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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23

she had finished narrating Mrs Haxton's storl
think We should all De happier and free.
from restraint if Mrs Haxton and the Baro..
left us" she said
agree with You Mrs Haxton, as
chaperon. can easily be dispensed with YOU
say they have scheme drawn up for sigma
ture.-setting forth the number of camels, etc
they need Bring it to me We can 60 through
it together. and YOU ard Stump can check the
actual splitting up of the caravan OF course
they know that have thirty DAYS march
before Us. as compared with their five or six.
and we may also be compelled to remain here
Tor another day or two In the matter of funds
| shall be generouS.-at any rate where the
woman is concerned | believe that Won ker-
Der is a SCoundrel. that he has led her blind
folded along a path of villainv. and she thinks
now that she cannot reCede However. let Us
see what they want
He was somewhat surprised to find that
their demands studiously moderate
Their tent equipage. seven days supplies. :
dozen CanlelS, two horses, and the necessary
number of men, made up the list Fenshawe
gave them sufficient silver for current
penSes and draft PAYABLE in Alden for the
steamer and hotel charges while he sent Mrs
Haxton note offering her five hundred
pounds when she arrived in London. and prom
iSing further assistance in the future If she
shook herself free of Won kerber
Irene, who was acquainted with her grand
fathers liberal intent watched Mrs. Haxtor.
closely while she read that kindly message
Her pallid face was unmoved Its statueSqur
rigor gave no hint of the thoughts that raged
behind the mask
Tell Mr. Fenshawe that ne has acted ex-
actly as | expected. was her l1StleSs reply, and
within five minutes the small cavalcade started
Mrs Haxton elected to ride Somah pony
She mounted unaided. forced the rather unrulv
animal to canter to the head of the caravan.
and thus deliberately hid herself from further
scrutiny
Poor thing murmured Irene with sigh
of relief. and hardly conscious that she was
addressing Stump Il cannot help pitying
her. though | am glad she has gone
She an the Baron make good PAIR.
miss, said Stump I've had my eye on EN-.
an they're up to some mischief now, or my
name amt W at it Is "
The girl glanced at him wonderingly: for
the sturdy sailor outspoken opinion fitted III
curiouSlv with her own half-formed thought
- You would not say that II YOU knew why
they have left us. she said.
e" Mebbe not Miss Fenshawe. an. mebbe
you've ony heard half yarn. if you'll pardon
my way of putin it Anyway. the Baron IS
in mighty hurry to be off; an isn't it plain
enough that he doesn't want to be here when
Mr. Royson comes back: You mark my
words miss, You'll hear something that'n sur
prise YOU when our second mate heaveS II
sight -
Never did man propheSy more truly Yet
never was prophet more amazed at his success
To be cont:nasi rex. Sari1;
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
DEAD WOMAN SITS AT WINDOW
Passers-by See Her There for Two
Days.


New York. March IA white face at
a window pane-the white-gray face OF
a woman-that was all For two days
wayfarers IN Berry street, Williamsburg,
saw it at window on the second floor
Of the house. No. JOS. The face was
framed In stiIl whittier hair
The neighbors knew the white face was
the face of Mrs. Margaret Dunn. but they
thought she was merely watching for her
''old man" John. They did not notice
whether the face ever left the window
even for a moment. Strangers looked up
at the sad picture and passed on.
John Dunn and his wife lived at l93
Berry street for many years. Theirs was
a Darby and Joan existence.
Two detectives. in passing. last night
observed the woman's face at the Win
dow.
That same white face was at the pane
when they passed that way again this
morning.
Strange" both said at the same mo-
ment; and they went up to see why the
old woman had sat there for so long.
They called 10 her when they entered
the room. the door of which was un-
fastened, but there came no answer. They
touched her on the shoulder, but she
made no movement,
Then one Of the men placed a hand on
the forehead: il was cold. cold in death.
Old Mrs. Margaret Dunn had died at her
post watching for her old man John, who
had failed to return.
A bank book for 500 on the Williams
burg Savings Bank lay on the mantel-
piece. Mrs. Dunn is said to be the aunt
OF Rev. Father McGill, of Buffalo.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
HISTORY OF THERMOMETER
1t Was Invented by Fahrenheit, of
Dantzig.
Scientists Had spent Many Years
Seeking an Accurate Measure
for Temperature.

Before the seventeenth century men
could only judge of the amount Of heat
prevailing at any place by their personal
sensations, and could only speak of the
weather in a very Indefinite way as hot
or very hot. cold. or very cold. In that
century several attempts were made by
scientific experimenters by means Of tubes
containing oil. spirits Of wine. and other
substances 20 establish a satisfactory
means Of measuring heat. but none Of
them proved successful Even Sir Isaac
Newton who applied mis- great mind TO
this work. and also the noted astronomer.
HALEY, failed in their attempts to pro-
duce a heat measure
1t was reserved 20 Gabriel Daniel Fab
renheit. an obscure and poor man. a ma
tive Of Dantzig. TO give 20 the world the
instrument which has proved to be so
serviceable to mankind. lie had failed in
business as merchant and. having
taste for mechanics and chemistry. began
a series Of experiments for the production
of thermometers. At first he made these
instruments with alcohol, but soon be-
came convinced that the semi-solid mer-
curry was more suitable article 10 use in
the glass tube.
Fahrenheit had removed from Dantzig
20 Amsterdam, and there about the year
l12e, he made the mercury thermometer.
which has ever since been fashioned much
ike the original
The basis of his plan was to mark on
the tube the two points. respectively, at
which water is CONCEALED and boiled and
to graduate the space between. He be-
gan with an arbitrary marking beginning
with 81 degrees. because he found that
the mercury descended 80 degrees more
before coming TO what he thought the
extreme cold resulting from a mixture OF
ice. water, and sal anmoniac. In 1924 he
published a distinct treatise on the sub
ject of his experiments and the conclu-
sions that had resulted therefrom.
Celsius of Stockholm soon after Sug-
gested the more rational graduation OF
100 degrees between freezing and boiling
point This was the centigrade thermom-
eter. Reaumur proposed another gradua-
ton. which has been accepted by the
French, but by far the largest part Of the
civilized world Fahrenheit's scale has
been accepted and used. with 90 degrees
as freezing. % degrees, as temperate, SO
degrees as blood heat, and 90 degrees as
boiling point.
It is true that the zero of Fahrenheit's
scale is a solecism, since it does not mark
the extreme 20 which heat can be alb
stracted. This little blemish however.
does not seem TO have been OF any prac-
teal consequence.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08

ever gave me an order. There was always So much
sympathy between u.s. and ] felt 30 much affection
i2f him that be only had 70 express a wish snd
tnat was an order % me- To Stuart I oWe my
uiss commission 10 raise partisan CORPS and the
licinction efterwar6 received az captain and
hcntenant e0l0nei. All came unsolicited There Is
10 aliHslon 90 me IN the psIbshed r0cUuds Of the
NSf - gfztsislng as the indorssment he made
report ] made him IN February lses IN which he
sad Since first knew him IN 1867 ne has never
once alluded 10 his own rank Cr Fronotion: thus
laF u has come b. the fofce Of his own merit "
ftfhais some maJ say that the promotion came
through Stuart Iartizlity. Maybe II did. I Ger.
taini5 owe to him whatever vas IN the war. The
work m which | had been engaged fer several
months n Northern Virginia made me carahIe Of
iendenns service az that time which he arknoEl-
edged IN his report Of the eamraisn
Gen. Stuart never made any public de-
fense against the unjust criticism that
was ieveled against him. though he was
held responsible for the loss OF Gettvs-
burg, and the charge has been more or
less believed ever since. Col Mosby be-
lieves that a. scapegoat was needed. and
IN Gen. Stuart-blameless though he was
"a scapegOat was found But in spite Of
that he held his high command until he
fell on the field and left void that was
never filed
This excellent volume OF vindicatiOn is
valuable addition 10 the history of the
Gettysburg campaign. IL is Illustrated.
and contains, as An appendix. an admir-
able map Of the scene Of operations.
New York: MOnat Yard & Coz
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
GOT SQUARE WITH The JUDGE
How the Georgia MOuntaineer Had
His Sentence Annulled.
Brings Package from station and
Has His Fine Remitted
m Result

A law mountaineer gJt back Al Judge
Nose Wright. Of the Rome circuit in a
very clever way, says the Atlanta Geor-
gian- While the judge was presiding over
the Chattooga Superior Court he had
occasion 10 plaster SIS fine or this man
because he failed 10 appear in time as a
witness in a case.
Say. jedge. hain't that purity steep?'
mildly inquired the ChattOOgan-
No was the reply. You know you
were an important witness in this case
and ought 20 have been here 1 will sus-
pend payment. however. and hold il over
you to see that there is 70 like trouble
in the future
Later Judge Wright was spending few
weeks at Menlo. a popular summer resort
in ChsttOOga County. several miles from
railroad. lie hsd a package 10 come
out from Summerville. and the big noun
taineer happened 20 deliver Il.
We'll. what do 1 owe you2' asked the
judge. genially, reaching for his change
pocket.
Wall. jedge. reckon about SIS would
square us" was the calm reply.
What" yelled Judge Wright stagger-
ing back.
'Mebbe you won't be so dern keerless
next time bout leavin' yo' packages. ~
was the imperturbable answer.
Look here whispered the perturbeG
jurist, III Just remit that SIS fine 1 put
on you down in Summerville.
cid ap, Beck That bout squares US,
jedge."
It's true. all right, because Judge Wright
tells il on himself.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
Emotional stomach Ache.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The solar plexus is the emotional brain.
says Prof. Francois Guyot. An emotion
that attacks us Is felt there first Thus.
If We feel anxiety. 1t may give US, II Sc
we're, a positive stomach ache Il may
even be productive Of nausea. Grief such
as comes from bereavement may produce
like symptoms Spasms Of hate or ter
ror would have Ike effect
While the brain does the thinking.
Prof. Guyot opines that IL does not feel
The cerebrum. the major part OF the
brain is the intellectual but not the emo
tional center. The brain represents the
intelligence The spinal cord and the
cerebellum, the latter the little brain not
yet VEIL understood and attached to the
brain proper. govern equilibrium and the
muscles Of the body But the emotions
are located in the sympathetic nervous
system ramifying through the body.
Their chief center is the great plexus Of
nerves which lies against the backbone
and embraces the stomach.
This does not think. but il feels. What
it does not feel is not felt at all apart
from pure intellectual cOguition and its
purely passive and subjective sensations
may often be regarded as warning Of
danger or possible mischief well worthy
Of serious and thoughtful consideration.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
Laughter AnaIvzed.

"of course, you have heard" said the
man with a sensitive ear 10 a New
York Press reporter. "a laugh that
Jared. don't mean" he continued. so
much a laugh at an inopportune time-I
imagine we have all heard such laughts-
as a laugh the quality Of which is un-
pleasant. There is something contagious
in laughter Of the right kind. even
though you may be the object of il. It
bubbles from the well of good humor;
there IS no hidden thought or 'arriere
pensee' as the French say. behind H. L
is the essence of f.ankness; il is spontan-
eous and wholesouled. and it cleanses the
system OF the laugher and. too. Of the
hearer, like a spiritual bath.
But there are other kinds of laughter.
The sneering laugh is perhaps the most
familiar. Then there is a quiet laugh-a
sibilant secretive sort OF laugh that is
quite as certain TO mean mischief An
other, laugh disagreeable in its nature,
is the high-pitched. nervous cachination
that comes either from embarrassment
or is a mere vocal habit The worse
laugh of all. however, TO my mind. is
that mlrthless sound provoked by the
distress or embarrassment OF others, and
1t rasps. naturally, most Of all, the OBJ
ject calling it forth. A person laughed
at and hurt never forgets the experience. +"
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
An Anostronhe TO Grin

From Golfers Weekly.
Hail, grim germ, We who are about TO
die (unless you DO it first) salute you,
You rule the roost You are the easy
boss of everything from destiny to 5
o'clock tea conversation When you
emerge from your secret lairs upon a
stricken world our vaunted medical sci
ence lies down and grovels Well has
Scott sung you, o Bacillus
When pain and anguish wiring the brow,
A red-hot. ring-tailed demon. thou
and Gray melodiOusly moralized:
The plrse-p -prond doctor wends his weary way,
And leaves the germ 20 quinine and TO me-
What boots il that Spectacled wisdom.
in laboratories. has put you under the
microscope, isolated and described you.
'mugged" you for its ROgues' Gallery.
and painted your horns pink for further
identihcation2 What avails it that the
wise doctors bump their learned degrees
together in conference over your displeas-
ing appearance and character. the while
you romp abroad in our fevered veins
and practice helFs dexterities upon our
sneezing apparatus? What we want is
not descriptions and measurements of
you, o genius OF a thousand pangs.
Handsome is as handsome does Our
crying heeu, IN very uteral sense, Is a
cure, and a quick one; and we don't
much care whether il comes in the form
OF pill. powder, amulet, or sudden death.
Like the late Lord Tennyson, who, under
similar delirious conditions. made him
self an awful nose Of dawn" we
Can but hope that somehow good
VIII be the final goal OF pills
and. patiently awaiting the worst, with
the afflicted Tent-maker.
Sneeze. Tor we know rot whence ye come nor why
sneeze. Tor We know not when ye go nor wherei
And SO, exalted above all lesser topics
such as New Years pledges, high finance.
dementia Americana. and the duty on
art. we salute you. bacterial prodigy.
Once more, hail. All ha- Where's that
handkerchief
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
ANSWERS OF BRIGHT PUPILS
Some Surprising Replies to Exam.
ination Questions.
Maryland school Teachers Get Pc
culiar Opportunities for Mir1h
and Reelection.

Here are SOME teachers questions and
pupils answers taken from examination
papers in a Maryland schsci:
What was the chief event Of Solomon s
reign? He died
Who came before him and who came
after him? David. the Queen Of sheba.
Name some of the early Christian
fathers7 Jerome. Oxygen. and Ambrosia.
What are the enduring remains OF
Egyptian civilization? The pyramids and
obsequies
In what Christian tenet did the Bgyp-
tians believe? In the immortality Of the
soul
What religion had the Britons? A
strange and terrible one-called the re-
ligion Of the Dudes.
What caused the death of Cleopatra?
IL was because she bit a wasp
Where is the climate hottest2 Next TO
the Creator
What can yOu tell me OF Ben Jonson2 ?
He rivaied Shakespeare in gcme respects.
What causes perspiration, The culinary
glands.
What are molars? Teeth which grow
outside the head
What do you cali the last teeth which
come TO man? False teeth.
What is the spinal column Bones run
ming ali over the body; Il Is considered
very dangerous.
What is the form OF water drops? a
drop OF water is generally spherical. for
various reasons. best known TO the gra-
cious Providence who made them
Name a domestic animal useful for
clothing. and describe its habits7 The OK.
Doesn't have habits, because it lives in a
stable.
OF what is the surface Of the earth COM
posed? OF dirt and people
What is the function of the gastric
Juice? To digest the stomach.
Define idolater? A very idle person.
Define ignition? The art of not noticing
Define interloper? One who runs away
to get married
Define ominOus? J. Power 10 be aiI-pres-
ent ?. Power TO eat everything.
Define finch, and use il in a sentence
Finch. 10 shrink. Flannel hincheS when
it is washed
What is a chronic disease Something
the matter with your crone
Name six animals of the Arctic Zone
Three polar bears and three seals.
What is the chief industry OF Austria ?
Gathering ostrich feathers.
Define vengeance? A mean desire 10
pay back. VengeafiCe is mine. saith the
Lord.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
Two and Three Cent Pieces

From the birmingham tAla.) News.
Have you noticed the almost complete
DISAPPEARANCE of the three and two-cent
pieces?" asked a man who runs a fruit
stand Some years ago I used TO take
in a great many of them; but now sell
dom get a three-cent piece, while the two
cent pieces not often come my way. They
appear to have gone out of use. OF
course there was no need for the three
cent piece so long as the twO-cent piece
was in circulation. 1 can't remember
when I lasr saw one Of these big cart
wheel coppers that looked like a ponder
Gus English penny. The people of this
country gladly got rid Of them years ago.
The wonder Is why the English cling to
them A dozen or two are serious bur
zen 10 lug around
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
ISLANDS OF MIST.


hear the throbns Of waters that break upon lonely
shores.
And The sigh Of the wind in the bills where the
heather Is growing;
And old dead faces look ont from the open doors,
Far away in the glens. where, ever. in dreams, my
soul is going.
Far away in the mountains. far at the back Of the
seas.
Where the soul goes cropping back. like bind
man feeling
For the latch that IS rust and dust long since blown
over the leas
Lost in the love forgotten by Ioch and shielinsi
It's song Of the dead they're singing away by the
rocks and sand.
Dosn By the silent place, where the loved are
sleeping.
And the young and old lying together like tired
ones hand in hand.
And the only song is the seas song. bitter. alone
and weeping
Far away in the mountains, far where the fathers
lie.
Who shah blame Us If eTer our thoughts must
roam
Hearing in towns the sound Of the wares tia. wash
the shores Of SKYE.
Far away. where the west Is waiting her children
--Lauchlar sIacLean Watt
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
a GIANT TARHEEL.
Miles Dardcn weighed Nearly Half
a Ton

IN bet none Of you folk know that the
largest man that ever lived was born and
reared IN North Carolina said a Tar
heel His existence and dimensions are
vouched for Sin the American Eneyclo-
pedia.
His name was Miles Darden. He was
feet s inches high. and in Is45 weighed
Nl pounds He was born in North Caro-
lima in 179S. and died in Tennessee Janu-
airy %. 1854 Until 1853 he was able 10 go
about his work in an active manner. but
his weight increased so fast that after
that year when he wanted 10 move about
he had 10 be hauled In a two-horse wag-
on. In 1859 IL is chronicled that his coat
was buttoned around three men. each
weighing more than 200 pounds. who
walked together in il down the streets OF
Lexington y c. At his death he is said
20 have weighed not loss than 1000
pounds. His coffin was feet long. 3
inches deep. % inches across the breast.
IS across the head. and Il across the feet.
These measurements were taken 1T the
time and are matters Of historical rec
ord"
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
Sayings OF n Hanrmun,

I sort Of tel naturally into the work.
II takes an expert 10 hang 4 man prop
erly.
Each moose cost me IS cents
Hanging beat electricity higher than
kite. The noose was more mercifui.
Ny first job was a woman.
used % do a nice little side business in
inch-long souvenirs made Of rope with
which ! had hanged men There is 4 81.
peTstItion afoat, YOU know, that there is
more luck in one Of these souvenirs than
there is IN a whole plot Of fou-leaged
clovers and rubbing the spines Of a hundred
hunchhacks
This idea OF a hardened murderer repent
ing and uttering a last prayer for Divine
mercy when he gets on the platform under
the moose IL bosh. There's nothing in IT,
There is usually more whisky than sentiment
IN a murderer on the g5bet. and as a
rule. he wears the same hard. vicious ex-
preston that be did when he committed
the crime which brought him TO the gall
lows
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08

ok the black cap That sort OF a good
old-fashioned hanging was good enough
for the best murderer that ever lived
or died
Never Bungled a Hanging.
I've hanged seventy-nine of them.
with never a failure. My work wasn't
like that OF former Sheriff Virtue, of Es-
sex, who almost tore fellows head off
while he was hanging him always did
the job neat snd right If one of EN-
ever knew what struck him after l pulled
the cord he never showed any signs OF it.
i always used 70 tie their arms at the
elbows-that was one Of my secrets. That
left their arms so that they could hold
up their hands. They generally used to
shut up their fists and hump up their
shoulders so as to kind Of brace them
selves for the shock. But not one Of
them knew ii when the jerk came.
They just Strengthened out and got
stiff for half minute and then they'd
timber up and hang as limp as a dish
rag while their hearts beat few times.
Then il was over just as nice as you'd
want it,
Hurt EN-? No stree! When the moose
tishtened up that was the end of Mr..
Murderer. I ought to know. I watched
every one OF the seventy-nine, and if
ever one of them gave a single twinge
[ never saw il. The moose was more
merciful than the electric chair is.
Executed Two Women.
well. I've hanged two women-my first
Job was a woman. Sorry for 'em? Why
should I be? They murdered their hus--
bands-poisoned them. at that. and didn't
even give them a chance to hit back. but
poisoned their food! What sympathy does
such woman deserve? She had no
mercy on him. and sne was better out of
the world than in it.
Did / ever have any twinge OF CON
science about hanging man? Not on
your life, I felt always that I was just
carrying out the dictates OF the law and
serving my country in ridding it of some
supernuOus criminal
This idea of hardened murderer re-
penting and uttering a last prayer for
Divine mercy when he gets on the plat
form under the moose is bosh. There's
nothing 10 H. When a mans time comes
he gets new suit of clothes and good
drink OF whisky. Then between two
guards. ne marches out 10 the scaffold
The hangman does the rest.
There is usually more whisky than
sentiment in a murderer on the gibbet.
and. as a rule. he wears the same hard,
vicious expression that he did when he
committed the crime which brought him
to the galIows
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08

To some club membership IS a kind Of
fad. says the New Broadway Magazine
j. Pierpont Morgan. for instance. Is n vic.
tim OF this mania: he belongs 10 thirty
five clubs. and his membership dues figure
over S7.000 annually. August Belmont K
member OF thirty-four clubs. and
Chauncey n Depew belongs TO thirty.
two Perry Belmont has memberships IN
twenty-nine clubs. George Gould in twen-
ty-seyen. John Jacob AstOr in twenty
one. and Willie X. Vanderbilt, jr., II
eighteen Many men belong 10 a dozen OF
more. OF course. all these clubs are not
New York clubs, but still a very large
proportion OF them have their homes o.
Manhattan Island
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
What Impressed Him.

Carlos. the late King of Portugal. was
a bluff and frank man. and showed this
once when guest OF the late Lord Sails
bury at Hatfield. What is il that has
impressed your majesty most in this
country?" asked Lord Salisbury "Oh. -
replied Don Carlos. earnestly. the excel
lence Of English roast beef But sure
ly,' returned Lord Salisbury. ''some other
thing must have, impressed your majes-
~" Yes answered the monarch.
thoughtfully. -the second thing 1 like
about England is its fine boiled beefI''