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Reasons W hy Thousands Like Me Cannot Satisfy Their Employers. "I beliere uiy fiito !? ii>t unllk" ihn*. ?-f thou sands of other workers who dally low.- their 1 .sees for reasons they do not know. and prob ably would not believe. Wh( n their last pay ? nvelope citinf alonp. It 1s usually, "Tour n?tv '??ei no longer required." If the truth wen known, i b? reason for their unceremonious r i.rOval utttild probably le that their u*efulji?->< 'ta* destroyed bectttw of some mental worry. I-Hilly ailment or general indisposition. Th? x. ihintts, as w?- all know, are the m >st fr.iitf ;1 ? auses of failure iu all waits of life. The bal tie of Waterloo was lost because <>f a headache in tbis quick age our lu'nds must l>e clear, r;ipi 1. a-live and free from outside influence or worry. <r els.- we go down to failure with the throiiu of "floatcra" who g<> from one place of ? nipbn ment to another, glTlng no satisfa? -1i.>n toothers ?-r to themselves, constantly jpon ms older and ess u??-ftil, with n<? ambition, no will jmwer and I... ho;*-. l'.\ ry ii.an requires from every other man ihe l -'?st that j* in him. But no man can u?- or set ifce bef-t that in In himself until he is first free l r?m all fretful Indispositions and worries. That wag my trouble. I was full of troubles. That's why 1 lost my Job. My Htoniach In the first place wns always out of order, and I wna wcrrjrlnc about it, ami my mind grew cloudy siiid slow. I made mistakes and grew grouchy. j hat was the end. I'iiere are thousands like nie. going about with " quick luneh" faces, dyspeptic manners and re pulslTe atmospheres. .N'o employer wants such men's service*. Take my adrloe. A healthy stomach Is half the battle, for It keeps your mind clear nnd your lac? rosy. 1 have a healthy stomach now and hold a good position, and my employer is satis tied and so am I. 1 started to take Stuart's Jjyspepsia Tablets, which I was told were good for the worst eases ? ?f Indigestion and dyspepsia. The first two tab lets made a wonderful difference in my condi tion. One ingredient of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets digests 3,000 grains of food. The stomach uoeca't have to work at all. The Tablets do all the work, no matter how heavy your meal. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets cure brash, eructa tions, burning seusatlon*. bloat. Irritations, loss of appetite, nausea, heartburn, lack of energy, loss of memory, ami dysiiepsia and Indigestion iu their very worst forms. No other little-tablets in the world can do so much. You should carry them around with j?m wherever you go and take them re>nilarly after msals. Then you will realise what It Is to be freed from stomach torment, and hare a clear mind, a quick memory, a happy disposition, com fort and rest. Get Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets at any drug store for POc a package. Send us your name and address today and we will at once send you by mail a sample package, frea. Address F. A- Stuart Co., 1V> Stuart i ,d*.. Marshall, inch. THINKS LUMBER PILE FIRE WAS INCENDIARY'S WORK Oil Said to Have Been Sprinkled on Wood?Can Found Nearby. A fire, eupposed to be of iucendlary *rigin, Is being Investigated today by Fire .Marshal Nicholson and the police of the eleventh precinct. According to a re port to the police this morning by Peter Goigon, who resides on Barnby road, near the District line, Congress Heights, a lum ber pile on his place was discovered on tire shortly before 9 o'clock last night. Mr. Guigon stated that with the assist ance of members of his family he ex tinguished the blaze. Oil had been sprin kled over the lumber, while a can which presumably had contained the oil was found nearby. The lumber Is owned by Alcide Durand j of 429 Q street. Mr. Durand purchased it and had it taken to Mr. Guigon s place, where he is to erect a home. He aaid today that he was at the place yesterday and burned some rubbish, but fhat the Are he made was some utstance from the lumber pile. He was much surprised when informed that tne lum bar had been set afire. He declared he knew no reason why any one would want to destroy the lumber. An overheated stove in the home" of l^liza Carter. llOii W street northwest, caused a flre this morning shortly before 10 o'clock. Before the firemen reached the sceue in response to an aiarm from 1-ox 1R57 the flames had burned through the wooden wall into the home of Wil liam Slater. Ilt4 W street. The damage to each house amounted to about $10. MBS. J. A. LIMERICK DEAD. Expires Suddenly at Home of Her Sister at Boyds, Md. Mr*. John A. Limerick of 1520 9th street northwest died suddenly today at the home of her sister, Mrs. Basil Burdette, in Boyds, Md. She was a daughter of Greenbury Bur dette of Montgomery county, Md., and is ?arrived by her husband, John Limerick, a retired contractor and builder, and one son. D. W. Limerick of this city, and also the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Basil Burdette. Mrs. S. T. "Williams. .Mrs. J. M. King, Mrs. Jeremiah Lewis, .Mrs. Randolph Windsor and Thomas A. Purdette and William Burdette of Mont gomery county, and Charles Burdette, a prominent builder and contractor of Bai t.morc, and Arthur, < Jeorge and Hamilton Burdette, also of Baltimore. Interment will take piae<* at Boyds tomorrow at 11 o'clock a.m. A charter was granted at Charleston. W. Va., Saturday to the American Safe Securities Company of X^xv York, with a < upital stock of S500,i.Na? The purpose <>f the company is stated to be to hold stock of trust companies STOMACH DISTRESS IS ENDED FOREVER. Indigestion, Stomach Gas. Sour ness or Dyspepsia Will Be Relieved in Five Minutes. Taks your sour, out-of-order stomach?or. ?? art*, ina call tt Indigestion. Dyspepsia, Gin iritis or Catarrh "f Stomaeh. It doesn't matter? sfce yoor stomach trouble ripht with you t? yonr pharmacist and ask him to open a .iO-cent ? use of Pape's Pispepsin and let you eat one Z. rratn Triarjpile n:id s*e :f within five minute* 'he-e 1* left any trace of your former misery. Th* correct tiame for vour trouble is Food Ferm?ntatIon--fo'Hl sourln?. The digestive or tsns tn-.-omp w?ak. there is lack of j;i?trl<- Juice, voitr food in only half digested and vou become aflfeetei wit 1 ;?*< of appetite, pressure and full !!<??* after ???atinc. Tomltlnp, nausea, heartburn, gTlpIng in bvwe's. tenderness In the pit of s'omaeh. bad ta?;e In mouth. constipation, pain in l!mb?. sleeplessness, bclching of gas. hlltor.a ress. sl' k headaehe. n< rvou'De^s. dirzine?s or many other similar symptoms. If yonr *npefit<* '? fiekl* and nothinc te-nrts yot?. or yon lielch gas. or if yon feel hb>at<>d after eatlsf. or your food lies like a lt.mp of le?<! on yonr stomaeh. yoti '#!i make np yoir m!n<l that at the bottom of all thi? iher? is hiit one eanse fenreiuatIon of undices'eil food o to yourself 1n five minutes thsr your ? tomaeh is as p?o.t as any; that there is nothiig rosily xrwre Ptop th'? f?rmer<etlon a;id begin estlrz what you w.irit without fesr of ?!|seom fort or mlsert. Almost Instant relief i* naitlnz f-r yon. It is merely a matter of ho-.v soon you take ? tittle Di?pep?Uu * DESTROYED BY FIRE. MISSOt 111 CAPKTOIj AT JEFFERSON CITIr. CAPITOL IS BURNED I | Lightning Strikes Missouri I Statehouse. LEGISLATORS FIGHT BLAZE Prisoners From the Penitentiary Also Help?Building Is Totally I Destroyed. JEFFKRSOX CITY, Mo.. February 6. ?In a thunderstorm which broke over this place last night lightning struck the state eapitol, setting it on tire. The flames spread through the structure rapidly, and within a short time it was In ruins. The capitol was a frame structure and for years efforts had been made to have it replaced by a modern fireproof building: of stone and steel. Motions to have this done were always defeated, and as a result the legislature is home- j less. The members of the legislature, who were in the city, rushed to the grounds j about the old building when it was dia- | covered that it had caught fire. Thev threw off their coats and hats and joined the tiremeti trying to check the tlanies, which were rapidly eating through the old capitol. From the pen itentiary . nearby prisoners were liber- 1 ated to become firemen for the time ! being, and men in prison uniform j mingled with the lawmakers and the reg-j ular fire-lighting force, assisting in j carryitLg lines of hose and in removing! valuable documents and historic relics from the doomed building. Flames Spread Quickly. The fire ran swiftly all over the old structure, and presently long tongues of j flame were moupting skyward from the ' roof, half concealed now and then by the : bursts of heavy smoke which were car ried upward. Sparks flew In all directions, although the heavy rainfall which accom panied the electrical display fortunately was not accompanied by a wind. Had there been breeze enough to scatter em- i bers and sparks for any distance it is likeiy that the fire would have been wide spread, as the entire lire-fighting force of the city was unable to check the flames in the capitol alone. In the penitentiary there was great ex citement, (but, assured that they were in no danger themselves, the prisoners pleaded to be allowed to go out and as sist in the fire-fighting. Jt was at their own request that the "trusties" were al lowed to leave the prison grounds, and other prisoners were just as anxious to assist. Storm Sweeps Over City. The storm swept over the city with great rapidity, and before the fire had completed its work there was a bright sky overhead and the air slowly was re covering the chill of late winter which made the electrical display so unseason able. Advocates of a new capitol openly re joiced at the loss of the old structure, and those legislators who have kept a new building from being built for > ears were despondent. A new building must be erected now, and It will be of the most modern construction, but mean time the legislature is in session, and It is a problem now to find quarters ade quate for its sessions. Many of the records of the governor and other state officials are lost. WIFE RENEWS HER PLEA FOR ABSOLUTE DIVORCE Weikerts Had Been Reconciled After Husband Spent Several Days in Jail. Mrs. Charlotte R Weikert today re newed her plea to the District Supreme Court for an absolute divorce from Clyde Weikert, a young member of the local bar. Mr. Weikert spent a day or two in the District jail last November on the* writ of ne exeat tiled by the wife, who feared he would llee the jurisdiction to i avoid alimony. The young lawyer gave bond, and the wife, relenting. December '.) last withdrew her petition for divorce. In her renewed suit Mrs. Weikert says the husband has not contributed to her support since she withdrew her case. She i renews the charges of cruelty and in ' fidelity, and names the same co-respond ent. Weikert, it is claimed, has a salary ?>f stoo lroni a correspondence school in ' addition to the emoluments of his prac tice. The wife is represented by Attor neys Tucker, Kenyon ?!i Macl'arland and K. S. Bailey. Justice Gould today issued a rule on the husband to show cause February 17 why he should not pay alimony to i his wife. FAVORS UNIFORM MEN. . ! Hobson Bill Provides Penalty for Discrimination. The Hobson bill to prevent discrimi ' nation in theaters and other places of public entertainment against men law | fully wearing the uniforms of tlie Army, Navy or Marine Corps was ordered favorably reported today from the Sen I ate committee on the judiciary. The bill has passed the House, but the Sen ate committee amended the penalty provision, reducing the line not to ex r? ed and eliminating the impris onment feature. i'he measure applies to the District ef Columbia, territories ami insular possessions, but it is designed 1o influ ence states and municipal governments to promulgate similar regulations. Consul Reports No Yellow Fever. There is no yellow fever in the vicinity ' of Puerto Cortez, Honduras, according to a telegram which has been received by th.- State Department from Consul Daw sun at Puerto Cortez. The fever, which was supposed to have been yellow fever, on board tiie uunboat Marietta made its apearance while the vessel was at Puerto ( ortez. The consul sent his report staNng that ther^ is no yellow fever at the Hon dtiran port in ord*r to allay apprehension. * Col. Goethals, Chief Engineer, to Appear Before Committee. HAS NOT SEEN FORT PLANS Declares He Has Been Misrepresent ed About Fortifications?Wants Present Force to Do Work. Col. George W. Goethals, chief engineer of the Panama canal, has arrived in this city under instructions from the Secretary of War to appear before the House ap propriations committee in regard to ap propriations for continuing the work on the canal. It was arranged this morning that he should appear before the com mittee Wednesday morning. He had a conference with Secretary Dickinson at ; the War Department this morning and reported that the work on the inter oceanic waterway was progressing satis factorily. To the newspaper men Col. Goethals said that he had been represented by some newspapers as disagreeing with the plans of the fortification board for the fortification of the canal. The fact was that lie had not seen the report of the fortification board and had not expressed any opinion regarding it. He regarded the question of tho fortification of the canal as a matter of national policy and beyond his province. It had been decided by the War De partment, he stated, that the proposed fortifications, if authorized by Congress, should be constructed by the force now employed on the canal, which is well organized and thoroughly competent to do the work. Col. Goethals said that Ins main interest at this time related to that particular point. It was ex tremely desirable, from an economical business standpoint, if the canal force of expert workmen is to construct the fortification work, that the plans be fully arranged before the force com pletes its present work and leaves the isthmus. Expensive to Reassemble Force. It would be troublesome and expensive to reassemble this force of skilled work men after they have once separated. Their services would be required prin cipally in the construction of the con crete work of the emplacements. If these are to be constructed at salient points of the canal, Col. Goethals re gards it as desirable that the work should begin during the present year. Col. Goethals adheres to his previous estimate that the great waterway will be completed and ready for the com merce of the world iby the 1st of Janu ary, 1915. He admits privately, how ever, that the canal may be in condi tion for the passage of vessels several months before that time, but in order to avoid possible criticism in case of unforeseen delays, he has allowed what he regards as a safe margin of time for the opening of the canaL COMPANY HELD LIABLE FOR ACTS OF AGENTS Court of Appeals Affirms Verdict Awarding $2,500 Damages for Libel. In affirming the judgment of the Dis trict Supreme Court awarding $2,500 dam ages to Charles S. Young, a former em ploye, against the United Cigar Stores Company, a corporation, the Court of Ap peals in an opinion by Air. Justice Robb today held that a corporation may be liable for acts of its agents, whether in contract or tort. The authority of tlie agent need not be in writing, the court holds, but may be 'inferred from the circumstances of his [ employment, even beyond the scope of i liis employment, so long as lie is acting 'on the company's business. ! Young was arrested in June, 1907, fol lowing a robbery at one of the company's j stores at 1-jth street and New York ave ' nue, when S50K was missing from the safe between the hours of l a.m. and 7 j a.m. Young was the first to open the I store as usual in the morning and, dis l covering the robbery, notified the police I and the manager of the, local stores of ! the company. The latter telegraphed to | the company's eastern manager, who I came to Washington. After a. consul | tatlon with detectives permission was obtained from the eastern manager to bring Young to headquarters, where the, eastern manag ? talked with him. In the presence of two witnesses the eastern manager said to Young, accord ling to the opinion. "We have brought you i down here, and if you will come here, sit down and tell me the truth about this thing 1 will listen to you. The best thing you can do for yourself is to gel that money and bring it back. Do you | realize that you will never be able to get j a bond again in the United States?" On this alleged libel and because of what he called a false arrest. Young brought suit against the company through Attorney W. Gwynn Gardiner, and was awarded $2,500 damages by the lower court, which finding the upper court sus tained. Post Office Department Changes. Promotions, transfers and resignations in the Post Office Department were an nounced today as follows: Promotion?Miss Gladys S. Gailey. Conn., from $000 to S7*J0, telephone ope rator. vice Miss Edna M. Barnette, pro moted. Transfers?Ffom Department of Agri | culture: Alexander C. Chewning. Va., to ! clerkship at SI.400, office of fourth assist ant postmaster general: vice Mary C. Fountain, deceased. From civil service commission: \^illiam 15. W euver, I.a.. to clerkship at office of third as sistant postmaster general, vice Herman T. Wentz, resigned. Resignation?Frank T. Frawlev, Col., post office inspretor. at and *4 per diem: effective December :'.l, 1011. Probationary appointment?Lottie Can natly. charwoman at $-10 per annum, ! vice Lucy Simmons. I Finding Norfolk, Va., loo hot for them, gamblers have invaded Portsmouth, and the police of that city are keeping them on the run. Handsome Pillow" m^sOtAn wc ask is.that |?lJyou buy 6skeinsof | Richardson's f IS IGrand Prize I wiCY i Grecian Floss |!witb which to embroider it, and a i'- specially ivritten OC /"ante si diagram, lesson for V/vilWo and we will give you the i< Pillow Top and Back Absolutely Free* v? j!J Art Department?Third Floor. Hundreds of these machines were ih sold in the ritv by the Standard agency at *'!<?. They're excellent < machines- have "diamond l aid" hall ^ bearings, improved disc tension, in- iJS dependent take-up. automatic Iwh ldn winder, .v complete set of at tachments Riven FREK with each maeliinr. Each carries also the regu lar guarantee. 2 Other Special Bargains | $6; "Weathered Oak Auto j* u\7iL*r:m.: $40.001 $6^ Auto Grand Machine, S?..c^: $37.50 I $8o Cabinet Standard & $49,001 $=;o Xo. 8 Standard Ro- ^ o^:.:ca:h?:cd $38.001 Here's a rare pick-up in very desirable wash goods?intended for high-class shirts for men, but equally good for women's waists and children's dresses. White grounds with brown, blue, green and red stripes. Some with neat satin stripes and some with small neat satin figures and designs. 32 inches wide. Regularly sold everywhere at 19c. Think of the variety this means! Choice of the popular turnover linen embroidered collars, in low, medium and high heights, also Spanish and Dutch shapes. Round or square corners. Sizes 13 to 16, in the very low col lars, that prove such a blessing to the woman with the short, full neck, and sizes 12 to 13 in the high and medium effects. All imported, and you will like these, we know. First Floor?Neckwear Section. jTORM RUBBERS Jrchfc Get a new pair of Storm Rubbers without delay! These are of the best quality rubber, and will afford ample protection. WOMEN'S STORM RUBBERS, with medium or extra high Cuban heel. Choice, a pair /<5>C ^ MISSES* STORM RUBBERS, sizes It to 2. CHILDREN'S STORM RUBBERS, sizes 3 t:> _ 10"2. For (SlPC We've just IS of the most popular Flexible Flyer Sleds, that are 48 inches long and IS inches wide. Con sidered good value at Reduced tomorrow to Genuine French Lynx Sets, muff and large pelerine. Reduced from d? $25.00 to Genuine Black or ISltie Wolf Set?. (5' Reduced from $55.00 to Odd pieces of Fur Scarfs and Sets kinds of furs. Worth $15.00 to S30.00. 1 Reduced to, choice. Fur Coats of caracul and marmot, also Fur lined Uroadcloth Coats. Were S45.00 Eif| to $75.00. Xow, choice at Second Floor?Fur Section. 1/ I ??< GEN. HENDERSON DEAD; WAS LINCOLN'S FIND Member of Illinois Legislature When Martyred President Sought Senatorship. The body of Cen. Thomas J. Hender son of Princeton, 111., one of the stanch friends of Abraham Lincoln. who died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. John Farnsworth. ll'ji; Fast Capitol street, early yesterday morning', was taken to Princeton this morning for in terment in the family burial plot at that place. (Jen. Henderson had been stopping in Washington this winter, and for same years past had spent a great deal of his time in this city. He was a member of the board of ordnance and fortification and also a member of the board of man agers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, which service re quired his presence here every month at the board meetings. Native of Tennessee. (Jen. Henderson was born in Browns ville, Tenn., in J SIM. and was in his eighty-seventh year. I'pon attaining his majority he moved to Illinois in lK'Jti and entered upon a political career that re sulted in placing him in the vanguard of the prominent men of his state. He was elected to and served in the state legis lature from 1?.V? to 1 8(K>. At the outbreak of the war Gen. Hen derson enlisted in the 112th Illinois In fantry, and was brevetted a brigadier general for gallantry at tiie battle of Franklin, Tenn., particularly. He was also a lawyer of state prominence, having studied law and practiced at Princeton. (Jen. Henderson was elected to and served continuously in the Forty-fourth to the Fifty-third congresses, inclusive, and while a member of Congress was at tiie head of many important committees, principal among which was that of the committee on rivers and harbors. He was an active republican worker and was recognized as an able parliamenta rian and one of the leaders of his party. Early Supporter of Lincoin. Cen. Henderson was probably the last survivor of that body. <>f enthusiastic supporters of Abraham Lincoln in the state legislature of 1SV? who voted per sistently and worked most arduously for the election of Mr. Lincoln to the United Stales Senate. Cen. Henderson knew Lincoln intimately front boyhood. He is survived b\ his widow. Henrietta R. Henderson; three daughters. Mrs. Chester Dinley anfl Mrs. ?'harles Dunbar of Princeton and Mrs. John Farnsworth of this city, and a son, Thomas B. Hen derson of Princeton. Funeral services will be held in Prince ton later in the week. Gen. Henderson i had planned to go to Newark. X. J., Feb ruary 1.2 to deliver a memorial address ; on the life of the martyred President be fore the Lincoln Club of that city. | j RULES THAT DECISION OF JURY MUST STAND But Court of Appeals is Surprised at Failure to Award Damages to Institution. Declaring; that it seems strange that under llie evidence and instructions the jury did not award the Academy of the Sacred Heart of Mary some damages at the trial of its suit against the Phila i dalphia, Baltimore and Washington Rail way Company for the annoyance to the sisters and scholars of the school, the District Court of Appeals today decided that if the jury failed of its duty the lower court could have corrected It on a motion for a new trial. As no error was shown to have been committed in the in troduction of the evidence and charge of the court, the refusal, it is held, of a new ..rial is not a ground of appeal and the judgment of the jury in favor of the ? ailroad must be affirmed. The sisters charged that engines were allowed to stand on the tracks in front of their property, at 8th street and Vir ginia avenue southwest, and by emit ting steam interfered with the class work and the divine services in the chapel. The jury, however, found for the company, despite the instructions of the trial judge that such injury was the subject of damage, as held in the Fifth Baptist Church case. TO STUDY AEROPLANING German Authorities Will Desig nate Fifty Army Officers. Foroign Correspondence of The Star. BETIL.IX, January L'i, 1911. During the coming spring and summer ] the military authorities .intend to select j fifty more officers for special training in I aviation, with special regard to the new | military flying machines. It is announced j that the kaiser himself will inspect these ! officers at work some time in April, j at the camp at Doeberitz, near Potsdam, i It i.s expected that at the maneuvers to be held this year in Pomerania, south of Stettin, and in whic h three army corps will be engaged, about twenty officers will be present who are qualified in I aviation i': its various branches. The new military airship "AT 4.'" which | is to he the largest flexible dirigible yet ] constructed, and will bo supplied with two cars, will also take part in these i maneuvers. ? ? * I America versus Kngland in our Short 1 story Contest. Sje stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Mabel Herbert Urner in our next Sunday Magazine. HOLDS UP RESTAURANT; i GETS AWAY WITH $3,300 . Chicago Robber Forces Em ployes to Hand Over Night's Receipts at Point of Pistol. CHICAGO, February 6.?With a revolver in each hand, a robber in Rector s res taurant. No. Monroe street, yester day, held up the cashier and assistant head waiter, forced them to turn over Saturday night's receipt.?, $H,.'*00 in cur rency, and then, joining three compan l ions who stood guard at the door, es i caped with his booty. Rector's is one of the best known res taurants In Chicago and is popular with after-tlieater parties. It was owned for merly by Charles E. Rector, hut when ! Mr. Hector went to New York and opened his big place at 44th street and Broad way the Chicago house passed into other hands. The robber this morning took the res taurant people entirely by surprise. Ow ing to the early hour no customers weie in the place. John P. Adams, the cashier, and Roy tfaesline, assistant head waiter, were at breakfast together, when a well dressed man entereu. He stepped up to the cashier's desk. Saesline arose to wait upon him. Greeted With Pistols. j "Is there a Mr. Reynolds here, a cook, I believe?" asked the man. Saesllne returned to the table where Adams still was sitting. "Jack, do you know of such a per son?" he asked. The next moment he turned to see a revolver pointed at his head. Adams glanced up to answer and looked into the barrel of a similar weapon. "jump, both of you,*' snapped the man, "and get out all that money or 1 11 "blow your heads off." Saesline, too frightened to speak, did as he was told. "Slip it into my coat pocket," com manded the robber. The waiter placed $500 in bills in the , place indicated. Put Money in Robber's Pocket. "Now open the second drawer and put that money into my coat pocket." A second roll of bills amounting to *.>00 was taken out by the waiter and placed in the robber's pocket. "Now hand out all the coin in the safe and be quick about it," ordered the rob i ber. Saesline took out all he knew about at the time. Although the robber apparent ly had as thorough a knowledge of the amount of ca.^h on hand and where it was kept mm Saeline. neither he nor Saesline knew of the existence of a cigar i box containing: $1,131.75 in gold. currency i and checks. The waiter, however, hand ed c.it all that he could find, "That's all there is." ho declared. "I guess that's right." replied the rob I her. Then, still covering the two men and cautioning them not to move or make any outcry, he slowly hacked to the door and slipped out. WANTS STURDY SOLDIERS. French General Asks Men to Re Tol erant of Hardships. Foreign Correspondence of Thi? t-tur. PARIS, January ^7. 1911. Gen. Maunoury. the military governor of Paris, has sent to commanding of i fiecrs a circular insisting on the need of I cheerful endurance of hardships, both by , officers atid men. Complaints had been j made that during the presentation of i decorations January 1 the troops had been kept in the ? hitting cold with shoul dered rifles for an excessive time. The general declares that while a com mander must spare his troops to the I utmost of his power, he must he careful j not to show any excessive desire to save I them all effort, which can only spoil their ; morale. Further, lie has noticed that of i Tiers are less inclined" to face had | weather than they used to be, and he asks how they could face a hard cam paign if a few flakes of snow or a fog are sufficient to prevent them taking a ride. This circular has been the chief topic of conversation in the boulevard cafes, and the general tone shows that there is still one thing about which even the I boulevardier will not joke, and that is 1 the army. It was generally agreed?and i that by men who owing to conscription. | had all served their country and could i give a verdict on military affairs from | experience?that any attempt to ke<v the j soldier in cotton wool was to be dep 1 recated, and that the general had spoken in the right spirit. 1 RETIRES TO A NUNNERY. I " ! Mile. Steinheil Takes the Veil a? Carmelite Convent. Foreign Correspondence of The Star. PARIS. January S>, 1911. Mile. Marthe Steinheil has retired from the public igaze forever. A few days ago she took the veil, and the gates of the Carmelite convent at Troyes closed behind her. A few of the girl's intimate friends were present at the ceremony, but her mother was absent, and it is only through the newspapers that she learned of the step which her daughter ha<! taken. Since tlif revelations at Steinheil trial Marthe had . o m.? refused to meet her mother, and she broke ofT her betrothal engagement be cause she did not wish to bring disgrace on her fiance's name. Her decision was expected by all her friends, and when .she pronounced the words which severed her from the out side world until her death her voice Mas clear, and she seemed almost radiant with joy. Mile. Steinheil, who has l>een accustom ed to every comfort and luxury since her childhood, has chosen the order where the greatest austerities arc practised. Carmelite nuns wear the coarsest of robes, and never cat meat. Their only breakfast is on Christmas day, and con sists of milk and dry bread. GRAND JURY'S REPORT | NOT PRIVILEGED MATTER Appellate Court Reverses Finding in Libel Suit Against Virginia Trolley Line. ! The District Court of Appeals, in an | opinion by Chief Justice Shepard. todav ! held that a special report of the grand , jury of Alexandria county, Ya.. file i ? February is, 1 concerning' the allege I I disorder on late cars of the AYashing ! ton, Alexandria and Falls Church rail way was beyond the special powers and j jurisdiction of that grand Jury. Accord ingly, the court held that the publication ) of the report, which formed the basi<< of a flfteen-thousand-dollar damage suit brought by l'hil 1?. Poston against th<j I 'Washington. Alexandria and Mount Ver I non Railway Company, which leased tVio other road, audi Robert A. Chester, we'.l known in banking circles, was not a mat i ter of privilege. The appellate court reversed the action of the lower court, which held the de fendants, and remanded the case fur further proceedings not inconsistent with the opinion of the upper court. Poston was a resident of Fairfax county, Ya., engaged in business in Washington and complained to the grand jury of alleged disorder on the cars. Th? grand jury tiled a special report exon erating the company and reflecting o't the creditability of Mr. Poston. A copy of this report, it is alleged in the lib' 1 suit, was procured by the defendant's and published in a Washington paper. The defendant's demurred to the suit, claiming the report of a grand jury to b* a privileged communication. The lower court sustained this view, but the appel late court in reversing that action de clares the grand jurors exce?*ded their jurisdiction and such a report is not the subject of pri\ ilege as a defense to a iibei action. GEORGES ASKED TO GIVE. Marys Set Example With Coronation Present for the Queen. LONDON, February fl.?The successful idea of all the Marys in the kingdom subscribing to a coronation gift to the queen has been taken up by Lord Strad liroke and others, who propose to open a subscription which shall include all the Georges in the kingdom for a similar Sift to the kin?. At a meeting of the privy council at Buckingham palace, at which the king presided, it was decided not to introduce the Red Dragon of Males into the ro>al standard and the new coinage. Th? Welsh authorities had petitioned for its introduction. 1 .Uiay. Ya., Saturday voted to ?pen4 fio.nnn for an additional water supply.