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zens' meeting held In Fairfax court house
in February, have passed both houses OF
the general assembly. The law as arnanded
leaves the salary of the road engineer to
be fixed by the board OF supervisors in
stead of mot less than $780, as at present
and the clause which stipulates taat one
half of the road funds shall he used for
order to enable the road board to expend
the entire amount available on repairs
Postmaster f. l.. ). Bouton % Vienna
and Milton Collins and several of the
Vienna public school children are confined
to their homes with the mumps.
"A new musical organization IS being
formed by the young people of lIerndon
the members of which will be Miss Nellie
Bradshaw, Miss Sadie Kidwell. Miss Rose
Reed, Miss Jennie Robey and Messrs
Ralph Colemen. Morce Yount, Frank
Robey.
Mrs Claude Wilson of Connella. \. C..
and Miss Grace Wilson of Cape Charles,
Va. who have been visiting their sistar,
Mrs. W. /. Robey jr., OF Herndon. returned
to their homes Friday morning
1t is reported that the Herndon Canning
an order for 10000 crates of canned to-
matoes.
Mr.. Jacob Starr of the War Department.
Washington. d. c., Is in Herndon for a
few days visiting his son. Charles Starr at
his home at Herndon Heights. Harry
Starr who is said to be suffering from APP
pendicitis, is now very low.
Mrs. Emma Holtzclaw, wife OF Luther
Holtzelaw. died yesterday afternoon at her
home in Vienna. The funeral services Will
be held Sunday.
Mrs. Holtzclaw Is survived by eight
young children, several of whom are sick
at the present time. two having pneumonia
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GARDEN SPOT Of STATE
Term Applied to the City of Har-
risonburg.
IN THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
Situated on Elevated Ground in Rock
ingham County.
IT ENJOYS MANY ADVANTAGES
Artistic Arrangement of Streets and
Handsome Appearance of Build
ings-Granduer of Scenery.
T ENJOYS MANY ADVANTAGES

Prominent among the prosperous and pro
greasive municipalities of the valley of Vir-
giria. so aptly termed the garden spot of
the state" is the city of HarTisonburg
which is situated on elevated ground in
Rockingham county The steady advance
ment of Harrisonburg in the past few years
has made the town one of the most impor-
tant business centers in that section of the
state. The population is now nearing the
5000 mark.
Harisonburg enjoys such unusual aGyaa-
tages of situation that It's material welfare
follows as matter of course, while to
these elements of prosperity is added the
enterprising character of its population
The town is in the center OF a rich farm
ing area and is surrounded by extensive
timber lands. Not far distant are some of
the most valuable antlra cite ccal beds of
the state The industrial and commerce ial
activities which these facilities encourage
are further advanced by the abundant rail-
read communication.
Beauty of the Town.
The beauty Of the town. the artistic ar
RAJ cement Of the streets, the handsome ap-
pearance OF the buildings and the granreur
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HERNDoN HAPPENINGS.
Additional Right of Way Granted to
Railway Company.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.
HERNDON, Va, March 10,


HERNDON, Va, March 10, 1906.
deed has Just been recorded in the
clerks office Fairfax county, whereby
right of way Is granted to the Great Falls
and Old Dominion Railway Company
through the land of the Great Falls Power
Comnanv. located at the Great Falls This
right of way includes terminal right in
about seventeen acres of land at the falls,
and will enable the railway company to
carry out its project of locating pleasure
resort on the Virginia side OF the river,
which. when completed, will afford con-
yenient resort for the people of Washing
ton CITY as well as for those Of upper Fair
fax and Ioudoun counties should the road
be extended from the falls to Herndon,
and to Aldie, MIddleburg and Upperville.
The right acquired by the Great Falls and
Old Dominion, for which the Great Falls
Power Company received S1s.I5o. Is all the
railway company was aiming to obtain by
means of the state corporation commission
some time ago. The commission gave the
railway company the power TO condemn
the Land for the purpose. and that upon an
appeal by the power company the court
reversed the commission and denied the
railway the right of condemnation en- the
ground that the land sought to De con-
dennned was wanted by the railway COM
pany as a terminal point on account of the
rare scenic features 1t affords and because
OF the attractions it would hold out to
pleasure seekers from Washington and
Herndon and vicinity.
The Great Falls Power Company Is sill
the owner OF more than $50 acres OF land
at Great Falls. including the valuable
water power.
Amendments to the road law IN force In
Fairfax county, recommended by The clti-
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AROUND THE CITY

cnIored man was selling vio!ets at an
f street corner. His tray was heapea
high with the purple blossoms and every
now and then some man or woman VINO
waded past him In the snowy slush smiled
as If the Whit of fragrance brought re-
minder of spring. Even the crippled nd
der in the little cart at the gutter seemed
to be thinking cheerful things as he
scraped out that fine old lyric, Dan
Tucker"
If you are a hopelessly plain woman
the violet man viii overlook you. He
knows he would starve if he depended on
you for trade. If your hat is just a bit
perky and you try to keep your chin up
where it belongs, he viii thrust his tray
toward you. experimentally, but he will
not sing out his Sweet vi-lets" at you,
unless you have attained the top-notch of
style. Then you are his lawful prey.
Sweet vi-lets!"
The tray was fairly under the nose of
pretty girl, who hesitated, then stopped.
The Elton jacket of her green velvet suit
opened over the summary blouse, which
up-to-date young women elect to wear to
show their superiority over their befurred
sisters and her jaunty hat was trimmed
with shaded green plumes
There ought to be law against tempt
ing a poor girl to buy flowers when she
owes for two gowns" she laughingly re-
marked to her companions.
Then come on" advised the other
woman. who looked like a plain, bust
ness person with a savings bank account.
No. I suppose 1 ought to buy
bunch. It's Lent you know"
"All the more reason for denying your
self"
Il always like touch of purple in Lent;
1t signifies nourning-shows Difference to
the sad spirit of the season.
"All right. If you want an excuse to
!, ,.a.Tn IN a ~ 4D
gave them to you, don't let me hinder
you" and the plain business person
stepped ahead stopped and turned to the
fiddler at the curb. Maybe the rolllcking
old tune recalled way. way back dancing
days. Maybe, again. she felt sorry for the
cheerful-faced musician who probably had
no dancing days to remember. AT any
rate, she dropped coin in his cup.
Fifty cents for this little speck of
bunch,' complained the velvet girl to the
violet man. Haven't you any that are
frasher?. These don't smell bit sweet
Well, let me see If I've got change enough
There's a quarter, and ten make thirty
five, and five are forty-forty-won't forty
cents do? Say, Nancy, come back min
ute You'll have to let me have dime
honey. III pay you next time L see you.
The Violet man handed over the bunch.
toeether with long. purple-headed pin TO
fesfen It to the lace blouse, and the trans
action was over. AS they were about TO
walk on, the velvet girl noticed the violin
Est, who had changed his theme to Home.
Sweet Home.
Isn't that too pathetic! 1t just breaks
my heart not to be able to relieve all the
distress see Do give that poor fellow
nickel for me, Nance. I'll pay you back
some time l cant afford to help every
body and you see I've just given my last
cent to aid that poor flower MAXWELL
Nance Blank, you certainly are one mesa
woman-where do you expect to go when
you die?'
mo, SIR asserted the tall scholarly
looking old gentleman. Il have never been
poisoned either by oak or Ivy, and spent
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PAY CORPS VACANCIES.
Next Examination of Candidates VIII
Be Held in June.

There are ten VACANCIES in the position of
assistant paymaster of the navy. and there
will probably be an additional vacancy by
the time the next examination of candi-
dates is held, in June, at the Washington
navy yard. The new circular for the in
formation of persons desiring to enter the
pay corps has been prepared, and the scope
of the examination OF candidates has been
changed so as to give more weight to gen.
eral Intelligence than TO those subjects
which may easily form the object of such
study just before an examination,
In the last six months there have been
thirty appointments to the naval pay corps,
and when the eleven vacancies are filled
this year the whole grade OF sixty-six as
sistant paymasters and half dozen more
of the grade OF passed assistant paymasters
at the bottom or that list will represent APP
pointmeitts made within the last three
years. The next session of the school of
application for junior pay officers of the
navy viii be held at the Washington navy
yard In July.
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DETROIT Mich, March o. 1905.
- O MANY mlsapprehensons have
arisen in regard TO the beQuest Of
Mr. Charles L. Freer to the Smith
~ sonian Institution at Washington,
ID. c.. and there has been so much
said about the preference OF Washington as
the location of the gallery to contain the
works of Whistler and the other collections
Mr. Freer has gathered, that It is worth
while to review briefly the circumstances
of one OF the most notable gifts that has
ever been made to the United States.
1t is now about ten years since Mr.. Freer
began to inquire as TO how his art collec-
lions could most effectively be presented to
the American people. The matter was fire.
Quently discussed with Mr.. Whistler him
self and an understanding was arrived at
between the two men that Mr.. Freer should
have certain of the Whistler paintings on
the condition, either expressed or implied,
that ultimately they should be placed IN q
gallery open to the public. Mr.. Whistler.
always a devoted American, naturally pre-
ferred Washington He also loved West
Point and believed implicitly in the prinei-
pies and methods OF the institution. lie
was a student there, and afterward was
employed In the coast and Geodctc survey,
and number of his earliest attempts at
etching are TO be found on the plates of
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FACTS CONCERNING THE
FREER ART COLLECTION

monte with the work of whistler, Dewing,
Tryon and Thayer. all four leading Ameri-
can painters. For this reason the coliec-
ton is taken out OF time and belongs TO all
the ages. 1t is universal in a sense and
can never lose its interest, ami so long as
beauty is the object of art e must have a
prominent place. Therefore. Mr.. FTeeF
thought 1t reasonable to require that the
Smithsonian Institution pledge itself to
maintain the collection as an entity for
ever: and for this reason he offered to be-
queath $4,000 for a special building TO
house II.
1t was to determine whether he was right
or not In his behalf that he asked for a
committee OF experts TO examine ard re-
port. He did not wish The Smiths onian TO
commit itself to maintain the collection IL
In the judgment OF experts seleorc1 by
themselves the collection SHOULD prove to
be unworthy OF a special building and per-
manent care at the capital Of the United
States.
The word forever and other conditions
proved a rock of delay. Instead Of COM
mittee Of art experts, two of the executive
committee of the Smithsonian Institution
and one of its regents. together with the
secretary, came to Detroit. One was emf
nent as a statesman, one was a great in
ventor. the third was q successful educator.
and the fourth was a scientist distinguish
ed throughout the world. No one of them
pretended to DO a connoisseur In matters Of
art.
On the return of this distinguished com
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PANIC IN A SYNAGOGUE.
Hebrew Congregation Had Exciting
Time in Fire Scare.

NEW YORK, March 1o-Three hundred
persons worshipping In the ewish syna-
gogue Anschei Neer were driven out to-
day many suffering slight injuries and hav-
ing clothing torn in panic caused by
smoke, which rushed in large volume into
the temple from a fire on the floor above
The synagogue is below "A tailor shop at
1891. Madison street and the first started
in this shop. All the injuries We're inflicted
during a frantic struggle in the narrow
doorway OF the synagogue
Policemen with drawn clubs had to
charge upon those struggling for exit In
tails doorway. AS men. women and children
were taken one at a time out of the pas
sage the sidewalk was converted into a
temporary hospital. several women being
stretched out in faint. The police finally
worked their way into the synagogue, af-
ter which the place was emptied in an or
derby manner. The fire damage was slight.
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ton was regarded as a distinct victory for
the republican organization. he having been
opposed by a faction in the party Mr.
keezel will succeed Mr.. A p Funlhouser,
whose term of office expires the oath in
slant.
Public spirited and influential men of
Harrisonburg are very much interested in
the effort which is being made to secure
the location there Of the state female nor
NAL school soon to be established 1t is
expected, somewhere in that section of
Virginia. The educational facilities of the
town are to be enlarged In the near future
by the establishment of new high school
in the town. The business men of Harrison
burg are also interested now in move
ment to secure better passenger service be-
tween that city and the north
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the cost survey charts He appreciated the
fact that in time, as this country becomes
wealthy, its capital must he the center for
monumental works OF all kinds.
Mr. Whlstler's preference together with
the plans for the Improvement of wash
ington, and the ambition of the American
people to make II in time the finest capital
in the world had undoubtedly considerable
to do with Mr.. Freer's personal choice of
Washington as the location for his own
collection. His first object TO give
these treasures to the people of tine United
States and to entrust them and The care
Of them 20 a body removed FROM political
Influences. With this end in view, at Mr..
Freer's request, the matter was taken up
BY Mr.. Charles Moore with the Smithson-
ian Institution, through it's secretary, the
late Mr.. :. = Langley, and its librarian,
Dr. Cyrus Adler.
From the beginning the project was Ie-
celved with glpat favor Mr. Langley called
attention to the fact that the Smithsonian
Institution. by It's charter, Is devoted TO art
well as 10 science. He said that he had
already made some beginnings Tor an art
department and that he would be pleased
10 have SO considerable q gilt arranged for
while he was the secretary. FOR the reason
that 1t made new department for the
Institution along lines to Nu.Ch he was
particularly devoted, from The fact that he
i'tt HtSIl S'iuNttSd as az a. O+lNS-'' re
spoke OF other gifts that had been promised
TO the Smjtr souian and said that he Lad ar
ranCed with Congress for the preparation
Of a portion of the Smithsonian building to
receive one collection that had been so
promised
In tie meantime Mr. Whistler died and
the art world. both at home NH abroad,
awoko to the fact that genius among
painters had completed his Worf
Finally Mr. Freer made his formal offer
IN writing to the Smithsonian Institution.
with conditions that 10 him seemed proper
He requested that before reaching a de
clsion a committee OF experts be appointed
& examine his collections and TO report to
the regents Of the Smithsonian Institution
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ALAsKA's NEW GOVERNOR.
w. D. Hoggatt Has Made a Reputa-
ton as a Man of Energy.

MILFORD D. Hoggatt, who has been chosen
for governor of Alaska, is forty years Of
age and is superintendent of the Juaniau
gold mines, near Juneau. Alaska Tie
company is owned largely by residents or
Evansville, Ind, and vicinity.
At the age of fourteen Mr.. Hoggatt entered
the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and when
eighteen graduated as the youngest mem
Der of his class with third honors. At the
outbreak of the Spanish-American war Mr..
Hoggatt was the youngest officer or his
rank During the war lie was connected
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Honor Artillery Graduates.

According TO a decision rendered by Lieut..
Gen. Bates, chief of staff the 1--WE distin-
guished graduates of the class OF 1905 Of
the Artillery School. Fort Monroe, Va.
will be eiassed as honor graduates, and
all the graduates OF that class are entitled
TO the exemptions and benefits accorded I'M
der the provisions of General Order No. l41,
War Department, August q, 1896.
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many years of my younger life surveying
through the widest part of the country,
where ] came in contact with both"
That's easily explained answered Inc
other man, who had the air of one owning
a place in the country. only dark COM
plexioned people are injured by poison oak
1t never affects lightEskinned and fair
haired people, like you
The scholarly gentleman had time only
to look his surprise a this piece of infor-
nation before they passed on.
And the sandy-haired woman who over
heard and who expects to spend her two
weeks vacation in the north woods won
dered IL the good news could be true
Two boys of the knee pants era were
walking around the White House einpse.
One carried a pair of roller skates slung
over his shoulder and the other was loaded
down with new planks about yard In
length. New .planks are heavy, and the
boy had to stop and rest He was shifting
them over his shoulder to start again when
he had a genius of an idea.
Say, Billy, lend me your skates, and I'll
show you something"
When he got them he put one on the flag
cling and set his plankS on ii edgewise. He
gave it an experimental push; found it
worked, and then. with the cir of pro-
fessional stevedore. wheeled his miniature
truck around the curve.
''Lenme do it some, pleaded the Other
10y.
II would like to. Billy, but you see It
takes practice, an / guess you jus better
watch me-see?"
He was not as generous as Tom Sawyer.
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To Detail a Regular Officer.

1t is announced at the War Department
that when the military secretary Is In
formed that the three-inch field artillery
material Is received by any battery OF the
organized militia an officer of the regular
army will be sent by the War Department
to instruct the personnel of the battery in
the care preservation and use of the ma
teriaL
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enterprise. A liberal policy in general
financial dealings has done much to pro-
mote the substantial growth OF manufac-
turing and commercial interests. a skiilful
and prudent administration of municipal
affairs has also contributed largely to the
mo terial welfare of Harrfsonburg. Munic-
ipal ownership is believed in. thu town own
ing and operating d very efficient electric
plant The water. which is of exceptional
purity. is furnished from new reservoir
of spacious capacity In mountain !oc2ity
not far distant. The streets are kept in eX-
cellent condition The buildings are sub
stantial and in many instances unusually
hGndsome. RarrisonEurg is the county seat
of Rockingham county and among the mcst
imposing public buildings in The town is
the Rockingham county court house occu-
pying an elevated position and surrounded
by attrac tiv'y decorated grounds. 1t has
taken the place of the Old court house,
smaller and less pretentious ediiice.
City of Churches.
Harrisonburg has been called city of
churches Nearly every religious denomina-
ton is represented by j congregation in
the community ana all have attractive
houses of worship. some of the church
buildings being remarkably handsone.
The volunteer fire department of Harri-
sonburg is held in high esteem by the citi-
zens. IT has long possessed a record for
alertness and efficiency. The services the
department have performed have been of
the highest value to the town. The or
ganization is a me nber Of the Virginia
State Firenen's Association, at whose con-
ventions the Ha:riso l5urg fremen have
captured mary prizes. Mr. w. y. Brai-
thaite is president of No. and MIR. ]. R.
Saum is clief OF the department.
The official head Of Harrisonburg is Col.
o. 3. Roller. WHO has served as mayor for
eight years. During the SpanishAnerican
war he held 4 commission as lieutenant
colonel in the Virginia volunteers. Mayor
Roller was horn in Rockingham county in
1854. After being educated at the Virginia
Military Institute ard the University of
Virginia he entered into a law partnership
with his brother. Mr. J. f. Roller, now a
member of the law firm of Roller & Martz.
Mayor Roller enjoys q wide popularity in
his section
New Postmater Appointed.
After March 2t Harrisonburg will have a
new postmaSte IL the person of Mr.. c larles
NJ. Keezel, whose nomination was recently
confirmed by the Senate. Mr.. Keezel, who
is a lawyer by profession. is a native of
Rockingham. lie studied law at the Uni
versity OF Virginia and after practicing in
Stanton. went TO Ha:ri5onSurg in 1893. He
took an active part in politics and served
for ten years as chairman Of the county re-
publican committee. in 1894 Mr.. Keezel
was named a deIegate-at-larg to the re-
publican national convention. His nOnina-
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of the surrounding natural scenery are by
no means insignificant qualities in the gen
eral attractiveness Of the place. From an
elevated viewpoint the fertile valley of Vlr-
gfna may be seen stretching out like
panorama for many miles. Most of the area
is divided into large farms of the richest
soil and under perfect cultivation during
large part of the year. short distance
away tower the Blue Ridge mountains, the
long slopes of whose foot hills reach TO the
valley In graceful lines.
The people of Harrisonburg are proud to
call their town "a twentieth century mu-
nIcipality" They are careful as a COM
mUrity TO maintain the spirit of progress,
In principle the characteristic. business
practices Of the place are sound and con
seryatiye but none the less subservient to
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Whose Appointment tioveFnor OF Alaska Has
Been Announced.
with the naval strategy board in Wash
ington, but at the close OF the strife re-
signed and went to Alaska, where he has
since remained.
Mr. Hoggatt was born at Mt. Vernon.
Ind, and is brother Of Herb F.. Hoggatt,
a prominent and wealthy politician and
support toward the appointment of his
hrof
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and the soldier heard that also, for his ears
crimsoned as he double marched around the
corner
1t was really too bad. for he was supreme
ly happy, all to himself, and happiness IS
such q splendid thing.