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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1914-05-29

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t1slioen igoaraite$ uobreb @ran0
/ 2psofer MeIIe. Ell tor @ngninN
iom IiQser Iigc peo 2psafer Serbia.
notation. Wan If burtie iat / Der,
iom ionotes al Slutninesrcoifober
NaboIaact, bl. q. Spreiter ira @ran.
los 9rug, Iom lig9er | WPrheoen;
men set ioriIog life tort SIben breo-
.c iiq raft, 'aa nan maatte telefo.
mere til @eitlum o. Iigeiao til &riItia-
nio eiter Isiiitance. Der iinoe8 life
pe0 Qn3afer %unolcbning meo Gruf.
ioa @onoet iii Slufninaen matte
prunpe$ 90 ueo &aonofraft. men oeo
Wiibnat5ti0 forInngte5 mere SiTIp,
o. Ell Gumpipreitc blcu icnot uoouer.
Wtou bIep mart flor ouer, at belle
W}sIlen n;I6e itrpge mcb, oct uar ct
rTlolg Tlamnchdu, ion rnl'ppnnte
@uaringeu. SIoen 'prang oper ! en-
Gel minorc SrUhuic, lem laa ruuSt
Mellen, % ionl belotteoes ION Ga
gcrrilm. % bi$'e too mart i Ip$ 2le.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1914-05-29

esns "1sturah. potsn" III eIrst "a 9sunrs
I bet garile qnro.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1914-05-29

@er0elanos GiospolosbiIIeoe, trpffes
/ ire Sarper, grcnne. robe % bIao.
Ser fol iaIt trpffe$ % WiIIicner
Gremplarer. &iotiI err uoienot 3
Wlllioner Stnffer, men ira iIere
annter AZ Sanbet meloes ON at On.
lo9et alIereoe er uhioIqt. @eb so.
neoeoltontoret bIep ser ben ierite
Gag iolgt for ca. 10000 Str.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1914-05-29

S6psfaIo i%amtiSig. Taa 6aar.
Den Chimes i ~ltIIensoana por Der
NreSoa o9 2sronq ben Soc OF 9bc
Mai lalt 4 Nposialh. Gen enc bar
iho. @ourobruqer ariitcn GiSneS,
a~ntaaelia Soroanpers PISitc Mono.
ioet ban til Sommeren fnIote 90
Ior. &c scriQe nor ire SmanIeifen,
De / IIbcren 2-6 Nar. De Dor Tor
noQen 0aae iiocn Bit anqrebet al en-
he'tlo 3clerine. iom for Sc Sn1on
bIep Neoen. De bIep beorncet / en-
atIte poa l~lllenSpaug SirfegoarS.
Evening star., 1914-09-27
GENEALOGICAL ARITHMETIC
BY GEORGE W. HoDGKINs

And then, of course, the rule CT genealog-
ical arithmetic works both ways. 1t is not
so simple in the descending direction; but
we can nevertheless get very fair ap-
proximation without having to leave our
arithmetic behind and trespass upon the
higher branches of mathematics. Let us
try, for example, to determine roughly the
number of descendants Charlemagne HIM
self should have today. In line of descent
the ratio of one generation to another de-
pends upon the size of the family. A line
may even become extinct; but if it survives
a few generations it will probably conform
to the average in the end.
If the descendants of one typical ancestor
were to increase from generation to genera
ton merely in the ratio of two, producing
1909 ,511 ,627, ,776 descendants in the for
tieth generation, it is easy to see that the
population of the earth as whole would re-
main stationary. AS a matter of fact the
population of the globe today is estimated
to be one and two-thirds thousand millions,
which is eight or perhaps ten times the prob
able population of the earth in Charlie
magne's time. A typical fortieth generation
of descendants today must therefore be
some eight or ten times what stationary
population would have produced.
Assuming Charlemagne's family tree to be
been rather more prolific than the average,
though with more than average proportion
of intermarriageS, we can reasonably eSti-
mate his fortieth generation of descendants
as aggregating in theory some ten millions
of millions; but we have seen that the total
population of the world today is only about
one six thousandth of such figure. When
We consider that there is white blood in only
about half of the world S inhabitants, and that
there are members of more than one genera
ton alive at one time, our computed total
is at least twenty-four thousand times the
available population at the present time. In
other words, our figures show that the aver
age member of the white race today is de-
scended from Charlemagne himself in
couple Of dozen thousand different ways.
Of course this is just very rough approx
nation; but it offers food for thought.
Probably there are some who are de-
scended from Charlemagne a good many
more than two dozen thousand different
times, and no doubt many Others, in various
branches of even the white race, not de-
scended from him at all. But there have been
quite few other Kings and Emperors besides
Charlemagne in all times and in all races,
and there certainly ought to be enough royal
blood to go round, with plenty and good
quantity to spare.
From which we infer that the aristocracy
of royal descent consists not so much in actu-
ally having royal blood in your veins as in
having the 1ineages and records to prove it.
Evening star., 1914-09-27

simple one it turned out to be; for it lay
wholly in the simplest possible use of the
English language. HCut out the big words,
l said to myself. 4Cut out all unfamiliar
terms. Get right down to good old Anglo
Saxon. Drop such jawbreakers as diferenti-
ate, Technology, intimdtions, Implications,
and psychological" My chief hope became
that might once more at least measure up
to that condition which was clearly set forth
a great many years ago by Western chair
man, at time when l was too much of a
novice to do my work even passably well,
who said to me as we walked to my hotel
after the lecture was over:
ave don't care so much for your lecture,
Mr.. Bangs; but we like you, and we're
going to have you back"
Whether or not my plan was successful
shall not attempt to say; but l may be par
doned, perhaps, for recording here one of the
most delightful compliments l have ever
had, paid me by threadbare workngman
who came up behind me as was leaving the
park that afternoon, and put his arm through
mine as he spoke.
"Are you goin' to speak here tonight,
Brother?" he said.
NO." said I. II am hurrying off to Bos-
ton on the five o'clock train"
@Well, I'm sorry" said he. II wanted to
come out and hear ye again"
REARING upon the cultivation, or lack of
- it, of the average American audience, I
recall a remark made to me several
years ago by well known poet from the
Evening star., 1914-09-27
GETTING THE LEVEL
Continued from page 5

shores of Britain, who had come here to
lecture on the Celtic Renaissance.
Il have had most delightful surprise"
said he, ain the wonderful amount of real
culture that I have found in the United
States, and especially in the smaller COM
munities. Why, do you know" he added,
Hwhen first started in on my work sup
posed that should have to spend at least
half of my time explaining to my audiences
just what Renaissance was, and the rest
in consideration of the Irish movement; but
I hadn't been here a week before l discov-
cred that for the most part the people was
to talk to knew quite as much as did about
the history of the movement, and had all
l could do to shed any new light on it what
soever"
He had, fortunately for himself, made the
discovery at a critical part of the lecture
game" as some people delight to call it,
that it was up to him to keep climbing, and
not waste any of his valuable time trying to
descend to lower level, if he wished his dis
course to be favorably regarded in this coun-
try,-a discovery that l devoutly wish
some of our modern editors and theatrical
managers, who think they must cater ex-
clusively to @lowbrow" audience, as thew
call it, clientele made up out of the whole
cloth of their own imaginings, might make
OUR wonderful West frequently affords
~ illuminating incidents demonstrating
the real truth, as discovered by our distin-
guished visitor. l remember going few
years ago into small community in Iowa,
Evening star., 1914-09-27

IN some cases completeness would prove
an embarrassment of riches. That the
deliver into ancestral lore finds line after line
stopping short without a trace of the next
preceding generation, may be unfortunate
in individual cases; but in the aggregate it is
a blessing in disguise. If ones search goes
no further than the earliest American set
tiers, a complete genealogy could not involve
more than couple of thousand ancestors
at best; but, few centuries back on the
other side, it would take the better part of
lifetime merely to write the ancestors
names.
Few of our authentic genea1ogies go very
far back of modern times, and probably none
at all have pierced the dark age that fol-
lowed the fall of Rome. The days of Charlie
magne, who brought order out of this chaos,
will nevertheless prove far enough for the
purposes of our computation. Charlemagne
flourished as King of the Franks and En-
peror of the West about the year 800 A. D.,
eleven centuries ago. The average period
from the birth of one generation to the birth
of the next is between twenty-five and thirty
years, so that the number of generations
from our times back to Charlemagne's is
roughly forty.
In each generation, OF course, the number
of ancestors is Just double the number in the
generation succeeding it. In the fortieth
generation the number of ancestors is con-
sequently the fortieth power of two, or, in
other words, two multiplied by itself thirty
nine times. And few minutes figuring
with pencil and pad will show that the total
number of any persons ancestors in the
fortieth generation is a mere matter of
1,O99 ,511 ,627, ,776, or somewhat more than
a million of millions.
But a little difficulty arises. According to
the best estimates the population of the
whole world at the time of Charlenagne
did not exceed two hundred millions. Of
any single generation there could hardly
have been over one hundred millions. And.of
the white race, or any other single race, there
was only part of that number. Something,
therefore, must have happened to the vast
majority of our million million ancestors.
The obvious explanation lies in the inter-
marriage of cousins,-frst cousins, tenth
cousins, thirty-ninth cousins, as the case
may be. Probably fair proportion of
persons ancestors appear in the pedigree
only once; but Others must be duplicated,
not merely scores or hundreds, but thou
sands, of times. If every inhabitant of the
world forty generations ago could appear in
that family record, the average name would
be duplicated more than ten thousand
times, and, taking into consideration the
barriers of race and distance, it is not un-
likely that some prolific ancestor would have
his name in that list not merely thousands,
but actually millions, of times.
Evening star., 1914-10-08
COURT FINES JUROR
$40 FOR HARDNESS
Samuel J. sheers, Tailor, Pays Up
Only After Threatened With
Term in Jail.

Samuel ]. Sheers. who is a naturaliz-
ed citizen and follows the avocation
OF a tailor, learned yesterday after
noon that the business of the Criminal
Court will not await the convenince
OF prospective jurors. and that a sum-
mons to court at a specified hour does
not mean that one may stroll in forty
minutes later. The lesson cost Sheers
a ten-dollar note, which was the fine
assessed against him by Justice An
derson for contempt of court Justice
Anderson was sitting with Chief
Justice Covington, and examining
talesmen for the grand jury.
The excuse offered by the talesman
was that he had stopped for luncheon.
After Sheers had expressed his ideas
about the solemnity and binding force
of an oath, Justice Anderson told the
Juror that the court would not accept
him for jury service.
When taken to the cellroom below
the court. after the imposition of the
fine. Sheers emphatically declared he
would not pay the fine, but would hire
lawyer. Later, when Clerk Mckee
went below to inquire about payment,
the prisoner attempted to borrow $40
from the clerk on the security of his
watch. Deputy Marshal Sherwood was
also appealed to for a loan on the same
security, but both officials declined to
accommodate Sheers. The arrival OF
and the sight Of a pair of handouts
about to be attached to his wrist gave
Sheers a change of heart. He found
his bankroll and stripping Off a ten
dollar bill paid his fine and returned
to his place of business.
Evening star., 1914-10-08
G. w. u. MEDICAL SCHOOL
RANKS THIRD IN U. S.
06.S Per Cent Of It's Graduates Pass
Examinations to Enter Prac-
tice Of Profession.

The Medical School of the George
Washington University ranks third
among group of 101 of the foremost
medical institutions of the country. ac-
cording to statistics just submitted to
the board Of trustees of the local uni
versity by DR.. William Cline Borden,
dean of the school.
The dean reports that 96.3 per cent
of the graduates of the school pass the
examinations for admission to medical
practice. This marks a decided i'm
provement within the past few years.
Five years ago the percentage was SO
per cent. and that record at the time
was considered remarkably high.
The only medical schools out of the
101 principal institutions selected for
comparison that have higher percent
ages Of success at admission examina-
tions are the Rush Medical College and
the University of Wisconsin Medica.
School.
Being a member Of the American
Medical Association. the school re-
quires students to have a year of col
lege work before being admitted to the
medical course. Sixteen students have
registered in the freshman class, and
It is expected the number will be in
creased to about twenty within the
next few weeks.
Evening star., 1914-10-08
PLAN FOR SCHOOL PAPER.
Pupils of Business High Hear Dis
cussion by Staff Members.

Pupils of Business High School met
yesterday to hear plans for their
paper. THE Balance Sheet" for the
ensuing year. The principal speakers
were William c. La Clair, editor-in-
chief. and Norman E. Duehring, busi-
ness manager. who presided. Other
speakers were Miss Elizabeth Randall,
Miss Josephine Bedinger and Joseph
McGarraghy.
The staff Of the journal, the first is
sue Of which for this season is ex-
pected to appear the latter part of
this month. includes William c. La
Clair, editor-in-chief; Miss Elizabeth
Chase, assistant editor; Miss Marjorie
Johnson literary editor: Miss Hester
Carter, financial editor; Paul C. Bragg,
athletic editor; Frank H. Marks, liter
ary editor; Miss Josephine Bedinger.
school notes editor; Paul c. Morrison,
humor editor; Jacob Goldberg, current
events editor; Vernon S. Snow. art
Purdy. assistant art editors Business
department.: Norman E. Duehring,
business manager; Joseph McGar-
raghy, advertising manager; Elizabeth
Randall, circulation manager; Albert
Parker, bookkeeper and cashier.
Evening star., 1914-10-08
$4,000 FOR POTOMAC RIVER.
Gen. Kingman, Chief of Army Engi.
neers, Allots River and Harbor Fund

Included in the 17O allotments made
by Gen. Kingman, chief of engineers
of the army. from the appropriation
OF $20,0o0.000 made by Congress for
the maintenance and preservation Of
existing river and harbor projects is
one Of $4,000 for continuing the i'm
provement of the Potomac river at
Washington.
The largest single allotment was s3.-
100000 to the Mississippi river COM
mission. The Delaware river. below
philadelphia. was allowed 100000
for the completion OF a thirty-five-foot
channel New York harbor was al
Iotted about S1.3oo.00e for improve
nent work. Tho Boston harbor got
Among the projects which receive
part of the appropriation are: Della
ware (for Wilmington harbor). $1,000;
Virginia (for Rappahannock and Mat
taponi rivers). $1,000. and North Caro-
lima, $277.000- No funds were made
available for the maintenance of
Maryland waterways.
Some of the allotments are COM
paratively small, in view Of the i'm
portance of the projects upon which
they are to be expended. That Is ac-
counted for by the fact that the money
fs to be used In such cases mainly tc
prevent deterioration Of important
sections of the work rather than tc
continue 1T on q proper scale. Gen
Kingman reserved sss5.220 for con-
tingencies.
Evening star., 1914-10-08
YANKEE ENTERPRISE
ASTOUNDS ENGLISH
New Yorker Offers to Buy All the
Leather in the Brit
ish Isle.

What is characterized by one of the
Londay daily papers as IAN astounding
instance of Yankee enterprise" is con-
tanned in letter received by a Lon
don leather firm from a New York
company.
IF the successes of the Germans con-
tinue," states the missive. Invasion
of the British Isles will follow and re-
suit in confiscation Of leather stocks
and ruin you.
Would it not be better to ship your
stock to me and get something for ii? I?
l will buy anything in leather that you
may choose to ship me, paying cash
for same. for any quantity, no matter
how large. If it should be unsafe to
send the money to England, we will de-
posit the cash to your credit in any
United States bank you may specify.
"Of course you know our sympathies
lie with England. but reports Indicate
that Germany is cleaning up every
thing. We sincerely hope no such
contingency may arise. but thought we
would write that you might depend ON
US In case Of urgent need.
r. 3. Cable advice of shipments"
Evening star., 1914-10-08
HAND1CRAFT SCHOOL ACTIVE.
Considerable Work for Charity Elk.
pected to Be Done This Year.

Considerable work for charity is ex-
pected to be done at the Handicraft
School, 1922 H street northwest, this
year. A great deal Of this work was
done the last season, during the
schools first year. Many of the stu
dents who studied bookbinding, bas-
kerry, design. weaving and metal work
sold their products, turning the pro-
ceeds over to charity. Others who
studied did SO with the object of pre-
pairing for the work Of teaching in the
local missions.
Many society women have enrolled in
the institution. though the school is
said to be by no means a society
school" The women who attend feel
that they should be fitted to useful oc-
pations. no matter what their sta
tion in life, it is explained.
Evening star., 1914-10-08
SUGAR LOAF MOUNTAIN
OBJECTIVE Of H|KERS
Home Club of Interior Department
and Wanderlusters Plan Joint
Outing Sunday.

With Sugar Loaf mountain as the OBJ
jective Of the next hike, the Home Club
of the Interior Department and the
wanderlusters of Washington are PLAN
ming for joint outing Sunday. This
will be the second outing Of the hikers
far from home.
It is planned to make this one of the
best jaunts Of the entire season. Titus
Ulke, who, assisted by John Boyle. jr.,
is to lead. has recently gone over the
proposed route and mapped out the
best roads.
Arrangements have been made where
by the geology. flora and fauna Of the
region traversed will be explained to
the party. Those having field or bird
glasses are urged to take them along,
as well as a camera and tin cup.
The mixers are to take a train for
Dickerson at 9:20 am, arriving at II
am. Disembarking at the station
of the mountain. q distance Of about
four miles. From here an excellent
view Of the Blue Ridge may be OBJ
tanned.
ner for a limited number of persons
may be obtained at Dickerson II ar
rangements are made in advance. The
train returning will leave Dickerson
at Pm, arriving In Washington at
$40 o'clock. The round trip fare from
Washington to Dickerson is $1.45. In
case Of rain the outing will be post
poned to the following Sunday.
Many Of the wanderlusters are en-
thusiastic about the outing, as are also
a number of the members of the Home
Club. A map is to be posted in the In
terror Department showing the geog-
raphy Of the country across which the
trip Is to be made.
"SnRar Loaf mountain iS the mOun-
tain which nearly everybody in Wash
ington has seen," said one Of the hik-
ers today. "On a clear day it can be
seen from the heights at the north
persons who gaze on lit do not realize
they are looking at one Of the highest
peaks in the eastern section of the
country"
Evening star., 1914-10-08
Dodgine Duty

1t is a shame that high-class
men for office will not stand IN
line; though asked, again and yet
again, this duty all of them de-
cline. The offices all go to skates,
to patriots who want the mon !;
we want good men as candidates
@alas, the good men will not
run! We want good men with
honest hearts, strong men abhor-
ring shams and tricks, brought
up in offices and marts, and not
in stews of politics. And if per-
chance they ever rise, responsive
to our eager calls, we'll batter
them with campaign lies, and rat
tie them with boots and bawls.
Well show that they are only big
in self-esteem, their virtue slim
we'll prove they stole a widows
pig, and swiped soldiers
wooden limb. Well deal in fury
and in sound until, disguised,
they retire; we'll hire cheap
sleuths to rake around and dig
their records from the mire.
Well quickly jolt them from the
groove in which they spend their
quiet lives; with affidavits we will
prove that every day they beat
their wives. Why don't our good
men save the realm, and bleed
and die in proper style? The
country needs them at the helm
we'll surely make it worth their
while!
WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1914-10-08
MILK FARMERS URGED.
TO EXERCISE CAUTION
Bulletin Says Rigid Quarantine Is
Moral Obligation in Case
of Fevers.

'The Duty of Good Neighbors" is not
the subject of an address by Rev. So
and-So, nor is 1t the latest lecture by
Prof. Thus-and-Thus. 1t is nothing
more or less than the opening article
in the current number of the weekly
news letter Of the Department Of Agri-
culture.
The department publication says that
rigid quarantine is a moral obligation
in the case of contagious diseases. and
especially when such diseases happen
on farm producing and selling milk.
1T is the duty Of every milk farmer
to see that no one who is suffering
from fever of any kind ever enters the
dairy" declares the article.
All Water Should Be Boiled.
Moreover. no one engaged in nurs-
ing the sick should ever be allowed to
go near milk. Those who handle the
milk on such farms, even though they
never have been near the person who
is sick, should take special precau-
tions.
Before entering the milkroom they
should put on a clean cap and a clean
into the house. In cases of typhoid or
suspected typhoid all water used in
cleansing milk vessels should first be
boiled. Finally, even with all these
precautions, wherever typhoid or
scarlet fever is even suspected in a
family the milk should be thoroughly
pastuerized before being sold"
Evening star., 1914-10-08
DOING WAR WORK IN LONDON.
4rs. I. n. Chatard Of This City and
Sisters Reach British Capital.

Mrs. Thomas N. Chatard of Wash
ington and her sisters. Mrs. William
Travis Howard and Mrs. Robert Brown
Morrison Of Baltimore, are in London
engaged in working for the benefit OF
British soldiers at the front. Mrs
chatard is busy making clothing and
Mrs. Howard Is lending her efforts to
the making Of cigarettes for the troops
In the field.
At the outbreak Of the war the three
women were at widely different con-
ttnental points. but have all made their
way to the British capital after . num-
Der Of exciting experiences. Mrs. How
lrd and her maid. 1t 10 said. narrowly
.::scaped death In Paris from q bomb
dropped By . Zeppelin.
Evening star., 1914-10-08
THREE HURT IN FIGHTS.
George Brannon, Eugene Brown and
Warrington Upshur Injured.

George Brannon, 942 E street south
west. was treated at Emergency
Hospital last night for a painful scalp
wound He stated that he was struck
with bottle while fighting with an
other man In Hammersley court
southwest.
Eugene Brown. 1913 Corcoran street
northwest, fought with another man
in saloon at 26th and streets north
west yesterday afternoon, according to
a report made by the police. and was
cut and bruised about the face. He re-
fused hospital treatment.
Warrington upshur. colored, 80 18th
street northeast, was treated at Cas-
ualty Hospital last night for a cut
hand. He complained that three uni
dentifed colored man assaulted him at
Seh and D streets southeast. and in
dicted the injury.
Evening star., 1914-10-08
FOUND DEAD IN PARK.
Attack of Heart Disease Is Fatal to
George S. Dougherty.

George S. Dougherty. who was in the
employ Of the Herdic Company for
nearly thirty years, was found dead in
Potomac Park last night about $3.50
o'clock. He was seated on a bench
near the river and held fishing rod
in his hand.
He had been in the habit of paying
frequent visits to Potomac Park to
flsh.
G. W. Warren. SOC 18th street north
west, discovered Dougherty's body and
notified the police.
Dougherty lived with one of his
sons at 712 Upshur street northwest,
and the son went to the morgue and
claimed his body. Death resulted from
an attack of heart disease.