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last mail come to 1t from every section OF
the g.nbc Wore there is Il postal service
1t is the place of last resort for the per
son who IS hunting for missing letter or
parcel that has gone astray. To answer
these inquiries demands not only a thor
oUgh understanding OF the postal laws and
regulations, but facility of expression
tEat cannot fail of being not only satistaC
tcrv but pleasing to the individual making
the inquiry This correspondence must be
phraz ed with as much care and tact as If
il cIHanated from the State Department and
involved questions of foreign diplomacy of
the most delicate character. During Mr..
EuIliUglmes inCumbency of the chief Clerk
snip OF the dead letter Office II has been his
work to prepare the major part of its cor
respordenCe, and so successful has he been
that he is known in the department as the
model letter writer.
Before he became an official of the gov
eminent. M. Burlingame had much to do
with literature and politics. Born in GlOv-
ersville n. Y. he drlfted to Kansas while
in his teens" That was before tie rail-
roads had reached the Suntlower state, back
in 1888. He began his newspaper career
on the Leavenworth Ledger Next he help
ed to establish the Daily Herald of that
city. Later he was connected with the
Leavenworth Times and Bulletin and aft
erward became the editor of the Conserva-
tive. Removing to Topeka he became the
editor of the Topeka Commonwealth now
known as the Topeka Capital.
Appointed Court Clerk.
Upon the organization OF the criminal
court in Leavenworth he was appointed it's
clerk. When Thomas Carney became gov
ernor OF Kansas. In 1862 he selected Mr.
Burlingame for his private secretary. Gov
Carney's administration covered most of
the civil war period-a period when there
were strenuous times in Kansas In jan
uary, 1885 Mr. Burlngame came to Wash
ington as the confidential secretary of
Senator James H. Lane. Afterward he
served successfully as private secretary to
Cows. Crawford and Harvey and to United
States Senator Alexander Caldwell. at the
same time doing newspaper editorial work
or correspondence from Washington. After
Ca dwelrs resignation from the Senate Mr..
Burlingame returned to Topeka and became
the private secretary of Gov. Osborn. With
the end Of Osborn's term Mr.. Hurlingame
came to Washington the private secre-
tary of Senator Preston b. Plumb and as
the Washington correspondent of the Atchi-
son Champion.
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SAFETY ON THE SEA.
Architect Fitzpatrick Makes Plea for
Better Building.

bSCLef bUilQlIlS.
Though the matter is somewhat out of
his province Architect Fitzpatrick, the
executive officer of the International Build
ing Inspectors Society, advocates and is
making "a strong plea the world over for
the better construction of ocean, lake and
river craft. looking to the prevention of
the fire danger in those vessels.
He points out that while in such con-
struction brick and hollow tile freproofing
and similar protection cannot be used as In
inland structures, shipwrights might at
least avoid the use of combustible ma
teria!s and make not only the structural
parts but the decorations of metal or ashes
tos cloth. or other such unburnable ma
terials True. We indulge in steel hulIs
we'll bulkheaded against the spread of fire
or water internally, but still glory in
wooden Lighthouses, wood decorations, open
stairways and all the little coaXings and
announcements that have been so fondly
offered to fire in the past. So no, for a
strong pun and long pull all together In
favor OF really incombustible water craft,
and an estoppage of the awful holocausts
we have had to record In the last rev
years. Our marine architects have not vet
equaed our land lubbers in excellence of
construction. Why, they don't even make
port holes big enough for a man to crawl
through to safety the outside if there
is any such commodity around. If the
wooden starways are ablaze then it is
the passengers business to stay in his
cabin and be burned like rat in trap!
Nor do those marine designers even
to have yet realized how eificacious some
one slight protection may prove in saving
the whole structure: the use of wire glass,
for instance about the boiler matches, and
galleys, and oil houses, and lower deck
hoists would most effectually keep fire
render 1t an easy task to extinguish ii in
any one Of them.
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ray of courses; their number might al
most stir the average reader to some
thing like enthusiasm. If II were not for
Il general effect OF unsubstantial mono
chrome, as if painted by Whistler.
Thin fare. indeed; and. marerialiSt
would be inclined to say, capable of pro-
ducing only anacmic literature. But
the writers themselves deny it. Never. so
runs the general tenor. had they felt as
well in nerves. in body, in mind. as these
last two years. when they have Deen sub
SiSttnS only on whipped cream and whole
wheat bread. and never had theIr pens
Travelled in such felicitous concourse with
the rapid flow of blood in their ungling
veins. That presumably, is why we have
such fine, optimistic body OF hCtiun.
where the men are all masterful and
straight and the women are all gentle
and fair and all ends well. Seeing things
from their cruel side. knocking one head
against the riddle of life, ali this Welt
schmerz that we hear much of--we
have all felt its crushing pain and found
1t was only indigestion. If Goethe had
been acquainted with the nutritIve quail
ties OF graham bread Werther woIld not
have preached mawkish sentimentalty
to generations of lovers. Senanc our and
Amiei should have lived more on the
curdled milk of their own high idtItudes.
Much of the so-calied Puritan aLsterity
In Hawthorne may be interpreted in
terms of doughnuts.
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Authors and Their Food.

From the New York Evening Post.
There has been quite symposium Of
late in the columns of a morning news
paper on the proper diet for men and
women Of letters. Strangely. for once,
the members of the irritable fraternity
seem to be displaying an amazing una
ninity Of opinion. The vast majority Is
for regimen that is light to the point of
being ethereal. Meat seldom makes its
feels out of place. like an eighteenth
century country pumpkin in an elegant
eighteenth century salon. The favorite
breakfast dish is a glass of cold water;
a good many would add thereto banana
or two, while the weakest spirits go so
far a small pitcher of milk and cream
and one diaphanous slice of the bread
Lunch is about twice as heavy as break
FAST especially as far as the cold water
Is concerned Dinner shows quite an ar
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stream of meteoric matter. which is con-
tinually moving around the sun. The path
of this stream IS shown at A. Fig. s. 1t
stretches beyond the orbit of Neptune and
is so large that any particle occupies more
than one hundred years in passing around
it. 1t crosses the earth's orbit at B, and
as the swarm is of immense extrnt, when
ever the earth reaches the point y II col
ides with enormous number of the par
ticles These particles, plOughing through
the air with a velocity of from 16 to 20
miles a second are instantly burned up by
friction and appear to us as shooting stars
The meteoric stream is so large that sew
eral weeks are required for the earth to
pass completely through it, but the densest
part of the swarm VIII be encountered on
the 10th, 18th and 18th of the month, and
on these nights the display will be most
brilliant.
The path of the August meteors shown in
Fig. is exactly the same that of the
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come merely a long uniform stream with
but little condensation at any point. The
stream of the August meteors is much
longer and less condensed than that of the
mcteOrs of November; it IS Their afora be-
lieVed that the comet which formed the
former stream entered our solar system a
very long time ago.
1t would be a matter Of great interest to
obtain the remains of SOM of these shoot
ing stars. and 50 to actually examine the
materials of which comets are composed
1t is probable that each particle is small
that IL is entirely burnt up and only finally
reaches the earth an impalpable m =
teoric dust. THIS dust has been searched
for, both by deep sea dredging and by melt
ing great quantities of polar snow, and in
this way minute 2lobuies of iron have been
found. But it is as yet uncertain whether
these are of mateorlc origin or whether
they have merely been elected from the
volcanoes of the earth.
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Throughout next month and September
the early evening sky is filled with the
typical summer consultations The last of
the winter groups to linger with us was the
Lion. which in the beginning of August is
just sinking from view in the northwest
and it is not until October that the magniti-
cent Taurus, the first of the long train of
brilliant winter stars, will appear. Many
of the most interesting consultations lie
along or in the summer branch of the Milky
Way. which now forms d beautiful arch.
spanning the whole heavens from the north
10 tlps.
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IDNt.i'OHT. =. }.
OCEAN CITY. y. j.
Hotel May berry,
OCEAN GROVE. y. J.

THE EULALiA, ~ oc IA, -1 aI:ov Wy
Central; light looms: spe iat rates.
iyg-ta. tL.>a. ut
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The Planet Mars.

The planet Mars Is now moving slowly
eastward through Sagittarius, but Is so
low down in the sky that view of It in
small telescope will perhaps be disappo mt
ing. The appearance to the observer will
probably be somewhat shown in Figs. 8
and 4. The Polar Cap will be seen and
few indistinct shadings, but in this latitude
the fine details will not be visible. The
planet Is now % degrees south Of the cees-
tial equator: it therefore passes exactly
overhead to observer on the earth who
Is in % degrees south latitude An expedi-
ton has recently been sent to South
usually and photographically, Of the canal
planet is now unusually near the earth 1t
is hoped that much additional knowledge
regarding 1t will be obtained.
The August Shooting Stars.
Throughout the month of August So
called shooting stars are very numerous
II the observer will face the north he will
every few minutes one of these little
points of light appear, dart swiftly across
the sky and disappear again. very possibly
leaving luminous tall behind it. The
greater number Of these stars will move
outward in all directions from Perseus. at
the point S, Fig. l; they will appear to
move rather swiftly and will be of a yell
lowish color.
The great number OF shooting stars which
dart outward from the constellation Per-
seus are merely particles of an immense
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perfectly regular intervals the dark sun
passes between us and the brighter one,
and the light of the latter is nearly all cut
off. Eclipses viii occur on August II, at
> minutes past II; on August II. at m n
utes before IL. and on August 20. at 43 min
utes past 7.
Above Perseus IS the bright group Cas-
siopo-a, the Lady in the Chair. and above
this the faint Cepheus Of which the bright
star at u is a very beautiful double Then
comes the beautiful Northern Cross. h, f.
H. X, lying exactly in the Milky Way and
now almost overhead. to the west of which
is the Harp with the magnificent blue star
Vega at L. and the two doubles at NJ and
y the first of which is a remarkable quad
ripple system Of suns At the point P on
the straight line r. Y, and one-third of the
distance from r is the Ring Nebula, which
in a small telescope Is seen a small green
ish. haZy ring of light.
Below the Harp is the Arrow of which
the feather is at Y and the point al Z, and
east of this the curious little group of the
Dolphin. which is sometimes known as
Jobs Coffin. The stars at and Y are
doubles in "A small telescope.
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LEAVES PUBLIC SERVICE
WARD BURLINGAME GIVES UP
GOVERNMENT POSITION.
Continuously Employed for Twenty
Seven Years in the Post Office
Department.

Mr.. Ward Eurlingame, the chief clerk Of
the division Of dead letters Of the Post Of
flee reIartmens has rendered his resigna-
ton, to take effect September l. When ne
returned from his ANNA! leave year
ago he notified his bureau chief Fourth As
sistaut Postmaster General De Graw. that
with the ending OF his next leave It was his
intention Ia separate himself from the pub
lie service and return TO his home at To
peka. Kan, whore he expected TO live in re-
tirement for the rest OF his days.
The LIST of February last Mr.. Bur inglnlr
rounded out twenty-seven years Of contin-
.Uous service III the Post Ofiice Departm2 1t.
having been appointed during the last year
OF the Hayes admin stratior. As chief c.erk
of the dead letter office he has seen il grow
from Comparatively small bureau To be
one Of tie most extensive OF the several d
visions OF the department. employing nearly
20a people and handling during the last
fiscal year over l3,o1a,cUJ pieces of mail.
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MARCONI AT THE KEY.
Making Thunder and Lightning in
His Paris Workshop.
From La Revue.

from La Revue.
The asphalted floor is covered with a car
pet of rubber. The walls and ceilings are in
hardwood Strange instruments lie in each
corner OF the room. On a platform raised
yard above the floor is table with a
transmitting key upon it and large wood
en- lever also used in transmitting. Mar
conf is on the platform. his hand grasping
the lever.
Now, he says, "be careful. When /
signal to the electrician 10000 volts will
enter the room. Stand behind me and touch
nothing. DO not approach those oils be-
cause the current vii. not wat lor you to
touch them; it viii leap out upon YOU
ne sigma! given. lever is pulled and
dull noise is heard. The needle of the volt
ameter begins to move on the dial and 10
at,atn all sorts of nigh figures.
Now, says Marconi, Il will communi-
cate with the nearest station and he
presses the key of the transm tier.
There is a binding blue flash. and at each
pressure on the key sparks near.y two feet
N length start from between the two s.l-
very Dai.S of the induction reel. one of
these baHS IS in communication with the
earth and the other with a rod. Each spark
represents an ifnpulsion which is cDmmuni-
Gated from the battery to the rod and from
TINS rod the electrician sets in motion the
vibrations of the ether called Hertzlan
waves.
These waves expand in space in every d.
reCtiOn at A speed of 10000 kilome -erS a
second-that iS to say seven times the cir
cumference of the earth. They are .nde-
pendent of wind and temperature. and glide
above the surface of the earth and sea.
striking on their way the wireless stations
that lie far beyond the horizon.
At each binding flash that accompanies
the movement of the key 4 noise like the
report of a rifle is heard. 1t is an awe IL
spring spectacle. the inventor calmly sta ad-
Ing there pressing the key amid the light
a no dor tor.
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carr NAY POINT. n. }.

Carlton ttot1Se, IL houss; cap Sao: large
grounds Grssir- i,GnsS moderate. Booklet.
NJ A. E!' 'FG. late Of Cape House.
i-iS n. Statute aU2u.+
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Nsderi and $3.50. Aus. ICELAND. .........An-. u
kroonland. $50. Aug. l0i Finland. ........Aug. 81
WHITE STAR LINE.
NEW Rk-QuEENsroWN-LI
ARABIC. Aug. cedric Aug. Ii
|Baitlc. aug l'Ltitlc......... A U-- -.
PLiMouTII-CIiERBoL kG sotI!iAAn'IoN.
Oceanic. july 81 t-iAEliATiC....Au II
Majestic. Aug. 7i-Irutonic .......Aus. II
New, $1,000 tons; has k!e>a Gyunas:d- -.
Turkish Baths and 'Bdud.
BOSTON-QI EF\ SrOW N-IIVERPODr,
Republic. July 81 CymrIc. .Ang. II
NEW YORK -AZURFS- NIi.bil FBRNNtNN.
'Cretic Aug. l. loon; Sspt. -. uala
'Republlc Oct. p .Cretic... Nov. :. noon
BOSTON-AZORES-ME TERRA MEAN.
sCanopc. Aug. 10. II am: oct. =. Nov. IL
'Romanic ....... Sept II. PIN; Oct 70. ncc. >
WASHINGTON OFFICE. 1876 + 81. M.
r. NJ. HICKS. Passenger Agent.
mh21-d, est, 3l2t
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HOTEL ELBEPON
r. Il LUDY.
THE ALBEMADLE,

Virginia ave- near Beach. Modern hlgl..rfass
"a miy house. new throughout. Capacity. 500 D'.
fers special Low rates f'r IuIy u $ SO ST. f1
HePkly So 30 up daily fni large voYI front rooms
metal t--ls Excellent table. ahuutau.,y Supplied
with fr'>1 nils egg, poultry AID a'!'- g. III
own farm tttrutlve white >".yic". E'ayHt.- %
al fonrs 4 ouO II wide. cco p'r.hes & Net.
SATURDAY - Monday. 81 ~. J. L. COPE. Prurrl-
rfor Il KING. Mfra.nr- 1y..-.uI- Y
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The Milky Way Stars.

Looking first near the ground in the
north there Is seen the group Perseus
which contains two most interesting OBJ
iects. The first of these is the remarkable
variable star Algol at A, Fig. l. This usu-
ally shines out a second magnitude star,
but at regular interval of a little IS
than three days it suddenly loses five-sixths
of It's light, remaining faint for twenty
minutes and then slowly regain ng it's origi-
raj brightness. Algcl is mad up of two
great suns whose diameters Slightly
more than one million and about eight hum
dred thousand miles. respectiv aly, but one
OF these suns is comparatively dark. At
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SUMMER RESORTS.
OA1zEN HALL,

IIUlIL AND NANNIOIIJM.
one Of Jur newest stone. lrirH and steel ruili-
iu-S ,,..u every comfort. Always oI.ca. always
r, a.. .iU-ys busy. For fgrt.rT iufurmuf i0g SIX
Nj, Foster. l5iI Pennsylvania j. 22-;et
HOTEL. CORNELL. KENT CEY ANi NEAR
I.'r,a Capacity. 200. Elevator To- street i'fr4-
tui,rlIsut TO attractions. Superior table. $50
day 49,. s. wk. NJ. NJ. L TIIKOCkM MORTON.
Jv%i ..Nt
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The Milky Way.

AS we pass the bright constellation of the
Eagle and approach Sagittarius, the Milky
Way becomes brighter and wonderfully
complicated in form. 1t is here made up of
bright patches and dark regions with oc
c&sional long streams of stars. the whole
presenting a curiousiy knotted appearance,
very different from the smooth band seen in
this region in winter. Some OF the brighter
clouds remarkably beautiful in a small
telescope; the multitude of suns are seen
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Madison Kinkead. son of Mrs. Elva Kin
kead. of Winfield, w. Va, was drowned
Will bathing in Pricketts creek. near his
home The creek was swollen and h got
out in the swift current and was washed
down the stream.
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bright comet of 1867: indeed it is nearly
certain that this comet is only the dnns st
part of the swarm. 1t is known that when
a comet IS forced by the pull of one of the
planets to reVOlve in Il clos ID orbit around
the sun it will be gradually torn apart by
so-called tidal action and spread out along
its path In the course of time 1t will be-
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Atlantis Coast -L-sne.

Effective Apr'l 0. 1907,
NOticc.-TbeSe DEPARTURES are q, IN ~ Informs
tiOa well connections WIN other CG"ir.tn les.
bUt arrivals and connections are act guaranteed
"a an. laIly Sleeping car New York 10 Jack
euD lille. Fla Through COACHES Washington to
- q ~9HS .iip.
3 is y ~ daily-SlccIing Car New York IN Jlcs-
tolNiilt Fla; New Yurk to Fort Tampa, Fla. via
Jackson. Me: New YORK 90 Augusta Ga; New
York - Charleston. y C.; y ssrIugtou 10 VII
uf!nRton y. &. Through coaches Washington 10
e.. .,a-.,ls,i!le. UNEAtEILEp DINING CAR SEW
iCE.
FOR tickets and all informant LppIy at the
OFFICE or THE LINE. col TESNSfLy AHA
AVENUE SuRIHN EST. AND PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD STATION.
GEO, T.. JAMES.
District Pas seuger gent, Washington, D. G
L g. WHITE. zen. Pass. Agent
". J. CRAIG,
Pass. Trstac Mgr. WILMINGTON. N. O.
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SUMNER RESORTS.
PENNSYLVANIA.
THE KITTATI ENNY,

New management: largest most modern finest
loc, ted Lotcl N private park Of 200 acres: golf
tennis Eovlng hoating, fishing. bathing, etc
Iot"i IT yate ba ms. eieN atp steam heat.
wood fires hot and cold running water In rooms
orchestra. Telegraph and telephone Offices. livery
anl .:ragc. etc. Superior table. supplied frnm
OWN FARM illustrated booklet upon application
Special July rates. American plan; also la carte
service Uy12-tf) G. FRANK COPE.
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John Young died at his home at Mount
Glare. w. Va, yesterday from injuries sus-
tanned In q railroad accident
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PENN>ltvANIA.
WATER Gap HOUSE,
.. u, Ia ware Water Gap. Ia.
Wv OM ERSfIII, NJ N AGEMENT

.-..,.. - J" W. " nIVr IIAp, Ia.
=, INV oN NERSHIp MANAGEMENT.
Wv HltH. remains open until November. for the
.'-.ii''t.. 90 "A ttNncd select pa trOuace En-
No., t'hll y enlarged and modcrnlz.I by ex-
~ .''.' OK FI'"P". New and luxurious furnish
."-- Nv we hnfst equipped and best appointed
Sg.o'i+l1'i motel Capacity 400 Highest attitude
'3''tsi location. CON r;HuAug un0IstructeI views
II l!rrty miles Entirely removed from, noise and
'"st "I tHiii'+t.s aud highways but within easy
access ~ both liyir.ul,c elevators ,,asr, he:
log fireplace. Private tiled baths. Running AZ
IN al- r"o.lS- lighted by electricity aid gns
tuiS ne under direction OF noted French ,rafs It'll
%" II ne highest standard. White serYl,e throngb
,'t. orchestra Varied social features. billiards
10" lag, etc 'to,f tennis. rowing canoeing hath
Ing, tS.l'u.- New garage and lively with LIrh
mss sstj'e horses and equipment. Write for illus.
mated book let and official auto maIs Suscinl
July t'Tns JOHN PURDY CORE
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THE ST. CHARLES.

Most Select Location the Ocean Front
Distinctive for It's elegance. CNCluSiveneSs. high
class patronage und liberal management; orchestra
of SooiStS. Sea water In AL haths. Booklet ~ IS
Reservations. etc. Apply 10 Nu>hiI ginu representa-
tive. II RALPH BURTON E'ad huiiding. Sh"ne
Main 900. NENIIN HAI\ES.
iNlA II
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IMPORTANT Corregponden

Probably the most important part of the
dead letter office routine is the prepara-
ton OF its correspondence. Inquiries about
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SeabOard Air Line Railway

TICKET OFFICE. 1927 PENNA AVE.
NOTlCE.-foiiowinc schedule no guaranteed.
For Raleigh. Wilmington. Columbia Savannah
JaCk .onylli". Tampa, Atlanta, birmingham. Mem
phs and New Orleans.
9:05 Nj. DAILY oahGari Mail. Through
coaches and Pullman Slecprrs 10 savannah and
jacksonville. Through SlrCprrS Washington to
Hamlet and Hamlet to Atlanta ana Birmingham
Dining Cars
600 PM Daily Seahnarl T. press. Soil traln
with coaches and Pullman Sic,rcrs' To Savannah,
Jacksonville and TAMPA. lhr"UGa Sleeper 10 At
iauta and birmingham Iiirins Cars.
= II. SrANSI.I.I. District Passenger Agent.