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The Washington times., 1911-06-14
SCHOOL TO
GET FAIRGROUNDS
EMBLEM FRIDAY
Representative Lobeck Will
Present Banner to Win
ner of Contest.

A banner to the winner OF the inter-
school contest at the Mt. Pleasant Play
ground, the Powell School. is to be for
mally presented for the Washington
Playground Association by Representa-
tive Charles o. Lobeck. of the House
District Committee, Friday afternoon.
at 3 o'clock, at the ground. northwest
corner of Fourteenth street and Colum-
bia road northwest.
Six schools participated in the contest
of playground games at the enc OF the
fall season-the Powell, Ross, Hubbard,
Monroe. Henry D. Cooke. and Johnson
Schools. The first was found to have
made the highest number Of points, and
is entitled to the flag which Is to be
presented Friday.
Members of the House and Senate
to attend the presentation, which Is ex-
pected to be one of the gaia play
ground events Of the summer.
Immediately following the presentation
ceremony at the playground the direc-
tors of the association will hold meet.
ing at the Mt. Pleasant congregational
Church, opposite the grounds on Column
bit road, at which a definite recon-
mendation regarding the appointment OF
supervisor of Fairgrounds VIII oe
framed for transmittal to the District
Commissioners. The act providing FOL
the operation of the Fairgrounds by the
Commissioners includes a provision fol
the appointment OF a supervisor.
The work of organizing the syndicate
TO take over the Mt. Pleasant grounds
is proceeding satisfactorily. There are
now eleven members of the syndicate
and the effort is being continued tc
bring the number up to twenty. Con
siderable satisfaction has been express
ed that Harry Wardman, the builder
who intended TO erect an apartment
house and stores on the property vii
not interfere with the plans to preserve
| the park.
The Washington times., 1911-06-14
Thirty Millions in
Bonds to Issue Tomorrow

Bonds to the value Of $50. O0O. 900 will be
issued simultaneously In four equal por-
tions tomorrow in New York, London,
Paris, and Berlin. following the sigma
lure Yesterday by the Chinese minister
In Washington of the prospectus to the
four-power loan TO the Celestial Empire
ultimately the loan will reach total
of $50, ,O0o, ON, II. which the United States
bankers will have an equal share. The
money is 10 be used in China for tbs
construction Of the HukuanE railway
and bran hes No difficLlty is antici'
mated in hoatinS in the United States
the bonds allotted to this country.
The Washington times., 1911-06-14
If YOU NEED A MEDICINE,
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DR. K1lmer's Swamp Root is a physi-
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eases. which is not recommended for
everything.
A Sworn Certificate of Purity is with
every bottle.
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The Washington times., 1911-06-14
Russo PleaSeS as Aborn
Company's Don Jose

The role of Don Jose. a brigadier Of
dragons, in Carmen" was sung by
Domenico Russo last night at the New
National Theater, where the Aborn
English Grand Opera Company is sing
inF Carmen the first half of the
week. Mr.. Russo was in particularly
good voice last night, and never sang
better. His singing last night was some
of the best work he has done here this
season. Mr.. Sciaretti will sing this
afternoon, and Mr.. Russo again tonight.
The Washington times., 1911-06-14
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The Washington times., 1911-06-14
Speaks to Graduates.

]. Harry Covington, of Easton, Nd,
addressed the graduates at the COM
mencement exercises at the Maryland
Agricultural College this morning. The
exhibition drill was given this after
noon. The commencement ball will be
held tonight.
The Washington times., 1911-06-14
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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-02-10

At the tonsorial parlors OF Rus. Cor
bin there has been installed the latest
and most sanitary device for the bene-
fit of the large growing trade at this
establishment. The addition is the
New Century Hot Towel Sterilizer.
and is theronly one in thescity. Instead
of the told method of heating the
towels applied:to the face in water,
by the aic of The new deviace they are
heated by steam. insuring the most
sanitary treatment of the face. 1t is
invaluable for the facialimassage that
is growing in popularity. A visit te
this ap-to-date tonsorial parlOr will be
convincing of the Icourtesies EXTENDED
by expert BARRIERS and most experience
ed artists in Paris.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-02-10
Petition for Lucas Pardon Circu-
lated.

A petition for pardon of w. II. Luz
cas-. who is now confined in the County
jail charged with the murder Of VIM.
Sagaser.D is being circulated in Paris
and largely signed.
The homicide occurred on the even
ing of September 20. 1909. when Lu-
cas-. in company with William Daley,
came to Paris from Cynthiana. and.
while intoxicated. became involved i'm
diff Guilty with several Paris young
men. when the shots were fired that
killed Sagaser. Daley was acquitted
at the November term of the Bourbon
Circuit Court. Lucas was tried anil
given three years in the pepitentiary.
Tn Kentucky Court of Appeals re-
versed the decision IN December and
remanded the case for a new trial.
Lucas, who many believe acted I'm
self-defense, has served more than half
the sentence Imposed by the trial fury
behind the bars of the county iail.
The petition is be ng circulated by At
torney John j. Williams. who defended
Lucas. and who will present the appli-
cation for the pardon to the Governor.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-02-10
The Missouri Girl" Pleased

Fred Raymond's domestic comedy.
The Missouri Girl" with Frank Far
relltand Sadie Raymond in the leading
roles. held the boards at the Grand
Tuesday evening and pleased a we'll
filled house.
The plot is interesting and involves
a young city chap. spoiled by wealth
and luxury, and after being disinberit-
ed by his father. designs a plan bv
which he can come into possession OF
a rich lands. which he Calculated
would yield him an immense fortune.
In connection with TINS the rieee
contains some of the most Iudicrous
situations. in whica the comedy inietc-
cd in 1T by ''Zeke" and Daisy" the
two principa! characters. affords many
splendid opportunities for mirth. To-
gether with this there is something OF
a love Storytelling the rural lines-ex
listing between the principals which is
the most comicel conceivable. The
cast was wellbalanced and each mem
Der seemed to have been selected
especially for their peculiar ftasss fer
the roles.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-02-10

Circuit Judge L. L. Walker Tuesday
condemned the court house at Harrods
burg and declared that from the report
Of The grand jury it was unsafe and
that he would not mold his court in it
again. The Fiscal Court. which was
summoned to appear in court and state
why they should not supply another
building. reported that they had rent
ed the Odd Fellows Temple to be used
until a new courthouse was erected,
The Fiscal Court is preparing tt have
q vote in the county at the next cleo
tion day to issue bonds for $4,000 ia
be used in constructing a new court
house.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-02-10
Police Court.

In Police Court yesterday Oscar
Jackson. colOred was ii ned SD. 50 for
drunk and ldisorderly conduct. Bruce
Jackson. white man. who was arrest
ed Wednesday by Patrolman Link and
Chief of Police Elgin. on a charge of
drunkenness. was fined $3.50. which
was RENTED. and after being repri-
manded by Judge January he was
given transportation to Cincinnati and
LETT town yesterday OIL the afternoon
train.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-02-10
BourbOn's Assessment.

County Clerk Pearce Patton has COM
pleted the compilation of the figures
furnished by Assessor w. q. Mc(;lin-
took of the assessment of bourbon
county. The assessment shows a to-
tai valuation of Bourbon property to
be at SIS, $500 an increase of 443, O95
over the previous year.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-02-10
We Need the Money.

We would consider it quite a favor il
those knowing themselves indebted to
US would.please call and settle at once,
Our business needs the money. 1t will
be only a short while until we will be
compelled to go East and purchase oul
spring stock and 1t takes money, sc
please call in and see US.
1T MRS. CORNE WATSON BAIRD.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-02-10

Interesting Suicide Fact.
Fifty-seven unmarried people com.
NIT suicide to only AZ married.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-02-10
Local improvements.

The l.. & NJ. during the past year.
hasimade extensive Improvements to
it's property in this city To facilitate
handling of the immense freight and
passenger traffic. The new freight
depot which is under construction, is
to cost approximately 5.000i 1t is to
be 250xs5 and extends from Third to
Fourthtstreet. The new structure will
have an Office about as feet i'm depth
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-02-10
NOTICE.

w. H. Lucas. who was convicted Of
mansiaughter in the Circuit Court of
Bourbon County at the November.
1873. term of said court will ask the
Governor for pardon. and all who OBJ
ject will notify the Governor. and
state in writing any objection.
j. j. WILLIAMS. Attorney
for w. H. Lucas.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1911-02-10

Diamond In the Rough.
An uncut diamond looks very much
like q bit OF the best gum arabic.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05

THE READJUsTSrENT. By viii Irwin New
Y0k: b. W. Huebech. 20 pages, SID net
A new phase Of Will Irwin's talent is
revealed in this novel which compels
consideration of its author as a serious
novelist of surprising power. The Re
adjustment is the story OF the wooing OF
a girl of innate refinement Of character
and great delicacy of feeling by man
who has all the charm that springs from
splendid physique, good humor, vigorous
animal spirits, and a strong will, but
who, without being at all villainous,
lacks the girls finer sense OF honor and
unselfishness of spirit The typical disil-
lusionment comes, in this case, before
marriage, and is followed by the trans
ference of the mans affections to a girl
of his own type, a chum of both OF them,
whom he has till then regarded merely
as a friendly confidante.
The story is told simply and directly,
without any melodramatic complication
OF plot. and holds the attention of the
reader by sheer force OF character analy-
Sis Portraits of the three main persons
that will live in the readers memory are
gradually builtsup by the accumulation Of
minor incidents and the subtle revela-
tons of characteristic dialogue. In this
II resembles the methods of the European
masters of fiction, but 1t is wholly Ameri-
can in its types, its atmosphere. and its
language, the dialogue being unobtru-
sively seasoned here and there with a
slanginess that is appropriate to the lead
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05

ment, in Dahomeyland they have regi-
ments of daughters. \ generation ago
they fought with bows and arrows. The
Queens Own Archers were marveIoUsly
fine shots.
Apart from facial characteristics, there
are some things in common between the
blacks OF those border countries and the
slaves OF early Greece. Women fought
in the ranks in prehistoric Greece Hu-
man sacrifice was not unknown there. as
Homer bears witness. Still, the German
explorer does not seek to trace ConneC-
ton between the West African and the
Greeks.
One thing may be said with perfect
freedom on the general subject of the
new location of the lost Atlantis: The di-
mensions of Africa are such as to per-
init of a very considerable country being
dropped down there without crowding.
The extent of the Desert of Sahara can
hardly be realized by one who has not
had his attention expressly called TO its
geographical limits. From east to west
its length is about 5000 miles, from north
to south more than 1000 1t is territory
comprising 3.5O0,0I0 square miles, thus
equaling in size nearly the whole of Eu-
rope and exceeding the area of the Unit
ed States. Nor is it destitute of popula-
ton, for though no census has ever been
made of its wandering tribes. estimates
place the population of the desert at
100000. consisting of Moors, Arabs, and
negroes. These people are either en-
gagged in a form of trade suggesting
grand larceny or buy and sell camels on
the hoOf
In the Western Saraha. to the south of
Algiers, there stands in the middle of
sand plain a triumphal arch erected, as
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05

Exploring on the southwestern fringe
Of the Desert of Sahara, where the sand
dunes touch the fertile territory Of the
black kingdoms of Ashanti, Togo. and
Dahomey, Leo F>robenius, a German stu
dent OF race types. has found evidence
which he believes establishes the ex-
istence of the legendary continent OF
Atlantis.
He asserts that Atlantis was not an
island. as the Grecians believed. He
places it IN the northwestern part OF
Africa, in a territory lying between the
Mediterranean and the Gulf of Guinea.
And he is Of the belief that the Athenians
of old invaded Atlantis many centuries
before the venerable priest in Egypt gave
10 Solon the story of the great island
Of the sea, which was submerged and
Y hich Plato later described in the
''Critias.''
Plato was of the deadly-in-earnest class
of brainy Greeks. He believed what he
wrote, albeit his philosophy was often
times imaginative. but no one has ever
said that he deliberately tried to befool
Athens with his story of the lost island
Of the sea-
According to Plato. Atlantis was a con-
tinent lying over against the pillars Of
Hercules" or the rocks of Gibraltar, as
they are now called, and of greater ex-
tent than Libya, which is the larger part
Of the African desert, and Asia Minor
put together. Atlantis was supposed to
be connected with Europe by chain of
smaller islands. 1t was peopled. accord
ing to the legend of Plato. by a fight
ing race which was powerful enough to
array itself against the forces of Egypt.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05

ing male sSeure. and helps to bring him
home to the reader.
The atmosphere throughout is that of
everyday life, and the interest Of many
among the feminine half of Mr.. Irwin S
readers will doubtless be heightened by
the consciousness of witnessing a drama
that repeats experiences of their own,
while more disinterested readers will find
that il tallies with their own observa-
tions of life. The scene is laid in San
Francisco, and the book will have a spe-
cial interest for natives and former resi-
dents of that city who will be readily
able to identify certain places and types
that live again in its pages Nine. Loi-
sells Hotel Marseillaise, Sanguinetti's,
and the Cafe Zinkand are among the Bo-
hemian resorts that will be remembered
by former San Franciscans.
E. W. Hornung's new story, THE Cam
era Fiend." will be one of the novels of
the spring. The Camera Fiend is an ex-
perimentalist in psychical research who
tries to prove theory about soulphotog-
raphy The main interest in the book
lies in the tracking down Of a very
original wron.,doer by an astute anna
teur detective. The excitement Is kept
up without a pause, by murders, mysteri-
Gus disappearance. and all manner of
sensational incidents, and there is an at
tractive love story running through the
book. Mr.. Hornung's readers need hardly
be told that he is not only an ingenious
inventor OF plots, but also an admirable
literary craftsman, and in this story
both sides OF his talent are well shown.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05

the MoOrs say. in honor of great vic
tory gained there over an enemy that
isn't named. but. as recent explorations
prove, really erected by a Roman emu
pCrOr to celebrate his victory over the
natives. The once great city of Timgad
has just &Ren dug out of the desert sands.
FortificatiOnS in TOGOIand.
Over TO the eastward 1000 miles or
more in the Iihian Desert, which is the
larger part of the alI-embracinG Sahara.
the ruins of a once great city. Its walls
are crUmbling. but the proportions of its
fOrtifcations, which are still we'll outlined,
indicate that the enemies of the country,
whatever it was called in that long ago.
were not far away. Also down in Togo
land, on the southwestern border of the
desert there are fOrtificatiOnS suggesting
a knowledge of warfare such as was pos
SesS2d by the people on the more civil
izeC side of the Mediterranean.
When Il continent or an island a thou
sand miles or more square has been mis-
laid for 10000 years it is only natural that
there should be some speculation as to
where it originally stood
PIato's description that it lay to the
west of the Pillars of Hercules seemed
to fit about the position of the Canary
Islands. although they are but specks on
the deep. When it was found during the
last century that the ocean bed north,
SOUTH and west of the Canaries lay
nearer the surface by many hundred feet
than it did elsewhere the opinion was
expressed that the submerged plateau
was the original Atlantis and the Ca
narieS the lofty mountain tops over which
the engulfng waters did not rise.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05
SCIENTIST DISCOVERS REMAINS OF ATLANTIS

tives Of these countries only with re-
spect to the partial elimination of chops
and steaks cut from the human as
articles OF general diet. When one men
tionS darkest Africa >and neglectS to
specify the post-office he means either
Dahomey or Ashanti. They are both pro-
nounCed brunette alike as to color, deeds,
and past. Before England, France. and
Germany. inspired by love for the black
, brother, not to mention the gold hidden
in the hills. began to use him as a target
for both artillery and infantry he was as
happy and contented a slave as ever
wore a ring in his nose. When King
Toffa, to mention only one OF the long
line of breech-clouted monarchs, gave a
sylvan o'clock tea which. according to
rule, required the sacrifice Of lis or more
slaves, there were always double that
number waiting in line anxious to be de-
capitated. Birthday sacrifices called for
80 volunteers. At the betrothal of a
princess, which polite ceremonial was
conducted by the king and the young
gallant in bronze gladiatorial costume
now somewhat familiar on the vaudeville
stage, 500 slaves were stricken from the
list OF who's who. At the death of a
king. which was generally due to a form
of cannihal dyspepsia, no fewer than 1000
of the serf rank and file were told Off to
accompany the potenate on his Journey
deaths marked every festive occasion.
Dahomey Amazons.
In these countries there have always
been two classes of women, the stay-at-
homes and the militants, who are called
Amazons. These latter are famous fight
ers. Instead of daughters of the regi-
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05

Greece and all the countries bordering
on the Mediterranean. The fighting men
of Athens met the AtlantanS in battle
and overthrew- them. Then came the
earthquake and with It the cataclysm,
and following the wave tumUlt Atlantis
was no more. Poseidon, the Greek equiv
alent OF Neptune. who was the god Of
the sea, ruled over Atlantis.
Finds Atlantis Relics.
Ali this. according to well-preserved
fact or weird and ingenious fancy. re-
lates to time more than ten thousand
years ago: but the German explorer feels
that he has linked to-day with that al
most unthinkabiy remote yesterday by
his discovery on the desert border OF an
ancient bronze head of a man bearing the
insignia OF Poseidon. He says the
bronze dates back to a period ages
before the Athens of Plato and
Solon. The head is of the slightly Mon
golian type the features are finely
nodded, the workmanship unlike that
OF anything created in the land where
it was unearthed. The cast is hollow.
He also has unearthed remains OF
granite figures, vessels OF pottery over
laid with glass of various colors, burned
clay portraits of classic beauty and
quartz pillars Many of these relics OF
a remote age are in pieces, but they
can be compared with the works Of
classical antiquity.
Togoland, where the Frobenius .expedi-
ton made its base. lies between Da-
honey. a name somewhat familiar to
musical comedy and Ashanti. on the
Gold Coast of the Gulf OF Guinea.
Twenty centuries have civilized the ma
The Washington herald., 1911-03-05
AMERICAN WEALTH BUYS
ENGLAND'S OLD MASTERS

London seems to be awakening at last
to the fact that American miIlionaires
are rapidly gathering in many examples
of~the old masters, and that there may
soon be few left in England. Claude Phil
lips, in the London Times, recently had
an interesting article on the American
peril to English galleries, during the
course of which he had something to say
about the Frick and Gardner collections.
Mr.. Phillips speaks with special empha-
isis of the one Italian picture in Mr.
Frick's collection. the "Aretino," by
Titan, which he says lis as fine in its
way and as authentic as the more IA
miliar presentment of the arch-libeler in
the Pitt gallery" adding, there is no
excuse for the negative criticism to
which it has ben subjected by an emf
nent Italian critic. who has rarely shown
so conspicuous a lack of judgment as in
this instance" Mr.. Fricks Ell Greco"
however. he declares. must have a crush
ing rival in the ''El Greco" owned by
the Boston museum, the magnificent por-
trait of Fray ParayicinO, which, he says.
rendered more attractive by a SAVIOR all
its own, is worthy to be placed beside
the finest performances of Titan and
Tintoretto." The Van Dyck portraits of
Franz Snyders and his wife are charac-
terized as the greatest examples of the
painter 3 tIemlSn peTlOu Oh SOuln, Win
only one rival the noble and pathetic
Van der Gheest' of the national gal
lery in London. The group of English
pictures. he says, is probably the finest
owned in America, Mr. Morgan;s being
now in London.
In Mrs. John Gardner's collection Mr.
Phillips. notes such rare examples as the
Presentation in the Temple" "undoubt-
edly by Giotto;" the Simone Martini; the
'.Annunciation, ascribed 10 Florence di
Lorenzo, and the Death of Lucretia'
and "Chigi Madonna" which he pro-
nounces with emphasis ''undoubted works
of Botticelli." He continues. with grow
ing enthusiasm:
what other private collection, save
that OF the Countess Cowper, at Pans
hanger, contains two authentic examples
of Raphael? The earlier in date OF Mrs.
Gardner's paintings by the /Urbinate is
the little 'Piets, one of the predella
pieces formerly attached 10 the great
Madonna Of the Nuns CT st. Antonio.'