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THE PIOCHE RECORD Friday. February 4. 192L AARY GRAHAM BONNER. EARED VULTURE. They nay," Mid the Kared Vulture, that the tittpjat-k turtle here Id the too feet very safe. It U wild that many have been the flapjack turtle who have foepn eaten down South. IJut what do I rare for aafetyt I only think of the day when I was solitary and alone. 1 think of tho days." Tin sure you do," said the Wedge Tailed Eagle from Australia. IT brother near him won from Tasmania. "Now, It la moat Interesting," said the Wedge-Tailed Kngle. "to think of how differently we all act and of what different things we like. "I, for example, am one of the fluent or eagles." "It is strange," aid the llurred Vul ture, "but when folks or creature tart talking they always talk more about themselves and what they think ud what they do than anything else. "That la almost always the way." "It is quite natura' it should be the Way," said the Wedge-Tailed Kngle. "Folks fcnd creatures kuow more about themselves than they do about others. They know more of their own , ways and their own thoughts. "They don't know others' thoughts so well, not nearly ho well. "Yes, I think that Is quite natural. Now to continue about myself, for I know myself better than I know other creatures, I am one of the finest of eagles. I feed on kangafoos and Iambs." "I don't suppose the kangaroos and the lambs would call you one of the finest of eagles," said the Eared Vul ture with a harsh laugh. "I wasn't asking them for their opin ion," said the Wedge-Tolled Eagle. "I Wasn't asking any opinion. I was Just stating a fact. I am a fine eugle, and "And the Lamba." though I may not be considered fine by the kangar6os and lambs, I am con sidered fine by the Wedge-Tailed Eagle family, and many "visitors coming to the boo think I'm a fine looking bird. "The keeper, too, thinks I am a fine looking bird. "We wedge-tailed eagles build our nests out vt a great mass of sticks, and we place them In the tallest of for ei trees. "Yea, in the great forests we live, and In the highest trees. We love the great heights. These are our ways, and yet there are creatures who like to crawl on the ground and who like to live In holes, and even creatures who like to live underground. "And we go to the highest points of the highest trees." "Yes, It Is as you say," the Eared Vulture admitted. "Birds and animals and people are very different In their ways. And It la well for different creatures to tell their own stories, for they, of course, know them better thun any one else does, .. "I put my head on one .side aiid I look down at the people who pass me. And If they could understand me they would know that I wu telling them of myself. "Of course they can sets me and tbey earn see that I am brown and gray. . They can see that I have a , ieuuLu-yiu ueuu anu mat my tnroat Is fat and sticks out In a very ugly fashion. ' My head Is wrinkled and bnld, or bare, and my neck Is the same way. I have a pointed beak or bill, yellow ish green In color. And they can see that I am not a handsome sight. "But I wonder If they know that 1 come from the tropics of Africa and that I am one of the largest of the old world vultures T . , '"I am very solitary In my ways, too. t used to be by myself In my wild ' state. Seldom two of us went to . gether. We hunted alone. We ate all the old trash we could by our selves. "We were not friendly, we were not sociable. And as the people in the soo puss me by I feel like saying to tbem: '"Ah, you may look at me now, but you wouldn't bMglven that chance If I were free, for , I'd not be making friends. I in not friendly by nature. Tin ugly In my looks," the Eared Vulture went on, "und I'm not sociable In my ways. Truly, It can bo said I make friends with no one, and no one minds in the least." : 1 "You're right," said the Wedge Tailed Eagle, "for I, your, neighbor In the eoo, have no desire to be friendly with you any more thun you care about being friendly with me." 1809 ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1865 AROUND THE MINES ! WEEKLY MARKETGRnH Eyewitness Tells of Lincoln Assassination in Ford's Theater 'An eyewitness of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln I" Is a phrase that even fifty-odd years has failed to strip of interest. In an office of the old National Museum building at Wash ington one can find George G. May- nard, curator of technology. An at mosphere of peace pervades the place until one speaks the magic words which bring to mind that fateful night at Ford's theater In April, 18C5. Then Doctor Maynnrd tells of what he saw. "That evening," says Doctor May- nard, referring to the night of April 14, 1805, "I went to Ford's. As every body knows, the play was 'Our Ameri can Cousin.' My seat was In the first gallery, on a level with and In full view tf the upper right-hand box, which was reserved for President Lin coln and his party. "The occasion was an unusual one. The war had come to be regarded as an Interminable conflict, something nisi. Ford's theater on Tenth street, Washington, where Lincoln was shot 20 minutes past 10 on the night of April 14, 1805. It is now used as a government office building. which would always engulf this coun try. Those In the theater that night were giving vent to perhaps their first real enthusiasm that the war had actu ally ended. It wus to be a gala night. An atmosphere of festivity pervaded the place. Also, It was Laura Keene's benefit. 'Naturally,' It wns a patriotic per formance. I still have a small scrap of paper on which I wrote the musical program. 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' Red, White and Blue,' and 'Marching Along' were played, while the entire company was to hav sung 'Honor to Here is a face upon wnicn men may see me nushed austerity that nature wears At touch of twilight, brooding on the cares Of bygone days and of the days to be; And yet which bears the clear tran quillity ' Of one whose youth has breathed sweet prairie airs, Or followed firm behind the plowman's shares, Or trodden leafy forest ways and free. The forehead tells of mastery; a mind Which holding life a thing Inscruta ble, Kept faith and hope forever sentinel; The furrowed cheeks, the locked lips sorrow! ined, Betray a will the nation knew so well, And deep eyes showed a love for all mankind. CLINTON SCOLLARD. Our Soldiers,' a patriotic song of the times. "The President and his party did not arrive before the curtain rose. It was during the dairy scene when they came In. Miss Hart, playing Georgl ana, was telling an American Joke to Mr. Emerson, taking the part of Dun dreary, nnd he failed to catch the point. Twice fhe said to him: 'Why, can't you see It?' And he replied : 'No, I cawn't see It.' At this moment th Presidential party entered, passing1 around the south side of the gallery to enter the box. The play was suspend ed until President Lincoln was sen; d, the audience having risen with one ac cord and cheered enthusiastically. After some time Georglana said, with emphasis: 'Well, everybody can see that,' and Dundreary drawled: 'They ought to see It, you know.' "It was about 10:30 when the pis tol shot which sent the bullet at Lin coln was fired. Booth suddenly slid down from the front of the box onto the stage ond rushed diagonally ncross, disappearing. He caught his foot In the flag decorations and made some exclamation which I did not under stand, but no such dramatic speech as has popularly been accredited to Mm. Had he done anything of that kind I believe he would have been, mobbed before be could have escaped. As It wns, J. B. Steward, a man of athletic build, sprang onto the stage and was after Booth Immediately. , "There was no pnnlc, such ns a fire would have caused. The entire audi ence wns stunned, the real significance of the tragedy coming only after sev eral minutes. The theater people swarmed upon the stage. An officer In military uniform managed to get to the President by climbing up from the stage Into tho box, the door having been barred. Laura Keene came quick ly through the gallery with a pitcher of water, lending an odd note the scene with her costume and make-up. The door f the box by this time was opened nnd she entered. "Intense excitement reigned, yet no lack of self-control. There seemed to be a desire to lend whatever assist ance was possible, while the air wns electrlcitl with a spirit of vengeance ngnlnst Booth for the crime Just com mitted. Several people climbed over seats, 'I myself helping one lndy thus In making her exit. Some seats were broke. Yet. withal, the people left the theater slowly and quietly. It was about ten minutes before the President wns removed, followed by Mrs. Lincoln supported by two fcentle men. A crowd of people filled Tenth street. "At that time I was a member of the military telegraph corps of the War de partment, being a cipher operator. I rushed to the office. Persons I met on the way were ignorant of the tragedy. Vt the office the ' news had been learned, but no details, and D. H. Bates, manager of the office, asked for particulars. "A full force of telegraphers spent the night In the office, sending out re port! of the President's condition; It was eight o'clock on the following morning before I left for my lodgings. I walked along Q street. The morn ing was rainy, raw and cheerless. Be tween Thirteen and Fourteenth streets, almost In front of Epiphany church, I met a small squad of cav alry, accompanied by a few military officers and civilians on foot. The band was proceeding quietly and with an evident desire to avoid public no tice. They were escorting the Presi dent's body to the White House. "There Is cne othejr memory of that time of sorrow which I retain vividly. On the morning the President's, body began the Journey to Springfield It was warm, bright and altogether a day best suited to rejoicing, yet all Wash ington had come down town to see the funeral procession. Processions, nor mally, are stretched out, but this one was made as compact as possible. In the front went a detachment of cav alry, wedge shaped. Very slowly they proceeded, making their way steadily Into the crowds which swarmed the 3IlillilIsllillHlfelli The house at S16 Tenth street, Wash Ington, where Lincoln died after his assaslnation by Booth. streets, forcing them silently back to the curb. Carriages containing ofH- cluls, Instead of going single file, went three and four abreast. Tho horses' footfalls were the loudest sounds, while sobs punctuated the stillness of the watching multitude." ' Exemplar of Land of Opportunity, Itcrt Lansing, ex-secretary : of state, said : "Born In the humble cnhln of the Ilodcensvlllo fnrm. Abraham Lincoln Is the national exemplar of a land of equul opportunity. His life nnd his career reveal the fact that the seeds of greatness nourished in the soul of even the most lowly n ly germinate and develop to perfectlor Id tho atnuKshere and envlronuetl o I America." Export klilpmenU last year amount ed to 479.121.686 pounds of copper. This U 8.6 per cent of refined pro duction, or virtually the same as la 1919. Lead mined In Idaho during 1920 totaled 2TO,458iG3 pound; slue. It. 831.000 HMinds: cupper. 1.9S1.200 iMiundit; silver, 7.495,713 ounces, and gold, 24.047 ounces. Not tiince the days when free silver and a double monetary standard were political questions of international Im portance has silver attracted so much attention us during 1920. Increasing Inierext is being taken by easteru caiitul in the alunlte deposits of Utah. Several large concerns are quietly doing Important work In the state, whilo others are planning large activity. Total pnr-luctlon of refinej copper during the yeitr 1920 amounted to 1.07t),".")S).-lJtl pounds, according to Copimt ExiHirt ussoclutiou statistics. This is I8.-,000,000 pounds below the 1919 total, a decline of 10 per cent: The first cut iu the nrlce of Wyo ming crude oil since 1917 occurred January 23. with the announcement by the Midwest Kefinlng company that the purchasing price for prac tically ull grades would be reduced 50 cents a barrel. News has been received of an ex tremely rick strike of gold ore in the Elko Print e m!ne In the Gold Circle district in Nevada. It Is said that on the 750-foot level there Is a face of ore four feet wide that runs as high as $2,000 to the tor.. The Emerald Oil company of Vernal. Utah, lust year produced 14,015 barrels of crude oil from Its Uintah basin properties. The production of the company was handled by the Raven Oil & Refining company, which con tracted for the output two years ago The general slump in stock prices throughout the country has not af fected those of Eureka, Nevada, dis trict mining companl.w. In spite of the fall in the price of lend, the Improved showing In the mlnfls of Eureka, has more than offset any bear influences. Excellent progress is being made at the Tar Baby mine, according tol the latest reports from the mine. aJ dis tance of 105 feet has been covertjd In drifting from the Junction ofl the north-south and east-west faults atruck recently In driving the! Tar Taby tunnel. I Flaris are being made by the linn- agement of the Virginia Louise Mining company to Increase Its production. Recently the capitalization of the bom- pany was Increased to $1,500,000. which furnished 500.000 additional shares for financing the installation of new equipment. At the beginning of 1920 suruius stocki of refined copper aiconnted to 702,121,233 pounds, Which, after de ducting the excess of foreign, and do mestic shipments over refined output. would indicate stocks of surplus t cop per naa been drawn down to ,641,- 44,480 pounds. I The raise at the Imperial Mlnln property above Burke has now reached a point about sixty feet above the tnnnel level and while the rock still vantinues to be very hard there Is a noticeable Increase In the amount of or coming in. In the past few feet a carbonate of Irou well Impregnated wuh galena has been opened up. An increase of over $13,500,000 In the gross value of the mine products of Idaho In 1920 over those of 1919 Is shown In the report Issued hv Itoh. ert M. Bell, state mining inspector of Idaho. 1 he value of the mineral products for 1920 was $32,854,857, compared with $19,108,723 In 1919, an Increase of $13,740,134, the report said. Frank Lamy, 55, one of the pictur es 4ue prospectors of Montana, who has searched in vain for many years for gold and rich ores, has discovered a fortune in a rich legacy awaiting him Instead. All he has to do to col lect between $30,000 and $40,000 ,1s to go to Menominee, Mich., renew his ac quaintance with old friends und 'rela tives; ( prove his birthright and await the decree of the court. T Some excellent showings have (been made In the Southwest Comstock property, under lease to the Dixon brothers, says the Carson City (Nev.) Appeal. Early last week a drilx to ward the west was started ani the round of shots opened up the largest body of high-grade ore so far uhcov ered In the workings. Some of the specimens brought to town are of bo nauza quality and practically all metal. . Mine owners and leasers of the Park City district have received another 'jolt which will add to the burdens of both aud make It harder for both to keep "things moving" until such time as re adjustment stimulate mid revigorate the mining Industry. Because of the Increase In smelter charges, the 1921 contracts signed by the leasers will re duce their net returns on all ore ship ped by them. x From a great mineral deposit near Burstow, Cal., an. excellent quality of untural soap is now being produced in commeclal quantities. A new in dustry, said to be the only one of Its kind in the world, Is turning out 8000 pounds of soap a day in Los Angeles. rihe Tonopuh Divide mine Is devel oping an Important vore body of h:h grade west of the nhaft j the 105-foot level, where' drift 102 has been extended sixty-five feet with the j face still In ore. Samples across tho drift have run as high as $140 per ton tth frequent assays of $50 to $00 ' (V. a Buretu of M&rkela) j Wmahinirtoa. D. C Far week ead ' Jaa. J. 12U Mar aa4 Vri Baeelpta ana satire Of hay ahipmenta light la weatera mar kta. Kastera market dull bat pric fairly steady. Vtunte: No. 1 timothy. New York II! SO. Chicago 121. Memphis I2. Minneapolis 120. Atlanta (31.6. No. 1 alfalfa. Kanaaa City tit. Memphis l!. So. 1 prairie. Kansas City Chicago II. Minneapolis lit. All wheatfeeds reached new low levet la Minneapolis market. Uvneral dull ness prevailed In all markets, particu larly In southwest. Quoted: Bran Hi. middlings Jl. (lour middlings tZii0. Minneapolis So. 1 alfalfa meat 122. Kansas City; whits hominy feed 124. St. Louis; !( per cent cottonseed meal $2.U. Memphis; linseed meal till Min neapolis. tl frtf, Buffalo; beet pulp 138. 1'hiladelphla; brewers' grain $36. Mil waukee: gluten feed reduced t since Ust week, now quoted till. Chicago. Kralls and Vegetable. Northern round white potatoes declined about luc per 100 lbs., t. o. b.. reaching 83c1 11.05. Chicago car-lot . markets down 10c at tl.lU'a 1.20. Backed round white about 20c lower f. o. b. New York ship ping points, closing ll.Os'u LIS. Move ment continues very light. New York held at 11.651.80 bulk. Bureau of .rop estimate release shows total stocks on hand January first. 145.2K6, U00 bushels, compared with 127.400.000 bushels Jan. 1, 1920; 174.S73.0O0 bushel Jan. 1. 1SI19. Baldwin apple from cold storage closed slightly lower f.'o. b.. around 14 per bbl. Baldwins and Greenings steady, mostly H(tf 5; York Imperials 13.50 Sacked yellow onions slightly lower f. o. b., 85c fall; mostly 85c per 100 lbs.; eastern markets down 1015c. Jan. 27. at 85cUl 50; middlewestern steady, 75c3$1.40. New York cabbage steady f. o. b., mostly $10 per ton bulk; eastern mar kets 2 lower at S12 to $18; Florida Wakeflelds mostly 1. 6001.75 per 1 bu. hamper sales to jobbers. Grain. Flour jobbers state flour con umption shows decrease from year ago and still falling off. Corn trade small; mainly local, and affected by wheat; country offerings to arrive, light. In Chicago cash market number 2 red winter wheat 2226c over March; No. 2 hard 67c over; new No. 1 mixed corn 6c under May; yellow 5(60 under. Minneapolis reports fair flour trade; wheat demand good. Kansas City milling demand fair; export de mand slow; cash No. 2 dark hard winter wheat 6c over- Kansas City March. For the week Chicago March wheat advanc ed c, closing at S1.6SH: May corn down half cent, at 66. Minneapolis March wheat up half cent at 1 1.55 H; Kansas City March up Ho at 11.68 ; Winnipeg May down Sc, at $1.78. Chicago May wheat $1.54. Live Stock and Meats. Compared with a week ago, cattle and sheep prices at Chicago declined. Hogs rang ing 3070c higher per 100 lbs. Beef and butcher cattle down 2550c; feeder steers 25c. Veal calve advanced 6Oc0 $1 per 100 lbs. Fat lambs, feeding , lambs and yearlings down 25c; fat ewes 2550c. Jan. 28th Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk of sales, 9. 30(99.80; medium and good beef steers, 17.50(0)9.25; butcher cows and heifers 14.60(a) 8.50; feeder steer $6.2508.50; light and medium Weight veal calves 111(3)13.50; fat lambs $8.60 10.75; feeding lambs $8010; yearlings $7.269; fat ewe $3.505.50. Eastern wholesale fresh meat mar kets almost invariably showed decline compared with a week ago. As, a rule, Better grades suffered most. Lamb lost $24, pork loins $10 2, veal steady to $3 lower, beef steady to $1.60 lower, mutton steady at some markets, lower at others. January 28th prices good grade meats: Beef $16 16, veal $20a 23, lambs $1823, mutton $1115, light pork loins $2224, heavy loins $16 h Dairy Product. Butter market for the most part weak and unsettled dur ing me week. Business of the past few days Indicates that the tone is somewhat firmer although on the 28th the New York market showed signs of further weakness. Recent heavy ar- "i iaiusn outier nave been mov ing rather Slowlv At nemmrl 4QAF;fty. Today's prices 92 score domestic: New 2uk.,4c.: chcaB. 6c; Boston, 60c; Philadelphia, 48 He, Cheese markets continued to main tain firm tone throughout week, but iurlng the past few days business has been dull. In Wisconsin the tone seem to be not quite so firm as a week ago. Prices at Wisconsin primary markets iverage $141V4c lower; twins 244c; Kouuie Daisies 24HC; onghoms 27c; Young Americas 26 Vic TRIVIALITIES CAUSE SUICIDES Life Taken for Most Trivial Reasons in Number of Cases. New York. More thanGOOO suicides n 1920, an increase of over 1000 for i single year, were brought to the at tention of the Save a Life league, ac cording to Its annual report, made pub ic January. 30. "Life was taken," the reports say, 'for the most trivial reason in a large lumber of cases. "A man distressed because his new llothes were unsatisfactory. "A woman peeved because her hus )and refused to eat the pie she had "A man angry with his wife because, A me refused to vote the Democratic" -'ket. "A couple In dispute as to how far I window should be left open for necessary air during the night. "A woman because of trouble over powder puff." "In 1920," the report continues. '3567 men and 2G04 women committed suicide. Possibly the Increase In sui cides among women may be due to the fact that so many have recently entered business and political life. Unhappy marriage relations and present living conditions also contribute largely to the situation. "The youngest suicide was 5 years old and the oldest 103. "Divorce figured prominently in self-destruction last year, more than 100 persons killing themselves for this reason. The great number of farmers who have given way to despnlr has been noticeablo and also farmer.' wives. Possibly the many splendid boys lost In the war may have beta n cause." Appreciation. "Tbo .,. - - . ,IB n own-mi sermon your new minister preached aralust gam bling." "It sure was." replied Cactus Joe; and Just to show our appreciation, were goln' to take a kitty out oi Strategy. ' Perclval-Gosh! Isn't lt raining! I ansy -Never mind, boysle. Tnke fathers' umbrella, then perhaps he won t so mut;h mind your coming back,