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Charting the Desert.
70 SPRINGFIELD Republican.

From the Springfield Republican.
Those who think the days of adventure
past should consider the mission upon
which Louis Weston Beck of Pasadena.
Cal. formerly a prospector i'm the Great
American desert. has just set out. Con-
WINGED that many of the deaths OF trav-
elers in that arid waste might be prevent
ed by signposts, he has undertaken to
traverse 1t in a motor car and set UP
marks by which the lost can find their
way to the nearest water and then extri-
cate themselves. 1t is said that there are
at least twenty-five victims a year, and
Mr. Beck. who is reputed to know the
desert better than any other living man,
has had his own narrow escapes. The
car was provided by citizens of Pasadena
who appreciated the importance OF MS
proposal. which includes making chart
showing the routes which he IS to marx
out by finger posts. He hopes in the
course of the summer to get as far as
the notorious Death valley, which no
motor car has yet reached.
Previous attempts to explore the desert
by automobile have failed. but he counts
on success because he knows where a
machine can be taken, and is able to
avoid the perils of the desert. Two years
ago a party of seven ventured over this
route in a high-powered car, and a
fortnight later searching party found
the car, and beside 1t the seven men, all
dead. having apparently drunk from a
poisoned spring nearby. To warn trav-
elers against bad water will be a part OF
his mission, and he has his signs Of vari-
Gus sorts already painted. He means to
dedicate his life to this work, and hopes
to see the desert as well charted as a
main Travelled highway. The government
he believes, might very well help by
putting up signs on buttes and mountain
tops. where they would be visible fol
many miles, and as useful as lighthouses
on the coast. 1t is no new hobby OF
Beck's. for in the course of his prospect
ing he has saved over a dozen lives with
the help of his big dog Rufus.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-24
LOVE OF GROTESQUE
Reason for HideouS Idols and
H0rrid T0tems.
GARGOYLES ON CHURCHES
Something in the Nature Of Man De-
mands the Diabolic-Poe's
Tales.
From the Literary Digest.

From the Literary Digest.
That the love of the grotesque exists is
undeniable. whether manifested in the
hideous idols and strange totems of a
savage race. in the glooming or grin
ming gargoyles Of a medieval Gothic
church, or in the writings of men like
Hoffman,, Poe and Baudelaire and in the
work of artists like Meyrink and Ewers.
Closely linked with the love of the gro
tesque is the cult of the diabolic. Do
most of us, or many of us, God-fearing
though we be- erect secret affairs in our
hearts to the Prince of Darkness, like
that canny British king who was early
converted to Christianity. but could not
bring himself to break entirely with his
satanic majesty? That we do SO is the
contention of Peter Hamecher in a clever
article contributed to late number of
the Stuttgart Ueber Land und Nicer. Dis
cord lies at the foundation of the uni
verse;" he declares, and all the
teachings of unity are but the feeble
effort of the reason to bolster up an ar
gument that the emotions instinctively
deny. To quote further from this mod
ern restatement of an ancient idea:
God and Satan stand eternally op-
posed. God Is Goodness, Law, Order
Limitation. He is the ALLOWING. kindly
Father. to whose knee mankind. childlike,
clings But opposite Him stands Satan.
He is the Lawless, the Disturber, the
Betrayer to the limitless.
Eternal is the struggle. With shud-
dering horror man sees himself the pawn
in a mighty game. He loves the safety,
the sure and bounded refuge that is
God. But the lust for the new and the
strange lures him to the gates of danger.
beyond which lies the wilderness. Not
in vain does the panic terror the fear
of occult powers. lay hold of man with
so much force that he abjures his re-
ligions and dares torture to follow Satan
and his lieges. The fact is a reminder
of how long was the road that lay be-
tween the brute world and God. and of
how vitality alive the ungodly element in
life still is. Man knows. too. how the
ungodly lends itself to progress. to ex-
pansion to intellectual growth and free
dom-how Satan has known how to pene-
trate into the kingdom of heaven by this
means of assault. Satan is as eternal as
God. And as mankind made for itself
an image and a token of the Heavenly
Father. so made it images and tokens
of his counterpart.
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lated that the state would be reimbursed

lated that the state would be reimbursed
for the construction of the system by
each municipality. according to the
amount of water 1t uses. The expense to
each municipality Of reimbursing the
state would be spread over long period
perhaps thirty years. To carry out the
scheme of establishing this gigantic res
ervoir at Linden an engineering corps has
been located there. and 1t Is hoped before
winter weather sets in to progress SO far
as to be able 10 determine the practicable
ty and probable cost of carrying out the
scheme The conservation commission
cannot carry out the scheme without fur
:her action by the state legislature. and
whether such authority shall be asked for
the coming winter depends largely upon
the result of the investigation now being
made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-24
Goat for Sale.

From the Linneus. No.. Bulletin.
Anna ]. Richart of West Plains adver-
tises a goat for sale in the following
poetic manner:
II offer one Angora goat. with burs be-
dwelling his coat. No other beast with
cloven hoof can climb a tree or scale a
roof In appetite none else compares;
he dotes on tin and other wares; and
when we hear the baby yell we know the
her with his prongs. So hear this most
sincere of songs, take heed OF this inn
ploring note. and then come in and take
the goat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-24
Free Gasoline Fountains.
From the Boston Globe.


It was appropriate for Warren F. Hall.
who spent most OF his life in the truck
ing business in this city. and who. con-
sequently, knew what horses are obliged
to suffer- to leave a gift Of $1,000 In his
will for the erection of q watering trough
for horses. This Ii a provision that hu-
manity will approve. and no man in
commenting on the terms Of the Will
can take exception to such a clause.
Because the automobile Is gradually
supplanting the horse the need OF water
ing spots for animals Ia not likely TO in
crease. but up to the present time no
philanthropist has come forward with an
endowed gasoline fountain for distressed
operators of machines. Here 10 an
opportunity for some man of wealth to
come to the rescue. Why not free gaso-
line fountains at convenient intervals
throughout the travelled ways OF our
country?
This suggestion ought TO appeal to
John D. Rockefeller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-24
Oldest Guild of Bellringers.
rom the Westminster Gazette.

From the Westminster Gazette.
Bow Bells will be found by the new
rector in perfect order. for they were re.
hung and otherwise vastly improved dur
ing the rectorate of the late Mr.. Hutton.
They number twelve. not ten. as refer
ence works state, and are rung officially
by The Ancient Society Of College
Youths founded about 1887. who are
probably the oldest guild of bellrfngers
in Europe The College Youths. some
of whom are promising lads of fourscore
Bells. because with twelve bells there are
479, col 900 possible changes. and to ring
these would take nearly thirty-eight
years. Their peal on twelve bells-tech-
nically called a ''maximus"-is thus never
more than a fraction Of what might be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-24
Regardless.
From Puck.

Molly Pitcher sprang to the gun at
Monmouth.
80 this" exclaimed the soldiery.
their ina ginations instantly fired, lis
TO be a Pitchers battle"'
For. although the national game was
still on the knees of the gods. sporting
blood is sporting blood, regardless of
season or occasion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-24

by Wilhelm Michel in his remarkable
study THE Diabolic and the Grotesque In
Art published in Munich). Mankind has
craven images as we'll for the dark SIDE
as for the bright side of life. And this Is
a safety valve for when experience hnds
a mode of expression 1t brings liberation
of spirit to both artist and laymen.
True poets Of horror exert singular
fear. yet We remain rooted to the spot
held by the evil charm. Something urges
us on. Is it an atavistic joy in the hor-
rible? Is 1t the blasphemous curiosity
that drives the witch? Or is 1t an In
sidious hope to gain knowledge or ideas
not to be found in the sober paths OF
reason? Who knows? Something within
us answers to the call Of the deep.
THE beginnings Of this cult are found
in the German romantic school, In
kleist, Arnim, Brentano, Chamisso. ETC..
the true father of the movement being
E. TIL A. Hoffmann. = Life appears
to Hoffman, as something quite grotesque
and uncanny. He presses into his serv-
devil belief-magic. elixirs of the devil.
earth spirits, etc.-to create means OF ex-
preston for his intuitions. Magnetism,
must help him to explain secret infu-
ences and sickness of the VIII. HON.
manns popularity is the bringing OF
these 'spooky' things into everyday AZ
fairs and thus giving to the tale the air
of reality, and to reality the air Of a
groteSQue, half-horrfble, halI-comic tale.
Authors of Horror Yarns.
Hamecher finds that Hoffman,. the
always significant. is best understood on
this side of his genius from such tales
as the Golden Pot the Sandman"
Elementary Spirits" the "Automaton,"
etc. He makes the interesting observa-
ton that both Hoffman, and Poe came
into fame by way of France. above all.
Hoffman, was honored by Baudelaire,
also one Of Satan's disciples" Baudelaire
brought to the French. too, the other
poet of horror, Poe. whom he translated
and glorified:
Like all these poets, Poe put his faith
in dreams. in the spiritual as the only
true reality. But his dreams are more
fearful. more torturing, NOR hallucina-
tive than Hoffmanns. No smile plays
over that pale and sickly face which,
with implacable seriousness and an in
credible suggestive power of deep melan-
choly, reveals as in a glass the fevered
and tortured visions Of his soul and the
imaginations of an unearthly dream
world. Poe suffered under his dreams of
horror and his delirium of humiliation,
but his hand did not cease to draw them.
for the soul of man today stands on
the brink of unheardof psychic discov-
cries. A dream-light, strange and
supernal, floats above Poe's world, which
seems farther from reality than Hoff-
mann's. though he foregoes the aid of
demons and assumes to work patiently
and precisely by scientific method"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-24
CONDITION Of KA|SER|N
IS CAUSING ANXIETY
Illness of Empress Has Re-
minded Germany of Influence
She Has Exerted.
Special cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
RERLIN. August 24.-The condition OF
the kaiserin causes real anxiety. accord
ing to advices from inner court circles.
She is constantly ailing. Her complaints
vary, but all show general state OK
weakness Throughout her recent indis-
position. the kaiser has been tenoer
nurse revealing new side OF mis- char-
acter. The sight of the worlds greatest
war lord sitting by his wife's bedside.
ministering to her petty wants and sooth-
ing her in her hour of sickness has been
touching.
The illness OF the empress has reminded
the country of the vast womanly IN
fiuence she has welded behind the scenes.
The intensely Puritan atmosphere OF the
imperial German court is the result or
her own tastes. In politics she always
has advised her impetuous husband to be
cautious, moderate, conciliatory ana
Welding toward his subjects. rather than
despotic.
Gets Report on Prince.
Gen. Won Weber has sent confidential
report to the kaiser regarding his young
est son, Prince Oscar. who is serving un-
der the generals command at Temper
hof infantry barracks i'm Berlin. II seems
that the prince. who is twenty-one years
old, does not take military duty seriously
enough, and the general in his report goes
SO far as to declare that his conduct in
neglecting his work for the sake OF the
charms of Berlin society sets deplorable
example to other young officers. The
kaiser has wired the general. thanking
him for drawing his attention to his son .
shortcomings and promising to lecture
the prince.
1t would be consistent with the kafsers
character of a Spartan father IL he gave
Prince Oscar his choice OF either attend
ing TO duty at home, or serving a year In
Germany's African colony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-24
Art and Fearful Visions.

THE art of all the peoples and times
is full of these fearful visions-of represen-
tations Of horror and the fear of occult
powers. Mad laughter. pale fear.
wild scorn greet us in gruesome concert
when we gaze on the pictures gathered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-24
special Correspondence of The Star.

special Correspondence OF Inc star
HYATTsv1LLE, August "a, 1912.
Work on the new municipal building
adjoining the post Office is progressing
rapidly. and Contractors Burgess & Par
sons expect to have the edifice completed
about November 1. Preparations are be-
ing made for the laying of the corner
stone Labor day in connection with an
.all-day celebration under the auspices of
the local volunteer fire department. The
laying Of the corner stone will be in
charge of Mount Hermon Lodge, A. F.
and A. NJ, Mayor Henry w. Shepherd.
worshipful master.
An important real estate deal was con-
summated here this week. when J. IL.
Radford Of Toronto, Canada, purchased
eight houses, six on Schley avenue and
two on Sheridan avenue. These houses
were formerly owned by S. w. Pickford
Of Washington, who recently purchased
the old Calvert mansion at Riverdale.
1t is understood that Mr.. Radford paid
in the neighborhood of $4,000 for the
houses, and purchased them as an invest
ment.
Frederick Thomson of Berwyn, Prince
Georges county. has begun the erection
of three-story brick office building on
Johnson avenue Immediately west or the
new municipal building. Burgess & Par
sons are the contractors. The building
will cost about 5000, and will be pro-
vided with all modern conveniences. Mr..
Thomson is also building a dwelling house
on Wine avenue near Ralston avenue.
The contractor is John A. Johnson.
Will Build Macadam Roads.
The state roads commission contemplates
! building about three-quarters of mile
of macadam roadway along the Balti-
more Washington boulevard, from Main
street, Laurel, to Crow run. This road
! will be constructed under the provisions
Of an act of the Maryland legislature,
1912, introduced by Delegate Ogle Mar
, bury of Laurel. 1t will cost about 5000.
| and will form a part of state road No. l..
Proposals have been received by the
Joint commission Of state-aid roads for
Prince Georges county for the construc-
ton of over a mile of macadam roadway
over the Queen Chapel road, beginning
at the District of Columbia line near
the home of E. c. McChesney, about half
mile west of Hyattsville The money
! for this road was appropriated by the
county commissioners before the creation
| of the present road directors, and the last
/ legislature authorized the money to be
| expended under the supervision. of joint
| commission composed of the county COM
missioners and road directors The state
| pays one-half CT the cost Of this work
| the county 40 per cent and the abutting
| property holders 10 per cent. This divi-
sion of the cost is provided for in what
is known as the Shoemaker road law,
fathered by DR.. Richard S. Hill of Upper
Marlboro. when he was a member of the
general assembly of Maryland, some eight
| years ago.
Plan Bridge and Culvert Work.
| The road directors of Prince Georges
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-24

II you want work read the want col.
umns Of The Star.
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Plan Bridge and Culvert Work.

The road directors of Prince Georges
county are preparing to do considerable
bridge and culvert work throughout the
county during the coming fall. Bids were
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-08
SON MAY
{ ABANDON VISIT
Berlin Said to Be Cool Toward
United States Because of
Canadian Reciprocity Sc
quel.

Berlin, March S-The postponement
until September OF the visit OF Prince
Adaibert Ia the United States Is re-
garded In many quarters as an lndlca-
ton that the visit may never mater
lalize. Il Is suggested that there has
toen q lowering OF the international
temperature. This Is attributed part
III to the defeat OF the American state
department on the potash question and
the alleged discrimination against
Germany IN connection with the Cam
adian reciprocity scheme Evidence
OF this cooling on is supposed to be
found Ia such facts as that the kaiser
NO longer attends the inaugural lee
lures OF the exeahnge professors aud
does not invite them and their wives
TO his court receptions
The only American speaker AZ the
Womans congress In connection with
the Womnn's work exhibition here
was Florence Keys OF Vassar. She
madC a plea Ia favor Of the advnn-
ages OF co-education. The discussion
which followed showed that this sys.
tenn was generally favored.
She spoke In German. which she
learned at Ilelpsig She was invited
by the congress TO give the actual
facts In regard 70 co-education in
America, with the object OF rectlfying
the idea prevalent in Germany that
the whole system had fallen into dis
favor. She now goes TO Munich. The
Austro-iiuneurian delegates to the
women's work exhibition have invited
her 70 repeat her address In Vienna
and Budapest
Mr. Leishman. the American am
bassador, was the guest az honor M a
dinner given by Dr Solf, the new
secretary for the colonies The other
American guests were Edwin Y. Nor
gaH, who is on his way 70 Washlngtcn
10 feccive instructions prior to taking
up his work as ambassador 10 BRAZIL
and Capt Nlblack, the American nav
al attache, Mr. Morgan viii sail for
New York on the steamship olympic
next week az will also Mr. Nihlacz.
Police President Jagow proposes to
make wrestling bouts illegal as. he
says, they tend To excite the public
disturb order aud encourage betting
wrestling by separate pairs as exhi-
billions Of SKIN viii be permitted
The kaiser inspected this week ,he
plans for the new royal opera house
lie viii decide among the four finally
chosen by elimination after they
have been submitted to the Prussian
diet The total cost of the opera
house VIII be- S3.000,O00 exclusive OF
the furniture and theatrical fittings.
Tho site IL near the Brandonburg gate
at the end OF Unter-der.Ilnden. The
building wiz be ready Ia the fail OF
1915.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-08
BALD HEADED MEN
MAY TAKE HOPE

Budaposi. Hungary, March S.--Tho
living wig discovery OF DR. Frans
Szokoly has erected a sensation Ia
Hungarian medical circles. How he
succeeded IN implantlng hale on bald
patos WAS demonstrated by the dis
covcrer before a meeting 81 the med
Heal society. and three subjects, who
had undergone the process. We're
brought forward as further testimony
Of the practltability 81 Dr. szekely's
methods, which are simple enough.
An almost invisible gold wire Is
bent into tiny loop in which Is
placed a sterillzod hair and the two
are fastened 20 an injection needle.
The hair is drawn 90 the point OF
a needle end the wire is bound round
a and cut OF about two miillmetors
from tho bend, so that tiny hook
adherca 10 the needle This ls then
stuck Into the scalp ana tho needle Is
Withdrawn. leaving the hair together
with the sold wire implanted Ia the
skin,
From three hundred 90 five hum
drod hairs can bo implanted Ia this
way In an hour without pain. The
"liviIg wig cen be brushed. combed
and washed without tho least dlecom-
fort or annoyance.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-08
WOULD TURN YOUNG
MEN OUT SOONER

Chicago, March s.--prcsldcnt Harry
Pratt judson of the University OF Chi
cagoi In his annual report issued yes.
to-day, announced plans for the reOr~
ghnizRtion Of that inatisutlon so as to
place men Ia business two years
earlier than al present.
President ludson outlines these two
radical Innovations Ia the scheme OF
the institution
]. Furnishing college oducatlons TO
the students az the age of rs by cut
ting two years from the elementary
school, one year from the high school
course and Inserting a junior college
course OF three years
2 Extending opportunities for col
ieEe education % thousands Of CHI
chHO young men and women. now
forced 10 forgo such training. by
means of tho foundation of new
schools and reorganization OF existing
cOuraes.
Above the COLLEGE. according 90 the
report, would be the university which
would Offer an undergraduate course
of two years aud postgraduate courses
OF two or more years That would give
the student the bachelor degree at
iae aeo OF 20. and n be desired to
specialize Ia one OF the professions,
he could finish his work In from
three to ave years more, so he could
be engaged IN the actual practice OF
his profession al 90.
To on ort the details OF President
lJudaon's plan several Of Chicago'a
wealthy men will be- asked 10 pUrpetu-
ate their names IN the foundation OF
new schools and the giving OF new
buildings
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-08

don't TAFT which took place last week
with the usual formal exchange OF
fluctuations ana expressions OF good
viii, cordlality and general friendly
interest. While tho ambassador was
getting acquainted with the president
and state department officials with
whom he viii have 10 deal in the I'M
terest ~ hia government, Baroness
chinda was busy setting her house in
order 10 take up the routine OF en-
terialning While this was going ON
she tonb occasion. between times, 90
make hagiy visits Go che fashionable
shops 90 determine whether her
wardrobe might be Improved from
the point Of view Of the Americas
milllner and dressmaker
the new Ambassador and his wife
are perhaps the most advanced in
American affairs aud customs OF sny
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-08

Japanese who have previously come
here In the same capacity. Baron
Chlnda was educated IN tho United
States, at De rauw university, whore
he WAS "a classmate of former senator
boyeridge or Indiana. Spending four
years OF his life Ia Indiana, he ABB
sorbod tho Ideas of the progressive
HoOsier and of course could not help
developing "a taste FOR literature.
Ia ltlerature he has SPAWNED the
gulf between the classics and dialects
of Indiana and the old masters OF
Europe. So he has become reaog-
nlzed az perhaps the japanese sintes-
man best vergcd in English literature.
baroness Chinda speaks and reads
English, her principal pasilme being
me reading ~ English literature.
Baron Chinda belongs 60 that group
OF japanese statesmen and military
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-08

We offer the best the clothing world The productions
leading neutrality-suspicious. Hrsh wkwire
brands Here they splendid representing spring
best STYLE best in
wearing quality the
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-08

Get our low prices
Sulkies. See them /.
floor.
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NEW AMBASSADOR
ANERICANIzED

Washington, March g.--lntcrost On
the diplomatic oorps Ia WASHINGTON
has turned this week % BARON Chin
IA. the new Japanesc ambassador,
ana his WHO. who hive just arrived
and plunged ia once into ihsir official
end social duties
within tWcnty-iour hours after his
ofrlVal thc nmbassador began tO arr
range for bis presentation 90 prcsi-