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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-23
NEARLY A FICTION NUMBER

tiers is laid there; but it is different from the
others, though just as exciting
The action turns upon an old but always
romantic interest. smuggling; but the meth
DDS employed are very modern indeed. In
fact. the question was raised about its being
a too severe test upon the irlagination-and
then the cable brought news OF a real snug
gler abroad who had employed the same
method and discovered through acct
dent. 1t takes highly enterprising fictionist
to keep ahead of fact these days. The story
is certainly full of complications and excite
ment.
Rousseau. 1t is study of loyalty and
personal self sacrifice which shows how
deeply planted in foreign minds is the con-
sideration owed to royalty. The story grows
out of an attempt of German officers to mas
ter the intricacies of draw poker, which GER
tainly does suggest possibilities of much
humor. But there is none in the tale. In
fact, it comes pretty near to being all tragedy.
1t is dangerous business to trihe with that
game, unless one knows it thoroughly, dis
tinction granted only to a few. The pro-
foundest knowledge of all is to know enough
to let it alone.
THE BROTHERS. the story OF the sea by
Morgan Robertson. reaches its con-
cluson this week 1t presents strange muir
der mystery which some experts declare has
a more powerful grip on human interest than
anything that can be printed
RY way of bearing out the injunction that
the last shall be first, we want to say that
in the beginning of our magazine will be
new illustration for famous old song. Wal
ter ]. Biggs will picture Darling Nellie
Gray. Maybe the simple mention of the
name will start you to humming the melody.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19
SOME NATURAL MEASURES
THE first natural measurement" to

THE first natural measurement" to
which the memory naturally recurs is
the hand, four inches, employed in deter1nin-
ing the height of horses. This measure is, of
course derived from the breadth of the palm,
and it has become SO well fixed in popular
esteem that it is unlikely it will ever be
superseded
Another popular natural measure is the
pace, and probably every countryman who
has had to do with land has used it. The
usual method is to stride off, taking as long
steps as possible, calling each pace yard
A natural measure much employed by a
dressmaker is the yard, as determined by
stretching the material to be measured be-
tween her chin and her outstretched hand
Or, if it be matter of inches, she will fold
the Bonded upper joint of her thumb along
the cloth. These natural measures are gem
orally close enough to serve all practical
purposes.
For many hundreds of years there was
employed the measure of the forearm, from
point of elbow to tip of middle finger. This
was the cubit of the Bible.
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Continued from page 6

tacles. do not. firmly believe that some
day man will fly through the air at will, al
most but never quite SO safely as he today
traverses the water. And l believe that the
aircraft of this future day will play very
important part in the progress of mankind !;
but | do not believe it will ever prove an
economical and preferable way of trans
porting large quantities of freight or great
numbers OF passengers.
My pessimism is confined entirely to the
present type OF aeroplane. The marvels it
has achieved are unquestioned, and shall re-
main undisputed so far as | am concerned ;
but the type itself has, | believe, reached
nearly to its limit of development, and
stands today without practical use and
nothing but a wonderful and awe inspiring
toy.
| firmly believe that the day is fast APP
preaching when all this will be changed.
believe that, in the not distant future, the
aeropane as we know it will be fit only for
museums, where it will excite the same
amused interest that we today give to the
ancient spinning wheel or the first locomo-
tive, or that we should give to the caravels
of Columbus could we see them on cxhi-
bition.
Some day, in some obscure Kittyhawk
or Dayton, some obscure or silent Wright
brothers of coming age will evolve an
altogether different principle. They will
doubtless be laughed at as idle dreamers,
just as were the two Ohioans who are today
world famous; but they will persevere, and
suddenly the world will awaken to the fact
that it has been forced a great step forward,
and that it has really conquered for prac-
teal purposes realm that man has coveted
ever since, shaggy and unclothed, he
watched the eagles soaring above the wilds
of his mountain home.
And what will that principle be?
If knew that, should indeed be happy;
for should know that my name would 60
down in history as among the greatest bene-
factors of mankind.
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Continued from page {

The two women started. The Korean
leaped off the earthen floor. At one and the
same time they turned their eyes in the di-
rection the voice came FROM
Framed in the black doorway stood little
girl of about seven. A few shreds of rags
were still faithful to her and chung tenderly
about her thin, bare legs. Under thick
thatch of black hair, full of crimson leaves
of autumn, blinked a pair of eyes full of
wonder, a little dazed. The Pickering can
delight caressed her round face family
"Mother-I, here, here!" the child re-
peated.
The Korean came to herself "Buddha
and the ghosts"
"Uncle thought you was here. He brought
me part ways. Oh, I'm SO sleepy"
The dagger fell from the hand of her who
was to avenge the death of Charmed Life
She covered her face with both hands. And,
choking back the sobs that shook her, she
turned away and fled-fed like frightened
thing out of the cabin into the night.
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TWO MOTHERS

eyes of mine saw him cut down. was near
him. Before l could get to him, before
could thrust at your man with my bamboo
spear, | was caught. But last night"
She paused; she smiled. But her smile
was CHASTITY and terrible to see. "Last
night" she repeated, IL struck"
"Yes," interrupted the avenger, eyes!
And this night! FL! Take the dagger, wo-
| man, take the"
She stopped suddenly. The Korean too
started and pricked up her ears. Outside
the cabin, in the siences of midnight woods,
there was a sound like human steps treading
on fallen leaves. But all was still again.
1t was the Korean who broke the silence
| time she spoke in a high, shrill, hysterical
key, quite unlike the calm and sad tone of
few moments ago 81 struck down the man
who murdered the father of my babies!'
"BabieS?"
"Ah!" and the Korean turned upon the
avenger fiercely. $50 you understand what
say? All, yes, | saw you this morning-you
had your baby. Mine, thank Heaven! are
older than yours"
There was a long pause. For the first
time the head of the Korean dropped; then
she said falteringly to herself rather than
to the woman standing before her, d
don know. Gods only know how they are
now! Starved to death by this time, maybel
hid them in rock cave. Where? Why
should tell you? Tigers food, maybe!"
Tigers food" the wife of Charmed Life
repeated after the Korean. "Tgers' food!"
"Yes!" the Korean snapped, flingng high
her head once more, her eyes afame. eyes,
and that-that too is your doing! You muir
dered my man-yes, your people did!-and-
and-and nv babies thew tool TCheh
thousand curses of gods and ghosts upon
you, ten thousand curses!"
Then, as if her stole calm which had sus-
tanned her so long and SO splendidy had of
a sudden abandoned her utterly, she fairly
shrieked, "Oh-oh, my babies, my babies!"
the shrek shading into a soul narrowing
wall, "Oh-h-h! my babies, my ba-"
MOTHER" 1t came out of the mid
IVA night, suddenly. 1t was child's
voice that piped, weary and very sleepy.
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it will take an equal number of ages to eradi-
cate it. No assurance that machine is per-
fectly safe will remove this dread. No proof
however convincing, will make the vast
majority of people feel comfortable high in
the air. Centuries and centuries of success
full and riskless flying must pass before this
fear can be sufficiently lessened to bring
aircraft to a commercial basis.
For this reason, the machine of the future,
or at least of the next few centuries, must be
a low-hying machine,-one that will main
tain height only sufficient to clear the OBJ
structions of the earth and not sufficient to
wreck the nerves of the timid. And the low
flying aeroplane is not safe, because it gives
no chance for landing when the power sud-
denly stops.
The ability to navigate in any winds that
a steamship is able to face is, on the face of
it, impossible to the aeroplane. Granting
the present machine all the wonderful prog
ress that its enthusiastic supporters claim
for it, it is yet fair weather toy, capable
Of facing fairly strong wind if the wind is
steady, but cranky and extremely unsafe IN
any kind of fuky current. And the very
reasons that cause this crankiness are the
reasons that make the machine fly, SO that
they are inherent in the aeroplane and will
not be overcome by any of the devices for
automatic stability so far limited at.
The fifth requirement. for a reserve
margin of safety in case of the breakage of
any part-may, perhaps be met in some
future design without employing any new
vital or basic principle. But, in the light of
our present knowledge, such a double form
of construction would so overburden the
machine as to make it extremely inadequate
for anything more than lounging about over
an aviation field or slow progress over a cOurl-
try where low flying was at all times possible.
Problem Is for the Future
1T may, perhaps, be judged from what
have said that | view the future of aerial
navigation through extremely blue spec
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MINING INFORMATION

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
DAMAGE BY, LIGHTNING.
Rockville, Vernon and WatertowT
 Suffer From Severe Storm.

Rockville, Sept. 26-A heavy thun- derstorm visited Rockville late yester- day and considerable damage resulted. The tower on the town hall was struck by lightning. large part of the slate roof torn off and the struc- ture set on fire. As the hall is in the center of the city the entire fire department was called, out, but before 1t got fairly in action the rain began to fall and the downpour put out the blaze in short order The damage is estimated at about s1,0OO. At Yer non, William Johnson. a telegraph operator, was rendered unconscious by lightning while at work He re- gained his senses soon afterwards and will recover.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26

tWatertown, Sept. 26-During heavy thunder storm here late yesterday a house owned by Frank Judd was struck by lightning and damaged to the extent of about $1,00O. The occu- pants, Mrs. Robert Gilcrist and Mrs
 John White, were struck unconscious by bolt of lightning and severely burned. Both will recover, it is ex-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
VACUUM CLEANING
 SYSTEM FORs SCHOOL

Approving of. the. plans of Architec, c; T.. Beardsley, Jr.. the Board Q, Education last evening made ready for the construction of an eight room school house on the property recently purchased at Maplewood avenue and Poplar street. The meeting was call ed solely to consider the plans.
 Thel specifications call for several advanced ideas. which will be quite new to Bridgeporters. Of importance is the installation of a vacuum clean ing system. the first to be installed in any school in the city In num- Der of the schools trouble being ex- perienced with the reflection of light from the black boards, the boards in this school will be placed on a slight angle. Bids for the construction will be advertised for immediately, to be opened at special meeting, Oct. 16
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
New Cardinals
 To Be Appointed
 Next January
Especial from United Press. )


 Rome, Sept. 26-From half dozer high Vatican sources the information was gleaned, today, that preparations are steadily in progress for a consis- tory in January, 1912, to fill vacancies among the College of Cardinals.
 With Cardinal Puzyna's death al Vienna, the membership of the sacred college was reduced from the usual 7( to AS. Of this number 21 are employed in Rome in connection with the church, general administration, 10 are archbishops of the various Italian cit ies, leaving only 15 to represent the entire Catholic world, outside of Italy in the event of the sudden summonine of a conclave to elect a new Pope For the entire English speaking world at the present time there are only two representatives in the sacred college Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, and Logue, of Armagh.
 It is largely because of this lack o1 adequate representation that Pope brought to bear upon him by the var fous Catholic nations and decided to summon a consistory.
 Although the Pope has the righ, to appoint Cardinals without summon ing a consistory, in the entire historB of the church this has been done only three times, and then in cases of a Pope, suddenly confronted with the possibility of death, hastily appointing Cardinals to fill the vacancies
 It is not necessary that the mem bership of the sacred college be com plete in order to elect new Pope. This has been done in the past with as few as IS members of the conclave. At present, however, there is a world wide demand that the sacred college be made representative of the entire Catholic world.
 There is a widespread belief in Rome that when the time arrives for the election of a successor to Pope Plus, the new Pope will be chosen from among the new cardinals. The sacred college at. present is declared to be hopelessly divided, one of the factions believing that the Pope should confine his efforts to the reli- gious welfare of the church and one maintaining a hope of sufficient poli- tical astuteness to secure a temporal kingdom, similar to that possessed before the unification of Italy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
Taft Gets Frost
 In Kansas While
 Explaining vetoes
Special from United Press.)

Especial from United PreSS.)
 Coffeyville, Kas., Sept. 26-Ten thou sand Kansans listened in ominous si- lence while President Taft here, to- day, earnestly explained his vetoes of the Democratic tariff bills. Not a single handclap or cheer, except from the reception committee, on the plat form, greeted him. He argued ear- nestly but in vain to move the crowd. The Kansas insurgents made no sign of approval or disapproval.
 Bound as I was,' said President Taft, "by my platform pledges to see that American industry was sufficient ly protected, I would do nothing but withhold my signature from these bills.
 T am not here to apologize for those vetoes; am here to explain them,' the President said, and the few people on the platform applauded. Silence still held the crowd. The Pres ident promised to recommend a tariff reduction issue in his tariff board re- ports.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
Conference On Tobacco Trust
 Case Is Held
Especial from United Press.)

Special from United Press.)
 New York, Sept. 26-Attorney Gen. eral Wickersham came to this city, today, to participate in the renewed conferences between the department co trust and the judges of the Uni ted States Circuit Court regarding the reorganization of the tobacco trust referred to the circuit court by the Supreme court of the United States. These conferences are held behind closed doors
 Wickersham declined to discuss the trust question. He admitted he in- tended to make a statement, tonight, regarding his plans for combating the trusts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
Yacht Viking Badly Damaged in Crash
 With Sound Schooner

New London, Sept 26-The steam yacht Viking, owned by Geo. F. Baker, New York City, was badly damaged in collision with an unknown schoon- CT in the sound, two miles east of the focal harbor. early today. The Vik- ing's headgear, upper works, deck and bridge were carried away in the crash and she was barely able to limp into harbor under her own power. The schooner got away in the darkness without her identity or the extent of her injuries being learned. Captain Ed win Haverhil1. of New London, in charge of the Viking, sustained a broken leg in the collision.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
PISTOL PRACTICE RESUMED.

Pistol practice on the range at DO lice headquarters began yesterday after a cessation over summer. The commissioners may see fit to award prizes; not of great value, but to give something to strive for and encourage competition among the shooters.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
RICHEST NEwsBoY DEAD.

St. Louis, Sept 26-William Green burg, the richest newsboy'' in St. Louis, was buried yesterday. His death was caused by pneumonia. From poverty Greensburg rose to be land lord, and at his death was the owner of $112,0 ,0O0 apartment and the news stand which he established after sell ing papers on the streets for almost twenty-tfree years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
Notice

For forty live years VIC have been conducting ibusiness at the same 0i0 encafion. corner or Main and John Streets. Eridgeport, Conn. and ou. Private Bunk has been estabiished tlierc continuously. Nc have receiver and pait ont ozl slcsrail1 without no- 4icr nfifIfoss< of rds,lfars or money ue- p-i~ffcd with us and we continue lO xrccfve money subject to dcposiinTs riErck at si-lis. on which we anuM fs:rcr per cent. per aunuin. credi.fM lo each account monthly. We soheiI nic accounts Of individuals. business men. firms and corporations. and aii Wlso want a bank account where they Crn drposif nponcy caecks or dra''s. euti ls-sveN fer one ,day.oneS week. one sn,orfl, or ono year. and draw interest oa ii for any time ii is left with us: NfcT Psyr to tire business onr caretni pfr~nnat atfcrtion as the oldest nrn Of rrivcsc bankers fl, this state
 TT. UATCnE A Cn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26

New Haven-Instead of having been abducted as was first feared, two lit- tie boys, Frank Esposito and Dominick Raudi. started out to see the world, Saturday. They got as far as the fil- tration plant three miles away
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26

Hartford-Alleging negligence. Mi- chael Kelly, a former New Haven road fireman, asks $25,000 damages for injuries received at Willimantic, Sept 24 1909, when a freight train struck him.
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assizes had to ask the crown solicitor
what 70 do in a divorce case. because
during his circuit OF thirty years on the
bench IT was his first experience Of that
kind and he did not know how to pro-
coed. l am told the plays are allegorical
of peasant and pagan life in Ireland.
Well. being one OF the former. l may rot
judge, but the so-called pagans whom L
know, there and here. the sons and
daughters Of those peasants. are as good
and wholesome Christian workers as the
world knows today and the facts ayova
stated. as any one may see. are not pro-
duced in act nor In allegory by the Irish
players AS to the scenery. that might 10
allegorical Of creation, when the earth
was void. or OF the glacial period, when
no verdure could be seen. The aiegory
of the people seemed TO me diabolical.
There is one word more, not entirely
agreeable to me to write, yet perhaps ic
should be given. In Ireland there are the
castle hacks" and their friends. whose
sole talent seems to be to trap and de-
stroy the Irish. and try TO make it ap-
pear sometimes by the most inhuman
lures, that virtue Is vice and the most
generous human impulses but shallow
pretext Yet l have seen the recoil come
to the "castie hack
Now, Ireland Is an old nation and the
Irish race is older yet, and, believe me.
the spirit OF fair play and freedom has
never been Subdued In them. for even
good old England, one might remember,
after seven hundred INSCRIPTIONS years,
has given 1t up. and 1t Is a delight to say
that she Is now making honorable restitu-
ton. THOS. B. O'SuLLIVAN.