced. Water at a pressure of forty pounds per square inch is forced down through the smaller pipe and rises through the larger one. bringing with it about 5 per cent of solid matter, of which 75 per cent is pare kaolin. , Weds Armless Patient. A remarkable romance has Just been associated with the Accident hospital at Widnes, Lancashire. A young man met with a terrible accident at the railway station. Widnes, which rendered it necessary for his arms to le amputated at the shoulders. He was tenderly nursed by a pretty young member of the hospital staff, and the feelings of friendship between them gradually ripened into love. The nurse has just married her armless lover. She has some small private means and intends to work for herself and her husband. London Mail. Every Time. "It Is silly to talk about a choice be tween two evils." Why?" "Because both always land on yoc sooner or later." Braised Fiairers. Hold a bruised finger in a cup of hot water for a few minutes and it will prevent further trouble. The water should be as hot as It is possible to stand It. Gatherings and runarounds can be successfully treated In the same manner. Frfnrh Toast. To oue egg, well beaten, add one-half pint of sweet milk and a pinch of salt Info this dip dry slices of bread and fry like griddle cakes in a little hot butter until nicely browned on both sides. Serve with maple sirup. Hoa,e Plants. A cheap and clean fertilizer for house plants is household ammonia in weak doses, say teu drops to a pint of water at first, increased later as the plants get used to it to a scant teaspoonful to a pint. I'lrhini Wall Paper. If a patch must be applied to W3ll paper, let the nevr piece lie in strong sunlight until the colors are faded to 'natch those on the wall; then tear the edges and the applied piece will not bo so conspM-n--" Ha rah physics react, weaken tlie bowels, cause chronic constipation. Doan's Regulets operate easily, tone the stomach, cure constipation. 23c. Ask your druggist for them.

CINCINNATI MARKETS

IPubllshers Prss.J Cincinnati, Feb. 8. Today's quota tions were as follows: CATTLE. HEAVY STEERS Choice $ y.oO 5.63 Fair to good 4.75 a.lU 4.50 Oxen BUTCHER STEERSExtra . . . . 2.00 5.30 4.65 3.25 5.40 5.25 4.60 Good to choice Common to fair .. ., HEIFERS Extra Good to choice . . Common to fair .. ., .. .. Common to fair . . . , Canners Stockers and feeders BULLS Thin and light .. .. , 4.90 .4.00 2.00 5.00 4.S5 3.S5 Bologna Fat bulls . . CALVES Common and large .. . Choice to extra Hogs. Good to choice packers and butchers Mixed and packers . . . Common to choice heavy fat sows 5. S3 6.75 Light shippers 7.00 7.20 Stags Pigs, 110 lbs and less Sheep. Common to fair .. .. , Lambs. Common to fair . . 4.75 5.63 6.00 6.80 2.23 4.23 4.25 7.00 FACTS IN FEW LINES Over a hundred counties In Texas have gone "dry" by local option. Peary says if you want rabbits to taste good you should live on dog meat awhile. Since last year the coal companies of India have advanced prices nearly 100 per cent. Fifty years ago flour was $10 a bar rel, pork $S0 a barrel and butter 50 cents a pound in Minnesota. The Russian navy has fifty-three ad mirals, vice admirals and rear admirals and only eight battleships. The "Who's Who" for 1907 is such a bulky volume that the London World says the question now does not seem so much who's who as who isn't. Some scientists btlieve that North America was in contact during prehistoric ages with Africa and with Europe, the former connection coming first. No live creatures except bees will be carried by post between Great Britain and Nicaragua, according to a parcels posi agreement just concluded between the two countries. There Is in India a large element of wealth which Is wholly inactive. The hoarded .wealth in the form of orna ments. Jewelry and buried treasure has been estimated at many millions. It Is largely held by princes, rajahs and other nobles. It has been stated that the average earnings of the laborer in India is 27 rupees or about 0 a year, but a table In the Indian directory of 1006 enables one to figure out the average earning for the cooly laborer to be 56 rupees, or about $18.66 a year. During the early fall, when the negroes of the south are shocking corn, they build the shocks over several large, ripe watermelons, then leave them until Christmas. The shocks protect the melons from freezing and also keep them cold enough to be fresh. Japanese articles are stated by a Russian editor to fail to make much headway In the Manchuria markets, being for the most part articles of luxury. such as silk textiles, cabinets and toilet accessories, which are beyond the means of the masses of the people. Probably the smallest inhabited house in the country Is at Llandyssul. South Wales. Built by the owner, a bachelor, who occupies it, it has a frontage of live and a half feet, is six feet from front to back, six feet from the ground to eaves and about four feet more to the ridge. Near one entrance of the Cathedral of Seville hangs a patched and painted crocodile, which once served as a princely love token that failed of its mission. In. 1260 it was sent by the sultan of Egypt to a beautiful princess of Spain, who declined a suitor whose first present could scarcely be said to speak of affection. - . OUT bCQKf. The badge of office worn by the lord mayor of' London contains diamonds to the value of $600,000. and the temporary owner of it has to give a bond for it before he is sworn in. Oyster Cocktail. An oyster cocktail is made by putting Into a gla?s half a dozen tiny little oysters, to which add a few drops of tabasco, a pinch of salt, a teaspoonfui of Worcestershire sauce, a teaspoonfui of tomato catchup and a tablespoonfu! of lemon juice. , Paste. A reeipe for paste that never dries or sours is to add one teaspoonfui of powdered alum and ten drips of oil of cloves to a pint of very smooth, thick tH Builds up waste tissue, promotes appetite, Improves digestion, induces fresMas sleep, giving renewed strength and health. That what's Hollisier's Rocky Mountain Tea will do. r.5 eents. Tea or Tablets.' A. G. LuKcn & Co.

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RELIABLE. NO COMPLETE CHICAGO MARKETS IPubllsne-s' PreaeJ Chicago, Feb. S. The wheat market opened easier. A decline on the Minneapolis curb and larger shipment from Argentine were the principal causes for the weakness. When offer1 ings were readily taken, shorts be gan to cover. The corn market was active and easier. The oats market was quiet and prices about steady. The price of provisions was firm, and the market was dull. (By O. G. Murray's Special Wlro.) . OPEN. CLO. Wheat.

I May SO SO 4.35 4.50 juiy 79i 79 1.25 3.25 Sept 79a 78 Ts 1.00 2.65 Corn. 1.75 1.50 May.. ..474 46 July ..4G 46Yz 2.50 3.25 Sept 47i 46 3.35 4.00 Oats. 3.75 4.50 May 40 40 July 33 32 4.25 8.23 Pork. 8.75 9.00 May 17 82 17 S3 July .. 17 90 17 95 Lard. '.22 7.25 May 10 00 10 07 liffil "V, July 10 05 10 10 " " Sept 10 17 10 22

MARKET SUMMARY. CHICAGO Caitie: Common to prime steers, $4 Sf'&7 5; cows, $3 255 00 heifers. $2 COW 5 23: bulls. J3 00 4 DO stockers and feeders. $2 254 90. Sheep and Lambs Sheep. $4 906 00; lambs $S 756 90; yearlings. $5 75g6 50. Calves $2 75 S 00. Hogs Choice heavy ship pingr, $7 00B7 05; light butchers'. $6 92' S6 974: lisrht mixed. $6 S7',66 95 choice light. $S 856 95; packing. $6 90 6 95: choice pigs. $6 508 85. WheatNo. 2 red. 77Vic Corn No. 3, 4343Uc Oats No. 2, 39c. EAST BUFFALO Cattle: Export cat tle, $3 256 10; shipping steers, $4 75 E 25; butchers' cattle, $4 7o5 2a; heifers, $3 255 00; cows, 12 504 TO; bulls, $2 75 4 50: milkers and springers. J2o Off 55 00. Sheep and Lambs Tearlings $6 236 75; wethers. $5 506 00; mixed. $5 005 50; ewes. $4 73(35 25; spring Iambs. $6 508 00. Calves Best. $9 50 10 00. Hogs Yorkers, mediums and heavy. $7 207 35; pigs, $7 30. PITTSBURG Cattle: Choice, $5 75 6 00; prime. $3 405 70; tidy butchers'. S4 605 00; heifers, $3 004 75; fat cows and bulls, $2 004 23; fresh cows, $25 00 50 00. Sheep and Lambs Prime weth ers, $5 505 75: good mixed, $5 205 40; lambs, $5 007 85. Calves J6 009 00 Hogs Heavy hogs, $7 40; mediums and heavy Yorkej-s. 57 407 45; light York ers. $7 107 15; pigs. $7 00. CLEVELAND Cattle: Prime dry-fed. to 505 75; fat steere, S4 505 23; heifers, $3 85 to 4 75; cows, $3 S54 15; bulls, $3 50 4 25: milkers and springers, $30 00 50 00. Shrep and Lambs Choice Iambs, $7 5007 75; wethers. $5 005 50: mixed. $4 505 25; ewes. $4 505 00. Calves $8 00OS 50. Hogs Yorkers. $7 20; pigs. $7 157 20; heavies, $7 20; roughs, $6 25 g6 50; stags, $5 50SJ5 75. CINCINNATI Wheat: No. 2 red, 78 79c. Corn No. 2, 4646Hc Oats No. 2. 4t1A42c. Rye No. 2. 7071c Lard $9 00. Bulk meats $9 37V4- Bacon $10 50. Hogs $3 757 20. Cattle $2 23 5 50. Sheep $2 25 5 25. Lambs $4 25 7 75. TOLEDO Wheat, 78c; corn, 43ic; oats, 41?ic; ryv 57c: doverseed, $8 15. NEW YORK CITY. It will cost $11,770,000 more to run the government of New York city this year than it did last year. Every ' hour there is an average of 140,000 persons entering the surface, elevated and snbway cars in New York city. New York city had the first Hebrew cemetery in the United States. It was established in 1656, and a part of it yet remains at New Bowery and Oliver street. "Little Italy," the block bounded by One Hundred and Twelfth and One Hundred itnd Thirteenth streets. First and Second avenues, has grown from SS2 inhabitants In 1000 to 4,412. Strangers from villages and small cities wonder why the New York city authorities allow many of the walks of the city to be left uncleaned all winter, particularly where there are vacant lots. New York Herald. LAST WORDS OF FAMOUS MEN Louis XIV. of France (1638-1715), "1 thought dying had been harder." William Ewart Gladstone (1809189S, British statesman, "Amen." Phillips Brooks (1835-1893), American clergyman, "I am going home." Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773). English courtier, "Give the doctor a chair." Henry Havelock (1795-1857), English general, "Tell my son to come and see how a Christian can die." William McKinley (1843-1901), American statesman and president: "Goodby. All goodby. It is God's way. His will be done." - Patrick Henry (1736-1S10), American orator and patriqt: "Here is a book (the Bible) worth more than all others ever printed, yet it is my misfortune never to have found time to read it. It Is now too late. I trust in the mercy of God." PITH AND POINT. Some dogs, like some men, just naturally can't get along. Not all people can be clever, but most of us can do a little better than we do. When you are so unfortunate as to get into a lawsuit plead guilty unless you get the best lawyer. What a poet calls "inspiration" is probably the same thing the gambling fraternity calls ft "huncli.' How far can you afford to carry crankiness? Can you afford to carry it to the extent of being Impolite? That sort of thing hurts your business, no doubt about that. Atchhwn Clj

Indianapolis Chicago Cincinnati., Mew York and Richmond.

WEVV YORK MARKETS IPabHshera Ptm1

New York, Feb. S. Opening deal- that oue of the most important results Ings in stocks showed considerable of his visit to tbi? Kougj regiou of Afanimation but most of the conspicu- rjCa was his discovery that the native ous changes in prices were in stocks of that part of lue worU1 play the net of the first importance. chiU. of caVa cra JIe Tfatf thf? JTT SUf 1 n ?Mer- J professor was la earnest too. the market was not permitted to give . way much before it rose substantial- nis Jurne5" of 22'000 m',e3 was 110 ly above the opening figures. The 3ke anJ be took his li:e ia his hand demand was broad and varied, but &en be wnt In ue heart of tl the material advances were not large, African jungle. He undertook the trip and confined to stocks that do not to study the pygmies of the Kouo regovern the market's tendency. A sub- glon, and he speut fifteen mouths in sequent reaction obliterated the ad- his quest for information about these

vances In the active stocks, but the market was steadying at 11 o'clock. At Last Night's Level. Prices moved uncertainly above last night's level for a time and then advanced fractionally on an accession of buying orders. There was a slight recession at noon. Bonds were irregular. Aboal IVrinn I'ondrr. Young readers will be surprised to hear perhaps that most of the so called "Persian insect powder" now sold and used In this country is the product of a single farm 300 acres In extent in the state of California, says the Chi cago ZSeWs. It is produced from a plant that closely resembles the field daisy and depends for its etBcacy on a greenish vegetable oil, which, though harmless to other kinds of animals. suffocates iusects. Not many years ago Insect powder cost about $15 or $16 a pound; today it Is sold for 40 cents or less. In those days the source of the supply and the nature of the product were a mystery. It had been in use In Asiatic countries for centuries, being exported from Transcaucasia, where the natives did a large and profitable business in its manufacture. Eventual ly an Armenian merchant discovered the secret, which was that the powder was the pulverized flower heads of a species of pyrethrum that grew wild in the mountains. Many attempts were made to introduce the plant into the United States, but at first without success because the seeds sold to Ameri cans had been baked to prevent them from sprouting. Stamp Lanamajge. Top Right Corner. Right side up, business or I wish your friendship; upside down, write no more; crosswise, I send a kiss; horizontally, do you love me? Bottom Right Corner. Right side up, you are cruel; upside down, can you not trust me? horizontally, you are changed. Top Left Corner. Right side tip, goodby, sweetheart; upside down, I love you; crosswise, my heart Is another's: horizontally, I hate you. Bottom Left Corner. Right side up, I seek your acquaintance; upside down, I wish you joy; horizontally, will you meet me? Middle Right Side. Right side tip, write soon; upside down, I am sorry. Middle Left Side. Right side up, ac cept my love; upside down. I am en gaged; horizontally. I long to see you. Middle Top. Right side up, yes; up side down, on conditions. Middle Bottom. Right side up, no. Tbe Lady and Leopard. One day a worthy housewife in Kafflrland came out from her cooking and. standing on the ledge of rock at her back door in a perfectly natural way. emptied a pan of boiling dishwater into the rank herbage below. It fell, splash, on the back of a sleeping leopard, who jumped right up in the air as high as the roof of the hut. What might have happened next, who can say. But the astonished woman dropped the tin pan with a clang upon tbe rock, and the leopard took oue leap down the bill. The pan followed, and tbe leopard's downward leaps became longer and swifter as the pan bounded after It from rock to rock. When last seen the leopard was at the bottom of the ravine and the pan was knocking away on the other side. The leopard could have eaten the old woman with pleasure, but a pan that first scalded and then chased him was something he could not face. Prrana Ia Rio Grande Delta. Pecan groves are to become a feature of the development of the Rio Grand? river country in Texas. Several large orchards have already been planted, and this season several thousand more acres will be put out. The delta of the Rio Grande is said to be the ideal sec tion for the production of pecans. The trees can be made to bear In three years after planting, but the general period there is six or seven years. On the Mexican side of the river pecans have been grown for many years in the little sections that were irrigated. ThL first attracted attention on the Amer ican side. The demand for pecans Is always in excess of the supply, and pecan orcharding is certain to be prof itable in the south. St. Lours Repubic Serroai Headarne. For a nervous headache a fianne' cloth dipped in hot water an! placed first on the temples and tLen on the back of the Lead at the base of tha brain is sure to give relief. Good fortune doesn't respond to any bouquets that may be thrown at her, but is rather fond of slipping up and surprising a buy man when Le Isn't looking for her. CASTORS A Tor Infants and Children. Tha Kind Ycu Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of

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STARR AnDPYGMIES. Chicago Scientist Found Them Playing at Cat's Cradle.

POPULAR SOCIAL DIVERSION. Interesting Discoveries Made by the Enterprising Anthropologist Durirg His Recent Trip to the Very Heart of Darkest Africa. 'The eminent scientist Professor Fred- ' erick Starr of Chicago university says and other triltes of the dark continent, yet the distinguished anthropologist declares, without a smile, that he found nothing rfhicli interested him more than the fact that cat's cradle is the popular social diversion in the colored society of t!e 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 tha history of fa miliar 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 KONGO rXGMIES COMPARFD 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, saya 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 can nibals, 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, lie 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 Kafal and Batua rivers, where he spent the most time, they grow the smallest,' from three feet ten Inches to four feet two Inches. Tbe 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 bb departure Into the African wilderness nothing was heard from him. and it was feared be might have fallen a prey to the cruelty of the people he went to Investigate, but In due time he turned up safe and sound, with the young Mexican, Manuel Gonzales, whom be adopted as a boy and who acts as 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 fcl prolonged absence in tha depths of the Kongo jungles. Th'E HALL OF FAME. Governor narris of Ohio is the oldest chief executive fcf any state in the Union. Lord Nortbciiff, formerly Sir Alfred Harmsworth of England, may be entitled the greatest newspaper magnate of the world. He owns and actively directs some forty prosperous dailies and other periodicals. Captain Edward Howard of Oakland, CaL, probably the oldest mariner in the United States, has retired after having followed the sea over eighty years. He Is ninety-six year old, but is still stout anJ hearty.

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