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The Washington times., 1906-08-11
BIG HORSES BALK
IN PULLING LOAD
Stare Senator Lee
To Them Is Likened Those
Corporations That Try
to EVade Tax.
SPICY DISPUTE is DESCRIBED
Caustic Comment by Senator on Mr..
Prettyman's Withdrawal as
County Counsel.
Stare Senator Lee

Interest created In Montgomery county
bv Senator Blair Lees action relative 70
the tax exemptions Of the Montgomery
County National Bank, on account Of
the Baltimore city stock held by that
institution. Is increasing. Prior TO max
ing the county levy In June Senator Lee
appeared before the county commission
ers and urged them TO assess the capital
stock of the Montgomery County Ma
tionaI Bank independently Of the assess
ment made Of the State tax commits
sioner. Charles w Prettyman, attorney
for the commissioners, is said 10 have
expressed his opinion 10 the effect that
the county commissioners had no legal
right 10 depart from the State tax com
missioner's valuation. Senator Lee then
pointed out that Mr.. Prettymans firm
was counsel for the bank This action
resulted In Mr.. Prettyman placing his
RESIGNATION in the hands of the commits
sIOners-
Pertinent Illustration.
In discussing the situation this morn
ing Senator Lee had this 70 say:
we are troubled with a few balky
horses I'm Montgomery county, and the
bigger and stronger these horses are
the less they are apparently willing 70
pail thus throwing the burden Of the
load upon others who are willing 10. do
their share of the work This metaphor
refers TO the tax question. The balky
horses are the corporations. which rep
resent great wealth and possessions. but
which are unwilling to pay their share OF
taxes.
The claim that investments in the
baltimore city stock are exempt from
county and municipal taxes outside Of
Baltimore is disputed by eminent attor-
neys. / brought this fact 20 the atten-
ZION or the county comm i6siDncrs. whose
regular attorney is g. ". prrttyman. Of
the nTm Of Talbot a. PTettymau, Of
Rockville. This firm represents the bank
which Is Interested ia the taxation Of
this stock. ! objected TO Mr. Prcttyman
passing upon question where. in eject,
he represents both the plaintin aad de-
fendauL
There was no occasion for Mr.. Pret-
lyman TcsiEniug as general attorney OF
the commissioners. lie resented my
move, and persisted IN advising tho
board. Under tho circumstances his
advice is significant. II practically con-
Cedcs that there is a question involved
Of sufficient Importance 20 cali I'm the
advice OF attorneys OF other counties II
these two preliminary measures should
disclose state OF affairs tnat justify n
suit 10 Is better that our county COM
llltoelA'A4tlo El-AAl4 Keep t4lr mater ufi-
der their own control and not delegate
their authority or throw the respOnsi-
blHty OF on other counties.
Il presented the resolution with the
name of the attorney 10 be employed IN
blank, stating thar I would be glad 10
serve without compensation in the pre-
lIminary inyeSfigaf f'0n. I think that be-
fore Mr.. Prettymau had settled upon a
plan he should have notified the citizen
who brought this matter 10 the atten-
g u 2
and was as much q client OF MT- FTeU>
lyman as the beard itself.
As an Aid to the Bank.
The Washington times., 1906-08-11
As an Aid to the Bank.

Mr.. Prettyman Is a very estimabls
man. and my idea was that the bank
was trying 10 hide behind his good
character and 10 use him in this man,
ner. am sorry AIr. Prettyman has as
sumed the unfortunate position I'm which
he appears For being instantaneously
photographed In this particular attl-
tude. and presented 10 the public he j.
entirely indebted 20 his bTOther-in-law,
A. J. AlmOucy, editor OF the Mont
gOmery County Advocate"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-23
DISSERTATION ON OLIVES.
Hard to Tell How the Inventor
Ever Got His Fruit on the
Market.

The olive is bottled fruit serving
as an object lesson of the fact that ap-
pearances are deceitful, says the Detroit
Free Press. What is more luscious
looking than the green olive of COM
merce, and what is more disagreeable
than the first bite? Historians tell US
that the taste for olives must be cult
waited, but anyone who wishes to treat
his palate in that rough and brutal
manner is at liberty to do so.
Having tasted an olive one cannot but
wonder how the inventor ever got his
fruit on the market. 1t Is easy enough
to understand how ice cream and short
cake became popular, but it is difficult 10
comprehend the reason for the success
Of the olive. Cultivating taste for the
olive is about as pleasing as accustom-
ing ones palate to quinine or bitter
aloes. Possibly it can be done If one has
no regard for the palate.
Having taken six lessons in the art
of cultivating an olive taste l am pre-
pared to say that I am no nearer the
mark than when began. I am not a
success as an olive eater. The vagaries
Of the juicy dill pickle, the bite of the
horseradish, the snap of the chilli sauce
and the surprising humor of the tobasco
sauce have no terrors for me. but that
indescribable flavor about the olive
seems too much. I should really like
olives If they tasted like anything else
but olives. In other words olives would
be first-rate but for the taste.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-23
NEW SYSTEM OF NOTATION
Extra Convenience in Calculation Ii
offered by English Ed
M ucatoEo,

! Duodeclmals instead Of decimals are
offered from England. A notation
founded on IL instead of ten Is believed
to have been In use by the Chaldeans,
and since IL Is Invisible by two, four
and six. this is manifestly superior to
ten, which is Invisible only by five. 1t
would be necessary to forego the use of
the Arabic system of numerals and have
IL new ones and zero before the undoubt-
cd advantages Of the duodecimal sys-
tenn could be realized In practice. 1t is
argued that there Is no necessity of dis
placing the old notation but merely to
teach every child the new system also.
The extra convenience in calculation
would soon leave the Arabic figures
stranded as historical curiosities. 1t Is
uncomfortable once q man acquires the
habit Of reckoning by twelves that ne
should ever voluntarily return to tens.
1t is suggested that beginning be made
with scientific and technical students,
q picked class Of Intelligent minds
which would readily understand the
value Of duodecimal notation and not
grudge the small amount of trouble
necessary for memorizing.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-23
ODD WEDDING SPEECHES.
A Number That Were Delivered In
Dumb Show and Some That
Were Sung.

The recent wedding in New York at
which the bridesmaids were representa-
tive of six nationalities, and each felici-
tated the bridgin the language of her
own country, was an odd affair, but
probably not so we'll received as the
speech of young Englishman who was
called upon to propose the toast, THE
Bridesmaids" Apprised of his ordeal
in advance he had devised an escape, and
with the single statement that silence
was golden he brought from his pocket
set of gold bangles, which he bestowed
upon the attendants of the bride.
At wedding feast at Dol, in Nor
mandy. the demand for speech result
ed in the production of guitar, upon
which the speaker accompanied himself,
while he chanted the praises of the bride.
Had he stopped there all would have
been we'll, but he changed to praise of
his store, and the guests threw him out
OF the house.
Doubtless similar fate should have
befallen the sharpshooter who wrote the
name of the bride upon the wall with
pistol bullets, to the serious damage of
the wall paper. Almost as odd was the
performance of a German music hall
performer, who, when called upon for
entertainment, mounted the table upon
his hands and balanced himself upon
glasses, cups and other furnishings.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-23
PANDEMoNIUM PRODUCED.
Comical Spectacle on Mississippi
Steamboat Resulting from
Coin Shower,

A young fellow, fellow passenger.
was leaning upon the rail beside me,
looking upon the scene below, relates
writer in Harper's Magazine. He
told me to watch and he would show
me some sport. He drew q dime out of
his pocket. He waved his arm to at
tract the attention of the negroes down
upon the lower deck, and then he
flung the coin. 1t fell tinkling, and
rolled between two cotton bales. With
yells, the negroes rushed at it tumul.
tuously, piling over one another a
tangled mass Of waving arms and legs
whence issued mufi1ed groans and
grunts. Then suddenly, the mass dis
solved again into mob of rousters,
gaping up to us with rolling yellow
eyes and heavfng chests and dilated
nostrils. Another piece Of silver
twinkled in the air and fell among
them. Leaping and grabbing, the ne
groes snatched at the falling coin, then
plunged again into a heap.
By this time others of the passen.
gers had heard the noise and the scuf-
nAAe,' oAu oooA AoAeo q Sio"u was 6dlu-
cred along the rail-. A shower of
change began to fall upon the deck be-
low and into the crowd of now half
frantic blacks.
1t was comical spectacle. A little
while before the negroes had been
quietly busted about their own affairs;
a handful of cheap silver had fallen
among them. and in less than min
ute their small world was transformed
into pandemonium. have heard it
said that the same phenomenon occurs
sometimes on the stock exchange.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-23
ITALY GUARDS TREASURES.
Works Of Art Are jealousy Kept
Within the Country's
Boundaries.

Italy desires the keeping of Its art
treasures within its own bound
aries and sometimes with rather
odd results. The other day
farmer. finding his finances low,
yielded to the solicitation of an art deal
er and sold him the reno vable masonry
OF two ancient windows belonging to the
fragment Of an ancient abbey, now an
clubhouse, in his grounds The govern
ment commissioner, hearing of the
transaction. visited the farm and off,
cially prohibited the removal of the
windows. The farmer was in despair:
he had received his 500 francs and, like
the lrishman. had squandered his for
tune IN paying his debts. The commits
sioner used comfortable words: 'You
have sold the windows and he has paid
you money which you have prudently
spent. Be, content" But the buyer was
not equally contented. He sought out
the commissioner, who blandly con-
graduated him ON having become the
owner of the windows, which, however,
he could not remove. Shylock's pound
OF flesh mildly repeats itself in ton of
masonry.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-23
THE EVENING TINES, GRAND FORKS, N. D.
COOLIES ON THE RAND.
Chinese Prisoners overrunnine tho
British Colony Cause Reign
Of Terror.

'The Chinese are everywhere" writes
an observer in South Africa. "You see
them In the streets Of the towns. on tho
platforms of the railway stations, or
about the Rand. There are now nearly
10000 of them scattered up and down
slice of country about 40 miles in
length. Some are working in mines
which are practically in Johannesburg
itself. One morning was walking
down Commissioner street, when I
came across 30 Of them at work dig
cling out the foundations of q new
hotel. They were prisoners serving
terms of hard labor, and were leased
out to the contractor at one shilling a
head day. And they were employed
in the very center of johannesburg.
Out at Knights saw a huge camp
where 1,40O more Chinese prisoners
are at work making deviation Of the
railway line from Germiston to Boks-
burg.
These sweepings of the Chinese
prisons, who are now overrunning a
British colony are not content with
mere robbery. They do that as q
matter of course. What those isolated
farms and lonely stores dread is the
cry Of lisa. tsa!'-'Kill, kill!'-from
the yellow flends who roam over the
veldt. People in the country dare
scarcely go to bed at night. They
gather at each others houses for pro-
lection and companionship.
"What wonder is 1t that terror
reigns on the veldt, or that the coun-
try people are now all armed, and
shoot first, when they see Chinaman
at night?" The same writer adds that
these circumstances are hidden care.
fully the outside world. The white
men of South Africa-with the excep.
ton of the mine OWNERSHIP says, are
satisfied that the introduction of coolte
labor was q mistake.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-23
cHlLDREN's BILL OF FARE.
Curious Table which Wa. Furnished
BY Woman School Inspector
OF London.

The decision Of the board Of educa-
ton that children under i've ought not
to be sent to school Is on the sare side,
although much adverse criticism Las
been poured upon 1t. says the Church
Eclectic. By way Of answer to these
critics the board has issued volume
containing q memorandum by their
chief inspector Of elementary schools,
and reports ty five women inspectors
who had been instructed to inquire in
to tho whole matter. The chief inspec-
tors summary verdict is that there il
no intellectual advantage from school
instruction under FIVE" and chat I'M
suitable rather than insufficient feed
ing is responsible for sickly chill
dren." With reference to this latter
point there is a curious table furnished
by one of the women inspectors, CIV
ing the choice Of 46 children who
were asked what they would buy for
dinner If provided with a penny and
told to purchase it themselves.
Thirteen chose fish and potatoes;
five, fish only; five. potatoes only; two,
peas and potatoes; three, pease pud-
ding; five, soup; two, meat and pota-
toes; four, pudding; one. Christmas
pudding; one. apple pie; one. jam
roll; one, jam tart; one, rice. one,
CHEESE; one, apples.
Pickles and even raw onions figure
largely in the. diet of the slum chill
dren of London, and for this the ig-
norance of the mothers is clearly to
blame.
At present many parents seem to
need education far more even than
the children.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-23
EQUAL TO THE OCCASION.
Debutante Who Was Prepared for
the Advances of Money
less Men.

1t was the sweet scene Of the lilies
In the conservatory, the beauty of the
young girls gilt hair, or the excellent
champagne he had taken with his sun
rer-at any rate, after the twostep, as
they rested in the shadow beneath q
palm. he proposed to the debutante In
white.
1T cannot be-" she said. 81 am I'm
worthy Of you.''
"Oh, rubbish" said he.
1T is true: it is too true" And she
sighed.
you are an angel" he said. ar.
IDENTIFY.
mo. no. You are wrong" said the
young girl. II am vain, idle. silly, ut
terly unfit to be your helpmate through
life"
He laughed lightly. He said in a
soothing voice:
"W1hy. this Is sheer madness. What
sort of a wife do you think ought to
have?"
"A very wise. deliberate, practical
woman" she replied; lone able to live
on your small salary"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-23
ARcHDUKE NOW A CITIZEN.
Leopold Of Austria Marries Beneath
Him and Is Doing Mental
Work.

According to LIE Petit Parisien, the ex-
Archduke Leopold of Austria, who mar
ried Fraulien Adamovitch and became
naturalized as Swiss citizen under the
name of Leopold Voting. is now serv-
ing as common soldier in Swiss reei.
ment of Geneva in accordance with the
law which requires military service from
all citizens of the confederation. The
ex-archduke, we are told, has to perform
all the duties of his new position. help
ing to scrub the floors of the barracks
and to sweep the yard, besides particle
pating in several hours drill each day.
Through q practical joke played upon
MIN BY some comrades he lately incurred
the punishment of four days arrest. but
1t was not carried into effect. as suitable
explanations were forthcoming. Curl
ously enough, this new Swiss recruit for.
merly held the rank of major general In
the Austrian army.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-23
PLACE FOR BACHELORS.
They Would Get Their Just Deserts
Were They All Sent to
Korea.

"Korea's the place for bachelors. nit"
said the sailor. Bachelors in Korea is
considered as children and has only
children's privileges
"Just ponder over what that there
means.
'You, Korean bachelor, get thirsty,
You enter rest house and call for palm
wine. The pretty little amber colored
waitress says:
Married.? .-
" ".No,' says you.
Heraus, then,' says she; and out
you 60, unslaked.
"You want to vote, but they won't let
you vote If you amt married.
'You apply for a job somewheres.
"How many children have you?' is
the first question you're asked.
"And as soon as you say you're unmar-
ried. they laugh In your face to think
that you should presume to apply for
work anywheres.
Bachelors in civilized lands has all
the best of it. But in Korea they lead a
dogs life"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-23
Ships Built in 1901.

According to Lloyds the United
Kingdom launched 712 new ships. az
eregating 1905. 162 tens displacement.
during last year. She also launched
81 chips Of war, aggregating 127,175
tons. One. the Caronia, displaced
10000 tons; another. the Victoria, H.
600 tons. Is the largest turbine shin
afoat. The United States launched
227 merchant ships Of more than 100
tons each, with total tonnage of 23s-
BIS. Besides these there were launched
- war vessels, aggregating 17O,S85
tons. Germany came third, with 14s
merchant vessels. aggregating 100000
tons. and II ships Of war. aggregating
4497O. tons. France was fourth. with
$1,000 tons In 81 merchantmen, and ~
600 tons In nine ships Of war. Italy
was slfth eight merchant vessels, az
gressting $1,000 tons, and eight war
ships. 1e,ses tons.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-23
OPTIMISTIC OBSERVATIONS.

SASk1ASAS AASsOSrSs D..
Even dyspepsia, that awful curse of
humanity, has its lighter side. 1tsaves
grub.
There is good in everything. Aman
may be ever SO bad and still have good
teeth. @
Let the fat man rejoice that he is no
fatter than he is, and the thin man sing
because he has skin and bones left.
The man who has two mothers-in-law
may take heart of-hope, for he might
have had three or four or half a dozen.
If it rains, be glad the rain isn't
bricks. Show your teeth most Of the
time and you will soon find life one long
jag Of Joy.
The man who is alive should be thank
full that he is not dead, and the dead
should be thankful that they don't have
to pay rent for their tombs.
The married man can truly be thank
full that he is not single, and the single
man thankful because he is not mar
ried. There is room for rejoicing on all
sides.
The skinniest pig that ever rooted in
the ground will make good soap grease.
The toughest steak can be ground up in
a meat grinder, disguised with spices
and things, and made into mince pies. :.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-23
THE MAKING Of SWORDS.
Rare Business Which Suffers with
the Rise Of Modern Civ
ilization.

II turn out" said swordmaker,
"over 10000 swords year. l used to
turn out 10000. But the sword crop
falls as civilization rises.
my steel comes from western
Pennsylvania in 14-foot lengths, each
length an inch and a half wide. Each
sword takes nine days to make. and
goes through 70 different processes.
Our testing room is our most i'm.
portant one. There the finished blade
Is proved-arst as to surface: second.
as to back and edge; third. al to
bending.
For the surface test the blade is
screwed into wise, and brought down
fiat with great force on to a steel
table, a wire cage covering all to pre-
vent accident, If the sword fails, from
flying splinters. In the second test
the back and edge are struck by
skilled swordsman against an oak
block. In the third test the sword
must bend into an arc of a certain
number Of degrees, according to its
f1neness. The best swords must bend
into perfect circle.
''The best swords, further, are put
through the Spanish or Toledo test.
They are thrust against plates of solid
iron.
Good swords cost from SIS up, and
of course presentation blades run into
a lot of money. The last we made
cost $500. The pattern of the blade
was especially designed and inscribed,
and the scaubard was of fishskin.
mounted with 22-carat gold. The
handle was of gold and ivory.
The car of Russia. the sultan Of
Turkey, and the shah of Persia all
have swords ranging in value from
$4,000 70 $4,000, but even these are
outdOne by the massive scimitars
worn by many native Indian princes,
who simply utilize the golden hilts
of their swords as settings for whole
fortunes of precious stones. The
Maharaj Kunwar of Baroda has a
carved sword whose scabbard and hilt
are encrusted with diamonds, rubies
and emeralds of the first water, the
whole being valued at 100000.
Actors are good patrons Of the
swordmaker. Sir Henry Irving had a
fine collection of swords, while Fran
els Wilson's and Richard Mansfeld's
collections are not to be despised.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-23
An Editorial Mistake.

Mr.. Russell Sage was making a care
full survey Of the display of marked
down clothing in ready-made shop
not far from Wall street.
can! how d'y. do, Uncle RUSS" we
greeted him in our most affable man
ner. ARE you selecting something neat
but not gaudy for personal use?"
"Is it any Of your darned business"
he replied. in very direct fashion.
Realizing that we were not engaged
In selling clothing, We were 80 struck
by the appropriateness of his inquiry
that we hurried along without re-
sponding.-N. Y. Herald.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-23
LuNAcY DUE 10 LAzlNEss.
Devotion y 1ridgs and Whist Prs-
vents Undermining Of Minds of
Women az L,eisure Glass,

London. Laziness Is . great con-
tributory cause Of lunacy," incidental
" observed DR.. T. Claye Shaw, who
took part in . discussion at the Har.
veian society recently. II.
The grounds on which he based his
assertions were explained by lr. Claye
Shaw, who is q Harley street special-
list on mental diseases.
"The only way to preserve healthy
mind is to lead busy life," said the
doctor. "But modern conditions-the
compulsory retirement from profess
sional occupations of men who have
cached the age of, say, IS condemn
shem to spend the rest of their exist
ence in idleness. They become intro
spective and orood. They feel them
selves 'sidetracked' from the main line
Of life, and almost internationally
state Of rebellion is set up. From lack
Of mental exertion the brain loses the
nutrition 1t has been accustomed to
over a long period Of years. Other
conditions are set up which eliminate
In mental degeneration.
"Young men who inherit fortunes
and devote their time to spending them
fall ready victims to this undermining
Of the brain. Tragedies ,of the kind
are constantly occurring in London,
Many young women and girls who
belong to the leisure classes are saved
from a like fate by their devotion to
dress and bridge. The jealous pursuit
Of those pastimes requires at least
some measure Of mental exercise. Per-
haps that is the best that can be said
Of them.
1T is dangerous for man who has
led busy life to abandon brain exer-
ton. Medical science has prolonged
the span of human existence, and yet
retirement is now forced upon men at
much earlier age than hitherto. The
only hope for these men is to cultivate
some engrossing hobbv."