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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-14

FOR SALE
BEAUTIFUL LOTS N CENTER LEXINGTON
IL lots, s4xl00 to 20-foot alley. =. $50 each.
Z lots. 24xi55 TO 20-foot alley. :. 81 100 each.
lots, 23isxi6S to 2o-foot alley. 81 .os5 each.
corner lots. 24xfO0 to 20-ft. alley $500 each.
City and suburban electric car line passes in
front Of these lots.
Title perfect Terms accommodating
Apply to J. v. N. HUYCK, 1906 Pa ave- NV
mhi3-tf 80 ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-14

We are headquarters for suburban homes and
farm property. SUBURBAN HOMES FOR RENT.
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WE PRODUCE
High-class realty values.
1t will pay you to see our houses: they
are not like the ordinary houses. They
are full Of new ideas. We never had a
house finished before 1t was sold.
THE REASON Is
That we PRODUCE and sell to you d.
RECT. and buy materials and ground in
LARGE quantities. Be sure to get de-
scription and prices OF what we win have
this spring.
II you would prefer to
BUILD YOUR HOME
After your own ideas the character Of our
business will permit US to do 1t for you,
on q lot
20x100, IN THE NV,
For much LESS MONEY than the same
house ready made" would cost you else
where.
OUR 8o-PAGE BOOK
Gree) tells 'how We Do it, 1t also tells
how to buy or build q home; 1t 10 full Of
original ideas and suggestions in the house
line; 1t IL NOT catalogue. Call at ONCE
or write for 1t.
MDDAUGH AND SHANNON.
500 + st., Owners.
.'No place like home; no homes like ours
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I HAVE FEW GOOD BUILDING LOTS NEAR
Chevy Chase I can sell to desirable people CHEAP
on easy terms. An opportunity, sure. Address
SUBURBANITE, Star Office. It,
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FUR SALE
ON GEORGETOWN HEIGHTS.

On line Of cars; acres; splendid elevation; g.
room house; very cheap for Sc. 500.
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FOR SAIE-In Tennallytown; Groom house and
bath; furnace; electric lights; large stable.
Price, So, 100.
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HOTEL JACKSON.

On the Ocean Front at Virginia ave., overlooking
hotel buiir Of brick sfone and steel. 100 beauti-
fully furnished rooms, with unobstructed view q
ocean, many with bath. Tho hotel Is q model Of
elegance and superior comfort. Elevator; steam
heat; sun parior. &c. Cuisine and service Of the
highest standard. Terms are reasonable. Write for
folder. tel -26t.lQ CHARLES < COPE
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H. w. W AIhEh q Sun, lUDE +,
foR SALE-CHEAPEST GOOD LOTS IN d. @.
- BUY IN RENO.
NOW Is TINE. BUY on RISING MARKET.
- RENO SUBDIVISION.
FOR LIMITED PERIOD ONLY-MATERIAL
- REDUCTION.
PICKED, SINGLE LOTS. EXCEPT CORNERS $500
z TO ONE PURCHASER I'D LOT $3.50 . 1850
TO ONE PURCHASER I'D. LOT 5000 . $3.50
10 ONE PURCHASER 9th. LOT $3.50 . $500
80 MORE THAN -FOUR TO ANY ONE PUR-
CHASER AT THESE Low FIGURES
THE PICK OF THESE LOTS WILL BE WORTH
300 BEFORE THEY WILL HAVE BEEN PAID
FOX l-l2 DOWN, BAL EQUAL MONTHLY
PAYMENTS, YEARS =
NO INTEREST ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS
TO BUYERS WHO WILL BUILD.
1ofe DISCOUNT TO PURCHASERS FOR CASH
80 TO AGENTS SELLING
HIGHEST POINT IN DISTRICT
IMMEDIATELY n. OF. ADJOINING TESAIIY-
TOWN, EQuI-DISTANT BET CHEVY CHASE
CoSN AVE. TENALLYTOwN ELECTRIC
ROADS.
EXCEPTIONAL CHANCE FOR THOSE OF
LIMITED MEANS WANTING VERY CHEAP
ATTRACTIVE HOME SITES OR PLACE TO
PUT SAVINGS.
PAYING LARGE ADVANCE ON AMOUNT
INVESTED.
BEST FOR MONEY IN CITY. NV, SUBURBS
RIGHT IN LINE OF INCREASING VALUES.
ONE WHOLE SQUARE. IS lots,
AT GREAT BARGAIN.
mhl<1t CLARK CRAIG. 1888 ST. NV.
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MARTIN BROS,
1t 1925 PA AVE NV
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BERKSHIRE INN.

Virginia ave- and Beach
s., $3.50 daily: 50. $40, 31z.60 SIS weekly during
March. and special Easter rates. Extensive I'M
provements. Unobstructed view. Elevator. Hot
and cold baths. free. Steam heat etc. Capacity,
800. Table and service the finest. Booklet.
fe2S- 2dt-0 J. o. 4 ]. E DICKINSON.
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THE FRONTENAC-A NEW HOTEL, AS GOOD
a. the best-Kentucky ave.. Atlantic City; 100
yards from Beach. The center Of all attractions.
Direct southern exposure. Contains every COM
fort and convenience, Including elevator, steam
heat. baths, etc. Capacity, 250 Spacious sun
pariors. with unobstructed view Of ocean. Special
cuisine. s. and so weekly; 81 80 and Sc daily.
Booklet. Mrs. H. Y. MOYER. fe28-26t-IO
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FOR SALE-At Hyattsvil1e, Md. colonial res
idence; 13 rooms; new house: acres Of ground.
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WESTMINSTER.

Kentucky ave. near beach, Steam heat sun nsrior
elevator, etc. Spring rates. CHAS. BUHBR.
fel7-a2t-4
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12

about till II found lodgment in the top
of the tree, where his mother found it.
Another of her stories was about
Guinea niggers. l suppose you don't
know what Guinea niggers were, do
you? Well. they were not uncommon
in the days when slaves were brought
from Africa. They were very small
in stature and very unprepossessing
in appearance and they were said to be
cannibals.
Grandma said that in her youth she
knew n young couple who bought n
pair of Guinea niggers. One day their
little child disappeared and 1t was
never seen again. They afterward
found that the cannibals had eaten
the child. and they were hanged for 1t.
Grandma, like most of the Hankses
and Lincolns, was an ardent Metho-
dist. In her old age she always knit
ted just SO much on stocking every
week day. One morning she was in
dustriously engaged in the perform
ance of her allotted stint, when some
of the younger folks came in with their
best clothes on.
why, grandma! What are YOU do
ing?' somebody asked. Only knitting
she replied, with some surprise. What,
knitting on Sunday. grandma?' Is
this Sunday" asked grandma, in
amazement. When convinced that IL
was she unraveled every stitch she
had done that morning in order to
atone as far as possible for her desc
Grafton of the day."
Mrs. Moore describes having seen
with some amusement Abraham Lin.
coin making political speech in Mis-
souri,. arrayed in a long and exceeding.
ly crumpleG linen 'duster," and a tall
hat of ancient pattern. She says that
when Lincoln was nominated for Pres
ident his humble relatives among the
Han1xses held up their hands with
amazed inc-edulity ana exclaimed with
practical unanimity: ABE Lincoln for
President? / don't believe it.'
There was always something queer
about the Hankses," she says; for al-
though they were among the earliest
settlers in Illinois and bad their nicl,
of the land, and plenty of Il. and some
Of them had large. productive farms.
yet every one of them turned ont as
poor as Jobs cat.
MY mother owned slaves before tho
war. but my father never did. nor did
any OF the Hankses. and for that rea-
son they were called poor whites by
their neighbors who had slaves. All
the Hankses were stanch supporters of
the union during the civil war."-Bos-
ton Globe.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12

trade, just 100 years ago, was one of
the first settlers in Illinois, having
gone there from Kentucky about 1920
1t was his son, the famous John
Hanks, still living in Missouri. who in
1880 induced Thomas Lincoln. Dennis
Hanks and my father to pull up stakes
and also remove to Illinois. where Abe
was destined to achieve that fame that
gained for him the Presidency.
Having arrived in Macon county,
ILL.,. the party, which numbered thir-
teen, settled for a while. My father
and Abe Lincoln were in their 2lst
year, and they, with John Hanks, Abe's
second cousin, bnilt the log cabin
which some say was exhibited on Bos-
ton Common thirty years or more ago.
They also split the famous fence rails
at that time. samples of which did
much to arouse the enthusiasm in the
Illinois convention in 1860, which Sc
cured the Presidential nomination for
Lincoln.
After serving as major in the Black
Hawk war, in which Abe Lincoln was
captain, my father became one of the
earliest settlers In Missouri, and dur
ing the greater part of his life kept a
tavern. first at Hannibal and later at
Frankford.
"Frapkford used to be visited by In
dians sometimes, and II they didn't
find whisky before they arrived. they
were harmless, and their presence
caused no uneasiness. But II they
were drunk the news would quickly
spread and school would be dismissed
for the day.
After while brick schoolhouse
was built one and one-half miles from
town. and to get there we had to fight
our way through wild animals and
snakes, for Missouri takes the blue
ribbon for snakes. At the brick school
we were furnished with a horn, and II
wild animals or Indians were seen
prowling about we blew the horn and
the neighboring farmers got their guns
and came to our rescue.
When l was a little girl Aunt
Sally, Abraham Lincoln's stepmother,
used to visit us. and she frequently
put me to sleep in her arms, but
never thought much about II till was
grown up and others reminded me of
the distinction I had enjoyed.
II often visited around among the
Hankses in my childhood. too, and my
especial favorite was Grandma Hanks,
as we called John Hanks mother, who
lived in what is now known as Quincy.
Ill. I used to hold her skein of yarn
for her when she wound It into ball.
and during the operation she would
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
IN LINCOLN'S BIRTHPLACE.
Woman Living in Whose Father Was Born In IL
Log Cabin OF Early Days

tell me stories of her early life in the
pioneer days in Illinois.
"Ore story was in regard to a fresh
ct such as used to come almost yearly
to those who lived along the river bot
toms eighty years or SO ago. Grandma
went several miles down the river on
a raft. one day, to the mill, TO have
some corn ground. leaving the chill.
dren in the log house. The river had
been threatening to rise for several
days. but the children well knew from
former experiences. that II the river
invaded the house they were to climb
up on the roof for safety.
.Tke river rose while grandma was
away and she toiled laboriously to get
home as soon as she could. When she
got nearly home she found everything
afioat. and as she passed a tree that
was well submerged she thought she
heard cry from the branches. She
padded TO the tree, and there found
her baby. John Hanks, afioat in his
cradle, which had been wished through
the door OF the cabin, and had drifted
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
The Conquest of Arid America.

is the title of one of the most fascin-
ating books ever written about tho
wonderful development and boundless
resources of the West. 1t is just such
a book as every western man ought to
read himself and theE send to his
friends in the East. Recognizing its
value. permission was obtained from
the author and his publishers to re-
print several of its most striking chap
tiers, such as THE Blessing of Aridi-
ty," THE New Colorado etc. This
fifty-page pamphlet. with other liter
ature about the Sunny San Luis Val
ley. will be sent free to any address
upon receipt of four cents in stamps to
cover postage. ZEPH. CHAS. FELT,
GIG Majestic Building. Denver, Colo.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
The President and His Boys.

1t was a frequent custom of Lin
coins to Gerry his children on his
shoulders, says the Literary Digest.
He rarely went down street that he
did not have one of his younger boys
mounted on his shoulder, while an
other hung to the tail of his long coat.
The antics of the boys with their faith
er and the species of tyranny they ex-
excised over him are still the subjects
of talk in Springfield. Roland Diller,
who was a neighbor of Mr.. Lincoln,
tells one of the best Of the stories. He
was called to the door one day by hear
ing a great noise of children, and
there was Mr.. Lincoln striding by with
the boys. both of whom were wailing
aloud. why. Mr.. Lincoln, what's the
matter with the bcys?" he asked.
'Just what's the matter with the
whole world Lincoln replied. I've
got three walnuts, and each wants
two."
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12

their bill of fare the greater part of
the time.
my grandparents. Levi Hall and
Martha Hanks. both died OF the milk
sick, in Indiana. in 1918, about the
same time that Lincoln'B mother,
Nancy Hanks, and her uncle and aunt
Sparrow died. All were buried to-
gether in rude collins construed by
Thomas Lincoln, who was now Wild
over with two small children. After
Lincoln became President. someone
erected monument over his mothers
grave In the wilderness, but Aunt
Roseanne told me that the selection of
the grave for the monument must
have been mere guesswork, since none
Of the graves had ever been marked.
and there was no means of Identifying
any one OF them"
Coming TO the subject of the migra-
ton of the survivors of the three fami-
lies from Indiana to Illinois Mrs.
Moore says:
Joseph Hanks. who tnught Thomas
Lincoln, Abe's father. the carpenters
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12

Lincoln has been dead thirty-eight
years.
Most OF those who personally knew
him have also passed on into silence.
and. like Washington, he has become
I'm the popular mind sort of mystical
ngure. associated with bygone age OF
dramatic heroism-a patron saint.
Although New England loved Lin
coin as much as any other section OF
the country did, when It came to know
him, yet he was always regarded as
characteristic product OF the pioneer
country, and. although efforts not alto
gether successful have been made to
show that he was of bingham ances-
try, never till now has Massachusetts
been conscious OF the presence in this
locality OF any living connection be-
tween the immortal rail-splitter and
our own soil.
Nevertheless for seventeen years
one OF the environs of Boston has har-
bored n woman who makes the proud
boast that her father and Abraham
Lincoln were first cousins; that both
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
DRAWN BY TRAINED GEESE.
Canada Man Proposes a Unique Es-
hibft at ST. Louis.


w. OIcott. an american who now re-
sides in Canada. has flock of domes-
tic geese that has been trained to draw
skin containing two persons,
through the water at rapid pace Re-
Gently he has been experimenting with
wild geese and he finds that they are
mucl stronger and swifter than the
domestic variety and now he desires
to capture large flock of wild geese,
train them to pull boats and take
them to the st. Louis exposition and
place them on the lakes in place of the
conventional gondola Olcott recently
wrote President David II. Francis OF
the Worlds Fair Commission at st.
Louis requesting that a fund be ap-
propriated by the commission suffi-
cient TO enable him to capture the
geese, maintain and train them and
transport them to the big exposition
next year.
In his letter Olcott writes that the
novelty of riding over the water towed
by pair OF well-trained geese is be-
yond the power OF expression. zone
must experience the pleasure to fully
comprehend its exhllaratlon," he
writes. ''As a means of revenue the
geese would prove a veritable mint,
and the small outlay of money at first
to gather this flock and train them
would be minute compared with the
subsequent returns when the fair was
once started with this novel attrac-
tion.''
1t is understood that the St Louis
commission is considering the propo-
s--.on with favor.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
German Dentistry Exposed.

The American authorities recently
refused to allow German emigrant to
land because he was too ugly" They
maintained that with such features he
would never find work in the United
States. Kormoud. the man in ques-
tion. says a Munich paper has Just re-
turned to Munich. His features were
distorted twenty years ago by clum-
sy dentist. who was pulling one OF his
teeth.-The Scotsman.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
shattue,s eriIIIant Idea.

Representative Shattuc OF Ohio sat
In his committee-room busily stamp
ing his name at the bottom of large
number OF letters with a rubber
stamp cut in facsimile. What do
you use a stamp for. Shattuc7' asked
Representative Beidler. WELL" said
Shattuc. IF the letters are all right
II. makes no difference. and If the
letters are not all right ! can say my
secretary wrote them and used the
stamp"
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12

were born in the same rude log cabin
in Kentucky, but three months apart,
in 1909, and that she herself is a
r,randniece of Lincolns mother, the
famous Nancy Hanks.
She is Mrs. Nellie NJ. Moore. who
was born not many years before the
outbreak of the civil war, In the then
exceedingly primitive town of Frank
ford, Mo-. and has been for three
months past resident of East Pep
perell, Mass, where her husband,
Charles w. Moore, is engineer in a
mill.
Miss Hall. for that was Mrs. Moore's
maiden name. spent only the first thir-
teen years of her life in Missouri. hav-
ing been sent to Kentucky boarding
school at that age. She was married
md lived in Louisville for some years,
later removed to Cincinnati, and after
the death of her husband came East.
married Mr.. Moore, native of Massa-
chusetts, and they lived for seventeen
years in Atlantic. part of Quincy. up-
til they removed to Pepperell.
When asked to define her relation
ship to the martyred President. Mrs
Moore said:
my father, William S. Hall, was n
son of Martha Hanks, sister of Nancy
Hanks. who married Thomas Lincoln
and became the mother of Abraham
Lincoln. So, you see, my father was
first cousin and was second cousin to
the President.
My grandfather, who married Mar
Iurl
and Thomas and Nancy Lincoln were
living together in the little log cabin
in La Rue county, KY, in 1909. when
Abraham Lincoln was born there. My
father was born three months later in
the same cabin"
When questioned as to the antece-
dents of the Hanks. Lincoln and Hall
families, Mrs. Moore says 1t is a tradi-
fion of all three families that they
emigrated together from New England
about 200 years ago to Pennsylvania,
from there to Virginia and later to
Kentucky. as they eventually did to
Indiana and finally to Illinois and Mis-
souri,. She has been for some time
engaged in investigating the possible
early connection of the families with
new Englanu, anu lnteHub 10 pTephie
n genealogy embodying the results of
her labor.
Continuing her story of the vicissi-
fudes OF the Lincoln, Hanks and Hall
families. Mrs. Moore says:
my aunt, Rosanne Hall. who rode
from her home in Maryland to Ken
lucky behind her husband on his horse
told me that there were Quakers
among my ancestors, as there are said
TO have been in the Lincoln family.
She also said that my great-grand-
father was killed by the Indians at the
came time that Abraham Lincoln's
grandfather was. while they were
clearing the ground to plant corn, on
their arrival in Kentucky. 1t was she
who told me my father was born in
the Lincoln log cabin.
Aunt Rosanne said that Abe Lin
coins mother used to walk five miles
TO mill to have her corn ground. or to
buy side OF bacon. which. with corn
meal mush or johnnycake. comprised
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
Method of Drying Potatoes.

Dried potatoes. a new product,
evolved by the South Carolina expert
ment station. The potatoes are boiled.
peeled and evaporated in a cannery
and will remain in perfect condition
for years. The preserved potato be-
comes fit for eating after being
soaked in warm water for an hour.
An acre of potatoes yielded 357 bush
els. which made los bushels of the
dried product, nearly a pound to 3ls
pounds of the raw product
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
The First Horse Show.

In the month of shebat. in the Sec
ond year of King Darius, a man riding
red horse stood among the myrtle
trees. and behind him were horses red.
sorrel and white. Wasn't that the
earliest horse show of which any au.
thentic record still abides?
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
No Editorial coIonels.

Georgia doesn't believe in cheap
colonels. A 5000 uniform is the mini
mum for any man who wants to cut
didos on the governors stan. That
may shut out some editors, but the
gorgeousness of the stan will be sus.
tanned.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
Knows Value of carleature.

Joseph Chamberlain appreciates the
fact that caricature sometimes means
for n man in public life a not undesir-
able public attention. and he once sent
one OF his most persistent caricatur-
lists his photograph, with this inscrip.
tion on the back. From the real
Chamberlain to the author of the ficti.
tious Chamberlain"
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12

There Is more Catarrh in this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For great many years doctors pro-
nounced II n local disease, and prescribed local
with local treatment, pronounced II incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be constitu-
tlonal disease, and therefore requires conssi-
tutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure man.
ufactured by i. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
Is the only constitutional cure on the market.
1t is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to
teaspoonfuL 1t acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case It fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials. Address
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
Almost Treason.

A man in Athens, who made his
way into the Greek palace and asked
to see the throne room. has been ar
rested and placed in an asylum. 1t
was as though he. had entered the
parliament buildings and asked to
see a government official doing some
worx.-Toronto Mail and Express.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
successful EnolIsh EvanoeIist.

One of the most successful evangel-
lists in England is gypsy-"Gypsy
Smith, He is self-educated. but a
London newspaper credits him with
using the best Anglo-Saxon speech
since John Bright.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
King Edward as a Godfather.

King Edward has stood godfather
to no fewer than seventy-fve children.
In one instance he stood godfather
to both father and son. these two
being the Duke of Marlborough and
his son, the Marquis OF Blandford.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
Recalls Harvard,s Pas. elorIes

The sik-oared shell in which Presi-
dent Eliot. Alexander Agassiz and the
Crowninshields rowed for Harvard
has been presented to the university
by T. s. Watson. The boat was built
in 1857.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
Queer Request Made by ooverno

Gov. Aycock OF North Carolina has
asked Gov. Terrell OF Georgia to issue
pardon to Fred Chestnut. North
Carolinian in the Georgia peniten-
tiary for robbing an express car. prom
ising to reciprocate by issuing a par
don to any Georgian who may be do
ing time" in the prison of the tar
heel state. Gov. Terrell says he
isn't in that sort of business.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
Few Punished for ouelInq.

OF the 12.sss German naval and
military delinquents sentenced last
year, forty-two were punished for
dueling.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
Woman Gets Hlah Salary.

Miss Estelle Reed, federal superin-
tendent of Indian schools. has prob
ably the most important and highest
salaried office of any woman in the
employ of the government
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
Gave Away Part of Prize.

When Theodore Mommsen received
his Nobel prize he gave 5000 marks
of 1T to the mayor of Charlottenburg
to be divided among the poor and the
public and high school libraries.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12
Trees to Hide Trolley Poles.

Scarborough (England) corporation
has been recommended to plant trees
SO as to hide the poles carrying cleo
tric tramway trolley wires.
The Elbert County tribune., 1903-02-12

Many School Children Are sickiy.
Mother GRAY Sweet Powders for Children.
used by Mother Gray, a nurse in Childrens
Home, New York, break up Colds in "a hours.
cure Feverishness. Headache. Stomach
Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy
Worms. At all druggists 25o. Sample mailed
free. Address Allen s. Olmsted, lie Roy, NY.