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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14
MOORISH TREASURE CAVE.
Underground Stronghold in South
ern Portugal Is Discovered.

Special Cabegram TO The Star
LISBON, June 13.-Great excitement has
been caused at Sierra Daire, in southern
Portugal by the discovery of an under
ground Moorish stronghold, said TO be
rich in treasure.
The stronghold consists of an extensive
series of underground passages and cham
bers, including living quarters, stables
and StOrehouSeS. 1t was undoubtedly
constructed at the time the Moors We're
hard pressed by the Portuguese, who held
the northern portion of the country.
Hundreds of skeletons have been found.
A great store of ancient wea pons in
cludes daggers, swords and scimitars,
many studded with precious stones.
Great stores of gold and silver coins
have also been found. Fresh finds of
treasure are reported daily
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14
RICH LOOT FOR TRAIN THIEVES
Italian Lady Loses Valuable Gems
on Trip to Paris
rectal Cablecram to The Star

Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS. June 13.-Train thieves seem to
be as active as ever. An Italian lady,
Signora Tutina Gaibi. has just arrived
from Bologna. travelling through from
Turin via Modane to Paris. On reaching
here She went to police station to re-
port the loss during the journey of $780,
900 worth of jewelry. The same train
carries passengers without change from
Turin to Paris. She went into the CORR
dor of her first-class carriage for a few
moments. leaving a handbag containing
the jewelry on the seat Of her compart-
ment When she returned it had dis
appeared.
The jewelry included necklace Of forty
two pearls. valued at $1,000; tortoise
shell comb mounted in platinum and
gold. with three diamonds, and worth
$1,000. and a pair of diamond earrings
worth 5000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14
Nobleman and Wife Commit Suicide.
Special cahleSram to The Star

BERLIN. June 13-Baron Madern. a
Bayarian nobleman. and his wife have
committed suicide i'm Venice where they
have been spending the season. The
baron. who was sixty years of age, had
been i'll for some time. He persuaded his
wife to make d pleasure trip on the ca
nal When she returned she found him
dying from the effects of poison. which
he confessed he had t-.ken to end his
sufferings. The baroness locked herself
in her room. where she WAS found UNI
conscious several hours later. having
also taken poison. She was we'll known
as a novelist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14
Heating and Other Apparatus.

On the first floor is the terminal room,
containing the main distributing frame
with its myriad mystic machinery, sug-
costing the mysteries of the occult These
include arrester bars. carbon lightning ar
rosters and heat coils to protect the lines
against any accidental contact with an
electric light circuit The underground
cables are arranged geographically on one
side of an iron frame. with the switch
board numbers on the other side. BY
means of Jumper wire-each connec-
ton has pair of ''jumpers'-any pair of
wires in the underground cables can be
instantly connected with the telephone of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14

eral meeting at Des. Moines. Iowa. de-
cided to hold the next general conference
at Harrisonburg. Va.
Claud NJ. Showalter of Bridgewater
Va, employed as drug clerk in this city.
and Mrs. Lucy Kirk, daughter of the late
Edward Hatmaker of Winchester, We're
married here this week by Rev. ]. w. II.
Beale. The wedding was to have taken
place some months ago. but WAS post
poned on account of the bride being taken
suddenly i'll with appendicitis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14

soap compound powder form. and entirely free from
I've potash sand pumce injurious acids. Contains moth
ing but ingredients helpful in keeping the hands i'll desired
condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14
Pope Shows Fatigue of Ceremonies
cial Gal to

ROME. June BIN spite of rumOrs to
the contrary. the pope is by no means
strong. He is subject to COTS, and
though his appetite is good. the various
lengthy ceremonies which he Las To pre-
side over leave him in an unmistakable
condition OF fatigue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14

Does the work OF the strong I've and potash soaps and
pases but without irritation incident their and
LEAVES THE HANDS SOFT. SMOOTH. NElNEI1
AND PERFECTLY CLEAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14
Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad.

SPECIAL Low RATES TO
WESTERN CITIES.
Dates of sale and return limits.
FROM WASHINGTON
$3.50, CHICAGO AND RETURN.
June II to IL. Returning until
June %.
s24.OO. LOUISVILLE AND
RETURN.
June Is to IL. Returning until
June 26.
$3.50, CLEVELAND AND
RETURN.
July 8 to 8. Returning until July ID.
$41.2O, DALLAS, TEX, AND
RETURN.
July 8 to II. Returning until Au-
s55.i5. DENVER AND RETURN.
July 1 to 4. Returning until July o.
Sept. u to II. Returning until Oc-
tober 4.
s2295, INDIANAPOLIS AND
RETURN
July IL 10 10. Returning until July
$3.50. ST. PAUL AND RETURN.
July . to IL. Returning until July
%.
$3.50. COLUMBUS AND RETURN.
July 10 to Is. Returning until July
"a.
500. TOLEDO AND RETURN.
August % to 80. Returning until
September II.
For detailed information call at
ticket offices. Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, I417 G street northwest.
go Pennsylvania ave. and Union
station.
S B. HEGE, District Passenger
Agent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14

Every store selling Clean Hand
Powder will display card like the
following. 1t means that the manu-
facturers will donate TO the play
grounds fund &C for every jar sold
during the week beginning tomorrow.
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The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
FRENCH CONVICT FATALITY.
One Colony Reduced in Four Months
$4,000.

Paris. Jan. 4-The French convict. Cal
lay. who it may be recalled, was sent 10
the French penal settlement at Guiana a
couple of years ago for robbing the
Compton dEscompte, recently died on
his return TO France. At the time Of his
death he was engaged in writing his
memoirs Of prison life. These memoirs
are now being sought for by the French
press. They throw a food Of light upon
the French prison system in the colonies.
According 20 Gailay. the French penal
settlement is hades for the cOnvicts who
have not acquired notoriety. for those
whose crime has failed to interest the
public. and whose condemnation has
passed unnouced. These unfortunate
criminals are sent out to perform rude
tasks under brOiling sun, 10 ma ke
roads, clear the bush, and build fortifca-
tions. They are devouret by insects,
harassed By inhuman jallors. and the
hardships they endure may be guessed
at from the statement made by Gallay.
that, out OF coo convicts who arrived in
Guiana from France last July, only fifty
are now alive. The remainder died from
iifeSS, FTfNdtoHSf OF fiutl treatment
Another statement which seems almost
incredible is that while in August last
the penal settlement counted $1,000 con-
victs, to-day there are only 5000 or 5000.
The others have succumbed 10 the eli
mate or the rigors Of the terrible life they
are obliged to lead. But the other class
Of convicts, the illustrious criminals, the
authors Of sensational crimes or audacious
rObberies-thOse whose exploits have oc-
cupied columns IN the newspapers and had
been talked about for weeks, these are
well looked after and carefully attended
to- They are taken 10 the lies du Salut.
a veritable Eden. where life is anything
but harsh, and are given light tasks In
the prisons. II they are we'll behaved and
have sufficient influence, they are pretty
sure to obtain a reduction of their SEN
tence. OF # is modifeG-as in Gallay's
case-sO that they may return TO France
and finish their term in one OF the com
Portable establishments maintained for
those who have been guilty Of what in
France is euphemistically called an in
delicatesse."
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
OPENING OF GRAVES
DRUCE CASE RECALLS FAMOUS ONES
IN ENGLAND

Many people who followed the Druce-
Portland case have asked the question,
why was not the grave opened sooner
and the mystery solved?" This, Of course,
is for the lawyers to settle. 1t may be
interesting 10 recall cases where the last
resting places Of great men have been
disturbed for various reasons, says It'd
bits
Mr.. w. p. Firth. R. A.. tells OF relic
which was once shown 10 him by an
official of ST. Georges Chapel, Windsor
"a fragment of the flesh Of Charles
enshrined IN a locket-and the story its
owner told Of it was this: when he
was a lad he accompanied his master
and George ~ into the vaults of Wind
sor Castle TO open the coffin Of the Mar
tyr King The head had been removed
for Georges close inspection when his
majesty, exclaiming, look ont, the eye
is going dropped 1t on the floor in his
horror. After the head had been re-
stored to the coffin the boy discovered
on the floor a piece OF flesh, which he
quietly secured and preserved all his life
as a precious relic of the unhappy king."
Some years earlier than this-in 1873
some WOrkmen engaged in constructing
an underground passage from the choir
Of St. Georges Chapel to the mausoleum
recently completed by George ", dis
closed the coffin of the first Charles, and,
making q hole in it, removed the head,
which was found to be in an excellent
state Of preservation, and bearing
strong likeness to Van Dykes portraits
OF Charles.
The head Of Charles rs great enemy,
Cromwell. met with much more irreveTent
treatment. After the late Protectors re-
mains had been dug up from their burial
place at Tyburn his head was exposed
for twenty-five years on the top Of West
minister Hall, until one stormy night it
was blown down and was picked UP by
a sentry who, hiding It under his cloak.
took it home and secreted II in the CHM
ney corner II was later sold 10 a man
named Russell, one Of whose needy de-
scendants exhibited it in A place named
Clare Market. By him it was sold to
James Cox. owner Of "A museum. who, in
turn, parted with It for e230 to three men,
who exhibited it in Mead Court, Bond
street. at half a crown a head. and after
strange vicissitudes IL came into the
possession Of a medical man named VIII
kinson. in whose family IL remained q
revered possession, down 70 our own
time
a little more than a century ago MI
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
$4,000, 900 FOR PAPER WOOD.
Consumption of Pulp Mills Brings
Increased Cost for Printing,

Increased 1OAA IoF BEInTGnEs
a circular of the Fores Service saws.
speaking Of the general complaint among
publishers that printing paper is con-
stantly growing dearer:
In the face Of threatened shortage Of
timber, the amount Of wood consumed
each year for pulp has increased since
1893 from 100000 10 3.5o0oo0 cords. The
year 1906 marked an increase Of 5000
cords IN the imports Of pulpWood. the
highest average value per cord for all
kinds, and a consumption greater by
469.05S cords than that Of any previous
year. Spruce. the wood from which in
1899 three-fourths Of the pulp was manu-
factured, Is stin the leading wood. but il
now produces q little less than 20 per
cent Of the total Since 1893 poplar, which
for years was used in connection with
spruce to the exclusion Of all other paper
woods, has increased in total quantity
less than 10000 cords. and Is now out
ranked by hemlock. Pine. balsam. and
cottonwood are used IN much smaller
amounts
New York alone consumes each year
over million and a quarter cords Of
wood in the manufacture Of pulp, or more
than twice as much as Main, which ranks
next Wisconsin, New Hampshire.
Pennsylvania, and Michigan follow in the
order given. Sixty per cent. Of the wood
used in New York was imported from
elsewhere, and even SO the supply appears
to be waning. since the total consumption
for the State shows a small decrease
since 1905. whereas the other States named
have all increased there consumption.
Other States important in the produc-
ton OF pulp are: Massachusetts, Min
nesota, Ohio. Oregon. Vermont, Virginia,
and West Virginia,
The average cost Of pulp delivered at
the mill was 1921 The total value of the
wood consumed IN 1905 was s26. 4o0, ,000 The
chief item determining the price Of paper
is the cost of pulp. An example Of the in
creased price Of paper is found in the case
of a publisher Of a daily in the Middle
West. who recently paid 81. 200 for a car
load of paper. The same quantity and
grade Of paper cost a year ago but $500
All importations Of wood for pulp are
from Canada. and comprise. in 1895, 739-
600 cords. nearly all of which was spruce
Four and half million dollars worth OF
pulp was imported in 1906, a slight falling
of from 1906.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

ed out the problems in his second and
greater work.
Prof. Campbell. owing to his muscular
activity, does not look very much like a
typical college professor. Mr.. CARL, on
the other hand. is the physical embodi-
ment OF the erudite student. Like most
lifelong blind persons. he has the gen
tleness and the winning smile of a wom-
an. Naturally. ne is very proud of the
fact that each OF his two books Is In a
class all its own He is a fellow at Co
lumbia University, and every year de-
livers a course of lectures to It's profess
sors of and instructors in mathematics.
Blind Boy Planned 10 Be Senator.
A blind boy who set out to be a United
States Senator, and who has realized his
ambtious-this. in epitome, is the life
story Of Thomas p. Gore.
When he was attending school at Wal
thai. Miss, copy Of the Congressional
Record fell into Cores hands. He got
a schoolmate, Charles Pittman, to read
from II to him. Among other things Pitt
man read the list of United States Sen
ators. Then it was that Tom Gore con-
eeived his ambition Of becoming a Sena-
tor himself. and in all the years that fol-
lowed he did not lose sight of the goal
that he finally won last December. He
is now thirty-slx years old. and until he
waged his Senatorial campaign was so
little known outside the two or three
countryside communities IN which he has
lived that who's Who in America" and
other reference books know no such man.
in L.
native State, Mississippi lie has been
a Populist Congressional candidate in
Texas, has stumped for Bryan In In
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

toms tomb was shamefulIy desecrated
by three half-drunken church officials.
who cut open the top OF the coffin and
exposed the upper part Of the body. The
ghouls removed eight of the teeth. and
one or them. Mr. Laming, said that he
had had at one time a mind to bring
away the whole under Jaw with the teeth
in e; he had Il I'm his hand, but tossed it
back again" After the rascals had
wrought their evil viii, Elizabeth Grant
the graye-diggeF. took possession Of the
coffin and exhibited the body at first
for sixpence and afterward for three
pence and twopenee each person" while
the Workmen kept the church doors
locked against all who would not pay
the price OF a pot Of beer for entrance
Rare Ben Johns0n's grave was open
ed at dead of night in Dean Buckland's
time, with the object Of ascertaining
whether or not he had actually been
buried upright. He had. A collecting
maniac. who had been permitted 10 be
present, overcame his reverence for Ben's
remains 20 the extent Of carrying away
some relics, and Il was only after a
threat Of public exposure that they were
ultimately restored. The Venerable
Bede's bones were dug up. some cen
turies after mis- death. by a monk
named Alfred. who exposed them % pub
lie view and then carried them TO the
monastery OF Durham, where, IN com
pany with those OF his pupil. 81. Cuth-
bert, they were found in later years
huddled up IN sack.
James IFS coffin lay in the church or
the English Benedictines IN Paris until
the days or the French revolution, when
the lead was stripped from It for CONVEX
sion into bullets before il was put under
ground. Edward Tvs tomb at Windsor
was opened about the same time, and
his skeleton was found sheathed in lead.
with wisps OF brown hair as fresh in ap-
pearance as Il they had Just been re-
moved from living head; and when
Henry Tvs remains were brought To
light seventy-four years ago his bearded
face was described az almost rfelike IN
appearance.
Edward rs tomb was opened in 1774 at
the request Of the Society Of Antiquar-
les. and his body, in its royal robes and
with scepter in the left hand, was al
most untouched by time: the actual
height OF Longshanks, by the way, was
found TO be six feet two inches. few
years later King Johns body was dis
closed in equal preservation, with a cor
roded sword by his side. and in 1885 the
brave heart Of Occur de Lion was found
beneath the cathedral of Rouen. inciosed
Ia two ieaden caskets, and still retaining
its shape more than six centuries after
it had ceased to beat.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
THE WEIGHT OF THE AIR.
1t Presses Down Upon the Earth
with Great Force.

1t Presses Down Upon the Earth
with Great Force.
We are living at the bottom Of an ocean
OF air 20) miles deep. The total weight Of
this ocean on the earth is more than
5.oO00o tons. and at the sea level it exerts
a pressure Of nearly fifteen pounds on
every square inch Of surface
Every full-grown man carries sixteen
tons Of this weight, yet we do not feel
the pressure because II is exerted in all
directions. upward and downward in
ward and outward. Just as in the case Of
the fish. However, should some inquisi-
tive being from the heavens reach down
into this ocean Of air, trap one Of us and
lift him 10 the surface. the victim would
feel exactly Ike a fish out Of water
Men who have climbed tall mountains
have experienced symptoms showing that
the air pressure within them Is much
greater than the pressure without. Nose
bleeding sometimes occurs, and occasion
ally the pressure sufiices to cause blood
TO ooze from the ears and pores Of the
skin. At the same time one is taken
with nausea and vertigo. and expert
ences difficulty In breathing because the
rarifed air does not contain as much
oxygen as he is accustomed TO breathing.
II one should climb a big mountain
slowly he viii experience no unpleasant
ness. because the pressure in the body
viii have had time TO pass of and equal
ize the exterior pressure. Of course. a
point can be reached where there is not
enDVEh-Uxygen 10 SSQpOTt life.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

mically by taking lessons during her
childhood years from the musical little
stream that flowed by her home. From
the time she entered the New York Insti-
tuition for the Blind, at the age of fifteen,
until she was forty-five, she wrote secu-
lar songs exclusively, her best known
profane song being There's Music In
the Air" Then, at the solicitation of w.
d. Bradbury. a publisher of sacred mu-
sic, she turned to religious songs, and
this has been her field ever since Her
first hymn, written In 1854. began,
We are going. we are going,
To home beyond the skies,
and four years later it was sung at the
funeral of the man who induced the au-
thor to take up hymn writing.
Wrote Famous Song.
That same year Miss Crosby wrote
what is perhaps her most famous song.
Safe in the Arms Of Jesus" This is
how she came to write It:
One day Doan, the famous Cincinnati
composer, came rushing into Miss Cros-
bys room; she was in Cincinnati attend
ing Il religious meeting.
Miss Crosby I want a song" he ex-
claimed, excitedy Il must leave the
city in fOrty-five minutes. Can you write
me one in that timer?
Hum me the tune TO which you are
going TO set it. Miss Crosby requested
When Doan had done tnis, she asked
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

knows, the hardening of steel is due to a
combination of iron and carbon, but why
or how iron and carbon change their re-
lations to each other no scientist knows,
though many have sought to unravel the
mystery. Prof. Campbell was endeavoT-
Ing to learn how much carbon was evolv-
ed as gas by decomposing steel with acid
when the explosion occurred that rendered
him blind. Hydrocarbons mixed with
many times their volume of hydrogen
were present, and it was while he was
trying to separate the hydrogen from the
hydrocarbons that the accident took
place.
Blinded by Explosion.
Gas mixed with oxygen stored in large
glass bottles was led through capillary
glass tube immersed in ice. water The
tube contained a minute amount Of plat
lnum black, which by its presence caus-
ed the hydrogen and the oxygen TO com
bine on its surface. The tube and the ice
water should have worked on the same
principle as the miners safety lamp to
prevent the combustion from spreading
But something WAS wrong and every one
Of the bottles exploded just as Prof.
Campbell was leaning over TO examine
the progress of the experiment NumuT~
Gus pieces of glass were driven into his
eyes This was just before the opening
of the spring vacation. At the fall OPEN
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05

ability to remember whole passages and
books Of the Bible has had a great deal
to do with her success as a writer Of
sacred hymns. One Of her greatest feats
of memory was TO compose forty hymns
at a sitting and then to write them down
one after another without a moments
hesitation in search of a word or line.
Herreshon has declared that his sue
cess as a yacht builder rests largely on
the fact that he can picture so vividly
in his mind the boats he saw and the
models he owned during the first fifteen
ed him i'm the slightest degree in this re-
spect he believes ne would have possess
ed no proper mental models to work with
and improve upon. 1t is an everyday oc-
curence for Prof. Campbell to work out
intricate chemical fOrmulae in his mind
the while he performs before his classes
experiments which "a chemist with two
good eyes undertakes with some anxiety.
Campbell, the Blind Chemist.
Prof. CampbeIis father was Judge
James Y. Campbell. noted jurist OF the
Central States. He was professor Of law
al the University Of Michigan from 1853
10 1876. Five years after he had retired
his son became professor Of metalluTgy
and metallUrgical chemistry al the uni
versity, where ne had graduated four
years before. After he had become blind
he was promoted to junior professor of
analytical chemistry, then professor Of
chemical engineering and analytical
chemistry. and two years ago was made
director Of the university's chemical lab
oratory, which is reckoned among the
best in the country.
The year that he secured the profess
sorship at his alma mater Prof Camp
bell began working on the problem OF
the constitution Of steel As everybody
The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
EAGLE Rohs a Hunter

From the Denver News
Rocky Mountain Shorty, who operates
a string Of traps on HOOdoo Creek, is the
latest candidate for denuncation as a
nature faker by the President. Shorty as
serts that as he was carrying home a live
rabbit. caught in one Of his traps, large
eagle swooped down from behind him and
seized the rabbit in its talons- The tre-
mendous jerk the bird gave the rabbit so
startled Shorty he dropped the game and
uttered a yell. The howl caused the
eagle to drop. the rabbit, and bunny
promptly took to his legs and escaped.
The eagle alighted on nearby tree and
Shorty, enraged at the gall Of the bird,
shot II with his rife.