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Evening star., 1926-08-23
What is a sun.dog?-L. 1

@. What is a sun.dog?-L. E. B.
A. The sun-dog is a bright spot
about 40 to As diameters of the sun
distant. and at the same elevation as
the sun above the horizon. The origin
of the term 'sun!dog" is not known.
Q. Is the jack salmon and muskel-
lunge the same?-C. G. W.
A. They are two distinct species
In many instances they are similar in
appearance. The muskellunge be-
longs to the pike family scientific
name, "luciidae'J and belongs to the
subgenus lucius masquinongy. The
jack salmon belongs to the perch fam
lily scientific name. "percidae') and to
the vitreum stizostevion.
q. What is the voltage of a flash
Of lightning?-R. s. Nick.
A. The Bureau of Standards says
that only estimates are available con-
cerning the voltage of lightning
strokes. These range from a few
hundred thousand to several billion
volts, depending upon the ideas Of the
persons making the estimates. No
measurements have been made.
@. Why aren't the electric light
and power plants of big cities located
at the coal mines and the power
transmitted by long-distance systems?
&C. A. II.
A. Four reasons are given by ex-
perts-first. the danger of Interrupt
ton of service through trouble with
the transmission lines; second, the
enormous quantity of water required
for condensing purposes and the diff
Guilty of securing 1t in the vicinity oil
coal mines; third. if located at the
mines, the plant would be dependent
for fuel upon a small group of mines,
and d strike or any other lnterfer-
cnce with the production of coal at
those mines would tie up the plant.
whereas. located in the city, the plant
gets it's coal from a large number of
widely separated mines; fourth. the
difficulty of getting a. sufficient force
of competent workers near mines.
@. Ila recent dispatch from Rus
sia I saw the word "MenshlVlki-
What does it mean?-R. o. n.
A. The word is Russian. meaning
1.-The smaller" hence the minority.
The Menshiviki are the Russian So
cial Democrats of moderate views. Op-
posed to the Bolsheviki They hold
that Russia is not economically ready
for the introduction of the complete
Socialist program.
". AS IHcIC dlC olN
roads still in existence, why isn't this
method of road building employed to-
day?-B. NJ. T..
A. The expense would be too great.
The Appian Way was built of solid
ma sonry, sometimes several feet
thick, and recent rough estimates
have shown that it would cost about
$3.50 900 per mile to reproduce such
highways under present costs and
conditions.
O. How many men were involved
in the revolution in Massachusetts led
by Daniel Shays shortly after the
Revolutionary War? What was the
year of the outbreak?-L. P. $.
A. Shays' rebellion was in 1886.
When he made his unsuccessful at
tempt to capture the arsenal at
Evening star., 1926-08-23
Charles w. Eliot.

Charles w. Eliot, president emeritus
OF Harvard University, who died yes
terday at the age of ninety-two. left
record Of activity that is perhaps
without parallel in this country. He
was almost literally born in the great
institution that he headed for forty
years, for his father was the treas
urer Of the university. He, of course
trained for Harvard and graduated
from 1t. That was the tradition that
he must follow. Then he chose an
appointment as professor of chem
fstry in preference to a profitable en-
ployment with manufacturing con.
cern. That was at the age of twenty.
rour. Eleven years later he was
CHOSEN president Of the university
the youngest man ever at that time
given such a charge. He at once
began series of reforms that made
everybody gasp with astonishment.
FACULTY meetings were quickened.
Courses were changed. Policies were
reshaped. Oliver Wendell Holmes.
then one of the instructors. ex.
claimed, He is turning the uni.
Versity over like a f1apjackw 1t is
related OF another professor that soon
after DR.. Eliot became president he
asked at a meeting: How Is Il 7
should like to ask. that this faculty
mas gone on for eighty years manag.
Ing its own affairs and doing 1t well,
and now that in three or four months
1t Is proposed to change all our modes
OF carrying on the school? It seems
very extraordinary, and 1 should like
to know how it happened" Then
up spoke the bland, grave young
leader: II can answer DR.. Blanks
question very easily; there is a new
president"
The test Of DR.. Eliot's innovations
and reforms was a severe one, but
ne had the satisfaction and gratifica.
tion to find, forty years later, when
at his own instance he resigned his
post at the age of seventy-five, that
most of them had been adopted by
colleges and universities throughout
the country. Under his administra.
tion the university grew in size and
strength. After his retirement he
retained the keenest interest in its
affairs. He continued his mental
activity and even after passing the
age Of ninety he participated in pub.
lie movements and in active discus.
stons. Many honors were bestowed
upon him. He wrote freely and val.
uahly, not only on his own spe-
cialty OF chemistry, but on questions
or international polity At the age
of SeNenty-seven he made q trip
around the world and studied .he
causes of war, and especially condi-
tions In the Far East A popular
contribution TO public thought, which.
though he regarded il lightly. most
definitely brought his name before
the later generation Of the American
people, was his description of a
"fve-foot bookshelf" which, he said
comprised all the classics essential as
an intellectual equipment 10 impart
TO the average man what is known
as culture.
This remarkable man profoundly
Influenced the lives of many Ameri.
cans. AS professor and as president
of Harvard he directly affected the
careers of students. AS thinker and
writer he contributed TO the intel.
lectual advancement of the country.
He was the grand old man" of
American education
Evening star., 1926-08-23

When the Prince of Wales falls off
horse the world laughs. But the
apart from the anxiety that arises
when Uncle John Bull undertakes an
exhibition as a jockey in interna-
tionai finance.
Evening star., 1926-08-23

The Hall-Mills case results in the
arrest of detectives as we'll as material
suspects. A detective should under
stand the value of keeping out Of bad
company, even though his occupation
renders it difficult for him to do so.
Evening star., 1926-08-23
Influenced Opinion.

Influenced Opinion.
do you think there will ever be
any more war;"
NO" answered Senator Sorghum.
MY constituents don't desire 1t, and,
obliged to declare against any such
thing"
Evening star., 1926-08-23

The fruit crop is failure in various
sections of the country, but the Flor
ida realtor remains firm in his con-
viction that the sand crop is an
abundant and upmitigated success.
Evening star., 1926-08-23

European governments are advo-
eating local economies while seeking
to gather the profits available from
spendthrift tourists. The ancient
fable of blowing hot and cold with
the same breath revives itself
Evening star., 1926-08-23

Americans are not popular in
Europe. The populace abroad fails
to take into account the economies
necessary in most cases to permit the
trim.
Evening star., 1926-08-23
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Music i'm the Home.
Lullaby, so sweet and low,
Echo of the long ago;
Lullaby, the mother song,
Sounding distant from the throng.
Lullaby! The drums are loud
In the syncopating crowd:
Silenced mothers wait to see
What will radio babies be?
Evening star., 1926-08-23

European craftsmanship remains at
something of a disadvantage because
Of the reluctance of a few of it's ex-
ponents to admit the fact that Amer
lea has yet been discovered,
Evening star., 1926-08-23

DAnnunZic wonders why he is so
fatally fascinating 10 women. Any
good movie actor is in q position to
warrant the intericction, so is your
Did man.
Evening star., 1926-08-23
Not a Whisperer.

From the Columbus. Ohio. State Journal
Mussolini says he wishes his voice
had the power of thunder and we al
ways supposed we thought it had.
Evening star., 1926-08-23

Patience ceases. Harry Thaw de-
cides to let a girl pay her own fare
back home even at the sacrifice of his
reputation as a general sheik.
Evening star., 1926-08-23

All Other States and Canada.


The Associated ?rrsS ~ exclusively entitled
10 the use for republication Of all news dls
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise cred
itsd in this paper and also the local news
Of special dispatches herein ara also reserved.
Evening star., 1926-08-23

The Hall.Mills case is still classed
as a mystery in spite Of the immense
number Of people who profess to know
all about 1t.
Evening star., 1926-08-23

Prom the Wall Street Journal
Highway traffic callstsor fewer of
the headlong and more of the long
headed. -.---,,. --.-.--...
Evening star., 1926-08-23
D;sadvantase Of Obscurity.

I caught fish. I must confess
1t took me days to do it
And the Associated Press
Paid no attention to 1t.
Evening star., 1926-08-23
Moral Standards.

Honesty is the best policy
"I wrote that in my copy book
years ago"
"It is still true today"
But copy books have changed and
there are so many people who don't
know about it,"
Evening star., 1926-08-23
The Channel.

Did you ever cross the English
Channel?"
Once" answered Miss Cayenne.
II was so sick that I decided then
and there that I would rather take
a chance on swimming it,
Evening star., 1926-08-23

Jud Tunkins says that Paul Smith
has landed into first page space so
often that he is more famous than
Paul Revere.
Evening star., 1926-08-23
For the Sake of Humanity.


~ seek the good humankind"
How frequently the phrase you find!
The sad philosopher whose thought
Is all with envious hatred fraught;
The Socialist whose words are sent
In reckless aid of discomfort;
The Communist who seeks to prove
That wealth to idle hands should move.
Promoting ill.considered strife
And jeopardizing human life,
Will still protest in phrase refined,
IT seek the good Of humankind
"De boss allus does his best" said
Uncle Eben But besides de hoss
you got to bet on de owner an de
Jockey an de trainer. an de, odds
amt never no better dan f6sir to
one" --
Evening star., 1926-08-23
rhe Evening Star Newspaper Company

The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn
ine edition. is delivered by carriers wlthir
the city at so cents per month: daily only
80 cents per month: Sunday only. 20 cents
per month: Orders may he sent ny mail or
ttiephone Nam 5000. Collection is made by
Garner at the end of each month.
Evening star., 1926-08-23

O. How many men were involved
in the revolution in Massachusetts led
by Daniel Shays shortly after the
Revolutionary War? What was the
year of the outbreak?-L. P. S.
A. Shays' rebellion was in 1876.
When he made his unsuccessful at
tempt to capture the arsenal at
Evening star., 1926-08-23

@. If a State claims that it pro
duces the best wheat. what is the
basis for comparison?-M. V. *.
A. 1t means that the wheat makes
flour which has characteristics most
sought for by bakers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-26

variety Thumbergii in Midsummer.
Both are pale yellow. but there are
other excellent varieties-deep yellow
to ange. Orange comes out even more
strongly in Midsummer in the true
lilies. which vary In color from the
pale bun Eankeen lily IL. testaceum)
to the old fashioned tiger lily. beyond
which the lily colors may be claSsed
as red.
AS the Summer progresses the
yellows In the garden become more
striking. Yellow fOxgloves Uigitalis
ambigua) are Towering in spikes. eve
ming primroses (OenntheraD arecov cred
with pale yellow blossoms. and
coreopisis and gaillardias furnish depth
OF color and profusion of bloom.
Both come with flower in Midsummer
and remain until fall, when the yellow
chrysa nthemums take up the story.
Yellow is a favorite color I'm the chrys-
anthemum family. They can he grown
in any tone from the deep cream
single variety with large yellow
centers to the large double yellow
and the little button chrysanthemum
in yellow and in bronze.
These are perennials Of which the
yellow garden may be planned. IT
one wishes to include ANIMALS. with
calendulas, marigolds, African daisies
and nasturtiums. the possibilities are
amending. But with perennials alone,
which once planted are permanent.
one may make golden garden OF
delight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-26

List of plants: Spring. (a) Narcissus.
Leedsii Lord Kitchener. pale yellow.
half trumpet; b) Narcissus. Golden
Spur. gOI:'en yellow trumpet; tC)
Narcissus. i;arrii Masterpiece. vel.
lOw-orange short cup. =. Papaver
nudicaule, Iceland poppy, yellows and
orange. 3. ta) Tvpillus EurOpaeus.
yellow siohe flower; ID, Trollius Euro
paeus, LedebOuri, orange yellow; tc)
Orange Princess, deep orange. 4: ta)
Tulip, Persica, dwarf. early yellow
species tulip: tbl Tulip. Breeder. prince
OF orange. yellOw-Orange: tc) Tulip.
Breeder. l.ucifer, retl-orange.
SUMMER. (a) Aquilegia chrysan-
tina. pale yellow columbine; d. Aqui-
iegia hybrida. deep yellow hybrid
rOlumbine. 6. (a) Chrysanthemum,
Harvest Moon. yellow button chrysan-
tIiemum: (b) Chry santhemum. Golden
Climax, orange button chrysanthe-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-26
Index Costs Rise.

The average Of construction costs
in the principal construction centers
index number 1919 for May, according
to the American General Contractors
index. This Is the highest point con
struction costs have reached since
July, 1925.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-26

mum; (c) Chrysanthemum. Normandie
cream yellow; i'd Chrysanthemum,
Yellow Source Dor, golden yellow;
lei Chry santhemum, Tints OF Gold,
bronze. :. COreOpsis lanceOlata, vel
low COreopsis. 8. Digitalis ambigua,
yellow foxglOve. 9. GallarLia aristata,
Gaillardia. yellow and orange. 10. (a)
HemerOcallis FIava. lemon day lilly
June: % HemerWallis Thunbergi,
lemon tlay-lily. July, August. II. (a)
tleienium autumnale, RivertOn Beauty
lemon-yellOw helenium: ID, lleIeni,Iri
autumnale. HOOpsii, orange helenium;
(cl Helenium autumnaic. Rivert0n
Gem, bronze heleniunl. IL. Iris Fla.
vescens. IL. OenOthera fruitcOsa
YOungi, sundrops. IA. Althaca rosea,
HOllyhOck. Iemon-yeilow and cream.
Is. IA Lilium Henryi, Orange-yellow,
turks cap lily. August: lb) Lilium
ranadense, orange and yellow Canada
lily, June.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-26
Less Concrete Pavement.

Awards OF concrete surface pave
ment totaled 13.50O.000 square yards
for April: 4.700000 square yards OF
this being for streets and alleys and
$500, 900 square yards for roads. The
total volume Of awards for the first
four months Of 1926 was IA per cent
less than that recorded for the same
period in 1925.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-26
OLD-TIME METHODS
MASTERS OF HEAT
Walls and Ceilings offered Little
Resistance to Warmth Seeking
to Gain an Outlet.

There was a time-not so very long
ago~-when carpenters put up a frame
construction by applying lath and
plaster on one side If the studding and
sheathing. waterproof paper and
siding on the other and called 1t a
complete wall. And, if it was properly
braced and tire requisite amount OF
mails was used to hold it together and
good materials were employed, it was a
pretty good wall excepting in one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-26
c. SATURDAY.

respect. When a fire was built in the
house heater the heat thus generated
leaked through the thin section of
material like water through sieve.
The only way the householder could
keep his house warm was by making
more heat, pouring more coal into
the furnace.
There was no way to conserve for
any length Of time the heat once pro-
duced. 1t went out around the window
margins and through the glass, but
1t also went out to an extradordinar ily
large extent through the second story
ceilings and through the walls. Why?
Because such n construction as we
have described offers very little
resistance to the flow OF heat across
1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-26

at Is claimed that the youngsters
are hard boiled even when the older
folks say they are only half baked, -
notes the Linn County Budget.
The Washington times., 1926-10-02
N D n 7 c ONERY
BREV|T|ES

ROCKVILLE. Nd. Oct. Brock
ville's fire-alarm system having
proved unsatisfactory, the volunteer
fire department plans to install
registering device showing from
which of the fire-alarm boxes OF
the town the alarms are sounded
The sworn statements OF Perrie
E. Waters. Democratic nominee FOR
register of Wills, and William I
one of the Democratic nominations
for Judge of the orphans court,
which were filed today in the office
of the clerk of the circuit court
here. show that they spent $50 and
$3.50. respectively. during the
primary campaign In the interest
OF their candidates..
AT a meeting of the Rockville
Inquiry Club at the home of Mrs.
J. Brawner Nicholson. near Rock
vile, an interesting feature of the
program rendered was a talk by
Mrs. James Barnsley on the Mont
gomery County General Hospital.
A large large number OF the
people of Rockville and the county
attended a reception and dance in
the engine house OF the Rockville
Volunteer Fire Department last evs
ming, in honor of Reuben Riggs
rrember of the department, and his
bride, formerly Miss Claudia Cart.
reu, of Brighton. who returned
yesterday from their honeymoon
trip. In the receiving line at the
reception were the guests of honor
Captain and Mrs. Samuel Riggs
parents of the bridegroom. and
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Brownell Riggs
his brother and sister-in.Iaw.
The Washington times., 1926-10-02
ARLINGTON 81 .
NEWS BRIEFS

ARLINGTON COUNTY. Oct. g.
Plans for the erection of new
$35 900 garage and office building
by the Washington Alexandria and
Bancroft bus line are now being
prepared. and the contract will be
awarded about October 10. accord
ing to a statement by Robert l..
May. president today. The building
will be erected opposite the present
headquarters of the company on
Mount Vernon Avenue. Potomac.
Mr.. May stated that plans for his
Richmond line are going forward
The petition is now before the
State Corporation Commission and
It is hoped to have the line in
operation not later than January /.
The monthly meeting Of the
Potomac town council win be
held Monday night in the town hall,
With Mayor William Kleysteuber.
Presiding. The council at this
meeting will elect fire chief. two
assistant chiefs. captain and two
fire wardens.
The Arlington County Chamber
Of Commerce today issued a state
n1ent to the effect that the only
organizations having it's indorse-
ment for the collection of funds
are the American Red Cross, the
County Welfare League, the Ameri
can Legion, and the Christmas seal
sale group.
This action followed many com.
plants that persons were begging
funds. claiming Endorsement of the
chamber.
A marriage license was issued
yesterday to e. Nelson Kloman,
and Miss Dorothy May Ellis. both
OF Clarendon.
Mrs. Catherine M. Rogers, reg
1strar for Ballston, announced today
that she will be at the Ballston
fire house Monday for the purpose
Of registering all persons qualified
TO vote at the November election
According to Edward Duncan,
member OF the board of supervisors
from Jefferson district, the officials
Of the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad have agreed
The Washington times., 1926-10-02
SIKoRSKY PLANE PILOT
GOES HOME BY AIR

Lieut.. Lawrence Curtin, who was
co-pilot on the Sikorsky plane
which crashed and caught fire as
it was taking off on scheduled
nonstop flight from New York to
Paris, left here by airplane at $50
a. m. for his home in Boards
town, Ill.
Curtin will alight at st. Louis
and then proceed to his home.
The Washington times., 1926-10-02
--Fotograrns.

to improve traffic conditions at the
approach to the bridge crossing
the Potomac yards at the intersec.
ton of the Alexandria Washington
road.
While playing in front OF the
Clarendon school late yesterday
afternoon, Joseph Miller, 8-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Miller. of
Milton Avenue, Clarendon. narrowly
escaped serious injury when struck
by an automobile operated by Mrs.
Alice B. Payne, of Arlington juno
ton. The child was rushed to the
Georgetown Hospital by Glen Baker,
where it was found that no bones
were broken, though the child
suffered cuts and bruises on the
body.
The Washington times., 1926-10-02
Catholic Women to Meet

The Washington District Council
of the National Council Of Catholic
Women will meet at ,. m. tomor.
row at the National Catholic School
of Social Service 2400. Nineteenth
st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1926-10-02

The time will soon be here when
for this winters coal. For q reliable
place to make this purchase consult
The Times and Herald classified Sec
The Washington times., 1926-10-02
INVENTIVE
ILLUSIONS

The United States Patent Office in Washington
issues yearly thousands of patent papers Many Of
these make their inventors rich-many materialize
into products commercially used, but the vast ma
jority are "just another invention, and do not ma
teriaize into profit for anyone.
It is popular thing for questionable stock pro-
moters to take an invention and use it as medium
for selling stock to the public Far too often these
promoters are interested not in the development of
the patent, but in the selling of the stock.
When you are solicited to buy stock in company,
the basis of which is patent, remember that the
proposition is highly speculative until the product
has been commercially used Remember also that it
will pay to fo.sz the slogan of the Better Business
Bureau
The Washington times., 1926-10-02

The appearance of this adver-
tisement in these columns is
proof that this newspaper sup
ports the Better Business
Bureau for your protection.
The Coconino sun., 1926-04-23
FOREST OFFICIALS MEET
WITH APACHE STOCKMEN

AS per previous notice sent out by
the local forest office, meeting Of
stockmen grazing their herds on the
Apache national forest was held at
Springerville in the Baca hall on
April 10. Some fifty stock owners
attended, in addition to local forest
officers with John Kerr, chief of
grazing from Albuquerque, and r. w.
Hussey, his assistant.
The principal question placed before
the permittees was the forest service
plan to separate sheep ranges from
those used by cattle and horses.
Events leading up to this policy were
fexplained-particularly that such had
been requested by both the Arizona
Cattle and Wool Growers associa-
tions. Rather extensive reduction in
numbers of stock had been planned
by the forest service on a number of
forests along the Colorado plateau as
a result of damage to the range and
timber reproduction. This brought
counter-proposal by majority Of the
permittees that sheep and cattle
ranges be segregated in order that
the cause of damage, whether by cat
ttc VI aHCCpy COulQ UC uGl1HlISIy QCIti-
mined.
A thorough investigation was made
during 1925 by officials high in the
forest service where a compromise
was reached and the proposed segre-
cation approved. The new policy was
extended to all the forests in Arizona
and New Mexico and has already been
worked out on the Sitgreaves, Coco
nino, Tusayan and Prescott forests of
Arizona. Not only is the separation
of cattle and sheep considered of
vital importance both to the industry
and proper protection of forest
ranges, but the establishment of in
dividual cattle allotments is consid-
cred good business where the outfits
are sufficiently permanent and di-
visions can be made without injustice
Particularly is the forest service de-
sirous of inaugurating the new policy
on areas where timber cutting is con-
templated within the next five or ten
years.
1t is pointed out that extra precau-
tions are necessary in advance of
cutting and for some years thereafter
to insure renewal of timber crop, and
the dual use by cattle and sheep on