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r : THE EVENING STANDARD, OGDEN, UTAH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13 igi2 ' ' 1 jl Wl
EXHIBITION
BY CHICKEN
; FANCIERS
i j Ogden poultrymeu recently organ
ized an association for the purpose
of conducting chicken shows, the first
one being scheduled for January 22,
2,1 and 24. The officers of the -association
are putting in full time Just now
to prepare for tho cvont.
: The president of tho associatlonis
W. W. 'Browning and the .seoretary
w u. jDrHinwen, uuui cnicKen ran-
cicrs. President Bi owning has gone
" to Salt Lake to request poultrymen
of that city to JoinOgden in the fine
exhibition proposed.
President Browning states that
: there are many fine chickens in Og-
; den and surrounding territory, but
that they are little thought of be
cause there has been no concerted
movement to place them before the
public. If the first show of the as
! socfatlon Is a success, there will fol-
. low an annual exhibition.
All birds are eligible for entry in
the contest, the exact details of which
have not-yet been worked out. Tho
i time for entrance closes January 20.
YOUNG BOYS
EVADING
SCHOOL
r. The state law provides that chll-
, dien under 12 jears of age shall not
attempt any kind of labor outBide the
school work during the school year
a and that no child shall at any time do
uork that will call him from the
studies of the school. It is also pro
vided that unless a pupil completes
the eighth grade work prior to the
time he reaches 1C years of age he
m at remain In the school work up to
that lime.
iuese two provisions, says the su-
tperlntendent of the Ogden schools, are
causing some students to make mlsr'
representations regarding their agos
and some parents are upholding them
in It It la a question with the su
perintendent whether some parents
are not the instigators of the false
hood Every precaution Is being tak-
and spare the pupils unnecessary no
toriety in the matter.
It happens, says Mr. Mills, that
there is a school record of the ages
of boys and girls that has been kept
since they entered the public schools
and it Is'a record easily referred to.
But, notwithstanding that, recently
hoys under 12 years of age have ap
plied for permits to sell papers, pro
testing strenfously that they are old
er. When told of their ages as shown
by the school record, indicating them
to be under 12 years of age, they say: J
"Well, pa says I am 12."
, The same thing has occurred with
' hoys who desire to get away from the
school and whose parents are willing
that they should. They frequently
paBs from 14 to 10 in ono year and
contend that their ages yere improp
erly given In the beginning.
Superintendent Mills says that tho
schoolmen will not go back of the
school record and that parents and
, pupils must abide by it
no .
LARGEST HOG
WEIGHS 650
POUNDS
The largest hog ever raised In Utah
was shipped to Ogden yesterday from
' 'Lawton, near Cache Junction, by D.
,R. Clarke. The hog weighs 650 pounds
dressed and at the local market whore
It la on exhibition it is said tq be the
finest porker ever brought into the
".city.
. The hog was one and a liajf years
; old and was raised by Clarke on his
farm.
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: RANDOM !
i REFERENCES
j J. G Falck, property auditor of the
forest service, left this afternoon for
,' Portland, Oregon, where ho will attend
I Uig meeting of forest supervisors to
j- - he held there next week Mr. Falck
1 "Hl probably return by way of San
Francisco wjbere another meeting at
i; the district headquarters Is to" bo held,
-. after tho one In Portland.
Little Girl Improving Lillian, the
: Httle daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
t Hurst, who was operated on at the
f Dee Memorial hospital last Monday.
s reported to bo getting along nicely
In Police Court O. II. Belnap
charged with a statutory offense, wa?
; Crested yeBtorday at the Fashion
'. I rooming house. When arraigned In
Police court this morning bo pleaded
' Jt guilty, but the evldenco aaginst
I r "'m was loo strong to be denied and
a sentence of fifteen days In jail and
n additional fine of $15 was imposed
i' Judge Rceder.
: pA - Lindbergh, O. H. Morgan,
5 : -&rl Johnson and K. M. Gower, buy
1 11 for tho Golden Rule store loft
I1 lls afternoon on the Overland Llmlt-
for New York.
5-W. McCune leaves today for Chl
5 on the Overland Limited. Mr
McCune Is a buver for the Scowcrofl
company and is on his annual Irir
eat.
Jack Davis, charged with beinr
VMik and creating a disturbance ir
"" alley, forfeited $10 ball In police
court this morning when ho did nol
I dPPear to answer to the charge.
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ONE ADVANTAGE.
,jf Dat's a mighty short stub ye
, f smokln', Weary." : ,
W ii s' know it, dat's do wav '
, erB i'ke 'em ; you don't have tor puL
u Bmoko eq furl" Boston Record.
BAMBERGER
IMPROVING :
HISLINE
With the beginning of milder
nlnatr' fhc, Bamberger line wUl be
gin the double tracking of the lo-ul
from Kaysville to Lagonadlltince
ZL Z leF a,nd Iater in th sea-fr-Vi
c?mPa,S" for the double
tracking of the entho road will bo
Inaugurated . (y
With two tracks between KnysvUle
and lagoon, the 'time now lost In
meets at those points will be elim
inated, j
The Bamberger road Is in a prosr
perous condition, having paid C per
cent on its common stock the first
year of its electrification.
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CHARGES AGAINST
CUTLIP AND COX
Jn the district court this afteinoon
District Attorney E. T. Hulanlski
filed informations against Luther Cut
lip and Geprge Cox, charging the for
mer with robborv and the latter with
gn'nd larceny.
It is ullegcd that Cutlip on Do
comber 19; 1911, -in Ogden, lobbed
Harold Parry and Herbert HInley of
two watches and 'stickpins and a
small amount of money, using a rc
volvej to intimidate them.
The grand larceny charged against
Cox is stated in the information to
have consisted In stealing from tho
person of one L O'Donnell the sum
of $4. The offense is alleged to have
been committed January 3, 1912.
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IMMIETS
(Continued From Pago One.)
Kansas City Llvestook
Ivansas City, Jan. 13 Cattle re
ceipts 200, no southerns. Market
steady. Native steers $5.25aS.25.
southern steers $4.75aG.25; southern
cows and heifers $3 00a4.7o;; native
cows and heifers $2.90aG.50, stock
ers and feeders $3,75a6.25; bulls
$3.50a5.25; calves $4.5OaS.00; west
ern steers $4.75a7.00; western sows
?3.OOa5.50
Hogs, receipts 4,000 Market steady
to 5 cents lower Bulk of sales $6.00
a6.35; heavy $6.30a6.40; packers and
butchers $G15aG.40; lights ?5 70aG.30,
pigs $4.25a5.25.
Sheep, receipts 1,000. Market
Steady. Muttons $3.50a4,75; lambs
$5.25a7.10; fed wethers and yearlings
?3.75aG.00; fed owes $3.00a4.25.
STATEMENT OF THE
CLEARING HOUSE BANKS
New York, Jan. 13. The state
ment of clearing house banks for the
week shows that the banks hold $29,
058,250 reserve In excess' or legal re
quirements. This Is an increase of
?5,332,G00 In the proportionate cash
reserve as compared with last week.
The statement follows:
Dally Average
Loans, ?1,920,037,000, increase $39,-082,000.
opucie, syo'ia.otiji.uuu; increase $14,
43S,000. Legal tendor, $90,305,000; increase
$3,035,000.
Net deposits, $1,804,727,000; in
crease, $16,298,000.
Circulation, $50,836,000; decrease
$150,000.
Banks' cash reserve in vault, $375,
842,000. Trust companies cash reserve in
vaults, $G4,162,000.
-Aggregate cash reserve, .$440,004,
000; excess lawful reserve $29,058,
250; Increase $5.332.3300.
Trust companies' reserve with
clearing house members carrying 25
per cent cash reserve, $S2,29l,000.
Actual Condition
Loans, $1,931,847,000; increase
$38,120,000.
Sporle, $358,380,000; increase $1G,
782,000. Legal tenders, $93,5633,000; In
crease $5,558,000.
Net deposits, $1,826,632,000; in
crease $60,314,000.
Circulation, $50,824,000; decreaso
$298,000. ,
Banks' cash reserve In vaulL $393,
330,000. Trust companies' cash reserve in
vault, $5S.G13,000.
Aggregate cash reserve $451,943,
000. s
Excess lawful rescrvo $34,950,300:
increase $7,711,200
Trust companies' l'eserve with
clearing house members carrying 25
per cent cash reserve ?87,32n,00i.
Sumarj' of state banks and trust
companies In Greater New York not
reporting to Iho New York clearing
house
Loans, ?Gll,946i,000, decreaso
$988,700.
Specie. $67,398,300; decrease $317,
700. Legal lenders, $11,098,700; in
cronso $67,100.
Total deposits $089,192,200; de
crease, $1,082,300.
New York Money
New York, Jan. 13. Close: -.prime
mercantile paper 4 to 4 1-1 per cent
Sterling exchange weaTt with ac
tual business In bankers' bills at
$4.83.75 for 60 day bills and at
$4 8G.90 for demand.
Commercial bills $1S3.
Government bonds steady; rail
road bonds steady.
Money on call nominal. Time
loans steady; GO days 2 3-ia3 per
cent; 90 davs 3a3 1-4; six months
3 l-2a3 3-1.
ton
THE MORNING AFTER,
John had accepted an Invitation to
Ine with his friend Jones, and It be
ng a very dark night and tho roads
ad. John took a stable lantern to
ghthlm on his way. They d.ned well
nd John departod for homo
The nejet morning John received a
ole from Ms frlcnd afl 'ol,OWS "Dear
ackTbe bearer brings your stable
amp; plense return parrot and cage."
Ideas.
Montreal, Can., proposes a civic
pension for firemen, police, clerks-and
nermanen't employes of thc Roads de
partment," to which they contrlbuto
ono DC1 cont of Uielr wwres.
LOCAL LABOR
iTRftlJB'LES
IN COURT ,,;
Tho case of G. T. Ahord, one'jjf
tho strikers charged with disturbing
the peace on the morning of January
5, came up in police court this morn
ing after several postponements din
ing the past two weeks.
The case, as presented for the city,
was heard this morning and, after
thr losfimonv was In tho.aitnmo,. ...
-- h.oh",i iuv hi, i.iu;.tiiuri)uy lur
tho defenso made a motion for a dis
missal of the case, claiming that no
disturbance of the peace had been
shown This, however, was denied b
the court and on adjournment taken
until 3 o'clock this afternoon
The first witness to take the stand
was N. D. McMillan, a special officer
employed at tho Btockade by the rail
roads. McMillan testified that early
on the morning of January 5 he no
ticed a crowd of men onthe corner
of Wall avenue and Twenty-second
street and heard loud talking, the
import of which ho was unable to de
termine. He noticed George S. Wag
ner, the plaintiff In the case, as the
cenlor of what seemed to be a dis
turbance of some sort and hurried
out from his place near the gate of
thc stockade, arriving In time to hear
somoone call Wagner a "dirty cur."
Ho claims to Identify Alvord as the
man, from his clothes and a peculiar
shaped cap he was wearing.
Wagner took the stand and told his
story of the affair. He claims to
have been threatened with a beating
several days before and In conse
quence had been sworn in as a spe
cial officer In order that he might
carry a gun and have legal authority.
Wagner testified that he had been
a resident of Ogden, off and on, for
nearly seven years and returned to
Ogden tho last time about a month
ago, when he went to work as a ma
chinist at the local shons On the
morning of January 5 he was on his
way to work when, on reaching the
corner of Wall avenue and Twent
second street, ho was accosted by
several men standing on the corner
as "scab" and one of the men gave
three whistles, at which men ap
proached, he claims, from every di
rection. Fearing bodily injury, Wag
ner says he drew his gun and told
the men to stand back, which, he says
thej' did. and, after passing through
tho crowd one of them, whom he iden
tifies as Alvord, ran after him, call
ing him a "dirty cur" At this point
the special officer ai rived and Al
vord was arrested.
hi the cross-examination the attor
ney for tho defense endeavored to
bring out the fact that there had been
bad feeling between Wagner and Al
vord for some time, hut Wagner de
nied this, although he admitted hav
ing some trouble several years ago
In which Alvord was concerned.
Tho attorney for the defenso said
ho had some seven or eight witnesses
who were to testify, and this after
noon, when the case is continued,
the other side will bo heard.
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DEATHS DID FUNERALS
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CARVER Funoral services oor
the late John Carver will bo held at
1 p. m Sunday at Plain City Inter
ment In Plain City comotcry.
FARR Tho funornl services for
Aleen Tt. Farr will be held at 3 "30
Sunday afternoon at the home of tho
grandfather, Ezra Farr, 449 Twenty
first street. Bishop E. A. Olson pre
siding. Interment Ogden City cem
etery. LEE The funeral of Mrs. D L. Lee
will bo held at tho residence of John
L. Blosser, 2S07 Washington avenue,
Sunday at 2 p. m. Tho body may be
viewed at the residence until 12
o'clock noon Sunday.
PAST Funeral services for Arthur
C. Past wiil bo held at 2 p. m Sun
dav in Masonic temple. The services
will be under tho direction of the lo
cal Masonic lodge and the Shrlners.
Rev. J E. Carver will deliver the fu
neral sermon Body will Ho in state
at Larkin & Sons' funeral chapel Sat
urday afternoon and evening and
Sunday until 12 noon. Interment In
Ogden City cemetery.
HULMSTON Thomas Hulmston. a
well-known railroad man, dld at his
home, 2766 Wall avenue, at 3 o'clock
yesterdav afternoon following an ill
ness of five months from a complica
tion of diseases. Ho was born In
England, May 23, 1875, but had spent
the greater pari of his life in this
citj". Surviving him are a wife and
two children. Mr. Hulmston was a
member of the Masonic order, a char
ter member of the local lodge of
Woodmen of the World and was also
Identified with the Order of Railway
Conductors. The funeral will be ar
ranged later.
ALBERTS Tho funeral of Mr3.
Grlotjc Alborts will be held Sunday
with services at tho First Ward meet
ing house at 12 o'clock noon. The
remains may be viewed at the fam
ily homo, 3141 Euclid avonue, this
evening and tomorrow forenoon. In
terment at the Ogden City cemetery.
SALVATION
CAPTAIN TO
DEPART
Captain A. E, Chosham and his
wife, who have been n charge of tho
local Salvation Army for two years,
have been ordered to Cheyenne and
they will leave Ogden on next Thurs
day for tholr new field of labor.
Sunday night will be heir farewell
services In tho local barracks.
Tho captain and his wife have "won
the good will of the people of Ogden
and have had the co-operation of tho
ministers of the churches In tholr
commendable work of aiding the
needy., They will leave here with the
blessings of many people.
Mrs. A. Your husband always
dreases so quietly.
'Mrs. B. He does not. You 'ought
to hear him when ho loaes a collar
button. Milwaukee News.
CHICKEN FOR
A SUNDAY
,,.PNER. ."
That the men at the stockade are
fed on the best in the -viand was made
evident this morning when 500
pounds of chicken and a large quan
tlt3 or cal and other choico meats
were transported -from one of tho
local butcher shops to the railroad
company's boarding house, to bo
cooked and served as a part of the
Sunday dinner at thc big shops In
Ogden.
Under the management of Fred
Gentfirh, head ol the hotels and din
ing cars of the Oregon Short Line,
tho boarding houses within the stock
ades are being supplied from Ogden
houses and heavy shlomcnts of the
best quality of grorees, meals and
other eatables are sent from hero
dally, nol only to the local Southern
Pacific shops.but to all tho eating
places on the Oregon Short Line.
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PROBATE
ITHMEM
In Judge Harris division of thc
district court the following orders
have been made regarding probate
and motion calondars:
Elias Bakke vs. tho Kemmerer Coal
company, the motion to strike, after
the matter had been argued b coun
sel, was taken under advisement.
The suit of Ezra Parr, administra
tor, vs. the Oregon -Short Line com
pany, dismissed, the matter having
been amicably settled by the par-tics.
Thc hearing of the motion to vacate
service of summons In the case of the
First National bank of Fort Collins,
Colo , vs. Edward H. "Hall, continued
until January 19.
In the matter of tho estate of Mary
Farr, deceased, the hearing on the
petition of the administrator. Lulu
Browning, for the sale of certain real
property, has been concluded and the
court has taken the matter under ad
vlsemont. Tho demurrer In the case of the
Consolidated Wagon &, Machine com
pany vs. A. B. Corey, has been over
ruled and the defendant given fif
teen days In which to file an ans
wer. Hearing on the citation for the de
fendant to appear and show cause
why he has not obeyed the order of the
court regarding the payment of cer
tain alimony, in tho case of Maud
Eecles against WJlllam Eccles, has
been continued tp January 19
Other hearings continued until Jan
uary are ZIon's Co-operative Real
Estato company against George T
Stephens et al., .and the Union Pa
cific company against Amelia A.
Stokes. Demurrers are the questions
Involved In both cases.
In the caso of' .oe Greenwell vs.
Esther Taylor, the demurror has boon
overruled. The answer Is on flln
LEAP YEAR DANCE
To tho senior class of Weber acad
emy belongs the credit for the largest
attended dancing party of the sea
son among the younger, social set
of the community The party was a
Leap Year affair and was given last
evening In the Academy hall. About
350 people were present.
Decorations or red and white were
strung across tho balcony, with the
class 'colors being used as a border.
In one corner of the hall was a rep
resentation of a home, with thc sign
"Wanted, a Man," placed over a small
reed organ Though the room seem
ingly contained all the necessities
for comfort and pleasure, tho opposi
tion offered by the attraclhely ar
ranged U. A P. I. B B. Frat corner,
was too great to permit of a very
long stay In tho home
In this corner a piano and tho op
portunity afforded for tho singing of
n number of the guests for the major
part of the evening Jersey cream
punch was also served in a pretty al
cove at tho west side of thc hall.
The most noteworthy feautre how
eer, was the manner in which the
.voting ladies took th0 Initiative In
filling the programs and. be it said to
their credit, during tho entlro pro
gram of 20 dances, but few wall
flowers were to be seen.
Excellent music was furnished by
a 12-pIcco orchestra under the di
rection of Prof. E. W .Nichols.
Announcement was made of a
dancing party to be given In the samo
hall next Friday evening by the Og
den Stako Sundav School board, and
also of tho Academy Junior hop for
the Friday following.
MISS SHIPLEY SURPRISED
Miss Emollno Shipley, was pleas
antly surprised, Friday evening, at
her home on Lincoln avonue, by a
number of friends Tho evening was
pleasantly spent In playing games,
and at a late hour a light refresh
ment was served,
Thoso present wore: Misses Lu
cille Williams, Theresa Peterson,
Ruth Starr, Margaret Grogan, Viola
Shipley, Kathryn Grogan, and Erne
line Shipley, Messrs. Lynn Lund
borg, William Fnrley, Francis Brown,
Harold Brown, Everltt Hufstetler, Joe
Clements, and Walter Brown.
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A FEVER REGISTER.
A hot-air plant was Installed in a
small church In Tennessee where
stoves had been used. On the first
Sunday night after the new furnace
was In operation a widow came to the
services, accompanied by her son, a
tall and gangling youth who suffered
from the breakbono ague of the dis
trict. 1 " ?
ft so befall that they took a pew
directly over on of ihp roiotprp n
the floor. Down in the basement the
janitor began to lire up.
The boy stood It for a while. Then
he nudged his parent.
"Ma," ho whispered, "I got to go
homo. I'm getting sick agin."
"How do you Icnow you air?" asked
his mother , ,
"1 kin feel 'the' fcvpivcomln'. upmny
laigs." Philadelphia 'Saturday Even
ing PosL -
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Read Unclassified Ads.
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ScSne from Geo. M. Cohan's Biggest Comedy Sum ess, "Get Rich Quick WaUingford,'" Ogden Theater I
Tomght and Tomorrow Night. Seats Now Selling-. ' S neater, ; J
TESTIMONY
IN DAMAGE
CASE
In Judge N. J. Harris' division of
the district court this morning the
t-rlal of tho Lochhead vs. Jensen dam
age case was resumed, this being the
third day of the trial. Most of the
first day was taken up In securing a
Jury and much time was exhausted in
taking the testimony of Manager San
derson of the Hemenway & Moser Ci
gar company, who was in the auto
mobile when H turned turtle on the
Pleasant View turnpike.
Mrs. Violet Fife, a resident of
Pleasant View, testified to giving aid
to the Injured and related the sad
story of administering to Mr. Loch
head, in whom there was barely a
spark of life when he was taken from
under thc automobile. She did not
cee tho accident and knew nothing
of the facts connected with the af
fair. J. M. Bailey and H. J. Craven tes
tified to the -general contour of the
turnpike, and explained the rough con
dition of the road at the time of the
accident. At the point of the acci
dent, the road was quite uneven on
the south sido end there was a small
gutter at the outer edge of the road
grade into which the machine ran.
Besslo Cragan and Clara Parker
were called to the witness stand this
morning and stated that they drove a
horse and buggj from Pleasant View
to the North Ogden btore the afternoon
of the accident, meeting an automo
bile on the way. Neither of tho girls
could Identify the car, but they stat
ed that they saw none other than
tho one ditched nqar Colfax ' Lane
that afternoon. They met a large au
tomobile containing three men near
the point of the accident going at a
orrlflc rate of speed and zig-zagglng
on the turnpike. The young ladles
stated that they turned their horse
from tle pike to give the automobile
full sway.
Jt required about an hour for them
to drive to the North Ogden store and
back to tho place where they saw the
machine travollng toward the Hot
Springs. The machine wrecked In
the roadway was similar, In their
judgment, to the one they saw travel
ing rapidly.. Miss Cragun stated that
she had seen many autos driven on
tho Pleasant View turnpike, some at
a rapid rate of speed, but that the
machlno she and Miss Parker saw
September 0. 1910, was golng faster
than any she had seen before.
Mrs J. M. Bailey of Pleasant View
testified that she saw n machine pass
hor place one September afternoon
and shortly after learned that an ac
cident had" occurred near tho Colfax
Lnne. Tho automobile she saw was
running rapidly, she said, but she
did not know to whom It belonged.
She was sitting on the front porch of
her homo and saw the machine as it
sped along tho highway, getting an
occasional glimpse of It between the
tall poplar trees.
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CAUSE OF THE MIXUP.
Police Justice Jonas Snokey, you
are charged with assault and battery
on an inoffeushe citizen. What have
vou to say for yourself?
Prisoner Your honor, I arsked Mm
as civil like as a man can be, how did
ho pronounce "McNamara " He told
me It was accented on the peanut
"Makln' fun of me. arc ye?"' I says,
an' I chugged him one. Chicago Tribune.
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ENGLAND'S HOMEOPATHIC
YELLOW PRESS
Have wo a yellow press In England?
I think we undoubtedly have, hut In
a different and less concentrated, and
therefore less harmful form If you
wqre to take a paper llko Lloyd's
News or The People and mix It up
with the Police Gazette and Comic
Cuts and All Slopor and Illustrated
Bits and the Tatlor or whatever oth
er of our wcokly papers In the chosen
haunt and promenade of our actresses
and chorus girls and add a dash of
tho Dally Mall in ono of Its more
ebullient moods, and publish the re
sultant medley overy day, and es
pecially on Sunday, you would got
something that tamoly and distantly
resembled the ordinary "yellow"
journal of tho United Statos. The
British "yellowness" is diffused
among a multitude of little sheets,
mostly weeklies, that the ordinary
man ccr sees, The American "yel
lowness" Is brought together under
a single cover and exploded upon
tho city in a way there Is no escaping
Still, the diseuse is with us, but in a
mild form and isolated casce There
are any number of penny weeklies
In England that hand out to their
readers every week a serial story
about life in the "highest circlos," a
short story packed with "heart in
terest," articles on tho removal of
grease spots and tko best method of
coping with the cold mutton, anec
dotes of royalty, photographs of peer
esses, hints on dross, chats about ,
baby and sweet peas and preraaturo
grayne8S, groat thoughts from the
dead, half hours In the editor's cozy
sanctum, a slab of brown paper as
a pnttern for tasty tunic advice on
matters of the heart by Dr. Cupid,
picture puzzles, missing word com
petitions (which are smeared over
with grcHse of piety In the case of
the American 'yellows." So I do not
think that v.e religious papers), a
-ssU .---J Jjpg
pound a week for life or a cottage
and a wife, whichever you please, if
you guess thc number of woids in
Mr. Lloyd-George's next speech, 'and
a paper cooking-bag. I do not know
whether these productions ought to be
called "yellow," but I am very sure
that for sbeor bralnlessness, snob
bishness and stifling inanity they are ,
as bad as the worst of the American
"yellows." So I do not think thatt wo
English should give ourselves too
many airs. Sidney Brooks in Har
per's Weekly.
AMERICAN INVASION
OF A BRITISH COLONY.
I do not know just why the Ameri
can prices should prevail so In Ber
muda. It costs no more than ever to
raise things there, and tho Bermudans,
who are mostly peopie of compara
tively small incomes, must suffer from
the rise in the cost of living more
than the American visitors or sojourn
ers. Even In tho shops, where they
used to pay English prices for Eng
lish goods, they now pay American
prices, quite as if they had an Am
erican tariff to enable the local manu
facturers to make fortunes and go
abroad and marry their daughters to
noblemen. Otherwise I do not know
that our nation does the Bermudans
much harm. We swarm upon them by
tho thousand, three times a week,
when the New York steamers come,
in a lump, as It were, on three suc
cessive days, instead of spreading
themselves over the seven days; and
we romp up and down their quiet
streets, to the music of our cat-bird
twang. At these times we have rath
er a wild look, and talk loudly, and
laugh more than wo need, If we are
women: but that is because the beau
ty and tho strangeness of the placo
have gone to our heads, sometimes,
perhaps not too strong at home. If
wo aro men, we sound a different nas
al, a drv. sarcastic note, and wear an
ironic smile with the new straw hats
we have bought. We are mostly, I
thing, from familiar country places,
or Inland cities, and have not been
abroad before. We mean nothing
wrong, and many of us are charmingly
kind and good, and even Intelligent.
But tho whole business Is a delight
ful joke for us, whether we stroll up
and down the clean, white streets be
tween the clean, white houses, or
drive lavishly, out over the land fn
the pleasant victories, and try too aud
ibly to extract misinformation from
the obliging colored drivers. If we
go home tho next day, we do not
quiet down, but if we stay a week wo
become of an almost Bermudan calm.
A fortnight makes us over in the im
ago of tho colonial English who have
been in tho islands for generations.
W. D. Howells in Harper's Magazine.
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RIVALRY OF
ATLANTIC SEAPORTS
That Boston is New York's most
formidable rival for foreign trade wad
the comforting message of Calvin
Tomklns, commissioner of docks and
Ferries, in New York, to the Boston
Chamber of Commerce. His specialty
being docks, ho looks at the question
from thc materialistic viewpoint of fa
cilities offered He places Boston
ahead of all other cities in tho fight,
he told the Chamber of Commerce,
Monday night.
"Simply because you are going to
run trains from various parts of the
country to the sides of tho great oco.ui
steamships, whero passengers can em
bark without the slightest delay, and
with no Inconvenience You have ac
complished wonders in the way or
docks and other timo-saving inno
vations which has set New York seri
ously thinking. Boston has the port
right here on the ocean. Boston has
the business. Boston has the rail
road facilities to handle thc in
creased volume of business that is
sure to come to this port, and that
cannot be said of New London,, Mon
tauk Point or Jamaica bay. New
London and Montauk Point may fig
ure in thc passenger travel por
tion of the business In tho future, as
Southhampton, England, has done In
recent years, but these ports aro
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-U Is -t
somewhat visionary al tmV jlme,,as ti -
compared with such established ports 11
as Boston and Now York." fl
Competition, of course, is mever a Stii
matter of facilities alone. The forces fl '
that direct the course of traffre, like .f H
tbo forces that bring a great popula- l
tlon logothor In one city, arc compli- I f f
cated in the extreme, and it is easier I I
to analyze them after the event than ' 1
to predict the course they will take. I (
It may seem obvious enough now that I i
the Hudson and the Mohawk valley I 5
predestined Nov York to commercial I)
supremacy hut it was by no means f
so obvious when the nation was 4 II '
young, and when Philadelphia and II ;
Boston were greater cities. -)
Yet strategic position is not every- HI
thing, even In tho matter of terminals. U
London and Liverpool hold their own Wl '
despite experiments at short cuts. Mr. Jf
Tomklns Is probably right In saying 5 I
that neither Boston nor New York J lil f
need worry just yet over the rivalry KJ f
of Montauk Point or the newer com- jil
petitor for the big liners, New Lon- 1
don. The status quo counts for much, -1' i
and a trifling saving of tlmo or coal m
by sea counts for little against a well- 'm
worked-out co-ordination of land 'i
transjxjrtatlon. Lines of communlca- iH I
tion have never In the past run on Sir'
mathematical lines, and they are not .?
likely to run so there aro too many It
factors Involved. Tow York's danger 1 ' . ,
of losing the great steamship ter- P '
mlnals is not serious, and oven if she M
did, she would not he appreciably ft
hurt Paris and Berlin flourish with- I
out being terminals at all. As for IP
Boston, It Is only at a banquet that one 8 ' 1 1
would speak of her as a rival to New I ' "t
York, but her outlook for sea trado .
has not been better since the great
days of tho clippers. Tho vigorous f
and enlightened policy In regard to .?
docks, to which Mr. Tomklns alluded, A
Is already bearing fruit, and "will still j Ul
further strengthen tho position of the ' I jl
port when the plans are fullj carried j M
into effect. Springfield (Mass.) Re- f yf
publican. lei
CHRISTMAS AT THE SOUTH POLE jl
. Sir Ernest Shackloton In his mind's - fj
eye sees the explorers Scott and , j
Amundsen eating their Christmas din- $ f
ner at the South Pole In a biting wind ; W
and with the temperature 40 degrees . R
below zero. If the picture proves au- if
thentlc. Christmas day, 1911, will go V
down in history as the date of tho i"
crowning feat of Antarctic explora- .f J '
tion.
Shackleton himself and three com- If;
panlons celebrated Christmas, 1908, jj
almost within sight of the South Pole, In
dining on a plum pudding saved with jt
scrupulous sentiment from tholr jet- m. i
tisoned -supplies That either tho ru
British or Norwegian explorer ha3 I )
now traversed tho remaining hundred- j
odd miles from Shacklcton's furthest I
south is entirely possible. Shackle- R
ton, on scaling an 8,500-foot glacier, K
near the end of his journey, found j
himself on a plateau which apparent- dr"
ly extended to the Pole. Had he j 1
had fifty pounds more of food on his . H (
expedition it Is likely that the discor- j jf
ery of the South Pole would today
be an old story.
But whether Captain Scott has car
ried tho Union Jack to the South Pole ' j
from the point whore his old lleuten- J
ant left it, less than n degree and ; j
n. half distant, or whether Nanson's I
compatriot has won tho raco. the I ,
event In either case will add new I j
laurels to polar exploration. ' J (j
With both poIps "discovered." will . fj
there be a subsidence of interest in
this form of adventurous rivalry? Will K
tho Incentive then exist to fit out ex- jj
Denslvo expeditions and undergo the I
hardship necessary merelv for the J?
secondary distinction of following the "J 1
track of the pioneers who blazed Iho 4 i
wav? The future of polar exploration ,
with its prizes won Is problematical.
New York World. ' J
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for the high cost of living, Mr. Mush- ,
lov? , - ,
Mr. Mushley O aw I suppose us
because there Is considerable demand H
fav it. you know. Puck. "' MB
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8 Miss Lottie Burton, piano Instructor, was (badly handicapped
1 with her large clans ot pupils. Eves would give out wltli an hour's
I work Would awaken In the night with great suffering, owing. to the I -
1 frightful eve strain. Moving pictures hurt her eyes very janca
I Scarcely able to read at all. At times nearly criuy ' wHh polna a. I
I back of eyes and headaches. Came to us August tho 23rd Eyes
I wore bad Ih out of balance. Alter glasses fitted and treatment has I
1 Pnfiro relief. Can play four hour at:a time and read without tron-
9 ble Miss Burton's address i 25611 Lincoln avenue. A
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