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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-04
New Phase of an Old Game

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Il want to tell you how 1 was finn
TANNED on my way to Milwaukee" said
George Harding of Peoria. My experience
may be of value to the men on the road
AS the train was about to pull out of Chi
cago a big, prosperous looking fellow came
into the smoking compartment where 1
was sitting. He was bareheaded and had
a roll of bills in his hand. He counted them
carefully, and l noticed that there was $40
in fiyes
He slipped them into a nenvelope which
he sealed and held in his hand. AS the
train was pulling out he engaged me in con-
Versation and asked where he would have
a chance to mail the money to his wife, /
told him, and after apparently thinking
the matter over he said he did not think It
would be wise to mail the bills unless they
were registered, and decided to wait until
he reached Milwaukee. AS he was about to
slip the envelope in his pocket he asked
me whether l had the amount in larger
bills, that would be less bulky. I found
two twenties in my pocket and gave them
to him in exchange for the sealed package
Then he said he believed he would GO
and get his hat. The train was just stop
ping for an instant at Clybourn Junction
as he strted from the coach, and 1 have
never seen him since. needless to say, for
upon opening the envelope I found some
neatly folded pieces of paper. The next
man that gets any of my money, however,
will have to use gun or piece Of lead
pipe"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-04
Municipal Ownership in Chicago.

From the Chicago Evening Post.
We have municipal ownership of the city
hail. Is it kept clean and savory, free from
water bugs and tax-eating bipeds?
Not if your nose and eyes have sense and
your tax bills feeling.
We have municipal ownership of streets
and sidewalks. Are they kept clean, safe
and in decent repair?
Not in twice twenty years have they been
clean except by private subscription The
millions in bonds just issued to liquidate
damage judgments testify to their peren-
NAL danger from dilapidation.
We have municipal ownership of lighting,
heating and power plants in various parts
of the city. Are they models of economical
law-abiding efficiency?
Not on the daily smudge that settles on
your nose and the millions of dollars wasted
the naturally pure ozone of Chicago
We have municipal ownership and opera
ton of the best water supply on earth. Has
1t been maintained on a basis of cheap
rates and economical administration?
Not if the report be true that the whole
system is worn out and needs entire re-
Mobilization, the city engineer saying that
so per cent of all the water pumped is
wasted.
Verify the advocates of municipal owner
ship invite the citizens of Chicago to a
greater orgy of corruption and waste than
has ever been known in an American mu-
nicipality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-04
Progress in the Air.
from the Boston Transcript

rum tue bcstOn transcript.
A device to navigate the air in the same
sense that ship navigates the sea or a
man moves over the land must possess the
-FOUR essential factors-lift, propulsion, diri-
gfbility and automatic equipoIse Prof
Montgomery's aeroplane which gIided or
scaled over some miles of territory in the
Santa Cruz mountain region of California
the other day possesses in itself but one
of these factors-dirigibility To speak
plainly the machine so far as 1t is at pres
ent developed is little more than para
chute whose drop TO the ground from a
height may be prolonged by its peculiar
construction and which, by the skillful
handling OF the steering apparatus, may be
guided through the air In any direction I'M
I'll the momentum of the drop Is exhausted.
The aeroplane without power is not the
long awaited flying machine but simply a
scaling device; progressive improvement
and development of Lilienthars apparat us
and Idea, but no more. 1t has no lift no
propulsion, and apparently not sufficient
automatic equipoise TO prevent 1t from be-
coming the victim of vagrant gust Of
wind.
The machine is built of light tough wood
and has eight canvas-covered wings ar
ranged with upward curves and each hay-
Ing Il concavity supposed to approximate
that of a birds wings. The aeronaut is
mounted astride of the backbone and oper-
ates the wings and steering apparatus by
hands and feet This device is taken high
up into the air by means of a balloon
When the proper altitude is reached II is
detached just as is the ordinary parachute
Instead. however, of coming almost straight
down as does the latter, Prof Mont
gomery device, utilizing the force of
gravitation, and its peculiar shape, slides
off to one side. AS II develops speed In It's
descent it's rudder becomes available Just
as the rudder of a boat only becomes use
full when the boat has Roadway, and the
aeroplane may be steered TO the right or
the left or In circles. IL finally reaches the
ground just as does the parachute when its
weight at length overcomes the resistance
Of the air. This. of course. Is inevitable.
as II has In itself no lift and no means of
propulsion when the momentum of the drop
N exhausted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-04
THE AVERAGE JURY.
Body of Men Whom Any Man May
Well Trust With His Life.

From the Atlantic Mohtniy.
The average jury will sit for an hour or
SO, listening .attenttyely on the evidence.
.sizing up the witnesses. and particularly
the defendant, bfsnsing to bear their
knowledge OF the conditions prevailing
among the class anddn the part of the city
in which the crime was committed, and
will then file out to the jury room. through
the closed doors of which can be heard
loud and often heated and profane wrang-
hngs-which will suddenly cease. and then
they will come fling back. with a self-sat-
tsfied air, and deliver a verdict which. in
95 per cent of cases. is Just about right.
when looked at from the broad point OF
view of doing substantial Justice.
Keeping in mind that the defendants
guilt must be proved beyond a reasonable
doubt, 1t is but seldom that fair-minded
prosecuting officer can quarrel with the
yerdicts of acquittal rendered In the county
of New York Frequently, Juries will dis
agree in the most exasperating manner,
owing to the presence OF "the eleven obsti-
nate men," but when verdict is rendered.
1t Is safe to say that 1t Is a vindication
OF the wisdom OF the fathers in leaving the
question of the guilt or Innocence OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-04

Irish poet, before he sailed for home, one
of the speakers told how he had visited
Havana fifteen years ago
1.-The old town was delight he said.
Every corner brought you a picturesque
glimpse. When 1 reached the American
continent the first place i saw reminded me-
of Hoboken, and the further l journeyed
the more every place reminded me of Ho-
boken. till al last / got to Hoboken itself.
Hoboken seemed to represent the American
idea of things. And every place 1 visited
anywhere around reminded me of Ho-
boken The only place that wasn't like
Hoboken was Salt Lake City, and by the
time we get through manipulating the Nor
mons that will look like Hoboken. too: The
worst of 1t is he added I don't dare to
go back to Havana, for the Americans are
there, and although they have brought the
death rate down lower than IL ever was be-
fore. know they are making the old town
look like Hoboken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-04
Guesswork Geology.
the New York Tribune

INC New
The construction of the great Simplon
tunnel has proved once more that geology
is largely matter of theories, which may
or may not fit actual conditions, even close
to the surface of the earth. The engineers
have discovered that the biologists were
entirely at fault as to the temperature
which would be encountered, missing the
mark twenty-five degrees at the point
where hot water was found. The water
conditions in general were unlike those pre-
dicted, and the engineers found that the
dips in the rock strata, which had been de-
clared on theory to be mainly vertical,
were, in fact, horizontal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-04

In London there has been no attempt to
form a comprehensive system adapted to
She needs of the public - each company
building its line for certain route of traffic
and opposing lines which might encroach
tory. In Paris. New York and Boston mu-
nicipai commissions have laid down the
routes.-Engineer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-04
EXCESS OF CULTURE.
DR.. Walsh Says It Makes Women Tole-
rate Evil Books.

From the New York Tribune.
While vindicating the character Of Luz
crezia Borgia to an audience of the friends
of Mother M. Alphonsa Lathrop's philan-
throphy. in Carnegie Lyceum yesterday.
DR.. James ]. Walsh warned his hearers not
to mistake changes in manners for changes
In morals.
Don't forget" he said, that our En-
glish grandmothers read Fielding and
Smollett and kept them on their drawing
room tables We can't do that. but we
keep the morning papers on the breakfast
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-04
Assembly Districts.
From the Chicago News.

That new associations do not change the
old trend Of ideas was illustrated in New
York recently. when P. Henry Roche. who
used to be a political leader and law
maker, but who now runs a hotel, climbed
to the top of the tall tower of the Times
building. With wondering eyes he gazed
down upon the great city spread for miles
in all directions. After taking In the inn
mense panoramic view he gasped: Gee!
What a lot of assembly districts you can see
from here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-04
Worms in the Palace.

From the China Times.
The empress dowager is taking great
interest in the rearing of silkworms in the
palace, and has ordered a large quantity
of the best mulberry trees, with some ex-
pert growers from Soochow, the most ia
nous silk district Of China.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-04
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
FIRE AT THE JACKSON PHILLIPS
BRICK PLANT.
Kilns and Sheds Damaged to Amount
Of So, OOO-Richard Warder's
Funeral-Briefs.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

special Correspondence OF ne LSeiibS 'otai.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 4. 1905
Fire broke out last night about o'clock
in the works OF the Jackson-P Phillips Brick
Company, located at Brick Haven, Aiexan-
dria county, and damaged several kilns and
sheds to the extent of about $1,000. NO IN
surance was carried on that part of the
property After burning for about an hour
the fire was extinguished by the apparatus
kept on the premises and operated by
force of employees. The timely and ener-
getic work of the men saved the more Valu-
able parts of the plant from damage. The
engine room was located close to one OF
the burning sheds, but 1t was successfully
protected Four large brick walls were DAM
aged covering an area of about 200 rect.
The flames spread from a kiln in winch
the usual fires were kept for the seasonis
OF brick. 1t was stated at the ONCE OF tne
company this morning that sparrow
nest, which had been built too close to the
firebeds, was probably responsible for the
fire. The impression was that TINS hao De
come ignited and had spread the names "
the SuperStructure.
AS precaution against fire it is a custom
at this, as well as other brick yards, TO
prevent the building of birds nests ABOUT
the kilns. Representative William H. JACK
son of Maryland is president and MI u j.
Phillips vice president and general manager
of the company.
Funeral Of Richard Warder.
Funeral services over the remains OF Mr..
Richard Warder, whose death occurred Sun
day took place this afternoon from the
residence of his grandson, Mr.. George
Lash, 427 South Fairfax street. and were
attended by large gathering of friends
and relatives of the deceased. The pail
bearers were selected from the membership
of the Friendship Veteran Fire Association,
to which Mr.. Warder belonged. Rev. J. A.
letters of Trinity Methodist Episcopal
Church conducted the services and the in
terment was made in the Methodist Prot
eStant cemetery.
General Matters.
The election of second lieutenant for the
Alexandria Light Infantry will take place
at meeting of the company in Armory
Hall next Monday evening, Mr.. Charles
Pierpont, who was recently elected. having
declined the position. The regular drill of
the company was held in the armory last
night.
omy was delivered by Mr.. Charles New
bury of Washington In Sarepta Hall last
night before the Alexandria Trades Coun-
Gil. This inaugurates series of weekly
addresses on labor questions by prominent
labor leaders.
The funeral of Mrs. Ophelia Mills, wife
of Mr. ]. Brawner Mills, took place this
afternoon from Grace Episcopal Chruch.
Rev. Edgar Carpenter. the rector, con-
Quoted the services, and the interment was
made in the Methodist Protestant ceme-
terry.
The regular monthly meeting of r. E.
Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans, was held
last evening in the camp hall on Prince
street The camp will arrange for appro-
pirate exercises in observance of confed-
crate memorial day, May "a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-04
citizen to the Judgment of twelve of his

citizen to the JUDGMENT OF Twelve OF MS
fellow citizens.
Before that body the innocent man may
gladly come, assured that his fellow citi-
zens composing 1t desire to acquit rather
than convict, and that their combined in
telIigence and knowledge of men will APP
preciate and sympathize with his embar-
rassment or slowness Of wit; while the
guilty man breads the scrutiny of those
twelve stolid common-sense faces, for
whose composite he knows he is no match.
and with reluctance does he break the
silence which was formerly imposed upon
him by the law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-04

Just because time flies there Is no reason
why people should try to live fast enough
to keep up to it.-Philadelphia Telegraph
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-04
SIS bays
rforeoto Buy
AHd Make Easter
Gowns and Hats.

Jackets are trimmed
with handsome novel;
ty braids and finished
with fine taffeta silk
and stitching.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-04
Imported Dimities,
25Go

Beautiful soft-fnisl1 Washable Dimities, diff
ferent from anything you have ever had be-
) fore.
Made with small checks and cluster cords,
! printed in organdy effects, but smaller than
regular organdy designs.
About,2o different styles, including several
; colors Of each
Red ripe Strawberries - Rosebuds - Gar
lands - Rings and all-over
effects.
J ~ inches wide. Cannot be found at the
ordinary stores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-04


- FomthF
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-21

this is accomplished, she will indeed
feel that her success is complete.
little more than year ago some
Interested friend of Miss Alexander
sent her on her journey to London.
armed with letters to prominent mem
bers of the social world there. one
of these was to the famous Mrs. John
Mackay, who became her social spon-
sor, and practically made the clever
little girl from Tennessee the toast OF
London drawingrooms.
Miss Alexander has never been on
the stage. hut from her old NANNY
IN the south, and n score of servants
VINO had once been in her family, she
learned the real plantation melodies,
'"arned to sing them as only a sifi
who spent her early life i'll the real
south could sing them. She learned TO
initiate the old darky in all his qualht
characteristics and her triumph was
declared complete when she moved
fashionable audience to tears by her
touching recital of a little negro poem.
W. s. Gilbert. author of "Pinafore,'
ADVISED her strongly to go in for
emotional acting, and Lady Bancroft,
one of the shining lights of the Lon
don social world, and herself talent-
ed actress, offered to coach the young
American girl In the role of Juliet II
she would study for the stage.
Lady Ludlow recently lent her
Splendid mansion in Portland Place
lor recital by this talented American
Srl Tor which the social world of
london cheerfully paid 81 a ticket.
ner services are constantly in demand
ana with Mrs. Mackay and other in
huentlal women to sand sponsor for
nrr, this little girl from Tennessee Is
audlng fresh laurels to her crown.
-; And now she is to appear before the
hing and Queen! The Command
Mnlch has been sent to Miss Alex
"uaer is the same as that which goes
W every artist whom King Edward
%uu Queen Alexandra wish to near.
It Is In reality an invitation, but is
un'l'd n command" for the reason
o,"l n. an invitation from the King or
queen brooks no declination and Is
'',itelore. in n sense. obligatory.
q. Mss Alexander brcathes the life or
ou le south in all her work and no
ttuouht of persuasion will induce her
w. give 1t up for stage career. she
IaNlng into London drawing rooms
snd even into the presence of His
,t"yesty, King Edward VII an atmos-
innn irnere of love. freedom and the pretty
,,, us,'hets which make of the southern
ttIl another type of the American
oeauty which Is ever puzzle and yet
n neT'table JOY to our English friends
a'ross the water.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-21
LaDan's Grand Old Nan.

MARQUIS Ito. who was recenti!
stoned by a Japanese mob, Is OIL coi'
naratively humble birth. HIS fa,ner
Inzo Ito. was a rustic gardener Mar
nuis Ito first went to Europe. STOW,
ing himself away in bale OF s,ih tIa ~,
hoard a ship bound for Liverpool i1c 9c
,,ns uU concealed in this bale for 30
Sonrs. SHI until he was discovered by one s
Of the ships officers. The reason ,o5 lo1
his hi leaving Japan was that he desired ire.
to escape the vengeance OF lhe .Sinh SU
servatiye party of that country, Wnisi,
pftSnrgn pttSmpts to to adopt western manners ,'
au,Tiu aud rnstoms in Japan. He is now
said said to he the most Western JapaneS,v nane,y
int in the occident. and spends v,lrnnaa prouao'n y
a. sye hours a day reading Europeah s.h
.,N',,snonars NV m and magazines Yet; Win
n1 y. is said to be the poorest Prime Prime
aI,, a1,rist.r n in this worlds goods either
artu,I or retired in the world.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-21

hundreds of thousands of acres OF
land embraced within the forest re-
serves naturally almost bare OF forest
cover or which had been stripped OF
their timber and left worth perhaps
a dollar an acre, We're thus purchased
by corporations and exchanged on an
even basis for the finest government
timber lands of the northwest. Sew
eral bills We're introduced to amend
this law, but finally, after much con-
troversy, the entire act was repealed
greatly to the dismay OF the timber
grabbers, and this mode Of robbing
the government stopped.
A bill was also introduced repeating
the timber and stone act and provid-
ing for the disposal OF timber in the
manner recommended by the Public
Lands Commission, but this bill slum-
bered and finally died in the Public
Lands Committee of the House of
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-21
PUBLIC TIMBER GRABBING.
PRESIDENTS COMMISSION ANX=
IOUS THAT CONGRESS- SAVE
AMERICAN FORESTS.
Second lnstaiment of Commissions
Report-Protests Against $40 Acre
Homestead Scheme-Repeal of Lieu
Land Law.


Two pieces of public land legisla-
ton which engaged the attention of
Congress last winter were the 64O-
acre, or square-mile homestead bill,
and the lieu land timber bill.
The former was defeated the latter
was passed, both properly. Under
the 640-acre bill it was sought to in
crease the 16O-acre homestead entry,
covering some twenty million or more
acres Of land in South Dakota and
Colorado, to $40 acres, the claims be
ing that the land was not sufficiently
productive to support family on 16O
acres, and that $40 acres would be Il
proper unit. A similar bill was also
introduced to include the lands of the
entire state of Montana.
These measures We're vigorously
opposed on the ground that 640 acres
were either too much for a farm or
else not large enough for stock graz
ing exclusively. and also on the
ground that the agricultural capabili-
ties of this, or in fact, any part Of
the west are not thoroughly under
stood and that land which may to-day
be considered of little use for agricul-
ture, will, under improved methods of
culture and the introduction of
drouth-resisting plants, be found to-
morrow to be entirely suitable for
farming purposes. AS 4 matter OF
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-21
HP4fS TO DRESS IN STYLE.
STIRRING Adventure of the Hon, Angus.
tuS Browne, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Things went very hard the other
day with the Hon. Augustus Browne.
OF cleveland, Cnio. AS Mr.. Browne
stepped of II street car during the
busiest hour of the day and at one of
the most crowded localities in Cleye-
land, his well-made trousers caught
on the lower step-it seems that some
or the iron work was loose. Stimuli
taneously, the conductor started the
car, and the Hon. Augustus Browne
at once sat down upon the Belgian
blocks in Il shocking manner. More
over. the Hon. Augustus kept
right along with the vehicle, towed
by the left leg of his expensive trous-
ers, and presenting a picture of unus-
ual distress and CONSERVATION. What
made it worse was the fact that the
spectators on the sidewalk We're dis
posed to be disrespectful. Mr..
Browne eXpostulated against the treat
ment he was receiving, though, OF
course, in perfectly dignified way,
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-21
Texas Sulphur Deposits.

Texas. a State which claimed the at
tention of the whole country as cat
tie State. and as a petroleum State,
will probably soon become remarkable
as a sulphur State. In the trans-Pecos
country in Ell Paso county, north of the
Texas Pacific Railroad, geologists com.
pute that there are ten million tons OF
40 per cent. native sulphur ore avail
able and almost in sight. The sulphur
area which has been explored and sur
veyed covers about ten thousand acres
and the deposit has an average thick
ness Of nine and one-half feet. 1t has
been recently reported that this sui
phur field has been bought by Illinois
capitalists, who have associated with
them in the enterprise a number OF
European capitalists. At present no
railroad is near the deposits. the near
est station being Toyah. twenty miles
to the northwest. The intervening
country presents no obstacles in the
way of railroad construction the
grades being low.
II is calculated that the United States
annually consumes 100000 tons OF SUI
phur. Much of the sulphur used in
the United States is imported from
Italy. the tonnage brought in from tna1 nad
country varying from 100000 to 25o'ooo
tons a year. The American State when
leads in the production of sulphur IS
but a vast amount OF sui
phur is obtained from the pyri'es
mines in Louisa county. Virginia. IL
is said that the visible supply OF SUI
phur is sufficient for the requirements
of trade for the next twenty years.
The sulphur trade of the world IS prac-
tically monopolized by the Anslo.Sicli-
ian Sulphur Company, Limited, OF Lon-