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The Washington herald., 1911-07-09
RUNS AWAY ON BICYCLE;
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Mike and Pete Hawley, Washington Boys,
Start on Long Ride to Uncle's Farm
at Griswold, Connecticut.

Pete" had had only one fall, and was
not tired. According to the plans out
lined. Pete" will stop at farm houses
on his way to Connecticut, where he
expects to join his brother and spend
the summer.
Wanderlust has played a great part in
Mikes life. When he was nine years old,
he ran away from home, but returned
within few days. Two years later, he
again left for a journey as a free agent,
and remained away for two years. In
this time, he travelled over most of the
United States.
That Mike is bright in his studies be-
yond the average boy Is the claim Of
Maj. Hawley. He has caused much
worry TO his father and two sisters by
his wanderings.
Maj. Hawley said. speaking of the
trips, Mike and Pete have always been
straightforward boys. The wanderIust in
my oldest son worries me, but i know
he can get along: Some years ago.
sent him to a military school, hoping the
thought OF career as a naval or army
officer would interest him, but think he
would rather be a soldier Of fortune"
The Washington herald., 1911-07-09

centricity of his circles, and to measure
the angles to within the fraction of a
second.
When used at the eye end of a tele-
scope II determines the position and the
motion of the stars. He can measure not
only the distance of the stars from the
earth and from one another, but he can
measure the diameter of a planet mil
lions of miles away. He measures and
so weighs the sun.
The finest thread which man can make
himself. when put under the great mag
nifying power shows up very coarse and
rough, and is quit unsuitable for very
delicate work. Platinum wire was found
to offer the best medium for wires of
all the materials at mans command, and
while these are still used in some in
struments OF a low magnifying power.
they show up full of roughness when
under a very strong magnifying power,
as ragged as a file.
In seeking for something that should
have the required perfection Of smooth
ness, the threads OF the siIkworm were
early experimental with, but while these
have great value as a commercial prod
uct. they are so coarse when magnified
that they are quite unfit for such in
struments.
Then the thread of the common spider
despised creature comes forth perfection.
The spider lines mostly used are from
one-fifth to one-seventh Of a thousandth
The Washington herald., 1911-07-09

Stocks, OF course. depend on the profits
OF a business. Peihsps one may know
how the business is conducted. but that
IS doubtful. When cne invests $1,000 or
$4,000 In the shares Of a great railway
he loses all control OF lis money. Such
dividends as are declared must be ac-
cepted. II questions were to be asked
by the shareholder. the directors would
laugh in his face or joke among them
selves about his ifnpertinence.
Now. with land II Is different A
farmer out Of debt is master OF his prop
erty. II he wants to SOW wheat. he sows
It. There is mere bother with land, Il
is true, thar with psrer securities. but
there Is more pleasure and also more
indepe1 1ence and individuality. One can
80 to HIS land and walk around from
sunrise till sunset. When shareowner.
on the other hand. steps upon a railroad
track he sees 3 warning against tres.
psssers. The section foreman would take
a shovel and chase him on the right OF
way were he vain or stupid enough 70
say that he held stock IN the company.
Therefore prefer land. even II crops
are likely to fail OCCASIONALLY.
Is tenant farming one Of the economic
evils Of this generafion7"
The Washington herald., 1911-07-09
AMERICAN BANK NOTE is
BEST MADE IN THE WORLD

A myth that probably will never die
tells US that the notes of the Bank of
England cannot be counterfeited. As a
readily enough for little attempt is made
to~protect the notes beyond the use of
a water-mark paper Tho water-mark
can be easily copied A sensitized gelatin
film. soaked In cold water, after contact
with an original water-mark. win show
every detail in clear relief. A thin film
OF copper deposited upon this forms the
basis upon which a matrix in celluloid
is made. II a sheet of paper is pasted
upon this matrtx and rubbed with glass
paper. the exact water-mark is repro
duced. Nevertheless. the shadow OF the
hangman still seems to deter English
counterfeiters.
Old Money Easy to Initiate.
One practical safeguard of great ef-
fectiveness is the custom OF the Bank of
England to cancel every note that is re-
turned to the bank and issue another in
its place. This and the practice of keep
ing a record of the numbers of all bank
notes used In every business establish
ment, keep alive keen sense Of re-
sponsibility, which adds to security The
custom of circulating soiled bank notes,
of course, gives the counterfeiter his best
opportunity. Forgery is much more read
lily detected in a crisp. stiff, new bill than
in rumpled and dirty one. The United
States government recently has begun TO
wash old notes, press them and restore
The Washington herald., 1911-07-09
SILK THREAD
USEDBY ASTRONOMERS

The spider is one of the smallest and
most despised OF Insects. But ask an
astronomer, "Of what use can such hor-
rid creatures be-" and he will reply:
"Despise nothing in your ignorance. To
the spider the astronomer owes an ever
lasting debt of gratitude. Without its aid
much of our work would be guesswork:
much of 1t impossible.
For the spiders gossamer. silken
thread is what the astronomers use to
calculate the staggering distances be-
tween the fixed stars; to measure them
and even to weigh tina sun! The blazing
sun is actually weighed in a SPIDERS
web,
The web thread is the most important
adjunct in the making of the ''filar mi
crometer," which is one OF the most
important instruments used in the science
Of astronomy. In this little instrument.
whether OF the simple or complex form,
the chief requisites are the screw and
the cross wires or lines. They are still
spoken of as wires because in the begin
ming man had to content himself with the
fine spun wire of his own handiwork. not
knowing how nature had provided for his
need in the spider.
Upon the perfection of these lines in
the mIcrometer and the delicacy of the
screws used depends the value of the
ments of all his observations are made.
This device enables the astronomer to
determine the errors of division, the &C.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-09

slight fall OF water will create delightful
possibilities of quiet pools where the
water will move slowly, then slip Ieis-
urely over into the next little pool Per-
haps you can only have three OF these
little pools, but they will be the center
of interest for your whole garden. Do
not fear unwholesome stagnation, the
very slight fall will prevent that, nor a
pest of flies or mosquitoes, for a frog or
two and a trout or so will attend to
that. Plant pickerel weed on one side of
the largest pool Can you think of pick
erel weed without lazy but always hun
CRY little fish hiding among its stems and
feasting on every larvae or fly that dared
seek such q place to be born?
II you cannot have just such a charm
ing natural garden for water-dowers,
there is the possibility of tubs that can
be set In the ground, each tub holding
the roots Of a different plant. II the
tubs could be placed close together (sunk
out of sight in the ground, of course)
down some slope Of your garden. water
running slowly could trickle from one to
another, from large one at the top into
small ones, and then into large ones
again, this slight flowing OF water being
enough to keep all sweet, and finally be
received into an invisible drain. And this
series Of tubs is good idea, for then
they could be dried out and taken into
the cellar for the winter, instead of be-
ing covered over with straw and boards;
some delicate water flowers cannot stand
severe winters in so shallow a bed as a
small garden would give them.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-09
LURE THE SONG BIRDS
WITH A WATER GARDEN

If you want birds to nest and sing all
around your home-by all means have a
water garden, in the very center or in
the four corners of it, If possible. for
nothing attracts them like the glitter Of
water. They love to stay where there is
a good safe place to bathe and to drink,
and IL one bird finds such a treasure, he
seems to publish the news to all sorts
and conditions of birds, for those of the
forest and those of the meadows bring
their wives, their sisters and their cou-
sins and their aunts" and build their
nest-cottages in the trees, rosebushes,
grass, the back porch and under the caves
Of your barn. They win sing you song,
keep insects from destroying your flowers
and your fruit trees and fit merrily about,
repaying you a thousandfold for your
hospitable invitation and assurance of
love.
II no brooklet or rill strays of its own
accord through your garden, then you
can have the pleasure of making one to
suit yourself. Go to the country and
study the ways of brooks, note how they
slip and slide and trickle over or around
little or big rocks. and on a smaller scale
start a little brook. You can make the
twisted path Of it a concrete bed with
pebbles and small stones to conceal your
art as much as possible Make the banks
of it with stones (moss-covered, If you
can find a means Of transporting them).
transplant as many ferns, rushes, flags,
wild lilies, &C., as you can find. without
depicting some natural haunt. A very
The Washington herald., 1911-07-09
LOST AND FOUND.

In German cities it is to the chief po-
lice station that lost and found articles
are taken. In the country they are
taken to the village magistrate. The
announcement OF this bureau is in all
the city papers.
The Spectator, so the contributor who
relates the occurrence in the Outlook
signs himself, while in Germany lost
his purse on the street once, and next
morning made inquiries at the police sta
ton. Nothing had been brought in. he
was told. He was. about to leave when
the officials recalled a purse which had
been handed in only few moments be-
fore, and had not yet been placed and
labeled. 1t was wrapped in a news
paper, a dirty, battered old purse-far
too shabby. presumably. TO bear any re-
scmblance to the Spectators good wal
let. He was on the point OF disowning
1t, when. upon closer examination, he
recognized the contents-a big silver FIVE
mark piece and some small coins. It
had been run over by a street car, and
the conductor had stopped the car when
ne felt the Jolt. and had found the purse
on the track. The money was badly
bent, the purse torn; but the conductor
had turned 1t in before going to work,
just as he had found 1t. OF course he
expected his reward. 10 per cent OF the
value. to which every finder is entitled.
No matter how great or how small the
value of an article, the finder has his
10 per cent reward. He collects It at
the police station when 1t has been paid
by the owner of the article. II, after
enc year. the property is not claimed, 1t
is turned over to the finder. The as
sured reward is a great incentive toward
honesty, and most people will prefer this
to a guilty conscience. Probably there
Is not a man, woman. or child in Ger
many who does not know the custom
OF the "Fundamt," and they know. also.
that they are bound to get their reward.
On the other hand. II they should fail
tc turn in any article they have found.
and it should be discovered, they may
be fined or even imprisoned. The Ger
man has great respect and fear Of the
law. and in Germany all laws are, with
out exception. enforced
The Washington herald., 1911-07-09

The Abernathy brothers, of Oklahoma,
who rode their horses from Oklahoma
in order to greet Col. Roosevelt when
he arrived in New York from his South
African trip. have rivals in two Wash
ington brothers, Mike" and Pete"
Hawley. aged fifteen and thirteen years,
respectively.
But the Hawley brothers are not trav-
cling together as did the Abernathys.
Mike" who on Sundays is Thomas r.,
ran away from home two weeks ago.
taking only his bicycle with him. and
leaving word he was going to his uncle's
farm at Griswold. Conn.
When he reached Wilmington. Mike"
sent = Eostal card to his father, Mai.
Thomas Hawley, a veteran Of the Span
ish war, anil q well-known war cor
respondent. Pete" then asked his faith
eIs permission to follow Mike" to BEE
how he was Prcspering. The permission
was granted. Pete" started last Mon
dny morning, carrying some food with
him, on his spirited pony.
Mai. Hawley heard from Pete sew
eral days ago, in the shape of a postal
card marked Laurel, Nd. This told that
The Washington herald., 1911-07-09

There are few renters in the East
but a good many In the West. where
aged pioneers lease their lands and move
into villages. They are old people, their
children have gone or married into other
occupations, and they want to spend
the evening OF their lives In the leisure
they have earned by painful self-denial
and heroic industry Theoretical gem
tlemen, writing pieces on political econ
omy, complain OF the practice. 1t is true
that tenants are more careless OF land
than are owners. That is natural. unless
the tenant is given a liberal share Of the
profits Of the business. Ever man, no
matter where he lives, is looking out for
his own interests.
Old Men should Keep Their Farms.
"It is said by modern thinkers. who do
all their work at library tables. that a
farmer. retiring from business. should
sell his land 70 some young and busy
worker. But let me remind you that the
man who spends his life In sowing and
reaping knows little else. He feels safe
with land. Its value and its returns are
the things with which he is familiar. To
require him to dispose OF his farm ana to
The Washington herald., 1911-07-09

lathe had been invented by Asa Spencer,
of New London, Conn. and improved by
Cyrus Durand.
The governments of continental Europe
depend exclusively upon color-work to
protect their paper currency. and several
Of the large banks Of issue have civil
engineers in charge of their bureau of
engraving and printing-though what
connection there may be between engi-
neering and engraving is a mystery.
Many Italian bank notes are easy to
counterfeit. The Bank Of Spain has Of
late abandoned its own plant, because
its notes were imitsted so successfully
that counterfeits were accepted by the
bank without question. A private con-
Germ now does the work. The Bank of
Greece now uses the American method
having had sad Experiences with notes of
Austrian, German, and English fashion
ing.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-09
Many European Countries Have Learned
: to Follow Our Style of Paper Money
as Theirs Was Too Plain and
Easily Counterfeited.

: To say that Americans make the best
bank notes in the world may sound at
first rather boastful, and yet any his
tory of the art and industry of note en-
craving which failed to record that
fact would be incomplete. Paul Revere
was the first American bank-note artist,
and from the time OF the chartering Of
the Bank of North America under the
direction of Robert Morris, IN 1881; up
TO the present, American engravers
have excelIed not only in the artistic
quality of their designs, but in their
provisions against counterfeiting.
Marco Polo found bank notes in Chi
ma ages ago.. printed on paper made
from the bark of the mulberry tree.
One OF the notes upon which u1e great
Venetian traveller himself may have
gazed, is on exhibition at this day in
the office of an American company. 1t
Is one of the series issued By the Ming
dynasty about 1899 A. D.-"current
anywhere under heaven"-and seems to
have been printed from wooden blocks
on a sheet of paper 9x13 inches--a big
ger surface than any man could cover
with both hands outstretched. II is good
for ''one string of cash." The provision
against forgery is simple to the
point of severity-"Counterfe here
of will be executed. Persons having in
formation of counterfeiters will be re-
warded with taeIs $50. and. in addition.
will receive the property belonging to
the criminal" The head of the Emperor
who gave the order and Topped heads
of the counterfeiters have long since
noldered into impalpable rust, the
property Of the criminal vanished, and
left not so much as a shade, but the
faded old bank note, pressed between
sheets OF glass and framed in carven
teak, still croaks its harsh warning to
him who can understand it,
EnEIand's Old Process.
Another great government has placed
much dependence upon death as a de-
terrent to imitators of its promises to
pay. When Jacob Perkins, of Newbury-
port, Mass, invented the method of
transferring designs from hardened steel
plates to steel cylinders and retransfer-
ring TO fat plates, thus enabling the en-
graver 20 devote the time necessary to
accomplish his best work in the original
and reproduce it at will, the new process
aroused international interest. Mr.. Per-
kins and his associates went to London
in 1919, at the instance Of the British
minister at Washington, to help the
bank of England issue notes not easily
counterfeited. But the conservative old
bank refused to adopt the new method,
preferring, as one of the Americans
said, to rely upon the hangman rather
than the engraver. Nevertheless, the
English began in time 20 follow the
American methods, after the geometric
The Washington herald., 1911-07-09

Of an inch in diameter. Consider for
moment the strength, elasticity, and
durability of a substance which premits
of such tenuousness.
But the wonders are not exhausted yet
this invisible thread with which man
measures the infinite is capable of with
standing extraordinary changes in tenn
perature. Often. when measuring the
sun spots, for instance, although the heat
is so intense as to crack the lenses OF
the micrometer eye-piece. yet the spiders
lines are not in the least injured.
The spiders thread. although but a
fraction of a thousandth OF an inch in
diameter itself. is made up of several
thousands of microscopic streams of fuid,
which unite and form a single thread
and II is because of this that they re-
main true and round under the highest
magnifying power.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-09
Bob Burdctte'. Aside.

From LipIincott's.
When Bob Burdette was addressing the
graduating class Of large Eastern col
lsge for women, he began his remarks
with the usual salutation. Young ladies
OF st. Then in Mortified aside he
added: That's an awful age for a girl
The Washington herald., 1911-07-09
His Need FULFILLED.

From Eyerybody's.
The Maxim "silencer'' seems to have
been devised especially to meet the de-
sire of a Montana ranchman. as ex-
pressed in signboards over his ranch:
mo SHOOTING ALOUD"
The Washington herald., 1911-07-09
An Illinois Disease,

From the Illinois State Register.
Mrs. Harry Able, of North Fifth street,
who has been quite i'll with pantomime
poison, is now much better.
Evening journal., 1911-12-30
NEW NEWS of
YESTERDAY

I think ! am safe in saying that
without any exception no actor who
came to the United States from Great
Britain prior to 1850 gained as great
popularity or played to as crowded
houses as did Tyrone Power In this
way the late William Stuart, himself
a very successful dramatic manager,
having managed tours for Edwin
Booth IN the early sixties, began an
anecdote Of which Tyrone Power and
the mysterious tragedy of his fate
were the central features
Il think" Mr.. Stuart went on. that
Power first came to the United States
when he was only about twenty-two or
twenty-three years Of age. That would
have been along in 1920. But he made
no impression at that time as an ac-
tor. and a little later having mar
ried a woman Of wealth. he retired
from the stage l have always under-
stood that he returned to the stage a
few years later because through un-
fortunate investment his wifes for
tune and his own little property we're
lost. --...-s. .--.,. ..
His second appearance upon the
stage was speedily followed by tri-
Evening journal., 1911-12-30
By
''HOLLAND d
An Ill-Omened Bag OF Gold


matte way of presenting the gift would
be to toss it from one of the upper
galleries to the stage, exactly as bou-
Quets are thrown. But when the pro-
position was made II caused a little
protest 1t seems that there used to be
a superstition nat if present of
money was thrown at a person It
would bring bad luck if it hit any part
of the person. but good luck if it fell
directly in front Of him. Those who
were in favor Of tossing the purse
from the gallery were in a majority.
but they were cautioned so to throw
it that it would land on the stage di-
rectly in front of Power and not
strike any part Of his person. He was
to sail the next day on the steamship
President for Europe, and his friends
did not want anything to be done
which would In any way cause the
voyage to be thought unlucky.
When the time came the purse was
thrown from the gallery. AS have
sSd it was a large one and very
heavy The aim was Inaccurate, the
purse struck Power just over the ankle
and he WINGED with pain. Some quick
witted person called out to him not
Evening journal., 1911-12-30
DEG. 30. I9M
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES.

TT WILL not be long before there will be
i straws indicating how the wind of public SEN
tment is blowing with reference to the preSiden-
tal nominations.
The first real test of public sentiment will be
in North Dakota A direct primary election will
be held in that state on March 10. Under the law
each voter will express his first and second choice
for his party candidate for President
In Wisconsin the primary will be hed.on April
?. Under the law of that state each voter will
express his first, second and third choice The
primary will be held in Nebraska on April Y and
in Oregon on Aprl=i9
The date for holding the primary in New Jersey
conflicts with the rules Of the Republican National
Committee and will have to be- changed but thc
primary will be held.
The people will thus be able to witness test
of the strength Of the various candidates The
far western states will make clear how the people
are thinking in that region and the New Jersey
primary will test the opinion in the east The
western and the New Jersey elections are certain
to have an influence on the remainder Of the
country.
These elections will be watched with keen in
terest because they will be new The voters never
before have had a direct voice in the choice of
presidental candidate Delegates TO the national
coNventions have been chosen BY state conven-
tons, sometimes bound by the instructions of. the
state conventions and sometimes unnstructed. Yet
there is no valid reason why there should not be
presidential primaries The people vote for the
candidate for president, and why should they not
vote for the man they would like TO see nomi-
mated
Evening journal., 1911-12-30
mai AWARE AppLES.

a T THE meeting Of the Peninsula Hortcultu-
I n raj Society to be held at Pocomoke City, Nd,
beginning January g. there will be notable ad-
dresses on topics relating to fruit growing, and
plan will be considered for advertising eastern
apples.
An address is to be delivered by Philadelphia
publicity agent, who will probably impress upon
the members the necessity Of making widely
known through the newspapers and by other
means the fact that apples can be grown on the
peninsula as we'll as in the west.
The Delaware and Maryland growers should
not permit the western apple men to capture the
eastern markets--carry Goals to New Castle, as It
were.
One of the reasons why the western apples
have such hold upon the eastern markets is mat
the western producers have epersstsntly doomed
their product They have had displays IN eastern
cities. and through newspaper publicity they have
kept western apples conspicuousy and persist
emily before the public Then, again, the western
growers have handled their product in fine fash
ion, added to the natural beauty by great care in
handling
The Delaware growers should meet the west
erners in every way Competition in the sale of
apples is as keen as that in any other product and
as western apples and Delaware and Maryland
apples are both good, the advantage in the sale
will be gained by those who know best how TO
bring the fruit before the public in an impressive
manner.