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OLIVER IS WORLDS
GREATEST JOKER.
He Has Turned Out $4,000
tests So Far
AT WORK FOR 20 YEARS
The Inventor of one Joke-lts Prog.
eny nnumerabIe-His Jokes
Translated Into Many For
eisn Tongues.

From the New York Sun.
Edwin Austin Oliver, who will attend
the fouth annual convention of the Amer
lean Press Humorists in Philadelphia
this week, has written more jokes than
any other man in the history of the world.
He admits himself that he has written
about 1900 jokes He Is the dean of
the jolxesmith craft
Mr. oliver is the "Yonkers Statesman
Man" Practically all of his jokes have
been unsigned, and the world at large
wots not of his identity.
To the men throughout the country who
make more or less of a business of joke
writing, Mr.. Oliver is known as the father
of the conversational joke. Its progeny
has become innumerable, so that the
Yonkers bachelor has more grand child
rem, great grand children and so ON than
any other man in history.
Many of his jokes have been translated
into German French, Italian and other
tongues. not to mention the fact that they
have been republlshed in England, where
they always require a sort of seml-trans-
lation, because, Of being American, they
are not comprehensive to the British
mind. And the conversational jokes
written by the thousand and other jok-
esters upon the original Oliver model,
which was neither patented nor copy
righted-well, they reach up into the mill
lions.
What is the conversational joke? Per-
haps the term needs calculation, it being
a technical expression of the trade. Here
is sample of the conversational joke
Smth-What would you do II you knew
positively that you were going to die
twenty-four hours from now?
Jones-I'd drop dead at once.
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HOTEL METROPOLE

Fire Proof 300 Rooms. European
Cor. Michigan Ave. and 23rd ST.
CHICAGO.
Fine location. Excellent Cuisine. Palm
Garden. Southern visitor receive special
attention. Write or telegraph for terms.
6-13-St-su
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ANNOUNCEMENT
For sheriff.

I hereby announce myself as candi-
date for the office of sheriff of Jefferson
county, subject to the action of the dem
ocratic party, in the forthcoming primary.
ALBERT STRADFoRD.
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I hereby announce myself as a eandi-
date for the office of sheriff of Jefferson
county, subject to the action of the DEM
ocratic party. j. p. STILES.
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Haywood White Sulphur Springs,
Waynesville, N. c. Elevation 2S5 feet.
twenty acres of beautiful shaded
lawn. Delightful scenery. Dry and
cool climate. Rates moderate.
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1 here announce myself candidate for
sheriff of Jefferson county, subject to the
action of the democratic primary, August
27, 1906 HUGH McGEEVER.
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LORING SPRINGS. Mr sIe.

Lookout Mountain. $500 feet altitude.
Chalybeate and freestone water; fishing.
hunting, bathing, boating, driving, ten
pins. croquet and other amusements.
CIAS. A. LORING, Prop.
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HOTEL CHAMBERLIN.

OLD POINT COMFORT.
Special summer rates. For booklet, ETC.,
address GEORGE F. ADAMS, Mgr, Fort
ress Monroe, Va. 6-S-52t-tu thu-sat-su
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Pine Beach Hotel.

Pine Beach, Virginia.
Twenty minutes by trolley from Norfolk.
Va. Resort finest, coolest, healthiest re-
sort on coast, combining every modern
comfort and convenience. Bathing, boat
ing, fishing. $500 feet board walk along
shore. Write for booklet.
WIN. G. ROVER, Manager
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Double daily trains, making quick
time to all points East, Cafe Diners,
Meals a la Carte. Pullman reserva-
tons made on application.
Our interchangeable Milage Books
are great purchase, also good on "a
different rail and steamer lines Next
thing to a pass.
For further information llress
JACK w. JOHNSON, Dist. Pass. Agt
Bell Phone 1882.
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LOW EXCURSION RATES
VIA THE
SEABOARD AIR LIVERY.

The Seaboard Air Line Railway an
nounces the following low round trip
rates from Birmingham:
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Col w. w shortridge of Ensley author
ICES the announcement of his candidacy
for representative to the legislature from
Jefferson county subject to the action OF
the democratic party in primary to be
held August q, 1906
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For Representative.

I hereby announce myself as candidate
for the office of representative from JEFF
ferson county to the lower house of the
legislature. subject to the action of the
democratic primary
w r ITROITHA
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To the Democratic Voters and Citizens of
Jefferson County:
I am a candidate for reelection to the
office of road supervisor of Jefferson
county, subject to the action of the DEM
ocratic party. j. ED. HAIGLER.
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am a candidate for the democratic
nomination for representative in Alabama
legislature from Jefferson county.
SAMUEL WILL JOHN.
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Jere Clemens King of Birmingham au-
thorizes the announcement of his candi-
dacy to represent Jefferson county in the
next legislature, subject to the action Of
the democratic primary on August 81, 1906
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-14
IN NEED OF FUNDS.
Collections for Fairgrounds Made
Today in Public Schools.

The collection for Fairgrounds. which was
to have been taken last Friday. was de-
ferred by the school authorities until to-
day Mrs. Hoeke has found the teachers
and children much interested In the matter,
wherever she has been, and II 10 expected
the collection will be larger this year than
II was last year.
There seems to be common feeling that.
owing to the moro generous appropriation
by Congress- this year, the Fairgrounds are
going to be amply provided for, but It II
stated that twelve out Of the twenty play
grounds are for schools. and that for them
there II an appropriation Of only 5000.
On these small Fairgrounds the COMMITTEES
expended nearly 5000 vast year, and 1t
II shown that with the $4,000 no new
Fairgrounds can be opend nor can those
which are In operation be suitably main-
tanned
Very many children contributed last year
out OF their own small funds This was
regarded a. ono Of the most helpful con-
trfbutiouB that came to the Playground
because Il gave the children sansa OF pro-
prietor1hip In the work, and made them
feel that Il belonged 70 thems and that they
must therefore pEoteck Il,
The net peoceeds Of the pleyGr0und booth
at "Triendsh1p's were $lx11; Of tho play
given BY KrG. A1bsrt g. Barney. at the
"Oahn." 4o0Q10: Of tho barn dance g5you
at tho residence Qf Mn 6eudof9eH, FIT:
Of the lawn keto It tto WoekorA A3Eh
echool e16a0 podue4tnG I'll expepd1turee
q dnts. theso y = bel9aoe en- haAd - the
preeont timo . but 41soI
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commission. which was that an S5-foot lock
level canal could be built at Panama for
Sl45 100000. This act. known as the Spooner
act. appropriated s1o.000.000 and authorized
the President to begin construction. Since
then additional appropriations have been
made. with no change In the legislated plan
With this In view. II Is held that should
the Senate bin be reported from the House
committee. with the recommendation that
1t lie on the table. thereby killing Il, no
change would be made In the present law,
and the President would have no alternative
but to continue the construction of a lock
canal
be taken. although the House might be
forced by the Senate to take q direct vote
on the question should the Senate see At to
force matters by placing the sea-levei propo-
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Investigation Of Murder.

The grand jury in the corporation court
of Alexandria. charged with the investiga-
ton of the murder of George r. Curtin.
which adjourned yesterday morning after
having examined nearly all Of the witnesses
summoned before It, decided to summon
Herert Foster as witness, who lives In
Fauquier county. and sent Deputy Sergeant
Mason to that county for him.
The jury convened again this morning.
and will probably finish the examination OF
the few remaining Witnesses today. In
the event that evidence OF sufficient
strength has been secured against any OF
the suspects in connection with the muir
der OF Curtin the jury VIII bring in indict-
ments against SUCH
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M. A. c. COMMENCEMENT.
Diplomas Presented and Degrees Con-
ferred,
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
COIL NxE PARK Lima

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
COLLEGE PARK, June IA. 1906.
The exercises incident to the closing OF
the hftfeth year of the Maryland Agricul-
tural College were completed here yester-
day, when twelve young men received
diplomas they having completed the pre-
scribed four-year course. In the absence
of Gov. Wardeld. Mr.. Charles H. Stanley.
a member OF the board of trustees of the
Maryland Agricultural College. presented
diplomas to the following graduates: Leon
ard Edward Bassett, Harold John Caul and
George Milroy Mayer. bachelor of science In
mechanical engineering: Richard Hooper
Dixon, Jr.. John Wallace Mitchell and
Frederick Ransel Brooks Waters. bachelor
of science In civil engineering: Alonzo
Moulton McNutt, Charles Sylvester Ridge
way and Samuel p. Thomas bachelor OF
science in agriculture: John Letcher Show
ell, bachelor of science: Lenuel Ferdinand
Zerkel. bachelor of science, and James
Jesse Thomas Graham. bachelor OF SCIENCE
In chemistry. The following complimentary
degrees were also conferred: Master OF
arts, J. Enos Ray. jr., Isaac Lobe Stratus,
Henry Turner Harrison and Charles 8.
Richardson; degree of bachelor OF science.
NJ B. Chiswell. The following medals were
awarded Trustees medal for highest
average during the four years course.
James Jesse Thomas Graham of Queen
Anne county. Md; trustees' medal for
highest mark during the junior year. WIZ
lam ~ Mah0ney: Alumni meoai TOT peHt
dehater in the college. H. C. Byrd. class OF
1908; alumni medal. for the best essay IN
agricultural science. James Jesse Thomas
Graham: alumni medal. for best work In
mechanical engineering department, Harold
John Caul Of Buf1alo, N. T.: trustees
medal. for the best essay ON American
Citizenship" Lenuel Ferdinand Zerkel OF
Luray, Va. Mr.. zerkei also received hon
orabie mention for having bean declared
the second best orator in the intercollegiate
contest among four colleges In the state.
The saautatory was delivered by Cadet
Major L. +. Zarkel bis topic being "Ameri-
can Citizenship" and the valedictory by r.
H Dixon. jr.. college Ideals,. bsing the
subject. Divine blessing was invoked By
Rev. Thomas A. Johnstone Of Laurel. and
the benedictlon WAS pronounced BY Rev.
Frank A. Tyler Of Hyatt1vflie.
In hls address to the GRADUATES 1Er- Isaac
Lobe Stratus Of Baltimore spoke earnestly
on the prin0ip1ee which ~ clA1med were
necessary 70 ttlcce.gfm career- honesty.
couraee. industry md Determination, n
prefecl1e H reasax.. Sc ascaaf.A that ssthe
lxadlf10nn Of the 1knKyiand Aer1cu1tuEni
Co5leeo could NOT MI t. A4aken = r.
scon6lge ssqt1n,ept END enthuqfnsm y eyen
az 800 int 1nox ouutop6&1e nMf1faz
We - ba1k any yeex1 Ter tn begtnnlng
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of its great work Half a century OF
splendid achievement CLEANS through that
aisle of time. We are in the presence of a
record of usefulness and progress which Is
a part Of the celebrity and renown of our
state. And / am sure that / interpret the
sentiment Of the people of Maryland
Alright, when publicly say that the great
and good works Of their Agricultural Col
lege and of its trustees and faculty are en-
shrined for all time In their grateful and
affectionate recoliections'
The following promotions and appoint
ments In the battalion Of cadets, to take
effect September Is. 1906. were announced:
Field and stan. major. II. d. Williar; nret
lieutenant and adjutant. A. ID. Cockey;
second lieutenant and quartermaster. D. =.
Woke; non-commissioned stan. sergeant
major c. l.. Lippincott; quartermaster ser
geant. N. L. Warren; color sergeant. H.
Brigham.
The exercises of the second day. incident
70 the closing of the flftieth year OF the
MARYLAND Agricultural College. included
the annual meeting of the alumni associa-
tion In. the ONCE of DR. g. 8. Buckley, state
veterInarian In the morning. Officers were
elsctad a foilowa: President, W. s.. Keech.
cIs.s 1sa0 Of Towson Nd. /; vice president.
r. p. Veitch. class 1891. College Park, Nd.
ana seeretary-treasurer, E. F. Garner.
ola 90 1o0a Collare park. Nd. Messrs. y.
n uorsine class 1e0k and ]. Enos Ray,
= class Isaa we're elected members at
large Of the executiye committee. The as
sarist,nn arranred for a special meeting
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NO ACTION THIS SESSION.
House VIII Hold Out Against Senate
on Canal Question.

The canal situation seems to be simply a
question OF the manner In which the House
shall express itself against the sea-ievel
proposition which the Senate is expected to
pass. With possibly three exceptions the
members OF the committee on interstate
commerce. TO which the bill viii be referred
in the House. are in favor OF lock canal.
Members OF this committee assert also that
there is a majority in the House holding
the same opinion.
Chairman HEPBURN. and also many men,
bers OF his committee. contend that II no
law Is passed prescribing the type of canal
to be built the President will have no alter
native but to 20 ahead with the construction
OF lock canal To sustain this contention
the committee has referred to the fact that
In deciding to build the canal at Panama
Congress acted on the report OF the Walker
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New. of Ksnsington.


of~Sioi <offcspo1uenec OF Inc star.
KENSINGToN. Md. June IA. 1906.
The Mems Club Of the Warner Memorial
presbyterian Church held a sociabie In the
Sunday school building for the ladies last
night Impromptu entertainment in the
way Of music and short addresses was
furnished by number Of the members
and refreshments were served.
Nr. and Mrs. Don n Carr will be away
from their home this summer, Mr. Cars
business calling him 10 Montana. during
which time Mrs- Carr will visit her par
erlts at Ghsphsrdstown. w. Va
Mrs 0eorgB 8. PAUL has returned from
= visit to hor former home In Baltimore.
and 4 accompanied hare By her mother,
Hrs. 8. A. Hammond-
Mrs. Trsnk d. Potts and her two sons
arr whiting reietives IN Detroit. f3ch-
Nr. J. Harry Cunningham has retuFnsd
sncFt visit to Atlantic city ara Phi'A1sa-
ph1a.
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George Williams. colored. was arraigned
In the police court this morning before Jus
tice of the Peace Moore on warrant
charging him with the larceny Of a pearl
handled Smith & wesson revolver belonging
to Shirley johnson. also colored. Williams
protested his innocence of the theft In an
earnest manner and stated that the charge
had been brought against him by johnson,
who he said, had threatened to hx' him
on account of a small debt which he owed
the latter His protestations of innocence
failed to convince the court. as Johnson
brought forward a witness who swore that
he had seen the accused with the pistol In
his possession williams was fined $50.
Attorney Lewis H. Machen represented
Johnson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-14

A. E. Ireland. formerly national vice
president OF the American Federation of
Labor, wan released from the WINFIELD
Kans.. jail. having compieted a sentence OF
chinist during the Santa Fs machinists'
strike.
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Iofnorrow--A Bargain
Day for Boys Wear.

N[ss,very department in the boys sections has
~ been canvassed for the best it can offer at
special prices. In some cases the bargains
have been made of odds and ends-n others
through special purchases-and in still others
they're straight reductions on full stocks-in all
instances they are genuine bargains Of course
the parents buy for the boys, and we We developed
several specials for them also-for the men certain
goods in the sporting goods Department. the
women special in footwear.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-26
TRICKS WITH THE HANDS.
How a Piece of Paper Can Be Made to
Stick 10 the palnl-Some
Other Tricks.

Hold your hand in a horizontal po-
sition, palm downward. Place a piece
of paper. about two inches square, di-
rectly under and against the crack be-
tween the first and middle fingers, and
blow through that crack. Instead Of
flying away, the piece of paper Will
cling to your hand without support.
THIS. explains Good Literature, Is
because the current OF air carries away
some of the air between the paper
and your hand, and the force Of tho
outside air pressing on the paper
makes it stick to The hand.
Press the finger tips of one hand
forcibly against those Of the other
hand. and open and shut the hand
slightly. Shut your eyes and do this
several times, and the feeling will be
such that you can easily believe you
are holding coins between the finger
tips.
Hook the iingcrs Of each hand, hold
ing them far apart, and shake the
hands swiftly, freely and forcibly from
the wrist for several seconds. The
air currents between the fingers will
give a sensation as IL the hands we're
full Of cotton or some Woody sub
stance
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-26
Natchez Gets the Road.

Aconference between President Peck,
c. p. Davidson and Chief Engineer
Archibald of the Mississippi Central
road and the citizens finance committee
of Natchez resulted in an agreement
on the part of the railroad people to
enter into q contract to bring the road
to NatchGz. The officials asked for
right Of way and ground for a depot to
cost $4,000 and the committee raised
the mount. The road will be com
pleted from Brookhaven to Natchez in
the course of Is months or two years.
The eastern terminal will be Scranton,
on the Gulf coast.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-26

not used. In all probability, says the
Philadelphia Record, a machine recent.
lyinyentedb by a Missouri man will reduce
the cost of renoyating these old bricks.
1t is supported on a platform, the latter
having an opening in the center to allow
a brick cleaning wheel to rotate on a
shaft, This shaft is mounted upon
bearing blocks secured to the sides Of
the platform and is operated by q belt
and pulley. The cleaning wheel IL
formed oftwo disks. placed together side
by side and connected by screws. A
large number of small openings are
formed through the disks, the inner
ends OF the openings where the two
disks meet being countersunk. Nails
are inserted in the openings, the nail,
heads fitting into the c%ountersunk ends
and the points projecting through the
opposite sides Of the disks. Guides are
attached to the platform in line with
the grinding grinding wheel, the old
bricks to be cleaned being placed upon
the platform and showed along into en-
ga8ement with the points Of the nails
An operator can work upon either sid3
Of the wheel, or two operators may
work upon each side.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-26

for which they were intended. A spe.
cial track had TO be built to carry
them to the pier. They are each u
feet in diameter by y feet long, and
contain three corrugated furnaces "A
inches in diameter by nine feet four
Inches in length, and containing 1868
three-inch tubes. The shells of the
boilers are one and fye-eighths inches,
the heaviest iron eyer put in marine
boilers, and are riyeted with one and
lhree-eightbs riyets driven with 1870
tons hydraulic pressure. lie boilers
are tested to 3l5 pounds, which gives
them a safe working pressure Of 21O
pounds Of steam.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-26
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
Cheap Enough.

Returning from tho session OF the
Southern Cotton Association, which re-
CURED travel to and from and three
days expense in New Orleans, the legis-
lative committee reported an individual
expense account of Sl1.75 each. There
was no contest, no talk of scandal, no
inquiries as to whether any wine had
been INDUCED in, or gold bricks pur-
chased out of the account. On the con-
trary several of the members who did
not 60 set about very solicitous in
quiries to the members of the COM
mlttee. The question was, How did
you do itP" Railroad fare, three days
in New Orleans and an expense account
of $ll.75 was such an extraordinary
comparison of financial statistics that
it created a hubbub, and the members
of the committees who have been de-
tailed on junkets to the several State
institutions are wondering what will
happen to their expense accounts when
they are submitted. These latter COM
mites are often the guests of the in
stitutions that they visit and have less
of natural expense than were thcy
visiting a city like New Orleans, and
they are now fearful as to the result
by comparison when they submit PIX.
pcnse accounts.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-26
TO CLEAN OLD BRICKS.
Machine Specially Designed to Re-
move Mortar Adhering TO the
Old Bricks.

When an old building Is torn down to
structure, the contractors generally use
the old bricks in some manner on the
new building. In order TO make the old
bricks OF Use the mortar and other accu-
mutations adhering TO the surface Of the
bricks must first be removed This ia
invariably done by hand with hatchets,
which very often bring the cost of the
old bricks after this treatment up TO that
Of the new bricks. This accounts for the
reason why more of the old bricks are
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-26
Must Not Hunt on Sunday.

Judge Noise Wilkinson, in the
Adams county circuit court delivered a
special charge to the grand jury on the
subject of bird hunting on Sunday He
insisted on having true bills of indict-
ment returned against the Sunday hunt
ers, saying that if this grand jury failed
to return the indictments he would
draw a special body of inquisitors to
do the work.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-01-26
e.
! nECNMl9
OUR PEANUT CROP.
Extent of the Industry in the United
States-Crop's Value Is
Sl1,ooo.ooo.

Moss readers will be surprised TO
know that 300, coo, 900 pounds of pea
MUGS are grown annually in the United
States, 100000 acres Of land being de-
voted to the crop and 100000 persons
employed in producing Il. Its yearly
value is about $1,000, 900. Fifty years
ago the nut was glown mainly in a
few gardens in Virginia and the Caro-
linas, but it is now cultivated in all
the southern states, and in California,
Oklahoma and Missouri. besides many
Of tne northern and western states.
These facts are from an article in the
American Nut journal petersburg.
Va, from which we quote also the fol
lowing paragraphs:
THE peanut tArachis hypogaea), a
native of Brazil. is one of the most
valuable feeding stuffs grown. II is
good for man and beast as a GOOD.
and is good for the soil as an i'm
proven For man It furnishes pro-
TEN and ash materials in consider
able quantities, and for farm animals
it is an extremely valuable balancing
food to 80 with corn and other car
bonaceous feeds during the growing
season, and as a soil improyer it falls
in The same line as all leguminous
crops. The organisms that live in
the root tubercles gather nitrogen
from the air, and furnish it, without
cost. to the plant. For this reason It
is a profitable crop to the farmer. The
peanut is profitable as a market crop,
as we'll as a feeding crop. because it