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lowed monument to departed chlvalry. 1t
was in this house that President Madison
and his wife lived after the burning OF
the White House by the British in 1914
In those days its wide halls rang to the
echo of feminine laughter and clinklng
glasses for ii the center OF the so
cial gayeties of the capital.
Memories Of the past Still haunt the
great rooms of the house. The octagon
house is considered one of the haunted
houses of the District. and 1t is said by
the credulous that the spirits of the old
slaves who died in the pens that were sit
uated in its once capacious grounds sun
haunt the premises, ringing bells to an
nounCe their presence.
on the southeast corner of 18th ana U
streets there stands a plain three-Story
brick building. with a long j.. that was
once the home of Edward Everett. when,
after his service in the House of Repre-
sentatives from 1894 to 1884 and his sue
ceeding governorship of Massac husetts,
he was appointed Secretary of State, un-
der President Fillmore, succeeding to the
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Spending 1t in New York.

Upton SINCLAIR, the noted young
- novelist. said the other day of d
spendthrft poet:
He is very witty fellow. Recently
he became quite destitute. In his garnet
in New York he lived for some weeks on
bread and olive oil. His friends talked of
taking up a collection to serd him to Cam
ada. where he had influential friends who
would give him work.
Il reported this project to the young
bohemian, but he scoffed at it.
WHO would emigrate to Canada he
said. ii he had the money to emisrate
with?''
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Mrs HENRY FARMAN, the wife Of
4V1 the noted aeronaut, said In an IN
terview in New York:
What | particularly like about you
Americans is your naivete. This naivete
often makes selfish traits seem quite
charming. For instance:
Il lunched the other day with a Brook
lyn woman. After luncheon. as we took
our coffee in the drawing room. my host
ess' SON. Il little lad in white, came In.
He talked to me politely for while,
then he crossed the room to his mother.
Ma he said in his little hard, nasal
voice. did You buy Harold birthday
present when YOU were ont this morning.?
Yes. dear said his mother.
And, ma he went on, what did you
buy to pacify me cause it ain't my
Dirt hday?''
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that they make provided certain condi-
tions are correct and the time is well
chosen 1t will not do to go rushing up
to the top of the world Just Tor the
sake of getting a wish any tlhe OF
anyhow One must get there Just on
the minute or be disappointed The ut
tie girl who in this story went to the
top of the world by means OF an arr
ship under the guidance of the Man
with the Growly Voice" had very ex-
citing time I'D there and finally got her
best wish of all, which was that she
should get home and find things Just
as they were before. She had some ad-
ventures that it would never pay skep-
teal people to read. as. of course. they
won't believe them. but then, skeptical
people are unkind to themselves be-
cause If they had only a little more
faith they could have much better
time Any one who reads this book with
faith will enjoy it from cover to cover.
THE MAKING OF IRELAND AND IT'S
UNDOING. I2OO-18OO BY Alice
Stopford Green London: Macmiilan
& Co New York: The Macmillan
Company.
tfNTANY reasons" says the author or
AVA this instructive work. have
prevented the writing of Irish history.
The invading people effaced the monu-
ments of a society they had determined
to eXtirpate and effectively eXtln-
guished the memory of that civilizatlo1
that it will need a generation OF stu
dents to recover and interpret Its rec
ords The people of the soil have been
in their Subjugation debarred from the
very sources of learning and from the
opportunities of study and association
which are necessary for the historical
scholar. The subject. too. has tran
seconded the courage of the Irish patriot.
Histories of nations have been inspired
in times of hope and confidence when
the record of triumph has klndled the
writer's and giaddened the readers. The
only story of decline and ALI was
composed when the dividing width OF
Europe with the span of a dozen CEN
the heir of the Conquering race. en-
couraged the historian to describe the
catastrophe of a ruined state. Thus the
history of the Irish people has been
left unrecorded, though it had never
been; as though. indeed. according to
some the history were one of dlshonor
and rebuke.
The historian looks upon Ireland from
a broader point of view than that which
sees only violence. blOodShed, anarchy.
bitter controversy and other destructive
forces She seeks the constructive ele-
ments which. despite all the great mis-
fortunes that have been piled upon that
most unhappy isle. have remained po-
tent for the uplift of the people. With
patriotic sympathy for the sufferlngs
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Too Fair for Use.

NTHE late Bishop Potter" said a
famous beauty at dinner in
New York, could pay charming COM
pliments. He paid me charming COM
pliment when l was a young girl.
1T was at country house in Vermont.
Bishop Potter very busy in the
library one morning when l entered. He
al once asked me to help him-he gave
me a list of charity subscriptions to
add up.
LAS l set to work Bishop Potter, bend
ing over me, said:
You must forgive me. l have grave
computations about asking you to do
anything useful. 1t is as If one should
eat hash from a gold dish carved by
Benvenuto Cellini. or use for q napkin a
square of Venetian lace"
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Tact.
ffTHE late Ira D. Sa

ItTHE late Ira D. Sankey,' said a
Brooklyn clergyman, attributed
a part of his success to tactic the fac
ulty of pleasing people. He used 10 tell
a story in illustration of facts great
power.
Mr.. Sankey. according t. the tale, met
on the street one day man he hadn't
seen for two years.
why said the man, how we'll YOU re
looking. Sankey.'
You. too, are looking we'll. said Mr..
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lin, ID, who was for many years the
pastor of the Church of the Covenant in
this city. Another interesting fact In
this connection is that the funds for the
memorial were collected in Washington.
Mr.. +. +. Buckland who lives at 1911
New Jersey avenue northwest returned
recently from a trip to Syria. where he
visited the hospital He says:
THE Hamlin memorial is the first san
atorium established in Syria for the in
telligent treatment of the white plague.
Through DR.. F. z. Hoskins, editor of the
American Press in Beirut and treasurer
of the hospital, I learned that pulmonary
tuberculosis is greatly on the increase
throughout Syria. owing, in large meas
ure, to poor sanitation and the crowded
condition of the habitationS of the poorer
classes in the cities. l also learned that
many of those suffering from this disease
are Syrians who have returned from the
United States to their native land. There
are very few. If any, cases of the disease
among the hardy natives of the Lebanon,
for it is inconceivable that the disease
could exist in the pure bracing air of this
range. where it Is not uncommon that
people live to be hundred years old.
Indeed, there are numerous instances
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place made vacant by the death of Daniel
Webster. Mr. Everett did much for the
young country. and through his efforts on
the platform Mount Vernon pur-
chased for the people from the Washing
tons.
The Everett house was occupied next
by jefferson Davis. the president of the
c0nfederacy. while he was Secretary of
State for the federal government. Then
It fell into the hands of Jacob thompson
Secretary of the Interior under Buchanan
who for his alleged populations of gov
eminent funds. sought refuge in Egypt.
where he died son after his flight from
his native land. Another distinguished oc-
cupant of the house was Capt. Henry A.
Wise. who became famous as a naval
commander. and who married daughter
of Edward Everett
Since those days the old house has lost
its spendor. and the halls that once re-
sounded to the music of the dance and
the rhythm of sippered feet have become
the Nesting place for spiders and the
abiding place of dust and shadows.
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A few rods east of the home Of Edward
Everett between nth and 18th streets.
there stands the old home of William
Writ who was Attorney General under
Presidents Monroe and Adams. II was
his home for twelve years, and during
that time the house gained a place in the
history of the period.
The house is rich in stories of the past
both before and after it came into the
possession of Mr.. Writ. Formerly II was
owned by Tobias Lear. who was dlStln-
guished colonel in the revolution and at
one time secretary to President Washing
ton After filling several diplomatic as
signments creditably the colonel was sent
to Tripoi to draft treaty of peace with
Aigicrs He was severely criticised for
his work. but it was approved by the
government. and he returned home with
his task accomplished. In the fall OF 1916
however he was found in summer
house on the grounds in the rear of his
mansion with his brains blown out and
q pistol in his hand.
The following year the house was pur-
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was a censor once in Rome"
He smiled.
This censor licensed a play called
Widows and Septuagenarians.' The sec
ond act of the play took place in a res
taurant. 1t opened with the words:
Waiter. a beefsteak.'
".Wel to this speech the censor ap-
pended the following marginal note:
"'When the piece is performed during
Lent the actor, instead of calling for a
beefsteak, will order an omelette or
fish,"
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Thought Him a MoIIyCoddIe.
TOHN ID. ROCKEFELLER rebuked a
J Cleveland reporter one day for swear

TOHE D. ROCKEFELLER rebuked a
J Cleveland reporter one day for swear
ing.
Don't swear" he said: Say 'dUrn' or
pshaw' There is as much comfort in
those mild words as in the reddest oaths.
| know" said Mr.. Rockefeller. that such
is not the prevalent opinion. But 1t is a
wrong one. as was expressed the other
morning by my Caddy.
my raddy had Just been round with
a minister. After | drove off | said to
him:
What kind of a player Is the min
lister Joseph
Joseph snorted.
.Him?' he sneered. He'll never make
a golfer. Do YOU know what he says
when he misses the BALI?
mo. What does he say?' l asked.
He says, Tut, TUT Joseph sheer
ed
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7HERE are but few Washingto-
mans who could point out the
homes of those great men who
not only founded their nation,
but laid the foundations of the
capital in which they live?
They still are here-those mansions of
days gone by-yet few there are who give
them a passing thought. But what ro-
mances have they concealed, and what
stirring scenes have been enacted around
them in the cOuntry's upbuilding.
Those who lived in them have gone to
their allotted places in the silent halls of
the undiscovered country, but the masses
of masonry and brick, in their quaint
grandeur, remains as monuments to the
decades of the past, and breathe out the
mysteries OF the times that are no more.
From the time that John Smith, in 1908.
sailed up the Potomac only to turn his
back upon the wilderness that he found
until the time that Congress decided that
the land should be the site of The ma
tons capital there were few habitations
in the District but Indian wigwams and
log cabins.
OF the latter, the most noteworthy was
that of old David Burns, who surrendered
his land TO the government only after a
bitter controversy. and under threat
from President Washington that II would
be seized if he would not sell. When
the hard headed old Scotchman conceded
the money that his property brought made
him a wealthy man. 1t was on this farm
land that the White House was erected.
but in the laying out of the streets and
lots. the quaint old cottage of the Scotch
man was not disturbed.
In the winter evenings OF the long ago
the cottage was the scene Of many merry
gatherings of neighbors They would sit
before the cracking fire. with its hang
ing crane and singing kettle, and. while
the flames were making weird pictures
they talked of the old homes in the
mother country. The graceful aspens. the
whispering naples and the sturdy oaks
that bent over the low roof gave shelter
and shade 10 the sons and daughters OF
the yeomanry.
But when the sale of the broad acres had
brought wealth To- Davy Burns, there
came change The places of the PLAIN
farmers who called. in surtout and dou-
blet. TO drink their round of appleJach
were taken by men famous in the world
history George Washington. Thomas Jef-
ferscn. Alexander Hamilton and Aaron
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The Silly Censor.

DROF'. JARRETT WENDELL of Har.
ward was laughing the other day q,
the British censor's refusal to allow the
"Oedipus Rex of Sophocles to be per-
formed in London
"Censors.' said the noted teacher and
critic, ARE always like that Why, there
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lustrations by James Montgomery
FIagg. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-
Merrill Company
- -R. NICHOLSON has struck a
IA ~ somewhat new vein of fiction
Nf interest in this story of an
episode between those ia
nous characters. the govern
ors of North and South Carolina 1t Is
distinctly humorous story, fantastic
concept of political possibilities in the
southland and there is no point at
which the reader will find himself IN
clined to drop the book for more dl-
verting literature. young muiu-nii-
Honaire bored to distraction by the
failure of all ordinary forms of enter
imminent sees a pretty girl wlnklng at
him from n Pullman car as his train Is
passing the other at a station. He scents
adventure. and. being susceptible pur-
sues the fascinating one finding her as
a daughter of the north state, while his
state companion and friend, professor
of law at a southern university. en-
counters his own Nemesis in the daugh-
ter of the governor of South Carolina.
The two governors have disappeared
and their states are clamorouS for news
from them. The daughters, respectively,
assume the TOleS OF the STATE tNe'H-
tives. They conduct a campaign for
which briskneSs of incident and au-
daCity of design is not paraIleled in fic-
ton. They are each trying to secure
the arrest Of an infamous outlaw. who,
for political reasons, has become i'm
munc whether he passes into South Car
olina or North Carolina. the governor
of each state being disincuned to mo-
lest him. When at last all the forces
meet on the Ardmore estate, which
stretches from
there is a elimination of complexities
which demands attention to every word
on each page. Finally the two govern
orS are discovered in circumstances
which Mr.. Nicholson alone must he al
lowed to describe. The Little Brown
Jug at Kildare" will unquestiOnably be
one of the most popular books of the
season.
EVERY CHILD'S LIBRARY. BY
Thomas Cartwright. New York: Z.
L. DuttOn & Co.
-FOUR volumes have been issued in this
attractive form. presenting inter
estinS tales from mythology for the
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V&S

THE Home of David
1 Burns and Its Asso-
Citations - The Brilliant
Statesmen and Pioneers
Who Were Entertained
Beneath Its Roof - And
Then There Is the Pretty
Romance of the Beautiful
Marcia Burns and Repre-
sentative Van Ness to Add
Piquancy to It's Story
Thomas Lows Houses
Along New Jersey Avenue
The Old Octagon House
and It's Wealth of Asso-
Citations.
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Webster's Old Home.

The last home of Daniel Webster in
Washington was in Louisiana avenue be-
tween 5th and 9Th streets. 1t was there
that the friends of the distinguished jurist
and statesman congregated, and where
many matters important in the develop
ment of the nation were decided. After
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United States Political History.

Collins v L. The Continental Congress at
Princeton. 1908. JES3-C696.
Fuller r. H. Government by the People
1908 JK F956.
Madison James Journal Of the Debates in
the Convention Which Framed the Constitution
of the T. s w. 1908. JTS3-M264.
Smith T. C. The Liberty and Free Soil Par.
ties in the Northwest. Toppan prize essay Of
1896 1897. JUS3Sm67.
L. S Congress. Senate Papers relating to
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOOKS ON PHILOSOPHY, GOV
ERNMENT AND LITERATURE.

The following books have been added
recently to the District Public Library:
Philosophy.
Descartes Rene Discourse the Method or
Rightly Conducting the Reason and Seeking Truth
i'm the Sciences. 1899. BE.'9- B4o3d.
Herring Ewald On Memory and the Specific
Energies of the Nervous System. Sd ed. 1907
BIP- H426o.
Kidd DUDLEY Savage Childhood Study OF
Kafr Children 1906 BIF- K5:i5s.
Payot Jules. Die Erziehuns des Willens
1903 BIW-I'29.
Scripture f. W. Thinking. Feeling. Doing: an
Introduction to Mental Science. 1907 b.
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1DDEN away in the hills near
Beirut, Syria, is tuberculosis
sanatorium, which was estab-
lished last June as a memorial
be la Pow 'TonpiS Ham
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HERE are but few Washington
mans who could point out the
homes of those great men who
not only founded their nation,
but laid the foundations of the
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BOOK REVIEWS.
HE LITTLE brown JUG At Kill

DARE. BY Meredith Nicholson. IL
Illustrations by James Montgomery
FIaGg. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-
Merrill Company.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-07
JOINT INSTALLATION
BY Plainfeld Lodges Last Evening The
New Officers.

Plainfeld. Jan. 7Arcadia lodge no
So, and Pleasant Valley lodge, no. a.
held their annual installation at the
/. O. @. +. hall last evening, a goodly
number Of brothers and sisters being
present. After the installation ceremony
lunch was served, which was followed
with social hour
D. D. G. ~, Elmer Clark and G. NJ,
Frank Kelley, both OF Montpelier, In
stalled the following officers for Arcadia
lodge; n. G., Hans Fredrickson; V. G.,
Orlando Martin; secretary, Edward Nye;
treasurer, Truman Bartlett; 0. G., Her
bert Holt: w, Grover Townsend; |. G.,
Gordon Robinson; con, Charles Parker;
r. 5. n. G, Harry Cutting; T. S. u. G.,
I'd Bartlett; L. s. Y. G., Harry Dan
iels; Il s. ". G., William Coburn: r. $.
s., Frank Davidson; l. S. s., Guy Be
mis-; chaplain, Wilbur Bartlett; P. n. c.,
Adison Foss
d. D. Pres, Mrs. Alice Newell and e.
NJ, Mrs. Ella Winch, both of Mortified
the officers OF the Rebekah
lodge; n. G., Julia Townsend; u g..
Ethel Bemis; secretary, Flora Bemis;
Carrie HolIister; o. 81, John
Foss; W., Mary Page; 1 G., Alhrda
Martyr; G., Maude Batehelder, r. S. n.
O., Gertrude Holt; II S. N G., Clara
II. s, v. g., Anna st. Cyr; L. S.
Y. G., Irene Jackson; Il. A. s, Kate
kiser; Il. A. S.. Clara Bartlett; chap
lain, Mary HOLSTER; 2. \. G., lnez Hol
lister.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-07
E1Ar1AlzAl "a;
! CURRENT COMMENT.
win Orchard Be Hanged?

The acquittal Of Pettibone at Boise,
Idaho, has been at once followed BY the
dropping Of the case against Meyer, and
there is now an end of the prosecutions
Of the officials Of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners for completely in the as
sassination Of Governor Steuneuberg.
The lawyers for pettibone left his fate
to the jury without argument, although
the lawyers for the state delivered the
customary speeches on the evidence. The
legal case against this defendant had
seemed somewhat stronger than that
against Haywood, but IN view Or Hay.
woods acquittai. probably no jury could
have been found to convict one Of his
comrades on the strength Of the Orchard
confession. The state Of Iadho now
faces the question OF Orchards fate
This man eonfesses thai he killed Steun-
enberg, but will Idaho hang himg This
may depend upon the jury that passes
on his case, and the iury's opinion as
to whether Orchard should be hanged
while all the other accused are stamped
as innocent men.-Springheld Repubh-
can.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-07
SUCCESSFUL POULTRY SHOW

The measure Of success attained BY
the Central Vermont Poultry and Pet
stock association in this city last year
seems about to be duplicated and even
surpassed this year in the show which
opened to-day A very large number Of
entries have been received, thus assuring
the association Of an exhibit fully as
large as any that win be held in north
ern New England this years being a.
large as the entry list IN the poultry
show which Was held in Manchester, n.
H. last week. The more interest at
taches to the local exhibit inasmneh as
there win be no show by the state assoc
citation this year. Farmers in particular
will find the opportunity here afforded to
be valuable e them in choosing poultry
and IN feeding, for they win find FIRST
class exhibits ~ the best known faneiers
in the state
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-07
law POINTs.

The use Of voting machines is held
in United States Standard Voting Ma
chine company versus Hohson QaJ, Z
L. r. A. ca. 81, 512, not to be prohibit
ed by a constitutional provision that
all elections shall be BY ballot
To hold q carrier liable for injury to
a passenger by reason Of jolt of the
vehicle it is held IN Foley versus Bos-
ton and NJ. r. company (AIass.l. : L.
r. A. az. 81. 1916. that the passenger
must show that the jolt was caused By
the carriers negligence,
A provision that after payment OF a
certain number OF premiums an insur
ance policy shall become ineontestable
Is held in Thompson versus Fidel-
ity Mutual Life Insurance company
fTenn). 1899. not TO apply to contests
Tor failure 70 pay premiums.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-07
THE FLEETS TRIP THROUGH
MAGELLAN STRAITS.

The course Of Rear Admiral Evans i'm.
mense fleet westward which is being fol-
lowed By 50 much interest an over the
world retiaces the trip Of Rear Admiral
Charles u Clark ten years ago during
tho Spanish-Ameriean war; and there
has. accordingly, been a comparison Ct
the dangers Of the two voyages, the one
from tie east and the other from the
west, with particular reference TO the
passage Of the straits Of Magellan. south
OF South America There has been q
tendency TO magnify the dangers Of the
passage Of the straits to the westward
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-01-07
AZ sea 81 Maskat.

A funny scene occurred many years
ago in congress, A present Of ARA.
bian horses, a sword, etc. arrived from
the imam Of Maskat for President
Adams. A western member with
some heat moved that the gift should
be sent back. with letter from con
gress informing the ruler OF Maskas
that the president Of the United
States was no king. but the servant OF
the people, aud was not permitted to
give or receive presents.
Another member rose. "Such let
ter Mr.. Speaker he said, ''caB easily
be written. But where is it to be senti
Where Is MaskatP"
There was no response. Apparently
not a member Of the house WINS pre-
pared TO answer. nor could Maskat
then be found ID any atlas published
in this country. 1t was found at last
on q German map. A civil answer
was returned. and the geographers
made haste to insert Maskat IN the
next edition of their maps.