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QUEER QUIRKS
IN HUMAN
DESTINY
The Blast That HumbIed
Spain
By HARRY R. cALKINs
WNIJ Service

FT=HE destruction of the battleshiD
4 Maine in Havana harbor, February
Is, 1898, one of the great mysteries
of history, supplied the spark needed
to start war between the United
States and Spain.
The affairs of the island of Cuba
had caused concern in the United
States for nearly a century. Feeling
against Spain and her colonial pol
icies ran high In the United States
during the native rebellion of 1868 to
1878 because of the cruelties prac-
ticed by Spanish officials. When trou-
Bile again broke out in the nineties and
millions of American wealth was
jeopardized great propaganda
against Spanish rule In Cuba arose.
Captain General Weyler followed
remorseless tactics against the rebels
and President Mckinley demonstrated
against his inhumanities. The Maine
was sent to Havana following riots in
that port. Her mission was friendly
one, but on the night of February 10,
the battleship was blown up with a
frightful loss of life. American public
feeling was greatly infamed. Talk
of war was on every tongue.
The American court of inquiry found
that the Maine had been destroyed
from the outside; the Spanish in
quiry attributed the blast to an in
terror cause. Senator Proctor of YER
mont published an account of the suf-
fering he had witnessed among wom-
en- and children fugees-reconcen-
trados-in Cuba, and ministers
preached the moral obligation of the
United States to intervene. The dec
laration of war was issued on April %.
1t was feared that Spain would at
tack the Pacific coast of the United
States, using her Asiatic possessions
as base Commodore Dewey, in
command Of the Asiatic squadron,
sailed from Hong-Kong for Manila
and, despite the danger of mines,
sailed inside and attacked the Span
ish fleet, which outnumbered his own
ships and men. The resulting battle
surprised the world. Eleven Spanish
ships were destroyed, the land bat
teries silenced and a great victory Won
without the loss of a single life on the
American side. This was the de-
cisive stroke of the war
Calmer consideration of the Maine
disaster later exonerated Spain in the
opinion of most observers, but the
consequences of the fatal blast were
none the less far-reaching.
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ANCIENT MAPS ARE HOBBY OF
NOTED MANITOBAN SAVANT

de la Cosa, in 1900, eight years after
Columbus discovered the New world,
is a remarkable reproduction. 1t is
in sections, upon which an attempt
was made to represent forests, beasts,
birds, boats, etc, in order that it
might be compendium of general
description as well as a chart of dis
lance and locality.
The Oldest original map in the col
lection is an Ortelius of 1870. repre-
senting the earth. The existence of
the north and south continents of
America was then known, Of course,
but photographers were little vague
about the shape of South America.
In the old Ortelius map it is shaped
and tinted like an orange Dolphins
sport in mid-Atlantie, with here and
there caravel; all the physical fen
lures are named In Latin.
Coming down the centuries. there
are. to mention only few: An origi-
nal map illustrating Capt. John
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in His Mammoth Collection Is the
First in Which the Discoveries
of Columbus Appear.

winnipeg, Man.--Not to be outdone
by st. Johns college here, which
boasts Of a collection of ancient books,
many Of them dating back to 1900, DIR.
Charles N. Bell claims to have the
most complete set of ancient maps
outside the walls Of historical mu-
scum.
Doctor Bells collection of maps mas
conference.-the distinction, one of
Labrador having been consulted by
authorities in connection with the
privy council hearing in London con-
corning the ownership of that bleak
scuntry.
Perhaps the most curious map iu
the collection is a reproduction Of the
first map OF the world in which Amer
lea is represented This map. drafted
by the old Spanish photographer, Juan
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Great Success

A cinema actor visited tailor.
There was a gaudy suit he admired.
The proprietor took 1t from the win
dow and had him try it on.
1T is such a fine fit he exclaimed,
''your friends won't know you. Go
ahead, ask you; just step outside a
few minutes
The actor walked out, and after a
short time came In again. The pro-
prietor came up to him, rubbing his
hands and said, Stranger, what can
| DO for you today?"
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Good Idea

Cleveland, Ohio.-U Under some cir
cumstances it seems to be a good
thing for young lady to tilt back in
a chair and put her feet on desk.
Miss Frances Perking, an official well
fare worker of New York, delights in
doing so. She says that it is bene-
fetal for workers who stand lot, in
that it makes the blood rush the other
way, and some factories use the idea
in rest periods.
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Lions Stalk on Highways

In East Africa the drought has been
so severe that wild animals have in
vaded the towns and settlements in
search of water. At Nairobi the in
habitants have only to stroll short
distance out Of town to encounter
herds of buffalo and rhinos and it is
a frequent occurrence to meet all
manner of big game including lions
on the roads leading from one town
to another.
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Forgets Cynic
Code; Is Killed

termined to "get" billiard if it took
her dying effort.
Reaching pencil and a piece of
paper and dropping to the floor she
scrawled:
"Clyde done it-330 Post sire"
When the police came she was I'M
conscious. But they knew the rest
of the unwritten story. Clyde billiard
had dome it."
Draa-Net Thrown Out.
The drag-net was quickly thrown
about the city and a systematic
search of the underworld haunts was
begun by the homicide squad.
They found that Hilliard and a girl
named GLADYS" had hastily left their
apartment at No 1885 Polk street,
where they lived in luxury as Mr.. and
Mrs. Clyde Bronson.
Two days later Dorothy Wilson had
sufficiently regained her strength to
identify positively rogue's gallery pic
lures Of billiard as the slayer Of
Bowen
"And if you don't get him, we will T"
she told the police.
But Clyde billiard had not played
his game so long for nothing, and he
fooled both the police and the under
world. Fooled them until the game
got 'too easy and he threw caution
to the four winds That was along in
September.
On the night of September Is,
Charles Brown, dapper but gray of
hair, and somewhat sour of DISPOSE
ton, gave a party in a Sacramento
street apartment Liquor flowed free
| ~ and the general hilarity became OBJ
noxious to other tenants in the build
ing. The police were called when
Browns nervous trigger finger let
loose three shots through door
panel.
Charles Brown and his six compan-
ions-four of them women - were
jailed. One of the women was named
GLADYS Grayson."
whats the charger" Brown asked
the desk sergeant,
Disturbing the peace" was the an
swer.
whats the bail?" asked Brown.
1.-TWO hundred dollars apiece" an
swered the sergeant.
Charles Brown planked down 81, 400
in currency on the sergeant's desk.
Five minutes later he and his com
panions walked out of the hall of JUS
tice and disappeared into the night.
That was the beginning Of the end
of Clyde billiard Twelve hours later
the police fngerprint system had re-
vealed that Charles Brown, released
on bail for disturbing the peace, was
none other than billiard, long sought
as the murderer of Bowen.
1t was the first clue the police had
been given, but also it was the first
clue that had come to the underworld
friends of Eugene Bowen and Dorothy
! Wilson.
Knew 'Water Was Hot"
billiards. hand had been tipped"
His new haunts, his new makeup"
his new aliases-all had been barred.
And the hunted slayer knew that the
water was hot
Scarcely forty-eight hours later and
his body had been found by the Sky
line boulevard, his wounded girl COM
panion nearby.
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Hunter Rides Deer
Two Miles in Bush

Sault Ste. Marie, Onto
ride two miles through the bush
on deer's back is the thrill
ing experience narrated by Eu-
gene Guzzo, 5S2 Albert street,
West, who has just returned
from a hunt at Goulais bay.
1--WE were walking along
trail not far from Goulais bay"
Guzzo said, when we saw
deer lying under tree. At first
we thought it was dead. On
going close to it, it did not stir,
and then we decided to roll it
over.
Il got hold Of 1t by the horns.
Immediately the deer jumped
up, with me on top as though I
was riding horseback. The deer
gave me a merry ride for two
miles,"
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Girl Fights OFF Cougar

Moscow, Idaho. - Laura Hamm.
twelve, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
James A. Hamm of Deary. short dis
lance from here, was attacked by a
full-grown cougar, which sprang upon
the neck of the pony upon which she
was riding to school, The girl escaped
with but few scratches, and hunters
have been securing the woods for the
big cat and two others seen in the
vicinity.
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Chance for Society "Fans'

This advertisement, appearing in
London daily newspapers, caused much
amusement to visiting Americans:
LADY of title is willing to introduce
Americans or others wishing to enter
London society; remuneration re-
CURED and references.-E. M. r."
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Monck's voyage to the Hudson bay
in 1619-20; MAP or General Carte
of the World" drafted in 1869 and
dedicated to King Charles II; a MAP
of the North Pole and Parts Adjoin-
ing" drawn in 1880, dedicated to the
Earl of Plymouth; maps of the Great
Lakes and Northumberland forts, 1744.
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Prison Labor Profitable

Montanas experiment in using
prison labor to operate it's automobile
license bureau apparently has proved
successful. With the peak of the
years business passed and 5000 more
cars licensed than in 1925, the expense
has been cut almost so per cent. The
bureau formerly was part Of the
department of state.
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What threatens to be new rival
Of halitosis may be the cooked, or
raw, result of a recent scientific ac-
complishment reported by Prof. Lucien
Daniel, eminent French botanist He
has announced that he has succeeded
in grating garlic plant and a cab
bage plant Whether the new botani-
cal product win retain the odorous
qualities of both its ancestors has not
been established, the Independent
says.
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Cucurnber-AnpIe

A new fruit, the cucumber-apple, has
appeared It is particularly adapted
for salads. It is an apple with a
distinct cucumber flavor, grown in
Australia.
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Neuu EGG PreserUatiUe

Electrified eggs, guaranteed to keep
for years, and designed to aid in keep
ing down the cost of living, have been
placed on the British market. This
invention by which eggs are sterilized
by means of an electrically heated oil
bath makes it possible, it is asserted,
to keep eggs almost indefinitely.
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Argument Wasted

AS Lowell said, there is no good in
arguing with the inevitable; the only
argument available with an east wind
is to put on your overcoat.- Pitts
burgh Post.
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Needed H

Mrs. Smythe-Joyce- What a beauti-
full pianol But why have you tackled
that piece of sandpaper TO it?
Mrs. Neweriche That's to keep my
husband from striking matches on 1t.
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London Tourists from the United
States to Europe In 1924 spent sum
estimated at f70,000,000, the Residen-
tial Hotels and Cshrers' association
was told.
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'Pterodactyl was flying reptile of
the Mesozoic age. "Archyopterics'' is
the earliest known bird and appeared
in the Mesozoic age.
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Wife-The doctor says can eat
what like.
Hub-What pity my pocketbook
doesn't agree with him.
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To Tax Bachelors

Rome.-"Italy is a prolific nation
and intends to remain prolific" says
Mussolini. Therefore he is going to
tax bachelors, beginning New Years,
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Not Interested

Agent Madame, this hair tonic will
grow hair on billiard balls. 1t will
Lady-Go away, you idiot This
isn't pool hall
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"DANDELION BUTTER COLOR"

A harmless vegetable butter color
used by millions for 80 years. Drug
stores and general stores sell bottles
Of 'Dandelion" for 80 cents.-Adv.
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If your eyes smart or feel scalded. Roman
Eve Balsar applied on going to bed. will
relieve them by morning. ADV.
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Indigestion produces disagreeabie and
sometimes alarming symptoms Wrights
Indian Vegetable Pills remove symptoms and
restore digestion. 372 Pearl St, n. Y. Adv.
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to sell our high-grade garden and field
seed direct to planters. A good position
with big income. Experience unnecessary.
Write COBB CO.. Franklin, Mass
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NEW TREATMENT FOR WEAK LUNGS
tT. BIZ ASTHMA, CATARRH. TONSILKTIS
FLU COLDS. ROWSEY'S T. A. II. M
PROVED. Box 129, Morgantown. W Va
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LADIES, WHO CAN DO PLAIN SEWING
at home and want spare time work. write
(enelose stamp, NUWA APRON CO..
Locust Valley. N 7.
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Glass in Ancient Egypt.

AS long ago as $500 &c. the in.
habitants of the Euphrates Valley
were making glass and little later
were selling 1t to the Egyptians.
Then about 1900 BIC. some parsonage
unknown had the bright thought of
importing glassmakers. Fifty years
after the advent of the Syrian arti-
sans into Egypt, according to Sir
Flinders Petrie in a recent lecture
before the members of the Society
of Glass Technology at University
College, London, glass was of as rela-
lively common occurrence in that
country as it is on the Decent store
counter of today.
There is no question that the women
of ancient Egypt loved adornment,
for beads, popular then as now, formed
the principal use for glass. They We're
made not from liquid glass, since
glass blowing did not come into prac.
tice until the Christian era, but from
glass paste They also used it for
making weights of considerable accu-
racy, said Sir Flinders, three of the
same denomination having proved on
testing to agree within one-two-hun-
dredth of grain.
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and mess for student officers, and also
500. 900 IS set aside for general inn
provements.
Providing a start Is made at this
time. ii will take about 10 or IL years.
1t is estimated. TO complete the whole
project The original construction AT
Quantico was expected to last about
four or five years, but the buildings
have now been occupied nearly nine
years and there is constant necessity
for large expenditures in upkeep.
Several Of the buildings have actually
fallen down, and severe storm. un.
doubtedly, would put an end to the
post. Mai. Gen. John A. Lejeune,
commandment of the United States Ma
rine Corps, is very DESTROYS that
start be made toward proper housing
facilities, as in his opinion it would
have q great effect upon the morale
of the men stationed at that post.
Among the recommendations made
by the board of visitors to the United
States Naval Academy more interest
is attached, perhaps, IN that which
would increase the number OF APP
pointments by Senators and Represen-
tatiyes from three to four as soon as
the service conditions warrant and
the facilities of the academy permit.
other recommendations made were
the addition of solid geometry and at
least one year of French, Spanish or
Latin to present entrance require
ments, extension of the tour OF duty
of officer instructors at the Naval
Academy from two years to three
years and submission of a report by
the superintendent containing a pro-
gram for expansion and development.
The board expressed the unanimous
opinion that the academy is being
conducted on the very highest stand
ards of efficiency. is being kept
abreast of the times and is in accord
ance with the best traditions of the
Navy. Rear Admiral l.. NJ. Mutton
and his staff of assistants were highly
commended for the efficient way in
which they are discharging their
duties.
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woopMEN OF THE WORLD.

Six thousand Woodmen and their
friends attended log rolling in a
wooded park near Bittinger, in the
mountains of Western Maryland, last
week and witnessed the public initi-
alton of 127 new members by the
Washington degree team. The full
ritualistic ceremonies of the Protec-
ton degree were exhibited and only
the secret words and signs were re-
served from the public. Many new
applications for membership in the
fraternity were received following the
degree work Those officiating We're
Consul Commander Eelloff, Past Con-
sui Brown, Adviser Lieut.. Riley,
Escort Litchf1eld, Banker Jones,
Waterman Chatham. George M.
Green played the Ishmaelite, Frank
di Mario was Joseph, and Bert Wells,
slave. Capt William Helgeson COM
manded Company B. A special ex.
hibition drill was directed by Sow
ereign Mcconnell.
The annual encampment of the Uni
form Rank of the Woodmen of the
World in this section will open to-
n1rrow morning at York, Pa. The
washington members will make the
trip today and sleep in their tents
tonight. A large representation of
the 1880 Regiment is expected to take
part.
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The Master Word.

Sir George Newman in Worlds Work
Magazine,
Mighty have been the victories Of
this last lap in the long jorney from
Hippocrates and the spacious days of
the fifth century before Christ in the
sunny islands of the Aegean. Today
they are yours. Life Is longer for
mankind now death has been, though
not defeated, at least postponed
plague and pestilence have been
stayed; human capacity has been en-
larged and it's opportunity extended
We are the heirs of the ages, and to
us have come the fruits of other
mems labors. Shall we idly eat, drink
and be merry before we die, or shall
we accept our legacy and by high en-
deavor and honest service transmute
it into a further extension of the
frontiers of life?
Though the death rate cannot be
indefinitely reduced, much remains to
be done, even in the most enlightened
civilizations: still more among the
backward races of mankind. The
sickle of death comes yet too early:
pandemicS continue to be fatefui, and
influenza, rheumatism and cancer are
unconuuered, there lis an alpine mass
Of suffering, invalidity and disable
ment which is preyentahle: the capaci-
ty and we'll being of the human spe-
ces falls far short of it's potentality;
we walk haltingly in the dark, when
we ought to be marching forward In
the light of new truth. 1t was George
Meredith who said that life is but q
little holding, lent to do mighty
labor: and it was Rupert Brook who
wrote my occupation is being in love
with the universe" That Is the two
fold answer. Work. the master word
is work, as Sir William Osler used to
say. He, too, like Pasteur, had the
vision which saw that for all true
achievement in science we must OBJ
serve nature and keep close by her
side.
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WOMAN.S BENEFIT ASS0CIA-
TON.

Brightwood Review. No. 5. Mrs.
Margaret Knighting, commander,
will hold picnic at Glen Echo Au
gust g. Members will meet at 8
o'clock.
Liberty Union, No. s. win meet to-
morrow evening at o'clock. at the
Pythian Temple. Mrs. Helen Luck
EFT, commander, will be present.
Washington Review. No. 4. Mrs
Florence Topping, commander, will
meet Thursday. at Pythian Temple.
An important meeting of the Alpha
Beta Chi Girls Club. W. r. A., will
be held Wednesday evening, at s
o'clock, 219 MeGill Building Final
arrangements for the benefit theater
party scheduled August 9, at the Ma
tional Theater, will be made.
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SYMBOLS OF STICKS, STONES.
Counting Bird Offers Bits of Nest
to Prospective Mate,

Julian Huxley in the Forum
Psychologically, one of the most in.
teresting things about bird courtship
is the frequency with which in display
the birds will carry in their beaks a
piece Of the material Of which their
nest is built. This holds good even
for the Adele penguins. charmingly
described by DIR. Levick. Here the nest
is nothing but a rim of stones round
a depression; and accordingly the male
presents stones TO his mate as part
of his courtship, interestingly enough.
this action sometimes becomes
diverted to serve other instincts and
emotions, such as wonder-the birds
will present stones to dogs and to
men; and DR.. Levick confesses TO
having felt quite embarrassed the
first time he was the recipient, Still
another tale hangs by these stones,
The sitting birds are all the time
stealing stones from each others
nests. Levick painted a number Of
stones different colors. and placed
them at one margin of the nesting
area After this he could mark the
rate Of their progress (all by theft9
across the colony; and found that the
red stones travelled much quicker than
the rest. This is of great theoretical
interest, for red is a color which Is TO
all intents and purposes absent in the
penguin's environment--and vet they
prefer it above all others. II male
penguin could grow a red patch he
would probably be very quick TO gain
mate.
Such an example also shows In
what sort of way the extraordinary
bowers Of the bower-bird have de.
veloped. These are blend between
art gallery and museum. usually a
tunnel of twigs with collection Of
shells, bones, berries and flowers at
one end. In one species a space OF
ground is cleared. and large leaves
laid upon it, their silvery under sur
face upwards. AS they wither they
are replaced: IL they are blown over
the silver side is turned up once
more
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Serene e. Brett. Infantry, and Burnett
r. Olmsted, Ordnance Department.
More than 112 separate projects atfect-
ing tanks have been considered by the
former tank board during the past few
years.
1t has been decided by the War De
partment to close Woodward Field,
Utah, and to transfer the Regular
Army personnel and material which
has been stationed at that post TO
other centers Of aerial activity in the
9Th Corps Area. Though it was stated
last year that it was not the intention
at that time to discontinue the flying
training being given at Woodward
Field, this question was reconsidered
the past few months and it has been
found that the per capita cost OF train
ing reserve officers is materially great
ar than the corresponding cost at other
reserve airdromes in the 9Th Corps
Area. This is due, in part, 1t Is point.
ed out to the fact that the great alti-
tude of the Salt Lake Valley per-
mits the use only Of service airplanes,
which are more difficult to fly and
more costly to supply than training
planes.
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KNIGHTS OF pYTHIAs.

The ways and means committee
has completed arrangements for an
excursion to Chesapeake Beach next
Wednesday, J. w. Cherry, chairman,
has arranged with Washington
Company. No L. Uniform Rank, to be
present in their new uniforms and
sell tickets at the trains
The Grand Lodge officers rendered
Past Chancellor j.. Edward Wilson,
Grand Lodge trustee and member of
he ways and means committee, re-
ception last Friday evening in honor
of his promotion as captain of police
station at Anacostia.
The supreme representatives ana
others who will attend the biennial
convention of the Supreme Lodge in
Chicago August 10 will leave this
week. The supreme representatives
are working to have Washington Sc
lected as the headquarters of the
order