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Mass, and Capt Nathaniel Gilbert
born in Cornwall. who was living al
Middletown, Conn. in 1776.
BY the middle of the seventeenth
century, there were FIVE pioneers OF
the name of Gilbert, living in. or near
Hartford: John and Jonathan al
Hartford; Josiah at Wethersfeld;
Obadiah at Fairfield; Thomas at
Windsor. They were from Devon. and
possibly brothers.
The bright particular star of the
Gilbert family is Sir Humphrey. who
according to Hackuyt, was the first
of our nation that caused the people
to erect an habitation and government
in these countryes." Instead of seek.
ing to discover mines and to amass
wealth, as others who preceded him
had done, "he sought only to prose
cute effectually the full possession OF
these, so ample and pleasant coun-
tries for the crown, and people Of Eng.
land"
Sir Humphrey was the son of Ohio
Gilbert. and by his mothers side, he
was half-brother to Sir Walter Ra-
leigh. At court Sir Humphrey obtained
the special favor of Queen Elizabeth,
who granted him a patent to COLOMBO
North America. He married q daugh-
ter of John Ancher, and through his
wife became possessed of estates In
Kent.
In Virginia and North and South
Carolina, the Gilberts have lived prob
ably since the founding Of those
states, and among the marriage con-
nections are the I.ewises. Taylors and
Hickmans. of Virginia. all of whom
have war records. The Balengers OF
South Carolina are kin, and the Ora
hams of North CaroIina-Gen. George
Graham, of revolutionary fame, and
William Graham. signer Of the Neck
lenburg Declaration Of Independence.
We find the family an important one
in New York state, where town is
named for the founder Of the family
there-Abijah Gilbert, who was born
in England, and crossed the sea ah0ut
1887. He purchased land, and Is
down in the records as gentleman. 50
Many places bear the name of the
family: there is Gilberts peak Of the
Rocky mountains, and Gilbert is
lands In the Pacific ocean.
The illustrated coat-of-arms is
blazoned: Argent, on chevron.
gules. three roses Of the field, Il. e.
argent or silver)
Crest: A squirrel cracking a nut
proper.
Motto: Mellem Meri guam mutare
Il prefer death to change.
This is the coat-armor ascribed tc
Capt. Nathaniel of Middletown.
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The dimness OF the big drawing
room was slightly lessened by the
glow Of the light through the perfo-
rations Of the samovar. Evelyn Her
rick was pouring the tea.
II had letter from Christine this
morning" she said as she handed q
cup to Bruce Mckenzie.
What did she say?" he asked. e.
gerly.
wait until these people co." she
murmured. ~and then will read 1t to
you"
It was an hour before the crowd
melted away, and even then they were
not alone. for Philip Herrick lounged
on the couch In the corner. Evelyn
read the note in an UNDERGONE.
Il am coming home. Evelyn. After
all these years Of study my voice Is q
failure. Do you remember that used
to say that would find my pot of
gold at the end of the rainbow, and
Bruce would tell me that no one ever
really found rainbow gold? All these
years have been seeking thing that
did not exist, and you have stayed at
home and have found happiness I
often think Of you and Bruce and Of
the friendship that has grown up be-
tween you. Something you said in.
your last letter makes me feel that
you two are about to enter upon q
dearer relationship than friendship,
and I wish you happiness. who have
missed happiness Tn my search for
rainbow gold"
Bruce anu Evelyn looked at each
other. you see. she knows" Evelyn
said at last
From out Of the shadows Philip Her.
rick asked, HAS she lost her voicef"
YES" Evelyn told him. her beau
tiful voice: and she gave up every
thing for II"
She did not say. however. what was
In the thoughts Of each one of the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-09-10
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

The surface of the earth IL said to
be 1851 1854 square miles.
1t is said by anatomists that people
hear better with their mouths open.
The average hen will lay 400 eggs,
nearly one-half Of them In her third
year.
A watch ticks 157, sS0.000 times in a
year. and the wheels travel 3,55sx
miles.
Almost any flower can be bleached
white by exposure to the fumes of
sulphur.
It takes 1000 tons of coal to bring
one of the modern liners across the
Atlantic.
Lavender and rose perfumes are
credited with the virtue of being MI
crobe killers.
Thirty-eight of every 1000 English
men marry after they are more than
so years old.
The earliest coinage that can be
called American was struck on In
Massachusetts in 1862.
Ten ships, each a century or more
old, are still in active service in the
Danish mercantile marine
Paris has thirty-two miles Of under.
ground railways and the construction
of twenty-three more miles has been
authorized.
The amount OF carbon exhaled from
a mans lungs each day, II it could be
solidified, would equal that In lump
of coal weighing half a ton.
Up to 1889 the chief water works OF
New York City was in Chatham street,
now Park row. The water was carted
about the city In casks and sold from
carts.
High atmospheric pressure In the
case of persons not doing manual la
Dor has been found to act as a mental
stimulus. increasing the impulse to
talk.
Prof. Lowell announces that he has
discovered a new canal 1000 miles in
length on Mars. The canal developed
between May and September of last
year.
1t was so cold In New York part OF
the winter of 1779 that residents I'm
the vicinity were compelled to cut
down the tall trees that stood at what
10 now the head OF Wall strest to
make kindling wood.
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@ilbert

or sparkling stream may therefore
be the original meaning of gilbert.
From gislebertus. or gillbertus. or
ghilbertus also come the names Gil,
'Gilks. Gilkison, Gilpin, Galpin, Gibbs,
dybbes. Gibbard. Gibardson. Gibbins
and Gflbertson. A certain John Davies
Giddy. by royal license. changed his
name TO Gilbert.
We find the Gilberts In Devon,
Cornwall Derby, Sussex, Leicester,
Norfolk, Hereford, London and Scot
land. In Lullington, there Is an es-
tate, or town called "Gilbert's
Place" The family is an old one in
Devon, where they bear the arms
shown In the illustration.
Among pioneers and founders >of
towns. in the United States, are John
Gilbert. born at Bridgewater, Somer-
set. and in 1880. living at Dorchester.
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operating the plunger for each piece
Of beef. the device is arranged to take
a number of layers Of beef, which are
separated by disks of corrugated and
perforated metal. as shown in the
cross sectional view, says Scientific
American. The press is provided with
spout at one side. through which the
juice is drained out into a cup or
bowl. After the plunger has been
forced down the press may be hung
up on a nail, allowing the beef juice
to drain out thoroughly.
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IMPROVED BEEF-JUlcE PRESS
French Inventor Arranges Device for
Securing One Of Best Foods
for InvaIids.

One Of the best foods for invaIids
is the Juice of rare beef. which Is cut
into fragments and pressed out by
means of small hand press. An in
ventor In France has recently devised
very simple press for this purpose.
which allows Of expressing the Juice
Of large amount of beef at a time.
The press is similar to the ordinary
type, being formed of suitable recep-
tacle with a plunger. which Is forced
down BY a hand screw. Instead OF
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ford, born 1740, married Ruth Greene
of Warwick. His first wife was De
sire. daughter of Benjamin Tucker OF
Newport Jonathan and BENJAMIN
were sons of John, just named, and
married the Spencer girls" perhaps
sisters-Rachel and Ruth.
Jonathan Langford, also of the
Thomas Langford line. born 170S. mar.
ried Ann Clappe Freeman Of Warwick.
They had two children. Thomas the
fourth of the name, born 1871, mar.
ried Sarah, widow of Capt. Joseph
Weaver. Another Thomas, born 1929,
married Elizabeth Cornell. and had
three children. One son Joseph, was
probably a soldier in Eiliott's regi-
ment, 1776."
Besides Langfords of New England,
and of New York, there Is a record OF
a family of the name living In Anti
qua, West Indies, 1859, of English de
scent.
The coat-of-arms Illustrated is bla
zoned: paly Of six. argent and gules:
over all bend of the first q. e., tho
first color named above-argent, or
silver). charged With three eagles dis.
played of the second (gules. red).
Crest: In a row of partridge feath.
ers of divers colors. three chebaies.
or and argent. No motto Is given.
Military strength and fortitude are
symbolized by this coat-armor; also
willing obedience and serenity-tAs
heraidic meaning Of feathers.
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three as they sat In the dim room.
They had an loved Christine, and she
had been engaged TO Bruce: but feel
ing the call of her genius, she had
chosen q career rather than marriage.
And now Evelyn and Bruce were en-
gagged and Christine was coming back.
Behind the samovar Evelyn whis-
pered to her lover, II am afraid"
"Of what" he demanded.
That when she comes back you
win find that you have not forgotten
her"
He shook his head. "She did not
love me. and now know that I did
not love her--not In the way that I
love you, Evelyn"
Their voices after that sank into a
murmured monotone. The darkness
gathered, and the man on the couch.
looking through the parted curtains.
could see the stars. He thought of
the girl who was coming back. when
she had gone away she had been radi.
ant with hope and beauty. She had
been courted by q dozen admirers.
And she was coming back failure:
coming back to find her lover ready to
marry another woman.
His heart ached for her as Il had
never ached for himself His own
love had been hidden that she might
not be hurt by seeing It, but through all
the years there had been for him no
other woman.
And even as he thought Of her she
came. parting the curtains softly and
standing there in the dimness before
any of them saw her.
She laughed q little az she came
toward them. and they Jumped to
their feet In startled Amusement
You didn't expect me SO soon ?" she
asked. and kissed Evelyn and gave
her hands to Bruce and to Philip. She
had lost some of her beauty. She was
paler and thinner. and the light was
gone from her eyes, She gave little
tired sigh al she dropped into the
chair that Philip had placed In front
Of the fire for her.
How good 1t seems to be with you
all again." she said. ''the three dear
people with whom I played as q
child"
Presently she went on. And now,
Evelyn is going to marry Bruce. which
II as It should be. I have come back
to give you my blessing"
The word was said lightly. but
Philip. watching her. saw the trouble
In her face. Did she still love Bruce?
Would this marriage make her still
more unhappy
when went away" shs said
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Odd SUGGESTIONS.

There is a popular tradition that
lightning will not kill anyone who Is
asleep. According to one school, the
splinters Of tree struck by lightning
are an infallible specific for the tooth
ache. An amusing superstition used
to be cherished by the boys of York
shire village. who believed that II
they mentioned the lightning imme-
diately after a fash the seat Of their
trousers would be torn out. No boy
could be induced to make the expert
ment
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PNEUMATIC HEEL FOR SHOES
Expression walking on Air" Hither-
to Used MetaphoricaiIy, Now
Has Real Meaning.

The expression walking on air.
hitherto used metaphorically. has now
a real meaning. A New York man
has invented a pneumatic heel for
shoes by means of which the wearer
of the shoes will actually walk on air,
The leather heel of the shoe has a
circular opening into which fits con.
ical metal body open at the bottom.
thus leaving an air space around the
apex Of the cone. Across the bottom
of the cone is an elastic rubber heel
piece, and on this is leather tread
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-09-10
Major shur,x.

Lou Emerson, state senator In
New York, owns some big shirt FAC
tories up in the northern part Of the
state and IL very rich.
One day he visited Republican
headquarters In New York when b.
B. Odell. Jr., was chairman. Odell Wa
out and had left dip young man in
charge.
Emerson walked in. as odell here!-
he asked.
Nope" replied the Zip young ma.
without getting up.
Where f. her"
Dunno"
when win he be back?"
Dunno"
Emerson turned to leave. sWho
shall I say caIIed?" asked the fiiu
young man.
Emerson went over to the flip youns
man. caught hold Of his shirt by the
bosom. and said: Tell him the man
who made that 50-cent shirt you are
wearing called. satur.
day Evening Post
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married Barbara Rice of Warwick, r.
l., and they had six children: one
daughter. Ellen, married Abraham
Greene; another daughter, Barbara,
married Stutely Wicks of Warwick.
The Langfords are related to the line
of which Gen. Nathaniel Greene
was the distinguished member. The
Greenes. like the Langfords. were of
noble ancestry-"of royal and noble
ancestry" is the way 1t is down in the
books. The Greenes trace to Egbert.
king of England, and Lady Redburga,
his queen.
There Is another marriage connec
ton with the Greenes. John Lang
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Gilbert Family

b. ELEANOR LEXINGTON

The Gilberts must be content with
the limited orthograph Gilbert is
perhaps the only variation at the pres
ent day. Gilibart was an ancien,
form, also Gilburd, Gylbert, Ghilberd
and Gildebert.
The name, according to some au
thorities. is an Anglo-Saxon deriva
ton, from gid or gold, and bert mean.
ing bright-bright as gold. There is
mineral. bright as gold. called gil
BERTHE.
Another theory advanced has to dc
with a Norman derivation, and &C.
cordfng to this. the family of Gilbert
was introduced into Great Britain
along with the Norman conquest, as
gislebertus; gisle is another form OF
gill, or Chill. word meaning narrow
rivulet in ravine-a bright riyulet,
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piece, thus leaving an air space inside
the cone. These two pneumatic cham
bers act as cushions and give a resil-
iency 10 the step.
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movement is reversed. Thus a steady
current of air is kept up as long as
the chair is moving.
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Here's . man whom can com,
mend to you ~ . writer. He II pos.
sessed Of = great deal Of rude
strength"
"oh. then. he wouldnt q tor po,,le
literature Z
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-31
SUICIDE IN A HOTEL.

A t,r lying desd for three days 10 q
room It The Font Pit! Fl t.l in PiIt,burg,
the body Of George B. Warren, sged so,
a we'll known Mason aud Mystic Shhner,
was fund deSd yesterday after the door
bad been forced. Warren had commit
ted suicide by shooting himself through
lhs head. He wsS general manager for
r NJ. B.adle & 90 Of B,ockwayville,
and lived al ShickshiBny, Luzsrne ccun-
", With bis wife and two sous.
Warren went to Pilts5ug on May %.
He was Well-known there, having access
to the leading clubs, and spant much
t me In that city. lie was supposed to
be on bushes, trip, bat appeared mel
sncholy. H, was last seen alive on
Fddsy, and Is believed to have shot
himself on that day.
This note to his wife Was found:
ITO Bessie: know | am crszy, have
tried to pay my debts and csL's. am
goiug away to place where The wolves
howl"
he also lefs check for 800 10 psy
his hotel bill and another note saying no
one was 10 blame but bimseli. He vas
thirty.second dfgfee Mason and belong
cd 10 Zim Zim temple OF the ShrinerJ.
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Cyclone at Mozambique.

Lisbon, May 3l.-A terrific cyclon'
swept over NJ zimbiqle on the east cosst
OF Africa yesterday, killing hundreds
aud destroying prscticsllY the entire
city, according to dispatches published
today in the Disrio Notlcis'. The de-
tails received are mssgre, but eli reports
agree tina! the wind-aiorm was the 6ercest
known on The African COST In many
years and that the death roll will be
enormous,
A coast wise steamer carrying 400
natives was caught In the cyclone off the
hsrbor OF Msz ,mbiq1e and overturned,
drowning all on board. A number Of
small native crafts were sTamped With
loss OF life, ADD nearly every house on
The three islands 10 the barbor was de-
mOlished.
Mozambique was formerly the metrop-
oils Of the POrugese possessions 10
Africs. lie barbor Is world.famous.
Three smsll islands, on which The city Is
built, block it, entrance, 80 that the
water within is one of the safest refugees
on the coast. A. the hesd OF the hay,
on the mainland, stands the village Of
MesxurIl, where The Earopssns live. II
Is reported that the cyclone did less dam
sge there THAI at the mouth OF lha
harbor.
The population Of Mozambique Is
shout 5000, OF whom sb,u 300 ara
Europeans. The town wasIuostanlisll5
tn 1t and one OF the mott picturetque
spots in the world.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-31
R.oseyeIl Arraigns England.

Loadoo, Mag 3l.-Forner Pretiienl
Roosevelt. in response TO the speech In
Guild H sll making him an II iuorary
Freeman OF the city. assalled Eoglauds
administration 10 Egypt aud vir'u lily
declared that England should Iule With
stronger bsud or get "a. Of that CT ltry
sud leave It's government to q more
fearless nation.
at yon feel that you ought net t, be
in Egypt aud have no desire to keep
order there, by all means get tu. II
you feel that 1t is your dnty to ciViliz'-
ton TO say, then show yourselves ready
to NEE! the responsibility Of your posi-
tion."
This was Roosevelt's closing arra'gc-
menl OF the British governments policy
10 Egypt. Its very boldness startled the
diet oguished audieuos and, coming
as it did in response to 90 honor that
Lopdon rarely couiers on 3 foreigner,
the propri,ty Of RoostvsIts utrances
Wss freely Questioned.
The speech Is btu1d to srcuie the
pAIionalisis Of Egypt, snd this presents
one Of the most serious phases OF the
case. Ia the light Of Rooseyelt's recep I
speech in Cairo, when be assalled the
natioualis!s mtvsmeni, England had
hoped that II Roosevelt touched on
Egyptian sffairs, It would be in l'u Ia.
tory way, she was little prepared for
beiog charged with responsibility for the
crisis that now confrouts her 10 Egypt.
TOdsy's honorIug OF Roosevelt was
'in recognition O! the dhticguIsbed
manner ID which be filled the Office OF
president OF the United S stes OF AmeIi.
CO, and the eminent services be has
rendered to the cause OF civil zstlon by
maintaining amicscle relations WITH
foreign pations."
The ceremony closely followed the
precedent of the similar presentation to
GsDersl Ulysses S. Gfaot-thirty-
three years ago. Today, however, the
proceedings we're robbed OF much oil their
previous brllIlsncy by the cour! mourning
for the late king.
Aft,r the exercises OF Guild Hall the
colonel and his pa ~ we're guests OF the
loId-mayor at a luncheon party.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-05-31
Searching for Murderer

Louisville, Ky., May Sl.-With Mrs.
Lsns Vending, accused Of being an
accessory ID lbs murder OF Alma Ksllner
and the police Of the country called on
t, search for her tu,band, Joseph
Vending, the missing j'ni!or of st.
johns Church, 1t Is believed progress
hss been made toxsrd clearing up the
mystery Of the little girls death. While
the detectives do not believe Mrs. Wend-
ling had any pert 10 The murder, they
believe, she knows crest deal mUre
than she has tIld. That abe washed
her husbands clothing add did away
With bis hat aud burned his picture are
taken IS stroug bits Of circumttanLisl
evidence,
Search wss began today 10 the III mace
OF 81. Johns Church to see II there Is
sny trsce Of supposed Effort to cremat
the body. Mrs K-lIner has identified
a little pin fund among the elects OF
the WsndliDgs as bsyiog belonged to her
d, yhter.
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Immerse 4, In as,aic Piver

Paterson, n. j. M,y 81 Baptism by
immersion in the Pssssic River, hslf q
mile ebove The Passaic Falls, was yester-
day administered t. iorty.tso persous,
ranging from twelve to sixty yesis old,
three fonrths of the candidates btirg
women. They came from New York,
Brooklyn, Y1nkers, J.rsey City, Arling-
ton end Paterson. Fully three tn, u ,sDd
persons gathered on both banks of the
river to witness the ceremony, and hum
dreds watched 1t ct close range from
canoes and other river craft. The csre-
mony wss conducted by the Rev. james
P. Blsckledge, OF the Gospel Mission, Of
Paterson, snd Rotert II Brown, of New
York, superintendent OF tSe Forty second
Street Pen,ecostsl Mission. The capdi-
dsteP, In white flowing robis. MARCHED 10
double f'e TO aud from the river, sirgipg
hyms, but shivering on the return from
their cold bath. The Rev. Mr.. Black
leog, says Il was the lsrges. single class
ever bsrt'sed by immersion 10 this part
OF the ecu, t,y.
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g. Supreme Court today. The crurts decisi n
gives strip Of land TO West Virginia which
has been in dispute for several years. The
costs Of the action, the court decided, are to
be divided equally between the two states.
The power Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission to enforce railway -stes Of their
own making wss sfirmed in a strong opinion
rendered today Justice BcKenns for the o..
s. Supreme Court. The rate-making power
If the commission was attacked by several
score Of railroads on the ground that the wv
authorizing it was delegation cf legislative
authority.
President Taft Secretary Of the Treasury
Mac Vesgh, aad. the other members OF the
Taft cabinet we busy today endeavoring to
settle upon a successor 10 Frederick w.
Carpenter as secretary to the president. The
matter was preached at the regular cabinet
meeting today, snd the various possibilities
discussed. Char'es d. Norton, assistant secret
az of the treasury is generally considered to
be the most likely choice. Charles ID. sHilles,
who is also an assistant in secretary Mac
Veagh's department, ia a close second to
Norton. 1t is almost certain that the choice
lies between these two men. After the cabinet
meeting it became generally understood that
the matter will be settled today.
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