Evening star., 1901-05-11
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out. I am glad that the school building
there has been named after him. he only
succeeded in having the ground purchased
there after the liveliest kind of a contest.
1t was purchased when Col. Berret was
mayor of Washington. I am free to con-
fess. however, that l am an expansionist
now. and have been during the latter years
of my life. and | do not hesitate to put on
record now that 1 think Col Berret was
pretty near to the mark when he made the
Methodist University site the center of
Washington in less than thirty years from
now. According to the map, 18th street will
be the center street, running north and
south OF course, l won't live to this
prediction fulfilled but lots of people who
are living now will that it comes true
"Of the models of the warships and
cruisers which have been exhibited In the
halls of the Navy Department end of the
State. War and Navy Department building
for some years" explained a Navy Depart
mennt watchman to a Star reporter that
of the Charleston is the only one left, ex-
cepting that of the torpedo boat the others
having been sent to the Buffalo exposition.
1t was intended and desired that the model
of the Charleston should go to Buffalo
with others, but at the last moment the
model met with mishap and had to un-
dergo quite extensive repairs which have
but recently been completed The Charleston
herself, you will remember was sunk in the
Pacific ocean about a year ago near the
Philippines. and it seems similar bad luck
follows her model The officials tell me
that everything connected with the Charles
ton since it was launched has gone wrong.
even to official papers. pay rolls and the
like. Disasters of every kind seem to have
hung on to the vessel, more officers and
sailors connected with her having had bad
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and more indeed than all the others COM
bined. AS nearly all visitors have read of
the loss of the Charleston We are kept busy
answering questions in connection with
the model. The model is all right now, but
| think the department does not intend to
send it away any more. 1t has already
been exhibited at four international expo
sitions has crossed the ocean three times.
was at the worlds fair at Chicago and at
three or four state expositioHs.
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while trusts are multiplying and the
Capitalization of capital in all business is
accepted as one of the inevitable conditions
of the day. there is at least one business,
cigar making, in which small capitalists
can engage" remarked a New York cigar
manufa cturer to a Star reporter yesterday
with capital of S25 any cigar maker can
start in business as a manufacturer, and
while he may not become rich, can make a
living There are at least $500 cigar manu-
facturers in New York who work as Jour-
neymen when there is a demand for their
services and by an expenditure of Few
dollars become manufacturers when work is
slack All that one of these small manu-
facturers needs in order to start in business
is a few pounds of wrapper leaf. the same
of filler a pound or so of binders and
skill. He will have to get bondsmen, as
each cigar manufacturer must have two
sureties in 81 900 each before he can get d
license, but there is usually no difficulty In
securing the bondsmen.
The grocer and landlord will usually fur
nish the bonds, but occasionally they are
furnished by a security company. In these
little shops the proprietor very often does
not make as much as journeyman, but he
must do something or starve. and it is Sec
ond nature with the cigar maker alternately
to turn journeyman and manufacturer. The
grocers are willing. as rule. to take cigars
for groceries rather than give credit. Then
some of the cigars are sold in the manu-
facturers own store, in many cases the
store and workshop being in the same
room. Sometimes the owner Is manufac-
turer and workman all by himself. and at
other times the members of his family help.
Occasionally the journeyman who be-
comes a manufacturer sticks to the manu-
featuring and prosperS. The first outward
evidence of this is the appearance of q
wooden Indian outside the door 1t will
then be found that the store and workshop
are separate the latter being in the rear,
and that the proprietor employs at least
one jOurneyman.'
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An Indian walked into an avenue drug
store and whispered something into the
propretors ear. The druggist looked at the
red man moment, then went to the other
end Of the store. opened a glass case. took
out bottle. wrapped it up and gave 1t to
the Indian, who paid for it and then SOL
emnly walked out The medicine man then
walked over TO group of friends who had
been intently watching the proceedings and
said: Il have been in the drug business for
over forty years but that was the first sale
ever made to an Indian, and / must ac-
when he asked me to wrap HIM up bottle
of hair dye.
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In the office of Captain Todd. chief hy-
drographer at the Navy Department,
! there stands unique reminder of Thomas
Jefferson's inventive ability. Jefferson won
considerable fame as an inventor and fash
toned many appliances of genuine value
and Importance. Notable among these were
! the Jefferson plow. pedometer (for meas
uring walking distances) and a number of
different styles of easy chairs. The article
in question is example of his ability in
the aforementioned line, and is a quaint
easy chair, which. in a number of points
is sngularly like the reclining chairs of
the present day. 1t is built of hardwood
Both the seat and back are made up of
a stout strip Of sole leather, which is prob
ably In good condition as it was when
| first put to its present use by the famous
President. An appliance on the back of
the chair enables this strip of leather to
be held taut or made slack at will. and
thus give either an upright sitting position
or a reclining attitude. The head rest
| bears a padded cover of sheepskin, which
now looks like the head of a well-beaten
drum, Aside from this, the chair is as
| stanch and square and strong as we are
taught to believe its maker was himself
| Down under the old White House Jeffer-
son had a workshop in which he spent a
| great deal of his time putting the ideas of
his brain into practical shape. and this
chair was one of the products of the
| Presidents workshop" After the British
ers burned down the old White House the
| chair was discovered In the cellar un-
| touched by the flames. and later, after a
! deal OF moving about. found its way to
! its present resting place. Captain Todd
| considers 1t a remarkably clever invention
| for a man who had to attend to affairs of
| state besides making chairs and things
! and indeed, when it is borne in mind that
| the adjustable sitting and reclining chairs
| Of today are productions Of recent years
| the famous Presidents handiwork of nea Nv
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