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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-19
Sale Of unimproved Realty.

The unimproved real estate belonging to
the estate of the late Henry Kengia. located
in the northwestern section OF the District,
on Tunlaw road. Arizona avenue and Ridge
road between seth and 18th streets north
west will, under an order of court. be sold
at public auction the evening of May % by
Capt E. 9. Randall the executor of the es-
tate The property Is located in a rapidly
section. 1t comprises in all about
1O5 acres, and for the sale has been divided
Into five parcels. The land is to be sold to
settle Mr.. Kengla's estate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-19
volunteer readings and Music.

The following Is the program for volun-
teer readings and music In the reading room
for the blind at the Library of Congress.
ESQ to $3.50 pm: Tuesday. May %. Mrs.
Marion LongfelIow o'Donoughue: Thurs
day, May a. piano and song recital by
Miss Minna Schott and Nfiss A. Claire MUIR
ray; Saturday. May %. Miss Moves. The
door to the reading room will be closed
program
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-19

Thousands OF situations have been OBJ.
tanned through the want columns Of The
Star.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-30

below, made the men turn, with pallid faces, to find one of their number missing.
 Andrews face was still and set. "The rope broke" he said.
 They gathered about the brink of the creyasSe. Lower the ropew commanded the leader.
 The rope was thrown down as, with a final thump, the sliding sound ceased. Had the body lodged, or was it dropping through spaces below? Andrews crouched upon the brink, and watched the rope danglc Imply.
 He couldn't catch that if 1t were dropped before him." said Brownson, slowly.
 With a sharp cry, Andrews sprang to his feet. His face ghastly white, from the depths of his eyes new spirit shone. Drawing the rope up, lie began to tie it about his waist. The men watched him in silence. Quietly they lowered him. Down the slippery sides, slowly, aching cold and mad with horror of what he had done, the man felt his way down, down, until he was stopped by an icy floor. Amazed, he moved cautiously along the ledge. The crevasse here would barely admit his foot. Edging his way on either side, he found it no larger. This was where his brother had fallen, yet there was not room for a mans body to pass through. His brother was not here. How could he have fallen below this? 1t must have been 25 feet from the top.
 There was only one cxplana- tiOn-the crevasse was closing. The jar of the falling body must have caused it. The thought did not alarm him, yet sound, faint,
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-30
SHE "CALCEc'

He had been courting he girl for long lime. It happend on Sun day night after churchY They were sitting on the sofa, ant she looked with ineffable tendernes into his noble blue eyes.
 "Tom," she murmur, with a tremor in her voice, ''dio't you tell me once you would bewilling to do any act of heroisln for my sake?"
 ''Ycs, Mary, and l gllly reiter- ate that statement now, he re- piled, in confident toes. ''No noble Roman of old wasfired with loftier ambition, a brser resolu- ton than l."
 "Well, Tom, I wantko to do something really heroic pr me-"
 "Speak, darlingH' Wat is it:'
 "Ask me to be your vie. We've been fooling long enouh. ."-Lon- don Tit-Bits.
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must % on with the rest and

must go on with the rest and stake out your claim. know the ore ahead is all right, though that report about my luck on the Big Salmon was false."
 Andrews hid his face against the ice. The voice weat on, though it was growing husky. "GO back to mother, when the mine pans Out-stake what might have been my claim for her and -and-'
 The whisper was very faint.
 "Andrews?"
 "Yes. Leland.'
 "Therc's one thing more. She loves you. She told me so that day we sailed-and-she asked me not to tell you-but I couldn't t go without telling-I want you to be happy-you've had so much against you"
 The whisper fioated upward like a blessing and the silence fin ished the benediction. The mans head hung over the brink of the crevasse. His companions re- turned and lifted him to a place of safety. They barred their heads as, with a mournful, creak- ing sound, the ice closed and the tomb of Leland was sealed till the Judgment day.
 In the heavens the arctic lights shed their holy rays; and all the wide, frozen fields were no cold CT and stiller than the heart of Andrews.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-30
"THE LOVE OF iDlENESS."
English Country Rector's Wife and
 Work-Shunning Tramps.

The ''hard-working wife of a poor country rector whose income has been decreasing every year fol the last 20 years," forwards us the following account of her experience of the country tramp. She writes
 "We keep only one maidservaut, who has been with us seven years we cannot afford to keep a man, al though we have large garden, and are obliged to keep a pony, as we are eight miles from town.
 Hast week we had our field o! hay cut, and as there was no avail able men to come and help make and carry the hay, l went down thy road to see if l could get a tram or an unemployed to come. l sf six or eight of them between bfe and the village, which is queer of mile away. Some were2inS down on the roadside. and liners Call able-bodied mem were walk ing along.
 T asked them if they wanted work, and they replied tat they did. l said: Will you ome and help Us make the hay? You shall have good food and pleny to drunk, and good place to sep In, and kindness shown to yc.
 "There were thrcen row, and one, an especially jtrong looking young man of abop 26, stood still for a minute, andsaid: Well, l don't think I shaVdo it, and passed along. l asked ohers the next day, and not one wa,willing to work.
 "Will you phase inform me how it is that my hlsband and self, now in our sixty-eghth year, should be compelled by law to work hard to help suppor such idle vagabonds? These men were far better able to work than Fe are. l am sometimes t. working il the garden myself at 5 80 these fine summer mornings
 "The Hole says: The idle soul shall sufijr hunger but according to recent accounts they enjoy lux uries. 4 little time ago a neigh boring farmer badly needed man to help rith his hay. He asked a tramp, rho answered: Well, 1 haven't lone a days work for 20 years. and I don't think l shall be- gin now He was a mlddk-aged man.'-I4ondon Chronicle.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-30

far below, like an ice-spirit from the caves, sent chill of terror through his soul. The voice, his murdered brothers voice, called to him from the tomb.
 "Andrewsw the whisper float ed upward.
 II am coming" answered the conscienceridden man, as he clutched at the ice.
 "No," replied the voice, you can't. The ice has slipped" "Then I'll die with you."
 That would be suicide. Go back to the top, and let me talk while I may. No power on earth could save me now; you mustn't attempt it."
 The men above heard, and drew the resisting man upward into the light. Prone on the ice, Andrews laid his ear to the nar- rowing crevasse. Again the voice was heard, clear and steady.
 Ut is useless to try to save me; you would oEly lose your lives. Even could you get through the narrow part, you couldn't rescue me. l am wedged in on ali sides, and my body is doubled, my head hanging down upon my knees, and l can't move"
 A grOan from above rattled mockingly through the ice caves. The voice, sweet and insistent. drifted up to them.
 "I want to speak to my brother alone"
 The men withdrew, leaving the agOnized brother listening at the crevasse.
 70, my God" moaned An drcws.. Leland, do you know why you fell?" /I Yes" answered Leland's/ /nce sadly, but you needn't A TOT giveness, for I know ou were beside yourself, and hdn't know what you were doag. l have but a few mirufes. Listen! lou
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-30
oeEYED ORDERS TO Tt= LETTER

Sir Henry Roscoe tellsthis of the scientist Faraday and h: assistant, Sergt. Anderson: Anderson was the sole assistant of Farslay, and of course was utterly unducated in scientific matters; but h could obey orders, which is not always charac- teristic of an educated man. One day Anderson was told by Faraday to keep stirring a pot containing some chemicals over a fire until he returned, Faraday being in the habit of going upstairsto to tea in his rooms and coming down directly afterward to work in the laboratory during the evening. Tor some req son he was prevented from comin down again, and forgoL that he bd told Anderson to watch the pot. f)n coming down the next morning he | found Anderson stirring the pot, having been at it the whole fight, and thus carrying out the order which was gives him.s
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-30
GIANT RADlsHEs OF THE E
There the Vegetable Grows |,
 Enormous Size.
Radishes in North China anj

Radishes in North China an Japan are as important and uM tous a part of every meal as is brea,, in America. In both countries many millions of bushels of this vegetable are grown every year, and they areI to be had at all seasons. It is thus easy to understand why these partsl of the world grow the strangest and| biggest radishes known.
 The giants beside the little French Breakfast, our favorite American va riety, are but babies beside the mon- sters they grow under the warm. moist influences of the oriental eli mate.
 These radishes are grown on Amer ican soil from seeds imported by the United States department of agricul-l ture from China They take well to the American climate, and probably would have weighed five pounds when. full grown.
 When these fellows are grown ipi China they rapidly form great bril- liant red globe eight to ten inches IT diameter and weighing sometimes 2' pounds. Another kind is snow white and grows a foot long, and still an- other is brilliant green on the out side and a beautiful wine red when the skin is cut Some of these strange vegetables are exceedingly delicate in flavor and texture when grown under favorable conditions.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-30
GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP.
No Medicine so Beneficial to Brain
 and Nerves.

Living awake nights makes 1t har} to keep awake and do things in daI time. To take "tonics and stimJ lants" under such circumstances ia like setting the house on fire to sef if you can put it out.
 The right kind of food promotes re freshing sleep at night and a wide awake individual during the day.
 A lady changed from her old way q eating, to Grape-Nuts, and says:
 For about three years l had beer a great sufferer from indigestion After tryiug several kinds of medl cine, the doctor would ask me to drol off potatoes, then meat, and so oQ but in a few days that craving. gn ipg feeling would start up, an would voIrit everything I ate drank.
 When started on Grape-Nl vomiting stopped, and the bloat feelingfwhich was so distressing appeand entirely.
 My mother was very much bO cred with diarrhea before comme ing Inc Grape-Nuts, because her sto ac' was so weak she could not digeI hr food. Since using Grape-Nuts shv ! $ well, and says she don't think shd Could live without it.
 Tt is a great brain restorer and nerve builder, for l can sleep as sound and undisturbed after supper of as in the old days when I could not realize what they meant by bad stomach" There is no medicine so beneficial to nerves and brain as a good nights sleep. such af you can enjoy after eating Grape Nuts"
 Name given by Postum Co.,, Battle, Creek, Mich.
 There's a reason"
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-30
Alum Baking Powder Is Wholesome


 Dr. Herman Reinbold, the expert German chemist, in a recent official report concerning Baking Powder3 declares that pure alum baking poN der is better and less injurious thai the sO-called cream of tartar powders He says that if the quantity of aluu contained in sufficient quantity q baking powder for batch of bread ot cakes for an ordinary family, be conk centrated to one mouthful of food and taken into the stomach of ant one person, no matter how delicatd 1t could do no harm. On the contrary alum is wholesome in proper quanti- ties. This is undoubtedly the reaso9 the State of Missouri quickly repeal a law that prohibited the manufact of the most wholesome of all bal powders. So much for Alum Bal Powders.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-30
HAS RESIDENCE HIGH IN AIR.
To Escape Malaria, Owner of P'a".d' ton Built His House in tns
 Branches of Tree.

The Mosquito reservation--anar- row belt of land struck off the sea coast of Nicaragua, in Central America-derives its name rom the Masco or Mosquito Indiar ln- habiting it, and not from Eihelr winged namcsakes, as might DC supposed, albeit for abundallc o1 the latter the coast in qrletlon would indeed be hard to beat. llfact in one locality thcreabouts-tc wit on a tributary of the Blucfelis ol Escondido river, known as thf Rama, mosquitoes and other ma' larial influences are so plenrM that, in order to avoid them, [" owner of at least one plantation Da' deemed it prudent to abandon the ordinary kind of dwelling anu build himself a nest high UP III tree.
 The plantation in question IS known as the Repose, and the nest consists of a bungalow erected "Poh an ibo tree 70 feet a5o'e tne ground. The tree is of ] Vry haro and lasting species, and the'Insalo% Is in every sense as comi@'"pie '''u substantial as any structure upon terra frma. 1t Is three-s'oiic icu anu erected round the trunh ol 'iic tree, which passes through 'he center oi each story in much p'c same iasii- ion as ships ma9 pene''a'co the saloon, and in ad@ioh to the tree trunk the edificef further secured Inv moans of for props and the same number dguy ropes, which, like SO many mg legs, give the building son,Aing of the appear ance of a lac spider. The owner gains ac,es to his strange dwell- ino hv m@ns of a primitive, yet nerfectlv ie and effective elevator.
 The ceiling is excellently fur nisbed. bd there is absolutely noth- inc inac, beyond the cleverly dis on ised tree trunk in the center of ca,b 1partment, to remind the visit
 
 q q the fact that he is for once n lis life really "up tree" Hav- lns 'locked' the lift so that it can ,ot be drawn down and shut him. elf in for the night, tlr invent ve builder of this unique dwelling presumably enjoys that rfposc and ecurity which are the portion of 'ew of his ncighbors, and which suggested the name of his planta- ion, for, besides being ibote the nalarial zone, he is Likewise beyond he reach of mosquitoes, rlld beasts, ccntipedes and many other pests he would hSe to face were his dwelling upon he ground. Not. least among the ad dantages of such a nest must be ountcd the absolute freedom from makes, for poisonous and otherwise, abound in those regloI, and are not infrequently given D trespass- ing.-Wide World Magzinc.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-30
Immense Steel Plates.

The shell and boilers of the new Cunarder being built at Wallsend. England, are said by Consul Metcalf to be constructed of the largest steel plates in the world. They are silicon steel, weighing ten tons each. TT boilers alone will weigh over ION tons. Massive ingots and slaLy weighing 12 and IA tons, are continu| ally passing through the rolling 'jill@ there for this work.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-30
Never Disappojnts.

Many extensively advertised reme dies are failures when put to the test Hunts Lightning Oil is an exception Confidence in it is never misplaced disappointment never follows it's use It is surely the grandest emergency remedy now obtainable. For cuts burns, sprain, aches and pains, know DO equal
 Geo. F.. Paddock,
 Doniphan, Mo.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-30
70 Survey Alaskan Boundary.

Femont Morse and l.. Netland. in chsrge of the Alaskan boundary com 1 uission, have left for Yakubat bay vhere each with party of nine me- fsili survey strip of the boundary.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-30
MiSTAkE EN.

Jones Smith says that it is the hills, that make the echo.
 Brown-So they do.
 Joaes-And here I've lived all these years thinking it was the holler.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-30
Economy is the rsao so wealth. PUTNAM FADELESs DYE IS tne road to economy.

A rule tbat refuses to work at aq often gets the besi of one that Work( both ways.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-30
A Harmless Laxative.

If YOU r,ust take laxative, take a harm. less one Lax-Fos does not gripe, therefore does no, irritate. Irritation is what does the harm. Price 50 cents.
The log cabin Democrat., 1906-08-30
The Whispering CIacie!.
BY PRICE KIRK.

plains. The small procession sil- hOuetted against the dcsolate whiteness moved slowly toward the Cleaming cones, which the descending sun had fretted with darts of fire. The mellow light suffuscd the worn faces of the men, vivifying the pain and wealiness stamped upon their wasted features.
 Two brothers trudged at the end of the line. One was mOrOse, silent; the other gay with a fe- verish viyacity that spoke trou- bled heart, though jest and song, with which he encouraged the tagging steps of his companions, might have disguised the ache beneath them.
 Andrews" said the cheery voice of his brother, "onc would think your tongue frozen, you are so silent"
 My thoughts are company" sourly responded Andrews.
 "Not very cheerful company, if your face is evidences" answered Leland, with a half sigh. Then, as though regretting the retort, he added seriously: Heavy spir it's will weight us down more than the packs we shoulder. We don't need so much ballast, my boy. Throw the blues overheard, and think of the fortunes that wait for us beyond the m0raine." Make your pronOun singular," muttered the other, "aGd your prophecy will more likely be full filled"
 They plodded on over the treacherOus footing, Leland maintaining a silence that again exasperated his brother into speech.
 Why" Andrews broke forth with a bitterness that stung his listener, 'have you always been the pet of the Fates? All my life l have struggled for what comes to you without effort. 1 shall re- main here in poverty and exile, while yOu-yOu-return home to wealth and happiness.'
 Leland's answer was a deep, far-seeing gaze across the white plains toward the land where lived the woman they both loved. Andrews face grew darker; he was thinking of what the stran- ger had told him about Leland's strike on the Big Salmon. Le- lands eyes came back to his brother, and their look said that he would gladly forget the past months of silence and separation. Perhaps Andrews, too, might have forgotten had their for tunes been reversed, and had the Fates not hammered his heart into it's present misshapen state. Weak from the long march, and numb with cold, the men often slipped on their spiked shoes on the ice. Stumbling along, they came at last to a slope that was cut by crevasse. the depths of which they cared not to calculate.
 Old BrOwnson, the leader, paused.
 ''There's a good footing on the other side," he commented. "If l make it all right, the rest of you will follow; but if I go down. it will be a difficult feat for you not to fall with me. Shall we fisk it?"
 The weary men looked from light to left. From horizon to horizon the crevasse split the ice ike a great gash. There was a of serious quiet. Behind them lay the ice plains; before them, the sun-gilded mOraine, bright as the gold they so GOV eted.
 Within the soul of Andrews fierce conflict. arose. His thoughts crossed swords, and he was shaken by the deadly com bat. Should he longer be ruled by Conscience, the stern, inpla, cable, whose ways led to poverty and misery? Within the shad.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-27
ELECTED FROM PRISON
COmpulsiOn Required to Make Dis
charged Prisoner Leave Jail.

1t appears that the plaintiff failed to
appear before Judge PEBBLES here last
Saturday and show cause why an or
der made by his honor at Rockingham
court sentencing Thomas Venable. of
Pilot Mountain, to Jail for thirty days
for contempt of court by failure to
obey an order against ~trespassing upon
he lands of Venable's neighbor,
should not be revoked.
Judge PEBBLES wired the sheriff of
Surry to release Venable, but the pris-
oner refused to leave the Jail volun-
tarily, saying that he wanted to fully
understand the matter before going
out. The same strong arm of the law
that incarcerated Venable was requir-
ed to land him outside of the prison
bars. 1t is alleged that the mans
mind is impaired.-Winston Sentinel.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-27
RObt. c. DeROSSet,
Bookseller andStatfOner. -
HEARST FOR GOVERNOR


A young Southerner. who went from
his native state OF Tennessee to New
York city a little while ago. and who
has met with gratifying success as a
lawyer. is E. Bright Wilson, formerly
To fame before he migrated north. hav-
ing been speaker of the legislature OF
his state at the ~precocious age of twen-
ty-four. In conversation with a Post
reporter, he said:
4 was never in love with the theo-
ries of William r. Hearst. but l voted
for him for mayor. as did many men
who think lightly Of municipal owner
snip. l am here to tell you that it
seems inevitable that he will be the
next dem ocratic candidate for COVER
nor of New York state, and that he
stands a fair chance of filling that
office.
There is Just about one man the
republicans could name who would
have much chance to defeat Hearst,
insurance companies. AS between the
present governor, Higgins. who doesn't
stand any show OF denomination, and
Hearst, the editor of the American
would win by many lengths. The rad
lcal element Of the country is now
centered in the big cities. New York
is a hotbed of radicalism. The Hearst
notions of government are gaining in
popularity, and he is going to be a ire
mendous political force in this coun-
try ere many more elections go by."-
Washington Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-27

We are glad to see that Senator Sim
mons has induced the secretary to or
der a squadron Of cavalry to attend the
lotte. After the request was made to
Secretary Taft he laid it before the
cabinet at it's Fridays meeting and the
proposition received its approval. The
cavalry will be something new to many
who will attend the celebration and
will add greatly to its features. From
all accounts Charlotte intends to spread
herself on that occasion and show the
country what she can do when she
makes up her mind to it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-27

1t is hard to get ahead Of the small
boy. Judge tells the following Is oc-
curing In a school Of a northern city.
The teacher asked one Of the boys why
red, white and blue had been adopted
as the American national eolors. The
little fellow. who had been reading
American history Of the Revolutionary
period, thought for a while then the
following occurred:
Washington said he. had been
sitting in the white snow at Valley
Forge, feeling mighty blue. That ac-
counts for the white and the blue"
His teacher gasped a little, but was
interested by this unexpected line OF
thought
But how about the red?" she ask
ed.
That's the color that he tainted
things after he braced up again. said
Johnnie promptly.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-03-27
No Wonder They Never Sit.

Shortly after a seat on the New
York stock exchange was soil for $97,-
GOETHE record price-a woman visitor
was an interested spectator in the GAL
larry. With her was a we'll known
broker. AS the closing hour drew near
the floor, as usual, became a chaos Of
voices and frenZied movement.
You are gazinf into the crater Of
American finance the broker volun-
teered, "at the most extraordinary dra-
ma Of dollars on earth. And we pay
a pretty penny for the privilege of act
ing down there. A seat brought S97,-
coo the other day"
"Ninety-seven thousand dollars for
a seat" exclaimed the visitor, review
ing the scouting and shouting ISLANDERS
below her on the floor. NO wonder
they eve sit down.'-New York Sun.