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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07
AFTER a..

les, what's the use OF striving on
And what's to show when an is done?
The bells VIII toll as now they toll:
Here's an old lit win summarize tile
whole:
This fell about in summertide.
About the midmost Of the year
oar master did 10 covert ride
To drive The fallow deer.
Glanced we upon the Douglas men ere
even one of Us was ware.
Then sped a shaft from covert side
And pierced in behind his ear.
This fef about in summertide
At mfdsaost II the year
50 dow he fell and rested there
Among tae hedge hard by the brook:
About the midmost of the year
His last and lasting rest ne took
And SO, .<Fhis fell in winter late.
or ever Candlemas drew near.
His bride had found another mate
Before the ending OF the year
lis goShAWks becKed another's wrists
HIS hoand s anothers voice did fear
-t'ord Maddox Huefter. IN the Fehru-
Any Mcclure :.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

and m few more years the great
ones viii likely be put on the films
and reeied of by the yard.
Thousands Of Feet.
At the Unique Theater. which shows
moving pictures exclusively. 25,000 feet
Of Aim passes through the little ma
chine in the gallery each day, or
Il5.0o0 feet a week The films are on
reels. LOCO feet TO a reel On one reel
there may be many pictures, ranging
from 50 TO 500 OF 300 feet
Since 1t takes several weeks 10 FIN
ish a large film, and since as yet there
are comparatively few IN the country.
she hlms travel 4 circuit as the actors
90 Inns which are here this week
may be somewhere else next week.
One Of the most famous was that of
The Passion Play" which was here
some time ego. This film was taken
IN oberammergau during the last
presentation OF the famous drama.
The negative cost the film company
S2ee0. SO far as known the highest
price ever paid for a film. OF course.
after tie negative IS secured several
thousand can be run off at nominal
cost. The Passion Play film is $500
feet long, and requires three hours for
its presentation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07
dden in Sauerkraut
Revolutionist Escapes

kraut was raised aioft and Gershuni
spolxe. 5000 was contributed on a
single night TO the revolution.
In 1902 Gershuni was arrested
charged with implication in the as
sassination of the minister OF the IN
terror Sipyaguine, who was shot by a
youth. Gershuni's trial made his name
"A family word in Russia. He refused
10 answer questions. he offered no de-
Tense, ne declared that not the revo-
luton. but the Car and the bureau
cracy were on trial. Fearing a popu-
lar outbreak were the death penalty
inflicted. the officials oommunted Ger
shuni's sentence to imprisonment at
Akatul. a month by train ard ten
days by foot. near the Monaghan
frontier
friends who had followed the pris-
oners and were hiding in the town
reached the decision that Gershuni
should be the first TO attempt TO es-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07
Same Shape as Body.

pr Maedougalls theory is that che
soul occupies the entire physical body
during life. In shape and proportions.
therefore. the soul which goes out at
the moment OF death is the same as
the body. But it is much less dense.
for it only weighs three-quarters OF an
ounce. It is even less than air. he
says. and upon going out into the air
1t rises. But where it goes is some
thing that no one knows.
In addition 10 the experiments which
he made with human beings. DIR. Mac
dougall also tried TO find out by the
same means whether dogs have souls.
Some people claim that these inteli-
gent and mueh-petted animals have
souls as surely as do human beings.
The doctor and his assistants. Drs.
Grant and Sproule, selected thirteen
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

tinually one man aims the gun at the
front runners, but he never shoots.
But 1t Is only apparently that he
does not shoot. Really he is shoot
ing at about the rate Of forty times
a minute, and the results are going
on q long film. Tracked by Blood
hounds Or "A Lynehing in Cripple
Creek" is being enacted and photo
graphed by a company of s6illful act
ors from Chicago for a large moving
picture house. The rapid fire gun is
vitograph which photographs all the
action.
Many "Actors" at Work.
Throughout the country the large
nlm houses have companies Of actorss
who are busy practically all the time
rehearsing and enacting scenes suit
able for moving picture machines.
Some of the scenes it takes weeks and
a large cast of people 20 work up.
while others may be done in half an
hour with two or three characters.
Quite often men are sent about with
the vitograph who Photograph scenes
from real lite-a tippler on his way
home of woman madlS trying to
catch a moving car
Often the scenes which need a coun-
try setting are enacted on the stage Of
a metropolitan opera house. the rustic
scenes being supplied by skiIlful paint
ers. The Burning of Henry Smith
Paris. Texas" one of the most popular
of the spectacular films. was prepared
IL large city far from the Lone Star
State. After the scenery was prepared
it was a simple matter to record the
action in the vttograph At the end of
this film is a picture OF the burning so
vivid that the initiated wonder how il
was done. But it was very simple. 4
FIRE built in front of the trembling
negro made it appear IN the picture
that he was actually burned.
Real Risks Are Involved.
To secure scenery films nos so many
people are necessary. but often thou
sands OF dollars are spent and much
real risk is run in securing them
Shooting the White Horse Rapids"
was secured In Alaska along with other
pictures ns ", ". Scott, photographer
Al tho Penny Arcade at an expense Of
$Lao0 10 chicago firm. ar Scott ha3
With HIN as guide miner naa Was
thoroughly familiar NJ ii the Klend -
region. Read E1ionJilsa miners were
photographed as they shot the danger
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

Gus rapids OF the Yukon river in their
boats Other pictures Of the miners
were secured as they toiled Up Chill
coot pass and across the smooth snow
fields sssh their dog trains.
Many scenery Aims are made on
swiftly moving passenger trains, the
machine being so constructed that 1t
win photograph the scenery either in
front or behind Rocky Ford Canon"
was taken on the pilot of a passenger
engine in the Canadian Rockies which
was going sixty miles an hour. Harry
Hoag. who manipulates the moving
pictures at the Unique Theater. took
this photograph. BY the courtesy of
the Canadian Pacific railroad he was
allowed to place his vitograph on the
pilot. Forty minutes was required for
the pictures.
The Reproduction.
The. camera used for taking the pic
lures winch are made to move works
on the same principle as any other.
except that it is of the rapid-ire sort
ard has a shutter which drops about
every second that individual pictures
are recorded on the film. These are
presented IN such quick succession on
the curtain that the figures seem TO be
actually moving The machine used
for the Profession also has a shutter,
which works In the same manner. The
shaking on the curtain. is caused by
the shutter. and represents tha part of
the action in real life which the vito
graph did not record. The speed Of
the action depends on the operator
By turning fast lie can make a man
who was strolI.ng slowly on the Street
run through the film at the rate of
sixty miles IA hour.
The music Of the piano and the
sounds made behind the curtain serve
to make the pictures seem real The
usual stage devices for thunder. crash
ing glass, and running horses are used
nv man behind ;he curtain, who can
follow the action almost as closely as
those IN front. Dripping water and
fbe padding OF canoe are exactly
simulated ii. the water and river
scenes.
III the moving picture grows as il
seems destined To 1t viii soon be that
one csn see Richard Mansfeld. Ellen
Terry. Sarah Bernhard or any of the
other noted actors on the picture cur
iains oi the Decent vaudeville houses
Already the practice Of photGSra paia.-
actual stage productions is common.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07
Soul is Space Oecupying

Positive observation proves the
existence of a psychic world as real
as the world known to our physical
senses.
And now. because the soul acts at
distance by some power that be
longs to it, We are authorizes to con-
clude that 1t exists as something real.
J think that the soul exists, and that
il Is endowed with faculties at present
unknown.
For many years" SAYS Or. Mac
dougan, 4 had given much thought
TO the subject OF death. and won
deredl about the nature OF the soul.
1 reasoned that personal identity is Inn
possible without a space occupying
body If the soul continues TO exist
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

II survives Che destruction OF che same
1t Is certain that one soul can in
fuence al other soul at a distakse and
without the aid of the senses. There
is not the slightest doubt in my mind
that the soul can act at a distance.
The soul by IT'S interior vision may
see not only what is passing ar a great
distance, but II may also know in adj
vance what is to happen in the future
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

cape. -Four trials were made: four
failures followed. Then came the
barrel. The prisoners were in the
habit of cutting up the cabbage in the
prison work room, and the plan was
to smussie Gershuni into a barrel.
cover him up with the sauerkTaut ana
then he would be carried out into q
cellar into which friends on the out
side had dug a tunnel
Everything was made ready, and
Gershuni was covered up with q large
piece of leather, which prevented as
much possible of the sauerkraut
from TICKLING down upon him. As
the soldtuers had a dangerous habit OF
thrusting a sabeF down into the sauer-
kraut huge iron saucepan was
placed over his head like a helmet.
His fellOw-prisoners had practiced
everything. even the tones and infisc-
tons OF the remarks they were to
make while carrying the barrel out
II reached the cellar safely. and
there Gershuni was met By a rescuer
Watching their opportunity, they
hastily scurried away over the roggh
hills 10 where friends we're waiting
Day after day, helped by friends. they
rode through the Manchurian country
over which Japan chased the beaten
armies OF the Gar. At last they
round refuge with the japanese. From
thence Gershuni came 70 America
Gershunl was the son of Well-to-d0
parents. He graduated in chemistry
from the University OF Kieff, and
opened laboratory in Rinsk. State
ana church opposed the schools and
reading room that he started, and
Gershuni was thrown into prison. hts
schools were closed. his reading room
condemned. and some OF his pupils ez-
lied. he ha6 committed the horrible
crime Of breaking through tbs en-
crusted ignorance OF his people you
begin with book and wind up with a
revolver"
That is why Gershuni spoke before
the Judge who condemned him to
death the historic words; History
viii forgive you everything, the cen
turtles Of oppression. the millions you
have starved to death. the other MIL
lions YOU have sent 10 be butchersd
on the battlefield; everything but this
that you have driven US, who mean
wen with our fatherland, 20 seek re-
source in murder"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

- REGORY GERSHUNI. first
leader of the fighting organi-
cation I'm Russia. has come 20
America after a long journey
from a prison ON the Monaghan from
tier. where be was conaaei with men
and women who had blown up minis
ters whose names were fearful from
one end of the empire 10 the other
For two weeks after his escape the
authorities were afraid 20 report IL 70
headquarters. and even vet in Russia
IL Is officially said that he has been
recapt1red
The manner Of his escape is both
theatrical and sSrdid. A hero car
RED from prison IN barrel of sauer-
iraut is not arpaeently romantic. and
yet few things afe Ia reality more ro-
kraut was raised a.oft and Gershuni
Sach is the powsf Of his story that at
e Aiddish meeting 10 New York, not
long ago. where a toy cask Of sauer-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

Is said. to make the nrst experiment
IN this way The man whose death
VIII thus be made OF interest to science
and TO the world in general Is Dr.
Oliver Hausb, Of Dayton. who win be
eieetroeuted next month for the muir
der of his father. mother. and brother
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

TAN The 5anran Sonl be gveie6sd?
Is It a material substance 206ic6 has definite
shape and gUeight?
Dr. Duncan Macdou0aH of HaberhfH, Mass. an
SSDeS yes, and says that he baS proved beyond all
question.
He claims to haDe done this Just as Sir Waite,
Raleigh first pnobedto doubling audience that s,noke
has 1petght,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

dogs weighius from fifteen "a seventy
pounds. Each one Of them died. he
SAYS, ION scales balanced 70 weigh the
fraction Of an ounce. and In each ease
The weight even in the heaviest Of
them. remained exactly the same.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07
Thrilling MoOing Pictures Quicken Pulse
But No Excitement in MAKING Them

AID the glades and dells Of the
" Wisconsin lake region a party
n of a dozen men with a machine
which looks as If it might De
a rapid fire gun and two large. gentle
Dane dogs are moving along aud
chatting in friendly conversation
Nearer inspection shows that they are
ali made uD as Western miners and
that one of the party has the appear
anCe of a villain. The dogs stick close
to this mans heel. indicating that he
is their master.
Finally the men appear to have
found the desired place and stop
is made. The villain makes himself
more vnlainous and takes his station
several hundred feet ahead OF the
others. The others strip down for
chase. The man ahead calls to his
dogs. They are hello in leash and tug
violently at their cords TO reach their
master. The man with the rapid are
gun bares his machine for action,
and with an assistant or two drops be-
hind
BY this time two or three VISION
sin wood choppers have been attracted
TO the scene and are standing Won
deringly ar a distance. They can't
solve it. One suggests that the city
fellers" are preparing for a hunt, an
other that a gang of patients from
nearby hospital for the insane has
escaped; but the third spectator thinks
he has settled the question when he
declares that the chaps from Chit
cage are up 10 some new tangled
gamen and that most likely it is
golf"
The "Game" Is On.
A signal is given and the game"
is on. The villain starts off at a
leisurely pace and frequently looks
back with terror written all over his
face. If he is so terror stricken it is
hand 20 imagine why he does not run
faster The party with the dogs pur-
sac him with determination. anger,
vengeance and a few other things writ
ten on their faces. but they. toe. run
slowly and seem 80 be not trying 10
catch The man ahead. The dogs are
the only ones who want 20 overtake
him. but they are held in cheek. Last
come the men with the rapid fire gu'i.
Naturally they are impeded some and
must hurry 20. keep the distance be-
tween them and the party ahead tire
same. But they don't seem able &c
overhaul The men with the dogs. Con-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07
weighs Three-quarters Of Ounce.

Weighs Three-QUarters of Ounce.
DR.. Macdougan has been weigh
ing human bodies Just before death
and Immediately following. He
claims that he has found differ
ence Of about three-quarters of an
ounce.
Three-quarters Of an ounce is.
therefore. the weight Of a soul. &C
cording to DR.. Macdougall. He has
been conducting his experiments
for a period of six years.
In order to test the theory stan fur
Their, DIT. Hereward Darlington. Of
New York, suggests that murderers be
weighed Just before and Just after
they are electrocuted.
At the Ohio penitentiary in Column
bus. preparations are being made. it
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

Camille Fiammarion, says
has weight
1T is my CONVICTION, he SAYS Cul-
Their, that the soul OF man exists as
an entity, Independent Of his body, ANA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

Death Caused Scales TO Drop.
"Iu the case Of human beings, he
adds. the very second Of death was
determined by the instant dropping of
the opposite scale
The famous French astronomer,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

must be something. II a soul is a
space-occupying body. I thought. it
must have substance. Then I thought.
what kind Of substance has II? Does
il possess weight7''
It was this last question which led
him to undertake the experiments
which he has carried on for six years
in the Cullis Free Home for Consump-
tives.
II was because DR.. MacdougalTs
experiments were made with persons
who died when worn out with disease
that Or. Darlington suggested making
similar experiments with men who
die in the fun vigor OF their manhood.
And he said that murderers who are
put TO death might be made OF some
use to the world IN this way.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

ALEIGH first weighed the
tobacco. and, after he
had smoked his pipe.
weighed the ashes. The
dinerence. he said was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07
What Is a Soul?

DR.. hacdOugall asserts that il has the
same shape as the human body, and that
il weighs three-quarterS Of an ounce.
He claims 20 have proved this by exc
perimentS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

the weight OF the smoke.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-07

ApriI Z. 1907
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-04
With Mrs. George Gates.

Mrs. George Gates entertained with
a shower" party Monday afternoon
In honor of Mrs. John Whiteman,
whose house with its entire furnish
ings and contents was destroyed by
fire last Thursday night. The house
was decorated In Marechal Neil and
Malmaison roses on the cabinet and
mantel, and In the dining room the
table was set in lace and centered hy
cut glass bowl of red flowers.
After the guests had all arrived
they were invited in the yard and
seated in circle, the honor guest
was given "A seat on the porch, and
was almost hidden with packages.
great and small, some dainty wrap
ped and tied, while others were got.
ten together in any way. There were
articles from the sheast lingerie, to
the weapons used in the pantry
and culinary departments.
Every guest went armed with a
present or number of presents. Mrs.
Stillwell II. Russell and Mrs. Ham p.
Bee, who are ever on the alert when
II comes to generosity. carried water
bucket filled with everything imagin-
able, while Mesdames McNaught, Van
Denberg, anderson and Byrne, sent
good sized dishpan amply filled with
culinary tools. Mrs. Sprekelemeyer
and daughters were there with a mum.
Der OF dainty furnishings for the bed.
room. and Baby Whiteman was show
cred beyond mention, and her hearty
appreciation shone in the sparkle of
her little eyes. Mrs. Lowenstein sent
a stunning hat, such as are always
sent from her store.
Those who as sisted Mrs. Gates in
entertaining were Mesdames Frank
Pierce, o. A. Wells and Arthur
Straehley and Misses Edna James.
Alice Moore and the Misses Sprekel,
meyer and Miss Gray the visiting
guests OF the hostess.
After all the packages had been
opened, and a heartfelt thank-you said
to each individual giyer, the honor
guest made a few short, but to the
point, remarks of her sincere appre-
citation and hoped that none Of her
friends would ever experience what
she had. The guest list included:
Mesdames B. A. Simpson, ]. n. Dod-
son, Fred Gates, X. A. Jones, Moran
Scott, VanDenberg, Turner, C. II.
Clemments. Downard. Louis Nichols,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-04
Concerning Elks.

The following is clipping taken
from n Philadelphia paper:
The Elks from Indian Territory. al
though they number but fifteen. are
having jolly good time here and
are going to parade this morning be.
hind wonderful banner. Robert l..
Sanders OF Ardmore. the youngest
honorary life member in the Elks,
says things are booming down Indian
Territory way and every one there Is
n politician. The statehood bill Is to
be voted for on September T. and
nearly everyone Is n candidte for
some office, from constable to sena-
tor, Another prominent Indian Terri
tory man is DR.. d. NJ. Healy, n 33rd
degree Mason and prominent mine
owner. Harry Miller, widely known
as minstrel, is also with the bunch,
Their headqurters Is at the Bellevue
stratford.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-04
A THOUGHT.

Sometimes | sit and think and dream,
OF many things that seem to seem.
OF days of joy. of times OF sorrow.
OF troubles that we often borrow.
dream of life beyond the grave.
And OF the soul we have to save,
l think of God who sits on High.
lie guards us with a watchful eye.
lie makes us drink of sorrows cup.
And drops of bitterness we sup,
To make our lives Just and complete.
Ere we can sit on Glory's seat.
When time In his remorseless blight,
Brings life unto its solemn night,
When lies my body mid the dust,
My soul will be with God. trust.
&C. S. WELSCH.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-04
Young Womens Home Society Enter
tains.

Benefit affairs nave had a run the
past week, and all OF them have been
a success socially and financially.
one of the very pretty, pleasant
and profitable was given by the
Young Womans' Home Mission Soci'
ETY. OF the Broadway Methodist
church on the lawn of the parsonage
Tuesday evening. Both house and
lawn were en- fete Japanese lights,
flowers and music and many friends
of the society responded and enjoyed
the evening. Very gay was the lawn
with its strings OF incandescents. Dnr.
ing the hours very pleasant pro
gramme was rendered, In which Nils.
ses Ruth Sims and Elliott sang, and
Misses l'ea WolvertOn, Fraley and
Butcher gave music numbers and read
ings.
Refreshments Of cream and cake
were served on trays by the younS
ladies' of the society.
There were quite "A number of enter
tainments in town that night and the
hostess feared only small sum would
be realized, however, ley We're agree
ably disappointed, and quite neat
sum was turned into the treasury.