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The Washington times., 1911-10-13

SI.a5 to Baltimore and Return,
Saturdays and Sundays, via Pennsyl-
vania Railroad. Tickets good to return
except Congressional Limited. ."--Advt
The Washington times., 1911-10-13
Bliss For Police.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct 13.-Steam-
heated metal iids for corner patrolmen,
are asked by the Indianapolis board OF
public safety.
The Washington times., 1911-10-13
Thaddeus Stevens To
Be Subject Of Speaker

THE Life, Aims, and Patriotic serv.
ices Of Thaddeus Stevens' vii, be tho
subject Of the address of Lieut.. T. II
II. f,i.-.e. who speaks before the eighth
session OF the Mu-So-IAt Club, at
night at 8 o'clock.
A large attendance OF members Of the
club and their friends is expected
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-18
VALUABLE DESERT PLANTS.
Leaves of the Leehisuila to Be Con-
verted Into Fiber Ropes and Bag
qing.

Alpine, Tex. March 2.-One by one
the desert plants of the scmi-arid re-
zion of the Southwest and Mexico are
being put to valuable use. Extensive
preparations are now being made to
convert the leaves of the lechigullla
plant into fibre. \ machine was re-
Gently invented for extracting the
fibre and a plant for the manufacture
of these machines is now being in
stalled at El Paso at cost of 100000.
Millions of acres of land in this part
of the state are covered with the
lechieuilla, and if the machine can
be put to the practical use that ls
claimed for it the fibre industry VIII
become very important to many ranol-
rs. The fibre of the lechiguilla IS IN
demand for the manufacture of strong
ropes. Irvine and bagging. 1t sells
readily for to ) cents per pound
where it is extracted by hand by Mex
leans. 1t is claimed that the new ma
chine will extract the fibre from the
! leaf without injuring its texture and
| that where the plants grow abundantly
the land owners will be able to real
ize more than one ton per acre of the
product.
Another desert plant that is proving
of great commercial value in the cam
delilla which grows in the region south
and west of here along the Rio
Grande. From this plant one of the
highest grades of vegetable wax known
to commerce is manufactured. 1t i.
akin to the valuable product of the
carnauba palm. native of Brazil
Samples tested have shown the wa,
to be admirably suited for the manu-
facture of insulating compounds ant
varnishes. preparations of shoe pol
ishes, dental moulding compositions
sealing wax, floor polish. phonos;ap
records, photographic inks and water
proof papers.
The manufacture of candelilla wa
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SPREADS GOLD ON BROADWAY.
Atlanti: Broker, on Honeymoon, Finds
Things Too Cheap.

A. W. Carmichael, wheat broker of All
lanta, Ca, London and Chicago, is in
town. Part of his cash is also here, and
much of it will be left here.
Carmichael is here on his honeymoon.
and both alone and in his wifes com
pany he showered gold and bills in cafes.
millinery. and tailor shops, and other
places Despite his reserve he has o
breeziness that stimulates. and he GER
tainly cheered walters, bellhops chauf-
feurs. and startled barkecpers. He sur
prised statesmen and delighted his bride
with his purchases for her. The gossip
is that he plans to live in different no
tel every day, and to engage the most
expensive suite in each, SO that his en-
perience in his brief stay in New York
may be as varied as possible.
ITS nothing. my boy said he, as he
| Tipped gold eagle to waiter in thu
afternoon in the Holland House before
taking a taxicab to another hotel. 81
| expect to have only one honeymoon IL
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is place arranged for a lamp. tn,
rays of light from which are reflected
upward through the dial and thrown
upon the mirror in case it is desired t
use the instrument at night. The geal
Of one of the smaller experimental
models is illustrated as we'll as til,
front view of the large model.
An experimental Marquis compass
with the needle in alcohol to deadcf
the vibrations WAS recently tried by
William billiard, the aviator, at Mine
ola, J. l., and the results obtained
were satisfactory with the exception
that heavier fluid than alcohol was
found to be required in order to dead.
en- properly the vibrations of the nee
die. 1t was found necessary to place
the instrument some eight feet in ad
vance of the engine in order that the
magnetic should not affect it, There
have been a number of novel COM
passes devised OF late for aviators, but
the one herewith illustrated seems by
far the most practical and ingenious
of them all.
An Interesting fact in connection
with the south pointing needle was
unearthed by the inventor in looking
through the books in the Reynolds
Library at Rochester. This was found
in an extract from the writings of
Humboldt. It referred to :he use Of a
south appointing compass by the Chinese
il the year 1900 3. ca use not for
water but fer land navigation. In
the forward part Of a wagon or chart
at there WAS placed d freely floating
lodestone, which moved the arm and
hand of a small figure and caused it to
dpint constantly toward the south.
kleproth, whose researches upon this
Stanillus. and Julian. found an old
tradition from which he believes that
this magnetic wagon VAS in use in
the reign of the Emperor Honngti.
who is believed t. have lived at about
300 Il. {. Magnetic wagons were.
however. used as late as the fifteenth
century. and several of these were pre-
served in the Chinese Imperial Palace,
and were employed in the building Of
Buddhist monasterieS for fixing the
points toward which the main sides of
the building were directed. The in-
ventor of this new aeronautical COM
pass has apparently. therefore, hit up
on the oldest form of compass, and by
improving and bringing it up to mod
ern requirements, he has changed 1t
from a compass for directing land
courses to one for indicating the path
of air craft.-Scientifc American.
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MOST FAMILIAR PORTRAIT.
Likeness Of Queen Anne of England in
Every Pack Of Playing Cards.

Do any of my readers know what
is the most common and familiar por-
trait in the world" asks \. l.. Bruce
Il heard this matter discussed with
rare crudtion and cogency. One OF
tie gentlemen was sure Raphaefs Sis
tine Madonna was the best known
portrait in the world. Another was
all for Leonardo da Nincis's Mono
Lisa. Still another contended that no
likeness was SO universally known as
that OF King Edward on the coins OF
Great Britain. | mentioned the Venus
OF Milo. The discussion was growing
werner when mild and callow youth
chirped up with,
You are all wrong, all of you
The best known portrait in the world
is the queen of spades.
He then proceeded TO prove to US
what. il seems. is common knowledge
among the ogncseenti--namely. that
the queen of spades is bona tide like
ness of the lat" Queen Anne of Britain.
1t seems that somewhere along about
1910. the English and European sta
TONERS fixed on the image of the then
Queen of England as d suitable one to
iEscribe on their playing cards For
200 years or more her face has looked
out at us not altogether unpleasantly
particularly in beZique-from the
depths of the pack. How much longer.
we wonder, will her physiognomy be
shufiled down the corridors of timc?"-
Aiuslee'S Magazine.
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LIVE WILD GEESE AS DEcoYs.
Hunting in an Odd Way IN Hyde
County, North Carolina.

"If there is another region where
| the sportsman can find more abundant
and varied use for his gun than along
| the rccdy shores of Hyde county,
North Carolina. on the many inland
lakes, deep in the picturesque swamps'
| and in the dense woods. | would like 10
know where it is" remarked man
who has been many times down there
with his gun.
AS for feathered game, wild swan,
wild geese and wild ducks-canvas-
backs, redhcads. mallards and all the
choice varieties-begin to drop by the
thousands as soon as the rigors OF the
winter in their native far north set in.
The shores of the sound are vast
tangles of reedy marsh. The reeds are
very tall. and the hunter does not have
to build his blind To do his shooting
from. All he has to do is to make a
space in the reeds. close tn the water
edge. where he lies with the surround
ing natural growth of reeds as his am
buscade.
Especially do the waters about and
in Hyde county seem to be an attrac- :
ton for wild geese OF all varieties.
The bulky and choice Canada goose |
have found there more regularly and
in larger numbers than in any OF the
noted wild fowl winter resorts.
The novelty of the wild goose hunt
in Hyde county is the use of live wild
geese as decoys. The willingness and
evident enjoyment with which they
perform this cold blooded task are
something almost incredible. Each
goose is placed upon square of sod
cut from the shore marsh. the sod be-
ing sunk below the surface OF the wa
ter and held in position by driving a
stake through it into the sand on the
bottom. To the stake the decoy goose
is fastened by a strap around one leg,
Standing thus on the submerged sod,
the goose has the appearance Of rest
ing and floating Oh the surface, as if 1t
had lit there.
Il never knew a we'll trained flock of
these wild geese decoys fail to draw in
a passing flock of their free kindred if
they were not foilcd by some move
ment in the blind or on shore that sent
the geese whizzing away; and every
time you shoot and geese tumble in
til" water dead or wounded. the dccuyS
caclle loudly as if rejoicing. kansas
City Journal.
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Gives Decision in Augusta
Water District Case.
Plaintiffs Exceptions 10 JUS
Ices Rulings Are OVeTru|ed.
4 Case Of Great Interest and Far
reaching Importance.

d The following reSeript in a kennc-
bee county action, Mary |, Lancaster
trustee, VS.. Augusta Water District
has just been received from the law
court:
Mary |. Lancaster, trustee. Us. Au-
gusta Water District.
Peabody. J. This was writ of en-
try brought by the plaintiff as trustee
under the Will of Edward Church Will
liams. deceased, against the Augusta
Water District, corporation createt
by act of the Legislature of Maine. Il
recover possession of land. situated il
Winthrop in the county of Kenncbec
State of Maine.
The defendant filed a plea OF the
general issue, and a brief statement
denying that it was tenant of the free
hold or in possession of any portion of
the premises described in the plain
tiff's writ and declaration, except as to
certain specific portions thereof. and
disclaiming title to all the other parts
of the demanded premises.
The case is before the law court on
the plaintiffs exceptions Ia tn" rulings
of the presiding justice, which are, in
substance:
/. To the plea Of the defendant. the
plaintiff filed a replication and request
ed the court to direct the defendant to
join issue thereon. This direction the
court refused to give.
. Tho court ordered the pisintif tu
join Issue upon tho defendants plea of
general issue and disclaimer, ruling
that her replication was unnecessary.
8. The defendant moved to amend
its pleading by striking out its claim t.
all the premises seized, and substitute
ing therefor q claim to an easement t,
the premises and II right to possession
thereof, which amendment was allowed
by the court.
4. Certain descriptions of the land il
question, filed in the registry of deeds
for kennebec county. under an alleged
taking by the defendant by right OF
eminent domain, were allowed in evil
dence against the plaintiffs objection
that they we're but evidence OF an at
tempted compliance with an act Whict
was unconstitutional as rrclevttn
and do not give the name of the owner
s. Certain maps OF the land in ques
ton, filed in the county commissioners
Office under an alleged eminent domain
taking by the defendant. were allow
ed against the objection Of the plain
tiff that they were but evidence Of a
attempted compliance with an ac
which was unconstitutional, that the
We're not originals. and therefore NJ
best evidence. and contained no certil
cate as to the date of filing.
6. The testimony Of witness fc
the plaintiff recalled by the defendan
WAS admitted against the objection
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-18
WASHINGTON SUNDAYS DULL.
Boston Writer Says the Need Is for
More Liberal Sabbath.

The Capital is surprised to learn
from Justice Harlan, of the Suprcm"
Court. that it is most ungodly place
on the Sabbath day. There is no
reason for such fragrant dissertations
Of Gods day rs one sees here in Wash
ington," he told body of Presbyteri.
ans whom he addressed.
AS Il matter Of fact there are plenty
of places much worse than Washing
ton in respecting Sunday. To most
people Washington seems intolerably
dull on Sunday. There is nothing de-
Gently or provokingly secular going
on. All the government museums are
closed. Only the Corcoran Art Gallery
invites the public. No places Of
amusement arc open save the nickel
theaters. In summer there is no such
thing as a band concert after the man
ner enjoyed by the people of Boston
on the Common and at Marine park
There are no such resorts to go to as
Revere Beach or Nantasket There is
Rock Creek park, to be sure, and while
it has splendid zoo, one cannot live
on animals alone on the Sabbath day,
even after having been to church.
There is no Sunday law in Wash
ington, save in SO far as the laws APP
ply to the closing of saloons, and Con-
gress has refused to provide any, but
for all that Washington does not much
suffer. Sometimes one does see struc-
tural building going on, but this is the
work of soulless corporations, man
aged by good Christians. who make
virtue of necessity. Indeed, what
shington needs is a more liberal
Sabbath. At present it goes along as
best it can. 1t is not enterprising on
its own account. If it had been, there
would be today band concerts on sun
day, pleasing and cdfying to the pub
lie. and all the government museums
would be open. and the public be
thereby educated. If it is good to have
the Congressional Library open on
Sunday. why not these museums also.
and the beautiful Capitol itself?-John
Torrance in the Boston Advertiser.
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was begun on an extensive scale In
Mexico about a year ago and there
are now several factories which have
n large daily output of tonnage in OPP
Grafton in the candclilla growing ter
ritory of that country, in the states OF
Coahuila and Nucvo Leon. \ large
factory for the manufacture of the
wax being erected at a point near the
Rio Grandc. south of Sierra Blanca,
Tex. 1t is claimed that land that Is
unfit for any other purpose can now
be made to yield an annual revenue
from the candelilla of 500 To $50 per
acre.
In report on the value and COM
mercial possibilities of this row dis
covery the botanical department OF
the National Medical Institute Of Mex
leo of the City of Mexico says that the
wax can be extracted and put upon the
market at cost of about ten cents
gold per pound and that it sells in the
market for more than twenty cents
gold per pound. Continuing, this re-
port which has Just been issued says
in part
The wax can be easily dissolved
in turpcntine, chloroform. hot ether,
and benzine. Pure alcohol. however,
only dissolves o. per cent. when boil
ing. the greater part separating out
on cooling.
"The candelila grows in the north
ern States of this republic and the
southern parts of the United States.
Vast tracts, very often thousands OF
acres i'll extent, are found thickly CIV
cred with the plant, which appears to
be very hardy and resistent to Ctl-
matte conditions. Near the coast the
plant increases in size and then con-
tains less wax and more rubber. and
the composition and character of the
wax itself appears to change accord
ing to the region from which the plant
is taken and the season Of the year
in which it is gathered
THE wax is not so hard nor SO bit
tie as the Carnauba, and when melted
is n little more Viscous. II is harder
and more brittle than beesWax and at
first sight appears more like resin than
a wax. When melted and allowed TO
cool naturally il solidifies with a bril-
liant surface, and its coctiicient OF
expansion is so high that ii the soli-
diiitd EidSS 10 HNi'sSHSu ~ NY P''''s
OF contact with the walls Of the con-
tanning vessel, it will sometimes con-
tract so suddenly that the cake will
leap ont of the vessel.
Its characters vary according to
the season of tie year in which the
plant is gathered, and also according
to the age of the plant itself; the vim
ter wax seems to have the highest
melting point density and acidity,
while also containing higher pro-
portion of hydrocarbons. The high
proportion of these latter bodies is one
of the special characters of the wax.
1t can also be used to raise the melt
ing point of cheaper wakes for the
OF candles and matches
Boston Transcript.
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NEW COMPASS FOR AERoPLANEs
In This instrument tho Needle Points
Out the Direction Of Travel.

The accompanying illustration shows
an Ingenious compass which has just
been Invented by Mr.. A. G.. Marquis,
of Rochester, y. Y. This compass diff
fers from all those of the ordinary
type in that the needle appears to
move and point to the direction in
which the boat or aeroplane is travel
ing. This is very great advantage
for inexperienced aviators, for instead
Of having to figure out the direction
they are travelling from the indication
of the campass needle and the chart.
they car tell at a glance which way
their machines are headed.
The compass consists of d needle
mounted in the regulation so that
it can swing and direct itself to the
north. Surrounding the compass needle
in the same horizontal plane is the
chart having the points of the compass
marked upon it. This chart is re-
versed however. as to north and south.
and the needle is arranged so that 1t
points to the south also. The result is
that the reflection in the morror placed
at the angle of 10 degrees above the
chart is correct, the north point APP
pearing at the top and the south point
appearing at the bottom of this mirror.
Let us suppose the aeroplane to be
headed toward the north the COM
pass needle will be pointing north on
the reflection of the chart as seen in
the mirror. If the aeroplane is now
steered toward the east, instead of the
| needless remaining stationary and the
charts moving around beneath it Sc
that northwest and then west appears
| below it's point. the needle will ap-
parently swing around to the north
| east and east and will continually in
| dictate the direction in which the aero
| plane is travelling. The apparent
movement of the pointer is the result
of an optical illusion, for the pointe,
actually remains stationary and the
/ chart turns in the regular way. One
is apt to be puzzled, at first to explain
| just why the needle appears to move
but at all events it does so and indi'
Gates accurately the course being fol.
lowed at every moment.
On the rear of the, instrument there
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nv life. and OF course. mustn't be q
cheap skate. Yes, | have a little money.
and | want to see few things in this
town. and naturally want to make the
little girl happy
The broker ordered $50 cigar and ex-
hibited a roll of $1,000 bills. The report is
that he dislikes to carry anything smaller
than $1,000 bills and he found plenty of
persons who would have relieved him
GLADLY of all smaller denominations. He
got into the city from Atlanta on Friday
evening lie made it distinctly under
stood he put Atlanta on the hotel regis
Ter, because that's where he got his
bride He spends part of the time in
London, but regards the world as his
home Down in Atlanta he bought
II suits of clothes and handed to the
happy tailor a $1,000 bill. But those
clothes must not last him long in this
CITY. and he felt it necessary to visit a
Fifth avenue tailor and order a few more
suits.
The report from the southern city is
that Carmichael bought up half the con-
tents of a jewelry store for his bride, and
ordered a dozen gowns for her, Tipping
away more of the $1,000 bills.
But the dresses would not do for the
kid long said he. "She must have u few
Of the filmy clinging kind. Yes. she went
to a few shops. and l guess she'll be
logged out right before we sail for Eu-
rope on next Wednesday,"
When asked if it were true he carried
the 500, 600 in bills in a suit case, as re-
ported, the broker said
"Oh, not so many as that. What's the
use? There are plenty Of banks. and
hardly need that much to get along in
New York. This is a cheap town, you
know. Nothing like Iaris or st. Peters,
burg There's no danger of going broke
here. You can't really spend money here
There's no use i'll trying, because they
Just about give their cigars. dinners, and
clothes away. AS for hotels, WELL they
almost beg you to live in them for moth.
ing Merely trivial, the price, you
know"
Carcichael has bought taXcab for
his personal use for a few days. His
bride can have one, too, if she wants to
travel alone.-New York Press
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' taken. The particular inaccuracy
claimed is that the land is described
as belonging to a person who is not
the owner: but it is not pretended that
The plaintiff was in fact deceived by
this error as to what land vas taken
The ruling of the justice as presented
in the sixth exception was not errone-
ous.
IT, testimony of the plaintiffs wit
ness. recalled by the defendant, given
on crnsS-tXlmination was relevant as
bearing upon the alleged waiver of the
plaintiff and matters of cstoppel, il
tended 70 show that the plaintiff knew
of tie granting of the charter, the
intention of the defendant to occupy
part of her land with its dam. reser-
voir. and pipe line and that she WIS.,
tied tho lremises as the work pro-
crossed had the plans explained to
her, and was aware of the great eX-
pcl.Se being incurred by the Water
District in erecting the structures and
laying tie lines of pipe over the land
in question; and the allowance of
tie testimony Oh collateral crosS-cN-
ami!dtion is not eXceptionable because
within the discretion OF the justice.
The payment CT compensation was Il
prerequisite To- the vesting of title in
thu, Augusta Water District, but it is
not. as aimed i'm the seventh eNcep-
ti"n, a condition precedent to its TAX
ing possession of its interest in the
land which is an easement therein and
the right tC the possession thereof. this
being property within the pcrvicw of
the law of eminent domain.
The eighth exception brings under
consideration the entire record The
evidence is not conflicting. and its app
plication to the question raised in the
Bill, Of exceptions and in support. of the
facts relied upon by the defendant to
estop the plaintiff from asserting her
claim by writ of entry being full con-
silered. it must be held that it was
not error, but was the duty of the pre-
siding Justice to direct the verdict in
tho form stated in the record.
Exceptions ovcrruled.
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CAUGHT IN AMBUSH.
Band of SO Federais Killed or Cap
tured-One Rebel Leader Quits.

Mexico City. March 17.-An unconhrmcd
report of the ambushing by 800 rebels of
80 men of the I'd battalion at Ell Rodco
ranch near IIermosilla, was published
Thursday in FL Paisu. The federal COM
mandcr Lieut.. Col Luis Anguino, and y
of his men are reported to have been
killed and the remainder of the command,
including II wounded, made prisoners.
\ circular appeared here Thursday pur-
porting to be signed by Pasqual Arozco.
leader of a rebel force, announcing his
retirement from the revolutionary move
mcnt To all his friends in particular.
and to the revolutionsts in general, he
declared the circular said, that the revo-
lutionists had been converted into robbers
and assassins and abusers of women,