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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22
The Value of Education.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The president of one Of the minor COL
leges was sauntering down shady lane
one day in the early summer when he met
tall, handsome youth.
This youth had just been graduated he
was very poor and very intelligent. In all
his courses he had taken honors. and IN
athletics also great honors had been his.
We'll. Allen said the president
through at last eh?"
Yes, sir said the young man, smil-
ing and blushing.
And now what are you going to do?
Il hardly know yet, sir. l have mad
two offers
Two? Wonderful.'
Yes, sir. One is from a scientific So
ciety offering me Il secretaryship at % q
week and the other is from base pail
magnate offering a five-year contract 10
pitch at 5000 a season..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22
HOUSE OF LITTLE NELL.
Where Dickens Conceived His Fa
nous Story.

From the Pail Mall Gazette
The announcement that the house in
Bath where in 1910. Charles Dickens first
conceived the idea of his immortal Little
Nell in THE Old Curiosity Shop" is to be
"let or sold" is a fact of considerable
interest TO all Dickens lovers.
At the time that the novelist was first
attracted to his theme by the sight of a
poor little girl at Bath he and his wife,
his land Landor's) bographer. John For
ster. and the painter Maclise were on a
visit to Walter Savage Lander in that
fair city. and the incident is thus referred
TO in Forsters Life of Lander:
1t was at celebration of his birthday
in the first of his Bath lodgings. 81 St.
James square. that the fancy which took
the form of Little Nell in The Old Curl
osity Shop first dawned on the genius of
its creator. No character in prose fiction
was a greater favorite with Lander. He
thought that upon her Juliet might for
a moment have turned her eyes from
Romeo and that Desdemona might have
taken her hairbre adth escapes to heart.
so Interesting and so pathetic did she
seem to him. And when some years later
the circumstance l have named was re-
whimsical bursts of comical extravaganza
out OF which arose the fancy of Boythorr.
With tremendous emphasis he confirmed
the fact and added that he had never
in his life regretted anything so much as
his having failed to carry out an inten-
ton he had formed concerning it, for he
meant to have purchased that house. 81
St. James square. and then and there
to have burned il to the ground. to the
end that TO meaner association should
ever desecrate the birthplace of Nell.
! Then he would pause a little. become con-
scious Of our sense of his absurdity and
break into laundering peal of laughter -"
Thus. in his somewhat ponderous fash
ion does John Forster tell the story. 1t is
certainly great pity that the novelist
did not carry. out his expressed wish TO
purchase the house in Bath: but AT that
time he did not think he could afford ii
II seems Dickens had gore to America
rleanwhile. and was sojourning there
when Forster's Life of Lander reached
him. In allusion to the fact that he
/. Dickens, had himself intended to tell the
/ story lin cold print he wrote TO John
Forster from America: Il see you have
| told with what our friends would have
called wonderful accuracy. the little ST
James's square story which certain
faithless wretch &C. d. was to have re-
! lated"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22
DYING YOUNGER.
Only Babies Have Better Chance o.
Survival Now.

From Health Culture.
In view of all that has been said about
the fall in the death rate. it seems strange
to realize that we are not living SO long
as our grandfathers and grandmothers
did.
More babies live to grow up nowadays
than formerly, but people in later life die
younger. Once arrived at adult age the
average man or woman has fewer years
Of survival to expect.
This seems on the face Of 1t so surpris-
ing a statement that in order to be &C
copied 1t should be backed up by data
authentic and indisputable. Such data
are furnished by the figures of the in
surance companies (Which all agree on the
point. but it is easier to refer to the
government census reports. which tell the
tale In simple and convincing fashion
Even during the last fifteen years the
death rate among all persons over fifty
five years of age of both sexes has risen
very considerably.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22
How the Moths Travel.

From the Worcester azette.
People had begun to believe the aliega-
tons that the moths which threaten raw
ages of Worcester county orchards and
woodland were carried from place to
pace by the automobiles. when the troll
ley cars were charged with being instru-
mental in spreading the pests, And now
Investigations by the state experts IN the
northern towns tend to prove that .he
steam operated railroad lines are especial
~ WAYS and means of travel by the yer
rors of tie treemen Along the highways
and railways are the points where the
moth fighters need to throw out their
skirmsh lines and wage their war OF ex-
termination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22

ticles are made of compressed wood pulp.
with an exterior covering resembling the
grain of the tree. Artificial lumber on a
more extensive scale has been designed
by Pennsylvania man. and is shown in
the illustration. II is formed By the sue
cessiva superimposition of very thin con-
tinuous pulpy layers o. combined ny
iraulic cement and asbestos finer. I'M
bedded between the layers is a wire
mesh similar to that used in wired glass
and in concrete construction. The in
ventor claims that this artificial lumber
possesses stability and dura bility and can
be used for lumber in all cases
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22
Cramp Rings.
From the Westminster Gazette.


Formerly it was customary for kings OF
England on Good Friday TO hallow GER
tain rings, the wearing of which prevented
cramp or epilepsy. They We're made from
the metal of decayed collins and conse-
Grated with an elaborate ceremony. some
details of which are still preserved. They
were highly recommended by the medical
profession" about 13oI for Andrew
Roorde, in his 'Breviary OF Health.
speaking of cramp. says: The kynge's 5
Majestic hath great helpe in this matter
In hallowing Cramp Hinges without money
or petition. Occasionally cramp rings
played a persuasive part in diplomacy.
Lord Berners. our ambassador at the
court of Charles V, wrote in 1J0S Ito my
Lorde CARDINALS grace" for some
''crampe ryngs. with trust to 'bestowe
them well, by Gods grace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22
CAPE ANN AN ISLAND
Changes on Coast Made by Deepen.
ing the Annisquan.
From the BOSTON Transcript.


1t is Cape Ann no longer. Properly
speaking. it should be Ann Island. al
though the old designation will probably
stick. The dredging and deepening OF
the Annisauam river and the new cut
clear across the neck to Gloucester har-
Dor is responsible for 1t.
This new waterway. which has been
constructed with no beating OF drums or
blowing of trumpets. is highly appreciated
by the fishermen and coasters, who are
thereby enabled TO avoid the rocky prom
ontory and the reefs OF Thatcher's Island
and the Salvages.
The first exemplification of the new
channels advantage was made one day
last week. when a new schooner. built at
Essex. took advantage of the high tide
and came for her spars and Quitting d.
rect to Gloucester by Annisquam and
through the river and canal. Otherwise
1t would have been necessary to tow her
around the cape.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22
South Africa's Natives.
from the Times.

r
What is of far more Importance than
the franchise is that the native should be
regarded all over South Africa as hav-
ing a right to an education, industrial
rather than literary. at least as good as
his contributions to colonial treasures
warrant. This is by no means the case
at present. and the result ing sense of in
justice is a powerful factor in breeding
discomfort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22
A Church Built by One Man.
From Tit Bits.

At Stivichal. near Coventry. there is
church which is unique among places OF
worship. In 1910 stonemason named
John Green laid the first stone of the
building. and seven years later he COM
pleted the ediflce. During that period
he declined assistance from any one do
ing all the work himself until the build
ing was ready for it's interior fittings
This. it is said, is the only stone structure
in England Of which every stone was laid
by one man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22
ARTIFICIAL LUMBER,
Wire Mesh Embedded in Thin Layers
of Fiber.

1t has been said on conleptent authority
that our forests will be entirely gone in
about thirty years. In fact. the increased
price of lumber is a sure indication of its
growing scarcity. Inventors have already
set 10 work devising compositions which
can be substituted for wood. At the pres
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22
Study That Cramps Genius.

From the MUSICAL StAnuard.
National English music will have to be
of a different kind from German. There
lis far too much study of other peoples
methods and far too little spontaneous
thought. genuine invention. and original
ity among US.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22
AaIf.hour Gardening Hints
for Amateurs.

A page OF practical sugges-
tons for the man who wants a
little OF the country in his
own back yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22

Sc ISyESTMENT-THE HYATTSvIILE BLDG
Asso of Hyattsville. Md. has half million
dollars loaned on first mortgages. il has paid
in 81 yrs. 1890 in dividends: lie now paying on
Investments regularly not less than iTe half
yearly. compounded Full paid stock can he with
G!swn with dividends In ~ NOS. II w!th.lrawu
before maturifv 4Ge int. allowed. Inf AdG-ess z
y WATERS. Sec. 1891 G. NV. apo5-3Ot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-22

Money a: so
LOANED OF D. c. REAL ESTATE
Heiskell & McLeran.
anan-tf l4O3 Il n
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-05
From Another Point Of View

Now union labor will together again.
evidently
In Detroit it to be all but the counting
The president was not umped for LtOldyouso letter either
Judge Taft he tired No wonder look what he has carried
counting and by the job
Of the Republican
since the election
pacfy
president
a bunch of fire crackers
n
willing Phil minute claim
the part of the Hon. George codd that his speeches the of
readily weknown
citizens
showing Thompson
the brick
promise not make the contributions the
Republican
that this Information will be given out
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-05
Newspaper Reform Must Be
gin With the Reader.
President HadIey.

IT can be shown that our choice OF
newspapers and our way OF reading
them have an important bearing on
the government OF the country, and
that we must take this into account
in order TO do our full duty as Ameri.
can citizens" is a declaration made
by President Arthur Twining Hadley,
OF Yale university. In an article on
The Public Duty OF Newspaper Read.
ers," written for the current number
OF The Youths Companion.
Among the many reforms which
are needed in American politics." con-
tinues President Hadley, "a reform in
the spirit In which We read our news
papers is one OF the most important"
Dr. Hadley says:
Our statute books are full OF III
stances OF laws which are evaded or
nullified because they have not the
public sentiment OF the people be-
hind them. The newspapers are the
chief agents In forming public opinion
This used TO be done by courts OF
law and by political assemblies, but
the modern newspaper has supplanted
both as a forum of public discussion.
and as a means OF public education.
A hundred years ago intelligent
men used TO learn about the workings
OF the law either by serving on juries
or by reading decisions OF the judges.
but the jury service is today managed
so badly that in most OF the states no
Intelligent man wishes TO serve on a
Jury IL he can help 1t. And IL he does
have TO serve on jury he does
not gain an understanding OF the
law as much as a contempt for
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-05
GULL|BLES GET
IT IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-The guillibility
OF some persons Is past all compre-
hension. A party OF visitors from the
west once made up purse OF SIS tn
see the statue of Gen. U. S. Grant dis
mount from the stone horse at Lincoln
Park.
A Kansas farmer agreed to pur-
chase the federal building for $4,000.
securing bis option with cash pay
ment OF $l47
Another man from down state paid
a newly found friend $3.50 to see the
Masonic Temple turn half way around.
But a new bunco game was discov-
cred this week when Harry Fieklesher-
or. Of North Tonawanda. n. Y. kicked
because two detectives refused to al
low him TO buy the gold" on the tow
er OF the Montgomery Ward building.
Ficklesherer had just completed ne
gotiations for the purchase when De-
tectives Russell and O'Brien accosted
him.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-05

steady AMI penetrating rays. His ad-
vocacy OF any cause was fearless TO
the verge OF temerity. He appeared
TO be Indifferent TO applause or CEN
sure for their own sake. He accept
ed intrepidiy any conclusions that he
reached. without inquiring whether
they were polite or expedient.
To such spirit partisanship was
unavoidable. but with Senator Hill 1t
did not degenerate into bigotry. He
was capable OF broad generosity, and
extended TO his opponents the same
unreserved candor which he demand
ed for himself His oratory was I'M
petuous ana devoid of artifce. He
was not a posturer or phrasemonger.
He was too intense. too earnest, to
employ the paltry decorations OF dis
course. He never reconnoitered q
hostile position, nor approached Ii by
stealthy parallels. He could not lay
siege to an enemy. nor beleaguer him.
nor open trenches and sap and mine.
His method was the charge and the
onset. He was the Murat OF senatorial
debate. Not many men OF this gen.
Grafton have been better equipped for
parliamentary warfare than he. with
his commanding presence. his sinewy
diction. his confidence and imperturb.
able self-control.
But In the maturity OF his powers
and his fame. with unmeasured oppor-
tunities for achievement apparently
before him. with great designs unac-
complished, surrounded by the proud
and affectionate solicitude TO a great
constituency, the pallid messenger
with the inverted torch beckoned him
TO depart. There are few scenes In
history more tragic than that protract-
ed combat with death No man had
greater inducements to live. But In
the long struggle against the inexor-
able advances OF an insidious and
mortal malady he did not falter nor
repine. He retreated with the aspect
OF victor, and though he succumbed
he seemed TO conquer. His sun went
down at noon. but II sank amid the
prophetic splendors Of an eternal
dawn
With more than hero's courage,
with more than martyrs fortitude,
he waited the approach OF the newt
able hour and went to the undiscov-
cred country.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-05
STATUE OF BURNS TO
ADORN MILWAUKEE

EDINBURGH, Nov. 5.--Milwaukee
will soon be In possession of colos-
sal statue OF Robert Burns. the gift OF
James A. Dryden. prominent Milwau-
kean.
The statue In the work OF w. Grant
Stevenson. OF the Royal Scottish acad-
envy. and Is IL feet high. II represents
the poet standing with a notebook in
one hand and a quill pen In the other.
The granite plinth is ornamented
with bronze panels Of The Cotter's
Saturday Night" and Burns at the
Plough"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-05
Queen Alexandra So
Deaf SPANS King
Called Her Very Dull

LONDON, Nov. 5.--Queen Aiexan-
A n now almost stone deaf Al
ounrh during the London season she
- bsen treated for deafness by q
1|1fuI specialist, and her hearing had
ontly improved. she has lost all the
Scnont thus acquired by going to Bal
nornl whsrs the keen Highland air
4 ner neuralgia and made her hear
Mucn worse
Sverration with ~ queen ID
11neo hopeleesl Hofne very SEN
ri 4. the win keep on talk
-rorbdoes rather than ex-
- q uoof. This painful
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-05

andra was really very dull. Queen
Ena retorted: so would you be, II
for many years you had never heard
more than half sentence, and were
always wondering what the rest was
about"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-05

Under authority OF congress, a gov
eminent commission has resumed the
work of excavating. repairing and pre-
serving the Cliff Dwellings and other
prehistoric ruins In Mesa Verde ma
tional park, Colorado.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-05

II tungsten filament breaks while
the lamp Is burning the metal will be
drawn down TO taper. but IL the frac-
ture results from jar. when the lamp
is cold. the cleavage will show almost
square ends.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-05

the way in which criminal lawyers
are allowed to misapply 1t. And most
OF the decisions OF present-day judges
on questions like railroad management
or the equities Of taxation are SO mucn
occupied with precedents and so httie
with actual facts that they have very
slight effect en- public opinion.
"If we want responsible govern
ment we must have responsible news
napers. II we are to have responsible
newspapers the reform must begin
with the readers themselves. The
newspaper reader must get into the
habit of seeing whether the state
ments OF fact in his paper are support
ed by evidence or not
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-05

A woman isn't necessarily the sun
shine OF a mans life because she
makes II hot for him.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-05
The Trufb No Mater
Wbom IL Helps or Hurts.

Those who voted for principle
in the election of Tuesday, but
who witnessed the triumph of the
dollar in the majority of instances
as the returns came in. are not
left without good and sufficient
reason to do a little exulting
themselves, nevertheless.
They may point to the re-elec-
ton of Gov. Hughes in New York
and to the miserable showing OF
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-05

Ben HUI has gone to the undiscov-
cred country.
Whether his journey thither was but
one step across an imperceptible from
tier, or whether an interminable ocean.
black. unfiuctuating and voiceless.
stretches between these earthly coasts
and those Invisible shores-we do not
know.
Whether on that August morning ar
ter death he saw a more glorious sun
rise with unimaginable splendor above
celestial horizon, or whether his
apathetic and unconscious ashes still
sleep In cold obstruction and insen-
sible oblivion-we do not know.
Whether his strong and subtle en-
ergies found instant exercise in an
other forum, whether his dextrous and
disciplined faculties are now contend
ing In higher senate than ours for
supremacy, or whether his powers
were dissipated and dispersed with
his parting breath--we do not know.
Whether his passions. ambitions and
affections still sway. attract and impel.
whether he yet remembers us as We
remember him-we do not know.
These are the unsolved. the In
soluble problems OF mortal life and
human destiny. which prompted the
troubled patriarch to ask that mo-
mentous question for which the cen
turtles have given no answer. III
man die shall he live AGAIN."
Every man Is the center OF a circle
whose fatal circumference he cannot
pass. Within Its narrow confines he
is potential. beyond II he perishes;
and IL Immortality be splendid but
delusive dream; IL the incompleteness
| OF every career even the Longest and
most fortunate, be not supplemented
and perfected after Its termination
here. then he who breads TO die should
| fear to live, for life Is tragedy more
desolate and inexplicable than death,
| or all the dead whose obsequies We
have paused TO solemnize In this cham
Der | recall no one whose untimely
fate seems so lamentable, and yet SO
rich in prophecy OF eternal life, as that
of Senator Hill. He had reached the
meridian of his years. He stood upon
the high plateau OF middle life. in tina:
serene atmosphere where temptation
no longer assails, where the clamorous
Dt5SlOuS uO IllOiC hASNiNNN'
the conditions are most favorable FOL
noble and enduring achievement. His
upward path had been through stormy
adversely and contention such as In
frequently falls to the lot OF men
Though not without the tendency 70
meditation. reverie and introspection
which accompanies genius. his tenn
permanent was palestine. He was com
petitive and unpeaceful. He was born
a polemic and controversialist. intel
lectually pugnacious and combative
so that he was impelled to defend any
position that might be assailed. or
to attack any position that might be
intrenched. not because the defence
or the assault was essential but be
cause the positions were maintained
and that those who held them became
by that fact alone his .adversaries
This tendency of his nature made his
orbit cratic He was meteoric rather
than planetary. and flashed with irreg'
ular splendor rather than shone with
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-05

The outcome Of trip on the matri-
monial sea depends largely on the
ballast.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-05
Famous Gems of Prose
THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY.
BY JOHN J. INGALLS,.

a in the s. sena
eel OF H. q cor
Evening journal., 1908-05-13

FAST HORSES ARE
READY FOR THE WORD
Delaware Horse Show Association Will Open It's
Matinee Season on Saturday Next, When
New Rules Will Govern Contests

]. A. Kellev's -. m. .Mollie Murphy
G. c. Hutton's b. &. ........Alfred T..
Event No @
A. H. Norrilow's b. m....Queen Esther
Edwin Barnes G. g. ..........Arbutus
Michael Grady's b. g. .Daylesford
Brookdale FARMS b. m. Queen Bess
Event No. g.
Brookdale FARMS b. m. ....Little Lady
Charles Hayward's b. g.....Jim Bayard
w. p. Austin's b. -Lottie NJ.
Event No. 4.
J. =. Winchester's b. m. belle Ashton
Dr. W. p. Millers b. m ....Topsy Van
John F. Jones, blk E.....Jack Gilman
Event No. 8.
M. j. Hayden's blk. &. Expedition, Jr.
T. c. duPont's b. g. ....Rejected Stone
y. G. Grommon's b. e. ........Trauvilla
J. G. Hartman's b. g.......Wesley, Jr
Event No. g.
j. p Winchester's blk. g...Beau Ashton
James Gillespie's b. m. ........ .Mollie O.
c. II. Diggins' ch. m.....Wild Cecilia
Event No. z.
Garden Farms b. m....~.... Marlavinia
Peter Orth's G. g. Rock
70. R. Ewing's Oh. g. William II.
w. II. McCreary's b. g.....Red Rock
]. II. Gould. Jr.'s b. g...Sugar Stanley
The horses win be called at 130 p. m.
and the races will start promptly a.
o'clock. The officials viii be Walter
N. Hare. starter: G. N. Palmer, clerk
Of the course.
Evening journal., 1908-05-13
JOHNNIES SHUT
WILMINGTON OUT
Won the Second Game of the
Series by Score of
2 TO 0

Two to nothing in favor Of Johnstown
was the score in the second game Of the
series between Wilmington and Johnstown
played in Johnstown yesterday.
Kroh and Bressler were the opposing
pitchers and although the Peaches touched
Kroh for eight safe ones while the
Jawns got but six off Bressler errors on
the part of Wilmington practically won
the game for Johnstown. From the sec
ond until the eight inning Johnstown did
not get a man to second base.
In the second with one man gone, Poo'e
walked and was forced at second bv
Kroh, who reached first Marhefka failed
to handle Hines drive, and Kroh reached
second, Hines getting first Richards
singled into centre. and Kroh scored.
Hartley returned the ball, and Marhenza
booted It around and then tried to keep
hines from gong TO third. Catiz then
juggled the ball and Hines continued on
home. Richards got to third on his sing G
and the errors, but could not score. So ell
fective was Kroh that not a Wilmington
man got so far as third. Only five Of
them reached second, Grady getting 10
that mark three times. The score: