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Teachers
Sail for Europe

A party consisting of number Of
Washington school teachers left Phila-
delphia this morning under the leader
ship of Principal Stephen Z. Kramer.
of the Public Schools. for a tour OF
Europe. They sailed on the American
line steamship Haverford. and take In
the sights of England, Scotland. Bel
gium. France, switzerland, Germany.
and Holland. They will sail for home
August IS. and expect to arrive here
aboG. Auguet %.
This is the second party OF Washing
ton school teachers which will be
abroad this summer. The other party
left Boston June Is. under the leader
ship of Henry w. Draper for tour
Of southern Europe,
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FORMER MERCHANT
OF CAPITAL SUICIDE
Robert ]. Hunter Ends Life in
New York HoteI-FinanciaI
Reverses Are Blamed.

No arrangements have been made for
the funeral Of Robert J. Hunter, former
we1-to-do merchant of this city, who
ended his life yesterday in a room at
the ST. Denis Hotel, New York. At
the family residence, 1924 Eighteenth
street northwest, IL was said today II
had not been determined where burial
would be made, but that 1t was prob
able the body would be sent 10 Phila-
delphia- Mrs. Hunter, the widow, is
prostrated and is under the care Of a
physician.
Financial reverses and the fact that
he had been unsuccessful in plans 10
re-establish himself In business are at
tributed today as the reasons which
prompted Hunter to take his life. Reg
istering at the hotel several weeks ago,
he had been busy calling on wholesale
clothingmen in New York, and 1t is
understood he was endeavoring to es-
tablish credit for a new store. Failing
in this and running out of cash. he
determined to end it all
Left Letter for Wife.
lying acros sthe bed in his room with
a bullet wound in his head. Before
killing himself he had addressed and
sealed a letter to his wife. This was
delivered to her this morning. but the
contents were not made public.
Hunter was an Englishman, fifty-two
years old. He was once employed with
the John Wanamaker Company in
Philadelphia. but twenty years ago
came to Washington and entered the
employ of Bryan & Co., haberdashers.
at Fifteenth and F streets. Later he
was made manager.
On the death of Mr.. Bryan, Hunter
assumed charge of the store and later
married his former employers widow.
Hunter sought to enlarge the business.
He moved TO a larger store. but the
venture was not a success, and about
three years ago II was necessary to
take a small store in Fifteenth street
A few months later the business was
closed out.
Occupied Handsome Home.
Unfortunate investments are said to
have depleted Hunters resources. and
for some time he had been endeavorins
70 get into business again.
Miss Clarinne Bryan Hunter, a STEP
daughter Of Hunter, is one of the fa-
yorftes in the younger social set In
Washington. About year ago she took
up newspaper and magazine writing
and is said 20 have attained consider
able success with her articles Besides
his widow and stepdaughtcr, Hunter is
survived by a stepson, Weber Bryan
Hunter.
The Hunters occupied a handsome
home in the heart of the ..millionaire
colony" II is opposite the Perry Bel
mont residence and adjoins that of
Thomas Nelson Page. Recently ''for
sale" signs were put up and gave
friends the first intimation that Hun
ter's financial troubles were Of a
serious nature.
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Masons and Florists
Will Hold Cutting

Kallipolis Grotto. No. Is, Mystic Order
Yelled Prophets OF the Enchanted
Realm, and the Florists Club of Wash
ington, many members being connected
with both organizations, will particf-
pate with Baltimore Masons and the
Florists Club Of that city. in a joint
day, August 5.
Committees are being selected by the
local organizations to look after the ar
rangements. members Of which will visit
the Beach Sunday to make 6psl plans,
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FORT WASHINGTON
TO Be ABANDONED
Big Mortar Battery DismantIed,
and Ten-Inch Guns May Be
Sent to Other Points.

Fort Washington, Nd, which has
long stood sentinel over Washington,
apparently is to be abandoned as one
CT the main defenses OF the Capital
Battery Meigs the big mortar battery.
has been dismantled. and rumor has It
that the big tes>inch guns, or at least
q number Of them, are to he sent away
from the fort.
A few years ago strategists Of the
War Department decided that Fort
Hunt was not needed as a river de-
fense. and since that time II has been
maintained by a small garrison that
simply kept up the Government prop
e-ty.
Twenty years ago these sister forts
were rebuilt and modernized. Fort
Washington making a formidable de-
ing the river practically impossible.
These defenses have lost favor, how
ever. with latter-day strategists and
the War College experts. The new Fort
Mashinston OF few s years .;,i age was vas
that matter. but army experts feel that
with the growth Of modern navies and
the defenses at Fort Monroe there Is
little need for heavy artillery on the
upper river. where at best only smaller
craft can penetrate.
Batteries Are Concealed.
Some exceptional engineering work
was done in the building Of the new
Fort Washington, practically all the
big gun and mortar batteries being
concealed and fully protected. Their
location is not known even to visitors
to the fort who have not a well de-
veloped bump Of direction. The old
fort, with its granite bastion, looks
impressive from the river, but in the
latter day scheme Of things, 1t Is but
a mask, giving no index Of where
the true offensive strength of the for,
tification, lies. ~ s.@
Though much of the armament car
ried in Fort Washington at present
may be removed, IT is likely that the
old Fertilization will always be main
tained for It's historical o,han interest .snn ana
1t is perhaps the Oldest fortification
in the United States, having been
used as a strategic site by the
long before the advent Of the
white man. II guarded the upper
reaches of the Potomac from hostiles
when Capt. John Smith first sailed by
and esta blished a trading post at the
first structure in what is now George
town.
Big Mortars Sent Away.
All Of the twelve-inch mortars from
battery Meigs that, by automatic fire
control, could drop great shells on
any block between the two river
shores for miles have been sent to
Fort Banks, Massachusetts,. The three
big ten-inch gun batteries and the
disappearing guns arc still
in place, but not for long. Just where
they will be sent as part of the
War Department is not saying.
Present plans call for the main
tenancc of three companies of coast
artillery at Fort Washington and one
at Fort Hunt. Whether these garri-
sons will be maintained when the
armament is reduced to six-inch
rapid-fre guns and below only the
tacticians of the War College know.
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Charles R. Heike,
Sugar Magnate, Dead

sEABR1GHT. N. J., July 5-Charles
r. Heike, former secretary Of the Sugar
trust, is dead at his summer home here.
Mr.. Heike was sixty-nine years old, and
death was caused by heart trouble and
a complication of diseases He was con-
victed in 1910 of completely In the under
weighing frauds and sentenced to eight
months in prison and to pay a fine OF
President Taft commuted sentence
when he learned Heike was In poor
health.
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YolNed. 1t Is q
penetrating ex-
ternal application
after the formula
of 4 noted family
doctor, and lubri-
Gates every muccle,
nerve, tissue. or
tendon involved.
BY its daily use
there will be no
pain. no distress,
M N.a.-
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CHAPTER xxx.
| Tourney-Aud 4 Wedding.

4 BRIL- LEIAN and scathine
~ criticism of q successful So
"A ciety play, signed by Doug
las in full. and admitted to the
columns Of a. periodical whose standing
was unique, followed close upon the
issue Of his novel. His articles to the
Courier were as vivid and character
istic as ever-he had passed with
scarcely an effort after his initial sue
cess into the front ranks Of contempor-
ary writers. OF his private sorrows the
world knew nothing, and he carried
himself always with an impentraMoie M
front. Yet, after that night he felt that
a break in his life was imperatfve-was
a necessary condition of his sanity.
The literary and society papers enron.
icled his retirement into the wi,ds OF
Devonshire, where he was reported TO
be studying the plot Of his next novel
AS a matter Of fact he had embarked
upon a longer journey.
From Paris, after hours OF indecis1on,
he wired to Emily de Reuss at Mol
chavano:
Nav I come to you? DOPGLAS.
For a week he waited restlessly, q
week of weary sightseeing and abortive
attempts at holiday making. No an
swer came. On the eighth day he
moved on to Vienna and sent another
telegram:
MAY come to you? DOUGLAS.
Still no reply. He waited for day
or two and then moved on to st. Peters
burg. Here he took up his quarters at
the Hotel de rEurope. and began to
make Inquiries about the journey across
siberia. From here he sent another
message out over the .snowbound
wastes:
leave for Molchavano in fourteen
days. DOUGLAS.
He made all the preparations for his
Journey, but on the twelfth day came
word from her:
7 implore you not to come. Return to
London and await my letter.
He travelled back. and those who saw
him on his return remarked that the
air of Devonshire had been without
it's usual benefit so far as he was con-
cerned He shut himself up, wrote
scarcely line, waited only for his let
ter. 1t came sooner than he had ex-
pected. 1t contained more than he had
dared to hope, less than he had prayed
for This Is what he read:
The Fortress of Molchavano.
October II.
So. Douglas. you have learned the
truth? Well, I am glad Of II. You be-
leve in me now? You always may.
Looking back upon our last interview.
my only regret is that l did not tell
you the whole truth then II Uaa fOol-
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new principle. Put 1t on any corn in
two seconds; 1t stops pain. the corn
begins to shrivel and disappears. 1t
never IA ias fussH % banSapes ts No you -ess ever sx
salves to turn healthy flesh '.peely" and
raw, or plasters that make corns bulge
out. Your corns won't pull and hurt
way up to your heart. Lay aside your
knife and razor. No more digging and
tugging and wincing, no more bleeding.
no more danger of blood poison. GETS
IT" never hurts healthy flesh; 1t is safe,
painless, quick, simple, sure. For warts,
calluses, and bunions, too.
"GETS-IT" Is sold at all druggists at
rs cents a bottle. or sent on receipt of
price by E Lawrence & Co., Chicago.
Sold in Washington by O'Donnell's Drug
Store, Peoples Drug Store. P. G. AZ
fieck-Advt.
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vok100D knoD o. pfepof1dono Wn1cn seemed
to oonly mako it woese. saw the advertise
ment Of Cuticura Soap and Ointment and
sent TO my DRUGGIST for three cakes Of Cuti-
cura Soap and box Of Cutieurs Ointment.
! washed my scalp with warm water strong
With tho Cuticura Soap and dried. aftsr-
wards applying the Cuticura Ointment.
working II IN tho scalp slowly with my
fingers. After using them for several days
my hair began to stop coming out. The
dandru6 an diAppeared and In les than
four weeks . cure was accomplished Per.
manenty." (signeO Mis Lucy May. Nov.
Q. 1919.
Outicurs Soap and Ointment do 20 much
for pimples. blackheads. rcd. rough skins.
itching. scaly scalps. dandrun. dry. thin and
falling hair. chapped hands and shapeleo
nails. that It u almost criminal not to use
them. Sold everywhere. Liberal sampleo(
each mailed ffse. with 32-p. Skin Book. Ad-
0post-card +" Cuttcura. Dept. 7. Bostou-"
~Men who shave and shampoo with Gu
tacua Soap WI nnd is best for sldn and salA
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Hold How at Hobo Meet.

PHILADELPHIA. July 5.-J. Eads
How, opened his ''hoboes convention
with six hundred weary willies' pres
ent. He served them lemonade. and the
police stepped in and arrested How as
q nuisance.
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Ashes to Be Sunk in Lake,

BEATRICE. Neb., July 5.-At her re-
quest, the ashes of Mrs. z. B. Wads-
vorth will be sunk In Lake Cichigan, q
mile from Nllwauksa.
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ALMOST FRANTIC
WITH DANDRUFF
Tormented by itching. Hair Came
Out by CombfuIs. PimpIes on
Scalp. Cuticura Soap and 0int-
ment Made Permanent Cure.

Bi0sn. Ala. -"I had . very bad case d
dAndruR On my bead was tormented By
itching and my hair began to come out By
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the combfuls. I almost BE-
came frantic. fearful that I
would lose all Of my hair
which was my pride. There
were some pimples On my
scalp and ] scratched them
unM they made sores. Ny
hair was dry and Hfeless.
II was bothered about
four months and had tiled
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The Joy Of
Coming Motherhood
A Wonderful Remedy That Is a Nat.
ural Aid and Relieves the Tension.

Mothers Friend Is the only remedy
known that Is able to reach all the
different parfs In =
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New Way Corn Cure,
eETS-lT, Quick, Sure!

Never Tried Il Beforet-You1l Marvel
How 1t Makes Corns Vanish.
There never was anything like GETS
IT, for corns, and there isn't anything
like II now. II Is the corn cure on
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The Fortress Of Molchavano.

OCCODGr II.
truth? Well, I am glad Of it. You be-
leve in me now? You always may.
Looking back upon our last interview.
my only regret is that / did not tell
you the whole truth then. II was fool
The Washington times., 1913-07-05

A Continuation Of This story Will
BE Found In T0norr0w's
Issue Of The Times.
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Rehoboth Beach.
SEASIDE COTTAGE
HOTEL HENL OPP

Three doors from beach; cool, shady: n
for its table. MRS. w. T. ROTTHOJ
RehobotS Beach, Del
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LAKE VIEW HOTEL.
In the heart OF the Blue Ridge Mountains
Bathing. Rowing Fishing. Tennis, Saddle
and Driving Horses. Own farm and dairy
Booklet OF views on application. c. ]. REMS-
BURG, Lewistown. Md.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-03-25
IN THE MOON

The visible part of the moon ia about
equal to the superfcies of North
America. 1t is very mountainous. and
around the vast dry plains which form
the dark spots seen with the naked
eye are volcanoes whose funnel-shap-
ed craters resemble old wells filled in
by the deposits of the ages. Maps of
the moon show more than $4,000 such
craters, some of them 200 kilometers
In diameter. Measured by the length
of their shadows some of the lunar
mountains are $500 meters high. The
earth's radius is supposed to be near
~ -FOUR times that of the moon, Pro.
portionally the moon is much more
mountainous than the earth. All the
lunar volcanoes are extinct. The
moon was formed after the earth was
formed; 1t has gone to it's doom faster
than the earth because, as its mass is
much feebler than the earth's mass
1t cooled faster. The moons light and
shade are seen clearly because it has
no appreciable atmosphere. 1t is not
inhabited.-Harpers Weekly.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-03-25
PRUSSiC ACID IN PLANTS.

The remarkable fact that consider
able quantities Of free prussic acid
are accumulated in the living tissues
of certain plants was observed by the
late DR.. M Treub, and there appears
to be little doubt that this poisonous
acid Is actually utilized as food mate.
rial by these plants. Some interesting
details concerning the occurrence and
function of prussic acid In the cherry
laurel are given by Peche, who con.
cludes from his observations that the
prussic acid found in the leaves and
other organs is produced as a direct
result of carbon assimilation In the
green leaf cells when exposed to light,
and that it is not merely product OF
the hydrolysis of glucosides. Peche
found evidence that, while part of the
prussic acid enters ! the building
up Of glucosides, some of it is trans.
ported in a liable form, probably in
loose combination with tannin, and
is stored UP in various tissues as ?
reserve food.-Nature.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-03-25
BEES PRE-EMPT ROOM.

At Blackburn, Lancashire, England
swarm of several thousand bees re-
Gently took possession of bedroom
at Walnut street, in the absence OF
the tenant, a cotton operative. and his
family. Sweeping like cloud through
the open window. the bees resisted
all attempts to dislodge them. and
some young people were so severely
stung as to necessitate medical treat.
ment Ladders We're brought, and,
with hands and faces protected, men
climbed to the roof with brooms. 9th
ers tried to smoke out the unwelcome
visitors with some degree OF success,
large numbers being killed. An at.
tempt to hive the bees. made In the
evening, was successful
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-03-25
BosToN's LARGE INDEX.

On Beacon hill, in Boston. under the
golden dome of the state house, is one
OF the largest indexes in the world. In
fact. the Russian public index is the
only one known to be larger. More
than 100000 names, births, marriages
and deaths in Massachusetts from
1S43, make complete record, showing
not only where people were born and
where they died, but also statistics
which are vital in making up calcula-
tions. Before this time the records
were kept in the different towns, but
now they are all concentrated In the
state house In Boston. In a relatively
small space all these records are pre-
served, and as birth, marriages and
deaths come in, different forms of
cards are used, as great variety of
names, Grecian, Assyrian, Italian and
others now mingle with good old New
England names that have been on the
records since the landing of the May
Unconstitutional Magazine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-03-25
LENGTHY REIGNs.

The Emperor Francis Joseph OF
Austria has now reigned sixty-three
years, seven months and twelve days.
The reign of Queen Victoria was one
of sixty-three years, seven months,
and two days. The Elector Charles
Theodore of the Palatinate and Louis
XIV. of France have alone surpassed
Francis Josephs record, the former
having reigned sixty-six and the latter
seventy-two years, but both of them
came to the throne as minors, the
former at the age of nine, and the
latter as a child of five.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-03-25
The Heather in His Blindness.

An Indian went hunting one day fol
deer. After tramping through the
woods for some hours he came across
herd and managed to kill one He
houldered it and started for market
which was some five miles away. Now
Of course, the longer he walked the
leavier the deer got, and by the time
lie reached the deer market he was
lbout all in. He hung the deer on the
scales and stood looking at it will
wonder Finally he said to the man:
ugh! Let him hang a WHILE"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-03-25
PREHISTORIC GOVT.

An anthropologist has discovered
that from the earliest times men have
been subject to govt and rheumatism.
The examination of 100 skeletons of
beth sexes, from the stone age, has
revealed that our remote ancestors
suffered acutely from these two dis
eases, which suggests that bone and
muscle maladies are not to be attrib-
uted to high living. but rather to damp.
unhygienic dwellings and exposure to
,old and to climatic influences.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-03-25

continued its use until I was made well. I"
Mrs. HENRY LEIsEBERG, 743 Adams st.
Kearneysville, w. var feel it my
duty to write and say what Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. suffered from female
weakness and at times felt so miserable
l could hardly endure being on my feet.
"After taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and following your
special directions, my trouble is gone.
Words fail to express my thankfulness.
l recommend your medicine to all my
friends. - Mrs. G. B. WELLINGTON.
The above are only two of the thou
sands of grateful letters which are con.
stantly being received by the Pinkham
Medicine Company Of Lynn, Mass, which
show clearly what great things Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound does
for those who suffer from woman's ills.
If you want special advice write to
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co. (c0nfi.
dential Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered BY q
woman and hsld In stxiAt naAadenns.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-03-25
Medical Attention,

ut has often been said, with truth,
that only two classes Of people receive
truly expert medical attendance-the
very rich and the very poor" writes
Walter Pritchard Eaton In Munseys
for October. THE very rich can af
ford specialists and trained nurses
The very poor are taken to million
dollar hospitals. where the best is civ
en- to them, and then, perhaps. to con
valescent country homes. The rest Of
us are at the mercy of the general
practitioner and amateur nursing"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-03-25
Home Life of the Birds.

Unlike most birds, the grebes do not
brood their eggs continually. 1t is only
at night and on cloudy days that you
will find them at home. AS soon as the
sun has risen and warmed the chilly
morning air the old bird leaves her
nest and, collecting decaying vege-
tation from the shore or bottom of the
lake, she covers the eggs with thick
layer and leaves the sweltering mass
of streaming muck to hatch them
while she spends the day in idleness
or play.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-03-25
Where He Bclonned..

At the dinner table on board a
ocean liner one man was much al
noyed by the vulgar manner in whic
his next neighbor fed. He tried t,
take no notice of the man, but afte'
watching him pick bone in an ex
tremely primitive fashion, he coulC
not control his feelings any longer
and turning to the offender, he said
Don't you really think you would b,
more comfortable IL you took tina
bone out on the mat Ply outh's Com
panion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-03-25
Canada's Federal system,

That Canada is a nation In the maxi
ing and in the very beginning of that
making, you may see everywhere. In
deed, there is not one place of Can
adam life and activity that does MOI
tell the story of nation-building. Blu
Nowhere does this so force itself upon
you as when you study the forming o.
the Canadian government, and espe
cially its development of a national
constitutional, and judicial SYSTEM
American Review of Reviews.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-03-25
Hunters Born. Not Made.

A hunter is born, not made. I'm
less man has the love of the chase
bred In his blood he's not going to get
any blue ribbons pinned on him for
craftsmanship. Some men take to the
trail as naturally as a duck beats it
to the puddle after cracking the egg
shell. Then there are others who new
er seem to learn the game-they
think they like to hunt but when you
get them into the tall and unlum-
bered, they prove to be insists who
are eternally doing the wrong thing
at the inopportune time.-National
Sportsman.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-03-25
Lemons as Toilet Article.

Nearly every woman uses a lemon
In her toilet preparations. For remov-
ing stains or freckles or bleaching a
neck made yellow by high collars there
Is nothing better. Only a very little
lemon is needed at one time. To keel
lemon from drying up and becoming
useless place it under an ordinar!
will not wither and dry out.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-03-25
Bones as a Barometer.

The merits of bones as indicators OF
fair or foul weather have been vouch-
ed for by the captain Of az italian
steamer carrying a cargo OF bones
from the South American port OF
Buenos Ayres to New York. When
the ship was sailing toward storm
recently the skipper stated the bones
creaked and moaned, and when fair
weather was ahead they were silent
again.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1913-03-25
House Plans Important.

The care of food in the home and
all other forms of household work are
greatly facilitated by right planning
and then the use of suitable materials
for the construction and furnishing of
the home. An adequate and conve-
nient water supply and other conve-
niences are essential not only for
comfort and for saving labor, but also
from the standpoint of home hygiene.