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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

First Lieut.. B. Fl. Camden. executive
officer Of the cutter Seminole at Will
mington, n. c., is in Washington He
registered at the department in the
past week.
Yamacraw. at Camden, N j.. is in the
city on visit and registered at the
department during the week.
The revenue cutter Window, Capt D.
F. 4. de Otte, for a number of years
stationed on the Chesapeake with
headquarters at Baltimore, but now
assigned to Galveston. has gone out of
commission at New Orleans for a short
time to receive general overhauling.
The cutter Perry. Capt +. j. Haake is
at Seattle for repair work preparatory
to going to the North Pacific and the
Arctic for summer cruising work
The cutter: Seminole. from the VIII
mington, \. G.. station. Friday last
steamer Arapahoe. which she had
picked up off the coast with a broken
Shaft. The Arapahoe when found by
the cutter was slowly making her way
sistance of the Seminole was accepted
The revenue cutter Androscoggin
while on her way from Portland. Me-
TO New York. to take the place of the
cutter Mohawk. undergoing repairs.
found the three masted coasting
schooner Fred Roessner in distress on
Lucas shoals. in Vineyard sound, Mass,
and towed her into port. The cutter
then resumed her trip to New York
and has taken uD her work there in
place of the Mohawk.
The new revenue cutter YamacraW
launched at Camden, " j.. at the Yards
Of the New York Shipbuilding Com
pany. about two months ago. and since
80
finishing touches. will leave Camden
during the present week and will go to
Arundel Cove the station Of the service
near Baltimore to be fitted out for duty
was built. 1t is expected that the ship
will go to her station some time in the
coming month.
The spring examination for appointment
as cadets In the revenue cutter service
will open in all the large cities Of the
country Monday. April 8. Up to yes
terday evening one hundred young men
had been granted permission to take the
examination for appointment as cadets
Of the line and twenty-five for eXamina-
ton as cadet engineers. AT this city ten
applicants have completed their papers
and will take the examination. which will
be held in the Treasury Department.
Boards of officers who will conduct the
Office of the captain commandant OF the
service and will be announced later. Sue
cessful candidates will be taken on the
summer cruise of the training ship Itasca.
which will leave Chesapeake bay early
in May for trip to European waters.
The revenue cutters Bear and Thetis.
which do duty with the feet in Alaskan
and Arctic waters, are 10 be fitted with
Marconi system OF wireless telegraph out
fit before returning to the Arctic for the
summer cruise. about the middle or latter
part of MAY. Many larger ships of the
revenue cutter fleet will have wireless
aboard now 1t is the intention of the
department TO SO equip all in the near
future.
The revenue cutter service cadet train
ing ship Itasca is at Baltimore under
going general repairs and having many
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
''Threshing the Hen"

From the London Chronicle
They had pretty ways of keepiny
Shrovetide In the good old times There
was the game Of ''threshins the hen:
and this is how Hilman, the antiquary.
speaks of II: The hen is hung at a
fellows back. who has also some horse
bells abou; him: the rest of the fellows
are blinded. and have boughs In their
HANDS with which they chase this fellow
ana MS men but the maids are
10 blind the fellows which they do with
their aprons. and the cunning ba cgaees
viii endear their sweethearts with a
peephoie After this a store of nan
cakes IS made: and she that Is noted for
Sfs aofd long hath the first pancake
presented 10 her"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
Scotland Yard Reward System.

From the London Chronicle
Those who leave their belongings in
cabs and retrieve them a Scotland Yard
find their joy somewhat dashed when
they are informed that the reward TO the
cabman is fixed at half crown in the
pound on the value of the article In
the case CT a diamond tiara or the man
lIscript of a Barrie play the reward would
be unrea soma bly, large; If the stones were
paste and the play by y or Y. whose
works are VIGOROUSLY not worth the pa
per they are written on. 1t might be too
small The system leads to a great deal
of property being depositeu at Scotland
Yard which could easily have been re-
turned to the owner by the cabman. The
writer has case in his mind OF cab
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
ROCKVILLE.
Special correspondence of The Star.

SPetlai correspondence OF 4 ne star
ROCKVILLE. Nd. March % 1909
Several nights ago a barn on the farm
of John Ertter. three miles below Rock
vile. was destroyed by fire. and grain to
the value of $1,000 was consumed. The
total loss is placed at about $1,000. There
was no insurance.
Mr.. Ertter is OF opinion that the fire
was of incendiary origin. Today he APP
peared before the county commissioners
here and asked that a reward be offered
| for the arrest of the guilty. 1t is under
stood the commissioners will offer a re-
ward of $40 at their meeting next Tues
day.
The United States weather bureau is
having the triangle in front OF the court
house here beautitied preparatory to erect
ing weather kiosk. cement walk and
coping is being constructed around the
park and extensive improvements Will be
made to the interior. The kiosk will be
similar to one in Washington. 1t will be
equipped with thermometers. baEometers
wind indicator. rain guage. etc. The I'M
dertaking means an expenditure Of about
81, 500.
The following are some OF the recent
transfers of real estate in Montgomery
county: Calvin 8. Frey to Brice A. Frey.
lot at woodmont: George w Dalzell to
Clifton r. Richards. lot at Chevy Chase;
Edward c. Peter TO Granville ]. Thomp-
son, 1o2 acres, 81 .693.1J: Chevy Chase
Land Company to Caroline +. Merritt.
lot at Chevy Chase. S76s; Chevy Chase
Land Company to Stephen NJ. Pritchard.
lot at Chevy Chase. So. 500: Chevy Chase
Land Company to Helen p. Lawrence.
lot at Chevy Chase. S.. 900; Harry NJ. Mar
tin to Ida j. Swigett. lot at Chevy
Chase; julius G.. Burrows to John II.
Lewis, lot at Linden; Annie NJ. Selman to
Bessie NJ. Dillehay, ffty-five acres. s.. 100:
Jacob Poss to Michael. Whaen. 141 acres
near Glen, $3.50: Frank Higgins to
Daniel A Kress. two lots at Takoma
Park: state of Maryland to Leslie J. Per-
ry. patent to Hermit Island.
AS. result of affidavits alleging that
fair trials could not be had in the circuit
court here. Judges Worthington and Mot
ter have directed that the following cases
be removed to other counties for trial:
William B. Edmo ndston agt. the Washing
ton and Rockville Electric Railway Com
pany. and John E. Ralenger against the
same company, both suits for damages for
personal injuries, removed to Anne
Arundle county: Denton Hobbs agt. John
I. Gather. suit to recover $500 dam
ages. removed to Prince George county :;
| Maggie Lee Hawkins sgt. John T.
Hawkins. an action to recover property
to Prince George county. and William
Raine and Mary A. Raine agt. the Mutual
! Fire Insurance Company of Montgomery
| County. a suit to recover an insurance
| policy. to Anne Arundel county
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
AmericanismsY
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
An American writer. comparing English
and American contemporary language,
takes his instances from what may be
called the business slang OF the day
that OF the telephone. among other ways
of speech brought about by new neces-
sites. An Englishman. he AYERS. says:
II will put You in communication with
- and an American says. Il will put
YOU next to - That would be
sententious Englishman, surely. But
what the American really uses Ia a most
irritating phrase: Il will connect YOU
up." There never was anything ugiier.
even in technical talk. Connect You
up is an Americanism of the same kind
as the constant use of the word section. .
Every part or portion Of anything. ma
terial ideal. is section" al
gangways and narrow paths whether in
'theaters, shops or omnibuses, are .'aisles."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
Urgent Business.

From the Dundee Advertiser.
1t is supposed that business letters are
deficient in humor. Still there have been
exceptions. and the latest, sent by a MEM
her of the we'll known wholesale soap
making firm of Get US say Cake & Son,
Is one of the most brilliant.
"A retail dealer in small way had sent
Tor consignment of their goods
Gentlemen. he Whites. 'wherefor have
YOU not sent me the sope? Is it bekawse
you think my money is not so good as
nobody elses? Dam you. Cake & Son:
wherefor have you not sent the sope ?
yours respectfully, Richard Jones p. s.
Since writing the above my wife has
found the sope under the counter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
Fencibles Discuss Old Times.

The National Fencibles were entertained
last night by John \. Pistol at his resi-
dence in the Eutaw. Old times were dis
cussed in many speeches, and good cheer
reigned. Among those present were Mr..
J. y. Pistol, {. S. Domer. j. G. STEELE.
Blake Coffman. Albert Moore, &. F. Cum
Minis }. +. Ergood. J. s. Murray, o. W.
Bailey, J. z. Cromwell. \. II. Lamb, G..
O. buckingham r. u. Beard, J. G..
Thompson, j. e. McClennanan. Johan
Kondrup, II. l.. Costigan, r. II. Hall,
Frank Locraft, Jerome Magee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
Peter the Great as Surgeon.
ON the London Chronicle,

FROM the London Chronicle.
The admission of the Prince of Wales
as a fellow of the Royal College of
Surgeons recalls the fact that Peter the
Great actually practiced as a surgeon,
letting blood, drawing teeth and carrying
out very much more serious operations
with his own hands. In fact, the great
Russian emperor had a practical knowl-
edge of many professions, for 81.
model of him wearing shoes and a wig OF
his own making. All this, in addition
to his famous shipwrights work at Dept
ford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21
White Eagle Tribe Meets.

White Eagle Tribe. l. o. r. NJ. gave
its annual entertainment at its hall. 9Th
and G streets northwest. last night
Among those who took part were Mr..
Bigelow, Mr.. Piffer, Miss Violet Mandley,
Miss Spalding, Mrs. Spalding. Miss Pearl
Violet, 81r. Mayhem. Miss Biscoe. Miss
Mahoney. Mr.. Collier and Mr.. and Mrs
Bailey. Remarks the good of the
order were made by Great Sachem
Fisher
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21

man hurriedly driving away from a pri-
vale house with bag which had been
overlooked by the fare. and its subse-
quent discovery in the lost property Of
nee The commissioner OF police might
mcutcate the truth that honesty is the
best policy at very much lower figure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21

An elegant Inc of Black
Suede. London Smoke and
Tan 2-eyelet Ties. Neli
or turn soleS. Also a su-
perb stock of the new
Ankle strap
+ u m p : ~ ~
Prices. 81 h.6AVb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21

B-19l-L-adies' Tan Rus
STA Calf Ankle Strap
Pumps: s m a / leather
bow, narrow plain toe
high Cuban heel; light
weight. flew
; ~ -: s I :: :: : $3.50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21

B-6S6-Ladies' Two-eye-
let Sailor Ties: patent kid
vamp: dull kid back.
Plain narrow toe. high
Gu ba II heel. flexible
s s s5ss ' : Ss $500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-21

E-IoO-M e n s Butcher
OXfords in patent colt or
tan russia calf; per-
forated tips
&C., e.. s 4ss $3.50
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-26

ally seemed commonplace, and on biz
return, II he escapes alive from the
deadly dangers confronting him, he
will no doubt be well able to describe
realistically the similarity or difference
between cunning for trust octopi In
Washington and forest behemoths
along the equator.
Never was a hunting and exploring
party better equipped for its particu-
lar purposes than MI. Roosevelt's, not
only as to accouterment, but as re-
CARDS the personnel Of the expedition.
While Mr.. Roosevelt himself will be
chiefly concerned in shooting and sight
seeing, his O Kermit, now nineteen
years old, as official photographer has
peculiarly important duties, undergo
ing more personal risk from injury by
wild animals than probably any other
member Of the party. The official pho
tographer must always be In the very
forefront of action afeld to secure the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-26
lincoln's Speeches and WRITINGS,

Lincoln's great speeches are short,
but how fit in expression, how packed
with meaning! Take, for example, the
n delivered to his friends on the
v Of his departure for Washington.
Like the second inaugural or the adj
dress at Gettysburg, it contains no
superfuous word. Every one fits into
place as perfectly as the carpenters
braces and timbers into the completed
building.
As a writer, Mr.. Lincoln was most
painstaking. He sought always the
simplest, shortest and best word. He
knew that the simplest and shortest
word usually is the best. The real Sc
cret Of his greatness as a speaker and
a writer, however, lay deeper. 1t was
the supreme greatness of his soul
which shone through his words that
charmed and still charms the world
J. A. Edgerton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-26

on the different styles and calibers of
hunting as well as purely military and
target irons and their varying uses, on
the peculiar differences in ammuni-
ton, on velocity, windage, range and
trajectory, as well as on the intricate
science Of ballistics. He has chosen
four types Of guns for his personal use
during the trip, irons suited to meet
the varying conditions Of a highly d.
versifed chase. He has the vicious
English Express rifle, 60 caliber, carry
ing a lead slug over q half inch thick
and two inches long. Used at short
range, this rifles bullet strikes q blow
Of 5000 pounds on an object. MI. Ele-
plant will usually drop dead when a
ton and a half Of concentrated energy
hits him on the forehead. It is the
weight Of the shock and not the veloc-
3ty or penetration Of the missile that
makes this weapon inhumanly efec-
tive, and, moreover, the bullet has a
hole at its tip, causing the lead to
spread or mushroom" when It strikes,
tearing an immense hole through a
carcass. The second type Of gun is a
specially constructed shotgun, which
is used as a rifle, for the shell used
therein contains q solid lead slug in
stead Of small shot. Accurate at short
range and crushingly effective, this
shotgun is used only when the animal
is within fifty or sixty yards distance.
Outside that n the gun is unsafely
inaccurate. Whatever living thing this
bullet hits within it's zone will not
stop for repairs; the repair stage will
have passed. The two guns mentioned
are for elephants, hippopotamuses, lions
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-26

PLATE PIERCED BIZ IS CALDER BULLET.
trip. Rising from the unwholesome
coast. the train reaches an altitude Of
over 1000 feet, crossing valleys and
winding around mountain heights, af-
fording rarest views of great peaks
and sweeps Of country. At Londiani
the road is 7,40O feet above sea level.
An inspiring view Of Mount Kilman-
jaro. about 10000 feet high, is re-
vealed, its lofty top crowned with ever
lasting SHOWS despite its ~closeness to
the equator. distant only three degrees
n%orthward.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-26

and r~hinoceroses. They will stop a
charging behemoth when all else has
failed. Tearing its way through bone
or flesh, the bullet leaves a hole as
large as a cocoanut where it emerges.
For long range Mr.. Roosevelt has a
high power, high velocity, smokeless
gun, carrying soft, lead pointed, metal
cased bullets that weigh 300 grains
and have a muzzle velocity Of 2,150
feet q second. The BULLET strikes a
blow of a ton and a halt. This gun is
used in shooting feet footed, man shy
animals, such as antelopes and colobi.
The fourth type of gun is without
doubt the most valuable of the collec-
ton, as it is effective at both long and
short range and Is the highest type
Of emergency and long distance weap-
on. This gun is the autoloading rifle,
which, it Is predicted. win one day
arm the armies of the world. It sends
a IS caliber bullet, metal cased, lead
pointed, through spring steel over a
quarter Of an inch thick or through
forty to nfty inches of pine. The bull.
ASC WCA8uS AVV 8A0AAS 0AO u0o q AOUAe
zle velocity Of 1000 fest a second.
striking a blow Of 1000 pounds. In
Germany the corpses Of seven men
were stood in a row In the positions
soldiers would take. and a bullet from
this gun went through five Of the
bodies. Five bullets nxed in a clip
and placed in the chamber can be
fred in a second and a half by an ex-
perienced rifleman, surely more than
enough Of a reserve battery to stop
the widest bull elephant tusker that
ever onrushed a human assailant.
This soft, lead nosed missile, only
thirty-dve one-hundredths Of an inch
thick at its base, mushrooms" as 1t
strikes and, passing through a body,
leaves a hole as big as a mans hand
at its point Of egress. This is the gun
that Mr.. Roosevelt's head gun carrier
will hand him at that moment that
comes to every invader Of the African
~jungle-the moment when a wounded
elephant, lion or rh%inoceros, hall
blinded by throbbing pain, charges OF
springs madly upon its .assailant
whose. life depends on steadiness OF
nerve, eye and hand. with the bloody
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-26

most accurate and the most effective
prints possible. and, handicapped by
the bulk Of his camera, he cannot pos
sibly carry a gun in any position to be
of speedy use in the many emergencies
that may arise. DR.. Edgar Alexander
Mearns. U. s. A., as chief naturalist,
assisted by Edmund Heller, the twen-
ty-six-year-old Riverside (Cal.) explor-
er, hopes to discover hitherto unknown
specimens of both animal and vegeta-
BILE life. Professor J.. A. Loring, as
field naturalist, completes the scien-
tihc department. On entering the linn
itless wilds Of the dark continent the
party will be recruited up to from 200
to $50 men.
The cost of the equipment Of the
members Of the party leaving the Unit
ed States amounts to about $1,000 a
man. Part of the necessary parapher-
MALTA consists Of tents, guns, ammuni-
ton, camp utensils, rations, khaki and
leather hunting suits. waterproof bags
for clothing. hunting boots and shoes,
medical supplies, surgical apparatus,
pith, helmets. sleeping bags and blan-
kets. filters, hunting and skinning
knives. folding bathtubs. folding brass
lanterns, bullseye lamps, candles, hot
water bottles, alcohol lamps. etc.
serviceable tents are a chief neces-
sity. The African adventurer should
have tents made Of the finest green
waterproof silk, free from defect to
exclude poisonous insects. and the
Roosevelt party is so equipped. AL.
though each tent a be raised to q
height Of eight feet and holds four
persons. It weighs less than one
pound, including the weight Of the
pole, a thin telescope pole made of thu
best bicycle tubing.
The tents are green to escape at
tracing unduly the attention Of roam
ing jungle monsters, who are frequent
~ irritated by the glaring qualities o,
white materials. Rhinoceroses. for in
stance, have been known to charge a
white tents and crush sleeping inmates
ruthlessly underfoot in the dead o.
night, plunging headlong through en-
tire squads of native attendants.
In the matter Of guns Mr.. Roosevelt
is no novice. He Is no mean authority
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-26
The Insanity Plea.

"Sir!" said the young woman, with
what seemed to be indignation.
The young man looked embarrassed.
Eyes, I did kiss you," he admitted,
'but I was impulsively insane"
"That means that a nan would be
q lunatic to kiss me?"
swell, any man Of discretion would
be Just crazy to kiss you."
This seemed to ease the strain, and,
no jury being present to. middle af.
fairs, a satisfactory verdict was reach.
ed.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Fine Book and Job Printing q spe
cialtv ct the RIVER PRESS Office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-26
H E o d o R E
r ROOSEVELT

1 n " II -
r OOSEvELT
never been
accused Of do
ing things on a
small scale, and
" b e n he an
nounced his in
tentiOn Of trav-
cling over 5000
miles to risk his
life in African
Jungle shooting
no one was sur
prised. Such q
resolve, coming
from him. actu-
New-York tribune., 1909-07-11

Then entered the mistress, inter
rupting language from Bill unhe-
coming mechanic and a union man.
Beg pardon. ma am. but that pups most PES
tered the life out Of us
Oh that's BIngos way OF showing affection
You should be hattered
Bill 5 qualification was not peTCeptlble but from
Biugos shoulders fell load OF responsibility he
mistress then count uterarCed these intTuderS and the
th-cbbing monster without. The snake she could
not have noticed, for Bingo had observed that her
actions regarding garden snakes were never com
TlaCe-t. However. was he not here 70 Selze and
shake the creature INTO l--rT ness
The mistress fingered. g1V1ng instructions The
serpent sprawled unused across the floor, head on
toward Bingo. This was his opportunity Unhesl-
tatinglv ne grabbed us business end-when sud
denly the universe was reversed He couldn't let go
The serpent wouldn : be shaken loose MOreOveT-
ms breath and everything else inside was gong.
pulled - that feaTSOme snake He COuldn
bark not the feeblest yap, he could only jump fran
ticaIy this way and that, while his InSdeS were get
ting very Queer.-worse than when the mistress hdd
thought him poisoned and the Vet dealings had lett
hIn empty. faint. and hungry
His eyes bulged his plump sides Caved m Would
no one save him, Would those heartleSs men never
stop laughing nor the mistress crying At last Bill
sprang across the tulips The throbbng stopped and
the serpent dropped from poor BingOs aching Jaws.
For one second he stood quIver1ng while the breath
OF life rushed back then ne flashed into the wide out
of doors at with Nature IN her abhOrrerce OF
vaCuun.