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MISS ASQUITH HERE;
BUTLER JEALOUS ONE
With Countess of Aberdeen, She Is
Guest of Ambassador and
Mrs. Bryce.

Buffers are sometimes ornamental as
we'll as useful and ofttimes rather dis
concerting. and the diCnihed functiOnary
at the British Embassy told a reporter
last night that under no circumstance"
would he inform Miss Asquith or Lady
Aberdeen of the wish for an interview
with them.
with a "you-will- -have-to-walko over-my-
dead body first expression or his face
his brass-buttoned butlership deigned to
offer the news that the visitors In ques-
ton had really arrived. And that was
all there was 10 ii. No amount OF argu-
ment or persuasion could move the man
in livery to say more. He even declined
TO say whether the visitors would attenu
any social functions last night or what
their plans were for their short stay in
Washington. Making a last heroic ef-
fort to rid himself of the inquisitive news
paper man. the butler blurted out that
he was carrying out orders" With these
few words a parting shot, his bu1er-
ship wrapped himself up in his dignity
and great coat and disappeared behind
the heavy oaken vestibule doors. which
he slammed with determination and en-
thusiasm.
Miss Violet Asquith, eldest daughter
of the Prime Minister Of England, ac-
by the Countess of Aberdeen.
wife Of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,
arrived yesterday afternoon to spend the
weekend with Ambassador and Mrs.
Bryce.
Miss Asquith has taken a deep interest
in the woman suffrage question. Her
position prevents her. however,
from enrolling herself or doing active
work in the party. Since the death last
ag bar Arrhfa
don, third son of the Countess OF Aber-
deem. Miss Asquith has devoted herself
seriously to philanthropic work and has
established a school in the East End of
London where boys from the slums are
taught trades.
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REPORT FAVORABLE
TO ASPHALT PLANT
Commissioners Receive Report Of Da-
vid E. MeComb, Who investi-
gated Advisability.

Decidedly favorable TO the establish
ment of a governmsnt-owned asphalt
plant In the District was the nature OF
the report submitted to the District heads
by David Z. McComb, expert employed
by the Commissioners to investigate the
desirability and cost of such a plant
This report. together with a letter from
the Commissioners recommending the ap-
preparation OF an additional 5000 in
connection with the sum OF $4,000 already
asked for in the estimates for the es-
tablishing of the plant, was sent to
Speaker Clark. of the House of Repre-
sentatives, by the Commissioners yes
terday.
The Commissioners state in their letter
that they are convinced that the es-
tablishment OF such a plant is very de-
sirable. The site proposed for the mu-
nicipal asphalt plant is the south side
of Water Street Southwest. between
MISUNDERSTANDING and Fourteenth
Streets. II constructed. the plant will
furnish asphalt for all street work. The
Commissioners estimate that much will
be saved by the construction and op-
Grafton of such a plant.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.
WHITE

WHIT
William J. Anderson, =, Of Whites, Va. and Fan
ME 5. Samuel. .. Of Essex Va
Jo-eph l.. Dindlebeck, =. Of East Falls Church
Va, and Matte E Dove, 70. uf Fairfax County, Va
Rev. William ]. Mckennsy.
John r. virts. a. and Hazel Z. Ball, %. both ei
L0Eettsrille, Va.
Wade u. AyIOr. q. Of Madison Va. and Aurie T
RoSser. 10. oI Banco. Va.
Frank KoNrim. n Cf Chicagr. Ill, and Bartars
Rem. % Of Baltimore. Nd. Judge C. 8. Bundy.
John X. Grimes g. ard Tillie J. Jenkins. e both
Of Richmond. Va Rev. William J. Carroll.
John J. Jones. 3. Of Chicago. Ill, and Marion u.
Helern, 49, Of Manassas Va. Rev. J. $. Montgurs-
cry.
John A. Hefin. q. ot Midland. Va, and Mary U.
Ohf, 20 Of Newland, Va. Rev. J. s. Montsumesy.
Albert H. Acher. 2 and Frances Hodges. ~.
Rev W. II. Van Allen.
August Raub. IS Of Richmond. Va. and Gnce
Kendall 81. Of Wadesboro. = Rev. ]. W. CLARK.
Winfrry r. Carter, =, s'sis Hayuss. = both
Of ChildsburI Va.
john T. Payne. &C. q r -'6ud
V. Swift, ., Of Granite Sp g. Va
Cauey.
John W. Mulenner. = lgd Lucy .-.
Of Svoope Augusta Count, W,
Frederick r. Goldstrohn r. -
and Ruth A. Roberts, 2, Z rumAa
q. W. Van Fossen.
CoL6REn
H. W. Hill. a. and Mar, NJ BufH
r. c. Carter, q, and Ma Wadr
L. A. Smith. 5. and Win 1iis ftf-y.- u
y. Duckett. 8. and Grare L-i7-
L. Garnett. 50 and sarsl = lufr "A
c. Z. Chase. 8, and Anr. sey =
U. A. Carter. e5. and Nd p harr
G. Allen. 3. and Silva h aass
ID. johnson. 2, and Ola p E3res =
y. jordan, q and Anna D y
A. Brown. q. and lola y - =
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STRUCK BY CAR: DIES.
james Clements, Run Down Last
Monday, Succumbs to Injuries.

James Clements. eighty-one years old,
a veteran of the civil war and watch
man in the War Department. who sus-
tanned a fracture of the skull and other
injuries when run down by a street car
at Pennsylvania Avenue and Eighteenth
Street Northwest shortly after o'clock
Monday afternoon. died last night at
Emergency Hospital.
The body was removed to the District
morgue, and q coroner's jury will be I'm
paneled this morning. The time for the
inquest has not been set. The motor
man and conductor Of the car, who are
in custody of officials OF the railway COM
pany, will be summoned as witnesses at
the hearing.
Clements was married. and lived with
his wife at 2323 II Street Northwest. He
was going to the War Department to go
on duty when run down.
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NAGEL DENIES sHAKE.UP.
Says Rumor of Wholesale Removals
Is Not True.

Emphatic denial Of a proposed shake-up
in the Department OF Commerce and La
Dor. whereby some 200 employees, many of
them In the District, would be removed,
vas made by Secretary Nagel yesterday.
Rumor had IL that the shske-up was for
the dual purpose Of consolidating inspec-
tions districts in the immigration service.
and a general coordination Of work in
the department.
The rumor probably had its origin. 1t
was stated last night, in the proposed
removal OF two in the immigration serv-
ice. one In the far West, and the other
In New England.
Secretary Nagel explained that there
are several men he desires placed under
civil service protection by executive or
der, but that there is nothing unusual in
this. and that there is no truth In the
story OF a general reorganization.
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BIRTHS REPORTED.
WHITE.

WHITE
Claude II. and Nora 7. Brady, grl.
John A. and Mabel J. Stepper. boy.
John II. and Blanche H. Smith. girI.
George s. and Florence Holman. girl.
Thomas /. and Margaret Mcknew, boy.
Frank G. ard Jennie v. Jackson, boz.
George M. and Lillian A. Little, boy.
JOSEPH and Dora Gormsn, girl.
Harry e. and Mona L. Gossage, boy.
Minor L. and Martha A. Crippen, boy.
Jack and Annie Paris. girl
William p. and Alice Z. Pyne. girl.
William A. and Margaret Williams. boy.
Max and Lena A. YuteT. boy.
George E. and Anna Pierson, girl.
Peter NJ. and Mary 4. Dorsch. girl.
William 7. and Luct NJ. McClosky, girl.
Harry F. and Mary T. Power, boy.
William =. and MARY 5. Tear. boy.
COL0RED.
James and Eva Burkes, girl.
Stanley NJ. and Settie johnson. girl.
Henry L and Mamie Grant, girl.
Albert and Augusta Thornton, boy.
Calvin and Raynell Brooker. girl.
Raymond ard Euginia Hewlett, girl.
James and Florence Mansfield, girl.
Jacob l.. and Lettie C. MundeIl, boy.
William J. and Fannie Tyler. hoy.
Richard and Pauline Posey, girl.
Charles L. and Beatrice Harvey. boy,
Jacob and Matilda johnson. boy.
David and Louise Grew, girl.
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COURT REFUSES PLEA
OF GUILTY BY GREEN
Brutal Assailant Of Mrs. Grant to
Face Jury Trial Beginning
January Is.

A plea OF guilty to the charge OF
felonious assault upon Mrs. Adelaide
Grant on Christmas night in an areaway
at 81 c Street Southeast was refused
by Justice Stafford in Criminal Court
No ! when Nathaniel Green, colored.
was arraigned on an Indictment yester-
day afternoon. He Will be tried jan
uary -.
District Attorney Clarence r. Wilson
made objection TO Green's plea Of guilty.
which would have saved him from be-
ing placed in jeopardy of his life, as
the plea OF not guilty, entered for him
on order OF the court. will be followed
by a trial by jury, which may impose the
death sentence.
The maximum penalty for the offense,
as IL was admitted in court by Green,
Is thirty years Imprisonment. Attorney
George II. Macdonald and Benjamin l.
Gaskins, GREEN'S counsel. objected to the
plea OF guilty not being accepted. and
when the court refused the plea the
defendants counsel noted an exception.
Green was questioned by the court as
to whether he understood the charge 10
which he had pleaded guilty, and with
out apparent emotion the defendant re-
peated Yes, sir: / am guilty"
Mrs Grant. whose Jaw was fractured
by a blow from Green. probably will not
be able to testify for some days. IL was
said in court yesterday by District At
torney Wilson.
Determined to stop assaults on women.
the East Washington Democratic Club
will hold a mass meeting next Monday
night in DonohOe's Hall, 3l4 Pennsylvania
Avenue Southeast. Ii is announced that
several prominent Southern members or
Congress will deliver addresses.
4 demand will be made on Congress
that better police protection be afforded
and that a better system OF lighting be
installed in order that there remain fewer
dark alleys and streets on which such
d ssaults can be committed. United States
Attorney Wilson is to be commended
for his prompt work on the case.
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NAVAL OFFICER BURIED.
Pay Director George W. simpson
Laid to Rest at Arlington.

The body of Pay Director George
Washington Simpson. U. S. N. who died
at his residence in the Rochsmbeau.
Sunday. was given military burial in
Arlington Cemetery yesterday.
Funeral services were held in ST. Johns
Episcopal Church at l:30 O'Clock Chap
lain George Livingstone Bayard. L. s.
N, officiated. A detachment of marines
fired volley over the grave and a
bugler sounded taps.
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Anti-redlight Bill.

member of the House District Commit
tee. shortly will introduce an anti-red
light measure along the lines of the
Kenyon bill, on which hearings are
being held before the subcommittee
of the Senate District Committee The
bill provides for permanent injunc-
tions against the Use of property in
the District for disorderly houses. and
makes the owner of the property re-
sponsible.
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Death of william T.. Wood.

Funeral arrangements are being made
by st. Johns Ledge, F. A. \. NJ, for
William Edward Wood, for many years
chief clerk and manager of the National
Hotel, and who died yesterday morning
at his home, 26li University Place. Mr..
Wood had been suffering from heart
trouble for months. He is survived by
his wife. Interment will be in Oak Hin
Cemetery
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Taft to Attrud BANQUET.

President Taft yesterday accepted an
invitation to attend the banquet of the
Glover Club, a Republican organization
in Philadelphia. on January II. and TO
speak on the future OF the Republican
Party. The invitation was rendered by
Senator Penrose and delegation OF
Clover Club members
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DEATH RECORD,

WHITE
Doris j. Ayler. Is years IA sth St ne.
Thomas F. Callaghan 81 Washington Asylum Hos
James F. Quigey, 90. zoos NJ St Sc
Ella NJ. Gates, S. 755 10th St Sc
William T. Grindall. 70. III 9th ST. NV.
Charles B. Prospect 90 sos E. Can. 81.
kathryn German. 10. no 9Th ST. ne
Regina Breen, months, q St sw,
Infant Of Edward and Amy Burriss, month, S5i
P 81. nv.
CoLORED.
Martha Russell. 81 years. li3 nth ST. nv
Roman c. Lee s l250 I'd st nv
AlexiAna Bowler, ., Garfield Haspital. l.
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Actor to address Studcpt..

Norman Hackett, who is appearing at
the Academy this week. has accepted an
invitation from Prof. Emory Wilson to
address students of the Central High
School and will do so this morning dur
ing the chapel exercises. He is a grad
uate of the University OF Michigan, and
Prof Wilson and he are members of the
same fraternity, Theta Delta Chi
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
0. S. Dert. Of Agriculture. weather Bureau

NasningtOll, lnursdaY, jan - y. m
The depression in the interior will continue cast
ward. attended by rains Friday in the South and
Middle Atlantic States. reaching New England py
Friday night sFhere will also be rains or snows m
day in the Ubter Ohio Valley and the Lower Lake
region and local SHOWS in the Upper Lake region.
Over the remainder Of the country the weather will
he fair Friday and II will BE- generally fair Saturday
all districts.
II will be colder Friday in the Lake region. the
Ohio Valley. and the South and colder Friday night
and Saturday in the Middle Atlantic States and New
England 1t will he warmer Friday in the Missouri
Valley and the Plains States. and colder in the
tnme Northwest
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LocaI Tempernturcs.

Midnight, 3; a. m. Z; a. m. 81; a. m. -; =
q. m, %; 10 a. m, .: u noon. q; p. m, 81:
p. m. 81; p m. 50; p. m. is; 10 p. m. q. High
est. 81: lowest, =.
Relative humidity-s a m, %; 2 p. m. IS; .. m.
g. Rainfall IS r. to p. nj. o. Hours Of SUI
shine. IL: per cent Of possible sunshine IS
Temperature same date last year-Highest. q; low
cSt =.
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INArGrRAL COMMITTEE.

Roo4ns 20 and 81 L. s Trust BUILDING Penrsys
yania Avenue and Tenth Street Northwest
Al parties desiring 20 furnish quarters to visitors
during the Inaugural period requested to ca!l
AZ this office or Send description of rooms, stating
the number Ot persons that can be supplied with
beds or cots with without meals terms &c.
NJ I. WELLER. ChAirnan
jal lot Committee on Public Comfort
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The oIde.t Remedy Knov,

Is a seidlltz powder. All physicians pre-
scribe 1t for all troubles OF the stomach
good-tasting seidlitz powder. Il is called
Hon's Lemon SeidlitG - : -
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,uRsuANr TO SECTION !. ARTICLE IX or

PURSUANT TO SECTION !. ARTICLE IX OF
Bylaws notice is hereby given that the annual
meeting Of the Stockholders Of The Capital Tractian
COMPANY for the election of Dirsctors for the ens,.
ing year and snch other business may be bruszh,
before the meeting. will he held the oce Of the
Company. Thirty sixth and VI Streets NorthWes;.
Washington, ID. @. uu WEDNESDAY. January $
1913 at l0:i5 O'Clock a The polls will Be open
frum Il O'CLOCK a. m until L O'Clock noon. H. d.
CHAMPION. Secretary. iai-st
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HE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE sTOCK
holders Of the AnAoostia and Potomac River Rail
rad Company will he held the otice Of the Ont
pany, Fourteenth and East Capitol Strests Wash!nS
ton. u. G.. On SATURDAY. January ls. 1915. AZ =
O'Clock noon.
In connection therevfth the bouk, for the transfer
Of stock d aid ounpauy pursuant To the By-Lswsi
Will Be closed from the close o< business January
l. 1913 10 the opennz u blsiness January TO- lsl1
Nl.3 5. II. BOWEN Secretary.
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Temperatures I'm Other Cities.

Temperatures IN other cities together with the
amount Of rainfall for the twentyfour hours ended
p. IN. yesterday. are As follows:
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THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
holders Of the GeorgetoEn and TennAuytovr Rail-
way Company Will Be held az the Or of the com-
pany Fourteenth and East CAPITOL Streets Washing
ton, ID. g. on SATURDAY, January Is. lsi5 st =
Ociock noon
In connection Herewith the books for the transssr
OF stock a said company pursuant 20 the Bylaw
Will be closed from the close o< business o. Januay
1913 to the opening Of business O January 10 1915
Jal.3 $. r. BOWEN, serrtAry.
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The ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK-
holders Of the City ard suburban Railway Of Wash
ington will be held al the oice of the conpany
Fourteenth and East Capitol Streets, Washington.
ID. G, on SATURDAY, January ls 1913, at y O'Clock
noon.
of stock Of said cumrany pursuant 10 the Bylaws
will be closed from the eiose Of business on January
l9S. to the opening of business January 10 1873
tal.3 5 R BOWEN Secretxry.
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DIED.

BUCKHOLTZ - Departed this life on
Thursday, January ., 1913, at i0:l5
a. m, CHRISTIANA BUCEHOLTZ,
widow Of Henry Buckholtz, in the
eighty-second year of her age.
Funeral from her late residence. SIS S
Street Northwest, Saturday, January
4, at p. m. lnterment private.
wOOD-On THURSDAY. January 9. 1913, at
his residence 1914 University Place.
WILLIAM EDWARD WOOD, be-
loved husband OF Marie g. Wood.
Funeral from his late residence Satur-
day, January 4. at p. m. Interment
In Oak Hill Cemetery Cwashlngton,
Baltimore, and Philadelphia papers
please copy)
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vIAvI SCIENCE OF HEALTH. NATURAL
ponsurgical: foopase book free. Apply By mail Ni
Colorado Bldg Free lecture for women Wednesday,
ss To n N aAS-u
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THE ANNUAL MEETING OF The STOCk-
holders Of the Washington Railway and Electric
Company will he held the Osice ct the courany.
Fourteenth and East CAPITOL Streets. wAshirstor
ID. @, on SATURDAY, January Il. 1915. Z
O'Clock noon.
In counecion Herewith the bunts for the transfrr
OF stock Of said nrtny pursuant to the Laws
will he closed frE the close Of business on January
1913 TO the % ching u business January 10 lelE
Hl3 5. R. BOWEN. Secretary.
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THE ANNUAL MEETING OF The STOCK
holders Of the BrightEood Railway Company Will
be held at the oce Ot the Company. Fourteenth and
East CAPITOL Streets Washington. p. e. on sATUR-
DAY. January Is 1873. at Il O'Clock noo1-
In connection therrath the hooks for the transfer
of stock Of said company pursuant TO the Bylaws
will be closed from the coSs Of business On January
a. 1873 10 the opening Of business January 10 ial1
al3 = R BOWEN sesretary.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK-
holders of the Potomac Electric Power Company
will BE- held at the Office of the company. FOlreenth
and East CApitcl Streets. Washington, d. C.. ou
SATURDAY. January Is. 1913. at L O'Clock noon.
In cuunectinn thrTcwih the hooks for the transfer
~ stock ~ said cumpany pursuant TO the By Laws
will he closed from the Close Of business January
S9l3 to the opening Of business on January TO- IsA
NlJ S R. BOWEN, Secretary
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SPECIALNOTICES.

NOTICE TO sroCKHoLDERs-rHE ANNUAL
meeting Of the stOckholdsrs Of The Washington
Ian and Trust CompSpy, for the election Of
directors and Tor the purpose Of transacting such
other business as may iHrruIIy come before the
stockholders IN general meeting. will Be held at
the ofios Of the Company AZ L o'cIcck NOM
TUESDAY, JANUARY H. lsl1 The polls will
remain op-u 10 receive votes for such election b.
tween the hours Of y O'Clock noon and > oclOck
D m on that date. HAnRY g. MEEsI Treas
urer. ASSN
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NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS: THE ANNUAL
MEETING of the Stockholders II TIE Washington
Loan and T1st Company. fur the election Il Direc-
tors and for the purpose Of tr4nsating such othrr
business may lawfully before the stockhodsrs
in general meeting will be held Al the oirp II th,
company at Il O'Clock noon. TUESDAY. January H.
1914 The polls will remain ops receive votes fUr
such election between the hour OF L oclock nouI
MEEM, Treasurer ial6N
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partnership herstofore e1isinz bstwsszl H. =
Esert and Alfred NJ Wilson, in the conduct Of the
pNtrnt business, with ors,es IN Pirtsburg Pa and
Washington. ID. C., under the firm name of II. I.
E1ert Co. has been dissolved By mutual agreement
this 3th day of Doombsr. 1872 AL debts and LA
hiliues owing by sad finn have bs5n assumed and
viii be paid by X. c. ETert. Alfred NJ. Wilson will
continue in business solicitor Of American and
fnreisn patents. With Otces in the Victor Bids.
Washington, u. G. under the name Of A. VI. Wilson.
Il. O. EVERT, ALFRED NJ WILSON
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Largest Morning. Circulation.
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NATURE LOVER.
Pioneer in the Insect as Well as Plan
World.

A generation or more ago Maria
Mitchell was the woman wizard of the
stars. She was the leading. If not the
only. American astronomer of her sea.
What Miss Mitchell was to the revolv-
ing worlds in the heavens over our
heads, Mary Treat, a dozen years her
Junior, has been touching the knowl-
edge of the world of plant and insect
life on our planet Miss Mitchell worked
with the telescope to study the mar
velously large and, the almost infinitely
remote Mrs. Treat has worked with
the microscope to fathom the mystery
of the very little things under our feet.
Mary Treat, probably the most in
dustrious and famous woman natural
list in the world, was born in Tru-
Evansville y. Y, in 1880. Her father
was an itinerant Methodist minister,
travelling his circuit amid the full
quota of discomforts which went with
his calling so years ago. His daugh-
ter Mary was nature lover almost
from her babyhood, demonstrating that
the child is mother of the woman as
we'll as father of the man.
Mary's educational advantages were
confined to the public schools and
brief interval at a girls academy. She
is. as a matter of TACT, self made. Dur
ing the Civil War period she married
DR.. Joseph Treat, reformer with all
the conservation and enthusiasm of
the abolition movement heavy on him.
DR.. Treat was also a student or nature,
and he and his wife made nature
studies together. While the doctor was
specially interested in astronomy, he
was sympathetic with his wife's stud
les in the world of plant and insect
life.
After the death of her husband,
apart from the sympathetic and active
interest of a small circle of devoted
friends she made her studies alone.
Mrs. Treat spent three winters in
Florida, and these we're real harvest
times for botanical study, and her
friends the bugs" as she calls them,
were not neglected. Unfrequented by
ways in forests and On streams yielded
splendid results. The yellow water lily
was supposed to be extinct. 1t was IL
Illustrated and described in the old
books on botany, but living botanists
had never seen 1t. They all declared
that it had gone the way OF the ammo
mite, which sails the limpid seas no
more. During one of Mrs. Treats voy-
ages of discovery on the st. JOINS
river she ran her canoe into an unfre-
quented spot, and was rewarded by
| finding the lost lily, to the delight OF
the great botanist, DR.. Asa Gray OF
Harvard.
| 1t was at vineland, however that
she carried on the investigation ana
experiments which made her famous
among the naturalists and scientists
of two continents.
On the Campbell place, where sne
lived, was bit Of land enclosed with