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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-04-21
For Sale.

Timothy Hay. Inquire of
M. H. TINKER.
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was an infallible restorer of strength and
Garnet Good for Fever.

The garnet lowered the highest and
most dangerous fever. the moonstone
cured epilepsy. the ruby was a disinfect-
ant the sapphire healed insanity. the to-
paz stopped the pain of burns. the tour-
maine stopped the toothache, the tur-
quo1se prevented bruises-and the latter
gem would also tell the hour by strokes
if held against wineglass. Ametbyst
When placed in cup of wine rendered
the liquid non-intoxicant. and pearls be-
ing the Tears of heaven have always
been accepted as conducive to emotional
ISM AS for emeralds they had legion
or superstitions attached to them-when
worn by celibate they We're supposed to
render their owner invisible. They were
universally believed to register the ffdeI-
lty of lovers by their waxing or waning
Color These are but a few of the thou
SAND and one beliefs which chung to gems
during the middle ages. To this day
many OF the superstitions are half-be-
iieved: 1T is doubtful whether anything
mas amXed the fairy tales and fictions Of
the world as have Jewels.
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Doctors Incomes.
From American Medicine

From American Medicine
The shrinking incomes of medicai men
Furnish legitimate reasons for serious ap-
nrebension. 1t may be true that generai
economic conditions are somewhat re-
snonsible for the particularly notlceaoie
,mnecuniosity of the profession at this
time. Physicians rarely get their money
until every one else is paid, ana Wheh
tho grocer. butcher, florist and confec-
toner have to wait, how can the dector
expect any consideration? But that for
al least five years the average medicai
income has been steadily decreasing Is
the disconcerting fact To settle on any
one cause or group of causes is impos-
sible. little thought however, VIII GER
tainly suggest aside from the increase
of doctors and the growth or new
SCHOOLS some modern features OF med
fcal practice as possible factors In con-
dition that is daily growing worse IN
stead of better. Not the least prominent
are ledge and club practice and the abuse
of hospital charity. 1t is high time that
the profession realized the growth OF
these evils and took active steps TO avert
the dangers that threaten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02

Low and Thomas ]. Abbott, clerks. The
names of Richard Colt. Columbus Mon
roe of the subsistence department, r. N.
Barbarin of Georgetown, }. EveleIh anu
r. Cruik shanks. engineers, under Col: j..
G. Totten; George Bender. Morris Adler'
ordnance, under Capt. Talcott; }. COOS
horo Rruff J. P Keller. Charles Tschl1-
fely of the Typographical engineers, oi.
J. j. Albert are some who had Tong serV-
ice. as we'll as the messengers, Joseph
Williamson, Charles Baker, George
Phelps, Joseph Schwartz James II. COL
Inns. O. B. Denham, George Thompson
and Nathan Mulliken. Several OF the TAT
ter came through detail from the army.
Mr. Baker long lived at the southwest
corner of 18th and l. streets. where he erect
ed a frame cottage, which is still stand
ing Messrs Phelps, on 10th street. VII
hanson. ON l street; Schwartz. on leth
street. were we'll known residents OF the
first ward Mr. Thompson mao iong
served on the works of the engineers ana
was the father of the late John w.
Thomson of the Navy Yard section
For many years he was member or NC
Kendree Church, in which he died Whiie
attending a netting nearly IhTty Years
ago Mr. Mulliken long lived on u street
east of 14th street. and FOR years was d
member Of Foundry NJ. f. Church and
also prominent as an Odd Fellow. Mr..
Denham was one of several brothers
horn and reared on 14th street south OF
the avenue.
Spent Life in Service.
Gen. Daniel Parker who had before re-
sided on Goth street near G street. was
then living on F street near the Treasury,
and, under Gov. Marcy, was chief clerk.
There were less than a dozen clerks,
some of whom were Archibald Campbell.
Nathan Rice of F street east of 7th
street, Charles Calvert and John Potts.
living near 10th and 1 streets Mr.. Cal
vert as a boy was in the military service,
and spent his entire manhood in the de-
parment, rearing here large family, of
which Mr.. F. G. Calvert survives.
The Indian bureau had grown to some
fifteen clerks under Commissioner Medell.
Among these were Samuel H. Porter,
Hezekiah Miller, Charles E. Mix, Samuel
j. Potts, W. B. and Townsend Waugh
and L. II. Bergman. Mr.. Mix had then
been but few years here, but saw much
service, becoming afterward chief clerk
and commissioner.
Mr.. Edwards was at the head of the
pension Office then, with George w.
Crump as chief clerk and ten others.
Mr.. Crump then lived on 9th street near
G street, and of the others Daniel Brown
was on 18th near 1 street, Rev. F. s..
Evans on NJ street east of 10th street; w.
Ogden Miles, 18th street near l street.
Charles Hibbs of Massachusetts, avenue
west of 4th street was the messenger.
JAMES CROGGON.
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Lost in Paris.


An amusing story is told of an English
man in Paris. After some hours of sight
seeing, one day he lost his way and could
not get back to his hotel. He asked first
one and then another. but the foreigners
apparently did not understand their own
language At last, in sheer disgust, he
tore a leaf out of his pocketbook, wrote
upon ii the name of his hotel, and silently
presented it to the next passerby. The
man looked at him compassionately
beckoned him to follow. and without q
word they proceeded up one street and
down another. Finally the wanderer saw
the door OF his hotel, and forgetting in his
relief and gratitude all the difficulties OF
the language, he turned to his companion
and said, THANK you very much. I an
greatly Obliged to you. The other stared
at him I'm amazement. and then blurted
out. You duffer. why didn't you speak
before? ! thought you were deaf and
dumb" The good Samaritan was of his
own nationality.
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MISSOURI'S OLD MEN.
Veterans Upon Whom the Weight
of Years Rests Lightly.

From the Kansas City Star.
Missouri is said to be the state of old
men because there are more old men
actively engaged in business and profess
sional affairs in this state than in any
other. Visitors to Missouri always are
impressed with this fact and more than
one traveller has commented upon the
longevity of Missourians, and, as one
facetious New Yorker expressed it. Won
dered why the Almighty gives Missourians
a longer span of life than the threescore
and ten years which lie has allotted to
the rest of mankind.
One of the most noted old men in the
state is former Gov. Norman j. Coleman
of ST. Louis, the first United States Secre-
tary of Agriculture. and the man who
has done more than any one else to intro
duce scientific methods of agriculture into
this country. At eighty-one years of age
Gov. Coleman edits and manages an agri-
cultural journal and carries on expert
mental work in agriculture and horticul-
ture with all his former enthusiasm.
Dr. W. T. Moore, seventy-six years old
resides in Columbia. He is yet active as
writer. preacher and educator, and is
one of the stalwarts Of the Christian
church.
lumbia. is considerably past eighty and
is yet conspicuous for his geological work.
Col. r. T. Van Horn, Joseph S. Chick
and Judge Edward H. Stiles of Kansas
City are old men of great activity of
mind and body. Col. Van Horn is the
oldest of the three, being in his eighty
fifth year, and is still an industrious
writer. Mr.. Chick is eighty years of age.
He is in the real estate business and never
misses a day at the office if he is in
Kansas City. Judge Stiles Is the boy
of the trio. being only seventy-two He
Is an active lawyer.
Col. j. c. Crawley of Keytesville is a
practicing lawyer at eighty-three. He is
one of the few Missourians who remem-
bers Thomas Fl. Benton's great speech at
Boonville over sixty years ago. Col.
John y. Southern of Independence, seven
ty years old, and former Judge Warwick
Hough, seventy-eight years old. and Judge
Chester H. krum, seventy-siX years old.
the Missouri bar who continue prominent
in the legal affairs OF the state in spite
| of their weight of years.
The oldest member Of the Missouri gen.
eral assembly is Judge John F. Organ Of
Dent county. He is seventy years of age
and an active and powerful politician of
southern Missouri.
DIR. j. p. Gray of California Manitou
county. is practcing medicine at seventy
eight years of age, and the Rev. DR.. T. p.
| Haley of Kansas City, is preaching the
gospel at eighty-one years of age.
The dean of this corps of veteran Mis-
sourians, however, is Judge Elijah II.
| Norton of Platte City. who, at the age of
| eishty-six. is vigorous in mind and body
and continues to take an active part in
| the legal affairs of the state.
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LEGENDS OF ANCIENT GEMS
MIDDLE AGES SUGGESTIONS
CONCERNING RARE STONES
Medical Properties Ascribed to the
Chalcedony and Sardonyx by
Assyrians and Egyptians.

From the Manchester Guardian.
In ancient days the gems which we ac-
count precious were almost unknown. The
Assyrian and Egyptian gems were OF
chalcedony, sardonyx. lapis lazuli and so
on. The more valuable varieties contained
jewel-matrix, and there was no attempt to
cut them in such fashion as best to ex-
hibit their intrinsic beauties. They were,
however. very deliberately cut usually in
symbolic form since their chief useful
ness was as seals. The stones were prob
ably found in the beds of the streams and
treasured for their transparency, color or
hardness; and it was only as the ancents
followed the rivers and brooks to their
upland sources that they found the gems
of greater beauty hidden in the noun
tains.
The Assyrian cylinder seals have come
to the American public through the col
lection in the Museum Of Art. They form
one OF the most interesting and beauti-
full classes Of gems in the world. When
an Assyrian desired to set down certain
things in writing he summoned the scribe
who formed square of clay, inscribed
1t with the requisite intelligence in Gu
nelform characters, and while the clay
was still wet rolled the seal over the
blank parts of the square. Then it was
seal into the seal ring is rather curious
and interest ing. The hollow cylinder hol-
low in the middle, grew more and more
definitely into the form of ring which
could be carried on chain. In other
words. the hole grew bigger and bigger.
until the thing was a complete ring of
metal with the seal attached to one side
Of it.
From Ruins of Babylon.
These early seal jewels. exquisitely cut,
are among the rarest of gems today. One
of the most beautiful and most ancient Is
the property of Daniel Zado Noorian, the
excavator of Babylon. through whose
hands passed most of the Metropolitan
collection. 1t represents the prowess of
Nimrod, the Mighty Hunter before the
Lord, and was cut not later than 400
years before Christ. Composed Of lapis
lazuli, and Of an unusually deep blue, 1t
contemplate. for 1t is cut with a celicacy
and strength which modern artist despair
of emulating. The ancient gems. all stood
for something vital and significant.
The Egyptian gems were also carved
usually into scarabs. swastikas, royal
cartoucheS, and SO on. Indeed, the aban-
doning of cutting designs upon jewels did
not gain favor for long time. The in
taglio was also a favorite throughout Eu-
rope, and it was from the orient proper
tnat the great uncut gems came 10 rulnll
their gorgeous and sinister destinies. Jew
els were used as ransoms and money in
the middle ages-and above all as tails
mans, with extraordinary curative or pre-
ventive powers They were closely affil<
lated with the craft of alchemy, and
were seriously prescribed as remedies for
the plague. eye troubles. nerve weakness
and nearly all other illsJ Agate was be-
lieved to have the power of counteracting
poisons. amber was supposed to cure
sore throat and ague. hloodstone stopped
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FISHERMEN BLESS THE SEA.
Quaint Custom That Is Observed An.
nually at Ostend.

From the Kansas City Star
One OF the attractions of the f.shion-
able season at Europe's queen of water
ing places" Ostend. is the annual cere-
mony of blessing the sea- Taking place
early In July, it forms a fitting overture
~ R, rne grand performance provided by the
european aristocracy that frequents the
Famous Belgian resort during the sicceed
ing summer months
Inc ceremony is one of the many popu.
lar manifestations of the Church of Rome.
arranged TO suit local conditions After
high mass at the principal local church
-dignlfied by the name of Cathedral
procession is formed outside This pro-
cession IS composed of the most conglom-
crate elements; besides the usual Choir
listers and priests there are hundreds az
hsherfolk and their children The organ
lzers appear to gather up every family i'm
the poorer quarters of the town. Then
Dy way OF making them realize their great
good fortune. the youngsters ere either
dressed as some saint or else thew are
allowed to carry a banner or a candle IA
nigh noon). or to support one Of the cor
ners of portable platform carrying a
nisniy panied and gilded statue of the
virgin or of one of the numerous saints of
the sea. party of fishermen in every-
day clothes is perhaps the most original
part of the whole cortege except that
there are too few of them. After passing
through the town the whole parade with
the bishop and other leading clergy at n.
head. proceeds backward
III one has the luck to keep abreast OF
the head of the procession and to emerge
at the sea front with it the sight will not
readily be forgotten. On the beach are
thousands of people in fashionable toilets
and In rough fustian, the count mingling
with the sailor, the marchioness with the
hshwife. In the offing one sees hundreds
of sailing craft and steam yachts. On
bright day and with the whole place be-
tagged and decorated the sight is .
striking one.
When the clergy reach a platform bear
ing a communion table, and the process.
sion forms up in an irregular square
around 1t, there is a little service, the
central point of which is blessing of the
four cardinal points of the compass by the
bishop. Then this dignitary turns sea-
ward and spreading out his hands chants
a prayer of thanksgiving. then one of sup
plication on behalf of all those that go
down to the sea In ships. Al he ceases
the cannon on the opposite side of the
harbor-the fog guns that are used as
harbor guides in bad weather-thundef
forth confirming reply to the bencdic-
ton.
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Woman Workers in Glasgow.

From the Penny Magazine.
Lately great dissatisfaction has existed
in Glasgow-and justly-among the wom-
an workers. Conditions of labor in what
is next to London, the most populous
city in Great Britain are almost as bad
as they can be- Glasgow, the CONNER
cial and manufacturing metropolis of
Scotland, has reason to be ashamed of
the way in which it treats it's women.
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To Be Pitied.

FROM the Queen.
True philanthropy, of course. embraces
every sort and condition of sufferer, but
we cannot help feeling that the class to
be pitied and relieved the most is that
of women of good family. women of birth
and breeding, who through adverse cir
cumstances are forced to face the world
quite unprepared to earn or get living.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
Owls Under a Ban.
n the London standar

From the London Standard
The usual crusade is going on against
the harmless necessary owl The good
he does in consuming endless voles.
shrews. moles and mice Is ignored or
forgotten; the evil laid to his charge lis
exaggerated q hundredfold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
JAPANESE ART AND LIFE
ARTISTS TRULY REFLECT THE
IDEALS OF THE PEOPLE.
Esthetic Taste Turns It's Attention
Mainly to the Interests of
Everyday Activities.
From Current Literature.

From Current Literature.
The art of no country reflects so truly
the life of its people as does the Japa-
nese And the racial idiosyncrasies of
Japanese civilization must be studied if
We seek an Interpretation of the unique
qualities of Japanese art. So writes Mr..
j. Ingram Bryan. professor in the I'M
perial College Of Nagasaki. If the west
ern mind finds the art of the Japanese
lacking in 1.-The note of universally which
characterzes the noblest esthetic achieve
ments of the worlds great masters" the
reason is to be found in the fact that
''for centuries the mind of the nation has
not been permitted to follow the bent of
nature and taste in matters of thought
but has been compelled to think along
certain lines and within prescribed lin
it's For ten centuries in feudal Japan
'multitudinous laws. rigidly enforced.
were brought to bear on the minutest de-
tails of life; and the development of per-
sonal taste had to be under the prescribed
conditions. The vision of the in
dividual was narrowed by unalterable
custom, to the petty sphere deemed ap-
propriate to his profession and social
standing. In the Albany Review U1on-
dom Prof. Bryan develops the conse-
quences of this traditionalism in the sphere
of art and literature Thus:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-02
LOOKING BACKWARD
Some Interesting Chat About
the Days That Were.
IN LOCAL DEPARTMENTS
When Government Workshops Were
Few and Force Small.
AND HISTORY IN THE MAKING
Old Washington Families Feel
Proud of Traditions Dating Back
to Good Old Days.

When the War Department took up its
work in this city on the removal of the
government here in 1900 it was under
Secretary Samuel Dexter of Massachu-
sets. and did not have a force of two
dozen. Nearly half were of the account
ants division, whose duties later became
those Of the second and third auditors OF
the Treasury. Though small was the per-
sonnet under Mr.. Dexter and under Gen.
Henry Dearborn, who followed for. eight
years. there were some here of large in
fuence, and a number of old families to-
day feel proud of the traditions dating
back to those days. Not a few of them
aside from the important work of the de-
partment, figured otherwise in the ma
tfon's history, to say nothing of local an
nails covering half century.
Think! Only Ten Clerks.
Among the ten clerks was John New
man, who occupied the chief clerkship,
and later figured in the Lewis and Clark
expedition to the northwest, in which his
services were meritorious. Hezekiah
Rogers was another, and afterward as a
military storekeeper had much to do with
the shops and stores at Greenleafs point
and the establishment of the Washington
arsenal prior to the war of 1912, and Is
rael Loring had been a merchant in Phil
adelphia. The accountant was William
Simmons, one Of Washington's appointees
originally as chief clerk of the auditor for
the Treasury. Mr.. Simmons was the chief
accountant through the war of 1872.
There were nine assistants, headed by
the we'll known Peter Hagner, who en-
tered the service in Washington's day,
serving through all successive administra-
tons till 1850, then resigning by reason OF
age. having held the third authorship
from it's creation in 1917. Mr.. Hagner set
tied near Pennsylvania avenue and 18th
street, rearing family of ten children,
of whom is Judge A. B. Hagner. who was
long a member of the bar and is now a
retired justice of the Supreme Court of the
District, residing on the original posses
SionS Three of the seven sons became
officers of the army. one of them reaching
the rank of general, being retired in 1881
after a service of forty years. The elder
was one of the founders of ST. John s
Episcopal Church. and the family name
has been continuous on its register.
John Abbott of Georgetown went from
the accountants Office to the third audi
tors Office. long serving there. and the
family name was long continued here.
Robert Ellis, living in the Seven build
ings, went from here to the second audi
tors Office, as did James Eakin, who was
long the chief clerk there.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-23
Company Inspection.

Company G will hold their annual
inspection on Saturday. At this time
will also be held the examination for
commissioned officers. The commits
stoned officers who will take the ex-
animation are Captain Ludwig Rop-
err; First Lieutenant Hal Shadduck,
and Second Lieutenant Geo. Erick-
son.
The company has been notified
that 25 special target rifles, % cali
bre, have been billed to it from Boise
with a number of TARGETS and ten
thousand cartridges. The company
will commence indoor practice as
soon as these supplies arrive.
The company on the first OF the
coming month will move into their
new quarters at the Athletic club,
which has been fitted up for them.
They will continue in these new
quarters until September LIST, when
they will move into the new armory,
which the state has agreed to con
struct and have ready for them on
that date.
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Il didn't w.rk-

A man who had been out Of work
for a long time suddenly recollected
reading a story Of a clerk who applied
for a situation He was courteously
told that there was not a vacancy, and
as be turned away he stopped and
picked up a pin from the floor. The
employer, struck By the action, called
him back and said: you seem a care
full sort Of man. Call back tomorrow,
and we VIII give you a Job"
Our hero therefore determined to
Popy this mans example, and next day
saw him standing before a large man
nfacturer, having previously dropped a
pin on the floor.
Getting the usual reply that there
was no vacancy, he turned away and
then. like the other man, stopped and
picked up q pin But the result was
different
Here, Henry" shouted the employ
e. see this fellow or the premises!
A man who steals a pin would steal
mythtngF'-PeaBOn's Weekly.
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Whittier's Loneliness.

He was essentially a lonely man.
Romantic by temperament, susceptible
to feminine charms and exactly consti-
tuted for the happiness of love and do
nestle life, he was doomed to augtere
celibacy. Filled with curiosity for dis
tant places and having as contempora-
ries Irving, who spent over twenty
ears of his life in Europe; Cooper, who,
,esides his voyages, lived abroad seven
successive years; Bryant, who made
Tx excursions to the old world; Long
fellow, who knew Europe perhaps bet
ter than his native land, Whittier's
travels were bounded on the north by
the limits of New England, on the east
by the neighboring shore, on the south
by Washington and on the west by
Harrisburg. Brought up a Quaker, he
was cut on from the cheerful human
activities of New England churches, the
most prominent feature of village so
cial life. The curse OF constant head
aches and chronic insomnia made him
almost a prisoner, or. as Barrett Wen
dell phrases 1t, he was generally trou-
bled by that sort Of robust poor health
which frequently accompanies total alb
sttnence' But with all these discour-
agements, privations and enforced re-
nunciations, he seems to have preserv-
ed the temperament OF a beautiful
child. - Professor W. l. Phelps in
North American Review.