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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
Freaks of Eyesight.
From the Strand Magazine.

To show in picture how the world lools>
to defective eyes is not a very easy mat
ter, for persons suffering from these dis
eases. some OF which are rare, have
sometimes no ability or inclination to
put their impressions on paper or canvas.
An interesting exception, however, is the
case of glaucoma patient. who drew
how the world appeared to him. Glau-
coma is a very peculiar and serious COM
plant which usually attacks people after
middle age. and for some reason or other
is more common among Jews than Chris
tians; owing to the contiguration of the
myopic eyes the Short-sighted are less
liable to it than those OF different
vision.
1t usually begins with cloudiness or fog.
while artificial lights are seen with rain
bow or haloes round them. \ general
feature of the disease is the gradual clos
ing up of the field OF vision. till the
patient can see only what is directly in
front of him. All the world is a dark
ness, but for a long distance there is q
din-lit lane in front of him. down which
humanity approaches. In the Lancet
picture the glaucoma patient has depicted
himself walking through a street in a
big city, showing the street not it is,
but as ii appears to him. AS a matter
OF fact, 4 is really crowded, but to him
1t seems empty except for the man
whom he sees black shadow just
ne touches him. 4 curious feature in
this special case is the fact that the pa
tent can evidently see the buildings in
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iourned over because of the prevalence
of smallpox in the jail There are sew
eral persons in the prison suffering from
the disease.
The Branch public baths have been IN
operation here for a year, and the popu-
laritv of the place is just beginning to
be felt The baths are free to all white
persons, the charge being cents for
soap and towels. The baths were given
TO the city by John p Branch. and
are located in the section accessible to
the working classes The patronage is
growing at an enormous rate.
The report is persistent here that one
Of the afternoon papers will soon be
converted into a morning daily. and that
there will be change of ownership
There are three afternoon papers in
Richmond, and only one morning pub
LEGATION.
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SALES OF REAL ESTATE.
Transactions for Past Week Report.
ed bV Gardiner & Dent.

Gardiner & Dent. Incorporated. real
estate brokers. report the following sales
during the past week:
For Charles W.. King. jr.. builder and
owner to j. o. -Engler. Edward Ham
mond and Mrs. Carrie l.. Stearns 1S43
1915 and 1S47 Monroe street northwest,
being the last of the row of houses re-
Gently constructed. They are two-story
bay window bricks. containing parlor re-
ception hall. dining room, pantry and
kitchen OH the first floor; three bedrooms
and bath on the second floor; two-story
rear porches: lot about IS by 100 extend
ing back to twenty-foOt paved alley.
The houses have southern exposure
The purchasers will occupy these houses
as their homes. The total consideration in
this transaction was about SlS,UW
This same firm reports the sale of prem
Uses 61S r street northeast 10 Mrs Bertha
HUM, beng tWo-s.ory. .bay-WindoW
brick house. containing six rooms and
bath The consideration was $4,000
To W. X. Cralle premises 73S Gresham
place northwest. for S3,3Jo
For j. b EnSle, premises 49, Gresham
place northwest, for $:,350. The pur-
chasers of the three last named properties
VIII hold them as investments.
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Graveyard of Old Engines.

rom liarpcr's Weekly.
The place where these Old locomotives
are dismantled is a mechanical dissecting
room. The men who work there see
nothing that is romantic about their Ia
bOr; yet the casual visitor who is at all
imaginative finds much that is pathetic.
The old, furnished. dinsy mass of steel
aud Iron that was once the crack racer
of the line seems to have an air of de-
lection and despair as if IL knew that its
end was near 1t is almost like a droop-
ing. WORKOUT horse. waiting 10 be shot.
As soon as the engine is run onto the
dismantling track scores of workmen
swarm over it. With hammer and chiSel
they tear IT TO pieces. The pilot head
light. every easily removable fitting ey-
cry bit OF Unscrewable brass or steel, is
stripped off. The Jacket of dark. plan
ished steel that covers the long tubular
boiler is ripped away. The fire box. once
he flaming heart of the locomotive is
,ut out The mighty bolts and bands that
held the boiler To its supporting frame
work and to the trucks are removed. The
once graceful and beautiful piece of
mechanism is reduced TO a rusty skele-
ton, great cylinder resting on dsman-
tied wheels naked headIess torso
Then huge travelling crane rolls heaV-
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CHOICE PAINTINGS SHOWN,
Works of Unusual Merit in London s
French Gallery Exhibit.
oreisn Correspondence Of The Star.

LONDON May n 1910
AT the French Gallery. Pail Mall are
gathered a choice and exceedingly repre.
sentative collection OF modern paintings
for the summer exhibition. This year the
artists represented are Fantin-I atour
James Maris and Anton Mature. three
or the greatest masters of recent time
in their respective walks of art Fantin-
Latour is probably the greatest flower
painter OF all times. since he combines
the wonderful finish of Van Huvsum
with the soft and tender feeling OF 4
more impressionist treatment, so that
a bowl OF roses by his brush becomes a
living and frangrant presentment
Anton Mature. the great Dutch nature
artist, is a painter whose pastoral water
colors have probably never been SUI
passed for the consummate skill betrayed
at every point, despite their apparent
simplicity, both OF subject and treatment.
Extraordinary technique goes to the com
posing of his simple little nature tran
scripts.
James MariS is the painter of soft i'm
pressons of peaceful Dutch peasant lie,
both in and out of DOCS, of pansive
mother and wistfu babies. of toiworn
boatmen and gray old quayside buildings.
All the shadow and sunshine of his
beloved Holland are here set forth simply,
strongly and lovingly; the very windmills
are full of individuality, whether at rest
or in motion.
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a dim way, though the street appear ab
solutely deserted.
The same man describes himself q.
walking through a sunny field which app
nears to him as if ravaged by an enemy
gain he shows himself in bed. realizing
that his wife has opened the door and il
coming toward him with a tray, but un.
able TO visualize this till she stands di.
rectly in front.
Diplophia, as its name signifies. is the
defect which causes the eye to see two
images of the same object. OF course
the drunkard's temporary diplophia is vel
known, but il is possible for a quite sobei
person to perceive two keyholes instead
of one. as the comic journals have il, and
yet be a total abstaine-.
Diplophia is usually the result of squini
or general eye weakness. and is neceS.
sariiy a distressing malady. As a rule
the defect manfestS itself in regard &c
small objects at some dstance-eight feet
or so. For instance. one lamp Will be
seen slightly above another or to ri ht OF
left. AS a rule. the false image is fainter
than the genuine one. but when | LOOKED
through the prism. which made me for
the time being dip!optic, / saw the sec
ond image quite as clearly as the first
but with a tendency to wander. The
farther away the false image. appears
from the true the less distinct its out
line.
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lily along until il pauses directly over
head. Chains clank down and are twisted
around what We're once the giant lungs
OF the old racer. One of the workmen
gives signal; a man in the little house
up under the roof moves a lever; the
chains tighten and tug resistlessly and
the boiler swings free from it's resting
place. The wheels overhead rumble and
sroan as the boiler travels swayingly
down TO the other end of the long, grimy
glass-roofed place where another group
of men and destructive machines are
awaiting ii. There the rivetS that held
ii together are sheared away with cold
chisels or by electricity and finally the
hulk is reduced to heap of steel plates.
a pile of boiler tubes and a bushel of
battered bolts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
Rural Free Delivery in the South.
From Fur News.


Throughout the mountain districts or
the south the mail is carried on horse
back. The pouch is about five feet long.
divided in two sections. and opens In the
middle. Half the mail is put in each side
of the sack and in this way 1t is carried
on the horses back.
In the rough mountain sections the
work is anything but easy. Where there
are no roads it is hard work, riding
through storms, fording streams, climb
ing steep and rocky trails with almost
perpendicular cliffs above and below.
One misstep means death to horse and
rider on the rocks below.
The postmaster is notified to have the
mail ready by the footing of the norm
which every mail carrier carries. He
blows the horn before he gets 10 the post
office a signal TO be ready for him, so
that there will be no delay in making his
? - 4, Ii time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
Birds That Were Seen.

The six trips aggregated a large number
Of species of birds seen, including some
of the rarest of the region. Some of these
have been mentioned. among others may
be noted the golden-winged, hooded. Ken
lucky. Cape May, worm-eating and Will
son WarblerS. the bobolink and the rose
breasted groSbeak.
The species seen in every one OF the
trips We're the wood thrush, biuebird, rob-
in. chickadee, titmouse, brown thraSher,
catbird, black and white warbler. yellow
warbler, ovenbiTd Maryland yellow throat.
redstart, white-eyed wires, rough winged
swallow. cardinal, chewink, clipping. field
and song sparroWs, purple grackle, mea-
dowlark. phoebe. flicker, downy wood
pecker. mourning dove. turkey buzzard,
crow, Carolina wren, goldfinch and blue
jay-thirty species.
In addition there were seen on the first
trip the ruby-crowned kinglet. white
bellied nuthatch, myrtle warbler, yellow
palm warbler. prairie warbler, hooded
warbler, solitary vireo. red-eyed vireo.
bank swallow, tree swallow, barn sWal-
low, purple martin. junico. rusty grackle,
red-winged blackbird, kingtisher. osprey,
bobWhite fish crow spotted sandpiper
sharp-shinned hawk, red-shoudered hawk
and herring gull-twenty-three species.
The new birds seen April 30 were the
blue-gray gnatcatcher, catbird. golden
winged parula. black throated green and
y '
yireo, HenSlow sparrow, crested ftycatch-
er. kinkbrd, chimney swift, whippoorWill
broad-winged hawk, bald eagle, Bona
parte gull and barred owl-siXteen spe-
cies. The third trip. May :, disclosed
the following new birds: Wilson thrush
black throated blue warbler. chat indigo
bunting, swamp sparrow Baltimore
oriole. red-headed woodpecker. solitary
sandpiper and black-crowned night heron
nine species.
The fourth trip, May IA, added eighteen
species-olive-ba backed thrush, chestnut
sided warbler. black-poll warbler. Louis
lana water thrush. scarlet tanager, rose
breasted grosbeak, grasshopper sparrow,
orchard oriole, bobolink. least lycatcher
wood pewee, humming bird, night hawk,
mockingbird. cedarbird, Cape May
warbler, green heron and titlark. This
trip marked the height of the season.
and the only new species added on the
subsequent trips We're the gray-checked
thrush, worm-eating warbler, magnolia
warbler. bay-breasted warbler, northern
water thrush, Kentucky warbler, Wilson
warbler Canadian warbler, blue grosbeak
and Acadian fycatcher, ten species, May
y. and the summer tanager, May %
Thus during the entire season the 101
persons saw lo1 different kinds of birds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
Lash Has Been Abolished.

Maj. James e. Wood of the state peni-
Tertiary. who has been in charge of the
institution for some four months, has
practically abolished the la sh for unruly
inmates of the prison. In the past the
subordinates have been allowed to order
the men whipped when guilty of infrac-
tons of regulations. Maj. Wood has
changed all this, and when a man has
been guilty of acts which merit punish
raent he is made acquainted with the
facts and must give the orders for such
punishment as may be deemed necessary.
The effect has been to greatly improve
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Separated Into Parties.

On each trip the members separated
into several parties for the better obser-
walton of the birds, each party in charge
of some one familiar with the ORTHODOXY
of the District. Those who acted as
guides in the 1910 excursions We're Wells
w. Cooke, T S. Palmer. L. A. Preble and
C. r. Shoemaker.
The six trips of 1910 were attended by
1Oi persons, the largest number for sew
eral years surprisingly large number
of these-ffty-six-had never before at
tended an Audubon excursion, showing
the Increased interest in bird study.
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Bits of News in Notes.

Commissioner Koiner of the Depart
ment of Agriculture has made an inves-
tigation of the poultry business in Shen-
andoah county, and has been surprised
to find that enormous sums are being
distributed each month in that section
for butter chickens and eggs. During
April, with a radius of a few miles, one
dealer paid out to thrifty housewives
more than $4,000. There We're other
men engaged in the same trade who
did as much as or more than the one re-
ferred to by Mr.. KOiner.
The state board of education will meet
here June II to take up and complete
the award of text books for the high
schools of the state. The matter of
adopting the single or multiple list will
be disposed of at this time.
The June term of the corporation court
Of the city Of panyiHe had to be ad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05

With $1,000 subscribed and $4,000
needed. the civic committee of the cham
Der or commerce of Lynchburg. Va. is
about To begin canvass of the city for
the funds necessary TO purchase an entire
square on 9th street and present il to
the city To be maintained as playground
for white children
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
Likes to Play With Boys.

All the children are great friends
Princess Mary and Prince Henry being
special "chums." Being an only girl,
t is, perhaps. natural that the princess
should love boys games and pursuits.
She Is full of spirit and loves to be out
OF doors.
But the little princess is very womanly.
too; she is fond OF shops" and cooking,
and she spends many happy hours at the
Windsor home farm and dairy. Prince
Henry IS described as u boy of special
ability He is very musical. and takes
an intelligent interest in all his pursuits.
The younger boys are still the children
IN the eyes of the elder. and the baby
John shares with Princess Mary the de-
votion of them all.
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Wanted to Make Sure About It.

From Lippincotts.
Briggs-I have just purchased Cham
bers Encyclopedia. IL Century Dictionary
and a British Museum Catalogue.
Griggs-Do you really need them?
Briggs-Not precisely: but | thought ]
should like to check off my Information.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
Personnel of the Party.

Those who attended each one of the
six excursions were Miss Katherine &.
Baird, Miss May T. Cooke, Wells w.
Cooke, Miss Blanche =. Galiher, Miss
Edith Lowe, Charles Marvin and c. r
Shoemaker. The following We're present
on all but one of the trips: Mrs. c. A.
AspinwalI, Margare. Aspinwall, W. d.
Appel, Miss Letta Il. Fisher. Miss Mar
jorie Preble and ]. r. Riggles. jr. Four
outings We're attended by Miss Jane b.
Bassett, Miss Marie Boynton, T. Palmer.
Mary D. Suter, the following We're pres
ent on three occasions: c. c. Appel. I'd.
Miss Christine NJ. ArIh; Miss Ella NJ.
Butter. Mrs Mary Cleveland. Mrs l..
d. Clark Mary NJ. Clark, &. ". Davis,
Miss Bertha NJ. Ellis. J. Fl. Gardner, Mrs
j. H. Gardner, Miss Elizabeth Gardner,
Miss Leila Lee Miss Mary Miller. Wright
McCOrmick, l.. d. Miner, Mrs. l.. d. Min
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And what, asked the anxious parent.
would you advise in my daughters
case"
she must stop all piano practice at
once" said the physician. firmly. This
seems a strange cure for a cold. but 1t
must be remembered that the doctor
lived in the next nat.-Cleyeland Leader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
Proof.
From Ifarper's Bazaar.

From Harpers Bazaar.
Stella-Are they wealthy?
Bella-They gave baby an auto tire to
cut its teeth
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err. Mrs. J. A. Nichols, Mrs. f. A. Preble,
Evelyn Preble, II. Parker, Miss Harriet
Underwood and Miss Salinda II. Wilmot,
Seventeen additional persons went on
two trips and forty-five others enjoyed
a single days excursion
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Seventy-Four Species Observed.

On the fourth trip, May IA, the party
left the cars at Franklin Park and walk
ed to Viresco. This week was the height
of the migra ton season and the ffty-four
persons on the trip saw seventy-four
species of birds. one of the largest num-
bers ever seen by the society in a single
day. Lowering skies and an intermittent
driZZle May u would have dam pened the
ardor of any but confirmed Audubonite,
yet seventeen persons. equipped with rub
bers and umbrellas, sailed into the woods
along the Virginia bluffs above Aqueduct
bridge. The afternoon was spent in Ar
Hngton cemetery. one of the best bird
places near Washington, and here the
party was rewarded by the sight of
pair of blue grosbeaks, a rare species,
seen only once before in all the trips of the
society. In spite of the rain. sixty-three
kind of birds were noted. The final trip
was last Saturday, and, as usual. for the
closing excursion. the party went to Diff
ficult Run and walked from there to the
Great Falls of the Potomac.
The thirty-eight persons in attendance
saw sixty-three kinds of birds, the most
noteworthy being three summer tanagers
in their flaming scarlet. accompanied by
their dull-coored partners indicating
that they We're on their intended breed
ing grounds
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ROYAL, BUT JUST KIDS
SONS OF KING GEORGE ARE
DEMOCRATIC YOUNGSTERS.
Bows at Osborne Made Little Prince
Edward Sing "God Save
Grandpapa.'
Foreign Correspondence of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, May "A. 1910.
It is pleasant feature of the upbr1ng-
ing of the British kings children that
where it is possible for them to mix
with others of their own age they have
done So At Osborne, where Prince Ed
ward began his naval training, and where
Prince Albert now is. they are not even
known as prince. The boys call them
simple Wales
Prince Albert. as did Prince Edward,
sleeps I'm a dormitory with the other boys,
and at the bugle call, at am, he turns
into one Of the three tanks for colo
plunge. Cocoa and ships biscuit are
served out afterward and certain
amount of work has to be done before
breakfast On three afternoons during
the week the cadets are allowed to go
outside the college grounds, and every
evening after school hours they dance
for half an hour.
Captains Get Extra Pay.
The college is divided into two sides
the starboard and the port side. The star
board BOYS learn French and the port
ers'' German. The cadets are all gwen
l shilling per week pocket money, the
Young princes amcng them. 1t is their
ambition to become cadet captains.
for which they receive ! shining per
week pay in addition to the pocket
money.
Prince Edward, the present heir appar-
ent as a child was dignif1ed and some
what masterful. 1t is we'll known no"
he refused to welcome a brother into the
family, and there are many tales of MS
indignation when walking in the lanes at
Sandringham if a visitor failed to notice
and salute him. But the boys at osborne
say they have knocked that out OF him.
one feels little sorry ror the young
prince when one hears that he was
booted if he did not sing God Save
NV Grandpapa." and booted # he did
for side" Prince Edward has always
been great favorte. His bright and
open nature has something OF his late
srandfather's charm. But his brother
Albert has by no means suffered from
the strong personality of David, by
which name Prince Edward is known at
nome He has always been able to hold
his own.
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Trips Begin Early.

1t had been planned to begin the trips
the last Saturday in April, but spring
came on so rapidly and the birds arrived
so much ahead Of their average dates that
an extra trip was arranged for April %
along the Potomac near Anacostia. This
was attended by thirty persons, who saw
ftfty-three kinds of birds--an unusually
large number for the time of year. The
first regular trip of the season, April 80.
was to Dyke, Va, fifty-five persons being
in attendance and fifty-siX species of birds
being seen. These included the yellow
throated warbler. a southern species, very
rare so far north, and the Henslow spar
row, the rarest breeding sparrow. in the
vicinity of Washington. The next trip,
week later, was to the receiving reservoir.
Fifty-two persons took the trip and saw
sixty-one kinds of birds. a visit was
paid to a large colony of black-croWned
night herons. Some twenty-five or more
nests were found placed near the tops of
lofty pines and occupied by Kissing young.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-21

If you believe that the women
Of this community have self re-
spect aud intelligence you must
admit that most OF them read The
Omaha Bee.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-06-03
An Open Air Wedding.

A quiet, grassy slope among the
hills on the borderland of England
md Scotland was the scene of an
open air wedding one night this week.
The BRIDES home was on the Cum
berland side about fifty yards up the
hillside from the stream which die
vides the two countries. The BRIDE
groom is shepherd belonging to the
Teviothead district of the Scottish
border county of Roxburgh.
1t was desired that the ceremony
should be performed at the brides
home, but as the English marriage
laws do not allow weddings at pri-
vate houses a Scottish minister was
obtained and the marriage was per-
formed on the hillside on the Scot
fish side of the border. The BRIDE
groom's party travelled five miles over
the hills from the railway station and
was Joined by the brides party, which
walked down from the house. The
customary young mems race was run
after the ceremony, and then the
two parties crossed the stream into
England and climbed the hill to the
brides house. - London Evening
Standard.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-06-03
ORIGIN
OF BASEBALL.
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Do you know that our great Ameri-
can game Of baseball undoubtedly
originated in England? Arthur B..
Reeve, in Outing, delves into the his
tory of the game. He says:
Baseball probably grew out of the
old English schoolboy game of
FOUNDERS Some have adduced evil
dence that it came from the old New
England game of 'one old cat or
two old cat, which may be true.
The old game of tipcat may also be
related. 1t was played by four, six,
or eight players, each standing by a
hole or base. One of the opposite
party threw the cat to baseman and
every time it was hit they had to run
about the bases. Probably FOUNDERS
and tipcat had the same ancestor.
At any rate, baseball belongs to the
family.
AN Englishman seeing baseball
game for the first time might very
properly say, This is FOUNDERS made
scientific We took the old game,
made rules, and amended it until now
it stands forth as the national game
of America"