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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-07
War Regulations Revive Home
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cake. biscuit, preserves and JAM
A man whose wife was famous for
the ale she brewed had no lack of
company, and convivial company at that.
1t was a reputation which often put a
goodly tax upon a mans income, but
when a man gets a reputation for any
thing 1t usually costs him good deal
of effort and expense to live up to 1t:
So, when a mans wife earned a local
fame as the brewer of exceptionally
good ale, 1t cost the family tidy
sum in setting them up or setting 1t
up for their friends to put down. Home
! brewing became one OF the lost house
| hold arts, and it is one of the curious
results Of the war that because of 1T
a revival of domestic brewing should
| have set in.
| There have been stories to the effect
that the inhibition against vodka In
I Russia has resulted In an extensive
, use of substitutes for that potent drink
which are more dangerous and dele
FERROUS than the liquor which has been
! banned, but the mass of the evidence
that comes from Russia points that the
prohi bition is working well and that
the results have been remarka bly, bene-
| fetal
! An observant writer of unquestioned
fairness said that "a wonderful change
has taken place which Is directly at
| tributable to the beneficial influence
| of the anti-vodka ukase." He says that
| the peasants look more tidy and re-
spectacle than before and that no one
sees them under the influence of liquor
nowadays.
| Their wives and children. who for
| merly used to be dressed In rags. are
! decently clothed and even have shoes
F., on their feet, a rarity in the days when
! vodka drinking was in vogue. but those
/ better off among the peasantry are still
able to get liquor. through liberal
y, bribery, though by the great masses
| Of the people vodka is absolutely I'M
| obtainable.
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, was the first missionary and preacher
| in the colony. He was assisted by Rev.
James Buck. rector of the church az
| white linen, with mantle of richly
| embroidered white silk, the gift of her
adopted father, Sir Thomas Dale. the
| marshal and acting governor of the
colony. She was escorted to the altar
and was given away by her uncle.
Opechisco, who had been commissioned
| for that service by her father, PoWha-
tan, whose strained sense OF dignity
would not permit him to attend the
! wedding. The groom wore the dress
of a British cavalier. and was attended
by two brothers of the bride. Present
were Sir Henry Dale and staff; Ralph
Hamor. secretary OF the colony; MIS-.
grandchild, Miss Elizabeth Parsons;
Henry Spelman, George Percy. brother
of the Duke of Northumberland. and
George Sparkes, the business partner
of the groom.
John Rolfe had early come to James
town. colony from his home place,
Heacham Hall, in Norfolk. England.
where he was born in 1885. He became
secretary and recorder general of the
Virginia colony. and was prominent in
the establishment of tobacco culture on
a commercial basis.
About a year ago the American am
bassador to the court of st. James I'M
yelled in St Georges Church at Graves
end England, two windows presented
to that church by the Colonial Danes
of Virginia in memory of the American
princess. Pocahontas. whose bones rest
in that church, for thus reads the par
fish register:
1916 March 81, Rebecca Wrolfe,
wife of John Wrolfe, Gentleman, Vir-
ginia lady borne. was buried in the
chauncel."
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Obtaining Snake Serum.

~ ATTRACTING snake venom is a lick
T. fish and precarious work even fol
the experienced expert. 1t always sa-
vors not alone of danger, but death
and death from snakebite Is excruciat-
ing agony.
Venomous reptiles are divided into
two great classes, those whose poison
disorsanizes the blood corpuscles and
ma ra1vzes the heart-the East India
snakes belong to this class-and the
second class, whose poison affects the
nervous system and paralyzes the heart
the rattlesnake, of which there are
thirteen varieties; the copperhead and
the moccasin are representatives OF this
class In this country there Is only one
species of the East India snake, the
snake, found in Florida and
the gulf states. The bite OF the Florioa
harlequin is extremely poisonous.
In India alone there are over 10000
deaths from snakebite in a single year
The majority of the Inhabitants are OF
fatalistic belief, which discourages al
experimentation or any benent Whlch
might accrue thereupon.
However. there has been some re-
search accomplished there along THIS
line. The French have pushed the
work because of their colonists in India
and China.
In the United States the Rockefeller
Institute for Medical Research mas ex.
perimented widely with all sorts ane
kinds of venomous serpents. but mostly
with the rattlesnake, whose bite Is dan
gerous in proportion to his size. 49,
AS far as can be ascertained. the
serum treatment has been successful
whenever it has been promptly resorteo
to- Furthermore, it has been PROVED
that when small doses of snake poison
are administered to person, at stated
intervals, that individual will eventu-
ally become immune to snakebite. The
great difficulty in the serum treatment
is that to be effective the serum mus'
be prepared from the particular species
of snake which did the biting.
Another curious fact, and one MOI
generally known, is the recurring
symptom of snakebite on or about the
anniversary of a bite. The victim OF
snakebite may have these recurring
symptoms for ten or twelve years, ano
there is a case on record where the re-
curing symptoms lasted for twenty
five years
To milk" the snake, or. that Is, &c
extract the snakes venom, from which
the serum is prepared, long ROD OF
stick is necessary To one end OF this
stick a loop of leather is attached. and
this loop Is slipped securely over the
reptiles head and firmly held. A sec
ond person holds in his hand pair OF
forceps, and between the forceps is a
wad of cotton at which the snake
strikes. He is leased, and consequently
strikes until every drop of poison is In
the cotton. The cotton Is then washed
in glycerin until all the venom Is OBJ
tanned. From this mixture of venom
and glycerin the serum is prepared.
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A Remembered Grudge.

1T Is said that Queen Wilhelmina, as a
child. found it difficult to learn the
English language, and for that reason
did not love England. The first map
of Europe she drew showed an enor-
nous Holland, fair-sized Belgium and
France, but an almost imperceptible
Great Britain.
To draw particular attention to the
diminutive island representing Eng
land, she wrote below it Land of Miss
S." Cher English governess).
Years later the young queen said to
the British minister at The Hague:
BE sure to tell her majesty Queen
Victoria that / love Englishw omen, all
Englishwomen."
To which the minister bowed, and the
queen added:
"All Englishwomen who are not gov
ernesses."
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The Busy Old Lady
of ThreadneedIe Street
Special Correspondents Of The Star.

Special Correspondents Of The Star.
LONDON, October ~. 1915.
NNE Of the busiest people in all Lon
W doh at present. which is saying some
thing, il tho famous "old Lady of
Threadneedle Street." otherwise the
Bank Of England. Probably few per-
sons outside it's historic walls realize
what the British war loan has meant
to the bank. From before. 9 in the
morning until II or after at night, and
all day Sunday, 1900 people, including
over 800 girls. are working there like
beavers trying to keep track of the
war loan script, which keeps pouring in
in post bags orammed to overlooking.
The script is the thinnest Of stun.
but it seems that there are already
over six tons of it in the safes at the
The other day, an official there relates,
the mornings post included 1909 reg
istered letters, the total mail for that
morning being about $1,000 missives.
This Official says that he does war
loan" from until in the afternoon
and then starts on his regular days
work He is engaged in dealing with
the Irish loan.- 1t seems, and much OF
the correspondence, as may be mag
ined, is not without humor.
One man wrote Indignantly:
You have sent me four forms. all
filled with writing. What it all means
God only knows; I don't"
Another Irishman. a solicitor. was
asked to request one of his clients to
forward certain war script. Later he
forwarded the following letter from
this client. typical country squire:
Dear Blank: I can't find the script
The rivers are all low here. and there's
no fishing anywhere" That was the
extent of the missive.
Asked if. supposing that the recent
Zeppelin bombs which were intended
for the bank had reached their mark
and caused a bad fire, irreparable dam.
age would have resulted. this official
replied that quite possibly the business
of the world might have been disor-
ganized There are certain books, ne
exclaimed, of which no duplicates eX-
list, in which worldwide Transactions
with the bank are recorded. Were
they destroyed something like cnaos
would result.
The bank. however. is pretty well
protected On the roof of the 10"
structure there are great NUMBER o.
skylights of glass. These have all beer
covered with heavy wire netting u
prevent bombs going through. The
wire probably wouldn't stop a heavy
bomb, but it would at least cause II &c
explode. Thus the explosion would oc
cur on the roof Of the bank rather
than inside.
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, one son and five daughters, all of
whom became the parents of families.
One of the daughters, Jane, married
Col. Richard Randolph, who was a bur-
CESS and also treasurer Of the colony.
and from them sprang the famous John
| Randolph of Roanoke and the many
| other eminent men who have borne
| that family name. Another, Mary
Boiling, married Col John Fleming.
who was also burgess and treasurer,
| and from that match sprang the Flem-
| ings. who have figured prominently In
| Virginia and in American history A
third, Elizabeth. married William Gay;
a fourth, Martha, married Thomas
Eldridge, and the fifth. Anne, married
James hurry.
The only brother of these four Boil
| ing girls was John Boiling, I'd, who
| married Mary Blair. She was a niece
of DR.. Blair, the founder of William
and Mary College, and she bore several
children. One of them. Mary Boiling,
married Richard Blap!. jr., member
of the Continental Congress and son
of the famous revolutionary leader of
the same name. Sarah Boiling married
John Tazewell, judge. and the uncle
of that L. w. Tazewell who became
governor and United States senator.
The third John Boiling married Martha
JEFFERSON, sister of Thomas Jefferson.
In this way nearly all the old families
OF Virginia and many of the old families
of southern Maryland are linked with
Pocahontas and her father. Powhatan.
Matoaca, which was the proper tribal
name of Pocahontas, was born, SO it has
been written, in 1896, at her fathers
village, Werowocomoco, which is vari-
ously spelled, a few miles from James
town and between the, James and the
York river. The site of that village Is
lost Her mothers name seems not to
have been preserved, or to have been con-
sidered not of much Importance by the
early English settLars( because the We
rowance Powhatan had numerous W yes
by whom he had a variety of sons and
daughters.
Matoaca, visiting relatives in a set
Element distant from her home village.
was captured by number of colonial
troops, treated with the utmost kind
ness and consideration, and taken to
jamestown, where, with her fathers
consent, she remained, being in a way
adopted by Sir Thomas Dale. who was
acting governor of the little colony in
the absence of Sir Thomas Gates. That
was in 1913. Rev. Mr.. Whitaker instruct
ed her in religion and baptized her under
+ the name of Rebecca in the little church
at jamestown April IL, 1913. Rev. Mr..
Whitaker, who off1ciated "a the marriage.
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In the Trenches.

ERoM the diary of "a British artillery
u Officer was found the following ac-
count:
II have just turned on my talking
machine In my office. The tunes travel
over sixty-two miles Of wire. and
every battery and observing station
has its telephone on. All the men en-
10y the concert to the limit. 1t keeps
them quiet. I am now playing We
Will Wind Up the Watch on the Rhine
1t Is greeted with cheers. Rum, isn't
1t? What a bally life. yet I wouldn't
be out of 1t for anything. Have not
had many casualties today, only two
killed and a few wounded. The Huns
are using prussic-acid gas. Nice! We
can't move a yard without gas helmets.
You smell almonds-and then!"
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slfS HE Indian princess Pocahontas &C.
il cupfes such a large place in the
early colonial annals of Virginia
IS referred to so often in song and story
and lived in time which the average
run OF Americans seem to consider so
remote that many Americans have come
to feel that she is somewhat of a myth
lcal. II not altogether 4 mythical char
acter. Additional interest is now given
to this Indian maid because the state
ment has gone out that Mrs Gait,
fancee of the President, is descended
from Pocahontas. There is no question
as to the correctness of the statement.
The blood of Pocahontas still. lives in
thousands of Americans. There is much
literature written during the James
town period which concerns Pocahon-
tas- She was popular in the colony.
The settlers, among whom were num-
Der of gentlemen were fond of her and
several paid court to her. She had
saved the life of Capt. John Smith sew
eral years before, though this story has
lately been disputed, but it was ac-
cepted at the time. and she had also
saved the life of another European
Henry Spelman-from the Indians She
also warned the jamestown settlers
against an impending Indian massacre.
Pocahontas and John Roife were mar
ried April 5, 1914 For time they
lived on their plantation of Varina,
near jamestown. 1t was a love mar
riage and happy marriage. After the
honeymoon at Varina the couple went
to Roltes earlier home, Heacham Hall.
in England. and his family gave his In
dian wife loving welcome. Royalty
received her, her portrait was painted
and her son, christened Thomas. was
born. The family of three left for the
old home by the James. but Pocahontas
died at Gravesend.
The husband and son returned, and
Thomas Rolfe. coming to mans estate.
took as his wife an English-born girl.
but of Virginia, Jane Poythress. They
lived at Varina and their only child.
Jane, became the wife of Robert
Boiling, an English colonist Their
only child was John, who married
Mary Kennon of Virginia, and they had
a family of five daughters and one
son. Their numerous children mar
ried and the blood of Pocahontas AMI
Rolfe flows. much diluted. of course. in
the veins of thousands of Americans.
Many OF the descendants of that ro-
mantle union. known to be descendants
by reference to family and church rec
ords, were prominent in the American
revolution and in the American civil
war.
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Ban on Exports.

R4 an order =, rim in council @1 the heb. board s., Of
that in all future dealings in nautical
instruments of any kind. English firms
must receive the approval Of the ad-
miralty before accepting orders for
such goods from firms in countries
other than British possessions and pro-
tectorates. 1t will be necessary that
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orange grows-round ones the size of
large cherries, other round ones much
larger. short oval fruits, long and slen-
der ones, and kumquats that are half
way between the globular and long
fruited sorts. Experiments are being
made in preserving these little fruits
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in various ways, so that, instead of
being more ornamental than anything
else, they may be put to actual use !:
and some of the preserved and con-
served kumquats are said to be about
as delicious as any one could wish.
The tree that attracts most atten-
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all applications for licenses to export
such goods shall be accompanied ey
the order issued to the hrm bN the nd
miralty permitting them to undertake.
the work.
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NE of the results Of the English


~ NE OF the results OF the Engiisn
n " regulations aimed at the con-
W sumntion or immoderate or I'M
r.o.ss..,, ari,i-,, -, hoar t.s hoe, n
necessary oi'iA'ns y. oee' na' ~
increase the amount OF ho1ne-pre"eu
beer and homemade drinks of various
kinds containing greater or less pro-
nort,ons or .1cobol The English la
$500 ...a.n
boring man appears 10 De more set
in his beer habits than is the laboring
man of any other nationality, and he
doas M, he.r with good .r.ce anv re-
..,..,s 80. =. - 49,.
strictioh put upoh' OF sought " pe put
upon, his thirst.
Observers and commentators in Eng
land who seem TO he influenced neither
49, roh,t,t;o,, ~ ..t .oh;h,.,o,, CIV
by prohlpltion nor anti-prohlpiuoh SEN
timent are pointing out that the pri-
vate brewing of beer, ale and stout is
ono nbsse of the drink onestion as an
pheu " 'ne i"ooi piooiei .ha' appe
authorities. Even the excise authori-
t,es .re making comn1,ir+ ae,inst tho
extent and increase IN nrivate home
hrewinp and an English excise officer
hours Vi pupnc houses nave peen cur
.ailea many VI ans WORKING -ciass iarhlne Ines
haer and az shown The Increased
amount of malt being used in a district
within four miles from London. where
as one shop was selling about twenty
ousheis pc. ,,tn .n 'n poo wal, 'n InS
husbeIs ner week If other workinoe
class districts are doing similarly then
| some thousands of bushels are being
used In TINS way me private brewers.
ws s than oA the nnhIic bonses n 'n the d Rs
trict some Occupying houses Of eight
mounds valve should he having IL
cense hut are not doing 40
Amone the comnlaints that are ha,n.
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Her Family Office.
From Judge

Miss Peachblow-Your aunt 10 an aw-
fully slender woman. isn't shea
Me-. Buzxer-Yep. some bony-in fast
she's our family skeiessn.
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15f1REES loaded with grapefruit Of
the finest thin-skinned. practically
seedless variety; heavily laden
orang' trees. including tangerines and
navels. a fine japanese variety and just
common oranges; lemon trees, the
branches Of which bend to the ground
with their burden of ripening fruits.
and kumquats in every variety, size
and shape known to citrus growers. ap-
parently-all of these are growing
right here in Washington. and probably
not more than one Washingtonian out
Of " hundred knows it or has even seen
or heard of 1t.
In the long line of greenhouses at
the north side of the Department of
Agriculture grounds is one big house
devoted to citrus fruits. Here are be-
1ng conducted experiments that may
prove of great value to citrus growers
Of the southland, such as hybridization
Of the orange and grapefruit, with the
object Of producing new fruit that
will partake of the characteristics of
both parents; the production of seed
less orange with thin skin. propaga-
tion OF true seedleSs grapefruit, and
the like.
Although the experiments have been
going on for several years, few per-
sons have even heard of it and little
or nothing has ever been published
even in the bulletins of the department
The citrus house. simply one of long
row of greenhouses, attracts little at
tention. and unless visitors know of 1t
and of the work being done 1t Is like
1y to be overlooked entirely.
But step inside the house, and 1t Is
like being transported In a second to
Florida. The temperature, the warm
dampness of the air in the house and
the scent of the orange. lemon. grape
fruit and kumquat trees and bushes, all
remind one of the subtropical regions,
where these fruits grow out of doors
instead of under glass.
Just now the fruits are beginning to
take on the colors with which patrons
of fruit stands are familiar One sees
tangerines that are showing the pale
beginnings of their ripe hue, with
others still dark green and still others
the ruddy orange of the fully ripened
fruits. all on the same tree. Further
along is an orange tree bearing green
half ripened and fully ripe fruits. Along
the borders are the low bushes of the
kumquats. with their green, turning
ana ripe fruits crowding every inch Of
space on the branches, and in every
shape in which the little cousin of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-07

The corporation of Trinity Church.
New York, owns ESQ houses, the rent
of which maintains the church.
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Obvious.
From Life

What is your name. my boy?"
Tommy"
Tommy whatT'
| Tommy Rot"
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Usually a Liberal One.
From the Boston Transcript.
"Pa, what IL graft?"
Graft. my son, is . sort Of tip peck.
eted by the servants Of the people,"
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John Boiling and Mary Kennon had
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Bronze Footwear in
button and lace, very
smart and popular.
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Ladies' Gypsy But
ton and Lace Boots,
some with white stitch
ing.
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Indians Win From Browns.

ST. LOUIS. July 2.-Five runs scored
in the third inning of yesterdays game
gave Cleveland the first of the series,
to 2.
O'Neill and Southworth scored when
James dropped Chapman's pop fly and
threw wild to Severoid. Chapman
scored. as did Jackson and Graney, on
Smiths triple to center.
Pratts hitting saved the locals from
a shut-out. His triple in the first scored
Austin and his double in the eighth
counted Shotten. Score:
Cleveland .... 0e5 0 o 90 o 0-5
ST. Louis ............ y U o "
Twobase hit-Pratt. Threc-basc hits-Pratt,
Smith Stolen basexACha pman Jackson. Sacri-
Ace hit-Ha mmond. Double play-hammond TO
Chapman to Jackson. Left OH bases-tievciand.
4: st. Louis, y. First base on errors-Cieve and
p Bases on balls-On Morton. =; on James, =;
Hitss1,n James, i in ) innInxs: off Koch, in
innings. Struck out-By Morton. 4; by James. :;
by Koob 2 Wild pitch-Morton Passed ball
Ssreroid rnpires-Messrs. Call and Exams.
Time Of same-I hour and 5s minutes.
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sHAwKEY WANTS MONEY ONLY
Will Jump to Feds Unless Yanks
Raise Salary, He Says.

KANE. Pa. July Pitcher Bob
Shawkey, who was released by the Ath-
letics Monday to the New York Ameri-
cans for the waiver price. will not re-
port to that club unless he receives an
increase in salary. which he has de-
manded.
Shawkey was supposed to- report to
the New York club Wednesday. but in
stead reported at Sheffield, his former
home, where, with his wife. he will
spend several days fishing. Unless the
New York team grants Shawkey's de-
fland for an increase in salary he says
he will jump to the Federal League.
from which he 10 reported to have re-
-. No. -sr4- ss--- $50