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ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1904-06-01

Eftir Pvi, sem sagan segr,
munu ba6ir malspartar: verkamennirnir og
nAmaeigendurnir, vera her una bill jain sekir,
pvf hvorirtveggju hafa fra byrjun deilunnar
beitt 0llum Peim 6j0fnuoi er Peir hafa getao
vi0 komi0. Helzta tilefni 6eir6anna er PAD,
az verkamenn gullnamunum par vestra
kr0f0ust pess fyrir rdml. tvein arum si0an,a0
alta klukkustundir yr0u l0gbo0inn vinnutimi
par namunum, og Peir. koma Pvi Akvae0i 4
framf@ri svo az PAD komst inn rfkisPingis
sem lagafrumvarp, og full vissa var fsngin
fyrir Pvi ao meiri hluti Pingmanna vaeri Pvf
.me6maltur, svo verkamenn t0ldu sJalfsagt a0
ia PAD l0ggilt; en- PAD vildu namaeigendurn-
ir fyrir engan nun svo vera lata og t6ku Pvi
Pa0 til brag0s, a0 mdta Pingm0nnum til a0
fela frumvarp Petta, og PAD t6kst Peim. pa
URDU verkamennirnir hamslausir, hettu a6
yinna og beittu hvervetna ofbeldi til bess, az
aftra peim m0nnum fra vinnu, sem namaeig
endurnir fengu til a0 vinna Peirra sta0.
Verkamenn namum Pessum eruallir ff6lagi
og samtaka Pvi a0 berjast fyrir r6ttindum
peim, er beir Pykjast hafa tilkall. TIL. DER
gripu til vopna og hafa gengio alvopnaoir
alt vor, og syndu af ser svo mikinn dj0fnu0y
a0 li6 og eignum mama Var ekKi 6hastt bar
um sl60ir Rfkisstl6rinn Colorado sendi
nokkrar herdeildir Panga0 til ao koma reglu
a, og hermenn hafa MI seti6 par t nama baj
unum alt vor, og haldi0 skri1num hraddum
med vopnum: en- alt he6r P6 veri0 Par upp--
nami, og hver mals6knin reki0 a0ra, p6 minna
hafi bori6 ofbeldi ver]1amanna en- a6ur. En-
6. p. m. var vooalegt gl@paverk frami0 par.
Verkamenn sem unnu par sta0 namamanna
Peirra, gert h0f0u verkfali namunum,
st60u iarnbrautarpal1i i smab@, er indie
pendence heitir, skamt fra Cripple Creek;
Pae var sk0mmu eftir mi0n@tti, og mennirnir
voru az bf6a eftir vagnlest, sem Peir atlu0u
a0 fara meN helm fra vinnu snni; en- pegar
vagnlestin kom ao palinum,. var5 alt emu
vo0aleg sprenging; pallurinn og jarnbrautar.
st06inn Augui loft upP me6 0llum Peim
minimum, sem par Norn staddir. II menn
ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1904-06-01
Helztu Vi0bur6ir

pao hefr lengi veri0 grunt s Pvi go0a
MILL namaeigenda og verkamanna Colorado.
Nest hefr borio Pvi Grip
oeir6irnar pie Creek gh6ruounum par
fgrendinni, sem MA er mesta
Colorado Sulin'li'e'n'o P' ~
Eftir Pvi, sem sagan segir,
,,,nn, hsa;r nalsnartar: verkamennirnir 90
ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1904-06-01

d6u par en- margir meiddust. Undir pallin-
um haf0i verio komi0 fyrir m0rgum pundum
af dynamite og skamm-byssa logo hjA Pvi,en
stalvir festur vi6 gikkinn, og Ia virin undir
giroingu 800 fet Pa0an, par hafoi einhver
staoio og kipt vfrinn og svo hleypt af byss-
unni sprengiefni0 Pegar vagnlestin kom.
Allir vita az verkamenn Peir, er aour unnu
namunum voru valdir a0 Pessum glap, og
nastu daga a eftir gerou Peir alment upp-
hlaup Victor og 06rum b@jum par grend-
inni, og b0roast par marga daga vio rikis-
herinn. p6tti pa festum dr hof keyra og
l<r0f0ust pess a0 60ld ST, er lengi hafoi sta0-
io par landi yr0i MI til lykta leidd. Hefr
landsly0urinn MI myndao verndarfel0g og
gengi0 li0 med hernum, smala Peir saman
0llum me0limum verkamannaf6lagsins sem
Peir geta funefi0, og senda pa Gins og kvik-
fena0 st6rlestum ut fyrir landamari rfkisins,
fer herdeild me0 hverri lest, og m0rg hundr-
u0 namamenn hafa Pannig verio huttir burt
med valdi. pykir ]iklegt az par med VERDI
imam skams foki0 6eir0unum n;imum Pessum.
DAD er enn salna P6fio par eystra milli
Tanana o0 Rnssa Smabar(aUar cru ha0ir
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06

ring scarcely could have been finer or more compress
ible. 1t is, indeed, light to a fault-the merest zephyr
is enough to carry the whole dress away.
In the first half of the eighteenth century an enter
prising and enthusiastic little Frenchman, NJ. Bon,
turned his attention to spider-webs, and dis
covered what to him was a new and interesting fact:
that female spiders when they had laid their eggs,
Immediately proceeded to weave webs of strong
siken threads, forming cocoons about them. He had
conceived the idea that spiders might, to some extent
at least, take the place of slkwcrms. and be made
to furnish materials for silk and satin fabrics. 1t is
true that the web used by spiders to capture unsus-
pecting flies proved on trial altogether too fral and
fimsy to be woven into fabrics; but he believed that
he had found what he really required in the silk of
which spiders cocoons are composed.
After a competitive contest in which Bon set all
the different French species of web-spinners spinning
cocoons to discover which was the most available for
his purpose, he was led to adopt the "Thomisus'
spider, or "short-legged silk-spider," as he called it,
as the most productive. He collected all of these
that he could, hiring a number of persons to go in
search of them.
AS soon as he had procured one he put it by itself
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ter. There could be
only one result: All
of Bon's statements
were discredited and
his claims inconti-
nently dismissed. In
vain the poor man
wore gloves and
stockings of spiders
silk and presented
them to learned soci-
cites. After the ex-
%penditure of time,
labor and money. he
retired to hide his
head in the obscurity
from which he had
temporarily emerged,
while the ~nobly-born
de Reamur wrote a
a p on the posi-
bility of spiders
being used to pro-
duce silk-a famous
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legs are brought for
ward, and they and the
head and forward part
of the body are in the
cells. while the alb
domen energies beyond
it on the farther side
of the notched piece
of wood. Great care
is exercised in placing
the spiders in their cells
so as not to hurt them.
The threads are now
drawn from the alb
domen of the halabes.
This is done by gently
laying a finger on each
spider in turn, and
softly withdrawing the
hand.
The native girls
have a delicate touch
and by light and skilful
manipulation manage
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OF fine, g,
a~sh-colored silk.
They were carded
after being dried
thoroughly. The
carding was an
easy matter, and
he affirmed that
the threads he OBJ
tanned were finer
and stronger silk
than t those pro-
duced by the silk
worms.
However. t e
happened to be a
rival experimentalist
in the field at the
time-the celebrated
Rene Antoine Fer
chault de Reamur.
As soon as the latter
became aware that
an obscure individ-
aal of the name of
Bon was %presuming
to find out some
things about spiders.
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in catching f1les and feeding them
to his prisoners, he inspected his
paper cells and found to his great
delight that the majority of the
spiders had beguiled the weary
hours of their confinement by SPIN
ming cocoons. Bon removed the
cocoons from the paper boxes, put
them into warm water and washed
them thoroughly. Next he boiled
them for three hours in water in
which was dissolved soap, saltpeter
and gum Arabic. When taken out,
and the soap rinsed from them, the
cocoons were seen to be composed
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Each Spider Is Secured by a Slid.
Cuillotine. at Back of Cell

he lost no time in having himself despatched
by the Royal Academy of Paris, of which he was
a prominent member, to investigate the mat
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Relative Size

in a little perforated paper box. After a protracted
Imprisonment in these miniature Bastiles, during
which time Bon found his time principally occupied
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06
cnkwoRns mnaa he BY a mes Garter Beard

instance, there are GER
tain sea-shel1s that are allied to the common mussel
and which, extraordinary as it may seem, produce a
strong and beautiful quality of silk.
The pinnas from the Latin word ~signifying a wing)
as they are called because of their shape, possess the
power of spinning, with what is called the foot, a
large number of threads, in the aggregate
forming the cable or byssus by which
they moor themselves to the particular
spots under the water that they select to
occupy. Gibbon the historian tells of a
woman of rank in ancient Rome who wore
a magnificent dress woven of pima silk.
There is now in the British Museum a pair of gloves
made of the byssus of the giant pima, a species
sometimes attains the length of two feet, and
gloves and purses of the same material may be
bought at any time in the cities on the Mediter-
ranean coasts.
The Queen of Bavaria is said to have once worn a
dress of a still more remarkable fabric woven of silk
actually spun by clothes-moths, whose speciality has
always been supposed to have been to destroy. rather
than to produce materials of which clothing is made.
A Mr.. Habenstreet, it appears, having noticed that
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o1.lng the parts not TO
be covered with silk,
and by setting a great
number of the clothes
moth Larvae at work on
the surface of his models
he succeeded in produc-
ing a balloon about four
feet in diameter, two
shawls literally as
light as a feather, and
a seamless dress with
sleeves. This dress,
presented to the
Queen of Bavaria and
worn by her over her
court costume, a frock
for which b a b y
clothes-moths not on
ly spun the material
but made it up as
well, is the most deli
cate thing imagin-
able. That which, in
the well-known fairy
tale, the Kings son
dre,v throuph a finger
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the larva, or grub, of a particular kind
of clothes-moth called the Tinea padella
spun an extremely delicate and fairy-like
silk. set to work to make fabrics composed
of this silk. An opportunity insurmount-
ably difficult first encountered in carrying
out his purpose was the fact hat the fiat
patch of silk spun by each of these Larvae
measured only about half an inch square;
but by placing the larva and making
them spin in close proximity to each
other he discovered that the squares
united at the edges and produced
a continuous fabric. Mr.. Hab-
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into Chinese. But the noble French people
never forgot good NJ. Bon and his spiders.
Pere Camboni, a French Roman Catholic
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up and dOWn aCrOSS the DaCk OF the cell, and
is adjusted to catch the spider Just in front
of the abdomen and hold it motionless. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-12
FIREMEN COMMENDED.
Commissioner Macfarland Replies to
Adverse Criticism

Commissioner mcfarland today made a
statement relative to the criticism that has
been made of the fire department in con-
nection with the departments handling or
the fire in the Downey stables last Sunday.
Mr.. Macfarland expresses his entire salts
faction with the manner In which the fire
was handled and declares his confidence in
the efficiency of the fire laddies and their
officers. His statement in the matter fol-
lows:
After careful inquiry at the fire on Sun
day last. l was satisfied that there was 70
ground for the complaint that the wafer
tower had not been properly used and. on
the contrary. / was satisfied that the Off
GERS and men of the fire department did
their duty with their usual efficiency from
beginning to end. The result of their work
speaks for itself.
The owner of the building the repre-
sentatives of the insurance companies and
those most competent to judge have all as
sured me that the work of the department
was UP to its high standard. and 1t Is
cbVlous that 1t was very successful under
all the circumstances. The adverse criti-
cism was confined to very few persons
Chief Belt brought the matter of the ad-
verse criticism of the department to the at
tention of Commissioner Macfarland this
morning. Chief Belt stated in his letter
that IAN injustice has been done the officers
and members of this department as well as
myself by the unwarranted criticism for
being late in getting the water tower in
service at the fire last Sunday. Such acts
as these have demoralizing effect upon
the officers and men,"
The chief explains the reasons for the
delay In getting the tower in service and
makes the following additional comment:
This fire clearly demonstrates what 1
nave repea tedly stated. the necessity IF
m ore fire engines being placed at certain
large areas which are left inadeauat ely
protected.
THE department can take care of one
large lire. but 1t cannot take care of two
Il ne second fire will have to take care oil
itself
EVERY piece of apparatus that responded
to this alarm of fire was in constant action
until the fire was practically under control.
conditions of this kind cannot last fo~-
ever. The liabilities are great for two
nres at one time. at any time. The depart-
ment. In such case, will not be able to com
bat them. ~ WIN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-12

$50 Safety Folding Beds. patented.
Reduced to only OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
So Richly Decorated Japanese
Screens. i-fold and very high. Re
duCed TO only. Observation-Disclosures.
81 Pictures, in frames. slightly
shopwOrn. but all good subjects, FOR
pc Window Shades, best opaque.
Some are sOiled. Observation-Disclosures.
$3.50 Smyrna Rugs. an imitation
made Of jute. Size 9Nl2 feet. for.
Sl2 Tapestry BRUSSELS Rugs, the
genuine. size 9N9 feet, for only. .....
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-12

GIVEN BY THE KAISER
Replica of the Potsdam Statue
of Frederick.
SOON TO BE ERECTED
WILL BE SHIPPED TO THIS CITY
WHEN THE PEDESTAL Is READY.
Arrangements Made for the dwelling
Ceremonies November 19-Purely
Military in Character

General arrangements have been made for
the unwilling ofzthe statue of Frederick the
Great, presented to the United States by
Emperor William of Germany, on the es-
planade of the Army War College, in the
Washington barracks reservation, on the
These plans are; the result of conferences
between Maj. Gen. Gillespie assistant chief
of the general staff, representing the Pres
ident of the United States, and Baron Won
Sternburg, thenGerruan ambassador to the
United States; representing Emperor Will
liam. It is designed that the ceremonies
shall be purely military In character in
special recognition of the eminent position
of Frederick the Great as a soldier They
will follow generally the program adopted
statue of Rochambeau in Lafayette Park.
Troops That Will Participate.
All the regular troops in this vicinity,
including the cavalry from Fort Myer, the
engineers from Washington barracks and
the artillery from Forts Washington and
Hunt, and possibly some infantry from
Governors Island, N. y. will particpat tie
in the ceremonies in addition to watch there
will be a representation of the navy and
Marine Corps from nearby posts In view
of the limited space available at the War
College grounds it has been decided to con-
fine the military representation to regular
troops. BY direction of the President Gen.
Gillespie has charge of all the arrangements
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-12
District Revenues.

Acting Auditor Tweedale, in reporting on
the District revenues, states that the eX-
cess of appropriations payable in whole and
in part by the District for the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1904 and prior years over
and above the revenues was 2O3oooo-
The interest for the fiscal year on 81 6b},-
81 81, the actual Indebtedness of the Dis
trict July /, 1903 for advances made by the
treasury on account of appropriations
chargeable to the District, was $3,oio3j,
making at the end of the past hscal year
the appropriations in excess of revenues
1923, 1910
The statement further showed the ap-
preparations for the fiscal year chargeable
to the District revenues to be So,oo4 $500.
The interest for the fiscal year 1903 on
81 $40 651. 05, the actual indebtedness or the
District on July l. 1904, for advances made
by the treasury on account, was S2o,S9"oZ.
The revenues of the District for the pres
ent fiscal year are placed at 81. l3O, $50. III.
and from this the statement is MADE thae
the estimated excess of all appropriations
PAYABLE in whole and in part by the DIS
trict for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1905, and prior year over and above the
estimated revenues of the District to that
date. exclusive of deficiency appropriations
and Immediately available appropriations
which may be made in that time, is $4.2l4,-
49, 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-12
GUN FACTORY BUSY
PLANT AT NAVY YARD RUNNING
NIGHT AND DAY.
Equipment of New Vessels and Manu-
facture Of Sights for Guns
on Warships.

There are busy times at the Washington
navy yard. and the great naval gun factory
plants there are being operated to their
fullest capacity. The thousands of me-
chanics are not only required to work in
three shifts of eight hours each, but the
forces in two of the large shops are work.
ing every Sunday.
One cause for this extra work was stated
today by an ordnance officer to be due to
the change in sighting MECHANISM. The
improved sights, described by The Star
several days ago, will eventually be placed
on all the guns, big and little, in the
American navy. They are said to adjust
themselves automatically to the movement
of the vessel caused by the ocean swell and
other causes.
Hurried work is also being done, it Is
said, on the guns for the new battle ships
Georgia, Colorado, Pennsylvania and West
Virginia. 4@u
The facilities of the establishment are
taxed to the utmost. officials say, and have
been SO taxed for a conslderabIe time. me
need of additiopn saops and new ma
chinery becomes more apparent every day,
it is claimed in order that the gun factory
may be able to Keep up with the pressing
demands of the new navy With their pres
emit capacity the ordnance works are over
taxed when an emergency arises such as
the present changing Of the sights now in
use for the latest adjustable sights, which
are being made as rapidly as possible by the
ordnance department, hecesSitating Sunday
work 11s
1t was further stated that there had not
beer decided addition to the mechanical
equipment of tho navy yard since 1887 to
the former ordnance department of a navy
yard was constituted aInational naval gun
factory There has been no material in
crease since. but "a gradual adding of equip
ment from time to time.
We have arrived at stage now" said
an officer today, when there should be an
other large increase in the general plant.
The navy is increasing, our country is
growing in wealth and influence and the
gun factory should grow Also"
Lieut. Commander a. a. Alderman and
Lieut. r. c. Buimer have been assigned to
duty at the naval gun factory vice Lieut.
Commander john J. Knapp and Lieut. w.
NJ FaIconer, who have been detached
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-12
A Limit on Trusts Exactions-

From the Century
The grand and redeeming fact in the en-
tire situation is the limit which Is now
placed on the exactions of the trusts. 1t Is
mt there by nature and not by legtsla-
ton, and has acted very efficiently from the
time of the formation of the first great
trust to the present. 1t Is the result Of that
potential competition. If the trusts
raise prices too much, new mills are actual
ly built and prices go down; therefore it
does not put the prices high enough to call
the new mills into being. 1t is deferred from
much extortion which. in its own interest, 1t
would otherwise practice by the competi-
tors who do not now exist If only they will
surely appear whenever prices are I'M
duly raised. the public is as safe as it would
be If they were already in the full and COM
peting vigorously with the great corpora
tiOn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-12
ASSESSORS REPORT
MR.. DARNEILLE SUBMITS AN
NUAL FIGURES INFORMALLY.
Assessed Land Valuation in City
Reaches $ea,eee,1ae; Improve
ments, $s2,eo1, o1e.

District Assessor Hopewell H. Darneille
late yesterday afternoon submitted to Com
missioner West an informal report embody-
ing in substance the principal features of
MS forthcoming annual report for the fiscal
year 1901 Assessor Darneilles informal
report was accompanied by a statement
from Acting Auditor Tweedale, showing the
amounts chargeable to the revenues of the
District under appropriations, and the es-
timated collections of revenue for the next
fiscal year.
Mr.. Darneille states that the assessed val
uation of land in the city of Washington
for 1905 reaches 1896. 136, and the as
sessed valuation of improvements. $50
Ul ,O16, making a total assessed valuation
of $1T6.S6 ,112. In the county the assessed
valuation of land reaches 1914 $50 All and
the improvements. $751; 10, making a
total of $40 143,5 11. Thus in the District
the total assessed valuation of real estate
for the fiscal year 1905 is SIT $40 6S3 The
real estate tax accruing from the city in
the year reaches $2,653, 900, and in the coun-
ty, SOL. 1873 making total of real estate
tax OF 50, 4,161- In comparison with the
past fiscal year the increase in assessed
valuation in the city is S2521 aga, and in
the county $1.S3S. sol, making a total in
crease of $4,36O,2f5. The books show an
increase of taxes in the city of $37, 500. and
in the county of S27. 5S2 making a total of
$50, 404.
Reason for Increase.
These increases are due to the assess
ment by the board of assistant assessors -
says Mr.. Darneille. "of buildings erected
during the past fiscal year. The increased
valuation of the land has not increased
for the reason that the general assessment
of real estate takes place triennally. and
the annual assessment is confined to i'm
provements. and does not affect the land
valuations"
The assessor mentions that the total as
sessed valuation of personal property in
the District cannot be ascertained at this
time. the board of personal tax appeals
will not hold its meetings until the first
Monday in February. He estimates, how
ever, that the amount of personal tax col
lectible during the fiscal year 1905, includ-
ind street railway franchise taxes will be
$615.090, compared with $637, 416 levied
during the fiscal year 1904.
Accepting this estimate of the amount of
petkonal taxes. the total taxes on real and
pc fsonal property for the fiscal year 1905
will be: Personal S675, 600; real, s, 264, 1851,
and the total, $3949. 1911. This makes a net
increase in taxes, both real and personal,
of s1O20S9.
The amount of taxes outstanding, Mr.
Darneille reports, is less than at any other
period in the history of the Office. Abops
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-12

Theron W. Brown, who az casb,er os
the Lire insurance Company of Virginia
embezzied about sl7,eO0. most of which
was returned, will be released from the peni
tertiary at Richmond Monday on a ,pii
tlonal pardon. He has served half of tina
years for which he was sentenced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-12

The union party at San Juan, P. r.. has
nominated Tulio Larrinaga for Porto Rican
commissioner to the United States Con-
gress. Mumozo Rivera, whom the demo-
Gratis and unionists nominated. declined
both nominations. The republicans have
nominated Mateo Fajardo to succeed Fed
erico Degetau, the present commisxiener.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-12

Gomez GARLIC, the Guatemalan minister
to Germany. fought duel in Paris Mon
day with jacques Laudun, the editor of
a sporting journal. for writing dsrespect-
fully of the president of Guatemala M
Laudun was slightly wounded.