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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04

"From men great skill proiesslns'
| sought cure to gam
But this proved more distressing,
And added to my pain
Some said that nothing ali q me.
Some gave me up for lost
Thus every refuge faird me.
And all my hopes were crossed
"At length this great Physician
(How matchless Is His grace
Accepted my petition.
And undertook my case" ETC.
A fit companion to this was the hymn de-
scribing the reflections Of a person stand
ing beside the coffin of the dead. which the
same iconoclast has styled the anatomical
hymn:
How blest is our friend-now bereft
Of all that could burden his mind.
How easy his soul-that has left
This wearisome body behind.
OF evil incapable now.
No longer q sinner like me-"
In the course Of the soliliquy which en-
sues reference is made to the 'languishing
head at rest the "immovable
breast" ''this heart no longer the seat
OF trouble and torturiDg pain. the lids ne
80 seldom could close, by sorrow forbidden
to Sleep" and "these hollows from water
B.. free"
No subject was too trivial for the hymn
writer's Even dress found its way into
hymnology.
"How proud we are, how fond to show
Our clothes, and call them rich and new.
When the poor sheep and silkworm wore
That very clothing long before.
1.-THE tulip and the butterfly
Appear in gayer coats than /;
Let me be dressd as fine as [ WILL
Flies, worms and flowers exceed me still
The smiles or the amazement that such
notions should once have been ferventiy
accepted, which follows the reading OF
these hymns. indicates the progress MADE
in religious thinking and taste in hymn
writing H. +. s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
BEGIN LIES TOLL EARLY.

New Guinea girls do not play much, fol
they have to work from their childhood
They learn TO make pottery, cook and row
q canoe, and very often their chiefxlf nol
their only, amusement IS dancing. The
women in some parts OF New Guinea have
q most curious way of carrying their chill
drerl They place them in a sort Of melted
bag, the ends of which are Joined and rest
upon the mothers head The baby can thus
be suspended either in front or behind the
woman, while when she is working she
often hangs the net and baby up to one OF
the beams of the hut But, however they
are treated or whatever befalls themr
savage children never seem TO cry.
Some Of the most farorfte games OF the
children in New Guinea those which
sn,i.a+e the hunting expeditions Of their
elders, and they copy the actions of
pig or kangaroo with great realism The
.l.anZaroos'' hop about and hide in the
hushes- the men stalk them, and the
chase usually ends in a rough and tumble
vrestIe. The pigs go about on all tours
and are chased by the ''men" with sticks
&c represent spears. When hard pressed
che pigs" dodge their heads sidewise 10
yenresent the pig digging its tusks at the
,en when captured the pig has 10
citing his hands and knees over a pole, and
&c ,l,ns carried in triumph TO a place where
sticks are laid TO represent IRE. and
Is surnl,ed down with much laughter
When a Kaffir boy has cut his second
teeth he is not allowed TO be with lis
mother any more, as that, fhey thlhk'
would make him e1eminate- lie has then
20 stay in the company Of the bigger boys,
and his father becomes the most inpor-
,ant person in the world TO him As soon
as he IS big enough to leave ms moihei
he is set TO help in herding the cattle, ana
he then spends his days out on the Neld''
e,or,,oving his leisure in ali sorts of games
and mischief and not infrequenty In herce
,ornt.sts with other boys. for fShtlng is "a
,h. breath Of his nostrils to the kaffir-
Almost as soon as they can todoie the
Ea.dr girls go with their mothers TO the
river TO fetch water. carrying on tlieif
heeds little tin cans or buckets. which they
srI and carry home as they see their moth
.rs do. When they get a bit older the girls
get very exercised about their complexions:
80 To save their skin from the effects OF
The sun smear their faces with red ochIe'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04

.sYou lust come into my hut; I've some
opossurrl for YOU" and so on Granny
IS z game played by boys as well as girls on
fhe lower Tully River, and consists OF
initiating the sounds produced when they
are spanked by the old lady in question Tor
being naughty
The Papuan children are regular little
ounces, and seem TO spend half their DAYS
smashing about in the water They nave
two games very like our leap-fros ana PICK
a-back Another favorite game Is called
sz-anona The children stand in two rows
facing each either about a foot apart, each
boy srasping the arm Of the one opposite
with one hand, while with the other hano
he supports his own arm. Thus KIND OF
platforrn is made. One boy then scrambles
ND and proceeds 10 80 as fast as he can
along this living platform. AS soon as he Is
up and started the first pair of boys dash
round and place themselves at the other
end of the row, so that the length is con-
tinually being added to. If, however, the
bow on top gets TO the end before the next
fair get there and there are no more arms
for him TO walk over, he is the winner, but
If he stumbles or falls he has to take the
place OF one of the end boys
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
I'M THE FAR NORTH.

Very different is the life Of the children
whom fate DEGREES should hrst see the
a,rbt amid the SHOWS of northern canada.
- Esouirnau child early gets acciimatized
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04

a flesh
IN possibly the
My nent has done foro wornen
Ter me- IL Is womans fat mas
earnestly TO thd
your case Try II at and ii
and give health a goodf
makes life worth living to a woman 'N 'N''Suhhs that
fease iiai me day rr.e 49, -.
packages is oni, OF
tried 49,
treatment is absolutely harmless notb,nv My
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04

M, f.,,,.a H'tHL. TO uav j proud Of
s.,at anu my rat friends who used nv
t FOUND II cid the same for them
Na't every woman who is TOO 20.
Mn 1 her fairness is local such "a a do,,h,1
a.; or general and also every woman -
20 JUST hndlng that she Is beginning fo 80
a. want you to prove for Yourself ytth
80, cost, me remar kahe results OF INV traet
,,rh'; so lust write me to tIay ercist
iUc- IN stamps silver to helm me-, tt.osits
ha, n expenses. and ! will send you free a IA.
poN OF my remarkable discovery ''''
, '>o oiie nut woman who has exDario,os
ihe embarrassment Of being too fat can go
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
NO NEED TO BE FAT
Take Off Pound of Flesh Dav in Natural
Way Without Drugs.
SOC Box Free to Any Woman to Prove NV Treatment.
Will Do for Others What 1t Did for Me-

of a
tha I
" ''eiS "oihan VINO is fat. sloppy
andm
losew
myseI
the
led discovery and this
Ieavnx
a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-27

mon. Within half an hour l had drag
ged the body Of Philander Summeffield
to the couch in the library. and had
transferred my signet ring to his cold
finger. did not realize that had
brought that piece of Oilcloth from the
secret room and put it benea..l his head.
did not know it until | read long after
ward. that it was found there. And then
laughed. Yes; laughed!
/ by that time the choral that l had
taken began to take effect upon my sys-
tenn. and in the seclusion OF the secret
room / slept for hours.
when 1 awoke there were sounds OF
excitement in the library; for the body
had been found.
II had meant to get away before that
event, and I worked myself into an &c
stasy of terror lest I be discovered when
! 1 tried to leave the place
For nearly fortnight l remained in
| the little room. making my plans for the
immediate future. endeavoring fool that
l was) to initiate the handwriting OF
Philander Summerfield. and playing soli-
taire night and day, night and day. OF
the past I dared not think. into the flu
ture / could take but one glance. But it
is of interest to record that not once in
those two weeks did a paroxysm Of mania
come upon me.
II subsisted on what I could poach
from the larder in the dead of night for
I dared not venture out upon the roads
at that time. when every stranger was
under suspicion. My beard grew. and in
1t 1 found an extraordinary disguise.
When I reached Boston / breathed freely
for the first time in two weeks.
MY first act as free man (oh. the
.humor of fateD was to enter a private
asylum for the insane
ITO argue ones self mad is to prove
ones self sane the head physician told
me when I applied for treatment. But
before l had been long with him I think
he may have strengthened his axiom by
the addition of the adverb sometimes
For days at time, after they took
the choral from me, 1 remained a raving
maniac. and for long time afterward
1 was too exhausted to think much OF my
past or care whether I lived or died.
After time. however. those phases OF
my disorder passed, and I found myself
slowly gaining strength both in mind
and body.
Go be concluded tomorrow)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-27
CHINESE TO ATTEND CONGRESS.
Delegates From Orient Arrive for
Meeting of Prison Men.

NEW YORK. September 27.-Shih Ying
Hsu, justice of the high court of Muk-
den, and Wen Chwang Lob, secretary
of the ministry Of justice, Picking, dele
gates to the international prison confer
ence to be held early next month in
Washington. arrived yesterday on the
Hamburg American liner Kaiserin Au-
guste Victoria. On their way here they
visited England, where, they studied the
method of administering justice and the
prison system there. Mr.. Loi speaks
English.
I'VE expect to contradict some of the
popular impressions here regarding Chi
nese methods of punishment said Mr..
Lob. Americans have heard so much
of the wooden cellars. the bowstrings and
the like that you have the idea that Chi
nese methods of treating prisoners are in
human.
I'VE will learn much here. We are
anxious to visit Sing Sing and We hope
to obtain permission to witness an execu-
ton by electricity. In China the heads
man with his sword carries out the death
sentence The Office Of headsman is an
ancient one. and it may be difficult to
bring about a change in the method"
The Chinese justice and his fellow dele
gate won the ships pool of $32J Wednes-
day. Their tips to the stewards were
lavish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-27
GIVES. WORD OF HONOR;
SENTENCE. SUSPENDED
Business Man Convicted of Crime
Secures Respite Until
December 5.

CHICAGO. September 27-Edward
Lewis. nearly sixty years old. a soldier
in the Spanish-American war and q
we'll known lumber salesman. was
sentenced to three months in the house
of correction yesterday. then, on MS
word Of honor. was given his freedom
until December 5. He pledged himself
to return then and begin his sentence
and. signing his own bond. was grant
cd his plea for stay of sentence.
Lewis was accused of having passed
q check for $62 last June, and when
tried before Judge Smith he blamed
drinking for his. offepse. When his
case was called In the criminal court
II have quit drink, your honor" he
said, "and, never as long as live win
I again, touch It: I have made two
fortunes in ther lumber, business, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-27
WORLD IS GOING CRAZY,
so PHYSICIAN DECLARES
Tells Christian Endeavorers That
Cause of Trouble Is Large Num-
Der of Neglected Children.

CHICAGO. September H.-Everybody
will be loony by and by. according to
DR.. c. G. Davis. In an address to the
superintendent Of the Christian Endeav-
or Societies he declared that chief among
the causes which are sapping civilization
is the neglected child"
THE machinery to handle our criminal
classes costs us 100000 a year." he
said. wouldn't it pay the government
to take care of every neglected child.
clothe, feed and battle him?
lone man out of every 300 in the United
States is insane. Civilization is crum-
bling-it is going mad. The physicians
know 1t: the people don't know it: you
Christian Endeavorers don't know it; but
nevertheless it is true.
Forty thousand gauLt, hungry, ex-
hausted children are toiling Pin the dust
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-27

easter that forced her to seek harbor for
minor repairs. The work Of loading the
vessel was started yesterday morning.
About ten days will be required for her
to get her cargo aboard.
The three-mAsted schooner Sarah d.
Fell. which anchored off Alexandria Sum
day. Is also to load railway ties for a
northern point. She will load at Smoot' S
wharf at Alexandria and will at once
start taking her cargo aboard This will
be her first trip from Alexandria with ties
aboard.
Several barges are at river points to
load railway ties for Philadelphia. .lew
York. boston and other New England
points
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-27
COL. P. s. c. MURPHY RETIREs.
Senior. Officer of Grade in the Ma.
rine CORPS,

Col. Paul st. Clair Murphy, senior colo
mel of the United States Marine Corns
will soon be placed on the retired list. on
his own application. after more than
thirty years service.
He was appointed to the corps from
New York In January. 1873. and reached
the grade of colonel in December, 1904.
He was recently detached from command
of the marine barracks at the navy ward.
Philadelphia.
His retirement will promote Lieut.. Col.
George Barnett, recently in command of
the marine guard at the United States
legation at Peking, China.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-27
FORCE PREMIER TO RETIRE.
Probable Outcome Of Dissensions In
the Spanish Cabinet.

MADRID, September 27.-The Catholic
newspapers here are filled with stories Of
cabinet dissensions and freely predict that
the manifestations to be held next Sun.
day will force Premier Canalejas to re.
tire on the eve Of the assembling of tha
cortes October 3. They say further thai
Count Romanones. president Of the
chamber of deputies. will succeed Senor
Canalejas. The latter's friends declars
that these reports are part OF the clerical
campaign.
BILBAO. Spain. September c7.-Ths
president of the Catholic committee OF
this city has been prosecuted for his VIC.
lent manifesto in connection with the
proposed demonstration next Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-27
parics have swept them away. I de-
serve punishment for my deed, your
Goes to Prison for Three Months.

We'll. I'll sentence you to the Bride
we'll for three months and see that you
get our before Christmas" said the
judge.
Judge, can't you let me go until De-
cember? October and November are
my two busiest months and want to
repay every dollar. I'll come back then
and serve that sentence"
The Judge asked what bond he could
give.
'.My word, your honor. Ed Lewis al
ways keeps his word when he is him
self"
You come back here on December
s." said the judge. 1--WE are taking
you on your honor. You may sign
your own bond"
"I'l1 be back here at 10 o'clock sharp
on December g." said Lewis as he left
the courtroom.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-27

and roar Of the cotton mills of the south
and New England. In the great city OF
New York. am informed, 10000 children
attend school every morning suffering the
pangs of hunger.
What is the result Of this widespread
neglect of childhood? 1t is degeneracy-
the great army OF the unfit. There must
be government action taken in order to
effectually accomplish the rescue. We
need a department of health at Washing
ton"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-27
MANY TIES GOING NORTH.
Ships Loading at Alexandra and
Other River Points.

The three-masted schooner Earle p Ma
son. which has carried to New York two
or three cargoes of railway ties from
Alexandria and several cargoes from
Richmond for l.. A. Clark < Son of this
CITY. has arrived at Alexandria and is at
the shipyard there to load about 1900
ties for the Washington firm.
The Mason is reported to have had
rough Irip from New York to Alexandria,
having been caught in a heavy north
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-27
James H. Hamill Elected President

The executive committee of the New
Hampshire Association met last night at
the home of George L. Whitford. when
James H. Hamill was elected president
of the association to fill the vacancy
caused by President-elect Henry II.
Baker declining the Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-27
$500 Instead of $4,000.
$4,000 Instead of $4,000.

The special sale of Fur Coats and Fur
Sets will continue all this week. Many
shrewd shoppers were here yesterday, and
the special early season prices amply repaid
them for their forethougH1t i'm supplying
their fur needs now. We carry the largest
variety of Fur Coats and Fur Sets to be
found i'm WasE1ington-and our prices are
based ON the purchasing power of % stores.
Prices and qualities speak for themselves
come and have look.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-27
RESORT TO BABY DIET,
CHEEKS P|NCHED DAILY
Mrs. Granville Law, Suing for
Divorce, Exposes Her Hus-
bands Vanity.

CHICAGO, September N.-Mrs. Gran
vile Law, who is suing for divorce, said
yesterday:
what do you think of a man who
kept himself on a baby's diet to pre-
serve his complexion, who daily drank a
quart Of cream that his cheeks might
have that soft, rich tint and his eyes
that youthful ulster he thought SO en-
trancing? What would you say of a
man over sixty years old who spent
two and three hours in the bathroom
every day massaging and steaming and
rubbing and pinching his neck and his
cheeks and smoothing out the wrinkles
from his forehead?
Better Than the Experts:
mo professional manicure could rival
him when his hands and nails were to
be treated. No chiropodist could touch
those feet, which he insisted were the
most perfect In the world. Why, he was
the only living masculine Trilby. He
used to 'Salome' his feet, as he called it,
three times a week. and as for hosiery,
he was certainly the great American
sock collector. No fewer than seventy
five pairs of half hose of every conceiv-
able hue and texture were strewn around
his room.
MY husband was obsessed with the
idea that he was a ladykiller. / cannot
say but that he may have had cause so
to consider himself. as l am told that
he had led eleven other girls to the altar
before / married him. Be that as 1t may,
it was his vanity, his Overwhelming con-
ceit, his extravaganza of dress, his I'M
wearied attention to his personal appear
ance and his ridiculous pretenSions to
youth that drove love from our home and
made the bankruptcy proceedings Of last
year necesSarY'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-27
Law Makes Brief Comment.

Oh, woman, woman" cried Law,
when asked concerning the allegation of
his wife. What can a man say when
a woman gets after him like that? To
my friends will say I will give $500 to
any one who ever saw me In a beauty
parlor, and the same sum to any one who
can show l had twenty-dollar pair of
shoes or a tailor-made suit since / met
her."
The Washington herald., 1910-03-08
The Other sex.

From The Newark Star.
At the recent Burns anniversary cele-
bration in this city Rev. John Hutchinson.
OF Arlington. told the following story:
a friend of mine, who is now a prom
inent minister, made trip through Scot
land shortly after graduating from the
seminary which he attended. While stop
ping over Sunday at a small town about
sixty miles northwest of Glasgow he was
asked to officiate at a christening in the
little Presbyterian church. He assented
willingly, this being his first opportunity
TO display his OratoTical and rhetorical
powers since leaving college. According
ly. when the child was brought forward,
he had his speech all prepared, somewhat
after this fashion: Brethren, this oeca-
sion is one OF the utmost solemnity and
importance. The name which this little
lad receives here to-day viii accompany
him all the rest of his life. II will be
with him in his triumphs and will follow
him, perhaps, 20 the great heights OF
craftsmanship. the name of-of--'
Here he turned 10 the fond parents
and asked the little ones name. The
father. who had been looking at the min
lister rather perplexedly. whispered
Her name is Mary Ann F."
The Washington herald., 1910-03-08
The Oil Trust and Naval Contracts.

II has been appreciated that great diff
-culties beset the administration IN adher-
ing to the Executive order that the
trusts" shall not be patronized by the
departments in placing contracts for
governmental supplies. While the ex-
clusion was one easily accomplished,
it speedily appeared that the trusts
could still obtain contracts by indirect
bidding, and that while a contract could
not be awarded to the agent Of a trust,
Il was possible for an Independent bidder
10 buy his material from a trust and sell
It TO the government at a premium. This
has been done in those eases where the
War Department or Navy Department
has accepted the next lowest bid in place
OF the lowest bid. which came from the
nsfsrious trust
An example OF the disadvantageous
operation Of this policy has been afforded
by recent transactions of the Navy De-
partment. including one for some sup
plies for the Washington Navy Yard.
Bids were opened in the usual way In
the Bureau OF Supplies and Accounts for
about 11.0oO gallons OF kerosene 10 be
delivered at the Key West (Fla.) naval
station. and for about SOO.OeO gallons of
fuel oil to be delivered at the navy yard
in this city. On both items the Standard
Oh Company presented the lowest bid.
but IN view OF the rule TO reject trust
The Washington herald., 1910-03-08
District Financial Plan Approved.

The Washington Board Of Trade has
wisely given its unqualified Endorsement
10 the plan submitted 10 Congress by the
Commissioners for the payment OF the
District debt
Evolved by Maj. Judson, this plan,
which is simplicity itself provides for the
payment OF the debt in instaIlments COW
ering period Of twelve years. and at the
same time insures the carrying forward
Of the great public Improvements i'm
peratively required.
A thorough analysis Of the measure by
the committee on municipal finance OF
the Board of Trade. Col. George Trues-
dell, chairman, resulted in its indorse-
ment in general and in detail, In an
elaborate report covering all its phases.
All objections TO the plan quickly melted
in the face Of its clear calculation by its
author.
With Washington business men so
solidly behind this just. equitable. and
practical measure. its passage by Con-
gress should now be assured. and we
hope it is. It obviates the necessity OF a
bond issue. which invariably arouses an
tagonism-and in the case Of the District.
antagonism too powerful to overcome-but
achieves the same end and conserves
fully the joint interests involved
1t is plan that means much to the
oity's future. and Maj. Judson, in work
ing it out so skillfuuy. has earned the
thanks OF the community.