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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-02

Capt. Frank Price. owner of one OF the
Potomac fishing shores near Stuart's
wharf. In King George county. Va. is sert-
ously I'll at his home in Alexandria
Capt. Jehn d. Hart ana Chief Engineer
Burnelf are employed in the work of hay-
Ing the steamer River Queen put In order
for service on the river during the coming
summer.
Capt. Meredith Partridge of the tug Jack
T0wey of Norfolk. who darsngly went out
to the schooner George NJ. Grant, which
was stranded on Cape Henry during the
terrific gale Tuesday last, and rescued the
entire crew OF the schooner, has many
friends among the tugboat men OF this city
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-02
Scheme to Buy Russian Railways.

With a view to extricating the country
from its financial difficulties. a group OF
Russians with foreign connections sounded
Premier witte and also the cabinet. at st.
Petersburg yesterday. upon a scheme to
take over the government railroads for
s7J0.000.000 and operate them privately
under foreign management. The govern
ment thus far has declined to entertain the
proposition. Finance Minister Schipoff says
that Russia Is not driven to such an
tremity. The roads now are operated at a
loss, but the promoters OF the scheme be-
iieve that with proper management the
business of the lines can be made to pay.
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News of Falls Church.
ial Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondents OF The Star.
FALLS CHURCH, Va, March /. 1906.
colored man was found dead by the
track OF the Southern railroad, near Colts
quarry. yesterday morning He was thinly
clad and doubtless the night before became
bewiIdered in the snow drifts and, falling,
was frozen to death. DR.. 8. T. Ashton, the
coroner for Alexandria county. was sum-
moned and held an inquest The jury de-
cided death was due to natural causes.
Mrs. E. G. Quackenbush gave luncheon
Wednesday last in honor OF her sister. who
Is visiting her. Those present were Mrs E.
J, Northrup. Mrs J. 8. Garrison, Mrs w.
Z. Westcott and Mrs. q. j. Galpin.
Messrs. George w. Hsswxhurst and Henry
Hawxhurst have qualified as executors UNI
der the will of their father Job Hawxhurst
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-02

HERE, AND WE'VE NEVER YET FOUND
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The Steamboats, of 1917.

The old book written by Henry Bradshaw
Fearon, of which / wrote the other day.
concerning his experience and observations
in the United States in 1877. contains an
interesting reference TO the steamboats,
Connecticut and Fulton which, | believe,
were the first 10 navigate salt water. His
account of his visit to Boston Is also ex-
tremely interesting. He attended the COM
mencement exercises at Yale College in
1917, but does not give~much detail.
''On the 9Th of September he writes, II
left New York for Boston In the steamboat
Connecticut. Capt. Bunker; fare to New
London, 81, including board; distance about
140 miles; time, twenty-one hours. After
a passage of twelve hours we arrived or
New Haven, city In Connecticut, distance
from New York by water almost ninety
miles. This small city is said to have q
population of about five thousand. and has
the reputation OF ranking among the first
towns in respect to beauty in the United
States. The greater part of our passen-
gers went on shore. The following day
was to be grand one at the college; it
was what is here called commencement
day The college Is said to be very ex
ceilent one.
Those who, like myself were bound for
New London, were removed to the steam
boat Fulton. The Connecticut has an en-
CINE (en-gine Is the American. pronuncia
tion) of forty horse power; two cabins for
gentlemen, one for ladies', a very extensive
kitchen and other conveniences. 1t is fitted
up with minute attention to aceommoda-
ton, and with much elegance; the chief
fault consists in Its having too many cree
tons on deck. In a conversation with Capt.
Bunker he expressed his decided opinion
that steam vessels. as now constructed,
could safely navigate the ocean, This pas
sage from New York was often, he said.
very boisterous; and upon one occasion
gale blew so violently that he accomplished
tho route in the extraordinary short period
of six hours. The Fulton. In most respects
a similar boat, has. however, some yaria-
ton in her construction. The engines of
both are on Bottoms and Watts principle.
She was built for the Emperor Alexander,
and contracted for to be in Russia at q
specified time. Capt. Hull. the conqueror
of Our Guerrero. was TO have had the CONF
mand. Had he successfully navigated her
across the Atlantic he would have added
another unfading laurel to his own brow
and that of his country"
At Ex-President Adams Home.
MI. Fearon went from New Haven to Bos-
ton by stage, via Providence. and was very
much impressed by New England. "Bos-
ton has population of 10000, yet it is not
a city,. he said. This arises from an APP
prehension In the Inhabitants that the pow
ers vested In corporations would be inju-
rious TO their liberties. This town Is the
Headquarters of federalism In politics and
OF Unitarianism In religion. It contains
many rich men. The Bostonians are also
the most enlightened and the most hosEsstt-
able that have yet met with. They. In
common with all New Englanders, have the
character of being great sharpers, aud
more generally dishonorable than the ma
tives Of the other sections Of the Union:
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CENTER MARKET NEWS.

Center Market is open every week
day from am. until pm, except
Saturday. then from am. until 10
pm.
Only one fare required TO reach Il from
any part of the District. Ladies' wait
ing room, telephone exchange; all large
dealere can be reached by telephone.
The display OF meats, vegetables and
every sort of table deiicacy, all of the
freshest and best aad at the lowest
prices, makes IL the most attractive
market in the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-02

Fancy Fruits and Vegetables.
Dried Fruit and Nuts q Specially
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-02
Henry Thomfordt,

FRESH FISH. POULTRY, GAME. TERRAPfS
OYSTERS AND ALL KINDS OF SEA FOOD.
Local and long distance phone
Nos. IS to 80. Phone NJ 3s5a
S. Gatti & Son,
Fancy Fruits and Vegetables.
Dried Fruit and Nuts . Specially.
No. lib. A. 81. CoLMAN
Dried Fruits. Pickles and Saratoga Chips.
No. 315. S. E. MARTIN.
Sehweitzer Cheese rne as imported 2Oc.
Strictly Fresh Butter at Reasonable Prices.
No. $50. CHAPLIN & BEALL
The Best Butter. The Freshest Legs.
Nos 1si-1s3 r. r. LAMB.
Fine old Sharp Fun Cream Cheese, zoe.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-18
FooIlnq a Critic.

William Mathews in Success Magazine"
What can be more mirth-provoking
than the naive simplicity with which
a pompous critic, who prides himself on
his lynx-eyed acuteness, will sometimes
walk into a trap that has been set for
him? When Alexander Pope was trans
Slating Homer, he read, by request, sever
al books of the ''Iliad' to Lord Halifax
whom he characterized as literary
coxcomb-at his house. During the read
ing his lordship several times stopped
the poet and suggested that certain
passages might be improved. Perplexed
and irritated by the advice, the poet
withdrew with Garth, who laughed
heartily at the incident, and told him to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-18
Dandy's Wardrobe, f714.

From the London Chronicle.
The burglary of dandy's wardrobe
meant a serious loss when it comprised.
as in Mr.. John Osheaps case in TIA. "a
scarlet cloth suit. laced with broad
gold lace, lined and faced with blue: a
fine cinnamon cloth suit, with plate but
tons, the waistcoat fringed with silk
fringe of the same color, and a rich
yellow-fiowered satin morning gown, lined
with cherry colored satin. with a pocket
on the right side There is something
a little more manly, perhaps, in the dress
OF the gallant of 1000. pictured in one of
Rowland's epigrams:
Behold most accomplished cavalier.
That the worlds ape of fashions doth an
pear,
Walking the streets his humours to dis
close.
In the French doublet and the German
hose;
The muffes. cloake, Spanish hat, To-
ledo blade.
Italian ruffe. shoe right Flemish made
There seems to have been no foolish
prejudice against foreign-made goods in
1900.
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leave the verses just as they were-to
call on Halifax a month later, thank him
for his criticisms, and then read again
the verses to him unaltered. Pope fol-
lowed this advice, saying to Halifax that
he hoped his lordship would now find his
objections removed, upon which Halifax,
delighted, cried out; "Ay, now they are
perfectly right; nothing can be BETTER
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-11-18

The address of Samuel Spencer, presi-
dent of the Southern railway, on THE
Relationship of the Railroads to the Peo-
pie" delivered recently in Montgomery
before the Alabama Agricultural assoca-
ton, attracted attention at the time, and
is now being distributed in pamphlet
form. Mr.. Spencer said in part:
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:
I welcome this opportunity TO address
the producing and shipping interests os
the state Of Alabama. Born and reared
work with southern interests, / reel that I
have a right to speak to you as one of
your own people. In the spirit of that
relationship, and with an earnest purpose
to assist in bringing to a better under
standing the shipping and transportation
interests of our section and country, I
have come at the invitation of the pres-
dent of the Alabama Agricultural associa-
ton. to address you today.
When this invitation first reached me,
hesitated to the wisdom of my at
tempting to say anything on this question
at the present time. Periods OF acute po-
litical excitement are not congenial 10 the
just and reasonable settlement Of econom-
ic and business problems Of public ma
ture. Involving as they do tie CONNER
cal safety and prosperity of the country,
they should be considered only n spirit
of calm and broad conservatism, and rot
be determined amid the excitements,
Misrepresentation and disturbing influ-
ences of the political hustings. and the
determination should be founded In JUS
tice and fairness. and not upon apprehen-
sion or impulse.
Political Agitation.
The American people have recently been
passing through a period of intense politi-
cal agitation and excitement IN respect Of
Industrial and commercial cond tons. Lay
ing aside the issues which have divided
parties for half century, the public
thought and interest have bssn concen-
trated on economic agitatiops. Every
thing relating to the business interests of
the people has been drawn into the arena
of excited popular sentiment and debate.
The honesty of f1duciary relationships, the
accountability of men of great power and
wealth to their fellow men, the regula-
ton and control of so-called trusts, and
of quasi public utilities. have received the
focused attention and excited The univer-
sal interest of the people. Under the in
fluence of their aroused and determined
purpose, some gross abuses have been
uncovered. Prompted by these disclosures.
it is little to be wondered at hat the pop
ular judgment has become disturbed and
the conclusion hastily and unjustly
reached that all important interests merit
popular suspicion and distrust. Realiza-
ton of the extent and power Of the senti-
ment thus created caused Mo to doubt
whether at this juncture It was wise for
me to enter upon a discussion of any
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Blobbs-Wigwag asks such silly aues-
tons; he wanted to know today if I
wasn't building a new house.
Slobbs-Well, you are. aren't you?
Enthusiastically. How could l build
an old CONGRATULATIONS Record
The Corpulent One-You're a good little
boy to keep me company like that while
all your friends are amusing thsmse1yGa
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Mother, does DR.. Smith wear his every
day clothes under that long white gown
when he preaches?" asked a little girl
who had seen the edge of the minister's
trousers under his robe.
Eyes, dear" was the reply.
WELL" she continued, now | know
why it is called a surplus. "-Harper's
Weekly.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-15
SOME RATE ADVANTAGES.

. The claim has been repeatedly made
that Grand Forks was destined to be-
come the great distributing point for
the entire northwest, and numerous
reasons for such claims have been
advanced.
However. nothing is so convincing
to the business man as figures and
facts which prove that he can save
money by buying from a particular
point. That is just what this city can
show. ....
Nearly all the goods purchased in
the Territory contributory to this city,
except those sold by local jobbing
houses in the territory, are shipped
from st. Paul, Minneapolis. Duluth and
Superior, and the lees than car load
freight rate is the same from all these
points to the places mentioned here
after, SO that comparison of the rates
from this city with those from any one
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-15
A LEGAL POPULARITY.

The peculiar application of some OF
the legislative acts of this and other
states is we'll illustrated in the law
which provides that the apportionment
of the state school funds shall be based
upon the number of children who are
in attendance in the public schools for
sixty days.
Another statute provides that all
children between the ages of six and
fourteen years shall be compelled to
attend some school for at least sixty
days of each year. 1t is therefore evil
dent that ii the compulsory attendance
law is risidly enforced that the only
class OF children who could in any
manner affect the distribution of the
state funds are those over fourteen
years of age.
The peculiarly is that while the pur-
pose of the legislature in enacting the
distribution law was to make it a lever
for bringing the Indifferent children
into the schools, the end was not
sought in Il direct manner by reQuir-
ing the attendance OF all pupils of
school age for at least sixty days the
same as is required
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Noon OF Goldenrod.

In the Moon of GOldcnrod
All the land with languor fills.
i)reamiiy the cricket chirrs;
lorowsily the locust whirrs;
CcasclcsSly the katydid
In the dusky branches hid.
All the night long shrills and shrilIs
In the Moon of Gnldcnrod
In the Moon of G0ldcnrOd,
Every grass blade on the lawns
fSchrS It's c0bWeb Streamer fine
ShiiHincring in the haZy shine,
falry hamrnOckS. spider-sDun,
Lightly swaying in the sun,
Dewdr1ps- jcwclcd grace and dawns
or the Moon OF GOldenrod,
IN the Moon Of GOldenrOd,
Orchard branches, laden all,
i)r0op to touch the orchard grass,
ana the harvest winds that pass
Pluck the fruits that mellow there.
rinrpic plum and yellow pear.
ring them to the lap of fall
In the Moon OF GoIdenrod
In the Moon Of Goldenrod.
rarely blue the astcrs blow;
Here and there. amid the green
Of the sumhc-thicket seen,
Autumn's crimson banner tells
uhat the summers citadels
weaken to their overthrow
In the Noon OF Goldenrod.
All; the Moon Of Goldenrod!
butterflies go drifting by
On their gorgeous painted wings,
Lovely. idle. aimlcss things;
Careless they that summer goes;
Needless OF impending SHOWS:
Lover Of tOday---as I,
In the Moon of GOldcnrod.
Atlantic Monthly.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-15
ANOTHER USE FOR ALCOHOL.

All sorts of claims are being made
for the ultimate uses to which denat-
nred alcohol may be put, but one of
the most reasonable and at the same
time most practical, has seemingly
been overlooked. Should it prove to
be as good motor power as it now
gives evidence of being. there will be
no trouble in using it for propelling
street cars in cities where the system
would not be sufficiently large to JUS
tify the use of an. electric current gen.
Grated from fuel power where the fuel
is as costly as it is in the northwest.
Experts who are investigating the
matter claim that it will not only
afford cheaper power for the propul-
sion of street cars than electricity, but
that it will do away with all necessity
for poles and wires in the streets.
The absence of wires and poles and
the fact that each car can run indie
pendently, thus avoiding a tie-up when
ever a breakdown occurs in the CEN
trail station, are strong arguments in
favor of its adoption as the propell-
ing power of the street cars in the
cities even.
But in towns like Grand Forks the
advantages OF the new system over the
old the such that the cost of opera
ting is reduced to the lowest possible
point, and lines can be built and oper-
ated at a remarkably small cost One
contention made is that cars carrying
normal number of passengers may
be operated on practically level
grade at a cost of one cent a mile,
and that one man can not only operate
the car but handle the fares as we'll.
There is one thing to be demonstra-
ted yet in reference to the new liquid.
1t has not been determined whether
the engines for it's use will be as liable
to break and get out of repair as
those used for gasoline. II SO, it will
require too many experts to keep it
in working order to ever permit it
to become universal power. But If
this is not required, and it can be
made to operate the street cars in this
city, possibly its coming will be a
boon to the city by permitting the
building and operating of street car
line on a paying basis which will reach
the principal outlying portions of the
city, and allow the people living in
the outskirts to reach the business por-
ton without walking couple of miles.
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of the cities mentioned is practically
!, comparison of all.


!; comparison of all.
The rates which are given below
are for less than car load lots from ST.
Paul as there are very few merchants
who buy any kind OF merchandise in
car load lots. and none who buy all
their goods in this way. In determin-
ing the rates for this city the rate in
car load lots from ST. Paul is taken
load rates from Grand Forks to the
point designated. In this way the
rates arrived at are in fact those of
St. Paul direct to the retailer and from
the same point but distributed through
the jobbing houses OF this city. The
class of freight upon which the figures
are based include such things as sugar.
syrups. vinegar. pickles and canned
goods.
Under the conditions outlined the
rate from ST. Paul to Souris is IA
cents: from Grand Forks to Souris
So 1-2 cents. st. Paul to Bottineau 63
cents; Grand Forks to Bottineau 55 1-2
cents. St. Paul to Rugby Sc cents:
Grand Forks to Rugby so l-2 cents.
St. Paul to Towner IS cents: Grand
Forks to Towner 81 1-2 cents. St.
Paul to Maxbass 81 cents: Grand
Forks to Maxbass Sc 1-2 cents. st.
Paul to Granville 81 cents; Grand
Forks to Granville SO 1-2 cents. St.
Paul to Mohall 81 cents: Grand Forks
to Mohall So 1-2 cents.
Taking these towns as representa-
tive of the country contributory to
this city shows an advantage in freight
rates over its eastern competitors as
follows: Souris 1-2 cents: Bottineau
9 1-2 cents: Rugby l-2 cents; Town
er 6 12 cents: Maxbass l-2 cents:
Granville I 1-2 cents; Mohall 1-2
cents. Averaging these seven repre-
sentative towns the saving in freight
is little more than seven cents per
hundred in favor of Grand Forks. In
the same manner the average rates
from St. Paul is fraction over sixty
one cents, SO that the advantages of
buying in Grand Forks is about IL per
cent Of the total freight rate from St.
Paul.
1t is easy to see what the advantages
of this city as jobbing point is for
the northern portion of the state at
least, and the comparisons made will
hold good in the larger portion OF the
entire northwest 1t is such condi-
tons as these which are destined to
make Grand Forks in fact the gate
way city of the state.
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A Pleasant Prospect.

Superintendent E. c. Brennan, of the
Volunteer Life Saving Corps, said of
freakish invention for life saving:
THE man who tried to save life with
that thing would have pleasant pros
pect before him. Every minute or
two a cord would be bound to snap, or
pulley would be bound to break.
The poor lifesaver would have as un
pleasant an experience ahead of him
as friend of mine had last spring on
trout fishing trip.
My friend went trout fishing in
Pike county. He got board, at three
dollars a day, at a small wooden farm
house near a good stream.
Arriving late at night, his first
meal at this farmhouse was breakfast.
and when my friend came downstairs
the next morning, breakfast was
spread on the kitchen table.
1T was splendid April morning
The sun had just risen behind the
mountain tops. The dew sparkled on
the grass. Birds sang. The air was
sharp and sweet.
MY friend was tremendously
hungry, but he could not help smiling
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-15
THE WEEKLY PAPER.

The distance between the metropoli-
tan daily and the local weekly paper
is becoming greater every year. The
former, realizing the demands of the
local reading public for that which is
of interest in the community in which
it occurs, is ever charging the scope
of its news sources and getting nearer
to the standard of the local press.
The weekly press has not advanced
in the same manner because it's en-
vironment has not permitted such en-
pansion. 1t could not reach out and
attempt to compete with the metropoli-
tan journals in handling the news of
the world because such an effort would
be out of reason in cost. There has
been nothing left for the country press
to do but improve its home service and
make that the basis for its support by
the public
Yet it should be understood that no
part of the great work of dissemina-
ting and moulding public opinion is
more important or more useful than
that played by the weekly papers of
the country, many of which are hardly
known outside the territory in which
they circulate. But the editors have
clientele which looks to the expression
of the local paper as their own. for in
many instances the ideas were sug-
gested to the editor by some of the
readers, and realizing their soundness
were adopted by the paper as an edi-
torial opinion. In this way the edi-
torial strength of the paper is in
creased, and it's opinions are seldom
questioned.
The editors of these papers, taking
their clues possibly from the centers
OF editorial thought. are able to direct
the formation of opinion in their i'm
mediate neighborhood, and the number
OF these editors SO engaged in the
work are really the levers which move
the public in every important matter
IN which it is interested
1T is because of the Importance OF
OF the work of the editor of the conn
Try weekly, toiling as he does often
without recognition and often unappre-
c'ated, that gives him standing which
"hlie 1t does not find its remuneration
IN collars and cents, is one of the i'm
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.Autu mn.

A BLUSH haze is falling on the fruit
full. far-off hills,
And on the bosom Of the brook Il
dead leaf floats along;
The proud young gObblcr struts about
with FURNISHED wings and fills
The air with what he probably con-
SldcrS a sweet song.
The colt that frisked his curly tail,
without care in May,
forsaken by his mother. sadly crops
the brittle grass;
From the gables of the stables there
protrudc brown wisps of hay
And the corn wakes up and rattles
when the autumn breeZes pass,
The ripened nuts are falling where
the town boys club the trees,
Deep dust is on the petals of the
summers last sweet rose:
lhe S0ldenrOd is causing the hayfever-
ties to SnceZc.
And the days are growing shorter,
az the golfer sadly knows
The lambkin that went bleating when
the April winds were chilli
Long since has served it's purpose
ON the pleasing bill of fare
And the ladies'. heaven bless 'em.
when they meet each other still
Engage in glad discussion touching
on the things they wear
Selected.