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Evening star., 1909-09-11

OF LID you give a
million for the
Chateau of the
Waters, besieged
by royal ghosts
V a | n | v haunting
the scene of their
old Low S and
crimes?
The ghosts are
dead French kings,
from Francis l to
Charles TX, with
Evening star., 1909-09-11
By Irwin s. Cobb.

HE colleges will air
be openin' up in a
few days, now, |
guess said the
House Detective of
the St. Reckless.
They WILL" said
the Hotel Clerk.
Were you thinking
of. entering one
Vourself?''
Il wuZ not" said
the House Detective
Evening star., 1909-09-11
+ ACT VS.. T TALENT
BY DIR. MADISON C.. PETERS.

quires tact to do that Bacon, though
sagacious in study and a lucid thinker.
had no business sense. The force of
Addison's genius gained for him the
proud and enviable position of home sec
retary under the British crown, but he
was incompetent to discharge the duties
OF the post, and was compelled to So
licit his own dismissal and a pension of
E1,JO0 ($1, ,JOO) year
COwper was one of England'S best
poets a man of extraordinary ability,
but he hopelessly bungled his own affairs.
beethoven, music master. whose fingers
made him fortune. did not know enough
to cut the coupon from bond when he
wanted money. he put in the whole slip.
Machiayella, consummate master of
all tricks and stratagems of politics, was
not clever enough to earn his own bread.
Sir Isaac Newton. scientist and philos-
opher that he was. cut two holes through
his door to give ingress and egress to
the cat and kitten. the big hole for
the cat and the smaller one for the kit
ten: he had not the practical sense to see
that one hole was enough.
"A
II is possible to polish the mind too
much by education; to make it SO bright,
SO glittering. that the slightest breath
or rub against the world will dim its
luster; it can be too refined for action.
just like the hair-spring of a deicately
balanced watch: when the steel is too
finely drawn out the movement is 100
fast and defeats the purpose of the me-
chanic.
am not Understanding education
as an important factor in the progress
and well-being of any individual. for
education measures a mans capacity to
labor, gives him a stronger hold upon
his mental forces. enables him to put
forth mis- efforts TO the best purpose.
strengthens the capability for well di-
rected action. and in almost every way
increases the facilities for getting along
in the world. 1t always pays In the end
to empty the pocketbook into the prain.
for, like the sand in an upturneo houi
glass, it will flow back again
China is among the Oldest clviil1atiohs
of the world: her people had arts ana
sciences when the now fourishing ana
boasted civilizations were sleeping IN
the night of barbarism and Ignorance:
tbev knew the art of printing and the
use Of yunpowder ages before either was
introduced to western knowledge, but
Evening star., 1909-09-11
NEVER HEAR THEM SPEAK

moon into the picture if it's nighttime,
but leaves them out If it's day, he's talk
ing down more salary in week than the
boy with the velvet coat and the lofty as
piratons earns in a year
Evening star., 1909-09-11

But when it comes to making me-
rhyme with thee and love with dove AMI
roses with posies. and even good hard
one like war talk with Norfolk, as has
been done, he's all the ingredients. What's
the result? Music publishers camp on the
front stoop of his town house clamorinS
for his wares, a million servant girls cry
Evening star., 1909-09-11

Orville, brother to Wilbur, by staying re-
ligiously away from college and devotins
the lusty years of my youth to something
busy, for when alls said and done dead
languages never made live one yet
That's what young America says to HIM
self, Larry.
Evening star., 1909-09-11

lovely, cruel Diane de Poltlers and CatH-
crime de Medcs, the terrible queen moth
er Even unhappy Marie Stuart haunts
the scene and rufffan princes, naughty
prelates, Mazarin himself, sweethearts OF
statesmen-kings, the Duchesse d'Etampes
and Gabrielle d 'Estrees.
The scene is outside the wondrous Che
nonceau, alleged to be again for sale,
unless already sold, in the division of the
Terry estate.
II YOU can pay the million take the
ghosts as an extra attraction. They cam
not harm plain Americans. Here is a
mystery. The ghosts cannot enter the
chateau so long as middle-class untitled
folks live in it. The potent influence of
its builder an untitled business woman
of the renaissance, will keep the royal
robbers out in the park.
Evening star., 1909-09-11
with dignity

with dignity.
well. | didn't know said the Hotel
Clerk: ito be sure, you're little BIT
heavy for track work and little bit light
for foot ball. Still there's no fool ike
an old fool. the poet says. and
thought maybe you might be figuring on
a postgraduate course in cane-rushing
10 fit YOU the better for getting aboard
the subway train going home nights
NO matter wot you may say an eddy
cations a great thing" said the House
Detective stoutly.
1T is that for those who are qualihed
10 endure it," said the Hotel Clerk. This
college proposition is something like lager
beer, Larry 4 little bit won't hurt any
body hardly: there are some so CONSTITUTE
ed that they can take good deal inso
the system without it's going to their
head. but TOO large an amount or IL
will untit any one for the society OF man
or beast \ mug of education drawn from
the wood does very we'll once in while,
but once a lad gets the thirst and starts 10
rushing the intellectual growler to the side
uoor of the university family liquor store
he's gone Eventually you have on your
hands a confirmed sot. who's only mt 10
sit around the house, full of stale knoWi-
e, ge with the bead all gone from 1t. ard
let his relatives support him. He's loaded
With things that don't do him or any one
else any good. I'd hate to know more
than anybody else in the world anyhow
What would be the satisfaction OF win
ming an argument from your friend If you
had him beaten on the facts TO start
With It's where you enter with long
h ndicap of ignorance and strong
equipment of wind power and endurance
that you really get little pleasure out of
nouring loud but misleading arguments
into him until he goes below and bat
tens down the matches TO get out of the
gale.
"A college diploma isn't everything,
Larry. The best college can give you
is bunch of initials to trail after your
name but at an outlay of So and clean
suit OF underclothe for the initiation rites
you can become a supreme exalted po-
tentate of the Conco--rated Order ~
Laryngitis, and if you stay in 1t while
you'll be elected TO an office ana get
title that's really worth while.
father may spend several thousand DOL
lars putting his boy through college and
receive back the finished product in the
shape of a young hubbard squash, who
wears his handkerchief up his cuff and
has enough intelligence to color meer-
schaum pipe. but not enough to mix q
salad dressing. On the other hand how
few of our successful puSilists ever saw
the inside of a college? Only one, and
he was one of those large triple extract
fiavors when he got into the ring. l re-
fer TO Mr.. Boddle of Philadelphia.
There's plenty of college boys get to
Evening star., 1909-09-11

And there YOU are, Larry. Lightweight
pugilists have long lead on heavy
weight Latin tutors in the matter OF sal
ary and general reputation. Mike Donlin
had more offers when he left the reserva
ton than Nicholas Murray Butler would
Evening star., 1909-09-11
GHOSTS of Chenonceau

- HOSTS of Chenonceau
~ to Be Sold as Extra At
traction Along With the
Chateau in the Division OF
the Terry Estate-Romantic
Fatality by Which Only Mid
dle-Class Owners Have Luck
in the Fairy Palace of the
Waters.
Special Correspondence of The Star.
n
Evening star., 1909-09-11

be professional base ball Players as
serted the House Detective.
There are. indeed assented the Hotel
Clerk. plenty of them, but who do We
find heading the batting column when
the ides of October come, and the hides
of the losers hang on the grandstand
fence? Who, l ask you? Collegians? Well,
not to any overpowering extent 'Tis I;
husky gent who learned how to swing the
bat while larruping mules with the free
hand. spencerian stroke in a Pennsyl-
vania coal mine and answering to the
name of Wagner. Hans. Or lad called
Collins. who couldn't average above 900,
with Murrays grammar in the box, but
who's the Abou Bend Adam Kid on page
of the official scorers neat little work
of reference.
Evening star., 1909-09-11

Mind you, Larry, I'm not down on the
college. Some of the best walters that
ever waited on me were college-bred men.
But this higher education has much the
same effect upon the young that scarlet
fever does. If they survive, they're either
the stronger for having had it, or else the
mind is permanently weakened, and the
Evening star., 1909-09-11

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
PARIS September 3, 1900.
Evening star., 1909-09-11

SNOBBISH lord in parish meet
ing in England made some prop
ositions to which a farmer of
\ sterling sense objected, as abb
surd.. The titled imbecile glow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-04
SAVED BY THE BRITISH.
Warship's Timely Arrival at One
Calabrian Village.

ROME. January 4.-Reports arriving
from the devastated area continue to eX-
press high praise and enthusiastic adj
miration of the British bluejackets. At
Cioiatouro, a village in the province of
Reggie. the inha bitants, who number 5000.
consider that the British sailors were
their saviors. The survivors were isoat-
ed through the destruction of the railway
and the destruction of the roads and tele-
graph lines. They were reduced to the
condition OF starving people on a desert
island. They We're imbecile from terror
and privations when ship flying the
union jack appeared on the horizon. like
a God-sent messenger. From the threats
of thousands of despairing people arose
cries for help. while outstretched hands
emphasized the need of assistance with
frantic gesticulations.
The bluejackets provided all sorts of
assistance even to setting up with marvel
Gus celebrity a camp hospital. where naval
doctors at once began to administer first
aid 1t would have been amusing had not
the circumstances been SO tragic to hear
the British sailors attempting TO pro-
nounce few Calabpese and Sicilian words
i'm order to communicate with people who
were unable to express themselves save
by means of signs and embraces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-04
PREDICTS MORE SHOCKS.
American Scientist at Messina De
clares Disturbance Not Over.

MESSINA, January Frank PerTet of
Brooklyn. assistant to Prof. Matteucci,
director of the royal observatory on
Mount Nesuvius, says of the disaster here
and in Calabria. that other shocks are In
eVitable as there is Il flaw in the earth S
crust where the slip occurred. He pre-
diets heavier shocks, and declares that
something. possibly very serious, may
happen January and S, when the rela-
tive positions of the sun and moon will
produce the greatest strain.
Earthquake experts, who are here to
study the phenomenon, generally agree
that the earthquake was the result of a
fault in the geological formation under
Messina, which constituted a line of con-
tact in the volcanic action between Mount
Etna and Mount Vesuvius, and that a
slip occurred similar to the one which
detached Sicily from the mainland. That
a subsistence occurred at some points ard
that there was rising of the earth's' sur
face at others is proved by sOundings
which show the channel of the harbor
deeper at some places and shallower at
others. The British battleship E,Xmouth,
at a distance half mile south of Reggie,
found fifty-eight fathoms of water where
formerly there were 243.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-04
BUSBEY TELLS OF ARTICLE.
He Wrote It All Himself, Without
Help of Congress-

In commenting this afternoon on the
Presidents reference to him in the mes
sage, l.. W. Busbey said:
Il am an employe of the House Of Rep
resentatives. 1t would not be appropriate
for me i'll any way to make any COM
ment on the matter now before the House.
II will say. however. that the article
quoted from the Chicago Inter Ocean in
the Presidents message was prepared in
the regular course of work As newspa-
per correspondent when l was the repre-
sentative of the Inter Ocean.
1T was one of series of feature sto-
rles written in the summer and early fall
of 1903, subject to the editors discretion
as to when it should be published. 1t was
published five years ago.
mo member of Congress inspired it. nor
was any member of Congress consulted
about it. No opinion of any member was
embodied in it. and no one is in the slight
est degree responsible for it except the ed
itor of the Inter Ocean and myself.
II doubt if a dozen members of Con-
gress ever saw the article or heard of it
until today
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-04
THE RED CROSS IN ITALY.
Field Forces Available Near the
Stricken Region

The Italian Red Cross, through which
relief is now being contributed by all the
nations of the world to succor the earth
quake sufferers. is wide in scope and the
equipment at its command is reasonably
large. 1t has facilities for operating eight
field hospitals of one hundred beds each.
each with two doctors and one pharma-
cist; forty-five field hospitals with fifty
beds each and twenty-eight men; sixty
one relief posts. each with a doctor and
nine men, one commissary officer and for
ty-two men: fourteen ambulance corps,
having one doctor and four men each; two
hospital ships, with four doctors, d phar-
macist, commissary officer and forty EIGHT
men each. and fourteen hospital trains.
each with doctors, commissary officers and
forty-eight men.
The organization also has an active re-
serve personne. of SS7 doctors. pharma-
cists. commissary officers and 1.96S men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-04
Don't Blame
YOUR Stomach
When Without Exertion or Cost
You Can Enjoy Meals and
Cure Dyspepsia.

Don't blame your stomach or your luck when
your meals DECLARE on your system.
When the stomach won't do its work it is be
it cannot.
When foul smelling odors come from your
stomach. when the head aches and the sourness
of mouth every morning makes you hate your
breakfast when dreams and nightmare assa1
yon. don't give up the fight
This is the appeal Of nature. and it should be
heard.
Over-eating late suppers, poorly chewcd food,
too rich pastries and underdone cooking arc
some of the causes Of the stomachs fill health.
When the stomach is busy 1t presses and
churns all the liquid matter from food and with
its Juices dissolves into liquid form or pulp
everything which comes into II.
II such food be poisonous II affects the juices.
attacks the stomach, goes into the blood and
wcakeDs the entire system
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will digest full
meal easily without material assistance from
the stomach. They will rcstock the gastric fluid
with all the elements needed. They build up
the blood destroy taste, bad breath,
belching, stomach and bowel trouble and quickly
restore natural conditions.
One grain of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will
digest 1000 grains of food in the stomach or in
4 glass vial without aid of the human digestive
apparatus.
The methods of Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets are
the methods of Nature.
Tscy contain every requisite for the stomach
and digestion. After meal one Of these little
tablets when ii enters the stomach mipgles
With the juices. attacks the food and digests it.
IL removes the fcrmentcd and decayed mass
lying staguant there and eases the stomach at
Apcc.
/; is wholly question for you to solve. Your
druggist will furnish Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets
Jnc the box. send your name and address
al <r,c Al
dress F. \. Stuart Co, $50 Stuart bldg. Mar
shall Mich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-04
BACK TO SHORT SKIRTS.
Unexpected Sequel to Romantic
Marriage of Youthful Lovers.

Special Csblcgram to The Star.
BERLIN. January 1.-The romantic
marriage OF two youthful lovers has had
most unexpected sequel. Anna Werner
aged sixteen and half years, and Helm
rich Erchmann, aged Twenty-Five were
secretly married last month and eloped.
The Two fathers spent large sums of
money advertising in Italy and in Paris.
but to no avail. One day week before last
however. friend recognized the missing
couple in the street at Munich. and
telegraphed to Annals father. He ar
rived by the next train and succeeded in
finding his daughter while she was at
dinner with her husband i'm a Fashionable
restaurant
Tears and entreaties were Of no avail
She was taken home. and has not only
been sent TO a boarding school but has
peen compelled to return TO her short
skirts and long plaits. Her husband ha :
not been heard of since
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-04
TRUSTED OFFICIAL DECAMPS
MISAPPROPRIATE OVER $780,
900 OF LOAN TO NAPLES.
Forged Signatures of Superiors to
Obtain Money for the Entertain
ment of His Friends.
Special Cablecram to The Star.

MILAN. January 4.-The misappro-
pratioh of municipal moneys to the ex-
tent of over 10000 has been discovered
In Naples. This sum is a portion of
government loan to aid in the practical
working of special law for the indus
trial development of Naples. The defal
cations are alleged to be due to IA certain
Denora. head of the public works depart
ment in the municipal Offices. who won
his post ten years ago by sheer ability
among 500 rival competitors.
Denora is said to have skilIfuly forged
the signatures of the syndic and vice syn
die and city engineer 10 orders and
schemes which had never even been de-
liberated on.and thus succeeded in procur-
ing the treasurer's authorization to draw
the required amounts from the Bank of
Naples. The frauds have been going on for
period of fourteen months. the sums
drawn varying from 500 to 10000 at a
time. Moreover. in single month from
one to nine separate drawings took place
daily, and seven days running Denora
cashed checks for $500
This scandalous affair is complicated by
the discovery that a number of checks
in question bear the genuine signatures
of the mayor, project and other leading
officials. who, it is conjectured on ac-
count of their excessive confidence in
their subordinate Denora. subscribed
ing the documents presented Only when
the head director of the Bank of Naples
urged the municipality to forward him
documents relating to the government
loan account to enable him to close the
financial year were suspicious aroused
Denora straightway decamped, and has
not been captured. The deputy city en-
Sineer and other officials have been sus-
pended.
Denoras defalcatiOns, it appears. went
to maintain a bevy of women. some of
whose names have already been diyulged
and include leading Italian opera stars
music hall artists and fashionable Nea-
politan ladies. Denora's manner of life
though well known in Naples evoked
neither surprise nor. censure Last sum
mer he won the admiration of friends by
his success in weaving away the mistress
of prominent Neapolitan nobleman, and
presenting her with a 5000 motor car
His holidays were generally spent at
Monte Carlo and other gaming resorts
where he met with heavy losses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-04
CAMPAIGN AGAINST HATPINs.
Series of Accidents in Berlin Starts
Public Movement.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
BERLIN, January A campaign
against the murderous hatpin has been
instituted in view of a series OF accidents
which occurred during the busy period of
Christmas shopping
Numbers of more or less serious in
juries were caused by these dangerous
implements, protruding from the huge hats
of fashionable ladies. Week before last a
lady was permanently blinded in one eye
when taking part in rush at Il ;'barsain
sale
Two days later lift attendant al ii
neiShborjng shop had his face so badly
injured by a hatpin that it was necessary
10 take him to hospital Many cases
of scratched faces are reported Ladies
are liable to punishment for wounds thus
inflicted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-04
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS.
Some Humorous Aspects of the
Scheme Are Revealed.
Snecjal Cahlcgram to The Star.

Special Cablcgram to The Star.
LONDON, January 4.-Some of the hu.
rnorou. aspects of the Cecil Rhodes schol-
arships scheme were revealed in the
course of the discussion on "Oxford and
the Empire at the Royal Colonial Insti-
tute recently. y scholar from one of the
western American states came to Oxford
with this Bret-Harte-like testimonial: He
is the whitest soul i'm our state.
Anot her selected Rhodesian from the far
west had at oxford to live up to an even
higher ideal Of human perfection: No
Roman mother ever bore ssuch a boy"
The United States is gaining more from
the bounty of Mr.. Rhodes than the Brit.
ish empire. One speaker expressed his
belief that in drawing up his great
scheme Mr.. Rhodes did not know tt
number OF states in the American -
public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-04
Many Police Guard Cattle Lands.

SpecIaI IabIegram 10 The Star
DUBLIN. January "A force of fit,
police which left Roscommon lasr We'd.
nesday night for secret destination trav-
eled to Athlone and then to Ballygar a nd
Ballyforan. where they arrested twenty.
four men and three women The prison.
ers were alleged to have been involved in
a recent cattle raid on the lands of Mr..
Bourke at Castlefrench. Strongly guarded
the accused were removed on cars and in
brakes to Ballinasloe. Eighty extra police
now keep watch over Mr.. Bourke's lands
which are being patrolled night and day
A few days ago Mr.. Bourke offered his es,-
tabishment in Ballygar for sale by public
auction. but there were no bidders AT n
special court the prisoners were all bound
over to keep the peace and gave bail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-04
TWENTY LOOTERS SHOT.
All Treasure Found at Messina
Placed on Warship.

ROME. January 4.-Twenty hooters were
shot at Messina yesterday All the treas
ure found has been placed aboard the
warships One pocketbook was picked up
containing $4,000, and much clothing
has been found at Messina and else
where with bank notes sewed in it.
Parliament will be cOnvoked January
IL.
The minister of war says that the
forts around Messina. which contain tons
of powder and millions Of cartridges,
have not been injured. He also says that
while he was at Messina at least 1900
persons were taken from the ruins in
jured and unin iured of which number
I.O0O were saved by Russian and 1000 by
English sailors.
The Italian navy has sent 600 tons of
provisions to the affected district.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-04
QUEEN VICToRIA'S LETTERS.
King Said to Be Willing for Further
Selection for Publication.

Special Cablegram TO The Star.
LONDON. January 4.-The statement
that a further selection of the letters of
Queen Victoria are to be issued has
aroused much interest and curiosity in
the book world. 1t is understood that the
king is willing to allow a further selection
10 be issued. which will include CORE
spondence for twenty-five years after the
death of the prince consort. AS the let
ters deal with matters near to contem-
porary events. it will be realized that the
utmost care has to be exercised in their
selection and for this reason they are not
likely to he ready for publication until
1910
The personal interest which King Ed
ward took in the former volumes is we'll
known: indeed. his majesty exercised "A
personal supervision over the work, and
he is likely to follow the same course
with regard to the remainder of the let
terS.