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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-26
Church May Issue Call.

Rev. William Fl. Matthews of Grand
Forks. n. d., will preach in the Met
ropolitan Presbyterian Church Sunday,
March %. the pulpit of which is vacant
by reason of the removal of Mr.. Albert
Evans to Lockport, n. Y. Mr.. Matthews
NAV be considered by the congregation in
filling the vacancy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-26
Rockefeller at Richmond.
Djspatch to The Star.

RICHMOND, Va, March 26.-John D.
Rockefeller and party reached here this
morning from Augusta. Ga. en- route to
Hot Springs. The special car was cut off
from the train and the cold soon began
to make things uncomfortable and the
party went 10 the Jefferson Hotel to
spend the day. They leave here at II
o clock tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-26

was stated that DR.. Reyburn was one OF
the founders of the medical department,
and was its dean at the time of his death.
AS a mark of respect to DIR. Reyburn
the university will be closed tomorrow.
the day Of the funeral. An appropriate
floral offering will be sent to the Reyburn
home by the university.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-26

Girls "Tans."
Tan Calf. Brown Kid
and Brown Suede
Boots or Low Shoes:
all shapes and all sizes.
Csc to $780,
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Proof That He Was Wrono.


Louis XIV, king of France, vas
very fond of playing at chess. One
day he was having game with one
Of his courtiers, and during the game
made a false move, to which his ad-
versary respectfully called his atten-
tion. The king, who did not easily
suffer contradiction, did not wish to
acknowledge that he was wrong. and
appealed to the ncblemen who sur
rounded the table, but none of them
made any reply. Just then the duke
de Grammont came into the room. and
Immediately the king saw him be ap-
pealed to him, and wished to explain
to him the subject of tho dispute, but
the duke hardly allowed him to finish.
"Your majesty is certainly wrong" )"
he said, with a firmness Of tone which
astonished the king, and caused him
to frown.
How do you know that am
wrong, Monsieur le Duc?" replied the
king, "you have not even given me
time to explain to you what tho ques-
ton was"
II know undoubtedly" replied the
duke of Grammont, "for all these gen.
tlemen, whom your majesty was con-
sulting at the moment I arrived. only
replied by their silence. They would
every one have fastened to take your
part If your majesty had been right. "
The king was struck with the sense
of this argument, and admitted that
he had made a mistake.
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Affectionate Eao1es.

A man working on farm one day
saw an eagle fluttering over the barn
yard, no doubt meaning sooner or la
ter to swoop down in search of prey.
He determined to save his chickens.
and fetching gun, fired at the would
be robber. But he only succeeded in
hurting its wing. Instead of falling
to the ground it tapped about in the
air in helpless sort of way, utter.
ing loud cries of pain.
The man was just going to fire
again when he noticed another eagle
coming up in the distance 1t was evi-
dently the mate of the one he had
wounded, for it came straight to its
rescue. Seeing that the first eagle
could not fly away itself, the newcom.
er seized it's wounded mate with it's
beak and claws, and half carrying it,
helped 1t to fly slowly away to the
mountainside, where it put it down. as
it thought, in a safe place. For q
whole week the men on the farm saw
it, day after day, carrying food to the
disabled bird.
It would have been quite easy for
them to have killed both birds during
this time, but the farmer forbade his
men to molest them in any way. be.
cause he was SO pleased at the af.
fectfon and courage the one had
shown on behalf Of the other.
After time the wounded eagle got
well, and they both flew away.
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A Week Behind.

1t is perhaps Bruno's tact and di.
plomacy that have made his weekly
entertainments at the Lyceum on East
Broadway so popular, says the New
York Press. AS an example, last Fri
day evening the subject of the lecture
was "Shall Woman and Man Be Edu-
Gated Equally, and Why?" There fol-
lowed discussions.
One boy, whether it was that he
slept or what, arose, mounted the
platform and began carefully to dis
cuss the subject of the week before
and to answer the arguments he evi.
dently thought the speaker of that
evening had advanced in proof of his
theory. The audience commenced to
litter, then to laugh aloud, whereupon
Mr.. Brunof sprang up and explained:
THE sign outside has not been
changed" he said. "The painter did
not change it, therefore this young
man naturally supposed the subject
announced outside to be the subject
under discussion this evening. It is
not his fault. It is not our fault. It
is the fault of the painter"
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Plato Dobbs' Tricky Ways
By BENJAMIN Franklin Napheys
(CopyriKht. by Daily Story Pub. Co..

Plato Dobbs lay with his head Just
visible beneath the patchwork quilt,
and one arm stretched across the top
Of the covers. His fist was clenched,
and whenever he emitted an unusu-
ally loud snore he wrathfully smote
the bed clothing. Plato was evidently
having unpleasant experiences in the
land of dreams.
His wife, clad In a dressing gown,
sat on the edge of the bed, watching
him. She made no move to arouse
Plato from his uneasy slumbers, how
ever; and when light tap sounded at
the bedroom door she opened it ST.
lently.
Don't make a sound, sister Ange.
lina," cautioned Mrs. Dobbs, as thin,
hatchet-faced woman, with a bowl Of
water in her hand, entered the room.
Hes asleep at last, but he's mighty
restless. I don't want him walked up
until you've tried the experiment on
him. Seems If couldn't wait another
minute to find out whether your sus-
picions were true, or only made up out
of your own head"
MADE up, indeed" shifted Angelina;
"that's the thanks I get from my own
sister. You needn't be afraid, I'll show
him up," and she gestured toward the
sleeping Plato. Il showed up his two
brothers, Animous and Venomous,
over to Peaville, before I'd been visit
ing their wives two weeks. Just as
soon as I helped those poor, deluded
women to pack up and go home to
their own folks / came right over here
to help you out. There never was a
man yet to be trusted in anything, and
now that I've discovered a way to un.
mask 'em it's going to be my nfework.
Did you have Plato do as said to-day,
SOS he'd be good and tired tonight -
"Yes, he's been on the go ever since
sunup; and tonight got him a travel
book out of the library, and he's been
reading it aloud. There was one fear
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WHY ARE WE RIGHT HANDED?
Most Rational Explanation Would
Seem to Be That Which Accounts
for Position of Heart.

The most recent explanation of
righthandedness, by psychologist. is
exciting some merriment among med
ical men. He supposes the human
body to have unexplained polar prop
critics, somewhat like those of a mag:
net, the right side being always "posi-
tive" and the left negative" The
most rational explanation would seem
to be that which accounts for right
and left handedness by the position of
the heart. The shield would naturally
be held in the left hand to protect
this vital organ, so that the active
work would fall to the right hand.
Those who maintain that acquired
characteristics cannot be inherited
will desire to have this expressed
somewhat differently. According to
them positions of spear and shield
were at first matter of individual
choice, but those who held the shield
in the right hand, leaving the heart
exposed, were more frequently killed,
so that by natural selection the right
hand spear holders ultimately sur
vived and propagated their peculiar
ity. In this case, it will be noticed,
the inherited characteristic is not &C.
quired, but existed in the warrior at
birth. The difference may not seem
worth quarreling about, but it meas
ures the whole distance between the
followers of Darwin and those of La
marck. At any rate the hypothesis,
in whichever form it is put, seems
eminently reasonable, whereas talk
about polarity" would appear to be
mostly verbiage.
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through the air like bullet followed
by a cloud of the vapor from the
bottle. Your cannon is discharged!
The suns rays shining upon the up-
per side of the flask and passing
through it, focused upon the water in
the larger bottle had the same effect
upon it that they had on the paper
they heated it. The white vapor was
steam, the same force which moves
locomotives and all sorts of engines,
and as more and more steam gathered
and began to exert pressure in all
directions, it piled up lot Of force
because it was held in check. Then
as its force grew greater and greater
it began to push the cork out, for that
was easier than to break the bottle
and at last the cork was sent flying
and the steam escaped, just as it does
from the mouth of the tea kettle on
the range at home.
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tall bottle on this rest, so that it
points upward at an angle of about 40
degrees.
Now. drive two more forked sticks
into the ground just behind the bot
tom Of the bottle, one on each side
OF it. These are to hold your flask,
which must be laid across them so
that one edge is higher than the other
and its upper side turned directly
toward the sun.
You will notice that the suns days,
shining on the slightly convex side of
the flask, seem to focus or all gather
together at one point just beneath the
flask. If you put your finger on this
spot you will find that it is very. very
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Two Children Are Wonders.

Under the headline Juvenile Art.
ists," the Welt Spiegel publishes the
pictures Of little curly-headed girl
seated at a piano, and boy before an
easel at work on picture.
The former is Pila Osorio, the three
year-old daughter Of a Spanish ply.
sician. "The little miss is like her
half-brother, born pianist" says the
writer. "She plays with wonderful
skill compositions by Hayden, Men.
delssohn and Mozart without any
knowledge of notes. The boy, Maurice
Lavallard, is eight years her senior.
"He has done some remarkably fine
work as a painter, which has recently
been recognized at the Paris salon,
where one of his interiors is now on
exhibition"
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INDIAN RESERVATIONS OPEN.
Registration, July IS to August 3
-Drawing, August 9, 1909.

Registration for 160-acre farms In
the Flathead Reservation ((450,000
acres). at Missoula, Mont; Occur
d'Alene Reservation 10000 acres) ,
at Occur d'Alene, Idaho: Spokane Res
ervat1on 100000 acres), at Spokane.
Wash.
Any qualified applicant can register
for a 160-acre farm on all three of
these reservations. You therefore have
three chances to win a farm. It costs
nothing to register. The cost of TAX
Ing up the prize 160-acre tracts il
from $1.25 to 81 an acre.
Low fares by the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul Railway-$39 from
Chicago to Missoula and return. $39
to kalispell and return. $55.10 to
Occur dAlene and return $3.50 to
Spokane and return, July 20. Low
fares from other points and on other
dates:-F. A. Miller, General Passen'
ger Agent, Chicago.
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Tho Happiest.

Tho Happiest.
In tho smoking-room of the Finland.
discussing June wedding. Andrew
Carnegie said:
"And thank goodness 1t wasn't an
international marriage, though the
bride did have 18 millions.
MOT" appended Mr.. Carnegie, that
object to international marriages
wherein the two parties are good and
honorable and well matched. But so
many of these marriages are like one
that q Boston cynic described to
me.
"'Was it happy marriage?' / asked
this Bostonian.
"'Oh, quite said he. The bride
was happy. her mother was over
joyed. Lord Lacland was in &c.
stacies, and his creditors, under.
stand, were in q state of absolutely
endless and uncomfortable Bliss"
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to them and the whole paper will
burn to ashes.
Now ycu must change the position
Of the larger bottle until this hot spot
Is on the glass near the bottom where
the water il. Now you must be pa
tient and wait for something to hap
pen, but IL tho sun is hot you will not
have to wait long. In few minutes
you will see th9 water in the larger
bottle begin to arise from it. It will
bubble more and more and the vapor
will grow thicker and thicker until
it fills the bottle.
Suddenly you hesy a noise like a
small pistol shot: the cork flies
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Time to Change Subject.

The Courier-Journal tells of this
embarrassing statement made by q
well-known Louisville woman who IL
known az Saying things without
thinking" Her daughter was enter.
tanning young man on the front
porch and the mother was standing
at the fence talking to the neighbors
next door. In the yard of the latter
was a baby little over year old,
and 1t was trying to walk. "You
shouldn't let it walk SO young," ad:
vised the thoughtless matron. "Wait
until it's little older. I let my
daughter walk when she was about
that age, and it made her bow-legged."
The young man began to talk ener.
Getically about the weather.
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ORIGIN
OF a Famous Human Food.

The story Of the great discoveries
or inventions is always Of interest,
An active brain worker who found
himself hampered by lack of bodily
strength and vigor and could not carry
out the plans and enterprises he knew
how to conduct, was led to study va
rious foods and their effects upon the
human system. In other words. be-
fore he could carry out his plans he
had to find a food that would carry
him along and renew his physical and
mental strength.
He knew that food which was q
brain and nerve builder (rather than
a mere fat maker) was universally
needed. He knew that meat with the
average man does not accomplish the
desired results. He knew that the
soft gray substance in brain and
nerve centers is made from Albumen
and Phosphate Of Potash obtained
from food. Then he started to solve
the problem.
Careful and extensive experiments
evolved Grape-Nuts. the now famous
food. It contains the brain and nerve
building food elements in condition
for easy digestion.
The result of eating Grape-Nuts
daily is easily seen in a marked sturdi.
ness and marked activity Of the brain
and nervous system. making it
pleasure for one to carry on the daily
duties without fatigue or exhaustion.
Grape-Nuts food is in no sense a
stimulant but is simply food which
renews and replaces the daily waste
OF brain and nerves.
Its favour is charming and being
fully and thoroughly cooked at the
factory it is served instantly with
cream.
The signature of the brain worker
spoken of. c. w. Post, is to be seen on
each genuine package Of Grape-Nuts.
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, "The Road to Wellvillo.s
There's . reason"
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WILD DOGS OF THE FAR EAST
Gaunt, Ravenous. NANCY and lnsolent
Creatures Are Permitted to
Prowi Streets.

In Constantinople and other cities
OF the east wild dogs, gaunt, raven
oua NANCY and insolent, are permit
ted TO prowl about the streets in for
midable packs. A favorite haunt of
the beasts a few years ago was the
Little Field of the Dead, a cemetery
in Pers, Turkey. Here they gathered
by the hundreds and basked in the sun
and howled and fought, sometimes
among themselves, always with in
truders. :Nhey seemed to regard the
grewsome graveyard as their special
estate.
Occasionally the easy-going authori-
ties would be moved by frequent re-
currence of outrages on the part of
the wild dogs to order soldiers to cap.
ture packs of them. The brutes thus
taken were driven aboard a ship and
transported to barren island in the
Sea of Marmora. For in the east they
do not believe in Staying dogs, even If
It becomes impossible for people to
live in the same neighborhood with
them. Three days provisions were
provided for the animals on the island.
And always they were accompanied
by a mullah, or priest, who before
making the return journey preached
to the canine congregation a long SER
mon on the duties of resignation and
religious fortitude.
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ACCOUNTING for II.

Outgoing heads of the government
departments sometimes make a few
'personal' promotions upon the eve
of their departure, and a clerk in trr
department of agriculture, believing
that Secretary Wilson would go the
way of the rest of the Roosevelt cab!.
net, ventured to approach him with
little plea for special recognition.
Il have been in the department
since the time you were first made
secretary, sir" the clerk began.
Il know tt-I know It," the secre
Itary said, waving him away. Every
one knows I am a very patient and
considerate man!"-Harper's Weekly.
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Next Best.

A certain young minister In Phila.
delphia, recently ordained, is still very
nervous and sometimes his remarks
do not convey exactly the meaning he
intended. A few Sundays ago he rose,
fumbled with the papers on his desk,
blushed. and then said:
my Friends: IL am sorry to say
that have lost the notes for my ser.
mon. and l therefore cannot deliver
1t. I will have to do the next best
thing, therefore, and read few chap
ters from the e!"-Illustrated Sun.
day Magazine.
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the salt water out OF my eyes, and I'll
find out what he's been up to. Wet
his hand again, sister,
Once more Plato's hand was sub.
merged, and this time he made no
protesting movement. Miss Angelina
fixed her eyes on his face and sternly
demanded:
"Plato w. Dobbs, where'd you first
meet this female?'
"Um-um-down by the river" sleep
lily muttered the man in the bed.
Il knew it," declared Miss Angelina.
II told you, sister, that he went down
there for something else besides fish,
ing. followed him often enough, but
l never could catch him at anything.
Where'd you hide, you bald-headed old
deceiver?"
up a tree," responded the victim,
with astonishing promptness. up a
tree-tree- e-tree-um."
Good lands!" exclaimed Mrs.
Dobbs, there's no woman around
these parts that can climb a tree, let
alone staying there when she got up.
Ask him how she kept from falling off
the limbs"
"Bow-legged," Immediately respond
ed the sleeper. "Old bow-legs-bow-
legs-ugh."
Keep his hand we'll wet, sister,"
cautioned Miss Angelina. I'm going
to find out who she is now, only
dassent ask him right out, just yet.
What does she look like. Plato W."
ugly, slabsided - hawk"nosed old
lla-gorilla-wow!"
"And you've been running after q
person like that?"
NAV, she chased me-every day
up tree"
There, knew it," exclaimed Mrs.
Dobbs. 'You see, sister, no matter
what we've found out, it isn't his
fault"
BE still, and keep his hand wet
Plato W., what is her name?"
Plato stirred, grunted, and hid his
face in the pillow
"Wet his hand, sister. Come, you
"a wv JON VO 6Ot W tOAA. " Adt A0G
name? Speak up.'
''Angelina Barlow" and then Plato
drowsily took away his hand and
buried himself beneath the patchwork
coverlid.
The bowl Of water dropped unheed-
ed from Mrs. Dobbs' fingers, and Miss
Angelina sunk Imply to the floor.
You'd better go to bed and get
some rest, Angelina" said Mrs. Dobbs
at length. You'll be getting up early
tomorrow"
do you b'lieve what he said ," weak.
ly demanded Miss Angelina.
"N'no, course not; only you told me
that the salt water made 'em all tell
the truth, and you know. Angelina,
that you're awfully bow"
"Sister!"
well, any way, you'd better pack
your things, and the hired man'll drive
you over to Peaville the first thing in
the morning."
Beneath the bed clothes Plato Dobbs
was chuckling and winking in the
darkness.
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Sex In CromwelIs,

OF course with the sexes on q foot
ing of equality as regarded oppor.
tunity, it would not be long until a fe.
male Cromwell made her appearance,
and, having made her appearance, was
getting her portrait painted.
The painter, once more a fawn-
ing, courtly fellow, would have the
picture flattery: but she rebuked
him in words that became historic!
Paint in the hips!" she command.
ed, sternly, showing that she could
be more rigidly devoted to the truth
than Oliver himself.-Puck.
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M2ND .>. !
{2ZZDZxS
0UT-0F-DooR EXPERIMENT.
Interesting Test Of the Effect Of SUMS
Rays on Water Placed
In Bottles.

Get two plain white bottles, one a
short, fiat flask and the other taller
and heavier, for instance an old gin
ger ale bottle. Fill the small flask
with water and insert In its neck a
cork little large for it, so that it
almost refuses to 60 in. Hammer
this cork in tightly and be very sure
that it is firmly and securely in place.
Fill one-third of the larger bottle
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"I'II Excite Him." CALCULATED Miss An
gelina, Grim'y.

ful story in it-about female gorilla
capturing a man and keeping him a
prisoner for two weeks on the limb of
tree. Plato read that twice, it was
so exciting"
''1ll excite him." calculated Miss
Angelina, grimly. you always was
the softest one Of the Barlow family,
or you'd have seen through Plato
Dobbs' tricky ways long ago. But I
s'pose If hadn't bought my book of
ancient secrets you'd have put up with
him all your days, and been none the
WISER"
During Miss Angelina's remarks she
had grown somewhat excited, and,
needless Of the sleeping Plato, she
raised her voice little. He gave no
sign Of rousing, however; indeed, his
slumbsr seemed more quiet, and he
lay breathing regularly, with his arm
dangling over the edge of the bed.
Mrs. Dobbs gazed with awe at the
bowl on the table.
Are you sure" she demanded, that
you've mixed it according to direc-
tions?"
certainly; l know the recipe by
heart: If you would know another's
secrets, place great pinch of salt In
bowl Of clear water; then when a
deep sleep has fallen upon him place
his hand in the salted water and ask
him what you will; he cannot deceive
you.' l b'lieve some ancient woman
named Alberta Agnes discovered the
secret. Come on, hold the bowl so his
hands just touch the water, and I'll do
the questioning. He'll find that he
can't hide anything from Angelina
Barlow"
There was no guile on the placid
face Of Plato Dobbs as he lay on his
back with his eyes closed. The night
mare that had affrighted him seemed
to have departed. With curiosity and
awe on her face, Mrs. Dobbs took up
the bowl and gently raised it until
Plato's fingers dipped into the water.
WET his hand more" admonished
her sister at her side
Mrs. Dobbs was about to comply
when Plato struck out suddenly, send
ing shower into the face of Miss
Angelina.
"Wow!" muttered the sleeper,
"there she is again. There's old bow
legs-ugh."
There, what did I tell you?'' ex-
claimed Miss Angelina. Hes talking
about women already. Wait till I get
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Heard In the Bath.

"That's the LATEST rubber ever
saw" criticised the patron in the Turk
ish bath parlors. "Why, he looks as
II he were asleep"
"Oh, I'll fix that in few minutes" !"
assured the proprietor.
Going to give him q call?"
Eyes, am going to tell him to
stretch himself"
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with water and
cork it with a
cork that fits we'll
but not too tight
ly, says a writer
in Good Litera-
ture. Drive q
fOrked stick into
the ground so
that the fork is
about three inches
from the earth
and nr0n I'm tho
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hot. IT you put a
whisp of paper
there you will see
its edges curl up,
turn brown and
presently, If the
sun is hot, take
fire, just as If
some one had
touched q match
u
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23

Man DOCS NOT KNOW How to Live.
Modern life so depends upon med.
ical science that, whether humanity
is willing or unwilling, the profession
is indispensable to progress. Because
mans life is so artificial he is the
only animal that does not know how
to live, and must be assisted on every
hand by the science and imitation of
nature.
The Virginia enterprise., 1909-07-23

Anneke Jans-8oqardus Heirs,
having positive proof as such, address with
stamp, 365 Lennox Bldg, Cleveland, O.