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COAL FLEET IS ACTIVE.
Schooner Barge No. 6 Delayed by
Storm Sweeping River.

Schooner barge No. 6 Of the Consolida-
ton Coal Company. which is to load about
1.100 tons Of Cumberland coal at George
town for New England. was DELAYED in
arriving here by a heavy gale on the
river that forced her to anchor for sew
eral hours to ride out the storm She
was due to arrive here Friday morn
ing. but it was early Friday night before
she reached here and was locked at
Georgetown to load. .--.
Barge No. IA will be the next big YES
sell to load at the Georgetown coal piers.
She is now on her way down the coast in
tow of one of the big tugs of the Con-
soldation Coal Company fleet, and is ex-
pected to arrive OFF Point Lookout tomor-
row. The tug James 0. Carter will go to
the mouth of the river to bring her to this
city.
Barge No. l. which arrived here Satur-
day last in the middle of last week COM
pleted loading and was taken to Point
Lookout. where she Joined a tow moving
from Baltimore to New England points
No &. now loading. will be the seventh
big barge to load coal at Georgetown
for New England points since the open
ing of the coal shipping season at George
town about six weeks ago. A break in
the canal and the stoppage of coal coming
here prevented the loading of a larger
number of boats.
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YACHTS READY FOR CRUISES.
Stranger. Cleaned and Painted, Is in
Trim for Service.

After having had her hull under water
cleaned and painted the auxiliary yawi
yacht Stranger. on the marine railway
at Resan's boatyard. has been launched.
and is ready for service. The Stranger
is one of the largest of the pleasure
fleet owned here and is used by her own
err Capt Victory. for long summer
cruises on the Potomac river and Chesa-
peake bay with his family and guests.
The auxiliary power yacht Latonia.
owned by Pau. Portner and the power
Yacht Dacota, owned by r. l.. Calf are
in commission and have made short trips
down the river The Latonia, it is said.
will leave here soon for cruise OF about
two months on the New England coast.
The Dacota, it is said, will also make q
trip coastwise during the placid summer
months
Work is being pushed on the auxiliary
yawl yacht Seabelle, which is having her
hull rebuilt at Benefits boatyard, but il
will be two weeks or longer before the
work is completed. and the yacht ready
for cruising. As soon as she is ready for
service she will leave here with Henry
A. Seymour, her owner. aboard, for q
cruise in New England waters.
The power yacht Culprit Fay, owned
by Capt. Lindsay. is out on the railway
at Regan's for attention to the UNDER
water portion of her hull, and for clean
ing and painting. The Culprit Fay is be-
ing made ready for summer cruising
service on the river.
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pillow. Edith believed in heroic meas
ures. When you're through making an
idiot of yourself she said calmly, I've
something to say to YOU"
A tear-stained face flashed round upon
her How can you dare
Just so. Now. we'll cut out high
tragedy for moment She sat on the
bed. seemingly unconscious of the
gesture of repulsion. when I'm
through" she went on. IF YOU want to
put me out. all right. I'm going to have
my say Elizabeth. why did Tom fall in
love with you, anyway"
Amazed eyes looked at her. Why?
II was fate | suppose
cause you were the most exquisite crea-
ture Imaginable. A sweet bit of feminin-
ity bound to attract fastidious Tom
Raleigh. She drew the quivering figure
toward her. Now. you've got to listen
for the sake of Tom. who worshps YOU
and for mother dear's' blessed Tommy"
Tom got back just as gorgeous
August sunset faded into the pale. laven-
der tints of twilight etherealizing the
slender figure in white on the steps
waiting One astonished glance he gave
her then Edith heard him murmur as
she disappeared within: elizabeth
Elizabeth
Half an hour later. returning. his words
came to her clearly. And, so that good
old scout UNDERSTOOD
Well she laughed inwardiy, eff Eliz-
abeth has any lingering idea in her head
that Tom had a spoony one in his that
morning that should dispel it, a good
old scout. My, that's a sentimental
title"
(THE END
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Girl Scouts.

The interesting announcement comes
from the national headquarters that
moving-picture film of the Girl Scouts
will soon be ready for exhibition.
These pictures will give a clear idea
of the movement, especially the recrea-
ton side of the work.
Troop No. l held its regular meeting
at the residence of it's captain. Mrs.
Giles Scott Rafter. last Wednesday aft
ernoon. 1T this meeting an outing
was planned for Yesterday to Grea.
Falls.
Troop No. of T&f.opa Park held
its regular meeting iii the Boy Scout
Hall May %. The I~eeting was open
ed by the salute t. the flag. After
the reading of the minutes the only
business transacted was the appoint
ment of Mary Miller to take charge of
the merit badges for attendance. One
new member. Edith Goodacre.. was ad-
mitted to this troop. The Boy Scouts
| Of Troop No. q gave lesson i'll
drilling. and the boys gave the girls
much announcement over the improve
ment they had made hike to Wild
wood was planned for yesterday Dec
grafton day about twenty members of
this troop in full uniform attended
services at the National Battle Ground
cemetery Alter the services at Inc
cemetery the Girl Scouts were asked
to head the procession of school chill
drer' to decorate the graves. After
the salute fired by troop from Fort
Myer. the girls hiked back to Takoma-
May 30 the Girl Scouts of Troop 9
of Congress Heights visited the rifle
range of the National Guard. They
were shown all around and treated
most courteously. Afterward they
went to the woods for a picnic supper.
| At the regular meeting held yesterday
at the home of the captain, Mrs. Rich
ardson. arrangements were made for q
lawn party to be biven about the mid
die of the month. A lesson on the
making of the flag was given, and
| other preparations for the second class
tests were made
Troop 10. instead of holding its reg
| ular meeting Tuesday, met at Cook
School. and went in a body to witness
| the annual competitive drill of the
High School Cadets. The girls were
| intensely interested in watching the
drilling. The next meeting will be
| held Tuesday afternoon at the home
| of the captain, Mrs Foster
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FUTURE DAYS.
ADAM A. wFscHLER. AUcTToNEER.
TOMORROW.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE PARTLY
IMPROVED REAL ESTATE, BEING THE
mRTHwEST CORNER OF THIRTY-TH1Rp
OLD ESTABLISHED WOOD AND COAL
YARD: WITH 4 FIcE. STABLE AND
corded In Liner No 25l3 folio IS ct seq or
the land records OF the District OF Columbia
and t Ss 9a the ~ r
THS MYTH %AT p sHSE p III. y
land and premises. situate in the city Of
Washington. In the District Of Columbia, and
designated AS and being part Of lot numbered
Hawkins Addition to Georgetown. being in
square numbered fifty-nine 80, in said George
town now known as square numbered twelve
hundred and nty-nine n22sl. In the city Of
Washington. described follows. viz: Be
ginning for the same at the intersection OF
street. thence vestwnrdly along line Of ''N''
street 20 feet: thence northwardly parallel with
Thirty third stree; 50 s-lo feet: thence eastward
Thriyt-third street: thence southwardly along
Thirty third street % $40 feet to beginning
gethes with the improvements consisting Of
Terms Of sale: One third OF the purchase
money to be paid in cash. and the balance in
two years. with. interest At per centnm psr
annum. payable semi-annuslly. from day o:
sale. secured by deed of trust upon the prop
chaser deposit Of 500 viii i'i he Geqn mir P Of
the purchaser at the time of sale. All con-
veyancing. recording and notnrial fees Mt the
complied with within fifteen days from day OF
sale. otherwise the trustee reserves the righr
to resell the property at the risk and cost OF
the defaulting purchaser. after five days ad
vertisement OF such resale in some newspa per
published in the city Of Washington. n. C.
JESSE L. HE1SK ELL. Surviving Trustee.
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THE DAILY STORY.
In More Than Looks.
Copyright. 1914. by W. Werner,

When the whistle of the eastern ex-
press came to her Elizabeth Raleigh
was putting finishing touch to the
rooms. The idea of taking ten min
utes before train time to slip out of
the dark calico work dress into some
thing a trifie more attractive and more
complimentary to the expected guest was
swallowed up in the last frantic rush of
a housekeeper exact to the point of
drudgery., Not until nine-year-old Tom
my. rushing in to inform her that the
boys had turned into the home road. ex
claimed in boyish dismay:
''Oh, mother. dear. aren't you going to
dress up pretty for Miss Edith" did the
unbecoming calico come in for mo-
ment's consideration.
She looked rebukingly into the upturned
face. Every day it came to her annoy
ingly, this fendness of Tommys for pref
ty things. inherited from his father.
Tommy she answered, Miss Edith is
not stranger. but an old college mate
of mothers. She won't mind my not be-
ing dressed up especially when she sees
all the work 1 have to do. Run along
and be at the gate when father drives
up
When the boy LETT she glanced In the
mirror, plastered her hair down until it
was a shade more unattractive. and dis
carded her apron. AS she stood on the
veranda waiting. to the young woman be-
hind the spanking bays she looked any
age from twenty-eight to forty. The stoop
in the shoulders, the tightly drawn back
hair. which she remembered so bewitch-
ingly unmanageable: the hollows in the
cheeks indicated forty. but wnen she
came down to the gate the flush of well
come. the happy glow in the hazel eyes.
put the time mark more nearly where it
belonged-twenty- nine-and Edith Brad
well forgot for time her first surprise.
Nor was there room for it's return for
some hours, after her intoduction into
Elizabeth's home.
OF course. there was a delicious lunch
in readiness. After its disappearance a
perfect volley of questions had to be
asked and answered. And then the be-
coming acquainted with Tommy, the
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and all it was. But it was the biggest
footprint Farmer Browns boy ever had
seen. and 1t looked as if it had been
made only few minutes before. 1t was
the footprint Of Buster Bear.
Now. Farmer Browns boy didn't know
that Buster Bear had come down to the
Green Forest to live. He never had heard
of bear being in the Green Forest.
And he was so surprised that he had
hard work to believe his own eyes, and
he had a queer feeling all over. a little
chilly feeling. although it was a warm
day. Somehow he didn't feel like meet
ing Buster Bear. The very thought made
his hair rise. 1t he had had his terrible gun
with him it might have been different.
But he didn't. and so he suddenly made
up his mind that he didn't want to fish
any more that day. He had a funny
feeling that he was being watched. al
though he couldn't see any one. He was
being watched. Little Joe Otter and
Buster Bear were watching him and TAX
ing the greatest care to keep out of his
sight.
All the way home through the green
forest Farmer Browns boy kept look
ing behind him, and he didn't draw
long breath until he reached the edge
Of the green forest. He hadn't run, but
he had wanted to-.
Huh" said Buster Bear to little Joe
Otter. L believe he was afraidr'
And Buster Bear was just exactly
right.
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SOON READY FOR LAUNCHING,
Two Tugboats Under Construction at
Solomons Island.

While no definite date has been set for
the launching of the hull of the new
tusboat which NJ. Mitchell Davis & Son
of Solomons Island. Nd. are building for
Lewis Smoot of this city, the vessel is
so near completion that she will, it is
thought. be put overheard within the
next few days. The boat will then be
brought to this city or Alexandra to
have her boiler and engine installed, and
it will be about the middle of August be-
for she will be ready for service
The new Smoot tug, will be used in the
towing of sand and gravel laden lighters
on the river. in conjunction with the
tugs Rosalie and Eugenia, which Mr.
Smoot now has in service.
Good progress is also being made at
the Davis yard in the building Of a
small tugboat for Capt. A. ]. Taylor.
The hull of this boat will be brought
here to have machinery installed 1t is
to be used for general towing work about
the harbor and on the river near this
CITY.
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Farmer Browns Boy Feels His
Hair Rise.
Ry THORNTON W. BURGESS.
Copyright. 1914. by ]. G. Lloyd

Twas Just a sudden odd surprise
Made Farmer Browns boys hair to
rise.
That's funny thing for hair to do.
rise up all of a sudden-isn't it? But
that is just what the hair on Farmer
Browns boys head did the day he went
fishing in the Laughing Brook and had
no luck at all. There are just two things
that make hair rise-anser and fear.
Anger sometimes makes the hair on the
back and neck of Bowser. the hound,
and of some other little people br1stle
and stand up, and you know the hair on
the tail of black pussy stands on end
until her tail looks twice as big as 1t
really is. Both anger and fear make 1t
do that. But there is only one thing
that can make the hair on the head of
Farmer Browns boy rise, and as it isn't
anger of course it must be the other
thing-fear.
1t never happened before. You see,
there isn't much of anything that
Farmer Browns boy is really afraid of.
Perhaps it wouldn't have happened this
time if it hadn't been for the surprise
of what he found. You see. he had
patiently fished down the Laughing Brook
through the green forest without once
getting much as nibble, and TINS
seemed very. very queer " ioi -
never had happen before. Then he had
found the heads of some trout on the
bank, and this had seemed very queer:
too. because they had been bitten OFF
and not cut off with knife He knew
right away that some one else had been
fishing and that was why he couldn't
catch any. but the only fisherman he could
think of who might bite off the heads
of the trout was Billy Mink. and he
had never known Billy to do it before
and leave them lying around that way.
Besides, it didn't seem possible that
little Billy Mink could have eaten all
those trout. He didn't once think of
little Joe Otter. and so he was very.
very much puzzled.
He was turning it all over in his mind
and studying what it could mean. when
he came to little muddy place on the
bank of the Laughing Brook. and there
he saw something that made his eyes
seem as if they would pop right out of his
head. 1t was right then that he felt
his hair rise. Anyway. that is what he
said when he told about it afterward-
What was it he saw? What do you
think? Why. it was a footprint in the
soft mud Yes. sir. that's what it was
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To Prepare Italy's Exhibit.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 6-Ernesto
Nathan. former mayor of Rome, and
Italian commissioner to the Panama
Pacific exposition. left San Francisco
today for Chicago and New York, ac-
by his suite. He will go
to Italy to arrange that countrys ex-
hibit returning to San Francisco In
four or five months to attend the dedi-
cation of the Italian building.
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ton was held. George Sheriff was elected
president, Frank Neidfelt, vice president;
Claude Ayre. secretary; Roland Simons.
assistant secretary. and Leslie Sheriff,
treasurer. Henning helms. Carroll Keen
an and Grant Thomas were appointed
sergeant-at-arms. Hugh Langdon was
elected color sergeant.
Now We have two first-class scouts
and hope soon to have many more. We
will soon have an Eagle Scout George
Sheriff has seventeen merit badges and
hopes to have tWentY-one Soon''
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NOT ENTITLED TO DAMAGES.
Mrs. West Loses Suit Against Gov
ernor of Kansas.

Topeka. Kan, June 6.-Mrs. Luella
West of Wichita, Kan. is not entitled
to damages from Gov. George Fl.
Hodges of Kansas for an alleged as
sault and battery, decided g. jury in
the case today after celebrating two
minutes.
Mrs. West alleged while on a visit
to the governors office April s last
the governor struck her during a scuf-
fie for possession of papers in the case
of Frank Sullivan, a convict to plead
for whose release Mrs. West had called
at the executive Offices
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DRAWN BY SIR JOHN HERSCHEL.
snow caps and would indicate that this
world is as warm or warmer than our
own. If the result is made certain, we
will therefore know that Mars is far more
suited to the existence of such forms
We have hitherto had evidence of its be-
Ing.
Saturn is now too near to the sun to
be observed, and on June 10 passes to
the east of that body and becomes a
morning star.
Jupiter rises at 11:55 pm. on June L,
and at 9:5S pm. on June 80. 1t will be
found in the south toward midnight
On June -. at :55 am. eastern
standard time) the sun will reach its
highest position in the heavens. At this
1t will cease moving upward from the
celestial equator and begin to move
downward among the stars. This day
will therefore be the longest day of the
present year
The first comet to be discovered during
the year 1914 is faint telescope object
which is now moving northeastward
among the stars along the path NJ N,
Figure I. 1t was nearest the earth on
May 10. but even when in this most
favorable position it required small
telescope to render 1t visible. AS shown
in Figure ., it is now receding from
us and it's brightness will therefore rap
idly diminish.
A very distant comet. discovered last
December. may become brilliant toward
the close of summer. This comet must
have great intrinsic brilliancy, for when
first seen it was both farther away from
US and also brighter in appearance than
was Halleys comet when it first i'm
pressed its image upon the delicate
Photographic plates with which it was
being searched for. During September
this comet will move through the con-
stellation of the Greater Bear and will
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hence be at all times well above the
ground. in. excellent position for observa-
ton. But whether 1t will then be a con-
spicuous object, or whether it will even
be visible without telescope aid cannot
at this early date be foretold.
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Morse's Pharmacy, 1903 L Street. L. 4
Star Want Ad branch. where Situation
and Help Wanted, Rent Room, Sale Mis-
cellaneous and other little Want" ads
may be left for The Star. A penny a word
a day is all it costs for these Star ads.
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Saturday AFTERNOON We met AT our hail
and marched over to battle-ground GEM
etery, where we assisted in the Me-
mortal DAY services. We acted as usE-
ers and AT the proper time the troop
lined up at W Flagstaff and as our bugle
corps blew the call to the colors We sa-
iuted the fiac. After the services were
over we fell IN and, led by our buglers,
we marched back to our hall. Saturday
night we held our regular meeting and
practced nrst aid seinaphore and Morse
signaling and knot-tring. Another boy
was placed on our probation roll and ar
engagements made to sal.e part in the
temperance rally at Mount Vernon Meth
odst Episcopal Church.
Sunday afternoon we met and twelve
boys with our scoutlnaster and assistant
led the parade OF Sunday school chill
dren. We had with us eight boys and
Scoutmaster a. w. Davis of Troop and
three boys from Troop IL. and Assistant
Scoutmaster Fred Reed of Troop II
When we got to the church We opened
ranks and the parade passed between
us into the church Afterward we hiked
all the way out to rakoma Park.
Thursday night We held our patrol
leaders meeting and planned for an en-
treasury. Saturday our hike will be to
the Northwest branch so we can all go
in swimming. We have been asked to
take part in the Flag day exercises at
the Takoma public school: we will prob
ably hold couple of rehearsais for it
next week.
Our seoutmaster has been offered a
couple of good camp sites down the river
for our use this summer. He has al
ready seen them and will set the date
and decide which he will use in a few
days. Twelve more merit badges were
received during the week and will be dis
tributed at our meeting Saturday night
Troop No. 80.
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A.ars is also moving rapidly eastward.
but it's motion is somewhat slower than
that &C Venus, and hence it is being
;.NHtils overtaken. During the month it
moves from the eastern borders of Can
Ger to a position a little left of and below
the bright star Regulus. The announce
ment recently made that traces of water
vapor have been found in the atmosphere
OF lars will. If confirmed, possess the
highest interest and Importance. For
the known presence of this water vapor
would render it practically certain that
the polar caps of the planet are true
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be surprised by its brilliancy: toward the
nearly twice the brightness of a first
uearfly twice the brightness of a first
magnitude star. brilliancy due to the
intense sunlight which falls upon it. for
times as much light and heat are being
poured down as upon a similar part of
our earth.
The year on Mercury is only So days
long, so that on this planet each of the
four seasons would be less than a month
in duration. But besides this. its path
aAout the sun is so far from being per-
fectly circular that when the planet
Is nearest the sun it receives more than
farthest away. To an observer on the
planet the sun would appear more than
twice as large as we see it. and if we
add that one-half of this world Is always
turned toward the sun and one-half is
turned away from 1t, so that on one half
or the planet there is perpetual day and
on the other half unending night it be-
comes evident that conditions on this lit
tie world must oe very different from
those on our own.
Venus continues to shine brilliantly in
the west throughout the month June l it
is near the center of the constella ton
Gemini, but by June 20 it will have
moved out OF this constellation. entirely
across Cancer and into the western Dor
der Of Leo. Having passed Saturn May
IL, 1t Is now drawing continually nearer
to Mars, but it will not finally overtake
this planet until August >. Venus in
the telescope now appears about as the
moon when three days past the full: it
Will not become one-half full and enter
the crescent phase until September 1S,
and from now until more than month
after this date it will continually grow
brighter.
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When. however, the observer sees the
plaret for the first tine he will probably
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By Prof. Doolittle of the University
of Pennsylvania.

HE planet Saturn. which for so
many weeks has been sinking
in the west, will definitely
withdraw from the evening
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MOVING, PACKING & STORAGE.
100 SEPARATE STORAGE ROOMS: STORAGE
by the load. packing. hauling and shipping: see
US before storing. THOS. BOWLING & CO..
Auctioneers 612 st. NV. Phone Main SIS.
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Troop No. 80

Las. Friday night our annual cleo
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Twas just a sudden odd surprise
Made Farmer Browns boys hair to
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Troop No. FL.

Commitment have been received
from troop scrjbes as follows: