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Evening star., 1906-03-16
FOR SALE--H0USES.

FOR SALE
CORNER TTH AND C SITS. NE;
FIVE c0ZY HOMES. THREE AL
READY SOLD: NEW iX-ROOai BRICK
HOUSES; HARDWOOD FINISH FIRST
FLOOR; TILED BATH AND yESTI-
BULE: FURNACE HEAT: CONCRETE
CELLAR UNDER ENTIRE HOUSE;
GOOD NEIGHBoRH0OD; ONE SQUARE
10 CARS: TERMS REASONABLE.
PRICES. 81. $50. 81 500 AND CORNER
RESIDENCE $500. OPEN FOR IN
SpECTf0N.
OWNER. 1924 18th ST. NE.
Evening star., 1906-03-16
STREETS NORTHWEST = Oscar Y

STREETS NORTHWEST = Oscar VIZ
kinson ct Tx. to Clarence E Ernest, part
lot r. square 11SS; $40
PETWORTH-siinclair b. Sheibley ct ux. TO
Harriet J. Raber lot &C. square 10; $40.
X STREET. SOUTHEAST between 9th and
7th streets-Julia p. Anderson ct al. to
Reginald w. Beall, part original lot 8.
square Ss1; $40. Reginald W. Beall ct
TX convey same property 10 Frank (.
Altemus: $40
THIRTEENTH STREET NORTHWEST
between G. and II streets-Ella e. ST.
mOnds ct al. to r. Dickinson Jewett,
part original lot %. square 252; $40.
Evening star., 1906-03-16
Considering the Army Bill.

The Senate committee on military affairs
today began consideration of the army APP
preparation bin. Several officials or the War
Department were heard
Evening star., 1906-03-16
lethod, L. s. geol. Old method,
!, hall survey hpv G, han

The numbers reported by the United
States geological survey method give ap-
proximately the weight of mud carried
by 100000 parts by weight of water.
Evening star., 1906-03-16

Senator Dick has advised the Ohio legis-
lature by letter that he is in accord with
the Presidents views on rate regulation In
principle, and that he will fully explain hif
position on The question in speech to tht
Segats.
Evening star., 1906-03-16

THE STAR has a strong hold on the COP
are clean.
Evening star., 1906-03-16
FAIR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
Somewhat Warmer Tomorrow-Light
to Fresh Winds

Forecast till pm. Saturday: For
the District of Columbia, Delaware and
Maryland. fair tonight and Saturday,
somewhat warmer Saturday; light to fresh
westerly winds.
For Virginia, fair tonight and Saturday.
warmer Saturday; light to fresh wester-y
winds.
Evening star., 1906-03-16
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

ANY PERSON WHO WITNESSED ACCIDENT To
a colored by being tlrJwn from ear or
Metropolitan X. r.. from tisOr town. about I:3 }
pm. sunday. October 20. 1gD5 at ifth and III
SIS. NV. VIII please communicate with W. l.
POLLARD. GD9 + ST. NV.
Evening star., 1906-03-16

Minimum temperature past twenty-four
hours, 26; a year ago. 80
Evening star., 1906-03-16

THE REGULAR QUARTERLY DIVIDEND OF
the Norfolk Washington p. G.. Steamboat Co
viii be payable to all stockholders of record nj
the office OF the company. foot of Seventh street,
Washington, D. C.. April l. 1906. Transfer books
closed from March % 10 April l. 1906 inclusive
mhl5-3t ODEIL s. SMITH. Secy and Treas
Evening star., 1906-03-16
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Office of the
COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY,

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKHoI D.
ers OF the Colonial Fire Insurance Company of the
District Of Columbia win be held at the Home
Office OF the Company l4l0 New York ave NV.
Wa hincton ID. G.. SATI' RDAY, March 81 1906
AT O'Clock pm. board Of trustees for the
ensuing year viii be elected and such other bust
ness transacted as may properly come before the
meeting +. QUINCY SMITH Secretary
mil lU.lTSa4
Evening star., 1906-03-16

SCOTT BOVINE. 400 Pearl Street. New York.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-21
The story of a song.

A song of national circulation, In
the Sweet By and By" written by 5.
Fillmore Bennett of Elkhorn, Wis
consin, had it's birth in country
store. Mr.. Bennett told the story,
which is given in wisconsin in Three
Centuries" as follows:
It was about time for closing bust
ness in the evening when ]. P. Web
ster. whose melodies have made Wis
cOnsin famous, came into the store,
feeling somewhat depressed.
| said to Webster, What is the
matter now?"
He replied, 1T is no matter; it will
be all right by and by"
The idea of the hymn came to me
like a flash of sunshine, and I replied,
The sweet by and by. Why would
not that make a good hymn?"
Maybe it would" he said, indif-
ferently.
l then turned to my desk and
penned the hymn as fast as 1 could
write. handed it to Mr.. Webster.
AS he read it his eyes kindled and
his whole demeanor changed. Step
ping to the desk, he began writing
the notes instantly.
In a few moments he requested
Mr. Bright to hand him his violin, and
he played with little hesitation the
beautiful melody from the notes. A
few moments later he had jotted
down the notes for the different parts
and the chorus.
do not think it was more than
thirty minutes from the time l took
my pencil to write the words before
the hymn and the notes had all been
completed, and four Of us were sing
ing it exactly as it appeared in the
"Signet Ring" a few days later, and
as it has been sung the world over
ever since.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-21
Area Of Me unlted states.

The United States Geological Sur
yey has just issued Bulletin SOP, by
Henry Gannett, which represents the
result Of conference and cooperation
OF the Land Office, Census Bureau and
Geological Survey in an effort to agree
on what constitutes the area of the
United States"
The absence of a standard of meas
urement for determining the area led
to discrepancy between the tables
OF the Census Bureau made in 1887
and those of the General Land Office
prepared in 1899.
The result of the cooperation of the
departments is that the area of the
United States proper, which is given
as 3.026.7S9 square miles, has been
increased over the census figures by
1.1SS square miles. The bulletin gives
the area of Alaska as 590,SS4; the
Philippines, l15,026 Hawaii, 6,449;
Porto Rico 3.4S5; Guam 21O; Samoa
n: and the Panama Canal strip 474
square miles. All Of the detached ter
ritory is subject to change as the
limits become more correctly defined.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-21
Ludkins Followed directions.

Mr.. William Allen White, the Kan
sas editor, tells in Harper's Weekly a
tale of the trials of q young reporter.
His editor had given him instruction
in the first principles of making
newspaper story: Tell in the first
few lines what your story is about.
Give the substance at once. Then
follow with a recital of the facts, and
conclude with interviews with the
people concerned. That is the only
orderly way of writing your story"
The new man gave close attention
to this lesson, the result of which was
that he handed in that night news
item which read as follows:
Rufus Jenkins, carpenter slipped
and fell in Vine street yesterday, and
sprained his ankle badly.
Mr.. Jenkins was walking along
Vine street, when suddenly his feet
slipped from under him and he fell,
spraining one of his ankles.
when seen by a reporter, he said,
I was walking along Vine street,
when in some way my feet slipped
from under me and I fell heavily to
the sidewalk, spraining one of my
ankles
Mr.. frankie Fuller said, I was
walking behind Mr.. jenkins on Vine
street, when l saw him slip and fall
to the sidewalk. When l assisted
him to arise he told me that he had
sprained one of his ankles.
Or Thomas Rich, who attended
Mr.. jenkins, said. MIR. jenkins has a
badly sprained ankle due to a fall in
Vine street He will be paid UP for
some time
Mr.. jenkins could not attend last
nights meeting Of the carpenters IN
ion The president. in converting the
meeting expressed regret that Mr.
Jenkins could not attend as he had
slipped and fallen in Vine street,
spraining one of his ankles
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-21
IN TIE HleALANos.

In the highlands, in the country places,
Where the old plain men have rosy races
And the young fair maidens
Quiet eyes,
Where essential silence cheers &nd pleASSs
And forever ia the hill-recesses,
Her more lovely music
Broods and dies.
o to mount again where erst ] haunted
Where the old red hills are bird-enchahttu
And the low green meadows
Bright with sward ,
And when even dies, the million IlHte e't.
And the night has come, and planets
glinted,
10, the valley hollow
Lamp bestarredl
o to dream, o to awake and wander
There. and with delight 10 take ana rem
der
Through the trance of silence
Quiet breath;
10. for there. among the flowers anu
only The mightier movement sounds and
passes,
Only winds and rivers.
Life and Death
Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-21
a COMMONPLACE FAMILY.

The burglars wuz to Moore's last night
And got lot O. swag;
And Willie Moore he is so proud
You'd ought to hear him bragg
1t makes me mad the way ne talks
And kicks up such russ,
Cause burglars never rob OUR house,
Luck never comes to Us!
The doctors up at Simpsons now,
Cause Willie's broke his arm;
Joe Wilson's leg is still in spllnts,
He hurt it on the farm
Hes round a-braggin' all day long,
And I feel wuss and wuss.
No accidents strike OUR house,
No doctor calls on US!
Cub Scudders got the double mumps,
And soon as he gifts out
He'll make the crowd real envious
With what he brags about.
Aft Pierce has got diphtheria,
It's dreadful serious.
But sickness seems to skip OUR home,
No nuthin' comes to US!
Why can't OUR barn burn down some
night
Like Arthur Bailey's dode?
Why can't l git a chanel to brag
And have a little fun?
Less something happens pretty soon
l guess I'll run away.
Then I'll have lots to tell about
When 1 come back, some day.
Paul West in Puck
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-21
CARBON DIoxIDE IN FRANCE.
Gas Found in Pockets in the Auvergne
Reuion.

Region.
In the Auvergne region Of France
says the Scientific American, large
amount of carbonic acid gas comes
from the soil, and is one OF the lasC
traces of the former volcanic activity
of this region. All the springs contain
a large quantity Of the gas. Ihese
springs are found generally in the Ms
sures of the ground which allow the
water to rise One Of the Montpensler
springs in the Puy de Dome region
has been long known as the poisoned
spring" Animals which descend INTO
the cavity to drink are soon asphyXl-
ated by the gas which is given OIL py
the water and accumulates here BOO
les Of birds, rabbits, dogs, sheep ana
other animals are found, and even
persons have narrowly escaped. veg
citation is also affected by an overdose
of the gas. Spots can be seen running
in line across the fields, where the
plants have suffered from gas coming
up through the assures of the ground
at different points. Soundings snow
the presence of a great quantity OIL
gas, and it is usually in very pure
state. Such gas forms a source Oh
commercial value, and could be utlllz-
ed practically, as is done in Germany
at present in Westphalia and other
regions. At present the amount Oh
carbonic acid gas given off per day
is estimated at one million CUBIC
feet, and this could be much IN
creased.
Aside from the gas production we
have other interesting phenomena
here. The assures containing the
springs occur in a calcareous mari III
which the fauna consist OF mann
miferous animals, such as the rhlnoc-
eros, crocodile, turtle and others. Two
of the springs are remarkable. Both
of them come from cavities from elghC
to ten feet deep, in the midst OF clay
and mud Excavations made at 10
feet depth show Gallo-Roman vases
one complete human skeleton, several
skeletons of a horse, COW, sheep'
which have commenced to tossillze'
Two feet below this were found re-
mains of the mammoth, with skin ana
tusks. which indicate an unusually
large specimen. Debris of bison bones
is found. The cavities form verltable
bone-pockets, coming from the local
enlargement of the assure by the ac-
ton of the spring. The original depIn
of the pocket seems to be at least oV
feet
Different epochs from $4,000 years
to 1000 years are shown by the Yarl-
Gus layers Of bone deposits in the
cavity, which has been filed up Dy
the deposits from the spring, and the
water continued to flow through this
The animals and human beings 40
not seem to have been drawn into the
cavity by the stream of water, Dut
thew must have descended into 1t IN
order to drink, for the access is easy
and were then axphyxiated. Such a
fossil-bed in the form of a pocket
seems to be unique.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-21
MOST FRAGRANT TOWN.
Grasse, France, Has Monopoly Of the
Perfume Business.

Perfume Business.
Graded in the hills in the heart
of the Riviera, the little town OF
Grasse holds the monopoly of the
trade in scents. Just why this spot
should have been selected is not clear,
for there are a hundred other places
that are quite as conducive to the
growth of flowers, and are, besides,
much more accessible. But two or
three manufacturers settled there and
others followed, and so today Grasse
has the perfume monopoly.
Mile after mile there are orange
groves, as far as the eye can reach.
There are fields Of roses, jessamine,
tube roses, violets, jonquils and
mignonette The air is heavy with
the scent Of these blossoms, but when
one wanders through the town, with
its dark and narrow streets, the ex-
perience is vastly different. Here the
scents are stronger and more pungent
and, mingling, as they do, with the
odors of grease and machinery, the
atmosphere is heavy with the thou
sand perfumes in process of manufac-
ture.
The pick of the crops is brought to
the factories by the farmers whose
little homes dot the surrounding hills.
Bruised and broken blossoms lose
something of their fragrance, so the
flowers are carefully borne in large
trays on the heads of the farmers
wives and daughters.
OF course, every one is aware that
only nine or ten of the countless
scents offered for sale at drug stores
are what they profess to be. One may
ask for cherry blossoms, wood violet
or white rose and receive liquid the
odor of which recalls the flower that
one knows so well, but each is the
creation of the skilled chemist and
manufacturer and may contain no YES
tige of the flower in question. The
flowers really used in scent-making
are the jessamine, rose, tube rose,
orange blossoms, cassie, Parma violet,
jonquil, mignonette, and, to a lesser
extent, geranium leaves, lavender and
thyme. All other scents are judicious
mixtures Of these with infusiOns OF
Oriental spices and drugs.
Jessamine and tube rose scents are
made by what is known as the cold
process. A layer of pigs fat is spread
upon plates of glass and the petals
of the flowers are scattered upon the
top. The petals are removed every
day and fresh ones replace them till
the fat is thoroughly impregnated with
their scent, when it is stored as a
white pomade.
Roses, orange blossoms, cassie and
Parma violets are similarly treated by
the hot process The fat is melted
and the leaves are put to soak in it
till it grows cold, when it is placed in
a hydraulic press and the flowers are
removed by means of a sieve. This
is not the pomade used by the hair
dressers, but simply the raw material
used for the manufacture of essence.
1t may be kept for a year or more.
Roses and orange blossoms, on being
distilled, give a scented water, at the
top of which floats the essential oil.
The waters are largely sold for the
toilet as we'll as for the pharmacy and
cookery Philadelphia Record.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-21
The Last Phase.
.hnneht 10 humble her.

They thought to humble her
Everybody" they declared, severe
IL. knows very we'll how old you are.
But the woman did not vince. On
the contrary she tossed her head in
defiant manner.
They know very well, do they:
Well what if am old enough to know
better?" was her crushing retort.-
Puck.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-21

-
'Maw!" what is it Johnny" do
the ocean greyhounds ever bite the
ocean tramps ?"-Louisyill Courier
Journal.
Guest-Why do you call this Echo
Hollow? Because you have ter
boiler ter hear the echo.-Chicago
Daily News.
Are you fond Of music?" asked Miss
Cayenne of her guest of honor.
Very" Then l won't ask Mr.. Big
gins to sing. Washington Star.
"He talks a great deal about his fam
lily tree" THAT may account for the
tales I've heard about his shady past"
Philadelphia Press.
Nell-Mr. Tawker is such a fatterer.
Belle-Has he been fattering you?
Nell-Oh, yes; he told me today that
I'm not at all like other girls.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
He-I am marrying her for her
money She-But money does not al
ways lead to happiness. mo, but
thought it might facilitate the search =
Town Topics.
He-It would be might dull world
for you girls if all the men should
suddenly leave it. She-O, we should
still have you college boys left.-To-
peka State Journal.
Of
Their bitin' the Zig av tn butcher bye!
Mistress-Dear, dear! How dreadfully
annoying! I do hope he was clean
boy, Mary.-Pick-Me-Up.
After the Play-Jenkins- didn't
care for Holgarth's performance.
believe l could do it as we'll myself
Robbyns-Mercy! Was it as bad as
that?-Boston Transcript.
Mother-Johnny, what makes that
little boy out there wear such a super
ior air? Johnny-Oh, he's the only
kid on the street that's had the meas
les twice.-Detroit Free Press.
"The court has made him receiver
for Catchem & Fleecem, the firm that
failed" Il wouldn't like that job"
why not?" Its too much like re-
ceiving stolen property. Chicago
Evening Post.
"Ah!" he cried, now that we're en-
gagged let me press you to my heart
in Don't lose yourself" said
the summer girl, pushing him away;
this is no pressing engagement. =
Chicago Tribune.
Her Experience-Mr Trotter-In
England servants are called help"
Mrs. Homer-It may be all right in
England, but the term if applied in this
country, would be a misnomer.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
Mamie, girl, that young man of
yours has been coming now for almost
a year" yes, mother" isn't it
about time he was breaking the ice?"
Il don't believe he intends to break the
ice He's going to wear it out. Puck
Mr.. Noowealthy-Yes, sir; found
the people of Paris to be the best ed
Dictated in the world. Mr.. Wanter-
know-How so? Mr.. NoOwealthy-
How so? Why. dang it, even the Ia
borers kin talk French.-Houston
Chronicle.
"Bliggins and his wife must get on
very happily" said the gossip. She
says she never scolds him, THAT
doesn't indicate happiness" answered
Miss Cayenne 1T is sad. 1t shows
that she considers him beyond hope"
Washington Star.
Il guess I'll have to send my boy to
college" said Mr.. Jiggs. He seems to
be of a very studious disposition"
Yes. Unless 1 get him interested In
athlstics or amateur theatricals, I'm
afraid he'll turn out to be regular
booll-worm. Washington Star.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-21
Advantages Of Esperanto.

Whatever may be the defects of
Esperanto, if it comes to be a pass
port all over Europe, if it comes to
aid the small merchant in establish
ing foreign trade, if it comes to open
wealth of literature to all the ma
tions-then it will be an accomplish
ment which none can afford to ne
glect.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-21

Fewer widows are sought in matrf-
mony by Englishmen than formerly,
according to official statistics. In 1870
the percentage was 21.1 a 1000 marri-
AGES: now the widows led to the altar
number 12.5 a 1000
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-21

At a recent church fair in England
one of the means used for increasing
the receipts was a guessing contest as
to the weight of the pastor.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-21

Yiddish is feature in the program
of the London County Council for GER
tain evening schools in the East End
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1906-03-09

beo | BEN sarrde MinebD Googcpile,
Soma Gountp, @is., peo Baitcr y.
5. ReitunSe II iom beepnhte en- en-.
edif mission inoe | gpen rnber Hop'
net 1Tcogenine 2iitberan Gitp Wis'
iion for Ell ire Maaneoers Sio lioen.
@pen bar onereoe Ter f~orifielige re-
formerte airfer % en- fatolif, men
her er enSnu @,nr for Ell 0tartin 2u-
.tbersairfe. Haa Mebet Den 26oe
Sanuur itifteoes ba en- iaaSun, i,nSer
Iapnet "@rne lutheran Sbltrh Of
Oobsepine~. @sSerne bodies poa en-
geIif ON Ssnoassufterne meo ct norlt
SpbpgaeIiesmsoe mibt | ugen. Wte'
nigbeoen bar aIereoe en- forerenoe
SerbagsifoIe, me6 8ibelflosler FOR
l~,ngoonmen % De rlSre. Denne me
RenigbeS nogisr ben 5te ! bette 9aIS
- Be FIRE er 2anosmenigbeoer %
Roger eanife ipreot. Oct er II Dill
Ell Sci ill Otter Greet Mtenigbeo oa
Is 9Ril en- Sci til Gorbre Otter Greet
- eaer SO Mil bes9e 8eie %
set err aft en- Ntaitb fam sreie at font
me biem til &ueEosmsoet tnoe
glnpr1
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1906-03-09

Sc foruemmelig til Banter og Itore
5orretuinaSbuie, bIanot bpiS Gerio.
male ser altiO fiu0eS mittoit ct Gar
6rimRrfeiamlcre. Sc er feIgelig for
Stsriteoelen opbepareoe. (SGroi ca.
70 Gre pr. Stpffe for 1.50 % 2 Gr.).
@il NOT efterboauOcn itige til nogle
aroner, oa iaopel DC inIaa SanoIere
iom De itore geroeuSbuie / 6rimGrfer
(. @r. Stanlep Gibbons gto., 2ouaou,
C2lftiefapital: oper 2 Ria. ar pitt.
nof er blepue o~perraifeOe pe6 Sno.
Oraguiuaen, iaa Sagrere life er TIL
itrpffelig fplote.
Gil Slutning uppne8 / 6orbinOe(ie
meo Grutale al 8etiugelierue for ct
WiUrfeS S%je(oeuheO, at set isritc
0tRrfc ira SadJien, set ~befienbte rsoe
3 Efenuigc al 1850 ior aorsbaanosr
ioricnOclier nnuertOtes | ca. 100000
GrempIurGr, og islgeIig i Set enc Nar,
oct brlgtc2, par ct meget u%lmiuOeIiqt
Wrrfe. Ntcn bpormange iomIcoe
Ocnguttg % b0crn ]opbeOarer SnriIag
for aorSbaonO?
81. & u. 6iiders Ratnloq al 1877
1870 Oet ferite poa Norit trptte Sfrtit
ON SrimGrfer - itaar RGrtet / BEN
beifcoue Bris al SIR. $50. gu itnnr
set / 1875 SIR. % betoIeS gieruc me6
100 SIR. ior imuffc GrCmpIarcr.
9tuar set betGufes, at De beremte
10 IuuritiilS ira 1877 fun uOfom /
uogle faa Sunoreoe GrempIarer bosr,
cr oet ianleSe5 inseu uiOrbolOsmGss
Tia Bris, nnar et al oent OeO Sluftion
2ou0on / 1904 fiebtes pr. aommiss
lion for ca. 81 900 ar. Bengenc be.
totes uOen greul; og a~isbercu bar
Griuieu al @oIes.