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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-07-14
Very truly,
ALEX. G. KING.

Provincetown, Mass, July IL
The gunboat Castine, flagship of
the submarine fotilla, was rammed
by the submarine Bonita during
the maneuvers today and was
beached to prevent her from sink
ing. No one on board was in
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-07-14

DR.. Brown was an Asheville
guest today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
WILLIAM II. WILDER. DID,. LID. Pres.
PEARSON SCHOOL READY
FOR ITS THIRD TERM
G Street Institution Maintains Day
and Evening Glasses for Boys
and Young Men.

The Pearson School for Boys and
Young Men. conducted by Howard c.
Jenness. will open Tor its third year
September % The institution is To-
Gated at 1923 C street northwest, and it
conducts both day and evening classes.
The day classes are chiefly for those
who are studying for army or navy ex-
amina tons or who, for one reason or
another, wish special assistance either
in preparation for colleges or in max
ing up conditions received before or
after entering college. They offer also
an excellent chance for boys to shorten
the period OF preparation for college
entrance examination.
The evening classes, which have
proved successful, were formed for the
benefit of young men who, employed
during the day. wish. by evening study,
to prepare for college. law school or for
special examination.
AS no more than five members are ad-
mftted TO any class the instruction Is
Individual. and the progress of any
pupil depends almost wholly upon him.
self. The certificate of the school ad-
mits TO the George Washington Uniyer-
sity. the Georgetown Law school, and
has been accepted at the Virginia Mill
tary Institute,
Mr.. Jenness. a graduate of Harvard.
in the class of 1899, had a successful
as a tutor before coming TO
washington His assistants have been
chosen from college graduates trained
in the courses they offer and expert
enced as teachers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
Should Shakespeare Be Playedi

William Winter In Harper's weekly
No Shakespeare scholar. no person
worthy OF that name. admires or approves
everything that Shakespeare wrote me
remark on that point made by his con-
temporary, Ben Jonson, commends itself
as wise and well founded: Il remember
the Players have often mentioned II as
an honor to Shakespeare that In his writ
ing whatsoever he penned, ne never
blotted out a line; my answer hath been,
Would he had blotted a thousand In
even some Of shakespeare best plays
there are passages which ought TO be
omitted. and which customarily are omit
ted, whenever those plays are acted. Ac-
cordng TO the prevalent standard or tasfe
In his time Shakespeare was an excep-
tionally pure writer. but the standard OF
taste in his time was not severe; the
writings of some OF his contemporaries
are repulsive because of vulgarity. and
some OF his own pages are soiled with
impurity The standard OF taste today.
at least among decent people, Is very
much higher than IL was I'm the age of
Queen Elizabeth and James /. In Eng
land and il might be well to remember
that the American republic IL an enlight-
ened nation. living I'm the twentieth CEN
fury, not the sixteenth. 1
There is no reason why the plays Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21

She Ito partner claiming first dance)-
You are an early bird. Mr.. Glossinest.
He tgallantly)-Yes, and by Joye I've
caught the worm.-London NJ. A. p.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
Facilities for Practical Work.
sibley Memorial Hospital.

Sibley Memorial Hospital is one of the
departments of The National Training
School for Missionaries. and Deacon
esses.'' 1t has been established and
maintained wholly by the voluntary con-
tributions Of men and women who have
some passion for humanity. 1t is and
always has been open to the suffering
without discrimination as to race, nation
atty or religious faith or practice. 1t is
and always has been open to any repu-
table physician and his patients, barring
only such patients as have chronic or
ntagious diseases.
From July !, 1908, to July 1, 1909, one
hundred and eighty-seven physicians
and surgeons availed themselves of the
privileges of the hospital. During this
period ten hundred and eighty patients
were treated by them. and in addition
thereto the hospital attended to fifteen
hundred and fourteen emergency cases.
free dispensary service Is maintained
the only service of the kind in that por-
tion of the city. For several years the
annual free service rendered has been
fully equivalent to ten thousand ($lO.OOO)
dollars.
The hospital maintains eighty-five
beds, also a free ward, and for the past
wear the daily average OF the patients
cared for has been fifty. Ii maintains
on the average thirty nurses for each
day In the year.
The hospital is purely philanthropical
and charitable; IL Is established and
without any pecuniary profit
to its promoters or board of directors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
Cruel and Unusual Punishment.

From Case and Comments.
Criminal lawyers throughout the coup-
try are said to be agitated over the ac-
ton Of the Supreme Court Of the United
States i'm inauguratiDg what is designated
as a new era in the punishment Of crimf-
nals-that OF requiring punishments to be
proportionate to the offense. The agita-
ton among the legal profession arises
from recent decision. In which the law
for the first time in its history set at
liberty a person convicted of. an offense
because there was inflicted upon him "a
cruel and unusual punishment 1t was
in the case of Paul WeeWs. an official in
the lighthouse service in the Philippines.
His case came under the bill Of rights
OF the island. The court announced that
II must give the same Interpretation 10
that bin of rights as Is given to the eighth
amendment to the Constitution. There
upon il proceeded to construe this amend
ment prohibiting "cruel and urusus.
punshments.
1t was admitted that In the musty pre-
cedents OF the past the English speaking
people used this phrase only To prohibit
the resort to inhuman methods foc caus-
ing bodily torture. 1t was used to pre-
vent disemboweling traitors and burning
alive women who committed treason. The
court decided TO regard these precedents
as milestones in the advance of civiiiEa-
ton and not as limitations on the phrase
I'm the application OF constitution"
said Justice Mckenna I'm announcing lie
decision Of the court. our contemplation
cannot be only of what has been. but Of
what may be-.
Much speculation exists as to the effect
of the decision. That 1t will apply to the
territories and the District of Columbia is
not doubted. The court has determined
that the eighth amendment Is not APP
plicable to the states, and hence the
states will not be compelled to follow the
new principles A food of applications
for the release OF prisoners sent to the
penltentiary by the federal courts on the
ground that their punishments were not
proportionate TO their offenses may result
from the decision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
Ye Olde Blue Last.
N the London Evening standard.

From the london Evening stahuaru.
After three hundred years uninterrupted
existence as "a tavern in the city of Lon
don Ye OIde Blue Last. In Dorset street. Is
to close today. owing to its dangerous
condition. The house has many literary
associations. Here. it Is said, Richardson,
the novelist, who lived hard by. used to
smoke his long church warden OF even
ings Here. too. Johnson and Boswell
and Goldsmith are believed to have occa-
sionally resorted. big ST. cut in an
old oak settle in the quaint little bar
parlor is said to have been carved BY
Thackeray.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21

Shakespeare should be relegated to des-
uetude because of occasional blemishes
and vuIgarities in them. and, on the other
hand. there is no reason why their occa-
sional yulgarities should ever he obtruded
on the public stage. No person. unless it
be some silly stickler for Original text
or some tedious. paltry Snowman OF
"Elizabethan methods" ever thinks OF
retaining. i'm a public representation. such
monstrosities as are contained I'm scene
seventh OF act third of king Lear" or
the bawdy speeches OF the nurse in 'Ro-
meo and Juliet" or the Tearsheet indie
cency in Henry w. or the dirty crudi-
ties of scene fifth OF act third of The
Merchant OF Venice 1t was remarked
by Sheridan. who certainly was acquaint-
ed with human nature and with the prov
ince OF dramatic art, that everythins
which shows human nature deprayed
ought TO be excluded from public atten-
ton. for the reason that the design, hows
ever well executed. will disgust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
develop every pupil into a strong. vigorous
man.
Members Of the Faculty.

The faculty of the Cathedral School for
Boys includes the following:
President of the board. the Ri, Rev.
Alfred Harding. Bishop Of Washington.
sacred>studies; head master, Earl Lamont
Gregg. University of Michigan, science
and mathematics; senior master. Arthur
Henry March, A. B., University of Ne
braska, A. NJ. oxford, Latin and Greek:
Emil Frederick Hacker, University of
wisconsin French and German: Rev.
Edward s. Dunlap. sacred studies; James
william Berry, George Washington Uni
yersity, English: III. F. Arthur Schoenfeld,
George Washington University. history;
Evelyn Douglas Ward, primary; George
Francis Green, athletics and director of
gymnasium. and Edgar Priest, choir
master.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
'Jinrikisha With Only One Wheel.

From the Sctentinc American.
one-wheeled jinrikisha, on the mono
cycle principle. is being introduced among
the Chinese Of the Malay states.
1t is said to be safe and to have many
advantages over the old-fashioned We
hicle. There is no Earring drag in round
ing corners. the wear and tear Is reduced
to a minimum. the work on the pullers
In greatly reduced, and a 20 per cent in
creased speed Is obtained. 1t Is reported
that Q company is forming at Penang for
the furtherance Of this jinrikisha trade
with China.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
Just Right for That.
From the ChIeagi Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
The visitors host was showing him
through the more or less celebrated town
that has grown up around the Pullman
shops.
Il. don't see very much vegetation
here" observed the visitor 1.-The soil
seems To he too sandy
I'VE raise the iuiciest melons here YOU
will find any where in the world" briefly
responded his host. who happened TO be
stakeholder in the company
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
STANDS FOR HIGH IDEALS
METHODS IN VOGUE AT LUCY
WEBB HAYES SCHOOL.
Training Given for Home and For
eign Missionary Work-Sibley
Hospital an Adjunct.

The Lucy Webb Hayes National Schooi
for Missionaries is set for the highest
ideals i'm life and seeks to aid in the
realization of them by training young
women In the sanest and most practical
methods of educational. philanthropicai
and religious activities.
Training is given for home and foreign
missionary work; for deaconesses as
teachers. kindergarten teachers, evangel-
lists, nurses and parish visitors.
Courses are given in Bible, sociology,
child study. psychology, ethics. revela-
ton Of God i'm nature, history, providence
and In Jesus Christ: also in history
OF the church. English. rhetoric and
the kindergarten and domestic sciences.
Normal training is given in Sunday
school, Epworth and Junior League and
general church work.
Facilities for Practical Work.
Excellent facilities are offered for prac-
tical work in missions, organized chart
ties, settlement and parishes. To live in
Washington a few years is liberal edu-
cation. Opportunities are given for hear
ing and learning from the greatest ex-
perts In practical Christian and humani-
tartan work.
Rust Hall is an ideal home of moral
and intellectual stimulus and environ
ment for young women. Ii stands for
the highest ideals of womanhood; the
completest training for Christian service
and the sanest method of philanthropic
and charitable agencies. 1t is happy
home" as well as a school: the health
and moral life OF the students are pri-
mary; training in general courses Is
actual, not perfunctory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
And Both Were on Time, Too.

From Everybodys Magazine
what member of the class can mens
ton one memorable date In Roman hiss
tory?' the teacher asked.
"Antony's with Cleopatra" vcntured
one OF the boys
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
AFFORDS EXCELLENT
LEGAL EDUCATION
Department of Law of George Wash
ington University Is Excep-
tionally Well Equipped.
FOUR COURSES OPEN TO
PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
Institution Lines Up to All Require
ments Of the Association Of
American Law Schools.

The department of law of the George
Washington University, which will open
its doors September IS for its forty-sixth
session, Is the Oldest law school in WASH
ington, having been established in 1862
Its course OF instruction. originally COW
ering but two years, has been gradually
expanded and strengthened. following the
recommendations of the American Bar
Association. until II now requires three
Years The policy of the school Is not
only to set the standard of legal educa-
ton in the District of Columbia, but to
provide a course of legal instruction equal
TO that given at Harvard. Columbia, Chi
eago and the other leading law schools
of the United States. In furtherance OF
this aim all courses in substantive law
subjects are conducted by resident pro-
fessors, all specially trained for the york
and devoting their entire time To legal
instruction. Those branches Of the law
connected, with practice are under the
charge OF professors who are actively en-
gagged in the practice and administration
of law, either at the bar OF on the bench
of the District of Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21

The school. through the character of its
instruction. has earned an erriable rec
ord throughout the United Sta . and its
students experience no difficulty al getting
credit in other institutions for work done
at George Washington. During the past
several years the graduates of the school
have taken the bar examination in seven
teen states, and, as far as known, only
two failed TO pass upon the first trial
-Four courses are offered:
!. A three-year day course. OF twelve
hours per week. leading to the Ii. Il. de-
gree. with the privilege OF taking maxi
mum OF fifteen hours per week, and
counting all excess credits toward the
course are held mostly before IL O'Clock
noon each day.
2. three-year afternoon course, OF
toelve hours per week. leading TO the
LIB. degree, with lectures between 40
and $50 m. which viii be inaugurated
this school year 10 allow such students as
are able 10 obtain the Ii. Il. degree in
three years. This course heretofore has
required four years for its completion.
g. A graduate course or ten hours per
week leading 10 the degree Of LII IA.
Candidates for this degree must be at
least twenty-one years of age and hold
the degree OF IL. II. from this school,
OF from another institution which COM
plies substantially with The require
ments OF the Association OF American
Law Schools.
4 graduate course leading TO the
degree Of master Of patent Law tM T.
Ii Candidates for this degree must
be graduates of an approved Law school
or members of the bar IN good stand
ing.
Applicants for admission IS candidates
for the III. IT, degree must b.. at least
eighteen years Of age. and have had a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-01
EDDYvILLE.

Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Nair and children
returned from a two weeks visit with
relatives in Kirksville, Mo.
VIM. Van Ness Of Topeka, Kans., is
the guest this week Of his cousin Dee
Mater and other relatives.
Mrs. Pat Cogley and daughter Anna
have recently returned from trip
through Canada and the eastern
states.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Martin expect
to leave In few days for Huron, 8.
D., to make their home.
Miss Myrta May will entertained a
number Of her friends tonight at her
home west Of Eddyville.
Miss Fac Watkins and Miss Linnie
Harding went to Abba to attend he
fair
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Williams and
Mrs. w. H. Heston were Oskaloosa
passengers Wednesday.
Mrs. Geo. Loveless and daughter
came up from Ottumwa and are visit
ing at the Frank Pierce home.
Mrs. Florence Dunkle and grand
daughter Mabel Garfield visited the
fore part Of the week with Mrs. Nan
ME Garfield in Ottumwa.
Mrs. Rhoda Briggs will entertain the
ladies Of the Baptist church at her
home this afternoon.
James Cogley while at work with a
pump met with very painful acct
dent. His hand was badly bruised and
one finger cut off.
Mrs. Bonham returned to her home
at Keokuk Wednesday after visiting
the past week with her daughter Mrs.
N. s. Bradfield.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-01

DR., Bonham has been located in OF
tumWa eighteen years; has an In
creased business each year, because
he has maintained that no doctor can
advertise his business year after year
unless he has for his motto: Honesty
is the Best Policy"
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN
to Chronic and Surgical Diseases,
Mental and Nervous Diseases, Catarrh
Of Nose, Throat and Lungs: Catarrh
Of the Stomach and Bowels.
RUPTURE CURED.
He cures Rupture that seems incur
able. He cured III. M. Chichester OF
near Abba Of rupture he had for
forty years. He has been cured for
seven years and is in perfect condition.
Cured Chas. Steele, blacksmith OF
Richland, Ia, and eight or ten other
people from Rfchland.
PILES, FIsTULA, RECTAL
DISEASES.
cured in very short time. No use to
suffer from Piles when you can be
cured in a few days. He cured Mr..
Jacob and John Hanover and John
Leaveling Of West Point, Ia, in O.
weeks time and many here at home.
No question about the cure II he takes
your case.
DISEASES OF WOMEN.
Medical and Surgical Disease Of
Medical and Surgical Diseases OF
Women, Displacements, Liberation
and all diseases peculiar to women
treated with uniform success. Surgical
operation when necessary.
Electro Thermal Baths for Rheurna-
itism and Chronic Troubles.
WEAK AND NERVOUS MEN.
Men who suffer from Bladder and
Kidney Trubles, Nervous Debility,
Wasting Troubles, variocele, Stric-
ture, should call and receive the best
treatment offered for such private
SKIN AND BLOOD DISEASES
CURED.
Eczema and L,rfus Cancer, all
Chronic Skin Diseases cured by the
IX-ray and Violet rays.
PATIENTS FROM A DISTANCE
furnished with pleasant city accom-
lmodations. Write your symptoms II
you cannot call at once.
DR.. J. c. BONHAM,
Elks Building oTTuMWA, IOWA
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-01
WHEN HE ASKED FOR FOOD.

Mayor Maddox of Atlanta said at
recent "shad breakfast"
"This glorious weather Is bring
ing out the flowers and the tramps,
particularly the tramps.
"A tramp knocked at a lady's door
the other morning and said: Ed =
LADY, am starvin'. For the
last forty-eight hours not morsel
Of food has passed
ooh, you poor fellow said the
lady. MY husband has an old pair
of boots upstairs. Wait and I'll get
them for YOU
"The tramp bit his lip.
Pardon me- ma'am,' he said
haughtily: 7 know my chin whiskers
is gettin' long, but none the less
amt no goat! louisville Times.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-01
Dr.. E. J. Lambert
Practice limited to medical
and surgical diseases Of the
Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat.
Glasses fitted.
Leighton Block. ottumwa,
necessity for amendment which would
lead to general revision

necessity for amendment which would
lead to general revision"
The conservation plank follows:
I'm the interests of the growth and
prosperity Of the state, we favor the
conservation, development, and utiliza-
tion of all our natural resources, un-
der conditions, however, which will
protect and safeguard the rights Of the
state.
"We favor such regulation Of our
rivers by storage reservoirs, or other
wise, as will multiply and equalize the
hydraulic power, give relief to thou
sands of wage earners who are now
regularly deprived of work during the
summer months, prevent needless loss
OF profits to manufacturing and mer-
camille communities stimulate the up
building Of our industries, eliminate
the annual destruction of property by
floods, and improve unsanitary condi-
lions, and we pledge ourselves to the
prompt adoption Of such constitutional
and statutory enactments as Will &C
complish these ends"
The convention would seem to have
a distinct bearing upon the presi-
Dental situation in 1912. The thorough
endorsement Of President Taft by q
convention completely controlled by
ex-President Roosevelt, can, at this
time and at this distance, be given no
other construction than being an en-
dorsement by Roosevelt of Taft for
president in 1912.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-01

"Ottumwa has gotten into the
game" the BURLINGTON Hawk-Eye OBJ
serves, "and she enjoys it, She raised
100000 for the Iowa City-Ottumwa in
terurban railway and when she had
that, she kept right on and raised
$4,000 more to pay for factory sites
and to be used in assisting a big con-
Germ that wants to move to Ottumwa
from another city. With excellent
railroad facilities, with river, that
will prove of some use to her in time.
Ottumwa ought to be coming forward
rapidly, if she desires that. She is
surrounded by rich country and has a
hundred reasons for growing against
not single one for standing still"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-01

The condition of affairs in the re-
publican party, says an exchange, has
existed before. The republican party
has contained so many able leaders
that in filing the important offices
some must necessarily be displaced.
But most of those who are temporarily
defeated will be heard from in the
future. William Mckinley was de-
feated for congress in 1890 and scores
of our best men have suffered or en-
joyed one or more defeats.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-01
PASTOR KILLS HIMSELF.
Pastor Of st. Marks Church, Evanston,
Distracted Over Disappearance Of
Mrs. Little, Shoots Himself.

Chicago, Sept. 29.-Driven to distrac.
ton by worry over his wife, who es-
capped Thursday from the Pennoyer
asylum, where she had been under
treatment for a mental affection, DR..
Arthur w. Little, for twenty-five years
pastor of ST. Marks Protestant Episco.
pal church, Evanston, and one Of the
foremost clergymen of the suburb
committed suicide yesterday afternoon
DIR. Little fred a bullet through his
brain after he had crawled into the
attic Of the rectory.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-10-01
SEED CORN WEEK.

The agricultural extension depart
ment of the Iowa State college at
Ames is urging that every farmer OF
the state observe this week as seed
corn week" The railroads Of the state
have interested themselves in this
campaign, the Burlington having sent
notices broadcast to the farmers to Sc.
lect their seed this week. eff every ear