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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-25
Accidental Death While Hunting

LOS ANGELES, Cal. October 25.-Maj.
G. N. Nolan Of this city has received tel
egram from ]. w. Benie of the Shannon
Copper Company at Clifton. Ariz.. announc-
ing the accidental death Of c. d. Webb
whole hunting. Webb, 1t Is said. was a
nephew of DR.. Seward Webb of New York
and a brother of Maj. Walter d. Webb of
the West Point Military Academy. C. D..
Webb was an employe Of mining company
at Clifton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-25

SPOKANE. WASH. October 25.-T. II.
Tibbles. populist candidate for Vice Presi-
dent. speaking here to a small audience.
predicted mighty financial crash within
the only principles which would then re-
lieve the situation.
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Plea for More Clerks.

Special attention is invited to the esti-
mates submitted for increases in the pay Of
several of the present employees of the bu-
reau, and for an increase to the numerical
strength of the present force TT is q
difficult matter" says Admiral Manney
TO obtain efficient clerks at the rates Of
pay which new employees entering the de-
partment are required to accept When
efficient employees are obtained 1t is diff
fcult to retain their services, for it is
the rule, with exceptions of course. that
efficient clerks will not remain in the
service of the bureau; as soon as condi-
tions with regard to pay and their
chances of promotion are learned they
seek for transfer to some other Depart
ment where superior advantages are Of
fered, and are too often successful"
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Washington Navy Yard.

The total expenditures in the equipment
department of the Washington navy yard
during the past year were $32 $50, repre-
senting minor repairs to the Sylph, Dol
phin. Mayfower, Tecumseh and Triton.
Rear Admiral Manney says this yard Is
visited by but few ships, and there Is no
necessity for facilities for making ex-
tensive repairs. 1t is reported that the
manufacture of Very's signals, navy
rockets and blue lights has progressed
satisfactorily at Indian Head, while the
metal and wooden parts of the army
signal kit have been made at the local
navy yard Arrangements have been
made for the manufacture of the holsters
for Nerys signal outfits in this navy yard
at a less cost than Is paid for similar
work outside.
With the exception of the coaling plant
there are no facilities for equipment
work in this navy yard. the manufacture
of signals. signal outfits. repairs to coal
ing plant, minor repairs to ships, &c, be-
ing accomplished by transfer acquisitions
on other departments of the yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-25

September Il. 1856. has also been filed for
PROBATE. Her husband, John Taylor Arms,
Is named sole beneficiary and executor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-25

The members Of the Reliance steam Fire
The Washington times., 1904-01-24

All the honor In being a real prisoner
had disappeared. The policeman came
to his rescue.
ITS this way" he said. 81 believe
there's some fight between the two fam
flies. Once the mothers get their hands
mixed up in each others hair. and
one night last week the sisters were
circulating stories among the neighbors
about each other. AS far as I can un-
derstand. one OF the sisters told this
big boy to go out and whip the little
one. and he did as he was told"
That's right" said the wnlowy one
who had turned pale.
That's one of the times when YOU
don't want to do what you are told.
Now, you go home and every week you
report 10 probation officer"
Two boys who had hardly reached
their teens were arraigned. charged with
stealing some cheap jewelry and some
perfume from a notion store. The
younger of the two wasn't feazed bit
at being before a justice. The other boy
began to cry.
1t was alleged that the two boys had
broken the window in the store and got
the stuff out by means of wire hook.
rs this SOP" demanded the justice OF
the two boys.
mo. sir. # amt answered the hoy
who had retained his equanimity The
two OF us was standing on the street
and we see one OF the gang break the
window ana steal the stuff"
And how is it that some Of it was
found on your
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The collector went BAG * TO Italy and
began an investigation. the result Of
which was that he founiI that the Old
Etruscan had made the seals himself.
and then. in order to sive them the
look Of antiquity necessary before he
could dispose OF them 10 advantage
he fed them to turkeys. You probably
know that the crop OF turkey is hlled
with small pebbles all the time, so
when the seals got into the crops they
we're ground around and scratched in
the most beautiful manner. They came
out rubbed, scratched and old looking
after the turkeys were killed, and the
English collector was promptly taken
In.
The FLINT Jack" Deception.
I'm the British Museum There is col
lection - ancient Implements called the
Flint Jack collection. a ccompanylng
it is a picture OF Flint Jack himself
Jack lived I'm the north OF England
and from time to time he tEould dig up
an old flint implement which he would
sell as a relic Of the esrly days OF
Britain. He took I'm a great many pri-
vate purchasers and hnaI7y succeeded
In selling a consignment OF his relics to
90 the British Museum. After awhilS IL
was found that he had ma<Ie every o9I.
OF these antiques himself They were
so clever that 1t was decA1ed to keep
them and now they form az special col
lection in the museum
Then there have been tsome good
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arrested for some small offense such as
stealing a pie from grocery store or
something OF that sort. Before the ju-
venile court was instituted. which was.
but very short time ago, these chill
oren had TO be arraigned with all the
crooks. thugs. and buns who are daily
brought into Police Court. This alone
could be but harm to the young people
The same with girls. Once they were
put In with such people some OF them
didn't care what became OF them after
that, and the police can tell Of many
cases where little girls have been taken
into Police Court and have felt the dis
grace so keenly that no amount Of re-
formatory training would correct them.
Then again. the young person. ever II
II were proven that ne or she had stolen
but small piece OF candy. would have
the stigma OF a police court conviction
Years afterward II a girl or bow was
asked IL he or she had ever been con-
victed the answer would have 20 be yes
All this is done away with under the
Juvenile court system. Even n cbnd
does steal bit Of candy OF a piece Of
pie he Is not convicted for the first Of
Tense. He is simply placed on probation
and every week he reports 20 one of the
probation officers. II It is found that
he has been behaving himself In due
time he is perfectly free. but II the boys
conduct is not just right he is taken be-
fore the justice and punished for his
first offense. The average OF children
who are allowed TO go on probation and
who have to be brought back for pun
lshment is very low.
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room Mould he taken Tor figures by
anyone.
I'VE have also what looks to be pet
rified ham. and one stone which would
be taken for a rabbit at twenty feet
They are simply freaks OF nature for
which there IS no accounting. Nearly
ali of them have been brought here by
persons wsfo wanted 10 sell them Some
times they know them to be fakes. but
more often they believe in them. and
we have a hard time convincing fhem
that hey have been deceived
One of our safeguards here is that
we buy very little and what we do buy
we give very small prices for. We
never compete with anyone, and # we
go after a collection and find private
quit and let it go. In this manner We
avoid the regular 'faker.' who has some
thing he wants TO sell. He knows he
cannot get a good price from US, even il
We agree to take his specimen.
Ancient Coin Fakes.
Now. take the case OF coin conec-
tons We never buy an ancient coin
unless it is guaranteed. for of ali the
fakes on earth the ancient coin fakes
are the most frequent When we ges
coins from the British Museum. for in
stance, they send us a record Of them,
which probab bly, dates back a century or
more. The company that transfers them
for us gives a guarantee that they have
not been tempered with en- route. and
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throwing the club at him. but he ducks
that and then ne takes a knife which
me friend had opened and started to saw
my ear on"
1t APPEARS to me that you are both
pretty bad boys" said the judge. Here
after. don't you be so anxious to fight
with clubs and knives"
IAN right. yer honor; I'll use me
fists. said the short complainant.
you do and you go to the reform
school"
wei. amt there no way of defend
ing yourself"
After you hit a boy with a club!
Don't be so anxious to get into fights
and you won't have to defend yourself. "
was the Justices advice
From Little Italy.
The next boy to come before the court
hailed from Little Italy" He was
tall and willowy The complainant was
about ten years old and small even for
his age
DO you mean 10 tell me you hit this
little child2'' said the Judge. so sternly
that the wiIlowy one bent from
side to side as'if a gust of wind had
struck him.
II had 10. your honor" said the tall
one. placing his hand on his chest like
Arizona Joe, the cowboy detective,
does when he is accused Of stealing his
neighbours horse
There doesn't seem to be anything
left for me to do" said the justice.
nut to send you TO the reform school "
II 1t hadn't been for the policeman
the willowy one would have collapsed.
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The other day a tall bolI so very
nervous that he almost tore, his hand
kerchief TO pieces. was arraigned before
the Justice. The complainant was a
boy about fourteen years old. He had
HIS head done up in bandages Assault
was the charge
What's the trouble here7'' demanded
Justice Scott Of the short complainant
Tried to Lick the Family.
"IIe tried to do up me whnSe family.
yer honor. De night before last ne
come around and he ducks " rock at
mo old man. A little later het shows up
and SHES a club at me brother. Last
night he catches me comingI out OF a
store and tries to cut me ear soff.''
What's that7" exclaimed t1ae justice
Tried to cut your ear off?''
The tall defendant began tot cry.
Here wait until get your sitle OF this
story" said the justice "beforeC'ou start
20 cry"
He st-st-st-st-arted it," wtdmpered
the big boy.
'How's that2' asked the justice
He kicked me in the leg anal on the
back. Then he had a cl-cl-ci-rA-club he
was going 70 hit me with
rs that sou demanded the Justice Of
the short complainant.
Sure. I kicked him." admitted the
complainant "He said me mother ped
died fish"
And doesn't she?" asked thei justice.
mo; she amt peddled in a year now.
Don't you think he had kiclSs coming
for making a crack ike that? After /
kicked him 1 tried to scare Chin by
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which will be given plac p on the Decent
stamp. but all the othei slower denomi-
nations of stamps. wbichkare. Of course.
in common use by the, general public.
will bear portraits. Onr he 1-cent stamp
will be a likeness of Robert r. Living
ston. who. as United State minister to
France one hundred yeRrs ago. nego-
tiated the Louisiana Purchase; the
3-cent stamp will have a portrait OF
Thomas Jefferson. who was President at
the time; the 3-cent WIN Joe ornamented
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He gave that to us so we would not
tell on him.
What did you do with yours" was
asked Of the boy who wasn't afraid
Took No Chances.
Il threw mine away in lot; wasn't
going to take any chances at being ar
rested"
But you were. just the same"
Yes. but didn't expect it.
What did YOU do with yours?" was
asked of the boy who was crying.
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as these. which are in use for but lin
tied interval. invariably grow rare and
command premiums from collectors
much more quickly than regular issues
which are in use for years. and Of which
great numbers are printed
Seven Thousand Miles of Stamps.
The Government printed 200. 600 OF
what are known as the trans-Missis-
sippi series. and the postal officials say
that they would not be surprised II they
were compelled TO print twice that num-
Der Of the 1909 stamps to meet the popu-
lar demand. II that number Of the little
souvenirs are produced they would. II
placed end TO end. stretch from New
York to San Francisco and back again.
Or II all these stamps were placed one
On top OF another as compactly as
might be without putting them under
pressure they would tower to a height
OF about three miles.
Left Overs to Be Destroyed.
II any of these special stamps are
left after the close of the exposition
they will be burned In great round
brick oven. with closely guarded iron
door. which occupies a place In the base
ment OF the Postohice Department, or
at the Bureau OF Engraving and Printing
at Washington. where the stamps are
manufactured, and where the surplus
stock is stored awaiting the calls of the
postmasters OF the country.
Burning Condemned" Stamps.
But many Of the stamps for the ST.
Louis Exposition year will be burned
long before the close Of the fair These
will be the stamps condemned" as
faulty or imperfect in any particular
The PoatofRce Department condemns
stamps upon the slightest provoeation.
and il any Of the sheets Of diminutive
The Washington times., 1904-01-24

with any particular design on 1.-THE part
OF the Commissioners. but it .tHst hap
pened That when they needed sites for
school buildings in certain sectinos they
were aele TO procure them on . Street.
Another scholarly section OF tine city Is
that which is bounded on the n orth by
Rhode Island Avenue and Fiori da ave-
nue. on the east by North Capitol Street,
on the south by Massachusetts Avenue.
and ON the west by Seventh Street
northwest. In this section there are O.
Gated no fewer than nineteen. public
schools. ten for white pupils aud nine
Tor negroes.
The white schools are the Central High
School. the Gales, Blake. Seato q. Twin
ing. Morse. Mckinley Manual training
school, Henry, Polk. and AbbCq L The
negro schools are the NJ Stirred High
School, the Armstrong Manual Z raining
School, the Langston. Slater. No uglass
Jones, Abby simmons, Bennekt 7. and
John z. Cook.
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The Best Of Them Fooled
Sometimes by Clever
Fakers, Says Prof. Mason.

~ NE does not generally think OF
the extremely scientific officials
~ OF the Smithsonian Institution
as the sort OF men It would be
good TO set to catch a faker, but the
fact is that they are a pretty FOX"
lot. these scientists. Hardly a day
passes that some one does not come to
the Museum with something to sell.
Now it is a collection OF arrowheads.
now collection Of coins. now an In
dian basket. now a piece OF pottery. and
now an interesting petrifed specimen.
1t sometimes happens that they have
to deal with regular confidence man
who is trying to sell them a gold brick
sometimes they have 10 deal with a man
who has been gold bricked. and again
a wonderful freak OF nature confronts
them.
Some Remarkable Deeeptions.
"Shrewd counterfeiters are always al
work on antiquarians." says Prof. Ma
son. of the chronological Bureau. ''just
as they are at work on persons in other
walks of life, and we have 70 be con-
stantly on the lookout for them. I have
known OF some very remarkable decep-
lions that were practiced on men of the
greatest intelligence and learning. re-
call the case OF an Englishman who be-
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How justice Is Meted Out
TO YOUthful Offenders.

ft~ AY. Judge. yer ain't got hunk
Of loose chewin' in yer clothes,
~ has yer2''
The one who made the re-
quest was a nine-year-old boy with more
worldly experience than is good for one
% young. The Judge Of whom the aues-
tion was asked was Police Justice Scott.
He was presiding at a session Of the
Juvenile court and the boy had just been
committed 70 the Reform School for a
term.
Young man, that's no way 20 talk to
your elders" he said.
"Ah, yer needn't get sore about it."
replied the youth.
Are you quite sure you want TO go TO
the Reform School?'' asked the justice.
Sure. Der amt nothin' better dat /
ken think Of"
Now. he's not a bad sort OF boy at
ALL" said the Justice in talking Of the
case. He wasn't up here because he
stole anything. He was simply a tru-
ant. He would start OFF for work every
morning. He would go home for dinner
and he would show up IN the afternoon.
As a matter Of fact, ne hadn't been at
work at all. He was around getting in
bad company. That's where he learned
20 chew tobacco. Just imagine n boy
nine years old who couldn't get along
without a chew Of tobacco. That's one
Of the things he viii be broken Of at the
reformstory."
Good of the Court.
The real good Of the Juvenile court is
felt when there is a child who has been
The Washington times., 1904-01-24

man In northern New York yyho cane
across a lot OF fossil bones while dig
ging on HIS farm. He put them togeth-
er in very ingenious manner and re-
buried them Then he worked a scheme
whereby some scientists came to Gig on
his place. They found the bones. Of
course. So well had they been put to
gether that the scientists We're com
pletely fooled. They took out what they
thought was a skeleton. examined Il
closely, and finally gave ii a name. A
long and serious paper was published in
some scientific magazine on the subject
and a terrible row followed when the
truth came out.
Ancient Tablet From Tennessee.
I'VE are constantly on the watch over
here, as we are almost daily called upon
90 face some crank or other. Near the
front OF the National Museum Bull ling
you viii see a slab upon which there
appears TO be an ancient Hebrew IN
scription. 1t locks just as If ii might
have been dug up in the Holy Land. and
yet II came from Tennessee The man
who brought IL here was quite con-
WINGED that Il was a Hebrew tablet. and
that he had found where the lost tribes
Of Israel had located.
AS a matter Of fact. the slab is
purely a freak II nature The charac>
tiers on IL are net Hebrew or Assyrian
characters. as they appear to he. but
merely dents. They are in regular order,
though. and viewed from across the
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run far up into the millions. The stamps
will be on sale at every postoffice in the
United States for fully six months, and
will be supplied to every person who
asks for them. and since the American
people love novelty and variety. Il goes
without saying that the consumption will
be heavy Then. too. stamp collectors
who number thousands In this country
and abroad-will make heavy purchases
Of the stamps not only TO add as new
varieties to their collections. but also 10
hold for speculation. since stamps such
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WHERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE NUMEROUS
Street Leads in Washington With Six Buildings To It's
Credit in Fifteen Blocks

T F the location OF public schools has
anything TO do with the intenec-
Il tuality OF those living upon that
street, the jewellers upon G. Street
have the brain power OF Washington.
In fact. G Street might be called "Edu-
cational Street" or "Schoolhouse
Street" without being accused of wear
ing a misnomer. for there are more
public schools located on IL than on any
other street in the city.
On First and G Streets northwest IS
situated the Gales School: on Third and
G northeast. Logan; on Seventh and G
northeast, Taylor; on Tenth and G
northeast, Madison: on Fourteenth and
G. northeast, Pierce, and on Fifteenth
and Rosedale, which is barely south of
G northeast, is located Webb
These are all eighth grade schools. and
all have a good attendance. Giving so
many schools to G Street was not done
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Reform School for lnCOr
riQibIe Youngsters.

Il gave all the perfume s,rd 'dia-
mOnds' / had TO my girl"
You get all that stuff backs and IN
let YOU both go"
The boy began crying worsse than
ever.
What's the matter; aren't Vyou glad
at getting offg"
To ra-ra-ra-ra-ther go to Ja-ja-Ja-
jail than ask her fo-fo-fo-fo-or those
things back eg-ag-ag-ag-ag-a9-a gain.
he said.
Veil you must ask for them unless
you can arrange to pay the woman who
owns them. w H r &
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Notable FraudsDetecteddnd
Exposed by Smith
sonian Institution Sharps.

then We know what we are getting
Coin collecting did not begin uktch more
than a hundred years ago. so coins OF
which the record runs back that far are
pretty sure 10 be genuine
limitations Just as Good.
For educational purposes. such as
showing the Development OF mon,y
from shells and beads to coins. inita-
tons are just as useful as orir5r al coins.
and generally the majority of such col
lections are limitations We can make
limitations that would deceive experts.
and upon one occasion we had a very
amusing experience of this sort
Fun With the Old Man
There was an old gentleman, living 81
Washington who had some uery fi,,e
old Assyrian seals. We borrowed
set OF them in order to make q copy.
When we had finished we sent. a SCI OF
limitations back to him instead Of the
original set. He wrote back complain
ingIy and said that when he had agreed
to lend his seals to US we hadtpromised
that they should be kept perfectly
cle2z. He took the joke in the very
best part and admitted that he had been
taken in. This shows howi-cae yer ini-
tations are. and how often limitation
coins may be bought when the pur-
chaser thinks he Is buying origi nals.''
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lions. and the scent stamp will be given
over TO a picture Of the late President
Mckinley. who did so much to further
the project for the great show at St
Louis.
Estimating the Number.
It is pretty nearly as difficult to pre-
dict how many of these special stamps
will be used as IL IS 20 prophesy how
many people will attend the fair at the
city on the Mississippi There is nc
doubt. however. that the numbef viii
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hoaxes pulled on here iR-Ameriea. con-
tinued DIR. Mason ''Of course. every
one Is familiar with the Cardiff Giant.
brt there are several smaller cases that
nave come under my notice. Several
years ago a man came to the Smith
sonian with the petrified body OF a
woman which had been unearthed some
where in Colorado. II / remember cor
rectly. The man h. mself was perfectly
sincere. / am sure. He did not find the
body. but had purchased IT from the
finders. We looked at it and it was ex-
ccllent. The figure was perfect, and
through the slightly parted lips could be
seen two or three teeth. After a thor
ough examination we were sim skepti-
cal.
Detected by Experts.
There is only one way we can b
sure we told our visitor. and that
IS by boring a small hole IN the back OF
the leg II we find ossihed matter that
will prove It to be the remains OF a
human being. II you are willing for US
TO do that. all right If not. we will not
agree that It is genuine
He agreed to this very readily. so we
got a diamond file and went TO work.
The flure was OF very hard substance,
but we finally got into IT. and then.
where We should have struck bone we
struck gas pipe. The thing turned out
to be hoax, of course.
Another amusing case was that OF a
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Map of the United States.

came an enthusiastic collector of seals.
such as were worn by the royalty in
ancient days. He went to Italy. having
heard that a great many old seals were
to be had in and around Rome. He
spent a winter in Rome and did pick
up a good many valuable seals Finally
he heard, in the most casual way. that
there was an old countryman in a
mountain village in the Etruscan coun-
try who had a very valuable collection
of seals. Thither went the Englishman
and. sure enough, he found what he
considered TO be a very fine collection
OF ancient Italian and Greek seals. After
a good deal of dickering he brought the
old Etruscan down TO a point where he
agreed to take $4,000 for his collection.
The price was paid and the jewels pass
ed hands