Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 247, 12 October 1907 — Page 7

THE RICmiOXD PALLADIUM AXD SUN-TE LEGRA3I, SATTJT1DAY, OCTOBER 12, 1907.

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VOLUME OF BUSINESS

EXCEEDS THAT OF 1 Dun's Trade Report Shows Conditions Improved. BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. New York, Oct. 12. R. G. Dunn .V: Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade, today cays: A larger volume of business is being transacted than at this time last year, although conditions in 190G were most favorable, and there is now the handicap of almost prohibitive rates for commercial paper. Many contemplated undertakings await more normal financial conditions and securities have fallen to the lowest point since 194, but general business throughout the country makes fairly good progress. In agricultural districts the marketing of crops at high prices makes the payments brisk, but at many Eastern centers there Is complaint of delay in settlements. Several strikes are still retarding progress and some machinery Js idle at woolen mills. Consumers anticipate more attractive terms in pig iron and consequently dfer orders, but most furnaces aro still held up to the end of ue year, so that few concessions are offered. It is evident that there Is no fear of overproduction as the number of furnaces in blast increased Oct. 1. Cotton mills continue well occupied, but the only new business reported is for Bpot or nearby delivery. Yet the mills make no concessions to stimulate trade and some are so backward in making shipments that cancellations are reported. There is still much Idle machinery at woolen mills, men's wear products being the most uncertain section. CHICAGO GRAIN LETTER. (By T. A. White's Special Wire.) Chicago, Oct. 12 December wheat made a new high record for the year today. Buying orders came freely into the pit this morning and found scant offerings. The price kept going up and up in the hopes of uncovering from long holding. Heavy frost started a boom in corn that was further aided by strength in wheat. Oats were high er today in sympathy with other grains. MARKETS Richmond. PROVISIONS AT RETAIL. (By Bee Hive Grocery.i Eggs, per doz 25c Creamery butter, per lb 35c Country butter 2Sc New apples, per peck 40 to 60c Cabbage, per head 5c New potatoes, per bushel 90c Oranges, per dozen 60c Lemons, per dozen 30 and 40c Bananas, per dozen 15 to 23c Onions, per peck DOc Leaf Lettuce, per Ib..., 15c Head Lettuce, por fceaU 10c Shelled Pop Corn, 10c lb.; 3 for 25c Prunes, pei lb 10c to 20c Maple, per gallon (pure)....... SI. 4G New Honey, per lb 27c New Maple Sugar, per 'b 20c Oreen Onions, per bunco ...4 for 10c Spanish Onions, per lb 6c Green Peppers, per dozen 10c Radishes, per bunch & for 10c Cucumbers 10c; 3 for 25c Parsnips, 3 lbs for - 10c Cauliflower, per head 15c Green beans, per peck.... 10c Horseradish, per bottle 10c Lima Beans, per lb 15c; 2 for 25c Egg Plant 15c Navy Beans, per lb Be Cocoanuts. each 10o Dates, per lb. 10c Apricots, per lb - 25c Carrots (new) per Iranob ...F. Figs, per lb 20c Tokay Grapes, per lb 15c Bacon, per lb 25c Lard, per lb. .......lSV&c Cured Ham, per 11 16c Boiled Ham. per It 40c Mushrooms 75c per lb.: 20c t lb. Fresh tomatoes, per quarter pk..-10o Granulated Sugar, 25 lbs $1.35 A Sugar. 19 '.be 1.00 Watermelons 20 to 30o CHEESE TRICES. Neuscbat.el, each Cc Imported Swiss, per lb , 40c Brick, pei lb 22c Edam, each SI. 00 Pineapple, each 55c Roquefort, per lb , .60c Roynl Luncheon. 10c t5c and 25c Sap Sago 10c Maple Loaf Cream, each 10c Camenbert (cans) 25c Dutch (cans) 40c RETAIL FISH MARKET. (Quotations furnished by the Sandusky Fish Market) White fish, per lb 15c Red snapper, per lb 15c Hallibut. per lb. i5a Cat fish, per lb r, ,.i5e. PIckeral. per lb. .. .. . .. i5o Trout, per ib 15t. Perch, per lb 10c. 3 for 25 Black bass j5o Multes. per lb 10c 'i for 35 Herrinc . isc MEATS AT RETAIL. (Furnished by Long Bros.) Chuck roa6U perUb 0e Fresh pork, per Ib 12H to 15c Pork chops, per lb., 15c Lard, per lb. (under 5 lb lots) : Lard per lb. (over 5 lb lots)....Uc Bacon, per lb .....16c to 18c Pork roast, per lb. 15c Veal per lb. 1520c Fresh side pork, per lb i2Vfcc Smoked ham (whole? iSc Beef to boil, per lb 710c Porterhouse steak, per lb 15c

Smoked ham, sliced, per lb 25c Fresh pan or link sausage, per lb. 12V

FIELD SEEQS. (Paid by John H. Runge & Co.) (Wholesale Prices. Recleaoed Bases.) Clover Seed, Little Red. per bu. 17.00 Clover Seed, Big English 7.00 Timothy Seed 2.10 2.20 RETAIL COAL PRICES. Anthracite $7.50 Jackson 5.25 Pocahontas 5.00 Winifred 4.50 Pittsburg 4.50 Hocking Valley 4.25 Nut and Slack $3.00 Coke COO Tennessee 5.00 Kanawna 4.50 PRICES FOR POULTRY. (Puid by Bee Hive Grocery.) Dressed Young chickens, per lb .. ..18c. Old chickens, per Ib. . ,.l5c Turkeys, per lb 18c Ducks, per lb 13c COUNTRY PRODUCE. (Prices paid by Bee Hive Grocery.) Creamery Butter, per lb 3ic Country butter, per lb 20 22c Eggs, per dozen 20c WAGON MARKET. (Paid by Omer Whelan.) New Timothy, loose $12.00 New timothy (baled) $14.00 Mixed Timothy (new) $13.00 New Straw $6.00 Corn nic Mixed Oats 42c White Oats . . . 4c New Clover hay, loose 10.00 New Clover hay, baled 1? 00 GRAIN MARKET. (By Richmond Roller Mills.) Wheat, per bushel 95c$1.00 Corn 7. 60c Rye S5e Oats 45c Bran $24.00 Middlings $25.00 RICHMOND LIVE STOCK. (Prices paid by Lonj Bros.) Hogs, 200 lbs. top, heavy $6.50 Cows, per lb 2c to avtc Heifers, per lb 3c to 4c Sheep, per !b 4c to 5c Choice butcher steers, per lb.. . 5 to 6c Calves $4.50 6.50 Spring lambs, per lb 66c (Paid by Richmond Abattoir.) CATTLE. Choice butcher steers.. .. 4.50 5.00 Bulls 3.00 3.25 Cows, common to good... 3.00 3.50 Calves 6.50 7.00 HOGS. Hogs, heavy select packers 6.00 6.25 Hog3, 350 pounds, common and Rough 5.7o 6.00 Hogs, 200 to 250 lb. av 6.40 6.50 WOOL MARKET. Indiana Wool, per lb 2027c Western Wool, per lb 1820c Indianapolis.Indianapolis, Oct. 12 STEERS. Good to choice, 1.300 :bs and upward $6.25 7.00 Common to medium, 1.30o lbs. and upward 6.00 6.50 Good to choice, 1JL50 to 1,250 lbs 6-OOQi 6.55 Common to medium. 1,150 1,250 lbs 5.25 5.S5 Good to choice, 900 to 1.100 lbs 5.00 5.75 Common to medium, 900 to 1,000 lbs 4.25 5.10 Extra choice feeding steers 900 to 1,000 lbs .. .. 4.50 5.00 Good feeding steers 800 to 1,000 lbs v00(3 4.50 Medium feeding steers. 700 to 900 lbs 3.50 4.00 Common to best stockera. 3.00 4.00 HEIFERS. Cood to choice heifers 4.25 5.25 Fair to medium heifers.. 3.75 4.00 Common to fair light heifers 3.00 3.50 COWS. Good to choice cows 3.75 4.35 Fair to medium cows .... 3.40 3.65 Canners and cutters .. .. 1.50 3.40 Good to choice cows and calves 30.00 50.00 Cordon to medium cows and calves 20.00 20.00 BULLS. Good to prime bulls 3.75 4.40 Fair to medium 3.25 3.50 Common 2.50 3.15 CAI VES. Common to best veals 4.00 7.75 Fair to good heavy 3.00 6.50 HOGS. Bst heavies, 215 lbs and upward 6.75 6.95 Medium and mixed 6.65 6.90 Good to choice lights, 160 to ISO lbs 6.75 6.95 Common to good lights 130 to 160 lbs 6.50 6.70 Best pigs 5.75 6.25 Light pigs 5.75 6.35 Rough 5.50 6.00 Bulk of sales 6.70 6.90 SHEEP AND LAMBS. Common to medium,. .. 4.00 6.25 Good to choice lambs 6.257.00 Common to medium clipped lambs 4.0f 6.tro Good to choice yearling. . 5.00 5.25 Good to cnolce sheep.... 4.25 4.75 Breeding ewes 3-00 5.25 East Buffalo. East Buffalo, Oct. 12. Hogs receipts fi.tXH); yorkers and medium $7.157.30; mixed $7.257.30; heavies $7.15(37.25; pigs $G.30.40. Top lambs $7.50. Cattle market steady. Sheep and lamb receipts, 5,000. Pittsburg. nttsburg, Pa., Oct. 12, Cattle light:

choice ?0.15g.e.3O; prime $5.85.10; good $5.50&o.75. Sheep light. Prime

$3.WXgo.75; mixed $o.GO5.25; lambs .3.Xi(a'7.50. Hogs slow. Prime $7.15 fj-7.20; heavy mixed f 7.25; medium f7.30tfi7.25; yorkers ?7.3Xt5 7.35; light i yorkers $0.75r).8.j; pigs fO.(XXjt.25. Chicago. CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. Chicago, Oct. 12. Wheat Open Clos' Dec 104 106V4 May 110 111 July 102?a 103H Corn. Dec 61V4 63 V4 May (190S) 61 63-'8 July 6U4 634 Oats. Dec '.54 55 y8 May (1908) .' 56 574 July 50 Wa Pork. Dec 14.S0 Jan .'. .. .'. .. .15.85 16.00 May 16.20 16.35 Lard. Jan 9.06 9.07 Nov 9.20 9.27 May 9.22 9.27 (libs. Oct 8.05 S.07 Jan 8.10 8.22 May 8.37 8.47 CHICAGO LIVE STOCK. Chicago, Oct. 12. Hog receipts 000. Light $6.30 Heavy 6.05 Mixed 6.25 Rough 6.05 Sheep receipts 2,000; yearlings 6.25; lambs 7,(Ji 7.35; cattle ceipts 1,000; beeves $4 7.35. 14,C.90 6.90 6.95 G.30 5.50 reNew York, NEW YORK STOCKS (By Meyer & Kiser Special W dianapolis.) New York, Oct. 12. Onen Amal. Copper 544 C, M. & St. P 114 Pennsylvania 117 Union Pac 122 Reading 87 U. S. Steel pfd 84 U. S. Steel com 24 i Southern Pac 77' Atchison 82 Va ;ire In 52 11414 1167s 119 88 14 83 23 10 81 Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Oct. 12. Hogs, slow, lower; butchers and shippers $7.Wf 7.15; common $$r.S."!?iN!.2.j. Cattle steady. Fair to good shippers $.".0V?x; 5.S5: common $2.03.00. Sheep steady; $-2:2(i).0O: lambs slow; .$4.007.25. IS LITTLE CALL FOR ARBOR DAY LOCALLY It Is Announced for the 25th Of October. EXERCISES MAY BE HELD. Richmond schools have received a communication from State Superintendent Fassett A. Cotton calling the attention of the teachers to the celebration of Arbor day, October 25. Mr. Cotton makes the assertion that it is very important that the day be observed in the schools, but it is hardly probable that the Richmond schools will pay any particular attention to the state superintendent's instructions as there is little need for the planting of trees and shrubbery on the public school grounds of Richmond. Superintendent Mott has made the statement that there is enough trees and shrubbery on the public school grounds at the present time and it naturally follows that no more will be planted soon. Teachers in the various grades of the Richmond schools may however conduct indoor exercises on Arbor day. QUAKER CENTENNIAL IS BEING OBSERVED Interesting Program Is on at West Milton. LOCAL PERSONS SPOKE. Many local Friends are attending the centennial observance of the founding of West ranch quarterly meeting which is being held at West Milton, Ohio. Friends from many sections ; of Ohio and Indiana are also in attendance. The meeting is recognized as ; the mother of many quarterly meetings ! in this section. i he exercises have j been very interesting and much Friends' history made by the West ranch quarterly meeting was recalled ' in the addresses made Friday and today. The local people on the program were Eli Jay. Allen Jay, Nathan Frame, Elbert Russell and Esther Frame. Linso.n a u. vst Oration. Lincoln's Gettysburg speech derl.es its power from the following facta: Its brevity everything is concise and right to the point, so that the reader receives the fullest effect at once; its absolute sincerity, creating the impression that the speaker is aiming not at effect, but at the honest unfolding of his soul's commingled Joy and sorrow, sympathy and hope; its perfection of style, its words being just such as were needed properly to express the Idea, simple, yet powerful, going straight to the mark like well aimed cannon balls. New York America.

: BIRD SUPERSTITIONS. Queer Beliefs That Were Held by the Ancient Mariner. Birds as inhabitants of the air were naturally chosen by the ancients as oracles and augurs of future happenings. The sensitiveness to atmospheric changes shown by many birds aided In establishing these notions. The real indications often furnished by sea birds of a coming storm or calm were doubtless magnified by the anxious, superstitious sailor. The custom of hanging the sea swallow so that the bill may poin to the wind arose from the old time custom of suspending the bird by the feet, expecting it would renew its feathers as If alive. Divination by the flight of birds was a favorite method in the olden times. Sailors watched their flight for indications of prosperous voyages and favoring winds. As they were thought to fly through the air to heaven, they easily became messengers of the will of the gods. The albatross is believed by Jack tar to sleep on the winds. It was at one time thought that the petrel hatched its eggs under its wings.

The kingfisher was at one time kept I in chests to keep away moths. i The fishhawk was esteemed a bringer of good huh; it boded good or evil i as its cry was to the right or left. i There was an old superstition that i gulls were never seen b'eeding. Shoot- . ing stars were then supposed to be the half digested food of winter gulls.- j CLEOPATRA. The Story of Her Death From the Bite J of an Asp. ' j It is admitted that Cleopatra killed herself to avoid being exhibited at Koine in the triumph of Ootavius, who had made war upon her nnd Antony because the latter had divorced his (Oetavius') sister on the queen's account. But did she die from a snake's bite? It is better to think not. "If her death had been cruised by any serpent, the small viper would rather have been chosen than the largo asp, but the story is disproved by her having decked herself in the royal ornaments and being found dead without any marks or suspicion of poison on her body." Death from a serpent's bite could not have been mistaken, and her vanity would not huve allowed her to choose one which would have disfigured her In so frightful a manner. Other poisons were well understood and easy of access, and no boy would have ventured to carry an asp in a basket of figs, some of which he even offered to the guards as he passed, and even Plutarch shows that the story of the asp was doubtful. Nor is the statue carried in Augustus triumph, which had an asp upon it. any proof of his belief In it, since the snake was the emblem of Egyptian royalty. The statue (or the crown) of Cleopatra could not have been without one, and this was probably the origin of the whole story. Deaf Dogs Are Rare. ! People have been known to excuse watch dogs for dereliction of duty on the ground that the dogs might be hard of hearing. This excuse ought not to go. A veterinary surgeon of Cleveland remarked that In his thirty-five years' experience he had never heard of a deaf dog. His remark led to inquiries among two or three other veterinaries and not one' had ever, heard of a dog that couldn't hear. ' When a watch dog or any other dog doesn't hear a man that is prowling about the house it is because it doesn't j want to hear. Horses are frequently ! treated by veterinaries for deafness, and even cats are hard of hearing occasionally, but deaf dogs seem to be unknown in Cleveland at least. Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Mohammedan Oath. Of all the many forms of taking the oath used in the courts perhaps the most picturesque is that which the Mohammedan is required to take. It is a j silent ceremony. The son of Islam i places his right hand flat upon the 1 Koran and puts the other on his forehead; then he brings his forehead down to and in contact with the book. lie then raises himself and looks up steadfastly for some seconds. The officer of the court should then though he some-; times forgets this ask the Mohammed- j an, "Are you bound by the ceremony j you have performed to speak the ! truth?" and the answer Is, T am." In : India the ceremony has been abolish-1 ed in favor of an affirmation. i Milk In Turkey. In Turkey there is a great consumption of the milk of the buffalo, the common cow. the goat and the ewe. but it is hardly ever used In a natural state. After slow cooling the milk is treated with a ferment taken from the previous day's supply. In a few hours a curd forms which is called yaghoun. The preparation is preferred to milk, and it has a pleasant, clean, acid taste and is, of course, nutritious. The Happy Family. Mrs. Scrappington (in the midst of ! her reading) Here is an item which says that full grown rhinoceroses cost j $12,000 apiece. Mr. Scrapplngton ! (meanly) Eh yah' And isn't it a pity that women can't wear them on their hats? Smart Set. His Smile. Old Himks (sitting for his photograpb What are you asking me to look pleasant for? Blame it. ain't I smiling? Photographer Yes. sir; that's why I am asking you to try to look pleasant. Chicago Tribune. We are best of all led to men's principles by w hat they do. Butler. Have yoa trouble of any Wad arlstaar from, a disordered stomach? Go to your druggist and eet a 50c or Si bottle of Dr. CaldweU's Syrap Pepsin, which is positively suaraateed tc core you and keep you weiL More Thorough. " Bobby had gone to Canada to visit his English aunt and was trying to be on his best behavior all the time, but at luncheon, when his aunt asked him If he wonld like some curried chicken, he was speechless with surprise. "What s the matter?" asked bis aunt. "Dont you like curried chicken?'.' "I don't know," answered Bobby. "We don't curry our chlckeca.: we Dick

THE BASEBALL CURVE An Old Timer's Story of the Game That First Saw It.

IT WAS USED BY AN AMATEUR According to This Old Professional Player, Arthur Cummings Vss the Young Pitcher Who Was the Originator of the In and Out Shoots, v Speaking about the early history of baseball the other day, an old time j professional player said- there were i many thin not known generally. j "There is, for instance, the matter of curve pitching. Who pitched the first j curved bull? Xo; don't name any of i the men that wou pennants and got , $10,000 a year. The pioneer wasn't a professional, but an amateur that is, j he was an amateur until his curves made him famous. "His name was Arthur Cummings, and he was a New York boy, a tall, j thin young fellow with hair as blond as a chorus girl's. How he came to, discover curve pitching I don't know.! but it was generally believed after- j ward that he hit on it by accident, j He tried it out for the first time in : 1SG7 in a game between two scrub teams in Washington. "The famous Excelsior club of New York was then visiting Washington as ; the guest of the old National club, and the two played a peries of games on the old White lot. Toward the end of the series some one suggested that the young New Yorkers who had come over with the Excelsiors make up a scrub, nine nnd play a nine of Washington boys as a sort of eotue interlude. "The suggestion w-as adopted, and the New York nine consisted of four or five Excelsior substitutes and a num-j ber of other young fellows, among j them Arthur Cummings. The Wash- j ington nine was made up in the main of players belonging to the Junior Nationals, the crack amateur team of Washington. I "Cummings was a rising young pitch-1 er, but no one thought that there was ; anything remarkable about him, and the Junior Nationals prepared to knock him out of the box. But when the first batsman fanned out the Washlngtonians began to look surprised. " 'It's the darndest thing I ever saw,' said this batsman. 'I struck right outj at all three balls, and every one of j them seemed to jump aside Just as it . got near the plate. One Jumped out-: ward, another inward, and the third seemed to rise. Maybe I'm beginning to see things.' j "It puzzled Jewell, the catcher, too, j not to speak of Al Mills, the umpire.) Jewell caught all of the balls because it was then the custom for the catcher to stand far back and catch on the first bounce, but it made him dizzy. "The second batsman of the Junior : Nationals went to the bat and wal- i loped the air three times too. Al Mills came up close to the plate to see i what was wrong. It looked to him asj If Cummings were wild. " 'Just keep your head there,' he said ; to the third batsman, 'and you'll get your base on balls.' "This third batsman had a steady hand, and, sure enough, he got his base on balls. Cummings pitched the ball, and it seemed to be coming straight for the plate, when suddenly, Just as It was ten feet or so away, it curved out and missed the plate by a foot. Mills called a ball. "The next ball came straight on, but the batsman, hofing to hit it and profiting by his experience, swung his bat far out. But, instead of curving out like the last one, it seemed to Jump. It crossed the plate on a level with the batsman's eyes. "That scared him, and he just stood there without making a move until a succession of wild balls sent him to first base. The fourth batsman struck out so easily that it was pathetic. "Well, sir, Cummings began to get more control over the ball after that first inning, and Mills had to admit that it was coming over the plate; but, except by accident, not a single Junior National batsman could touch It. It Jumped; it sank; it wabbled from side to side. Mills rubbed his eyes and wondered how the thing was done. Cummings merely smiled. "In the fifth inning one of the Nationals by dumb luck landed on the sphere and drove it Into the next county. There were two men on bases at the time, and this home run brought them home. That gave the Nationals three runs. So far as I know, they made no other runs In the whole game. "After it was all over the whole town buzzed about Cummings' queer pitching. As for him, he was as silent as the grave. " 'How do you make the ball curve? asked a hundred persons. "'Does it curve?' Cummings would say, innocent-like. "And then he would shut up and become a clam. "When he got back to New York he was signed by the champion Athletics nnd became their star pitcher. Other pitchers watched him and got on to the trick, but It was three years before anybody did It as well as he. During those three years his team kept the championship. "And that, so far as I know, is the story of the origin of the curve ball." Baltimore Sun. The Funny Part. "Was" there anything really humorous about your show?" "Yes," answered the manager, 'th critics said some things about it nexl day that were really funny." Wasli Ington Star. The Neeo ror oompanionsKip. There is a wise old German saying that "only a god or a brute can dweh In solitude." Men and women need congenial companionship, both for tbt? sake of health and happiness. There Is such a thing as mental as well as physical hunger. Women on lonely farms and In small villages grow mor bid and mildly insane, and people dc not guess that the cause is want of companion in Throw away pals and strong cathartics which are violent in action, and always nave on hand Eh-. Caldwell's Syrnp Pepsin, the gnaraotee4 core for constipation and all disease arising

THE DUSY BEAVERS.

These Tireless Workers Have Altered Americas Landscape. Because its operations are chieQy nocturnal, so that it is seldom or never seen, and because of its skill in controlling water and in house building, something of mystery has grown up about the beaver. It is said that it fells trees for the purpose of building Its dams and can lay a tree where it wishes to with the accuracy of the most skilled annas. It is said al-o that it uses its tail as a trowel, plastering the mud on its houses and dams with this appendage as a mason spreads his mortar. Myths like these will probably have a long life. The latter belief is no doubt encouraged by the beaver's frequent habit of slapping the water or earth with its tail as an alarm signal whenever it is startled. There are many unexplained things about the beaver's life. Long before the white man came to America the beaver was hard at work building his dams all over the country and In narrow aud sometimes In wide stream valleys, arresting the water and so collecting in its ponds the detritus swept down from the hills and from the upper reaches of the stream. As this sediment gradually filled up the shallow ponds the beaver moved to other places, and when in time'the dam broke down and the waters drained off a wide level meadow was left the bottom of the old pond. All over the continent in suitable localities, from Mexico north to the tree limit and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, this was going on century after century, and In this way no doubt were made vast areas of level meadow, whose origin is now unsuspected by the people who occupy them. Forest and Stream. PUZZLES IN NATURE. Some of the Seeming Contraditlons That Science Encounters. The mau of science, like the man of law, has brought before him many an anomaly; but, unlike the judge or the advocate, he knows that the contradictions he studies are only such In seeming. He feels confident that nature at the core is in agreement with herself. Any day, be believes, these apparent contradictious may be resolved into cases of detected law, not simple enough to disclose Itself to aught but the most rigorous analysis. In the realm of heat it seems thatj certain rules of radiation, conduction, boiling points and the like are general, not universal. In most cases they act as If alone; in a few cases their effect Is masked by causes as yet not understood. Let a few cases as perplexing as that of the alloys under refrigeration be briefly recounted. Common solder has a lower melting point than any of Its Ingredients. Sulphur fuses at 120 C. and thickens again at 220 C. When steel is heated and dipped into cold water It is hardened; the same treatment softens copper. While almost every substance expands with heat, rubber shrinks. In most cases electrical conductivity is impaired by increase of temperature, yet a carton pencil rises to an almost threefold augmentation f conductivity when brought to incandescence In an electric lamp. We may be well assured that when these anomalies are resolved the explanations will bear In their train other difficulties for research yet more subtle. Science never does worthier work than where, as here, she points to her own unfinished walls and bids the student as a privilege and a duty to supply their gaps as best he may. George lies. "Old Moore." "Old Moore," under whose name almanacs and prophecies bare been appearing regularly for generations, was not a charlatan. Ills name was Henry Andrews, ne was a bookseller of London, and, according to an old year book, "his prophecies were as much laughed at by himself as by the Worshipful Company of Stationers, for whom he manufactured them. In order to render Moore's almanac salable among the ignorant, in whose eyes a lucky hit covered a multitude of blunders." Andrews "had a very extraor dinary genius for astronomy and was greatly esteemed for his integrity and modesty by every scientific man who was personally acquainted with him As Others See Us. "And do the Americans shine In their conversation 7 asks the interviewer of the foreigner who has returned to his native land. "Let me tell you." replies the foreigner. "In mixed company the ladles assemble on one side of the room, and all talk at once about cooks and dresses, and the men assemble at the other side of the room and talk about automobiles and money." New York Life. His Quest. An Irishman whose wife was fond of moving from one house to another was met by a friend the other morning while walking behind a van load of boysebold goods and saluted with: "Hello. Mick! Shifting again? Where might you be going this time "I don't know, begorra." said Mick. "I'm following the furniture to find out." Kansas City Independent. No Chance. "Opportunity," remarked the boarder who is always quoting maxims, "knocks once at every man's door." "It'll never knock at any door of mine," said the 6ee!y boarder. "I sleep In an attic." Chicago Tribune. A man who shows no defects Is a fool or a hypocrite whom ws should mis trust Joubert. Expletives. now hopeless it Is to render one na tion's expletives in another language Is curiously illustrated in an English German and German-English diction ary. where "Dennerwetter" Is transiat "Zounds!" while "Zounds!" on th otier hand, is rendered In the English rjerman part by "Potztausendr' aa -'Sappennejatr' "Potxtausendr agal: Is translated "The deuce r and "Gooti graciots!" China has the lowest tax rate.

ECONOMY, 1ND. Economy. Ind., Oct. 12. Mrs. Elizabeth Oler and granddaughter Nola Oler were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Mendentall Wednesday. Miss Nellie Jones went to Richmond Wednesday. W. L. Fenimore was in Modoc Wed- -nesday. ertha Marshall left for Lafayette Wednesday to visit friends and attend the state W. C. T. V. conention. Rev. William Oler of Dublin is the new U. B. preacher for this year. Worth Osborn of Winchester was here visiting bis mother, Mrs. Aseneth Osborn Tuesday. Ab. Fraiser went to Muncie Wednesday and will stay until Thursday. Mrs. Martha Good arrived home Tuesday after visiting relatives and friends in Richmond and Centervlli for three weeks. Miss Bessie Fraiser clerked In the Fraiser restaurant Wednesday and Thursday. "Dock" Smalley of Liberty was here Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Osborn of Muncie arrived here Wednesday to spend a few days. Mrs. Emily Adimson and Mrs. Hulda Haxton took dinner with Mrs. Lamb and daughter Ida Wednesday. George Vanderherg is suffering with fever. Miss Blanche Fenimore was a guest of the Edwards's Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs. Mary Wadman and children

were Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Stanley's visitors Wednesday. Miss Mary Clark is here from Win chester this week visiting relatives. Webster. Ind., Oct. 12. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Borton and grandson have re turned from Canon City, Col. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Bond of near Indianapolis, visited his brother William, last week. Mrs. Anna Mendenhall of Richmond spent part of last week with her mother, Mrs. Lewis Demree. Miss Evangeline Baldwin spent Sat urday and Sunday with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Gwen Duke and Son, Mrs. Jennie Moore and Everett Halsley of Richmond, Emma and William Haisley of this place were guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Haisley, Sunday. CENTERVILLE, IND. CenterTille, Ind., Oct. 12. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Pleas of Shipley, Florida, were entertained by their relatives. Thomas Clark and family, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Reese Mitchell are movirg from Centervllle Into their new home at West Richmond, which has Just been completed. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Nickels of Dunlaptj.e, Ind., were guests of Mr. and Mra. T. E. Nickels, on Wednesday. DUBLIN, IND. Dublin, Ind., Oct. 12 Charles Rhldenour of Connersville Is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Rhidenour. Miss Helen Stefflson Is able to be out again. William Floyd and George McConkey were in Richmond Wednesday. Howard McGeth has moved Into tho Mrs. Hughs property. George Murray and Harry Black went fishing near Feeder's Dam. CAMBRIDGE CITY, IND. Cambridge City, Ind., Oct 12. Thomas Dairy is visiting friends at Indianapolis several days. . , Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stannah have returned home after a week's visit with friends and relatives at Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Callaway have returned home from a two weeks' tour oC the Jamestown exposition and other Eastern points. EAST GERMANTOWN. IND. East Germantown, Ind., Oct. 12. Mrs. Hattie Winter spent Wednesday with George Spitler's family at Jacksonburg. Dr. and Mrs. Ehle were called to Cambridge City Tuesday morning on account of the serious illness of Mrs. McDaniel. William Condo bought two Wyandotte cockerels, paying $18 for them. NEW PARIS, OHIO. New Paris, O.. Oct. 12. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. McKeon were in Dayton Wednesday on business. The Rev. Bennett and family moved to New Madison this week. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Blllman have returned home after several weeks visIt with relatives In the country. MILTON. IND. Milton, Ind.. Oct. 12. Miss Erma McMath is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. McMath near Ablngton. Mr. and Mrs. Seth Henshaw of Alexandria have returned home after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Lindsay a Beechwood Farm. Mrs. Cornelius Connell has returned from a visit with her daughter, . Mrs. Will Seffrin near Greensfork. Mrs. Frank Clouds has returned to her home in Indianapolis after a short visit with relatives. Lot anu m jt-aIoy often live in the same house, though you wlT. find only love's name on the door. Michael Mwh Such Is Tarns. A learned correspondent writes: "I was examining a witness, an elderly woman, the other day. On my inquiring ber name she said it was Mrs. Bardell and that she came from' Gravend. I asked. 'Did yon know Charles Dickens? She replied. 'Do yon mam the undertaker? Such la fame." London News. Make net of time while it la present with yon. It depends upon your will and nn upya tfee number of day to have a sufficient Icsgth of life. Montaigne. - - - '