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many rooms SO richly furnished, and
what contrast to his army life of hard
ship was the ease and comfort of such
a beautiful place.
= *
That fall the disposal of the American
army had been an absorbing question. A
year before the troops had addressed
Congress on the subject of pay, but Con-
gress had no help to give them. At
some camps the men threatened desertion
unless their demands for pay were
Sranted Even many of the faithful SOL
diers who had served their country since
the breaking out of the war were losing
their patience. which had held them to
their duty Some one needed to
quiet the men. Some one was needed to
lay their case before Congress-. Wash
inSton was the only one who could per-
form this service.
He knew the sacrifices the men had
made for the liberty of the nation, for
he himself had been part of it all.
First and last during his generalship he
had refused compensation from Congress
for his services, SO he could not well
plead for the pay for his officers and
soldiers. Finally Congress granted his
requests and promised pay to the troops.
These were the days just before the army
was to be dissolved in November De-
cember saw still few who retained their
arms and it was of these, the remnant
Of the continental army, that Washing
ton as communicative chief took leave of
the American forces.
At that farewell December in
Fraunce's tavern, New York, Gen. Wash
ington said: Il cannot come to each OF
you to take my leave, but shall be
obliged if each of you will come and take
me by the hand Not another word was
spoken, for the PARTING was sad. Then
the warrior went to Congress, sitting then
in Annapolis, for there on the Odd of De-
cember he resigned his commission. With
Christmas so close at hand it is no won
der that he did not tarry to accept the
many invitations to visit his friends in
Maryland, for in his mind there was but
the one thought, mt. Vernon
y x
IF the Atlantic cable had been in service
in 1914 the United States would have
celebrated one of the happest Christ
masses of its history. AS it was the gift
which was to make our nation so glad
was sent in a sailing vessel which took
weeks to come from the old world to the
new. The treaty of Client, which was a
treaty of peace between Great Britain
and America. then at war with each
other, was signed December a, 1914, and
so it may be said to have been a real
Christmas present to our nation. Prob
ably the English knew all about this doc
ument weeks before the people of the
United States, for in those days America
was a great distance from Europe. Be-
fore the news of peace reached America
the battle of New Orleans was fought
This conflict occurred several weeks after
peace had actually been declared.
When at last the news of the signing
of the treaty reached our land there was
wild excitement. All PARTIES were heartily
sick of war. Families divided in their
political views were now reunited Never
were tidings more welcomeiy received. In
the hilarious excitement no one asked
the terms of the treaty. 1t was enough
to know that the war was at an end.
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Conversation.

From Harper's Weekly.
II see that Carnegie has given away
another twenty-five millions"
rs that SO? Who got it,"
Nobody" ~, l..ieuz !
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Balfour never accepted the protec-
zionist policy with a whole heart. He
was driven by the political necessity Of
keeping his party together to render
it lip service, but he hardly took the
trouble to deny that he would throw
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IGNIFICANT Change in

l1lNxC xSx24N SA1oAA6S "a
> British Politics Indicated
by the Choice of the New
Heir to the Premiership
When Conservatives Come
Back to Power - Balfours
Successor Attends Strictly to
Business, and for a Diversion
Plays Chess Instead Of Golf
What Bonar Law Is Like,
and How He Has Won
His Place by a Level Head
and Hard Work, Without
ANY Aristocratic Pull.
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in the year In any event since that
time Christmas has been observed as
the birthday of Christ and is accept
ed as such by all the world.
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Special Correspondence OF The Star.
LONDON, December 4, 1911.
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whose wings the busy elf goes from house
to house distributing his gifts to the lit
tie ones. Boys and girls in Porto Rico
do not hang up the stocking as in other
lands, for many of them have no such
foot covering.
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in our land this year
is a striking contrast to that
Christmas time made famous
by the starting Of a little Pilgrim
colony at Plymouth. If these
The Prescott daily news., 1911-04-25
Mine Rescue App~atus.

The rescue apparatus evolved from experiments in British mines, is claim ed to make it practicable and easy for It's wearer to work fire or six hours in the most noxious gases. No helmet Is used, but a headpiece holds the mouthpiece in place. light clamp closes the nostrils, and the eyes are protected by goggles. A bag suspend. ed rom the shoulders in front carries the air supply. A pipe leads the air exhaled to a receptacle filled with chemicals to absorb the carbonic acid and replenish the oxygen, and from this the restored air passes again to the breathing bag. The weight is twenty-eight pounds.
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Automobiles Spread Tetanus.

It is suggested by the British Medi cal Journal, that the extraordinary in. crease of tetanus in that country is due to the automobile, although the first thought is that the development or the horseless vehicle would have had just the opposite effect. But it Is believed now that the distribution Of the germs has been greatly in. creased by the dustraising powers of the automobile.
 In 1901 the number of deSth ip England and Wales from tetanus was 57. In 1902 an extraordinary increase occurred, the deaths being POI. In l9o3 the deaths were 257, and the rate remained above the 200 figure until 1908, when 1t reached to 1S0.
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PennsylvanIa Justice.

Mrs. Sophie Schia of Philadelphia stole a pint of milk and loaf of bread from doorstep to feed her starving son. Her husband died re- gently, and she could not get work The magistrate sent her to the house of correction for three months Some of the thieves who stole $6,00O, 900 in building the Pennsylvania state cap- itol are still free. All but one of the Pittsburg councilmen guilty of filching hundreds of thousands of dollars through bribery and graft escaped jail sentences. The last gubernatorial election in Pennsylvania was stolen in the Philadelphia tenderloin And no- body has paid the penalty. A group of Philadelphia's leading citizens recent ly banqueted and eulogized the mayor, at the very moment when courageous Philadelphia newspapers were expos ing unspeakably rotten conditions in the city government. Well-the help less mother of the starving boy goes to the workhouse just the same.-Bos- ton Traveller.
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|lNI)U}1M
 k AND
 |rlECHANl()
SAVES MANY MASHED THUMBS
Fingers of Amateur Carpenter In Starting Malls.

The number of people who cannot drive a nail straight is large and is by no means confined to the fair sex. The amateur carpenter usually has sore thumb to nursS, but that was before a New York genius invented the nail holder here described. The hammer itself is made differently. There are abutments located at different dis tances from the face along the head. The holder proper consists of resil- tent metal band carved to fit around the head of the hammer and holds the nail in place under whichever abut- ment is the proper height for that length nail. Long nails, of course, are placed under the highest projection, and short ones under the lowest With the nall thus held in place it can be
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That Helped a Little.

MT. Nolan lives on Roxford road, East Cleveland. There are oats apper- pertaining to that street. and those cats do nightly sing upon MT. Nolan's back porch-as well as upon the porch es of Messrs. Heister, Krauss, Robin son, Sheldon, ct al.--whose flats are iii juxtaposition to that of MT. Nolan. The cats were very busy few nights ago, as the whole neighborhood was aware. The next morning MT. Krauss said to MT. Nolan Did you hear those qualified cats last night?"
 Did I?" answered MT. N. Yes. I did-and I was glad of a chance to throw something at 'em."
 Did you hit 'em?"
 No, but flung an alarm clock that wakes me up every morning, and got rid of that, anyhow. ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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luck. If unlucky I intended to say nothing about it, if fortunate I intend ed to hand the winnings over to you as a token of my esteem"
 Uncle Peter! why, that is, what
 -" l was away over in the dis tance
 Yesterday" he went on calmly, q met with an accident. First I met MT. Lawrence and then 1 met with the accident. Thanks to you two young men that accident did not prove fatal Therefore, I shall divide my winnings between you"
 What nonsense, Uncle Peter!" spluttered
 Impossible, sir!" Bunch put Tn.
 Tt Is not nonsense and it is not i'm possible" Uncle Peter answered. I'm rich and don't need the money. You are both young and can use it. If you don't take it l shall probably fritter 1t all away at the track. and, no doubt. meet my friend, MT. Lawrence again." he added sadly.
 'In that case we'll take It." I spoke up quickly.
 Then I'm through forever with race tracks, and MT. Lawrence!" the old gentleman said. Tn all, including the $9,000 I won yesterday, am ahead about $16,00O. You shall both have check for $8,000 as soon as I get up. which will be right away"
 Then he shook hands with both of Us and said we were the real goods.
 Say. we were couple of dazed boys when we backed out of that room.
 "Is 1t anything serious?" Clara J. asked as l came down the stairs
 No, Peaches,' I said, Uncle Peter had an attack of good-heartedness and he's all right"
 He certainly Is all right" Bunch added
 He always was all right" Clara J. chirped, and every man present yelled, Who's all right?"
 Echo answered Uncle Peters all right, all right"
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He was glad to see us and he said so with some of his voice. He had spent the rest of it singing, Has Any. body Here Seen Kelly?"
 Boys" whispered the old chap on the side track, they don't know any pointed down stairs with one of the ice-bags
 Know anything" I echoed; well, I should answer nay. You can bet they don't know anything and never will"
 Both wrists got well at once and the ice-bags fell to the floor.
 But Dike Lawrence" he queried. He was with me, and oh! what a ca pacity that man has!" Then he groaned and began to taste scrap-iron in his mouth.
 recounted the events of the morn ing and explained that by this time Dike was paying party call in some New York buffet, whereupon Uncle Peter yanked another foot out of the grave and began to sit up and notice the pictures on the wall
 Boys" said the old fellow, 'I want you to promise me that after this in- terview the terrible scenes of last night will never, never be recalled, will yon promise me?"
 We both did so, without reserva- tion, and off came yard of bandage over his sky parlor. Uncle Peter was recovering in sections.
 If ever anything like this happens to me again I give you full permission to rake up this horrible past" he said with another groan.
 But we both knew that last nights trip to Foolishville would be his last.
 Let me tell you something, boys, he went on. Say! what did I do to my voice last night? It feels as
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INDUSTRIAL ECHANICA| |& NOTES @)

The cultivation of cotton in oiaiA being encouraged by the goVefn, ..
 Hydrogen gas. burned in iiau.u ' oi will produce steam in the TOT" snow ,r.
 Asbestos first was used py .ns s.,on cient Romans. who made crein' robes from 1t. ,oet
 Experiments with the sugar tha are under way on 260 farms 'A United Kingdom. v,re
 tool for removing the ..,. stitches from magazines has oee' ented by Colorado man. ., that
 A shovel with sieve attacneu r@ ashes can be sifted before they aa ,nrsot. moved from heater has been ~ ed by a Michigan man. .,t but
 Resembling a carpenters anttins provided with adjustable .h.t | points. is a new washer cutter ~ Connecticut man has paten'eo'
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though I had scraped 1t with a can opener"
 We refrained from telling him that his poor voice had been up in a tree all night, but the temptation was great.
 John" he continued, after Peach es won that big race some time aso l became quite interested in horses. ."
 1 looked at Bunch, but he gave me the glassy stand-back.
 Interested for a purpose" Uncle Peter went on. Not the purpose. however, that the good souls down stairs have been led to believe. Ohi my head! I have been very fortunate at the track, John!"
 Again I looked at Bunch, but couldn't flag him.
 Very fortunate, indeed" continued the old fellow. "A man named Sulli- van whom l met some time ago tried to bunco me out of small amount, but by treating him kindly he after wards repaid me by giving me some valuable tips, notably one yesterday. when 1 won nine thousand dollars!"
 Bunch began to choke and I got up rapidly to look out the window and see if anybody had moved the railroad in the last ten minutes.
 John, come here," cried Uncle Peter. "and listen to me. I've been doing all this for you!"
 For mel" I gasped in amazement, while Bunch almost fell of his chair.
 "Yes;" said the ex-jag carpenter, flor you. I admired your pluck in not betting on your own horse on that particular occasion. and I admired your will power in staying away frAm the track ever after. So determined for my own amusement to try my
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Bunch and I had vouched a bank roll of s10,000 in our endeavor to keep Uncle Peter off the rocks at the race track. He was bound to bet, and we had staked Ikey Schwartz to play bookmaker, and Bunch and l in dis guise had led Uncle Peter up to him, given the old boy what we had thought was bum tip-and the horse had won, netting Uncle Peter all our ready cashl
 Uncle Peter had celebrated with Dike Lawrence, and we had braced them up and tried to keep it from the family.
 Bunch had further complicated mat ters by sending messages to explain Uncle Peters supposed absence from home, not knowing that had him un- der my wing, but I had squared mat ters
 Next morning bright and early was on wing, and long before the others were stirring I had Dike bro mided into an imitation of intelli- gence, and he was on his way back to the boulevards.
 Uncle Peter didn't answer roll call at breakfast. Aunt Martha said he wasn't feeling we'll He had neural lgia, she thought, for the pain was all in his head, but, she added, he is so hoarse he cannot give his symptoms in detail.'
 Poor Uncle Peter Life felt like a hardsboiled egg for him on the morn ing after.
 It's no easy job for an old-timer to get off the bench, All his system with gasoline and play an automobile all the evening" and then rush down to his mullins in the morning.
 Shortly after breakfast Bunch put in an appearance, exceedingly dis dressed because his telegraphic and ltelephonic enthusiasm had put Uncle
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Yesterday" He Went on Calmly T M With an Accident"

Peter on the bimbambum the night before
 "Is it all off? and are they on?" he whispered.
 No, Bunch" I said; he's safe, but by small majority" Then I told him how I squared 1t, and Bunch haw- ihawed all over the shop. q take off my happy hat to you, iJohn!" he chortled; you are surely Ithe swift lad with the think thing" Tt was a lucky whirl for us last might that we didn't have wireless station in the house" I added. What you would have done to Uncle Peter with the Marconi gag would be scan kdalous" ! But never a word about the fatal wedding of the money and the skate knot a word.
 We were both trying to play the Sdead game sport. so the voice of the fclam for ours.
 { We both realized that 1t was too Hate now to make a three-sheet sQueal, tanyway. The only thing to do was to wear fthe high collars and mask-in the bruises on the neck. i Just then Clara J. came to the door and called me. "John," said she, "Un- cle. Nar would like to see you and MT, Jefferson in his room"
 "He wants us to take the oath of allegiance" I whispered to Bunch. and a moment later we were alone with the amateur bun-pilot
 Uncle Peter was propped up in bed and his face was set to represent the battle of Shiloh
 He had bandages all over his upper foor. and two ice-bags held down his wrists.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-04-25
REMOVAL OF WIRE STITCHES
Punch Invented by Colorado Man Get, Good Grip on Staple and It ls
 Easily Pulled Out.

For the removal of wire stitches from magazines or other publications the punch designed by a Colorado man will be found a most convenient arti cle. The lower jaw of this punch is provided with a recess with inwardly turned projections on the opposite sides and the upper jaw having spike jutting out at right angles and arranged on a stud which fits into the recess. in the lower section, the re. cessed jaw extending considerably be-
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Great Deposit of Lime

One of the greatest deposits of phosphate of lime is on Christmas Island, on the southwest coast of Java. Last year there were exported by the company working the vast de- posits. 1O5.4Si tons, which was 3.616 less than the previous year The mar kets for this product were in Japan. Germany, Australia and New Zea. land. The mines are owned by an English company. and the manager Is an American
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yond the punch point to give the 'oo' a firm hold on the welt. To remove wire staple. the turned-over ends a'' first pried open and by inserting ln' point under the top of the wire su'0n the latter can be easily yanked ou' Paper makers have to remove 'ne'' stitches from periodicals before gfinu ing the latter in their pulp macI'n'. and heretofore this work has peeA done with a crude implement resel bling an oyster knife. often s"'.s has been put in wrong, too, ana nas !" be removed.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-04-25
Sympathy Beaets Synpathx.

In life. in school. in society our personal enthusiasms and mental de. sires will attract from others that which will satisfy them, and will draw unto themselves the best from other minds. No one learns without first wishing to learn-that is certain. That no sympathy is gained without a like gift Is almost as equally sure. Indifference never can accomplish this.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-04-25
Most Important Office

Mrs. c. H. McMahon has been ap. pointed chairman of the program com. mittee for the biennial meeting of the General Federation of Women's Clubs to be held in San Francisco, probably in June Mrs, McMahon lives In Salt Lake City and will no doubt keep up to the standard set by Mrs. Philip Car. penter for the Cincinnati meeting.
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tion that agitates the water in ths pipe violently. Nine times out of tan 1t will bring the sediment right m from the trap, and start flow of w. ter. If flushing is desired, take cort that will fit the drain in basin cu, hole through it, and attach nisso or rubber tubing to 1t, as shown in tb. drawing. Draw the other end of ths tube over the faucet, place the cork in the basin drain. and turn on the citv pressure. It may be necessary to hold cloth over the drainage holAs ,r upper part of basin. This wrinkle will save dollars in plumbers bills, mI believe it is an efficient as a plumber, pump.
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driven into the wood with one lusty blow so that 1t sticks there. The metal hand can then be taken off and the nail driven the rest of the way in as ordinarily There is no necessity of holding it in the fingers till 1t gets started
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Care In Palntlnu.

Allow plenty of time for the under coats of paints to dry before varnish- ing and there will be no danger of stains showing after the job is in service.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-04-25
Length of Manhattan Bridoe

The total length of the new Man. haitian bridge connecting the boroughs Of Manhattan and Brooklyn is 6.S55 feet. The total cost of the bridge, in. cluding real estate. is $15,s33, 500. The weight of the cable Is 6.300 tons
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STARTING A cLOGGED np,,, TWO Excellent Methods IlIus..'
 Cleaning Basin and sav. '0 Tor
 Plumbers Bills

An easy method of starting . ..
 or water in a wash basin wbas now drain is clogged is as follon' mnen the stopper sl.S, removed, fill the basin mlta sNll ruli Of water. writes B. F AIhu u aali the Scientific American. Take h and work it up and down ne rs swah the water This sets up a pumpins s m
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Cool Cucumber.

The cucumber usually has a tem. perature one degree lower than that of the surrounding atmosphere Henc< the expression "cool as a cucumber. |"
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No ChanceI

Why don't you pick out some nice girl in your set and marry her?' You don't know the girls in our set-they do the picking out!''-New York Tele- gram.
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Most of the type used by printers in China is made in Japan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-15
JANE MOSELEY SAILS.
Vessel Recently Sold at Auction in
Tow for Baltimore.

The steamer Jane Moseley. which was
taken TO Alexandria Thursday last. will
sail today for Baltimore in tow of the
tug Howard Rceder, which is on her way
from Baltimore to Alexandra for the
service. Whether the vessel will return
TO this city or will go into service at
Baltimore is not known. The Moseley was
recently purchased at public auction by
the +. j. Codd Company OF Baltimore
who had claim Of several thousand DOL
lars against the vessel, and II is stated
she is being taken to Baltimore to be
ovorha uled.
The Jane Moseley was formerly one of
the steamers of the Inland and Seaboard
Coast!ng Company. which operated steam
ers between this city and Norfolk. and
which went out of existence over fifteen
years ago. Since that time the steamer
has been engaged in running excursions
out o: this city and Baltimore, and her
last service was in the colored excursion
business on the Potomac.