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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-12
ST. SOPH|A'S BOOKS
Marvellous Collection in Thou
nd-Year-0Id Library.
NOT A PRINTED VOLUME
Wonderful Specimens of Penmanship
and Binding.
MANY OF THEM ORIGINALS
Some Are Three Thousand Years
Old and Show the Most Ex-
quisite Workmanship.
MANY OF THEM ORIGINALS
BY WILLIAM E. CURTIS.

BY WILLIAM E. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.
CONSTANTINOPLE. September Q. 1910.
The library of st. Sophia. which was
founded nearly thousand years ago
consists of only about two thousand vol
umes, all manuscripts without one single
printed book, which are piled up like
merchandise upon shelves protected by
woven wire doors, in a small room ad-
joining that mosque
The walls are covered with beautiful
Persian tiles, and the roof Is a low en-
ameled dome. The windows are small
and narrow and are protected by heavy
bars. Only since the constitution was
proclaimed and the new government came
into power have strangers been allowed
TO enter this library, and its existence
was practically unknown to the public
until recently. There is no catalogue; the
books have lain undisturbed for centuries
and even now nobody knows exactly what
they are.
A quaint old patriarch with a long
white beard and keen black eyes, that
shoot out rays from under heavy black
eyebrows. is in charge. He told me he
had been connected with the mosque OF
ST. Sophia for fifty years, and had been In
charge of the books for more than thirty
years. but was unable to read one of
them He was very much more disposed
to discuss theology and politics than to
tell me about the books, and I learned
by close questioning that he was quite
as ignorant on that subject as the rest
of the mullahs about the mosque. He was
so garrulous that 1t was difficult to stop
him long enough for Michel Naskidoff,
my interpreter. to tell me what he was
talking about.
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and were also presented to Mahomet the
Great oy the Shah of Persia.
Nobody can read these books" he said,
because the language in which they are
written has been forgotten by all man.
KIND. It Is language that was spoken
py mlilions OF people once, but they are
all dead and 1t has been forgotten"
he showed us gorgeous volume called
Nargai, which he said contained the
observations Of Mohammed, 1.-The cham.
pion, the first Turkish sultan of tina,
name, whose reign. beginning in 1914, is
noted as the period when a taste for lit
erature and art and a fondness for poetry
and the drama first prevailed among the
Osmanlis. Each parchment leaf is stain
ed different tint, including various
shades OF the primary cofors, and they
are ornamented with gold tracery in the
corners and at the tops and bottoms OF
the pages. On many pages are broad bor-
ders OF exquisite design and workman
ship.
Another beautiful volume in Persian
script on parchment about fourteen inches
square, theold gentleman said, is the third
book ever written about the stars. The
author was a very learned Egyptian who
lived about three thousand years ago
The name was on the title page, but he
could not read 1t, nevertheless he was
certain that there had never been any
such book on astronomy written since
that time. 1t contained everything that
was ever known about the stars and all
other ASTRONOMERS could be destroyed
without doing any damage SO long as this
one existed. The covers are exquisite
pieces of leather enamel, inlaid with
pearl, and the work is as fine as that of a
matchmaker
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The brcklayers of Norfolk Va
struck Monday because of the refusal of
the contractors to meet their demand for
an increase in the wage scale of $3.50 a
day, with a half holiday Saturday with
full paw
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Wednesday and Friday mornings. All RIVER
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ART SCHOOL,

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS. 205 THE WOODI.EY.
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Up-to-date instruction all branches Special
class in china painting outdoor sketchlng.
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All Written by Hand.

All Oh the two thousand books in the
collection. he said, had been written by
hand He does not believe much In print
ed books because they were full of mis-
takes and wear out in a very short time,
While manuscripts are more accurate and
parchment lasts much longer than paper
Many of the books in the collection had
belonged to Moorish princes in Spain and
were taken from them at the time of
their expulsion from the peninsula The
most learned men in the world are Per-
SLAMS. There are very few scholars I'm
Europe. he said. and the wisest Of them
had studied in this library, which. he de-
clared, was founded by the Sultan Nah
moud, who reigned from 1142 to lbs.
Inc most remarkable volume that he
showed us was heavy folio, perhaps
nfteen by twenty-five inches in size. or
with beautiful script 1t is work of
Worldwide fame, but doubtless there
are Few such beautiful copies. 1t Is
known in the medical world as the
Avecenna" and is treatise on botany
and medicine by DR.. Avicen. a famous
Arab physician and philosopher He
was the most learned man of his time,
and lived in Khorisan. Persia. from
$50 to 6S7. where he wrote three great
works. one on medicine. which has been
logic and third on philosophy He
also wrote volume of lesser Importance
on music and the arts.
This volume on medicine has been the
subject of commentators for a thousand
years. DR.. Avicen is the most renowned
man in Moslem literature and philoso-
ply. This book was written about the
year $50. and this particular copy was
made perhaps 200 years later. Every
page contains a pen and ink sketch of
plants, or fish. or insects and other
forms Of animate and inanimate life. 1t
Is volume of some 500 pages Of parch-
ment. Every line is made with a pen
and every illustration Is in the natural
colors Of the animal or the plant with
the most delicate detail and precision.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11
"considsrate- Mir. RaIIinoer.

A Washingto cores pondent writes
 Secretary Ballinger naturally ap- preciates the way in which President Taft has stood behind him. His 1oy- atty to his chief is such that he will lngly would sacrifice himself to relieve the president of the slightest embar -assnent"
 A careful re-readfng of the entire article fails to indicate that the cor respondent was either intoxicated or experim enting with the subtleties of sarcasm Plainly he wishes to convey the impression that MT. Bal1inger has been both loyal and considerate.
 The events leading up to the demand for an inquiry into the administration of the office of the secretary of the interior shows that MT. BalIinger was thinking largely along two lines- How he might best please the school of development VI which he had been identified in the west, how he might heap embarrassments upon his imme- dfate predecessor and get his appoin- tees out of the way. After the inves- tigation began MT. Ballinger devoted his energies to devising schemes by which he could take shelter behind the presidents good-nature, and. when he was caught In equfvocatiOn to trans fer the burden to MT. Taft's shoulders.
 These may not be facts They were to be inferred from the news and the testimony and the BaIlinger manner on the witness stand. If the corre- sponeent is right. then the secretary hss been maligned and exceedingly misunderstood. For the credit of the public service we would like to think so. But. in the instance, it is easier to believe that the correspondent was testing the stretching powers of gen erai foolishness.-Toledo Blade
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11
Proposals for State Road Work.

SEALED PROPOSALS will be re- ceived by the State Highway Commis- sioner, Room 27, Capitol Hartford, Conn.,, until p. m., Tuesday, June IA 1910 for one section gravel road in Sal ern two sections gravel road in Col chester and one section gravel road in Ledyard, in accordance with plans and specifications.
 Bids will state the price per linear fott The State Highway Commission CT reserves the right to increase de- crease the number of feet to be inn proved. after the contract is let
 All bids must be accompanied by a bond of not less than one-third of the cost of the work. Any bidder to whom contract has been awarded refusing to sign the contract at the prices offered and furnish a surety company bond, or certified check, shall forfeit from his bond a sum equal to the difference in price between his bid and the next lowest bidder. Plans and specifications may be examined at Town Clerks of fee ina Colchester for Colchester and Salem, and with L. c. Gray, First Se- Iectman, Iedyard, or at the office of the State Highway Commissioner, Room 27. Capitol.
 The State Highway Commissioner re- serves the right to reject any and all bids.
 Dated at Hartford. Conn. June z. 1910.
 JAMES H. MACDONALD. State Highway Com missioner, Room 27.
 Capitol, Hartford. Conn. jesd
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11
BREED THEATER.

Cowboy and Indian Feature Pictures.
 There is an especially strong bill at the Breed theeter for today, and all attending will be assured of 8 great treat. Foremost on the programme is the great story Of the Indian massacre at Wyoming, Pa, in the year TIT, and included in its many scenes are to be noted the attack on the settlement and the inoiting Of the Indians to nlassa- ere, the capture of Forty Fort and the remarkable escape of the captured col ouists. This picture is thoroughly In- dian and the action takes place in picturesque region, while the scenes in the bfockhouse are exciting in the ex- treme and the climax fills the specta- tors with the widest delight.
 The Cowboys Sweetheart is the really truly western story and tells of ths cowboys misplaced love and it's almost serious consequences, while the Biograph story of the love of two Frenchmen for an unknown woman. who later proves to be married, is a brilliant comedy.
 J. H. Loud sings the refreshingly beautiful ballad Back to My Old Home Town, which finds a responsive chord In the hearts of all his hearers.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11
In tho Fourteenth District.

Henry M. Whitney says he will not run for congress in the Fourteenth Massachusetts district this fall and E. N. Foss says he will not recognize an encore call, and thereon rests ono of the most dreadful democratip worries of the age. We have absolutely no body else to run" says the worried democrats, and that means that tho hope of running the whole country by democratic majority in the national house may be dashed like other dem ocratic dreams of the past The party that cannot find man to taIe care of that one district must be wonder at taking the entire United States under It's mapagemenf for a series of yeArA
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FULL ASSOCIATED
 PREss DISPATCHES
POETRY.
THE OPEN DOOR.

Why should I house in grim Reality When need only close my eyes to o4 Within another worldwide knows how
 far From care and tasks and all dull things that are? Here beclSon all the older tales lova, With all the wonder and the thriil@ Here tarry still tho ancient mystericA Of treasure-laden land beyond th@
 seas. Here awaken at the huntsman's horn Stirring the echoes of the early nornv And strain to see the plumed horsemeA Adown the dim demesne of old ro-
 nance. And here. when twilight skies brood
 low and gray, Sometimes I hear wandering pipea A lost Arcadian melody so sweet None other dare it's cadencss repeat. There is no weariness, nor solitude Since I may have. companiondnK nH
 mood, Shadows more real than any burdens
 seem When ! pass. through the open door or
 Dream!
 Charlotte Becker
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11
VIEWS AND VARIETIES
Clever Sayings

Why don't you ask that young man up to tea some evening. dear! don't believe 1t would do any good mother. He's confirmed bachelor.~
 Detroit Free Press.
 Hero Clearing his hair)-I knew I'd find the sceundrel out. Collector (tzs, audfence)-You have my sympatles old man; I've been there myseWsS Yale Record.
 He's a stingy old curmudgeon, isp'3 he?" ''The worst I ever saw. Wtly. he'd haggle over the cost of Duildiinm a spite fence."-Chicago hsaord-HAr- aid.
 He-Don't you think you could evee learned to like olives.-University of Michigan Gargoyle.
 Do you not see the handwriting ou the wal? 2" asked the forebodtnM ehum: the headlines in the newspa- pers are enough for me. e."-WashingtoR Star.
 Howell-Does your wife care any~ thing about baseball? Powell-Shsf never did until one day when ahaF heard me say that they were going to play two games for one admission~ Judge.
 Mistress-In the time it takes ms to tell you how to do the work, Yes'm. And in the time it takes rn@ to listen to you could do 1t. too-s Boston Traveller.
 She used to let me hold her hand occasionally, but she declined to do i4 any more" Have you quarreled2~ ~Oh, no. She thinks the can play 10 better hersef."-Washington Herald
 Miss Howelis--Since I had typhoid fever I haven't been able to sing ns all. I seem to have lost my voice en< tireiy. Miss Kunnfng-Typhoid is av queer disease. I've often heard thaa if you recover from 1t 1t improves yolks- in every way.-Catholic Standard.
 'T hear, doctor. that my friends Brown. whom you have been treats. ing so long for liver trouble. hA died of stomach trouble" said one .cfG the physicians patients. Don't A v believe all you hear replied the doS~c tor. When treat man for live& trouble. he dies Of liver trouble."--~ Everybody's.
 Father-This is your little eisten&s Tommy; you will love her very dear- ly, will you not7 Tommy-Ye-a. oGa' course; but 1t will cost a great deaE to keep her, won't it? Fether-1 pre1s sumo so. Tommy-Yes, and when q asked you the other day to buy mo @s' white rabbit. you said you couldn' ts afford ft---M. A. F.
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Bookings for June 1s, IA, IS

Audft6fTun1 BOCktndS TUT S0HS ASg iTs sS
 The Auditorium offers as a headliner for next week one of the quaintest eddest and at the same time one of the most delightful acts on the circuit Queen MEb and Oscar Weiss are the features Queen Nab is the smallest lady actress In the world, and her partner, Oscar Weiss, the famous min faSure comedian, is not any larger than she is They are not children. but grown up people, whose combined height does not reach six feet. These dainty little people sing and dance in a comedy sketch that is scream. Don't miss bringing yourself and the children to see the smallest people in the world James F. Murphy, known as the international ,c}yphone king, will render his difficult and intricate selec- tions on that instrument. An act that will smuse is the Longweed Sisters. who in their line of eccentric singing, talking and dancing will introduce some new ideas That Komikal Russ, Joe Burke, is one of the funniest single turns on the stage today. To see Burke ks to laugh? Auditoriunn enter prise has again come to the front in securing for it's patrons the only orig inal moving pictures of King Edward vITE funeral taken in London not two weeks ago Going some! These pictures will be shown Monday and Tuesday. These are the only original pictures Don't be misled by others. See them and be convinced.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11
35 Horses

Another car load just arrived, mak- ing a total of 35 Horses that I want to dispose of right away. There are some of the best chunks and drafters among them you ever saw. Come and see them
 Telephone 177-12.
 ELMER R. PERSON. may22d
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THE VACUUM.

Oh. Europe will be lonely.
 And politics be dull. In tranSmarino excitement.
 Will come a large-sized Hull. A sense of empty longing
 From Egypt unto Rome. Will Epre cad. and thence to London. For Roosevelt's coming home. The swarthy Oriental.
 Phlegmatic German, OutoA. The volatile Italian.
 Who lionized him much. The stolid bur1y Brtton,
 Whose heavy m entai doma. He hath perturbed, will miss him. For Roossvelts coming home. That staid Old World which ages Has moved its stately way, Rock-ribbed in its traditions Is dumb and dazed today; For ne'er such strenuous lectures In speeches or in tome, Will 1t again e'er hearken. Now Roosevelts coming home
 Baltimore American.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

At the Broadway Congregational church Chiidren's day will be observed at the morning service.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

At Mt. Calvary Baptist church Sun day morning Rev J. H. Dennis will preach on Gideon and His Three Hun dred. In the evening the Children's day exercises will be under the direc- tion of Supt. P. T. Young; A. B. Will son, choir director, and Miss Ida Scott, organist-
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Sunday Eaorning at TaftviIIe Con gregational church Rev. D. B. Mac Lane will preach on Christ Our Judge. His evening topic is Five Leaves.
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I'll. Contrary war,d

fts strange how in this world of GUYS good man is not considered half es clever as the man who skins every. body in sight--Florida Times-Union.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

Think of an acre of ground covered with a pile of silver dollars s20 feet high. That would be the sight present. ed if the whole wealth of the country were piled together It amounts ta more than $107, 900, 900, 900.
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WHAT IS GOING ON TONIGHT

Vaudeville and Motion Pictures at Mosion Pictures and Illustrated Songs ct Areed Theater. o.
 TypeGrAphica1 Union. NO. ioo' "ees In e L. Hall.
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REAL ESTATE BARGAINS.

UnzKL nx1tUAf1SS.
 4e-acre farm. good comfortable g. room house, l mile to village. miles to city, $7no.
 ( acres, mile to city handy to tro1- ley, fine new s-room cottage finished in cypress. hot and cold water. bath. new barn, price $3,000.
 The best 175-acre farm in New Lon- don county for $5,ooe.
 Several good fnvestment properties in city of Wi1limantic.
 Three furnished cottages on Fishers Island at bargain prices.
 If you want Q farm. country home or city property. call at
 TRYON REAL ESTATE AGENCY. z15 Main Street. wilHla..tic, Conn. 1y15d
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ChiIdren's day, with exercises by the children, sermonette by the pastor, baptism of children, reception of mem bers into church fellowship. will be ob- served by the UniversaIist church in the Buckingham Memorial. The Sun day school will unite in this service
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

typographical error in tho Epi- phany church notice Saturday nfsha day, and the Blade wishes to corr@cA the mistake.-Concordia (Kans.) Blade.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

The latest mechanical furnace stoker. not only puts the coal on in the nnoe1 approved manner. but 1t also dispose ss of the ashes automatically.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11
New Profession In Lie.

Naturalist and trainer of ants, heas, tees. etc." was the description a man snwe of himself at the North London Eng) police court.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

Switzerland has 11T1T miles o< tele% graph and telephone lines. In 1908 tha 2,225 telegraph offices handled 4.s41,- Ss80,444.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

Epworth League day, the twenty
 first anniversary, will be observed at Trinity M. E. church Sunday morning with the pastor preaching on The Ep-
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

The shipments of Irish linen articles, from Belfast to the United States dur-. ing 1909 were valued at s12.6s1. o3a-a against $9,z17, 191 in 1908.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

At the MontviIIe Center Congrega- tional church Rev. H. T. Arnold viii preach, to the children Sunday morn ing. There will be a young peoples meeting in the evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

While the number of violent 6eaehs a. thousand among miners has undergone. in European countries decided de- crease in this country 1t Is steadily in-. creasing.
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Sate Uncle SItaa.

Teller can't be hired to stay 4WAy from a girl he 1ikes-until he maxrfes her am joins . club. b."-Los Angeles Express
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There will be morning prayer and sermon at 10-3o o'clock Sunday morn ing at St. Andrews Episcopal church, with evening prayer, and sermon at 7.30, Rev. F. J. Bohanan officiating.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

Miss MeIva Beatrice Wilson, ef New, York, has been commissioned to d@ the sculpture frieze for the new Catho- lie cathedral in St. Louis. The friezs will represent fourteen scenes An the life of Christ
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anne.

The temple of fame stands upon the grave; the flame that burns upon it's altsrs is kindied from the ashes of dead men.-HaE3itt
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

At the First Baptist church there will be a sermon by the pastor in the morning. and at the evening service Bible school will present a prORraYnD1e.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

To permit a rnotor1st to explore tha dark corners of his car with . 1Khe and yet leave his hands free. there has been invented an incandescent lamu and reflector to fasten to the forehead.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

The Word of God Powerful is tn Sunday morning topic of Rev. J. Very at the Third Baptist church Hi evening theme is The Word of God tn Sword of the Spirit.
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Different ResuIts.

The man who learns to say no gen sr21y succeeds in this world, while tAs woman is likely to find herself -aa cid maid.-Puck
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MUCH IN LITTLE

The number of sheep in Ireland tzeA 1900 was estimated at 1000. GOO, an tn.S crease of S12.000 over 1908.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

worthian at His Best. In the evening there will be a special p1.6gramme, in cluding brief papers on league work, music and installation of the new officers.
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Rev. J. Eldred Brown will conduct the services at the SheItering Arms Sunday afternoon.
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At the GreenevilIe Congregational church Sunday morning the pastor will preach on What the Young Only Can Do- Tn the afternoon the children's exercises will be held. There will be no evening service.
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Sunday morning Rev. Dr.. w. H. Eley breaches at the Mckinley Avenue A M. F. Zion church on Great Faith. His evening topic is the Nine Periods of the Church.
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Silence Becoming Fashionable.

After the interview with Senator Root the former president insisted up on maintaining his usual retieence." And Mir. Root has never been what might be termed loquacious.-Pittsbu Dispatch.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

Reqiens Free fren Snow. Snow never falls on about two thirds of the earth's surface.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

F1rst English Weoien Cloth. Wooien cloth was first made in Eng innd in 1880
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

Keep Your WhIms In Subjectlon.
 If you don't conquer your whims, your sudden impulses, they will con quer you in time, and you will find that life has grown stale and lacking in all &terests-
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

The services at Christ church tomor- row will be as follows: Holy Com munion at 9.30, morning prayer and sermon at 10-30. and evening prayer and sermon at 7.30, Rev. Nelson Poe Carey officiating.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

At Trinity Episcopal church there will be Holy Communion at a. In., morning prayer and sermon at 1O.30, and evening prayer at 7-30 o'clock. The rector, Rev. J. EIdred Brown, will off
 ciate.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11

Drink Williams Root Beer this gum u1er for thirst loss of appetite and in- sen1lia- 2c for eight Eiasses--adv.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-11
Weariness to tb. souI

Mfr. Bryan has reached the stage where one eslDs, Why is a candidate ?s -Ax1anta Constitution