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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-08
CLIpPERTON ISLAND.
France FOrgets It and Mexico Find"

France FOE8etB III anu AAGAANO RA~N~
 It.
 Paris, Nov. 7-The Government Of France has mlslaid a colony. and the Government of Mexico has found 1t. It is Clipperton Island, little isle on the Pacific ocean, 10 degrees north and lO9 degrees longitude west. It Is one or a large group of islands which is wis . ited periodically by French warship.
 Some time ago. when the warship vis- tied the island, the French sailors found soldiers there in Mexican uni- form, and the Mexican flag floating se- reuely over the island. The island Is directly east of the mouth of the Pan- anna Canal. which gives 1t certain amount of importance.
 The matter has been placed in the hands of the French Foreign Offtce, and communications are pending. The warship discovered that the French Government had maislaid the island two years ago. and unofficial Paris only heard of 1t only the other day.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-08
CaarIna In Delicate Health.

St. Petersburg, Nov. 7.-rhe Czarina, who has returned with the Czar from a cruise in Finnish waters, is still in very delicate health. Her Majesty still uses a wheeled invalid chair and is very nervous. Her physician. M. Bot kin, insists that stay in the south is absolutely necessary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-08
TERRIBLE GAMING TRAGEDY.
A Large Crowd Fought With Enives
 Am The Dark.

I'm Inc Uark.
 Madrid, Nov, 7--The "Muudo" re- ports a terrible tragedy at Pochino. in the district of Lamego, where gamb- ling has been carried on in a wine eel lar. A dispute between two players resulted in a general quarrel. The lights were extinGuished. and the oc- cupants of tho cellar fought with re- volvers. knives and empty bottles striking at each other at rznduIn. s..
 When the police went to the rescue with lighted torches some minutes later. they found seven men had been killed and seventeen others wounded. The dead and wounded were lying in pools of wine caused by Q plumber of the casks having been broken.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-08

VaTiOuS pIaHS dTb UbIHB uI5OUoooU for the celebration next year of the centenary of Tennyson's birth. One intention Is to hold a pageant at Has lenere next summer, to be organized by Mir Irvine, who carried through the Chelsea pageant so triumphantly
 Meantime 1t has been suggested that 1t would be an excellent thing to se- cure for the native Millais's portrait of Tennvson painted in 1881. The National Art Collection Fund issued an appeal to this end in May, but nothing dei- nite has yet come of 1t. Critics are
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-12
Horse Vacation Report Raises
Easy Money Mirage at Crossroads

Farmers in Maryland and Virginia
nave become interested in the report
that horses in the Government depart
ments IN Washington are To he given
vacations lust Ike the clerks and
are writing in TO the beads OF the de-
partments Offering to take IL a limited
number Of the new summer bnarders.'
The Postofhce Department, which frs
announced thai the horses connected
with the department would &c granted
vacations this year. has received a num-
Der Of communicate Us on the sJrIeCt
from farmers, who are describing their
preserves As the best in the county,
with plenty OF shade, water. AMI overy
modern farm convenience
Weekend Parties Coming.
The vacation fever has struck the
horses so hard that already some OF
the departments have found II necessary
to hang out the too busy sign, and
It IS now thought that weekend parties
may be formed among the horse-end
of the service FOR short vacations
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
DeGraw has found II necessary to cur
tail the summer vacations Of number
OF his clerks in order to handle the MAJ
that l. being received from rural car
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riers-theve are 5000 Of them in tho serv-
tce-who have gotten the idea that e
vas the intention CT the postal aItLori-
lies TO allow every horse that pulls a
mail wagon thirty days of duty with
pay The rural carriers desire the prlvi-
iege Of naming the substitutes for their
steeds.
No Rest This Year.
Mr. DeGraw is forced TO rel ~ 10 his
correspondents that the appropriation
for the postal service. which was
squeezed by Congress until IL IS some
several million dollars less than the es-
Inmates. IS not sufficient 10 put on sub
s,itute horses while Old Beck and Mary
Ann take a few days OF in the woods,
and that there IS no relief for the pres
ent summer at least.
4 letter received by Chief Clerk Con-
rard from Baltimore makes some peril
nent inquiries with reference to the va
cations It IS asked II any provision
has been made for the Government
mule, an animal famous In history. and
always a loyal and faithful subject.
Mr.. Conrad has been forced 10 re-
ply, regretfully. that the present state
of the appropriation will not admit Of
the courtesy being extended.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-12
SUN BATH FATAL
TO ILL PHYSICIAN
Coyle Rheumatism Victim, Burned
Himself From Head
TO Foot.

NEW YORK, July lT.-Althougn the
doctors al Harlem Hospital believe that
sUnburn, combined with rheIlma ti,ii,
and general breakdown caused the death
Of DR. Felix a. CoyIe. Of 49, West
Ninety-eighth street. who died in the
hospital last evening. Coroner AcritelI
has ordered an autopsy.
DR.. Coyle continued TO practice until
a few weeks ago. when his 1eath be-
came such that he was forced 20 re-
tire For a time he lived with mis-
brother. Eugene Coyle, at l52 East 1881
street, but when his health failed 70
improve he went to Eldred, Sullivan
county, y. Y. On Thursday last no
took a sun bath on the theory that IL
would drive the rheumatism from lis
system. He became sunburned from
head TO feet.
He returned TO his brothers home yeS-
terUay in a serious state. Re talked
incOherently,. but IL was thought this
was due % morphine. he was removed
10 Harlem Hospital, where death fol-
lowed. The doctors found that he was
fearfClly Sunburned. Dr. Coyle was
graduated from the College % pnvSi-
clans and Surgeons in Baltimore in 1856
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settlers OF Connecticut. and spent his
youth on the farm OF his father
His affection began when he was
eight days old HIS mother died a
year later he had an illness which
physicians said one baby in a thousand
lived through when he was fifteen
ne was given Up for dead from malig-
uant diphtheria- From that on illness
tracked him, inezorabIe as fate, and
ne has lived through IL all
1T Is strange that I should Outlivs
all the doctors and nurses and relatives
ohat gave me up for dead time after
time" he says. Tine physicians said
I possessed the greatest patience they
e-er saw But what IS the use OF com
planning. Il won't help.
y might be better OF, but Washing
ton is a good city. I can live cheaper
here than any place else. I have not
Travelled q great deal but I can live
here nicely Tor . cents a day Of
course. nv laundry brings il I'D Q little
more. but I couldn't do il in Middle
town"
Yes indeed. Job beside John Bar
rett, you were a chronic kicker.
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Reducing Fat on a Full Meal

If you want TO reduce your flesh a
pound day, say, and still are averse
to exercising or cutting down your
meals-from three to one or half Of one
you can manage it. Ask your drug
gist for a package of Marmola Pre-
scription Tablets; they cost but a trifle
tan effective quantity being obtainabie
for only % cents), and take one tablet
after meals and al bedtime That is
all. Just eat when and what YOU please.
leave exercising to the athletes. take
your convenient little tablet faithfully
and that fiabby flesh will soon disap-
Pear-possibly at the rate OF a pound or
more q day
These tablets are licensed as harm
less and effective by the Marmola Co.
Detroit, Mich, for they contain identi-
cally the same ingredients as the IA
nous Marmola Prescription: II ounce
Marmola. Y ounce Fluid Extract Cas-
cara Aromatic, and 81 ounces SIrup
Simplex. which rs everybody knows is
put up regularly and recommended by
every druggist In the land.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-12
CHAMPAGNE SUPPER
IN CHURCH BELFRY

BERLIN, July 1.-THE garrison an
Ihorifies Of Zittau are investigatfnz a
CURIOUS case A party Of officers held
champagne supper a few evenings
ago. and when about halfway through.
some one suggested they should finish II
IN Ihe beliry Of the parish church The
proposal was ct once acted upon
large crowd cohected IN The street
below when tie proceedings were sud
denly enlvened by the officers fin9i7g
the empty bottles and glasses az th-
people. se'-eral OF whom were struck ana
injured
The croEsd tried 10 break into the
churcn Tith the avowed intention Of
Furnishing the officers there and then
but the arrival OF a strong force of no.
lice dispersed the people and saved rbe
officers
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DROWNED IN RIVER.
FELL OR JUMPED
Man Supposed TO Be From
Georgetown Last Seen
on Benning Bridge.

wearing clothing purchased from q
store IN Georgetown. but otherwise IN
identified, a middIe-aged man either fell
or jumped into the Eastern branch
from the Benning bridge about O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. Police Of the aar-
Dor precinct dragged for the body until
dark last night Efforts to recover ne
body viii be continued today.
John Crawford, an empiOye Of the Co
lumbia line. saw a man start TO cross
the bridge from the Washington end.
The nan was staggering, and carried
his coat and hat n his arms. Believing
that the man lived in the vicinity, Cra4-
ford paid no further attention to him
About half hour later blue serge
coat and a straw hat were found on the
bridge The coat vas purchased froz.
A. NJ Paer. 80 N street. but As there
was no date In II the police were unable
10 get clue 70 the mans identity n
this manner no papers OF other arti-
cles that would assist IN Identifying the
owner were found in any Of the pockets.
The police Of the Ninth precinct were
unable 10 md any one who saw the man
Jump or faH from the bridge or saw
him IN the water. but the police con
slider the finding Of the coat and hat as
good evidence that the body Of the man
seen by Mr.. Crawford is in the F-as+a-,
Branch
Crawford was unable 10 give the no.
Ice a good description OF the man. NJ
Baer said that there was no way. that
ne could tell 20 whom he had sold the
SUIT. but IL IS believed the man Iive5 in
Georgetown No one living in that sec
ton OF the city was reported MISSING 10
the police last night
Police or the Harbor precinct are in
elineo 70 the theory that the hat nav
nave blown from a street car Are
dragging for the body for more thar
Tour hours with graphing irons. they
were unable 10 find IL, but the search
viii be continued today.
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BRUNETTE ORPHEUS
SWAPS NOT POLICE
Iohn Newton, Colored, Gets in
Wrong by Singing Lullaby
TO COppeTS.

when John Newton, colored, comes 20
a fuller realization in the First precinct
station of his actions last night he will
wecp over the fanaciOUsness of The
adage that Music hath charms 10
soothe the savage breast.
Holm made an earnest effort to placate
the First precinct generally, and OHcer
Holmes particularly. by his singing. he
sang everything he knew and then a
few things ne didn't know. And THIS
added TO strongly. developed pugilistic
nropensities succeeding in getting aim
charged with disorderly conduct Wnere
he was formerly charged wiki that OF
Tense which is no offense in the eyes OF
many-drunkenness.
Therefore John viii be grieved when
he learns that his lyric baritone failed
IN soothe the ruffied feelings of The Of
Tended law.
John was led into the First precinct
station last evening bordering upon
total coIl1pse. Despite his physical con-
5ftion he was prone to be highly hilar-
ions. and upon being led to the ser
seaut's desk lifted up his voice in a
rnournful roar which was subsequently
learned to be an effort at Roll. Jordan,
Roll"
A request for silence had no effect.
but TO the contrary drew from the
dusky baritone a stream OF profanity
with four policemen as an escort he
was conducted TO a room wirhoCf bath
but with bars, all the while emitting
a rasuing. discordant version of some
HYMN that he may have learned in his
childhood days.
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TWO SUE RAILWAYS.

Henry Keller yesterday entered suit
for $4,000 damages against the City
and Suburban Railway, the Anacostia
and Potomac Railroad Company, and
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company. Mr.. Keller claims that be-
cause Of the dangerous condition Of the
ira cks used 10y these companies at Fifth
street and New York avenue he WAS
caught between two cars and seriously
injured James 5. Smith has entered
suit for $1,000 damage against the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany for alleged injuries received Janu-
airy 30 Of this year.
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SCARED THE POLICE

Quiet reigned at Police Headquarters.
the only part o. the new AIuricips1
building that showed signs Of life. last
night Suddenly there was 4 Ior-5
noise, and in a few seconds a large
crowd had gathered at the corner of
Fourteenth and D streets. Expecting
to be called upon 70 solve murder
mystery. detectives hurried 10 the
scene The mystery was solved when
Il was learned that some one had for
got the Fourth was several davs ago
and had set of a giant cracker in A
house near the corner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-12
SUGGEST MEANS
TO WHIP JAPAN

japanese war talk has brought TO the
military authorities of the War and
Navy Departments a flood of novel sug-
gestons from the general public for the
humiliation OF the Oriental empire
1t wes learned yesterday that one cor
respondent suggested that pamphlets
printed in japanese, recording the Sreat-
ness Of the United States. be Ulaced in
shells and exploded as far in the in
terror of the country as the tweIve-inch
guns viii carry them Another sug-
gested that shells be loaded with poison
Gus gases to overcome the enemy when
bursting. Another wants red pepper
placed in shells that the enemy might be
blinded and easily overcome.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-12

WEBS HOUSEKEEPER

NEW YORK, July u-Hans Peter
Ingerslau, who says he is a Danish
count. Tut whose present occupation
IS gardening for the department Of
parks. obtained n license to marry
NichOline c. Prick. a housekeeper at
West Farms road and Castle FIiH ave
nue.. the Bronx.
The count, who is seventy-two years
old AMI lives at 461 East I35th street,
said that he made Mrs. Frick, who IS
forty. he Countess Of Ingerslau, but
he was not married under his full
name, and will now repeat the cere-
mony 10 assure his wife an inheritance
Of a $4,000 estate in Denmark.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-12
SPAIN PLANS NAVY
TO REPLACE LOSSES
Three Armored Cruisers and
AuXiliarieS TO Be Finished
in Seven Years.

MADRID. July 1I-FUTtheT details OF
SPANS plans for the building of a navy
10 take the place Of the one destroyed
at Santiago de Cuba were made public
today. Three armOred cruisers Of l5.c0J
tons each, three torpedo boat destroy
ers of go tons. twenty-four torpedo
boats OF $50 tons, and four gunbOats
OF 500 tons are contemplated for the
immediate future.
The new vessels are to be built at
FerroI or Carthegena and the last OF
them must be completed I'm seven years.
The competing builders must be Span
ish, but within the regulations laid
down foreign firms may participate in
the details Of the contracts.
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COMMITS SUICIDE;
FOUGHT WITH SON

CUMBERLAND, No. July II. Emil
Bauer. ST, aged sixty years, French
man. committed suicide at his home
near Berlin, few miles north OF
Fnostburg yesterday by hanging him
self from the ceiling. He had just re-
turned from a visit TO his son, Emil
Bauer. jr.. al Berlin, with whom he
quarreled.
Joseph Duckworth. aged about TWEEN
ty-tWo years. a bridegroom Of four
months. was killed in Ocean mine No.
l. near Homecoming, yesterday
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flowing comfortable robes" continued
the philosopher taking a fresh pull at
his pipe and calming down a little, Il
am in favor Of comfort"
At this point the seeker after happi-
ness humbly arose and announced that
it was his dinner time and as the phil
osOpher showed no hysterical symptoms
Of a frantic determination to have him
stay TO dinner he moved along, his feet
keeping time TO that ancient lay:
For men may come and men may go.
But l run on forever
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ROBBED OF WATCH.

Mrs. Fannie Hermann. OF loo G
street northeast. reported 10 the police
last night that she was robbed OF a
gold watch. studded with diamonds.
while in a shoe store IN Seventh street
northwest, yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
Hermann says that the watch was
pinned 10 her waist There were several
persons standing near the door when
she went Out. and she believes the
timepiece was taken by some one in the
crowd.
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Y. M. C. A. ROOF MUSICALE.

At the Saturday night entertainment
on the Y. NJ. c. A. roof garden last
evening. Edwin BOrchardt of New
York city. a member Of the Young Mems
Christian Association, gave several
violin solos, accompanied Dy Walter
Gillian.
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LOCAL MENTION.
A Favorite Desert

Every member OF the family viii eniov
Connecticut Pies as dessert for luncheon
or dinner. All good kinds at grocers'
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Born 10 Life Of Misfortune,
Patience Greater Than Iob's
Living on so Gents a Day,
John Barrett Offers Body
for $50.

Beside John Barrett. Job was an ir-
ritable and complaining person
Frowned on by fortune. but followed
closely by misfortune ali his life, tried
as few men have been tried, his faith
never has wavered. and although he has
been followed by a fate relentless and
inexorabie, since the time he slept in a
little wooden cradle in an old Connect
cut farm house, sixty-fve years ago,
the star OF hope shines as brightly for
him today as IL did when he was a
youth of twenty.
This John Barrett is not the John
Barrett OF :nternatio -IaI fame, the John
Barrett of diplomatic renOwn. He
makes no claim 20 fame. lie is plain
Jonn Barrett. OF Middletown, Conn,
now OF Washington.
What's the use II complaining he
says. and that simple philosophy ex-
presses a depth OF patience and Infinite
fOrtftude
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offered to Sell Body.

A week ago he walked into the George-
town University Hospital and proposed
that the hospital buy his body. posses
sion 70 be had when he died. The dean
Gazed at She old man in surprise The
proposition was a remarkable one. He
sent for policeman, thinking that the
gray-hairad man was contemplating
self-destr.Cfion.
John Barrett needed a few dollars TO
tide him over, and he took that means
Of securing H. INTERESTINGLY. he ac-
companied the policeman 10 the station
house, where he soon convinced the
captain that suicide was far. lar from
his mind.
II / wanted TO DO that he said. "a
car ticket would be all that was neces-
sary- II would take me TO the water.
and the passage would ,e a smooth
one"
He does not think his proposition was
an absurd one. He points out that
many times college hospitals pay $50
for bodies on which 10 experiment. ano
the money would be more useful before
he died than afterward.
1t doesn't make much difference
what happens TO our bodies after
DEATH he says in his quiet way 1t
seems to ne that if my body would be
Of any assistance 10 medical science il
would be far better than II IL were
buried -
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His Manner Mild.

John Barrett's manner is mild and
his countenance is tranquil There is
no guile in It. When YOU talk TO him
you would as soon doubt the words OF
an Innocent child. He IS the last OF
the descendants OF one OF the earliest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-12

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lob Not In II.

Job NOT In II.
The Old Testament tells Of The Won
derful patience of Job. Although sore
~ afflicted, he sat all day and never
murmur escaped his lips He has been
looked upon for ages as the persOnihca-
ton Of patience. The patience Of Job.
has come TO be considered the extrcn-
ity Of that quality in human beings
Although driven 10 a condition where
he offered to sell his body for $50, when
he saw dire want staring him in the
face. John Barrett uttered no com
plant No maledictions on economic
conditions came from him-no TRADE
against our form Of government The
anarchist and the socialist may inveigh
against them John Barrett does not
he simply accepts things as they are.
He gets along as best he can, and when
the worst comes to worst, he just bows
his venerable head and says: 1t might
be worse-there's no use Of complain
ing" On his mild and gentle face there
is a smile OF resignation. He may not
have had a bountiful breakfast. but
you never would suspect il. The gentle
smile is always present
Living Is Cheap.
Now he is living IN a little hail room
IN ID street house. His home has been
for years in Middletown. Conn. but he
says living is cheaper here. and he
loves the parks. and the trees. and the
little gray squirrels that scamper over
the grass from tree 70 tree Down in
the City Hall park the squirrels know
him. and the birds seem 10 realize that
he is too gentle TO harm them. for they
come up and share his frugal breakfast.
Every morning he is awakened by the
chattering sparrOws that come TO his
window sill and wait until he arises
and gives them some crumbs.
He Is too iIl 20 work now, but with
that well spring Of hope that is within
him ever bubbling, he feels that soon
the tide win change. that he may be
able 70 start some little business. or
that when Congress convenes next De
cember some OF the Connecticut Con-
gressmen may aid him 70 secure a posi-
ton.
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