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Physical Degeneration.

From The Brooklyn Eagle.
The Rev. Percy s. Grant has strong ana
interesting appeal in the current I,orth
American Review for effective physical
education as recognized part of our public
school system. BY this he means much
more than gymnastic exercises in tho
schools. He wants for every child in an
American city some physical training which
shall be the equivalent in developing the
body of the setting-up exercises of the
army upon its recruits. or OF the food and
training at the naval college at Newport
upon the apprentices. AS part of this
plan he wants summer camps supported by
each city and the attendance at them made
compulsory upon boys OF school age. as
well as a noon meal furnished by the city
free in all elementary and high schools.
That Is sweeping, even a revolutionary
proposition, but DR.. Grants advocacy OF II
is based upon the rapid physical detcriora-
ton of the poor in cities and upon the fact
that a constantly larger and larger and
larger proportion of our population lives In
cities with each passing census. As DIR.
Grant puts 1t, the tenement house VIII soon
be the normal breeding ground or the
American citizen, as the farm was two or
three generations ago.
DR. Grant contends that while size, weight
and physical condition improve among the.
selected and well-cared for few, there Is an
equally rapid physical deterioration among
the men of the tenements in large cities,
who represent an increasing proportion of
the total population. He supports this claim
by figures from the examinations made by
the doctors of the board OF health In con-
nection with the New York schools AID
from other sources which there Is no space
to quote. There is no reasonable ground to
doubt that he Is right about the fact of de-
terioration The causes of II are twofold--
the overcrowding Of tenements, with the
consequent foulng Of the air and the pre-
cipitation of disease germs. and the fact
that We are acclimating a large foreign
population in our tenements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
Ringing Up Fares.
From the New York Sun.

From the New HOfk Sun.
Talk about "a continual dropping on a
rainy day" said the nerve-racked man
travelling across the bridge in a crowded
trolley car. I'm sure II Solomon had
lived in these days he would have changed
his figure of speech and used instead the
continual ringing of the trolley fare 1t
Is bad enough when about eighty fares are
rung up in ear-splitting succession, but
when 1t comes to ringing up eighty or more
fares just as collected at intervals of about
three seconds. the effect is almost unen-
durable. l wonder II 1t would not be pos
sible to devise some other system or at
least to muff1e the fare bell. Would not
this properly come under the jurisdiction
of the Society for the Suppression of I'm
necessary Noises
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

personal reflection upon his career so
cleverly extracted from letter, report or
paper that the spirit of the man, defined
and matured in early youth. becomes clear
in the early pages and then proves in itself
sufficient source of interest.
a life of Godkin naturally reflects the
whole of American history. since the pre-
lminary storms of Buchanan's time and
war politics and literature are its natural
themes. Not the least interest Of these
volumes IS the intimacy with which the
New York life of letters is manifested as
well as the integrity of the position of God
kin as it's arbiter. Lowell said of him:
The New York Nation is the best
periodical in the world-and the superiority
Is due to one man. Mr. f. L. Godkin, with
whom l do not always agree. but whose
ability. information and unfiinching in
tegrity has made the Nation what it is
Mr. Ogden has done his work well; the
in selection shown in the illustrative
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
THE GARDEN MONTH BY MONTH";; De-

THE GARDEN MONTH BY MONTH; De
scribiug the appearance. color. dates
Of bloom and cultivation of all De
Sirablc. hardy plants Tor the FORMAL
or wild garden. with additional lists
of aquatics. vines, etc. by Mabel
t'ihot Sedgwick Assisted by Robert
Cameron. Gardener OF the Harvard
botanical Gardens. With over TWO
hundred half-tone engraNlhss from
photographs of growing plants; ana
a chart in colors- New DIX: FRED
erick \. Stropes Company.
Turning the pages of one of Mrs. Sedg-
Uick's months is like wandering among new
spring or summer woodlands and down by
the stream banks Here is a blossom well
known and there Il new find that makes the
whole haunt sgnal-a day to be remen-
bered An April walk brings to view Wiite
baneberry. mountain lady's mantle, wild
onion. wind flower. snOwdrop. white colum-
biue and rock Cress all in one awakening
glade or grouped with complete knowledge
upon one page with color, botanical name
and synonyms description. height and STU
alton and the period of bloom immediately
~ hand Ii is particularly pleasant 10 greet
al! these old friends. tn find the variants Oh
their common names and TO become ac-
uuaiuted with them in their scltntllc aiS
pitv The scheme with which tins coloSSal
mass of information is presented Is excel
lent Here is a working manual. utterly
practical authoritative and inspiring. Inc
book holds within itself countless gardens
that are to be- and yet makes no restrlc-
tinus upou their individual expression. tor-
mai OF rock garden, whatever they are 10
be here Il last is that certain and adequate
report 0f natures own associates which VIII
make the massng of inappropriate compan-
ions 1n impoSSibility.
II is difficult to conceive that the am
nteur. who begins 10 plant with TINS
trusty guide. can possibly meet the uIs-
courageInent that attends most beg nnlIss9
There is all needed information. Soil
treatment. season. color size. habit ana
countless pictures given to make DOT
anfst a lover of flowers, gardener. an
enthusiastic gardener not of the de-
frauded city dweller merely, VINO by rea.
son Of novelty turns to the work, Dut
even the most ssttiated country man Inc
pageant of the months from March 10
September is presented. HerpaceouS
plants aquatiCs. bog and marsh wonders
vines and climbers, ferns, have thclr Spe
CiaI attention. and then by way OF excess
Of riches lists of plants grouped according
TO special habits The book is indeed d
treasure trove for all lovers or nature
convincing in its science ana charming IN
itS method.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
Servants, Paradise.
e Review of Reviews

From the Review of Reviews.
II domestic servants had every night out
and two half holidays in the week. domes-
tic service might come to be the most pop
ular. as 1t is probably the best paid, of any
form OF women's work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

AS the result OF having been struck by
freight train on the Short Line railroad at
Wallace, w. Va, Miss Martha Harbert Is
in a dying condition. and her companion.
Oscar T. Whaley of McKim; W. Va, has q
broken arm and other injuries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
COIN HOLDER.
Device for Retaining a Stack or Col
umn Of Coins.

umn OF Coins.
AS desirable as it may be, 1t Is never
theless impossible to stack column OF
coins with any degree of assurance that
with the least knock they will not fall
down and probably go rolling in all direc-
tiops The disadvantage of most coin
holders made for the purpose is the neces-
sity of having separate holders for each
sized coin California man has de-
signed a coin holder which will hold coins
Of any size, as shown in the illustration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

1t is made of two pieces of spring WIRE
bent to shape and pivoted together.
The top of one piece of wire serves as
holder for the catch on the other piece
so that the two sections can be inter-
locked The coins are stacked in the
holder. and the sections clasped as stated
1t is impossible for q single coin to be-
come loosened, nor can any be removed
without releasing the clasp. The coins
can also be thus stacked in rows without
fear Of being easily knocked over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

1t really doesn't matter whether girl
Is pretty or not II she knows how to look
that way.-Puck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

carl Ewuld. Translated from the
Danish by Alexander TeiXeira de
NIattos. New York: Charles Scrihners
sons Washington: Woodward
Lothrop.
FIT is desired to make The test. it is only
necessary to read The Spider or The
Mist" to any Child of the five or siN-year
limit to discover that Carl Ewaid has all
tie appeal of folklore. Indeed. he has for
his Young auditors something more. To a
purc-minded and dociIe child the craft and
juggery of the usual animal fable is per-
picking. The chiid's sweet sympathies are
eng5ts ed with the victims. ard the evident
approval of the lying, stealing. competing
victurs dsturbs his moral conception
Ewald makes no concessions TO sentimental
lily. There is a hard drift of scientific truth
under his most poetic fancies. but he never
oftends the most delicate ethical sensibill-
ties, Like the charming My Little Boy
and the pathetic "TWO-Legs, the present
volume of tales, there nine in all. has
that glancing humCr and utter simplicity
which make one doubt for an instant that
The implications are intentional. Ewaid is
a poet whose breadth of human charity
reiU- in a master satrist. He is one OF the
profound, vital and utterly simple myth
makers.
oCCAsIONALs; Poems. BY Joseph Adams
New York: The NeaIe Publishing Co
Washington! Woodward u Lothrop.
Distinctly unique is the opportunity which
Mr. Adams provides of reviewing a first
book of poems, at once the initial flight of
poetic aspiration and the sustained strength
of natural experience and judgment. With
dedicatory and introductory poems dated
from the present winter, to reach the pc
riod Of the first impulse to sing the reader
Of the book must wander back in fancy
more than half century. There seems to
Lave been a potent desire to express his
experience poetcally rs early as 1856, but
NJ Adams has included in this his garner
o. .'DcCasiOnals' verses. written as carly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

er in 1863. still executioner at Rennes-until
the law of 1871 suppressed all such pro-
vincial posts. Then Louis Deibler was call
ed 10 Paris as first assistant to NJ. Roch.
In 1879 the latter died: and Louis Deibler.
succeeding him. exercised from Paris
during twenty long years.
At the moment of his death II was cabled
to America that the total number of his
victims amounted to 351-an evident eXag-
geration. which l pointed out to his son.
1t would make an average of seventeen a
year.
You forgot to count the many years my
father served in Algiers-where executions
were formerly quite frequent was his
answer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

The house in the Boulevard Montmartra
in Paris where Rossni lived for some time.
and where he composed the Barber do
Seville IS to be distinguished by a COM
memorative tablet. The Barber" was
only a qualified success, and the story
goes that when Rossini left this house to
go and live at Passy some one told him
that he would be deafened from morning
to night by the whistling (siffieD on tho
Ceinture railway. The composer answered
with the utmost nonchalance "A fter being
present at the first night OF the Barber
de Seville | can stand any amount of
whistling." CHARLES OGDENS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

For twenty years his father touched
81 600 annual fixed salary plus $500 an
nual allowance for the guillotine machine,
all practically profit: while expense of
executions" was calculated in the annual
budget at supplementary $3.50 for France
and $50 for Algiers. AS the eXecutoner
regularly drew all these sums together with
81 500 annual allowance for his aids. the
infrequency of executions of late years
brought up the cost of a guillotining to
something like $1,000.
- shall regret the loss to Hugo and AL
eide, my two assistants" he said. What
can they do? Who will employ them?
Hugo, for all his giant stature and look of
a gladiator, is as tenderhearted as a child.
After executions I have seen him weep
forlornly. 1 think he humbly begged par
don of every condemned man he touched.
And little Alcde-why, he has risked his
life ten times in rescuing drowning people
from the river, just beside us here in Bill
He wears the life-saving medal
harder to obtain than the ribbon of the
Legion of HOnori'
The last of the guillotiners has his auto
mobile. His melancholy old father made a
hobby of modelling fgurnes and vases in
the nearby famous clay of Sevres.
He was veritable artist said Anatole
The history and practice of ceramics was
his lifelong passion; and he could have
given learned courses on it's technique and
aesthetics-amphoras kylices, cantharoi.
Yes. and he had one other solace" medi-
tated the good son, as we passed a snug
cafe in the Avenue de Versailles you see
that cafe? There he was no longer the
dread gullotiner, but the punctual old
customer beloved by all. given to inter-
minable games of MANTLE and insisting that
his cafe creme be hot. His name was not
Deibler, but Magnan.
"'Voici Magnan qui s. amene" the cronies
would call out as he came hmping. 1t was
their tact They all knew him to be Deib-
ler-but not waiter or bottle washer would
have BETRAYED It, One gesture only they
refused him; and he had the delcacy never
to invite It. None of his cafe companions
shook his hand"
BY this time we had reached the Paris
tramway station. The last of the gull
lotiners lifted his hat to me In courteous
adieu He did not offer me his hand.
STERLING HEILIG
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

carl E,wald Translated from the
Danish by Alexander TeiXeira de
NTatt0s New York: Charles Scribner's
sons. Was NluStOn. w poEN'iIu u
-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-01
BLEND IS NOT WHIsKEY
Attorney GsnsraI sonaparls Renders
Another Decision onQuas!l0n
Will NOT sWERVE FROM FIRST
Still Maintains Tina. tho Pure Food
Law Cannot be Interpreted to Read
That straIgh. and Blends Are the
Same Thing.
fBy Associated Press


WASHINGTON, ID. c., May 31.-At.
torncy General Bonaparte In an opin.
ion made public today fully sustains
his first opinion rendered ON April
10 last as to the labelling of packages
containing whiskey under section of
the Pure Food act of June 80, 1906.
He says in part: There can be no
doubt that, according to such practice,
straight whiskey was mixed with
only two substances besides mere col
oring and flavorlng matter, namely:
with straight whiskey of another
kind, and with ethyl alcohol There Is
an evidence intent on the face of the
statute to confine the use of the word
blend to one kind of mixture and to
forbid Its use for another kind of a
mixture; and since Congress must be
supposed to have legislated with re-
gard to existing facts and consequent.
ly, since the mixture to which it III
tended to deny the designation blend
must be either mixture of two diff
ferent kinds of whlskey or mix
ture of whiskey with the one other
substance generally mixed with it
namely, ethyl alcohol--it follows that
unless we are prepared to say that
ethyl alcohol is more like to whiskey
than one whiskey is to another, 1t Is
reasonable to conclude that Congress
intended to deny the designation
blend to be mixture or w.liskey
and ethyl alcohol. If this provision
was In fact, inserted with some ref
erence to whiskies( which seems to
be generally assumed as affixed ly
both sides of this controversy, then
1t is impossible to see why the provi.
sion as to blends and compounds was
inserted at all. ii Congress considered
whiskey and ethyl alcohol to be like
substances
$50 far as am informed no COM
bination of whiskey with another sub
stance was manufactured and sold,
either as a blend or otherwise when
the pure food law was enacted, to
which the designation blend could be
denied, or which could BIO properly la
belled a compound If Congress held
ethyl alcohol to he like substance
to whiskey. l have found, therefore,
no difficulty in concluding that nc.
cording to all the well established
canonsiof statutory connections these
two Skinds,i of Spirits are synotS I'd be
colored like substances. for. the fpur-
pose :of the iputes food law" z ri
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-01
Athletics Hammer Hughes.

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 81
Hughes was batted out of the box to-
day by Philadelphia, and Washing
ton lost to 2. Score:
r. H. H..
Washington ..OO10O00O1-2 6 2
Philadelphia ..020132OOO-Si10 D
Hughes, Patten and Blankcnship;
Plank and Schreck. Time $780, Um-
pire. Connolly.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-01
Smiles.

life" remarked the sententious
bachelor, "is like game of cards."
IT'S more like game OF chess
from my point of view rejolned the
married man. 81 invariably move
once a year."-C Chicago News.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-01
Married for Money.

Here is al interesting item about
a man who has married HOO times"
Gracious! He must be some East
ern potentatc?''
mo. the item says he la an Indiana
Justice of the eace."-Houston Post.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-01
Hardened.

Mrs. Keyson-Weren't you fright
ened When the bull beloved at you
because of your new red costume?
Mrs. Puson-No; you see my hus.
band went on just the same when he
got the bill.-Portland Express.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-01
HluhIanders UnusuaIIy spry.

Z. BOSTON, MASS, May 31.-Thc
New York players were thoroughly
alive On, the bases today and the
acore of A to ] in their favor repre-
scented their readiness to grasp op-
portunities. Score:
r. H. H.
New York ....O00O01300-4 6 2
Boston 80. .00O00100O-1 =. 2
Kitsen and Kleinow; Winter and
Armbruster. Time 1:50. Umpire,
Evans.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-01
Frult at the white House.

"The president distributes the
plums, believer"
"Quite SOL
. What are Secretary Loeb's func-
tions?"
"He hands out the lemons. pitts
burg Post
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-01
His Job.

Eyes. I may truly say that have
spent all my life at the feet of the
fair SEX"
Shea regular Don Juan, eh.
He-No; / was a ladies' shoemak-
er.--Bon Vivant.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-01
Norfolk & Washington
Steamboat Cf.

Steamboat Co.
The new and powerful Iron Palace
steamers, Newport News, Washington
and Norfolk will leave daily as fol
lows:
NORTHBOUND.
Leave Portsmouth, foot Of
North street .......... 500 NJ
Leave Norfolk, foot OF VS.
ter street .............. $500 D m
Leave Old Point Comfort 7:e0 D m
Arrive in Washington -. 1900 q m
Arrive In Philadelphia,
Penn. r. R. ..'s1o:Bo d N
Arrive In Philadelphia, d.
& OH. r. .''11:1o N
Arrive In New York, Penn.
r, II; ................. 1:1epm
Arrive In New York, II, &
o. Il. r. :. ........... $500 D 70
80 rHBouND.
Lv. New York, Penn. II. r., 1900 D m
Lv, New York, b. .. r. r. @1:0U p m
Lv. Philadelphia. Penn. r.. r. ASS D m
Ly. Phila., B. & o. II. r.. 2:08 , m
Ar. Washington. Penn. r, r. 6:10 D m
Ar. WASH, B & o. r. r. .ss5: 90 D m
LV Washington .......... $3.50 n m
Ar. Old Point Comfort. 80. sT:00 o m
AT. Norfolk ............... s8:0 90 D m
Ar. Portsmouth ..........s $3.50 q m
sDaily. ssDaily except Sunday.
S Tho trip down the historic Potomac
River and Chesapeake Bay on the
elegant steamers of this company Ia
unsurpassed. The steamers are com,
paratively new, having been built In
1891, and are fitted up In the most
luxurinnt manner, with electric lights,
call bells and steam heat In each
room. The tables are eupplie1 with
every delicacy OF the EeaBon from
the markets OF Washington and Nor.
folk. For tickets, reservation Of
staterooms, and further information,
apply to ID. j. CALLAHAN, Agent,
Norfolk. Va.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-01
VIRGINIA LEAGUE

Results Yesterday.
MISUNDERSTANDING, rain.
Norfolk, 2; Portsmouth, 1.
RoanOke-Danville. rain.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-01
standIna Of the clubs.

~ Games Today.
Brooklyn Mt New York.
Chicago Mt Pittsburg.
Boston at Philadelphia.
Cincinnati at st. Louis.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-01

h-still more amazing exploit Of the
brigand is reported from VILLAIN, where
he successfully extorted not only
money but q nights hospitality and
safe keeping by posing as a wizard.
He declared that II any harm came
to him n curse would fall on the
crops. then suffering from drouth,
whereas II he was treated honorariy
as a welcome guest he would bring
down the rain SO much needed.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-01
LIndaman Had Che eoodp

PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 31.-
Boston defeated Philadelphia today
through the effective pitching or
Lindaman. The visitors hit Pittinger
hard. Score:
Boston ......1O1O11OO2-6 II 2
Philadelphia 0OOO0OO03-3 3 3
Lindaman and Brown; Pittinger,
McClosky and Doom. Time 1:45.
Umpire, Carpenter.
Pirates Played In Old Time Form.
PlTTSBURG. PA, May 31.-rhe
Pittsburgs found no trouble in de-
feating Chicago today. They hit the
ball and played strong game in the
field. Score:
R.H.E.
Pittsburg ....101O1321x-9 IL 2
Chicago ......O 1OOO1O0O-2 z =
Phillip and Gibson; Pfester and
Brown and Killing. Time 2 hours.
Umpire, Adler.
Georgia" Bell Held Giants Down.
NEW YORK, May s1.-Brooklyn
beat New York today, bell holding
the locals to three hits. Score:
Brooklyn ......o1oooO1O1-s Z o
New York ....00OO0O0O2-2 3 A
Bell and Butler; Ferguson and
Dowerman. Time 1885. Umpire,
O'Day.
r.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-01
"when PEGGY s.oopa 10 ne Hes

Laces."
When Peggy stoops to tic her laces,
feel as oft I've felt before
That every day to former graces
Old Time is adding one grace more,
Oh. lightly. Peggy, pray pull lightly!
For every little Jerk and start,
l VOW, dear, only draws more tightly
The leading.strings about my hearth
Parker Fl. Fillmore, In June Every
body's.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-01
W GRID OF Sport
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Results Yesterday.

Results Yesterday.
New York Q; Brooklyn 8.
Philadelphia 3; Boston G.
Pittsburg 8; Chicago Q.
st. Louis Cincinnati, postponed, wet
grounds.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-01
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Results Yesterday.
Washington Q; PhiladelSDia s.
Boston 1: New. York A. ..3,.
C ltss eSs a; DetroM52 .(19iinnlngs)
ChtHgSe Louis o.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-01

al! sSl|S Y9rk al Bost9ny;
ISL ;s,aiisa til Chi easo: ~ i3S',
!, ttEsp9st sSil 4 q, lasida
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-01

q stragnge& tai es tare being told lin. Cor.
d9Ya, Spain, of tthel exploits lof .;the'
brigapd Pernaies. whofh'olds2 entire
villages Y to \. ransom J. and e&trdcts
.g'faln,eY bys the SIN stS amazing tricks.
rswftlchs include sthc nassuniption of viz
ardry. Note long ago. he took 3up IN,
positlens$$ OF Iobser.Nfti9 on ab6llt a fmtlei
andy Shalf from stJte u Y OF Rite!
FotY fars FRONT Gordon 3 and 4 noting al
srs2flf fslIsasfnts! atS field work. ;.coply:
walked iupi ITO Sac coststhem in theftonel
of "a Scaptor. n ~ .$e
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-06-27
BEAN oREEx.

Rev. Il. e. McQuie preached at
Gilead Saturday evening, Sunday
morning and Sunday night.
Miss Bessie Reighley of Mexico
is the guest Of her uncle, John
Reighley.
G. w. Willingham lost a fine
calf last Saturday. A mule in its
playful tricks broke the calf's
back.
Emmett Byars and sisters, Mary
and LEY, spent a few days with
relatives out south of Mexico last
week, and also attended children &
exercises at Bethel Sunday night.
Several of our young people at
tended church at Sun Rise laSI
Sunday.
Mrs. Annie Martien has ovel
500 spring chickens.