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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

LIE DROIT PARK-William L. Blair ct ux.
to John H. Blair, lot Do block 13: 81.
SIXTEENTH STREET NORTHWEST
above Newton street-Rebecca NJ. Bon
sal ct vir, William c., to Lewis b.
Thomson. part lot a. Mt. Pleasant: $40.
KOSCIUSKO PLACE-Joseph Waller ct
ux. to Charles w. Murphy lot %, block
5; SO
SEVENTH STREET NORTHEAST be-
tween 1 and K streets-Frank Hill ct al,
trustees. to Herman W. Van Sender,
lot 49, square SsS; 5000.
NINTWOOD-Abby Fl. Phelps to Frederick
c. S. Hunter, lot 169; $40. Frederick
c. S. Hunter conveys same property to
Hevila r. Cockerille: So
n STREET NORTHWEST between 30th
and 31st streets-Elen Heffernan to Ed
win and Annie c. Guthrie, part lot "a,
square 1923, $40
Q STREET NORTHWEST between Goth
and 31st streets-Aquila E. Payne to
Edward Mellon, lot 2lS. square 1852; $40.
n STREET NORTHWEST between I'D
and 24th streets-Joseph NJ. Carmody to
William A. HILL lot IS, square 80: $40.
MOORE & BARBOUR'S SECOND ADDI-
TIoN-Annie M. Barbour to James F..
Barbour, lots % to 81, block 10: $40
EFFTNGHAM PLACE-Lincoln Memorial
Congregational Temple to Sterling N
Brown, lot and part of lot :, block
=. 81.
TURNER'S IMPROVEMENT w
Russell ct vir. Ben, to John A. Haffer-
man, part; SO.
FIRST AND NJ STREETS SOUTHEAST
Elmer E. CortheIl ct ux to Central
Union Mission, lots 1876 and 1876. square
FOL; $500
FOUR-AND-A-HALF AND d STREETS
SOUTHWEST-Rudol Saur to Manor
Real Estate and Trust Company part
original lot l. square 1913; $500
TWIN1NG CITY-Robert F? Bradbury. ct
Tx. TO Edwin c. Crouch, lot %, block
6; $40 Edwin C. Crouch to Robert F.
Bradbury. lot A. block .: $40
FOUR-AND-A-HALF STREET SOUTH
WEST between G and H streets
Charles H. Parker ct ux to Charles G.
Smithson, part lot Al and original lot
Is and part original lot II, square $40;
$500.
WATER STREET. SOUTH. EST between
NJ and n streets-John Miller eft ux to
Lorenz hissner, lots AZ and IS. square
Alb; $40.
TWENTY SIXTH STREET NORTHWEST
near Pennsylvania avenue-James w
Walker to George d. Miller, part lot
2, square west of IA; $40.
PROSPECT STREET NORTH WEST be-
tween Saith and 35th streets-Thomas NJ
Talbot ct TX. to John H. Drury, lot
Al, square 1904; SO. Same to j. Blakes-
lee johnson, 10: 40, square 1904; $40.
MOUNT PLEASANT HEIGHTS-Fulton
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Building Permits Issued.

Building permits were issued by Inspector
Ashford today as follows:
To w. j. Keane and John Miller for eight
two-story brick and stone dwellings at
3OO1-3O15 18th street northwest; architect,
H. Blake: builders, Houth & Wiessen; es-
timated cost, SIS, 900!
To w. j. Keane and John Miller for three
two-story brick dwellings at 1019-1023 Co
lumbia road; architect, H. Blake; builders,
Houth & Weissen; estimated cost. S10-500.
To A. s. Caywood for repairs and altera-
lions at 419 NJ street northwest: architect,
n. r. Grimm; contractor, B. W. Hough;
estimated cost, 81 500.
To j. II. Rowland to install one electric
passenger elevator, 1412-1414 II street
northwest; contractors, Ready Elevator
Company; estimated cost, $4,000.
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Army Orders.

Capt. Anre w. Brewster, 9th Infantry,
having completed the duty for which he
was ordered to this city, has been ordered
to rejoin his proper station.
Capt ]. B. Clayton, assistant surgeon,
has been granted leave of absence for two
months, and the leave granted Capt. f. II.
Cooke, 18th Infantry, has been extended
twenty-one days.
First Lieutenants Jay r. Shook. William
Z. Vose and Frank T. Woodbury.. assistant
surgeons, have been advanced TO the rank
of captain.
Capt Henry Page, assistant surgeon at
San Francisco. has been ordered to duty at
the military prison at Fort DeaVenworth,
Kan, as the relief of Capt. ]. Il. Clayton,
assistant surgeon, granted leave OF absence.
Capt. b. NJ. Purssell, paymaster, has been
granted four months leave of absence and
First Lieutenant John Storck, Artillery
Corps, three months.
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r. Gordon ct TX. to Hiram s. House.

r. Gordon eft TX. TO Hiram s. House.
lot u, square j; 81 1882.
SIXTEENTH STREET EXTENDED -
Frances b. Dare ct vir Joseph w, to
Carolyn Z. Borland, part lot 1877 Mount
Pleasant and Pleasant Plains: $40.
SIXTEENTH STREET EXTENDED-Car
olyn E. Borland to Harry b. Mason, part
lot 1871, Mount Pleasant and Pleasant
Plains; SO.
d STREET SOUTHEAST between LIST and
I'd streets-Charles NJ. Birckhead to Karl
F. Brodt, part lots 2. 3, 4. square 1913;
$40
BARRY FARM-william H Bryson TO
Mary A. Green, lot %, block s; S2,962.
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS - Eastmond p.
Green to Clarence ]. Zlntheo, lot q.
block 4; so.
STREET NORTHWEST between I'D
and oath streets-Joseph NJ. Carmody to
Annie F.. Bowie, lot Is. square 30: $40.
T STREET NORTHWEST between l1th
and 18th streets-Clarence +. Young,
trustee to Kinda Toussaint, lots and
g. square 151: $1,000.
ADDITION TO UNIONTOWN-R.chard
A. Pyles ct ux. to William Mushake'
part lot Geo. w. Duvall."
FOUR AND A HALF STREET SOUTH
WEST between G md II streets-Charles
C. Smithson ct ux to Charles F. Smith
son, half interest I'm part lot Al and all
square $40; $40.
NO 2o9 STREET SoUTTIEAST-Wfllam
C. Jasper eft Tx. to Alvah T. Fowler, lot
SO, square 16T; $40.
E STREET NORTHEAST between 18th
and 18th streets-George K. Powell ct
ux to Lottie L. Brown, lots 100 to los
and part lot 1903, square 1908: SO.
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A Prophetic Mouse.

To he Editor of The Star
Your readers will recollect the evermem-
orable dreadful cold winter of 1904 and 1908.
Weeks before the bitter cold season began
an old mouse under our woodshed floor was
unusually busy building her nest astonish-
ingly ard uncommonly thick and warm.
Last fall the mouse had made no prepara-
lions at all to speak of. Then 1 knew we
would have a mild winter. But now look
out! The little creature is doing rush
work. Already her nest is n marvel OF
cosness, thickness ana warmth, overreach-
Ing anything in that line of previous years
or seasons | predict for the latter part OF
March and beginning of April the coolest
weather and thickest ice In the Hudson
river since America was first discovered.
AS we all know, the mouse has wonderful
natural endowments, incomprehensible ami
not understood by u.s.
a. r. BkiDENBEC<E k.
Poughkeepsie, n. Y.
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p | l. E S
Can Be Cured and We Can Prove 1t

Sample Package Free-Prove 1t Yourself
When ne say that we can cure Piles we mean
Just exactly what nothing more, nothing
less. We say Il because know Il and stand
ready to prove It to you to any other person
Just have said 1t and proved II to thou
sands already.
1t is because of these thousands tha. we have
cured that able 10 say this
We have done part in calling your attention
to this fact and IL Is Up to you to dsprove It,
And We offer you the means OF doing So knowing
that you can't anu that when you try our won.
derfui Pyramid Pile Cure you will he SO well
pleased with II that you viii 60 straight 10 your
druggist and get box Of IT.
And more than that. IL at any time In the
future ans person tells you as you have told so
many yourself. that they suffering the agonles
OF the damned from piles you VIII not rest until
he she has bought and Is using a box and get
ting the relief and that you got We
have Il done.
Here, for instance, is a sample OF what a
sample did and shows very eonclusively that we
are dealing in cold. hard facts and not empty
assertions. person who gets a sample never
fails to buy
Mr.. John Byrne of 23o6 I'd ave. New York city.
writing under date OF January II 1906 says: 81
received the sample and used IL right away I
got much relief from II after 20 years sui.
fering. that bought so-cent box. The almost
unbearabie pain is almost gone. and my astula
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CT ever being cured. I assure you, gentlemen, /
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try them, can guarantee they are a sure
cure
Pyramid Pile Cure is for sale at every drug.
gist for so cents box, and II is cheap at ten
times the price to any one who needs it.
To get a Free Sample send Your name and
address today to the Pyramid Drug Co.. 33I Pyra-
mid building. Marshall. Mich.
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Naval Orders.

Lieut. d. w. Knox, from the Lawton to
the works of the E. w. Bliss Co, Brook
lyn, n. Y.
Chief Boatswain A. Rettig, from the naval
station at San Juan and await orders.
Boatswain G. Freudendorf, from the Con-
stellation to the naval station at San Juan.
Boatswain K. Rundquist, from the Uncas
TO the navy yard, New York.
Acting Warrant Machinist ]. III. McDon-
ough, from the general hospital, Hot
Springs, to the Franklin, at Norfolk.
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skins, green. each, 1.00a1.50: muskrat,
each, 12a1S: skunk, each, 25aT5; mink,
each, 3.00a4.00; rabbit skins, each, 10;
opossum, each, 25a27 raccoon, each, 25a
30; fox. red, each. 2.0oa250; gray, each.
75a90.
FLOUR.-Winter extra, 3.00a3.25; win
ter straight. 3.75a4.00; winter patent, $50
a5.00; spring straight, 3.75a4.00; spring
patent. 4.0Oa4-50. CornmeaI, per 100 lbs.
1.20a1.3O.
GRAIN. - Wheat, choice 75aS0; of
grades. 50a75. Corn, shelled, new, white.
4Sa5O; yellow, 4Sa50: ear, 250a275. Oats,
western white, No. 2, 36a3T; mixed, Soa36.
Jobbers' prices are somewhat higher
than prices quoted above.
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Coast Survey Promotions.

Tie Secretary of the Department of Com
merce and Labor has announced the fol-
lowing promotions in the bureau of the
coast and geodetic survey:
John w. Gilbert of washington, from
s., 300 to $4,000 per annum; Dallas b. VAIN
wright of the District of Columbia, from
81. 400 to g. 500; Edmund F. Dickens of Cal
ifornia. from 1920 to $2.4eo; John E. Nc
Grath OF the District of Columbia from
$1,000 to 81. 200. Owen G. French OF Ohio,
from $3.50 to $1,000: William Bowie of the
District of Columbia, from $1,000 to 81 500;
Richard G. Dickinson of Tennessee, from
81. 400 to $1,000; Benjamin A. Baird of Call
ifornia, from 81. 200 to ST, 400: Clifford G..
Quillian of Georgia. from $500 to 81 200:
Bertrand d. Barker of Vermont, from $T20
to 5000.
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THE COURT RECORD.
suprene Court.

Present: The chief Justice. Mr.. Justice
Harlan, Mr.. Justice Brewer, Mr.. Justice
Brown, Mr.. Justice White. Mr.. Justice
Peckham, Mr.. Justice McKenna. Mr..
Justice Holmes and Mr.. Justice Day.
Nos 158 to 162, Southern Pacific Company
ct al. appellants, agt. the interstate COM
merce commission ct al: mandate grant
ed ON motion OF Mr.. Maxwell Evarts for
the appellants.
No. 1888 Ellis. Keen. plaintiff In error.
agt Sophronia< K. Keen: argument conclud-
ed by Mr.. D. p. Dyer for the plaintin in
error and submitted by Mr.. Charles w.
Bates for the defendant In error.
No. los. The Houston and Texas Cen
trail Railroad Company ct al, plaintiffs in
error. agt. ]. A. Mayes; argued by Mr..
Maxwell Evarts for the plaintiffs In error,
and submitted by Mr.. T. w. Gregory for
No 199. Antonio Jose Amadeo, ETC.. plain
TIN in error. agt. the Northern Assurance
Company.
No. 200 Antonio Jose Amadeo. etc. plain
till in error, agt. the Royal Insurance Com
No. 201 Federico Amadeo. etc.. plain
till In error. agt. the Royal Insurance Com
pany; argument commenced by Mr.. Fritz
Won Briesen for the plaintiffs in error.
Proceedings after The Star went to press
yesterday:
No. 1877. The ST. Louis Dressed Beef and
Provision Company agt. Maryland Casualty
Company; argument continued by Mr..
George Weens Williams and Mr.. Frank
Gosnell for the Maryland Casualty Com
pany, and concluded by Mr.. Ford w.
Thompson for the st. Louis Dressed Beef
and Provision Company.
No. 1888 Ellis Keen, plaintiff in error. agt.
Sophronfa K. Keen; argument commenced
by Mr.. D. P. Dyer for the plaintiff In
error.
The day call for Thursday, March 8. is
as follows: Nos. 1888, 1913, 1919 land 200 and
201. 2o2 tand 203). 2o4, 200, POT. 2os. 200
land 210.
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Extending Date Of Payment.

The House committee on ways and means
has decided to make favorable report on
the sherley bill extending from 1907 until
1887 the time for payment of $3.50. coo worth
of United States 4 per centum bonds held
In trust for the American Printing House
for the Blind.
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Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours, II; year ago, 81
Weather conditions and general forecast:
The barometer has been falling over the
greater part of the country east OF the
Rocky mountains for the last forty-eight
house. and pressure In northeastern dlstr1cts
is now nearly an inch lower than 1t was on
the 9th instant. The shallow Eulf depres-
sion has increased in energy over night and
is central this morning over northeastern
Florida. A second and widespread depres-
sion covers the northern portion or the
country east of the DakOtas
On the Pacific coast and west or the MIS-
sissippi the weather has been fair East OF
the Mississippi rain has fallen and continues
ever the southeastern states.
The weather will clear tonight In the
south Atlantic states and along the Attain"
tic coast, and fair, somewhat colder Weatn-
err Is probable on Friday.
1t will be colder tonight in the lower lake
region and upper Ohio valley.
The winds along the middle Atlantic coast
will be fresh and variable. mostly north
easterly; on the south Atlantic coast prlsK
northeasterly, shifting to northwesterly, and
on the east gulf coast fresh northwesterly
The following heavy precipitation Tin
inches) has been reported during the past
twenty-four hours: Atlanta. 1.SS; Mont
gomery. ITO; Macon. LIS; Key West, Lle
Storm warnings are displayed On the At
lantic coast from Norfolk to Wilmington.
Steamers departing today for European
ports will have fresh westerly winds anc
occasional rain to the Grand Banks
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings Of the
thermometer and barometer at the weather
bureau for twenty-four hours beginning
at 2 pm. yesterday:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Z, 4 PM, As; pm.
A. II midnight, 43. March 8, am, AZ;
8 a m, ~; II noon, Al; pm, AZ.
Maximum, so, at 2:30 pm, March Z; min
imum Al, at Z am, March s.
Observation-Disclosures Z, 4 pm. BOIL; pm,
1000; II midnight 5000. March 8. 4 am.
29a1; am, 90 80; noon, .. 50; PM, %. IS.
Tide Table.
Today-Low tide, 1920 am. and 1890
D m high tide, 6 am. and $40 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, LOS am. and LIZ
p.m.; high tide, $50 am. and 1:1O pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose, 6:24 am; sun sets,
b:59 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, 6:22 am.
Moon sets 5:42 am. tomorrow.
The City Lights.
The city lights and naphtha lamps all
lighted by thirty minutes after sunset; ex-
extinguishing begun one hour before sunrise
All arc and incandescent lamps lighted nj
teen minutes after sunset and eXtingulsheo
forty-fiye minutes before sunrise.
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Importing Women's Wear.

At the Georgetown custom house yes
terday quite a large Importation of wo-
mems wearing apparel was cleared for
Julius Garfinkle & Co. of this city.
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Naval Movements.

The Nero has arrived at Hampton roads
and the Charleston at Tompkinsville.
The cruiser Minneapolis left New York
Tuesday for Hampton roads.
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Gentleman's Diamond Sol
ftaire. gypsy setting; / 1-16
carats; worth $135. Sn6ndA
Sale price. VhVV
Specially carved Tiffany
Belcher Diamond Ring; very
handsome stone; GOE
worth $50. Sale price. apAsV
Gentleman's Diamond Sol
itaire, in new pin-wheel eff
feet setting; worth GEm
$50. Sale price. ........ Wv
Lady's handsomely carved
! Knife-edge Tiffany Ring:
worth s65; very fine GAS
diamond. Sale price. =. ~va0
The new Flat Belcher Dia-
mond Ring; a very exquisite
stone; well worth $50. G 2R.
Sale price. poo
Gentleman's H a n d S ONE
Hand-carved Belcher Soil
ia e; magnificent white
stone; worth $50. G1OR
Sale price. " u go
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-08

The barge Hamilton Fish. owned by the
c. Durham Nephew Company of New York.
was destroyed by fire at sea four miles of
the Barnegat life-saving station Tuesday
The captain and crew were taken of by the
tug which had the barge in tow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-08

Are you selling out? Then tell thu. CLASH
fed Advertising Department of The Star
about 1t, Main 2-4-4-0.
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RAIN TONIGHT.
Friday Fair and Colder; Fresh t,
Brisk Winds.

Forecast till pm. Friday:
For the District of Columbia, Delaware
and Maryland-Rain tonight Friday fair
and colder; fresh to brisk northeasterly
winds. probably increasing.
For Virginia-Rain tonight Friday fair,
colder, preceded by rain in southeast por-
ton; brisk. probably high northeasterly
winds on the coast.
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Handsome Solitaire. in
Tiffany setting; brilliant
white ST o e;
worth 500. Sale C1AE
Plain Tiffany Belcher:
pure white brilliant stone
set to great advantage:
worth $3.50. Sale SO6NdO
price.
Carved Tiffany Belcher;
nearly ~ carat weight; ex-
ceptionally fine GOEm
stone. Sale price. :. /. VACV
Handsome Tiffany Soil
taire Ring: weighing 2H car
ats: worth $i00. SION
Sale price. epOAV
Round Cluster Ring for
Ladies'; sapphire, emerald or
turquoise center and ten
diamonds. Sale Cum
PiiCc. .....-
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Announce am Extraordinary Sale of
Diamond Rings.

W naug O ammdR ON anye
quantities Today the Within
N
yandu
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Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours, Al; year ago, 80.
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The Alaska Governorship.
To Succeed Horace Speed.

Delegate Mcguire of Oklahoma today rec
ommended to the President the nomination
of John Embry of Chandler, Oklahoma. as
United States attorney of Oklahoma The
President yesterday removed Mr.. Speed
Il is thought the recommendation of Dele
gate Mcguire will be followed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-08

CRIMINAL COURT NO. 1-Justice Gould.
United States agt George E. Green; con-
spiracy; on trial; attorneys, A. S. Worth
ington, ]. B. Stanchfield and J. NJ. Thurs
ton
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Tide Table.

Today-Low tide, 1920 am and IL;
pm high tide, 6 am. and $40 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, los am. and J..
pm; high tide, $50 IN. and 40 pm.
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Vreeland Will Not Have It.

Representative Vreeland of New York has
informed his friends from that state that
he would not accept the position of state
chairman of the party there. He thinks his
constituents prefer him to remain in Con-
gress and he better serve their inter-
ests that way than otherwise. He is In
favor, however, of electing a successor to
ex-Gov. Odell without much delay He
thinks the sentiment of the party Is against
Mr.. Odell. Mr.. Vreeland favors the re-
nomination of Gov. Higgins by the repub-
licans and believes that Is the logic of the
Sif
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Lady's Fiye-stone Ring:
Tiffany mounting; very
snowy: all stones of quail
ity; worth 1870. gEM
Sale price. .VCV
Lady's Three-stone Tiffany
Diamond Ring. with platl-
mum mounting:
worth siI2. Sale Snmn
piicts. .......-.....-.-.
Very Large Fire Opal.
with nineteen large white
diamonds surround
ing; worth $50. Gnnn
Sale price. " wv
Handsome All diamond
Princess Ring. set in plati-
mum. twenty-five carefully
selected diamonds. gig
worth 500. Sale price. p1S
Beautiful Turquoise Prin-
cess Ring, five turauoses.
surrounded by
twenty diamonds GndD6N
Sale price....,...... " Wv
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-29
Grand, Sweet Song of Burgoo.

Who, except K~entuckians and their
favored Southern friends and kins-
men has ever really known the bliss of
genuine burgoo? 1t is a dish of the
Olympian jewellers, for Homeric ban
quets, for Nero and Lucullus, for the
trenchermen Of feudal days and royal
roisterings. Compared with it the
haggis of Scotland, the goulash of
Hungary, the ragouts and p~aysannes
of France, the possum and yams of
North Carolina and the gombo file of
Louisiana are mere trivial side dishes,
toothsome, no doubt, but Eighty,
e%phemeral and far from filling in the
best bense of the term.
To make 200 gallons Of burgoo in a
single kettle you put 200 pounds of
choice neighborhood beef, three doz-
en- yellow legged chickens, five quarts
of tomatoes, the same quantity of cut
corn, four bushels of Irish potatoes,
and a barrel Of soft skinned Spanish
onions. This celestial mixture is sim
mered for ten hours over a wood fire.
Every twenty minutes the fat, etc. is
skinned from the top by a watchful
colored person who knows his bus
mess, after which the brew is gently
stirred with a large hickory ladle.
Finally the seasoning is added, with
a gallon or two Of most d~electable
STOCK" and then you have only to
let it cool and the banqueters will do
the rest. At the top a broth has risen,
which you take in a pint cup of tin.
1t is a cocktail beside which the Man
haitian and the Martini are as tasteless
cruel. Then you know the meaning Of
your "Old Kentucky Home" and the
voice of the troubadour to you
like a message from the seraphim.
l-Washingtnn Post
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-29
THE FIRST AIR A
The Youthful Inventor Had Hard
Work to Get II Tried. d

Persons who should have known
better thought Westinghouse vision
airy when they were told that he pro-
posed to stop a train by air.
Nobody seemed inclined to let him
try his plan on a real train, but they
did not object to his working model
of it in a shop where he could do no
harm or involve anybody else in OK
pense.
He knew his scheme would work,
but he could not make any one else
believe it. So he continued to sch
his invention for replacing derailed
cars on the tracks and to talk about
his brake to any railroad man who
was willing to listen.
well, have you ever stopped a
train with this air thing of yours?"
they would ask.
No, he couldn't say that he had
done so. Nobody would let him try
it, even on a train Of dump cars.
One day he arrived in Pittsburg,
selling his other invention and talk
ing about his brake notion to a man
connected with a railroad out there.
That's a great idea of yours"
said the man; I'VE will try it on our
line!"
So the officials of this railroad per-
mitted Westinghouse to put his new
kickshaw on one of their trains. He
had to agree to indemnify the road
for any damage that might be caused
to the train as the result of his
trials.
The train va equipped. On the
designated day the confident invent
or and a group of skeptical railroad
men boarded the train on which the
first air brakes we're fixed.
Off went the train on its initial
trip. The engineer put on full
speed, and just as he had rounded a
curve he saw ahead, at a grade cross
ing, and in the middle of the track,
a loaded wagon, a man and a boy,
and a balky horse. The engineer
moved his little lever, and the first
train that was ever stopped by air
pulled up at a standstiil several feet
short of the obstruction.
Thus, on its first trial, the Westing-
house air brake saved life and pre-
vented damage to property. Thence
forward talking was unnecessary, all
that had to be done was to make
brakes. The inventor thought of that
clause securing compensation to the
railroad for any damage he might do
to the train, and he laughed.
His fortune dated from that day.
He was then only 22.-From Success.