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The Crier at Lloyd's.

From London Opinion.
There is some difficulty in filling the
vacancy caused by the retirement or
the crier at Lloyd's. who has been pen
stoned off with f200 a year. The hold
er of this office must possess a musical
voice for the members hear a good
deal of it. During business hours the
crier. respondent in : scarlet gown.
stands on a pulpit in the underwriting
room. Any caller wishing to see
member gives his name to an attend
ant outside this room, which is strictly
reserved for members. The message is
delivered to the crier, who delivers il
from the pulpit more pleasing duty
is the notification of the safe arrival
of a vessel on the overdue list" This
he prefaces by peal on the big bell
which used to belong to the Lutine.
and formed part of the salvage re-
covered from that Inflated vessel In
1S49.
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OLD WASHINGTON.
THE TYPOS OF $4,000.
By James Croggon.

The printing business was looking up
in Washington by 1920, and there We're a
few hundred connected with the news
papers of that day and employed in the
few job Offices There were being pub
lished at the time the National Messenger
and the Metropolitan in Georgetown, but
the former soon ceased publication. In
Washington the Expositor had passed
two years of life and the National Regis
ter, published by J. X. Meade, the Arm
supporter Of the Monroe administration.
ceased to exist. The Intelligencers pro-
prietors. Gales & Seaton. having been
chosen congressional printers. their off1ce
doomed and II became one of the most
prominent points in the city. the gather
ing place for government officials MEM
bers of Congress and also a great literary
center.
The National Republican was estab-
Iished a short time thereafter at the cor
ner Of Pennsylvania avenue and I'D
$780, 'rhr cc'"mhtau Star was hesn g
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things look like new, and commonplace
ones like those of extraordinary feature.
An acquaintance and courtsh:p by cor
respondence on the one hand and. on the
other, situation wherein the woong
falls entirely to the young woman in the
case. divide the interests here so equally
that one regrets leaving either pair to
follow the like absorbing matters of the
other one. A good story, content appar
emily to be such. with no evidence of any
leaning toward laborious character anal
ysis or vexatious social problems.
IN ANOTHER MOMENT. BY Charles
Belmont Davis. author of The Stage
Door," etc. illustrations by Wal:
lace Morgan. Indianapolis: The
Bobbs Merrill Company.
slack title to cover so compact
q story. What it means il it means
anything. is. that in just another
moment the wholly disheartened stage
girl, who takes the leading part i'm
this drama of New York stage life,
would have been gone past rescue. In
that case one would have had only
another unwelcOme view of a thing
pretty much as 1t commonly is. And
for this he would have foregone a fine
romantic finale wherein a. new King
Cophetua and the beggar maid delight
him with a vision Of things as they
ought to be. Right up to this point of
breaking with the logic Of the situa-
ton. however. the author holds him
SELF to a capable and painstaking por-
trayal OF what 1t means for the girl
In minor place in the play to keep
body and soul together. and to keep
them both in her own possession. Mr..
Davis knows the stage world and the
behavior OF human nature within II.
Out Of this intimacy he makes strik-
ing and convincing story. a balanced
and propOrtioned one that gives light
Is well as shadow. and shadow as well
as light. to this peculiarly exacting and
stressful profession.
MISSIONARY EXPLORERS AMONG
THE AMERICAN INDIANS. Edited
by Mary Gay Humphreys. Illustrat-
ed New York: Charles Scripner's
Sons. Washington: Woodward x
LOthrop.
In singing out a half dozen mis-
sionaries from the small army Of men
who carried Christianity to the Ameri-
can Indian, the author touches but
lightly vast field which has been
worked by many laborers. 1t was good
work, done well, and the six subjects
Of her selection served their valiant
share. The roll Of honor. headed by
John Eliot. Apostle to the Indians, is
followed by Samson Occum, Mohe-
gan; David Brainerd. missionary to
the Forests; Marcus Whitman, Path
finder and Patriot; Stephen Riggs.
Forty Years with the Sioux. and
John Lewis Dyer. "Snowshoe Tin
Grant" To the interest of the text Is
added number Of reproductions OF old
portraits and pictures with Fronts
piece photograph of Marcus Whitman
taken from a statue of him on build
ing in Philadelphia.
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easily into that of a new theater He re-
wives dead plays. and produces record
breakers out of stuff in which no other
play-man can discern a tuppence OF
promise. He smashes dramatic conditions
and presidents. and sets up new stand
ards as he comets back and forth be-
tween England and America. In short
Edward Henry Machin. alderman of Five
Towns. is a wonder. far SURPRISING the
nine-day variety of this particular emo
ton. wife of unbeievably heavenly
quality. complex of faith. hope and
charity. with Penelope thrown in for pa
capabilities of Machin-rather than of
herself-as proper wives are wont to do.
A near view of the old Adam inside the
man himself. under the vicissitudes and
Establishments incident to his particular
calling. bear full evidence to the close
accuracy of Mr.. Benefits study Of his
own kind. An interesting and amusing
adventure. whose laughter comes in larg-
est part from the Photographic tally that
takes place between this particular "old
Adam" and the rest of u.s.
THE SOLDIER FROM VIRGINIA. BY
Viper of Milan etc illustrated.
New York: ID. Appleton & Co.
In The Soldier from Virginia Miss
Bowen has made an animate. a vivid and
an immediate matter of the romance of
History, in its pains to establish Wash
ngton as an example to oncoming gen.
erations, has tremendously exalted him as
patriot. soldier, statesman, President.
neglecting him pretty much altogether as
plain man. So. it comes pleasantly that
Miss Bowen sets him out here In the uni
versal and supreme adventure of love-
making and mate-taking. 1t is a very
stately eighteenth century courtship. sa-
1aam and obeisance and formal phrase
Astounding. 1t serves delightfully."-. how
ever. to show George Washington riding
the crest blowing the trough of
waves made wholly of hope and despair
lovers have done time out of mind.
The story opens with young Washington's
mission from Gov. Dinwiddie to Duquesne
in protest against the French treSpass on
English soil. 1t goes on through the
French and Indian war, up to Yorktown
and the close Of the revolution These
military events form only a distant back
ground for the more buoyant business of
love. Fine pictures of the leisured So
cial life of the great landholder of the
south in colonial days are set with fidel-
ity and charm. The story itself is inter
esting, consistent. believable. Miss
Bowen has adopted history, more particu-
larry the eighteenth century period, as
the medium in which to develop romance.
Already a number of well projected, in
teresting novels drawn off from conspic
uous events and influences Of history bear
witness to the good judgment of this
choice THE Soldier from Virginia in
its general appeal to theme, in the quality
of its characters and in the fine conSis-
tency of its workmanship stands easily
among the best of these.
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the methods employed. Infinite patience.
sagacity precautiOn. intuition. practical
knowledge of the everyday facts of life
and business. these are all necessary in
story earnestly, at times eloquently.. He
declares that he has been engaged in this
as in a warfare for society. to prevent
the destruction of the social order. He
calls this 1.-The Masked War" because he
AYERS that it was only part Of a general
scheme to subvert the government, and
indicates that one of it's ramiications
went to the extent of a proposed attempt
upon the Panama canal. However that
may be, this is remarkable book winch
will be read with eager interest.
JOURNAL OF JASPER DANCkAERTs,
1879 1880. Edited by Bartlett Bur-
Maryland Historical Society. and
J. Franklin Jameson, Phi. D.. LII. D.,
director Of the department OF his
torical research in the Carnegie
Institution of Washington New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Washington: BrentanOs.
Jasper Danckaerts' journal was intend
ed primarily to give an account of his
mission to America to seek suitable
place to establish a religious community,
one Of the Labadist persuasion. An open
eyed man and an assiduous note-taker.
Danckaerts' journal expanded far beyond
the requirements of his particular mis-
sion. and gathered up an enormous med
ley of impressions on all sorts of sub
jects. So the volume has a double value.
1t serves, first. to throw light on an OBJ
scure chapter of the history of Maryland
where this first communal sect OF Amer
lea was established. Again. 1t gives
much that is informing and suggestive
upon the beginnings of the middle group
of states with facts Of Importance, in con-
nection with Boston and Massachusetts
as well. A student of the social condi-
tons of this early period will find Dane
kaerts' record Of inestimabe. value. a
varied rich. rambling lifelike picture
taken at first hand from the incidents
and scenes passing under the eyes of this
observing and communicative traveller.
To the general reader of history. too,
these original narratives OF early Ameri-
dramatic interest, that historic matter
at second or third hand cannot furnish.
AN UNKNOWN LOVER. BY Mrs. George
de Horne Vaizey. author of "A Cues
ton of Marriage" etc. New York;
G. P. Putnam's Sons.
The people of this novel are, quite in
and of themselves, the making of it. Ar
attractive group, with no graver design
than to be altogether pleasing and equa
to such situations as are put up to them
to sustain In substance this is double
romance, four more or less youthful per-
sons separating neatly. after much in.
teresting TODD, into two pairs. The usua
requirements of fair and foul weather ir
this particular kind Of enterprise take or
decided freshness here through the au
thor's happy faculty of making familiar
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tray. 1t is this quality that constitutes
the volume an invaluable addition to the
more formal writings of this distinguish
ed writer The book is, appropriately,
dedicated to "Elihu Root, in admiration
and friendship
THE MASKED WAR; the Story Of q
Peril That Threatened the United
States by the Man Who Uncovered
the Dynamite COnspiratOrs and Sent
Them to Jail. BY William j. Burns
New York: George H. Doran Com
pany.
W. J. Burns is not like the usual de-
tective, who makes a great mystery OF
his methods and remains profoundly 81
lent when he has stalked his prey and
scored his triumph Mr.. Burns likes to
take the public into his confidence, else
portant narrative as that which he now
offers would not be forthcoming. This is
the detectives own account or the uncoV-
ering of the great dynamite labor consplr-
acy which eliminated in the destruction
Of the Los Angeles Times building. Prior
to that tragedy Burns had been called in
by a large steel-erecting concern to inves-
tigate the dynamiting of railroad
bridge at Indiana Harbor. Ind, and later
another at Peoria, Ill. From his investi-
CATION of these cases came no direct clue
to the perpetrator of the outrages but
certain minor items were uncovered, nota-
bly, a clockwork bomb that had failed to
explode at Peoria. The steel structural ex-
plosions remained mystery until after
the trailing of the suspects in the Los An
geles Times affair. when 1t was found
that the same agency was responsible Tor
all these outrages. The identification of
the steel structural and the Los Angeles
explosions came through this bomb, a
similar machine having been found uneX-
ploded at Los Angeles. In the chap
ters of THE Masked War Mr.. Burns
tells. at times through the medium of the
reports of his operatives. how he tralled
the suspects. First he found where they
had secured their explosive for the Los
Angeles outrage and obtained a deScrlp-
ton of the men involved in that pur-
chase. For months his men We're on the
trails of suspects. One of them lived for
a long time in a colony of anarchists in
the state of Washington looking for a
man named Captain. who was known to
have been in the group of dynamite buy
ers but who was never found. Then
later one of the operatives went up into
Wisconsin in the winter on hunting trip
in order to be near three men, one OF
whom was believed to be the Los Angeles
dynamiter and the other the agent OF
destruction in numerous structural steel
affairs Back and forth, up and down
here and there, these men were trailed
and finally the proof against them was
sufficient for their arrest, followed quick
~ by the arrest of the chief conspira tor
at Indianapolis, an official of the labor
union.
1t is evident from these chapters that
the case against the Mcnamara brothers
at Los Angeles was too strong for re-
sistance and their confession was I'M
doubtedly their wisest course. But this
book does not so much deal with the
proof of the case as with an exposition OF
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Inns birth was observed by a dinner
January Ii or the following Saturday
night.
independence day was celebrated some
times by a parade. and July 8. 1874, the
society met at Kennedys tavern. then
on F street between 18th and 14th, AND
paraded. having two banners in line as
well as a press drawn by four horses,
which during the march threw on copies
of the Declaration of Independence. They
proceeded to the Spring Tavern. near
the site Of Mount Olivet where they par
took of dinner.
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THE BATTLE OF GETTY SBU RIG. BY
Jesse Bowman Young, an officer in
the campaign. With maps. plans
and illustra lions. New York: Har-


Jesse Bowman Young, an officer in
the campaign. With maps. plans
and Illustrations. New York: Har-
per & Bros.
In a book of more than 45O pages. Mr.
Young has presented a comprehensive
narrative of the Gettysburg campaign
which has many merits and few faults.
Though he was an officer in the cam
paign, his story of the great battle. the
semi-centenary of which lis about to be
celebrated, is not based upon his observa-
ton. but upon the reports of commanders.
letters. notes and autobiographies of par
Elephants. much valuable fugitive matter
gained from many sources, siftej and
brought together to be woven into a CO.
herent account. 1t is evident to any one
NWho has read much about the Gettysburg
fights that il is only by much piecing to-
gether of many stories that the true mar
rative of the battle can be learned. AS a
rule Mr.. Young has done his work skill
fully. There are a few cases of careless
ness, due. perhaps, to the authors own
hazy conception of the facts. but for the
most part care and scholarship has been
demonstrated The book is not the last
word in military criticism of the battle
In fact, it's military judgments seem rath-
er weak. But laying aside comment and
speculation of the professional character
it is a book that will give much informa-
ton to one only partially informed on the
contests near Gettysburg and will present
to the uniformed a fair and intellgen,
picture. The book is divided into three
parts-a preliminary survey, the nara
tive of the battle and a discussion of the
opposing armies. en- masse and in detail
This last subdivision sketches the West
Point graduates in the two armies. gives
the roster of the Army of the Potomac
and of that of Northern Virginia, de-
scribes the representation of the states
in the forces that fought at Gettysburg
and details the itinerary of the Army of
the Potomac from June % to July 2, 1853.
There are many personal sketches
throughout the work describing the ca
reers not only of all the general Off
GERS in both armies. including colonies
commanding brigades, but many other of
ficers whose later history indicates them
as worthy of special mention. The death
list of officers on both sides is as complete
as careful research can make it. Incl
dents of extraordinary valor hitherto hid
den in the pages of government reports
or in regimental records have been
brought to light and put in form where
they can obtain the appreciation which is
their due
Maps explain the text adequately and
are conveniently placed. A number of
battle pictures drawn in war time are
reproduced and serve to show what was
the current popular idea regarding mill
ize the military mans view Of actual con-
ditions. Unfortunately there were no
Detailles or De NeuvlIes with the Army
of the Potomac.
The author apparently has read scores
Of books dealing with Gettysburg, and
he has sought to bring to the, reader the
cream of his research. The result is a
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BY PROF. DOOLITTLE
of the University of PENNSYLVANIA.

~vHE most interesting event Of
the present month is the en-
trance of the magnificent
planet Jupiter into our evening
sky. We see this brilliant OBJ
ject shining out in the southeast i'm
mediately after sunset, but unfortunately
it remains low in the heavens throughout
tine entire night, ne--er mounting so high
as one-third of the way to the zenith.
This is because this world is now at q
point in the heavens almost exactly op-
posite the sun; as the latter body is now
at almost its greatest distance above the
celestial equator, the great planet is at
nearly it's lowest position among the
stars.
Like the sun, Jupiter is ever moving
slowly eastward around the celestial
sphere, following very nearly the suns
path. AEB. Figure 1. among the stars,
bat twelve years are occupied by the
planet in making the journey. Jupiter
IS now at Sagittarius. but when we see
II six years from now ii will have
mounted high above the celestial equator
to nearly the position in the heavens oc-
cupied by the sun at the time OF the
longest day. 1t will then be in the most
favorable possible position for observa-
ton.
Next in interest to the return Of Jupi-
ter is undoubtedly the appearance of the
beautiful constellation of the Scorpion,
which, with It's brilliant group of stars
extending from c to u, Figure ], and
its bright red Antares, at r, now forms
a most striking object in the southern
heavens. Still nearer the zenith, the Ser
penn may now be well traced out, a long
and winding constellation whose head
is just below the Northern Crown and
whose tail is found far In the east among
the stars which form the beautiful group
known as the Eagle. North of the lat
ter group We see the strange little figure
while arching directly through the zen
the Northern Cross, the Tyre. Hercules
Bootes and the Great Bear, all of which
are now in most excellent position for
study.
The many faint stars between the Ser
pent and Hercules form the large Ser
pent Holder-an elderly man holding the
Serpent in his hands. and most ILL
omened constellation in astrology whose
stars occasoned death by poisoning.
while to the Moors and Turks the group
was known as Stork.
. Throughout this whole region of the
heavens. which is largely occupied by
the wonderful summer branch of the
Milky Way. there are innumerable OBJ
jects OF interest for one who possesses a
| small telescope. For example, in Sagit-
tarius alone he might well, after exam
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Quits at a Hundred.

From the New Orleans Picayune-
An Arkansas woman insists that she
is 1o3 years of age. 1t is curious fact
that after woman has passed her one
hgndredth birthday she ceases to have
a false pride about her age.
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FIGURE ,. SHOWING THE POSI-
TONS OF JUPITER AND ITS FOUR
BRIGHT MOONS AS SEEN IN AN IN
VERTING TELESCOPE AT II HRS. 30
MIN. PM. ON THE FOUR DATES IN
Dictated.
the evening of July II. so that the next
morning these two worlds will be seen
close together in the sky.
But the most tavorably situated of all
the planets is the great Jupiter. the
world which is much larger than all of
the other worlds OF our solar system
taken together. The study OF the ever
changing bands and other markings of
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In 1893 the National Journal was estab-
lished at the southwest corner of Penn
sylvania avenue and nth street by Col.
Peter Force. who became noted as COM
piler of various papers. and who was at
one time mayor of Washington and one
of our leading public citizens. The editor
was Phillip Il. Fendal. who was distin-
guished as a journalist and a lawyer, and
at one time served as district attorney
The paper was published for about eight
years during which time 1t was removed
to the site of the old Times building, 10Th
and u streets, where M. Force collected
one of the most extensive private libra
ries in existence.
In this decade F. S. Myer had a job
office at 10th street and Pennsylvania
avenue, but later in life became a notary
public and magistrate.
William Cooper, who at that time re-
sided on 9th street above the Avenue,
had his job office on the south side OF the
Avenue a few doors west of Mr.. Myers,
and he later established a bookstore on
the north side of the Avenue between 9th
and 10th streets In the latter part of his
life on what was known as the Island,
now South Washington, he served as a
magistrate.
Among the members of the society were
MANY who took a prominent place in the
community known in every effort to ad-
vance the welfare Of the District, NUM-
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lirious. James Clephane resided on G
street near 18th and worked at the lease"
for man. wears. He was the father of
Lewis Clephane. for many years connect
ed with the National Era, and James o.
Clephane one of the leading stenogra-
pliers during the eventful days of the civil
war and subsequently.
Thomas Herty was afterward connected
with the municipal government in a cler-
ical capacity Jehiel Crossfield. after
working at the Intelligencer office until
old age entered the employ of the gov
eminent.
Andrew Carothers became, before his
death, one of the leading grocers of the
city and was located at the corner of. 18th
and r streets.
Michael Larner in early days resided
near the Intelligencer office where he was
employed, and later removed to the
neighborhood of F and 9th streets. He
was the father of the late Noble ID. Lar
ner. so well known in Masonic and church
circles Mr.. Whitaker spent the major
part of his life at the Intelligencer office
and died at very old age.
Henry Walker lived to be nearly 100
years of age. dying but few years ago.
During his life he worked in many offices
and was a soldier during the Mexican
war.
AS at present. the members of the so
ciety were eminent:y Of a social and fra
ternal disposition. During this period
they had but little to do other than their
daily work. 1t was their custom to OBJ
serve the birthday of Benjamin Frank
lin. the patriot printer of revolutionary
times, ana seldom was the anniversary
Of the nations birth omitted. Frank
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Banking and Investments.

American Institute OF Banking. New lor&.
Study Course. y. IN-Am3':s.
GiJson Thomas The Elements Of SIe, u.att a.
HkS-t;:sb1p.
How To Invest When Prices Are Rising. HWl-
HIS.
Nelson :. A.. I'd. III Bond Buyers Diet on
ary. 1907. IiR-5N:3i.
Van Antwerp. W. 4. Stock Exchange From
Within IK-Ia13s.
Tariff and Taxation.
Lawson. W. X. Modern Wars and War Taxes.
HIT -L44tinl.
Morgan j. e. comp Selected Articles on Free
Trade and Protection. HN-MS22. Reference.
Robbins t. c. comp. Selected Articles on
Reciprocity HyR-R5isr. Ref renee.
Insurance.
Bays. A. W. The Law OF Insurance and he
Law of Suretyship. II-B34Il.
Bullock. r.. H., comp. Selected Articles On
Compulsory Insurance. iIS-Bs.5. Reference.
GibI,on. L. g. Medical Benefit. Es-G3an.
Ryan c. w The Merchants AMI Manufsc.
turers Preparation for Fire IiF-Rs56m.