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HOW THE FLIES TRAVEL.
Edward Hatch. r.. IN suburban Lie.

Edward Hatch. IT,. IN Suburban Life.
In the summer of 1903. as chairman
of the New York Merchants Association
committee on water pollution (which
carried on warfare against flies as a
nuisance growing out Of water pollu-
tom, I was engaged In an effort to In
duce two of the railroads entering New
York to remove the huge manure heaps
which they maintained on the Newark
meadows near the tracks.
visited the place one day with an in
spectOr. and after we had looked it over
we boarded street car which passed
it. bound for Newark. about FIVE miles
away. A woman wearing a new alpaca
dress got on it at the same time. so
did forty-two flies. which my companion
and ] counted after they had settled
on the new dress, which seemed 70 at
tract them. They had the fresh. sill
very look of the newly Matched fly and
the fy instinct which moves them 20
start On their travels at the earliest pos
sible moment, and thus keep the species
from dying out in any given locality.
We both watched those flies carefully.
Eight left the car when We reached the
outskirts of Newark, three miles away;
about half mile further on seven more
got off. Others left at intervals until
nearly all of those left got out with
the majority Of the passengers in front
Of a church. Four remained on the
LET III ut
the end of the route, FIVE miles from
the point from which they had started;
and I suppose they went home to din
ner with her
one summer morning last year / took
seat in a Delaware and Hudson dining
car as II started from Albany for Lake
Champlain. Several Albany flies were
fellow-passengers. observed two Of
them resting on the shoulder Of the
woman who sat opposite me at table.
Evidently it was not yet their break
fast time. for they kept their places
all through the meal.
Those flies didn't shift their positions
materially until we reached Saratoga
There. as the train stopped, they We're
visited by a local delegation, as IL
seemed to me. the members of which
apparently conversed with them in hy
language-if that is what the rubbing
together of their probosces means. Per-
haps they were a reception committee
recommending the Saratoga hotels. but
IL so, they we're disappointed, for the
Albanlans shook them OF. as IL assur-
ing them that they were satisfied with
their accommodations.
Other flies drifted IN and tried 20 IN
terest their travelling brethern as we
stopped at various stations. but with
no more success, for when the train
reached Bluff Point, which happened to
be the destination Of the unknown fellow
passenger as well as myself. the faithful
two were still with her So they were
when she registered at the hotel desk,
and for all I know they lived happily
with her ever after. Certainly their at
tachment up to that point was striking
enough It had lasted for a Journey Of
l65 miles. and If they had any disease
germs about them they succeeded in de
livering them with more expedition than
II they had sent them by express.
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Mr.. Hepburn Gets Results.

From the ST. Louis Star
Senator Hepburn. Of Idaho. has cone IN for
deal Of criticism. first and last. There are few Of
rs who have not occasioaally taken fall out Of
him" That Is because OF his manner As much a.
anything else although be frequently oppcses meas
ures that ought 70 go through. AT the same time
Hepburn Is entitled 10 credit for his pe~sisency.
II he wants 70 pat measure through Coasress he
stays night By it until the fight Is Won He deserves
especial credit for obtaining the passage Of the pure
food bill when nearly every other man had failed.
He has had particularly thankless task In the
revision and eodination Of the laws Of the United
States II has meant an enCrmUIs amount OF hard
work to odfy and revise these laws It is stl les
agreeable duty to obtain the passage through the
Senate Of the revised code. for it is matter in
which few men interested. and It means long
battle with technical lawyers HeyEurn has fought
these code bills through from time 20 time and
without any glory and he is entitled great deal
Of credit.
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About Diamonds.

From the New York American
The diamond is pure carbon and the
hardest substance in nature. 1t burns in
temperature OF 500 centigrade, producing
carbonic acid. All diamonds are not
equally hard, and there is sometimes a
varying degree of hardness in different
parts of a large diamond. Some dia-
monds glow IN a dark room; some are
fiourescent. appearing milky in sunlight.
Diamonds are OF many colors-pure white,
yellow, Set black. dark brown. light CHINA
mon, green, blue, pink. and orange, the
diamonds of each mine having a distinc-
tive character. An expert can usually tell
the mine by examining the stone. Most
Of the diamonds Of to-day come from the
famous Kimberley and De Beers mines,
in South Africa.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-07
A LITTLE NONSENSE.


WOMAN AND THE PAPER.
To the weather first she turns.
Which is scheduled. so she learns,
To be fair.
Rain predicted makes her pout,
Though she isn't going out
Anywhere.
Next the dry goods ads she reads
Thinking OF her many needs
AS TO dress.
Reads them all with comment sage,
Then inspeets the woman's page
More or less.
II a serial there be.
Carefully the same must she
Next peruse,
After which she may. perchance,
Take hasty little glance
At the news
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TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
John Barry Captures First British Ship-April T.

piness TO aquaint you that all our people
behaved with much courage
Following this first successful venture
of Barry there are many others to his
credit during the Revolution, not only at
sea but at the head Of volunteer COM
pany. under the command of Gen. Cad
wallader. Barry assisted in the capture
OF the Hessisns at Trenton, near the close
OF I77s.
After the war he returned to the mer-
chant marine but only for a short time.
when trouble again brought him into the
navy, and he was successful in protect
ing our commerce from the depredations
OF French vessels when war between
France and the United States commenced
on the ocean in 1877. When peace came
in 1901 Barry was retained in the service.
His health, however. had become broken
by his many arduous campaigns, and he
died in Philadelphia on the 18th of Sep
TENDER, 1903 at the age of flfty-elght
years.
In It's notice of his death the Pennsyl-
vsnia Gazette thus feelingly refers to his
life and services: His naval achieve
ments would of themselves have reflect
ed much honor on his memory. but those
could not have endeared it TO his fellow
citizens had he wanted those gentle and
amiable virtues which embellish the gen.
tleman and ennoble the soldier
Barry sleeps the drean1less sleep of the
dead in old st. Msry's Cemetery, In
Fourth street, above Spruce street, Phila-
de'phia. near 10 the lordly waters of the
Delaware that had borne him so often to
and from the sea.
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Snnnrfnc.

Frou1 the Catholic Standard ard Times.
Y heard one man." said the playwright.
who attended the premiere OF my new
play last night. complain that it was so
late when he got out"
''Yes?" Querled the critics.
Yes: and yet the final curtain fell be-
fore 10:45"
All, Perhaps he oversight himself"
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The Speakers limitations.

Frm the Memphis News scimitar.
Speaker Cannon, In referring 20 the late Congress
man Cushmsn from the Pacific Coast, spoke Of the
latters partnership with rather too much JUNCTION.
Partisan loyalty is good, tat not the best II Is
better than indifference TO al excerpt the self bat
still lacks the larger size Of being loyal TO al not
merely one party or one faction. Mr. Cannon does
not seem To know how large men grow and are
going to grow As attachment to faction or par-
tisans is much better than attachment 10 merely
ones self, 50 attachment 20 the whole people is 50
much better than attachment 70 a part q the pso-
PIE. Let not Mr.. Cannon insist that the consider
able degree Of virtue he may have schiesed IS the
limit Of achievement
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Had Him Spotted.

From Everyeodys
'Ts that you. dear?" said a young hus-
band over the telephone ~ Just called
up 10 say that I'm afraid won't be able
to get home to dinner tonight. as l am
detained at the office
"You poor dear answered the wife.
sympathetically. I don't wonder I don't
see how you manage 10 get anything
done at all with that orchestra playing
in your Office GoOd-by."
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AT THE HOTELS.

get out a penny; l don't mean the
new Lincoln penny. but its predecessor,
and hunt for any Indian physiognomy
there said Herman s. steck. OF Phila-
delphia, who is at the Arlington.
1T is the head of gracious American
woman, who for re years was held in
admiration both for her beauty and good
ness, and who died only few years ago.
Her name was Sarah Longacre Keen. She
lived in Philadelphia. For thirty-hve
years she was the secretary Of the Phil
adelphia Branch of the Woman's For
eign Missionary Society Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
when Sarah was a child" continued
MIR. Steck, "a delegation Of Indians from
the Northwest visited Washington. They
came 10 see the sights and pay their re-
spects to the Big Chief of the nation
After having spent considerable time az
the Capital the Indians were taken to
PHILADELPHIA. Here they we're shown the
Mint The little girls father was fine
engraver. and he had official connection
with this great money factory. He was
a kindly, benevolent man as we'll and
he invited this delegation Of red men 70
some sort OF an entertainment at his
home.
"one Of the chiefs had his attention at
tracted to the little miss, and in a mood
of sportiveness he took of his headdress
and put it on her head. She was not
frightened; but lending herself TO the en-
joyment of the joke. she stood for a
moment and let the company look at
her. Some one present. who had both an
eye for beauty and artistic skill, was so
struck by the appearance which little
Sarah Longacre made in her Indian head
dress that he sketched her on the spot.
The sketch was engraved by her father
Just then the penny in its form pre-
ceding the present design was about TO
be issued. but the figure with which IT'S
face was TO be ornsmented had not been
chosen. This engraved sketch went into
competition for the honor. II was ac-
cepted in preference 10 all others, and the
imprint Of II was transferred TO the neat
little pennies which Uncle sam for so
many years has been sending out into the
world"
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Mr.. Taft.s Happr Time.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
The pleasures the President gets out q eoutem-
plation o. the Aldrich tariff is almost entirely his
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Mr.. Tillmans This Roosevelt hurrah
makes me sick may affect the situation
in various ways. but It is a good bet that
it will not head off the hurrah. neverthe-
less and notwithstanding.
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A Perfect Paradise.

From the Houston Post.
There is more vernal beauty in Texas
than anywhere else, more floral sweet
ness. more arboreal spendor, more at
mospheric ecstasy. more solar mzgnif.
cence, more lunar loneliness. more astral
glory. and more of everything that sweIIs
the Joy OF living.
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From the New York Sun.
It may be iustiaable for the Tribune 70 describe
all special elections for Congress 'bgeiections "
but the fact is that al those held recently have
been 'gUod-by elections
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From the New York Mail
We are not betting person, but. regarding the
rImor that the Hon. Richard A. Balliuger Is to
have the late Justice Brewers seat the bench
we are eager 10 take the long end Of 40 10 / shot
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A writer insists that living Is expen-
sive because mans wants invariably
include an automobile near the top Of
the list" However, his gets" include no
automobile. as a rule
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One hundred and fifty Cinnamon have
applied for seats at the Jeffries-J johnson
ringside. Those Celestials rapidly pick
up the ways of New World civilization,
all right.
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Now that the edible rose has been pro-
duced. we suppose II viii be promptly
pointed out that stifT tariff protection is
absolutely essential to its life and we'll
being.
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For the sake OF peace In England. Il
is to be hoped that no one will offer to
bet the colonel that he cannot reform
the House of Lords before leaving the
country.
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One of the Kaiser's sons is travelling
in Africa "incognito." He might travel
in a steam calliope. however. and nobody
would notice him now
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The newspaper correspondents will OBJ
serve that when Bwana Jumbo got good
and ready to start something. something
started
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Certainly. It seems that fate is deter
mined that our ex-President shall keep
In the spotlight" says the Pittsburg
Dispatch. Oh, yes-"fate." gently assist
ed by T. R.
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FInnI CONTAMINATION.

From TIE Charleston News and Courier
Now that Mr., Fairbanks has fully commended Mr.
RooseTelts decision not to see the Pope. We may
consider the incident closed.
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It is now pointed out that Grover
Cleveland was the real father Of forest
conservation The suggestion is more
interesting than surprising. however.
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Mr.. Hepburn surely must be the real
Senatorial asbestos-lined professor. He
is. without doubt, the country's cham
pion fre-eater.
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Pullman porter has made enough to
buy touring car says the New York
Herald. Likely as not. however. he viii
soon find that he is on a sure road back
TO Pullman portering.
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"one of the most trying positions in
the country is to serve as a member OF
this House." says the Speaker. Trying
70 get back. yes,
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''Iie is the same old Bryan" says the
Omaha Bee Or the same young Bryan.
Of course. Perhaps II will be easier to
tell after he has returned.
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Sir Ernest Shaekleton refuses to be
happy, even in all of his undisputed glory.
What IS It that invariably seems to get
wrong with these trapped explorers. any
way?
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Mr.. Fairbanks seems 10 have been more
or less careless about extracting the
maximum of advertising from his little
parallel incident. however.
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Speaking OF towns and their names,
everybody must have a kindly feeling
toward Ball Ground, Ca
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delphia Public Ledger. We are not sure
but we have an idea It said that last
Friday. If at all.
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We do not know who started the rumor
that Mr. Ballinger might be selected to
succeed Justice Brewer. but we feel sure
1t was neither Mr.. Ballinger nor Mr.. Taft.
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About time for somebody TO dash off
ballad concerning the noss-covered
bucket-shop our infancy knew, IS Il not?
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In one sense OF the word. Mayor Gay
nor is a huge joke. But the joke is de-
cidedly on Tammany
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CHAT OF THE FORUM.
Good News

From the Augusta Herald
Senator rlimsn has recovered sufficiently % give
interviews and spicy ones at that.
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No doubt, Egypt is now willing to admit
ungrudgingly that 1t has not lived its
five or six thousand years in vain
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Even after Theodore and Wilhelm have
met and talked It ali over, however. each
probably will remain OF the same opinion
still
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We may say with entire confidence. we
think. that the Nicholas Longwofth
gubernatoriaI boom has not shrunk any
OF late,
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So Foolish.

"she is neglecting her game OF bridge
dreadfully."
why is she doing that?"
Some silly excuse. Says the children
need her, believe"
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In the Record.

81 guess these Indiana people amt so
awful literary after all"
How now?''
Il never heard of none OF their Con-
gressmen asking for leave to print a
historical novel"
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"Cannonism," by any other name, and
so forth.
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The Old Bugbear.

The baseball writer shortly VIII
Prepare his daily BIT
Concerning dear old inabil-
Ity to hit.
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Prof. DR.. Theodor Essig. Of Stuttgart,
Germany. who is at the New Willard.
discussing earthquakes last night. said:
THE frequent earthquakes everywhere
and the eruption OF Mount Aetna and
VesUvius in Italy bring 10 my mind the
historical fact that IN 1872 a great earth
quake IN Chile produced a permanent
Elevation OF from two TO seven feet over
nearly 10000 square miles OF the country
between the Andes and the coast. and
biologists have discovered traces Of sea
beaches at a distance inland. which
proves that such upIiftings must have
occurred previously several times.
In the disaster at Lisbon in 1855, when
nearly the whole city was wrecked in
six minutes and more than 5000 persons
lperished, the largest mountains in Por-
tugsl were shaken to their very founda-
tions. great masses being hurled into
the adjacent valleys. A new quay. built
of marble, on which a huge crowd as
sembled for safety from the falling build
ings, suddenly sank, and it is recorded
that not one Of the dead bodies came to
the surface. Moreover, Of the ships en-
lgulfed no wreckage floated, and the spot.
though previously comparatively shallow
was afterward stated to be unfathomable.
An hour after the town had been shaS~
tered the sea suddenly retired so far rs
TO leave the bar at the entrance OF the
Tagus dry and then rolled in with a
series of gigantic waves from forty 20
sixty feet higher than the highest tide.
completely swapping the city. The effect
OF this earthquake was felt over an area
of upward of 100000 square miles and the
velocity with which the shock Travelled
was computed at about twenty miles a
minute.
You want 20 know my opinion about
the Roosevelt-Vatican incident? I am
of the opinion that Mr.. Roosevelt made
a serious mistake in not subscribing TO
the conditions imposed upon him by the
Pope. It seems that Mr.. Roosevelt con-
sidered himself better and higher than
anybody else that visits the head OF the
Catholic Church, be he Protestant or
Catholic. II should be remembered that
the Pope Is recognized as q sovereign by
Italy and is treated as such by all pow
ers that recognize Italy as q sovereign
government.
Mr.. Roosevelt had been In the White
House long enough to know the rules
and regulations obtaining at the Vatican.
He cannot plead ignorance. This being
the case, he should not have asked for
an audience unless he had decided 10
submit to the etiquette as In rule at
the papal court. Il was a faux pas OF
the worst kind. and it looks very much
as If Roosevelt is playing politics At
any rate. Roosevelt has harmed himself
more than the Vatican"
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April is the birthday of William Elery
Charming. the eminent clergyman u7So) !;
William Wordsworth, the poet QT70); Sir
Francis Chantry, the sculptor G7s2); st.
Francis Xavier, the Christian mission
larry ESQ; Francis W. Pickens. the South
ern statesman GsoSs and the Duchess of
Albany Os5S). II is the date on which
Charles VII Of France died in 1895. and
p. T. Barnum. the Snowman, in 1891
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Of LiffIe service.

Judge. can I have back my maiden
name?"
'rwnl It be Of any particular use to
you?"
Your question is almost rude
Not at all. The last dame whose
maiden name restored changed it again
inside Of twenty minutes"
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The meat trust says it loses money
when prices are high" notes the PhiIa-
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ment OF hero and is advocating a public
subscription 70 reward ALBANIAN properly.
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Looks official.

'Is King Menelik really dead?"
Il rather think so. He hasn't been re-
ported alive any since his last demise. %
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Carl o. Peters, OF Salem Greg. who IS
at the Raleigh. said last night that for
queer names of towns his State excels
any other State in the Union Natural
characteristics and freaks OF fortune
made many Names" said Mr.. Peters.
and the pioneers who settled in Oregon
have often selected a name for their new
location from the first chance occurrence
in connection with it.
Indian names, and some from the clas-
sizes. appear in Oregons post-office list,
but names indicative Of the life OF the
West are predominant Animals. birds.
and trees have also contributed their
names
''The part chance has played in forming
Oregon's post-ofice list Is illustrated in
Bakeoven. In early days a Frenchman
started from The Dalles, which takes its
name from the 'dalles.' or falls, In the
Columbia River. with a cargo Of flour
for the mines at Canyon City, another
town named from its location. The first
night he went into camp a band OF In
dams came along and drove OF his mules
Unable to move his flour, he gathered
some rocks. built an oven. and baked his
tiou' into bread. The bread was sold 10
passing miners and travellers along the
trail at greater profit than he would
otherwise have received. AS a result Of
this occurrence the town which now
stands on the site Of the Frenchmans
camp is named Bakeoven. Residents point
out the blackened rocks which were a
part of the original.
similar in origin are Haystack. Tanks.
Echo. Box, and Apiary. Haystack was
named for the only thing standing on the
ground when the post-oiice was estab-
lished. and Tanks is a station on the
railroad in Umatilla County where the
watering tanks of that division are stu
ated''
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Soon Due.

The dream of my life is about to be
realized"
What was that dream2'
ITO see Teddy and Emperor VIII
liam exchange pulpits."