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The Washington times., 1906-08-14
JOAQUIN MILLER NOW
ON SARATOGA SOIL

SARATOGA. Aug. 14.-Joaquin Miller,
the poet Of the Sierras. Joined his fam
ily al their cottage here three days ago.
A friend who asked the poet 10 go 10
the races yesterday received this re-
ply
plano, plano meaning softly.
softly"
Most of the men here wear shining
patent leather shoes. The poet wears
boots, some dark brown. some black.
but all reaching 20 the knee. During
the day he tucks his trousers into the
boots; during the evening he wears his
trousers outside of his boots.
The poet wears gauntlets Instead Of
gloves. They are of channels. tringed
and slashed, and reach 10 the elebows.
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WORLDS GREATEST BRIDGE
APPROACHES COMPLETION
Mammoth Structure Over Four Hundred Feet Up in the
Air and Its Material of Steel Weighs
Sixty Million Pounds.

QUEBEC. Aug. 14-Work is now pro-
crossing rapidly on what is without
exception the largest bridge in the
world. When il is completed some time
next year. long before the Grand Trunk
Pacific railroad viii be ready TO use. fl.
the steel work used IN it's structure Will
weigh over 60000. 900 pounds, some parts
alone Weighing over 100000 pounds.
which are now being, placed In position
by the largest electric crane ever built
for any purpose. This great mass OF ma
ehinery stands 300 feet high and moves
along as It builds its own ground
The construction OF the bridge was a
huge undertaking AT the time to the emil
nent engineers called upon 10 study ana
formulate the problem, and the success
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with which they have overcome all OBJ
stacles Is one Of the engineering feats Of
the age and has been pronounced the
greatest ingenuity Of the engineering
world by bridge builders and others who
have come from all parts OF the world
10 watch the progress of the mammoth
work On the south side Of the river
some 100000 pounds OF steel have al
ready been placed 1 position.
When completed the bridge viii have
two center posts. one on the south side
which is now completed, and one on the
north side. each Of which will weigh
100000 pounds These posts are 3l5 felt
high from their rests" and each viii
hold half the weight of the huge cantf-
lever anchor, and when the Ornamental
cap is placed In position viii be 40 feet
in the air.
The Washington times., 1906-08-14
RAVENOUS YELLOW PERCH
BIT AT ITS OWN EYE

MONTCLAIR. n. J.. Aug. John
OIdring Is back from a fishing trip in
RockIand county, \. Y. He met with
much success and brought home a
string OF fish TO prove II.
Oldring tells a remarkable tale of an
experience he had while angling for
yellow perch In a little pond near the
farmhouse where he stopped. He en-
countered a school OF perch and was
hauling them in as fast as ne could
throw his line overheard and take the
fish OF the hook
Giving too hard a jerk one time, Old
ring says. the hook ripped through the
mouth or a perch and tore out an eye
Leaving the latter on the hook for a
halt. the veTaCiOus OldTing declares
that al the very next cast he caught
the fish that lost the eye.
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What the Newspapers Say About

Buffalo News says:
This altogether delightful and diverting novel IS a
nat contradiction II the saying that there nothing
new under the sun
Chicago Evening Post says:
"A weird g,ncaUtion-u proariousIy funny"
Boston Journal says:
The life and knows how to depct #
New York World says:
told in ightcomedy vein, though there points
where IL verges toward tragedy done FOR
Author Quick
Pittsburg Post says:
Alert with the and nerve Of the life that Is
not simple, but ratheT-eNAlarating."
St. Louis Globe democrat says:
"WiH into the requirements o a great variety Of
readers in a great variety Of moods
Philadelphia says:
Double Trouble is howlngly funny. and the action
galOps dizzy style, the interest
for one instant A bountful @ amusement"
Brooklyn Times says:
From comedy farce the situations range The
pseudo-Serous fashion in which the whole
apart humOr Of the themselves
makes the book a delight
Philadelphia Record says:
Double Trouble Is designed as a mirth vehicle as
well a love coach, and its humorous features
will keep the reader awake to the very last line There
few heathy-toned novels like Double Trouble
and Mr., Quick has achieved notable literary
this work.
New Globe says
THE author writes in high good humor concerned
more with the humOTs and bunders Of double
sons story. The pages bristIe evidence that Mr.
Quick's imagination has the open shop and no time
limit"
The Washington times., 1906-08-14
PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD
COME BACK TO OLD HAUNTS
Woman Thought Murdered and Buried Appears After Six
Years, and Now the Identity of Person Actually
Inferred Is an UnSolved Mystery.

ment Of those who knew her. the wom-
an suddenly appeared at Sandwich. She
tells the police she has been in London
and other parts of the country for six
years and never heard Of the case.
The woman is about forty-fve years
Of age. ana her temperance intensifies
the mystery OF the old murder as 10
the identity Of the body found.
The other case is that of an old man
of eighty-three years. This individual
declares that he lay three days as a
corpse in a London mOrtuary, said TO
have been picked up unconscious in the
streets and sent 10 an infirmary.
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JAILED At EIGHTY,
FIFTH EXPERIENCE
Shoemaker Establishes New
Record as Habiue of
PenitentiarieS.
THIEVERY SECOND NATURE
Released on July 80 and Few Days
Later Is Reincarcerated for
Stealing Shoes.

BALTIMORE. Nd. Aug. I4-Fred-
erlck Nahn. "A typical old German shoe
maker who will soon celebrate his
eighueth birthday. is in the city Jail
awaiting trial on the charge or steal
ing thirteen pairs of shoes and a lot
OF leather from Harris Koeman 1t Is
not his first experience In penal in
stitution, for the officials at both jail
and the Maryland penitentiary know
him we'll
Warden WeyIer looks upon YHhn'5
case as one Of the many strong exam
pies OF the habltual criminal, and says
the case Is a good argument in favor
of progressive sentences, While he is
ever so willing that a man shall be
given every opportunity 20 mend his
ways. Warden Weyler believes If the
man does not take the chances offered
he should be locked up for long term.
NOT only from the point of saving the
city and State unnecessary expense for
trials. but because the criminal Is a
menace 20 society
Returned Five Times.
Yahn, the warden says. has been in
the penitentiary at least five times 70
his personal knowledge. for he looked
back over his records far enough 10
discover that and stopped. Three OF
the sentences were for one year and
two for two years-an for theft
Yahn cells "a story about getting out
of the penitenuary on July so only
10 be arrested eight days later for the
larceny of the shoes and leather. He
declares that stealing is not a disease
with him. bur insists that he has never
had money enough 10 get out OF Bal
timore. and simply stole TO keep the
wolf from the door.
Says Steal or Starve.
He Is unable to do any hard work in
the penitantiary and when he left he
had just $40 coming 10 him That
he says was not enough 20 take him
10 New York where his daughters live,
and rather than go hungry or without
shelter he stole. If he did not steal
the only other course left open 10 him,
ne said. was suicide. but he declared
he wouldn't adopt that course.
The old mans English is not good,
buJ he says he could make a living in
New York If he could only get there.
for he is custom shoemaker. While
he was ia the peutenuary he talked
great deal about getting his tools when
he was liberated but when he went TO
look for the tools. he declares. they
were gone
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FINDS LITTLE SON
PARALYZED IN BED

TRENTON, n. J.. Aug. I4.-When
Mrs James FIavin. OF Roebling avenue.
this city, went to call her nine-year-old
son, James, for breakfast, she found
that he was completely paralyzed on his
right side. He went TO bed last night
IN his usual good health. The case baf-
lles me physicians. who cannot account
FOR the boys affliction
The Washington times., 1906-08-14
BLAZE
IN CITY OF MILAN

MILAN. italy. Aug. IA fire In the
great warehouses Of the PaganIni VIZ
iani Company has been raging since 2
o'clock this morning The warehouses;
We're. filed with OIL. benzine. petroleum.
and drugs which burned fercelv
All efforts Of the fircmeu TO bring the
flames under control have so FAR proved
unaFauing. the flames spread 10 sew
been wholly or partially destroyed
Tho loss so FAR caused is estimated at
Si00.U go
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LONDON. Aug. 1.-TWO remarkable
cases Of supposed dead people return
ing to life are being discussed IN
police circles, In the first. a woman
named Charlotte Turk. a Kentish fruit
picker. whose body was supposed to
have been buried in Minister Tryeage,
has arrived at Sandwich for the har-
vesting
The woman whose body was Identified
and buried as Charlotte Turk was the
victim of a wayslde crime. Her muir
derer was never found The crime was
almost forgotten. when, to the amaze
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iii The Dial says:
iii the this tale much salts
iii readers interest
iii animated greatly
Ill that preface the chapters
iii diabolcaly ingenious than the narrative"
III New York Times says:
iii Double Trouble is extremely clever inter
iii esting working out Of things likely happen
iii whose sublnlna self a
iii ingy told and the authors
iii them are sufenty powerful 10 hold absorbed
iii tention from first 20 last"
iii philadelphia North American says:
iii An up-to-ddte comedy-nove Of manners in which
iii strange surprises are encountered at turn"
III Chicago Journal says:
iii Anything but troublous."
III Pittsburg says
iii Double Trouble is novel that sends
Hi bounding throughone's veins at celebrating speed
iii New york Evening Man says:
iii Of this usually attempted the So
iii rprt world with this: Mr.. Quick is deliberately
III! fectously amusing. The meri
iii lies III It's absolutely true
Americans daily life
Hi pens the natural outcome OF what has
HI Philadelphia Inquirer
Ill Of interesting adventures with good
iii spirit the love portion is highly
Hi tanning readers Here original novel in most
Hi respects, and IL is a captivating one"
III Brooklyn Eagle says:
HI One Of books help tighten dusty
Hi ways of the wordClever, amusing. and sufficiently
III IKE anything else 10 make it worth while
III Portland Oregonian SAYS:
III Has sparkle like the efervescence Of champagne
III ana the most original plot Of the season
The Washington times., 1906-08-14
CREDITS HER 103 YEARS
TO AMBITION AND OPEN AIR

PARSIPHANY. n Y. Aug I4-Afrs
Sarah hall Doremus celebrated her IO3d
birthday surrounded by numerous reIa-
tives az the old homestead yesterday.
Ambition and outdoor life, she says, is
the secret OF health and long life.
The Washington times., 1906-08-14


This altogether delightful and diverting novel IS
nat contradiction II the saying that there nothing
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Defines the Courts Duty.

A. c. Jewett, lawyer, politician and man of sarcastic wit, was once trying a case in the supreme court in Belfast, Me-, his home ,scity. The judge presid- ing, before being called to the bench, had tried many cases against Jewett who did not entertain very high opin- ion of his ability.
 in his closing argument, Jewett, in defiance of the rules of the court, start ed in to read some law to the jury. The court pounded on the bench and said: "Mr. Jewett, you must not read law to the jury in your closing argu- ment." Jewett kept on reading, with out so much as glance at the court. The court in thunderous tones ordered him to stop.
 Jewett, who had by this time read all he intended to read, turned calmly to the judge and said {; Did your honor address me-"
 II said,' roared the judge, you must not read law to the jury in your closing argument. I will give the law to the jury. What do you suppose the court is here for?'
 What Is the Court here for?" re- sponded Jewett In high falsetto. "I suppose you know, sir, to keep order with the aid of the sheriff, sir, with all due respect to the sheriff, sir."-Boston Herald.
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historic features. Curiously enough, It Is just fifty years since Daniel, the younger Cherryble, passed away. It has been supposed that in drawing these characters Dickens relied entire. ly on report, but, in fact, he had made the acquaintance of the brothers Grant at Manchester two months before "Nicholas Nickleby" was written. He met them at dinner party, and the friendship was maintained for many years. Many of the Cherryble attri. butes were drawn from real life, nota- ply the apopletic butler at the Llnkin. water dinner, who anticipated his mas ter's wish for a fresh bottle of wine by holding it behind his back, with the corkscrew already inserted.-Pali Mall Gazette.
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come down to see the cars go by and people shoot at them from the train windows. Hippopotami also abound in the rivers. They upset boat at Vic torla Falls last winter.
 In one of the English papers not long ago I read the story of station agent who was imprisoned in his station by couple of innocent and unsophisticat- ed lions, who took possession of the platform as coolly as if they owned it.. They wandered up and down all the morning and then lay down to sleep in front of the station door. The agent telegraphed the chief dispatcher, who ordered the next train to run through without stopping. The king of the for est and his companion woke up and yawned as the locomotive shrieked de- fiance at them and rushed by, but did not appear at all alarmed at the defn- onstrations of the iron horse. The sta ton agent had no gun, and begged the dispatcher over the wire to send down a professional hunter by the next train to relieve the blockade, which was done. Both lions were shot from the car win dows. Since then the tralnmen have gone armed.
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A Good Word for Hash

Church-This meat investigation ia proving to my mind that there are worse things in the world than board. ing house hash.
 Gotham-HOw SO?
 "Well, when you find a hairp!n or a shoe button In your hash you know what you've got, but you don't know what you're getting In this canned meat, 1t seems. ."-Yonkers Statesman.
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SHOWS HISTORIC PLACES.
Quadrangle in Virginia Noted Since
 Colonial DayS.


 Colonial Days.
 Many historic points of interest are shown on map recently completed by the geological survey of quadrangle in Virginia named for the town of Will liamsburg. The map covers an area which has been the scene of history making since early colonial days, says the Boston Transcript When Virginia was yet a colony, Williamsburg was It's capital. The surveyors in the prep aration of this map came across the foundations in which the house of Bur gesses met. On nearby monument are recorded the names of the mem- bers of this body and several of the more important events which have made the spot famous in history. High up on this shaft one reads the inscription that here it was that Patrick Henry delivered his speech on "Treason," and here, also, was promulgated George Ma sons bill of rights Williamsburg is the site of the oldest educational insti- tuition in the United States. William and Mary's College, and of the oldest church edifice, Bruton Church, where the visitor will see the font in which Pocahontas is said to have been bap- tized. The mapmakers in their jour- ney through this section found many houses whose construction antedates the revolution.
 Of later period are the forts and earthworks erected during the civil war, the town of Williamsburg having been on the line of Gen. McClellan's in. suar campaign. York River is the most conspicuous natural feature which appears on the map. This river crosses the quadrangle diagonally from the northwest to the southeast There are still standing on its north bank sey- eral of the original houses in which re- sided in colonial days families bearing such well known names as Taliaferro, Sewall, Page, Stubbs and Tabbs. The Timberneck creek, which flows into York River, carries on its banks the ruins of the house said to have been built by the Indian chief. Powhatan. Near 1t is a rock which is shown to visitors as the one on which Capt. John Smiths head was placed at the time of his traditiona: rescue by Pocahontas. Landmarks of later days are Ware Church and Abingdon Church, which are shown on the map in the eastern part of the quadrangle some distance apart A reminder of Bacon's rebel lion is found in BacOn's headquarters which is located in the northern part of this interesting quadrangle. Dwell ing on this historic ground to-day is a prosperous agricultural community, many of them engaged in the oyster industry. They appear to take pride in the traditions of this quadrangle and were helpful to the agents of the sur vey in supplying information.
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When the British soldier goes to Egypt one of the first things he does Is 10 visit the Sphinx and the Pyramids. This picture illustrates particularly interesting visit, namely, of some of the troops sent out from Malta recently in view of the encroachments of the Sul- tan in Egyptian territory, among them the Lancashire Fusiliers. They were particularly interested in the Sphinx, for they wear 1t as their regimental badge in memory of their fight in Egypt in 1891. The great Sphinx at Ghizeh is hewn out of natural rock and lies
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AMI MAILS AND WIRES,
They Do Not Get Along Very We'll
 in Darkest Africa.

The telegraph people in Africa, writes 6 correspondent, report great deal of trouble with monkeys, which swing on the wires and break them with their weight. In some places the llnemen have had to substitute bars of copper and heavy cables instead of the ordln- ary copper wires. The track layers have also been frequently interrupted by lions and other wild beasts. MT. Williams says that in several places bu6alo, lions, zebras, giraffes, rhlnocer- eses, etc., are 50 bold that they have
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about quarter of mile southeast of the Great Pyramid. It Is sculpturel out of spur of the rock itself while masonry has been added in certain places to complete the slab. It is 172h feet long and 56 feet high. It Is ex- tremely old, being contemporary with the Pyramids themselves. Pictures of the Sphinx are said to make it Hook much bigger than it really appears among the sand" but Its colossal char. acter is clearly seen In comparison with the size of the clamberlng soldiers. The base of the monument is very apt to be silted up with the sand of the desert.
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ENGINEERS OF BIBLE TIMES.
Same Kind of Work nS Simplon Tun-
 nel Done 2,5OO Years Ago.


 mel Done 2,5OO Years Ago.
 Unmistakable evidence exists that 2,- 800 years ago certain Hebrew engineers Gin the time of King Hezekiah) exc cuted exactly the same kind of work which was carried out in the Simplon tunnel, though perhaps on slightly smaller scale.
 Dr. Bertholet, a professor at the University of Basel, is the gentleman who claims to have made this discovery. The Jewish records state that King Hezekiah, or Ezekias, who reigned at Jerusalem 727 B. C., was much troubled at the bad state of the water supplied to the people of that city. He accord ingly had a vast reservoir made at the gates of the city, to which water was fed from various springs lying at great CT or less distances from the reservoir in question.
 At first his project seemed doomed to failure, as there existed between Jeru- salem and the springs from which the water was to be derived high chain of hills, over which it would be i'm possible to convey the water. It was therefore determined to open passage for the water through the solid rock. One of the Sirach MSS., dating from this period states in this connection: "HeZekiah fortified his city by bringing water thereto and he bored through the solid rock by means of bronze and he collected the water in reservoir"
 Recent explorations have enabled this predecessor of the Simplon to be thor Oughly identified. It is said to be the Shiloan tunnel, by means of which wa ter was brought down from source to the east of Jerusalem and poured into the pool of Siloam, mentioned in the Bible. This conduit is 300 yards long, The distance as the bird flies, between the two mouths of the tunnel is only 360 yards, which proves that the work was not executed in perfectly straight line-due doubtless to the diffi- cult'es which the engineers encountered in their task, which (for the period) was of really marvellous nature.
 That the work was commenced from both ends of the tunnel is not only proved by the inscription, but also by the fact that the marks of the boring tools, picks, etc., may still be seen, all bearing in opposite directions. The di- rection of the tunnel was altered sev- eral times during the construction there of, as there are several short galleries, which were evidently abandoned as soon as it was noted that working was done out of line. The floor of the tun- nel is finished with tine greatest care and the workings vary from five eighths of yard to one yard in width by from three feet to nine feet In height. more or less, according to the hardness of the rock.
 In the light of modern engineering science the following questions suggest themselves: How did these old-tme en- gineers gauge their direction, recognize and remedy their errors in alignment? What tools did they use to execute a piece of work which has remained with out equal for 2,500 ?-New York Tribune.
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Only Way of Escape.

"One juryman brought all the rest of you around to his way of thinking? He must have presented some pretty strong arguments"
 ''He did. He wouldn't eat anything but garlic and limburger cheese, and he had 'em brought in five times a day."-Chi. cago Tribune.
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The "Chcrryble Brothers"

Dickens lovers throughout the world will be interested to hear that the ware house in Manchester of the Grant Bros,-the originals of the Brothers Cherryble"-is to be altered in way
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Case of Stern Justice.

Grindstone-How was that divorce case finally settled?
 Klljordan-The judge decided that both parties deserved the severest pun ishment possible, and he put them un. der heavy bonds to continue to live to- gether.-Cleveland Leader.
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Worthless Signs.

His hair was long, his hat was big,
 He seemed to love to show it; Yet though he wrote thousand rhymes
 He never was poet. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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His Good Reason,

"Why does Smithy visit his wealthy aunt so often?"
 If he didn't he might have to visit his uncle. '"-Houston Post.
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The grip bacillus is the smallest mi. crobe yet discovered which affects man.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-08-02
BIG ELECTRICAL HOUSE.
Reynolds & Tucker Open Complete
Supply House in World
Block.

Reynolds & Tucker is the style of
the new firm launched in the local
business world. A very complete cleo
rical supply house is being opened in
the room next to the World Office in
he Seaman building ON Third street
md these well known and capable
business men are at the helm. +. c..
Reynolds and A. w. Tucker comprise
the firm.
A large and exclusive electrical sup
ply house has been one of the things
needed in this rapidly growing city
and the above firm, having been pion-
eer electricians of the city are fully
acquainted with the demands of the
people Of the city, Electric
lights, electric fans, electric signs, in
short anything electrical will be found
at the new electric supply house. The
best electricians in the two territories
are employed and if there is anything
wanted in electric wiring or electric
repairing,they are capable of meeting
MI demands. Reliability is one of the
features of this firms business. They
will give honest goods at honest prices
and are certain to meet with public
approval.