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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

Atkinson & Ballard Co, Inc. real estate
brokers, have outgrown their quarters at
+l4l1 G street northwest, and have taken
4 long lease on the entire building at 1923
New York avenue northwest. which they
nave remodeled and equipped.
The recent sales of large farms to west
ern and northwestern men by this COM
pany In the opinion of Mr.. Joseph r. At
kinson. the president, indicate a sure de-
velopment of much of the valuable farm
lands In Maryland and Virginia They re-
llize," Mr.. Atkinson states. ''the tremen-
aots advantage of being located near the
national capital. and In such close prox-
Unity to the greatest markets in the coun-
49, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

Regulations Tor forming and maintaining
squads-Leaders will obtain their SQUADS
by choosing one man at a time In order of
seniority of the leaders. If one man enlist
he will be assigned to the squad that has
lost man, or If more than one squad has
lost. to the one that lost first; that has the
next choice In case no loss has occurred.
If two or more men enlist at the same
time. they shall be chosen by the leaders
of the squads that have had losses and in
order of the length of time such losses
have existed; that have the next choice In
the regular order of the seniority of lead
ers. Vacancies shall. In every case, be
filed in the order In which they occurred.
The number of points accredited to q
squad will be the average number made
by its individual members. A man put into
squad to hll a vacancy caused by loss
will be considered as continuing the record
Of the man whose place he fills; II there
be an interval OF time between the records
of such men the cred..s of such time shall
be at the average rate found in the Joint
records of the two men. In case the leader
Of squad be lost the company commander
will at once designate a member Of the
squad to lead until the appointment of the
next non-commtssioned officer. who will BIO
the leader. The temporary leader. as such.
shall have no share In the prize.
non-commissioned officer appointed to
fill vacancy In the leadership of any
squad shall receive only such part Of any
prize, earned by the record of that squad,
as the time he has served as leader Is to
twelve months. The remainder of the
prize shall be divided among the other MEM
dividual records.
Ties shall be decided by further attend
ance record. The first to fall behind shall
lose.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
UNvvARRANTED ASSUMPTION
Misdirected Witticism of Young Pro-
fessor Recoils Upon His
Own Head,

1t was at the summer slhool for
teachers. The professor of sociology
was young and good-looking, also he
was lecturing, relates the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald Sunday Magazine
At the end of the first form sat the
substitute teacher. She too was young,
and her gown of shimmery stuff was
immensely becoming to her. OF the
latter fact the substitute teacher was
entirely aware, so she sat with down.
cast eyes and seemed demurely un-
conscious when the professor of soci-
ology addressed some of his most bril-
liant remarks directly to herself.
The professor of sociology was
speaking of marriage; but something
his youth perhaps, or the subtle influ-
ence of the summer weather-had
lightened the gravity of his theme in
such wise that he handled it playfully,
and half reverently, half humorously,
he quoted the final sentences of the
ceremony used by the church. His
voice was pleasant, the last words Of
the well-known formula falling melli-
fuously from his lips. AS he ended,
he turned again with a smile and a
bow to the substitute teacher.
''There!" he said impressively. "See
how easily you are given away?"
The substitute teacher raised her shy
eyes," "Am lam I to infer,' she hesi-
tated innocently, that the gentleman
in the case has heen SO1d2''
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
CEMETERY FOR ANIMALS.
Large Plots Of Ground in Some Euro
pean Cities Set Apart for
This Purpose.

In spite of much agitation upon the
subject at various times, lovers of ami
mails have never succeeded in estab-
fishing in this country cemetery as
elaborate as those in several European
capitals, says the New York Herald.
The largest and most beautiful ami
NAL cemetery is La Necropole Zoolo-
gique, in Paris, or rather in the suburb
of Asnieres. Here a large plot of
ground is laid out for the jnterment
of dogs and other animals, and here
are erected monuments in every way
as handsome as those over the graves
Of human beings in other cities of the
dead Cr3~
Some famous dogs have sculptures to
mark their memories, and dog kennels
in marble are favorite vaults. For two
dollars and half grave is leased for
three years, and this fee includes the
services of a dog undertaken, uni
formed and mounted on a tricycle. For
$100 a grave may be leased in perptu-
ity, and between these extremes may
be found prices to suit all purposes.
The cemetery occupies an entire
island in the Seine, and, apart from the
rental of graves, the company owning
the property makes a handsome profit
out of the sale of admission tickets to
visitors
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
PLAYGROUND OF A NATION.
Where Nature Has Been Exceedingly
Generous in the Bestowal
of Her Favors.

What is there anywhere that can be
even compared with the marvels of the
heart of the playground, the Yellow
stone National park? Here in one
place are terraces surprising those OF
New Zealand, geysers far more won
derful than those of Iceland, water
falls more stupendous than those of
Cumberland or Killarney, hot springs
of greater heat end mineral springs
more marked than those of the Au-
vergne, pools of incompatible beauty,
with bear, deer, elk, buffalo and eagles
to give life to the scene, the whole set
among canyons of glowing tints and
crags of beetling height, while all the
region is easily accessible on splendid
government-built roads, policed by
United States troops. This is the play
ground par excellence Some day, says
the World To-Day, the weary ones OF
France and Germany will fall into line
and spend their summers in the Rock
les. To the uninitiated this will all
sound like characteristic American
brag; to the initiated, as a weak un.
derstatement of the facts.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
FEW HIGH TONNAGE CRAFT
There Are Only Eighty-Nine Above
10000 in the Whole World
To-Day.

Statistics published in France estf-
mate the total tonnage of the worlds
merchant marine at 32,642,000, and the.
number of vessels at 24,853, about
equally divided between steam and
sail. The tonnage of the former, how
ever, is much the larger, being about
100000, against 6,500,000 for sailing
vessels.
While the building of big and big
ger ships has been feature of the
business for the last quarter OF a CEN
tury, the greater part of the worlds
goods is still carried by vessels of
moderate tonnage. The number of
ships Of more than 10000 tons is only
SO.
England leads in tonnage with 6,000,-
600, America follows with 100000,
Germany and France having each
about half as much. The list dwindles
down along the line of the other mari
time countries, reaching it's minimum
in Argentina, which has about Is, 600
tons.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
RAISES ARTIFICIAL FLIES.
Farm on Which Birds with the Bri oh:
Feathers Are Carefully
Kept.

Il raise flies on my farm, artificial
tiies." he said, smiling, says the Chi.
cago Chronicle of an elderly man. 81
am, in fact, an artificial fly farmer.
THAT confuses you, doesn't it? Yet
is simple enough. l raise birds that
give those delicate, bright feathers
that compose fishermen's flies. That
is all.
''The finest birds l raise are golden
pheasants. You have seen salmon
flies? You know their beautiful top-
pings? Well, these toppings can onJ7
be gotten from the golden pheasant's 5
crest.
AT certain season of the year I
gather my golden pheasants around
me. take one between my knees. I
pl'1:k out his crest. How mad ha
gets! l wrap the crest in silver paper
And 20 go on till every bird has
been plucked. Do you know what I
get for those crests? I get $3.50 apiece
for them.
Il raise minas. finches. mallards
jays and green parrots. I supply tly.
makers with all the feathers they can
use."
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
MOST EXPENSIVE WHISKY.
Remains of Barrel Thirty-Five
Years Old Worth Nearly
$500 Gallon.

A man in Cincinnati bought barrel
of whisky IS years ago and kept it in a
third-story dryroom;~ we'll ventilated,
and in all the intervening period used
only one pint for testing. There remain
to-day, says the New York Press, only
one and -f1fths gallons of the orig
inal a. the rest being lost through evap-
Dration.
A celebrated physician says: Zone
small drink of whisky contains more
electricity and rejuvenating properties
than any medicine that can be pre-
scribed."
AS to quality connoisseurs agree that
this whisky, considering its pure distil-
lation and great age, is the finest in the
world, and that no king or emperor, the
Rothschilds, Morgans, Vanderbilts, AS
tors, Carnegies, Belts or Clarks, with
all their enormous wealth placing at
their will all the luxuries of the world,
can command such. A careful estimate
of the cost of storage and computation
of interest and insurance for IS years
prove the cost of this whisky at the pres
ent time to be $4S901 gallon.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
Mechanical Sail Furler.

The principle of the common roller
window curtain has been adapted to
the handling of the sails of vessels by
a retired sea captain, who has invent
ed system by which the sails can be
raised or reefed from the deck without
the use of steam power. Practically,
the device consists of set of winches
placed at the foot of each mast, where
by single man by turning a crank
can furl, or reef sheet in one minute.
These winches are so arranged as to
take up their own slack by reversing
cogs, the sails themselves working on
sleeves encircling the yards. BY slip
ping brake the sheets are allowed to
unfurl Themselves by system of coun-
terbalancing weights. With one sea-
man working at the cranks the yards
can be braced, eased away, or hauled
around before theswind in a few min
utes, and the sails can be held at any
desired angle to the wind.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
NOVEL USES FOR GLASS.
May Be Utilized ~ Building Ma
terial and Paving Blocks in
the Near Future.

It is to be hoped there is nothing
more than coincidence in the simulta-
neous invention of glass houses by an
Iowan and Of glass paving bricks by
a Partisan, says the Chicago Tribune,
for if the two inventions should come
in contact the architect might have to
begin over again. The patentee of the
glass house proposes to attach brackets
to the beams of the floors of the steel
framework of his structure to support
two walls of opalescent wire glass, the
insulating dead air in the 12-inch space
between the two walls preventing the
loss of heat in winter and it's entrance
in summer. It Is claimed that build
ings constructed in this manner will
be more free from drafts than under
present conditions, that they can be
satisfactorily heated with a quarter
less fuel than buildings of brick con-
structiOn, and that the absence of win
dows shuts out dust, smoke, odors and
insects, and allows of any arrange
ment of the floor plan desired. The
French inventor in question aims in
cheapening paving bricks, utilizing for
his invention old glass obtained from
broken bottles, window panes, etc., as
the raw material. The bricks now
being tested in Paris are laid on a
foundation of concrete, with a wooden
template one-fifth Of an inch thick be-
tween the bricks. Up to the present
the new material does not appear to
wear as we'll as stone, but it is the be-
lief Of the city officials that the thin
ness of the bricks now laid makes them
too fragile They suggest making them
four inches thick and laying them on
a foundation of sand, as stone blocks
are laid, since, on the present bed,
they have proved too noisy.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
Oil for Rough Seas.

The literal pouring of oil on troubled
waters resembles the metaphorical ap-
plication of the wise saw in that it is
most difficult of accomplishment where
most needed, ahead of the ship ir
trouble. Shells filed with oil and fit
ted with an explosive portion and de-
tonator or time fuse and fired from a
cannon have given only Indifferent re-
suits. 1t is now proposed to supersede
them with a hollow wooden projecIile
having one end covered by a wu!er-
proof fabric or even stout paper, w2ich
will yield on impact with the se., and
allow the oil to escape Chicago Tri-
buue,
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
IN A= MAN GROVE FOREST.
Graphic Description Of an Australian
Wild with It's Unapproach- = y
- able Natives ".

An explorer in northern Australia
thus describes his vain efforts to make
friends with some wild natives who
ran away from him: 1--WE had hardly
begun to move from cover when we
saw several dusky figures running
across the salt marsh into the man
groves We started in pursuit at q
run, but when we reached the camp
we found it, as we expected, deserted.
The fire was still burning and the
haste In which the black fellows had
lett their camp was evidenced by the
fact that they had forgotten to take
with them what must have been the
largest part Of their weapons. Boom
erangs, spears, throwing sticks, nu-
lahs, shields and remnants of a half
consuped meal of roasted baobab nuts
were lying about the place. We fol-
lowed the retreating savages into the
mangroves.
1--WE traced the diverging footmarks
through the dense, dark, eerie, smell
ing inferno with the instinct of sleuth-
hounds. Nothing will ever obliterate
from my memory the impressions that
, hunt made on my mind. The place
: seemed to be the very heart of the
, huge solitude in which we were sit
uated. Overhead there was a dark,
, closely knitted canopy of leaves. Only
here and there patch of ineffably
blue sky that appeared to be immeas-
urably distant cleaned through riffs
In the armament of foliage. Through
! the apertures the sun shot vertical
shafts of golden light that counter.
! feited gilded pillars, except where their
! masses were broken by contact with
the trunks and limbs of the trees.
SLENDER flying buttresses vau1ted
away from the trunks in long series
of elliptical arches. The whole scheme
or design of the jungle might have
been that of an unimaginable medi-
aeval cathedral conceived in a night.
mare and executed in a delirium. II
seemed to be peopled by unseen, silent
thinking, feeling beings capable of ac
ton and the twisted and contorted
boughs and branches stretching oui
hideous, mud-stained arms that ap.
peared ever intent on catching and
| holding one in their .loathsome EN-
braces intensified the impression" Al
last, bafled, they gave up the hunt.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
UNCLE SAM AS a DIGGER.
When It Comes to Canal Excavat!Ag
the French Are Far Be
-: hind Him, -. ?

The best monthly recorGr made BY
the French when the operations were;
at their height was the removal OF
$4,000 cubic yards, Of earth and rock
from the Culebra cut. Last month the
Americans completed total excava-.
tion of 12S,0oo cubic yards, reports the,
Philadelphia Ledger. - .-.
On the last day Of March two mod
tern 95-ton steam shovels,. constructed
in Milwaukee, and five 7O-ton shovels
were at work, and on that day 6,4OG
cubic yards of earth and rock were re-
moved.
This is merely. the beginning of the
Introduction of modern effective ma
chinery.: The engineers purpose to use
from 120 to 130 of these steam shovels
and as one is received every two
weeks. five years will elapse, at the
present rate of manufacture of the
shovels, before the full equipment is
installed.
In fact, one of the great problems is
to get the machinery made, and the
| chief engineer declares that not until
the expiration of eight years, or two
years before the end of the time allot-
| ted for the completion of the canal,
will the ultimate force be in operation.
There is now employed along the
canal force of 4,5O0 laborers and ad-
dltlonal men are taken on as fast as
they arrive and apply for work. With
IN a short time the men will be worked
IN night Shifts by electric light, as we'll
as by day, and when the operation is
well under way the construction work
will be driven day and night" with
as many thousands Of laborers as may
be crowded along the canal without in
terfering one with another.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
THE AUSTRALIAN BUFFAL 8.
Big Game That Gives the Hunter
Plenty Of Hard Work and Some r ::
times a Bad Fall. -

In the wilds of northern Australia
are herds of buffalo which are hunted
and killed in great numbers, as were
the bison on the American plains a
third of a century ago. An Australian
hunter says: "Only on one occasion
did we have a buffalo turn on us, but
before he came too close a bullet re-
minded him Of an engagement else
where. The hunters and the natives
with them have at times experienced
some bad falls with the buffalo, and
in some instances they have been
gored. Some miraculous escapes have
occurred. When the hunters have
been down and the beasts have been
trying to get at them with their horns
they have crept out and catching hold
of the horns have vaulted over the
backs of the animals and escaped. The
possibility of this can be realized when
one understands the size of some of
the horns. have a pair just six feet
across, and have seen pair measure
nine feet.
zone of the shooters, Paddy Cahill,
had splendldly trained horse which
he used in his hunting; in fact, the
horse pretty we'll did the work. AS
soon as mob of buffalo were sighted
the horse, as a matter of course, gal
loped alongside while his master at
tended to his particular part of the
game. Forty-five in one day is, think,
sufficient proof that rider and horse
understood the business thoroughly
When the shooting for the day was
finished the horse of it's own accord
would proceed to each carcass and
stand there until the skinning opera
tions were finished.
Zone day the master of the craft
trading between the buffalo shooters
and Darwin went with the hunters tc
have look at the fun So surprised
was he at the performance of the
horse that he said: Say, Paddy, why
don't you give the horse a knife and
let him skin the beasts?' Another ac-
complishment of the horse was the
manner in which he would, at word
from his master, chase Objectionable
natives out of the camp"
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
CHINA STILL HAS PIRATES,
Attacks on British Steam Launches
and Boats Are Frequently
Made.

Piracy continues to flourish In the
Canton delta and along the coast. Dur
ing the past year the British consul at
Canton reports there were half dozen
serious attacks on British steam
launches. Chinese passenger launches
and boats are frequently held up and
plundered. Complaints are made to the
local authorities, but nothing is really
done to protect trade. Even within the
precincts of the harbor pirates and rob-
bers psunder and loot with impunity.
"Altogether the situation is hopeless,
and one is forced to despair of good gov
,ernment under the present officials. The
people are left to protect themselves as
best they may, and such is their fear
and dread of having anything to do
with the Chinese yamen authorities
that no man, whatever his grievance or
wrong, will readily venture to apply to
the magistrate for assistance or redress.
This insecurity of life and property tells
seriously against all development of
trade.
From the silk districts come repeat
ed complaints of blackmailing by local
bandits. Foreign goods sent into the in
terror under transit passes are pirated,
and only in one single instance, after 18
months of arguing and battling with the
officials. has consul succeeded in Oh
tanning the recovery of few articles and
the arrest of few men whom the magis-
trates gravely gives out as being the cul-
prits. In one case Hongkong junk was
pirated and the cargo landed in broad
daylight under the eyes of the local Of
ficials by the villagers, yet nothing is
done and no redress can be obtained"
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14

Italians on Southern Plantations.
The manager of the great Corbin
plantation, near Greenville, Miss,
states some facts of interest as to the
opportunities offered in the south for
Italian immigrants. Speaking from
personal observation he says that as
a cotton grower the Italian is in every
way superior to the negro, and that he
will make an average profit Of S. from
cotton where the negro makes 81. He
thinks that the only solution Of the
labor problem in the Mississippi delta
is to be found in tlfe encouragement,
of Italian immigration.-N. Y. Times
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
JOBS THAT LAST FOR LIFE,
Employees of the English Government
Pass from Salary List to
Pension Roll.

"Once a civil servant always a civil
servant" appears to be the motto of
the English civil service, for unless
one proves dishonest or an extraordi-
narily poor workman, states the New
York Herald, he is retained in service
until the age limit is reached and the
salary list is exchanged for the pension
roll.
Unlike the civil service in the United
States, there is no strong partisanship;
appointees hold their positions, no
matter which party may be in power.
The pay is not large, even in view of
the small cost of living in England.
Fifteen dollars is about the limit of
weekly payment in the post Office de-
partment, though some of the execu-
tive positions pay as high as $4,000 a
year. The excise department Ia a fa-
vored branch, the pay starting at $3.50
a year. This is raised by yearly in
crease of $25 until the pay reaches $400,
and after year is jumped to $575.
From there on the pay jumps rapidly
to 1880 yearly, and if the officer is for
tunate in at last arriving at the dig
nifty of collector he draws 81, 1000 yearly.
Parliamentary clerkships run from
$500 to $4,000 year, and the navy de-
partment will run a clerk up to $4,000
if he reaches the. Importance Of feet
paymaster.
In spite of the small salaries the
places are eagerly sought, since it
means life position, with a pension
for ones declining years.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
Observation Cars.

That travellers through the Rocky
mountain region may enjoy to the full
the scenic delights of the picturesque
canyons and mountains open top OBJ
servation cars are to be run on day.
light trains during the summer. These
ears will be of modern construction, en-
tirely open, with low sides and no tops,
and seating ~ passengers.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
One Day Of It Enough,

A story is told Of a young man who
went to work for stingy farmer out
in Kansas. At three o'clock tie next,
morning the farmer called hip, to be-
gin the days labors. A few noinutes
later the hired man went downstairs
with his grip. "You amt going to-
take that grip to work, are yon?''i
asked the farmer. Nav" replied the
man, scornfully, but l am going to
find some place to stay all night"
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
Sunset Charms.

"Oh, Mr.. Chappey!" exclaimed Miss
Gush, why weren't you up on the hill
to see the sunset? 1t was Just too love-
ly."
"Yaas.' replied Chappey, "seut nv
man up to do it for me- He undah-
stands that sawt of thing, don't you
kuoR.''-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
Interplanetary Communicate:

Interplanetary Communication.
The Paris Academy of Science offers
a prize of $4,000 to the person finding
a way to communicate with another
planet. Edison has an idea that other
planets are already signaling to us and
has long been watching some delicate
tests of his own invention.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
Si1nplon Celebration,

The Swiss and Italian governments
will celebrate the opening of the great
Simplon tunnel with an international
railway exposition in Milan from April
to November of next year.-Chicago
Tribune. f'