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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
FOUND HIS FATHER
ILLINOIS JUDGE SUPPOSED TO
HAVE BEEN DEAD FOR "a YEARS.
Located by His Son in Denver-Lost
His Money in Chicago Fire
Fate Against Him.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dspatch to The Star.
DENVER, Colo, May 20-Alvin Deval
Mitchell, who was a supreme court judge
in Illinois before the Chicago fire in 1871,
and who was supposed to have died TWEEN
ty-four years ago, has been located in Den
yer by his son, Alvin Deval Mitchell, jr.
The father and son met on the corner
of 18th and California streets, when the
boy Immediately recognized his sire. He
said: Your name is Alvin Mitchell and you
are my father"
Yes said the father, land you are my
eldest son."
Lost His Mind.
When the fire in Chicago in 1871 caused
Mr.. Mitchell to lose all his money his mind
left him. He became i'll and it was not
thought he would ever recover. He re-
moved to Kansas City and entered business
with his brother, regaining his feet again
and becoming worth a million of dollars.
Fate was against him, and before very long
he had lost his all again. His son moved to
New York and took with him his younger
brother.
They entered the real estate business
there, and now both sons are well up in
the millionaire list. Alvin Deval Mitchell
after he had lost his money the second
time began drinking. and finally went lit
out of his home in Kansas City, and since
then he has been a homeless wanderer
until his son found him today.
Met Father Face to Face.
Last week Alvin Deval Mitchell, jr., came
from Denver and bought some real estate
on Capitol Hill at the price Of $4,000. He
already was a large owner of property in
Denver, and as he had invested so heavily
here, he decided to make this his home
He telegraphed to Kansas City and ordered
the remains of his mother and father be
sent here for burial The mothers remains
were sent here and buried, but the Kansas
City undertaken could not find the fathers
remains or any record that he had been
buried there. The son telegraphed an ur-
gent request that a thorough search be
made for his fathers remains. Two hours
after his telegram had gone he met his
father face to face. The reunion was
happy one, and the father will now have
a home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

A. r. Serven was employed as counsel TO
act for the association, and Immediately
associated with him ]. Altheus Johnson.
Together they are now at work on the
case. and petition will be presented to the
court some time next week asking for the
revocation of the order. At the regular
monthly meeting of the Eckingcon associa-
ton, to be held at St. Martins Hall. North
Capitol and T streets northwest. next Mon
day, the question will be specially consid-
cred. All other associations of the District
have been asked to participate in the fight
for free transfers, and all citizens are in
vited to contribute from 81 upward for the
expenses in connection with the prosecu-
ton. Cooperation of the citizens of the
District is earnestly desired in order that
the fight may be won, and all contributions
for expenses will be acknowledged If sent
10 the treasurer of the lexington Citizens
Association, Mr.. A. o. Tingley, 10 Quincy
street northeast. Some of the assoc aiions
have already agreed to contribute to the
fund. but all are wanted in the work, for.
as the lexington people say, it is a matter
vital to the interests of the entire District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
To Inspect French Coast.

SAIGON, Cochin-China, May 20.-Admiral
de Jonquieres, the French naval COM
mander, sailed from here today on the
cruiser Guichen. His destination was not
announced. but IT is understood that he Is
going 10 make another inspection of the
coast 10 see II French neutrality is being
inf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
pissipation in Russian Army.

ST. PETERSBURG, May 21.-Dispatches
from Harbin report a carnival of drunken
ness and dissipation among the hangerson
of the rear army. Champagne at SO a
bottle is said to be flowing like rivers, dives
are abundant and multitude of sharpers
and gamblers are reaping a rich harvest.
The emperor, at Gen. Linevitchs request,
has appointed a new provost marshal gem
eral, and the commander-in-chief intends
TO wage a vigorous campaign to restore
order and institute more satisfactory con-
In no
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
Junks Leave Cape st. John.

HONGKONG, May 20.-According to in
formation received here today the $50 deep
ly laden junks presumably loaded with
provisions for the Russian fieeO. which
were sighted May 1G twenty miles off Cape
St. John, by a correspondent who proceeded
from here to Kwangchau bay, north of the
island of Hainan, have left the vicinity of
Cape St. John and it is added are probably
seeking to effect a junction with Admiral
pGIfN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
Part III.


The Tear in Literature, by Richard LIE
Gdlilenne d
Captain Joseph Brogger, by Morley
ItODeTtS D
The Shrine of Shokonsha, by William
,bIiW WIuuie.
Galatea, by Kate M. Cleary. ............ q
Souls on Fire, by Louis Tracy. y........... .
One Touch of Genius, by Richard
Barker Shelton. ....................... IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
ToDAY'S STAR.

The Star today consists of five parts and
a comic supplement, as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

Will Ask for Revocation.

der was the basis of the complaint and the
retainment of counsel.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30

80 &c -eigllt ANA breadth of my pas
si5n TOR you. an,l ever since / have
been wondering how / shall do with
out you. suppose l shall manage 1t
somehow, but l could not keep silent.
1t was asking too much of my heart,
and so l have told you not all, but a
small part Of my story. l hope
Z What he hoped was not told, for the
next moment, with girl in his arms,
he was transported to a paradise he
had not dreamed Of
4 Some time afterward, when articu-
. late speech had returned to John. a
/, voice from his shoulder asked:
4 John, dear, how long have you loved
Eme?"
You remember the day your father
died and you came to me and said that
l would have to take care of you In fu-
ture? / realized then that l wanted to
take care of youth a different way.
And now, Miss Hardheart, how long
have you loved me without giving any
sign?"
'Stupidr' she replied, with a CLEAN
Of mischief in her eye when l told
you that you would have to take care
of me l meant it in the way you
thought didn't mean it,"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30
BITS FROM THE WRITER'S.

A man never loves a woman so well
as when he has been able to come to
her rescue.-Alice Woods Ullman.
The man with an opinion is Stunned
as though he carried about him the
germs of infectious disease.-Alfred
Sutro
never can make out why those can
did people who always say what they
think have such unpleasant thoughts
Sarah Grand.
Unless a man believes in himself he
may as well be buried Immediately
for all the work he is going to do in
the world.-Sidney Allnutt
The man who hopes for nothing will
generally attempt nothing "Tomor-
row. should always fling its light of
promise upon ''today."-Rev Silas K.
Hooking
Since the garden of Eden men have
taken good deal mo- pleasure in lay
In blame ON thar wives than in layin'
blame on the devil-Ellen Glasgow.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30

In one of his books of biographical
"reminiscences Augustus J. c. Hare
gives the following illustration of the
caprices Of Disraeli:
One day while dining out lady Of
fered him the mustard
II never take mustard replied the
statesman in his sepulchral voice
"Oh, don't you?" replied the lady.
mo-" continued "Dizzy" in his most
solemn tones There are three things
have never used. have never touch
ed mustard, l have never had a watch,
and / have never made use of an UNI
brella"
"Well," replied the lady, 81 can I'M
derstand the mustard-that is a mere
matter Of taste-but surely going with
out the other things must have been
sometimes rather inconvenient"
'And why should l want themY con-
tinued Disraeli. 81 live under the shad-
ow Of Big Ben, and there is a clock in
every room Of the house of commons,
so that l cannot possibly require a
watch, and as l always go about in a
closed carriage 1 can never want an
umbrella"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30

Why is it that you can always tell a
livery rig when you see it? Two WON
en- were discussing this question recent
ly. "Well, in the first place." said one,
ut isn't as smart as the private rig.
II it has coachman, he isn't dressed
In clean, new looking clothes The
harness has no bright mountings, and,
as rule, the horses look half tired out.
II it Is an open buggy or a two seated
rig, the people In it help to show that it
is rented. Their faces and actions always
Indicate that they are buying pleasure
People who own their own rigs ride In
them more as a matter Of course. A
rented rig always has livery written
all over it to me- Those are probably
the correct reasons" replied the other.
But whether they are or not I know
l can always tell livery rig when I
see it just as l can always spot q
bride and bridegroom when | see them
on the street. kansas City Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30
His crutch Calls For a Seat.

Styler sprained his ankle few weeks
ago and had to walk with a crutch He
came limping up the street toward his
home the other evening and laborious-
ly mounted the front steps. His wife
watched him. Once inside the house
Styler hung the crutch on the hall rack
and stepped briskly toward the dining
room.
I'm sure 1 can't see why you still
carry that thing" remarked Mrs Sty-
Ter. ut was all very well when your
ankle was bad. But it is as sound as
ever now. You don't look at all pretty
hobbling along on crutch, 1 assure
you"
perhaps not" assented Styler, but
Pm getting even with myself for years
of self sacrifice. You don't know what
strap hanging is. For years l have
given up my seat to women. Now the
moment poke my nose inside the door
Of car they fall over one another in
offering their seats to me- The dear
girls can't help it. I'm going to hang
on to that crutch, my love, until l am
thoroughly rested up" New York
Press
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Don't be a misfortune teller.

Don't be misfortune teller.
If you can't do anything else, try to
keep out Of the way
You don't have to be impolite to peo-
pie because you dislike them.
Don't think up mean things in your
mind which you intend to say If you
get the chance.
Don't tell your wrongs to your friends
unless you want to discover that their
enthusiasm is very weak.
When an accident happens, there is
always some one present to tell how
it could have been avoided
A man never knows till he gets out
of the rut how many jolts and bruises
he would have missed by staying In it.
1t is figured that one rich mans son
who has all the money he can spend
will spoil ten poor young men in the
course of his life and not half try
Atchison Globe.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30
ON THE OCEANS FLOOR.
How 1t Feels to Go Down Into the
Sea In Diving Bell.

How 1t Feels to Go Down Into the
Sea In a Diving BELL.
How 1t feels to go down into the sea
In diving bell Is described as fol-
lows by one who made the descent:
Putting on a pair of stockings, leg
gings and heavy boots, jumped on to
the seat when the huge bell-it weigh
ed forty tons and was as large as a
good sized room-was swung by the
powerful crane over the staging, and
gradually we were lowered into the
see. The sensation at first was very
strange. As we entered the water,
which was driven out of the bell by
compressed air, there was a distinct
buzzing sound In the ears and head. /
was told to hold my nose and blow
through it, and l did so. Slowly we
descended and at last reached the bot
tom, some fifty feet below the surface.
The bell in question was seventeen feet
long and ten feet wide. There were
six of us in It. 1t was lighted by cleo
tricity and was almost as bright as
day. We first landed on a bed which
the divers had previously leveled. The
moment the bell touched the ground
there was perhaps about two feet Of
water In 1t. This was quickly driven
out by the compressed air, when we
walked on comparatively dry ground
with the sea all around us.
''By sending signals up to the man
in charge of the great crane to which
the bell Is attached the apparatus can
be moved as its occupants wish Aft
er inspecting the smooth bed ON which
the bottom blocks are laid we went
out to sea and, landing on the bottom
again, obtained some idea of the diff
culties of digging foundation on the
floor of the ocean. 1t was ragged and
rocky. -Four men work In bell I'M
der pressure of twepty-seven pounds
to the square inch for three hours at a
time, digging up the ground until it is
perfectly smooth and level The ma
terial is thrown into a large wooden
box swung in the center of the bell.
climbing to our seats again, the
man gave the necessary signals, and
away we went, all under water, Of
course, until we landed once more upon
the stones Just placed in position. The
electric lights In the bell are placed
close to the thick little glass windows.
When we stayed on the bottom quietly
for little while the fish darted at the
light, but at the noise of shovel they
quickly disappeared"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30
Are You Nerxoun1

The man or woman suffering from
nervousness should seek the compan-
ionship of healthy persons free from
nervousness. The meals ought to be
eaten very slowly. All ordinary by
gienic rules are to be obeyed. VIII ex-
ercises are good. The nervous person
must, to use figure Of speech, spring
out of the warm, nervous bed and
plunge into the cold bath Of effort.
The thing he breads doing is the very
one he should do. One excellent plan
for nervous men and women Is to at
tend good theater and watch the de-
meanor OF some self possessed actor or
actress. Let them study that demeanor
and try to initiate it. 1t will be some
thing for them to do when attacked by
a nervous spell 1t will be found bet
ter than buttoning or unbuttoning
gloves or indulging in any other of the
purposeless acts so common to the
nervous.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30
CHOICE MISCELLANY


The food supply of New York Is so
enormous that though the rich and well
to do gorged from morning to night
they simply could not eat it all. There
would still remain an abundance for
every one If some way could be found
Of distributing the fragments. Just
consider the figures which 1 have on
careful authority. New York receives
every week 100000 pounds of
dressed beef, 100000 pounds of
pork, ham and pigs meat. 100000
pounds of poultry, 100000 pounds of
sausages, 100000 pounds of mutton
and lamb and over 100000 pounds of
liver, heart tripe, ETC., over 100000
pounds Of canned meat, 100000 pounds
of game and 100000 pounds of fish.
The fragments Of this food, tons and
tons of 1t, are collected every day and
carried of to fatten pigs in Jersey or
load the fertilizer scows that ply down
the bay. Every day of the year from
800 to 900 cart loads of food, much of
1T perfectly good, are taken from the
homes and hotels of New York and
simply thrown away. A million people
could i've and live well on this waste
If the problem of collecting and distrib-
uting 1t could once be solved. And 1
suppose any kind hearted individual
could solve 1t in a small way himself
with wagon and a little brains!L
Cleveland Motif In Success Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30
In the wiIds Of Mexico.

Herman Whitaker, author of tales
Of the Canadian northwest, is now
in the depths of Mexican jungles. He
writes: These lines are written from
solitary plantation on a lonely trop-
ical river. Here human life counts
for little. In one short month / have
seen one man killed and two desper-
ately wounded. Here slavery exists,
the cruelest form of slavery that the
wit Of man ever devised-the contract
labor system.
Last Sunday l Joined in a man
hunt for a poor devil of a peon who
had escaped from his bondage. l join
ed the hunt, trusting that If the man
fell to any one it might be to me. He
was not, however. caught. Miserable
beingl Without food or shelter he will
falter through the jungle till starvation
or some tiger makes an end.
II have seen men logged with
machete blades and women whipped.
At night they are herded in great gal
leries that are surrounded with barb
ed wire entanglements. By day they
are watched in the fields. Disease
stalks among them. The death rate
runs to 60 per cent
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30

According to the investigations of
Professor John B. Smith, it is not so
easy to destroy the mosquito as some
persons imagine. The eggs of the salt
marsh mosquito, for instance, may re-
main in dried mud for months and yet
large percentage of them will hatch
out within a few hours after becoming
covered with water. The remainder lie
dormant until the first lot has reached
full growth, and then, If still submerg-
ed, most of them also will hatch out. A
few eggs of each brood lie over to the
following year and all the eggs of the
last autumn brood hibernate. The con-
sequence is that the first spring mos
quito swarm is the largest of the sea-
son, and migrating adults Of this brood
live until September, swelling the num-
Der of midsummer mosquitoes.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30

A curious cult has sprung up in ia
pan In memory and honor of Newton,
which numbers In its members the pro-
fessors, graduates and students of the
mathematical, astronomical and phys
ical classes of the Tokyo university
This society has no president A
portrait of Sir Isaac presides over its
meetings. 1t keeps no records or min
utes, but its simple traditions are hand
ed down from year to year. An en-
tertainment is provided by the second
year students, assisted by those of the
first year. Each professor is expected
to make little speech, which may be
historical, scientific or whimsical, but
In no case must it suggest the black
board, for the gathering is essentially
social
The annual festival Of this eastern
cult is Christmas day, which in the
yeslr 1912 was Newton's birthday.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30
Ralph waldo Emerson,s STOW

Ralph Waldo Emerson was a man of
rare Integrity and very particular
about small things. One DAY a new
cooking stove had been provided for
his house, and, although the stove came
very highly recommended, it proved
thoroughly unsatisfactory and most
provoking, as it did everything but
what it was expected to do. After
awhile the family was In despair, and
some one suggested sending it to auc-
ton.
''Whati' exclaimed Emerson. Trans
fer our own perplexity to another pair
of shoulders? No, never, unless the
stove Is labeled Imperfect
And so Imperfect" it was labeled
and sold at great discount-Boston
Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30
pox.s Kis.e, caused Tumor.

The danger of kissing dogs is illus
trated by the experience of young
lady which is told In the London Ian
Get. She had been in the habit of fon-
ding and kissing pet dog. and when
she developed humorous growth it
was discovered that her trouble was
due to the presence of a number OF
worms which had been transferred
from the dog to the tissues of her
cheek.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30
The Hamburg Bourse.

Hamburg's first bourse, established
in 1880, was a shelterless, paved
meeting place, 112 feet long and -
feet wide, supported toward the water
front by means of bulwarks and nav
ing its three other sides surrounded by
a low stone wall. In 1877 the bourse
was enlarged by adding cloth hall,
supplied with roof The present
bourse also differs in many respects
considerably from American and other
foreign exchanges. No membership ex-
lists here, but attendance and admit
lance to all privileges of the floor free
Of charge are permitted to every re-
spectacle male person.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30
Order.


The chair lady raped sharply.
at should not be necessary for the
chair to remind MEMBERS" she said
severely, "that under our rules of or
der, to say nothing of common cour-
tesy, only one member may be silent at
a time. Any member who becomes ST.
lent at the same time that another
member is silent is distinctly out of
order"
The ladies of the club visibly cringed
under this merited rebuke. Many Of
them flushed to the roots of their hair,
and several there were who burst into
tears.-Life.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30
wrangel md the Artist.

Adolf Mcneil did not care much for
women, and he was apt to treat them
with scant courtesy, no matter what
their rank. When he was making his
picture of the Konigsberg coronation
the Empress Augusta came to the con
clusion that the women In 1t had not
been sufficiently considered, so she sent
Field Marshal Wrangel to tell him so.
The artist took the criticism very i'll
and bluntly told the marshal that ne
had better mind his military affairs
and leave art to artists. After VIC
lent alteration Mcneil pointed to the
door, and Wrangel, red with rage, re-
tired with the word, you are a nau-
seous toadV
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30

IL am not rich," said the science
crank to the great alienist, land l have
no fortune to leave to the cause of
science, but when l die l am going
to bequeath my brain to the students
Of your college for dissection"
Believe me-" answered the professor
politely, 1--WE shall appreciate your gift
We are profoundly grateful for thes
requests. however small they may be.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30
wireless. For Polar Trips.

Wireless telegraphy is to be used by
Commander Peary during the polar
trip upon which he expects to start
eaply next July. By this means the ex-
plorer's party hopes to be able to COM
municate witt New York Many deaths
have occurred in the arctic regions
which would have been prevented had
means been at hand for communicating
with other parties or ships and asking
for assistance. 1t would be al interest
ing climax Of such an expedition If the
first work done at the pole were to
erect wireless telegraph massive al
most said make use of the pole itself
for this purpose.-E Electrical Review.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-30

ITO my mind two things strike the
observer wildly when standing close
to wild elephants in their native
haunts," writes traveller. 1.-THE one
Is the gigantic size and his own COM
parative smallness. The other is the
expression of the eye This organ,
which is surprisingly small in proper
ton to the size of the animal and set
Tar back in the head, is of a pale blue
color much resembling that of wall
eye In a horse. Even when an ele-
plant is at fest his eye has an uncom-
fortably cold and sinister look"