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The Washington herald., 1907-11-22
TO.DAYS PROGRAMME.

10 a m.-Opening session. Continental Hall
Of the Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton. Quiet Hour. Address. He
who works must pray" Rev. Floyd W.
Tomkins d. D., Philadelphia
2 p. m.-PTayer. Remarks b. chairman OF
previous convention. Hon. Henry 3. r.
MacfArland. Organization. Address. The
divine element in character building,
Rev. Charles II. Parkhurst D. D.. New
York Election Of officers Report OF
international committee o. Young Mems
Christian Associations. By DIR. L. c.
Warner. A. l. Marling. and W.. ID. Mus-
ray.
5 p. m.-ReceptiOn 10 delegates by the Com
missioners Of the District Of Columbia at
the Corcorsn Art Gallery.
30 p. m--Coaventicn Hall. Song service.
Mems chorus. led BY ]. J. Virgo. Of
Adelaide, Australia. Washington Asso-
c;ation Orchestra Adde'S What con
stitu.es a nations IeatnessY" by Hon.
James Bryce. British Ambassador. Ad-
dress. The nations need Of strong
Christian Young men," by Gov. Il. 3.
Glenn. q North Carolina
The public is invited to the evening ses-
sion az Convention Hall. No tickets viii be
required.
EvangChs.ic services for men viii be held
throughout the day at hotels. government
buildings. schools &c between the hours OF
. O'Clock and 8 O'Clock.
The Washington herald., 1907-11-22
PEACE CONFERENCE PLANS.
Committee Report on Procedure Il
Be Submitted This Morning.

The Central American peace conference
will meet this morning at 1890 o'clock, in
the Bureau Of American Republics, when
the committee named TO draw up some
sort OF plan Of procedure for the con-
ference will make a report.
Just what will be embodied in this re-
port is not known. but it is understood
that arbitration, in a general way. is pro-
vided for. What the special plans are
have only been conjectured, and OF
course, their adoption as they will be re-
ported is not anticipated.
The Washington herald., 1907-11-22
POLICE INVESTIGATING WRECK
Commissioner MacfnrIand Orders
Probe Into Tunnel Accident.

Commissioner Macfarland yesterday re-
quested Major Sylvester, superintendent
Of police. to obtain any information he
can relative to the recent railroad acci-
dent at the entrance Of the New Union
Station tunnel. Advice was also asked
OF Corporation Counsel Thomas. whether
er. II there IS no necessity for an inquest.
the Commissioners can summon witnesses
and conduct an investigation into the
accident
Mr.. Macfarland said that II there was
no such power recommendation would
be made TO Congress that the COmmis-
sioners be given such power
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The Physical Directors.

Two prayer services were held by the
evangelical workers. one in the morning
at the residence of s. W Woodward. and
The Washington herald., 1907-11-22
OnJv One "BROuo oITTNTNE, !,

That is LAXATIVE BRoMO QUININE. Lock for
over to Cure Cold in One Day. &c
The Lambertville record., 1907-04-10
ROMANCE OF A NAME.
Hugh Williams and Remarkable
Series of Condolences.


Names have figured frequently in co
incidences, one of the most remarkable
eases being that recorded of II series Of
men named Hugh Williams. whose es
capes from shipwrcck are recorded by
an English ehronicler.
On Dec 5, 1861, according 10 this au
thorlty. the English ship Menla was
crossing the strait of Dover and cap
sized in n gale. OF the eighty one pas
sengers on board one was saved. His
name was Hugh Williams.
On the same day of the same month
In 1fs5 pleasure boat was wrecked
on the Isle of Nun. There We're sixty
persons ON the boat, among them one
Hugh Williams and his family, OF the
threeseore none but old Hugh Williams
survived the shock.
On Aug. 3. 1870, ptcnielSing party
on the Thames Was run down by Il
coal barge There We're twenty five Of
the picnickers, mostly children under
twelve years of age. Little Hugh Will
llams, visitor from Liverpool, only
five years old, was the only one who
was saved
Now comes the most singular part of
this singular story. On Aug 10, 1880, n
coal laden craft, with nine men, foun
dcrcd In the North sea. Two of The
men, cnch of whom was named lIugl
Williams. an uncle and nephew, were
rescued by some fishermen and were
the only men of the crew who lived Ia
tell OF the calamity. Scrap Book
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GROWING NUT TREES.
In Planting Follow Natures Own Way
as Much as Possible.

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iierscheIs Memory.

Until he had become very old man
Sir John lIerschel retained the strength
of intellect and freshness Of memory
which enabled him 10 accomplish his
great scientific work. Sir Henry II.
Roscoe In his autobiography records
an instance when llerschcl was seven
ty-four years old.
One evening IN 1860 | happened to
meet him. He mentioned as an Inter
estlng piece of news that II star re
Gently discovered had suddenly burst
out into first or second magnitude.
DO you know" snid IIerschel, that
when ! was mt the Cape | observed
precisely similar phenomenon
He considered moment and added,
Eyes, 1t was In the year 1896" Again
he paused but II moment and conclud
cd, "On August the 10th Mt o'clock
In the morning"
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An Old Vi-ain;aiaw aw.

A law passed by the grand assembly
held Mt James City, Va. in March,
1862, was designed for the purpose Of
trying TO prevent women from talking
TO excess. The law read: Whereas
many babbling women slander and
scandalize their neighbors, for which
their poor husbands are often involved
in chargeable and vexatious suits and
east in great damages, be it therefore
enacted that In actions OF SANDER, oc-
casioned by the wife, after judgment
passed for the damages, the woman
shall be punished by ducking: and II
the slander be so enormous as to be
adjudged at greater damages than 500
pounds of tobacco, then the woman t.
suffer n ducking for each 800 pounds
Of tobacco adjudged against the hla-
band, If he refuses to ray the tobacco"
The Lambertville record., 1907-04-10
THE STRENUOUS LIFE.
One Days Work of a Sixteenth Cen.

One Days Work of Sixteenth Cen.
tury Law Student.
If law students of the present day
nre lahoring Under the dehision that
when the world was younger there was
less law 10 study and more relaxation
for Young men of their class, lot them
read the following extract that an
English contemporary has taken from
the Memoirs Of Henri de Mesmes,'
descriptive Of days work Of law
student at Toulouse In the sixteenth
century.
"Wc used 10 rise from bed at 4
o'clock, and, having prayed TO God, we
went at > O'Clock to our studies, our
big books under our arms. our Ink
horns aud candles In our hands. We
heard nI the lectures without inter-
mission Till 10 O'Clock rnng Then we
dined after having hastily compared
during half hour our notes OF the
lectures.
"After dinner we read as a recrea-
tion Sophocles Or Aristophanes or Eu-
rlpldcs ana sometimes Dcmosthenes,
Cicero, Virgil or Horace. At o'clock
10 our studies. nj : back TO our dwell
Ing places. there TO 70 over and verify
passages cited In the lectures until o;
then supper. and after supper we read
Greek or Latin.
con holy days we went to high mass
and veSpers; the rest of the days, Il
littlp music and walks -
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The Home Of a Genius.

Beethoven was born in a small house
in Bonn. His father had inherited the
vice of drinking, and often Beethoven
and his younger brother were obliged
to take their intoxicated father home.
He was never known to utter an un-
kind word about the man who made
failed to resent 1t when third person
spoke uncharitably Of his fathers
frailty. Young Beethoven was thus
taught many a severe lesson In the
hard school Of adversely, but his trials
were not without advantage to him.
They gave to his character that iron
texture which upheld him under his
heaviest burdens.
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FAMILY DISPUTES.
How They We're Once Settled by Fair
Fight In Court.

Fight In Court.
In some parts of Germany In days
gone 10y when the relations of husband
and wife became strained, SO to speak
In other words, when each returning
day gave birth to new squahhles and
the mans hnnd was rs ready as the
woman's tongue the couple were
brought before the magistrate, who,
after listening 10 recriminatious or
dered them 10 prepare for the ordeal
by battle, The man was placed In Il
cask. which was then nearly filed with
sand. so that he WAS covered up to the
waist In some towns Il pit WAS kept
handy for the purpose, just us the
ducking stool WAS kept ON Rankside,
opposite st. Pauls When he was
thus hnlf buried. the man received II
short stick for his right hand, while
his left hand was tied up across his
chest He was thus one armed and
could only deliver his blows II his op-
ponent came near enough
The lady put on linen garment. the
right sleeve of which was heightened.
In the end was tied up stone The
sleeve projected about twelve inches
beyond her hand She had thus for
midable weapon hut In order 10 use IL
she had 10 get close 10 her enemy.
Now. observe the situation and the
chances If she succeeded In bringing
the stone down upon her husbands
head. she might knock him senseless;
she might even brain him. hut In order
To do 80 she would expose herself 10
the full blow Of his stick The battle
might. In fact, be settled by Il single
assault. But mark the crnftlness of
man. 1t was better TO make II woman
ridiculous than to knock her silly. The
husband therefore, if he was n philos-
Opher. did not try TO hit his wife. He
warded her blows with his stick. He
tried to catch the sleeve upon his stick
Then the stone flew round and round.
and the lady was caught. She could not
move, and the victorious husband
dragged her, unwilling. head first into
his cask.-London Queen
The Lambertville record., 1907-04-10
On the Rack.

The expression putting n witness
on the rack' has mn ancient origin.
The courts had an unpleasant way of
putting refractory or unsatisfactory
witness on the rack, which was an
open wooden frame, upon which was
laid the victim. His wrists and ankles
ends Of the frame The rollers were
then moved with levers until the ten
sion caused the body to rise level with
the frame, and then questions were
addressed to the witness. If he still
proved silent or II his memory needed
refreshing, the rollers were moved
slowly until the wretch's bones started
from the sockets.
The Lambertville record., 1907-04-10
His Share.

A gamekceper found boy fishing In
his masters private waters
you mustn't fish hercn he eXcinlm
ed. "These waters belong 10 the Earl
OF A."
"Do theyi | didn't know that. re-
piled the culprit, laying aside his rod.
He then took up book and com.
menccd reading
The keeper departed, but on return
Ing about nm hour afterward found tho
same youth had started fishing again.
"Do you understand that this water
belongs to the Earl Of AZ" he roarcd
"Why. you told me that M hour
agow exclaimed the angler, in sur
prise "Surcly the whole river doesn't
belong to him? His share went by
long agoW-London Telegraph.
The Lambertville record., 1907-04-10

right off, Miss Podmore, and the mar
bic, too, so as 1t won't get smashed.
Dick. here, will help you. And you
might as well bid UP on the rest OF the
set. It's shame TO break it,
Land. don't want the IeaTy old
stun" exclaimed Sue Podmore. star
Ing blankly at the big old bureau. My
ceilings too low for thai top piece.
and it's SO heavy to lug around.
only bid up five because 1t did seem
such pity. | felt "a If we were fair
ly insulting the old thing cheapening
1t SO. But l don't want it
Didn't want 1t when It WAS worth its
weight in gold to her! Grandma Kit
tredge crossed over to where Dick Lane
was trying to take the screws out of
the mirror, the screws that had not
been loosened fer fifty-two years and
came out hard.
Its fearful hefty. Mis- Kittredge,'
he said. tipping 1t up against tree TO
get at the back better. and then some
thing appened-something so amazing
that 1t stopped the whole kittredge
auction, for as Dicks hands pulled on
the hand carved, acorn trimmed bot
tom piece along the side Ii gave way
in his grasp and fell out, and there in
the bright sunshine lay exposed Judge
Kittredges private home bank.
"Of course, grandma. you'll do just
as you please" kitty the Third said
after every one had gone and Billy and
Dick had carried all the precious un-
sold things back to their places in the
house. "but Dudley ard l would love to
have you live with US in TOWN.
Grandma Kittretlgc smiled happily to
herself and swayed genly back and
forth in her little low sewing rocker
that Miss Podmore had kept her eye
on ever since the sale had begun.
"Wcll, it's real sweet Of you 10 say
so, dearic," she answered, "and know
you both mean it, but as long as there's
the means to keep It with-how much
did Dudley say your grandpa had put
In that drawer thousand and
some odd? Well, | kind of think that
I'll stay right here. You can come out
TO visit me often, and there may be
others to consider. you know"
"Others?' said Kitty the Third in
quiringly "Othcrs, grandma?'
'"Therc may be Kitty the Fourth
some day. dear heart, who would love
the old place and even the furniture
some day, dearie, when you are old,
too, and I am UP with grandpa ON the
hill and black walnut furniture has
come In style again"
And while she folded her arms about
the girlish figure kneeling beside her
the sweet old face was full of half
merry. quizzieal tenderness as she add
ed. "Some day when mission styles
gone out of date, dearie, SO we'll keep
every dear old piece that came from
Boston years ngO."
The Lambertville record., 1907-04-10

Fresh water lakes are always only
expansions Of rivers, due TO the par
ticular typographical eonliguration OF II
valley They are all characterized by
the fact that the water that they re
ceive runs out either continuously or
intermittently and that the chemical
constitution of their water remains
constantly the same as that of the
streams and rivers OF the same region
Salt lakes on the other hand are al
ways closed basins, without outlet. and
their water Is removed only by surface
evaporation. These facts being well
understood we see at once why the
former lakes contain fresh water and
the others salt water. Water Is ma
ture's great solvent Hardly Il single
substance, simple or compound, es.
capes its dissolvlng action. Conse.
quently the water that flows over tho
earth's surface or in Its depths con
talns constantly in solution substances
that finally accumulate in the great
common reservoir, the ocean, whose
mass, removed only by evaporation,
becomes more and more charged with
saline matter.-Parls Cosmos.
The Lambertville record., 1907-04-10
THE BREADFRUlT TREE.
Many Ways In Which This Strange
Asiatic Plant Is Utilized.

The breadfruit tree is ii native Of
southern Asia, the south Pacific islands
and the Indian archipelago. In appear
ance 1t resembles somewhat the wild
chestnut. 1t grows TO the height OF
forty or fifty feet and has dark green
leaves. many of them two feet In
length, which are deeply divided into
pointed lobes.
Hidden among the great leaves the
breadfruIt grows. 1t Is sorosis, Is
nearly spherical, often weighs four or
more pounds and has thick yellow
rnd. This fruit is the chief food of the
south sea islanders. They seldom eat
meal without it. The eatahle part
lies between the rlnd and the core and
when fully ripe is yellow and juicy.
1t is better for fruit before Il has fully
matured. and the natives gather 1t
while the pulp is white.
BEFORE II IS ready for table use 1t
must he roasted. when it looks like
wheat and bread and Is both palatable
and nutritious. Usually the fruit is cut
Into three or four slices and roasted or
baked in an oven
Frequently the people of Il village
join in making II huge oven. in which
several hundred breadfruits may be
baked at one time Thus they are all
supplied with bread without It's cost
Ing any of them much labor Prepared
In this way. the bread will keep for
weeks.
The breadfruit ia In season eight
months of the year. When the season
finally draws to close, the last fruits
are gathered and made into sour
paste called "mahel" This paste Will
keep good for months and Is made
into balls, wrapped In leaves and bak-
ed lust as needed
Bread Is not the only product of the
brcadfruit tree. From 1t cement,
CLOTH finder and lumber are also OBJ
talned. \ glutinous. milky Juice oozes
from the trunk of the tree, which
makes an excellent cement when boil
ed with cocoanut oil. From the fibrous
inner bark kind of coarse cloth Is
made and the big leaves make good
towels. The lumber Is used for build
Ing houses and many other purposes.
Besides nll this. the dried blossoms are
used us tlnder when fires are klndled.
The Lambertville record., 1907-04-10
THE GREAT "WAR COMET"
lts Fiery, Spreading Tail Was Fifty
Million Miles lonq.

~ S"s'
The wonderful war comet of 1861
sprang SO suddenly into View and
blazed with such uncxampled bril-
lIancy us to astonish the astronomers
md friphtep those unIenrnaI In ,.,n.
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The Lambertville record., 1907-04-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Some people cry loudly for justice
when mercy is really what they want
There Is never much kicking about
the rules of the game by those who
happen to win.
A young PERSONS kind of wit Is usu
ally the Kind that gives an old person
nervous prostratlon.
If n man tells lie, which IL pre-
dominant remorse Mt having told
1t or his pride IN having told one that
passed for the truthl
You may think you are lonesome, but
you will never know what lonesome
ness Is until you are on your death
bed and realize that YOU are going
alone
Every boy who plays around railroad
yards and makes Practice of jumping
on trains imagines he Is Il great deal
more clever than the one legged men
of his acquaintance ever were.-Atchi-
son Globe
The Lambertville record., 1907-04-10
Ia Tern,a ~ Pin

The ingenuity of the Chinese IN sur
mounting difficulties Is well Illustrated
by the following dialogue. which re-
Gently took place on the Imperial Chi
nese railway
Traveller wish TO ship these two
dogs to Pelting. What Is the ratei
Railway Official No got any rate for
dog. one dog all same one sheep. One
sheep all same two pig. Can book -four
pig
Travelcr-But one dog Is only pup
ny. lie ought to 90 for half fare
Railway Onicial-Can do all right.
Then turning 10 his clerk, Write three
pig" he said Iippincott's
The Lambertville record., 1907-04-10
A Dame School In England, 1897.

On perch forming triangle with
the corner of the room sat cock ard
two hens. Under n stump bed mmedi-
ately beneath was Il dog kennel IN the
occupation of three black terriers,
the children and the cackling OF the
fowls on the approach of II stranger,
was almost deafening. There was only
one small window, at which sat the
teacher, obstructing three folIrths Of
the light II was capable OF admitting
Parliamentary Report.
The Lambertville record., 1907-04-10
Queer Nastinn riansr.

Birds seek queer places in which to
build their nests. The robin often be-
gins nesting operations In February.
Any old pot, basket or can which Is
lying In a corner Of garden seems to
be taken possession OF by robins. They
even build their nests In aowerpots, on
chairs, In bags and tins, old kettles
and variety of other odd places. But
perhaps the most remarkable place of
all where robin built It's nest was in
or on cows tail The tall was hang
ing on the wall of butchers slangh-
ter house In England, and the robin
built coy nest among the long hair
at the end Of the aDpendage.
The Lambertville record., 1907-04-10
No He,sians Need Apply.

Aunt Sally Linnekin was looking nd.
postal cards brought back from Europe
by one of her summer bonrdcrs
"Now. this one. said he, showing L
handsome card. "ls from Ilesse where
those Iesslan soldiers came from. you
know"
Aunt Sally put down the cards and
rose up IN Intense Indignation,
"Land sakes~ she exclaimed in hor
ror. "Did you 20 theref'
The Lambertville record., 1907-04-10

Books have always n secret influence
on the understanding We cannot at
pleasure oblterate IDEAS. He that
reads books Of science. though without
any desire fixed Of improvement, will
grow more knowing. lie that enter
tains himself with moral or religious
treatises Will imperceptibly advance in
goodness. The IDEAS wsich are often
offered to the mind will at last find n
lucky moment when 1t Is disposed to
receive them. Samuel Johnson.
The Lambertville record., 1907-04-10
Granite, the Bedrock of the Earth.

Granite Is the bedrock of the world
II IS the lowest rock in the earth's
crust and shows no signs of animal
life 1t Is from two to ten times as
thick ns all the other layers of rocks
combined No evidences of life OF ell
ther animal or vegetable are apparent
In granite The presence of lime Is
due to animal life. Some scientists as
sert that all the lime In the world has
at some time been n part of some ami
nal This Includes human beings.
The Lambertville record., 1907-04-10
The Number Three.

Three, which since the days OF Py-
thagoras has been the divine number,
Is not invariably fortunate, for. though
the fates are three, so also are the
furles. The graces are three, but 80
also are the Judges In hades and the
heads of Cerberus Then there are the
records Of three disloyal tribes In
Welsh history; there are the three rob
bers IN OrIons belt; there were the
three tyrants at Athens, and 3 In
mythology Is as unlucky as 1t Is dl-
vine
The Lambertville record., 1907-04-10
A STRANGE MAKEUP.
When Wilton Laokaye Looked Like .
Sore Finger"

Sore Finger
Barrett was n very pompous man.
aud as my bump of reverence has nj
ways been a concavity he early mark
ed me out for his dispeasurc. After
giving me a list of plays for which to
procure wardrobes plays which he did
not do during the season he suddenly
changed his mind and put on Julius
Caesar In Richmond. Va. 1t WIS i'm
possible to get an armor there. | play
ed Mctellus Climber, first citizen and
Phasarius-and soldier, Luckily l
had sandals and iieshings. | borrowed
II tunic from Otis Skinner, n toga from
the stage manager, who was out of the
bill; | had II mob shirt made In the
thcater: | got out n makeup for Pha-
sarius, The barbarian. but the soldier I
All of the utility men were compelled
to "ekc the battle rabble out as sol
diers in the last act could not get
in the town II helmet and armor, SO |
simply "l,rked' behind the other sol
diers clad in feshings, sandals and
SINNERS tunic. which came halfway
eleven and tbree-fourths and weighed
130 pounds, 80 you may imagine the
audience hardly became conscious Of
me until my third entrance.
My modest disposition and my desire
not 10 meet the stars eye did not avail
me. He spotted me the first thing. As
the curtain came down he called me
and Numbered "What do you think
you represent"
slyly responded, "a camp follower,
sir, lurking behind the main column
and robbing the dead
"IInh!' he grunted, his eye passing
up my stretch of shanlSs In pink flesh
ings, surmounted by the tight little
tunlc at top. You look like n sore fin
CERT Wilton Laekaye In Bohemian
Magazine
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No Apology Needed,

81 hope our running the graphophone
last night didn't annoy you" said the
renter of the third floor fiat,
what" responded the new renter OF
the fourth floor fiat, producing an ear
trumpet.
81 say it's a fine morningl" beloved
the other into the trumpet.-Chlcago
Tribune