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The Washington herald., 1907-03-10
CANALS VOLCANIC FISSURES.
Prof. Pickering Doesn't Believe Mars
Waterways Are Artificial.
From the Boston Herald

From the Boston Herald
That for at least 1000. 900 years Of
the 1.OO0.00O.OOO years the earth has
been in existence the seas were boiling
hot was one of the statements made by
Prof W II. Pickering OF Harvard OBJ
servatory. Prof Pickering also dis
agreed with many noted scientists Of
the day as TO what the so-called canals
on Mars really are, IN his opinion they
being volcanic assures, the escaping
steam from which encourages and
nurses vegetation along their length.
Prof. Pickering devoted the larger
part of his attention TO Mars and it's
physical conditions as revealed by the
telescope. saying that this vicinity is a
poor one from which to study it, for
certain atmospheric reasons. the best
place being found within the tropics.
He declared that there is ice at the
poles of Mars and water on the sur
face. but altogether not more than
would be found in one of our great
lakes.
lie said II a man could be transport
ed from the earth 10 Mars he would
weigh there but two-ffths OF what he
does here, he could throw a stone twice
as far and could there jump over a
tree, as he might here jump onto a
table
The seasons there are twice as long.
and the warmer season quite agreeable
for earthly jewellers, though on cold
days the Thermometer would indicate
In the vicinity of 400 degrees below
zero. from which he assumed that II
there is any life there 1t would be of a
vegetable or at most a germ variety
OF a low order.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-10
DIAZ AND THE BRIGANDS.
Instead of Hanging Them, He Hires
Them as Guards.

lHem as SuaEGs.
when Pordrio Disz became President
I'm 1854 Mexico was full of brigauds and
cut-throats. The mountains swarmed
with bands Of outlaws in league with
confederatcs IN the cities who kept them
posted as to- the movement OF travellers.
Diaz knew that the resources Of Mex
leo could not be developed until brigaud-
age was stamped out so the orders Were
10 execute all briEands. lie overawed TO
a great extent the lawless population,
but the mountains were still Businesses
for thieyiHg bands.
Then a bright idea came 20 him, says
the Arena. Many. perhaps most. of these
men had lost all they possessed during
the fierce wars. They had become out
laws largely through the force of I'M
toward circumstances. Might it not be "a
wise thing 90 offer these Ishm4eIs OF
civilization the opportunity to regain
their foothoId among law-abiding cid-
zens? Accordingly, when the brigands
were caught they We're questioned.
How much money do you obtain "a
week on the average in your lawless and
criminal Hfe?"
The prisoners answered. Diaz pom
dered. At last he announced that he
would pay the bandits double the amount
which they claimed as the average they
obtained by thieying.
He would enroll them as members Of
the Mexican coustabulary or ruraleS,
and they were 10 extend this offer to all
the members Of the bands they knew,
but each man must swear to serve the
state with fidelity, and If any bandits
refused 20 accept this offer they were 10
be hunted down and killed wherever
found The idea worked admirably. Soon
Mexico was ike another land, and the
rurales became the strongest military
and police arm of the republic.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-10
WIRELESS IN AFRICA.
Progress I'm TeIegraPbic COmmunica-
tiOn Through Black Continent.


tiOn Through Black Continent.
From the New York sun.
Wireless telegraphy is 10 take a part I'm
the opening Of Africa. It's services are in
voked just now to complete the line Of
overland Geographic communication be
tween Cape Town and the Mediterranean.
Fifteen years ago, while Mahdism was
stlH rampant in the SOuden and before
Cecil Rhodes had launched his scheme for
a railroad from Cape to Cairo. that finan-
cial potentate declared that he intended
to stretch a telegraph wire from the Cape
OF Good Hope to the Mediterranean. The
work was started al the southern end and
all was smooth sailing till the wire
crossed the Zambesi and got into the
barbarous regions beyond. Then the line
could advance no faster than friendships
were sementcd with the black kinglets.
who were subsidized with beads and brass
wire to assure the safety of the line in
their respective domains.
So the line pushed on through forest
and jungle Till it passed up the east shore
OF Lake Tdnganyika and finally halted
at Ujij!. This Arab settlement is famous
as the place where Mr.. Stanley one morn
Ills llllNu llin llul W "a thtllt Niu LidI
and remarked. Or. Livingstone. I be
lieVC.
There the end of the line has remained
for about TWO years, for the reason that it
is in German territory. The wild and
mountainous region TO the north is diff
hCult for telegraph construction and the
white rulers yet have had little 10 do with
their subjects between Tanganyika and
Victoria NyanZa.
Meanwhile. the line from the north has
been pushed south clear through the Su-
dan and Uganda TO Port Victoria, on the
shore Of the greatest Of African lakes. A
gap Of only 80 miles remains to complete
the transcontinental enterprise
Preparations are now being made to
establish wireless telegraphy across this
gap. So the system bids fair to be com
pleted in way that Rhodes never
dreamed of when he grasped the great
idea OF stretching an electric line be
tween the north and south Of Africa.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-10
OUR EYELASHES NUMBERED.
Different Kinds of Tcars-Why Jap
aneSe Eyes Look SIantinR.

From the London Daily Mail
Prot Stirling, I'm his lecture on eyes at
the Royal Institution recently gave some
instruction in the art Of winking. 1T
requires a veritable education TO wink"
he remarked, although blinking is very
simple"
He told the audience many strange
thiags about their eyes. The eyelashes,
for instance. contain from 100 20 $50 hairs
the lower lid; these hairs are replaced
about every 100 days. Rub your finger
outward along your eyebrows he adj
vised. and you viii experience a most
pleasant sensation; rub i'm the opposite
direction and YOU viii have a revelation
of the exquisite seu5itiyeness of your
eyes
Tears are Of three kinds. Ie continued.
l. Natural tears. the ltu. food which
nature secretes in the eye O. wash away
al the dust PARTICLES.
p Psychic tears. which faw when
minds are for the moment Uabalanc-a
and
3. Alcoholic tears.
Tears do not always overflow. bec7uS
there is just "a little oils secretion along
the edges of our eyelids which keeps
the fluid back.
The japanese have "a peculiar e'rr-
tapping fold. which ob-rUres the real edge
Of the eyelid. That is why their eyes
look 'santng. And babies all ths
mothers in the room bent farUs,rd-"havc
just The same fold on their eyes, If You
look for IT,"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-10
THE TRACK FOREMAN.
An Army Tint Numbers Forty Thou
sand Men.

From Railway Age.
For the maintenance Of the roadway
the railroads in the United States en-
ploy on an average only one trackman
per mile OF track, and 1t seems remark
able that so much can be accomplished
with so small an amount OF labor. The
work includes the replacing Of ties, rails,
fastenings. frogs, switches, and ballast
The grass and weeds on banks must be
cut. new and old material handled, the
bitches kept open, fastenings adjusted,
gauge and line maintained by respiking.
adzIngs, raising joints, and putting in bal
last. there is besides all this the removal
OF snow and ice, and the repair Of dam
age constantly being done by water and
weather.
The number of men under direction Of
track foreman varies from five to ff-
teen. and ii is estimated that the number
Of such foreman employed in the United
States is nearly 10000. The duties. re-
sponsibilitles, and remuneration of this
humble railway official are not frequently
discussed, and they seldom form the sub
| jet of d club paper JT an association
report
Here is an attempt 10 classify the
| knowledge which the track foreman
/ should possess. He should be well in
/ formed as to the effect OF temperature
on the expansion and contraction Of rails.
of frost in heaving the track of ice in
obstructing drainage. and of cold or eX-
l posed masonry. OF ice or frost forming
under the rails In decreasing the fric-
/ tionaI resistance TO spreading and throw
/ ing more pressure against the spike; OF
/ the creeping and pulling of rails under
| change of temperatures; Of the action OF
snow and sand, on trees along the track
and ON fire near the right Of way; Of
moisture producing high water, cutting
The Washington herald., 1907-03-10
SAVE HISTORIC HOUSE
Key Mansion, Home of Ma
tiOnai Anthem.
ORGANIZED EFFORT TO SAVE IT
story of How s"The Star SpanEIed
Banner Was Written by Its
Author After Nights lombard
ment ut BaltimOre-It WAS Written
on Backs of Envelopes at First.

The memory Of Francis Scott Key, au-
thor of The Star Spangled Banner" poet,
song writer, lawyer, and entertainer. is
10 be perpetuated Though the preserva-
ton Of the old Key Mansion in Wash
ington.
The first systematic effort to revive
the memory Of the man who wrote the
most stirring of national anthems and
under the most romantic and dramatic
conditions has been started.
Admiral George Dewey is one Of the
incorporates of the memorial associa-
ton that has just been formed 10 pur-
chase and preserve the Key Mansion,
He is joined by Rear Admiral Winfield
Scott Schley, and Gen. Nelson A. Miles
has expressed his willingness 10 cooper
ate. District Attorney d. W. Baker. OF
Washington, who occupies the position
once held by Francis Scott Key, heads
the list Of lawyers who seek to honor a
member Of their profession who has gone
The Washington herald., 1907-03-10

entertainments. undermining masonry and
softeniuE the roadbed; OF friction iu
causing the Wear OF rails and frogs Of
the deterioration Of metal structures
from salt air or salt water. and locomo-
tive gases. and in general the effect Of
age on ties and ballast and other track
materials
In addition 20 the physical problems
which are here but briefly scheduled
the track foreman must be well posted
on the operating rules. the practices ar
feCtiug the running OF trains and tho
shipment and inspection OF materials. lie
must exercise good judgment IN tract re-
pairs and renewals so as not 90 inter
fere with the movements OF trains, be
should maintain amicable relations with
his associates and the railroads neigh
bOrs. and above all. De must understand
human nature and have some skill Ia the
management Of men
The Washington herald., 1907-03-10
SAVING OUR FORESTS.
Short-siEhtcd ComEnerciaIirm Pro
testing Against Reserve Policy.

From the Boston Transcript
The question Of forest reserves appears
90 have become sectional II is tHe West
against the East. the latter desiring an
extension of the policy % protect these
menaced tracts Of timbcrIaud on the At
lantic slope, and the former with its
wealth OF forests chahng like a man bent
on self-destructl0n against the restraints
of those who would hold him back The
East sees tine road 1t has Travelled and
the forest destruction that has marked it's
course To can realize what a blessing il
would have been o. this section II in the
early years of its history some far-seciug
authority had applied 10 IT the policy. that
has been Instituted iu The West.
The story OF tree slaughter iu the older
States has furnished the warning that has
led 90 a. comprehensive plan OF protection
whore there are Yet great stretches If for
est 90 De saved; but there is 10 more cry
ing need anywhere for the appreciation
Of This policy than in the Appalachian and
White Mountain ranges Il is CONNER
cialism that protests against this policy ia
the West and 10 Is cJmmercialISm and
short GIFTED cOmmerClalism that opposes
j. in the East
The Washington herald., 1907-03-10

Of power as a speaker. with ever pres
ent the touch of the poet and the spirit
Of the patriot
IL was under the administration OF
President Andrew Jackson that he was
appointed United States district attorney
by that Executive. he served two terms
in that office. and the record shows that
his service was Of the highest class.
One of His Riddles.
Recently there has been discovered a
volume Of his poems Of which a few
copies were once privately printed II. Q.
Nicholson, Of RefsteTstoWn. Nd, editor
Of the Maryland Monthly Magazine has
resurected one Of these volumes. and 70
viii shortly be reproduced. There is IN
it a riddle that Is said 10 have been
written on the backs Of envelopes at a
social gathering. This was his favorite
manner Of writing. The answer to the
riddle which follows Is nothing" and
that word answers each line.
made myself, and though no form have I,
Am fairer than the faircst yOu can SOY:
The sun ] cutshire IN his midday light,
And set darker than the darkest night
Hotter am / than IRE. than ice mere cold,
kichfr than plrcst gems and finest gold,
Yet ! neither bought nor sold
The mau that wants me never yet was seen,
I The poor alone possess me; yet the mean
And graspug rich on give NE 20 the poor,
Who yet not made richer than before;
The biiudest see me. and dCafest hear.
towards defy me- and the bravC5r fear
If you are a fool you know me, il you grow
In knowledge, me you will cease 90 know
Now. catch me If you can. I'm sometimes caught
Though Thought worth catching never sought
Ana I stiu bid: Then De-; whoever tries.
To see NE give it up and shut his eyes,
Give me and low and poor thy state viii be;
Forget me and no equal shalt thou see.
The House Neglected.
There are published songs of Francis
Scott Key other than the national an
them that have stood the test Of time
among them being the hymns, "Befor,
T..5a, Lord, / Bow" and Lord With
Glowing Heart ] Praise Thee"
/ II has been fifty years since the old
mansion at Georgetown passed out OF
/ the Key family into other hands. Dur.
/ ing that time it has degenerated as has
the community in which it stands. and
/ it is now the center Of q forgotten cor.
uer on the river front which IS occu.
pied by small dealers and third-rate resi-
/ deuces.
/ Aside from this &c has become one
/ Of the most extreme examples known OF
/ the defaciug Of "a historic point OF inter
/ est with the commercial sign. Great mum
/ bers Of tourists have come for years ID
/ visit the old house, and the Commercial
minded owner first embl8z0ued the Key
Mansion upon it 20 attract these an,
/ increase his trade in soda water and To-
/ baccO. The venture proved successful adj
yertising, and other signs We're painJe.
! upon If until it became d billboard fol
/ the advertisement of cheap wares.
! The association proposes TO purchase
| the building and save 10 from vandalism
| and restore 81 % It's former condition
/ It Will De made a museum in which vii
/ be kept the relics Of the family.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-10
THE NEW HOUSE.

Now are the builders gone:
Waiting the new house stands,
For The iast. last touch is on
From the last. last woriman's hands;
Srotlcss and clean and sweet
Prom raftCr TO tiuicst thuic-
But a structure still incomplete,
Waiting the birth Of a sui.
Straight arr ifs walls without.
TINE are its rUGms Inclosed
Plazt-red and planned about
A. ;hc GRATEFUL plans disposed,
That ia body may perfect be
Long have its builders tOilcd,
Y0u. who viii enter see
That a soul be its, unsoilcdi
Yen. whose faces win peeT
Out from its easements wide;
You. who partake Of here
What the arms and brain provide;
You, who VIII slumbCr know,
Who viii tread each floor and stair,
Whose children shall upward grow.
Take care Of this hoGsc-take care!
Yours 90 awake, inspire.
Prom cellar 90 roof above.
With lamplighr and warmth and fire.
Laughter and tears. and love:
With labor and aims aiar
With cheer when the day is through:
Yours is to make. or mar
FOr the soul Of the house is you.
-Ed"ld L. oabiu, IN MInscy's Mag1zH
The Washington herald., 1907-03-10
HOW GIRL PREVENTED WRECK
Woke a Farmer Along the Railroad
and Had Train FIagged.

Few people, especially girls. have the
rare presence Of mind OF Miss Nora
Breckenridge a night telegraph operator
for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railroad Company at Arlington, Kans.
on the night Of the big wreck at Volland,
Kans.. Miss Breckenridge. by the aid Of a
rural telephone, a farmer. his old Ian
tern. and his daughters red shirt waist,
managed to avert what would otherwise
have been a bad wreck OF two freight
trains.
Through the confusion Of orders. says
the Topeka Capital. i west-bOund freight
cleared from Arlington just as an east
bound freight cleared Turon, the second
station west Of Arlington. The error was
discovered and Miss Breckenridge was In
structed 10 hold the west-bound freight
at Arlington until the other train should
arrive. The order came too late, and as
she received the last word Of the message
the tail light OF the outgoing freight
whlsked from her view.
Langdon Is a small station between Ar
lington and Turon. but It is not night
station. Miss Breckenridge father Is
day operator there. Thinking that he
might possibly be in the station she be
gan calling L-a-n-g-d-o-n. L-a-n-g-d-o-n,
but received no reply Then she tried the
telephone, but could not arouse heI
father
Something had to be done. and that
quickly. She hurried 90 the telephone
central office She and the girl telephone
operator found the name Of farmer
John Spence, living near the railroad
track. They succeeded IN ar0using him
Miss Breckenridge informed MIN what
had happened and begged his assistance
The farmer became all action at once
Grabbing up his old lantern and tying his
daughters red shirt waist, the 1iTst Ted
object be came TO, about the lauteEi, ht
rushed to the railroad track. He reached
il just as the west-bOund train came intl
view. The trainmen saw the danger sig
nal and stopped just as the other traii
rounded q curve not half a mile away.
After telephoning the farmer, sis;
Breckenridge hurried back to the tcle
phone office 70 wait. Pretty soon tht
temperance Of the red and green tai
lights Of the train backing up the track
10 Arlington assured Miss Breckenridge
that she had succeeded.
And then she-dldnt faint.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-10
FOrcknOyvIedge.

From sketchy Bits
Did ye hear what became OF ouid
Tim
"Sorra, the tale av at"
'Whoy. thin. it's shtrook be lightin' he
was. an killed dead.
Deed. now. ] thought Dc had an on
healthy icoE about him wEin / saw him
! last
The Washington herald., 1907-03-10
Wanted Something More Recent.

Wanted Something More Recent
From the Cleveland Press.
what was the cause of this rumpus?'
asked the judge.
We'll, YOU see. judge" replied the pO-
Hceman, this man here and that woman
they are married
Yes. yes, l know. But what Other
causc?'
The Washington herald., 1907-03-10
FLAG THAT KEY SAW
Star Spangled Banner" Is
Now in a Gotham Vault.
INSPIRED A NATIONAL SONG

Government Gave II 30 Col. Arm
istcad. Who Defended Fort Nc
Henry, and 1t Descended to Eben
Appleton, of New York, Who Now
Owns It-May Finally Come Here.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-10
PraisinE Miss Jewett's work.

Some Of her finest criticisms were writ
ten during her fatal illness of the past
year. Her latest published articles were
reviews of American books-"Hugh
Wynne," "The House of Mirth" and "A
Tory Lover" OF the author Of the last.
she said. 1T is no longer necessary 10
praise Miss Jewett IN these pages Our
readers became acquainted With her more
than twenty years ago. She was then at
the beginning of her literary career,
which has been that Of a romance writer.
second only to Hawthorne. in her revela-
zion OF New England character - Even
in that first book was shown the original
and penetrating comprehension Of life, Of
nature, that ChaTaCteriZcs all her work %
Nine. Blanc-Bentou published between
thirty and forty novels, yet 7 believe that
her fame viii rest upon her critical essays
and her psychological studies of Russian
and American character.
While ! have dwelt upon the literary
and social life of Nine. Blanc. there was
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-26
DEEDS ARE FILED
MEa Circuit Clerk For Record in
Numerous Peal Estate
Transactions.

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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-26

]. Gardner Greene. Of Aur.s on ~
siatistician for the government NhH
has been here securing statistics o..
divorc granted in AlezauI eF county
for the pas, twenty years has COM
pleted his work and went TO Mound
G ~ Thursday. where be u9w IS aH
eaged in getting similar inlorma .aa
from the Pulaski county cord
These figures win be used as data i-
The matter Of urging The necessity I'd
n ma ional divorce law
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-26

Alonzo Steele. soninIaw % iha .afa
Fl DIX. WhHcamp was aalad2e1 in-
sane yesterday by a commits ion CON
posei Of DR. S. T. Cars and D- 49,
4 Clare Pares 81 s1ftanlns q.
the brain IS the cause Of Dis a1.icfoa
TIE patient IS NOT violent. ana DDS in
sanity is evidenced c-Iy iu pleasant
delnsious Of sight and helr.az- Z
viii be taken 10 the Anna h'. 1i.a
today By Deputy sleriH Iair.ci -.
honey.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-26
Indoor Baseball.

The Freshman girls Of The Cairo
High school will play a match game
of indoor baseball at the ArmoH
thi afternoon at 9 ocloc6. Afer
ward two teams Of the Sophomore
boys will play a game
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-26
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF
Phones TO Birds Point.

Manager E. W. Inglis Of the Central
Union Telephone company announces
that service over their lines TO Bird
Point has been installed again.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-26

Dr.JR. BLACKS MAGNETIC
EYE WATER is painless. harnie,s.
contains 10 poison, ape Fiil euro
any casc ri sore eyes in Toe Hor...
For sale md guaranteed bya.i dry--
.ie.a Manufactured H. =. g.
n ACR MEDICINE 90 49,
-rvv $40 --a-.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-26

TIE Bulletins sUbEeTibaFs saFs
money 70 bEv wt<A
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-26

Miss Anna Harris, Of Sikoston Mo-
IS the guest Of MIS- A L Rust, Of
Seventh street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-26

Mrs. G. w. Buchanan who recently
underwent a urgical operation at ST.
Marys lnhrmary is $ eadiE improF-
ing.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-26

WANTED-Bveryto 1J ~i1a az
thing TO rent. sell or trade ts saFsf1''@
= .rrAs ur,ii.ts~ --s~f ~o'-s~ss
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-26

The best L. tIEaFH 20 t5aF
Advertiser usa TIE NzI'st's
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-26

Mrs. G. S. Hudson who is w. "enl
TO ST. Marys lnhrmary yesterday io'
treatment
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-26

John Rennie, Jr Of AZ Thirty
sixth street, Is confined 90 his home
by Illness.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-26

j. J. Miller, of s. Louis. 2 eondHa-
for FOR the Mobile ana OHIO railroad.
is very i'll at St. Mary latirmaE
IIe unaerwen surgical operation
"Wednesday Fits condition last might.
was regarded as serious