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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-02
SAILS TO RECOVER TREASURE
PARTY STARTS FOR SPoILS OF
SPANISH FREEBoOTERS.
Money Taken From Schooner Black
Witch, Which Set Out From
Salem in 1890.

San FRANCISCO, February Capt
James Brown. who was member OF a
party that searched for the famous Cocos
Island treasure in 1880. sailed for the
South seas yesterday To recover the
spoils of the Spanish freebooters taken
from them by Capt. Smith OF the schoon-
er Black Witch. which sailed from
Salem, Mass. in 1920. Ever since that
time venturesome treasure seekers have
sought the rich loot, but all that has ever
come of their search has been countless
romances Of the sea.
Capt. Brown before he sailed the rea-
son for the failure was the fact that the
party which he accompanied In 1850 re-
moved the treasure from the Cocos to
another island of the South Pacific. In
the expedition of 1850 Brown sailed with
Capt. Henry Smith, son OF the doughty
seafarer who relieved the Spanish ships
of their treasure. According to the cap
tain. the treasure was found and $1,000
600 was removed to Australia after the
schooner had broken up and all Of the
crew. except the captain, the steward
and himself had persisted. The remaining
sos. 100000 was buried on another island.
Before this country was reached the cap
tain and steward died; so he claims that
he is the only living man who knows the
whereabouts Of the trea sure.
Capt. Brown left this port on board the
Mariposa, and he plans to outfit small
steamer when he reaches the group OF
islands where the wealth Il buried. lie
has a family in Providence, r. l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-02
CongratuIotory Note
to an Engaged Girl

When d girl is engaged it becomes ne
cessary for her friends to treat her with
formality they never before approached
for she often becomes an astonishingly
touchy person In many particulars, and
if etiquette is not observed and she IS not
paid the Difference due her new status her
feelings are likely to be hurt.
For instance. just as soon as one knows
of her engagement the fact should be
acknowledged by the sending of con-
gratuatory note. This is, know, not al
ways an easy duty to perform, but if the
girl who is writing does not know ner
friends fiance she mah still be able to
send note such as this:
My Dear Miss Smith:
The pleasant news of your engagement
has just come to me, and l want to be
among those who most cordially con-
graduate Mr.. Jones upon his great good
fortune.
II am glad. too. TO wish you all happi-
ness. and | am hoping that before long
| may be fortunate as to meet MI.
Jones and give him my good wishes per-
sonally. Most sincerely,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-02
SOCIETY LADIES IN TABLEAUX.
Entertainment at Mrs. Barney'S
Home a Success.

An unusually pretty series of tableAux
vivant, with song accompaniment was
given Saturday evening by Mrs. Albert
Clifford Barney in her studio house on
Sheridan circle. temporary stage was
erected in the studio for the purpose, and
the room attractively decorated. A num-
Der of society ladies took the parts in the
several tableaux In illustration OF the
musical numbers. Cecil Tanning, BARI
tone, was the soloist and H. B. Turpin ac-
comnanist.
One Of the most artistic pictures was
the one Illustrating the song "Dantcs
Dream b. Pluddcnlann. II vas posed
by Miss Jennings and Wilbur Underwood.
Another picture WORTHY Of special note
was the Ia bleau for ''ImmaDDcl. an Old
German church song OF the fifteenth cen
tury, admirably portrayed by Misses
Flea nor Parker and Elizabeth Bradficld.
Other songs with tablesuS included Sir
Oluf" posed by Miss Juiette .Tanin: pro
log,.e from II Pagiiacci.' Miss Juliet
Fremont and Mr.. Tanning; Old Italian
Song, Miss Slater: Over the Desert
Miss Townsend: Minuct. Miss White:
1.-The Keys Of Heaven. Miss Yvonne
Shepard, and Vision Fugitive from
-"Herodiate,'' Mrs. BromwelL
Owing to the success OF the entertain
ment 1t has been decided to repeat 1t for
the benefit OF the Neighborhood House
this evening at Mrs. Barney's house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-02
Treatment of a Hardwood Floor.

\ very good method of treating floor
Is as follows: Wash the floor well and
let it dry Then go over it with cloth
dipped from time to time in coal OIL
which not only cleanses, but soaks into
the floor. SO that less of the boiled Oil is
needed. In two quarts of boiled oil drop
piece of beeswaX half the size of an
egg and boil together until melted and
thoroughly mixed. The utmost care must
be taken in doing this. as both materials
are nfiammable. When the oil Is still
warm apply with a wide paint brush If
The wood has a prominent grain the oil
brings it our beautifully. The floor only
requires busting about once a week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-02
West Virginia Sheep Breeders Meet.

CHARLESTON. w Va. February =
Al the annual meeting OF the West Viz
ginia Sheep Breeders and Moo Growers
ASsocia ton here the question Of the con-
soidation OF the association witt, several
other organizations of like character III
the state was discussed. The matter Was
left open after Il long discussion. ana
will l,a definitely decided upon tomorrow
Charles Mcintyre OF the Deps rtmfnt OF
Agriculture discussed the possibilities OF
sheep growing in West Virginia. u Mess
the dog nuisance is done away with.
he said. I'VE cannot be successful sheep
raisers. 1t would be a good thing to
muzzle all loose dogs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-02
Fashions Physical Miracles.

VTOm NIUua, It0Ilt.
The most extraordinary thing about
fashion is that it works miracles at will.
One season slimness is the rule, the next
rotundity is preferred. And the elegant
woman obeys without the slightest trou-
BILE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-02
Elkton Man Killed by Train.

EI.kTON Md. February Robert
Marcus, about twenty-siX years old, was
struck and instantly killed last night By
u south-bound express train on the Phia-
,iplphia Baltimore and Washington rail
road loG wards south of the Elkton pas
senger station. Marcus. WHO was employ
ed as a trackhand. was at work on lie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-02

fisheries will address the faculty and
student body Of Lehigh University Febru-
airy on the subject of pearl culture
and the preservation of the pearl fisheries
While at Bethlehem, Mr.. Stevenson will
be a guest at the home of DIR. Drinker.
president of the university
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-02
Darn Stockings on Your Sewing

machine. Don't darn stockings by hand
when you can get a Singer darner that
can be used on any lock-Stitch sewing
machine. Makes darning a pastime. For
sale at Singer Store. 3.1 + street, Wash
ington, ID. C.-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-02

The body of Mrs. Charles T. Plunkett.
WHO died in Brooklyn, n. Y, reached
Lynchburg Va. and the burial took place
today She was daughter of the late
Christopher Clark and a niece of the late
DIR. A. l. Clark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-02

south bound track and did not hear the
approa ching train on account of the noise
made by a north-bound train that was
passing at the time. lie was a son of
Charles Marcus of this town and unmar-
ried.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-02
Fashions Universal Yoke.
From the Gentlewoman.

Nowadays it is absolutely essential that
women should wear becoming garments,
and the modern bluestocking is usually
as well dressed as her more frivolous sis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-02

The gown here reproduced most attractive model for
afternoon made up in old blue peau de cygne,
with trimmings of c1ny lace dyed match the material The
body of the close cnging lines. the only
funess being the bust where the goods fell in soft graceful
folds The tucker OF black the blue silk outlined
the yoke edge by jet buttons the latter also trimming the
outside of the draped from shoulder
drapery caught the shoulder by large buckle of
,,dh l,ee
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-02
LOW IN NU1R|T|vE VALUE
DEPARTMENT
REPORTS ON sPINELEss CACTUS.
Does Not Give Impression That
Plant Solves Forage Problem
of the West.

The Department of Agriculture has been
working on the problem of splneless
prickly pears. The efforts OF Luther
Burbank in developing spineless cactus
gave rise to optimistic predictions that
such a plant would solve the forage prob
lens Of the arid region and furnish nu-
tritious growth. that would thrive any
where, with attention or without.
The department knocks all these pre-
dictions at a blow. saying that the spine
less cactus is palatable to stock, but OF
low nutritive value. and requires not only
great care but irrigation for development.
Experiments have been made both in
growing and feeding the plant, so that
the department knows good deal about
il from all standpoints. 1t Is ad United
there is a certain value in the plant and
the department is going to send out In
the spring between 1000 and ?,ocO cut
tings but il does not want to give the
impre ssion that the plant goes far toward
solving the forage problem of the west.
Not Recent Development.
Instead OF being a recent development
of plant breeding the spineless cactus has
existed for many years. 1t is confined to
a comparatively restricted region. 1t Will
flourish along the semi-arid gulf coast in
Texas and in Mexico and southern Cali
fornia.
The plants must nave a mild climate.
as freezing weather will stop their growth
and cause the leaves to drop off. They
are not adapted for Use as a range plant,
as stock will quickly kill them, and the
rodents of that region feed on them In
preference to anything else. They may be
used as roughage for cattle. but have to
be fed at the rate Of from ninety to $50
pounds per day 10 be of any value. They
will produce about twenty-three to thirty
tons to the acre, but must be as carefully
tended and cultivated as any other crop
intended for harvesting. The chief value
of the plant lies In the fact that ii can
go for a long time without water. In
fact il is the camel of the vegetable
world At the same time it needs con-
sidera BILE amount of moisture, either rain
fall or irrigation, else 1t will not do we'll.
Although the use of the plant is limited,
it is considered by the department to be
worth serious consideration on the part
of the western farmer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-02
Write Simple Note.

a girl who knows intimately the en-
gagged person to whom She is writing will
have no difficulty with her note, for she
will simply express the interest and pleas
ure she feels in the event.
According to the strictest etiquette it is
the man and not the girl who is felicitat-
ed, the theory being that the good for
tune is his, not hers. But in custom both
are congratulated.
1t is expected that the engaged girl will
answer all the notes she receives and her
response may read something in this
form
My Dear Miss James:
1T is very kind of you~to bc interested
in my new happiness, and l appreciate
your good wishes for Mr. Jones and my
self. Indeed, l hope before long that I
may have the pleasure of making YOU
known to each other. for | want him to
know my friends. Cordially,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-02

Mr.. Stevenson to Lecture at Lehigh.
Charles H. Stevenson of the bureau of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-02
Engaged Girls Must Be Called Upon

Etiquette requires that an engaged girl
shall be called upon as soon after the
announcement her friends can con-
venienty arrange it. They do this, even
though She does not set d special after
noon for seeing them.
There is no obligation 10 send an en-
gagement present: the matter is wholly
optional. If a man wishes to send flow
ers to an old girl friend. whose
gasement has just been announced it is
graceful compliment ana one that gives
her pleasure. On the other hand 1t Is not
expected. y girl may send flowers to an
other, or Some simple gift, such a bit
of silver. There is. indeed. no limit to
what she may choose, except that rarely
is an engagement gift I'M elaborate one.
1t is to he regarded a souvenir. Ii
such present is sent it may so directly
from the shop at which il is bought, and
the sender's visiting card is inclosed. 1t
is not necessary that anything shall be
written on the card.
The gift must he acknowledged i'll the
same way any other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-02

Tea Crowd at an elevation OF 1000 feet givaD
'.Salada' Tea a rich, uniform. delicious lasuI
Al all grocers
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-29

Referring to the mystery surround
party in the proceedings against the
New York World and the Indianap-
oils News. the New York Globe, a
republican paper, says: ''If it shall
turn out to be William Nelson Crom-
well or Douglass Robinson or any
of the gentlemen whose names were
without just reason connected with
insinuations of Panama corruption,
the grand juries and the coE'ts can
be trusted to attel to the case in
the ordinary course of business. But
if it is the government which con-
tends that it has been libeled as an
institution, 1t would seem that the
Roosevelt administration was seek
ing to celebrate its approaching de-
parture by introducing its greatest
since the repeal of the sedition
law whose enactment wrecked the
Adams administration and destroyed
the federal party-the country has
quietly reposed in the belief that the
government could not be libelled-
that it was perfectly safe to say all
manner of disagreeable things con-
corning it, If this notion is wrong,
and anything said in disrespect or
ridicule of these United States is
crime, it is manifest that the num-
Der of criminals is been very large.
If assault on I'll government, and
as such punishs le. our political
campaigns have cen one long orgy
of crime 1t ma. be suspected, when
the lid is lifted. nat 1t Will be dis
covered that the leory outlined by
the president in liter message
has not been fo'o ana that the
prosecution is p oil and de-
feasible ground that some person
has been lied about and that he has
taken his grievance to the authori-
ties.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-29
THE SALARY QUESTION.

bill is before congress for the
increase of the presidents salary to
100000, and an increase in the sal
airy of the federal judges is also
contemplated. 1t may be we'll for our
legislators to consider the effect of
the increases proposed. Until Grants
time the president salary was S25,-
600. 1t was then raised to $4,000,
and now it is proposed to double it
again There has already been a
large increase in the allowance made
for the expenses of the White House.
and with each increase in the eX-
penditures of the chief executive,
the country makes nearer approach
to the court customs of the old
world. Is it impossible to resist the
temptation to ape monarchical insti-
buttons? Is the sentiment which led
our forefathers to establish a repub-
lie and to frame it with a view to
simplicity and economy-is this sem
timent, after all, too weak to stand
against the pressure for the show
and the ostentation that accompany
authority in the orient and in Eu-
rope? Must the president live so far
above the people who pay the taxes,
and so far from the producers of
wealth as to be thrown entirely with
the richer members of society? There
is a tendency, seemingly irresistible,
10 live up to the salary, no matter
how large it is, and doubling of the
presidents salary would mean an
increase in the completely and in the
expensiveness of life at the White
the $25, goo travelling allowance, in
case the presidents salary Is in
creased. but that would not be per
manent; in a very short time the
new standard of life would absorb
the presidents salary and there
would be the same clamor for tray-
cling expenses. Is it not time to CON
slider whether such expanding ex-
penses are in harmony with the splr-
it OF our government and with the
ambitions and aspirations of our
people?
There is talk also of an increase
of the salary of federal judges, but
is there not also another side of the
question? The judge, too, lives up to
his salary, and the amount that he
receives largely decides in what so
cial circle he will move. Give him
IS 900 a year and his summer va
cations will be spent where he comes
in contact with those who, in taxing
a brief respite from the routine OF
life, seek some quiet and inexpensive
resort. Make the judges salary WV
900 and he will select a new sum
mer resort where he Wilt be thrown
into association with those VINO
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-29
DOING so MORE "GOING."
Engineer Williams Made Things
Hum on No. 2O4 This Morning.


Every passenger train on the en-
tire North Texas division of the
Katy Wednesday reached the termi-
nails on time, and there were only a
few station delays. One of the most
notable cases of getting there on
the dot" was No. 204, with Engineer
T. q. Williams at the throttle. This
train was delayed at Dallas five
minutes to allow express transfer,
and by extra stops between Dallas
and Greenville, fifteen minutes more
reaching that city twenty minutes
behind schedule time. When the time
card was strung for No. 204, trains
No. 207 and 20S were in service and
there are now about ten stops that
were not intended that No. 204
should make, but when the two
trains mentioned were taken Off over
year ago, orders were issued for
No. 4 hitherto fast train, to make
them, making it necessary for that
train to run really faster than the
Flyer In the fifty-two miles from
Greenville to Denison the twenty
minutes were made up and No. 204
was brought into the station here On
time as if there had been no delay
To Mr.. Williams, the engineer, much
credit is due, but to Sam Blanchard
the fireman who billed the water,
making the run possible, some of the
responsibility must be given.-Den-
ison Herald
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-29
Sell Historical Papers.

Philadelphia, Pa, Jan. 29.-Some
historical papers of remarkable in
terest are offered at auction in an
autograph sale to be held today by
Stan V. Henkels. Notable among the
offerings are copies of the nin-impor-
tation agreement of the citizens of
Boston, Aug. !, 176S; the printed
broadside calling for the meeting at
Faneuil Hall, Sept 10, 1868, a
broadside account of the meeting; a
letter in the handwriting of William
Cooper, conveying message from
the convention of delegates from
every town in the province, Sept.
22-2S, 1868, to the king; the sup
pressed letter to Dennis De Berdt,
Britain, signed by John Hancock and
others and the Waterman S certificate
referred to in hall meeting reads:
Notification The freeholders and
this letter The call for the Faneuil
other Inhabitants of the Town of
Boston, qualified as the law directs,
are hereby notified to meet at Fan
euil hall on Monday the 18th day
of September Currant, at nine o'clock
A. M. then and there to take into
consideration what measures are
most proper to be adopted under
the present critical aspect of the
times; agreeable to a petition of a
number of the inhabitants for that
purpose; and to act upon such other
matters as may properly come be-
fore said meeting. BY order Of the
Select-men, William Cooper, Town
Clerk Boston, September 10, 1853.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-29

. BIOGRAPHICAL CALENDAR =
y
49,
January 20.

These are the times that try
mems souls" wrote Thomas Paine,
serving with Washington as private
soldier and composing by the flick
ering lights of campfres, with a
drumhead as desk, the clarion call
of THE Crisis, which set the colon
lists aflame and led the historian
Ridpath to declare that ''Paine's pen
was a mightier force for the freedom
of the colonies than Washington
sword"
1t was just 173 years ago today
that 1.-The author-hero of the revolu-
ton" the man who first wrote the
magic words the United States of
America and the first to publicly
advocate the entire separation of the
colonies from England, was born in
Thetford, Norfolk, England. This
year is also the centenary of his
death, and it is a remarkable fact
that the year that saw the first of
Edgar Allan Poe saw the last of
Thomas Paine. 1t was the fate OF
both to be maligned by the malicious
biographies of personal enemies,
and it is only in the last decade. that
Americans have commenced to hold
Poe and Paine at their true worth.
The only statue to Paine in the ma
ton that he worked so hard to es-
tablish is at New Rochelle, near
New York city, where a handful of
patriots gather each year to pay trib-
ute to his memory. This evening
Paine memorial meetings will be
held in many cities throughout the
country, the most notable being that
scheduled to take place at Hull
House, Chicago His birthday will
also be widely celebrated in France,
where several statues have been
erected in remembrance of the cour-
age and wisdom and moderation he
displayed as a deputy in parliament
during the revolution.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-29
Melba to Sing for Charity

Naples, Italy, Jan. 29.-What will
be beyond doubt the greatest benefit
operate performance in the history
of Naples is being arranged for Sun
day night at the San Carlos opera
house Nine Media, who recently
completed her operate engagement
at the Manhattan opera house IN
New York and sailed for her Aus
tralian home by way of Europe. VIII
arrive here Sunday morning and in
the evening will sing for the benefit
of the earthquake victims of south
ern Italy. To do this, it will be nee
essary to have the steamship on
which she is to sail that night for
Australia held several hours at this
port.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-29

assigned to act as lackeys. Wallets,
servants. of ofIieeholders who thus
escape the necessity for paying their
help oat of their own pockets. Sim
ilarly the president assigns war
vessel for the exclusive use of him
self and family in pleasure excur-
sions and travelling by water SINH
larry appropriations are made for
horses for the army, and the horses
IRE used instead to draw someone S
family carriage, while a gardener
acts as coachman, 'janitor' as foot
man, and a messenger as hostler
Senator Tillman franked a govern
ment typewriter from South Carroll
ma to Washington, and was branded
before the world as a desperate and
Jicious character in consequence
Will the class in ethics please stand
ap and say wherein Tillman's trans
eression was more culpable than that
Of his furious critic?"
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-01-29
Wreck Narrowly AyeIted.

As freight train No. y was APP
preaching Hutchins about 1880
O'Clock Wednesday night, Engineer
Butler observed handcar standing
on the track just in front of the sec
ton house. and promptly brought
his train to stop, and it was dis
covered that the car had been placed
crosswise of the track. which was
very dangerous position, and but for
the quick work Of Mr.. Butler, might
have caused serious trouble. No one
knows how the car happened to be
on the track, and it is believed to
have been placed there for the pur-
pose of causing a wreck.