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The Acrobat Artist.

II Ia In the visible expression Of
strength. grace and vitality that the
artist Of the circus holds himself Mt
one with the painter aud sculptor. but
his art like that Of the actor. is neces-
Sari'y alive and in,pprlnanent Let the
iaii ter set On canvas his fixed pre-
sent nlent Of tion. tiger or leopard. and
III whip and training siic'. will make
he living animals exhibit endless
grarrs of subtle line and lovely color
When he puts his head in the lions
mouth. believe me. he considers it
nothinS better than a concession to
rsSary potb;ilrr When he conlpels
the great lawny thing to repeat the
grace Of n natural movement. the
training of wild animals being always
alory the line Of what they do nat
nra,Iy and leap In n long. gracious
curve across the arena to an unstable
lam'iny on IA rolling sphere. he feels
thai he Is doing something worthy OF
himself and his animals Or. again,
let the sculptor depict flying Mer-
curry: Mercury must ut least have IA
point of arrival nr departure But for
one brief moment the yo,lng woman
Of The circus. swinging through space
from one tr;.peZe to another. Is the
grace Of the flying Mercury To at
tain this moment of self expression
,k, h,,., L., ,,l ,r.1, m
apprenticeship as the artist who works
in clay. bronze or marble. Ralph Ber.
gengren In Atlantic
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Lost 200 Pounds: Asks $40. 900.

Miss Kitty P!unkette, who gives he,
home as New York city, fell off an cleo
tric car in Elizabeth N. j., on October
8, 1908, when, she says, she weighed GOO
pounds, and, 50 she asserts in "A suit
brought against the Public Service Cor
poration, she has since lost 200 pounds as
the result of the accident, to the great
detriment of her value as an attraction
at county fairs and the like.
Miss Punkette alleges that the com
pany's negligence was responsible for Il e
accident, and has consequently sued for
$40, 900 damages, setting forth as her
main claim the loss of weight sustained
and the consequent diminished profits
which she commands in her profession.
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Don't Abbreviate States.

"Your letter to Napoleon village went
wrong, eh?' said the postmaster
"Well, it's your own fault. You should
have written out the name Of the state
in full"
"Ah, what for?' snarled the COM
plainant. 81 put Tenn. ON the envel
ope. That couldn't be confused with
any other state name
"IIow about Penn. 20 said the post
master. Aren't Penn and Tenn
a lot alike? OF course they are, and II
people want their letters to go straight
and prompt they ought always to
write states out In full, for Cal and
Col get confused continually; so do
New and 'Neb..' N. " and N. J.,'
Miss and Mass and Mimi. Pa
and va Me- and Mo o.'"-Cincinnad
ENQUIRER.
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Dl l. D..
WILLMAN.


Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Whitman, wife
of Augustus Whitman, died of general
debility, at 80 o'clock Tuesday night,
June lst, at her home, BOO North Mul-
berry street, Hagerstown, aged 81 years
and days. She was IA member Of the
First Brethren church. Surviving are
her husband and these children: John,
Luther, Frederick r., VIM. L., Hagers-
town; Mrs John Humerick, of Freder-
ick; Mrs Edw Haines, Washington;
Belva E., at home. The body was
brought to Thurmont on the BIS w. M.
train Saturday and services held in the
u. b. church. Interment in the GENE
terry adjoining. M. l.. Creager had
charge of the funeral.
GEESEY.
Mr.. Thomas Geesey, well known res
ident of Mountaindale, this county, died
at his home there on Saturday evening,
of heart trouble, aged rs years. Mr..
Geesey, who was carpenter by trade,
leaves d "ldoW, loui ooiio "Aia hoei
daughters, the children being as follows:
George w., William c., Luther T., Spen-
Ger O., Misses Catherine and Elsie Gee
sey, at home; Mrs. Samuel Lambert,
near Walkersville, and Mrs. Jacob Hal
Ter, Araby. The funeral took place
Tuesday morning, meeting at the house
at 9 o'clock. Services were held at Mt.
! Prospect church, Lewistown, at 10 o clock
and interment made in the cemetery ad-
joining the church.
BURRIER.
Miss Nellie Burrier, daughter of the
late Charles d. and Mrs. Catherine Bur
rer, of Walkersvlle, died at the City
Hospital, on Saturday afternoon, where
she had been operated upon for appendl-
citis several weeks ago. She was aged
23 wears. Her funeral took place at IL
O'Clock Monday from her late home. Ser
vices were held at the house, conducted
! by Rev. A. H. Mckinley, and iaterment
was made in Mt Oiivet cemetery. Put
man 4 Creager were the funeral direc tors
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Suburban Suburbs,

A fiat dweller. having selected what
he thought WAS Il pretty good thing
In one of the suburban towns as a
place OF residence, took his wife out
to look at It, The rent was delight
ful, but the house was on the very
rim OF the town. The wife disap-
proved
"What's the matter with it, he
asked testify. for he had had hard
time finding 1t.
"Well," she replied with feminine
firmness. II am willing for your sake
to live In a suburb of the city. but |
positively will not live in the suburb
Of n suburb It's asking too much.
George. and-and"-
She didn't cry. but George prevented
1t only by superhuman efforts.-New
York Press.
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History.

History is running account or how
King Somebody-or-other either did or
did not get to certain place, which
nobody ever heard of, before King
Somebody-else got there, from when
we are usually supposed to conclude
that 1t would have made quite diff
ference whether he did or not.
Like nearly everything else. history
has two sides. The history Of the gar
den OF Eden depends upon whether 1t
Is related by man or a woman.
The history Of the American Revolu-
ton reads quite different in English
books from the way 1t reads In our
own books.
History is bore. not only because
you are unacquainted with the people
who figure in 1t, but because 1t re-
peats itself.-Life.
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PnStmaStrrs' Snlnri.s Raised.

The annual readjustment of the salar-
les of postmasters has been announced
at he postotii'e Department. The fl.
lowing are among the increases made il
Maryland:
Gaithersburg, 81 200 to 81, 800; Hagers.
town, 50, 900 to So, 100; Middletown, 81, lCl
to 81 700 Mount Airy, 81, 800 to 81 ,600
Thurmont 81, 300 to 81, 400; Union Bridge,
81, 300 to ST. 400; WiIliamsport, 81, 300 t'
81. 400; Woodsboso, 81, 400 to 81, 500.
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Had Sure Chance.

A patient with a malignant disease
of the throat consulted London spe-
cialist. The surgeon recommended the
removal OF the larynx. The patient
EXPRESSED fear that the operation
was dangerous.
"Oh. no. said the surgeon. You
are sure to recover"
But" said the patient. 81 under
stood that the operation was serious
Indeed
We'll" said the surgeon, my rea-
son for saying that you are sure to re-
cover Is this: The mortality Is nine
teen out OF twenty, and I've had nine
teen deaths already
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To Be Cnlltl Damn NrNtherS.

Official announcement was made by
Adiutant-G General Wariield that the en-
campment OF the troops Of the Maryland
National Guard will be held near West
minister, Md, from July Is to %. Th,
site selected is the large amshouse farm
"A location splendidy adapted for the pur
pose, and just outside of Westminster.
Al of the troops OF the guard Will par
ticipate in the encampment with the eX
ception of the First Company, Coast Ar
tillery, which organization will, instead
take part in the joint army and militia
exercises and maneuvers to be held a
Fort Howard, Baltimore, September 4tt
to l4th.
1t has been decided to name the caml
Camp Crothers," after the Governor o
the State jutant-General Wariielt
has not yet been advised as to what troop!
of the regular army will be designate1
to attend the camp and assist i'll the reg
ular instruction of the militiamen.
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Her Base Inoratitudc.

When Duchenols, the great French
actress, died some one met an old man
who had been her intimate friend and
who was apparently crushed with sor-
row. Kindly meant professions OF
sympathy and consolation failed to
cheer him. "For," said he, ut Is NOT
so much her loss which troubles me as
her base ingrattude. Can you credit
1t? She left me nothing In her will.
and yet | dined with her at her own
house three times a week regularly for
thirty yearSw
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The Human Touch.

"But. my dear sir, your play does
not even touch the chords of human
ity! remarked a theatrical lessee. re-
ferring to comedy that he had
deigned to scan.
what! No human touch? Great
Scott" exclaimed the dramatist. And
the hero is always borrowing money
from his friends"
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An Odd Slip.

Dr. johnson once met the village
postman tru.lging along the dusty road
on hot summer afternoon. The post,
man observed that he had still a mile
to walk Just to deliver one newspaper.
my goodness" exclaimed the SYM
pathetic doctor. I'D never go all that
distance for such tritle! Why don't
you send it by post?"
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Another Way to Escape.

Papa
"What Is It, Theobald?"
"May ask you question:
Certainly you may. my child IL Is
only by asking questions that we can
improve our minds and prepare our
selves for our work In the world. |
am glad to note a spirit Of inquiry In
you, and hope you may never arrive
at the place where you think you know
II all and cease to solicit Information
from others. What Is your question,
my son?"
Il forget, papa" Newark News.
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Invited to l;OonslmrU.

Good Samaritan Lodge No. 46, |. 0. O..
F., of this place, has received an invita-
ton from La Grange Lodge No. 81, l. o
O. f., of Boonsboro, to be present at
their Memorial service ON Sunday next
Rev. Chas. d. Shutfer will deliver the
address.
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The loafer.

"Does the new Office boy loaf or
make mischiefT
"Loafs."
"Discharge him. We can direct
mischieyous lads efforts into some
useful channel. but we can't do any
thing with afer."-Buffalo Express.
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Venceance,

~ wonder at your allowing Hix to
marry your daughter. l thought you
were mortal enemies
That's just the reason. Now ne
will have my wife for his motheri In
Exchange
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Bobby's Query.

"Father." asked little Bobby. "had
Solomon T0u wives"
~ believe so. my boy" said the
father.
"Well. father. was he the man who
said. Give me liberty or give me
DEATH" Royal Magazine.
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Sha Got a NeW Ono.

"Mr Hornbill-Do you know, dar.
ling. | could pick you out OF crowd
of women just by your style! Mrs.
Hornbill-i don't wonder, and me
with this same old dress for the lust
two years.
Catoctin clarion., 1909-06-10

There are constantly 5000, 900
persons seriously i'll in the United
States, of whom more than 600, 900
are consumptives. More than half
of this illness is preventable.
Catoctin clarion., 1909-06-10

Men must sail while the wind serv-
th.-Dutch Proyerh,
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Life Is a little gleam Of time between
two eternities. CARLYLE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-05
GUN THAT RELoADs ITSELF.
Inventor Produces Automatic Re
peater, Smokeless and Kickless.
From the Technical Worlt

From the Technical World
Ever since men began to kill each other
which was very soon after sei11sh inter-
ests began to clash. good share OIL theif
,eisure time has been devoted to the eie-
.tine nursuit of inventing instruments
Gov that killing. From the time when
tho carly prowler in the primeval forest
discovered that by tying to the ehd or
s,,o,. the stone destined to crack the skull
of his enemy he could make the crack
more surely deadly, his inventive genus
sign as it is of his high rank among
the creatures, has been busy over this
nroblem. How to strike with fatal erect
upon his foe and with safety to himself
has been his study. and he has given birth
IN many an idea tending more and more
from age to age to enable him TO DO
this work by mechanical contrivance
II Is curious that crudities still appear
in the weapons which the geniuses OF
centuries have labored to perfect, ana
that our eye should be opened at TINS
late day to almost ludicrous lmper1ec-
tons in our most cherished klihhs ma
chine, the rifle. Yet it is only few
wears since the smoke OF black powder
was done away with and comparatively
a matter of days since young MT. Maxim
produced his sound choking, lame sup
pressing device. ana now comes news
from Sweden that an inventor there mas
found means at last to stop the KICK
which has made sore shoulders from the
time the first blunderbuss was discharg-
ed. and has constructed weapon that
will drop men so fast that single
marksman may dispose of regiment IN
an hour.
Eleven hundred and twenty-five shots
to the hour from gun that Is carried
i'm the hand and fired from the shoulder
is a high record. If that gun Is smoke
less and kickless. 1t is convenient TO nam
die and but little trouble 10 operate
Swedish Mr. Sjogren has made distinct
subtraction from the dement's of the
rife from the standpoint OF the user
for his new gun has made this record
and has the new feature. And the wea-
non has already taken rank with the
most approved and will doubtless become
a part Of the armament of many of the
worlds armies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-05
EXPECTED HOME THIS EVENING
APOSTOLIC DELEGATE ON WAY
TO WASHINGTON.
Returned to New York Tuesday
Last After Long Sojourn
in Europe.

Mgr. Falconio. apostolic delegate to the
United States will arrive in Washington
this evening from New York, where he
arrived Tuesday morning from Europe on
the North German Lloyd steamship kron-
nrjnzessin Cecilie. Friends of the dele
gate prevailed on him to spend day OF
so with them in New York.
Mgr. Cherretti, auditor of the legation
who went to New York Monday to meet
the delegate, returned to the city today
He said Mgr. Falconio is in tine best OF
health and ready to take up the mass OF
business which has accumulated since he
went to Rome in May.
When asked whether Mgr Falconio
NAV be made a cardinal, Mgr. Cherrettl
smiled. He explained, however, that in
Rome the vacation season is on IN Sep
TENDER and part of October, and tnat IN
November it is believed the pope Will I'LL
some of the eighteen vacancies now eA-
listing in the college of cardinals.
In the event Mgr. Falconio is made a
cardinal Mgr. Aversa, at present apos-
tolic delegate to Cuba and Porto Rico, II
is expected will be named to succeed to
the local post. He has been assistant sec
retary to both Cardinal Rompoila, the
secretary of state under Pope Leo, anu
Cardinal Merry del Val. the present sec
rotary.
During the past winter Mgr. Aversa
spent several months at the Satnoiic
University making a study of the work
of the church in America, and in case he
is named by the pontiff to succeed Mgr.
Falconio he will be thoroughly versed i'll
much of the work which Will come before
him for consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-05
Uncle Sans Deserters.
From Harper's Weekly.


On the bulletin board In a post ONCE
one frequently sees proclamation an.
nouncing in large type that a reward Of
$50 is offered by the government for fhs
apprehension of So-and-so, who has de-
serted from the United States Army, ana
accompanying the notice are two pictures
or the man in question, showing his full
race and profile, together with a COM
plete and accurate description Of his per-
sonal appearance.
When you consider that such a proc-
lamation is sent broadcast throughout
the country to every village post Office
constable. police station, sheriff and
United States marshal, 1t is evident that
the deserter has but a very slender
chance OF escaping detection In addition
TO the ordinary marks of recognition the
soldier carries with him the inevitable
mannerisms of the service, especially that
peculiar stride which characterizes the
profession he has followed and which is
more difficult to disguise than the lock-
step of the convict
Fully four-fifths of the men who desert
from our army are OF foreign birth. This
does not imply that the vast majority OF
our enlisted men are naturalized citizens.
class are professional army deserters and
nave bad records behind them in Europe.
AFTER deserving from foreign army they
came here and. being unable TO secure
work, Joined our forces. But the old dis
satisfaction with the soldering life again
became too strong to be resisted and tie
result is another deserton and the al
most certain result, term in the guard
mouse or in the NATIONAL prison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-05
Feet of Seals and Sea Lions.
From the Strand Magazine.


OF all the feet that / have looked at ]
know only one more utterly ridiculous
than the twisted ripper on which the sea
lion props his great bulk in front. and
that is the forked fy-nap which extends
from the hinder part of the same. How
can it be worth any beasts while TO carry
such an absurd apparatus with it just for
the sake of getting out into the air some
times and pushing ones-self about on the
ice and being eaten by polar bears? The
porpose has discarded one pair. turned
the other into decent fins and recovered q
grace and power of motion in water which
is not equaled by the greyhound on land.
Why have the seals hung back? l believe
| know the secret. 1t is the baby! No
one knows where the porpoise and the
whale cradle their newborn infants-it is
so difficult to pry into the domestic ways
Of these sea peOple-but evidently the
seals cannot manage it, SO they are fore
ed to return to the land when the cares
of maternity are on them.
L have called the feet of these sea
beasts ridiculous things, and so they are
as we see them: but strip off the skin,
and 10. there appears a plain foot. with
It's five digits, each of several joints. tip
ped with claws-nowise essentially differ
ent in short, from that with which the
toad, or frog, first set out In past too
distant for our infirm imagination. Admit
ration itself is paralyiZed by a contriv-
ance so simple. SO transmutable and so
sufficient for every need that time and
change could bring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-05
Crooked Weighing Machines.

From the Providence tribune
Beware the penny-in-the-slot weighing
machine said the man who Is inclined
TO take on flesh that he doesn't really
need They're like thermometers: they
don't agree. Nothing disappoints you
more on a sizzling hot day than to walk
up to cool, calm thermometer in the
sun and find it's only eighty. when n
thermometer in the shade a little further
sdown the street has just told you it was
nnety-eight. You want to believe the
warm thermometer, but you're all at sea.
Its the same way with these weighing
machines. l stepped on one the other
night and the register showed I'd lost six
teen pounds. put on good many Tugs
as the small boy says, when / went home.
I've got wife that keeps the indicator
going some when she gets on the scales
and she was green with envy. But the
next day / spent another cent on another
machine and. by heck. I'd got back the
sixteen pounds and put two more on top
of them and there you are. ! had to con-
fess-I'd done so much cackling and crow
ing over my wasting away-and even now
don't know which machine was right,
though my wife is pretty sure that she
does
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-05
GRUESOME IN ART.
Painters Tempted to Break Away
From the Common Subjects.

From the Strand Magazine.
DO YOU ever asked admirer of
the late Lord Leighton. grow weary OF
painting classical subjects?'
"Often. Every painter is tempted now
and then to abandon his province and do
something startlingly unlike himself
Once when the academy was filled with
sensational canvases Millais said he
. awoke in the middle of the night after
dreaming he was painting picture,
which even now makes my pulses thrill.
1t had something to do with a crazy
canon and the dome of ST. Paufs, but
l don't dare describe it,.
Probably, if the truth were known.
every artist has felt a craving to break
away from convention and portray some
thing, either melOdramatic. unreal or as
tonishing. If one casts an eve upon the
accumulated products of art for the past
stand out as being frankly an appeal to
the love of the marvellous, if not. indeed,
of the impossible. Certain painters, too.
have long figured as the opponents of
that species of art which, as Whistler
said hits you in the eye" which is odd
bizarre or thrilling. whether in land
scape alleSory, or the representation
of human life and incident. One of the
most famous century ago was John
Martin, whose pictures. remarked Macau-
he showed YOU landscape it was such
a one as fairly took your breath away,
full of immeasurable spaces, gorgeous
prodiSies of architecture blazing skies
and impossible monsters. Then there
came the pictures of Blake. which were
of another order of sensationalsm He
was gruesome. symbolical. mysterious
Watts was under the influence of Blake
when he painted such works as Cruel
Avarice.'' man with an eagles head.
4 M a u-ni r1
what disagreeable productions
Perhaps no man was ever a greater
master of pictorial sensationalism than
Gustave Dore, for whom mountains
and mirages. monsters and murderers''
seemed to possess charm But for
downright blood-curdling art the Belgian
painter Wiertz is unapproached and
doubtless unapproachable. There is a
museum at Brussels entirely devoted to
his works. most OF which are literally
too horrible for reproduction
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-05
Judge Mills Sets Limit
to Hearing of ThaW Case

WHITE PLAINS, y. Y. August 8
Harry X. Thaw will probably know in
week whether or not he is to be re-
turned to the Matteawan Asylum for
the Criminal Insane. to which he was
committed after his acquittal of the
murder OF Stanford White, on the
ground that he was insane when he
committed the act.
Justice Mills, who is hearing the is
sue which is TO determine whether
Thaw is now sane or insane, said yes
terday afternoon that he expected to
file his decision with the clerk of the
court of Westchester county at noon
Thursday of next week. He also an
nounced that the hearing must be con-
cluded this week
II was said here yesterday that
Thaw's wife. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, had
not received her weekly allowance from
Thaw this week. When Thaw was
asked If he had stopped his wifes al
lowance he said he had not He ex-
planned that If she had not received
her check this week it was an oversight
due to press of business
Mrs. Thaw. when communicated with,
said the report that no check lad been
received by her this week was true and
she. too. wanted to know if Thaw had
decided to stop her allowance. AS a
rule she said. she received check for
x,
coming from Mr.. Morschauser. She
had received no intimation. she added.
that the allowance had been stopped.
Mr.. Morschauser said that he had
just found time to mail the usual week
ly check TO Thaw's wife.
State Rests Case.
DIR. Carlos Macdonald, the third and
last of the state alienists. was called yes.
terday afternoon. and with his testimony
the state rested its case.
Jerome turned the witness over Ia
Morschauser to cross-eXamipe.
III such a place as Thaw described as
conducted by White did actually exist i'm
New York, would you say that Thaw's
belief in its existence was delusion?' he
asked.
If il actually existed no.
IT Judge Morschauser took this stand
and said he believed Thaw Is now sane
would you believe him.
II would
IF L told you he said that two weeks
ago would you believe me-
II would have doubts in that case"