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The Washington times., 1902-06-29

and with no resources save their ovnI
through the pcrils and hardships Of,
those early days, and laid the founda-j
tions for the present greatness anx
prosperity Of our Western country; ARD.
Whereas, returning in 1853 to MS
home In Baltimore. he applied hinls.lfl
with the same untiring energy and rsr-I
severance to the building up of the .n-
dustry Of his native city, and as mana
ger and head of the then infant estab-
lishment of Charles NJ. Stieff. reorganized
It's business and introduced and started
the manufacture Of the now celebrated
stieff piano. and directed, carried on,
and extended this work until. in 1876. he
retired, leaving to his successors and to
his city one of the country's greatest
industries-the Charles NJ. Sticff Piano
Manufacturing Company. as it stands
today; and,
Whereas we feel that in his death
this society has lost one Of its most dis
tinguished members. and the commun-
ity one of It's foremost citizens and
captains of Industry Now, therefore.
be 1t
Resolved. That we, the members OF
the Maryland Society of California Pion-
eers. do hereby express our sorrow for
and tender our most sincere sympathy
to his children and our friend; and be
1t further
Resolved, That a committee Of two
be appointed to strew the grave of our
beloved fellow pioneer with flowers on
the anniversary of his death. June 30"
1t is interesting to note that the late
Mr.. Stief was the founder Of the pres
ent great piano manufacturing business
of Charles NJ. Stieff. Prior to 1858. when
he took charge of the business, his
father. Charles NJ stieff. had been en-
gagged in the purchase and sale of pi-
amos. but had not undertaken their
manufacture.
Mr.. John L. Stieff. upon succeeding
his father In the management. began to
manufacture the 'Stieff piano." at first
on a small scale. but extending so great
ly in succeeding years under his care
full supervision that in 1876, when he re-
tired, his brothers, the present owners.
found the great and growing business
firmly established.
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back or force them to give up their
leadership of the advancing hosts.
How they survived the terrors of that
march across the plains and later the
blanching alkali deserts. to which were
added the perils of the unknown noun
tain defiles, none of the band could ever
tell. To this day they attribute it en-
tirely TO an act of an all-powerful Prcvi-
dence.
At length, however. they reached the
golden Eldorado and Joined hands with
the hundreds already there in laying the
foundation for the present greatness and
prosperity of the Western country. They
still remain together, sharing the same
fortunes and working together as fa-
as possible. Like most of those who
ventured into the Territory, they soon
found that the stories of the vast guam
titles of gold to be had almost without
labor were generally groundless. never
theless they worked hard and succeed
ed in making their pile
In 1853. having had quite sufficient
taste of the perils and hardships of life
in the gold regions, they returned to
Maryland and entered their former
trades or professions.
Later. in 1887, the "forty-niners" more
closely cemented the friendships and
close relations OF other days by organ
izing the Maryland Society of California
Pioneers, all OF the thirty-three mem
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sands of craft swarned along the
course that led around the Horn and to
the Golden Gate. Many reached their
destination and many more sank in the
disastrous storms that almost continu-
ally swoop down with unbroken force
upon Cape Horn. But even with the
tales Of these frightful disasters ring
ing in their ears men lost none of their
wild desire to reach California
Still the rush continued. Rates OF
transportation rose to undreamed OF
heights, nevertheless there were hun
dreds who were merely waiting the op-
portunity to secure 4 berth on any sort
of a vessel that gave fair promise of
reaching its destination. With all the
string of ships daily departing for Cali
fornia the demand could not be sup
piled.
1t was at this time that a number of
men in the State OF Maryland got their
heads together and began to figure out
were th.rty-three OF them, nearly all Of
whom were residents of Baltimore. They
were anxious to reach the gold fields.
and only lacked the means of getting
there.
At that time thay learned that a way
was going to be opened, If possible,
across the continent to the Pacific
Coast, and they at once embarked upon
the scheme, taking their places in the
front ranks Of the vast army of gold
seekers who had determined to strike
tut for themselves and brave the vague
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J uiut EDAEt lfllu- 3JOh ANV-
v v doro" is the dogs name. and
he is the property of Don
senor Santiago Thompson, the proprie-
tor Of a coffee store on Pennsylvania
Avenue.
Don" prefers sugar and cream In his
coffee. but he will drink cafe noir rather
than 90 without. Go without he will
rot. II he does not get his morning
cup OF coffee as soon as the store is
open for business he proceeds to make
things lively, barking and expressing
his displeasure IN various ways. He is
rather fastidious in his tastes and pre-
fers 10 drink mis- coffee from cup or
saucer. He can be persuaded to partake
If the cup sits on the floor. but he
would rather sit at the table and drink
as nearly as possible after the manner
OF his human friends.
Don is beautiful animal Of re
markable intelligence and abundant
good humor. lie is part Irish setter and
part Llewellyn. and was born among
she Espiritu Santu Mountains on the
western boundary OF Honduras. In spite
Of his high birth and aristocratic line
age be shows a disposition to become
hall-fellow- well-met with everyone
who comes into the store. Perhaps
Dor considers himself so much OF an
aristocrat that he can afford TO be
mixer" without risking his social
prestige.
Don is about a year and a half old.
and came to America at the early age
of six months with his master. Mr..
Thomson says that the dogs fondness
for coffee is an acquired and not her
editary trait So fas as he knows none
Of Don's ancestors possessed the taste
for the fragrant berry. He learned TO
drink It when he was 2 very small pup.
Just as other pups drink milk, and he
took 10 it from the hrst with the Ia
oility with which a spaniard takes to
cigarettes. The habit has grown on bim
until it would be almost impossible 10
break him Of 1t now. Cereal limitations
OF coffee he repudates.
Many OF Don's other tastes in the
matter Of food are peculiar for = canine.
He likes pie OF all kinds. He formed the
pie habit since coming 20 the United
States. and the small colored boy who
runs errands for his master IS supposed
to have been his tutor IN this respect.
No one is clear on This point however
and the theory has been advanced that
Don took TO the pie habit because 1t
is so distinctiyely American. However
this may be. it is a curious sight TO see
the coloEed lad and the dog sitting side
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era Club few days since, and :ts fa:-
| developed that the camerist sas se1-
templating matrimony and t.:ar -,
bride elect had decided that pf -
raphy and matrimony represeltea cr..--
fiieting interests and that tn. Hon
must state his preference, and ti:at 9f
this reason the camera rad n ~.
There have been several s.ses - his
kind in town, and in some instance the
groom has permanently abandoned pho
Biography, but in many instances his
powers Of persuasion have been such
that after a little time he has gone to
work as enthusiastically as ever.
This drawing the line on photography
seems to be, to say the least, a sense
less restriction. unless it is made from
the standpoint of the expense which 1t
involves. and that, of course. must be
considerable; but every one must have
a hobby, and So long as the hobby Is
such q harmless one as photography,
and the means of adding so much to the
attraction of the home through the many
beautiful pictures that can be made, it
would seem that the woman with a
glimpse into the future would encourage
rather than discourage the efforts of her
husband In this direction.
Interest In the Grun fluid lens, con-
corning which reference was made in The
Times some time since. is increasing
instead OF diminishing, and now we have
a table which shows the time required
to make pictures which have heretofore
been impossible to make with any de-
gree of satisfaction. 1t is now possible
to make pictures on the stage of .
theater where only the footlights are
used in one-quarter of a second, and to
make the pictures of ballet while in
progress where two focused limelights
are used in one-fftieth of second, 10
make biograph film negatives of ballet
using two focused limelights in one-
thirty-second OF a second for each pic
ture.
The further uses OF this lens are DEM
onstrated by the fact that 1t is possible
to make a picture in an ordinary room
lighted with one large electric incan-
descent light In five seconds. the time
often given in a studio for portrait
work. The lens will also prove a great
assistance to those fond of night pho
Biography, for it Is stated that a picture
can be taken at midnight in an appa-
rently pitch dark night in fifteen min
utes, and when We consider that more
time than this is usually given to the
most brilliantly lighted streets at night
we are able to realize the great strides
tina. DR.. Grun has made in lens-mak'ns
by the production of this remarkabls
lens. CHARLES E. FAIRMAN.
The Washington times., 1902-06-29

II HE phenomenon of a persons
walking on a ceiling, or fat sur
i face. head downward, with no
visible means of support, always
attracts that wondering attention that
delights in mystery. Usually. in order
to procure a perfectly smooth surface
to walk on, a board twenty -four and
one-half feet long is suspended from the
ceiling. and near one end Of this Is a
trapeze. The performer. known by some
such name as the human fly" or up
side-down wonder" is equipped with
pneumatic attachments to the soles of
her shoes. Sitting in the trapeze with
her face to the audience, she draws her
self upward by the arms. and raises her
feet until they press against the board.
They adhere by atmospheric pressure.
She leaves the trapeze, and hangs head
downward. Taking very short steps. not
over eight inches In length, she gradu-
ally walks the length OF the board back
ward. She then slowly turns round.
taking very short steps while turning
and eventually returns. still walking
backward.
To provide against accident net is
stretched under the board. Performers
OF this feat have frequently fallen. but
SO far no serious accident has happened
There is said to be n certain art in
managing the fall. as. II the shock were
received directly by the spinal column.
II might prove very severe.
The attachment 10 the shoe is. in gem
eral terms. an india rubber sucker with
cup-shaped adhering surface. Ii is a
disk four and one-half inches in diane
ter and eighths OF an inch thick.
To its center a stud is attached, which
is perforated near the end. This stud
enters a socket fastened to the sole of
the shoe. The socket is also perforated
transversely. A pin IS passed through
the apertures securing the hold be-
tween socket and disk. The socket is
under tn instep and is attached to the
shank OF the shoe sole.
A wire loop that extends forward un-
der the toe OF the shoe is plvoted on
two studs which are secured on each
end OF the transverse central diameter
OF the disk. This loop is normally held
away from the disk and pressing against
the shoe sole by spring. one end OF
the loop projects back toward and over
the rear edge of the disk. A short piece
of string is secured to the india rubber
and passes through hole in the exten-
sion, or rearwardly projecting arm, of
the loop. The disk when pressed
against smooth surface is held fast
by the pressure of the atmosphere. II
now the loop is pressed toward the sur
face to which II adheres the string VIII
he drawn tight and Will pull the edge
OF the india rubber away from the
rl W In hA a1h hn-
sion will cease. e.
The Washington times., 1902-06-29
Tn the DAYS Of Old,
In the DAYS Of gold;

In the DAYS OF forty nine -
T HOSE were days to test the cour-
age of the most fearless and tax
I the strength of giants in the
struggle across the trackless
wastes where now stands a nation. Men
knew little of the extent and topogra-
ply Of the great continent lying beyond
the little fringe of civilization along the
Atlantic coast and stretching away to-
ward the great Pacific. And what little
they did know was mostly limited to
tales of dangers and hardships and in
surmountablc obstacles. Men were
prone to shun the hardships of those
inland mountain passes, trackless plains,
and alkali deserts. What trips they
MADE to the Pacific Coast were made
by ship around the Horn.
Almost dense obscurity enveloped the
continent lying between the oceans. The
westward march of civilization was con-
tent to take its way by means of ships.
Few men had struck out into these dan
gerous wilds and returned to tell of
what they saw and encountered.
But suddenly there came a change.
The pulse of the whole world was beat
ing at a frightful rate. The tremen-
dous news spread like wildfre until it
encircled the globe. Gold had been dis
covered in enormous quantities in Cal
ifornia.
Rapidly, one on top of another, the re-
ports came travelling back 10 the East,
and thence to the rest of the world. Of
the fabulous sums that could be secured
in this land of the West almost without
labor. And in the telling the rumors
were expanded into wonderful tales.
Gold-gold-was on every tongue, was
the one topic of conversation. AS fast
as the news could travel the entire
world was set buzzing. and lust tugged
strongly at the heartstrings of men ev-
erywhere. The whole world went mad
mad for the gold of California. No such
discoveries of the yellow metal had been
unearthed in years. Nations everywhere
were thrown into vortex of mad desire
TO reach the land of promise. And so
the rush began-a rush approached in
later years only by that following the
discovery Of gold in the Klondike.
Those were "the days Of forty-nine." ="
days which have gone down in the
worlds history filled with tales of dan
gers and hardships and deaths.
In the Eastern States of this country
the tide ran at its height Stores,
offices, eating houses, business places of
all sorts closed with one impulse. their
owners joining the mad rush to the
Golden Gate. Shops were sold at any
price which they happened to command;
eating houses with their tables already
set for the next meal were locked; doc
tors. lawyers and clerks In every town
and city left almost without a moments 3
forethought and Joined the countless
thousands who formed an unbroken
string from the ports of tie East to the
haven OF gold.
IN all manner of craft they took their |
departure. Anything that would stay
afoat and present to the eager thou !
sands the possibility of reaching Cali |
fornia was whipped into shape and |
drawn up to docks and wharves in !
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The newly appointed room committee
of the Capital Camera Club has been
hard at work for some time getting the
result of their efforts a great improve
ment is noticed in the new curtains for
the skylight and several new back
grounds and other accessories, and as
result Of this housecieaning a whole
lot OF odds and ends will be sold at
rummage sale In the near future.
While the members of the club have
felt keenly the loss of the use of the
studio during the time the improvements
We're being made, the continued cool
weather will permit as much worl, being
done during the present month as usual.
for the studio In the average month of
June, as well as the remaining summer
months, resembles fiery furnace in
temperature. end work during the sum-
mer is always attended with great diff
fculties on account of the intense heat.
The appointment OF Mr.. E. C. Messer
to the position formerly occupied by
Prof. Andrews in the Corcoran School is
warmly commended by the amateur pho
tographers of this city on account Of Mr..
Messer's warm sympathy with the ANA
teurs in the efforts to raise photography
10 a higher place among the fine arts
Mr.. Messer has served on several pho
tographic juries in this city, and his
suggestions and kindly words of praise
have had a stimulating effect among the
camera workers who have had the bene-
fit of his criticisms. The same kindly
interest was shown by his predecessor,
Do Ar1, shA tptn h., To-.
exhibition committee with reference to
the photographic exhibition of last May
that he had commended it highly to his
pupils, and believed that it had been OF
as much advantage to the scholars OF
the Corcoran School as any of the eX-
hibitions of the year.
Mr.. z. ]. Daw. of the Camera Club. has
Just left the city for a four days trip to
Tangier Island. an almost unknown land
to the camerst in the Chesapeake Bay
Mr.. Daw has from time to time in con-
nection with Mr.. w. f. Peabody. photo
graphed many interesting places on the
lower Potomac, and has made many pho
tographs of historic places about Will
iamsburg and Yorktown. while the ex-
hibition of Mr.. Peabody's work some
two years siuCe composed almost en-
tircly of views taken on the Potomac
from its source to the capes, will long
be remembered as one of the most nota-
BILE collections made by single indi
vidual on this historic river.
The theory that artists do not appre-
ciate and thoroughly indorse photo
graphic work is only believed in by a
few who wish to be'considered the only
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by side and partaldng of pie and coffee
together.
Don is q great favorite Of the people
who patronize the coffee shop. and an
especial favorite with the ladies. When
his lady friends come to see him, how
ever. he begins 10 beg for cake aud
sweetmeats. Of which he is unusually
fond. He is something Of a joker, it
being a favorite trick Of his 10 slyly
steal the hats OF his small boy friends
and trot of with them.
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Don's good spirits. good health. and
good humor ought to put 10 the blush
the scientists who claim that coffee
drinking leads to dyspepsia, Indigestion.
and bad temper. There never was more
healthy canine. This may be explain
ed partially, perhaps. by the fact that
Don is a slave to no other habit but
coffee drinking He uses neither to-
bacco nor alcoholic beverages. keeps
early hours and does not gamble nor use
profane language.
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SURVIVORS OF THE DAYS OF Gold OF THE DAYS OF 40
Mere Handful Left of the Band Of
Thirty Three Men, Tried and True, Who
Sought Fortune in the West in the Days
When California Was a Foreign Land.

every seacoast town along the Atlantic.
Boats that had been thought utterly un-
seaworthy fell into line and took on
their burden of human freight. Thou
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| judges of their own products, ana VINO
fear to submit their work to sincere
| test OF It's value as governed by well
known art standards.
1t is always safe to mark all photo
graphic solutions as poison" and to
avoid using trays or dishes which have
been used for Photographic work for
other purposes. The failure to observe
this we'll known rule came very near
causing strained relations in one happy
family.
The family in question consisted of
man and his wife. who were both strick
en- by the Photographic habit. and work
ed together in the most peaceful man
ner. One day the husband purchased
fine chalng dish, for the couple we're
boarding. but occasionally cooked little
suppers in their rooms. The inventive
mind Of the wife saw in the chatting dish
a very convenient article for toning solio
prints. and of course the suggestion
was carried out and the dish used for
tLat purpose So far as knowu the
prints did not suffer from being toned
in a chatting dish. but when the same
dish was used for the cooking of welsh
rarebit. of which the wife judiciously
did not eat, the trouble began.
The husband praised the result of the
attempt at making rarebit and ate
generously and approvingly. but later
in the night the physician was called
in great haste, and for some time 1t was
in doubt whether it was a case of ap-
pendicitis or one of ptomaine poisoning.
The wife, in her remorse, confessed the
Photographic use that had been made of
the chafing dish. and the dish has been
given away, and the little suppers have
been abandoned.
One of the recent Photographic maya
zines has published a series OF illustra-
tions in three color photography, pro-
cess that is not by any means new one,
but which has not been in general use
for illustrative purposes. While the
color scheme is pleasing the results
seem far from warranting its adoption
for general use. The great difficulty
with the process is that the pictures
have q fiat appearance and are lacking
in the feeling OF perspective and atmos-
phere that one expects to find where
color is used One OF the best of these
was made from a mosaic
floor, and in this instance it is clearly
shown that for the reproductions of
floors or Of rugs in their natural colors
this process seems to be superior TO any
yet discovered.
The recent offer OF remarkably fine
Photographic outfit at ruinously low
price was being discussed at the Cam
The Washington times., 1902-06-29

The recent offer OF remarkably fine
Photographic outfit at ruinously low
price was being discussed at the Cam
The Washington times., 1902-06-29
DON" a DOG FOND OF PIE AND COFFEE.

Y 7 AsHINGTON possesses a cal
NJ nine coffee fend. Don Teo-
v doro" is the dogs name. and
- e. H. -ro,a-tv Of INN
Arizona republican., 1902-09-01
CALL FOR REPUBLICAN, TERRI
 TORIAL CONVENTION

Pursuant to resolutions adopted by the executive committee N he republi- can territorial central committee at called meeting of said executive com mittee, held at the Adams hotel, in the city of Phoenix, Arizona, on Thursday, July F, 1902, at the hour of 2:3O o'clock D. m., convention of delegates of the republican party of the territory of Arizona, is hereby called to meet in the city of Phoenix, Arizona, on Wednes- day. September 1T, 1902, at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m., for the following pur- poses:
 First-The nomination of a delegate to congress.
 Second-The selection of a republican territorial central committee.
 Third-The transaction of such other business as may properly come before the convention.
 The basis of representation will be one delegate for each fifty votes and for every fraction of votes over twenty five cast for Hon. N. O. Murphy for delegate to congress at the November election of 1900. Upon this basis the representation will be as follows:
Arizona republican., 1902-09-01

at present said to be residing at Tihua (Urumts). the capital Of Chinese Turk cstan, which city is about one months ordinary journey on horseback, west of Chiaoukuan, a gateway cut in the most western portion of the great wall. It is reported that the two exiles continue to lord it.. over the natives" in that part of the emperor's dominions. and by their braggadocio and swagger and loud talking of what they intend to do against the western barbarians." man. age 10 impress their importance upon the simple minded Kashgarians and Tunganis-Chinese Mohammedans-o Urumtsl. Turfan and Hami, tse latter two cities being often visited by the two in their search for followers and partisans. Owing to the near connec- tion Of the two ex-boxers to the inn perial occupant of the throne. even the governor of Chinese Turkestan dare not slight them"