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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27
ENGLISH ARTISTS NOT SAILORS.
For Them Tennis Is the Chief Rec
reation-Little Gulf.

From the London Globe.
The number Of English artists who take
to the sea as pastime may probably be
numbered on the fingers of one hand. and
those for the most part pursue maritime
art as a profession. 1t comes. therefore,
as a surprise to hear of French artist.
and especially one with tastes apparently
SO Partisan as NJ. Paul Helleu. having
from his youth upward INDUCED pas
sion for sailing and now in the heyday
of success flying the British flag above an
English built yacht, with Southampton as
his headquarters. 1t is given to few ar
lists to be able to afford the expense of
a vessel of considerable size, but NJ Hell
leu just now is basking in the sunshine
of prosperity and worldwide renown.
The story goes that he recently made
30 ooO francs from two etchingS that only
cost him two afternoons work. In COM
pany with NJ. Sem he will probably cross
to Trouville and other French watering
places at the close of the Cowes and
Ryde weeks.
British artists as rule affect lawn ten
mis- as recreation in preference to any
other game. AT this they attain to
level of excellence which they as body
appear unable To reach at cricket, golf or
foot ball. Mr.. Abey. r. A., for some
years captained a team of artists and has
even had a cricket week at his country
home but both these popular functions
have. we understand, been abandoned
this year. Tennis can. of course, ne more
easily practiced. especially by those ar
lists fortunate as To possess large
gardens and Mr.. Shannon. A. r. A..
even aspires To enter the lists of the pre-
mier tournament abroad. namely, HON.
burg. where lie probably at this moment
is playing a lively game on the courts
wherein for many years very promi-
nent figure was his old neighbor Van
Prinsep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27
ALCOHOL FROM PEAT.
Difficulties Which Have Recently
Been Surmounted.

oCCA
From the Engineering Magazine.
Although the normal cycle of plant
life is to return to the soil the elements
taken from it. there exist certain con-
ditions under which this process of res
titution may be suspended indefinitely.
of plant life preserved in state of
arrested decay. Deposits of vegetable
matter formed in this way are known as
peat boys. and they can exist only where
the subsoil is capable of retaining water.
the climate humid, and the mean temper
ature sufficiently high to stimulate a
rapid growth of the aquatic plants to
which the peat owes it's formation. The
result of such a combination of condi-
tions is that the decaying sedge in the
early stages of it's decomposition becomes
picked. the pickle being furnished by
the decaying vegetation itself, in the
form of certain peat acids of an antisep-
tic character which act a preventative
The important point to the alcohol man
ufacturer is that the decay of the peat
forming plant life is arrested before Its
qualities san alcohol base have become
impaired, and the early recognition of this
fact led number of investigators to try
to turn it to practical use. They were
all. however. unable to Surmount GER
tain difficulties, the character of which
they failed to understand rightly. and 1T
seems to have been reserved for Lager
helm and Frestadius to be the first to
work out satisfactory process. Their
discoveries have been corroborated by the
and if all that is claimed for them is true
they can be compared in Importance only
to such epoch-making inventions as the
BeSsemer process for making steel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27
mo MORE PHossY JAW.
White Phosphorus in Match Manu-
facture to Be Prohibited.

from Inc London Chronicle.
After many years of agitation the use
of the deadly white phosphorus in the
manufacture Of matches is soon to be pro-
hibited A bill, backed by Herbert Glad
stone and Herbert Samuel with this OBJ
Ject in view was introduced in the house
of commons last week. and fuller details
of the measure. which was issued from
the printers Saturday, will give satisfac-
ton to the thousands Of people employed
in this dangerous trade.
The governments action is the in
direct result Of the Berne labor confer
ence of September. 1906 when repre-
sentatives of France, Germany Italy
Holland, Denmark and Switzerland con-
sented to the prohibition, Great Britain
then Withholding her agreement. AS the
outcome of consultation with the manu-
facturers the promoters of the bill now
before parliament have made it possible
for less dangerous substitutes for white
phosphorus which are protected by pat
ents to be Obtaired on reasonable terms
by all manufacturers.
The use of the poisonous white phos-
phOruS is not necessary in the business
of match making. Its employment, more
over. is highly dangerous to the work
people, for it gives rise to the painful
disease of necrosis Of the jaw, commonly
known as "phossy jaw This disease
has much the same effect on those at
tackled by it as that of leprosy, and it
works the same horrible ravages on the
face and hands.
The BILL if it passes into law. will not
only forbid the use of white phosphorus
in the manufacture of matches. but will
also make 1t illegal for any one to sell
or import matches in the making of
which white phosphorus has been used
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27
Johnson, Boswell, Orange Peel.
From she London Chronicle.

From she London Chronicle
Lacy Diana Beaucierk. the second Duke
of Marlboroughs eldest daughter WIN
died August ! a century ago. was famous
for many things in her time. Horace
Walpole extravagantly praises her arts
tic genius She was the heroine of two
notorious unhappy marriages. the second
of which was to Johnsons friend Topham
Beauclerk But she is remembered now
most of all, proba bly,. because il was she
VINO dared Boswell stimulating him with
small beD to ask Johnson what he did
with the orange peels that he used to
pocket at the club after consuming the
juice Boswell saw him scrape them and
Johnson admitted that he then dried them
But Il have a great love for them was
all he would say To their use. which Bos-
well aever learnt. An earlier letter of
Johnson'S To a lady, however. recommend
ing dried and powdered orange peel in
hot port wine for Indigestion seems 10
give rhe key.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27

Drown, their tufted ears and long. curved
tusks. that all the ahorigines and even
some of the Russian settlers persist i'm the
belief that they are specimens of animals
which still live. burrowing underground
like moles. and which die the instant they
are admitted to the light.
The farther one goes northward the
more abundant do these remains become.
They are washed up with the tides upon
the Arctic shores, and some extensive
islands off the coast contain great guam
titles of fossil ivory and bones.
'Tusks which have been long or re-
peatedly exposed to the air are brittle
and unserviceable. but those which have
remained buried in the ice retain The
qualities of recent ivory and are valu-
able article of merchandise. There is a
great market for these mammoth tusks
at Yakutsk. on the Lena. from which
they find their way to the workshops OF
European Russia. and even to the ivory
carvers of Canton.
Various trinkets and works of art are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27
Tipping Custom.
From the London Chronicle.

The custom of tipping in this country
is of ancient origin. as also are the pro-
tests which it has invariably called forth.
So long ago as 1875 we find that ubiuui-
tous correspondent. Constant Reader "
complaining i'm the columns of the Times
that "if a man who has horse puts I'D
at an inn. besides the usual bill he
must at least give Is to the waiter. Sd
to the chambermaid. cd to the ostler and
Cd to the jack-bOot, making together
IS Cd. At breakfast you must give at
least Sd between the waiter and ostler
If the traveller only puts up to have a
refreshment besides paying for his
horses standing he must give Sd to the
ostler at dinner Cd to the waiter and Sd
to the ostler; at tea ed between them. so
that he gives away in the days IS Cd,
which added to the IS Cd for the night
makes IS per day on an average to serv-
ants"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27
IVORY FROM SIBERIA.
Mastodons Whose Skeletons Are
Found in Rivers and Swamps.

From the YOUTHS Companion
Siberia furnishes a large quantity of
ivory to the markets of the world. but
the production of it belongs to another
age and to species of animal that does
not now exist The ivory is cut from the
tusks Of mastodons. whose skeletons are
found frozen in masses of ice or buried
in the mud of Siberian rivers and
swamps The northern portion of the
country abounds In extensive boys which
are called urmans. In these are found
the tusks of the mastodon. from which it
is inferred that these animals lost their
lives by venturing upon a surface that
would not bear their weight. OF this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27
region and it's products DR.. Charles Wen

Even to wild animals these urmans
are forbidden ground. The nimble- step
ping broad-hoofed reindeer can sometimes
cross them safely in the summer time.
but most other large animals attempting
to do so would quickly be engulfed. and
this may be a partial explanation of the
remains of mammoth and rhinoceros,
which are so abundant and so widely diff
fused through these northern marsh lands
of Siberia.
"In the museum at TObolSk are numer-
Gus specimens of mammoth, and through
out this region they are by no means
rare. When an ice pack breaks down a
river bank or floods tear up a frozen
marsh or the summer thaw penetrates a
little more deeply than usual into the
ground some of these antediluvian mon
sters are very likely to be exposed.
I'm many cases the remains are so
fresh and we'll preserved with their dark
shaggy hair and underwood of reddish
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27
Richest Girl in Oklahoma.
he Wall Street Journal,

T TOm INC All StftPt JOHrhdI.
Ruth Tate Brady of Oklahoma is the
richest girl in the far west. She is twelve
years old and has in her own right an in
come of 500 day. Her mother was a
half-blood Cherokee Indian. Miss Brady
received 800 acres of public land on the
allotment. and on this tract oil wells
have been developed producing daily 1000
barrels of oil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27

is shown in the accompanying cut, which
has been recently embodied in patent
granted to Il Chicago woman.
In this. the paneled end of the piano
case is made in the shape of an unob-
strusive door. When this is opened a
number of shallow receptacles of such
shape and dimensions as to receive the
sheets. which are usually of standard
size. are revealed. The proportions of
this swinging shelf are such as to ac-
commodate four pockets. each of which
will hold sixty Of seventy pieces of
music.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27
MUSIC RACK IN THE PIANO.
Handy Arrangement for Disposition
of the Necessary Sheets.

The piano student is not long in ac-
cumulating great amount of music and
the disposition of this material Is always
a problem in the household of ordinary
proportions. OF course. it is possible to
secure by purchase music racks and cab
inets in variety of forms and sizes, and
among the devices of this character there
is the combination stool and cabinet, in
which a moderate amount of music may
be readily stored. But an exceedingly
unique scheme for meeting this problem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27

made of these remains and are sold at
the shops and especially at the museum
mementos of visit to this graveyard
of the mammoth One of the favorite
curios very accurately resembled slices
of Russian bread and cheese. But the
bread is really transverse section OF
one of the long bones of a mammoth. and
the cheese piece OF ivory from his tusk
The two joined together were sold at a
price which enabled the ingenious con-
triver to obtain for himself many times
their weight of the homely fare which
they simulated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27

Irving Beal. w. q. Clark and Alfred
Goodshine. three white prisoners in the
make their escape by cutting through the
walls of the prison. When their plot was
discovered they had completed their work
with the exception of removing one layer
of bricks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27

W. L. Rupert of the Westernport steam
bakery. Westernport, Md. was badly
burned about the head by an explosion
of natural gas that had accumulated in
the oven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27
EMNANTS
Ribbon remnants

All the remnants meet tomorrow
for final parting. RIBBONS
TIED INTO BOWS FREE OF
CHARGE at Ribbon Counter.
SILK RIBBONS for use in bead
ing. all shades. Il to g in. -
widths. To close tomorrow, uN
to, 2 in. SILK RIBBONS, e.
all shades: useful width; o.
10 close tomorrow, yd.......
3 to 4 in. RIBBONS, in
Guiding plain and satin ~
taffeta. all colors. To Il VIC
close, yd.
to 6 in. RIBBONS. in
Guiding plain and satin 4 l.
Taffeta. Failletines and QDG
MeSsalines. To close. I'd.
First Floor-Bargain Tables.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27

Geo. r. Spangler was crushed to death
by a fall of coal in the Corona mine at
Clarksburg. w. Va. yesterday morning
while engaged i'm removing mine props.
George Washington Coleman aged
twenty-seven years. a miner, was found
with a bullet hole through his heart in the
rear of the residence of his mother at
Charlestown. Nd. suburb OF Lonacon-
ing last night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27

Snaps i'm
housefurnishings
All are slightly damaged articles.
sold subject to damages. A bit of
tinkering will make them as good
as ever and as though you paid
the full price for them.
GALVANIZED WASH TUBS. in
all sizes, all slightly damaged.
Regular 49c to Csc On
tubs. Remnant price, aVVC
STEPLADDERS. in several
sizes, slightly damaged.
Former prices from 12c to
20c a foot. Tomorrow re- &c
duced to, a foot.
CURTAIN STRETCHERS. some
Slightly damaged. others very much
soiled Sold formerly from ~
S125 to 500. Tomor- AlVC
row, reduced to............
CLOTHES HORSES. all dam
aged little, several
sizes Sold from 49c to ~
SOC each. Tomorrow. re- Z5C
duced to-.
Third Floor ousefurnishings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27

CAMP PERRY. Ohio. August 21.-The
last day of the rifle tournament opened
with the unfinished national individual
match, in which DOrtch of the Navy
team was leading at the conclusion of
yesterdays skirmish and rapid-fire
stages. The conditions were perfect.
The pistol match. the final contest of
the meeting. was begun at ; o'clock
with 100 contestants. This match was
won last year by Midshipman Willis j.
Lee. jr.. of indianapolis.
The Coconino sun., 1908-12-25
HE WAS POOR ONCE.

The little hero of the following incident did moi belong to me. In fact, from his appearance think he belonged to no one in particular. l am equally sure that the fact of his loneliness had no terrors for him. He was . ragged little urchin selling pa- pcrs on busy downtown corner 4 siyiishly gowned woman amid the hurrying ihrong dropped her pock- rtlook. Quick as a flash the boy Seizcd it and hurried after her. Touching bis cap. he handed her the heavy purse.
 She thankcd him very gracioasly and handed him q nirkel. In a tone equally grac ouS le responded: "Aw keep your nickel 1 was poor once myself. ."--Del ncntor.
The Coconino sun., 1908-12-25
IN A NUTSHELL.

Robbie" said the history teacher, ''you may tell two of the most ius- portant events in the life of George Washington"
 "Well," said Johnnie, swaying un- easily on his feet, "to begin with he was-er-well, he was born."
 The teacher smiled. "Well, per- haps that was an important event, '" she said. "It would be useless to deny that, and we will let it go for one of them. Now tell me another"
 Robbie shifted his position, rubbed one of the freckles on his nose re- fectively, and went on:
 "And then -er---and then he--and then he died" he said.- -Harper's Weekly.
The Coconino sun., 1908-12-25
GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR WOOD
dea from Sweden Might Be Utilized to Advantage h tho
 United States.

Although Sweden is country of unusually extensive forests, in pro portion to it's size, and is, therefore, better able than many other coun- tries to stand a strain upon it's wood products, it is found here that cer- tain reeds form a much cheaper ma terial than wood laths in the plaster ing of ceiling and wooden walls of buildings.
 These reeds are of the common kind, known to botanists as phrag- mites communis, and as they grow wild in large quantities almost every where in central and southern Swe- den, on the borders of lakes. ponds, rivers, smaller water courses and in marshy places, it is thought that builders and farmers in the United States might do well to look into the entire proposition with view of seeing whether these or smaller needs, that may undoubtedly grow wild also in the United States. could not be utilized for the same purpose and their growth artifcially eulti- vated and extended. This would give rise not only to a cheaper building material, but to an industry of grow ing and harvesting the reeds, and manufacturing them into a sort of mating, where this is found prefer able to using them in their raw state in building operations.
The Coconino sun., 1908-12-25
sTuNa.

Rich Dad--Well, Louisa, you got orr count at last.
 ihughier-Yss, pa; aren't you lad?
 Rich Dad--I don't mind the sunt. but the counts accounts are ,pmething fierce.
The Coconino sun., 1908-12-25
Dol if now

Don't put it off until some other time; it won't take you but d moment. Mark your brands on one If these critters and send it in. If you want additional brands run we will have cuts made at reasonable prices,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-21

The stopping Of projectile always
results in the generation Of heat. The
velocity and weight Of projectile be-
ing known, the amount of heat devel-
oped by its stoppage can be calculated.
In the case of large bodies moving
rapidly the result Of the calculation is
something astounding. For example,
the earth weighs 100000, 100000 tons
and travels in its orbits at the rate OF
over eighteen miles second. Should
1t strike a target strong enough to. stop
It's motion the heat developed by the
shock would be sufficient not merely to
fuse the earth, but also to reduce q
large portion Of 1t to vapor. 1t has
been calculated that the amount OF
heat generated by collision so colos-
sal would equal that obtained from
the burning of fourteen globes OF coal
each equal to the earth In size. And
should the earth after its stoppage fall
into the sun, as 1t certainly would do,
the amount Of heat developed by its
impact on the sun would be equal to
that generated by the combustion of
1000 earths Of solid carbon.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-21
Danton and the Organ Grinders.

Paris has more than once made war
on organ grinders. There, as here, they
have their enemies and also their
champions. The war, however, is an
old one, and politicians had time to at
tend to 1t even at the height Of the
revolution.
No less a man than Danton then took
the part Of the musicians.
"Citizens," he cried from the tribunal,
II hear that an attempt is being made
to prevent the organ grinders Of Bar
barry from playing their tunes as usual
Do you think, then, that the streets OF
Paris are too gay? Have the. people Of
Paris too many songs on their lips?
One after another our liberties are be-
ing wrested from u.s. Leave us at
least the liberty of listening to the or
gans of Barbary, of hearing from them
our fayorite songs and refrains."
Danton was guillotined for reasons
with which this speech had nothing to
do, but the grafton containing these
sentiments was the last that he had
the opportunity of delivering as a
member of the convention.-Westmin-
ster Gazette.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-21

Who Is the greatest man who has
ever lived? The question went round
a dinner table, and controversy ragged
from the fish onward. There were
two who pumped for julius Caesar,
two more for Napoleon; one, thinking
OF statues, said Shakespeare, and some
body else, who did not get hearing at
all, murmured Buddha at intervals,
while most Of the people present who
did not know Greek said Aeschylus.
But Aristotle won easily. 1t was not
a particularly scholarly assemblage.
and one wondered rather how many OF
Aristotle's enthusiastic devotees could
have quoted accurately from him-had
ever read him, indeed-since they left
college. And all the while probably
the greatest man of all ages Is pegging
away among US unnoticed, unrecogniz-
ed, while we snapshot and interview
all the little men or go back to some
one who has been dead long enough for
us to find out that we may safely
praise him.-London Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-21
Hotel Accommodations In India.

All over the world Indian hotels
have a bad name to any one who has
been used to moderate degree of COM
fort and good feeding. They are for
the most part a disgrace. Why people
should have to pay from 10 rupees to
25 rupees day in the cold season and
from rupees to II rupees day in the
hot season without receiving comfort
and good feeding seems at first difficult
to answer As a rule, the feeding is
most inferior, badly served up, table
cloths and napkins frequently dirty,
not to speak Of the knives, forks.
spoons and tumblers Bedrooms are
badly looked after. and unless one has
a very smart bearer it is difficult to re-
ceive proper attention. All this should
not be for such prices as people pay
In many third rate boarding houses in
England one could get presumably as
good as what is got in some of the
so called first class hotels in Calcutta
India Public Health.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-21
How Ions Do Dreams Lastf

How long do dreams last? A Ger
man savant is investigating the mat
ter. But there is scarcely dolt who
could not give him points and has not
dreamed centuries in seconds. The
dream, it may be stated, comes in the
few seconds before the awakening
and has no relation to time or space.
This is clear enough to the man who
has ever been placed under an anaes-
thetic for a short while and found
time and space eliminated.
AS an experiment this writer was
placed under Whit of chloroform by
a doctor. Absolute Inconsistencies
supervened, then return OF con-
seriousness, the questions of the uni
verse, up through layers of conscious
ness, with always the feeling, Now
have solved it." and the mo" and the
Eyes alternating through centuries OF
thought. and then the quizzical face
of the doctor, remembered after a mil
lion years. How long have you been
under?" The experimenter struggled
I'D and saw the doctor with his watch
in hand. Ten seconds" the doctor
said. and the dreamer had been out
side time for time that has no meas
ure.-London Chronicle.