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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-13

y NERYBODY who invests cent in
r. United States postal card stimulates
the industry of Rumford Falls, Me.
The purchase of a postage stamp booms
the industry of neighboring town,
Mechanic Falls, Me.
The big factory at Rumford Falls has
recently been awarded another four-year
contract by the United States government
In the last four years the output has been
3.20O.OOoO 900 cards. Some 2,500,0O0 pass
through Boston every day in registered mail
cars. Such cities as Boston and New York
consume about two carloads a day.
After the spruce logs from the Maine
woods have been chewed and chemically
treated. the pulp flows into big vat called
the "digester." Here the pulp looks like
a rich churning. but it is in reality the
solution from which the cards are made
cards that will later carry written messages
all over the civilized world.
The wood pulp is flowed out on a screen
Of such fine mesh that the paper is long in
gathering, and the result of this more than
ordinary shaking is a firm, smooth card
OF the familiar cream yellow. free from in
equalities of texture and from all fakes or
shadows when held to the light.
In the big clean finishing room, where
the floor IS Uttered with clutter of book
and newspaper, sit a score of neatly at
tired women smoothing the great sheets of
book and postal stock into piles. The least
defect in the surface is detected at once
by their representative finger tips. and
sheet after sheet is rejected for a blemish,
Invisible, save to the touch.
Great trucks carry the postal paper to
the printing establishment, but before the
presses are set to work each load must be
inspected by a government inspector. This
inspector first applies the bulk gauge to
prove that the postal card is up to the
standard in thickness.
The contract requires that each sheet be
one eleventh-thousandth part of an inch in
thickness. The second requirement is that
every sheet shall endure the test of fifty
pounds pressure TO the square inch. So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-13

and there, or along the ba- ks of dried-up
streams Now the land was fiat, and now
1t rose into rocky mountains which We're
black In the early morning. AS l looked
out over the plains l saw the sun rise.
There was first a faint streak of yellow
away off to the east. This grew until it
became a sheet of light over the horizon.
A few minutes later a pale yellow sun
could be seen through this VEIL AS it
rose the veil disappeared and blazing
white ball jumped out into the sky. For
time thin neecy mist lowered over the
sands, only to be followed by the clear air
of the desert.
AS we went on with our journey the
Sahara seemed always changing. We
passed for miles over bare rock. almost as
smooth as floor, and then through regions
where the rocks were ragged and cut up
into all sorts Of shapes. At times there
were boulders and again small pebbles Of
different coiors. red, brown and black.
Here about Benz Ounif the desert Is largely
limestone, while farther south, along the
louisiana river, l passed through rolling
dunes and plains covered with boulders.
Not Flat Bed Of Sand.
The old descriptions represented the
Sahara as a dreary waste of barren sand
as fat as the sea, vast wilderness where
travellers must Perish If they tried to go
through 1t. The real Sahara has vast ex-
nanses OF sand. It has plains as Dig as
eood-sized state of the Union, which are
covered with stones, but great part OF II
is rolling. 1t is largely plateau, broken
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-13

into the strength tester goes the sheet from
the truck load the pressure is applied and
the indicator shows the value of the sheet.
The blind mans test" or German test,
is the third. and it is designed to show
whether the surface of the card is properly
resined, sized or finished. 1t is an appli-
cation of vigorous pen and ink Should
the ink be absorbed the surface is inferior
In its glaze. When the markings are plain
ly apparent to the touch with blind eyes"
the calendering is satisfactory. Each sheet
of stock fed into the printing press is reg
istered automatically, so that an exact
tally can be kept of all cards printed. The
two presses have a united capacity OF
100000 cards daily
The girls who gum the packages together
nave to be very spry. With dozen gum
med strips between their lips their trained
myers hover over the straight edged packs
OF postal cards like humming birds, till.
with dash and futter, the band is In
place, and second packet is in readiness
for band
One young woman is behind each machine
TO box these packets and others are kept
busy folding the pasteboard boxes in which
they are packed, 900 in a box. The paste
board packages are placed in wooden boxes
of different sizes They hold 5000 10 900
and 5000 cards. The boxes are very
strong and are nailed together at the postal
cards mills by machinery.
The postal card craze has no effect in
Rumford Falls. There is no busy season
in the card mill. The same amount is
printed day after day. The government
requires that a certain amount be on hand
at the factory. These are kent I'm a fire
and burglar proof vault, which has ca
pacity of 100000, 900 cards.
But this is not all the money Uncle Sam
puts into the Golfers of Maine manu-
facturers. dozen miles from Rumford Falls
at Mechanic Falls, all the paper for the mil
lions and millions of postage stamps used
in the United States every month is man
ufactured. The company began its con-
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most ancient times. They will show how
the earliest forms of Chaldea, commencing
more than 1900 years before Christ, were
modified by the Assyrans, Persians,
Syrians and Phenicians.
In Hawaii, under a grant given to DR..
William T. Brigham, some ancient temples
are being excavated and explored. This
work. upon the islands of Oahu and Ha-
wall, has revealed astonishing varia-
ton in the extent of these crumbled
places of Hawaiian worship In some of
the pincipal temples prayers are still Of
fered. Indeed, the last king made a large
and formal offering to the war god of an
ancient temple Kauai. DIR. Brigham
forty years ago, obtained details of the an
cient rituals from Hawaiian priest, who
had offered up human sacrifices in one of
the temples of Mookai, the present leper
island. The archeolosist's work has con-
rirmed the priests statements He has
made or obtained photographs of all known
Hawaiian idols.
That the Hawaiians were the most re-
ligous people of the Pacific region is in
dicated by these researches. Like the He
brews, they had places of refuge, public
temples of vast size, divinity schools, a
powerful priesthood (still existing) and pri-
vate oratories in every house
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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.EnRLE Or (xToK

and bronze civilization and into the stone
age In these lower and older culture
strata" there were revealed remains of an
apuarently peaceful people with little or no
IsnnwIadge of metals There were many
knives and domestic implements OF nlnl'
but no weapons of any klna: SkeIelolis IN
earthed in the various strata showed tnal
during the stone and bronze ages tIeSe
people buried their dead in a contracted po-
sition under the floors of their dwellings,.
The twenty-eight skeletons exhumed are
very short in stature. and whether they are
remains of mature dwarfs or of children OF
a normally formed race yet remains 10 De
seen Among the ruins of the ancient
PEOPLES who lived here during the stone
age were found the bones of the wild OK,
wild sheep. wild boar, gazelle, fox ana
horse. The bones of the OK show tnat inns
animal became smaller as it was DO lestl-
Gated during the bronze age. The Gamer
was not here until the bronze age and there
were no traces anywhere of the dog cat or
domestic fowl -
Driven away by vast quantities of Decay
ing locusts the expedition next went to the
ruins of Gaour Kala, a city OF several
square miles area. where reconnaissance
was made, after which Prof. Pumpelly re-
turned to make a report not yet complet o.
The region in which this work has begun is
an absolutely new field. wherein heretofore
there have been practically no scientihc e.
cavatiops. Prof Pumpelly believes that ms
work will throw light on the origins of
western and eastern nations and clVlilza-
tons"
But mans civilization AFTER HdNlHS us
birth. apparently. in these parts of Asia,
came to us through Greece. "Everything
that is not a law of nature IS in its origin
Greek" said Sir Henry Maine. Greece is
the source of the earliest culture from
which Americans and Europeans can direct
~ trace their own.
Excavating Ancient Corinth.
So for the excavation of the site of an
cient Corinth the institution has given
grant of money, to be expended by the
American School of Classical Studies at
Athens. which already had the work under
way This is regarded by foreign archie
ologists as the most important excavation
in all Greece. 1t has received higher appre-
citation abroad than by the American pub
lie. Ancient COrinth was the emporium OF
the trade between the east and west. 1t
was once the richest and most luxurious
city of Greece. and abounds in statues
paintings and other works of art. To Venus
its patron goddess, dedicated splen-
did temple upon the Acrocorinthus, hi!
] $50 feet above sea level, and from which
may be viewed the Parthenon of Athens.
fifty miles TO the eastward. The great
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-13
Hints on THANKSGIVING,
rom the Outing Magazine.

Get the very best grade of lawn mixture
Tor seeding, and use it literally. l believe
In thick sowing. This way you are not
Obliged to-wait year for a good sward.
Sow the seed on very still day if you
want an even catch" I would advise
sowing from one side, and then cross
sowing. 1t is good plan to SOW just be-
fore a rain, If possible, as this will imbed
the seed in the soil and prevent it from
being blown away. If the season is dry
one 1t is well to roll or beat down the soil
after sowing to make it compact enough
to retain moisture until termination can
take place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-13

that of boxing. The temple Of Castor was
discovered in 1872. Miss Susan Helen
Ballou of Chicago University. the holder of
the other fellowship at Rome, Is working
"Augustan History"-a collection of bioog-
raphies of the Roman emperors from III to
2S4 A. D. These appear to have been pre-
pared by six writer's whose names have
been discovered, but whose biographies are
unknown. Some scholars have branded the
whole collection as forgery and denied the
existence of these alleged authors Another
American woman now making name for
herself in classic research is Miss Harriet
A. Boyd. graduate of Smith College who
is conducting extensive excavations in Crete
for the American school at Athens and the
American Exploration Society.
Studying Egyptian Temples.
In Egypt archeologic work has been done
under grant of the institution by DR.. w.
Max Muller, the noted Psychologist, now
Of Philadelphia. His field work has been
mostly among the temples of ancient
Thebes and its surroundings. Thebes be-
came the capital of Egypt after the deser-
ton of Memphis by the princes OF the
seventh to the tenth dynasties 1t was the
site of seven great temples, those OF kar-
max and Luxor being the greatest. This
hundred gated city was reputed to De
the birthplace of Osiris, the Creator Of the
Egyptians.
The prime object of DR. Muller's work has
been to study the relations of ancient Egypt
to Asia and Europe. He has been decipher-
ing the characters upon monuments which
give direct contributions to the study OF
the Bible and which in many ways throw
new light upon the history OF the Whoie
world. He has gathered great deal or
data contributing also to the geography OF
the Bible.
THE hours of busy solitude, especially
among the gigantic walls and columns OF
karnak. will always remain a blessed re-
membrance to me-" reports DR.. Muller to
the institution. The ruins of Karnak com
blne to make the most extensive collection
in the world The inscriptions found upon
the walls are of special interest to stu
dents of the Bible. since they give data as
to the cOnquests of the PhaTaohs In the
Holy Land The great Temple OF karlak,
built by long succession OF kings, CON
tained a court 275 by 1913 feet, in which
were two independent temples. Its great
hall, measuring 10 by 1913 feet. was built
under several kings and decorated by
Rameses II. The Temple Of Luxor was
also the work of several Pharaohs. 1t Is
2S4 wards long and was connected with the
greater Temple of Karnak by an avenue of
sphinXeS.
Back to 5000 B. c.
An interesting study of oriental at, as
recorded on ancient seals from western
Asia and Egypt, is being made under a
grant of money by the Carnegie Institution
to William II. Ward of New York. These
ancient seals include specimens dug UP in
Babylonia Persia. Assyra. Syria ana
Phenicia. With the aid of two artists
drawings are being made Of their designs.
These pictures will show the evolution Of
the garments, weapons, religious para
phernalia, animals and plants from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-13

Hadfield a the annual meeting of the COM
pany yesterday at Sheffield. He mentioned
also that the firm had introduced new
steel called Era an entirely British prod
uct, for which the admiralty had given them
facilities for testing. 1t had proved of ex-
ceptional quality, and was rapidly coming
into for ship construction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-13
Projectiles Now In the Lead.
the London Standard. .

From The London Standard.
A new type Of projeetile, which will play
an important part in future warfare, and
which. according to Sir Howard Vincent,
will pierce any armor yet made, has been
introduced by the Hadfield steel foundry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-13

Since then the railroad has been extended
to Benz Ounif. and within two years a
thriving settlement has grown up here.
right at the gate to the pass. Figuig 10
now safe for a traveller. IL he is accompa-
MED by French soldiers. and the French
are even building a wagon road to that
place
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-28
Yesterdays Storms.

The storms of yesterday afternoon ID
,bis civ and yicinitg we're very severe
and the high wind, hail and Taia d'd con-
ai5e,abIs DAMAGE Ia som3 p'sces. a
Hoofs ron, upper King street, the
bs.rv raialsll caused a greater FOOD ID
that locality than at any other time dur
mo the pas. ten years A few trees were
nrys,rated nv the wind, and the halt IN
some instances caused damage. especial
10 TO hot houses on the outskirts OF the
civ and in Alexandria county. 10
some places in the county hsllstones
virtually ruined growing crops. People
who arrived here today from lower Far
fax county sag the rain fell in torrents
Camersn run was gresily swollen, the
wafer. which was two feet deep, having
eDread over an area Of one hundred yards
st the north apprOsch to the bridge
Reports from along the liue Of the south
ern Railway represent the storms as nav
ing been very severe with much hall
The storm did some damage 10 certain
parts of Washington. A northwest VIM
followed the second rainfall, after which
the temperature began to iall, and py
night cold wave had settled over TIL;
section. The mercury this morning a.
7 o'clock stood at 49,.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-28
Invitations.

We have received from DR.. l.. Nj.
Blackford, principal, an invitation to at
tend the commencement exercises OF the
Episcopal High School of Virginia,
near Alexandra, TO be held at 3 P. no.
Wednesday, June 10, at Liggett Hall
We have also received from the SIS
tiers of the Holy Cross an invitation to
be present at the thirly-ninth annual
commence ment of 81, Msry's Academy,
which will be held Wednesday alter
noon, June u, at $3.50 O'Clock, at Lam
mons Opera House.
We have received an invitation from
the officers of the Upperyille Colt and
Horse Club to attend the horse show 10
be given BY that club on June eleven
and twelve.
A complimentary musical ard literary en-
tertainment under the auspices OF Alexandria
Division, No. ], A. o. H., will be given at the
Young Mems sod ility Lyceum Hall on sun
day, June 2nd, 81 8 D. m. The orator OF tnf
evening will be Judge J. T. Kelley, National
Director. of Milwaukee, Wis. We have re-
ceiyed an invitation to be present.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-28
A Night in Dixie.

Preparations for "a Night in Dixie, q"
to be given at Lee Camp Hall tonight
under the auspices Of the Seventeenth
Virginia Regiment Chapter, Quilted
Daughters of the COntederacy, have been
o.mpleted and the entertainment prom
i.es to be one OF the most delightful ever
given by that organization. One of the
features will be drill by forty children
under the direction of Miss blanche
Rotchford and popular southern songs
will be sung by Mr.. George II. Evans
Mr.. Kenneth Ogden and others. MIMI
a,ure cocks have been dis ributed by the
members of the chapter and those who
nave not received them can procure them
at the door. In these socks each person
attending is supposed to place five cents
for each foot of his or her height and a
penny for each additional inch.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-28
The Presidents Trip to Mount
Vernon.

President Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt
and Miss Ethel Roosevelt, and Post
master General Meyer, Capt. Filzhugh
Lee and Orderly McDermott, who &C.
compsnied them, had an uncomfortable
experience yesterday afternoon during
their trip OF horseback to Mount Vernon.
Ominous clouds we're banked up in the
western heavens when the party mounted
their horses at franklin and Royal
s,ree's. while muttering thunder was
heard. Shortly after the tourists had
passed over Hunting creek bridge the
storm broke at a point on the road where
no nearby shelter was available, and the
marty spurred their horses on. The h'st
house which attracted their attention Tss
that occupied by Mr.. A. e. Smoot, OF
This city. about three miles south OF
A,exandris. The door was Immediate
" opened to them, and everything pos
sble done to make the guess comfor-
fable The storm had in the meantime
become fierce. There was higa WIND, a
deluge of rain, some hail vivid lightni ng
aud heavy thunder. The President and
those win him bad been drenched be
fire they reached Mr.. Shoots house.
After the rain had ceased, toe party pro-
ceeded on to Mount Vernon, arriving
there about . o'clock. Here Coionei
Dodge, the superintendent Of the gtound,
gave them cordial welcome and showed
them over the grounds. Lunch was
served in the old house used as a kitchen
on State occasions in colonial times, but
now occupied as a diuing-room. The
quests we're ready to start on the return
trim at $3.50 O'CLOCK, but again rain set
in aud delayed them for 10 minutes
Tbey reached franklin and Royal streets
about 500 O'Clock where the car mount
Vernon" wss waiting for them. a
number Of people were assembled 10
welcome the President, who bowed MS
acknowledgement SIS he did also to many
on Royal end King streets over which
cine car passed on It's way back to Wash
ingtou. The party reached that city abou'
half an hour later.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-28
Personal.

The condition of James Pullman, the
twelve ear-old son of Mrs. Kate and
the late Sidney Pullman, who was re-
Gently operated upon for appendicitis at
the Alexanpris Hospital, is said to be
serious.
Mrs. G.. w. Henderson has gone to
Alabama to visit her daughter, Mira.
Lennie Baker.
Mr.. W. Il. F. Lee, Of Rsvenswortb,
Fairfax county, is expected to arrive In
Richmond Wednesday aud remain dur
ing the Confederate reunion. She will
be the guest of Mrs. BeDj4min Nash,
of No. 800 west Franklin street, during
a part of her stsy.-[Richmond Times
Dispatch.
Mr.. J. s. Cupper will leove soon for Colo
RADIO where be expects to remain for some time.
Miss Bessie Russell has gone 70 Oasf .ss
Town, w. Va. where she will spend the
summer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-28
birthday Celebration.

Master William Sullivan last evening
celebrated his sixth birthday at his
narents' reaideuce No 1l6 north Patrick
street. After iudulging in games until
a late hour, the young people retired TO
the dining room, which was tastefully
decorated in green and white, where
ssasonable refreshments we're served.
Master sullivsn's presents were numer-
ous aud handsome. Among those pres,
emit were Master Clarke Vernon aud
sister of Washington, d. c., Master
Jnlian add Blair Ballenger, Willie Cooke,
master Bergman, William, Earle, and
Jack Sullivan, Misses Francis bsllengeT
Catharine Brannon, Ivy and Helen
Beach, Martha Mason, Mabel and kutn
HiIlery. The little folks left tor Their
homes much pleased with the evening
enioymeut.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-28
Negro Ran Amuck.

A negro amed Ferguson, who seemed
to be under the influence OF cocaine,
caused some excitement at the Potomac
railroad yard, north of this city, yestef-
day. He had been lettering about the
yard for some lime acting IN strange
manner and running the risk CT oeing
run over BY moving trains, when he sud
denly jumped on a locomotive, pusneo
the fireman aside and attempted to per-
form the latter's duty. He, however,
soon left the engine and began to prowl
about the tracks when an official warned
him of his danger from cars making n.y.
ing switches. The negro at this juncture
became Infatuated, and picking up q
brake bar made an assault on the official
and the latter was compel ed to run from
his sssailant. A brakeman who was
standing in the path on which the negro
Was running struck him with bis ist but
failed to knock him down, and grasping
coupling stick he dealt the darkey a
blow on The head which felled him TO
the earth. Ferguson lay unconscious
for some time, but he finally revivei
and had his head bandaged by, some
emf Ioyees at the yard. The negro pro,
ceeded to a store in the neighborhood
where his conduct toward lady became
go obnoxious that the proprietor seized a
heavy weight and was about to huIl II
at Ferguson's head when bystander,
who was acquainted with the negro
former action, interceded and convinced
the storekeeper that the negro was
irresponsible. The latter subsequently,
strayed out OF the neighbOrhood.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-28
Relief from Rheumatic Pains.

81 suffered 8ith erhumatism for over
two year," says MIR. ROLAND Curry, a
patrolman, of Key West. Fla. Some
times it settled in my knees and famed
me so could hardly walk, at other
times it would be in my feet and hands
80 was incapacitsted tor duty. One
night when l was in severe pain and
lame from it my wife went to the drug
store here and came back with bottle
of Cbamberlsin's Pain Palm. l was
rubbed with it and found the pain had
nearly gone during the night. l kept
on using it for little more than two
weeks and found that it drove the rheu-
matism away. have not had any
trouble from that disease for over three
months" For sale by W. F. CreightoH
and Gibson and Timbermsn.