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Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01
y. rIerpont Morgan.

bella d'Este, the most gifted woman
of the Italian renaissance, held her ia
nous court.
The original splendor of the palace
is best preserved in the apartments
of Isabella d'Este, which were decor
ated by Geulio Romano, Raphaels
greatest pupil. The frescoes on the
ceilings of these apartments were
done by Andora Mategua. A hundred
and fifty years later Rubens visited
the Mantua court and contributed to
the decorations of the palace.
Countess Morosini, a beautiful no
blewoman of Venice who has much in
fluence at court, interested herself to
further Mr.. Morgan's purpose to buy
the Reggia.
The people of Mantau are deeply
disappointed that Mr.. Morgan did not
gain ownership of the Reggia. 1t was
his intention to restore it to all its
former glories, but the public and
tourists would have had access to it
still.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01

ducing a temperature of about 1000
degrees below zero, Greatgrandfather
Bifle came nosing around to see what
was up, and they suddenly pushed
him into the machine. In an instant
he was liquid ghost. He condensed
into a dull gray liquid of about the
consistency Of castor oil-about half
a t%easpoonful. Artabanus immediate.
ly ran and got an empty whisky bot.
tie and poured Great-grandfather BIZ
fe into it, and corked him up, and la
beled it Poison. Great-grandfather
Bifle." The next week he moved in
to town, and for two years the bot
tie sat on a shelf of Artabanus' med.
icine closet as calm and cool as a Gu
cumber, and all was we'll.
But last Wednesday, at about four
in the morning. Artabanus awoke
with a severe collie, and he made a
dash for the medicine closet to take
a swig Of whisky, and in the dark he
got a-hold of the bottle of Great
grandfather Bifle, and pulled out the
cork and swallowed the contents be-
fore he knew his mistake. Arta-
banus Immediately fell on the floor,
yelling with pain. AS soon as the
liquid ghost went down it began to
expand, and by the time Mrs. Bifle
reached her husband he was so full
of expanded great-grandfather that he
looked more like a balloon than a
human being. Mrs. Bif1e ran scream
ing for a doctor, and that was what
saved her life. for just as she reached
the corner Artabanus exploded and
blew the whole front of the house
out. After hunting for three days,
not enough of him has been found to
decide whether he is dead or not, but
the general opinion Is that he is as
dead as a doornail.
The odd thing is that the ghost Of
Great-grandfather Bifle also dfsap-
peared. The supposition is that after
being IN such a cold state for so long
the old rascal is at length willing to
go to that hot place where he be-
longs, to warm up q little.
Copyright, 1903. by w. G. Chapman.)
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01
COOK IS AN |MP0ST0R
HIS CLAIM AS DISCOVERER OF
NORTH POLE SHATTERED.
Official Statement of Copenhagen
Scientists View His Claim
CONTEMPORARY.

Copenhagen-The report of the spe-
cial committee of scientists which the
University of Copenhagen appointed to
scrutinize DR.. Frederick A. Cooks claims
that he had discovered the north poll
was submitted to the consistory Of thu
university Tuesday morning, Endorsed by
that body and given to the public.
The report skaters completely, almost
contemptuously, the American explorers
title to such discovery, and fills the Off.
Gals and people Of Denmark with cha.
grin at the figure Denmark is made to
assume in the eyes of the scientific
world. The public was prepared for a
verdict of mot proven" but did not ex.
pect its recent hero to be branded as an
imposter.
Explorers and scientists almost unan.
imously have lost faith in Cooks hon.
esty, while ne of his warmset support.
ers, Knud Rasmussen, helped to frame
the report. The evening papers attack
Cook and severely reproach him for hid
ing, which they regard as a sign of a
guilty conscience. The rector of the uni.
versity, DR.. Torp, when questioned as to
the possibility of the university cancel.
ing the degree which it conferred on DR..
Cook, said that no decision had been
reached, but he thought that the degree
could be withdrawn in the same way as
a government could deprive a person Of
an order obtained under false pretenses.
Commodore Gustav Holm, the arctic
explorer, and a member of the commit.
tee, said: Cooks claim that he made
the observation SO degrees SO minutes 46
seconds near the pole proved immediate
ly that he was a bad observer, but moth
ing indicated that he was a swindler
Now his papers convict him of being :
swindler. We examined Cooks observa.
tions thoroughly and agreed unanimous.
ly that they were worthless. 1t is not
unlikely that Loose made the observa.
tons. He is a clever man, just the sort
that Cook could use"
Prof. Olufson, secretary of the Dan
nish Geographical Society, said:
ut is the saddest event in my life. As
an explorer there seems to be no doubt
that Cook is absolutely unreliable"
The National Tidende, while deplorine
that the university conferred the degree
in a moment of enthusiasm, finds conso.
lation in the fact hat others honored
Cook when he returned to civilization.
"The president of his own country and
its envoy to Copenhagen" says the pa.
per, "were guarantors for him. Den.
mark alone did not blunder. Our coun.
try must now leave this sad affair to
America and Cook"
Lonsdale produced before the commit.
tee a letter from Cook, postmarked Mar.
settles, Dec. IA. This lends color to the
earlier report that Cook sailed from New
York for a Mediterranean port.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01

of Artabanus' grandfather would 60
over in the corner and Singer.
Probably there was eve such a
disagreeable old ghost in this county,
and when Artabanus made up his
mind to sell the place and move into
town he saw he would have to get rid
of great-grandfather, and do it quick.
Nobody would buy the house with the
old codger ghosting around, from eel
lar to attic, and Mrs. Bifle said she
would not move at all If she had to
take the old skeesicks with her. So
Artabanus was puzzled. You can't put
a charge of giant powder under a
ghost and blow it up. for a ghost
won't stay in one place long enough,
1t will float gracefully off elsewhere,
and il it did happen to sit down on
the powder just as it went off, the
ghost would consider that merely a
mild form of exercise.
Artabanus though it over for about
a week and could not see head nor
tail to the difficulty, and then he con-
suited Uncle Ashdod Clute, and Uncle
AshGod sat down on the horseback
in front of Aunt Rhinorlura Betz'
house and thought deeply for three
days, and then said he had the an
swer. He said the thing to do was to
boil the ghost of Great-grandfather
Bifle. He explained that the reason
the CHEST could float around through
the cir was because the ghost was
Just a little less dense than the air,
and that 1t resembled steam in that.
So If the ghost was boiled we'll it
would expand and become less dense,
and when the lid was taken of the
boiler. great.grandfather would float
up into the upper atmosphere and
strike a ~cross-current of air. Uncle
Ashdod said he did not know what
would become Of him then. Maybe he
would blow around for ages, and may.
be he would strike a cold current and
condense, and fall inSthe form of hail
or snow. Anyway ~gArtahanus Billie
would be rid of him. So they tried it.
Great.grandfather Bifae expended
well enough. When they got him in.
~--- 49,
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01
DECREASE Of STOCKHOLDERS
$500, 900, 900 Invested in Rail-
WAYS and Industrials.

New York.-One hundred and ten of
the biggest industrial and railroad cor.
porations in the United States, with an
aggregate of $1,000, 100000, are owned
by 626,9s4 stockholders. In comparison
with figures furnished by the companies
q year ago, the railroads show a material
decrease in the number of stockholders,
while the industrial stocks are more
widely distributed than in 1908.
This railroad decrease is explained by
Wall street experts as due to liquidation
to take profits on the advance in prices.
Fifty-four railroads reported a capital
of S4,157, s,136, with a total of 1885,
100 stockholders, a decrease of 1852
from a year ago.
Industrial corporations numbering Sc,
and representing an outstanding CAPT
tslization of SO, 143, 299, 1O1, show an in
crease of 5000 individual shareholders.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01
Would Live 200 Years.

Washington-Dr. WI Ting Fang, the
retiring Chinese minister, promised a del
egation of business men who were bid
ding him farewell that he would return
to the United States for a visit fifty
years hence if he did not sooner make
the trip. Incidentally the minister said
he saw no reason why he should not
live to be 200 years old if he met no
accident and did not get sick, at the
same time inferentially suggesting that
he expected to make his span Of life
cover the 2ooyear period.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01
Ieffries Kissed in Texas.

Galveston, TeX.-James J. Jeffries is
not making friends in Texas by his
b%raggadocio manner and bitter denuncia.
ton of Johnson, and was Kissed here
when he said johnson wouldn't have a
friend in Texas after he got through
with him. After Dragging about his own
ability as a fighter, Jeffries said the
fight would not last long.
johnson has been shooting off his
head a lot, but when | get him in the
ring I AM going to knock his block of,
and do II quick" said Jeffries.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01
zELAYA'S ARMY SURRENDERS
Estrada Victory Complete; 900 Dead;
1900 Prisoners.

New York.-(Rama, via wireless to
Bluefelds, via Galveston, Tex.)-
Crushed in defeat and oyertaken in an
effort to retreat to a place of refuge, the
entire forces of Gen. Zelaya were cap
tured at 9 o'clock Thursday by the army
under the command of the insurgent
leader, General Estrada.
Six hundred were left dead on the bat
tlefeld at Rama and 1000 were taken as
prisoners. General Zelaya's army sur
rendered with all munitions of war. Cen
eral CastrillO and General Gonzales are
among the prisoners.
Medical aid has been sent by the
American forces at Bluefields, but no
marines have been landed from the bat
tleships at harbor in that barber.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01
NAVY TO GET $42, 430, 47e.

Washington-Exactly $42, 43O,47G will
be spent on vessels of the navy now I'M
der construction during the fiscal years
1910 to 1913, inclusive. under the esti-
mates submitted to congress by the navy
department. OF this amount KO,732,.
563 will he for hulls and sl1,697,913 for
machinery. The total amount during
the current fiscal year is estimated at
~s24,520.7i5; for 1911 it totals $685..
22O; for 1917 and 1913 it aggregates
S4,634,501.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01
Monument Held Up,

Washington.-Further deliberation by
congress will be necessary before the
$4,000 appropriated by that body in 1904
for procuring a site and plans for the
proposed monument to Thomas Jefferson
will be available. In 1906, Augustus St.
Gaudens, then in poor health, consented
to make designs for the memorial, but
his death interviewed before the work
had been finished. There is a law re.
quiring %unexpended balances yearly to
be turned into the treasury.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01
"Cardiff Giant" Hoax,

Cardiff giant was the name given to
a rude statue 10ha feet high dug up Oc-
tober l6, 1869. at Cardiff, Onondaga
county. \. Y. and exhibited for
months as a p%etrifaction. 1t attracted
the attention of many scientific men,
who wrote many articles on the won
derful remains of a prehistoric man.
In time the persons who for months
deluded the public confessed that the
giant had been cut from a block of
gypsum, quarried at Fort Dodge. Ia,
and sculptured in Chicago, conveyed
to Cardiff and there buried, where it
remained until accidentally brought
to light.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01
Worth ~22o,ooo,ooo.

New York.-Edward II. Hartman was
really worth at the time of his death
over 5000, 900 900, although a recent ap.
praisal of his estate placed it's value at
$l49, 000, 900.
Since Mr.. Harriman's death his estate
has profited by a rise in market values
and it is stated that the wealth of Mrs.
Hartman may be conservatively est.
mated at $4,000, 900, which would
make her probably the richest woman in
the world.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01
ASSASSlNA1EO
Chief Of Police Of St. PETERSBURG
Blown to Pieces.

Seoul-Remarkable political assasr
sinations of personages high in office
were reported Wednesday from widely
separated points throughout the world.
In Seoul, the prime minister of the
Korean cabinet was stabbed to death as
all apparent result of the intense feeling
in Korea against japanese influence.
In st. Petersburg the chief of the Sc
cret police, Col. Karpoff, was blown to
pieces by the explosion of a bomb, sup
posedly thrown by an anarchist.
At Bombay, British India, the chief
magistrate of Mask, Arthur NJ. II. Jack
son, was assassinated by a native for
revenge and presumably as a part Of the
seditious movement against British of.
fetal authority.
In each of the countries the governing
authority is menaced by a dangerous ele-
ment directed against the existing re-
gime.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01
MARX TWAIN NOT DYING.
Says He Would Do No Such Thing at
His Time of Life,

Redding, Conn.-Mark Twain gave out
the following statement as a result of
various reports concerning his condition
OF health, following his recent return
from Bermuda: 4 hear the newspapers
say ! am dying. The charge is not true.
l would not do such a thing at my time
of life. am behaving az good as l can.
Mark Twain"
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01
FingeIless Forqer.

Chicago-Harry McCullom, forger,
who is without fingers or thumbs, was
sentenced, after being convicted of pass.
ing a worthless check. Despite his Grip.
pied hands, he is said to be able to forge
a signature.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01
Whitecappers in Indiana.

Petersburg, lnd.-Whitecaps dragged
LATE Dedman near his home, near Win.
ston, beat him with switches and pickets
and ordered him to leave the ~neighbor-
hood.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01
Laborers for South Deported.

Washington. T~wenty-eight Hungar-
ian and Crotian laborers, whose destina-
ton was Shreveport, Ia, to work as
stave cutters, but who have been de-
tanned at Ellis Island since October 81,
were ordered deported by the department
of commerce and labor. Their deporta-
ton, the authorities believe, is justified
on general principles, as there appears
to be no demand for stave cutters in
Louisiana greater than can be supplied
BY the local labor market.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01
Very Definite,

What are your views about elastic
currency"
We'll, | would like my income to
stretch a little further"
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01
$4,000 Cattle Frozen.

Galveston, T~ex.-Roperts from the
cattle ranges say the blizzard, which is
the worst ever experienced so early in
winter, still RACES. 1t is feared losses
will total $4,000 head. More than $4,000
head of cattle have been accounted for as
dead, and many ranches have not yet
reported. The losses will total over
100000.
Lower coast gazette., 1910-01-01
Prevent Speculation.

Misunderstanding President Taft's
support Of the proposed legislation,
Representative Lowering of Massachu-
sets presented him with a sopy of the
bill to prevent gambling in cotton and
wheat futures. The president promised
to give his earnest consideration to the
measure.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-08-08
What Do Babies Speak?

The writer of these lines is of Amer
lean descent for a good many genera
tons back, and has small son who
has turned his first year. The writer
was momentarily at loss in filing in
the census column pertaining TO this
son when he came to the question,
Speak English" But he gave the
boy the benefit OF the doubt Certain
ly the child speaks no continental
tongue. and TO say that he spoke no
English word would give him almost
an aliens status. II is true he says
papa" and mamma" but those
words could be taken from almost any
old tongue. His other essays at speech
like those of all very little children,
being to some obscure individual dia-
lect that has about the same present
relation to English as the Romance
tongues have Of the parent Latin.
-Bobie,' for example. is a perfectly
clear alias for clothespin. New York
Mail.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-08-08
MOVING Pictures and Surgery.

In a description of the use OF the
moving picture as an aid to the study
of surgery the Berliner Tageblatt
saws: I'VE looked with emotion upon
the late, never-to-be-forgotten Profes-
sor Berkmann in the act of amputa-
ting a limb, and later there was
thrown upon the screen every detail
of an abdominal operation Other
operations were shown. and then the
spectator saw in magnified pictures
the pulsations of a frogs heart and
the movement of the stomach and the
digestive organs. Among the most
interesting of the pictures was the
series which showed the effect OF vari-
GUS po!sons on the heart action.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-08-08
VAS SAVED By A STATUE
Ingenuity Of Friend saves Sculptor
Houdon During the French
Revolution


Houdon, the distinguished sculptor
OF France in the eighteenth century.
who executed the statue OF Washing
ton which now stands in the state AZ
Richmond, Va. was thrown into
prison during tie French revelation.
lie was saved from the guillotine by
the tact OF Barras. a member OF the
directory.
Nine. Houdon. in despair. had gene
to Barras. and with streaming eyes
had implored his assistance. Barras
shook his head. he feared he could
DO nothing. Houdon was a man OF
genius. and therefore as David,
rival artist, was one OF the condemn
ing judges. he feared there was little
chance for his salvation. Nine.
Hoadon refused 10 accept this opin-
Ion as final. and used all the arts OF
which an astute French woman is
capable. Barras at last asked her
whether her husband had any statue
Tor sale at that time in his studio.
Madame replied that the only finished
statue at present in his atelier was a
figure of st. Scholastic. holding a
scroll OF manuscript in her hand.
On hearing this the willy Barras
rang the bell and said to his answer.
ing secretary: M. Houdon Just has
completed a splendid statue of Phil
osophy Meditating on the Revolution
Haste and purchase this sublime work
of art, and have It placed in the as
sembly." Barras' orders were carried
out, with the result that not only was
the sculptor's life spared. but he re-
ceived more commissions for statues
than he was able TO execute. On such
small issues did the lives of men hang
in those tremendous times.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-08-08

The rich man was worried. He
feared the old master he had just pur-
chased was not genuine. He dreaded
the possibility that the public would
look upon him as an easy mark for art
takers So he sent fer the eminent
expert
The expert came and looked at the
picture and shook his head. Then he
smelled at it and frowned ominously
viii you have to taste it, too" the
magnate anxiousiy inquired.
The expert waved him aside
Then he tested the painting with
acids and with cold and heat He
scraped it down with a palette knife
and soaked it in boiling oil He drew
out the fiber and cut holes in the can
vas and sawed it longitudinally
Presently he turned to the magnate
The picture is genuine he said
The magnate stared from the
wrecked painting to the eminent ex
pert.
But, great Murillo." he cried. the
thing is absolutely ruined!"
The eminent expert frowned.
What is the loss of painting to the
establishment of the eternal principle:
of TRUTH" he haughtily replied.
Whereupon the magnate sadly re
called the old adage that has reference
10 the bliss of ignorance.-Clevela
Plain Dealer.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-08-08
w er Temperature
SNAP SHOTS

The weather man is an august per-
sonage this month.
Many a man attracts no more at
tention than a thermometer on a
pleasant day.
The theory that it is never too
late to mend influences some people
not to begin.
In trading first basemen any ball
team in the country would be willing
to take a Chance.
Even when he takes orders the
young clergyman should be complete
master of himself.
Banking hours at Annapolis Bank
ing X Trust Co.. open till 6 p. NJ. on
Saturday; other days till p. NJ.
The thing that makes a man so
mad he wants to fight, often scares
him so he doesn't dare to.
To be asked to take care of an
other woman's baby is regarded as
true test of feminine friendship.
A girl sometimes feels that she
doesn't know man we'll enough to
m airy him, and sometimes she feels
that she knows him too well.
No, Maude, dear; just because a
man is of mechanical turn of mind
you mustn't jump to the conclusion
that he has wheels in his head.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-08-08
Retributlon.

Bleary-eyed and with faltering steps,
showing every sign of a sad case OF
the morning after he was led before
the police magistrate.
Drunk the street." char ed the
police offer who had made ne ar
rest.
What is your nance" aske1 The jus.
tice
William Johnson" was the answer
Your occupation" again luerie
the justice
I'm a furniture mover, sir. en-
ployed by"
A fiendish look was seen to cross
the magistrates face.
Johnson" he said, "are you ava
of the fact that l moved yesterday"
Sure l am" beamed Johnson. q
moved your stuff"
He could say no more He had no
listener. The ]. p. was busy ransack-
ing the law books that lay before him.
II was some time before he spoke.
MY man." he said at last. Il find.
I'm sorry to say. that l can't have you
hanged. To send you to Jail would be
too good for you. You would corrupt
the poor men OF nobler walks of life.
Therefore, sentence you to return to
your employer. and tell him that in
tend TO deduct from his bill every
thing that you broke. Now giti"-Lip-
pincott's
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-08-08
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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-08-08
500 ult Fails TO Cure.

There is more Catarrh in this section
Of the country than all other diseases
put together. and until the last few
years WAS supposed to be incurable.
For great many years doctors pro-
nounced ii local disease and prescib-
cd local remedies, and by constantly
failing To cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has
proved cataTrh to be a constitutional
disease and Therefore requires consitu-
tional treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure. manufactured by +. J. Cheney
Il Co., Toledo. Ohio. is the only con-
stitutional cure OH the market 1t is
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the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. They offer one hundred
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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-08-08
improvements

The Severn Boat Club is having
many improvements made at the
Clubs headquarters, foot of Duke of
Gloucester street, on Spa creek.
The latest improvement is concrete
steps leading from the sidewalk to
the entrance of the Boat Club House
A graphophone recently placed in
the home of the Severn Boat Club,
affords much pleasure and amuse-
ment these summer evenings to pedes-
TRANS who seek the cool breezes of
the Spa on the bridge, which is a
popular thoroughfare.