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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
SAFETY ABOARD SHIP.
President Appoints Commission {
Examine Laws on Subject.

President Roosevelt has issued an ex-
ecutive order upon thu recommendation
o: tho Secretary of the Department OF
Commerce and Labor appointing a COM
mission to examine the laws of the United
States for the better security Of the lives
of passengers an9 crews or board YES
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
s,th Bartling McClearn of Winter

and Seth Bartling McClearn of Winter
Hill. Va.
Mrs F'enton. widow o. David ri. Fen
ton who represented Montgomery county
in the legislature two Yeas ago and who
died during the session. has been placed
on the TO Is of the United Stat IS civil
service commission by order of President
Roosevelt. 1t is unde stood she will b.
given an appointment in one of the
Washington departments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17

sells of the United States. with a view to
their revision and to recommend such
changes as in their judgment the public
interest seems to require.
The commission is composed off:
Capt. Ado'ph Mark. U.S.N., chairman
of the lighthouse board chairman
Charles Earl solicitor of the Department
of Commerce and Labor: Eugene T.
Chambe rlain. commissioner Of navigation:
George rhler. supervising inspector gem
eral steamboat inspection service: Com
mander William Strother Smith, U.S.N
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News of Rockville and Vicinity.

Special Correspondence of The Star
ROCKVILLE. Md. May Is. 1905
The county commissioners. sitting as a
board of health. have appointed Dr.. Ciai-
borne A. Mannar of Rockville secretary
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

that DR.. Taylor chose very lettering
basis for sensation, and that in
making himself talked about he has
also made himself absurd
In very racy manner Mrs. Frank
lin P. Iams, attorney-at-law, discussed
what has been termed by Shakespeare
the ''lie circumstantial' and the Gle
direct" Women may lie on the wit
ness stand" said Mrs. Ians, Tin cir
cumstances which arouse within her
a powerful sentiment, while in similar
circumstances a man would lie DELHI
erately and wilfully. The lie in the
one case may be said to have been to
some extent unconscious, the woman
having been persuaded on account Of
her affections to believe that what
she said was true because she
wanted it to be true. The man would
tell the lie direct, knowing that it was
a lie, and telling it to make his case
or that of the person in whose inter-
est he was testifying.
Women More Emotional.
Vi COuISS, d6 everyone huOW6s
women are far more emotional than
men. They are therefore more likely
to be swayed by their sentiments. /
am inclined to think, therefore, that
for this very reason women are some
what less dependable as witnesses
than men. although less to blame for
their equivocations. When man
tells a deliberate lie he must be an
adept at the business indeed IL some
thing in his manner or expression
fails to suggest that fact to the jury.
A woman speaking under the influ-
ence of powerful sentiment is more
apt to give her statement every SEM
blance of truth. The man lying de-
lfberately is we'll aware that he can
hardly do it successfully aud there
fore he is less apt to try the expert
ment, although he is morally just 40
much the liar as though he did try 1t.
II would say that there is some
measure Of truth in the assumption
that women are more Liable than men
to 90 astray from the exact facts
when they are in the strange posi-
tion of a witness in the courts, but
the sweeping assertion Of DR.. Taylor
that in all circumstances they are less
to be believed than men is state
ment that should simply make tho
person who made 1t ridiculous.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

their own prejudice l have heard
them say with tears that it was the
truth and that the truth must be told.
Il have never known but one case
of deliberate perjury by woman,
and that was exceedingly curious.
The girls lover was under trial for
burglary. The testimony was vaguely
circumstantial. The girl produced a
diary which she had kept for the en-
tire year, including the time of the
alleged burglary. That diary showed
that the alleged burglar had been in
her company at time when 1t would
have been impossible for him to have
been on the scene of the burglary.
The diary seemed genuine and the
court, jury and prosecuting attorney
accepted it as such. Just as the jury
was about to retire, however, the at
torney for the commonwealth hap
pened to glance at an obscure imprint
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

men. Both are of, the same blood and
fiber. and whatever denunciation lies
aeainst=the one in the matter Of stat
ing. what Is untrue lies against the
other. HT
81 cannot understand how any man
or woman of intelligent appreciation
of the worlds activities could sink to
the depths of uttering such SANDER
against the mothers, sisters and
daughters who are responsible for the
maternity Of their kind Of both sexes.
It. would be one of the most astound-
ing Of paradoxes II they could bring
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

is q question that has
been excited by the utter
ances of few men, and
at least one woman, who have in pub
lie recently insisted that women as
general proposition have no sense Of
the binding s1hctity of an oath and
are blind to the moral obligation Of
telling the truth.
A few days ago, came DR.. William
H. Taylor, state chemist of Virginia,
IN lecture to the students of the
State Medical College of Virginia,
proclaimed that woman had mo
conception of the moral obligation en-
tailed in telling the truth" In his
opinion truth with a woman is what
she wants to be believed. She is con-
WINGED that what she calls her "intui-
TONS must always be right.
AS buttress to what these mere
men, have asserted comes Mary Hea-
ton Worse, a woman of some note as a
writer for the magazines, who as
serts that few women can be depended
upon to tell the truth, she presumably
being one of the few; that they "beat"
street railway companies; that they
listen at telephones, betray conf
dences, sneak the reading of letters;
and that she believes the statement
of an old Judge who told her that
upon the witness stand women would
Invariably perjure themselves"
These declarations were so sweep
ing and so extraordinary that the
Pittsburg Dispatch was led to seek
the opinions of some Pittsburg wom-
en- of note, who could be depended
upon to say what they thought re-
CARELESS of any reflection upon their
own sex-women who think independ-
emily and whose thoughts are we'll de-
fined and their language well thought
out. One of these is Mrs. Enoch
Rauh, president of the Council Of
Jewish Women.
Not Question Of Sex.
1.-THE telling of truth is absolutely
not matter of SEX" was the en-
phatic answer to a query by the rep
resentative Of the Dispatch. "Both
sexes equivocate and evade upon &C.
casion and no one will hazard his rep
utation for -veracity by saying that
women should be singled out for this
mark Of opprobrium as distinct from
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

into the world one sex more addicted
than another to the telling of I'M
truths under any circumstances. Take
the great question of heredity for in
stance. It is the testimony of some of
the greatest physicians of this and
other times that the sons unusually in
herit the traits of the mothers and
the daughters those of their fathers.
Now how shall we assimilate this un-
questioned dictum of science with the
assertions Of these gentlemen that
women are more prone than men to
evade the truth? You see that the
whole proposition falls to the ground
It is not possible that environment
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

the least, no less truthful than those
of the other sex. It is a well-known
fact that all witnesses are to some
extent swayed BIZ sentiment in favor
Of the person in whose interests they
are testifying. Allowance must be
made for that, but that women are
more powerfully Influenced by such
considerations than men do not be-
lieve. / have known women to testify
the truth in great stress of circum-
stances, when to conceal the truth
would have been much to- their ad-
vantage, and when cautioned by the
Judge that their testimony was to
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

on the diary which showed that tho
book had been printed at time sub
sequent to the date of the burglary.
The case was continued, and it was
brought out that the firm producing
the diary never issued the books to
be used by the trade previous to the
year of their date. 1t was clear
case of perjury and one of remarka-
bic cunning considering the very ordi-
nary intellect of the girl. The matter
had been written for the entire year
and bore all the marks of genuine
ness.
Poor Basis for Sensation.
1T is fact known to all lawyers
that women fear the law more than
men do, and therefore take fewer
risks upon the stand in the matter of
telling an untruth. 1t is my opinion
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

after birth could so warp and distort
the natural tendencies. These gentle
men who have been so widely quoted
evidently know little of the world of
women. They have placed themselves
on record after very superficial and
perfunctory analysis of the sex. The
very fact that they have been quoted
at all indicates that their views are al
together bizarre. If this had been
an established fact in all the thou
sands of years of the history of the
human race their belligerent procla-
nations would not have been noticed.
Has it been left for them to make a
discovery of a new world of uAmor.
tlity?
while the, fact that the matter. has
been so widely bruited about gives it
e measure of Importance, it is rather
that sort of Importance which adds
to the amusing and diverting phases
of social life than to those activities
which make for development and
progress, and the Dispatch deserves
thanks for contributing to the 'gayety
Of nations by giving us a chance to
say a word in answer to even the
most obscure Of dialecticians who
have presumed to air their oratory
upon a theme which was certain to
attract some attention and excite
curiosity If not respect"
Equivocate in Little Things.
"This matter of eyadin1 the truth
is even far older than the remark
made by an eminent historic person
age that he had said in his haste that
all men were liars," was the remark
of Mrs. Samuel. A. Ammon, well
known for her great activities In civic
affairs, when the caustic assertions of
DR.. Taylor were preached to her. 1T
Is quite possible and defendable," con-
tinued Mrs. Ammon, that in what we
may call the 'httle things OF life
women evade the truth more often
than men do. because they are
brought into contact with those lit.
tie things, chiefly domestic, more than
men are. . ~
"The question Of answering truth
telling is one which has agitated the
deepest Of analytical minds, but the
greatest Of these has not been. led to
assert that immortality Of prevarica-
ton was most highly developed in
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

~.
= / have, found women witnesses,
to say the least, no less truthful
than those Of the other eek. :"
f. Sc hive known Of but one
case Of deliberate perjury by
/. woman.-Aaiss Suzanne Beatty,
.Attorney-at:La~ j., !, : :. !. ! & a.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

Proper discipline In his early
youth would probably have had
such effect upon Mr.. Taylor that
he would have never thought Of
the statements SO antipodaI to
truth which he has made in re-
gard to women as compared with
men.-Mrs. Samuel Ammon.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27
Methods Of
Fishing! for Men
ByREv. A. c. DIXON, D. D.,
Pastor Of the Chicago Ave. (Moody'a) i
I,gs~os7 Church. Chicago. ~; ~.

"Come We after
me-" says Jesus,
land I will make
you to become
fishers of men,"
Jesus had various
methods of soul
W i n n / n &. H 9
preached to the
great multitude.
He talked with
the individual. In
the temple and
s y n a g ue he
spoke to the god
ly and religious.
He went into the
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

! cannot understand how any
man or woman Of intelligent ap.
probation Of the worlds activi-
ties could sink to the depths Of
uttering such sIander.-Mrs.
-Enoch Rauh.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-27

ITTsBURG.-Are women
less to be believed than
men, on oath or otherwise?
is q question that has
been excited by the utter
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
Miner Finds n nugget of Gold.

A nugget of gold weighing more than
five pounds has been found in an old
placer in the Highland district by John
Kern and has been deposited in the
bank of w. A. Clark & Co. in Butte
Its exact weight is 60 ounces and IT
pennyweights, Troy, and 1t is probably
the largest nugget ever seen in Butte
or mined near this city. 1t Is beauty,
larger than an ordinary fist and of ir-
regular shape.
1t was washed out one day last week
by Mr.. Kern on the site Of the once
famous old town Of Highland City, fif-
teen or twenty miles south of Butte in
the old Highland district. Mr.. Kern
has been residing in that district near
ly forty years and has washed out a
never enough at any time to make the
recovery remarkable, and the nugget
which he has just brought to Butte is
the biggest find he has ever made.
When it became known among the
old placer miners they visited the
Clark bank in numbers to see the pre-
cious lump Of the real stuff. They
touched it tenderly, patted it admir-
ingly and lifted and weighed it en-
viously. Men who had never seen gold
in its native purity, also called to get
peek at 1t.
Its value is 1,1S6.95.-Anaconda
Standard.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
CANADA's GARDEN SPOT.
1t Is Now in the Okenagan Valley
in British Columbia.

1t LIS NOW In the OkSnagan taIey
in British Columbia.
Canada is all the time discovering
fertile districts of limited extent
which it calls garden spots. The Can
adian school biographies of 20 years
ago gave that name to the Annapolis
valley In Nova Scotia where the ap-
pies grow.
Then western Ontario got into the
fruit raising game and earned the I'M
official title. 1t didn't keep it very
long, for to-day it is Okanag gan valley
of British Columbia that moves the pa
triotic Canadian into hyperbole of
speech.
The Okanagan is a depression In the
mountains, running north and south
for more than $50 miles. 1t holds
lake of the same name which is so
miles long and of an average width of
three miles. The area from the shores
of this plake to the foothills is fast fill
ing up with orchards.
The climate there Is something to
wonder at. Fruit trees blossom in
March. The mildness and dryness of
the air make it possible to raise fruits
which could not be raised elsewhere in
the same latitude.
Of course there are apples, as there
are everywhere almost in Canada, but
peaches, apricots, nectarines, grapes
and even figs flourish in the southern
part of the valley One enthusiastic
writer has spoken Of this region as the
Italy of Canada.
The rainfall is less than 10 inches
year, SO irrigation has to be resorted
to. The soil is amazingly fertile, an
orchard earning its keep In few sea-
sons. 1t is a prosperous community.
The names of the towns have a
prosperous sound. There Is Summer
land and a Peachland. Presumably it
is all Happyland.
The valley is filling rapidly with a
high class of settlers. Sir Thomas
Shaughnessy, president of the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad, which touches
the northern end of the Okanagan, has
a place at Summerland. The Earl Of
Aberdeen has ranch at Vernon.
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~ Asss1
So 5Agzs1 ~
60 ksl7ssss
- fNaMEN. dazg
IN ~ zA ~
Budapest has one woman apothe-
IN rr Nina Porfbo uoipiSah

Budapest has one woman apothe-
cary, Nine. Bertha Hainisch.
A school for woman chemists has
recently been opened in Dessau, Ger
many. Graduates are assured Of EN-
ployment at from $50 to $4S month.
Miss Laura White, of San Francisco,
is having quite a great deal of news
paper notoriety because she has dis
covered a rich vein in a Nevada gold
mine, and in order to work" it she
toiled at the MINDLESS, wearing some of
her brothers clothes for convenience.
Jean Leckin, of Glebe House, Black
heath, is the beautiful wife of Sir Ar
thur Conan Doyle. During their court
ship 'aThe Hound of the Baskervilles''
was written, and the scenes are laid
around Blackheath, which is full of
romance to the distinguished couple.
More than 600 women are reported
to be studying medicine at French uni
versities. Paris alone is said to have
100 women practitioners, most of them
holding official places Of more or less
Importance. Woman physicians are
preferred in girls high schools, normal
schools and public schools generally.
A little S-year-Old girl named Jessie
Perris was one of the heroines of the
recent conference of the National Edu-
cation Association at Cleveland. Of
500 words submitted to her she spelled
49S correctly, writing 100 and spelling
39S orally. A gold badge, certifying
that she was champion child speller
of America, was pinned to her pima
fore
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
Treating Them All Alike.

There was only one thing in the
world of which Eben Ransom thorough
IL approved; that was hard, steady
work. 81 hope" said the philanthropic
spinster who was spending a fortnight
at the Ransom farm, 81 do hope, Mr..
Ransom, that you treat all your men
alike; give them all equal advantages
and wages. l find varying standard,
If may use the expression. makes so
much trouble and discomfort among
laborers in any field Of work"
Mr., Ransom surveyed her gravely,
and nodded assent.
You're right there, ma'am," he said,
dryly, after a moment. There is Just
one rule for the folks that work for me,
Begin as early and keep it up as late
as there's light to go by, and you'll
get your one-fifty a day, unless the
times are unusual hard, when make
1t one-twenty-five.'
But tell you, ma'am, you can't get
as many fellers to work on an equal
basis nowadays as you might think"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20

Health and Renutx Hints.

A half hour vel, spent upon the
complexion at night is worth two in
the morning.
A good cure for brittle nails is to
soak them daily in sweet oil warmed TO
blood heat.
A tablespoonful of olive oil taken
each day will aid the digestion and
ease liver trouble.
The hair should be brushed thorough
ly for about fifteen minutes every night
before retiring.
Witch hazel is excellent for the eyes,
but one should be sure the liquid is
absolutely pure before using
Heney is very nutritious and should
be on the bill of fare of every person
who wants to gain flesh.
Cold water closes the pores of the
skin and makes it firm. A little vine
gar or cologne added TO the water also
assists in the hardening.
If you have dark hair and it seems
to be coming out, cut off a slice of
lemon and rub it into your scalp; it
will stop that trouble promptly.
Soft, flabby skins that fall into folds
and quicker need cold water to give
them tone. Thick, oily skin, however,
should be washed with hot water.
The application of lemon juice will
sometimes cause warts to disappear.
Touch them several times during the
day with a camel-hair brush soaked in
the Juice.
A healthful and refreshing mouth
wash is made by boiling cinnamon BARK
in water and mixing it with equal parts
of the purest alcohol. This is good,
both for the gums and teeth, and makes
the breath more fragrant.
Often one sees woman with dark
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
NUBBINs OF NEWS.

George L. Glunt, superintendent of the
mill of the Carnegie Steel Company at
Hampstead Pa, has resigned his $4,000
position to enter the ministry. He has
been admitted to the Western Theological
seminary, Pittsburg.
By the will Of the late Henry j. Bra
ker of New York, 100000 is left to Tufts
college of Boston. Over 81, 100000 goes
TO the foundation of a home for the aged
and other sums TO various charities. The
Tufts bequest is to found chair in com
mercial and financial education.
Director H. Newell of the United
States reclamation service sailed for Ha-
wall to investigate reclamation wcrk there
with a view of opening up larger field
for white laborers.
Suit for the recovery of 100000 dam
ages, alleged to have been sustained be-
cause of boycott, has been begun against
the United Hatters Of America by d. K.
Loewe & Co. of Danbury, Conn.
Pictures of John Hatfield are said to
resemble James C. Durham, who mur-
dered the Mckinney family at Los An
geles. Cal, twelve years ago, and an Off
Ger will be sent to Sherman, Texas, to
identify or clear Hatfield.
Delegates from sixteen countries are at
tending the International Moral Ednca-
ton Congress in session at London, Eng
land. and six governments are represented
officially. The head of the British De-
partment of Education presides and NJ.
Bourgeois Of France is chairman OF the
general committee Among the more
prominent American delegates are Felix
Adler and Booker T. Washington. The
object is to permeate every lesson with
the moral idea. Thus history is to be
come a lesson ia moral experience. In
geography the idea is to have the contribu-
tions of the different nations so utter
pTeted as 10 show the unity OF worle an
tezests.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20

/ can go In years time-or in two.
There's no hurry, and the management Of
my fathers estate would be pleasant to
me; only say that you would like it."
''No, let things be as they are. know
I have decided for the best; and-and I
hope" she added, the weak tears falling
from her eyes, that you will behave
we'll tonight to Horton Newley, and not
let there be any scene"
Rourke passed on-in silence. 1t was
the last time he made the appeal which
had been made hundred times before,
and always as uselessly. This was the
end of the hope which he had nourished.
against hope, that he might take his
proper place in his fathers house, with
out misery or violence, or death. This
was the end and the very fear of what
must follow might have wrung those tears
from Mrs. Trenham's eyes, even if they
had been blind in their anguish.
ITO be continued.)
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-20
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

-Four persons were killed and twenty
six injured in a wreck on the Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley railroad near Clarks-
dale Miss.
Negroes at Yazoo City, Miss, shot and
killed Charles Jones, a member Of their
own race. who killed a white man and
two negroes at Eden Station. Miss.
Blanche Cribier. 3 years old, of Hell
meta. y. J.. was seized by an eagle near
her home. but was rescued by her father
after a fierce fight with the great bird.
Captain William WyndLam. British
consul TO Boston since March ], 1904
has rendered his resignation, to take effect
Oct. -. He went to Boston from Chi
cago in 1904.
Clad in boys attire so that she could
20 West and punch cattle. Martha A.
Rinehart.. IA years old. of Lima, Ohio.
was found at St. Louis by her father and
taken home.
When his death sentence was read TO
him in the jail at Alexandria. La, Ed
ward Ayles, a negro prisoner. was seized
with a lust for blood and. Selling a knife,
one OF whom may die.
With bullet hole in the head and
rope around the neck the body Of an I'M
identified man. supposed to be Andy Pu-
dosky, the anarchist who threw a brick
at President Mckinley. was found in the
Arkansas river at Pueblo, Colo. and it
is thought be was slain by fellow an
archists.
Charles Wilen, machinist, is being
held in the Tombs at New York without
bail on suspicion Of having aided the raur-
derer of Capt. Daniel Moriarity, coin-
nander Of the quarantine steamer State
of New York and political captain Of thu
Republican party in the Bronx, to make
his escape.