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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
TRIALS OF THE SHAMROCK.
First Races To Be Held at Covves
Next SATURDAY.

LONDON, April SJ--The Covyes CORE
spondeHt Of the Central News says that.
according to present arrangements. the
first Of the trial races between Shamrock
! and Shamrock II viii take place there
next Saturday.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30

bIe-Thc Marine Band Way Furnish
AIu~Ec for the High school Cadets.
Owen Owen. Of i23 Eleventh Street
northwest. has complained to the COM
rnissioners of the condition of Eleventh
Street. between Pennsylvania Avenue and
Z Streets northwest. He claims that the
street Is in a condition that renders it
disagreeable for horses, and that many
drivers make a detour rather than drive
over that portion of the street named
g Is. Hunt. the Computing Engineer in
reporting upon the matter has Informed
the Commissioners that it is the opinion Of
his office that the conditions complained
Of are due to escaping gas, and he says
that positive evidence can be given OF TINS
by the District He believes that the
equities of the case would be satisfied only
by the repairs due to this escaping gas
being paid for by the company maintain
ing mains in the street
At the instance of the Engineer Commits
sioner. the matter has been referred to the
Attorney for the District for an opinion
whether the Commissioners can require
the gas company to make good the amount
involved in the restoration of the paw
ment. He says that it can be proved That
Illuminating gas is in the asphalt and that
its presence there is injurious and de
Structive to the pavement. The Board
concurs in these views of the matter
At the instance of the Engineer Com
missioner the Board has voted To adopt
the report of the Assessor in the case OF
the requested cancellation Of tax by
Miss Ida NJ White. of Brightwood The
request was that the tax for a water main
laid on Brightwood Avenue and assessed
against the property situated on the Piney
Branch and Rock Creek Ford Roads,
known as Peters Mill site, be cancelled
The Assessor describes the property as
y triangular plot of ground, bounded by
the roads named above. He recommends
that the assessment Of July TO- 1900, OF
$14417 against. the property be cancelled
Donald Mcpherson, acting as attorney
for the owners. has again called the at
I, ION of the Commissioners to petitions
q for the construction Of
vision of Metropolis
ted that the pro-
lade at an early
equest the Com
the report of the
rs who informed
more urgent de-
appropriations he
bic at the present
the construction
I'd.
of 1925 New York
ested that the taxes
ID s. block 3. Burr
p Cancelled. and that
crest on the tax for
ferred 10 the Office OF
IS reported as follows.
65,4S4 was issued on
Collector of Taxes to
con the taxes for 1885.
st lot :, block s. Burr
TO c. A McEuen, were
and recorded May 10.
.escribed property was
Charles a. McEuen 10
:, and. as sworn to in
petition, on the faith
of May u 1892
es within the provisions
ay %, 1892, entitled. An
TX sales and taxes in the
nbia' and il IS therefore
at the collection and re-
Xes for 1855. 1886. and 1883,
any purchaser sFDsequenu
certificate Of May J. 1872.
n the records OF this Of
cd that the Commissioners
is report.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30

The Commissioners have approved the
recommendation Of TrUeman Lanham,
Superintendent of Parkings. rejecting the
request of W. Z. Thompson, of 2G0S @
Street northwest, for the removal Of a
tree in front of his premises. The report
Of Mr. Lanham was to the effect that the
tree IS stin in good condition, and that
il needs only a little trimming 20 remove
a few unsighIly limbs.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30

vest, has submitted to the
Com . proposition to pay $500
per annurn for the exclusive privilege of
managing the public business in the
wholesale market. receiving all the fees
paid for the use Of the same. Mr.. Laf-
ferry informs the Commissioners that in
case the request is granted he will re-
arrange the shelter for horses and cattle
in such way as to secure satisfactory
accommodations to the dealers in and the
patrons of that market, and that he will
keep the whole square in sanitary con-
diIiOn satisfactory TO the Commissioners.
Mr. LaTerty further states that he IS
willing that his management Of the bust
ness shall he subject to the supervision Of
the Commissioners at all times. and TO
such schedule Of fees, not less thar the
present rates, and to such regulations as
the Commissioners deem proper for the
guidance of the market.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30

There seems to he no foundation for the
report that Us cottages are to be built
in the BurIeiEh tract, west Of George
town. Those controlling the big Subdi-
vision are de-otiuE their attention TO the
grading Of the property. and the opening
of streets.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
Cleanse
Your Blood

The cause Of all spring humors. pimples,
and eruptious, as well as of that tired
feeling and poor appetite. is found in i'm
pure depleted blood
The perfect blood purifier is Hood s
SarsaparilIa, as multitudes know by ex-
peTieuCe-
II cures all blood diseases. from the
smallest p.mpIe to the stubborn scroruIa
sore-from morning tiredness to extreme
nervous proStration-
Begin taking II TODAY.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30

The interior Of st. Johns Church IS to
undergo extensive repairs The deCUTa-
tive artists viii soon begin the work
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30

SPECIAL NOTICE-Thc annual meeting Of The
stockholders OF Fort Nyer Heights Land Com
Dany viii be held al the cumrauy's Virginia
Office. on Military Read Fort Mycr Heights ut
NOON on the FIRST WEDNESDAY N NAY,
1901 for the election 81 seven directors and
transaction OF ot1er business that may come up
GEO P. ROBINSON, Secretary.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
SPECIAL NOTICES.

" ASHINCTON SINGLE TAX CLTn-Regula-
meeting at Room - Hutchins Building. II ES-
DAY, APRIL 81. 1901 AT ; O'CLOCK P. VI.
Nr. G. " Oyster Viii speak on Taxation ani
Our Present Municipal Form Of Government
The public is invited
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30

PTTTSBURG, Pa. April 30.-Mrs- Catha-
rine Clemens. of Sheridan Borough, says
she owes her life to a pet cat which
awakened her by scratching and mewinS
at her bedroom door early yesterday
morning Mrs Clemens arose and open
ing the door found the hallway filed with
smoke Rushing down she found the low
CT part of the house in flames. \ kitchen
lamp. which had been left burning had
evidently been overturned by the cat, and
exploding. fred the place.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30

TO PREVENT PNEUMONIA AND GRIP
Laxative Bromo-Q uinine removes the cause.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30

and recorded May 70,
escribed property was
Charles a. MCEUen IC
:, and. as sworn to in
: petition. on the faith
of May u 1892
es within the provisions
ay I3, 1892, entitled, An
IX sales and taxes in the
nbia. and it IS therefore
at the collection and re-
xes for 1855. 1886. and 1888,
any purchaser subsequent
certificate Of May J. 1892,
n the records OF this Of
ID that the Commissioners
is report.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30

of 1925 New York
ested that the taxes
ID S. block 3. Burr
, Cancelled, and that
crest on the tax for
ferTed to the office OF
IS reported as follows
65,4S4 was issued on
Collector of Taxes to
con the taxes for 1885.
st lot Z, block s. Burr
20 c. A. McEuen, were
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30
AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT
& Complaint as to the Condition f
Part of EIeyc 18th Street.

An InvcStTSation shows Escaping
Gas 20 Ec the Cause Of the Tr0u-
bIe-The Marine Raud May Furnish
sIu~Ic for the High school Cadets.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30

-ty. of Eleventh and 3
vest, has submitted to the
-...:. 60.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-30

JOc tomorrow for lot of handsome
~ flowers, embracing clusters Of
daiSi T. corn flowers, blossoms
foliage, roses with foliage, etc, the ac-
tual selling price elsewhere of which is
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
MAY BE SMALLEST. ENGINE,

minute Eiece ofzMechanlsm weighs Only
Three Pennyweights. IT,. S*s
:y' A. G. Root of Danbury has just COM
pleted what is undoubtedly the small
est engine ever made, says the Hart
ford Daily Times. It is horizontal
engine and stands on a piece of metal
exactly the size of a ten-cent piece,
Mr.. Root has been working at this mi
mute piece Of mechanism during his
leisure time for several months. The
quality of the workmanship on the tiny
machine is indicated by the fact that
when completed and put together and
connected with the power it started
Off as nicely as the most accurately adj
justed engine that ever was built. The
materials Of which the engine is built
are gold, silver, copper and steel The
band Of the fly wheel is solid gold. 1t
will be interesting to note some of the
dimensions of the parts of this very
small machine. It being such a tiny
affair, the measurements are all made
in sixty-fourths, thirty-secondsa and six
teenthS of an inch, The steam chest
measures 6-32 1892, and the cylin-
der S-32x932: The stroke is 1854, and
the extreme length of the main shaft,
which is of steel, is SIS. :; The diane
ter of the dy wheel is 7-16, and the
width Of the fly wheel band is Z -64. The
diameter Of the main shaft at it's larg-
est point is 1854. The extreme length
Of the crank shaft is 4-16, and the di-
ameter of the crank wheel is 6-32. The
extreme outside diameter Of the cyl
inder, which is sheathed with ebony,
is SIG, and the boer of the cylinder is
5-64. The diameter Of the. feed pipe,
which is made of silver, is 2-32;; that of
the valve rod is 1854, and that of the
piston rod is less than 2-64. Complet-.
ed the engine weighs three penny
weights. Mr.. Root built the engine en-
tirely by hand. The power that is now
used to run it is compressed air, of
which only an infnitesimal amount is
needed, = .&@-e
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
The Rule of
the Whip

. o. =
Corporal punishment does not seem
to have abated with the dawn of the
twentieth century; in fact, in some
parts of the world there is a demand
for more of it. The whipping post is
still a cherished institution in. Della
ware, and in other states judges upon
the bench declare now and then that
wife beating and other offenses of like
atrocity ought to be punished by whip
Ding. But in America such declara-
,ious and practices are the exception,
not the rule 1t is in certain European
countries that corporal punishment
finds its warmest adherents. The Ger
man agrarians have introduced in the
reichstag bill providing for imprison-
ment with fogging for all kinds of Of :
lenses. They propose the: use of a
leather whip and to make. the mini
mum number of blows twenty five.
That well-known medical journal,
the London Lancet, lends it's support
to- proposition that all persons guilty
Of assault, highway robbery, etc., be
logged Systematically. The. landed
proprietors of Prussia are advocating
a rule by whip over their farm labor
srs. Even in humane little Switzerland
proposal has been made that pupils
In school may be 1ogged for such Of
lenses as lying, if their. parents re-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
Catering to the West.

For many years New York refused
to- recognize the west as worthy of the
slightest metropolitan consideration,
and no effort was made to cater to the
wants of the visiting sWarms of rough
diamonds and unlocked cubs from the
boundless prairies. But mercy! How
things have changed! Our hotels and
restaurants no longer look to Boston
and Philadelphia for support. Where
the Hub and the Quaker City spend
one dollar Chicago spends five. Ex-
anime the registers Of the leading ho-
tells and see where the patrons come
from The west is running things,
here. In Broadway, not far from For
ry-second street, there will be opened
on or about April la stylish restaurant
with especial attractions for .ale rich
German element of Chicago, st. Louis
Milwaukee, st. Paul, Minneapolis
Cleveland, Kansas City, ETC., and +
venture to predict that it will be pack
ed at all hours with the tom, Of the
west. New York Press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
Crows as Enemies of Terraplny.

=
The crow is the evil genius of the
turtle just as of the diamond-back and
other terrapins. When the warm days
of spring come and the female terra
pins and turtles leave their beds in
the marsh, the crow goes on guard,
knowing that season Of feasting is at
hand. Both terrapins and turtles seek
the warm, sandy uplands near the
shore to deposit their eggs. A hole
IS dug several inches deep and from
twenty to thirty inches oblong, white
eggs are deposited and then the nest
is filled or covered with sand. Having
neatly piled the sand over the eggs,
the turtle raises herself just as high
as is possible, then comes down with
a heavy thud on the sand This is
continued until the sand is quite hard,
when the eggs are left for the sun to
hatch. In the meantime the crow has
been on guard, and by means Of his
sharp bill and strong claws the work
Of breaking into the treasure house Of
the unsuspecting turtle is quickly ac-
complished and the feast is soon over.
The crow is considered by many to be
the greatest enemy the diamond back
has. 1t lis an easily established fact
that the crow destroys thousands Of
the eggs Of all kinds of terrapins. not
making an exception Of the diamond
backs. Baltimore Sun.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
Tahiti a Land of Mystery.

IS To the antiquarian Tahiti is as full
Of fascinating mystery as Egypt, writes
q correspond lent from the island, It
contains monuments of a civilization
past modern comprehension. Picture
a statue measuring So feet from head
to hips, and carved out Of single
stone, transported from a quarry three
miles away. On the head of the image
place a crown OF red stone 10 feet in
diameter That is the sort Of mystery
you encounter in Tahiti. Eyeryth ing
there is strange, everything entranc-s
ing. And now a line OF steamers has
been started from San francisco. and
before many years have passed We may
expect to see the beauties Of that land
trampled out Of existence BY tourists
and traders, and it's crystal atmosphere.
polluted with the smoke Of factories. i
A fee simple is money given to the
Quack doctor.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
LoNSG TOM Broke HTS FAsT.
Hssnesick Pyshon Forced 20 Take . aEsss
of Two Rabbits.

= omeslck Pyshosi Forced 20 Take q Aassa
Of Two RafbRts.
sometimes when snakes are taken
OUT OF the jungle they become home
sick and commit suicide. 1t Is d ter
rlDly tedious process, for they always
s 6 the same method, starvation:
and starvation with snake is :, mat
Ter OF months. A reptile can live q
long time on his own base Of supplies.
=it II was 'u1ndoub tedly through homesiek-
ness, then, that Long Tom, " 4 big
python from India, had not up to yes
tearday tasted meat since November
says the Boston Evening TranscrirI.
he lay behind his glass window in a,
sD ot Ton Ton dime. museum, and grew thin
ana and peaked. Yet his length is twenty
eight feet four inches and his weight
z5O pounds. His eyes are small and
yellow and evil looking, and his mus
SScles strong enough to crush a man to
death. It took twenty-one men ia
mold lsl' him. Yesterday while he was
forced to break his fast. Two snake
experts from the New York zoo were
summoned to Boston to do the trick.
and half the attractions of the museum
We're on hand to see this notable ban
Hquet. Trixie Roderico, the snake
tcShElaar 'mer, in a cotton morning wrap
Per, helped to wait on the big fell
low. One of the New Workers, Dit.
mars, put two rabbits, f1ayed and
dressed, at the end Of a long pole; the
other, Snyder, got at the snake s. head
then her the big reptile was pulled slowly
out OF his cage until his whole length
was stretched out. straight. The at
PENDANTS kept tight hold on him that
he should not coil up and crush any
one. Snyder forced open the wicked
looking jaws and Ditmars started the
rabbits on their inward course. The
men holding the snake could feel them
pushing in. Tom squirmed and strug-
gled, but the score of attendants held
fast and: he did not succeed in making
kink: At last the rabbits We're push
ed in so far that Tom could not force
them out, and he was hurried back into
his cage. There he coiled up against
the glass; door, closed his eyes and
started on his ten days of digestion.
He is good for several more months OF,
fasting.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
"A VI s L l "A
OF I'D "A

Turn to the picture OF Australia as
she is to-day. The land which these
men opened in size is nearly fiye-sixths
the area of the United States, contain
ing 2,973,0O0 square miles against the.
100000 square miles of our country.
But while in extent Australia stands
as 70 is to So, in population she is
only asa to rs. OF her 1000, 900 in.
habitants, only 100000 are aborigines,
whose number has been steadily de-
Ginning, not because of hostility on
the part of the settlers, but as if by
inherent degeneracy in the face Of the
new conditions. Moreover, there are
1000 Cinnamon and half caste Chi
nese, and in recent years restrictive
measures have been adopted to pre-
vent the ingress of Hindoos and other
, Asiatic immigrants. The bulk Of her
people, of course, are colonists from
England. Two-thirds of the Austria
liam continent is a desert, and yet her
productiveness is enormous. This land
contains over 100, 100000 sheep, between
3O,00O,0o0 and 35,000,OOO head Of cat
tie and horses. 1t has given to the
commerce Of the world over e40O, OO0,-
900 in gold, copper, coal and tin. The
two provinces Of Ballarat and Bondigo
alone have produced e100, 100000 of
gold, and as much more has come from
: the great Tambaroora and Lambing
Flat in New South Wales It sends to
England annually over E40, 900 900
worth of metals, grains, wool, beef,
tallow, hides and mutton. Consider
the sheep alone. Forty years ago the
output of wool amounted to 5000, 900
pounds. Now, with a record of 100
100000 pounds, Australia furnishes
one-fourth of the worlds wool, and Of
such q quality as to make it one third
of the total value. It is recorded that
the early colonists used to kill their
sheep simply for the fleece and tallow,
leaving the meat for the dogs. Later
they began to export canned mutton
to the home country; but when cold
storage was INTRODUCED Australia be-
gan her shipments Of frozen mutton,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
California Bird Kills Snakes,

In southern California is very ne
cullar bird-not because of it's appear
ance, but because of it's habits. f. ba
several names. The one by which it il
pest known is the California road run
ner. 1t is also often spoken of as thu
chaparral cock The scientists hays
CLASSIFIED it as a member of the cuckoo
family, but to the observer who ISM
scientific it appears more like rela
tive OF the pheasant family. The roal
:trHnaer is a poor fier, and has to ge
I running start before it can rise int
the air. It gets the name Of road-ran
ner from the fact that it will keen MI
along with a horse and buggy Fol
miles by means of its brisk little legs
never resorting to its wings, and seem
1ngly making little effort The mos
peculiar thing about this bird is It'll
hatred of snakes and the method il
takes to vent it's spite upon them. Il
the section Of country inhabited b1
this bird the cactus is common plant
When the bird finds snake taking
nap in the sun, as is a habit with hi
snakeship, 1t makes haste to gatheI
leaves of the cactus and lays them ii
a row about the sleeping serpent, at.
safe distance. When it has one row
completed it lays second and a third
and continues thus to strengthen it
fence until dis confident that the bar
rier will serve the purpose intended
1t then proceeds to awaken the unsus
pecting victim by leaping over him
giving him a spiteful peck as it passeI
over. The snake thus awakened start
to glide away, but brings up agajas
the prickly spines Of the cactus. The1
he turns and tries another direction
He soon discovers that he is in tran
and then he gets very angry and race
around the little Enclosure, gettin3
pricked at every turn If the snaf
gets wise and stops his mad plungin
about the bird again hops over hin
and stirs him up with other blow
from its sharp bill till the snake, agaii
frenzied, PUSHES around among thI
sharp spines and receives new wounds
This continues until the reptile has
punctured his skin so frequently that
he dies of his injuries Chicago Res
ord.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-05-25
Only Ese,aas Million
People IfaElsabit
That Land.

(which have grown amazingly, until in
1900 these exports amounted to 225, -
100000 pounds Meanwhile her ship
ments of timed meats steadily adj
Vaneed, reaching last year $4,000 900
pounds. Look for a moment over her
mineral wealth for year: Because Of
the war in the Transvaal and an inn
mense mining development in West
Australia, the new Federation in 1899,
with $60,0O0,OOo output, led the world
in product Of gold. BY constant gains
her silver product has come to equal
one-ninth of the worlds supply. For.
the past year her total mineral output
amounted to nearly 500, 900 900 or SIS
to every inhabitant. Her mineral pos.
gsibilities in copper, tin, lead, antimony,
iron, quicksilver and coal can not be
oyerestimated. AS a result Of her as
tonishing fertility, Australian shipping
has reached the total of 100000 tons.
Her first railway---that from Sydney
to Parramatta opened in 1855.
1t was only fourteen miles in length.
To-day she owns 5000 miles of rail-
ways. A curious light on her pros
perity is the fact that she has mill
lion items in her daily mail, in pro-
portion to her population the highest
average in the world. What is more
remarkable is that this colossal ma
tional wealth has been built up by only
100000 people. As a consequence,
average individual wealth in Australia
is the highest in the world. For in
stance, let us compare the child with
the parent--Australia with England.
;Australia's revenue for this year will
probably exceed $3.50, 100000, which
sum is nearly one-third that Of En-
glands. But with only one-tenth Of
England's population, Australia is,
therefore, individually, three and
third times richer than the mother
country. Then there are the savings
banks, with $7O0,O0O,O0O. in deposit,
This gives $3.50 per: head to the people
of Australia, again the highest aver,
age in the world. &C. Sheridan Dow
ell in Ainslee's.@