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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-04
Teeth and Yachts of Paper.

From Harper's Weekly.
One of the oldest uses to which paper
has been put is that which has resulted
in the manufacture in GERMANY of ar
tificial teeth. These paper teeth are man
ufactured from the same variety Of pulp
which enters SO largely into the compost
ton of many novelties in the paper line.
Paper teeth are said to afford satisfac-
ton. not only retaining their color we'll
but being less liable to chip than ordinary
false teeth
Another odd use TO which paper Is put
nowadays Is the manufacture of barrels.
This idea originated in Greece where the
wine growers. being badly off for wood
with which to construct their casks on ac-
count of the excessive cost of it's importa-
ton, hit upon the expedient of using pa
per In the making of their barrels.
Out of the sheets of an Austrian daily
paper an ingenious engineer, not long ago.
constructed for his own use a small yacht.
twenty feet long, decked all over and pro-
Vlded with centerboard. In the con
struction of the hull. deck. masts. sails
and rudder several thousand copies of the
journal were used. Each plank employed
required no fewer than 800 lea YES, and
enormous pressure was necessary TO pro
cure the necessary soldity for the mate
rial. The vessel Is said to have behaved
admirably in all tests. even those made
during bad weather
In several countries the experiment n
being made with view to the utilization
of paper for paving the roads and streets
In this case also blocks compressed tn
great solidity are desirable. and
claimed to withstand the wear and tear
of traffic. The cost, however. of this
scheme is al present too great to- permit
of anything like wide adoption of II.
For driveways to private houses and sim
liar purposes. where expense need not he
Of primary consideration. paper pave
mentS. 1t is claimed. will come into. vogue
at no distant day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-04
NEW FoRECASTER HERE.
Prof. Henry ]. Cox Begins Quite.
at Weather Bureau.

Washington has a brand new weather
forecaster-Prof. Henry J. Cox. of the
United States weather bureau. who as
prognosticator for the Chicago district
made a splendid record in foretelling the
doings of tickle Dame Weather Prof.
Cox came here from Chicago last Tues
day and assumed the duties of foreca ster
today.
There is a moderate storm coming
eastward across the country the new
star in the local weather galaxy said this
afternoon. 1T Is now central over the
lakes and extends southwestward as far
as Arkansas. with rain and snow in COM
blnation In the lake region. The cloudj
ness in the District today is due to the
storm. Rain is indicated for this section
tonight. the temperature-40 degrees at
30 o'clock p.m.-being too high for
snow. There will be rising temperature
tonight.
The mercury will begin to fall again
by noon tomorrow, In advance of cold
area now over Minnesota and the
Dakotas with below zero temperatures.
BY tomorrow night and Sunday VIC may
have the temperature hereabouts down to
the q notch again."
Amateur weather prophets along the
river front declared today that there are
many evidences about the Potomac that
this winter will be a particularly severe
one. For instance, one of the rivermcn
calls attention to what he terms an I'm
fallible sign of hard winter He said
the muskrats are building their shelters
or nests higher than ever before, and
much stronger. Minks. TOO. are making
preparations for a reign of snow, ice and
chilling north winds during the next
four months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-04
Millinery In Church.

From the New York Telegram
eff ST Paul had even small idea or
the proportions to be one day assumed by
feminine headgear he would have re-
manned silent on the matter of uncoN-
cred heads in church. remarked thA
Rev. DR. Christian F. Craft of Chicago
when interviewed at the Hotel Imperial
by a Telegram reporter.
.'He surely did not anticipate the Merry
Widow nor did he dream that the Geor-
gette would one day revel IN creations
of mammoth maSniticence.- If the mats
now worn by the opposite sex cannot at
tract the admirinS chances OF the other
WorshiperS in church the miillnerS VIII
have to close their shops. favor TIM"
removal of hats from the standpoint Of
convenience and because ii adds 10 tn"
effectiveness of the serve"e. ! think that
much more good can be derived when the
sneaker can be- seen. Large hats inter
fere with tho line of vision. The most
orthodox will not insist that ~ AM
should be taken literally in this day and
generation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-04
NORTH OFFERS TO TESTIFY.
Census Director Vigorously Denies
Wool Tariff Accusation.

Director of the Census North last
evening addressed a letter to Chairman
Payne of the House ways and means
committee offering to appear and TESTIFY
under oath to all the facts connected
with his services with the Senate finance
committee in 1894 and 1897 during the
preparation of the tariff measures of
those years. 1t was charged before the
committee that Mr.. North had worked
in with the wool people to secure the
inclusion in the tariff schedules of salts
factory paragraphs on wool
In his letter to Chairman Payne Di-
rector North says ne has done nothing TO
which any exception can be taken, and
he gives the facts in the case as pre-
scented by him in The Star Yesterday
afternoon. in conclusion Mr.. North
says:
Il discharged to the best of my ability
the duties of clerk of the Senate sub
committee, which Senator .-ldrich ur
gently asked me to undertake. / kept in
violate so far as | knew them (Which
was very little, the secrets of the SUBJ
committee. ! had no hand whatever in
the drafting of a single phrase or rate
in the tariff bill reported by that COM
mittee to the Senate. l did a lot of hard
work. and did it honorably, as duty
which l owed to the public. and for
which ] expected no reward.
Following MY return to Boston, after
the passage of the tariff bill. the officers
of the National Wool Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION informed me that in recognition
of the arduous and responsible work
which | had performed for the commit
tee, and the serious injury to my health
which had resulted from an assignment
entirely apart from my duties as secre-
tary of the association, they believed
had been underpatd. and accordingly, as
an expression of their personal good will
and regard. they presented me with the
sum of 5000. Shortly afterward nv
salary was increased from 81 600 to sc, ZOO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-04
GIFT FROM DEAD EMPRESS.
Chinese Envoy Presents Jeweled
Bracelets to Mrs. Longworth.

Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. the daughter
of President Roosevelt, has been pre-
Sented with a beautiful pair of jeweled
bracelets, the gift of the late Empress
DoWager of China. to whom she paid
visit during her trip with ex-Secretary
Taft and party to the Philippines. several
years ago. The presentation of the gift
was intrusted to Tong Shoa ii, the spe-
clal amba ssador now IN the United
States, who performed that duty yester-
day when, with Prince Tsai Flu and Sec
retaries Chung and Yung kwai. ne called
oy appointment at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Longworth. At the time of the
marriage of Mr. and Mrs Longworth the
empress dovaeer sent the bride a pain
IF handsome gold earrings and these she
wore yesterday.
TIL ambassador also has some presents
or Mrs. Roosevelt. to be given here
after. The President is to be presented
with several hundred volumes of chinese
literature. printed in the Chinese Ian
Euage and handsomely bound. These
will. ii is supposed. ultimately find their
Way TO the Congressional Library
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-04
CAPT. PARKER'S FUNERAL.
Services for the Late Civil War Vet
eran Tomorrow Afternoon.

Funeral services over the remains of
Capt. Sylvester Gridley Parker, who
died at his residence. 224 f street north
west yesterday afternoon. from a COM
plication of troubles resulting from ad
vancing age and from old wounds re-
ceived in the civil war. will be held
at his residence tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Lincoln Post, G. A. r., Of
which the deceased was member, will
have the services in charge. Rev G..
Freeland Peter of the Epiphany Church
will assist. The interment will follow in
Arlington.
Capt. Parker who has been resident
of this city since 1898, when he moved
was born July 81. 1880, in Columbus.
Ohio. his father being Cyrus Parker. a
noted educator OF that state. AS a boy
he went with his family to Illinois to
live. and at the outbreak of the Civil
War enlisted in the 33d Illinois Volun-
teers.
Efficient and worthy service soon
brought promotion to the rank of cap
tain in the SD Regiment, with which
he served throughout the war. His mill
tary service was under Gems. Grant and
Logan. Wounds received in action out
side of Memphis. Tenn. when Grant in
vested the city. caused the retirement of
the captain shortly afterwards. For a
short time he served In the United States
secret service.
After the war Capt Parker entered the
fields of business, forming a partnership
with his wife in the patent business. a
few months since increasing ill-health
caused his retirement from the active
work and he was confined to the house
until the time of his death.
The deceased Is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Mary A. Parker. daughter. Mrs.
David McKelvey of New York city, and a
son, Frederick Parker of Colorado. Capt
Parker is a descendant of family of
noted warriors. his grandfather having
been Col. Gridley of New York. famous
in the war of 1872. He is mourned by a
wide circle Of friends in this city and in
the south.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-04
TO DELAY HAMS TRIAL.
Defense Is Using Every Technically
to Gain Points.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK. December 4.-The trial of
T. Jenkins Hams. who. together with his
brother. Capt Peter c. Hams. was In
dicted for the murder of William E. An
mis-. may not begin December IA after
all. The defense is taking advantage of
every legal technicality to gain whatever
points they can, and one of the lawyers
for the FIains brothers, Eugene M. o.
Young. obtained an order from Justice
Crane in the supreme court at Flushing
today directing District Attorney Darrin.
John ]. Baldert. commissioner of Jurors:
Sheriff Herbert Harvey and County Clerk
John Neiderstein to show cause why the
special panel of jurors to try the Hams
brothers should not be set aside.
The order for the special panel was
issued by Judge Aspinwall. The conten-
ton of the defense is that the panel was
drawn contrary to the provisions of the
penal code. 1t was drawn In the county
clerks Office at Jamaica in the presence
of the county clerk. the commissioner
of jurors and the sheriff.
The defense holds that II should have
been drawn in open court in the presence
of Justice of the supreme court or a
county judge. A number of prominent
men of Queens county are on the panel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-04
HoRDES OF BIRDS.
Flocks So Great on English Fields
That Farmers Have Not Planted.

From the London Mail.
The eastern countries are suffering. as
the rest of the country will suffer, from
such plague of starlings as has never
been known.
The long and steady east wind which
has brought unusual hosts of migrants
safe across the North sea has especially
favored the short-winged starting. In
farmers are refraining from sowing their
corn because they say il is useless be-
fore the onset of these hordes.
Shooting them is useless. The flock at
which you fire swings around and settles
close behind YOU. and however many arc
killed the loss makes no appa rent gap
in the numbers. and the birds are almost
without the instinct of self preservation.
Starlings are not the only birds in eX-
captional force. The wild geese. whose
persistent affection for Lord Leicester S
estate Is one OF the stranSest phenomena
in local migration, have arrived in thou
sands. Their wild chattering can be
heard from a great distance, and now
and again they can be seen in a great
cloud in the air at several miles dis
lance. The voracity Of this multitude is
SO great that they will ruin some of the
best grazing rnashes in the district, quite
stripping 1T of young grass before they
so back across the seas.
Nowhere in England is to ba seen a
spectacle quite so strange as this noisy
host Of great birds, which are regarded
as almost sacred and left unnlolestad for
the great party of their stay.
The east winds which have saved these
and other birds rom ali the perils of the
journey across the North sea have rather
diminished the usual number of snipe and
woodcock, which seem TO have flown
straight across TO Ireland and the west
coast. But nearly al other birds are eX-
ceptionally numerous. though none in
nearly such quantity as the starlngs
which have no friend left in the eastern
countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-04
"House- proud
, the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle
A correspondent from Manchester wants
to know IF you have ever heard the word
house proud meaning any one who
would spend money and time on ms
house to have it nice. | was once in
conversation with schoolma ster-who
belonged to London. and was educated
at Oxford-about compound words. and
he had never heard 1t. | suppose II IS
y colloouialism 1t is not only colo
oIialisrn but great truth. House
pride' has had It's tribute from France.
For. by the happy accident this writer
dug from his shelves volume-'Anglo
Saxon Superiority "a translation of Ed
mond Demolins "A quot Tent la Super
iorite des Anglo-SaXons?" 1t is in
house pride The Anglo Saxon invests
his money in a home Invests so much
that he has to work very hard to keep
il going. But the "house-pride" is al
ways the same whether ii is the man
who wants Rembrandt to decorate the
dining room or the man who gets piano
on the hire system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-04
FOR INAUGURAL VISITORS.
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Tenders It's Services.

An evidence of the important and active
part taken by the local trade organiZa-
tons in current affairs of the city is the
recent move of the Chamber of Com
merce toward the assistance of the nu-
merous visiting organizations of SINH
lar nature which will be represented IN
the city during the coming inauguration.
Under the direction of Thomas Grant,
the secretary, circular letter was pre-
pared and sent out to $500 chambers of
organizations. which announced the local
chambers purpose to be to perfect plans
whereby it may procure accommodations
for members of visiting organizations.
To that end it was asked that list be
furnished of the prospective visitors from
the association addressed, the dates when
they may be expected. duration of visit
and the class of accommodations desired.
The visitors are extended cordial IN
vitation to make the rooms of the Wash
ington Chamber of Commerce their head
quarters while in the city, assuring them
that every courtesy will be shown them
and special attention given their mail.
Although this letter was sent out but
short while ago replies are coming in at
the rate of forty to fifty day The ac-
ton of the Chamber of Commerce is re-
ceiving the appreciation and congratula-
lationS of the trade bodies all over the
country. Many of the organizations are
preparing to send representatives and to
take advantage Of the local invitation.
In letter received from the Chamber
of Commerce Of Utica. n. Y, it is stated
that many of its members will attend, as
will two large uniformed marching clubs.
Nearly all Of the organizations addressed
are having the letter from the local cham
Der published in their city papers. thereby
spreading the story Of the activity Of the
Washington body
The Washington Chamber of Commerce
is doing a similar work to this in con-
nection with the approaching rivers and
harbors congresses to be held in this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-04
GOLD CROWD|NG TREASURY
STOCK INCREASED By MORE
THAN A BILLION.
Money Circulation of the Country
Increased 1895, O5e,o33 Over
Last Year

Charles II. Treat. Treasurer of the
United States. in his annual report calls
attention to the fact that owing to the
disturbed relations between the income
and duty of the government there was
deficiency last year of S5s,n7o. 2O1. as
against a surplus for the preceding year
of ss4. c36,5s6. and pointed out that the
total revenues for 1908 exceeded any pre-
ceding fiscal year except 1907. Treasurer
Treat says that thus it is apparent that
the trouble is not in decreasing receipts
but in increasing expenditures. which
situation the Treasury is unable to meet
with the excess of revenues which has
accumulated during the previous years.
The steady flow of gold into the
Treasury the report says. continues to
excite an absorbing study of the resources
of a country SO favored in the distribu-
ton of the precious metal. The amount
of gold coin actually used in the chan
nels of trade is less than one-half of the
general stock Of gold coin in the country.
owing to the increasing popularity of the
gold certificates. which are the representa-
tives of gold coin deposited in the
Treasury under provisions Of law. Since
1896 the general stock of gold has in
creased s1.Ol6.o71 .3s1 while the volume
of gold certificates has taken on growth
of S776. 965, $50.
THE general stock of money in the
country at the close Of the last fiscal
year was $3.37S $4,000. an increase of
1898. 203, o13. as compared with that of
twelve months earlier. The money in
actual circulation then aggregated So. O3S-
O15.4SS. an increase of S265, O59. o.. during
the year. The money in circulation for
the past eleven years has steadily in
creased; the growth per capita advanced
from $22.S7 in 1897 to $34. y In 1908. The
population of the United States has more
than doubled every thirty years, while
the wealth of the nation has more
than doubled every twenty years. There
is legitimate demand for an enormous
amount of money in developing the grow
ing industries and expanding the trade
relations of the country, but there is no
method employed by which that demand.
per capita. can be measured. The volume
of currency should not be based upon
the individual man or per capita. but
upon the volume of products produced by
man. measured by the market value
thereof"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-04
Primeval Man Liked Oysters.

From the National Magazine
That the oyster was in common use by
primeval man has been conclusively
shown by the discovery in the kitchen
middens'' of Denmark of many thou
sands of oyster shells showing every
evidence of having been artifcially
opened.
In ancient Greece. also. the oyster ap-
pears to have been a recognized delicacy.
for DR.. Henry Schliemann, an eminent
German MISUNDERSTANDING, it will be re-
membered, became American citizen
during the great California gold rush
in his historic search for the ancient and
somewhat mythical city of Troy found
many oyster shells in the ruins of the
five prehistoric settlements of Hissarlik
But it was Rome in the height of her
power and opulence that, by singing out
the oyster as the piece de resistance of
the Roman banqueting halls, conferred
upon the oyster its just title as one of
the most delicious and appetizing foods
within the grasp of man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-04
"Mixed Bathing" in England.

From Harper's Weekly.
That men and women are permitted to
battle in the same par. of the ocean has
long been a reproach hurled against the
authorities of certain English towns on
the seashore.
In yielding to the popular clamor for
such a privilege, the district council OF
Shpley. Yorkshire, has immortalized it
self in the following manner:
"In granting facilities for mixed bath
ing to twenty-nine married couples re-
Gently between 8 and 10 O'Clock Satur-
day evenings, the council stipulated that
couples must first submit their. names to
the district council and receive notice
from the clerk of acceptance
'In addition to the ordinary charge OF
sixpence a couple, registration fee of a
shilling must be paid, in return for which
an admission card is given. This must be
shown on all occasions at the baths.
"All couples who go to the baths must
go into the water. No spectators are al
lowed Regulation costumes must be
worn.
1.-The district council reserves the right
to refuse any applicant or to limit the
number of persons to be admitted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-04
MARINES MAY BE DoUGHBoYs.
President Favors Transfer of Corps
to the Army.

Good ground is said to exist for the
statement that the President will ask
Congress for authority to increase the
infantry arm of the army by incorpora-
ton of the entire Marine Corps into that
service. The plan was suggested by
Mai Gen. Wood. commanding the De-
partment of the East. and has the sup
port of the President and Representative
Hull chairman of the House military
committee. 1t is stated also that Gen.
Elliot, commandment of the Marine Corps,
favors the transfer
II is understood that the President S
order for the withdrawal of marines from
all warships was but preliminary step
to the transfer of the corps to the army.
Gen. Elliot is one of the few officers of
the corps that favored the plan of taking
the marines off the warships and giving
them shore duty. The proposed transfer
to the army is a radical move and will
undoubtedly meet with considerable oppo-
sition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-04
COURTHOUSE IS STANDING.
Arkansas River Flood, However,
Severely Damages Pine Bluff.

PINE BLUFF, Ark, December 4.-The
Arkansas river at this point is today still
rising slowly and now marks a stage of
twenty-six feet. From present indica-
lions the business section of the city will
De saved.
4 number Of small dwellings east of the
main portion of the city caved into the
river today and others are in serious
danger of like fate.
Numerous dynamite explosions were
heard in the direction OF Boyd's Point.
opposite this city. during the night. To-
day the water is flowing over that point
Of land at about the place where the citi-
tens had decided to make the cutoff.
The channel of the river may be so
changed as to leave Pine Bluff a mile
away The loss since midnight in this
district exceeds $4,000. and it is believed
will be added to throughout the day. The
courthouse is still standing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-04
NEW STAMP APPROVED.
Special Delivery Stickers Will Be on
Sale in Ten DAVIS.

Approval has been given by Postmaster
General Meyer to the new special delivery
stamp. which will be placed on sale with
in the next ten days. 1t is a radical
departure from the conventional United
States stamp. being patterned rather
after stamp of French design; is ex-
tremely artistic and at the same time
severely plain and delicately executed. 1t
measures about one inch square and is
of a dark green color. Running dag
onally across it's face is an illustration
of an olive branch. the leaves of which
entwine a Mercury hat. symbolic of peace
and haste. In the upper left-hand cor
ner is the inscription Zoe while in the
lower right-hand corner in gold letters
are the words ~. S. Postage, Special
Delivery