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By Aaron Russell, coz K Street
Northwest.

CERDINANDo DE SOTO. a Spanish soldier.
i was born in 1896 He accompanied Ped
rarias Davila to America in 1919. In 1927 he
assisted Hernandez in Nicaragua. and employe ed
the coast OF Guatemala aud Yucatan in 1928.
In 1888 DE Soto crossed the mountain and dis
covered the great national road which led to
the Peruvian capital. and selected by
Pizarro as ambassador to visit the Inca Atahulipa.
He distinguished himself during the conquest OF
Peru. and was the hero Of the battle In which
Cuzco. the principal city. was taken. With .
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y NJ m M NJ rs S rs M rs rs 7E rs ~ rs rs
sat up in bed and listened. Yes. some
one was doubtless prowling about the
house. He slipped into his trousers and
went quietly to the front window, which
was hoisted. He did not thrust out his
head, for he did not care to be seen by
the possible burglars or tramps in the
yard below. But he listened intentIy.
Then. becoming assured that somebody
or bodies-was trying the sitting-room
window. Tom hurried into his sisters
room and walked her, whispering hoarse-
ly. Don't make noise, Sis but slip
into your buds as quickly as you can and
Is trying to break into the house. I'll go
to pa and mas room and get pas shot
gun. You get that Chinese sword Aunt
Mag gave you Christmas and give Buddy
some sort of weapon, for we may all have
to fight to hold the fort Tom was eX-
cited, and he trembled a he talked. Mabel
was not slow in obeyins her brothers
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morning and found themselves in that
part Of Canada, they would have shivered
and crawled back between the warm
blankets of their beds. declaring it too
frosty for them to venture out of doors.
But 1t was not so with little Brown
Bruin, a dear. chubby boy bear, who had
lived all his life in that part Of the world
and knew nothing else, and who, there
fore, loved the cold such as Is to be ex-
perienced in the northern part of the
great continent of North America. And
on the morning of which / write he was
out early, hunting for-Well, it is hard
to say just what he was hunting for, as
he did not seem to know exactly what
he wanted, unless 1t was adventure. And
he soon found that He had found a
nice tree to climb. and. being an active
fellow and fond of outdoor sports for
all the world like q little boyD he pro-
ceeded to go up the body of the tree as
sprfghtly as kitten. Soon he was in the
strong boughs and was sitting looking
ing. possibly. why there was so little ex-
element whereabouts, for no living crea-
ture did he see, only part of a deep
forest and great rugged land, some parts
OF 1t still covered with snow.
Suddenly something appeared over the
horizon-a small, dark speck. It came
flying through the air-low over the
earth. Brown Bruin supposed 1t was
huge bird, and was much entertained
watching 1t. He had never seen so large
bird before. But as the flying object
came on nearer and nearer Brown Bruin
discovered that it was not a bird, but
something with an immense head. which
Wobbled from side to side as it flew: it's
long neck, which joined head and body,
was thin. and almost invisible.
Now, as Brown Bruin never did find out
the species to which this flying thing be-
longed, it Is well to tell my little readers
that 1t was not living creature at all,
but balloon. which had become loosened
from its anchorage many, many miles to
the southland, and had flown away from
it4 owners, going with the wind to the
northland. A heavy anchor trailed along,
which prevented the balloon from rising
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seen such beautiful lights at certain
times of the year, lights which seemed
to form great circle over the earth.
And so the day passed, Brown Bruin
sailing through air at tremendous
speed, and the air growing colder and
colder. causing the little aeronaut great
suffering Down in the bottom of the
basket he huddled and, finding blan-
ket folded there, crawled beneath it. But
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would do all the heavy work about the
place, and his wife. who would look
after the young uns'' every day; but this
good couple would go to their own little
house each night, a tenants "shanty"
some half mile from the farmhouse.
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-
were going on a
three-day visit with
some relatives who
lived in an adjoin-
ing county, and de-
cided to leave their
three &C hi ! dr. e n,
Tom. Mabel and
Buddy, In charge
Of the farm. There
was q farm hand,
~ n ~ 80 a uyhn
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By Rosa Coleman. IA Years, 1919
I'd Street Southeast.

the year 1854 a new expedition was planned
! in Spain which surpassed all other expeditions
which had been made.
The most noble of the cavaliers Ferdi
nand Dc Soto of Xeres. He had been the lieu
tenant and dearest friend of Pizarro and had
always been brave from his noble birth. and
now was returning from Peru loaded with riches.
He WAS popular In Spain that he was ap-
pointed governor of Cuba and Florida also given
privilege of exploring and conquering the latter
of the country.
OF the great company that hocked to De Soto
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orders. and slipped into a wrapper and
slippers while one could count ten.
where's Buddy?" she asked of Tom, as
the latter was about to leave the room
''Oh. l forgot to wake him. You run into
my room and get him up. I'll hurry to
get the gun
Mabel soon had Buddy awake, but at
first he could not understand what all
the excitement meant for in his sleepy
condition he did not remember that his
parents were away from home. But after
an excited whispered explanation from
Mabel he began to realize the situation
Then he was awake Immediately Tom
says we must hold the fort" whispered
Mabel. so be up and ready to help I'll
get mas scissors for you. They'll hurt
terribly if thrust into a tramp or bur-
glar.''
Buddy shivered. 1t was getting really
very serious when his sister talked Of
thrusting pair of scissors into a tramp
or burglar, especially since he. Buddy.
was to be the thruster. IAN right" he
said, his voice bit shaky I'll fight
as hard as 1 can to help hold the fort.
Give me the scissors"
But you must dress first" said Mabel
Then-' But there was a sudden noise
below stairs, as of some one shaking the
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revealed itself to them near Chickasa Bluffs. De
Soto very unlike William Penn. because he
cruel to the Indians. and often cut their
ears OF. SO that they feared him. The follow.
ing winter De Soto spent the Washita. Re-
turning In 1912 along the Mississippi Dc Soto.
out. died. His men then nut him into
followed log aud at midnight buried him in the
rivers muddy waters TO prevent the savages
from knowing Ii.
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Thus. the children would pass the night
in the big farmhouse quite alone But
this held no terrors for them, for they
loved ''bossing'' things-that is to say.
they enjoyed having responsibility. 1t
made them feel as though they were
''somebodies,' as they expressed it.
I'm so glad pa and ma are going to
allow us to look after things about the
house, said Mabel. Last year when
they went away for a few days they
hired Mrs. Brown to come in and stay
with us, and she didn't do thing but
sleep and eat all the time. She made me
do all the hedmaking and dishwashing
and I'd rather have done without her
bossing."
Yes. that's the way l feel about it,"
said Tom. low, Gus. our farm hand
will look after the big things. and Buddy
and / shall attend to milking the cows,
feeding the horses. pigs, chickens. etc
And you, sister. shall look after the
milk. cream. eggs and do the cooking for
the three OF US. / bet we'll get on swim
mingly."
The last word struck the keynote Of
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voice outside was again raised in &C.
compartment to a loud knocking.
"Oh. it's pa and ma" said Tom. Their
he stood his gun against the wall and
proceeded to open the door to admit
his parents AS soon as Mr. and Mrs
Todd got entrance to their house they
saw their three hopeful offspring armed
TO the teeth. so to speak and when
they learned of the children's fright and
OF their brave determination to hold
the fort" they laughed till their sides
ached.
But what brought you home SO soon -
asked Mabel. as soon as the excitement
attending their untimely arrival was over
and they were all seated In the parents
room.
why. what do you think?'' said Mrs
Todd. laughing. when we reached
your Uncle Johns house we found the
family packed up and gone to pay your
grandmother Jones a visit. AS there
was no use in our remaining over night
we could have done so, for the work
hands and cook were there-we decided
TO return home at once to make the
trip by moonlight. Well we knocked.
called. beat on the doors, tried raising
the windows in the sitting room, all in
vain. 1t seemed we never would be
able to wake you; and to think that
you were up and arming yourselves dur
ing most OF the time." And Mrs. Todd
nad to laugh again.
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Pretty soon Brown Bruin saw that the
piece of earth he was on was moving,
and very rapidly. All. he was on an ice
berg and did not know it, And, stranger
still, the iceberg was just from the north
pole, had just been melted from that
spot when Brown Bruin fell to its sur
face.
Then Bruins travels began again. Oh.
when would he ever get anything to eat!
Surely he would have starved had not
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The words of this Primal Acros-
tic are pictured instead of describ-
ed. If the words are rightly guess
ed and written one below another,
their initial letters will spell the
name of animals much feared by
little children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-31
THE SUNDAY STAR.
PRIZE WINNERS
IN THE
CUT-OUT CONTEST

The following are the names
and essays of the young authors
who won prizes of $1.oo each in
THE SUNDAY STARS His
torical Cut-Out Contest, the SUBJ
ject of essay and cut-out being
DE Soto Discovers the Missis-
sippi," as published in the Comic
Section last Sunday:
. By Rebecca Portou, Age IS, 1102
Street Northwest.
A sPANIARD by the name Of Ferdinand de
- Soto with a force of about six hundred
men. sailed from Cuba In the spring Of 1859 to
: hnd great treasure. :
De Soto was greedy Of gold as he was
cruel. and as daring he was greedy. The
expedition landed at Tampa bay and began its
march OF exploration. robbery and murder. De
soldiers seized ,se natives n Chained them ln
couples 80 that they might not escape. and
an 70 Gsr - and pound
: these hard hearted Spaniards their fate WAS
eut o nj. S,n 5adsn his ,se body with bullets
exhibit the Useless. bleeding stumps to his
family.
For two years this march went on and during
this time DE Soto and bis men Travelled upward
OF fifteen hundred miles through what is now
the states Of Florida. Georgia. Alabama and
mississippi They found no gold, but, instead.
hunger. suffering and death.
From Mobile they wandered northwestward
until they came to great river. 1t the
Mississippi. ard so wide that a man stand
ing on one bank could not SEE a man standing on
the other. Here the Spaniards crossed the
march. but meeting. as they declared. Indians
as fierce as mad dogs" In May. 1912. they
Louisiana where the Red river untes with 1t.
At last. disappointed In his hopes and having
lost many men, De Soto died on the banks of the
Mississippi. and his followers. Wishing TO con-
ceal his death. wrapped his body In mantle
and In the silence of midnight sunk it into the
middle OF the river He died when about forty
six years old. His wife died Of grief three
days after bearing the news.
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The river was crossed and many more vain at
tempts were made to discover the fabulous
wealth which they had hoped to find over
come 10y conviction of his total failure. De
died May %. 1542.
To hide his death from the hostile savases
his body was wrapped I'm mantle and in the
silence OF midnight stealthily sank in midstrea M
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WHEN IT RAINS.

HAVE heard said when the But I'm sure the angels smile i
down Heaven
That angels weeping because they the rain to the dry
the skies 1rOWn; earth
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THOUGH 1t was
warm weather in
the United States.
for it was during
the early days of
summer, II was still
very cold away up
in the region round
about Hudson bay.
And If the little
children of the u.
s. A. had walked up
suddenly in the
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he been bear. and used to going with
out food for six months AT time but
that was always in the winter, and this
was the summer, and time for him to
eat. But, as he couldn't find food. he
must be content without it, So he sat on
the side of the iceberg, wondering what
would be his next adventure.
After some time spent in travelling in
this fashion Brown Bruin awoke one
morning to see a strange looking thing
on the deep blue water. coming right
toward him. And to his JOY he felt that
his piece of ground had stopped floating
for the time being. The iceberg had
become fast among several other ice
bergs. and could not get through the
channel till the obstacles OF ice should
move on with it.
had seen such creatures many many
times before) come from the object which
lay on the deep. blue water. This OBJ
ject was a whaler. and had gotten farther
north than was usual with boats of that
kind, but the captain was bit of an
explorer as we'll as fisherman, and
liked getting far into the northern seas
in summer). And then something strange
happened. Instead of running away from
the men who had landed on the icebergs
looking them in the face questioningly.
"Ah. a brown cub in this part of the
world" cried the captain of the whaler.
Now, did you ever see anything like
that? Gee! We must take him back
with us. He must be new species OF
northern bear never before seen by ex-
plorers In these parts. Button my life
he looks just like a northern Canadian
bear. Wonder how he ever came here?'
Then the captain and several of his
crew proceeded to surround Bruin, and
pretty soon he was their captive but did
not feel unhappy in being so. for they
fed him and used him kindly. Then. after
he had become we'll acquainted with both
boat and men he had a very jolly time,
indeed, and was named North Pole, for
somehow the men believed he had drifted
down from that very spot on the top of
the world. And North Pole became the
pet and mascot of the whalers and
when they returned to the United States
they had many stories to tell of the lit
tie brown bear they had found on an
iceberg. Had the men only explored the
opposite side of the iceberg from where
they found Brown Bruin they would have
solved the mystery of Bruins being
there, for there OH the ice. in a frozen
mass. lay the balloon with bursted
gas bag. But doubtless no one ever found
that old balloon, and its former owners
are perhaps wondering to this day what
ever became of 1t, probably supposing it
to be at the bottom of the northern seas
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London Society in the Sixties.

Lady ST. Heller. in Harpers Magazine.
When first came out 1t was recognized
fact among our family friends and CO.
temporaries that when a woman attained
the age of fifty years or thepeabout, or
her daughters came out, she became, for
all practical purposes. quite old. At forty
five my mother. who was still young and
good looking and sang divinely, began
to wear caps and assumed the toilet
adopted by women who recognized that
they had passed the age when they could
be called young. Nowadays mothers and
daughters dress almost alike; and what
is q more general sight than that of a
young and still beautiful mother dancing
all through an evening as merrily and as
much sought after as her daughter?
Nothing could exceed the simplicity and
economy which were practiced by the
young ladies of my time. Our allowance
was very limited: 91OO a year was con-
sidered princely, especially when IL was
augmented by our parents providing our
court dresses. But the real reason for
the lesser cost of our toilets lay i'm the
fact that amusements were fewer and
generally confined to an occasional after
noon party and a ball. so that only two
changes of dress were necessary, even
among those who went out to a very
great extent.
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Salvador.
From the New York World

Old Salvador. king of the turf In 1seo
was golden chestnut Of ideal build and
temper. When they buried him at Ley
inston, KY. last Saturday they put awav
most that was left. besides mems mem
cries, of the golden days of the American
race track. In Salvatore presence. in
witness OF his performances, one realized
the significance of racing as THE snort
or kings. Infinite distances sepa rate
such contests as those in which this gre at
morse took part from the late scorchine
bees arranged often. it appeared, as bene.
MT matinees for the hookmakers. Sal
wator was mt to rank with Boston.
Eclipse Parole. Tom Ochiltree, Ten
Brock and the rest on a list of choice
champions. He left a mark for a mile.
l-5a12, two seconds faster than any other
record for the distance, but his courage
quality and consistency distinguished him
more greatly than could the figures of
any single winning. What misfortunes
nave overtaken the turf =. Ills country
have come through departures from such
nigh standards OF sport as would be con-
sonant with the career OF a Salvador
Th1s old horse was taken from the track
before he had passed his prime He sur
vived In seclusion the field of sporting
enterprise which he adorned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-17
HELPING SMALL COLLEGES.
DR.. Wiley Tells Why They Are De
serving Of Support.

At a meeting of the Indiana Society
last night at the Y. NJ. c. A, DIR. Harvey
Wiley, chief chemist of the bureau Of
chemistry, Department of Agriculture.
delivered an address i'm which he made a
plea for the smaller universities and col
leges Of the country.
DR.. Wiley declared that from personal
experience he has learned that 81 invested
I'm a small university goes as far as 81
in one of the large institutions having
1000 or more students.
when | hear of the philanthropict;
of the country giving large sums OF
money to the big universities" he con
tinued. Il wonder why part of this
money should not be received by the
smaller colleges. No young man should
be sent to a big university except for
professional training. At a large uni
versity he gets no personal attentio IN
or interest from his professors. The
latter barely know him by sight. In a
small college Of 300 or 400 students it
is different. There 1t is that the teach
ers come in personal contact with the
students"
Solos were rendered by Mrs. Charles
B. Bayly, Mrs. ]. p. Megrew. Miss Mil
dred De Hart and Thomas l.. Jones.
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LEESBURG. VA.
Special Correspondence Of The star.

Special Corre spondence Of The star.
LEESBURG. Va. November Is. 1909.
The Farmers and Merchants Banking
and Trust Company OF Loudoun county
opened It's doors TO the public at Q
o'clock yesterday morning. and there was
a large number of visitors during the
day. The company. of which Robert n
Harper of Washington is president. or
sanized in July last. but the building
which they purchased and extensively
remodeled was not finished until the lat
ter part of last week The officers of the
institution are Robert N Harper. presi-
dent: W. s. jenkins, David b. Tenant.
j. r. Thomas. F.. r. Sanders vice presi-
dents, and j. r. H. Alexander. attorney
and trust officer. The directors are J. r.
Clemens. secretary: j. X. III. Alexander,
A. S. Bates. NJ. f. Church. ]. r. Clemens.
y. NJ. Chichester. jr.: l.. G. Cairness
Hutchinson, W. s. Jenkins s. l.. Moore
8. w. Norris. E. NJ. Presgraves F.. E.
saunders. ID. b. Tenant. ]. B. Thomas,
II. III. Trundle. A c. Van Devanter.
The citizens OF Hamilton, Loudoun
county. have also organized a banking
institution under the name Of the Farm
ers and Merchants National Bank of
i Hamiiton. IL will have capital Of $25.
ONO. and will be the fourth national bank
and the fifth financial institution in Lou
doun. DIR. Thomas F. Keen of Hamilton
mas been elected president. Samuel j.
Johnston OF Leesburg first vice president.
Henry j. Hoge treasurer and Edwin F..
Garrett of Leesburg attorney. The new
bank will be ready for business in about
Tour months: within which time it will
erect building. The directors OF the
institution are DIR. IT. F. Keen. s. ].
Johnston ei,h William Chienes. G. Ernest
Leith, A. c. James. William Brown. J.
NJ. Hoge, DIR. w. c. Orr, s. e. Rogers
w. n. Grubb. Joshua Hatcher. Isaac
Ballenger. ID. J. Hoge. s. w. Brooks and
F.. NJ. Love OH"
\ Sunday school mass meeting will be
held in the Methodist Church in Lees
burg Tuesday evening. A. r Hon.s-
nOs county county president: will be present
church. Va, will speak on "Oreaniza.
Iion work; II. c. Houston. ex-president
OF the Illinois State Sunday School AS
sociation. on Teachers Training" and
S, w. Bsines; general secretary of the
sunday School Association of Virginia
VIII make an address upon Sunday school
Morki n Is expected that the district
lied WIN oe orsdh-