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Evening journal., 1905-12-12
Gems and JeweIry

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PAwNTICKET for ladies' diamond ring.
pawned for $50. Cost Sll5 Sell cheap. Ring
can be seen. Address, OF Journal Office.
CANNOT afford TO wear rings now. WIN
sell handsome blue white 3 5-S carat dia-
mond ring for $500 No dealers. K-l9 Jour
nal Ohice.
PEARL collar, rows, offered for Si5.OOO
references given. k-23, Journal Onlce.
WIDOW will sell husbands jewelry very
cheap K-G Journal office.
HAVE SOLID GOLD lax Waltham
watch that can be bought for SIS cash
Address c-3 Journal Ohioe.
Horses and Carriages
WILL EXCHANGE windmill in perfect
running order for "a young horse suitable
for farming Apply S. s. DEEMER. New
Castle, Del
wANTED-Use OF good horse during che
winter months for its care and keep. Ad-
dress F-2, Journal Qdice.
CHILDRENs PONY turnout. handsom,
sound reliable pony. gOverness cart. har.
ness, saddle, cost 800. will sell for little
more than half G-s4- Journal ofice.
WANTED-Four-sea sleigh. must b,
IN first-class condition and up-to-date
Give jewelry in exchange; G-35 Journal
Ofce
WOULD LIKE 70 exchange 8 year old
horse for motor cycle, C-5, Journal or
flee.
FOR sALE-For $50. widow will sell
handsome 6-year-old, hlockily built Ca
madam mare, extra fast traveller: suit
butcher, grocer or any city or country
use. Also $50 win buy pair Of heavy
draught mares and years old. weigh
ing $500 poundsi perfectly sound in every
way; viii suit farm work, as my husband
bought them right on the farm eighteen
months ago. large enough for any heavy
hauling; viii sell separately for SIS apiece:
VIII allow ten days trial. Also s55 will
buy complete turnout consisting Of Ham-
bletonian trotting ana road mare. Jennie
NJ, years old. 10 i-2 hands high. free.
prompt roadster; can heat 225; has gone
trial mile in 2.17 f-f; positively safe and
reliable under any circumstances for
ladies or the most timid person 10 drive.
and for q perfect family mare she has no
superior; she = large enough for any use.
Also falling top buggy and harness: will
sell complete turnout for S55 or will sepa-
rate, call az my private residence Mrs.
Martha a, Sheridan, 1885 Ridge Ave.
Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1905-12-12

TEN ROOM HOUSE for rent $40 Van
Burcn street, modern conveniences. Low
rent 20 right party. apply to THE J. r.
RICHARDSON Co. l09 West Second St
Evening journal., 1905-12-12

j OFFER cash for five editions of Lock.
erts Life OF Scott" G-l5, journal OF
fee.
Evening journal., 1905-12-12

Or. S. Weir Mitchell Is seventy-hve
years old. yet he spent his summer in
writing a short novel which The Century
editors consider one Of The c.everest thing
Evening journal., 1905-12-12
Musical instruments


FOR SAIE-At a sacrifice. an almos
new $3.50 Upright Piano Must leave city
no reasonable OIcr refused. Address
PIANO. this office
Evening journal., 1905-12-12
Houses Wanted

REAL ESTATE WANTHD.--Wnl nav
cash for improved property or vacant
lots in Brooklyn, n y. Kings or Queens
county. N. ". also farms and acreage
property on Long Island. Send full descriu
cripuOn. price, mortgage, location. etc.
We will give YOU quick answers. Address.
POTTS q PARTRIDGE, 1S9 Montagua
St, Brooklyn, n Y.
Evening journal., 1905-12-12

AUTOMOBILES
ART GOODS.
AUCTIONS.
BOARD WANTED.
BoARDERS WANTED.
BICYCLES.
BOATS, LAUNCHES.
BOOKS.
BUSINESS CHANCES
CAMERAS.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
CLOTHING.
DOGS, BIRDS and ANIMALS.
ELECTRICAL GOODS.
FURS.
FOR SALE.
FURNITURE.
GARDEN IMPLEMENTS.
GUNS and SPORTING GOODS
GEMS AND JEWELRY.
HELP WANTED.
HOUSES FOR RENT.
HORSES AND cAnNlAoEs.
HOUSES FOR SALE.
Evening journal., 1905-12-12
Board Wanted

BOARD AND ROOMS WANTED-For
n family OF eight. must be reasonable
and at the same time OF good quality
Location somewhere IN the suburbs near
school and trolley. Address. BOX IS.
Clayton House.
Evening journal., 1905-12-12

new HalN upright Piano. Must leave city.
no reasonable oiicr refused. Address.
PIANO. this office.
FLUTE -Neighbors object. therefore I
want 20 dispose OF my new Boehm sys-
tenn silver keys. for which ] recently paid
500. VIII take SEQ or what is offered, G--lS
journal Office
HAVE 20 Edison records. an late and
standard airs SOL the lot for 1Oc each.
a. q. SMITH, i52 Jefferson ST.. Brooklyn.
DEALERS DON'T BUTT IN want a
pianola with music. Who will sell me one
cheap or trade for iewelry. Csc. journal
ONCE
FINE VIOLIN. cost SIS: win sell for
$3.50 or exchange for something useful.
Address. B-5. Journal Ohoe.
~ TUNE music box 20 exchange for a
good typewriter. Address, Al Journal
Office.
FINE CHICKERING UPRIGHT. to
exchange for a good horse and CarrlaHC
outfit. Address. $50, Journal Office
SHEET MUSIC o cents copy. y COPIES
As cents. Square Pianos 5000 and Sai.po
Secondhand Maudolins. 500. 500 ano
$500 secondhand Upright Pianos, Sld5 Anc
5000 JOHN HbridiN as Madison 81.
Miscellaneous
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HIRAM NJ. COLDER. the caterer. ha
moved to 922 French 'st.
ELEGANT Christmas tree electric ligh
outnt. worth si5, viii sacrifice Tor SAol
Complete with batteries aud II colore
bulbs. Address k-15. Journal ONCE.
IOoK-For 10 cents 1 viii send receip
/ for cleaning Kid Gloves for cents
pair Address FL Journal ONCE.
FOR sALE-Reiics of the battle o.
Brandywine. q lead balls, 3 grape shot
2 cannon balls and iiint lock mqsket an'
a reticule. Apply JOSEPH RUSSELL
Rockland, Del.
TO BUY COPIES Of the Evening Jour,
nal OF Aug. 10 and Sept. I, 1905. ApplS
Evening Journal Office.
WILL EXCHANGE an order for s. Of
$40 worth of job printing for tailoring
Address. D., Journal Ohce
WHAT WILL you give for complete
telegraph outfit? Address, CO, Journa
Oniee.
WILL EXCHANGE a slightly USED
baby coach OF the most up-to-date pat
tern for a folding go-cart. C-9, Journa
Office.
OXFORD HAND RAG. size rs, for sale
cost SiA50: sell for $3.50. Address, B-s
lourual Office.
MONEY TO LOAN on desirable FIRST
mortgages on city properties in amounts
TO suit HAWKINS a CO. 7l2 Market 81
SET OF "EXCELsIOR" drawing in.
struments. suitable for High sehoo
work. for sale. Address. "INsrkU-
MENTs," Box No. 9A. Wilmington. Del
ALL KINDS OF SIGNS made at Bueher's
WE BUY Life Insurance Policies ant
/ pay more in cash than the companies is'
] suing them Also buy policies subject q
l loans. Agents wanted. SPEAR & CO, 81
Drexel Bids. Philadelnhia.
NEW WATER HEATER-l0 gallon
suit barber or manlcurist for sale o
exchange. VIM. II. GRAHAM, 1908 Arcl
St.. Phila-
/ WANTED-Rooms papered from SIS
up. NJ. G1NSBuRG 22S Madison 81
WANTED-To buy small Christina
tree house and yard Address Box D..
this office.
HAVE A SWINGING HORSE. cost s
| that I viii sell for 81 Would make &C
ceptahle Christmas gift for boy. ca
Journal Office
WILL SELL sg5 baby c0ach. In goo
condition. for $40 cash, CT, Journal OF
fee.
HANDSOME English perambulator q
exchange for small boys bicycle. Ad
dress. A. Journal Office.
WILL EXCHANGE eight blank accl
dent Insurance policies value S.. good 10
man or woman. What have you 60 offer
Address. D-3 Journal Office.
/
Evening journal., 1905-12-12
MaehInery. TooIs. &c.
Hand and Power Pumps.

Towers. Tanks and Windmills. Hot Aia
Engines and Compressors. II. 70. Trot-
man. 1O7 N. Third ST.. Philadelphia. Pa
Evening journal., 1905-12-12

Mrs. Burnett's story, "The Dawn Of a
Tomorrow" which is concluded in the
January scribner. should interest every
one who believes in Faith as an essential
influence in everyday life. Il pictures "A
slum Of London revolutonized through
the remarkable intensity Of faith in one
poor woman.
A modern sanitarium with its COM
plicated machinery fer leading the "slm-
pie life" furnishes Kate Douglas wiggln
with material for one Of her most anus
ing stories. "Philippa's Nervous Prosra-
ton"
Evening journal., 1905-12-12

as BOUND volumes, architecture. en-
cheering, novels, history, value more
than 400: will exchange for china vase
or furniture G-16. Journal Oaiee.
Evening journal., 1905-12-12
Business Chances

BUSINESSES Of all descriptions bought
and sold without puhleityi mortgages ne
gotiated: real estate in all its branches.
YERKES & Co, e23 Real Estate Trust
building, Phia.
Evening journal., 1905-12-12
Automobiles


A CADILLAC. perfect order clnchcr
tlles. iour lamps, side baskets. cost SanO0.
sell for $500 if taken at once. Temonstra-
tion, GLIB Journal Office
CORNER LOT, 5Oxl00. price $500. choice
locatlon, no ineumbrancc, MiddiatOwn n.
n- VIII exchange for good touring ear.
Iour-cylinder preferred. Address, OWNER
+. o. Box 40 Passaic, NJ u
OLDsMOBLE RUNABOUT. dos-a-dos.
seats four, folding leather ton. perfect
condition. VIII sell for $3.50. G--I4 Jour
HAVE 5000 EQUITY in farm Of a9
acres with 14-room house at Stamford,
Conn, near station; will take 4-cylinder
touring car. and balance easy terms or
mortgage; immediate possession. JOR-
DAN 3l2 West 43d ST.. n. Y
Evening journal., 1905-12-12
cLASSIFIcATIONS OF FOR EXCHANGE"
ADVERTISEMENTS

INSTRUCTION.
LIVE STOCK.
LOST AND FOUND.
MISCELLANEOUS.
MUSIC.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
OFFICE FIXTURES.
OPTICAL GOODS.
PERSONALS.
PLANTS AND FLOWERS.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT.
REAL ESTATE WANTED.
REAL ESTATE FOR EXCHANGE.
ROOMS TO LET.
ROOMS WANTED.
BERVlcEs.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES,
SlLVERWARE.
SITUATIONS WANTED.
STORE FIXTURES.
TO LET FOR BUSINESS
TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS.
gYPEWRITERs.
The National tribune., 1905-11-30
Not the Country God Forgot.
(Sunset Magazine,)

In southwestern Arizona and south
eastern California Is the Yuma project,
where 10000 acres Of rich bottom
lands are to be reclaimed by water
from the Colorado River, at an expense
of 100000. The climate is hot, but
the soils are rich and the crops luxu-
RANT almost beyond belief. Called the
Nile Of America, the Colorado bears
striking resemblance to that great river
mountains Of Wyoming and Colorado
and empties through great tidal flats
into an inland sea, it's valleys and cli-
mate all bearing out the likeness. The
peculiar feature Of this great stream is
the tremendous quantities Of silt or de-
bris which 1t bears to the sea, the scour-
ings of 225.000 square miles Of drain
age basin carried thousands of miles,
building great flats in the valleys and
bars in the stream. In ancient times the
Gulf of California extended many miles
to the northwest, to about the location
Of Indio on the line of the Southern
Pacific Railway. The Colorado depos-
tied it's great load Of mud in the gulf
until 1T made bar all the way across
and left great inland sea which evap-
Grated, leaving the Imperial Valley,
where now several thousand people live
and farm below the level of the sea,
the lowest point of this valley being
PSI feet below sea level. How great is
the load of silt carried by the Colorado
you may conceive when you know that
ment have been carried past Yuma,
Ariz., in "a hours But there is some
recompense, as the material deposited
can be readily handled and great
bitches dug by dredges, the cheapest
method of handling material.
The National tribune., 1905-11-30

the Pool of Sloan, mentioned in the
Bible. This conduit is $50 yards long
The distance, as the bird flies, between
the two mouths Of the tunnel Is also
only $50 yards, which proves that the
work was not executed in perfectly
straight line-due doubtless to the diff
culties which the engineers encountered
in their task, which (for the period)
was Of a really marvellous nature.
That the work was commenced from
both ends of the tunnel is not only
proved by the inscription, but also by
the fact that the marks of the boring
tools. picks, etc, may still be seen, all
bearing i'm opposite directions The di-
rection of the tunnel was altered sew
eral times during the construction
thereof as there are several short gal
lcries, which were evidently abandoned
as soon as 1t was noted that working
was being done out of line. The floor
CT the tunnel is finished with the great
est care, and the workings vary from
five-eighths of yard to one yard in
width by from three feet to nine feet in
height, more or less, according to the
hardness of the rock.
In the light of modern engineering
science. the following questions suggest
themselves. How did these old-time
engineers gauge their direction, recog-
nize and remedy their errors in align
ment? What tools did they use to exc
cute a piece OF work which has re-
manned without equal or rival for $500
years? h't
The National tribune., 1905-11-30
FEAT OF ANCIENT ENGINEERS.
...zs e~,- -.,o.zr -
Bored Tunnel, Similar to SimplOn, In
Palestine 2,5OO Years Ago. {
(Scfen tfffc American


Unmistakable' evidence, exists that
neers Tin the time of King Heze- Kiah)
executed exactly the same kind OF work
which was carried out in the Simplon
tunnel, though perhaps on slightly
smaller scale. ~
DIR. BerthoIek,1 Professor at the Uni
versity Of Basic, is the gentleman who
claims to have made this discovery. The
Jewish records state that King Heze-
Kiah, or Ezekfas, who reigned at Jeru-
sa lem 727 b. c., was much troubled at
the bad state of the water supplied to
the people of that city. He accordingly
had a vast reservoir made at the gates
Of the city, to which water was fed
from various springs lying at greater or
less distances from the reservoir In
question. -.
AT first his project seemed doomed to
allure, as there existed between Jeru-
So lem and the springs from which the
water was to be derived a high chain of
hills, over which 1t would be impossible
to convey the water. 1t was therefore
determined to open a passage for the
water through the solid rock. One of
the Sirach MSS dating from this period
states in this connection: "Heze-Kia
fortified his city by bringing water
thereto. and he bored through the solid
rock by means of bronze. and he col
lected the water in q reservoir"
Recent explorations have enabled this
predecessor of the Simplon to be thor
oughly identified. 1t is said to be the
Shiloah tunnel by means of which wa
ter was brought down from q source to
the east of Jerusalem and poured into
The National tribune., 1905-11-30
The KOwtOw.
Century,

The kowtow pronounced ker-toe,
and meaning literally to bow the head)
is used as a form of thanks, and is not
a manner of greeting. The actors kow-
tow to their Majesties at the beginning
and end of each performance at the
theater, first to thank for the honor
they are to receive in being allowed to
act before them, and at the end to
thank for the privilege granted. The
official bow the head" to thank for an
audience or any favor or gift they have
received or are to receive from their
Majesties The kowtow is not only
made by people at the palace and at
imperial audiences: it is sometimes
used by equals to each other as pro-
per manner Of thanking for some great
favor. To make the kowtow, the per-
son kneels three times, and each time
bows his head three times, touching the
ground with it. The kowtow could not
be made by a foreigner without looking
most awkward and appearing most SER
vile, but the Chinese do it with dignity,
and 1t is neither ungraceful nor degrad-
ing. It is a time-honOred manner of
giving thanks, Chinese tradition sur
viving from a time when the courtiers
were perhaps like slaves; but at present
IT does not imply any slave-like infer
iority on the part Of him who per-
forms it.
The National tribune., 1905-11-30
Through the Suex Canal.
(Scribners.

We were four hours going through
this little trough of water. And all that
time there was nothing to see but the
cold, dim desert and the empty, low
hanging moon. Toward the end we
sighted a watch-fire-small and lonely
in the desert. There was an Arab near
il wrapped and hidden in a long, trail
ing cloak. He sat with his chin on his
knees and looked our way. Two cam
els hunched beside him slowly chewing
They swayed their long necks to stare
al the lights. Mournful. solitary-look-
on the desert with their knees folded
under them, and we passed near enough
to see them flap their scrubby little
tails. But the man never moved. We
watched him till he slipped out Of sight.
1t grew colder and the loneliness un-
bearable. But you could not even think
OF sound. There was nothing but the
night and the desert and they bound
you and would not let you stir.
Perhaps / slept: When / looked again
we were In open water with low,
sleeping town behind us. A melancholy
spot with half-a-dozen feeble lights.
Suez 1t was. A cold wind struck across
1t and made me shiver.
Just then our searchlight dropped fits
hood and sent great fingers Of light into
the blackness ahead. Out Of the south
came another light, powerful and yell
low, but poking and peering in help
less way like something lost. Then
both lights vanished-and the trouble
In the sky meant dawn.
There were mountains family Jagged
against the sky with the moon slipping
pale and dim behind them. While still
she hung, cold and empty-looking, the
mountain flushed at their base, and
over in Arabia the sun came rolling
up.
There was no more night after that
We lay in a bay that was smooth as g
mirror and reflected colors like one. II
was pink and peach and swimming
gold, and all the air fresh and new and
af1ush with the morning.
The moon faded out like a ghost, and
the mountains and the rocks and al
the shore outlines stood out black and
clean-cut.
This was the day and the end Of Az.
rica-and we turned in.
The National tribune., 1905-11-30
ADAM ON END.
A Unique EsHgIfneerine Feat Mt Niagara


Even nowl there is beginning to be
experienced DECIDED Inconvenience on
account Of fhe water taken from the
Niagara Falls fex power purposes. The
city of Niagara; fOntario, on the Cana
dian side, has had a great deal of trou-
BILE in gettingpa sufficiency of water in
Winter when the ice defects the cur
| rent away from Its intake at the Vic
| torfa Park. This want has been SO
great that the city has had to get water
across the river by fire hose stretched
over the bridge. 1t was finally deter
mined by the city authorities, in con-
junction with the electric railroad man.
ayers. 10 throw a dam across one of
the chutes, which would have the eff
feet of diverting the current toward the
II take. This was an unusually difficult
proposition. but has been happily solved
by Isham Randolph, one of the engi-
neers of the Chicago Drainage Canal.
lie has had constructed concrete coll
umn so feet high and seven feet four
inches square on top OF a trestle that
stands 20 feet above the ground level
This column 1T is proposed to tip oyer
into the river. to form a PROSTATE col
urnn. designed to raise the water level
at the intake considerably. The column
is made of concrete having proportions
of one, three. five. and is reinforced
The National tribune., 1905-11-30
Something About Sulphur.
(Sunset Magazine

The largest sulphur refinery in the
world. with one exception, is in San
Francisco, and the largest sulphur ore
mines are close by. The Stauffer Chem
ioal Company has done more since its
establishment, in 1885, to develop these
deposits, as well as those of borax and
soda, than any other institution of its
kind in the West. Its steady growth
from small building on a 5O-vara lot
at Bay and Dupont streets to a pile of
buildings covering nearly three square
blocks in the heart Of the city, besides
controlling a large acreage in Alameda,
Contra Costa and Ventura Counties,
places it in the forefront not only of
the manufacturers Of heavy chemicals
in the United States, but of the world.
The company began business with the
manufacture Of washing or sal-soda,
which they still make in large quanti-
ties. In 1887 they commenced manu-
featuring boracic acid and soda borate
of borax. In 1888 the refining of sui
phur ore imported from Japan claimed
their attention, and though many other
concerns started to accomplish this re-
suit, they were the first to successfully
produce every grade of refined and
sublimed sulphur as manufactured by
Boude, of Marseilles. whose products
are the standard for the worlds mar
ket
The National tribune., 1905-11-30

The experts who watched the explo-
sion of the British steamer Chatham i'm
the Suez Canal have now sent i'm their
reports. which are very interesting. The
Chatham, which was loaded with 100
tons of dynamite and a supply of de-
tonators, took fire while passing through
the canal and had to be scuttled. She
was. therefore, great obstacle and
menace TO the commerce passing
through the canal and had to be de-
stroyed at once. There We're many we'll
based approximations as to what would
be the result of the explosion of such
an immense amount Of dynamite, which
exceeded anything before known I'm en-
cheering. Mines. each containing 800
pounds of explosive, were fitted around
and in the hull by divers and connected
with electric wires. They were led I'm
cables to the shore and there connected
with a firing station three miles away
When the button was touched an i'm
mense column of water and debris arose
for five seconds TO an estimated height
of 1900 feet. II took the sound 16
seconds to reach the firing station, and
1t was not particularly loud, but the
earth tremor was immediate and Sc
we're. The air was darkened for two
minutes by yapor and flying fragments
The telephone wires were torn from
the posts, but the posts remained intact
and the water overlooked the banks for
about 1000 yards in every direction
Fragments of the ship fell over an area
1900 yards in diameter, and a hole "a
feet deep was made where the ship had
lain.
The National tribune., 1905-11-30

throughout its entire length by a very
heavy chain that runs through the GEN.
ter. the chain having q weight of about
500 pounds. The approximate weight
of the column Is 200 tons. About every
eight feet of its height there is a wooden
wedge that extends nearly half way
through the column. the wedges being
about IL inches thick at the outer edge
and tapering to six inches toward the
center, and the blocks are further sepa-
rated by strips of tarred paper. The
purpose of these several wedges and
paper strips is to break the mass in six
parts as it falls in order that 1t may
conform to the bottom of the river,
while the parts will be held in place by
the chain that extends through the GEN.
The National tribune., 1905-11-30
"HOnest Abe"
Century,

1t is significant fact that in a COM
munity where crime was virtually un-
known, where plain straightforward
dealing was assumed as a matter of
course, and credit was fearlessly asked
and given, Lincoln won an enviable
reputation for integrity and honor In
moral atmosphere of this sort ordin-
airy veracity and fairness attracted no
particular attention. Honesty was not
merely the best policy: it was the rule
of life. and people We're expected to be
upright and just with one another. But
when a clerk in a country store walked
miles to deliver a few ounces of tea in
nocently withheld from a customer by
an error in the scales, and when he
made a long hard trip in order to re-
turn a few cents accidentally overpaid
him. he was talked about and the fact
is that honest Abe was a tribute, not
a nickname
The National tribune., 1905-11-30
Quick Delivery of q Letter.
(The Era.)

1t is curious fact that a century
and half ago a letter travelled much
faster than ever 1T has done since
1t was in 1853 that Lord March made
a heavy wager that he would cause a
letter to be carried 100 miles within an
hour. His lOrdship engaged a score of
cTtcketers, all expert throwers and
oatchers. had the missive inclosed In a
ball, and arranging his men at inter-
sals in a circle. got them to throw the
ball as swiftly as possible from one to
another.
AT the end of the hour it was found
that the letter had travelled almost sx-
sctly 100 miles
The National tribune., 1905-11-30

ter The scene of the work is only
about 500 feet up from the brink of
the Horseshoe Fall, but when PROSTATE
the column is not expected to make
any difference in the flow of the water
fall. When PROSTATE the top of the
column will be 20 inches above the level
OF the ground, and in order that ice
may be foated off, an opening will be
left between the end of the dam and
the river. The column will be tipped
by jacks working under timbers at the
bottom of the trestle, and when it falls
it is expected to tumble slightly up
stream. The column will be allowed
to dry several weeks before it is tipped
into place in the Niagara River.