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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
Obstacles to Hertz Waves.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
A suspicion that the Statue of Liberty
interferes to some extent with the trans
mission of wireless telegraph messages In
New York harbor has been entertained
for several weeks. 1t was first excited, we
believe. by puzzlng failures to communi-
cate between points in the city and steam
ships which were aground near Sandy
Hook. Corroborative testimony is now
supplied by naval officials who investigated
the phenomenon after the government had
experienced a similar difficulty The huge
mass of bronze on Bediow's Island seems
to serve the purpose of an upright wire ut
a regularly equipped STATEN, absorbing
Hertz waves which impinge against it.
If the experiments already made do not
answer all of the questions which are
raised by this discovery it would be we'll
to have the inquiry pressed little further
spread from the center at which they are
is important to know, therefore. how large
an arc of these circles is affected by being
intercepted. AT how great an angle from
the path to a receiver will the observed eff
feet be nsensible? Again. it is desirable
to learn how much more of an obstruction
the Statue of Liberty is than an ordinary
upright WIRE and whether or not it Is feas-
ible to overcome the trouble by an increas-
ed output of power in creating the waves.
These and other uncertainties must lie
cleared up before wireless telegraphy can
fill its destined sphere of usefulness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09

crops, must be addressed to the Secretary
Of Agriculture: those relating to non-specu-
lative crops should be addressed to HYDE
(a) Teiegraphic reports addressed to the
Secretary of Agriculture shall be placed IN
the safe unopened and there remain untH
the morning of the day on which the bu-
reaus report Is issued, when they will be
delivered to the statistician.
(b) Telegraphic reports addressed to
Hyde may be used as received by the sta
tistician prior to the date OF the issuance
of the report.
Sixth. Care Of Records-The tabulation
sheets and the sheets containing the pre-
liminary and final computations OF the sta
tistician and his associate. relating to eacn
monthly crop report, together with all let
tiers and reports from state statistical
agents, special field agents, or any one else,
relating thereto, shall be filed in a library
case. used exclusively for that special pur-
pose. and kept locked therein, except when
needed for us by the statistician or his as
ISOLATE.
(a) These records shall be SO kept in the
library case that all tabulation Sheets re-
lating to any month shall be together and
shall be wholly separated from those re-
lating to any other month.
OBJ The records shall not be accessible
to any person other than the statistician
and his associate without an order from the
Secretary or assistant secretary. except
that tabulation sheets for a preceding year
may be used by the chief of the division OF
domestic crop reports for the purpose OF
copying the column headings and county
weights when preparing blank tabulation
sheets for future use.
Seventh. All telephones In the bureau OF
statistics must be disconnected before .
IN. of the day on which the bureaus re-
port is issued, and so remain until after
It's issuance.
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deed, 1 was, for her happiness was con-
tagious. She seemed charged with cleo
tricfty, overlooking. communicating IL by
d look, word. a smile.
we went up to the promenade after the
nrst act. and ate an Ice together The
place was crowded and Cecily soon be-
came again the center Of attraction Men
s.roied past merely to look at her. and
OF the eye that said unutterabie things
ne advent of new, incompatible siren
eouiu not pass unchallenged AT them
a., Seciiy glanced from time to time with
sworn she had been reared I'm New York
S s chatted gayiy. eating her Ice. slipping
ner WINE. looking at me with eyes that
slowed Ike stars Then suddenly, as she
too up, ner race changed. ! glanced up
700. and caught Jim Godfrey's astonished
eyes hxed on mine. He bowed and passed
Who Is that gentleman" demanded Co.
nar5 easeri!. leaning across the table to-
ward me. You know him?'
On, quite WELL 1 answered. more ana
more surprised. His name Is Godfrey"
Godfrey" she repeated slowly. after
me, as though fixing IT indelibly in her
memory And what is his business7''
He's reporter by trade; he gathers
news for paper" added, seeing that she
did not wholly understand
On she said. and breathed a deep sigh
OF relief. Il see." Then as she met INV
glance. she added, Il fancied that I had
met him somewhere: l was mistaken. In
missile" ''
But scarcely heard her: my eyes had
dropped to pin at her throat: as she
leaned forward. I could see II very clearly
an opal surrounded by blazing ring OF
diamonds l looked at 1t mechanically
then with a sudden intent interest For
one link of that brilliant ring was missing:
one or the diamonds had fallen out
Go be continued tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
The French Shake,
From the New York Globe.

From The New York Globe.
What the French call ''le shake hands
has its Importance In psychology. A stu
dent has given the fruit of his inquiries into
this branch of science to Paris journal
When a stranger does not grasp the hand
you offer him, you are entitled to doubt his
honesty. If he favors you with a couple
of fingers. you may set him down haugh-
ty. If his hand lies Imply in yours, he Is
timid. If he gives you the American
squeeze" he is audacious. If his hand slips
away, he is incident; but if he is good, 10y
al sincere, well-balanced mentally and
physically, he let's you have a grip. ample.
firm, modest, and yet genial. These sim
pie instructions should be very helpful in
the making of new acquaintances and the
choice of friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
Varieties of Recreation INDUCED by
Great Americans.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Young men with iron in their blood note
that President Roosevelt and former Presi-
dent Cleveland are earnest advocates and
opponents OF outdoor life. However diff
ferentiated in other particulars, these two
great Americans find common ground In
their devotion to open-air exercise, each In
his own fashion. Mr.. Cleveland, since his
retirement from the presidency, has fire.
quently given his fellow countrymen coun-
sci in various matters of moment. He APP
pears now, in the Country Calendar, with
a brief in advocacy of outdoor sports and
recreation, and argues his case with the
rugged force and frankness which distn
guish all his deliveries. He insists that all
of US should be made to realize that out
door air and activity intimacy with nature
and acquaintanceship with birds and ami
mails and fishes are essential to physical
and mental strength.
Anemic and clustered statesmen were
probably shocked when the great chief JUS
tice, John Marshall, found respite in pitch
Ing quoitS in the yards of country inns,
but the exercise doubtless contributed to
the strength of his robust intellect. 1t is
worthy of remembrance that many Ameri-
can statesmen were great huntsmen and
fishermen. Fishing is a contemplative sport
which, as In the case of Daniel Webster,
has been serviceable in the solution of
knotty problems of the law and statecraft.
1t is said that some of his most sonorous
periods were composed while he was sit
ting on log beside some babbling stream.
The brooks had message Tor webster un-
heard by other knights of the rod.
The Sage of Monticello was another ar
dent devotee OF the out-of-door life and
his writings abound in praise of exercise.
Il give more time" he says, Ito exercise
of the body than of the mind. believing IL
to be wholesome to BOTH. President
Roosevelt walked dozen miles on one OF
the hot days of this week Jefferson, who
was a walker, held that carriage is no
better than a cradle for exercise. Here is
a passage which should delight Mr. Roosc-
welt and Mr.. Cleveland: las to the spe-
cies of exercise. / advise the gun While
this gives moderate exercise to the body,
il gives boldness, enterprise and independ-
ence TO the mind. Let your gun be the con-
slant companion of your walks
This philosophic statesman believed that
exercise and recreation are necessary as
reading. He recorded late In life that the
delight of his retirement was constant
bodily activity. The great attention given
to outdoor sports in our day may disturb
the wiseacres who never forsake the office
desk. but, barring excess, they are whole
some for the national life. AS Mr.. Cleve-
land well says in the contribution from
which We have quoted. men may accumu-
late wealth and neglect the outdoor air and
activity but they will forfeit far greater
boon than wealth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
PoSTERITY's COLD LIGHT.
How Coming Generations May Expel
darkness Of the Night.
From Current Literature.

From Current Literature.
Our childrens children will expel night
with bright effiuence derived through the
medium Of an exhausted glass tube con-
tanning small body which can be made
to phosphoresce when bombarded with
electrons. That is the gist of a study of
the lamp of the future by DR.. ]. A Flem-
ing in the Electrical Magazine. But the
author gives rein to his Imagination"
AYERS the Electrical Review, which at the
same time, finds the plan worthy of serious
consideration as idea of the ideal lamp
toward which we should strive" Placed ut
suitable points about the small body in the
exhausted glass tube of DR.. Fleming's ny
pothesis will be electrodes arranged so
as to project the electrically charged mat
ter leaving their surfaces upon the body,
and thus bring it into brilliant phosphores-
cence.' The substance which phosphoresces
will be selected so to produce, if posi-
bic, only luminous rays. Or if this cannot
be done, the luminous rays must greatly
preponderate. In other Words adds the
Electrical Review, I'VE must have a cold
light. We must so use the electrical en-
ergy as to produce light without converting
it into heat" However:
The idea of uusing phosphorescent bodies
is old The problem, of course, is to OBJ
tain a lamp which can be made to phos-
phoresce at will, and which will give suf-
ficient light for practical use. Dr. Flem-
ing's plan is based upon the following idea:
1t is thought by some that the luminous
energy radiations which we recognize as
light are produced only by vibrations of
the corpuscles themselves. The longer or
so-called heat rays are due to vibrations
of the atoms of matter a whole. If we
can cause the corpuscles to vibrate with
out setting the atom as whole into mo-
ton. we should, according to this idea, be
able to produce a cold light. This does
not mean that the radiations do not repre-
sent energy, but merely that there are none
of these lower vibrations which we usually
class as heat.
We are, of course, a long way from this
idea. At the persent time we are, for
lack of better method, forced to produce
light through the medium of heat-that Is
to say, according to the newer idea of the
method of producing luminous rays to make
body luminous, simply, by heating it.
set its atoms into such violent motions as
to get corpuscles of the atoms themselves
into vibration. The useful work done is
then only that which sets the corpuscles
into motion. The movement of the atom as
an atom gives rise to the heat rays and
except In so far as it brings about the
more rapid vibrations of its corpuscles is
useless. and represents a waste of energy
We are probably far from this ideal
lamp as we are from what might be de-
Scrbad a an ideal telephOpa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
Disbursin G Officers Enjoined
to Exercise Economy.
LOCALE COURTS MARTIAL
TRIAL IN PROGRESS AT FORT
WASHINGTON.
Retirement of Capt. A. W. Perry-Joint
Board to Meet at Newport-West
Point Examinations.
LOCALCOURTS MARTIAL

All the officers of the army charged with
the disbursement of public funds have
been enjoined to exercise the strictest
economy in their expenditures during the
current fiscal year, especially in the mat
ter of transportation, and commanding
officers and quarternasters have been
directed to exercise careful and constant
supervision over all such expenditures and
to personally see that they are restricted
to absolute necessities.
This action is due to the fact that the
appropriation for military transportation
for the fiscal year 1906 is $3,00O,0OO less
than the appropriation for the fiscal year
1905, when it amounted to s15,000,000. This
reduction of 20 per cent has made 1t nee
essary for the department to reduce trans
portation expenditures to the lowest pos
sible limit in order that there shall be no
deficiency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
Army Orders,

Leaves of absence have been granted as
follows: First Lieut.. Samuel A. Purviance,
4th Cavalry, one month"; with permission to
go abroad; Captain Roger v. Bryan, 9TH
Cavalry, three months extension on ac-
count of sickness: Captain Harley B. Fer
guson, Corps of Engineers, until August
20; Captain Harry c. Hale, General Stafr,
twenty-one days: First Lieut.. John r.
Thomas, jr., 18th Inantry. two months;
First Lieut. Paul s. Halloran, assistant
surgeon, one month.
First Lieut.. E. A. Jeunet, Signal Corps at
Fort Myer. has been ordered t., Fort
Wood, N. Y, to transfer his property &C
countability
First Lieut.. Laurence v. Frazier, Corps OF
Engineers. at San Francisco, has been or
dered to duty at the United States Mill
tary Academy.
Captain James A. Woodruff, Corps OF
Engineers, has been relieved from duty al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
Capt. A. W. Perry Retired.

Capt Alexander w. Perry, 18th Cavalry,
has been placed on the retired list on
account of disability incident to the serv-
ice. Captain Perry was born in this city,
but was appointed to the Military Academy
from New York in July, 1888. On gradual
ing four years later he was assigned to
the infantry arm and remained in that
branch until February. 1889, when he was
transferred to the cavalry During the
Philippine insurrection he served in the
volunteer establishment as a quartermaster
with the rank of captain. He became cap
tain of the 18th Calvary In February, 1901.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
Joint Board to Meet at Newport.

The following named members of the joint
army and navy board have been ordered to
attend meeting of committee No. 3 of said
board at Newport, r. l., on the 18th in
slant: Major Gen. John P Story. retired
Brig. Gen. William Crozer, chief of ord
nance: Brig. Gen. Alexander Mackenzie,
chief of engineers; Brig. Gen Samuel NJ.
Mills, chief of artillery, and Major George
GOethals, general staff, recorder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
Cannot Select Their Quarters

The Secretary of War has decided that
contract surgeons and dental surgeons
having no rank and not being officers are
not entitled to select their quarters at
army posts. That duty is devolved upon
the post commander but the quarters SO
assigned are to be equal to those of a first
lieutenant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
Vacancies in the Navy,

The Navy Department has announced
that an examination will be held In New
York city on October of candidates to
fill the five vacancies In the grade of as
slstant civil engineers in the navy. The
examination will be similar in character to
those held in recent years in New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
Examinations for West Point.

= 1t is announced at the War Department
that candidates selected for appoin tnent
as cadets of the United States Military
Academy may take the prescribed examina-
uon at the army posts nearest most
convenient to their homes or to the schools
TO which they are in regular attendance
at the time of their selection. and that
they will not be permitted TO take the ex-
animation elsewhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
Ordered to Washington Barracks.

capt. Edward R. Schreiner, assistant
surgeon, has been relieved from duty at
Fort McHenry, Nd, and ordered to duty
at Washington barracks, District of Co.
lumbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09

the Military Academy and ordered 70 the
stan college at Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
First Lieut.. Leon B. KRONER and Second
Lieut. Greed F. Fox, 11th Cavalry. have
been ordered to examination for promotion.
Major Edward c. Carter. surgeon in this
city, has been assigned to duty at Fort
Leavenworth. Kan.
First Lieut.. James Bourke. assistant sur
geon at New York City. has been assigned
to duty at Fort McHenry. Md.
Naval Orders.
Passed Assistant Surgeons r. r. Rich
ardson and A. M. Fauntleroy and Passed
Assistant Paymaster D. c. Crowerl have
been commissioned in the navy.
Assistant Surgeon r. L. Sutton has been
placed on the retired list OF the navy.
Professor of Mathematics H. M. Paul.
from the bureau of yards and docks, Navy
Department, to the Naval Academy. An
Warrant Machinist G. s. Bingham has
been warranted.
i Mate F. Josephson, from the Iroquois to
the Independence. navy yard. Mare Island
Mate G. Short. from the Texas to the
Santee.
Mate NJ Bathke, to the naval station.
Cavite, p. l.
Constellation. with additional duty at the
naval training station, Narragansett Bay.
r. l.
Mate H. Forsdal from the Cleveland to
the Constellation, with additional duty al
the naval training station, Narragansett
Bay, r. !.
Lieut. N. E. Irwin. from command
Of the Barry to the Yokohama Hospital
for treatment.
Lieut.. ]. p J. Ryan, from the Whining
ton to the Raleigh.
Ensign NJ. S. Corning. from the Monad-
mock to the Cincinnati.
Midshipman E. B. Sherman, from the
Wilmington to the Monadnock.
Paymaster j. Brooks, from the Ohio TO
his home via the Solace.
First Lieut.. J. F. Dyer U. 8. M. c., from
the Cavite station to the Cincinnati.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
To Attend Tennessee Encamnment

Capt. Romulus F. Walton, 9th Infantry.
has been detailed to attend the encamp
ment of the organized militia of the state
OF tennessee to be held during the month
of August.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
The Evening Star Patterns
A Garment That Bespeaks Comfort

2S2S-Milady demands kimono that shall
combine grace, comfort and beauty, and the
accompanying illustration shows a gar
mcnt which is the embodiment of all three.
The fullness falls in soft folds from rows
of stirring, and the resulting long lines
lend height to short figure and dignity to
a tall one. One of the delightful Oriental
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
Local Courts-Martial.

General Grant, commanding the Depart
ment of the East, has acted on the cases
Of six enlisted men tried by courts-martial
in this vicinity.
Private Jesse Clayborn, Troop G, 9Th
Cavalry, at Fort Myer, was convicted Of
desertion, and sentenced to be dishonorably
discharged, to forfeit pay and allowances.
and to be confined at hard labor for etgh-
teen months.
Second-cass Private William Knight,
Company F, I'd Battalion of Engineers, at
Washington barracks, was found guilty OF
absence without leave Zone previous con-
viction having been considered). and was
sentenced to confinement at hard labor for
three months and to forfeit $50 of his pay
Private Charles Glyder, Company A, Hos
pital Corps, at Washington barracks. was
found guilty of larceny and selling cloth
ing and sentenced to be dishonorably dis
charged, to forfeit all pay and allowances
and to be confined at hard labor for nine
months.
Second-class Private James E. Percell,
Company G, I'd Battalion of Engineers, at
Washington barracks, was sentenced to
hard labor for three months and to forfeit
$50 of his pay for being absent without
leave.
Private Bransiel T. Barnes. Hospital
Corps at Washington barracks was SEN
fenced to six months confinement at hard
labor and to forfeit $50 of his pay on con-
viction of drunkenness, assault ana pat
terry and disorderly conduct.
Private Napoleon Southers, Troop p,
18th Cavalry, at Fort Myer. was found
guilty of sleeping post three previous
convictions having been considered) and
sentenced to be dishonorably discharged TO
forfeit pay and allowances and to conflne-
ment at hard labor for six months. In
this case Gen. Grant disapproved the SEN
tence of the court on the ground That the
case had not been properly tried and Or
dered Private Southers to be restored to
duty In all the other cases the sentences
were anIroYed as rendered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
Court Martial at Fort Washington.

A general court-martial is in session at
Fort Washington, Nd, for the trial of such
prisoners as may be ordered before it. The
detail for the court consists of the follow
ing artillery officers: Captain Gustave w. S.
Stevens Capt. Eugene T. Wilson, Capt
Archibald Campbell, First Lieut.. Robert
Smart, First Lieut.. Claudius M. Seaman,
First Lieut. Harrie F. Reed, Second Lieut.
George l.. Wertenbaker, First Lieut. Ed
ward n. Macon, Judge advocate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
THE MARATHON MYSTERY.
BY BURTON E. STEVENSON.

Copyright. 1904. By Henry Holt q Col
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09

popular will develop this pattern well "a
dull-blue silk figured sparingly in red and
is a suggestion for both blond and brunette.
while countless other fabrics and color
schemes can be used with equally good eff
feet. The material required for medium
size is 81. yards SO inches wide.
Pattern No 2S2S is in 4 sizes from 30 to
90 inches bust measure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
Safe Combination Secret.

(c) The combination for opening the safe
In which the above documents are kept
shall be known only TO the Secretary or as
sistant secretary of agriculture.
Third. Reports of special field agents
must be made and handled in the same
manner as those of state statistical agents
Fourth On the day on which the report
@. the bureau is issued. the statistician's
rccm, IN which he establishes his final fig
ures must be kept locked, and no one not
engaged IN assisting him permitted to en-
ter: also. those in the room must remain
there until the report is issued, unless per-
naitted TO leave temporarily. by the Seere-
tary OF Agriculture.
(a) No one shall be allowed In said room
OIL the day on which the report of the bu-
reau is issued except the stitistician. his
associate, his stenographer. and the Secre-
tary or assistant secretary OF agriculture
without permission of the Secretary of Ag-
riculture.
CO. The final computations of the United
States, relating to cotton and speculative
crops. based on the figures determined by
the statistician for the different states.
shall be made by clerks locked in the room
clans room. who shall not be permitted TO
leave said room until the issuance of the
bureaus report, without permission of the
Secretary OF Agriculture.
Final Computations.
Z. tc) The final computation for the United
States relating 10 non-speculative crops,
may be made by clerks under the direction
of the chief OF the division OF domestic
crop reports.
Fifth. The Geographic reports of state
statistical agents and of special field agents
regarding cotton and other speculative