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but at the same time was very strict
in the observance Of his religious du-
ties, and required the same from
others. He was as well noted for his
piety as for his profanity. Tradition
also tells us that he always went to
sleep in his pew at the old Ship Meet
ing House, and snored SO loudly that
it was often difficult for the rest Of
the congregation to hear the sermon.
The Lincoln Family.
The Lincoln family were among the
original settlers Of the village, and
came over with the rest in the ship
folk county, England. 1t is assumed
that all the Lincolns In the nation are
descended from them, and a few miles
farther down the coast near Cohasset,
you can see the homestead Of Mordecai
Lincoln, of whom Abraham Lincoln is
said to have been a lineal DESCENDANT
Benjamin Lincoln is buried in the
churchyard, and near him is the grave
of John Albion Andrew, the great war
Governor of Massachusetts,, who, after
Lincoln and Long. is the most distin-
guished Of the sons Of bingham. The
people have erected a fine monument
over his grave, and an obelisk in mem
DRY of their fellow-townsmen who gave
their lives to their country in the war
between the states. One OF them. Peter
Ourish, when only nineteen years old,
died Of wounds received in fifteen
battles.
bingham is the headquarters of
Iyacht club which has snug and cnoven-
lent quarters on one Of the many PENN
suIas that run out into the bay, and
series of races is arranged here every
summer. There are many fine villas in
the neighborhood the summer homes
Of rich people from Boston and other
cities, and the social life Of bingham
| is delightful.
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Fire Quickly Extinguished.

A slight fire occurred yesterday after
noon in the vacant house 81 street
southeast caused. It rs thought, by sparks
from a locomotive. Several companies
Of firemen went to the house in response
to~An alarm, and the fire was extingish-
ed before any damage was done
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Another story entered in our prize
story competition by Herman Schef-
fauer, author of THE Passion on the
Peak" See Crystal Among Coal" in
our next Sunday Magazine.
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Exploit Of Miles Standish.

have already said that Weymouth is
the oldest settlement in New England
except Plymouth, and 1t was originally
the rendezvous Of q Drawing, profane
crew, rude fellows made choice Of at all
adventures, and unfit for honest mems
company" They were the scum Of the
early immigrants. who were cast out or
had fed from Plymouth to escape punish
ment for their evil deeds, and were led
by a man called Weston. In 1923 the
rascals conspired with an Indian chief.
Wattawamat, to massacre the little col
ony at Plymouth. and having unmtstak-
able evidence of the plot, Capt. Miles
Standish, with eight brawny pilgrims.
having the fear of the Lord in their hearNN,
but not of man, came up to arrest and
punish the outlaws. The story is told in
Longfellow's poem. THE Courtship OF
Miles Standish," to which the reader is
respectfully referred. Standish killed
Wattawamat and five others, one by one.
Ia single combat. and. following the ma
tive custom. carried the head Of the
chieftain back to Plymouth on the point
OF pike, and set it up in front OF the
ing to the other aborigines.
A mile OF two from the bridge over Fore
river Is the old parsonage, in perfect
preservation, in which Abigail Smith.
the wife of John Adams. was born. Her
father was the minister at Weymouth,
and John used to walk over from Quincy
every Sunday to do his counting. 1t is
said that the house is not much chang
ed from its original form and condition.
although 1t was moved to a new site In
1885.
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The Prado, which is at the other end
of Alcala street from the Puerta del Sol,
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Night ME in Madrid. as seen In the
cafe districts, is one Of considerable live
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Features Of bingham.

bingham Is famous for several historical
events and as much individuality as any
town in New England. In the first place
IL il made up of six little separate vii
lagos on six sides of a little bay. One
of them is called Queen Anne's Corner;
another is Liberty Plain; and there are
the usual number of Hnghams-East,
West, North, South bingham, and Hing
ham Center. all filed with fine old CO.
lonial mansions shaded by magnificent
elms. The land. slopes up from the shore
Of the bay. which has as many inlets as you
have fingers on both hands, SO that peo-
pie in different parts of the town can
look at one another across the water and
also enjoy beautiful view OF Boston
harbor and the many islands 1t contains.
With the exception Of Santa Fe, n. NJ.
and perhaps two or three OF the Indian
pueblos down in that section. bingham
has the oldest house Of worship now in
use in the United States 1t Is called
The Old Ship Meeting Houses square
frame structure. with a pyramid roof and
a belfry at the peak. inclosed by railing.
There is vestibule projecting from the
front door, where the worshipers can
stamp the snow off their boots In the
winter and scrape off the mud in the
spring. There are two rows of six win
dows on each wall. the upper ones fur
nishing light and air to the gallery, which
extends all around. In early days the
uncovered were assigned to the gallery
seats, the men on one side and the wOm-
en- on the other, while the professors
sat below, and sexes were divided by the
middle aisle. Attendance was compul-
sorry. 1t cost a peck of corn to stay away
from meeting or to leave the building
before service was finished.
First Meeting House.
The first meeting house was built in
1885. and the beautiful sloping green
with trim hedge, in which it sits Sc
rene. was originally inclosed by q pail.
sade. or stockade. erected for the pur-
pose Of defense against the Indians. II
was understood that in case ar
alarm was sounded by the bell, every.
body should grab what provisions and
munitions of war he could find and
take refuge in the meeting house. which
was built of massive oak timbers and
sheathed with pIanks. The stocSade stood
for forty-five years, and when il was
taken down in 1879 the population had
increased so much that the original
building could not contain the worship.
ers. and at town meeting 1t was re-
solved TO build a new meeting house
with all convenient speed" After much
wrang1ing and an unseemly exhibition
OF seiishness and jealousy among the
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II traveller ever goes to Spain by aero
plane and flies to Madrid direct he will
find himself in fine, modern city as un-
like the Spain Of which he has always
read and heard as Chicago Is unlike
Charleston, s. C.. Madrid Is the most
progressive, the most splendid. the most
massively built, the most 'hustling," the
least Spanish. Of all Of the cities between
the Pyrenees and tho Mediterranean.
Spain is a country in which most persons
take their time. Madrid Is q city in which
1t is necessary to step lively in the
streets to keep from being stepped upon,
and in which it IL necessary to look
sharp and jump quickly to keen from
being run over by cabs and automobiles
The rush and scurry OF the Puerta del
Sol-the central square Of the Spanish
capitals hardly less than that OF the
Place de la Concorde in Paris, Longacre
Square In New York. or Piccadilly Circus
in London. There are not so many heavy
trucks as there are in an American city.
but there are as many cabs and carriages
as there are in Paris. and neither Paris,
London, New York nor Chicago boasts
the quality of horsedesh seen in Madrid
Coming up from Seville. Granada or
Cordova to Madrid, the1raveler hnds him
self in another world. The art OF old Spain
is hidden in the Prado Gallery. build
ing squat and bare of adornment and as
ugly as an American factory, and along
Alcala street between the Puerta del Sol
and the Prado are magnificent business
blocks of white stone distinctly up-to-
date, as massive as those of Paris and as
clean as those of Washington. The
Puerta del Sol was so named for an old
gateway that commanded a view OF the
rising sun in the direction Of the Guadar-
rama mountains. Nowadays the rising
sun climbs over smart shops and steam-
heated hotels, which are surprising dis
coveries to persons who have been so
journing in Seville and other Andalusian
cities.
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HERB SPECIALIST.

HERB SPECIALI0TN
n. A. LOUIS SONS. We mAnufaetRs q
special line Of herb remedies. guaranteed 70
curV or relieve all ailments 40 @ st NV,
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Night ME in Madrid. as seen in the
cafe districts, is one Of considerable live
illness without
Night Life Lively dassipa ito n.
Without Dissipation. dr.nk.<w,ne as
matter Of course at meals. and wine
il cheaper than milk or mineral water,
but the Spaniard's 'nightcap" is al
ways chocolate. and with It he eats sweet
rolls or cake. Spanish chocolate Is al
most as thick as butter. and is served
In small cups. With hot chocolate the
Spantard begins the day at "desaymo,
his little breakfast equivalent to the
petit dejeuner'' of the Frenchman or
the "chota ha.zri'' of the Anglo-Indian.
Chocolate rs also his drink In the after
noon at the time when the English take
tea, and when he goes to a cafe in
the evening for conversation with a friend
he orders chocolate as q matter Of
course. II he Is with an American friend
he orders chocolate for two without even
asking whether the foreigner would pre-
Ter an alcoholic beverage. This Is not
because OF any failure of Spanish cour-
teSy. but because it does not occur to a
Spaniard that any one would wish to
poison htmself with a high BALI or cock
tail before turning in.
ture Of Madrid life. Opera, the drama,
comic opera, musical comedy. farce and
vaudeville are exploited at numerous
amusement temples as pretentious as
those Of Paris. and the hours of the en-
tertainments indicate the wide popular
ity Of the theater. It is possible to find
a bill beginning at almost any hour be-
tween early afternoon and late evening.
The same theater often presents several
different plays or light opras in an after
noon and evening. From five to eight.
from six to nine. from ten to one. are
common hours for plays. Comic operas
in one or two acts, with several scenes,
are given in An hour and at almost any
home to dinner at o'clock when one
play has ended and return at 10 to be-
gin another.
When the gay young blade comes home
late at night in Madrid he does not have
to tumble
Public Turnkey Admits for latch
Late Corners to Homes. my to
let himself in. He merely taps with his
cane or his foot on the wall and q use
full functionary whose business is to let
persons into their homes appears out of
the shadows with a huge bunch Of skele-
ton keys, one Of which is sure to fit the
lock. A tip Of q penny or two is all of
the payment demanded for this service.
This public turnkey dates back to old
times in Spain. He is the most useful
Of all Spanish officials. and the only one
who is never a CRATER.
Madrid Is q city of pleasing prospects
totally unlike the dilapidated historic
cities that copstitute places OF interest
to the tourist. But the blight Of political
graft is upon it, as it is upon other
Spanish municipalities. 1t is over
crowded, despite its palaces, its parks
and its wide avenues. 1t IS insanitary.
The mortality rate. especially that among
children, Is high. With the rest of Spain
the capital pays tribute to caciquism.
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out by her style OF dress or manner
department.
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| The following deaths were reported to
the health Office during the past twenty
| four hours:
| Alberta surguy. Is years, Georgetown
| University Hospital.
Fannie Davis, 81 years, Government
, Hospital for the Insane
Gustavus r. Brown, 81 years, Emer-
gency Hospital.
Louisa Nickel. 70 years, 7b2 Park road
northwest.
Laura Waterbury, &c years, Providence
Hospital
Bessie M. Burck. "a years, Providence
Hospital.
| Robin l. Basehour. months, 2432 Har-
rison street northeast.
Edw Carter, IL months, Fredmen's
| Hosp tai
Thelma Perry. 10 months, Garfield Hos
! pital
Infant Of Cramer A. and Bessie M.
Burck. hours. Providence Hospital
Infant OF George w. and Elsie E. Love.
few minutes, 1923 Meridian street north
! west.
Bernice Bell. 10 years. Freedmen's Hos
pital.
John Martin. IS years. 1898 I street
northwest.
Edward Payne. 81 years, 1880 Duncan
place northeast.
HyIand &. G. M Middleton. 20 years. ssl U
Henry Cole. IS years. 225 Oaksdale
place northwest.
Charles Wills, 55 years. Casualty Hos
pital.
Mamie Carter, AZ years, - street
northwest.
Jennie E. Pleasant. 60 years. Alabama
George Mason. 80 years, Emergency
Hospital
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Births Reported.

The following births were reported to
the health office during the last twenty
four hours:
John F. and Anna Jones, girl.
Peter and Mol ma Carucci, boy.
James N. and Caroline Kline, boy.
Francs ]. and Ada Loveless, boy.
Nathan ana Kebecca SlavSky, girl.
William and Sarah Ten. boy.
Thomas X. and Dollie T.. Gibbons. girl.
Philip p. and Edith V. Padsett. boy.
Ernest and Margaret b. keister. g ri.
NJ chael and Micheiina PaIombo, girl.
Edward and Ester Smith, boy.
Archie and Amy Wilson. girl.
Robert and Lucy Anderson, boy.
Hermon and May York, girl.
Charles and Lettie Wilson, boy.
George and Evelyn L0ney, gIrl.
Thomas and Jennie johnson, boy.
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WAS HELPING WITH WASH.
James Christian Assisting Female
Friend When Arrested.

James Christian. colored, twenty-three
years old. for whom the authorities OF
Prince Georges county, Nd. have been
looking for more than a month. was ar
rested by Policemen Harvey and Crouch
yesterday afternoon at 21o ~ street.
When taken Christian was assisting one
Of his female friends to conquer big
tub Of washing.
According to Constable Garrison Of the
Hyattsville district, Christian 10 wanted
to answer a charge Of being implicated
in the theft Of q horse. He denies any
knowledge Of the theft. Christian was
taken to Maryland yesterday by the con-
stable.
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Accommodating Jerry Complains.

Jerry Taylor's desire to be accommodate
ing cost him two hard-earned dollars yes
terday, according to the complaint he
made to the police. Jerry. who lives in
Nailor alley. was walking on street be-
tween 18th and 14th. when he was ac-
costed by two colored men and asked to
change ten-dollar bill. He took the two
dollars from his pocket and told the
strangers that was all he had. And" he
concluded. lone OF them took It and went
off with it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23
ANNAPOLIS NEXT POINT
FOR ILLINOIS STUDENTS
Exhibit of Balloon Destr0yerS
for Benefit of Naval Acad.
envy Cadets.

The sixteen students Of the Northwest
ern Military Academy Of Highland Park.
ILL.,. who have been here for several days
with automobiles equipped with wireless
apparatus and balloon destroy rs, seeing
the sights Of the city, as we'll as demon :
strating to officials Of the War Depart
ment the efficiency of their outfits, left
yesterday afternoon for Annapolis. where
the Naval Academy will be visited and
where demonstrations will be given.
Pleased With National Capital.
Maj. Davidson, commandant Of the
Northwestern Military Academy; Lieut..
F. L. Beals, U. S. A., who is detailed
at the academy as military instructor.
and Capt. w. C. Groom of the Illinois
National Guard are in charge OF the
party. All were pleased with their trip
to the National Capital.
After day or so spent at the academy
the students will proceed to Philadelphia.
thence to New York and up the Hud
son to West Point, where the party will
remain for few days.
The return trip will be made by way
OF Albany and Buffalo. After leaving the
last-named city the party will return
along the lake shore TO Chicago, travelling
in all about 5000 miles.
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had bad luck. After what looked to be
a favorable start. balky engine forced
him to return, but he soon got away
again.
The aviators who covered the first leg
were A. Beaumont. Fl. ]. D. Ashley. c..
C. Paterson, J. vedrines. G. Blanchet,
Lieut. r. A. Cammell. e. Audemars. J.
Valentine. c. p. Pizey. c. H. Pixton, s..
F. Cody, g. Hamel, M. Montalent, c. T.
Weymann, Lieut.. II. Bier and Lieut.
Reynolds The three men who failed to
reach Hendon may dy again tomorrow
or Monday.
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A|RMEN START FLIGHT
AROUND BRITISH ISLES
Nineteen of the Thirty En-.
trants Begin Race for Prize
of $4,000.

BROOKLANDS. England, July 23.-In
beautiful weather for spectators. but
very tricky for the airmen, tho start
was made this afternoon for the $4,000
offered by the Daily Mail for the one
thousand -and-ten-mile flight around
England. Nineteen aviators OF thirty,
entered essayed the first section of
twenty miles to Hendon. Three, however.
failed to get outside Of the aerodrome
here.
Lieut. John C.. Porte Of the British
navy fell from a height OF sixty feet,
wrecking his machine but sustaining
only a few scratches. Another English
man, F. c. Jenkins. had similar fall.
but escaped uninjured. while a third
Englishman. e. C. Gordon-England. was
unable to get his machine to rise
Frenchmen Start Brilliantly.
The others got away we'll. A. Beau
mont (Lieut. Dc Conneau). and the
other FrenchnIen making brilliant
starts. G. T. weymann. the American
representative, In Newport monoplane.
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A Sensible Start.
From the Pittsburg Post.

From the Pttsburg Post.
my wife has Joined the reform move
ment."
What does she propose to do first?"
Get some reliable woman to take care
Of baby
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Brings Wynn Here Today.

Detective Pratt. who started for To-
ronto. Can. Friday night to get Thorn
as Wynn, former Western Union tele-
q charge Of forgery and conspiracy, is
expected 20 arrive here with his prisoner
this morning. He wired he would leave
Buffalo. N. Y, last night at 7:80 o'clock.
Wynn waived q hkaring and returned
without extraditfon
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There Are Others.

From the Toledo Blade.
I'm so devoted to my art that some
times miss my meals"
SO many artists have to do that"
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MRS. SUE |. VAUGHAN
DEAD IN THIS CITY
Her Appeal Was Responsible
for the Inauguration of
Memorial Day.

Mrs. Sue Landon Vaughan, whose ap-
peal to the women Of the falling Con-
federacy to decorate the graves Of their
soldier dead before the battle-scarred
banners were given UP TO the enemy, at
the little town of Jackson, Miss, in
April. 1865, gave birth to the present
Decoration day exercises died in the
Eastern Star Masonic Home of this city
yesterday from the tnfirmities of old
age. The funeral vii, take place at 2:3O
O'clock tomorrow afternoon from the
A. j. Schippert undertaking establish
ment at zoos Pennsylvania avenue. The
services will be conducted by Rev. Thorn
as E. Clarke. pastor of the Presbyterian
Church Of Takoma Park, and Naomi
Chapter, No. ). Order of the Eastern
Star. Interment will be made In the
family burial plot at Mount Olivet ceme-
terry, Ballston, Va
Stirred by Poem.
Just before the close of the war Mrs.
Vaughan was stirred by the strains of a
poem written about that time, entitled
Our Banners are Waving on Vicks-
burg No More" by Confederate sympa-
thizer. 1t was inscribed to the dead of the
Confederate army who had given up
ineir lives In the remarkable defense OF
that place. She Immediately wrote a
stirring letter TO Confederate women to
decorate the graves of their dead before
the Confederate states passed into his
tory. Her appeal met with immediate
response, and several weeks later
April 70, 1855, was formally recognized
as Confederate Memorial day. Three
years later, or May 80, 1868. the Union
states adopted the custom of decorating
the graves of the soldier dead, and Deco
ration day became general throughout
the country.
OF Distinguished Lineage.
Mrs. Vaughan was the daughter Of
John Adams OF Rockbridge, Va. She
was born In 1886. and was of distin-
guished lineage. claiming direct descent
from several of the crested families of
Scotland and England. The Adams fam
lily in America Is connected with the
Washingtons. Balls, Bayards. Hardins
and Turnstalls. When she was about
twenty-five years of age she married
the late Judge George Vaughan Of Cali
foruia. who moved to that state from
Virginia about forty years ago. At his
death. In 1897 Mrs. Vaughan moved
back to Virginia. She entered the East
ern Star Masonic Home two years and
a half ago, and she has lived there ever
since. She Is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. L. A Lloyd OF Hamilton, Texas,
and MIS-. c. X. Scaegs Of Oakland, Cal.
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WEATHER
Fair Sunday; Monday Unsettled
Little Temperature Changes.

| For the District of Columbia. Maryland
and Virginia. fair Sunday. Monday un-
settled: not much change in temperature;
light westerly winds, becoming variable.
| The barometric depression that was over
the st. Lawrence valley Friday has
| passed to the Canadian maritime prov
| inces. and Friday night caused showers
| in the middle Atlantic and New England
| states, and Saturday in Maine. Another
depression has crossed the Rocky noun
| tains and now covers the plains states
| It has been attended by local rains over
| the plateau and Rocky mountain regions
and the plains states. Local showers con-
| tinue in the gulf and south Atlantic
| states.
The disturbance that now covers the
plains states will advance to the Missis-
| sippi valley in the next tWenty-four hours
and be attended Sunday by showers In the
| plains states. the Mississippi valley and
| the upper lake region, and by Sunday
night and Monday in the Ohio valley and
| the lower lake region. Local showers are
also probable in the gulf and south At
| lantic states. except North Carolina. In
| the middle Atlantic and New England
states the weather will be fair Sunday
| and unsettled Monday, while over the
Rocky mountain and plateau regions fair
weather will prevail Sunday and Monday.
temperatures Will not Cndn&e materially
| over the eastern districts during the next
forty-eight hours. A change to lower
temperature will overspread the middle
plains states and the upper Mississippi
val ey Sunday. and the lower plains
states. the Ohio valley and the lake region
Monday.
The winds along the New England coast
will be light to moderate westerly; on the
middle Atlantic coast light variable most
| ly westerly: on the south Atlantic coast
| light westerly. except variable on the
south Florida coast: on the east gulf
coast light variable: on the west gulf
coast moderate southerly: on the lower
lakes light variable: on the upper lakes
| moderate variable. probably shifting to
| northerly Sunday night with squalls on
Lake Michigan.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide, 1915 am: high
tide. $50 am. and 1854 pm.
Tomorrow-L0w tide, 1871 am. and
I'LL pm; high tide. 6:21 am. and 6:5s
pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. 1852 am; sun sets.
7:19 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises. 4:s3 am.
Moon rises. 1857 am. tomorrow.
| The city lights and naphtha lamps
all lighted by tn rty minutes after sun
set; extinguishing begun one houN
before sunrise. All arc and incandes-