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Evening journal., 1909-08-07
DEAD AFTER ONE
WEEKS ILLNESS
George B. Grundy Well Known
Commercial Traveller Dies
at Clayton House

George B. Grundy, local representative
OF the Model Heating Company. died at 3
O'Clock this morning in the Clayton House
where he had lived during the last four
years Death was due to stomach trouble.
Mr.. Grundy had been IN for week.
Mr.. Grundy was a member of the local
council of the United Commercial Travel
ers. and his death is the first to occur
since the organization Of the council lie
was about 40 years old and was a native
of Chester, TO which place the body was
shipped to-day. The funeral will be held
there on Tuesday.
A widow and one child who have been
living in the Clayton House. survive Mr..
Grundy. He was extremely popular and
occupied an important place among local
members Of the Commercial Travellers.
Evening journal., 1909-08-07
CENT-IN-SLOT MEN
HATE LINCOLN COIN

WASHINGTON. Aug. THE penny
in-the-slot men say the new Lincoln cents
won't work" in all machines. Secretary
of the Treasury Macveagh says they
should, for they are the same size as the
Indian coppers. Upon this the machine
owners hold up a Lincoln cent and say
Look"
Then. 81 YOU look carefully. you will
perceive that while the old and new penny
arc the same diameter. the rim Of the new
penny is higher, making it thicker in rela-
tion TO a slot.
Evening journal., 1909-08-07
''REDS" ACTIVE
IN STOCKHOLM
Anarchists Trying TO Spur on
The Swedish Strikers
BY United Press Leased Special wirG


STOCKHOLM. Aug. THE first
anarchistic display Ia the Swedish
strike was manifested to-day by
group OF Anarchists, who arc making
a valiant effort to rcviVc the flagging
spirit of the strikers Recognized
Anarchists were In conference with the
labor leaders and though the latter
disclaimed any connection with the
Reds" the activity Of the latter
caused apprehension among the auth
critics
While no serious clashes have yet
occurred between the troops and the
strikers. the lenioncy shown by the
soldiers In tho small outbreaks indi-
catessclearly that they are in strong
sympathy with the strikers and may
not prove dependable should a crisis
arise.
Leaders Of the strike are stnl trying
maintain order but hundreds of the
strikers arc becoming unruly and
depredations are Of increasing fre-
quency and seriousness. Strikers
paraded the streets to-day singing the
Marsoillaise and the Internationalo.
There we're few recruits 10 the
strikers ranks to-day and the authori.
/ ties declare that the strike will weai
itself out in few days. Many grav'
diggers have returned to work and ,
break is imminent in the ranks 5
other unions.
Il Indications to-day arc that railwa
employees win not strike. Even in cas-
they do walk out. the government do
clares that IL will be able 10 run IN
trains without interruption. Tho fog
: scarcity was slightly relivod today
4 the bringing in Of large stores frol
surrounding towns Prices. howevc
p are stili almost prohibitive and a pla
, is under way by the government {
open food depots for the poor IN cas-
the situation Is not relieved by tn
first OF the week.
Evening journal., 1909-08-07
STATE COLLEGE TRUSTEES
TO MEET AT REH0B0TH

Trustees Of the State College for Col
ored Students which is located near
Dover, will have a meeting at the Hotter
Henlopen in Rehoboth on Monday night.
Judge Henry G. Conrad is trustee
Of the college and is accredited TO New
Castle county. He has removed t.
Sussex county. and may resign as {
trustee. His colleagues desire him re
talned on the board. because OF his ac-
tivity for the college. and an adjus'
ment may be made looking to that en-
Evening journal., 1909-08-07
WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.-The tenn
perature has remained moderate, though
slightly higher in the eastern states
and in the northwest. Somewhat lower
temperature prevails in the plains
states and the west gulf states. The
temperature will not change materially
east of the Mississippi during the next
SO hours.
Forecast till g p. m. Sundays
For DeIaware-Fair tonight and Sun
day; little change in temperature; light
variable winds.
Evening journal., 1909-08-07
Baltimore Slams Jack Dunn.

BY United Press Leased Special Wire
BALTIMORE. Md. Aug. THE Bal
timore Eastern League baseball team,
this morning signed Jack Dunn. of Ho-
boken. n. j., TO play center field He
may play this afternoon, as the veteran
Rabbit Slagle was hit with a thrown
ball on the teams recent tour and is
not in good condition to cover the mid
die Of the outfield.
Evening journal., 1909-08-07
Irriqation CONGRESS Delegates.

Mayor Spruance has appointed for
mer Mayor Horace Wilson, Samuel
Bancroft, Jr.. Joseph l.. Carpenter, Jr.,
Otho Nowland Josiah Marvel and Peter
j. Ford as delegates TO the National Ir-
rigatlon Congress which meets in Seat
tie on Monday. None of them expects
TO attend, but President Maclean Of the
Board Of Trade who is in the west.
may attend the convention.
Evening journal., 1909-08-07
Country Week Outings.

Fourteen guests Of the Country Week
branch of the Associated Charities,
consisting of mothers and their little
ones. were sent on Thursday TO coun-
try homes for a weeks outing. Those
wishing TO help in the work Of giving
a week of real comfort and the best Of
food to those VINO need 1t can send
contributions TO No. coz West street
Evening journal., 1909-08-07
No Constable Sal. A. Ysttsr,s.

A typographical error in the adve--
Using columns Of the EVENING JOUR-
NAL on Thursday. made it appear that
a constables sale was to take place at
No. IL East Fourth street on Monday
The sale win take place at No III East
Fourth street. Stidham's auction rooms.
instead Of at No. IL. the bakery aaI
residence Of Mrs. Rosa Yetter.
Evening journal., 1909-08-07
New Ronent of CHM.

BY United Press Leased Special Wire
PEKIN. Aug. IA new regent OF
China, to take the place of Prince
Ching is one of the immediate proba-
bilities Of the imbyoglio between China
and Japan over tie reconstruction OF
the Antung- Mukdea railway in south
ern Manchuria.
Evening journal., 1909-08-07
cIearinas Of the Local Ranks.

Clearings of the wilmington banks
70 rthe week ending today amounted to
s1,4s5.9O7 as compared with sl.32s. .4aG
for the corresponding wek Of last year.
Evening journal., 1909-08-07
Can't Go 70 p.nnsnrnue.

Mayor j. Harvey Spruance had been
invite dto attend the homecoming cele-
bration at Pennsgrove today. but he
was unable to go because of profession
al business.
Evening journal., 1909-08-07
BIG BALLOON IN
LONG DISTANCE FLIGHT
Wy United Press Leased Special wire

Ny United Press Leased Special Wire
PITTSFIELD, Mass. Aug. with
Sheldon Whitehouse. of New York. as
passenger. and William Van Sleet Of
this city as pilot, the big balloon
Massachusetts" made an ascension
from the aero park here early to-day.
NORFOLK. Conn, Aug. THE bal
loon Massachusetts," which left
Pittsheld early this morning passed
over this place at z a. m. going In a
southeasterly direction. The balloon
is attempting to break the record of
the long distance flight from Pittsheld.
Evening journal., 1909-08-07
Topkis Co. BUYS Store Stock.

The stock OF the Iris Shirt Waist
shop. at No. $40 Market street. was
sold at constable's sale today to r.
Topkis Sons.
Evening journal., 1909-08-07
outing on the Bay.

The Go Get Them outing Club"
composed Of members OF the Bayard
Legion Democratic Club will leave on
Monday morning on a weeks cruise
down the bay on the naptha launch
Mascot The boat win be commanded
by Captain Thomas Yourinson, of
Pennsville. The following members o.
the club will take the trip: Captain
Thomas r. Holland. Engineer John A.
Newell, First Mate Herbert Taylor
Second Mate William Hlnnger. Chief
Cook William Fisher, John J. Ryan.
Evening journal., 1909-08-07
Deputy Prothonatory on Vacation.

Deputy Prothonatory Frank B. New
ell is spending his vacation in Ocean
City, Md.
Evening journal., 1909-08-07
Norweaian ship Here For Repairs.

The Norwegian steamship Gere has
arrived at the yards Of the Harlan and
Hollingsworth Corporation 10 be paint
ed and repaired.
Evening journal., 1909-08-07

Phenoi Sodique to purity the body, TO
clense the sore, is unparalleled.-Ady
Evening journal., 1909-08-07

Tell The Public where TO
find you-fhey'n do the rest
Advertise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-31

ing by the end of the month its most ia
yorable position for observation. Through
a small telescope the white polar caps
and the larger markings will be distinctly
visible. The entire appearance may be
somewhat as shown in figure 3. the dark
ish areas being of a greenish and the
lighter of rose-colored shade. As this
world turns on it's own axis once in each
twenty-four hours thirty seven minutes.
the observer may view different hemi-
spheres of the planet on different even
ings.
The planet Saturn has not Yet entered
the evening sky, but it rises one hour
later than Mars. and is we'll up from the
ground soon after midnight. If the oh
server will face the east in the early
evening he will see Mars rise from eX-
actly the same point of the horizon as
the stars a NJ. figure l, while Saturn will
rise a little farther north, at the same
point as the star \. The rings Of Sat
urn now appear more opened out than at
any other time of the year. because the
earth is now at it's greatest distance be-
low their plane.
The planet Mercury enters the evening
sky August 4. but throughout the month
is too near the sun to be satisfactorily
observed August % at 4 am. it passes
forty minutes below Jupiter, and the
evenings preceding and following this
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THE COUNTRY BOY vs. THE CITY BRED MAN
BY DIR. MADISON C. PETERS.

bed with a fortune and rising in the
morning a pauper.
The country boy is nearly always sure
of having a pretty good account at the
bank of health: he has pure air and
wholesome food and these in themselves
are good equivalents for gold any day.
He does not go to bed in stuffy room.
vitiated with miasma, and lie awake all
night listening to the internal noises of
great city, nor does he rack his brains
as to what is best for him to do on the
morrow
that wears crown and the head that
is f1lied with money-making schemes that
may never be realized lies just as un-
easy Sleep loves good conscience. and
one OF It's favorte resting places is on
the pillow of the farmer. for though it
may only be straw, it is preferred to the
swans down and costly hangings of the
millionaire.
! would say to the country boy: Shun
the city: keep away from it until your
character and habits have been so fully
formed that YOU will be impervious to
temptations. Lay the foundations of your
manhood strong and solidly in the coun-
try. so that there will never be any dan
ger of their being uprooted: graduate in
the country. so that when you enter the
university of life in the city you will be
an experienced scholar, able to hold
your own.
Most of the distinguished men who have
built the ramparts of greatness and sue
cess around this mighty nation were
cOuntry-bred boys, but they had SO firmly
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TO "COME OUT" NEXT MONTH

into a pleasant looking German girl.
without pretension to beauty. but with
kindly. winning ways. and absolutely de-
void OF vanity.
In fact, her lack OF dignity Is source
of worry to her English companion. and
more than once lately she has been sharp
ly taken to task for neglect OF the digni-
ties of her position.
But even this superb home will only be
a place of preparation. for just as soon as
its little mistress demonstrates that she
has progressed to the point OF being able
to discharge it's affairs with economy and
system, then she will be put in charge OF
a still more pretentious palace. and car
ried along till she is competent to preside
over any home of royalty to which her
destiny may carry her.
The actual coming out will be the occa-
sion of great ball with the notabies of
Europe as guests.
Every country in the world will have its
diplomatic representatives present. and
there will be gifts to make the marriage
of a Croesus look pale. for William has
become most potent parsonage, and the
world of diplomacy will seize eagerly the
chance to win his favor.
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dart outward in any direction from the
point S, figure 1. and move rather slowly
over the sky. perhaps leaving streak OF
light behind it.
Not only does the earth encounter sew
eral great sy stems of meteoric matter in
this way but all space seems to be filled
with particles, which il is continually
gathering up. 4 careful estimate places
the number of these which are encounter
ed by the earth as from 100000 to 10
0OO,000 during each twenty-four hours.
Thus our earth is continually growing
larger. and another mos; interesting fact
is that the resistance to the earth's rota-
ton which the particles Offer must act as
a kind of brake and lengthen our day.
Yet when careful computations are made
of the amount of these effects il Is found
to be astonishingly small. Not more
than $1,000 tons of matter seem to be
added to the earth each year. an amount
which would require Joo.oOoOO0 years to
increase The average diameter of our
world a single inch. And it is found that
the time required to lengthen the day a
single second from this cause is to be
reckoned in thousands of millions OF
years. This is doubtless more than
Offset by the shrinkage of the earth. We.
do not. in fact. know whether, from
all causes combined the day Is actually
growing larger or shorter at the present
time
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established the underlying principles of
character before taking up their places
In the crowded hives of men that nothing
could bend them. nothing turn them away
from the high purposes they had in view
the virus of contamination could not
touch them.
or the twenty-seven Presidents of the
United States. seventeen have come from
the country. from the small farms around
the small townships In remote districts.
Roosevelt may be said to be the only city
bred man who has occupied the White
House. but he at an early age severed
himself from city surroundings and got
close to the heart of nature and in close
communion with the country life.
Fully 30 per cent of all the famous
Americans have been country-bred, and
all of them acknowledge their fame and
success due to the foundations they laid
as boys on the old farmst cad. There are
one hundred country youths who succeed
and make their mark in the world to one
city-born and city-bred. For every coun-
try boy who fails in the race of life
more than thousand failures can be laid
to the city.
And every day conditions are becoming
worse in the city, for. as the population
becomes larger competition becomes
keener and the field more limited The
city is circumscribed as center for
talent, and already it is glutted with that
commodity. 'Tis mainly the country at
present that holds out any inducement
for youthful brains to develop, so that
they may benefit the world at future
day
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en- coop and announced that there was a
recent convert on the premises iooking
for trouble. or words TO that effect, and
that the Jumpers would wreStle with old
that he climbed down. took a seat on one
of the front benches with the other Jump.
crs, and in minute you could have heard
pin drop in the hall.
But the Senate chamber chill didn't Ia s.
very long. In a little while somebody
moaned. 1t wasn't a cheerful moan oil
one that demanded an encore. 1t was
reminiscent Of the ghost scene In Ham.
let" with little alfresco tombstone work
thrown in. There was silence for another
minute followed by another moan. I be-
widower at slate-writing test. Their
things began to liven up. The convert, a
middle-aged woman with toilet" eX-
preston In her faded eyes and her back
hair done up in a London bun. dropped
to her knees at the mourners' bench ant
began to shed hairpins. She was q rapid
worker, but long before the bun had be-
come thing of the past there was some
thing doing.
a pale, frowsy young man. with a dig
nified Adams apple started things OF
with a mild treble yelp, and from that
time until the close of the service it was
right hard to think. The Jumpers proved
strong In the vocal department. and their
cute little songs were as inspiring as the
death chants of a cave dweller
But all this was fnerely by way Of pre-
liminary, sort OF prelude to the real
business Of the evening. to the genuine
display OF piety and the regular line of
worship. A gray-haired Jumper. whose
chin has slipped its moorings. left his
place on the mourners' bench and hoped
snortfng at every jump. Once beside her
he let out terrible yell. something in the
nature OF a climax, and dropping to his
knees beside her began 20 beat his bare
/ felt sort Of sick and empty inside as I
watched the red stain spread from bat
tered fingers to bruised palms and drip
over his bony wrists.
This went on for awhile, the male IA
natic pounding away like a piledriyer
must have been audible at Chevy Chas sc
lake. Then, without warning, a middle
aged woman among the Jumpers rose to
her feet. tried out her vocal cords with
couple OF test shrieks. grabbed a long
stick like curtain pole from a corner
straddled it and galloDed up and down
the main aisle, keeping time to the in
spring strains of the following ragtime
selection:
Drive the devil TO HI and gone
born;
But wen lash him and thrash him from nigh,
to morn.
With running jump into glory.
Pom my soul, didn't know whether to
laugh or to cry when this woman, who
should have been at home revolving flap
Jacks or minding the baby, and who. save
for the Maplewood CLEAN in her eyes
was perfectly normal in appearance. be-
gan to play horse and chant that cheap
Jingle But I didn't have time to think
about any particular feature of the serv-
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Presence of Mind.

MAYOR sTOY OF Atlantic City was
AVA praising the remarkable efficiency OF
his corps of lifeguards.
These men have presence of mind"
he said, 1.-THE right kind OF presence OF
mind. Not the wrong kind-everybody
has that.
Il used 10 know" Mayor Stoy con-
tinued, IAN aged duck hunter that We
called Old Presence of Mind.
1--WE called him Old Presence of Mind
because he once went ducking in a sneak
box with q friend. The bay rouehened
up. and the friend fell overheard. But.
as he was sinking In the Icy water. he
managed to clutch with his chilled hand
the edge of the frail little sneakbox
The old duck hunter used to conclude
this thrilling tale with the words:
And. gents. IL I hadn't had the pres
ence Of mind to unship an oar and whack
him over the fingers. I'd have besn
drowned-as he was"
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IEN ~


ices. for about this time the Jumpers got
foolish all at once.
Did you ever see a troupe Of Arabs do
ing the simultaneous pinwheel stunt?
Well. except for the tights and spanglcs.
that was II. The Holy Jumpers made
good their name. far as the jumping
part OF il was concerned. but guess that
far as the holy end OF the perform
ance is concerned I'm not competent TO
judge. Anyhow. the Jumpers got to go
ing strong. throwing themselves around.
yelling and making more kinds OF assert
ed noises than a peevish elephant I'm a
crystal maze. Some OF the visitors nearly
choked TO death with laughter. I don't
see why. though. Some way or other.
didn't feel very much amused. l felt
more as I do when | see stray dog
run over by the street cars, or hear that
faithful Dohbin who used to pull the
milk wagon around town and cat sugar
out OF the childrens hands has got the
bullet as cure for old age.
Finally. as a matter OF fact. the Jump
ers got on my nerves to such an extent
that I tagged the rest OF our party with
the twenty-three sign. and we drifted
down and out. Consequently l don't know
how the excitement ended. whether the
Jumpers wound up by gliding out OF a
third-story window and making running
motions before they hit the ground, or
whether they climbed down as suddenly
as they fared up. But I hope that my
friend the devil, got his good and hard.
jump into glory made that night.
The next day heard some more about
the Holy Jumpers. 1t seems that when
they first started to do business In Dan
VILE they had no meeting place and no
wherewithal to buy or rent q hall. But
that didn't worry them little bit. They
decided to meet on the main street OF tho
town. Now, Danville Is busy. busting
little city, and one mans business doesn't
concern another man any more than else
u,her SUNDAY morning JuSt at
church time. when q white-haired cd
lady Hoped down the main street OF the
town astride of an umbrella. flashing her
lima ginary steed with hickory switch
and singing something foolish IN the high
treble Of age. there was considerable OF
a stir. and no mistake. Later, when
half hundred Holy Jumpers gathered on
the most prominent corner In the city ana
threw Ats simultaneously. Danville. indt-
vidually and collectively. sasped for
breath.
The police responded to q hurry call
and rugged the whole crowd but they
seemed to like the transfer from street
to JAIL and continued their acrobatic
stunts there. This went on for some
time. until finally the authorities OF Dam
Vile. realizing themselves to be UP against
1t good and hard showed a disposition
to arbitrate. After a while II was settled
that the Holy Jumpers should nave the
use of the building they at present hold
services in. and should keep on .he
mood. This arrangement has worked
pretty we'll and the Jumpers now furnish
the most popular show-and a Tree one.
at that-in Danville. Which isn't as II
should be. to my way of thinking.
although I'm frank TO ADMIT can sus-
gest remedy.
I'm glad 1 saw the Jumpers at work.
but don't care to go again. MOI even
a little bit. IRVING c. NORWOOD.
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date both planets may be seen together
in small telescope.
The New Comet.
June Is a faint comet was discov
cred in the position 4. figure l. I'm
fortunately, it had already swept around
the sun and was very rapidly drawing
away from the earth when first seen,
its distance increasing during July from
93.OOo.CO to 135.OOO,OoO miles. July 1
1t was at B, July Is at c. and August 1
1t will lie at the point D among the stars.
1t was faint little object when first ats
covered, having spreading tail four CT
five minutes long: at present it is but one.
fifth bright when nearest us, and
Is only visible on the largest telescopes.
The bright comet of HALEY. which ap-
pears in the sky every seyenty-five years.
and which was unsuccessfully searched
for during the past winter, has not yet
been found. Ii is at present a little be-
yond the orbit of Jupiter. and is rushing
toward us more than 500 miles each day,
but unfortunately it now lies in the direc-
ton of the constellation Orion, and so
does not rise until only about one hour
and d half before sunrise. This makes
1t impossible to secure satisfactory search
photographs by long exposure of delicate
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The Country Cousin.

CLYNN H. CURTIS. discussing aviation
~ with New York reporter. said. with
smiling impatence:
Really, though. your questions show a
remarkable ignorance of the principles
of flight. IF you are going to report
aeronautical things, why don't you read
up aeronautics? Your questions. as 1t is,
denote an ignorance equal to the western
er's.
This westerner. on a visit to his rich
Pittsburg cousin, came down to breakfast
every morning with the same genial ques-
ton:
How is things
"One morning the rich cousin. his
nerves being a little on edge, scowied
black scowl at this question, and said:
Why the dickens do YOU always say,
How is things?" Jethro?
"Jethro looked surprised and hurt.
Because he answered. I want 10
know how things Is, that's why!"