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AS PURE AS CAN BE.
No Deleterious Matter in the Gum on
Postage Stamps.


IT noticed an article in a London medical
journal recently regarding the presence of
a poisonous salt said to be contained in the
coloring matter of some Of the English
postage stamps" said a government official
to a Star reporter.
1.-THE Journal in question, in sending out
special supplement parcels which required
three-penny stamps, was struck with the
brillancy of their yellow coloring. An
ANALYSIS was made, and 1t was found that
the coloring was due to a poisonous salt
chromate Of lead-in each stamp. In a
weight of rather more than half grain
the quantity of chromate was found to be
2.53 per cent. This was declared to De a
fatal dose and that one-fifth OF grain
would be contained in fourteen stamps.
1.-THE fine coloring of our own postage
stamps and the gum on the back thereof is
q matter of especial pride with us, and
they may be applied to the tongue for
moistening purposes by the public without
fear of poison or of contamination.
Some persons imagine that the gum upon
our own postage stamps is some common
variety of glue or mucilage, but In this
they are much mistaken. 1t Is perfectly
harmless, and Is composed of vegetable In
gradients, consisting of dextrine and giu-
tose and 1t is as pure and as clean as
modern methods and human skill can
make 1t.
'In fact it may be said that we go al
most to extremes in the initial prepare
ton of the gum and in It's preservation and
subsequent application to backs of the
large sheets upon which postage stamps
are printed. Its application to the sheets
is made by mechanical process in Clearly
and sanitary manner and not by hand. The
room in which the cumming is done is
large and airy. and may be said to be as
free from dust and other communicating
Influences as it 10 possible to make tia far
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
SAVED PARTY FROM DEFEAT
Office Boy Now Proprietor of Quaint
Quaker Book Store.
IMMENSE PERSONAL POPULARITY
Never Having Sought Political Place,
Honors Have Come Begging to
Him to Accept Them.
Written for The Star.

Written for The Star.
The second of American common
wealths will soon have for its chief ex-
ecutive officer a man who began life with
but two cents q rub together, as an err
rand boy, at time of life when most
boys are hardly more than started in
their school career.
Edwin S. Stuart, who has just de-
feated-snowed under, it might be moro
properly said-Lewis Emery, jr., the can
didate of the reform party, in one Of the
f1ercest battles for the governorShip
Pennsylvania has ever known, goes into
the governors chair principally becaus.
of the fact that he is the most popular
man in the state
Many republicans had little liking for
those who were identified as leaders Of
the party that elected him. The evils of
bosses Quay and Penrose had the effect
in recent elections of alternating many
thousands of voters who are strongly re-
publican on national elections. A ma
jority Of half million for Roose velt
was turned into minority of one hundred
thousand when Berry, democrat, was
elected state treasurer in 1905.
Undoubtedly the republican ticket, with
the same political managers or bosses at
the helm, would have been downed again
this year but for the personality of Stuart
Just as soon as the danger became immi-
| nent party leaders turned to Stuart as the
one man who could save them
Everybody knows Ned" they said.
Hes popular with all classes and his hon.
esty has never been questioned. Let us
nominate him.
Mr.. Stuart was not anxious for the place.
Since his retirement from the office of
mayor he has enjoyed the privacy and
home comforts that have come to him after
successful business life, but his popular
ity forced him to the front. Called to the
aid of his party, he could not refuse His
election followed Not only were the dis
satisfied republicans won over, but demo-
Gratis quit party allegiance in order to vote
for him.
This is the man. No one would ever have
expected the boy to go that far.
Inauspicious Start.
There was nothing suspicious in his start.
His father died when he was a youngster,
leaving without means of support a widow
and four children of whom Edwin was the
oldest.
When only little fellow, at time when
he should have been getting the education
that is the foundation of the success of
most public men, the future governor had
to go out and hunt a job to help support
his mother, brothers and sisters.
Fate led him to Learys book store a
quaint institution, even in those days. of
| the Quaker city, much frequented by bibli-
ophiles, and which, save that it has expand
ed, looks much the same now 1t did
then.
Edwin. hungry and eager for work. pre-
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ostriches $500 a Pair.
From Country Life in America.

From Country Life in America.
The ostrich business in the United States
is fairly prosperous. especially in the Salt
River Valley, Ariz., where ], 500 Of the Zoo
ostriches in the country are owned.
This Is new line Of animal industry for
Americans and there is much to be learned.
We have not thus far produced such fancy
birds as have some Of the more experienced
breeders in South Africa. but the size seems
to be Increasing and the health of the
birds Is all that could be desired
So far serious ostrich diseases have not
troubled the American raiser: even the So
called barring OF the feathers has not been
observed. Ostriches need hot. dry eli
mate, such as is found in the southwest.
The rainy portion Of the south IL far less
desirable, although this Is sometimes men,
toned as suitable for ostrich raising
Alfalfa pasture Is also essential: an acre
of alfalfa will carry four ostriches and,
which is Of far more importance, will keep
them in good health. Our American os-
triches are now worth $500 pair at four
years of age. No one should imagine that
ostrich farming is a get-rich-quick scheme,
for the birds are not ready for mating until
they become four years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
posed for sale on the outside. were stolen

posed for sale on the outside. were stolen
from the shexee.
Soon old Leary began to discover that
his new errand boy could indeed Go any
thing, and in short time his salary was
advanced.
As he grew. both in stature and the favor
Of his employer, II was felt safe to promote
him to a clerkshfp., and thus he went up
from step to step until he was the trusted
head clerk.
This did not seem slow progress. but bet
ter was In store. Eventually the former err
rand boy was admitted to partnership and
finally he bought out his employer, and be-
came sole owner.
This might have been expected to be the
final achievement OF man whose training
had been essentially business one, who
was not versed in law. usually the most
easy step to political preferment.
Dragged Into Politics.
In fact, Mr.. Stuart was dragged into
politics, for just the same reason that all of
his successive advances have come to him.
He was SO popular that people sought him
out to take places of trust.
Before he had been in politics for a very
long time the proprietor of the old book
store was president of the influential or
ganization known as the Young Republi-
cans. He became SO popular in this post
that the Pennsylvania State League of
Republican Clubs chose him for its presi-
dent
The tall handsome, CHEEKY, courteous
merchant made friends on all sides. and
soon there became manifest a spontaneous
demand to have him for mayor.
There was no politics in the movement,
1t had no manager. no campaign fund, no
promoting. Lots of people liked Stuart, and
thought him the right man for the place.
Eventually they put him there.
During the years of his rise Stuart had
been essentially mothers boy. His af-
lection for his mother was the handspring
of his life. and he remained a bachelor in
order to be with her He is still unmarried.
Shortly before his election to the mayor
atty of Philadelphia his mother died. and
this spoiled much of the joy of taking a
place of such honor
Stuart had a trying administration. 1t
fell to his lot to be mayor when a trusted
city treasurer. John Bardsley. robbed the
city of great sums of money. Other Of
tenders of his own party, men who had
helped in the movement to make him
mayor. were involved.
Many man might have thought 1t po-
litical wisdom to shield the offenders, but
Mr.. Stuart had a rugged sense of old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
To Make Waterproof Glue.
From the Scientific American. -

Waterproof glue Is manufactured OF gum
shellac three parts and India rubber one
part by weight. these constituents bein9
dissolved in separate vessels in ether, free
from alcohol, subject to a gentle heat.
When thoroughly dissolved the two solu.
tons are mixed and kept for some time
in vessel tightly sealed.
This glue resists the action Oh water, both
hot and cold, as well as most acids and ale
kalis. If the glue is thinned by the admix.
ture Of ether and applied as varnish to
leather along the seams where this has
been sewn together, it renders the joint or
seam watertight and almost impossible to
separate.
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to be the missing link The animal was
described very cleanly in its habits and
as very fond of bathing. The females were
said to bedeck themselves with wreathes
of leaves and to Groom to their young
while they rocked them in crude cradles,
which they fashioned out Of the wood of
the forest.
Pseudo Missing Links.
There have been many reported discov-
cries of so-called missing Inks with tails.
In fact, tailed men have been described
by explorers for many centuries, one of the
most striking cases being that of a wild
man tied for execution in Formosa. Ac-
cording to one Struys, a Dutch traveller of
the seventeenth century, this specimen had
tail more than yard long and exactly
like that of a red cow DR.. r. Granville
Harrison. associate professor of anatomy,
Johns Hopkins University, lately stated
that there now fnhabits the earth a tailed
caudatus." He counts five such cases re-
ported from the United States and 116
cases from countries outside. He says
that child so adorned was exhibited
before the Johns Hopkins Medical Society
five years ago. Some advocates of the
Darwinian theory regard such cases as re-
versions to a monkey ancestor. But this
reversion extends beyond our father ape,
who had no tail.
THE fact is that the larger apes have
even less of tail than man." the writer
was to d by DR.. Theodore Gill, above
quoted. 'If We ranked ourselves by the
tail alone We would have to take a place
second to that of the apes. We have four
caudal vertebrate, those of these apes being
broader and less defined as tail pieces than
those of men,.
The discovery of hairy men has, at times,
given rise also to report of the discovery
of missing links" In Burma there live
men whose faces even are covered with
hair, after the manner of Barnum's 40 10,
the Dog Faced Boy" But no evolutionist
has ever related them closely to the ape.
How Missing Link Would Look.
The missing link was once sketched by
Huxley and the drawing was lately repro
duced In his Life and Letters" 1t shows
hairy, stopped creature walking by aid
Of crude staff. For a vivid word picture
OF typical missing link / am, however in
debted to DR.. Gill
I'm the early stage he would be bow
limbs. In the later stage, his legs would
be straighter and better developed his
arms almost as short as mans. He would
have considerable hair on his body and
between 1t would be seen black skin. His
brain cavity would be larger and deeper
than the apes, but smaller and narrower
than mans. His jaws would be more promi-
nent than those of the most savage man,
but less so than those of the ape, while the
size of his teeth, the gaps between them
and the skull ridges which hold the jaw
muscles would likewise be less than in the
ape and greater than in man. His nose
would be bridgeless and lie fiat on his face.
His eyes would roll in large orbits. Over
each he would probably have a prominence
from which his low forehead would slope
suddenly backward to form the beginning
of shallow semicircle."
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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KJ1uARIJ h0fn AnlA.

Congregational Church last May to steal
the overcoat Of the pastor while he was Ii
the pulpit preaching from the text, Lay
not up for yourselves treasure upon this
earth, where rust and moth doth corrupts
and where thieves break through and
steal" Some thieves have a sense of fitnesss
A fight with brigands in Chalcdis a year Of
two ago resulted in the death Of a soldier.
The brtgands sent E500 to his widow
son discovered later the identity OF their
victim. They returned his horse to its pals
dock, with his wallet tied about its nex.k
and his money and watch inside. Even the
Chinese pirates have some honor. one Of
our consuls reports, and will pay for the
hire of vessels which they have comman.
deered for their expeditions.
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fashioned honesty that was not TO be conie
promised with. He Instituted most rigid
investigation and prosecuted the guilty
without fear or favor. AS result Johh
Bardsley went to prison.
Stuart had also to deal with rapacioua
trolley companies, but he forced them to
Concessions In the way of street paving
in return for franchises that have mad6
Philadelphia one of the best paved CITED
In the United States.
This was. Stuarts record when he left
office and went back to private life.
Held on to the Old Store.
Three mayors-warwick Ashbridge and
weaver-have ruled in Philadelphia since
that time and Mr.. Stuart held no public
Office in the interval.
All during his term of Office as mayof
he had. held on to the old book store,
though the active management was eng
trusted mainly to his brother William III.
Stuart.
But although the former mayor was Wilt
ing to escape from the limelight. his
friends still remembered his qualities and
his services. Without having been a car-
didate he was chosen president of the
Union League. perhaps the highest social
honor that can come to Phlladephian-
His next and highest elevation is the ses
lection 10 be governor
Mr.. Stuart has two homes, one in Oak
Lane a suburb and the other In the south-
ern section of the city, on Broad street. !
Since the death of his mother. Miss Cora
A. Stuart. his sister, has had charge 81 his
home. and to her will fall whatever social
duties devolve on life at the capital
The governor elect formed the habit OF
walking to his place of business when h6
was an errand boy. and could not afford to,
spend car fare. He has chung to IL ever
since and scorning carriages or automo-
biles. he walks uptown every morning.
though he is fully two miles away front
the center of the city.
His tall figure and kindly face are known
to every one. and man, woman and child
delight to exchange greetings. n
On the morning after his election thu
children of the neighhorhood. knowing his
hour for starting uptown, clustered around
his step in order to he the first to salute
him with the title of governor" "A
Mr.. Stuart is a Mason a member OF thdI
board of city trusts and prominent clubS
man. n
His success shows that a man can come
up from nothing, and IL proves equally that!
in the process he can still be kindly and
honest, and not forget the rights or feelS
ings of his fellowmen.
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The Honor Of Thieves.

From the London Evening Standard
merry fancy distinguished the theft OF
Partisan robbers who sacked house in the
Rue de la Chapelle in the spring. Your
clock has stopped chiming: we will take 1t
to the matchmaker" ran the note which
they left behind them. For fear you should
be robbed we are removing your Jewels" 1t
could only have been coincidence which
brought thieves to the vestry Of Mortlake
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
When He Was Reckless.

Translated for Transatlantic Tales From LIE Journal
Justice of the Peace-.'You say that couple
wishes to be married? But the bridegroom
is drunkv'
Father of the Bride-"Yes, judge, excuse
me, judge, but It's only when he's drunk
that he will consent to marry her,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
Shameless.

From the Tailor and Cutter.
Persons belonging to the higher walks Of
life are to be seen promenading In Short
Jackets and chimneypot hats without the
slightest symptom of awkwardness OF
shame. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01
Pressing Times.

From the Yonkers Statesman.
She: Are you pressing any autumn
leaves?"
He: mo; can do better
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upright position. Hence DR.. Dubois named
the creature "Pithecanthropus erectus'' or
been installed in the great collection of
crania in the National Museums new di-
vision of physical anthropology, in charge
of DIR. Ales Hrdlicka, an anthropologist for
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A R T N O T Els.

Most favorable comment is being called
forth by the Washington Water Color
Clubs eleventh annual exhibition, which
opened last Saturday, in the Hemicycle OF
the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The prevail
ing opinion seems to be that 1t Is one of
the best displays ever set forth by this
organization. Certainly 1t compares we'll
with the New York and Boston water color
exhibitions which are at the present time in
progress. While from the technical side the
painter finds therein much to interest from
the purely pictorial side 1t makes to the
general public strong appeal. Indeed, it
helps to establish the fact, too often ques-
toned, that painting may at the same time
be clever performance and pleasing pic
ture-that work Of art must have, besides
capable rendering, intrinsic charm The
majority of the exhibits numbered in the
catalogue are from this standpoint most
worthy Of commentator. They are the
kind of pictures which one can admire and
would gladly own. The private view on
Saturday and the reception given on Tues
day evening to the members of the National
Society OF the Fine Arts were comparatively
we'll attended and altogether enjoyable at
fairs, and while the attendance during the
week has not been large 1t has been sum-
Client to demonstrate a gratifying interest
on the part OF the general public. The ex-
hibttion will continue for two weeks and
should afford all art lovers not only passing
pleasure but unusual opportunity for desira.
BILE acquisition.
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Many were shocked by the announcement
Of Mr.. Walter Paris's death. which occurred
In this city on Monday, as but fortnight
ago he was in apparent health and was
arranging for an exhibition of his works
at one of the local galleries. Mr.. Paris was
an Englishman. born in London In 1912.
and came to this country in the early nine
ties. He studied art at the Royal Academy
and under Rowbotham, Mattel and Nash,
but he was musician and architect as
Well as painter. During his early resi-
dence in the United States he helped to or
ganize the once famous Tile Club of New
York. and he was weli known in artistic cir
cles. His work was chiefly in water color
and was strikingly individual. Following
the old English school. his method was
that of accurate representation. He was
fundamentally q reaast and sought truth
through literal transcription. Being
skilled technician, and willing to spare no
pains. he was able to produce some remark
abe results. such as are to be observed in
his picture Of great blizzard now in the
loan collection of the Corcoran Gallery. His
English scenes, wherein are pictured the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01

scented himself to the proprietor and asked
for job.
what can you do?'
Anything" was the answer.
It won the place Of errand boy at a salary
of "a week. Young Stuart not only ran
errands, swept out the store and did the
chores around the Office, but he also was put
on guard to see that no books freely ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01

to be the missing link The animal was
described as very cleaniy in its habits and
as very fond Of bathing. The females were
said to bedeck themselves with wreathes
of leaves and to Groom to their young
while they rocked them in crude cradles,
which they fashioned out OF the wood of
the forest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01

At the public library in Mt. Vernon
square there is an exhibition of original
illustrative drawings set forth in the
upper hall. Some are distinctly meri-
torious and instructive, and, while others
are less important, the collection as a
whole is noteworthy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-01

quaint thatched cottages, trim gardens and
orderly hedge rows of the rural districts,
are all peculiarly. interesting and mert-
torious, but most notable of all his works.
perhaps, is a large series Of decorative
studies of plants and flowers made from
ture as an aid to design. This last is of
very real and unusual value and should for
the benefit of future workers be preserved
intact by some public institution Mr.. Paris
was an interchangeable worker and he leaves
as a part of his estate great number Of
his own works Of art. What disposition
will be made Of these by his executors is
not as yet known.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1906-11-08
Curtains.

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Is made with the
idea constantly before the man
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rests with that particular Cor
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every point because there is a
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figure. We have in stock a new
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sets in all sizes and for all fig
ureS.
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Children white dresses in
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yokes or lace yokes and ruff
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When You Are
Waiting for Cars

The street stop directly in front of doors and
you are most welcome to make this store your waiting
You'll find chair always ready and always something
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p%GOME IN
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There are many new gar
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new three-quarter length and
full length Tourist and Hutomo-
bile Coats in the popular man
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checks, full ample loose fitting
luxurious garments.
Coats with the new ripple"
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lined Silk braid trimmed affairs.
Evening Coats. Elton Jackets.
Come in to see the new styles
you'll be as welcome as a locker
as though you come to buy.
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Hosiery.

u
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