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field Of Gaudalete he addressed them
from a moving throne of ivory, telling
them that a horde of deluded lnndels.
puffed up with the victories they had
achieved over eunnchs and naked baroa-
rians In Africa. had been delivered by
their pride into the hands of the serv-
ants OF God. TaTtk, no less pious than
Roderik. made an address to his men.
in which he said that Allah commanded
them to overcome the infidel. who had
sent against them countless warriors. ana
that as the sea was behind the Moslem
army the hosts of the prophet faced
death or victory. When Roderik was de-
feated after eight days lighting, Iarik
hit upon a scheme to awe the Spaniaras $.
In the presence Of Christian captives he
ordered a large number of their fellows
who had fallen in battle to be cut up
and cooked in kettles as IL for a feast.
The prisoners then were allowed to es-
cape. They scattered and spread the news
that Spain had been invaded by canni-
balls.
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ordered to report at Damascus and give
an account OF themselves.
The triumphal march of Musa TO Syria
was one of the most spectacular events
OF history.
Travels Like Trave ling in
state like a
Roman Conqueror. roma con-
queror, he had In his train wagons load
ed with treasure, numbers Of princes and
chieftains from various parts of North
Africa, and petty kings of the Baleric
islands But while the Amir of Africa
was making his way pompously through
Egypt. dazzling the eyes of all beholders.
Tarik craftily Travelled light" and ar
rived at Damascus first.
When the table of Solomon was shown
to the Khalif, Musa declared that IL was
Just as he had captured It, Tarik pro-
duced the missing foot from his tunic
and easily convinced the khalif that
Musa was claiming glory not really his
own The result was that Musa was
shorn of his honors. stripped Of his
when he had been punished by being
compelled to stand in the sun throughout
a sultry summer day. But the nnal
punishment was vet in store for him. HIS
son AD0u-l-dZlZ, Hdd Dcch ictt AZ Shoi -
of Spain as chief in command. He had
married the widow OF King Roderik
who had taken refuge at Merida. and
was an admirable administrator. Emissa-
ries of the khalif were sent secretly 10
Spain to murder him. They cut him
down when he was at prayer In a mosque
at his villa near Seville. and his embaln1-
ed head was brought back to Damascus
as proof that the commission had been
carried out When the head arrived the
khalif compelled Musa to come before the
assembled people and see the casket
opened.
by the life of God there was never
Moslem who less deserved such treat
raent" said the broken-hearted father as
he beheld the features OF his beloved
son. He passed his nights In PRAYER
and by day he tasted. Hads thou been
lust. O Commander of the Faithful. thou
couldst not have ordered this deed or
blood
In response to his request the khahf
allowed Musa, now a bent, white-haired
octogenarfap, to receive the head OF his
murdered son. Wrapping II in his tunio
he tottered from the presence OF the
khalif and retired to a village, where he
prophesied that before two suns had Set
there would die a man whose fame had
spread from Damascus to the Pyrenees.
The prophesy was fulfilled, ana the for
mer Amir of Africa. who had paid the
full penalty for misdeeds done because
of overweening ambition, filled an un-
marked grave.
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VIRGINIA AS A COAL STATE.
Figures for Calendar Year 1910
Show Increase in Output.

yirginia's coal production during 1910
showed large increase in amount Of
coal mined over 1909. according to a
report just made public by Edward W..
Parker. coal statistician of the geo.
logical survey. The total output of the
state in 1910 was 6.507, ,997 short tons,
with a spot value of $5,S71,496. while
in the previous year the production was
4.752.211 short tons, with spot value
of S3251.056
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SE|SM0lOC|STS MEET
IN WORLD CONVENTION
Earthquakes and Their Nature
Discussed at Meeting in
Manchester, England.
Foreiep Correspopdence Of The Star.

LONDON. July 81, 1911
The annual conference OF the Interna-
tional Association Of Seismolosy was held
this year in the Whitworth Hall of Man
chester University. under the presidency
OF Prof. Schuster. The meeting was at
tended by representatives OF Great Brit
ain. Canada, the United States and nearly
every European country.
Prof Schuster. in his address. touch
ed on the question Of the prediction OF
earthquakes. remarking that even II the
knowledge of seismologists should allow
them in future to make predictions OF
equal certainty to those OF the meteorolo-
gists, the dangers Of the predictions might
outweigh the benefits.
A seismologist would not be JUSTIFIED
in creating a panic and dislocating trade
by predicting an earthquake that failed
to take place The association had to deal
not with catastrophes. but with micro
scopic movements of the soil to which the
vibrations caused by a city's traffic we're
as the waves of the ocean compared to
the ripples on a pool. Two types OF short
waves were frequently observed. One had
been traced to the wind, which seemed
! TO create waves over an extended land
surface just as it did over the ocean.
| The others, which occurred in periods OF
from five to ten seconds, were more diff
| cult to trace.
Waves Striking the Shore.
It had been suggested that they were
due to waves striking the shore. and ar
interesting test upon that point is being
carried out on the Yorkshire coast. Re
Gently the question of the stability Of the
whole structure had come into prom
| iuence The tidal reformation OF the
/ earth had been traced and had brought
1 10 light the curious result that the eartf
/ appeared TO resist change of shape II
| the directions of north and south les.
/ than the east and west.
Prof. Love suggested that the want o.
| only. and that the observed effects wert
caused by the attraction of the tide wav'
/ IN the north Atlantic and its accompany
ing excess pressure on. the bottom OF tn,
seA.
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Nfusa received the news OF Tarik's vic.
tory and became alarmed lest his impetu-
our I'm u l.
Musa Gets News should conquer
of Tarik's Victory. al, tho pIorv q,

the achiev ement. He ordered him 10
pitch camp and await reinforcements. But
Tarik and his subordinate officers held a
council and decided to advance. Cordova
had been taken, Granada had submitted.
Toledo, fortified by julius Caesar and
Emperor Augustus. and re-fortffied by the
Goths, had made terms and turned over
its treasures to Tarik before Musa man
aged to catch up with him.
One Of the greatest treasures OF Toledo
was called the table of Solomon. Its dis
covery had a history as romantic as the
story of the part 1t was destined to play
In the tragedy of Musa. According to the
legend. there was secret chamber In
Roderik's palace that had been kept lock-
ed by many of his predecessors 1t had
been prophesied that when it should be
opened the downfall OF the Gothic king
dom would result. Roderfk's curiosity
led him to break the locks. He found the
table of Solomon, and on the wall a
picture of men in strange garb armed
with scimatars and riding horses. Be-
low the picture was an Inscription to the
effect tina. when the chamber should be
opened Spain would be invaded and lost
to barbarians.
The table was of gold, inlaid with pre-
cious stones, and each of its many feet
was of a single emerald, according to
the Arab chronicles. They We're proba-
bly, Jade. Tarik,. to be In position to
prove that he conquered Spain, forestall-
ed Musa by removing one of the feet. The
unsuspecting Musa, after having taken
Merida, and moved to Toledo to pun
ish his insubordinate general. took the
table Of Solomon and had the missing
foot replaced with gold. Tarik, temporar-
punishment. was restored by the Khalif.
and. after the two had fought side by
side at the siege Of Saragossa, both were
Evening star., 1911-08-10

See Gelett Burgess great satire on In.
ternational marriages Count Capri
corni," In our next Sunday Magazine. Ons
OF the best In his Arabian Nights sertes
under the general head. Who Was Dsais
Carlton Z"
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THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN.
XX-A MOSLEM GENERALS AMBlTIONI
BY Frederic ]. Haskin.

taking orders from the khalif at Damas-
Gus instead Of the viceroy at Cairo.
The banner Of Islam fioated from the
towers OF Tang1er. and a veritable con-
! gress Of Asian and African races swarmed
down the Barbary coast to bear the
crescent into Andalusia, where the Gothic
kings had upheld the cross for 900 years
Among the valued retainers of Musa Ibn
Nosseyr was Tarik FL Tuerto. man
of obscure origin. who had risen to the
position Of mauli'' to Musa Accord
Ing to some accounts. he was q red
haired Persian. while others contend that
he was a Berber. He was dubbed ''El
Tuerto" because OF a missing or disfig-
ured eye
When the treason Of Julian against the
Gothic king, Roderik, was occasioned by
Roderiks seduction or violation of Jul
ian's daughter, F1orinda. maid of honor
| African coast. the only Spanish outpost
beyond the Strait Of Gibraltar. Julian's
proposal to lead the Moslems into Spain
afforded the opportunity for which the
Tariff Abu Zar'aa had ben sent to recon-
noiter. landing at the Island Of Tarifa,
which was named in his honor, and re-
turning with captives and spoils, the
the hands Of Musa's trusted "mauli."
Tarik. BY the appointment of SO gal
liant a soldier and SO clement a conqueror
Musa paved the way for his own eclipse
as general and overthrow as a favorite
of the caliph.
On the way across the "Bahr-z-zok-
hak," or narrow sea, as the Arabs called
the strait, Tarik
Tarik Falls Asleep fell asleep. When
he aWoke he told
oAu ooeo sAeAoA' his subordinate Of
f1cers that he had seen vision. In which
Mohammed, surrounded by warriors with
barred swords and drawn bows, pointed
toward fair Andalusia, and bade him to
accomplish its conquest in the name of
Allah and his prophet and in the cause
of Islam. The expedition was altogether
a pious enterprise. looting the infidel .e-
ing regarded as assuring especial favor
in heaven. and Musa had knelt at the
beach and prayed for the success Of Ia
rik. little dreaming how great that sue
cess would be.
When Roderik massed his men On the
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No country has SO many fascinating
stories Of ambition, achievement, down.
fall, disgrace and death as Spain, and
none is more picturesque than that OF
Musa Ibn Nosseyr-Moses the son Of
Nosseyr-the great Moslem general. who
laid the foundations Of eight centuries of
Arab rule in Spain. and died a pauper
and an outcast In q village near Damas-
Gus.
Ambition to claim glory that he might
have shared had he been willing to d.
vide 1t, giving Tarik FL Tuerto his due.
caused the collapse Of Musa's visions OF
limitless honor and power when the dream
was about to be realized. Musa's father
was a '.mauli" Of Abdul-Aziz. brother OF
the Caliph Abdul-Mal A ''mauli" was
a man of inferior rank and importance.
who placed himself under the patronage
of a powerful chieftain or ruler. When
Abdul-Aziz was appointed Viceroy of
Africa he made Musa commander OF
western Africa The Moslem dominions
then had been extended to the Straits OF
Gibraltar, and across tho strait lay the
Iberian peninsula, known to the Moslems
as a country of marvellous riches held by
the "infidel."
Musa solidified the Moslem dominion in
northwest Africa, known as Mauretania.
A diplomatist as well as a warrior. he
not only sent thousands Of Berber slaves
to Cairo to keep himself in favor with the
viceroy but also showed clemency to the
conquered tribes, converted them to the
Moslem faith and enlisted them under his
banners.
The Romans applied to the various
tribal divisions found in Mauretania the
generic ter m
derivation of the '.Mauri." 1t is from
Word Moor snan,ards cot the
word Moor" which has been applied In
discriminatory to Arabs and North Afri-
can aborigines since the Arab conquest.
Welding them together and teaching
them to pray in. mosques. for the great
general was slso a great preacher. Musa
rose to the position Of Amir q Afrfoa,
Evening star., 1911-08-10

II you want work read the want col
umns Of The Star.
Evening star., 1911-08-10
Mems Furnishings.

Mems Balbriggan Underwear, with
short sleeves, ankle-length
drawers. Odd sizes. Worth an
S5c each garment. Reduced VIC
Mems Porosknit Athletic Union
Suits, knee length. Sizes "a AM
and SO only. Values worth 4tVC
$lOO Reduced to.
Mems Silk Knitted Four-in- hand
Neckwear. plain and
fancy effects. Worth MT/
&c and SOC each Re- ZZ0N
Mems Athletic Union Suits. Of ex-
ira quality nainsook: sleeveless and
knee length. Sizes "a. 40. em
42 and "A. Sold regularly SWC
at 81 % each. Reduced to.
Mems Seamless Half Hose. made
with double heel and toe.
nayn in 1lafs; 5Ins tan; oss s5ay siaes! aed 21hc
tic pair
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TERMS TRUST LAWS
PERIL TO BUSINESS
% STILL DEEPER Price CUTS ON REMNANTS FOR FRIDAYS CLEANUP
Continued from First Page.)

that everybody now knows that the part
nership was Moore & Schley, is it not?'
Yes" said Mr.. Perkins.
Mr. Bartlett reviewed the testimony of
Mr.. Perkins the other day regarding the
distress at that time of the trust COM
panies as we'll as Moore & Schley.
Il think you made this very clear, "
said Mr. Perkins. and II you had been
on the Senate committee. l think you
would have enabled me to bring all the
facts out then. That examination was
not far away from the panic. and / can
see how it was improper for me to men
ton the name OF Moore and Schley."
..When one has had double pneumonia,
he added, '.he doesn't expose himself to
a draft
Told of Trust Company.
Representative Gardner suggested that
at the Senate hearing Oakleigh Thorne
had preceded Mr.. Perkins on the stand
and had testified that the Trust Company
Of America had 100000 Of Tennessee
Coal and Iron Company stock
Il haven't finished my answer to Judse
BARTLETT" Mr. Perkins continued. Be-
fore tho Senate hearing the condition OF
the trust companies was not brought Out
in connection with the Tennessee Coal
and Iron transaction, because theii
threatened condition had nothing 10 uo
Trust Company of Americas S4U.oco OF
Tennessee Coal and Iron stock was a
mere flea bite When the tennessee 1odi
and Iron trade was made the steel cor
poration agreed to save Moore q SCI Scdlies -
and the bankers of New 1ork asreeu "
save the trust companies. .
REPRESENTATIVE Bartlett asked II ne
knew that Moore and Schley nao
majority of the Tennessee Coal ana
Iron stock before Judge Gary ana II. y.
90 a
Il do not remember. l didn't care
rap about that. I was engaged In
great mass of detail. If Judge Gary
and Mr.. Frick knew 1t at that time
knew 1t. / was not concerned aDout
that. If they said they knew 1t !
knew it"
Denies Bank Conspiracy Story.
Mr.. Bartlett then referred to the con-
spiracy charge that a group OF bank
ers started the panic of 1907 to drive
certain bankers out OF business. MIR.
Perkins became excited. He Jumped
to his feet Pounding the table vigor-
ously with his fist. he said:
My dear Judge. there never was
more infamous lie started than that
There is not scintilla of truth In IT,
You might just as well say that Ger
tain group of gentlemen made con
tract with Mrs. O'Leary's cow to KICK
over the lamp that set Chicago on
fire"
isn't 1t a fact. Mr.. Perkins, that
these trust companies were believed
| to have gone beyond a legitimate way
of conducting business. were the hrst
to fall"
Yes. sir
Mr. Bartlett asked Mr.. Perkins If he
agreed with Judge Gary as to govern
ment control of corporations.
Il agree with Judge Gary, said MIR
Perkins, that something OF con
structive nature ought TO be done witf
reference to the supervision Of our great
corporations AS to Judge Gary's opinion
that there should be government regula
tion of prices. do not agree wouic
regard that as the very last resort. and
!! II would be much regretted if 1t became
necessary.
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ordered to report at Damascus and give
an account OF themselves.
Evening star., 1911-08-10

The triumphal march OF Musa TO Syri
was one of the most spectacular event
Evening star., 1911-08-10
Children's Dresses.

Dresses, of India linon and Persian
lawn Made French style, some
round neck and short sleeves, others
high neck and panel front; trimmed
with lace edging and insertion. Sizes
from to 6 years. NO
Slightly soiled. Regular VINO
SZ.UU values.
Chfldren's Wash Dresses, Of per-
Gale and cannon cloth. Russian and
French styles. Made with low neck
and short sleeves. Sizes ~N
from to years. Regular ZVC
soc values Reduced to-.
Small lot of Infants Null Bonnets,
with tucks, embroidery and ruching
trimming. Turn-back front
and ties. Slightly soiled. an
Worth 29c each. Reduced II VIC
m
Evening star., 1911-08-10

On the way across the 'Bahr-z-zok
hak," or narrow sea, as the Arabs ca1le
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-04-12
SUCCESSFUL SERVICE.
Growth in st. Johnsbury District
Under Direction of Supt.
Rev. f.. w. Lewis.

During the six years term of Rev.
F. w. Lewis as Presiding Elder and
District Superintendent, appreciable
numbers have been added to the
church membership on the district,
about 400 being reported one year,
328 another, and somewhat smaller
numbers other years. Of course
this is offset to quite an extent by
death and removals, but some actual
gain remains after all proper deduc-
tions.
Great improvement has been made
in church property, there being an
increase of two churches and three
parsonages, while several church
edifices have been practically recon
structed, two old parsonages re-
placed by new ones, several thor
oughly renovated, and decided i'm
provement made almost everywhere.
Conservative estimates place the pre-
sent value of church property on the
district more than $65,0O0 above
that reported six years ago. Quite
little has been accomplished toward
cancelling old Indebtedness.
In the first five years of the term
the average support of pastors had
been increased by considerably more
than hundrer dollars each per year,
| largely through the efforts of the dis
trict superintendent, and further
advance of some $1,000 should be
shown by this years figures when
published.
Rev. Mr.. Lewis is at conference
and having served six years is not
eligible to reappointment as super
intendent in this district.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-04-12
EAST BARNET.

The friends of Mrs. James r. Gal
braith, who is visiting in New York
City sent her a shower of birthday
post cards last Monday.
Percy Whitehill who works for the
Roy Brothers got his foot damned
very badly last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Morse from
Massachusetts are visiting his
brother, Alfred Morse.
Peter Roscoe has bought the Will
cox farm near the Playground.
Margaret Gallander visited her
aunt, Mrs. Charles Chamberlain, last
week.
The Lindsays bought horse of
w. J. McLeran last week.
Miss Helen Hartman from ST.
Johnsbury Centre visited friends here
several days last week.
Henry Wallace has bought a
farm in Ryegate and takes possession
the first of May.
Pete Landry has moved onto a
farm in Ryegate.
Mrs. Jules and her daughter
spent last week with Mrs. Ralph
Harding in Monroe, N. H.
Mr.. and Mrs. BIandin were visitors
at William Lindsay's Tuesday after
noon.
Fourteen of the young people
from here went to Barnet to a sugar
party Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. James R. Moore at
tended a Grange meeting at Lunen-
burg last week.
Mrs. Grace Adams Gardner from
Boltonville visited at her home here
last week.
Mrs. Jennie Moore and son, Ray
mond, visited at Sam Corriveau's
Wednesday.
Mrs. Ada Brown finished work at
Mr. Nelson's Saturday and is now
stopping with her daughter, Mrs.
Harry Emery.
School commenced here Monday
with Miss Swan from Wells River for
teacher, also the one in the Brook
district with Ethel McGill from Pas
sumpsic as teacher
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-04-12
SUNNY
MONDAY

Because of a wonderful dirt
starting ingredient which
Sunny Monday laundry soar
contains, it loosens the dirt
quickly, cleanses the fabric
with little rubbing, and
washes your clothes clean
without zOaShing them Ouk.
Sunny Monday is white
contains no rosin-is the pur-
est laundry soap made and
the only kind you can safely
wash your woolens and finer
fabrics with.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-04-12
High Prices for Calfskins.

We are paying fancy prices this
spring for all grades of Calfskins. If
you have anything in this line to sell,
be sure to secure our quotations be-
freight. We pay spot cash. We
want to arrange with some one in
every village where we have no
agent, to collect CaIfskins, Beef
Hides, Horse Hides, Sheep Pelts,
Tallow, Bones, etc. We furnish money
with which to buy and we keep our
buyers thoroughly posted at all
times as to market values. Write
for full particulars.
CARROLL S. PAGE,
Hyde Park, Vermont.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-04-12
WALDEN.

Harry Rogers has had the Little
Giant lighting system installed in
his store.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. ], Kingsbury Wis
tied friends in Danville last week.
Bessie Conant of Cabot is work
ing for Mrs. John Bennett.
S. " Meader is spending some time
with his daughter at Hardwick.
Rev. Mr.. Buck is attending con-
ference at Waterbury this week.
George B. Wallace of East Rye
gate was in town last week installing
a lighting system for H. L. Rogers.
Murdo Smith has moved his family
from the Heights to the home farm
here which he expects to carry Oh
this year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-04-12
EAST CONCORD.
Mrs. Katie Vincent Smith Given a
Pleasant Surprise.

ACdSs4HG -SuTpTIS0s :
A pleasant surprise was given Mrs.
Katie Vincent Smith last Wednesday
April 5, when s. of her friends gath
cred at the Smith home to celebrate
her birthday. Music and various
games We're in order and just previ-
Gus to serving refreshments of sand
Wiches, cake and coffee, Ira Grant IN
behalT OF the friends presented the
hostess with one dozen silver desert
spoons, silver soup 1adle and six
silver orange spoons, besides other
useful articles. Mrs. Smith who was
taken wholly by surprise, responded
in her usual peasant manner. The
occasion proved to be one of the
pleasantest of the season.
Among the recent visitors at ST.
Johnsbury were James Grant, Harry
Mcdonald and Ross Folsom.
Alice and Ralph Reed of Concord
are spending their vacation with their
uncle, Archie Weir
Gray's Bohemian Glass Blowers
held entertainments at Folsom's hall
tire evenings last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Carr, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Carr of ST. Johns
bury, Clarence Smith and daughter,
Angie, of Lunenburg and Fred
Smith were called here last week by
the illness of Wesley Smith. Mr..
smith is slowly convalescing. Charles
Gee of st. Johnsbury is caring for
him.
DR.. Leith of Lancaster, N. H., and
DR.. Breitling of Lunenburg held
counsel at Wesley Smiths last Fri
day.
Hattie Grant is working for Helen
Folsom. Mrs. Folsom is soon to open
a dreSSmakAr'S business
Kyron Morrill, is seriously i'll.
An Easter concert will be held at
the church next Sunday at p. m.
The box supper given at Mrs. w.
r. Smiths Monday evening was a
great success, about $11.25 being
added to the church treasury.
Mrs. Ira Grant is in Windsor visit
ing her children.
Harry Mcdonald visited at B. E.
Elgerson's in Whitefield last Thurs
day and Friday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-04-12
NORTH DANVILLE.

Mrs. B. 6. Varnum, who has been quite
i'll for the past two weeks, is now gaining.
Miss Mary D. Varnum returned to
Nashua Sunday.
Miss Rena Cushing of Canterbury, N.
H., is the guest of Rev. and Mrs. ]. B.
Higgins.
H. c. Stantbn went to Boston last
week to visit relatives. Mrs. Stanton
went the week before.
c. H. Farnsworth of Boston called on
friends here the first of the week.