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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-15
NEWS And GOSSIP
FROM GEORGETOWN
Riding Horse Killed by An
Electric Car.
Committee Of William R. Singleton Lodge
to Report on Masonic Hall Site-Sil-
yer Star Lodge Meeting.

A horse valued at 1928 belonging to Mr.
John Baker, of 3416 T Street northwest,
was yesterday struck by a car Of the
Metropolitan road near the corner of Po-
tomac and 0 Streets. and was so serious
Iy injured that officer Rabbit, of the Eu-
name Society. had to shoot the animal.
The collision took place at the inter-
section of Ihirty-third and o Streets The
car was going with such rapidity that the
animal was dragged to Potomac Street,
one square
Raymond Baker, a brother of the horses
owner. was riding the animal when the
collision took place. He escaped unin-
jured. It is reported that the motorman
on the car rang the bell several times in
rapid succession, which frightened the an
imaI so that he became unmanageable.
The car was in charge of Conductor l. II
Simpson and Motorman Edward Riley
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-15

A committee, consisting Of Messrs-
Frank H Thomas, Andrew BuTsa, Samuel
o. Wendell. Alexander J. Vowel, Dr.. John
W CkappelI, David Weaver, and Mr.
Sharp. was appointed at a recent meeting
of william r Singleton Lodge OF Masons
Of TenlsytowH and ordered TO secure a
centrally located lot in Tenieytown as a
site fer the proposed Masonic Hall.
Two thousand dollars has been appro-
priated for the purchase of the lot and
$40 GEO for the building. At the next meet
iEg of The lodge the committee viii make
a report UPON the matter
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-15

White Pine Doors Still 500 Each,
Already painted. b F.ILibbey Il Co.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-15
SHAM BATTLE OF THE
HIGH School CADETS
White Lot the Scene of An
nual ManeuVerS.
A REVIEW BY THE PRESIDENT
Prominent Officials Expected to Witness
Evolutions of Youthful Soldiers Late
This Acknowledged HaTries to
Award Palm of Victory.


battle of the Washington High School
Cadets will take place at 4 O'Clock this
afternoon on the White Lot. President
Roosevelt, with possibly several Cabinet
members and other distinguished officials.
viii be present TO review the youthful
soldiers. Among those expected to at
tend are Hon Eugene F. Ware, Hon. II.
Clay Evans, the three District Commits
sioners, and Mr.. Wu Ting-fang, the Chi
nese Minister, who has son in Company
H, from the Western High School Gen.
George +. Harries, brigadier general of
the District National Guard. accompanied
by his staff, viii also review the cadets
Col Burton r Ross, military instructor
OF the cadets, viii have charge OF the
drill and sham battle.
Secretary Moody has ordered out the
fun Marine Band, with Lieut.. ". Il. san
telmann IN charge, 10 participate in the
event The band VIII play during the
review and other maneavers. and viii
accompany the cadets at the close of the
drill on their march from the White Lot
down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Peace
Monument.
Arrangements for the Battle.
The principal feature of the event viii
be the sham battle, which viii be par
ticipated in by the entire cadet corps.
This will take place Immediately after
the drill, and viii consist OF an attack
and defense Each Of the four hundred
or more cadets viii be provided with
twenty rounds Of blank cartridges. Two
fopr-ineh Calling guns viii also add 10
the din OF battle, and the big elIipse will
resemble the scene Of an actual conflict.
bOI Edgar A Barnes of the High
School Cadet Regiment, viii be in charge
OF the sham battle and preceding man
euFeTs- According TO present plans. the
defensive party viii win the victory. in
stead Of the attacking party. as IN years
past Certain cadets IN each company
have been appointed TO die and com
plete instructions have been given them
concerning the time and manner OF their
passing away.
The regiment viii form on the north
side OF New York Avenue, with the right
v iag resting at the corner of Fourteenth
Street. Here the cartridges will he dis
tFlbuted and final instructions given re-
garding the drill. Headed by the Marine
Band and accompanied by 5000 or 5000
TooteTs," the regiment will march in
column OF companies out CT New York
Avenue to Fifteenth Street. down Fifteenth
Street to the driveway entering the White
Lot, opposite the Washington Light IN
1antry ATmOFy- Entering the efIipse from
the east, the troops will march across
ana back forming regimental front. fac
ing the White House
Colonel Barnes viii then put the cadets
through brief drill, after which ne viii
march his regiment before the reviewing
pa-tv
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13
Highest Paid Mail Carrier.

The bigness of our country is empha.
sized every now and then by some OBJ
scure Government routine. Away off
in the Philippines we are delivering
mail in canoelike boats, and, on the
other hand, a contract was let last
week fer carrying the mail in Alaska
by dog sleds. The successfu ul bidder
was Oscar Fish, and his route lies be-
tween Eagle and Valdez, distance of
Ala miles. He makes two trips month,
and receives nearly $1,500 trip, or
$35, 900 a year. Only 300 pounds are
carried per trip, and this is usually
made up of letters, few newspapers.
Postoffice Department officials say
that the sum paid to Fish is very rea-
sonable when it is considered that he
makes the trip by dog sledge, and that
he has the most dangerous routeof any
mail carrier in the world. He has sew
eral times been given up for dead by
residents of Valdez and Eagle, but so
far he has always managed to reach
the end of his journey, although some-
times overdue, and occasionally very
much battered up. He has fallen
down precipices, got mixed up in ava
lanches, and has been starved and frost.
bitten, but is still happy in risking his
lonely life.-Harper's Weekly.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13
West Virginia Topographic Maps.

One of the recent reprints issued by
the topographic branch of the United
States Geological Survey is the map
known as the Huntersville sheet,
which covers portion of southeast
ern West Virginia near the State line,
including the country adjacent to the
towns of Huntersville and Addison.
The region, which is mountainous, is
cut by many of the Appalachian ridges
and their offshoots, whose locations
and Topographic outlines are clearly
brought out by the use of contours or
lines running through points of equal
elevation; these lines are drawn at in
tervals of 100 feet above sea level. The
drainage of the region, consisting. of
the headwaters of the Greenbrier, the
Elk, the Williams and Cranberry riv-
ers, is shown in detail, as are also all
settlements, highways, and boundaries.
The map is available at the usual Gov
ernment rates cents-on application
to the Director of the United States
Geological Survey.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13
THE QUEST FOR GOLD.
A Lake In Columbia to be Drained for
Treasure.

IIOoSuiVs
Several members of the British Par
lament are inter ested in a syndicate
which has undertaken to recover q
great treasure in gold and precious
stones from the bottom of lake in
Columbia. Nine years ago, at the
Worlds Fair in Chicago, were display
ed articles of household use and Orna-
ments of gold recovered from this lake
to the value of $50, 900, and photographs
of others to the value of $4,000 taken
from the same place, which are now
in the possession OF the Spanish Crown.
The Columbian Government also has
several thousand dollars worth of trea-
sure trove recovered from this lake. :
The lake is near Bogota, the Capital
of Columbia. and the vast amount of
treasure is supposed to have been
thrown fAto'ft first as sacrifice to the
patron deity of the Chibeha Indians,
second in power and civilization to the
Aztecs and the Peruvians, and after
ward to keep it out of the hands of the
Spanish cOnquestadors.
Many of the gold ornaments owned
by the Spanish and Columbian Govern
ments were recovered, some from the
lake, fifty years ago by citizen of
Bogota, who got permission to drain
the lake to get at its treasure. He
succeeded in lowering the waters of
the lake until a considerable amount
of treasure had been exposed and gath
cred. Then mighty storm arose
caused, the natives believed, by the
angered spirit of the heather god to
whom the Chibehas used to sacrifice,
and the engineering works of Bogota
were swept away and the lake filled up
again.
AS the lake stands high In the noun
tains, the syndicate proposes to cut
tunnel, tapping it near it's bottom, and
catch the treasure as it rushes out with
the flood, by means of screens, sepa-
rating the gold particles in the water
by means of rifles of mercury.
Should the syndicate be successful in
draining the lake they will spoil one of
the favorite diversions of the modern
Bogotan. In the cool of the evening
the leisurely people of the Columbian
Capital are fond of rowing upon the
treasure bearing water. Taking boat
and affixing small draw to it, they
will pull leisurely across the lake, Of
ten being rewarded by recoving some
small relic of the golden days. The
matter of draining the lake has been
talked of for several years. but now the
project has assumed definite shape,
and work will be began as soon as
things have quieted down a bit in
Columbia, now torn by revolution.
Around this lake the modern au-
thorities agree in locating that Eldor-
ado which so inflamed the desires of
the adventures of Spain. Gonzales de
Quesada was the first white man who
set foot in the city. In the year 1435,
with 1856 men, he arrived at the port of
Santa Maria, sailed up the Magdalena
river to Santander, and crossed over
onto the tableland of Bogota. There
he fell upon the Chibehas after the
manner of Cortez in Mexico and routed
them in a pitched battle.-New York
Mail and Express,
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13
A Remarkable Stream,

One of the most remarkable streams
in the United States is Deschutes rivel
of central Orego. Almost all rivers
have wide extremes in the volume Of
their flow, running at flood in the
spring and low or even dry in the sum
mer months. But Deschutes Rivel
widely differs from this rule, and is
notable for its REMARKABLY steady flow
throughout the entire year. Measure
ments taken over series of years by
the United States Geological Survey
to ascertain the amount OF its flow
have shown that the river discharges
an almost uniform volume of about
5000 cubic feet per second, and that
the spring and winter flow is very little
more than this, and the summer very
little less. An explanation for the
strange behavior of this river is sought
in the character of the country through
which it and it's tributaries flow. The
whole region in former ages was wide.
ly overrun by a succession of great
lava flows which are found to be sep
arated by other layers of sand and
gravel. 1t is thought that the rain,
instead of rushing at once to the
streams, sinks into the rich and porous
soil, into which the surface of the lava
has dislntergated, and gradually per-
colating down to and into the rock
layers, slowly flows along them to the
deep canyons, which the streams have
cut in the lavas. Thus the horizontal
rock layers act as great storage reser-
voirs, and keep feeding a constant
and steady supply of water to the
streams. This quality of steadiness
of flow is of the greatest value to Des-
chutes river, and will make its water
powers, of which number are nOta-
BILE, and it's water supply much sought
after when enterprises and population
are ready to use them.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13
ViruIent Cancer Cured.

Startling proof of a wonderful ad.
vance in medicine is given by druggist
G.. w. Roberts Of Elizabeth, W. Va.
An old man there had long suffered
with what good doctors pronounced
incurable cancer. They believed his
case hopeless till he used Electric Bit
ters and applied Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, which treatment completely
cured him. When Electric Bitters are
used to expel bilious, kidney and mi
crobe pOisons at the same time this salvt
exerts its matchless healing power
blood diseases, skin eruptions, ulcers
and sores vanish. Bitters SOC, Salvt
25c at B. F. Hughes.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13
OATS IN THE MILKY STAGE.
Cut and Cured Are Relished.' by Live
Stock.

The main crop of oats is usually
seeded early, but it is customary In
some sections, where hay is not exten-
sively grown, to SOW oats as late as the
first of June, cutting the crop when
the seed is in the milky stage. The
nutritious matter in the stalks Is thus
arrested on its way to fill out the
heads, and as the stalks will be green
when cut they will also be more diges-
tible than the straw of oats grown for
seed. The oats are cured in the same
manner as hay, with the exception that
the farmer may, if preferred, use the
harvester and binder, which will bum
die the oats when the crop is cut. All
kinds of live stock relish oats thus
cured, and the bundles are passed
through the feed cutter, and the cut
feed, consisting of the grain and stalks,
will be in more palatable form than
many other kinds of food. The farm :
Ell. thus utilities to the best advantage
large mass of digestible material,
and be avoids the expense of threshlng
and cleaning the grains. 1t is an ad-
vantage to grow such crop where
there seems to be probability OF a
short hay crop, and the oats will give
good results on sandy soils on which
no PORTABLE hay crop can be grown.
All kinds of weeds will also be lessen
ed, as oats grow rapidly and keep weeds
down. While it is not maintained that
oats grown and cut in the milky stage
should be substituted for the matured
oat crop, yet it will pay any farmer
who has field to spare to SOW in to
oats and try the food on his COWS as
variety in winter. The result will be
that less grain will be required and
the COWS will respond literally in
yields of milk compared with some
foods which are not productive at such
little expense.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13

The rutabaga turnip is much used i'll
our northern states, and is preferred
by sheep to all other roots. Lambs
weighing rs to 100 pounds will con-
sumo three to four pounds Of roots
daily and from one to two pounds of
grain, the roots usually taking the
place of 80 to 40 per cent. Of the full
grain ration. Two parts of oats to
one of bran is good grain ration
when fed In connection with roots.
When given little else. sheep will con-
sumo IS to 20 pounds Of roots daily
Midland Farmer.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13
Filthy Temples in India.

Sacred COWS often defile Indian tenn.
Piles, but worse yet is body that's pol
luted by constipation. Don't permit
it. Cleanse your system with DR..
Kings New Life Pills and avoid un-
told misery. They give lively livers,
active bowels, good digestion, fine ap-
petite. Only Csc at B. F. Hughes,
drug store.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13
Chastisement.

swell, Tommy" said papa, on bis
return from the office, what has been
going on to.day?"
why. er-mamma worked one OF
your slippers and"
Goodness She isn't working an
other pair of slippers for me ?''
"Oh, no This was one Of the old
ones. She worked it on me. "-Phila
delphla Press.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13
Saved From An Awful Fate.

Everyone said l had consump-
tion," writes Mrs. A. M. Shields, of
Chambersburg, Pa, 81 was so low af-
ter six months of severe sickness. caus-
ed by Hay Fever and Asthma, that
few thought l could get well, but
learned Of the marvellous merit of DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
tion, used it, and was completely
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the world, and is infallible for Coughs,
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13
Happy Time in Old Town.

I'VE felt very happy writes R. N.
Bevill, Old Town, Va, when Buck.
lens Arnica Salve wholly cured our
daughter of a bad case of scald head. >
Itdelights all who use it for Cuts, Corns,
Burns, Bruises, Boils, Ulcers, Erup-
tions. Infallible for Piles. Only 25c
at B. F. Hughes drug store.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13
The Chicago Habit.

"But what" asked the timid young
woman, Twill the children say when
you introduce me to them as their new
mamma ?"
live never had the least bit of trou-
BILE with 'em on that account hereto
fore, briskly replied the well preserv-
ed widower.-Chicago Tribune.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13
She Wanted More.

'Mable, love- said young Mr.. Ten
spot, by way of proposal, let me be
your bread winner for life
But the girl, with her eye On the "a
pacity of the beef trust, answered: i
want some one who can win me some
beefsteak. Free Press.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13
COMPLETE SELF-FEEDER.
Unique Structure Which COmbine es
Under One Roof Many Important
COnvenfenccS.

An Illinois correspondent has sent
to the Iowa Homestead sketch of
q self-feeder which he built.
Above the triangular hopper is a
floor with traps in 1t running the en-
tire length of the building, and the
hopper can be replenished from time
to time, as occasion requires. Feed
can be stored here for bad weather.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13
In the Melee.

Attorney-Did you see the plaintiff
strike the defendant
Wltness-Oi did, sir.
Attorney-And was the assault COM
mitted with malice aforethought?
Witness-No, sor; it wor committed
wild mallet behind th' ear.-Judge.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13
Weinberg C!gtilg Co.'S
SEAsouABLE CLOTHING :!

The give the saving opportunities
prevail at in the minds large majority
of the buying public comparison of goods made
quality for quality elsewhere absolutely
and uncondonay the lowest styles unapproachaDe e III
workmanship without and then you get all this VIII
out extra immense stocks in
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13

A door shown in the illustration is
where the self-feeder is replenished
from the wagon when the weather Is
fine. According to the correspond
ent, the projecting roof is all that is
needed for fattening cattle in his
locality.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13
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This signature is on every box of the genuine
Laxative Bromo-Q Quinine Tablets
the remedy that cures q cold i'm one day
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-06-13
:=ssMen's, Boys and Children's,s$

thoroughly detail Never before nave
we shown and comprehensive assortment
Boys department simply crowded with what
2-Button Double Breasted jacket
Suit Yoke Reversible Belt Suit in all colors
of COATS and PANTS Tor eScu-
sive Summer
fitted right suited right and treated gh come
always buy with guarantee
ANYTHING satisfactory your cheerful refunded
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

did some Of his first printing in London.
/ came upon his old home in one OF the
houses of Craven street this morning. II
is within a stones throw Of Charing Cross
and there is a marble slab on the wall upon
which are the words Benjamin Franklin
once lived here" / stumbled across a
statue OF George Peabody, our first chart
table millionaire, back Of the Bank Of Eng
land yesterday, and when l entered West
minister Abbey, shortly before 1t was closed
to prepare It for King Edwards coronation,
/ found on a yellow card laid on one Of the
tombs a quotation concerning the beauty
q the place from oliver Wendell Holmes.
] soon drifted into the poets corner and
there upon the wall Just next to a statue
OF Shakespeare was a most beautiful marble
bust Of our poet. Longfellow, with an in,
scription stating that 1t had been erected
by the British admirers Of the American
poet.
You all know something OF the wonders
OF st. Paul's cathedral. 1t is one Of the
largest churches OF the world and In many
respects the most beautiful, Many OF you
nave visited It, but l doubt II you have
seen the vast structure as l saw II the
other day. lighted with the wonderful cleo
trio lights in the beautiful fixtures pre-
sented to the church by an American trust
Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-29

Tommy" and still Goldsmith wrote some of
the best selling books Of the English Ian
guage. 1t is said that he was the author
of "Goody Two Shoes and a large part of
the original Mother Goose" which were
published by John Newbery, whose shops
were Just outside st. Pauls churchyard.
Newbery was the first publisher of books
for children and thereby the father OF the
enormous business which is now done in
such books in the Anglo-Saxon world.
What Morgan Could Not Buy.
Speaking Of Pierpont Morgan, he is looked
upon here as the Croesus of the twentieth
century. The old painting for which he
paid $500, 900 is now on view In the national
gallery. He will leave 1t there and give the
people a chance to see 1t before he takes 1t
home. The London papers are full OF
stories of his wealth and power He Is
supposed to have so much that he can buy
anything or do anything, but l heard Just
Yesterday of one bargain which he failed
to make. 1t was for the services of a mid
dle-aged Englishman, and a poor one at
that. The man is the head porter at one
of the leading hotels here. He stands at
the front door and greets the travellers as
they come in, looks after their baggage and
gives them all sorts of as to
how tC get ABOUT the city anu OIneT Things
He wears a bright livery, with gold lace
on his cap and brass buttons on his coat.
He is always ready to accept a fee, and II
you don't give him one when you leave he
will have his own opinion of you. There
are such p%orters at every hotel. The man
whom Morgan coveted had been head butler
to one Of the best known of English dukes,
and, as the story goes, Mr.. Morgan wanted
him for his American home and offered him
the position at a royal salary. To every
ones surprise the offer was declined. The
porter said he was doing we'll enough where
he was and that he did not care to leave
England. 1t may be that his receipts from
fees are so large that he cannot afford to
exchange them for the butlership Of even
so liberal a millionaire as Mr.. Morgan.
And this brings me to the Ubiquitous fee
system which is in vogue all over Great
Britain. You can't turn without finding
someone at your elbow ready for a fee.
/ have not yet met a man who will not
take one, and the more style the official
puts on the more sure he is Of getting his
fees. l have lately gagged my gifts accord
ing to the yards Of gold lace and brass
buttons, the average being something like
a penny or a sixpence a button, according
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