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The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14
TEA

The English and Irish old
woman lives in a garnet on
tea, and dies in a garret on
tea; and how did she get to
be old? On tea.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

Teacher-What is the little boy
called who has never known q mothers
care? Small Boy-A incubator kid.
ma'am-
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

Even the man who boots at supersti-
ton is apt to refuse a loan of s13 to
some of his acquaintances on Friday.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

Some peoples idea OF economy is go
ing without things they need In order
to be able to buy things they donv
need
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

Itching. Blind bleeding I'rotrndlug plies Drug.
kstr air authorized TO refund money II PAZO
'o-N MINT fails to cure 10 TO Il days soc-
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

Try me Just once and am sure to
come again Defiance Starch
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

Superb View From, Castle.
The view from the castle is superb
One looks far up the Hudson and far
down the bay. and all around and be
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

Yes. sir. that widow went to n
,nasked ball the night after her hus-
haifds funeral. We'll. that was GO
inE from grave to gay with u ven
EcAnce.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

Footbawl was invented when Cain
stubbed his toe.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

New York State has authorize an
expenditure of s5o.ooo.oDo for ysod
ros.ss.
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

Originator of the Tin Foil Smoker Pack
age. The man who has made Lewis
Single Binder Straight SC Cigar famous
among smokers throughout the West
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14
TEA
Tea intelligence; what do
you think that is?

write for our Eno-isdss Book. a. sehlIllns &
Company. san Francisco
The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-14

When the cooking g-school graduate
casts her bread upon the waters She
hopes 1t will return to her in the shape
of wedding cake.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-25

satisfied that she was perfect This
time. "'Hamlet! OH. Hamlet We
e-e-e!"
Turn it Off" yelled Mr.. Timimns,
~springing from his chair, and capering
round the room as though a mad dog
had bitten him. Whats the matter?"
'We-e-e-e!" squealed Mrs. Timmins,
profoundly impressed with the idea
that the play was still going on, and
that she had at last mastered it's in
tricacies.
'Will you ever shut up?" gasped Mr.
Timmins, wilder than ever to think
his wrath was mistaken for acting.
"Who the devil told you to yell like
that? Don't you know anything at all?
Do you think Hamlet's a lunatic asy-
lum? Have you got some kind of a
notion that the queens a foghorn?"
81 did just as you told me dear" ar
gued Mrs. Timmins, completely taken
aback by her husbands criticism. you
said I was to scream when you asked
me what the matter was. Didn't l do
It right"
"Oh. that was right" shrieked Mr..
Timmins. you struck the keynote of
high art both times! Mansfield will be
after you hot-foot, to coax you to be-
come his leading lady, at a salary of q
thousand a year-more or less. With
that yell and your knowledge of the
text, all you want now is a fire and a
free list to be 9 theater with a res
taurant attachment! The first time a
show round this way I'm going
to fit you out with a hair trunk and a
pair of hoofs, and start you on the
road as a menagerie! Such talent as
that can't be wasted on any cheap
Shakespeare plays while I've got the
money and influence to get you a job
in the legitimate circus!"
And Mr.. Timmins kicked the book
through the window, and buried him
self in his evening paper.-N. Y.
Weekly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-25

NOW, mother, what's the mat
ter?'"
There's nothing the matter now"
replied Mrs. Timmins, Strengthening
up and preparing to be queen as soon
MS her cue came. Go on. dear, | I'M
derstand now"
Say it, can't your" Numbered Mr..
Timmins. Don't you know your
part?"
what shall l say, dear?" asked Mrs.
Timmins, looking at her husband with
a dazed expression.
"Say!" roared Mr.. Timmins. Sing
a comic song. Didn't | tell you what
to say? Look here" and Mr.. Timmins
lowered his voice to the intense pitch,
have you ever read this play?"
"Why, yes!" faltered Mrs. Timmins.
"You come in and stab Polonius be-
hind the ears, and | scream"
Hear her!!" moaned Mr.. Timmins,
frothing at the mouth. Stab Polonius
behind the ears! That's all right. Now
you scream. Scream! Why don't you?
You know so much about your part,
why don't you play it?'
"We-e-e-e!" squealed Mrs. Timmins,
faithfully following instructions. 81
knew | could do it right. as o o as
you showed me how. VIII that do?"
Mrs. Timmins,' said her husband
with unnatural calmness, there's been
some mistake made in this thing. You
should have been cast for Ophelia."
ST would just as soon play t." MUIR
INJURED Mrs. Timmins. who failed to see
the drift of her husbands remark.
What does she do?"
"She was an idiot from birth, and
afterward went crazy" explained Mr..
Timmins. "That vas the part for
you"
Then I'd rather be queen" returned
Mrs. Timmins, bridling a little Now
dear, let's begin all over again, and
I'll do it right this llme."
"You can't do it worse" growled Mr.
Timmins. "Ill try it once more, just
to see what kind of foolishness yor
are capable of.
Nov, mother, what's the mat
ter?'"
"We-e-e-e!" squeaked Mrs. Timmins
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-25
A DISGUSTED
AMATEUR HAMLET.

Mr.. Theodore Timmins was stage
struck, and had joined an amateur
dramatic company. AS he had plenty
of money, and was generous in spend
ing it, his associates were content that
DC should p%ersonate the leading parts.
He had persuaded his wife to join
the company, and she, TOO, Jared we'll
in the allotment of characters.
At their own home this stagestruck
couple were rehearsing.
Now, my dear" said Mr.. Timmins,
opening the play book and assuming a
correct dramatic scowl. "Now, my
dear. We'll rehearse our part for next
months performance of the EIollycock
Dramatic socity. I'm to be Hamlet,
and you're to be the queen, and we
want this thing to go off all right. The
most difficult scene VIC have to play to-
gether is whore | accuse you of poison
ing my father, and we had better try
that until we get 1t perfect. I'll COM
mence:
"'Now, mother, what's the mat
ter?'"
well | was thinking whether had
better wear my black silk or my ma
roon Dress returned Mrs. Timmins,
sticking her fingers in her mouth re-
flectively. do queens wear"
will you be kind enough to tell me
what pack Of cards YOU got that idea
of a queen from?" demanded Mr.. Tim
Minis, fixing his wife's eye with a glare.
do you suppose .hat the queen sent
for Hamlet to get his opinion about
bargains in millinery? When | say
that you must reply: Hamlet, thou
hast thy father much offended"
ooh, | understand" pleaded Mrs.
Timmins. Il thought you asked me
what | was thinking about. l didn't
know you had commenced the play"
"Well. you be careful this time" rec
commended Mr.. Timmins. in a tone OF
solemn warning. This is a play, this
is. Do you think you know the diff
ference between a play and a bargain
sale?" He repeated:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-25
For Women Workers.

The countess of Warwick, who has
done so much toward gaining better
conditions for women in the industrial
life OF England, has just sent to New
York 20 delegates from the Women
Workers league, of Great Britain and
Ireland, for the purpose of studying
labor conditions in this country SO far
as they concern women.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-25
Dear to His Heart.

Twill you have another helping?'
asked the neighbor. You seem very
fond of our chicken" :
"And why shouldn't l be?" respond
ed Suburban. who had been invited
to dinner, when a detect the
flavor of Il flowers in every morssl?'
Detroit Tribune.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-25
Sweetly Wicked.

While our actors, with few excep-
lions, are ov~eremphatic, our actresses
have no other aim than to be sweeter
than sugar. They forget that sweet
ness cannot express ell the emotions.
Even the wickedest parts are too often
interpreted by ladies who purr and coo
and misDronounce tleir words and
mean OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Maya
zine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-25

The cowds that listed our premium pabr was enormous and thyw we're certainly surprised Ito
see the teamhl presents given away for one book Ours speciality is one book premuns and first
class one at that
Buy of the merchants hats give the Legal GodS tn1s;m INSIST upon citing them and accept no
other as bko o merchants would like to give you an inferior Stamp and tel. you the are Just
good butt insist upon getting ter real mGcl and tdB the Legal Colds Stamp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

Law in the Federal CITY," relates that Nor
ris and Nicholson built thirty brick houses
on q hill where South Capitol and N streets
interSect. For years it was called TWEEN
ty Building Hill because that was the
number Of buildings first erected there.
Not vestige of these old houses remains.
and even the hill on which they stood is
gone. The land at South Capitol and N
streets Is fiat.
There is another feature of this ffattened
area which ought not to be forgotten. A
few rods to the southwest of the foot Of
South Capitol street and on what Is Green
leaf point there stood in the early part OF
the nineteenth century cotton mill. the
manufacturing industries in this city. A
citizens meeting was held at Stelle's Hotel
June 3, 1903. Present were George Blag-
den, Butler Cocks. Robert Brent, William
Brent William Cranch, Nicholas King, MI
chael Nourse, n. Cutting, Charles Jones.
John P. Van Ness, Thomas Monrue. Joseph
Huddleston, Samuel H. Smith and Corne'
Illus Cunningham.
These gentlemen adopted this resolution:
THAT 1t is the duty of all sections Of
The Union to encourage the establishment
and extension of domestic manufactures:
that the city of Washington for various
reasons Is eminently fitted for attaining
manufacturing Importance, and that plan
should be reported to a subsequent meet
Ing"
Other meetings were held and the out
come was the organizat ton of the Column
bia Manufacturing Company, which erected
a cotton mill in the section OF the city
where 1t was thought the growth Of popu-
lation and trade would be greatest. In
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ganese. magnesia, soda and potash in Just
proportion.
The color of the brick. depending on the
percentage of hydrated oxide of iron and
the degree of heat, could be easily regulat-
ed. The industry fourished and the for
tunes of many Washington families were
founded in that homely though important,
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES brick.
That part Of the city in which the pick,
shovel, mold, kiln and cart have wrought
the change alluded to was the south sec
dington. He was. among other things.
brickmaker. He was associated with Rob-
ert Morris. John Nicholson. James Green
leaf and Thomas Law in the agreement
with the commissioners of the federal ter
each year for a stated period. 1t was in
pursuance of this agreement that several
Of the very old houses of the city were
built, among them being the six buildings
on Pennsylvania avenue about 10Th street,
and so-called Wheat row on the west side
of AZ street between N and o streets.
Other houses built in that time were those
In the row on New Jersey avenue which
were converted into the Hotel Varnum. All
these houses were constructed about the
year 1875. Across the way from the Var
mum and on the southwest corner OF the
site OF the office building for the House of
Representatives stood the residence of
Thomas Law. who was married to Eliza
Custis, granddaughter of Mrs. George
brick for all the houses named was fur
nished by Carroll and from the hills OF
South Washington.
Allen c. Clark In his book. ''Greenleaf and
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the Martin yard when The Star man passed
that way. He was black. wrinkled. stopped.
but knotty with hard muscle. He had been
digging clay In that neighborhood every
workday since the civil war. He knew
men working there whose fathers and
grandfathers had toiled in those clay beds.
He said he was proud Of his occupation.
He told the reporter that the tower OF
Babel was built OF bricks. that brickmaking
was the principal industry OF the Israelites
during their captivity. and that. according
to II Samuel XII: 81. David made the chill
dren Of Egypt pass through brick kilns.
This was q great satisfaction to the old
workman.
He thought that with the present force
Of workers-seven and quarter gangs
each gang making 1888 brick day, the
clay would last about FIVE years. He ex-
planned that gang consisted of q mold
err. a wheeler and a boy. The quarter OF a
brick in the rows before the kiln burning.
He remembered when hills rose where he
now works, and he said over most of the
area the eye could sweep the clay had been
taken out down to the gravel, the pits
made into public dumps and filled with the
material usually deposited in such places.
The old man said the clay extended to
depth Of thirty-dve feet below the level OF
the street. At that depth gravel was en-
countered.
In defining the limits Of the yard and in
indicating a line running diagonally. he
said, de line run catterbias to dat shed"
''Catterbias'' is a rich word. The old
man came to Washington from North Car
DINA during the civil war, and in North
Carolina q diagonal direction Is often de-
scribed as 'catterwampus." or ''slanch
wise" He probably learned bias" in
Washington, but. considering II not thor
oughly descriptive. and being familiar with
"catterwampus." invented "catterbias''
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~ HE brickmaker has changed the
topography OF South Washington.
For more than century every
the clay mines of that peninsula
which juts into the Anacostia river
and down the middle of which South Cap
itol street runs. That section OF the city
has given the greater part of itself to the
building of the capital. Big buildings,
rows of houses miles of sidewalk owe
their being TO the clay deposits of the
South Capitol peninsula. Think of the old
homes and the new homes whose walls
were dug and baked there! But the end is
In sight. A few years more and the clay
fields OF South Washington will be ex-
hausted. Brick-making may continue. but
the clay will be brought in scows from
Maryland and Virginia.
Old Views OF South Washington show
succession of hills. They were not tower
ing heights, but good. healthy hills
hundred years ago a man standing on a
ships deck of the foot of South Capitol
street looked north upon a landscape that
was rugged In old writings the blufrs OF
the Anacostia river front are frequently
mentioned Today the section is nat, no
hill intervening between the river and Cap
itol Hill.
Before the removal of the Federal city
TO the banks OF the Potomac was contem-
plated-before the suggestion of the crea-
ton of a capital of the United States was
seriously entertained-the value OF these
clay deposits was appreciated. 1t was
known as excellent brick-mskinR clay. IT
had alumina and silica. iron. lime, man
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is in operation. but the same reasons that
made 1t desirable to locate the plant out
side the Library OF Congress apply in lesser
degree to all OF the government buildings,
and with the improvements in transmission
that have been made within the past few
years the problem of supplying light. heat
and power all from one central station are
rendered comparatively easy.
It Is possible that the time may shortly
come when the whole city will be supplied
in the same way. 1t was only a few years
ago that water In the dwelling house was a
comparative luxury, and 1t may be in a
few years more Washington will look back
with surprise TO the undeveloped days of
the national capital. when the majority of
houses burned their own coal for heating
purposes, and some even used lamps for
light instead Of getting 1t from central
station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

and hands. the flesh of which was hard
and sun-drfed. they Judged he had been sit
ting there winter or two. A careful ex-
animation Of the body revealed no sign OF
a wound. and the impromptu coroner's jury
were unanimously of opinion that he had
died Of starvation. They searched up and
down the gulch but found nothing that
could be picked up; from which they judged
that he had been shipwrecked in thasriver-
full of tricky rapids In that portion of its
course-and lost boat, tent tools and grub
in Its treacherous waters.
Such loss was equivalent to a death
sentence. And now we come to the crux
OF a really remarkable story. 1t has been
said that the men who discovered him found
nothing that could be picked up; neverthe-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

less. they made a most interesting find Be
hind the piece of wind-fall on which the
dead man was seated there was hole
several feet deep. evidently the work of a
mans hands. Who made that hole. how
was 1t made, and why was 1t NADER
These are not easy questions to answer.
and 1t may be that the current explanation
10 not justified by the evidence. In the
opinion Of every Yukon old-timer who tells
the tale the hole was intended for a grave,
and was dug out by the lost traveller him.
self with his naked hands in order that the
days OF his dying might pass more quickly.
No doubt the reader will be able to think
out other possible and probable explana-
lions. Some would say 1t was the begin
ming of prospect shaft.
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this the early fathers were mistaken.
In all the great brickyard region Of South
Washington only two yards are being
worked. or. at least. that Is the whole mum.
Der found by q reporter for The Star in 6
ramble over the region. These are the
yards Of Martin & Bro. At the foot OF
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LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER
PLANT FOR THE CAPITOL

roughly about SO by 40 feet in inside area,
while the longer section will be SO by 1855
feet. The engines and dynamos will be in
stalled in the head Of the T and in the other
section will be the boiler and fire rooms.
Bids for the erection of the plant will be
opened the last Of September. Proposals
will be received IN several forms. SO that 1t
much the work will cost or what type of
machines will be usef There will be the
choice of turbine or reciprocating engines
and OF several sorts Of boilers. and there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

There was some talk when the project was
first preached OF having central station OF
this sort to supply all the government build
ings in the city. In such plan there
would be obvious advantages OF economy
and freedom from dirt and noise. and the
chance Of fire would be greatly reduced
This scheme was hardly regarded as prac-
ticable at the time, but there are really no
engineering difficulties in the way that could
not be easily overcome. and 1t is possible
that the new plant may develop in course
Of time into such a station.
The Library of Congress has never had
its light and heat plant in the building. but
It is located in a semi-subterranean engine
house of at the east end of the square oc-
cupied by the building. This plant will be
rendered unnecessary when the new station
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

road. There will be ample power for all OF
them as at present constituted
The electric power will be taken from
four 2.0OO-kilowat engines at the plant ana
carried in the form Of a high-tension alter
mating current to the several buildings that
1t Is to supply. Here 1t will be Transformed
down into 115-volt direct current for light
Ing, and by lowering the intensity 1t Will
increase the quantity. thus allowing great
amount Of power to be carried through the
street conduts on a small cable and SUI
ficient volume shunted off at safe, low
voltage to supply each building served.
The power required from the plant will be
used to run the elevators fans and pumps
in the various buildings and the heat. either
In the form of steam or hot water, Will cir
culate through mains and supply all the
radiators in the various buildings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

South Capitol street. and the Ford yard.
between South Capitol and Half. NJ and N
streets. The section is strewn. with the
ruins and relics Of worked-out yards, the
old brick works OF Alfred Richards and
his son. William A. Richards. being the
most conspicuous. Several Of the firms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

VEN today small parties of miners
seeking for coarse gold" in the
thrIce-prospected creeks of Carl
II boo and Cassiar and the regions
intervening lose their way and
nav the thunder-bird's 1.-THE But at the
time of the first rush to Caribou when
more than half of the map OF the prov
fnce was either left blank or filled with
lines drawn at venture by the readers
Of travellers tales, such occurrences were
far more common. The difficulties over
come by the little army of placer miners
never more than 5000 in number. TO
whom we owe the preliminary assay map
OF Canadas moiety OF the gold belt OF
North America may be illustrated by the
following story OF the sufferinss or
party OF five miners in the Omenica re-
gion. Though the names OF the six per-
sons of the drama differ in different YER
sions and the scene is laid anywhere In
the sea of mountains-the old-time placer
miner always arranges such details to
suit himself and his audience-it is yet
possible 10 believe that the plot or skele-
ton is made up OF the gathered bones of
actual history,
whisky -jack"-one of the little bottle
bodied Jays which are to be seen In the
vicinity OF every house OF rest In the
northwest. The old-time placer miner.
who knew how to foretell the discovery
of pocket" or the petering out OF a
claim from the fight of crows and other
ominous fowl. regarded these winged
parasites with afrectionate respect. and
would exchange stories of their mastery
OF the science and art of petty offering.
II was said-is still said by those who re-
member Yale in the prime OF the golden
year-that companies of these jays would
anticipate the rush to new creek ana
stake IL out into claims for the winning
OF bread crumbs and bacon rinds ana
stray beans. The whisky jack, like the
robin, has passed for a friend of man
these many years: and his friendship.
though It's root Is a single tentacle OF
self-seeking, seems pretty flower or
sentiment among the SHOWS OF solitude
in Cassiar and Omenica. And the moral
or the story is that these trifiing flowers
OF sentiment. II you bruise them. exude
poisonous juice which may Kill a strong
man. So often has this happened in the
conventionless west that no healthy west
erner ever questions the motives OF
friendly or unfriendly acts. It is friendly
or unfriendly; and there's an end OF spec
ulation.