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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-31
KENsINGTON.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
kENSINGTON. Md, July 81. 1909.
George ii. Burpee. representing the
kensington Public Service Corporation
has asked for franchise from the Ken
sington town council to install a water
and acetylene plant, tand il has been
granted. 1t is stated that the kensng-
ton Public Service Corporation Will lay
four-inch mater mains on the principal
streets and establish seventeen hydrants
at suitable places for fire purposes. and
also for sprinkling the public streets and
parks of the town. Water will be fur
nisiled IN quantity and force sufficient to
throw stream of one and one-half inch
eS not less than 40 feet. The water will
come from wells that are to be drilled
on land at Capitol View and will be fur
nished to private dwellings at 81 a month
Tor an eight-rGom house.
The company will have the right to
manufacture and furnish acetylene light
Tor consumers in kensington. While the
water in the wells at kensington is the
purest that can he had anywhere, there
Is serious need of water as means
of lire protection
The committee. consisting of j. Daw-
son Williams. Prof. w w Skinner and
councilman r. E. Baer. appointed by the
town council to consider the sewer SyS-
tenn, made recommendation to the coun-
Gil Monday night that a competent engi-
neer be employed to examine the system
in use, including the sewer farm and re-
port comprehensive and effective sss-
tenn for the whole town. b. H. Warner
offered TO sell the town his right in the
present system.
DIR. Henry Runner will preach in the
Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church
at IL am. tomorrow for the last time un-
til he returns in September. but arrange
ments have been made for preaching
do a,tr l. ..h
Sence.
Mr. and Mrs. II. l.. Mcqueen whose
home was destroyed by fire recently, will
occupy Or. Runners house here during
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ODD FELLOWS.

LODGES.
Aug. Beacon Lodge. No. 1s: Excelsior
Lodge. No. Il: IAngdon Lodge,
No. %. and Uninn Lodge. No.
IL. regular business.
Ang. 3-Phoenix Lodge, No. IS. degree
work.
Golden Rule Lodge. No. 81:
Washington Lodge. No q. and
Amty Lodge. No. -. regular
business.
Aug. III Harmony Lodge, No. .. degree
work
Eastern Lodge. No. I: Friendship
Ledge. No. II. and Federal City
Lodge No. 20. regular business
Aug. Columbia Lodge. No. III, third de-
gree.
lem Lodge. No. 80. regular busi-
Aug 6-Ccntral Lodge. No. !. and Metrop
oils Lodge. No. Is. regular bust
ness.
ENCAMPMENTS.
Aug Mount Nebo. No. 6. royal purple
degree.
Aug. T. Magencnu, No 4. regular business
REBEKAH BRANCH.
Aug. Naomi Lodge. No. 1, regular bnsi-
Aug. martha Washington Lodge. No. 3.
regular business.
Aug. Ruth Lodge. No. =, degree work.
PATRIARCHS MILITANT.
Aug. 3-Canton Washington. No. 1. month
1y business meeting.
Aug. Canton Washington, No. 1. drill
team practice.
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In order to be a full-fiedged member of
the Pleasant Point Fishing Club 1t is not
necessary to know how to use fly bait or
to be able TO cast bait to particular
spot 1t is necessary. however. to know
how to get full enjoyment at the club
home at Lodge. Va. and number OF
members are there enjoying saltwater
fishing Members of this club do not be-
neve in spending their whole time ang-
ling. but are willing To enjoy other sports,
desiring to leave some fish in the river
for others to catch
Fred Lewis, George Lewis. their moth
e. and other members of the family are
chaperoning the party at the landing this
sason The score or more composing the
party are getting full enjoyment there.
The day after the party reached the
landing II. f. Sloat, Thomas Peach. the
Lewis brothers. Harry Fleming, Fred
Bauman and Joseph Flynn spent the
morning on Yeocomico river and landed
lo5 fish. Including fifty-four trout.
A game of base ball played by picked
mines from members of the club and ma
tives ended disastrously. Frank Hines,
the star first baseman. breaking his leg
1t was fortunate that DIR. Charles Smith
WAS acting as umpire. lie fracture was
set by him. the injured man afterwaId
being taken to a hospital.
trip to Piney Point on the motor
boat Honey Boy proved pleasant di-
version During the ride the occupants
Of the boat were entertained with mu-
steal selections by Sam Lewis and Thorn
as Peach
The male members of the party are
having no difficulty in catching more
fish tnan enough for table use. When
camp breaks the latter part of next
month salt fish to last the several fam
HES all winter will be brought home.
Mrs. William Wagner is with the party.
William Sturbitts. George Ray, Harry
Ray and John w. Hurley took bucket
of madtomS and went To Capt. Walters
for a days outing early in the week.
The place where they tried their luck
is near the mouth of the Monocacy, con-
sidered one of the best bass fishing
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CALLED AND THE TELESCOPE.
No Celebration Of Precautionary OF
Invention of Instrument.

Invention of instrument.
From the New York Tribune
When one considers the marvellous rev.
Citations made by the telescope. 1t seems
strange that there has been no celebra-
ton Of the tercentenary of its origin In
zoos or 1909. With this instrument and
its adjuncts man has learned much con-
corning the distance and composition of
the stars. has discovered that some of
them are even larger than Is the sun and
has found evidence that most of them are
in motion. He has thus gained a concep-
ton of the character and extent of the
universe which would otherwise have
been unattainable. Does not such knowl-
edge place the human race under an OBJ
legation of almost incalculable proper
tons to the person who made its acqui-
sition possible?
That there has been no notable demon
STATIONS In honor. Of the inventor of the
telescope is probably due to the fact that
his identity Is In question. Calico, to
whom is usually accorded the distinction
OF devising 1t. is known to have made one
in May, 1909. 1t is asserted. however,
that the discovery on which the instru-
ment Is based was made the year before
in Holland. and was accidental The ap-
prentice of a spectacle maker is said to
have noticed that when two lenses we're
held certain distance apart they gave
magnified and inverted image of any
object seen through them. According to
tradition, his employer repeated the ex-
pertinent, and constructed telescope,
which was placed on exhibition in Octo-
Der, 1905. Galileos telescope was not pro-
duced until the following year 1t is be-
cause the credit does not go without dis
pute TO any one man. no doubt. that the
world is slow in recognizing it's debt.
Still. if the italian was not the sole
author of the telescope he evidently had
keener sense of its value than the Dutch
spectacle maker who first knew some of
its possibilities In Holland, perhaps it's
use was limited to terrestrial objects. APP
paratus which would represent a build
ing upside down must have been some
thing of a curiosity. but its real worth
may have been dubious for time. Cali
leo was probably the first man to employ
it in the study of the heavens and to sug-
gest to others its suitability for that kind
of work. He thus rendered almost as
much service 10 astronomy as If no one
had anticipated him in the construction
of the instrument. Eventually. of course.
some one else would have done this If
Calico had not Perhaps his friend KEEP
Ter would in time have perceived the
servation. Kepler may have had as early
invention. and. having in 1904 worked
out the theory of refraction, he was ad-
mirably qualified to elucidate the prin-
ciple of the telescope. He did so in 1911.
AS no one seems to have made prac-
tical application of the instrument to
astronomy, however before Calico, the
Italian deserves the honor of a pioneer.
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MASONIC.
LODGES.

LODGES
Aug 2-Beni B. French No Is. E. 4.
Pentalpha. No. - +. \.
Aug. 3-National. No. L.. called OF.
Aug 4-washington Centennial, No 14.FC.
Osiris. No. Is. r. c.
King Solomon. No. 81. +. {.
Aug 5-lIasonic Board Of Relief.
VIM. X. Singleton. No. 30. +. c.
La Fayette, No. 10. +. Z.
Aug. 6-Columbia. No. 3, NJ. NJ.
Lebanon, No I, ". NJ.
Hiram. No. 10, called OF.
NOT BULLETINED:
Potomac, No: 8.
Anacostia. No. Il.
NJ. NJ. Parker. No. -.
King David, No. rs.
Naval Lodge No. t.
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS.
Aug. 3--La Fayette. No 5. called of.
Aug. 4-Columbia. No. 1, called OF.
Aug 6-SchooI Of Instruction (schedulcd}.
NOT BULLETlNED:
Washington Naval. No. 6.
Brightwood. No. ..
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR COMMUNICATES.
Aug. 2-Orient, No. B, called on.
Aug 6-Columbia. No. = Order Of Temple.
NOT BUILETINED:
Potomac, No. 3.
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH
RITE.
Aug 3-Nfithras Lodge of Perfection
scheduled
EASTERN STAR CHAPTERS.
Aug. Ruth No. /.
Aug. 3-Mizpah. No. 8.
Aug. 4-Areme, No. 10.
Aug. 5-Esther. No. 5. called on.
Aug. 6-Martha. No 4. called of.
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At the annual session of the Grand
Encampment. I. o. o. F., held in Odd
Fellows Hall 9TH street northwest
Tuesday evening. July 20. Past Grand
Master John II. Wood of Fred ID. Stuart
Encampment. No. Z. was elected grand
representative for the period Of two
years TO the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
|. o. O. F., which will convene in an
nual session at Seattle. Wash, Monday.
September - next.
Mr.. Wood was born at Chandler. Ind,
August -. 1870, and is recognized as one
OF the most earnest and efficient workers
in this jurisdiction. He has held the
highest honors to be conferred by the
order in this District, having served as
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Not Spoiled.

From the Cleveland Leader
The Editor-Look here. You've engaged
a married woman to run our Home and
Mother department
The Sub-Yes. but she's only been mar
ried three months, and she lives at
hotel. She'll be all right, ! think
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Bearer Tobacco.

From the London Tobacco World.
One thing is certain-prices must &c
up. There must be halfpenny on the
ounce of tobacco and at least a far.
thing on the three-penny packet of ter
cigarettes. Manufacturers are not go.
ing to stand this loss as they did the
id war tax.
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Sterilized.

From the Kansas City Journal
Have YOU" inquired the city visitor.
"a moss-covered bucket about the
place."
No. sir. answered the farmer .all
our utensils are sterilized and strictly
sanitary"
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Can't Be Escaped.

From the Louisville Courier journal.
What do they mean by the hand OF
doom?'
Its the hand that rings your door
bell when you're alone in the fiat and
just starting to take BATH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-31

Harker-I met Smythe a week after he
had faced the parson and he declared
that he had married his ideal
Parker-Well?
Harker-A year later he confess
ed his mistake-said 1t was his ordeal
instead of his ideal he had married.
Chicago News.
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garded as pestilence. She was always
predicting disaster. hence she was known
as Calamity Jane She was a poor.
miserable. degenerate creature, but when
she died g-hearted miners gave her
decent burial and erected stone over her
grave which is inscribed:
Mrs NJ. E. Burk,
Calamity Jane,
Died August l. 1903,
Aged 53 years.
few rods distant also protected by
screens of wire mesh. is another statue
in red sandstone, sculptured by the same
artist who made Wild Bills. The figure
appears in ministerial frock coat and
whiskers with the right hand thrust into
the bosom in the attitude which is sup
posed to represent oratory. The epitaph
reads as follows:
Reverend Henry Weston Smith,
Minister of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Pioneer Preacher of the Black Hills,
Killed by Indians. August ~. 1876.
While on his way from Deadwood
To Crook City to preach.
Faithful unto DEATH
Smith was Methodist exhorter from
Missouri, an earnest, devout man, who
went from camp to camp in early days,
eXhorting the miners to abstain from vice
and sin. performing marriage ceremonies,
baptizing infants, which We're very rare in
those times. and hurying the dead. He
was highly respected, and while his min
istrations were not very effective. it was
the fault of the material he had to work
with and not due to any lack of zeal or
piety on his part.
As the epitaph states, he was on his
way to preach at Crook City when he
was attacked and killed and scalped, and
his body was found on the trail the next
morning. There was great excitement
and sincere manifestations of sorrow
among the miners. who held him In such
high esteem that they called mass
meeting, as was customary on occasions
of great Importance, and appointed a
committee of arrangements to take
charge of the funeral. This committee
consisted of Red Clark, Jim. Vandaneck-
er. Tom Short, Jim Matkin and Seth
Bullock. who had recently come to the
Hills from Montana and was then a boy
of twenty-four years. Bullock has since
made a national reputation as a fearless
officer of the law, Rough Rider ard an
intimate friend of Theodore Roosevelt,
who has invited Mr.. and Mrs. Bullock
to meet him and Mrs. Roosevelt in Lon
don after the African trip is over. Bull
lock is now United States marshal Of
South Dakota
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Grave Of "Calamitv Jane. y

In the lot adjoining that in which Wild
Bill is buried is the grave of an eccentric
woman who used to go about this coun-
try dressed in mems clothing and was re-
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George c. Whiting Lodge, No. 90 has
decided by vote that was unanimous. to
set apart and furnish George c. Whit
ing room at the Masonic and Eastern
Star Home. The room selected is on the
right of the first floor of the building
The money will be raised by voluntary
subscriptions by members of the lodge.
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Bethlehem, Temple and Martha Chap
tiers. Order of the Eastern Star, have
made elaborate preparations for a joint
outing at Chesapeake Beach. Monday,
August 9. Many OF the ladies of the
order have made provision to attend.
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Orient Commandery. No. s. Knights
Templar, has called of until the second
in September.