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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-12

Cleveland has sailed from Hampton Roads
for Boston, the submarines Porpoise and
Shark have left New York for Newport, the
Arethusa has sailed from San Juan for
Guantanamo, the Yankton has left Port of
Spain for San Juan, and the Denver has left
Guantanamo for Martinique.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-12
Naval Movements.

The Brooklyn, Tacoma, Galveston and
Chattanooga have arrived at Genoa, the Lee
banon at Lambert's Point. the West Vir-
ginia at St. Kits, the Bainbrtdge at Hong
Kong. the Indiana at Hampton Roads. the
uncas at Key West. the Celtic at Monte
Christi and the Barry at Canton.
Tho Porter. Dupont, O'Brien and Bialxely
have left Port Royal for Key Wsst, the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-12
Return Of Secretary Taft.

Secretary Taft. who attended the Yale
banquet In New York Saturday night, has
returned to this city and was at the War
business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-12

e. b. Eddy, millionaire paper manu-
facturer, and owner OF the largest match
factory In the British empire. is dead at
Ottawa, Canada. He was born In Bristol.
VT. and his remains will be taken there for
burial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-12

Frank NJ Norton. a private In the Coast
ARTILLERY, and stationed at Fort Wadswprth,
NJ Y, and Mra. Nellie Pagan of Concord.
NJ H., were asphyxiated by gas some time
yesterday, whether from suicide or acct.
dent, ths RukhOrtties are unable - deter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-12
A Work Of Fiction.

"a Rift in the Cloud Is the title of a
novel which thus far is the only instance of
a work of fiction which Is at once the prod
uct of the mental and mechanical labor of
the blind.
THE printing department of this institu-
ton is receiving an appreciate revenue
from the sale and penny day rental of
this book, and If Congress or some person
or persons of means would only relieve us
Of the necessity of standing up under a
mortgage of $4,000, drawing per cent in
terest. there is little doubt that in time we
should work out our own salvation. and
be the means of so improving the condition
of the adult blind people of the District of
Columbia. that We should be an object les
son that would prove of the utmost value
to the rest Of the country.
I'VE are looking forward to the time
when this institution will be able to estab-
fish departments for the practice of mas
sage and osteopathy, two professions in
which blind people are eminently success
full For years the Japanese government
has given the blind a monopoly of the prac-
tice of massage. Chicago has a heart spe-
calist who has become eminent in his pro
fession. and DR.. Fuller of Hartford, Conn.,
though blind has for years filled the office
of medical examiner TO the coroner of the
county, and no one has ever complained of
his inefficiency.
"A number of blind people have succeeded
as lawyers and editors. and the late Dr.
Milburn, for many years chaplain of the
Senate, and the Rev. DR.. H. N Couden
chaplain Of the House of Representatives,
and the president of this institution are
examples of what success in life blind peo-
pie as ~clergymen may achieve
A statement of the receipts and disburse-
ments of the Columbia Polytechnic lnsti-
tute for the Blind. for the quarter ended
Saturday, January a. follows:
Balance on hand from last quarter SOL 81
Receipts-From job printing department,
1858. 40; magazine department, S40S 60; Rift
In the Cloud" $266S; donations, $127; music
lessons, sos; American Association to Pro-
mote the Employment of the Adult Blind
$125: loan account. $57.64; piano tuning and
other unclassified receipts, $1T9.72 Total,
81 434. 76.
Allowance for housekeeping, SIS: fuel,
electric power and gas, S105.S9; pay roll.
$64S.3 insurance. interest on mortgage and
repairs, $202.4 stock and printing supplies,
$199.42; current expenses not otherwise
classified, telephone, postage, car tickets,
stationery, circulars, laundry, etc, S57.
loan account, S134. "a; balance on hand, $500.
Total 81 ,434. 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-12
narrow or the broad"

narrow or the broad"
Miss Gordon described the work OF the
Worlds w. c. T. u, of Which Lady Henry
Somerset is the president. and made an
earnest appeal to those who do not belong.
to join the organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-12

II you want work read the want coll
umns Of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-12
SUCCESS OF THE BLIND
DESIRE WORK FOR WHICH THEY
ARE COMPETENT.
Efforts of Columbus Polytechnic In
stitute-Tuners and Printers
Lawyers and Editors.

The Columbia Polytechnic Institute for
the Blind has issued an appeal to the
public to give the blind people of this city
an opportunity to do whatever by perseyer-
ing effort and thorough training they have
become competent to, do It is explained
that the trained ear of blind man quail
fled as a piano tuner enables him to do SUI
perior work. The makers of standard
pianos appreciating this, employ blind peo-
pie in their tuning departments to put the
finishing touch upon the best pianos. ana
the people Of Boston, Philadelphia, New
York, Baltimore and other cities where IN
stitutions for the blind are located have
learned from experience to appreciate the
services Of the blind as tuners. The local
institution has number of blind persons
on its roll who are said to be thoroughly
competent piano tuners 1t Is suggested
that there are in this city $50 churches ana
chapels, each of which undoubtedly mas
plano, with at least 100 more pianos IN use
In the lodges and meeting places OF the
various fraternal and social organizations.
II arrangements should be made for the
Columbia Institute to keep In tune THESE
pianos referred to, 1t is declared. the insti-
tute would be enabled to employ the blind
piano tuners and render this department OK
the institute self-sustain1ng.
I'VE have been greatly gratff1ed with the
increasing number of parents VINO are Will
ing to trust the musical education of their
children to the blind" Mr.. F. f. CleaVe.
land, secretary of Columbia Institute. said
today Surely the people OF Washington
have had ample proof in the career OF Ut.
j. W. Bischoff that excellent results may
be expected by employing the blind IN TINS
branch Of the work, and this institution Will
gladly furnish music teachers of either sex,
upon application, and be grateful for the
OppOrtunity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-12

29c. KimOnas ait 10c.
Women who look ahead and
supply their needs will be here in great
numbers tomorrow after these pretty
Lawn Kimonas at 19c. Well-made gar
ments. in neat figures, polka dots and
stripes Finished with double yoke back
and front. Plain borders. All sizes up
to 46
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-12
Printing a New Occupation.

men have found out that they could safely
trust their Job printing to the blind. AL
though this is a comparatively new occupa-
ton for the sightless, 1t has had ten years
trial in Hartford, Conn; Fall River, Mass
and nearly five years In the printing de-
partment Of this institution. The maya
zine published by this institution Is just en-
tering upon its tenth year OF existence anu
it's earnings in the month of December last
exceeded all previous months. 1t has con-
stantly maintained department of sue
cessful blind people, wherein the achieve
ments of the sightless in various occupa-
tons have been faithfully set forth. The
Importance of this department may be bet
ter realized when it is known that the most
persevering blind people everywhere agree
that the greatest obstacle to the success OF
the blind is the skepticism Of the seeing
world.
.'If it Is possible for even the 1000 out of
the $4,000 blind people in the United States
to succeed. 1t is proof positive that the
others might have progressed under favor
able conditions. and it is to bring about
these Favorable conditions that the enlight-
ened blind are now working.
"Since the American Association began
the publication of this magazine, work
shops for the blind have been established
in Hartford. Conn; Brooklyn. N. Y; Sag
NAV. Mich: Milwaukee. Wis; Worcester,
Mass; Cambridge, Mass, and Washington,
D. c. Charles F. F. Campbell, son of the
blind American founder Of the Royal Nor
NAL College for the Blind of London, Eng
land has come to this country to join in the
agitation now going on. and has established
an experimental station In Cambridge, Mass,
which Is soon to be enlarged and located in
Boston. Mass. and through his efforts New
York is soon to have bureau for the en-
ployment of the blind. and an arts and
crafts shop for the sale of their work Elk
Lieut.. Gov. Edw. F. Jones of Binghamton
N. Y. who lost his sight few years ago
Is actively engaged along the same line.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-02
HEART HEAR!

Henry E. Dixey, the player, recently
told of an experience in a small country
hotel in New England, whereby the
actor was much annoyed by the play
ing of a cornet at night by a guest
whose room was adjoining that of
Dixey
In the morning the landlord, meeting
DiXey on the stairs. said to him, be-
fore the player could enter complaint
in regard to the proceedings of the
night before:
How did you enjoy the cornet-play-
ing in the next room?"
Enjoy it, sneered Dixey; why,
man alive, I spent half the night
pounding on the wall in my endeavors
to make the fool cease!"
A sorrowful smile crept into the
countenance of the boniface. 1T must
have been a misunderstanding" said
he. The gentleman who was playing
the cornet said that the party in the
next room applauded so heartily that
he went over every piece he knew sew
eral tinles!''
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-02
HE GOT HIS TICKETS.

| Yankee ticket agents have their trou-
bles, but at least they are spared such
| inconvenient patrons as the Advocate
of India describes in the following:
| Mohammed Che apparently is allow
| ed by the particular railway company
of the country to ride without a ticket,
for the simple reason that he can all
ways procure a ticket by unknown
means if he wishes to. The inspectors
have now given up asking him.
Some years ago he happened to be
at certain station where he was not
known and asked the booking clerk for
a ticket to another station a little way
up the line. The clerk produced the
ticket, which Mohammed Che proceed
ed to take.
When asked for the money he con-
fessed he had not any with him; where
upon the clerk took back the ticket
Mohammed Che merely shrugged his
shoulders and sat down quietly on the
platform to wait.
1t was about half an hour before the
departure of the train. Very soon in
tending passengers began to arrive and
ask for tickets. What was the book
ing clerks CONSERVATION when he found
that there was not single ticket in
the officei Every single pigeonhole was
empty!
The number of applicants for tickets
began to swell and there was soon
almost a mob of angry and perspfring
people around the opening. The poor
clerk did not know what to do. There
he was without a single ticket and
every minute the time at which the
train was due drew nearer.
At last Mohammed Che looked up and
said that if the clerk would give him
his ticket he would see what he could
do. The poor man, in despair consent
ed.
He then turned around. and LOT in one
pigeonhole was a single ticket to the
place whittier the old magician wished
to go. Having handed this over he
turned around again and to his abject
establishment every pigeonhole now
bulged with tickets.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-02
FAIR PLAY.

An attache of the American Embassy
at London tells a story OF a butler in
the employ of fine old English family,
whose long service had inculcated in
him personal and proprietary interest
in the sons and daughters of the house.
Once, on the occasion of a large din
ner party the conscientious butter OBJ
served that one of the members of the
family, a young girl who had but re-
Gently entered society, was devoting an
amount of attention to her agreeable
neighbor on the right obviously in ex-
cess of that accorded to the less fas-
cinating man on her left. This fact
perturbed the butler to a degree that
could no longer be borne in silence. So,
under pretence of passing the culprit
dish, the butler managed to whisper
respectfully in her ear:
"A little more conversation to the
left, miss
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-02
PIE AND PIETY.

A well-known Episcopal bishop, while
travelling through his diocese, was en-
tertained by a New England woman
famous for her good cooking AS the
bishop. like most of the clergy, was
very fond of good things to Sat. he
partook freely of the delicious mince-
pie which was made in his honor. Not
long after. the bishop was taken sud-
denly i'll. and seemed to be undergoing
great mental as well as physical suf-
fering. The woman went to him and
said. But, NY dear bishop, surely 30
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-02

good a man as you cannot be afraid to
die
"Oh no." the bishop replied mot
afraid to die, only ashamed to die"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-02

certainly honnely
will
Ee'Graeious! Is her hatf'Tbe
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-02

x1Hx HeM .guAsu
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-02
Vigorous Manhood at64

There's no rational excuse for q
ing and complaining about pains in h
that tired feeling weak back, nerv
of vitality It should not be. M
ought to have held you good u
feel like boy. But you ha
your vitality. You still have the CO.
tricity You know that electricity is
Here is a man who has regained
four by the use of Electro-Vigor. Re
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-17
THE DEER TRAIL.

to my eyes, whatever a microscope
might have revealed.
The trails of white-footed mice were
visible everywhere | went, but even
these were much less conspicuous than
they would have been in softer snow.
few minutes later | crossed an
other trail of quite different charac-
ter. 1t consisted of two parallel lines
of holes. Each hole was dumb bell
shaped; man might make such a
hole by plunging his clenched fist into
the snow twice, making two round i'm
pressions, one directly in front of the
other, and then connecting these by
drawing a wallting-stick through the
snow between. Plainly enough this
trail had been made by deer
Taking up the trail of the deer,
soon reached belt of young spruces
through which the animal had passed
was walking as quietly as possible,
and as | parted the branches with my
hands, two mice darted almost from
under my snow-shoes, and leaped away
at high speed across the snow. Both
made straight for a particular white
pine growing not far away, and ran
nimbly up the trunk of it, Then lost
sight of one while watching the other.
which ran out onto a branch, twined
his long silky tail spirally round a
twtg, and sat peering at me from be-
hind bunch of pine needles All this
was more or less of an old story; what
I wanted TO know was what mischief
they were up to when almost stepped
on them. l stopped down, and, part
ing the lower branches of a young
spruce, | found close to the toe of my
snow-shoe, the antler of a white-tailed
deer. 1t had five points, some of
which were partly buried in the snow.
1t had probably belonged to the animal
| was trailing, and having become
ready to drop, II had doubtless done
SO at the touch Of the spruce boughs.
On the beam" there were a few par
allel cuts, evidently made by the teeth
Of mice; the little rascals had begun
to eat 1t, though it could not have
been on the snow more than a few
hours And yet, how often are we
asked: IF it is true that deer shed
their antlers every year, why don't we
| find the antlers that are shed2"
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNEs.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-17
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THE AUTOMOBILE BOAT.

craft he has produced will be service
Fournier's craft is a boat on auto
mobile wheels that can be operated
either on land or in water by any pow
er used in either automobiles or boats.
The boat is set on the auto trucks and
speed equal to that of the average au-
tomobile can be made on land. Run
to the waters edge, the boat is showed
off the trucks and the boat easily de-
tached from the running gear and at
tached to the propeller, making high
class autoboat, with fast speed posi-
bilities. II have been assured by re-
liable automobile makers that my plan
Is feasible" declared Mr. Fourier.
"On land my automobile, though it diff
fers in appearance from the conven-
tional, will make good speed and ride
as well as the ordinary autos. Run out
into the water, five minutes easy work
will convert 1t into serviceable and
handsome autoboat, capable of making
fast time.
at can be made with or without a
canopy and with the latter may be
anchored, thoroughly inclosed and
converted into a houseboat in which
Its passengers may sleep comfortably,
winter or summer. 1t will be excel
lently adapted for both pleasure, hunt
ing and fishing and in addition to
avoiding the expense, the danger OF
breakage and inconvenience OCCASION
ed in shipping boats will provide con-
veniences that no other boat possesses
have received some fine offers for
the rights. but have not determined
what | will do with the invention"
The patent covering the novel craft
permits the use of any motive power
Fourier says 1t can be equipped with
steam, gasoline or electricity with the
same success with which these are
used in automobiles or boats 1t car
be manufactured as easily as either OF
these craft, and in the market should
cost no more than the average auto
boat or automobile.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-17

cause exposed, unhealed wounds may
cause damage from drying and infection
by Injurious fungi Naples, however,
must not be pruned when the sap flows
freely from the wounds, as this tends TO
waste valuable food reserve, something
which should be avoided.
Now the question arises, where and
how shall the cut be made? IL you Will
examine the branch TO be cut near its
supporting member. you will nnd a
slight swelling In the bark. This Is made
by the cambium layer-the layer of
plant tissue between wood and bark in
which growth takes place. Just beyond
this swelling will be found more or less
distinct line, marking the junction of
the cambium layer of the supporting
member and OF the branch. The cam
blum layer of the supporting member
will heal over promptly a wound made
at this point, but IL made much beyond,
It will not. And, since there is no leaf
surface on the branch stump beyond the
wound, there is no chance for the cam
blum layer of the branch to repair the
injury. This stump will decay in time
and permit the entrance of fungi that
will eventually reach the heartwood
and prepare the way for the final de-
struction of the tree.
Large wounds should be painted with
lead and oil paint to preserve the
wood. The cut should be made at right
angles to the branch rather than parallel
to the supporting member, and from
both sides, as shown in the illustration
at A. At B the branch is cut from above
only and serious injury results. At c
the branch Is cut off too far from the
supporting member
Dead or dying branches should be
promptly cut off, as they invite inward
decay. In pruning for symmetry, the
form that is natural to the particular
| species of the variety should be encour-
aged. The elm, for instance. develops
an open, spreading head, tending to
be broadcast toward the top, and should
more compact head like the sugar ma
pie, II the trunk is too slender, branch
ing may be induced by pinching or dis
budding, especially in coniferous plants,
like the Norway spruce, the more prom
inent terminal growing joints and by
cutting back the top.
The idea that shade trees need no
care whatever, says the Orange Judd
Farmer. is entirely erroneous. Just as
the garden requires wedding and period
ical hoeing, the shade tree needs prun-
| ing and other attention Give your
trees as much care as you would II they
were yielding 800 each annually and
you will be surprised at the result.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-17
NEW TRIAL FOR CLIFFORD
Supreme Court Sets Aside Verde
In Murder Case.
TO COME UP AGAIN IN APRIL
Decision Was a Surprise to Many
People Here-Was Convicted of
Killing Jacob Turner


a telegram received here Tuesday by
the law firm of Faulkner, Walker &
Woods conveyed the Intelligence lat
the supreme court of appeals of West
Virginia has handed down decision
reversing the verdict of the jury in
the case of Paul Clifford, who was
convicted last summer of killing JACOB
Turner and sentenced by Judge Faulk-
ner to 10 years in the penitentiary.
| The case has been rPmanded here for
trial, aDd Clifford will again be given
hearing, il is presumed at the A pril
term of the Berkeley Circuit court.
While the attorneys for Clifford
have been sanRuine that new trial
would be granted. there were many
others who believed the verdict of the
jury would stand, and to whom the
decision of the supreme court will
come az a surprise. The motion for a
new trial was based chiefly ON the
ground that the court erred in It's in
structions to the jury, and also on the
contention that the jury brought in a
verdict that was not in accordance
with the evidence, the attorneys de-
claring that the finding was too
severe.
Clifford is still in the Berkeley
county Jail, where he has been con-
| fined since the night of the killing,
last April, and where he will. of
course, remain until the new trial is
| held. There seems to be a question
| among members of the bar whether
! Clifford can be put on trial for any
degree OF murder higher than the
second, the lawyers for tre defense
being of the opinion tnat the finding
of the jury of murder in the second
degree was a direct acquittal OF the
charge of first degree. On the other
hand, it is claimed that the whole
case has been reopened, and thar the
jury could bring in verdict of nur.
der in the first dergee at the conclu,
sion of the new trial
As will be rememered, Clifford shot
and instantly killed Jacob Turner
oolored, on the night of April Is, last,
during fight in which Clifford
claimed he was attacked by the Cook
brothers, also coiored, and Turner
The prosecution claimed that Turner
was bystander and had no part in
the fight, but that Clifford deliberately
shot him after he had put the Cook
brothers to flight with his revolver.
j. r. Clifford, father of Paul Cliff
fordd, was also arrested for compile
ity in the crime, but it is now gen
orally believed that the elder Clifford
lad nothing to do with the shooting.