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The Washington times., 1902-09-07
Silver Mine in Mans Stomach.

We often hear of a man swallowing a
fortune in figurative sense, in wild
and riotous living, and out in the rural
regions they sometimes apply to such
gourmands the expressive phrase, He
mas swallowed a farm, stones and all. y
Numerous cases are on record also
where persons have concealed precious
stones in their mouths, and have some
times swallowed them to evade the
scrutiny of custom house inspectors.
Most wonderful of all. however, is the
story related in "The London Lancet" of
an Afghan. who actually swallowed all
his movable property in the shape of
fifty-nine Kabuli rupees. equal to about
Sl2 in American money in order to avoid
tax gatherer. The details are given
in length in THE Lancet" where the
case is recorded, because of the great
surgical interest attaching to the re-
moval of the coins from the mans, stom-
ach. an operation which was success
fully performed in a hospital at Pesha-
war.-Leslies Weekly
The Washington times., 1902-09-07
A REVOLUTIONARY HERO.
Major Levi Gaylord Buried at Geneva
Ohio.

A slim, spiral monument, perhap!
eight feet in height. marks the resting
place of Major Levi Gaylord. soldier
of the revolutionary war, who had {
brilliant record of valiant deeds.
The cemetery which contains the grave
| of this war hero lies about two miles
| southeast of Geneva, an what is knowr
as the South Ridge Road. The cemetery
lies upon a hill which oyerlooks the low
lands for miles around. In the western
end of this cemetery rest the remains
of Major Gaylord, whose war record is
recalled by the recent action OF the
Daughters of the American Revolution.
who are gathering information regard
ing the dead heroes lying under the soil
of the Western Reserve.
Major Gaylord enlisted in the United
States army in 1776. lie was then an
apprentice to the trade of manufactur
ing leather and shoes, but by the con-
sent of his master he was allowed to
enlist in the company in which his
father belonged. He marched to East
Guilford. Conn.,, from where he sailed to
New York, and from there on up the
Hudson River to Fort Lee. Later on
he returned to New York and did service
with the troops under the command of
General Washington. At the battle of
White Plains he participated in some
sharp and uncomfortably close fighting.
He saw active service on Long island
and on the Hudson. On the night the
British troops burned the warship
Esopus, Gaylord was in the immediate
vicinity At the end of his second year. s
service he re-enlisted for three years in
a corps of artificers, an organization
comprised entirely of mechanics. He as
sisted in making and placing across the
Hudson River the great chain by whicn
it was hoped to prevent the British
feet from going up the river to attack
Albany and form a junction with Gen
eral Burgoyne. Their hopes proved de-
lusive, however, for the big warships
broke the heavy chain very easily, much
to the disgust of Major Gaylord and his
fellow soldiers. When other duties per-
mitted, the subject of this sketch was
at the front, loading and firing musket
in the ranks of the privates. For his /
excellent service during the war he was
major by General Wash |
ington.
After the war was over he located at |
n. Y, but few years lat |
er he came to the Western Reserve, and |
settled upon farm near the cemetery +
where his remains now lie. After few |
'ears' residence there he was induced |
o erect tannery and shoe shop where
he greater portion of the boots ana
;hoes worn by the early Western Re
serve settlers were made.
Upon the organization of Ashtabula
county in 1912, he was elected one o:
he county commissioners This Office he
leld until few years later. when he
vas elected Representative in the Chic
legislature. His election district in
luded nearly all of the lake counties
rom the Pennsylvania lire to Sandusky.
Ie served in this capacity for number
{ years and held number of import
mt Offices in the county. Until eighty
wo years his bodily and mental powers
cmained vigorous; then old age came
pom him. and on June 3. 1s45, in his
ighty-seventh year, he passed away
The Washington times., 1902-09-07
CHICAGO REALTY VALUES.
Cook County's Grand List Places Value
at S1,3s2,,s6.s7s.

CHICAGO, Sept. Cook county's to-
tai real estate valuation is 81, ,4sS, 749, $40,
according to the figures given out last
night by the board of review The total
valuation of the real estate in the city
of Chicago is s1,ss2. .556.s75, while in the
county outside of Chicago the valua-
ton is s106. 1886.
The figures indicate an increase in full
valuation of S9S.000,o0O over the figures
for 1901.
The assessed valuation. which is one
fifth the cash valuation of the real es-
tate In Chicago, this year is s276.511 ,375.
Last year the same property was as
sessed at $3.50 .255. .59S
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SCRATCHED WITH DIAMONDS.
Markings on Window Panes That Have
Historic value.

window pane has an attraction To-
many an owner of diamond. with thu
result that many fine piece of glass
is spoiled by Lnsightly scratches.
sometimes. however, some of thes,
scratches have a certain amount o
historic value. OF this character are
the scratches found in some old house.
in Germantown.
a very interesting window is pre-
served in the Ottinger homestead. or
the main street in Germantown. This
shows the head and shoulders of boy
| with the inscription under it-"Governor
Shoots. Germ"
This leads to the belief that the house
was occupied by Hessian soldiers, as
| one of the favorite pastimes of the Of
flcers was to write on the windows with
their diamond rings. The house is OF
the Colonial style, the walls being very
thick and the rafters in the cellar be-
ing ordinary trees. II was built in
1176 by Christopher Ottinger, soldier
OF the Pennsylvania line. Captain
Douglas Ottinger. the inventor of the
famous life car, was born here in 1904.
In the rear of the house stands an
old cook house. now used as summer
kitchen, and beautiful garden hedged
In on all sides with box bushes and
walks ADDS to the quaintness Of the old
place
The property is still in the possession
OF one OF the descendants of Captain
Ottinger, Mrs. Susan Coulter.
Carlton, the big Colonial mansion on
=. In no1
and occ.:Iied by many prominent people,
and has many interesting associations
attached to 1t.
Washington used the old mansion
twice for his headquarters, and the
main body OF the Continental army
on the adjacent ground.
The estate, which has been in the
possession of the Smith family for more
than sixty years. Is portion of the
original tract of 5000 acres decided to
John and Ann Louther by William Penn.
The Pennsylvania Historical Society
has in its possession window pane
taken from the ToIand house, in Ger
mantown. On this glass has been drawn
with diamond the likeness of Fred
erick the Great on horseback.
Tradition says that this was done by
one of the British officers who occupied
the house during the Revolution This,
however, seems to be an error, as the
British were here in 1777, and the
drawing, as shown by the date on the
glass, was done in 1883.
The drawing is signed M. j. Ellink-
huysen, and, according to the state
nent made by ]. P. Linn. of Lewis
own, Union county, Carl Ellinkhuy-
sen. of Amsterdam. Holland. who had
titles to most all the town lots in Lewis
own. sent his son, Matthias Joseph Ell
over here to. look after his
interests and found family in the
Western world.
1t is said that he visited various
places before he went to Lewistown, !
n 1890, and it is supposed that he did |
he drawing while visiting friends in
He died in 1892. and is
'uried at Lewistown.-Philadel Rec
rd.
The Washington times., 1902-09-07
transatlantic Mails.

per $. $. Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. from New
York, via Plymouth, Cherbourg and Bremen
(elkat ll:25 2. M. for ITALY direct, per S
IS citta di Milano. from New York. Nail mus
be directed. per S. S. Citta di Milano''
| IUESDAl-(a) At 1:l5 p. M. for EUROPE
per $. S, st. Louis. from New YORK, via
Southampton.
Ce) \; li:25 p. m. for EUROPE. per S. s.
eermanic, from New York. via Queenstown.
WEDNEsDAY-() At 7:15 .p m. for Ell.
ROPE, per 5. 5. Augusta Victoria, from New
York. via Plymouth, Cherbourg and Ham.
burg. Mail for FRANCE must be directed
Per s. s. Augusta Victoria. y
LAND. ITALY. SPAIN. PORTUGAL. TURKEY.
EGYPT. GREECE. BRITISH INDIA, and Lo-
KENO MARQUEE, per s. 5. La Brctagne. from
New York, via fiavre. Mail for other parts OF
EUROPE must be directed .'Per $. $. La Bre-
taCne''
FRIDAY,-.t9 At 1l:25 p: m: for NEITHER
LANDS. direct, per S. S. Potsdam, from New
York. Mail must be directed per $. $ Pots
DAM
(c) At 1l:25 p M. for BELGIUM direct. per
$. 5. Vaderand, from New York. Mail must
be directed. "per $. S. Vaderland.'
(c) AT II 81 p. m. for EUROPE, per S. s.
Campania, from New York, via Queenstown.
(c) At 1l:25 p. m. for SCOTLAND direct. per
s. S. Furnessia, from New York. Nail must be
directed "Per 5. s. Furnessia." "
(c) At li:25 p. m. for ITALY direct. per s.
s. Aller. from New York. Mail must be di.
rected Per s. $. Aller.'
(c) At II :2j p. m. for DENMARK. direct per
s. Island from New York Mail must be
directed per :. $. Island"
PRINTED NATTER. ETC.-This steamer
takes printed matter. commercial papers, and
samples for GERMANY only The same class
of mail matter for other parts of EUROPE will
not be sent by this ship unless specially di-
rected bv hc-.
Mails for South and Central America,
West Indies, Etc.
MONDAY-(c) At II % p. m. for CENTRAL
AMERICA Except Costa Rica). and SOUTH
PACIFIC PORTS per $. $. Allianca, from New
York. via Colon. Mail for GUATEMALA must
be directed. 'Per S. $ Allianca."
GROIN. LEEW ARD, and WINDwARD Is
LANDS BRITISH, DUTCH and FRENCH
per $. 3. Madiana. from New York
TUESDAY-(D At II M. for JAMAICA, per
$. s. Admiral Dewey. from Boston.
tc) At I:25 p. IN. for TURKS ISLAND. and |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, per S New York, |
rom Ne-. Yor.;.
10 At l:25 p. m. for SANTOS. $40 FRAN |
CISCO, and RIO GRANDE de SUI, per $. 5. |
British Prince. from New York
WFnNFSDAN-tc) At l:25 p. IN. for CAM |
'ECIIE, CHIAPAS. TABASCO. and YITCATAN |
Der s. s. vigiancia. from New York Mil 70, |
,thcr parts of MEXICO must be directed Per
!. s. Vigilancia"
(c) At II: "a p. m. for the BAHAMAS and the
PROVINCE Of SANTIAGO, CUBA, per 5. 5.
)rizaba. from New York
THtRSDAY-(d) At IL m. for JAMAICA, per
$. Admiral Sampson, from Boston
(c) At 1l:25 p. m for NEWFOUNDLAND
lirect, per S. $. Silvia, from New York.
(c) AT ll:25 p. IN. for MEXICO, per S. S.
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REALTY TRADING
BECOMING ACTIVE

beautiful of its kind in the country. AS
in the case of other parts of the build
ing, the utmost taste and beautv will
rreyail
The Washington times., 1902-09-07
FOREIGN MAILS.

FOREIGN MAILS are dispatch to the ports
OF sailing daily, and the schedule of cIosings
Is arranged on the presumption of their unin-
terrupted overland transit. For the week end
Ing September 13, 1902. the last connecting
closes VIII be made from the MAIN OFFICE as
The Washington times., 1902-09-07
Use Jackson spIint Coal.

Better than bitumincus and cheaper than
anthracite; $3.50 per ton s. S. Daisl & Sons,
1907 G st. NV.
The Washington times., 1902-09-07
CREDIT TO ALL.

Diamonds and Watches, small weekly. monthly
payments, lowest prices; goods guaranteed
delivered on first payment; business confidential
Call or write. J. DRuKkER. l20l, corner Pa.
ave. and 18th St., upstairs. Late with Castel-
bcrg's. ses-3)t
The Washington times., 1902-09-07

a CHICAGO MANUFACTURER, independently
wealthy. wants a sincere and sensihic home
loving wife. Address MR.. JOHNS. 555 West
Madison st., Chicago. mi
The Washington times., 1902-09-07

~ IF YOU ARE GOING TO PUT
III money in bank, you look for the
safest Institution; why not Use the
when you deposit your
yaitnb.es for lo1n? We have building and
safes made for that purpose All business
absolutely confidential. Money loaned on
watches, diamonds, iewelry, etc. Interest az
three per cent instead OF ten.
II. X. FULTON'S LOAN OFFICE,
Established 1870. 3l1 Ninth Street NV.
The Washington times., 1902-09-07

A HANDSOME YOUNG WIDOW, no relatives,
worth $4,000. wants. Immediately. reliable,
honest husband capable OF managing slme;
dudes and men looking for doll faces do not
answer. Address LORETTO, ys Ogden ave.,
MI
The Washington times., 1902-09-07
BUSINESS CHANCES.

RARE MANCE-Grocery, doing $50 weekly !;
YORK BUSINESS BROKfRS. GIL F ST. MIS-
The Washington times., 1902-09-07

LOOK out for the workingman is the cry from
far and near, and we are always on the watch
to offer them the best suit of clothes that can
be had in Washington, tailor made. slightly
used, and but little money for you to pay Tor
them We sell you complete outfit in mans
wear. The Outftters, JuSTHS OLD STAND.
619 d. ELI
The Washington times., 1902-09-07

PHRENoLoGY, Business success. health, mar
riage. longevity, faults, self-mprovement.
PROF. MCDONALD. 35 years practice; diplo-
ma in window 92s Pennsylvania ave. el
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-31
cHARAcTERITes OF FAIRIES.
An Explanation of the Inferior Height
of Fays. ,.s
international Monthly

From the International Monthly.
The inferior height of fays has been ex-
planned on chronological principles. West
ern Europe it is said. was occupied by
dwarfish predecessors of existing races,
who inhabited chsmhered mounds. such as
might we'll furnish the idea of subteranean
palaces These early occupants were re-
garded with aversion by their successors.
who entertained toward them feelings SINH
lar to those nov felt for Lapps. to whom
also magical powers are assigned; hence
the origin OF fairies. based on the rerninis-
cence of such n population Admitting that
the explanation has certain pIausibnty.
it may be objected that Il can be applied
only with restrictions If appropriate TO
jewellers of hills. il can hardly relate TO In
habitants of rivers, lakes or forests, which
also fairies are supposed to occupy. Again.
fays are conceived as possessing dimensions
much more attenuated than the reflection
of any actual eXfstences.
Readers of Elizabethan poetry are famil
lar with fairies who fashion coats frBm A
bats wings. fans from those of butterflies.
coverlets from the skins OF snakes, wage
war with spiders and make expeditions on
the backs of flies. Writers have commonly
assumed that such minuteness the
proanct of poetic fancy, which reduced
these spirits to a size much below that
admitted by popular belief, but this is an
error; folklore supplies us with abundant
examples of fairies who can carry no more
than a single straw. who emerge from n
mole hill and make thread bridge in order
to traverse a keyhole. Concordant is the
testimony of language, as when the fox
glove passes for being a fairy cap. If a SIZE
SO reduced cannot allow historical inter
probation. still less does .ethnology explain
the qualities of these fays, who in power
do not differ from their larger cousins
Queen Nab. no larger than the jewel of
a ring is charged with the functions OF
birth goddess The least fairy can steal a
bride or a baby; tenuity is of less conse-
uuence since any tiny sprite can at will
assume gigantic proportions. The fairies
who in one canton are represented as dwarf
ish in the next may be described as gigan-
tic The contrast, which cannot be
counted for as arising from historical men,
cries. may be easily explained by the early
modes of conceiving nature. In prehistoric
conception a mountain might pass for
large man, river for a tall one, while the
inmates of petty hllocks would naturally
be ina gined as possessing a form CORE
spending to the narrow limits of their
habitations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-31
To Advertise ii Newspapers Only.

To Advertise in Newspapers Only.
From the Philadelphia prassH ,.,, -
The business men efasJb..dale, Pa. have
formed an associaHd "a gHtnst all fake ad-
vertisfng. Hereafter. theses will place their
advertising money into by daily and week
ly newspapers. UnapimGIsly they have in
dorsed the newspapers As, being the best
medium Of advertising and. the only one
that proves satisfactory. at all times.
Some asserted in tHe mesting held to form
the association that they had spent 500 to
$500 year in schemes Witch were wholly
without any return as advertising. A meet
ing was held at which George B. Shupe was
chairman and c. IA. .Peanaugh secretary.
It was agreed unanimously that the pre-
liminary agreements ti,atb of pledgfng the
signers not to take aiy part in any adver-
Using scheme not considered legitimate by
committee to be selected by the subscrib-
ers to the paper, should be the basis Of the
association, A committee consisting of
Charles A. Colborn, F. E. Leitzen and J. r.
Murphy. was Instructed to prepare list Of
the Objectionable advertising schemes and
present these at the next meeting reso-
luton was passed that any merchant vio-
lating the contract be subject to a fine.
which was amended that all merchants take
an oath that they VIII not violate the con-
tract against taking part in the objection
able advertising.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-31
TRISTAN D'ACUNHA.
Island That Has Little Communication
With Rest of the World.

From the Buffalo commercial.
The death in his ninety-ffth year. OF
Thomas Watson. the governor OF the
small island of Tristran dAcunha. in the
South Atlantic ocean. directs attention to a
little community which is practically sew
cred. from communication with the rest of
the world.
Tristan d. Acunha was discovered by the
Portuguese in 1906. and formal possession
was taken OF this small speck In the ocean
in 1917 by a company Of British artillery.
for the purpose of keeping a watch on Ma
polean at that time prisoner in ST.
Helena On the death OF Napolean the SOL
diers were withdrawn, with the exception
of Corporal Glass and two companions.
who with some whaling men, were the
founders of the present settlement
The colony fiourished and numbered in
1929 twenty-seven souls. and in 1857 there
was a population of ninety-seven. Prop
erty is held in common, and there is no
strong drink, and no crime. while the in
habitants are healthy and long-lived. The
oldest inhabitant acts governor. A ship
of war pays the island an annual visit,
and brings the only mail that ever reaches
the inhabitants. The settlement lis in
fertile part of the island. and is called
New Edinburgh. The population has been
for some years almost stationary, and Is
kept down by migrations to the Cape.
Watson went to Tristan d'Acunha from
the Cape sixty-ive years ago, and never
afterwards left the island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-31
A Strange Interview.

From the LONDON CnronlcIe-
1t was at his aunt's house, Lord Duff
ferin has a thousand times recounted that
Lord Melbourne met Disraeif for the first
time. Those were early days. and Disraeli,
bursting with ambition, had been unsuc-
cessful in his attempt to enter parliament
After listening to his expression Of disap-
po;itment, Lord Melbourne said good ma
turedly: We'll. now, te.! me. what do you
want to Der II want to be prime min
ister." was the reply. Lord Melbourne, who
did not expect at that time to be premier
himself. replied with an excessive serious
ness: mo chance of that in our time. No.
body can compete with Stanley when Lord
Grey gives up" So went on with repeated
insistence the man who was to be prime
minister in a few months. addressing him
who was to hold the same rank in thirty
five years, and who alone out of all the list
of Victoria's prime ministers was to hold
yet higher place in the personal estimation
of the queen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-31
THE DEMON DYsENTERY.
Bacillus Discovered by Work at Rookie
Teller Institute.

From the New York Tribune.
Investigations. made possible by a grant
from the Rockefeller Institute for Medical
Research have been carried on far enough to
warrant DR.. Simon F1exner of the medical
department of the University Of Pennsyl-
vania. in saying that the statement could
now be made that the same microbes cause
acute American dysentery in temperate as
well as in tropical chimes, and that the dis
ease is Identical everywhere In the April
number OF the Alumni Register Professor
Fiexner compares this disease with the
great plaques of the world, and shows
that ther cause Of invalidation and
death could be compared with that of
dysentery in our armies in Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippines.
Tn our times the great plaques" says
the writer, with one or two exceptions
have not scourged severely the western
nations. Cholera and bubonic plague seem
fixed to the east, and have made ONLY nm
important excursions into western lands
within the last half century. The ravages
Of yellow fever are chiefly limited to the
West Indies and the Spanish Main, while
the other plaques mentioned are confined
to the east; but dysentery, likewise a
plague. has the widest of distributions, and
is never entirely absent from western ma
lions, appearing now and again In epidemic
waves of considerable severity. Although
generally it appears in scattered form and
in force in public and penal institutions. as
est mischief During the war Of the rebel
lion it claimed thousands and was the most
serious disease of the army. Its Importance
cannot be better expressed than in the
words of Prof. Osler. who says: Dysentery
Is one of the four great epidemic diseases
of the world. In the tropics it DESTROYS
more lives than cholera. and it has been
more fatal to armies than powder and
shot, In temperate climates it prevails
constantly in d mild sporadic FORM
breaking out. however. from time to time
into severe epidemics, in which 1t may at
tack whole communities, and cause a high
mortality. 1t tends ESPECIALLY - appear IN
institutions for paupers and the insane, and
in prisons and reformatories. In the trop-
les dysenterv is constantly present and
constitutes the most common disease From
the tropics it has been imported into tenn
perate climates. and the danger which has
existed in the past has now been greatly
increased on account Of the greater FREE
quency Of communication and of invasions
by European armies
The recent discoveries OF the specific
cause Of dysentery and the work done by
the Rockefeller commission last summer in
the pathological laboratory Of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. which proves that
there Is no essential difference between the
constitutional and general outbreaks of the
disease, and that all are caused by a com
mon bacillus make the prospect Of sue
cessfully combating dysentery very bright.
1.-The demon of dysentery," concludes DR..
Flexner, lis no longer agment of the i'm
agination but bacillus so commonpiac &c
in appearance that 1t excites wonder only
by virtue of its disease and death dealing
propensities"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-31
BURIAL OF CHAPLAIN ROYCE
Was Aboard the Flagship New York
During Santiago Campaign.

The remains of Rev. DIR. Alfred Lee
Royce, late chaplain in the United States
navy, who died Tuesday afternoon I'm St.
Luke's Hospital New York, We're yesterday
inferred in Arlington cemetery. The de-
ceased was chaplain of the flagship New
York at the time of the destruction of Ger
vera's fleet at Santiago. He was born in
Connecticut March 4, 1874, and graduated
from the Berkeley Divinity School, Middle
town, Conn, in 1871. Ten years later he
was appointed a chaplain in the United
States navy, serving for several years at
Annapolis AT the outbreak of the Spanish
war he was appointed chaplain of the
York, at the request of Admiral Sampson.
warm friend. Since the war he has been
stationed at the Naval Home in New York
city.