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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
ONCE BED OF THE PACIFIC.
Coral Found Along the Great Salt Lake
Proves It's Origin.

From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
A dispatch from Salt Lake City, Utah,
states that Mrs. B. F. House, former
Cincinnati woman, has made a discovery
which proves conclusively to scientists. ac-
cording to the dispatch. that Salt Lake was
once part of the Pacific ocean. For years
biologists and learned scientists. including
experts from the Smithsonian Institution,
have made vain efforts to discover some
convincing proof that the inland sea was
once a part Of the great Pacific. Parties
of scientists have lived on and Travelled
the shores of the big lake, but none of their
discoveries were ever accepted as positive
proof THE discovery made by Mrs. House
which is accepted by many as proof posi-
tive is piece Of sponge-like coral, but con-
tains salt sea periwinkles, which number
of scientists claim are only found In ocean
coral. Diligent search was made for other
specimens, but the big coral rock, yellow
with age was all that could be found. Prof
Henshaw, geologist at the Walnut Hills
school, said that while the discovery was
a great one, and while it was the most
convincing proof yet established, he would
not accept it as positive. although he had
never heard of any like specimens being
found except in the ocean. Q. W. Martin
professor of geology at Hughes High
School, said: THE discovery is indeed the
most important one ever made in that
region, and will undoubtedly interest scien-
lists and biologists all over the world
Many efforts have been made to establish
some positive proof that Salt Lake was
once part of the Pacific, but they have all
failed. While the discovery, as reported,
would afford the most positive proof we
have ever had, could not accept it as con-
elusive proof. The question of whether the
Salt Lake was once part of the ocean has
been agitating scientists and biologists for
many years, and this recent discovery Will
no doubt be of great interest to all of
them" Mrs. House is the wife of the chief
engineer of the Western Pacific surveying
corps
NJ F. Guyer, the professor of geology at
the Cincinnati University, when asked his
opinion on Mrs. Houses discovery, said:
while it is very strong evidence and prob
ably the most important discovery to that
end that has ever been made do not think
it will be generally accepted as positive
proof that the inland sea was once part
of the Pacific ocean. One thing is certain
it is the first piece of coral ever discovered
in an inland body of water that contained
periwinkes, and it is almost conclusive
evidence that Great Salt Lake was once
part of the Pacific ocean,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
BALFoUR AND WILLIAMS.
Why the House Democratic Leader
Suggests England's Minister.

From Golfers Weekly.
The interesting leader of the democrats
in the House many times suggests the
prime minister of England, although we
believe Mr.. Williams nurses the conviction
that EngliShmen are diStasteful to him.
Mr.. Williams has, what is rare in American
legislatures, an expressive and daring fair
mindedness. In proclaiming that our
prosperity is independent of republican
measures, he can also proclaim that it is
Independent of democratic measures. His
position on Panama called the country's
attention to the ease with which he wears
his party label. He is graceful in ad-
hitting errors and he is by no means re-
markable in accuracy of detail In his
languid and provokingly good tempered
manner there is, of course, more obvious,
if somewhat more superficial resemblance
to the British premier. Both, 1t Is a pleas
ure to narrate, are free of any suspicion
about their motives and their records,
though this distinction makes Mr.. Will
liams stand apart more saliently in our
House than 1t does Mr.. BaIfour in the
commons Each went some distance into
life before doing active work in politics.
Both have the kind of intelligence to which
political questions are one part of life's
complex workings, rather than the heart
of everything. Mr.. Balfour is half dozen
years older and has had nearly twice as
long a parliamentary experience. If the
improvement of Mr.. Williams equals that
of Mr. Balfour he should be a stronger
man when his career has reached it's top.
One marked superiority, for American
taste he has, in humor SO distinctly native
in quality and persistence that it contains
often suggestion of the greatest political
master of that weapon. Abraham Lincoln
would have been glad to use Mr.. williams
banana illustration, or to have said, when
he was corrected in a fragrant error that
his consolation lay in knowing. that when
a fellow on his side of the House was in
error he found few followers but when a
leader on the other side was in error his
party followed him like sheep: as he would
have been glad, more seriously, to say, as
Mr.. Williams said the other day, when
ure, if it is right"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
Clinging to Our Youth.
A Countess In London Outlook.


We have done away with middle age al
together nowadays Our mothers and
grandmothers retired into caps and bonnets
ana velvet dolmans at an age when we are
still simpering in white muslin and baby
hats with big frills. We are younger look
ing at five and forty than our own daugh-
tiers and have very much better time.
They, poor dears. take life somewhat seri-
ously and get prematurely battered in the
equinoctial gales of extreme youth. As they
grow more philosophical they will become
rejuvenated. In the meantime they sit
out at balls with resigned air while their
parents cut capers In the kitchen lancers
When we are grandmothers with canary
colored wigs and all the outward sem
blance of dug-up mummies they will be be-.
ginning to enjoy themselves and we with
one foot in the grave will be looking out
for our third husband. 1t is a strange fact
that this generation which worships youth
almost as much as it worships wealth has
no fear of DEATH We have a morbid dread
OF disease and we are afraid of pain and
suffering, but we do not fear to die. 1t is
our youth, not our lie. to which We cling.
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RAILROADS.
SOUTHERN RAIL WAY.
Schedule effective January II. 1904.

Schedule effective January II, 1904
Trains leave from Pennsylvania Station.
1880 am. Daily. Local for Harrisonburg. War
renton, Danville and way stations.
1881 am. Daily. Washington and Florida I'm.
tied. Firstclass coaches and drawing room sleeper
to Jacksonville, Fla Dining service.
rs am. Daily. United States Fast Mail.
New Orleans. Dining service.
4:01 pm. Week Days. Local for Harrisonburg
and way stations on Manassas branch.
4:40 pm Daily. Local for Warrenton and Char
6:31 pm. Week Days. southerns Palm Limited.
Solid Pullman train Club, observation and dining
ears between Washington, Columbia, Aiken, Au-
gusta, Savannah, Jacksonville and st. Augustine.
7:10 pm. Daily. New York and Atlanta Ex-
Atlanta. Sunset tourist, sleeper Washington to
San Francisco Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays.
Through sleeper to Pnehurst N. c., daily except
Sunday. Pullman buffet service.
Washington to Columbia, augusta Aiken. savan-
1000 pm. Daily. New York and Memphis Lin
tied tvia Lynchburg). Firstclass coach and sleep.
Memphis; sleeper to New Orleans. Dining
service.
1o:45 pm. Daily Washington and Southwestern
cars to Atlanta and Macon; sleepers to Augusta
Nashville, Atlanta. Macon, Memphis, New Orleans.
Leave Washington $40 am, 100 pm, 500
pm, sos pm, 6:25 p.m IL 40 pm. weekdays
sos pm. and II 40 pm. for Leesburg only. Sun
day trains leave Washington 9:10 In. 6:25 pm.
Through trains for the South arrive Washington
642 an, $3.50 am, 945 Am, 1875 am, $3.50
PM pm, $50 pm a and $50 pm daily; 1918 Am
burg. II :55 am. week days and 9l0 pm. daily.
From Charlottesville, s25 am. and 9:10 pm daily
formation can be had at ticket offices. 705 10Th
street, 511 Pennsylvania avenue and Pennsylvania
Station. Baggage checked through from hotels and
Phone 1910 P, R. r. Cab Service.
s. II. HARDWICK. General Pass'r Agent.
L.. s. BROWN, General Agent
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Ice Gorges in Ohio River.

A dispatch from Cincinnati, Ohio, last
night says: Dispatches from Ohio river
points tonight indicate new ice forming,
while the gorges between Evansville and
Louisville were already firm, and also those
Jetween Madison and Cincinnati The same
conditions exist for seventy miles above
Cincinnati where the gorges are almost
continuous, and at some places fcebergs
thirty and forty feet high exist. Naviga-
zion on the Ohio and it's tributaries has been
suspended for almost six weeks, and many
river towns without railroads that depens
on the boats for mail, groceries, fuel and
3lmost everything are suffering great in
convenience. There is only a two weeks
supply of coal available at Cincinnati.
While there have been colder winters. the
Ohio river was never frozen over for so long,
period before. This is due to the low
stage of the water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
JAMES W. RADCLIFFE, AUCnoNEER.

TRUSTEES SALE OF SIX HANDSOME, NEW
THREE STORY BRICK AND STONE
DWELLINGS ON COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, BE-
ING KNOWN AS PREMISES NOS. 1919, 1921,
1928, 3225, 1927 ELEVENTH STREET AND
NO. 1882 DARTMOUTH STREET.
BY virtue of six certain deeds Of trust dated the
23d day of June, 1902 and recorded among the
land records Of the District OF Columbia in Liber
$3.50. folos respectively, BAT ct seq 1852 ct sea-,
357 ct seq, 1852 ct sea- 1865 ct seq. and 3S1 eft
secured thereby, will offer. separately, at public
auction, in front of the premises, on FRIDAY
THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1904,
BEGINNING AT HALF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK
in the county Of Washington. District of Columbia,
known and distinguished and being lots
bered twenty-six (26), twenty-seven (27), twenty
eight 2S), twentynine (29, thirty 900 and thirty
three 1881, in Edward Landyoigt's subdivision of
lots 90 and 81 and part of %. in block numbered
twenty-one (2D, Columbia Heights" and lot num-
bered six 90. in block numbered eighteen (1Sl in
Todd and Browns subdivision of part Of Pleasant
Plains" as said I-andvogts subdivision is duly
recorded in Liber County No. 16, page II, of the
Columbia, together with the improvements thereon.
Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase money
to be paid in cash and the balance to be paid in
three equal instaments. respectively, In one, two
the property Sold with interest thereon, payable
semi annually. at the rate of five per cent per
until paid: all cash. at the option of tie
purchaser A deposit of $500 on each lot sold will
be required the time Of sale. Sale to be closed
within fifteen days from day of sae otherwise the
trustees may resell the property at the risk and
cost of defaultng purchaser after five days adver-
tisement in paper published in the city of
Washington. D. G. Conveyanclng at the cost of
purchaser
CLARENCE B. RHEEM. Trustee
GEO. w. f. SWARTzEIiL, Trustee,
ja1S-d&ds '916 Il St NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
Women as Usurers.
the New York World

From the New York World.
The arrest of a girl cashier for stealing
gave a shock to the readers of the days
news, as instances of such dishonesty
among women are relatively rare. But in
some respects the accusation of usury
brought within ten days against six women
doing business as money lenders conveys a
yet more disagreeable impression. In the
one case there was a yielding to tempta-
ton under great stress. The other points
to professional practice by women of trade
regarded as exceptionally detestable in men
1t is a development of the woman in bus
ness life to be viewed with disappointment
But is it wholly surpris ng? Is not woman
by nature a more exacting creditor than
man and more disposed to demand her due?
Is she not a more jealous upholder of the
doctrine that whats mines mine?" In
mercantile affairs is she not less inclined to
compromise a claim to extend credit to
a debtor in adversely? The common opin-
ion has been that women are too sympa-
thetic" to succeed in bus ness. Is this like
ly to be proved an error?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18
Jade as Medicine.
I'M the Nineteenth Century.

From the Nineteenth Century.
Everything in China of any rarity what
ever is quite certain to be dragged into the
pharmacopoea of the Chinese physician.
Jade is no exception to the rule. 1t may
be swallowed as powder, or in little pieces
the size of hemp seed, for various stomach chic
complaints; even pockmarks and scars may
be obliterated by being daily rubbed with
piece of pure jade. 1t is also considered
to be of a very moist nature, and we read
of an imperial favorite of the eighth CEN
fury who was cured of excessive thirst by
holding fish shaped jade in her mouth.
And so when the tomb of the great COM
mandeI. Ts'ao rs 40, third century, A. D.,
was opened two hundred years after his
death, among the usual objects found in
such circumstances was large silver bowl
full of water. That the water had not
dried up was accounted for by the presence
in the bowl of a jade boy three feet in
height.
Jade is chiefly brought from the Kun-Iun,
or Koukun range. between the Desert of
Cobb and Thibet; from Khoten or Ilchi in
Yarkand and from Lan-t'ien on the Belur-
tagh mountains, still further to the west.
This Lan-tien has been confused by Chin
ese writers with another Lan-t'ien, in the
proyince of Shen-Se. near the city of HSi-
an, whittier the Chinese court fed in Au-
gust. 1900 upon the relief of Picking. In
the tenth century, A. D., the latter was ac-
tually known as the Jade Hills district,
though 1t does not appear that any jade
has ever been found there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-18

Effective November -, 1903.
Leave Washington, New Jersey ave. and @ st.
Chicago and northwest, -l1:UJ AM, $40 pm.
Cincinnati, 81. Louis and Louisville, s1O:O5 am,
II l5 PM, s1:l0 night
P:ttsburg and Cleveland. 'l1:0O am, 'S:45 p m.
and 100 night.
Columbus aud Wheeling, 500 pm
Winchester, 1875 am, f4:la. t5:30, t6:2O p m
Annapois, K 70. 1880. f12:oo noon, 1920 pm.
Frederick, 1875. s9l5. ill:0J am, s1:l5, f4:3o,
Hagerstown, fl0:05 am. and is 30 pm
Boyd and way points. fS:35 1918 am, Is,
IA 80 1880 sl0l5, i'll: 80 pm.
i12:5O, sI:15, 1890, f4:30. $500. 1880. f7:O5.
s7:20 sf0:15. i'll 80 pm.
Washington Junction and way points, 1885, SO 10
am. Is, ii:30 1880 pm.
Baltimore, week days, x3:o0, 500, $780, x7:o0,
x7:2O xs:OO, xs:30. S:35, x900, x9:30, xlO:0o.
x3 100, x4:OO, x4:30 4:40, x5:00. 1920 x6o0, 30
X 90 xS:eO, x10:00 A11:30, II :35 pm. Sundays.
x3 100 x7:OO 7:20, $50 x9O0. XII 90 am, x1 co.
I:15, 1900, 1880 x5:00. 5:2o $50, xS:Oo xl0:00.
XII 30 IL 35 pm.
ROYAL BLUE LINE.
All trains Illuminated with Pintsch light.
baltimore, Philadelphia. New York, Boston and
the East, $500. 1880 DINER. $50 tBuneu, $500
5Dner) i10:0o D.ner am, 100 Diner), 800
(..Royal Limited Diner), f4:00 Qhila. only,
% 200 fDinerl. $500 and 'i1:30 pm. sleeping Car
open at 1000 o'elock)
pm.
Daily. Except Sunday Sunday only.
Z Express trains.
Baggage called for and checked from hotels and
residences by Union Transfer Co. orders left at
ticket Offices 6I9 Pennsylvania ave. NV. New
York ave. and 18th St. and at station.
s. b. HEGE, District Passenger Agent.
D. r. MARTIN. Manager Passenger Traffic.
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aAITHERsBuRa NEWS.
First National Bank Election-Death of
Richard Leizear.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
GAITHERSBURG, Md, January 49, 1904.
The annual election of the First National
Bank of Gaithersburg, held at the banking
house, resulted in the choice of the follow
ing directors: Nathan Cooke, ]. B. Dia-
mond, Ignatius T. Fulks, Samuel S. Hays,
Albert F. Meem. Philemon M. Smith. H. M.
Talbot, DR.. w. A. Waters, Horace D. Wa
tiers, James S. Windsor. Captain James An
derson, Ignatius B. Ward, Ulysses Griffith,
Clarence H. Hoskinson, DR.. E. c. Etchison
and John w. Walker. The board at sub
sequent meeting elected John B. Diamond,
president; H. Maurice Talbot, vice presi-
dent; Robert b. Moore, cashier, and James
e. Trundle. assistant cashier and book
keeper.
Mr.. Richard Leizear, respected citizen
of Sandy Spring, died at his home there Of
complication Of diseases after lingering
illness. His wife survives him. Funeral
services were held at the Ashton Methodist
Episcopal Church. and were largely attend
ed, the pastor, Rev. III. C. Smith, officiating.
A number of serious accidents are report
ed due to the icy condition of the thorough
fares. Mrs. Zachariah A. Briggs fell in
her yard and the injuries sustained consist
of fracture of the collar bone, spraned
wrist, broken arm and many painful
bruises Mr.. Edward G. Ward, farmer
near here, broke his right ankle in an acci-
dent of similar character.
Mr.. Douglass Tschiffely, son of Dr. F. A.
Tschiffely has gone to St. Louis to engage
in business in connection with the exposi-
ton.
The Fair View School for Boys, whose
building was destroyed by fire a few days
ago, has temporarily located in town in the
Etchison building. Dr. Charles H Waters,
the principal, has leased the residence of
DIR. Israel G. Warfield for accommodation
of the boarding pupils. His loss.in the fire
was much heavier than at first reported.
1t was $1,000, no insurance being carried on
the furniture and school fixtures
Mrs. David Clarke of Laytonsville has
been removed to Sibley Hospital Washing
ton, for treatment for serious malady.
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ICE SKATING.
Sometimes the Ice is Too Hard for
Good Sport.

Good Sport.
From the New York Press.
A man who was doing some fancy figures
on the ice in Central Park during the last
freeze remarked to party of friends:
81 like to skate on mild day like this
Out west the ice is often SO hard We can't
skate on It,"
''There you go again" said one OF the
group. when you talk of the west there's
no believing you"
When his incredulous friends had STATED
off the westerner said:
81 suppose that statement has made me
appear to be liar oftener than any state
meut l ever have made, and yet it is true.
When the temperature hangs around 80 de-
grees below zero for week, as l have seen
it in Dakota and Minnesota, the ice be-
comes so hard the skate won't take hold,
and in a sense it is like skating on iron or
stone.
Most people know little of figure skat-
ing, being happy if they can skate straight
forward or backward. and are unaware of
the importance the temperature is to
fancy skater. He will prefer any day
temperature of 20 to % above to zero or
even 10 above. The principle of figure
skating is the inner and outer edge of the
blade. In all one-foot figures the renewal
of motion is done by changing the edge.
The swaying of the body and the fling
given to the foot off the ice are elements
in this change of edge. 1t is clear that
when the ice is too hard the blade will not
sink deeply enough into the ice to support
the body's weight in the making of turns.
another story eastern people always
brand as lie. to the serious injury of my
reputation for veracity, also deals with ice
and winter. The lake near my home froze
over one night in an exceedingly sudden
change from rain to freezing. / went down
to skate on it the next morning. 1 noticed
what looked like stones frozen in the ice.
as if boys had been throwing things on the
ice. The lake was a mile long and three
quarters of mile wide. AS l was skating
/ cut through one of the black objects Elk
aiming it, l. found it was frog Then |
saw that the sudden snap had caught the
frogs while they were migrating across the
lake, having been deceived by the rain that
had preceded the FROST
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,. SLOAN l. CO. AUCT1oNEERs. 14o7 ST.

RUSTEES' SALE OF VALUABLE BUSINESS
PROPERTY. NUMBER 40 TENTH STREET
NORTHWEST, AND RESIDENCE PROPERTY
kqMBE sol AND 500 H STREET NORTH
18th day Of September. 1893. and duly recorded in
Liber No. 1858. at folio POI ct seq one Of the
land records IF the District of Columbia. and at
the request Of the party secured thereby, we will
offer for sale at public auction in front Of the re-
R sfys naG e. a TRSDA THE NN
premises. situate in the city Of Washington in the
District of Columbia, and designated and being
all that part of original lot seventeen 40, in
square numbered three hundred and forty-eight
bounds viz Beginning for the same at the south
east corner of said lot. and running thence north
along the line of 10th street twenty five t25 feet.
thence hundred 900 feet ~ inch.
thence south twenty-five l25) feet and thence east
one hundred 400 feet one % inch to the place of
beginning improved by brick warehouse No. Az
10th st. NV
A d on THE SAME DAY, AT FOUR O'CLOCK
G2) of Gilbert B. Towles' and Henry o. Towles'
subdivision of lots IN square numbered four hun
vision is recorded in the office of the surveyor OF
the said District of Columbia In, Book II. page
II street northwest. with right of way to each of
said lots eleven (11) and twelve u2). the
uth part OF lot sixteen 90 OF said subdivision
on sth street and extending back even width to
the west line of said lot sixteen d6).
Terms each lot: One-third cash, balance In
)ne and two ears, with interest at per cent
per annum payable semi-annually. and secured by
a deed of trust on the property Sold all cash.
II the option OF the purchaser. deposit of $500
will be required on each lot at time of sale. All
cvaveyancinr recording, stamps. notarial fees &C..
at cost of purchaser If terms of sale not com
piled with in days from the day of sale, the
trustees reserve the right to readyerise and resell
the property in default at the risk and cost of
the defsuting purchaser, after due notice published
ROBERT G. RUTHERFoRD. Trustee.
1867 + st. NV. Washington, D. O.
CHAS. c. GLOVER. Trustee.
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Kansas City-Orient Road.

A dispatch from Kansas City, Mo-, last
night says: William A. Harris, former
United States senator from Kansas. has
been appointed a member Of the executive
committee of the Kansas City and Orient
railway. OF his new position Mr.. Harris
says: The Orient road will be largely sup
Elemental to the isthmian canal. A rapid
transit route from the Pacific by the near
est way will be a necessity. 1t will be
great factor. too. in the building of the
canal. It's southern end is rich in minerals
in coal. iron, cement and timber needed in
the canal construction"
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FUTURE DAYS.
JAMES W. RADCLIFFE, AUCTIoNEER
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
PROPERTY, BEING PREMISES NO. 724 9Th


TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
PROPERTY, BEING PREMISES NO. 724 9TH
ST. NV.
By virtue of three certain deeds Of trust recorded
respectively in Lbers 2O03 2291. 242O folios ZIG,
351. 4S7 ct seq, of the land records for the
District Of Columbia, and at the request Of the
party secured thereby the undersigned trustees
will offer for sale, by public auction in front Of
the premises on MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF
FEBRUARY, A. ID. 1904, AT HALF-PAST FOUR
O'CLOCK PM, the following described real es. ate,
situate In the city of Washington, District Of Co.
lnmbia, to wit: Part Of lot number a. in square
454, beginning for the same at point on tho
line Of 9th street west, IA feet inches south from
the northeast Of said lot and running thence
south along the line of said street IA feet inches
thence west 100 feet to public alley, thence north
along said alley IA feet inches, and thence east
100 feet to the said street and point Of beginning
together with all the improvements, rights, etc.
Terms: One third cash, the balance in and
two years. with interest from the day of sale at
six per cent per annum, secured by deed of trust
on the property Sold all cash, at the option of
the purchaser. A deposit Of 5000 required at the
time Of sale. If the terms Of sale not COM
piled with in Is days from the day of sale, the
trustees the right to resell the property
the risk and cost of the defaultng purchaser, after
five days advertisement OF such resale in some
newspaper published in Washington, d. G. All
eonveyancing &c, at cost Of the purchaser.
ja1S-d&ds GEORGE NJ EMMERCH, Trustee.