Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-20

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Not the least important of the several
' imported minerals at present largely used
in this country is emery" said Il wholesale
dealer in the article in New York to a Star
reporter yesterday. ''It comes from the Is
land of NaXos, in the eastern Mediterra-
mean. and many tons of the material are
used in the United States annually. Emery
is one of the hardest substances known
and it is found in massive layers or beds,
which have to be blasted before the miners
can work at ii. Great fires are then light
ed around the blocks and as the natural
cracks are expanded by the heat the work
men insert heavy levers or crowbars and
pry them apart. This system is continued
until the blocks are reduced in size to
masses of a cubic foot or less, and they are
then ready to be shipped in bulk to vari-
Gus parts of the world.
"In America the greatest consumers of
emery are the manufacturers of wheels for
polishing metals and precious stones A
large quantity of the substance is also en-
ployed for making whet and oil stones for
grinding raZors. knives and other edge
tools. In reduced or powdered state the
mineral is used for making emery paper
Emery is worth from $50 to $50 metric
ton.
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I'm long experience i'll the Treasury
Department L have come across a very
large number of names. many of which are
rather peculiar" explained an old official
to Star reporter. but l think the list
of names in connection with the subscrip-
ton to the per cent bonds surpasses any
thing in the way of popularity that l
have ever observed. OF these the one that
struck me most was a man who signed
himself Ten Million nd al
in Oregon. We thought the name was an
Imaginative one and wrote the man that
II was desired that bonds should be regis
tered in real names only. and that no fur
Their attention would be paid to his sub
scrtption until he was heard from. He
replied that his name was Ten Million His
letter WAS written on the printed letter
head of the firm of Million & Million two
brothers Then followed an explanation
that his father and mother We're unable to
select names for their children that were
mutually satisfactory and that. as a result
though they had had ten children none of
them was ever chirstened formally. The
nrSt child was girl and she was known
only as One Million. The second child also
a girl. was known as Two Million. Thus
they ran along. until Ten Million was
reached and he was the writer of the let
Ter, IN" ether member of the firm being a
brother whose only name as far as the
family was concerned was Seven Million
the seventh child He added that One
Million had afterward called herself Una
MlIipn. that the third girl was known after
she had grown up as Trio Million. The
others had taken additions to their
names and he had adopted the name of
TENTS Million. but his real name was Ten
Million and nothing else The bonds We're
issued To him, and today stand on the
books of the Treasury Department regis
tered in the name of Ten Million.
peculiar names in connection with the
same subscription came in from other
cities. and though kept notes of some of
them cannot recall all of them now. An
instance. John T. Forward and Arson X.
backward reside in Saint Augustine, Flor
ida, while Abram VI. Hire Samuel F. Fur
Tough and Gusts ]. Discharge lived then
IN Chattanooga. Tenn: Elsie l. Smart,
Richard A. Dull and William C. Active
Were residents of Saint Paul: Cashell Stone,
Robert Diamond Rachael Flint and Austin
Pearl live in Seattle, Washington; Karl
Plugse' = hensel smokin, Chas; seager and
Edwin Toback, reside in CINCINNATI Mich
ael L. Meat. Timothy Apple. Thomas Cof-
fee. Rudolphe Egg and William Ham, be
sides others suggesting eatables. live in
Baltimore: Christopher Pain Joshua Suf-
fering. Edmund Growl and James S. Collie
reside in Louisville. Ky: George w Blem-
ish. w H. Perfect. August Plain, Daniel
d. Fancy and Henry +. Elegant are Bos-
Reuben Mile. Samuel S. Yard and Lemuel
W. Inch reside in Brooklyn, n. Y; Her
schel Q. High. Charles w. Low, Frederick
n. Middle and Thomas j. Medium live in
Milwaukee, Wis: which city also has John
F. Holden and Euphrates Setgo as resi-
dents. New York with its number of SUBJ
scribers has the names of Eugene r. Car
penter. Quintus Plumber, George F. Paint
er. Claude WheeIwright. Alpheus R. Timer
Magnus SilVersmth. Chas. \. Baker VIM
Pilst and dozens of others of occupations
Richmond, Va, has William X. Alcaught
Richmond Indiana. has subscriber named
Alfred Nevercaught. while Galveston.
Texas. has subscriber named Mixner
Nottcaught.
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diminUtive scion of Quaker family
residing in Germantown Junction, Phila-
delphia, is visiting with some friends In
the northwest.
In the hostess family the only hopeful
Is about the same age as the little Quaker
having reached six years of worldly I'M
derstandfng- The Germantown boy chal-
lenged the Washington youngster to a foot
race the other day on the sidewalk in front
of the house.
OF they started at full speed, with
straining muscles. bullying eyes and rap
idly moving little legs. The Washington
knickbockers speedily left those of the
Germantown sprinting representative far
behind AS the Quaker came painting up to
the scratch he gasped:
w ell. James. thee may have beaten me
In the race, but my legs ranned the fast
est,
The little fellow had held his head down
while running. had looked at his chubby
legs as they shot backward and forward
and their rapid movement impressed his
childish mind that he was going at a ter
rifle pace
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Depend upon the small boy of the street
to invent new wrinkles for inveigling the
charitable coin from the approachable
purse
Two men Were standing in front of the
city hall yesterday afternoon when they
were accosted by boy with an empty
basket on his arm. He was one of the lit
tie urchins that sell matches around the
street corners. Offering their wares in a