The Star'lndependent Gives Away 2 Orpheum Tickets Daily The Name of the Person to Whom They Will Be Awarded To=day Is Somewhere Among the Classified Ads On This Page Perhaps you are the lucky person. Look until you find out. If you th- tickets please call for them before 8 o'clock to-morrow evening or they will be forfeited. (These names are drawn from the Directory by a blindfolded girl.) Miscellaneous FURNITURE PACKING PACKING—'A. H. SHRKNK, 1906 North Sixth street, first class packer of fur niture, china and bricabrac. Bell phone »99W. W. J. WENRIC'H, 339 Hamilton street— Furniture, china and piano packing. Shipments looked after at both ends. Also all kinds of hauling. Bell phono FINANCIAL MONEY TO TXJAN upon real estate se curities in any anmounts and uipon any terms to suit the borrower. Ad lreßS P. O. box 174. OLD GOLD AND SILVER OLD GOLD AND SIL.VKR watches, dia monds and jewelry bought tjir high est cash prices. JOis. D. BHKNNBH, No. lN i ThirdSt-^3el^j3hon<W27 i tL^_^^^ STORAGE HAKRISBUKG STORAGE CO. Two new eight-story, brick warehouses, one absolutely flreproof, divided into fireproof private rooms of various fines for the storage of household goods; the other warehouse of the most approved type of lire retardant con struction for general merchandise. They are equipped with tw6 large electric freight elevators and spiral chute for the quick and safe handling of house hold goods and all kinds of merchan dise. l«ow storage rates. South Second street, near Faxton, on the tracks of, I'cnna. It. It. PIANO MOVING PIANO moving by experts. WINTER PIANO CO., 23 N. Fourth St. Call lib, Bell phone. MONEY TO LOAN AST person needing money in amounts from to SSO, holding a salaried position, would be benefited by calling on us liMJ'LOYKS 1 DISCOUNT CO., '3B N. Thirtl St. LOANS—SS to |2OO for honest working people without bank credit at less than legal rates; payable in install ments to suit borrowers' convenience. CO-OPERATIVE Doan and Investment Co., 201 Chestnut St. ALL KINDS OF HAULING ALL, kinds of hauling; large two-ton | truck; furniture, pianos, freight, in ' the city and suburbs. Prices reason- ! able. Picnic and pleasure trips, day or : evening. WM. 1-1. I>.\R lo, 1453 Vernon 1 St. Bell phone 3517 J. 1 Legal Vk 0 NOTICE Is hereby given that an appli cation will he made to the Governor' nf tin* State of Pennsylvania 011 Mon day, l'Vi>ruary 21!, 1!»15, by Bessie I3a- i tur.in, \lyer Baturin, flyman Kushel and Robert Rosenberg, under the act of, Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An act to pro- i vide for the incorporation and regula- ' lion of certain corporations," approvedl April 2!*. is; I. and the supplements' thereto, for tin- charter of an intended f corporation to be called "Royal Bod- • ding Company," the character and ob- ! ,i- ct of which is tlie manufacture of, 1 bnyinir and selling mattresses, pillows, 1 b'tl springs, bedsteads, couches and bedding supplies, and all other matters . incidental to or forming a part of the | general business aforesaid, and for 1 these purposes to have, possess and en joy ail the rights, benefits and privi- | leges of tli said act of Assembly and its supplements. J JOB LOUT ROSENBERG, Solicitor. 7'nry Kent \h. o. 11. Kent—ln the Court • »t* Common Pleas of Dauphin County No. IBS. March Term, 1914, To o. 11. Kent, Respondent: You are hereby respectfully notified that the hearing in the above-stated' case w!U take place at the Court House [ in the City of Harrisburg, on Monday, February Ist. A. I>. 1915, at ten o'clock n. m„ when and where you may attend i and make defense thereto if you see prope? so to do. E. E. BEIDLEMAN, Attorney for Llbcllant. Sheriff's Office, Harrisburg, Pa., January 22, 11)13. Houses For Rent 923 As 11 Ave., 2>4 s. f„ 6 r *lO ' I'JOB Greenwood St., 3 s. f„ S r. *ll I+U Uindcn St., 3 s. f„ & r !.*ia -148 N. 7tl> St., 3 s. b., S r. b *i:t loir, s. Cameron St., 31,4 s, b., 8 r., *1:1 1130 S. Cameron St., 31,. s. f.,. .. #i;s l»01 N. tith St., 2% s. f„ 7 b.,..»14 627 Briggs St., 3 s. b„ 8 r I 'Ol Allison St., 3% s. f„ 7 r. b:,. .*ls - ti*l Logan St., 3s. b., 8 1* *l3 1538 S. 13th St., 3 s. b., 8 r *lO J olb h. 13th St.. sr. b *l<; | li6o Bineiaid St., 3 s. b., 8 r *l7 litl X, 16th St., 3 s. f., 8 r., *l7 1218 Mulberry St., 3 s. f.. 7 r. b.,. .»lM 1820 Deny St.. 2Vj s. f., 7r.b. & f.. *IS ' 211> Yale St., 2s. b„ 7 r. b '.*2o ! 2202 N. 15th St., 3 s. b., 7 r b.,.. l!'2:i Market St.. 3 s. b., 10 r„ ...'.9411 20U S. Front St., 3 s. b„ 10 r. 2 b„ *75 23 & l<ront St., furfiished, < s. b. 313 Mueneh St.—apartments. 1 ilti N. 6tli St.. apartments *3O ! SIBI HBAIV HOVses West Fairview, Main St $7 Steelton, 941 S. Front St.,' flu Penbrook, 2030 Curtin St., 2 ',3 s. f.. j , , 7 1 cnbrook, 2Sth and Dauphin Sts., *lO Knola, Adams St sia Penn Twp., near i)uin:annon, . . *ao I North Uraoyni', 291 Market 5t.,..*22 Forge Lane 525 Newport, Marshall property ,suo ! FROM A PHI I, IST 133 N. 13th St.. 3 s. b »20 Derry St. (Paxtang), i'% s. f *:to Killer Bros. Neefe UESAL ESTATE Fir* Inauranc* Suwty Bond* liocnar and Court Street* •■—' —— I • . ,j' Real Estate L—- APARTMENTS FOR RENT FOR REN*—Apartments at southeast ! corner Fourth and PefTer streets. All : conveniences at reasonable rent. Out side porcli. Apply B. F. UMUI3RGEIS, 1 - 108 N. Second St.. or 127 Peffer St. 107 SOUTH FRONT STREET—Second ! ' floor housekeeping apartments; large i 1 rooms with kitchenettes and baths; | 1 modern improvements; electric lights; \ 1 gas; city steam; janitor service. Apply at above address. ' ji FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT. FOR RENT—Two third floor rooms, one furnished and one unfurnished; | use of bathroom; Bell phone. Apply 436 Cumberland St. j 1 FOR RENT—New furnished front rooms facing Capitol Park; stationary wash ] stands, hot and cold running water; \ , electric light in each room; also use of ; • phone and large bath. Apply 410 North 1 street. ! _ REAL ESTATE FOR^RENT FOR RENT—9I2 May St., 6-rooni brick • dwelling, rear 130U Boas, all improve- I j ments; rent $15.50. Possession Febru- 1 ary Ist. Inquire E. o. SHAFFNIER, 107 I , Boas street. Bell phone 1295R, FOR RENT I 530 S. 17th St $20.00 j ; i 536 S. 16th St. $17.00 1 1937 Swatara St., $15.00 1019 S. 21% St $10.50 | 912 N. 3rd St. (store room) $20.00 i .1. K. GIPPL.E, 1251 Market St. j DESIRABLE houses and apartments for ■ rent in all parts of city. Reasonable rent and good locations. Inquire of j HARVEY T. SMITH, 201 South Thir teenth St. Bell phone £4BL, . FOR RENT—Two reserved tickets were! awarded to-day to Wm. W. Dough- j erty, 1760 Logran street, good for tha evening performance at the Orpheum, 1 , February 1, 1915. Call for tickets at Star-Independent office before 8 p. in ' January 30, 1915, or they will be for- | felted. i FOR RENT—'Houses with all improve ments, at moderate rentals. J. E. GIPPEE, 1251 Market St. j FOR RENT—IOOS and 1007 Manada St., I 2-story all improvements. W ! E.-MOESEEIN, 612 Boas St. Bell phone 2593. FOR RENT—AII improve-! merits — 1614 Catherine, SIO.OO ' 530 S. Eighteenth, ... $18.50 1 Apply Kuhn & Hershey, 118 South Third street. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE OR RENT 1 HOUSES FOR RENT and 2%-storv I dwelling houses for sale. Elder Real ; I>crry Sts. ' 1 I - . . REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. CORNER PROPERTY, No. 10 S. Eight- I ! ( eenth St., for sale at most reasonable i i : price. Eittle cash needed. Gas, elec- ' i trie lights, porch, furnace. Inspect it. I I'l. EE RMA I,TV CO., ncrginT Building, j SEVERAE JEFFERSON STREET prop- | - I enties for sale; all improvements, at $1550, S2OOO, S2IOO, $2400. Particu- ' lars on tiiese and others at reasonable * prices; little cash needed. BE EE REAE- ! j TV CO., Bergner Building. I FOR SAEE—No. 2049 Swatara St.; 8 ■ | rooms; bath, gas, electric lights, i I porch, furnace; lot 20x110. Also two ; Steelton properties for S3BOO. BICEL > | REAETY CO., Bergner Building. I'OR SAEE—IB27 Market, nearing com pletion, 12 rooms; modern throughout: ] i¥o r F. 0 £ on ? rete P° ! ' ch; sldt ' entrance; also i 1823 Market, 10 roouis, all conveniences, 1 excellent repair, side entrance. Apply ' | M " hi;al{ ", 1823 Market St. , 1 OUR JANUAHY BARGAIN SAEE: 1 014 Ross St. Reduced $l. r io. 1940 Green St. Reduced S2OO , 427 Hamilton. Eearn our price. 219 Iteily St. Reduced S4OO. BRINTON-PACKER CO. Second and Walnut Sts. | , OUR JANUARY BARGAIN SAEE~ '! Stucker property, West Fairview; ; I adjoining- creek; dwelling - and two I | cottages. Price $1,600. ' BRINTON-PACKER CO., | Second and Walnut Sts. j J FOR BALE— One new brick house, near ' the center of the city; a beautiful lo- I 1 cation, 6 rooms and bath and all con- I ( venienees. Price only $2,400; and soldi on easy terms. Also building iots at i 1 Riverside, Penbrook and Pa:;tang. Job! carpenter work promptly attenoed to I • in any part of the „-ity. Estimates I " fx ly 'nm'sheJ- Apply to S. HAL- I 1 P co - Carpenteis and Builders, I i 222 N. Sixth St., Harrisburg, pu. Beli i I phone 3622J-3. | ; mmmmmmm. j , WANTED TO RENT | GREATEST POTATO RAISER in Penn- ' sylvanla, raising 675 bushels per aero. 1 by new process, with years of experi ; .Hunting, wants to rent stocked farm for < potato raising for shares; lifelong larin er, best reference. Box 77, Middletown, I'a. ( ! ! ROOMS FOR RENT j FOR RENT—Two nice large unfurnish- j ' ed rooms with large closets in both ] rooms; suitable for light housekeeping- ! ( I to a party without children or ladv I i uf, 1 ! 1 '! l "i e °f, »*V>> rt,le 'ocation on the ] hill, in family of two. Apply care star-Independent. i , I FURNISHED APARTMENTS McDANIEES FAMILY A PART ME NTS 1 Floor of two or four rooms, furnish- I ed complete for housekeeping; coal or j , gas range; large back porch; bath I : closet, bells and letter boxes. Refcr- I L'a'l 1417 Market St. Bell phone . A - Basiness Opportunities RUSINESB OPPORTUNITIES. | GENTLEMAN wishing to retire offers i manufacturing plant for sale; only I one of kind in city; price very reason able. Will bear close investigation. Address 34U7, care Star-Independent. TTARRISBUTWt -HTAR-INDEPENDENT, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1915. WaHts HELP WANTED—MAXE BUSHEIjMAN WANTED—AppIy at once. StEi/L BROS., 211 Market St., City. LINOTYPK operators earn sl,-00 year ly; niasteretl day. evening. Twelve weeks, SKO; Unlimited $l5O. Kasy pay ments. Call, write. Empire Mergen thaler School, 110 First Ave., New York. WANTED—Young, man, industrious, rapid plain penman, and accurate in adding; up columns of figures; salary $12.00 a week. Answer, giving experi ence and references to Box No. 3147, care Star-Indepenctent. WAXTMI) Young man for tlcrk in hardware store; must l>e well recom mended. Address 3443, care Star-Inde pendent. WANTED—Men to learn barber trade; new method; wages after lirst month. Steady position guaranteed; write for catalogue. Moler's Barber College* Dept. u, 207 Bowery, New York City. AUTO transportation school wants men to become practical chauffeurs and earn to SIOO per month. We give a thorough course in crude and practical work for $3.~>.00. No. 5 N. Cameron; Bell phone 1710. SITUATIONS WANTED—MALE. WANTED Experienced barber; first class young man wishes good steady position. Apply IIS N. Seventh St. EXPERIENCED correspondent, male, desires position; best references. Ad dress 718 Capital St., City. A YOUNG MAN w*ould like to have a positfon of any kind; honest and does not use tobacco in any way. Call or address to 270 Herman Ave., Le moyne. Box BC. MAN, 28 years of age. wishes position in grocery store; can give best of reference. Call or address <>» N„ 324 S. Kiver avenue. YOUNG MAN, 18 years old, would like to have position with traveling sales man, or helper. Address Gl4 Delaware avenue. YOUNG married man wants to hire on stock farm or farming position of any kind; experienced; can give refer ence. Address No. 3144, care Star-lndc pend< nt. WANTED—Two experienced boys wish work on farm. Apply 515 Dauphin street. WANTED —Salesman wishes position in Harrisburg; has had Hve years' ex perience on the road. Address C., 751 S. Twenty-first St., Harrisburg. BOY 15 years old wishes position in store, or work of any kino; can give good references. Apply MKS. E. M. TAYL/OK, Enola. YOUNG MAN. aged IS, wishes position of any kind; can give good refer ences. Address, care MRS. M% TAY LOR, Enola. WANTED—MiddIe-aged colore:! man wishes position as butler, janitor 04' houseman or third cook or coachman. Apply 1228 N. Cameron St. INTELLIGENT young married man, hustler, speaks 4 languages, wishes any kind of position; not afraiu of work. Hustler, Box bi, Steelton, l J a. _ AGENTS WANTED AGENTS WANTED at once to sell a household necessity; good seller; ex cellent commission pay. Address or ca11..17.13 Penn street. HELP WANTED—FEMALE. WHITE GIRL wanted tor* general! housework. Apply at 1 South Front 1 St., Steelton. DO YOU WANT to bo a Stenographer?! If you do, buy tuition from an EX PERT IN GREGG SHORTHAND—one who knows what the student needs, and ] how to give a thorough training in a ! short time. Tuition charged tor .seven months only. Free Trial. Bell 70411. Call. Harrisburg Shorthand School. 31 ! N. Second St. —-1 SITUATIONS WANTED—FEMALE. YOUN3 WHITE WOMAN desires house work three days per week. Inquire 462 South Second St., Steelton, Pa. A GERMAN LADY wants day work. Apply 1014 Berry hill St. WANTED—Neat colored girl desires po sition as chambermaid, or general housework; 110 washing or ironing. Call or address 141 Linden St., City. WANTED—«A colored woman desires a ' place for cooking in boarding house, j 347 Iteily street. WANTED—Young lady wishes place by I the week and go homo at nights; can ! furnish good reference. Apply 13 N. Summit street. WANTED-—Young lady wishes to keep ! house for a widower. Apply 700 N. I Third street or 811 James St. COLORED GIRD wants a place as gen- 1 eral housework. Inquire at 30tt Daisy avenue. GERMAN LADY wants day's work. Ap- ; ply 365 Christian St., Steelton, Pa. | COI>ORED WOMAN wants position as! cook. Apply 846 N. Front St.. Steel ton. WANTED—Work by the day, or chain- ; bermaid. Apply 715 Cowden St. YOUNG GIRL de&ires light housework ; or child's nurse. Apply at 806 Ctow- ! den street. YOUNG WOMAN (colored) desires po- I sition as chambermaid and waitress 1 or general houseworker. Reference. | Call or address care VENNIE. 1308 N. I Seventh St. Death and Obituary mmmmm*mm DIED. ! MARTIN—On January'!?, 1915, Edmund ! S. Martin, aged 59 years. Funeral 011 Saturday afternoon at 2 o clock, from his late residence, 1731 Green street. Relatives and friends as well as all organizations of which he was a member are Invited to attend without further notice. Interment East Harrigburg cemetery. IT PAYS TO USE STAB INDEPENDENT WANT ADS. I APARTMENTS Suites of 2 Rooms and Bath IN THE x Reynard, 208 N. Third Street ! Large, light, airy, and comfortable rooms. Steam heat and constant hot and cold water sup plied. Hardwood floors; electric light; wired for tele phone service. TILED BATHROOMS. Ready About February 1, 1915 APPLY TO Commonwealth Trust Company, 22- Market Street Harrisburg. Pa. \ r 1 ] For Rent .Desirable; offices in the Uuiou Trust Building. Apply Union Trust Co. j -»j FOR RENT In Cameron Building 2-iooni suity of of fices, facing Walnut St., from March Ist. Two single (inside) r< >onis. Store room 100 N. Second St., from April | Ist. Lodge hall, third 1 floor. * G. L CULLMERRY | n> Commonwealth Trust Bldg. g I nil IMIiIIIIIMMIHH I m»ii ■—lll—i Sale and Exchange VwiBII - I 111 II | —^ ' FOR SALE j BOUGHT all the Velour Hats from H. r. Dodge, the 11HttMi'. at a, sar riflce I price. Will sell them for 7<"ic apiece; i former prices S3. $1 and jr.. Come and I look thorn over. S. MELTZUR, 513 Wal- | i nut street. Open evenings. | I FOR SALE—At CABLE'S, ill-117 South! | Second St.; Ked Tip, Ring Point, Bli/.- i izard, Howe Junior, Can't Slip, Uiant i jCrip and Always Sharp Calks. I BOUGHT all the maribous and ostrich ! mixed muffs and scarfs from 11. C. • j I lodge, the Hatter, at a sikCritice price; I I will sell from J3.98 up. Former prices 1 Sl."» to J55. Come and look them over, and be convineed. Open evenings. S. I . .i..w.u. 613 Walnut at. ] BIG BARGAINS in unredeemed Dia { monds. Watches, Jewelry, Firearms, ! Musical Instruments, etc. Cash paid for i old gold find silver. Repairing a spe cialty. CITY LOAN OFFICE, 111 Mar j ket street. ; FOR SALE—At GABIiE'S, 111-117 South ] Second St., 5.00W sets new Sash, Bxlo Xl 2 L., primed and glazed, at J1.15 per set. Also other sizes. > ( Lost and Found Mm mmmmmmm FOUND. I FOUND—A place without tryins, Care i ful cleaning, best of dyeing. Where? I At EKgert's Steam Dyeing and French ! Jleanins Works, 1315 Market St. Call j . ... ...II and Deliver | Pasji It Along. Fen of us h;ivt> lieou so exceptional j IT unfortunate 'is not to And, in ou< | own age, some experienced friend who | has helped us by precious counsel uev ; er to be forgotten. Wq cannot render j it in kind; but, perhaps. In the fullness t ! of time it may become our noblest duty j j to aid another as we ourselves have j | been aided atid to transmit to him au ] invaluable treasure. Philip Gilbert) ] Hamt'rtou. Fiction and Fact. "Charlie got his ideas of married life I j from the comic papers." ••Welir "He says after he got married he was ! tgreeably surprise*! to And that his wife coul.l get a satisfactory hat for J f.s.—Louisville Courier-Journal. An Unlucky Ring. ' CJTIH'HS —I once knew a fellow who gave a girl an engagement ring of opals. Sill leu*— Gracious! Wasn't It ttnlucky? Cyulcus— You bet It was! She married him.—Judge. Success Is sweet: the sweeter If long delayed and attained through manifold struggles and defeats.—A. Brouson A 1 I cotL . ! AN ABRUPT PROPOSAL ; Ab»r,nethy Wu Too Busy For Romans* and Courtship, The reported fashion of the famous Dr. Abernetby's courtship and mar riage Is very characteristic. It Is told that while attending a lady for several weeks he observed those admirable | qualifications in her daughter which I be truly esteemed to render the mar- j I ried state happy. Accordingly ou a Saturday, taking leave of his patient, he addressed her to the following pur- ' | porj: "You are so well that I ueed not J j see you after M'onday next, when 1 j ; shall come and pay you a farewell vis- I it. But in the meantime 1 wish you ! and your daughter to seriously consid er the proposal 1 am about to make. I It Is abrupt and unceremonious. I am aware, but the excessive occupation of : my time by my professional duties at '■ I fords t|ie no leisure to accomplish j ' what 1 desire by (he more ordinary : course of attention and solicitation, j ; My annual recetpts amount to £ , ! and I can settle i OD my wife. My j character is generally known to the j public, so that you may readily ascer ! ralu what it ts l have seen in yout (laughter a tender and affectionate i child, an assiduous and careful nurse 1 and a gentle and ladylike member of a family. Such a person must be all j that a husband could covet, and 1 of fer my hand and fortune for her ac | ceptance. on Monday when I call I I shall expect your determination, for 1 | really have not time for the routine of I courtship." | In this manner the lady was wooed : and v, on, and it may be added the un ion was felicitous in every respect.— i Westminster Gazette. BLOODTHIRSTY FERRETS. They Kill Not For Food, but For the More Sake of Slaughtar. The ferret is one of the most pecu- ! liar members of the animal kingdom | It belongs also to an extraordinary family, that of the weasels A branch I j of this family Is called the polecats j the European representative of our ! skunks, and the ferret is a species of polecat, generally an albino, yellowish • white in color, with pink eyes. To bunt and kill mice, rats, rabbits , and other small animals Is the ferret's delight It Is coldly methodical in its murderous pursuits, and. while it serves its master well, never tiring lu the chase and never shrinking from an 1 ; attack, it exhibits no trace of affection ur attachment toward its trainers, as nobler animals do. The ferret is a typical killer and blood shedder. It has ■ uo friends and apparently wants none, i i It cannot be trusted and will some times attack small children. t It likes to kill not for the sake of j food, hut for the sake of billing. The < mere act of taking the life of another I iTeature .Is a pleasure to it How It ! got this bloodthirsty strain In its na- I ture no one cau tell. Its appetite for slaughter serves well In ridding our I j bouses of rata and mice, but of what use is it to the ferret to kill those crea | 1 lures'/ Its nature is that of a demon, i ind wherever It sees the life blood j | beating at a throat its brutal instinct urges it to silt the throat with its keen teeth and let the life throb outl—New York Journal. Ruskin's Political View*. Ruskin was once a candidate for j ! the rectorship of Glasgow university ; ; and flew into H r«;:e when asked by a ; 1 deputation of the students whether bis political sympathies lay'with Beacons- ! Held or with Gladstone. "What In the devil's name," he exclaimed, "have you 1 » do with either Disraeli or Gladstone? Vou are students at the university and i have no more business with politics i than you have with rat catching. Had i pou ever read the words of mine with understanding you would have known that 1 care uo more either for Mr. Dis raeli or Mr. Gladstone than for two \ »ld bagpipes with the drones' going by j ueaui. but that I linte all Liberalism as ; I do Beelzebub, and thnt with Carlyle 1 stand—we two alone hi England— ' for <Jod and IBu queen."—London Ex press. His Objection. The Lawyer— .Madam, what la your igeV The Opposition finierruptlngl— lour honor. 1 submit that my honor- i | »ble opponent Is inciting tho witness j I o perjury.—Cleveland Leader. ' CURIOUS WAYS IN JAPAN.' One Thing In Particular That Painsd • Visitor From Missouri. , | I knew before i got here tbat Japan j | was queer, but I had no idea that everything was backward. I can't get used to sitting on the floor and sleep ing with a lornuto can with a napkin j 11 round it tor a pillow. The easiest way to figure out how the Japanese j would do a thing is to think what ] | would be exactly backward'in Mis-J souri. When two Japanese meet they ! bow and bow, giving their heads short ; jerks as if trying to get salt water out of their eyes. When they separate j they tip their hats. When they come ! into a store they tip their hats. When' they buy a ticket they tip their hats. Their elbows are always bent toward j j their hats. j Japanese never kiss. This pleasant j pastime has not yet been imported into cherry blossom land. It is only j | recently that a few of the Japanese j i have learned to shake bands. We [ travelers are hoping that they will J take up other great American institu- J j tions. Japanese look upon kissing as being low and vulgar, lielieving that a : few moments spent in bowing Is much ; better. The girls feel tbat way about It too—they say. When an ardent young Japnnes« , suitor slips his arm around the girl's i waist and whispers into her shell-like | ear that she is the only woman who i has ever understood him and when j she looks up confidingly into his eyes ! end breathes "You are so strong!" he I does not clasp her to his bosonwin an j ecstasy of joy and plant a delirious kiss on hor trembling lips—no. instead of that he gets up and bows polite i ly and thanks her in a few courteous I phrases. j One cannot help feeling sorry for; ! them when thinking how many pleas | nnt. evenings they miss. From my | limited experience I wouldn't give a | good old fashioned Missouri kiss for ten minutes of bows.—Homer Croy ID j I Leslie's. Reverting a Phonograph Record. A remarkably curious experiment j may be performed with any ordinary | ; phonograph. The sound box is re- j j versed so that the needle slopes the ■ I other way. enabling the disk to be j turned backward by the linger being placed near tho center. The effect j produced is extremely astonishing, j Yon bear the human voice singing J i songs backward: you hear the harmony j | of Wagner backward—plain English I sounds like a Chinese language. The most remarkable effect is perhaps to I I play a chime of bells in this reversed j | manner. The sour.d rushes up and up, j I but there is never a single strike ov clash of a bell. The strike on the ear [ is reversed and Is nothing but a sharp i "cessation of sound."—Strand Maga ) zine. ... A Scene Before the Mirror. What the jungle Isdles of Africa lack in clothing they make up in hair adorn ment. Some styles are pleasing, while others are very grotesque. Their bait combs are made of a very tough wood, and they need be tough, for one of the feminine customs to put gum all j through their hair to keep it in place. A very strong comb is needed to get it apart, but the women contrive some how to do it, ant? as time is not money j in Africa they are n»?ver in a hurry. 1 One is not surprised to learn that some times it takes a woman a week to have her hair properly arranged.—Christian i j Herald. Aftermath. | "Aftermath" la a persistently ill used word. Early July is the time of the 1 "math"—that is. the first mowing of | tlie meadow. The short grass with a ' sufficiency of rain will grow again, sud later will come the "second mow." ] or "aftermath " The phrase "The I storm and its aftermath" seems a fa- j I vorito with Koine story writers, but it j Is difficult to understand how a storm ! ! can have a jsecoud mowing. = / j No Place For Letters. A learned young'won an of Boston was spending her vacation in a little country place. To the local bookshop j of the village she went one afternoon j i and made known her mental wants to | the clerk: "I should like the 'Letters of .Tane j Welsh CarlyJe.' " "I beg your pardon, miss," said the | ! clerk, "but this ain't no postoffice."— | i New York Globe. The Hohenzollerna. The family name of the German em-1 ! peror is Hohcnzollem. If the emppror were just a plain man of the peoplo ; his name would be William Hoben zoliern. The family began to gain po j iitical distinction about 1417. when ' Frederick nf Nuremberg became eleu j tor of Brandenburg. Belated Anx.ety. Maid (kuocking in the morning!— ; Madame. I've forgotten whether yon : i wanted to be waked at 7or 8. Mad- j ame—What time is it oow? Maid— j Eight—Lustige Blatter. Too Painful. ~ "Why did you throw up that job I got you as collector for Jones?" "Why. hang It. 1 owed money to j ibout al! the uicu he sent me to dun." 13 FINANCE STEEL DOMINATES MARKET AT EARLY SESSION TO-DAY Contributed Almost Forty Per Cent, to Total Operations of the Market and Finally Besting At Its New Low Price By Associated Press. Xew York, Jan. 29. —(Wall Street) —United States Hteei common, whose minimum price was reduced from 43 to 40 after the close of yesterday's stock market session opened to-day with one lot of 7,500 shares at 40 1-2 to 40, immediately followed by two lots ag gregating 2,700 shares at 40 1-4. To tal sales in the tirst fifteen minutes ex ceeded 30,000 shares, the hiigh quota tion being 40 12. Tho preferred stock declined a small fraction. Other active stocks, as well as many specialties, im proved over yesterday s close, there be ing substantial gains in leading rail ways and Amalgamated Copper. Sugar shares were again strong. Pressed Steel car lost four points. Steel dominated tho market through out the early session, contributing al most forty per cent, to total operations of that period and finally resting at its new low price. The weight of the sell ing,'which came lanreiy fifom foreign sources, according to reports, militated against, further recovery elsewhere. Tho entire list was adversely' affected by this liquidation, early gains giving way to numerous declines under yesterday's final figures, Canadian Pacific and New Haven were weakest, losing two points. Outside the Exchange Steel wold at 39 1-2. Bonds were irregular, Steel 5» ( selling lower. Philadelphia Produce Market ) Philadelphia, .fan. 29.—Wheat steady; No. 2 red spot, export. 149®152; No. t | northern, l>uluth export, 157•5'160. Corn higher; No. 2 »pot, export, S1 &' I 82; No. 2 yellow, local. S3 Va ft 84. I Oats higher; No. 2 White, I Bran firmer; winter, per t0n,"529.00® 29.50; spring, $27.50®28. Tteflned sugars firm; powdered. 5.15; fine granulated, 5,05; Confectioners' A. 4.»5. Butter Arm; western orcamerv extra, tra. "3; nearby prints, fancy, 3Ge, Kggs lower; nearby firsts, free case, 9.45; current receipts, free case, 0.15; western extra firsts, free case. 9.15; do., j firsts, free case, 9.15. » poultry was firm; fowls, 145?) 10; I old roosters, ll®lli£; chickens, 14® I 15; tufkeys, 14®t7; see*', 14f<x' IG. Dressed poultry steady; turkeys, fan :y, 2Jc; do., fair to good. 18®i 20; fowls, heavy, 18@ 19; average, 14©17>,i; small, 12®13; old roosters. 13; broiling chicft -1 ens. nearby, lti@22; western, 145D20; I roasting, 16®18; ducks, 12®17; geese, ! 10 soli. | Potafoes steady; Pennsylvania, per j bushels, 63®65; New York, 45®52; Jer | sey, per basket, So®3s. I Flour firm; winter straight. 0.25® 6.50; spring straight, 6.60@6.75; spring j patent, ti.60®7.15. j Hay steady; No. 1 large bales, 18.50<t» 19.00; No. 1 medium bales, 18.50® 19.00; No. 2 do., 17.00® 18.00; No. 3 do., 14.50® 15.50; sample, 13.50® 14.50; no grade, 11.00® 13,00; light mixed, t7.50® 18.00; No. 1 do., 16.50#17.00; No. 2 do., 15.50® 16.00. Chicago Live S*ock Market Chicago, Jan. 29.—Hogs—Receipts, 9,000; strong. Bulk, 6.65®6.85; light, 6.45<?i>6.85; mixed, 6.50®6.8K; heavy, K.,'o ®6.fT5; rough, 6.30®6.45; pigs, 5.25® 6.65 Cattle—Receipts. 1,000; strong. Na tive steers, 5.40®9.10; western, 4.90(«) 7.35; cows and heifers, 3.00@7.85; calves, 7.00® 10.00. Sheep—Receipts, 5,000; strong. Sheep, 5.90®6.80; yearlings, 7.00®7.90; lambs, 7.40® 8.90. Qualities of the Topax. The name of the precious stone in serted in the ring of Gyges has nol been bonded dowu to us. but It Is prob nble tbat It was the topaz, wbose wou ders Pbilostrates recounts in the lift 1 of Apollonlus. An attribute of the sun | and of Ore, the ancients called It tbi I gold runguet, as it. was credited wits | the power of attracting that metal, in dlcntiug its veins and discovering the treasures. Lleliodorus in his story of Theagenes and Churlcles says thai the topaz saves from fire all those wbu i wear It and that Cbaricles was pre , served by a topaz from the fiery venge ance of Arsuces, queen .of Ethiopia. i This stone was one of the first tails ; mnns that Theagenes possessed lu | Egypt. The topaa at present symbol | izes Christian virtues—faith, justice* | temperance, gentleuess, clemency. Our Moral Codes, j "Our moral codes were invented not | to prepare men for heaven or for Uto ; pia. They were invented by men who j were none too good themselves to pro tect themselves from people who were uot much worse. There are great dif ferences in human beings as to the j amount of knowledge and wisdom j-which they possess, but there is small j difference In regard to the amount of I goodness or rascality tbat tbey inaui- I fe#t—Mowry Baben in Forum. A Suffering Case. 'Those detective* have just arrested as osteopath as a felon." "Tbat must have been a painful duty." | "Why painful?" "Didn't It slve tlicm n bone felon on j Ihelr hands?"— Baltimore Amerlcau. Bure. "Why flo we always speak of the sil very moon?" asked the boob. "On account of Its quarters and halve*. I suppose." replied the cheerful idiot.—Cincinnati Inquirer. All human things of dearest value hang ou slender strings.—Edmund Waller.
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