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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23
NEW YORK COUNTY NAMES.
Words Of Indian Origin Preserved in
the Western Part Of the State.

From the New 1orK Sun.
The counties of northern New York. Clin-
ton, Herkimer, Jefferson and Franklin, get
their names from patriotic Americans. The
counties of eastern New York are generally
English with a few Dutch names inter-
spersed Counties of western and central
New York have generally names of Indian
origin.
Oneida, one OF the largest and most I'M
portant of the central counties of New
York, was originally Oneiyuta. the Indian
word for stone standing upright: that is.
a monument. Tioga county was SO called
from an Indian word for the junction of
waters"
Onondaga was the name of an Indian
tribe, some survivors Of which still reside
on the Onondaga reservation near Syracuse.
Cattaraugus Is corruption Of the Indian
word gah-ta-ra-ke-ras," meaning distant
shore The distant shore is Lake Erie.
Chautauqua is a corruption of the Indian
word "ots-ha-ta-ka," meaning a foggy
place, and having reference to the frequent
fogs on Chautauqua lake. The word
Niagara means a neck, and correctly de-
scribes the typographical position of the
was called.
Saratoga was in Indian ''sah-rah-ka-" 1t
sounds like a college yell, but means 1.-The
side hill" Schenectady comes from
..schagh -nach-taa-da," which is Indian for
beyond the plain of pines" Oswego was
the name of an Indian tribe. So also was
Otsego.
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bath, which anna Held believes in as the
ideal skin tonic, La CAVALIER speaks Of
with disgust as sticky and unpleasant. She
is afraid Of cold water.
X
In protecting her 81 ,2OO-a-night beauty
La Cavalieri has no fixed rules She eats
sparingly, goes out when she wants to-
takes plenty of exercise and a liberal
amount of sleep. She also breaches a
proper amount of work as an excellent
means Of keeping the mind pleasantly oc-
cupied and avoiding the wrinkles that come
with care.
The famous prima donna is TALL fully
five feet six inches.
In street costume she Is bit deceiving
One would take her to be slender almost
to leanness. But. when the wonderful fig
ure Is unfolded to public gaze through a
decollete gown it is seen to be the very
perfection of feminine beauty. Her arms
are perfectly rounded, and her neck and
shoulders would fit the dream of a sculptor
La Cavalieri attributes the faultless throat
to the fact that she never muff1eS 1t up.
Most singers keep the throat covered all
the time, but La Cavalieri has it bare, even
in the winter time. Her furs never cross
1t, and in the coolest and stormiest of
nights the most she has over it Is piece
of thinnest lace.
La Cavalieri is pupil of Jean de Reszke.
whom she admires as the greatest of
singers.
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PRICE OF MILK.
Members Of Producers Association
Decide on Increase,

The statement was officially made to The
Star this afternoon by an officer of the
Milk Producers Association of Virginia,
Maryland and the District of Columbia
that on and after January 1, 1907, the
wholesale price Of milk sent into the Dis
trict will be 20 cents a gallon, which is an
advance of cents on the present price.
1t was added that the milk producers
along the Bluemont branch and other rail-
roads are signing an agreement to that eff
feet. 1t was also added that at meeting
Of the producers association, October q
last, the decision was reached to advance
the price to 20 cents gallon. Some of
the reasons urged for the increase is the
high price of foodstuffs for animals, in
creased cost of transportation and the re-
strictions placed on the shipments of milk
into this city by the local authorities.
The dealers in this city are said to be
charging 80 cents gallon for milk at re-
tail. or from to cents peri quart. The
fluid is sold to storekeepers and others, to
be resod, at from % to "a cents per gallon,
1t is said. 1t was the opinion of certain
dairymen, as expressed this afternoon, that
the proposed increase by the producers may
send the retail price up, as they claim
they are selling the milk now at a narrow
profit.
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rage, they far outstripped the beauties of

rage, they far outstripped the beauties of
Europe.
But she said, "they do not know how
to make the most of their attractions. They
have no coQuetry."
That which La Cavalieri says American
women lack she herself has to a conspicu-
Gus degree. She is mistress of every
accomplishment, every facial change. every
movement, every grace, that will add to
her attraction.
Her eyes are large, soft and brown. Their
expression is gentle, and belle some
what aggressive hint conveyed in the poise
of her head, which is always carried well
back, with the chin uptilted
In the depths of her eyes is seen all the
magnetism of a woman who, if she willed
to use her power wrongly, could accom-
pish most any catastrophe.
Her eyes are shaded by the most marvel
Gus pair Of eyelashes, that droop to her
cheeks in the occasional times when she
drops her eyes.
Cavalieri has not the brown italian skin.
Hers Is creamy, and she watches over it
with solicitous care. Her favorite bath is
hot water, hot possible. This she con-
siders the best help to lae skin. The milk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23
CHASTITY Fact About Lynchines.

From the American Magazine.
No one look at one of the photo
graphs of a lynching without sense of
abysmal horror. 1t IS not the horror alone
or chiefly of the thing itself, the ugly, In
animate center of the tragedy. 1t is the
faces Of the spectators that shock our very
souls. They always laughing faces.
Good nature. even joility. seems to be the
note OF these gatherings. Always We see the
faces of little boys grinning cheerfully to-
ward the camera. There are women some
times in the crowd. and sometimes little
girls. There is no sign In these pictures OF
horror of DEATH even of grim satisfaction
over difficult and obnoxious task per-
formed by necessity. The man who called
it '1ynching bee" appreciated the true
feelings of the fynchcrs. Leave out the
grim wreck in the center and the picture
might be taken for an ordinary cheerful
gathering at a country fair. Leave IL IN.
and oh, my brothers. 1t is not the dead.
but the living that terrifies.
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there must be able to charm the ear as well
as the eye.
More than any other artist now before
the public, La Cavalieri combines ability to
do the two things.
For ten years La Cavalieri has ranked in
class by herself, md when she passes
the class will probably go, for Dame Nature
is seldom so generous as to give great
voice in addition to surprising loneliness.
There have been at the Metropolitan Opera
House other singers who were good to look
upon. The statuesque lines of Emma
Games, the naughty beauty of Breval, the
chic charm of Alien and FRITZ Scheff, the
ample pulchritude of Nordica, the stateli-
ness of Lehman and the Teutonic attrac-
tons of the blonde Gadski, all of these have
made their appeal to the eye.
But with La Cavalieri the beauty is not
merely incidental. 1t is so ravishing, so ir-
resistible that none can withhold acclaim.
Royal knees have bent before this superb
Italian woman, jewels have been lavished
upon her, potentates have offered their pro-
lection and shouting multtudeS of her own
beauty loving countrymoa hive acclaimed
her queen of the tia ian stage.
Yet she has not been content to rest her
reputation alone on her beauty. With as
much ambition though she had been the
most ill-favored of women she has studied
hard and has developed a repertoire that
includes many difficult modern roles
1t is not entirely surprising that having
this extraordinary attraction Of face and
figure, La CavaHeri should have prefer
ence for the opera coquettes in which she
can display her beauties to the finest ad-
vantage.
She is end of Carmen, the beautiful
but vicious heroine of BiZets opera: she
sings the butterfly Mimi in Puccini's tune
full La Boheme;" she Is brilliant Ned
da' in Leoncavallos "Pagl;acci;' and is
also famous in 'Tosca,' Fedora" "Travia
ia" and "Manon Lescaut."
1t will be noted that nearly all these
parts are those of heroines who are repre-
scented having possessed wonderful
beauty and coquetry.
In Europe La Cavalieri has made such
parts .distinctively her own that other
singers shrink from risking comparison.
Like many other great artists, La Cav
alieri came up from the gutter Not so
many years ago she was a barefoot girl
running around the streets of Rome, a
beautiful child with passion for music.
Hers was the humble lot of selling pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23
NATURES JOKE.
AssCuan Dam Not What Engineers
Thought 1t Would Be.
From the New York Mail.


From the New York Mail
Every year sees new Harvesting of
natures forces by man for his uses Eat
humor. and gratifes 1t by turning mans
devices into means for his discontinue.
The dam of Assouan is the latest humli-
ating instance of tremendous achievement
producing results opposite to those planned.
That mighty engineering work was to
the monument to the British occupancy of
Egypt. 1t was to end all famine In the
Nile valley. There was to be no further
dependence upon the chances of the sea-
sons for the enrichenins overfiows. Held
within Assouan's mammoth reservoirs,
the fertlizing flood could be released when
ever needed. The Nile crops would be per-
feet and the people happy every year, in
stead of at such intervals as the Whim or
the river willed.
All the nations applauded England when
the work that was to make Egypt land
OF plenty was completed But nature had
not been consulted with sufficient care
And today the Egyptians are damning the
dam of Assouan with oriental fervor.
Outbursts of fanatics, aggrieved because
some of the most sacred relics of the past
have been submerged might be disregarded
But there are more practical reasons for
the growing discomfort. Water. once an
OCCASIONAL boom now is had in plenty. But
the crops are not what they were when the
Nile attended to its own overlooking. Grain
is scantier, and cotton, the countrys most
valuable product, is deteriorating, its once
unequaled fiber approaching every year
nearer similarity with the more brittle, less
costly American staple.
The explanation is simple. 1t was not
the Nile flood. but the fertilizing matter
held In solution. that richened the soil
Those properties are precipitated when the
water is held stagnant behind the barrier
at Assouan. England thinking its work
finished finds that IL has only begun
more difficult task Dame Nature has had
her joke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23
FROM PROGRAM SELLER
TO QUEEN OF OPERA

grams to the patrons of a Roman theater.
One night young Carlo di Rudini son Of
the Italian premier, caught a glimpse Of
the girls face, and on questionin~ found
out that she possessed the gift of song.
His interest aroused. he found out her
address, visited her family and asked per-
mission to have her educated in music.
Then she was transplanted to the studios
of the best musicians. who found that her
voice was in a class with her wondrous
beauty.
In no time she could sing French chan
sons with a marvellous charm. and when
Paris called for the new queen of music
and beauty. La Cavalieri went to the
French capital and scored an enormous
hit.
This was gratifying, but it was not the
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We have no
houses for sale, having sold all we
care to at present, but you are al
ways welcome to inspect our sam
pie houses. They are so homelike
and of such unusual value that
over a half hundred home buyers
are waiting until we can reproduce
one for them. Prices, $3.50,
$3,o75, $4,75o, $3.50 and $500.
This is beautiful
neighborhood, high, healthy and
commanding view not equaled
around Washington, our addition
to the city is right on Park road
northwest, the street that con-
meets Washington and Columbia
Heights. and is the same distance
out. When you come out take the
9th street cars to Park road, walk
one square east, or take nth street
cars to Park road, walk east or
when you are down town
CALL AT 7o4 18TH ST,
and see the pictures of the houses.
MIDDAUGH & SHANNON,
Inc, Owner.
THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT BLOoMINGDALE.
mo place like home; no homes like ours"
de2l-tf
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News Of Hyattsville, Md.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

EVANSVILLE, Md, December %, 1906.
Seventy-four lights recently installed by
the Potomac Electric Power Company Of
Washington under contract with the coun-
ell were lighted here last night and it is
expected that the full number. 275, will
be put in operation Monday evening
Thomas H. Garrison has charge of the
local plant. The lamps are twenty-five
candle power.
Miss Jessie Davis, youngest daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs Henry E. Davis, Littlefeld
avenue and Mr.. Thomas A. Ladson, jr., of
St Louis, Mo-, formerly of Hyattsville,
will be married New Year day at the resi-
dence OF the brides parents. Rev. S. Ward
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23

RICHTER, pastor of the local Presbyterian
Church, will officiate.
While attempting to make an arrest on
Maryland avenue Saturday night last
Deputy Town Bailff Rush collided with Mr..
Perry Browning of Riverdale and the latter
took exceptions thereto. AS an outcome
Mr.. Browning secured warrants for the ar
rest of Mr.. Rush and his brother, Mr.. j.
Frank Rush. charging them each with dis
orderly conduct on the public highway and
with assault and battery. The defendants
demanded a jury trial, giving bond in the
sum of $50 each case for their appearance
at the April term of court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23

career the tall Italian had planned for her
self. Mingled with the wonderful beauty
was a genuine love Of art. She wished to
sing the roles written by her idolized mod
ern Italian composers. and the success OF
Partisan music halls and the alteration Of
the 1eunesse doree would not compensate
her for loss of genuine musical career.
So she forsook Paris. and went to Italy
to make her debut in grand opera
She first appeared In Naples. and the role
was Mimi. Her success was instantaneous
and was followed by a triumphal tour Of
Russia, in which grand dukes jostled each
other in the scramble to lay their wealth at
her feet.
alieri received enough adulation to turn
the head of any woman. but no offer of
marriage no matter how brilliant, could
change her love of the stage. and she reso-
lutely stuck to her career.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23
Receipts Of Turkeys.

Receipts of dressed turkeys heavier than
were expected. is said to have crowded the
wholesale market yesterday. and, in con-
sequence. wholesale prices dropped from
half cent to cent on the pound in an
effort to clean up before Christmas This
drop in the wholesale price, 1t is stated,
will hardly affect the retail market, as
most Of the dealers had laid in their sup
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23
American Vessels Released.

Ambassador Thompson, at the City of
Mexico, has advised the State Department
that the American fishing vessel seized
off the Yucatan coast near Progreso for
poaching has been released under bond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23

plies early in the week and at the prices
prevailing. The cooler weather also TENDS
70 keen the market firm. as turkeys re-
main perfectly fresh for several days. The
lowering of the price yesterday may have
an effect on the market after Christmas,
when turkeys may possibly be bought at a
little lower figures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23

"THE most beautiful woman in the
world has now taken her place as
queen of the Metropolitan Opera
u House.
When La Cavalieri recently
made her debut as member Of Herr Con-
REDS famous constellation, New York in
dorsed the verdict of Rome, Milan, Berlin,
Paris, st. Petersburg and Vienna that hers
was beauty such as had seldom been
seen before. and certainly never surpassed.
Better still, talent came with it. No one
ever heard OF Director Conried offering such
undoubted beauties as Cleo de Merode or
Otero 81 200 nightly to display their charms
in his opera house. She who would shine
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secretary who will act as charge pending
tie arrival of Mr. Bryce. the newly selected
ambassador.
In reply to inquiries by the British gov
eminent President Roosevelt has indicated
that the appointment of James Bryce to be
British ambassador to the United States
will be entirely acceptable to this govern
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23
Appointed Foreign Naval Attache.

Lieutenant Commander John B. Bernadou.
q. s. N, has been assigned to duty as ma
val attache at Rome and Vienna, succeed
ing Lieutenant Commander William l..
Howard, who remains u naval attache at
Berlin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23

A divorce, with $4,000 aiimony. has been
granted by Judge Gibbons OF Chicago 10
Mrs Frances E.. Middleton. wife of George
Middleton theater owner and vaudeville
manager. Besides the $4,000 she is given
the home and 500 900 In real estate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23

La Cavalieri is. very intelligent woman
with powers of observation and strong per-
sonal ideas about things. She had not been
in this country more than few days be-
fore she had formed her estimate of Ameri-
can women.
She was amazed at their splendid health
fulness and fine eyes, and made no secret Of
her opinion that. in point of figure and car
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Durand Presents Letters Of Recall.

Ambassador Durand has presented to the
President hts letters of recall. He and Lady
Durand will sail for England December %.
The British ambassador took the occa-
sion to present Mr.. Esme Howard. the new
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-04-13

be seen on the withered trees, not a
scrap of fodder on the ground for the
cattle. Along the railway the people of
the towns through which it passes, stood
watching in mournful surprise the pro-
cession of crowded trains.
when we reached Boscotrecase at D.
M, we found that only two or three
houses outside the town had yet been
destroyed although with them vast tracts
of vineyards had been devastated. The
upper houses in the town, which stand
on the very slopes of the volcano, had
been deserted, but their inhabitants were
returning, as the stream of lava which
had threatened them had ceased to ad-
vance. A second stream. however, was
moving forward, but it was not so dam
gerous. This second stream had sur
| rounded and destroyed a cottage, but
strangely enough majestic pine tree
stood up unhurt in the very midst. Else
where, as the stream flowed slowly on
ward, three trees in its course shriveled
up and then burst into flames"
The correspondent describes the subse-
quent reinforcement of the former lava
stream at 5 o'clock Sunday morning by
fresh eruption and says:
Running like water, the revived stream
reached the western end of the town and
in ten minutes destroyed twenty or thirty
houses. The inhabitants fled from their
beds. The two streams later united be-
tween Boscotrecase and Tore Annun-
ziata. Their width was at least 5000
feet and their depth ten.
"After destroying watchman's house,
the lava crossed the railway, which runs
round the base of Vesuvius, covering it
for width of $50 feet, and wrecking the
trolley posts and wires and the telephone
posts"
A description of tbs scene from Bosco-
trecase says
cat sunset Saturday a fountain of fire
burst through the dense smoke from
the center of the crater and rose to a
height of 500 feet breaking into millions
of frey bombs and glowing particles.
which rained down the slope of the cone
and rolled impetuously to its base on all
sides. They seemed to dart upward from
several vents within the crater There
was a rolling sound and terrible explo-
sions, which never stopped for an in
staut"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-04-13
All. WILLIAMSON
DIED AT HIS HOME MONDAY
MORNING.. Ny
Deceased Was 10 WARS of Age.
Well Known as a Deaierin
Live Stock

Abram III. Williamson died at his home
on Seymour stteet at about eight o'clock
MONDAY morning. aged 20 years and four
months. Mr.. Williamson was a native
of Cornwall and a member of large
family, of whom three brothers and two
sisters survive him. The deceased was
member of a Vermont regiment in the
War of the Rebellion. For the past 40
years he had made his home in Middle
bury. For several years the deceased
was the proprietor of a small store in
town but branched out and for many
years was one of the best known live
stock dealers visiting the Brighton mar
ket. The death of Mr.. Williamson was
due to complication of diseases from
which he had long been suffering and
from the results of which his friends
were satisfied weeks ago that he could
not recover. Mr.. Williamson was twice
married, both wives preceding him to
the grave. He leaves two sons, Prof H.
Parker Williamson of the University of
Chicago and Lewis Williamson of New
York. The surviving brothers and sis
ters are; Edison P. Williamson of Middle
bury, George and Samuel Williamson of
Colorado and Mrs. James T. Kingsley
and Mrs. Fred w. Dutton of Northfield.
The funeral services were held at the
late home of the deceased at two o'clock
on Wednesday afternoon. Rev. George
r Stair, pastor of the Baptist church,
and Rev. w. H. Washburne the Metho-
dist pastor officiated. A guard of honor
from William P. Russell Post, No. 80, G.
A, R., accompanied the remains to the
West cemetery as an escort.