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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-07
The White Birch.
From the Altar

From the Atlantic.
The white birch of our northern woods
seems to hold within its veins more of the
elixir of ancient pagandom than any other
of our impulsive, INTENDED wood arowths
It's waving elegance, it's white smoothness
OF limb, the misty ineficiency of its veil
of green, even its shy preference for UNI
trodden earth and Incorporated hill
sides; give it q half-f1eetin gsuggestion of
the tabled days when nymph and faun
danced with the shadows of the song
haunted forest.
Coleridge calls the white birch 1.-The lady
of the woods" but beyond the poetical
suggestion of sex and award of beauty
given by such a phrase from such a
source, there is a hint in the young white
birch tree Of something far apart from
the present of simple perfected tree life
One is haunted by visions of slender
nymphhood always young and always
beautiful, dancing joyously through rain
bow-colored days and sleeping lightly
through mists of star-threaded darkness,
waiting for the golden call of the sun
beams to begin again the rhythmic waltz
of motion. One has only to sit long
enough with birch tree in the bewilder-
ment of summer hours, to hear and see
and feel its relation to the dreams which
long-ago peoples have dreamed. It's re-
lation to a life without self-made law,
lived as the birds live, with their only
code written within their natures by the
hand which made them.
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terday. The temperature at Yuma,
Ari1.. was 1903: at Phoenix, Ariz.. 1O4 and
at points in California 1t was 1O2 Along
the Atlantic coast tine temperature
ranged from 81 to &c.
Frustrated by Heat,
Owing to the high temperature and
humidity three cases of heat prostration
were reported to the police today. and
there were several persons made Ill by
the enervating conditions.
Richard illegal, colored, was overcome
nv the heat TODAY while near the corner
Of Massachusetts, avenue and 7th street
He was taken to the Emergency Hospital
for treatment. illegal resides at 437 L
street,
Maurice j. Daley, living at $40 D street
northeast, suffered an attack of heat pros
tration this morning while in front of 612
Pennsylvania avenue northwest. He was
removed to the Emergency Hospital
Thomas e. Adams Of Glen Echo. Nd,
was Frustrated by the heat yesterday
afternoon while riding his bicycle along
18th street. He was treated at the George
town University Hospital.
Thomas Ransom, colored, twenty-seven
years Of age, was overcome by the heat
this morning about 1890 o'clock while on
a new building at 18th and B streets
southeast. The patient, whose home Is at
202i Rosedale street, was given treatment
at the Casualty Hospital
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The Subway Smell.
From the Atlantic.

From the Atlantlc
The belief in the injurious effects of the
odor Of the subway was a relic from the
period when certain forms of illness We're
supposed to be directly connected with
evil smells. With the exception of the Ill
effects which certain gaseous compounds
of sulphur and carbon produce, there
seems to be scarcely any ground for re-
lating disease and evil odor. Constant ex
posture to any smell, be it bad or good, is
likely to produce nervous irritation and
exhaustion. On the great rose farms OF
southern France, for example, the stran-
ger wandering among the fragrant fields
soon feels the same heavy headache which
q persistently objectionable odor like that
of a soap factory is likely to produce. A
lowering of energy from any type of odor
may put the individual into condition TO
invite disease, but Is little likely to be the
direct cause of contagion. In the case of
the subway the odor came chiefly from
the smell Of the trap rock employed in
the stone ballast Of the road bed, mingled
with lubricating oil and gear grease. and
combined with occasional slight infusions
of human odor. Disagreeable as 1t might
be when long inhaled, there was no reason
to believe It dang Rous.
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Not "Fair-W Gather" Soldiers.

From the Army and Navy Life.
1t may be said that il we make the du-
ties of a militiaman so severe and so ex-
acting no one will volunteer. The writer
does not believe such would be the case.
On the contrary. he believes that many
thinking men of good standing who have
fondness for military life, are now kept
from enlisting In the militia because 1t is
considered there Is not enough OF disci-
pIine and too much of what might be call
ed rowdyism in many regiments. We are
naturally a military people; we love the
.'pomp and circumstance of war; we ad-
mire discipline and We respect power; we
cannot resist certain fascination that
danger possesses. Make of our militia
Soldiers in every sense of the word-let
It be recognized that they can be depended
upon at all times and on all occasions
that II is believed they will do their
duty when called upon: that they are not
fair weather. soldiers only, and there
will be no difficulty in filling the ranks.
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members OF both unions. Notices were
taken in all dubious cases and fines were
imposed when necessary. a minimum fine
of $40 for the first offense, doubled fer
each succeeding one. The work has been
most successful. and besides an abatement
Of smoke. a saving of fuel is reported.
In Milwaukee an ordinance which has
gone through periods of relaxation and
others of strict enforcement has been sue
cessful when properly managed. About
half the city at the time of a recent re-
port used understanding devices. about
one-fourth used hard coal or smokeless
fuel The general condition of the city was
admirable. So admirable. indeed, that the
title of the ordinance passed by the COM
mon council is worth quoting in full as an
epitome Of what such an ordinance should
be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-07
NEW YORK IN BAD WAY
FROM SCORCHING HEAT
Many sleep on Fire Escapes and in
Parks and Some in Open
Streets.

NEW YORK, July latter a breath
less sweltering night during which many
of New York's millions tossed sleeplessly
on couches or lay in PARKS or on fire
escapes. or even In the open streets. the
sun came up this morning with promise
Of even greater. discomfort in store.
AS early as O'Clock the streets were
blistering hot. Not a breath of air was
moving. Thermometers on the streets
registered 80 degrees at that hour, with
constant upward movement.
1t was not until two hours later that
the weather bureau thermometer reached
the 60 mark, moving upward by slow
stages. From that time on the movement
was more rapid At 0 o'clock the weather
man reported "a degrees. In the mean
time the humidity had fallen from 7S to
49,
AS always, the greatest suffering was
felt in the crowded tenement districts.
where in single houses in SOME instances
live enough humans to people good
sized country village. There was little
sleep for the occupants Of these places
last night.
All through the night came calls to the
hospitals to 60 to the aid Of unfortunates
who had found the abnormal conditions
too severe a strain.
In every one of these relief institutions
resources were strained to their utmost.
Physicians and nurses were doing double
duty. Extra horses were called in to re-
place exhausted animals. who had been
tearing through the streets all day yes
terday and last night with the heavy am.
balances. Double and triple supplies of
ice and milk were ordered to meet the
unusual demand occasioned by the extra
ordinary large number of heat cases
which came to the hospitals.
When the early morning list of victims
| t0dQY
was found that twenty-one persons In
the greater city had died as a direct re-
suit of weather conditions during the past
twenty-four hours.
Reported prostrations numbered hum
dreds. Thousands, not so seriously AZ
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matters of state were also picked up by
the vigilant policemen.
Returning Lost Articles.

In this connection Capt. Megrew says:
81 would say that so per cent of the ar
ticles turned into this Office. are restored
to the rightful owners, the remainder be-
ing given back to the finders. A great
many articles reported as lost have been
recovered while in many cases no trace of
them could be found, due to the fact that
the parties could not say where they lost
them-evidently not in this building"
The Capitol police force consists OF a
captain, three lieutenants, three sergeants
Cd. r. Nichols. T. E. Spencer and Lloyd
True); two detectives, one clerk and sixty
three privates, a total of seventy three.
Appointees during the year were: Ed
ward van de Casteele, ]. e. Jones, p. 8.
Ransdell, T. c. WINS, T. G. Allen. @. II.
Burnham. r.. E. Boyd, J. ]. Mooney, Ed
ward veiteh. E. B. Bell and nd H; A: Olsen ZEN
year were: ]. w. Jones, J. w. Hubbard,
w. r. Johnson. w. r. Doar. John O'Con-
nell. c. l.. Eaton, j. M. Smith. j. A. Jones.
F. NJ. Seney, S. A. Boyden and e. g. Rams
dell.
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Case in Wrong Court.

The Juvenile Court was discussed today
before Judge Kimball of the Police
Court.
In calling a case to the attention OF
the court. Assistant United States Attor-
ney Given said: Here Is a case, your
honor, where warrant has been issued
by the Juvenile Court for a young man,
twenty-one years of age, charging a
grave offense. which. In my opinion, the
Juvenile Court has nothing to do with
The matter was called to my attention
yesterday, and l respectfully submit
that the case be tried here. where it prop-
erly belongs. I shall refuse to give uI
the prisoner and have instructed the
police not to do SO until you give your
ruling
Il shall most certainly uphold your con-
tentioh.' Judge kimball announced 1.-The
Jurisdiction Is in this court and no other
The prisoner will be tOied here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-07

In the case Of John Twilling of Az *
street southwest, arrested last night by
Policemen Lambert and Fry of the fourth
precinct. charged with assaulting his wife
Mrs. Pauline Twilling. the defendant was
tcday fined so. but sentence was sus
pended.
The testimony was of such nature
that Judge kimbali stopped proceedings
in the case temporarily. until he could
summon Inspector Gessford of the police
department and his stenographer in or.
der that the exact testimony of the sew.
eral witnesses could be recorded
1t Is said that as a result OF the tria
today, charges of a serious nature will
be fled against a policeman whose name
was mentioned during the hearing
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fected, were treated at their homes or b,
private physicians.
Four Deaths in Philadelphia.

fected, were treated at their homes or by
private physicians.
Four Deaths In. philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, July -Four deaths
and more than fifty prostrations occurred
in this city from heat between noon yes
terday and 10 o'clock this morning.
The intense heat which is accompanied
by high percentage Of humidity is caus-
ing great discomfort.
The government thermometer on top Of
the post Office building at 10 o'clock reg
istered 81 degrees, and street thermorne-
tiers registered several degrees higher. The
humidity at the same hour was recorded
officially as SO per cent.
Suicide Crazed by Heat.
BOSTON, Mass. July 7.-During the
forenoon a man supposed to be George
Williamson. a mechanic. shot himself In
the head in East Somerville Park.
The police recorded him as "crazed by
the heat" He died instantly.
The hot wave which struck this city
eight days ago continued today after a
breathless and exhausting night. At 1890
O. clock the weather bureau instruments
registered 50 degrees.
Up to that hour three prostrations had
been reported.
Pittsburg Has Two Deaths.
PITrSBURG. July 7.-while the heat
wave here was broken by rains during the
night, two deaths and a number Of pros
trations were reported early today.
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Pittsburg Has Two Deaths.



There are 200 Indians In the Thirty.
seventh. Being rural corps the Haldi-
mands are weak In strength and consid-
erably more than half of them are red
men, second or third year men almost
without exception. At the time Of the
Toronto inspection in 1901 the Thirty
seventh had but seven companies. OF his
own initiative Capt. johnson. an Indian
himself came forward and organized Q
company Of red men from the Six Ma
tons. Today he Is captain Of a. ken q
body Of recruits as there is in the whole
camp His son is a lieutenant in the same
company. Lieut.. Smith. who was one of
the two natives Of North America who
went to the coronation from the Thirty
seventh, Is an officer in the third COM
pany. He Is a full-blooded Mohawk All
these servants of the king are well set Of
-flcers of military bearing and clean-cut,
expressive features.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-07

The west as a whole Is far beyond the
east in its abatement Of the smoke nui-
sance. In st. Paul some four years ago
the work was given over to the depart
ment of health. whose first act was to lay
the following question before the local
and national unions of steam engineers
and firemen: Can the smoke nuisance as
it exists today be reasonably prevented
without injury to trade and manufactur-
ing interests?' This question was unani-
mously answered In tho affirmative BY the
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''COOL" AREA COMING
Weather Bureau Promises
Showers Late Tonight.
RELIEF FROM TORRIDITY
Ninety.Eight and Climbing Here
This Afternoon.
BLAZING HOT WAY OUT WEST
Mercury Reaches 1O6 at Yuma,
Ariz.-Several Heat Prostra-
tons in This City.
Today's Record Of Heat.
"Ninety-eieht and climbing. y


Thus spoke the amateur meteorologist
who presides over the giant thermometer
at Affleck's at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
He referred to the street temperature in
the downtown section, where pedestrian
ism today was a soggy task and horses
drawing heavy loads perspired and ap-
peared to be almost in
Those good people of the District who
are not on mountain tops or in close
proximity to old Atlantic experienced an
other tropical day of heat and humidity
especially humidity, which ran high. From
noon to most 3 o'clock the mercury In the
midcity thermometers climbed the gauge
at the rate of one degree an hour. and
the expectation of the owners Of the in
strument is that it will reach the 100
mark before shutdown.
But relief is promised from the torridity.
Prof. II. c. Frankenfield. the Official fore
caster. gave out the cheering information
this afternoon that the back of the hot
wave will be broken tonight or tomorrow.
This is what he said:
Area Of "Coo1" Coming.
IAN area of cool is coming this way
from the west. 1t has already reached as
far east as Ohio. We may expect show
ers late tonight and tomorrow. and with
the rain will come more pleasant condi-
tions. The temperature is expected to
drop ten or twelve degrees"
Rain is falling this afternoon in the
middle west and the humidity hereabouts
is soaring in advance of the coming pre-
cipitation. The rain will clear the atmos-
phere and give this vicinity two days Of
cooler weather, is the expectation.
Blazing hot temperatures were reported
from the extreme west, where cool con-
ditions and breezes were in evidence yes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-07
Fort Sumter Of the Revolution.

At the mouth of the Piscataqua river.
three miles below the historic town of
Portsmouth. N. H., nestles the only sea-
coast fort In the United States which in
cludes within it's confines a combination of
all the styles of fertilization from the CO.
Ionial stone redoubt to the present barbette
battery OF concrete faced with earth.
Moreover. Fort Constitution. as it is
named, was the Fort Sumter Of the revo.
luton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-07
Recaptured Boy Goes to Reform
School.

Charles Summers, the fifteen-year- old
boy who escaped from the house of deten-
tion Saturday and was later captured by
the police was committed to the reform
school by Judge DeLacy of the Juvenile
Court late yesterday afternoon to remain
in. that institution until he attains his
ma jority
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Spirit Of the Open Life.

The great charm OF scenery and the
country life is the moral feeling that
seems to pervade it. This has pre-
vailed through all English literature
from Chaucer to Wordsworth and down
to our own times. II lnls cast its spell
over almost all of our Canadian poets,
who have wooed nature i'm her most Sc
cret haunts and studied her minutest
caprices.
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Compromise.

From Harper's Weekly.
Customer lin book store)-Let me have
a copy of Antony and Cleopatra. -
Clerk-Yes, sir. One dollar. please.
Customer-Dear me, I've only got 20
cents. Just give me Antony!
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36-in. Auto Cloth,
Regular Price, Sc Yd.
s 3-4c.

Only IS pieces in the lot
not enough to last longer than a day.
Genuine Steam Shrunk White Auto
Cloth: % inches wide: superior nom
shrinkable quality with Irish linen fin
ish. Has the exact appearance OF the
most expensive dress iinen-and Is
easily the most popular white fabric
for separate skirts and tub suits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-07

In the chapter of accidents at the Capt.
toll there appears an account of eight per-
sons who fell down the steps at various
places, none being seriously injured. Two
persons threw fits in the building; four
were hurt in the construction of the sub
way and two died.
In the lost and found column were
IS umbrellas recovered, 2 pairs of specta-
cies. 23 scarfpins and pins of other kinds
dolls that had been lost by little girls
while playing In the corridors. II pocket
books. raincoats, 3 watches, 10 furs,
rubber overshoes, pairs: Is railroad
tickets lost by visitors from the states or
foreign countries, I case of surgeons in
struments, ladies' hats mo statement
made as TO whether they were Merry
Widows or just the plain variety :
mems hats. ladies' silk jackets, bicy-
cies, : overcoats and necklaces, lockets
bracelets, handbags. card cases, gloves
and other things galore.
One item refers to money to the amount
of $6,1.17 being found by the officers: also
bank and government checks amounting
to $:,37I Six letters Of importance on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-07

30 inch Black
Taneta Silk, the
extra h e q w
guaranteed quail
ity; rich. lus-
trous finish, all
pure silk yarn
dye.
One day at
Coo yard.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-09-03
brevities
THE HALL OF FAME.

Charles q. Gould, librarian at Nc
Gill university library, Montreal, has
been elected president of the American
Library association.
Senator Samuel II. Piles Of Washing
ton state, fifty years Of age, started
life in logging camp and is now one
of the wealthy men of the Pacific coast.
The Oldest couple in Franklin, Me-,
are Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Card, aged
eighty-two and seventy-eight respec-
lively. They recently celebrated the
sixty-flrst anniversary of their mar
riage.
Il. 8. Dobbs of Great Darlington,
Mass, has a watch the case Of which
he says is more than $50 years old and
handmade. 1t is of such soft gold that
the least pressure upon it will cause
an indentation.
Miss Sara c. Murray, graduate OF
Radcliffe, has received the degree Of
Ph. D., magma cum laude, from Munich
university, Germany. She is only twen-
ty-three years old and is studying in
Germany with the intention of teach
ing when she returns to this country.
Nine years Ago JohnC. Meyers swan
from Alton to st. Louis, twenty six
miles, IN 9 hours. Recently Miss Lot
tie Mayer did it in . hours and 1S
minutes. Practically throughout the
remarkable trip Miss Mayer swan
overland. Occasionally she shifted to
the side stroke for variation. At no
time did she float on her back.
Miss Gertrude Holland Wren has re.
ceived the Pereira medal from the
Pharmaceutical Society of England.
The medal is looked upon as the blue
ribbon of pharmacy and has never be
fore been won by woman. Miss
Wren also won tine silver medal for
practical chemistry and was bracketed
first for the silver medal in chem.
istry and physics.
For the purpose of studying again the
choosing of n president and the meth
ods employed to win votes in nation.
al campaign, Moses l. Ostrogorski, ,be
distinguished Russian savant and au.
thor of Democracy and the Organiza.
ton Of Political Parties," has come to
the United States and will remain in
the country until next Novembers elec
ton,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-09-03
erected, thus facilitating more space
for the growing industry.

erected, thus facilitating more space
for the growing industry.
The poultry exhibit will exceed tina,
of 1907, which was the largest entry
ever had in the state.
The speed programs will be the bes,
ever held in the state, beyond any
question. One hundred and fifty
horses, at least, will be at the races.
Sixty are in daily training on the
track at this time. Two new speed
barn are being erected. which will
furnish fifty additional box stalls for
the convenience of the horsemen.
All other departments, such as hor-
ticultural. woman's department, dairy.
mines and mining, and apiary, will
have splendid exhibits.
We trust that all who can spare the
time to attend the South Dakota State
Fair will do so, and aid and assist the
South Dakota State Board of Agricul-
ture in bringing forth successful
Fair.
For premium lists or any other in.
formation write
Y. N. MCILvA1NE, Secretary,
Huron, South Dakota.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-09-03

A-clever, popular Candy Cold Cure
Tablet-called Preventics-it is being
dispensed by druggists everywhere.
In few hours, Preventics are said to
break any cold-completely. And Pre-
ventics, being SO safe and toothsome,
are very fine for children. No Quin-
inc, no laxative, nothing harsh nor
sickening. Box of 4S-25c. Sold by
H.J. Pier.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-09-03
PARKER

from PfeSS-Lea0er.
A. A. Rowen went to Napoleon. N.
D., Friday to visit his son Howard
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Evans and child
ren, of Mitchell, stopped on their way
home from their visit in the east and
visited their many friends.
Rings Little Liver Pills for bilious
ness. sick headache, muddy COM
plexion. They tone the liver; do not
grippe. They keep you we'll 20. Sold
by II. j. Pier.
Mrs. Peter Anderson, of Spring
Valley and her sister, Mrs. G. c. Tai
bott, of Cedar Rapids, we're here over
Sunday visiting the formers daughter,
Mrs. VIM. Barkely.
Hands cracked and bruised from
husking, skin diseases, tan, freckles,
cuts relieved at once with Pinesalve
Carbolized (acts like poultice) Draws
out inflammation. Price 25c. Sold
by II. j. Pier
The city council have voted to ex-
pend twenty-five dollars for the pur-
pose of sending an exhibit from Park
er to the women's department at the
state fair at Huron.
If you are sufferer from that most
distressig affliction, piles. and have
tried many remedies without being
benefited we can safy say that Man
Zan Pile Remedy will bring relief
with the first application. Sold by IL.
j. Pier.
Turner County is going to lose.
temporarily at least, two of her most
respected farmer citizens, W. G. How.
die has rented his farm to a Mr.. Lee
of Webster county, Iowa, for cash
rental of 1915 yearly, and Jas. A. How.
die has rented his farm to S. Cue.
Bees Laxative Cough Syrup always
brings quick relief to coughs. colds.
hoarseness, whooping cough, and
all bronchial and throat trouble.
Mothers especially recommend it for
children, as it is pleasant to take.
1t is gently laxative. Should be in
every home. Guaranteed. Sold by HI.
j. Pier.