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right or wrong. it is a good big at
titude to have.
TRAVELS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
BY Z. Quincy Smith. Three VOL
umes. New York and Washington:
Neale Publishing Company.
Mr.. E. Quincy Smith. one Of Washing
tons best known business men, has oc-
cupied himself for number OF years in
his leisure periods in various travels for
health and pleasure, at times also TAX
ing business trips both in this country
and abroad. He has improved his oppor-
tunities to observe closely the character
of the countries through which he has
passed, and to note the manners and Gus
toms of the peoples with whom he has
associated. Some of his impressions he
has set forth in letters written to those
at home, and again he has made notes
for future use. He has now compiled his
travel writings into q series of three
handsome volumes. which will appeal in
terestingly to the large number of his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-29
cred Bill Vikings warming voice.

pered Bill Vikings warming voice. IN
lock the door. will your"
Still half asleep, Loveland blinked in the
dim light, found the key In the lock and
into the cubicle. mighty sorry to rout
you out so early" he said, in cautiously
lowered tones. ''but it's o'clock, and in
half an hour I've got to be at the res
taurant to begin work. If you'll get ready
and come along. the bosss daughter, Miss
lizzie, may take a shine to you, and SNUG
gle you a breakfast when Alexander the
Great, her pa, amt there to say no.
BY the time that Bill had made his
plans clear, Lovclands drugged memory
had begun to work. He recalled every
thing, with the sensation of having
granting wild pigs. He was cold; the
carbolic smell. which he hated, made him
feel sick. His head throbbed as il tacks
were being stuck into his temples and
torn out again. His muscles were stiff,
and he felt more tired than when he had
lain down. 1t was disgusting TO think
that he had slept in his clothes, in such
a place as this, and had nothing fresh to
put on. and he loathed his own body be-
cause of the squalor in which it had con-
scented TO wallow.
How he longed for a cold bath in a
great white porcelain tub, clean linen.
neat tweeds. and the luxurious silver toi-
let things, all Of which would have been
his morning portion at home, or at the
Waldorf-Astoria! But repinings only
added to the hatefulness of his situation.
He saw that and shook them off. yet it
was on the tip OF his tongue to vent his
irritation on Bill, and yesterday he would
have yielded as soon as tempted. But
something had changed in him since yes
terday Something stirred that through
all his life had been asleep.
He made himself as neat as he could,
did not grumble at the washing accom-
mediation. and moved with caution for
fear Of disturbing men whom twenty
four hours ago he would have considered
no more than sheep. That was because
he had been Of the brotherhood, and
though he expected soon to give up his
membership. he would never be able to
forget. Men such as these with whom he
had touched shoulders would never be
things for him again.
It was still night in the Bat Hotel as
Loveland and Bill slipped their keys into
the key box and tiptoed downstairs; but
outside, though the lights Of New York
had been put out. the light OF the world.
climbing up the far horizon, had begun
to gid the city's domes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-29
When Scotland Had a Navy.
|, Westminster Gazette.

From the westminster Gazette.
Acting on the principle that every
picture tells a story" each of the illumi-
mated and decorated tramcars run by
the Glasgow corporation during corona
ton week symbolized something. One
of the most popular cars was designed to
show a vessel of the sixteenth century,
and was the work of Messrs. Glaud
Hamilton. Limited, Glasgow and 'Aber-
deem, who We're at considerable pains to
give a suggestion of what the Great ST
Michael was like. 1t was James Nv
who first created an effective navy for
Scotland. exhausting all available timber
for shipbuilding, SO that he had to ask
France and Denmark for more. and OF
the sixteen large and ten small ships he
owned his special pride was the vessel
just named, the largest then existing. To
build this dreadnought of her day ali
the wood of Fife were laid waste. To
cost s30.OO0 an enormous value in those
times, had crew of 800 sailors, 40 gun
ners and GOO marines, with more great
ordnance in her than the French king
ever had to the siege Of any town." as
James himself boosted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-29

friends and will also be read apprecia-
lively by others alert to learn of other
things than those Immediately about
them. In volume I is told first the story
of Mr.. Smiths first trip to Jamaica in
1901. giving vivid impression of that
attractive island. 1t also contains the
record OF a trip to and from San Francis
co undertaken Immediately following the
earthquake and fire which devastated that
city in 1906, Mr.. Smith having been called
to the scene OF disaster on business. This
volume closes with account Of trip
to Mexico about two years ago with
number of business men for the inSpec-
ton of a newly opened railroad line. In
the second volume are given accounts of
three different journeys, a second trip to
Jamaica in 1902. another to California in
conjunction with convention of the
American Bankers Association. and last
ly a trip to England on business involv-
ing a large sale of bonds to European
capitalists. The major part Of the third
volume is given to an account of a trip
to Italy, the most comprehensive Of all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-29
J - 3EzEoMMaz z6az9 MD0@EER BooK69HEM ME-

md with Quamin as the center Of &C
ton. the author sets out their work,
their play, their notions of the aInaz-
ing world of things around them, where
spirit to be placated turks in stone
and tree, in passing cloud and gather
ing wave. Here the magician or
sorcerer works out the weird obeah
rites in Precipitation of god and devil
the two at one in their cruelty to man.
Curiously arresting is the body of old
stories that the author interweaves
here. stories that lie close to the roots
of their crude notions of the general
scheme of things. These are the
"Anancy Tales" straight in kinship to
the Uncle Remus stories of the south,
where "B'rer Rabbit takes the place
of the Jamaican Anancy. Mrs. Drum
mond, denying any instructive intent
and laying claim to only the simple
design of tracing the life line OF this
gentle and picturesque negro, makes a
most engaging story, whose stamp is
an unpretentious sincerity. Ones mind,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-29

or less, all Of them eminently worth
while in an agreeable variety OF ways,
lay out the winding paths lovers
lanes, these-along which now one,
now another betakes a trailing way.
$50 many gods, so many creeds. SO
many paths that wind and wind is the
couplet to point the intricacies of
these ways. The story is well built
and well sustained, with certain cpl
sodes OF exceptionally good natural
ism. these handled simply, as they, no
doubt. occurred. and left that way,
with no forced twistings toward i'm
possible human perfection or-in this
situation-improbable human scurril-
ity The younger of the two women Of
this story is a fine creature, whose
commanding quality is steadfastness,
standing by standing by the other
woman She is a girl to know. Once
the reader said to a man, by way Of
complaint, maybe, you think your
friends are right when they are
wrong" My friends are never
wrong was the swift up-springing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-29
Origin Of Dog Days.
From the New York Telegram.

From the New 1ork Telegram.
Among the ancients dog days comprised
the pernod of the greatest heat in sum-
mer. They began July s and continued
until August II. The appellation is de-
rived from the heliacal rising and setting
of Sirius. the dog star. meaning the time
when that star. after being practically in
conjunction with the sun and invisible.
energies from the light so as to be visible
in the morning after sunrise. To this
conjunction was ascribed a malignant in
fuence. Dog days originated in Egypt,
whence the superstitious feeling gradually
spread throughout the world, and still ex-
lists among the credulous.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-29
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
SOME SCIENTIFIC BOOKS AND
NEW FICTION.

In the following list are given the titles
of a few of the new scientific books re-
Gently added to the Public Library. The
list includes also a number of books Oh
woman suffrage, 1.-THE Modern Woman
etc., and a good selection of some OF the
recent novels.
Mathematics.
Slide Rule and Allied Instruments. RCB-Cl2I.
Dawson. L: A. Percentage and Its Appca-
Durell. Fletcher Plane Trigonometry LIP
Dess.
Hinckley: F: c., and Ramsey. W. W. Slide
walsh. J. Il. Practical Methods in Arithmetic.
Young. j. ". A.. and Jackson. L. l.. First
Course in Elementary Algebra. ". 1910. LID
Young. J. W. A.. and Jackson. L. L. Second
Course in Elementary Algebra. 1910. LD-Yss6a.
Chemistry.
tory Manual or na Sse ~
Hale, W: J: Calculations OF General Chemis-
Hart. Edward. Chemistry for Beginners. LIP
Kahlepberg: Louis, and walton; J; H.. jr.
Ostwald. Wilhelm. Introduction to Chemistry.
Seidell, Atherton. S0lub1l1tfes or Inorganic
and Organic Substances. LO-Se37Ss.
Astronomy.
Bickerton. A: W. Birth of Worlds and sys-
stare PTseo En 4ssS H'snour' With the Summer
Wilson R. W. Times Of Sunrise and Sunset
in the United states. 1908. LR-w6s7t.
Botany.
e esssn' FOR Colleges ana 'n''tfS''e'' v l. y
Is,s Vs.! The Plan. ant Cell +; Modine.tiona
Jepson, ": l: Flora of Western Middle
PAM Pammei. L. H. A Manual Of Poisonous
Stevens, ". g. Plant Anatomy. NB-N414p.
Woman.
to Manage Her. Kw,Gissm.
Hecker. e. A. A Short History Of Women's
Rig Rights From the R;ys of Augustus to the Pres
Key, L. K. $. Love and Marriage. KwM-
Min. J. s.. Subsection Of Women. with /.
Phelps NJ SELECTED Articles on
schreiner. Olive. Woman and Labour. XIV.
seawell, NJ. E. Ladies' Battle KwZ-SeIsa.
Stetson. C. p. Man-made World. Kwst45m.
Fiction.
Bennett. Arnold. The Ghost. 1907.
Beresford, J. ID. Early History OF Jacob
Stahl.
Bosher. Mrs. z. L. L. Miss Gibbie Gsult.
Brandane. John. Ny Lady OF Aros.
Couch, A. r. Q. Brother Copas.
Coulevain, Pierre de, pseud. The Unknown
Isle.
Fogazzaro, Antonio. Leila.
Glasgow, E. A. G. Miller Of Old Church.
Glaspell, Susan. The Visioning
Haggard, II. r.. The Yellow God. 1900.
Harrison, NJ. s. Queed.
Hope Anthony. Mrs. Maxon Protests.
johnson, Owen Tennessee Shad
Johnston, Mary. The Long Roll.
Long, ]. L. Felce. 1905.
Martens Maarten, pseud. Dorothea. 1904
Snaith, ]. c. Fortune.
Stetson, @. p. What Diantha Did.
Ward Mrs. Wilfrid. The Light Behind.
Watts, NJ. s. The Legacy.
Wemyss, NJ. c. e. People OF Popham.
Wister Owen. Members Of the Family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-29
A Clockmaker's Discovery
From the Westminster Gazette.

A grandfather's clock which for many
years has stood in the vestry at st. Paufs
Cathedral recently broke down and was
sent to clockmaker to be repaired. The
clockmaker detected faint CLEAN of yell
low below the black paint Of the case, and
commencing TO remove the covering he
brought to light a specimen of exquisite
inlaid marQuetry work
The clock is evidently one which Is re-
ferred to in the cathedral accounts for the
year October, 1857, to September. 1893, as
follows: For a Pendulum Clock for the
SOUTHEAST Westerly that goes eight dayes
in Walnut Tree Case, E14.0O.O0." At this
time Langley Bradley, the maker of the
celebrated st. Paul's clock, was the cathe-
dral clockmaker. and there is little doubt
that this aloci< r-ae his work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-29
A Reforming Influence.
he pittsburg Gazette.

What has become Of the sea serpent
that used to show up every SUMMER"
asked the hotel guest.
Had to chase him of the coast" re-
piled the clerk. "He caused so many men
to take the pledge that he was killing
business for the bar"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-29
BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE WORLD OF JUST YOU AND T.
BY bill Barlow: being a selection
OF the best of The SaCebrush Phil
esopher's" writings. from the orig
inals, as published by "Bnl" at the
Budget printshop. Douglas, Wyo-
ming: Minnie +. Barrow
STRANGE SIBERIA; Along the Trans
siberian Railway. A Journey from
the Great Wall Of China te the
Sky-scrapers of Manhattan. BY
Marcus Lorenzo Taft New York:
Eaton & Mains. Cincinnati: Jen-
nings & Graham
THE BIBLE AND MODERN LIFE. BY
Clayton Sedgwick Cooper. author OF
college Men and the Bible" New
York: Funk q Wagnalls Company
A BUCKEYE BOYHOOD. BY William
Henry Nenable. Cincinnati: The
Robert Clarke Company.
ECHOES FROM EDEN; Or the Glor-
iOus Trio of Genesis. BY Harriet
Emma Wood. Philadelphia: John
&. Winston Company.
THE VINTAGE. BY Joseph STARTS,
author of THE Black Sheep" etc
New York: Duffield & Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-29
BOOK REVIEWS.

LITERARY TASTE; How to FORM 1t (;
, With Detailed Destruction. i 10 n S"l-
Iish Literature Ry Arnold Ben
nett. author of "HcT to Live on
Twenty-four Hour Day" etc.
New York: George II. Doran Com
pany
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-29

- HE siakerS of literature are
these who have seen and felt
the miraculous interesting
ness of the universe. Their
lives are one long ecstasy of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-29

the Tropics. By May Harvey Drum
mond. New York: G.. p. Putnams
Sons.
Daniel Belteshazzar was his baptismal
name. But long before the laggard
christening day caught the lad in this
appellative taugle the lusc,ou name
of "Quamin'--the weekday of his birth.
Saturday-had settled unalterably upon
him for the homely hourly uses of ad-
dress. leaving Daniel BeiteshaZZar for
the epic points OF existence. Mrs.
Drummond sketches the life of this
Jamaican negro boy with easy touch
and light line. Out of the genial story
comes much that is new to the common
reader concerning the negroes of this
island. In most interesting fashion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-29

was then no engine within it's bounds.
The third ward. north of E street south,
between LIST and 10th streets west had
the Patriotic Engine at Center Market.
and the Post Office engine The fourth
ward was east of the third ward to Sth
street east. and it's engine company was
Columbia on Capitol Hill. The fifth ward
took in what was south of Z street south.
between 4th street east and 10th street
west, and included the Phoenix COM
pany, near the south end of Sd street and
the Potomac near what il now the War
College or Washington barracks. The
sixth ward included the balance Of the
city. and the navy yard and Anacostia
companies We're in it's bounds
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-24
CONDEMN MORE SCALES
AS w EIGHERS

The activity OF City Sealer John Fl
Sullivan and his staff has landed in
their freight dragnet Of short weight
givers K. Walsh & Co., OF 1871 Market
street. Assistant inspectors found in
their establishment three counter
scales out of killer and to one had been
attached a piece Of putty. According
to the ordinance of the city an inspee-
ton is made but once a year. Assist
ant Inspectors George Bosch and
Thomas Davenport went to the estab-
lishment and in their investigation
found three scales. which they had
passed upon last July, had been tam
pered with. At that time thirteen coun-
ter, two computing and sixty weights
were examined. One counter scale was
condemned. Three complaints have
been made and the scales have been
condemned. Is.
The case OF City Sealer sullivan
against Blank & Kaplan, butchers at
1863 Ferry street. terminated abruptly in
the First Precinct Police Court, when
the defendant pleaded guilty and paid
fine of s25. Inspectors Besch and
Davenport found at the place a counter
scale which had a strip of
beer laid on the plate and ~defrauded a
customer out of several ounces OF
weight. The scale was confiscated and
will be destroyed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-24
CONSULS BEGIN
THOROUGH PROBE
Of EXECUTIONS
State Department Acts Prompt
~. Not Waiting for Of
fetal Reports.
NO WORD RECEIVED
FROM MEXICAN OFFICIALS
Government Silent Regarding
Drumhead C0urt=Martia and
Shooting of Americans.

WASHINGTON, March 24-Taking
cognizance of the press reports that
four Americans had been executed by
Mexican soldiers in Chihuahua, and
four others at Aqua Prieta, the state
department today instructed the United
States consular officers in the vicinity
of the two places to investigate the re-
ports Immediately. In compliance with
orders they Immediately began the
probe.
The consul at Chihuahua was in
structed to inquire int the report that
John Hamilton Dignowitty and three
other Americans had been shot TO
death in the State of Chihuahua under
the order of a Mexican court-martial.
The consul at Nogales will investigate
the reported execution of o Amer
leans, Adams, Young. Howard and
Stanley, after having been captured
with the insurreetos at Aqua Prieta.
The Mexican government has as yet
made no statement regarding the re-
ported executions.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-24
RUSH GUARD FOR HACIENDA.

TORREON, Mexico, March PA de-
tachment of one hundred soldiers was
sent from here to guard the hacienda
Of Tiahuauliio.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-24
ATTORNEY GENERAL
FORCED INTO SCIENCE SUIT.

BOSTON, March 24.-At the sug-
gestion of Chief Justice Knowlton, of
the Supreme Court, counsel for the
board OF directors of the Christian
Science Church began proceedings to-
day In the Supreme Court to require
Attorney General Swift, of this State,
to become a party to a friendly suit in
volving the title to two pieces Of real
estate in this city and Newton formerly
owned by Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy. the
founder of the church.
While the friendly suit is on the part
of the directors of the church against
three trustees of the Eddy property
for the recovery of the real estate, the
lawyers on both sides admitted in their
argument before the Supreme Court
that involved in the case is the legality
of that provision ip the will of Mrs.
Eddy which makes the church the re-
siduary legatee of the estate, valued at
more than two millions.
This legality rests on the question
whether the statute which prohibits
religious organizations from receiving
requests In which the income Is more
than $1,000 annually applies to the Eddy
will. \
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-24
TOO SHORT, TOO THIN,
RECRUITS ARE LET IN.

CHICAGO, March 24.-The war de-
partment is so eager to enlist men that
In several cases recruits, who did not
come up to the regular physical re-
quirements, were admitted on waivers
signed by Adjutant-G General Ainsworth,
OF Washington.
Lieutenant F. r. Kenny, In charge
OF a recruiting station, said that the
waving of qualifications was unusual
and an Indication that the men were
much wanted Nearly all are enlisted
in the infantry.
One of the men admitted was four
pounds below the minimum weight of
1913 pounds, and another was five feet
three inches tall. an inch shorter than
the minimum height.
Twenty of the latest recruits last
night were sent to Jefferson barracks,
near St. Louis. After a few weeks
drill it is said they will be sent to
Tex s.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-24
DOUBLE JUAREZ GUARDS
AS REBELS APPROACH.
IS PREPARING TO MOVE.

Ell PASO. Tex. March 24-The activ-
ity of Mexican troops at Juarez was
continued today. the sentries having
been doubled last night in expectation;
of a POSSIBLE attack by insurrectos. who
are known to be ear the city.
In compliance with a request from
Washington that American prisoners
imprisoned at Juarez be given sani-
tary quarters, municipal officials today
had the Juarez Jail w~hitewashed.
c. II. Converse, of Glendora, Cal, has
filed additional evidence hat his son,
Lawrence Converse, and Edwin Blatt,
of Pittsburg. now in pail at Juarez,
were captured on American soil.
He has forwarded to the state de-
partment statements of county and
Federal officers. line riders and customs
guard that what is called Ancon de
Guadalupe. where Converse and Blatt
are said to have been captured. is in
the United States and hat the govern
inent has exercised de facto jurisdiction
that territory for two years.
Three statements were filed with the
state department to controvert the
statement of the Mexican jefe at Quad
aloupe hat he considered Ancon de
Guadaloupe Mexican territory.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-24

LAW VIOLATES
CONSTITUTION
Invalid by New York
State Court of
Appeals.

ALBANY, N. Y, March 24.-The
workmen's compulsory compensation
law, passed by the Legislature last
year, which provides compensation to
workmen injured in certain specified
dangerous employments, regardless of
the employers negligence, was declared
unconstitutional by the Court of APP
peals today.
The court holds that the act d~eprives
the employer of his property without
due process OF law, in violation of the
constitution.
The main feature of the act was that
It required employers of labor IN Ger
tain occupations. such as bridge-build-
Ing, operation OF Elevators, work on
scaffolds, work on Gle trio wire. working
with explosives, on railroads, nne
and work carried on under compressed
air. which are declared dangerous oc-
equations, to compensate their m
ployees FOR any injury occurring our
ing the course of the work,
injury occurred solely through the neg
ligence OF the workman.
Although admitting the strength Oh
the economic and sociological argu-
ments adduced in support OF the
statute, Judge Werner, who wrote the
decision, holds that under our form
Of government courts must regard all
economic, philosophical and moral
theories, however attractive and de-
sirable they may be, as subordinate 10
the primary question whether they can
be moulded into statutes without in
fringing upon the latter or spirit OF our
written constitutions"
The opinion points out that the enect
OF the act is to ~abrogate what is known
the fellow servant doctrine, n
also the "contributory negligence rule,
both Of which have heretofore been
we'll settled in the Jurisprudence of this
State and country. but both of which
the legislature has power to abolish.