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remembrance for the departed heroes. -
While he will be the only revolutionary
hero inferred III the Naval Academy
grounds, there are others of later date
whose memories are perpetuated there in
enduring marble, for In addition to the
Trpoli monument. there is one TO Com
nander Homdon. the gallant officer who
lost his life while attempting TO save those
Under his care. This is granite shaft
which stands facing the chapel door across
the closely cropped sward. Near by is the
monument TO the midshipmen who lost
their lives of Vera Cruz-of whom stories
of heroic deeds are Stil recited.
Many memorial tablets in bronze which
hung In the Old chapel will be placed In
the new. Among these IS the one to Lieu
tenant John 6. Talbot and his companions,
who were drowned In 1870, after making a
voyage OF l,5o0 miles in An open boat to
seek aid for their wrecked shipmates
There Is another naval hero who lies in
the Naval cemetery across College creek
This Is Lieutenant lockwood of the iil-fat-
ed Greedy expedition.
The Naval Academy grounds, aside from
their natural beauty are full of historic
interest, for while the Naval School is com
the superintendent and secretary OF the
academy-the library and lyceum-consti-
tuted the odd Government House." occu-
pied by Gov. Robert Eden, who, when the
revolutionary spirit became rife in Mary
land. was politely escorted to an outgo-
ing ship and encouraged to embark for En-
gland; thus ended the proprietary gov
errors in Maryland!
But in tho trend OF progress these old
buildings are being demolished, and the
academy Is ct the present time in that
most embarrassing of all stages-the tran
sition from old to new
Within year all the magnificent granite
buildings will be completed. and the United
States Naval School will enter upon q
larger and more advanced life than has
ever been possible since the date of its
opening, October TO- 1S45
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told me, Il have had this museum in mind;
L wanted to establish it in some advantag-
eous point of central Europe, where tourists
of all nations flock in their thousands in
Guiding Americans. And for this reason 1
decided upon Lucerne. The Swiss govern
ment has accepted my offer; and the Luz
cerne people have formed a company to es-
tabliSh the museum on a sound financial
basis" Asked about his object in establish
ing the museum, Herr Won Bloch replied:
Il wanted to show, firstly, the evolution of
warfare from prehistoric ages, and then the
continuous Improvement through ancient
and medieval times in modern weapons,
warships, Notifications, etc, which must
eventually make warfare so disastrous that
battle will become impossible as means
of settling international disputes. Thus my
museum will preach International peace to
the people, who will be appealed to by ex-
traordinary, souvenirs. pictures, diagrams
statistics. models and relics, all of them
either actually from the field of battle or
else very closely connected with it"
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Improvements in Venice.
From the London Chronicle.

from the London Chronicle.
The widening of the streets, the erection
of new comforta BILE houses and the carrying
out of needful sanitary reforms have gone
on unremittingly for these two years. All
the shops have been embellished; the water
is excellent. The temperature is generally
moderate in winter and summer, and the
rate of mortality is one of the lowest in
Europe" These extracts are not taken
from periodical holiday pamphlet issued
by some enterprising coast resort" they
appear in the annual report of the British
consul at Venice, gentleman. by the way.
who bears an Italian name. 1t is common
knowledge that much has been done of late
to improve the queen of the Adriatic" in
a sanitary sense and to ruin her pictur-
esQueneSs. And now we are assured that
the ebb and flow of the tide every six hours
not only clears the air, but carries away all
refuse and "purifies the emanations from
the SOIL" And you can call up a steam
launch instead of a gondola.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
SPUR TO GREAT DEEDS
INFLUENCE OF MEMORIALS AT
THE NAVAL ACADEMY.

From Hurpers Weekly.
Annapolis as the final resting place of our
FIRST great naval commander has dual in
terest and significance.
In the new chapel. OF magnificent pro-
portions and beautiful design, which is in
the course of erection at Annapolis. John
Paul Jones will be interred--the first of our
iuustrious dead to rest in what Is destined
TO become the Westminster Abbey OF the
American navy.
The crypt which occupies the entire base
ment, will be of exquisite marble. and IN
the center the sarcophagus will be placed
for his Interment. The fact that the crypt
10 below ground has caused regret In some
quarters since the announcement that our
frst naval hero will be inferred there. In
response to this. one high IN command at
Annapolis has suggested that a central
opening be left in the floor of the chapel,
surrounded by bronze rail- leaving to view
the marble sarcophagus bearing In distinct
lettering the name John Paul JoneA
As the declared object in depositfhg the
remains there was in part to incitc the
growing youth of our land to noble deeds
OF patriotism. this would be best fulfilled
by keeping in sight that which perpetuates
his fame. young cadet describing to his
mother the naval monument, which stands
at the entrance 20 the old quarters, said
1T is the first thing see In the morning,
ard as Il rises out OF the darkness IN win
ter or shines in the sun In summer, l tell
YOU IT is jus, Immortality! and sets your
heart burning and makes your breath come
short. They died like men,"
This Is the beautiful white marble ynonu-
ment raised to those who fell at Tripoli in
the thrilling days IN the far-off Medlterra-
mean shores. where Decatur and others
were making themselves famous. II bears
me names of Somers, Caldwell, Decatur,
Wads worth, Dorsey and Israel. About Its
base grows a border of roses. whose up
Hung fragrance seems the incense OF LOVING
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF
"ENGLISH CHRISTIANITY"

When the general convention of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church of this country
meets in Richmond, Va, in 1907. three CEN
turtles will have elapsed since the first cele-
bration of the holy communion in an Eng
llsh colony in North America. Formal no.
tice of this tri-centennial will be taken by
the church, and it is anticipated that the
celebration will be one of the most impress
sive ever held by church body in this
country.
1t was proposed at the last general con-
vention that the men of the denomination
throughout the land either communicates
or occasional worshipers, unite In making
a great missionary thank Offering "n graf
itude for three hundred years of English
Christianity. This is to be presented at
the Richmond assembly. The fund will be
used for the missionary work of the church
at home and abroad.
Careful plans have been laid for bringing
the proposition to the attention of every
male member of the church in the United
States Committees are being appointed
in every diocese to raise the fund by per-
sonal solicitation.
In the diocese of Washington the follow
Ing churchmen have been appointed to
serve on the committee: Rev. DR.. Alfred
Harding, Rev DR.. Randolph II. McKim,
Rev. Arthur S. Johns. Rev Richard p.
Williams, Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller
of the United States Supreme Court, Chas.
H. Stanley, Arthur S. Browne, William II.
Singleton, James II. Taylor and Charles T.
Warner. Mr.. Taylor will act as treasurer
and Mr.. Warner secretary of the COM
mittee.
Placards have been prepared for posting
In the various parishes of the city. These
read. In part. as follows:
THE primary object of this movement is
to quicken among men sense of the i'm
portance OF the church as factor in ma
tional, social and domestic life and TO
awaken or to stimulate in them a feeling
of gratitude for the past and of responsible
ity for the future.
THE secondary object of the movement
Is to give to each man an opportunity 10
express his gratitude and in some measure
to discharge his responsibility by uniting
In worthy missionary thank Offering
1T Is to be a voluntary gife entirely apart
from and In addition to the annual con-
tributions that each one gives for missions
in the diocese in our own country and in
other lands. Our first duty is to keep the
church alive and growing. To this end each
one must pay his share OF the expense so
that each parish may pay its share of the
apportionments
1.-THE thank oilEring Is Intended to express
some measure of interest and enthusiasm
above the level Of mere financial duty.
There Is great opportunity to extend the
church's work. There is urgent need both
at home and abroad for additions to the
churchs plant. Churches chapels, schools,
hospitals, houses for missionaries and other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06

thus enabling us to know when we become
a new creation In Christ. In fact so es-
sential in the remaking of sinful man is
the third person in the adorable Trinity
that 1t is declared In The divine word that
no man can call Jesus Lord but by the
Holy Ghost"
But in the recreation of man, much. very
much. depends upon man himself. No man
can become a new creation in Christ unless
he is willing to become a new creation.
The will of man is a potential factor III
his remaking The human will is variously
defined Edwards defines will as 1.-The pow
er to choose" Tappan's definition of W IL
Is the minds casualty" Whedon says
the will is that power of the mind by
which 1t becomes the conscious author of
an intentional act Upham defines the
will as 1.-The mental power or susceptibility
by which he put forth volitions."
The minds power to act is the will, and
In so far as it has relation to divine things
It has unrestrained freedom. That is to
say. man is at liberty either to accept sal
walton through Jesus Christ or to reject II.
proverbial Christ is said to have wept over
Jerusalem AS He thought of the impend-
ing doom of the inhabitants of Jerusalem
He gave expression to the deep sorrow IF
His heart thus: 40 Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
thou that killest the prophets, and stonest
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II the creation of man were a stupendous
work the recreation of sinful man is a
greater work God said, Let us make man
in our image. after our likeness" And God
thcn created man. In o,her words, HE
simply spoke and it was done"
The process, however, of recreating man
is vastly more complex because of the fac
tors which enter into his recreation. 1t in
volved the manifestation of God in human
form, necessitating the advent of Jesus
the death Of the sinless Christ an atone
ment for human transgression 1t made
obligatory the resurrection OF Christ and
His ascension to His mediatorial throne in
glory.
But this is not all. In order that man
may be new creation In Christ, the Holy
Spirit has an essential part to perform. SO
important a relation does the Holy Spirit
sustain to the recreation of man that with
out his influence and agency this stipend
Gus work cannot be accomplished. The
Holy Spirit convinces men of sin. of
righteousness and of judgment. The Holy
Spirit presents Christ to the awakened
heart and reveals unto that hclrt the love
illness of the only-begotten Of the Father.
The Holy Spirit guides men into all the
truth. so necessary in order to make one
wise unto salvation The Holy Spirit fur
thernore testifes to our divine acceptance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
The Horrors of War; Museum.

From the World To-Day.
Johann Won Bloch has offered $4,000 and
his entire collection showing "the horrors
of war to the town council of Lucerne, in
order to establish museum of war and
peace. which should be far more eloquent
and impressive than the written O. spoken
word. Johann Won Bloch is a r. Pole
born at Radon in 1886, and he d an
enormous fortune as banker d. NJ saw
He was constantly engaged In great under
takings. and 1t was he who organized the
transport by rail of the Russian troops dur
ing the war with Turkey in 1S17-7S.
Practically all my Me- Herr Won Bloch
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its demand for n copy OF an exceedingly
limited number of copies.
Every great library and collector must
have copy Of the 'Dov's Press" Bible.
and the number of copies which will then
remain to suffer the ordinary bargain and
sale Of the booksellers might now be
counted almost on the fingers of one hand.
After so gigantic a success il is sad to
learn that the promoters of what is
really great national undertaking
should have lost money by reason of their
public spirit. But it really is SO. though
Mr.. Golden Sanderson has suffered no
trace of this unfortunate issue of his en-
terprise to mar the perfection of the pages
with which the work is marked all of the
way from Genesis to Revelations
reading the book has something of the
pleasure of the cathedral service There
/ is IN its great leaves something of the
difference which makes distinction be-
tween service in ST. Paul's and the same
office hastily gabbled over a union Saok
on an ocean liner. The words are "a
same. but there the resemblance stops
Old lines glow with new meaning and new
reverence and the glory OF the English
jewels, strong, inevitable and slow, finds
at last the setting for which they have
waited for centuries
There are no notes or numerals, no refer
ences, alternatives or tiresome italics I'm
the text Chapter headings have been
swept away. Archbishop FISHERS fantas-
tic Chronology is dismissed, and. above ALL
there are no illustra tons to wreck With
the personal limitations of the decorator
tn. onsweep of the text.
Exact 10 a letter, this edition retains the
well-known m sprint in Ruth which has
given to the authorized version the nick-
name of He Bible, and there is no or.
fermentation. long red II" descends
from the first margin of Genesis. hut from
that moment till that in which one reads
with a curious pleasure the names of / III,
Mason j. CEttr dge, G. F. Greengrass tho
composltors, and II. Gage-CoIe J. RYAN
T. Waller and a. Beaumont the press,nen.
IIele is never 4 stroke of establishment.
mere Is the story of God. and with IL the
OH! true reverence which could fit the oc.
c.Slon, man has been content To Law a re.
stralning finger on his fancy. 1t is a com.
rlonplace that the book is the well OF Eng.
nSh undehled. Never, perhaps, has the full
truth or the saying been so plain for all to
See. A work Ike this would have opIeted
the great agnostic who said that whatever
doubt there might be to the Inspiration
OF the writer's of the Bible there could he
NIUE doubt as to the translators and no
doubt at all as to the printers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
Fallacious Methods.
From Country Life.

COUNTY, Lie.
Cars are now timed over measured fur
longs on open roads. between miles:ones
and between villages, and half tile police
force of the country seems to be engaged
in constant attempt to detect breaches
of the speed limit, instead of safeguarding
the public against the reckless driver. Tie
timing methods employed have been proved
to be fallacsous over and over again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
Journalistic Gremmac.

From TIE By1tender.
One must never ts hard Upon the gram
NAUTICAL slips Of The journalist. So much
that slaves c: the pcn rec! Oft is produced
at too high pressure for attending to the
niceties OF syn.ax: many an able journalist
knows far less Of Tie rules OF grammar
than 4 lad In the fcar.n form.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
The Ethics of Shaving.
fish Medical Journal.

From the British Medical Journal.
The time was when 'shaveling" was
term Of theological abuse; at the present
day 1t bids fair to become one denoting
sanitary righteousness. Fashion is now. for
wonder, on the side of hygiene. Not
many years ago every man who could grow
beard took a pride in being marvellous
hairy about the face; now we are going
back to the glabrous estate of the actor.
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Prosecuted, but Invaluable.
,e Municipal Journal

From the Municipal Journal.
The motor-car has come to stay; and 1t
is well that 1t should. 1t is not difficult to
conceive the convenience to rural village
of the motor-car which intime of emer-
gency brings the skillful doctor at express
rate from the nearest town to the succor
Of a sick villager.
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Gle RQmaking Of Man

written Tn Star by o the NJ E
man n IS a nj creation
Coint lan Version
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its demand for a copy OF an exceedingly
limited number Of copies
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-09-13
Always Chewed the Rag.

"My grandfather had one curious
habit" says Virginia woman in the
Washington Post. HE chewed the
rag constantly. l don't mean 1t in a
figurative sense. either. mean 1t lit
orally. When he was about 80 the doc
tors persuaded him to give up the use
of tobacco, and he used a rag instead.
Grandmother used to cut worn-out ia
blecloths into little squares and lay
them In drawer ready for grand
father. When he was going out any
where, she tucked several into his
waistcoat pocket He chewed from
daylight till dark. Once grandfather
and | went to the funeral OF great
man here in town. Grandmother was
Ill that day. ri.d forgot to tell me about
the rags. We sat well up toward the
front, and 'andfather was no sooner
seated thar he put two fingers into his
walstcoat pockets No rag. He search
ed through all his pockets. one after
the other. No rag anywhere. He be
gan to wriggle. about In his seat uneasi-
ly. He was in misery with nothing to
work his jaws on. The service went
on and when the choir rose to sing, l
saw one Of grandfather's hands disap-
pear under his waistcoat His eyes
were fixed on the choir and he looked
determined. There was fortissimo
burst Of music-and then in the in
slant Of absolute stiffness which fol-
lowed, everybody heard something
tear. Grandfather turned a vivid pur-
pie. but when he raised his head after
the prayer a little later, his Jaws were
at work"
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Going to the Fair.


When Me and my Ma and Pa went t.
the Fair,
Ma borried Miss Rollinsus rigg to e
there,
Cause our buggy's new, and Ma says
Mercy sake!
Ii wouldn't hold half the folks she's 20
to take"'
An she took Marlndy an James twin.
an 10
An Aunty Van Meters-us girls-an' old
Slo'
Magee, ats so fat, come a-scrowdgin ir
there,
When Me and my Ma and Pa went te
the Fair!
The roads full O. loads full list ready t.
bust,
An all hot an smokin' and chokin' with
dust
The VOLTS an their wagon. an Brizen
tines, too
An horses list rared when the foot cars
came through.
An way from fur off we could hear the
band play,
And peoples all there 'ud list whoop an
hoaray.
An l stood on the dashboard, an Pa
boost me there,
Most high as the fence, when we went
to the Fair!
An when we us there an inside We
could see
Where the flags on pole where q
shows GO to be
An boys up in trees, an the grea' biz
balloon
At didn't goned up a tall, all afternoon
An man in the crowd there gived
money away
An Pa says he druther earn his by the
day
An he GIN me some. an says amt moth.
in there
Too good for his boy, when he went to
the Fair.
Wisht The Raggedy Man wuz there too
But he says,
Don't talk Fairs to me. Child! I've
went to one; yes
And they wuz thing there ye rode
and rode
An a thing-um-a-jig, at ye bowed
an | bloweu;
An they wuz a game at ye played-an'
played
An a hitch in the same where ye paid
an paid:
And they wuz two bad to one good peo-
Piles there
Like you an your Pa an Ma went ia
the FAIR
james Whitcomb Riley.
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Mosby had been a student in the
University Of Virginia. where hs shot
and seriously wounded a FELLOWSHIP
dent who had insulted him. For this
he was imprisoned and flnsd. The
Legislature RENTED his nne and the
Governor released him. Mosby's graf
itude to the State Of Virginia for this
was almost fantastic. 1t was charac-
istic of him that he never forgot 4
favor.
Mosby aided General Joseph Johns
ton upon the Manassas operations in
the Shenandoah. At the expiration Of
the twelve months enlistment Mosby
was one Of the two men, the only men
In the army. who were willing to re-
enlist Without a furlough.
At the close Of the war Grant ex-
tended a pardon to Mosby's men.
When Grant ran for the presidency
his most ardent partisan was Mostly.
He incurred the dislike Of the South
because Of his attempts to aA Grant
In his measures toward the South. But
Mosby would accept no favors from
the Northern government. He fought
for what he had thought right and not
Tor reward.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-09-13

this expedition to trace the Mississippi
to its source. Leaving st. Louis on
Aug. 0, 1905, he returned after nearly
nine months Of constant hardship and
exposure, Of continual danger. having
satisfactorily completed his work.
In 1SO8-7 he was engaged in a geo.
graphical exploration to the western
part of the Louisiana territory, In the
course Of which he discovered that
mountain in the Rockies that 10 named
after him. "Pike's Peak" His work
carried him to the Rio Grande River.
and having been found in Spanish ter
ritory, he was captured and impris-
oned.
In the war Of 1912 Pike was select
ed to command an expedition against
York now Toronto). His own cour-
age and the admirable plans that he
had formed led to the capture of the
nrst redoubt The advancing column
was halted until preparations could
be made for an attack upon the next
redoubt. The magazine of the fort
exploded. killing General Pike and
some Of the soldiers, and closing his
career in a moment Of victory.
Perhaps no name was more feared
in certain districts of the United States
during the time Of the Civil War than
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How 90 FOOL Them.

vassar girls tell 4 good one ON an
ancient and venerable instructor of
palsontology at that Institution Of
learning. From time immemorial u
had been his custom at recitations to
call on the young ladies In alphabetical
order, beginning at the beginning OF
the alphabet each new term, and call.
ing on three pupils each day. 1t did
not take the girls very long to figure
out just when their turn would come,
and neglect or prepare the lesson &C
cordingly. After many years Of this
system the professor was shocked ana
grieved to dnd out how the young Por-
tlas were taking advantage of him.
He spoke to the girls severely Of the
wickedness and folly Of such conduct
as had come to his ears.
"Since you are not to b. trusted"
he added solemly. II shall fool you By
abolishing the old method. Hereafter
/ shall begin at the end Of the alpha.
bet and 60 Philadelphia
Ledger.