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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-13
REAL ESTATE SALES.
Local Firm Reports Long List Of Re-
cent Transactions

Blunden. o. Brien & Belt Inc report the
following hitherto unpublished recent sales
of real estate:
No. 2034 F street northwest, to Mr.. Dolan,
5000.
No. 2224 Cleveland avenue northwest. for
Mr.. Samuel Artz, to S L. Hamily. $1,000.
Nos 431-33 Delaware avenue southwest, to
Mr.. Gallen, $4,000.
No. 1349 Columbia road. for Alexander
Mllar to Mr.. Thrall. $4,000.
Five new houses corner of 9th and Fair
mont streets northwest, Off Messrs. Bates
and John Warren. $1,000.
No. 134I Columbia road, for Alex. Millar
$4,000.
No. 1909 North Capitol street. to Mr..
Lang, s.. 30
No. 1909 North Capitol street, for F. A.
Blundon to Mrs. Cook, $4,000.
No. o3 Defrees street, to Mr.. Hill. $4,000
No. 30 r street northeast, to Mr.. Her
beck. 1880.
No. 11os New Jersey avenue northwest, to
No. 2OE 18th street northwest, to Mr.
Burns. 5000.
No l129 Park road for Mr. Brice. $1,000
No. COB . street northwest in conjunc-
ton with James A. Shea TO Mr.. Thomas,
So 800
No. ia street northwest. for Mr. ]. NJ
Henderson to Mr.. Stouffer, $1,000.
No. 1874 street northwest an apart
meut house. for Mr.. John NJ. Henderson, to
Mr.. Hechinger, $1,000.
No. 1856 T street northwest for Mr.
John NJ. Henderson, to Mr.. Finkelstine.
$1,000.
No. 1862 T street northwest. for John
NJ. Henderson. to Mr.. Rothschild, $1,000.
No. 2216 LIST street, for Messrs. Bates
and John Warren. $3.50.
No. 81 r street northeast, $3.50.
No. Al street northeast, to Mrs.
Simons. s4.S50
No. 1911 Harvard street. to Mr.. Colds
worthy. for Mr.. Francis A. Blundon Sc, 500.
No. IL r street northeast, to Mr.. Wiley
S4.S50.
No. 13s street northwest, $4,000 to
Mr.. B. f. Fenner.
No. 449 n street northwest. to Mr. Esser,
$4,000.
No. 1887 18th street. for DR.. Colby
$1,000.
Thirteenth and Kenyon streets north
west for F. II. Thomas estate to Col
Johnston. $4,000.
No. los 18th street southeast. for Mr.
Sanner $500.
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A TIP FOR THE CLERK.
Abrupt End Of Church Service-The
Devil in the Gown.

From the Sunday Strand.
Among the amusing instances of the
humor of the parish clerk that are told Is a
story of a clerk who went to sleep as the
preacher went into the pulpit. That day
the parson had prepared a particularly i'm
pressive sermon. dividing it, according to
custom. into many parts. When the first
ly' was concluded the parson paused for
breath. and the clerk awaking and believ-
pronounced the usual "Arr-men'' in a very
loud voice.
The congregation arose. and the service
ended abruptly. AS the squire passed out
ne slipped coin into the old clerks hand
whispering: You managed that very we'll,
Thomas. I'll give you the same next
time
vicar who held Castor. with its two
chapelries of Holton and Clixby, and the
living Of Rothwell. and was nonresident.
mad curate who was a great smoker and
was in the habit of retiring to the vestry
to put On the black gown and smoke pipe
before sermon time. while the congregation
sang psalm. On one occasion he had
an extra pipe, and the clerk hurried in to
tell him that the people were getting i'm
patient.
Let them sing another psalm" said the
curate. They have sir" replied the clerk
Then let them sing the 1l9th." was the
laconic reply. Having finished his pipe,
he began to put on his gown. but the folds
We're troublesome. Il think the devil
in the gown he muttered.
Il think he be" replied the clerk drily.
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''Bolting" VS.. Chewing.

From the New York Globe.
ITO chew or not to chew" is the question
now exercising the mind OF the eating pub
lie. The experts have mixed the proletariat
up 80 that mastication has ceased to be even
an art, to say nothing of a science One
professor recommends that everything be
chewed, from soup to bareback, and cites
the case of Mr.. Gladstone and other famous
masticators, who put in all their leisure
hours comminutng food, and lived to an
excessive old age.
Other dietists are Mortified at such advice
and declare that meat must be swallowed
in "hunks"-bolted as the saying is-if one
wishes to remain healthy. Consider the dog
they say. and the tiger. They chew not,
and yet digest things Clones and such) that
would lie heavy on the stoma oh of the
most perseverng masticator that ever lived.
DR. Harvey w. Wiley. chief chemist of the
United States government. is the latest re-
cruit to the ranks of the anti-Chewers. He
is reported saying that chewing meat
makes 1t IAN alkaline" and. further. that
chewing mechanically is n good thing
but practically ii is bad thing" The
- lkaline'' has to be neutraliZed in the
stomach and an unnecessarily large amount
of acid must be manufactured by the peptic
glands, which is waStefuL
When doctors differ the patients usually
suffer but when they differ so radically as
IN tlie present controversy llt btSt coui st
for the proletariat to follow tthe more espe-
cially as they can't stop eating until the
matter is settled is sort Of middle of the
road policy: Chew everything except soup
and soft boiled eggs little. In the case
of hard substances break them up auffi-
cfn'ly with the teeth so the individual
humps can be swallowed comfortably. II of
an governmental turn small bones may be
swallowed whole and larger particles OF
erist!e- One should however be careful TO
remain within reach Of a surgeon while
making these experiments
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SHIPS TO LAY MINES.
Two Vessels Of Our Navy Set Apart
for That Purpose.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harper's Weekly.
The San Francisco and the Baltimore are
to pass from the register of active fl. hting
vessels to the limited list of no less val
| liable ships Of special duty. We have never
had a mine-laying vessel, our special ships
being the hospital ship, the floating ma
chine shop, the refrigerator ship for the
carrying of supplies to distant vessels the
golfers, with their fuel for the furnaces of
the fighting vessels. and the W tier ship
vessel for the special purpose Of laying
mines was suggested by the naval opera
lions between Russia and Japan. There are
several types of mines, the most effective
being that which explodes by contact the
handling of which is made possible by an
ingeniously simple device. The great prob
lem has been to have a mine which could
easily explode and do its damage, while at
the same time it might be handled some
what roughly in the process of deposit.
The contact mine is exploded by a yes
Sci passing over. touching, a projecting
bolt. which is easily pressed down to re-
lease an acid which causes the explosion.
While this sort of mine is being handled
the bolt Is prevented from pressure by a
wedge of salt. to which. when the mine is
submerged. water is admitted and melts
this substance.
When the salt has disappeared the bolt
Is ready for operations, and I..e first ship
that comes in contact with this projection
receives shock below the waterline which
puts the vessel out of commission, If indeed
1t does not sink the ship
In our navy there have been men who are
specially trained for laying mines, which
are carried by vessels and taken to the
mine fields in the tow of small boats. Men
become very expert in this sort Of work
as they are bound to do in anything by
practice; but it is considered that 1t would
be advantageous to have a special crew for
the mine-laying opeations, and to have one
or two ships engaged on this important
work Of submarine attack. which exercises
moral influence upon an enemy quite as
-ent as anything which can be introduced
In the element of naval warfare.
In the case of the San Francisco and the
Baltimore the mines will be carried on deck
on special racks. which will be continued
in the form Of carriers or tracks / rejecting
vessel may proceed on her wa and drop
the mines at intervals across the entrance
to harbor or in any other section of water
which 1t Is desired to protect by this means
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What the London Police Cost.
From Tit-Bits.


1t costs just under $3.50, 600 to maintain
for year the 10000 police who guard the
interests of the citizens of England and
Wales, ga, $4,000 being absorbed in salaries
and pay The most expensive of all the
forces in proportion to its size Is that Of
the city Of London, in which the cost Of
the individual constable works out to G112
a year. This leaves a considerable margin
over the f93 which is the average of the
provincial forces and IS even appreciably
higher than the upkeep of constable in
the metropolitan force. which is G105.
There are In the city 1006 policemen of
all ranks. and, the population is only
26,923, every twenty-seven inhabitants can
claim to have a constable to themselves.
The calculation is of course, somewhat il
lusory. for the census Is taken at night
and when Suburbia pours its thousands into
the city streets in the early working hours
Of the morning the police are quickly lost
In the throng The same destructive factor
does not apply to similar calculation In
regard to other areas. and. according to a
blue book issued recently. from which these
figures are taken, there was constable for
every 40 people residing In the metropoli-
tan district and one for every $40 persons
on the average of the rest of England and
Wales. Since 1905 there has been a total
addition Of some 800 men to the police
forces of the country, while in twenty-five
years the strength has risen from 30 600 TO
$4,000. an Increase of over so per cent.
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Speeches., But Graphic.

From Illustrated Bits
A knowledge of The art of drawing is
sometimes very useful. A well-known
caricaturist had done himself very well at
dance and was being put into a cab by
some friends none OF whom knew where he
lived and he himself was more or less
speechless. At last, however, he managed
to extricate a pencil and a sheet of paper
from his pocket and drew Il sketch which,
when finished, he handed out of the cab.
The drawing clear sketch of a we'll
known church steeple in Langham place.
They all recognized it. and, with shrieks Of
laughter, handed 1t to the cabman who
remarked. "All right, / knows it-Lang-
ham street." and drove off.
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Growing Of Aquatic Plants.
From the Home Magazine.

situated that he has a permanent water
plants can easily be made, If one is so
situated that he has permanent water
supply. This Is the thing to consider, first
OF ALL The most deliberately constructed
tank is absolutely worthless unless you
nave water at your disposal to fill IL ana
keep 1t filled. Into the soil In the bottom
Of the tank set such plants as you propose
to leave there throughout the winter
These can be used to the best advantage
about the edges of the tank, leaving inc
center for the larger sorts such lilies
and Iotus If one lives in or near the
country, a great many thoroughly desra-
BILE varieties of aquatic plants can be gath
cred with but little trouble and trans
nlanted to the home pond. In collecting
them use an iron rake, with which their
long roots can be lifted to the surface Be
careful to keep these plants covered with
damp moss until you can put them under
water in your tank. Ii exposed to the air
they will be almost sure to fail to grow
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can't thrive in the same house. They kill
the kitten as soon as the baby comes.
I'm Spain they won't let ba " under
three its reflection In mirror. Other
wise they think it will grow up vain, proud
and cruel.
"In Roumania babies all wear blue rib
btns around the left ankle to ward off evil
spirits
I'm Hungary they think that if you dress
girl baby in red she will turn out bad.
I'm India 1t is good luck for a baby to
fall out of bed.
Irish babies keep strands of women's
hair in their cradles to protect them from
sickness"
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be held at East High next FriGay young
man who is totally blind will receive his
diploma. He is Frank Brady. and has not
only been at physical disadvantage but
he also has been Obliged to earn money nee
essary to keep him in school,
Nine years ago Brady entered the school
for the blind at Columbus. but found that
the rest of the inmates at tina institution
could not keep pace with his mental devel-
opment. Two years ago he left AMI entered
East High junior His work since has
been remarkable. He Is so well acquant-
ed with the keyboard of a typewriter that
he writes all of his examinations on a ma
chine
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Privileges Of Old Age.

Senator William =. Frye in the Circle
Old age has It's drawbacks, but it has also
its privileges. Not the least of these is
leisure: not ldleness. for that way lie
wretchedness and disintesra tion-but free
dom from the stress of unovely rivalry
and opportunity for the calm and moderate
pursuit of congenial occupation. With its
advent one may dof the armor. but not the
apron. and choosing ones bench. work, not
as q slave. but as q master.
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Blind Boy Earns Schooling.

i'"n tr cleveland Leader.
There have been many cases in Cleveland
who're boys have worked their way through
H'sh school. and few cases where girls
nave done So. but It is doubtful Z there has
ger hten case where a blind boy has
worked his way through school
AT the graduation exercises Which are to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-13
A Lost Art in Violin Making

From Inc IlrtIF.
The Cremona varnish disappeared about
lIGl. and so far. the recipe has not been re-
discovered. Whether it was a gum or an oil
or d.stillation from some plant a chem
ical is not known, nor how ii was mixed
Many theories regarding it have been adj
vanced from tlme 10 time; and bod. who
died in 1870. claimed TO have rediscovered
H. II" employed others 90 make his vio-
Inns. but always vanished them himself.
His varnish is very superior. and his vio-
Inns command high prices. The vanishing
and polishing of violin are done usually
by woman. Il requires time and practice.
for the finest Instruments are gone over as
often as thirty times.
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Superstitions About Babies.

Erom the Columbus Dispatch.
you Mothers" said a college girl dis
painfully. have the sillest superstitions
about your babies. For my graduating the
sis l am compiling the BABY superstitions
of the worlds mothers They're the most
ludicrous things. Listen:
I'm Russia they think a baby and litten
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Pumps-"I have 80 kinds OF seeds planted
in my flower garden.
DUmps-'What in the world have you got
as many as that for?'
Pumps-"I have TO plant that many to
be sure that at least half a dozen kindsIl
come up."-Detroit Free Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-13

unless they have meanwhile forgotten it
Translated for Translantic Tales from
FIcgu.de Blatter
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General Effects.

Amid the apparent hopeless disorder OF
mule teams. stationary engines. shouting
workmen and swinging derricks. the piers
stand like steps leading from the 4th street
level to the wooded heights opposite, where
the eastern end OF the bridge will touch.
To the south OF this high end there Is a
steep artificial precipice. with sides Almost
perpendicular. around which sweeps SIN
gle track of the b. e. o.. connecting what
is now the main line with tie upper end Of
the freight yard. Below that stands lofty
triangular pile that looks Ike a sproutIng
mountain. with sides steep those OF
the precipice.
This is apparently left until the freight
yard tracks need TO be extended.
The bridge when completed, VIII have the
appearance OF the usual iron structure. eN-
cept for its slope, and will have little or no
At about the middle of the south side OF
the bridge there viii he an entrance to a
building which is beng erected for thu
Pullman Palace Car Company rs a store
house FOR supplies. This building viii DE
four stories in height.
, 1907-11-25
Able to Defend Herself.

thusiasm. "Oh. it's great! I love It."
That Is all that Miss Della was ever
heard to say with reference to the
long dreary. dangerous drives. Those
who know the winsome face well, how
ever. say that each morning there Is
a little shadow on her brow as she
carefully places the mail bags, a seri.
GUS look in the merry eyes as she
caresses each tough little broncho and
examines the harness to see that all
Is taut for the long pull.
All the ranchmen could tell you that
II harm should come to their little Del.
la it would take more powerful argu.
ment than a lawyer could frame to
save the perpetrator from the ven.
geance of the unwritten law.
A tenderfoot once asked Della II
there were n rattlers to contend
with.
Rattlers? Well, l should say SOL
came the reply In her clear girlish
tones. I've got so now that ! never
mind them at all. Just kill them
that's all. And you have to act mighty
quick, too. for you hardly ever know
they are about until you hear the
rattles and then-well. it's up to you
, 1907-11-25
DRIVER Mikes lE.P FOR
LIFE To Eaji.:'S PILOT
SPRANG AS TRAIN HIT WAGON
AND LANDED IN SAFETY ON
LOCOMOTIVE.

Dover, N. IA daring leap from
the seat Of his wrecked wagon to the
pilot of a swift moving locomotive
saved 1~S-ycarold Ernest Powers from
death the other day on the High
Bridge of the Central railroad of New
Jersey.
Powers, who is employed by a Dow.
er grocer, was driving a delivery
wagon owe the Union street crossing,
when a swiftly moving ore train bore
down on him. The lad did not notice
the train on account of another wag.
on which was just then crossing the
tracks from the opposite direction.
For a moment he got excited and
tried to turn back. The locomotive
struck the front of the wagon, but as
, 1907-11-25
TELEPHONE LINE
into COLD HUI
GOVERNMENT WILL CONNECT
SARATOGA WITH THE MINING
CAMP ABOVE CENTENNIAL
Contract Awarded For Poles and Ma
teriaI Now Being Assembled, Linz
to Be Built neutrality-suspicious.
Accident to Mayor Hiekok-kews
Of State BY Wire.

Saratoga, Wyo., Nov. 25.-J. w. Mel.
son, supervisor of the Medicine Bow
forest reserve, has awarded to Ralph
w. Wood the contract for furnishing
the poles for the government telephone
inc from this city to Gold hill and the
contractor is now delivering the mn
.erial. The surveys for the line are
)eing made and the work Of construc-
ton will be ur dertaken when enough
material has been delivered to justify.
House for Rangers.
The supervisor is also having built
It Heather creek, three miles from
he timber line, a commodious three
DOM house for the exclusive use OF
he forest rangers. The house will
;ontain three rooms each sixteen feet
square, and the rooms will be fitted up
or the convenience of the rangers as
hey pass from n part Of the reserve
O another in the discharge of thei.
duties.
, 1907-11-25
EDUCATIONAL NOTES..

Portland, Ore. public schools report
an enrolment OF 15,488, a gain of 1884
over last year.
The Boston college has established
courses in ecclesiastical music along
the lines laid down by the present Pope
under the direction Of Rev. Richard
Fleming, who is an expert in the know.
ledge of church music, its history and
practice.
According TO the official figures Of
greater New York, 637, 1897 pupils are
enrolled in the public schools, an In
crease Of 2O,546 wei the correspond
ing period last year. OF these, $3.50
are on part time instruction. This is
a big improvement over the same per.
iod last year, being a decrease Of r..
SAB.
An investigation Of the school re-
cords of eastern Pennsylvania shows
that e. Frank Schey attended school
for eleven and a half years, or 2,109
school days. with a perfect record for
p%unctuality. never having been absent
or tardy. On one occasion when a
circus was in town he was the only
pupil in his class DOM
The school authorities of Cleveland
have forbidden teachers and other
women employed by the schools to
wear 'puffs" in dressing their hair.
during school hours or while on duty.
In constituting the order IN officer Of
the board said: "Puhs' may be all
right at a ball. We have nothing to
say about it there. Ball dress is all
right at a ball, blu 1t is out OF place In
the schools" This order does not so
SO far as that of an Indiana school
board, which recently prohibited card
playing and dancing by public school
teachers. re
, 1907-11-25
DOG RIPS HER PURSE
FROM HOBO'S PANTS
Tramp Found II In Road So Grateful
Girl Rewards Him.

New York.-Miss Emma C%osgrove,
of Brooklyn, has recovered her rings
and her money; a certain hobo can
take his choice between buying a suit
Of clothes or $40 worth Of BOOZE"
and Flora, a collie dog, is being petted
constantly and will have a fine new
collar. So all are very happy.
Miss Cosgrove passed the summer
ON a farm at Livingston. N. J. She
and Flora have become great friends.
While the girl was walking alone m
day she lost her silver purse. OF
course she lamented the $40 In the
purse, but, far more, n of the rings
In 1t, al engagement ring which was
to be supplemented with a wedding
ring next November.
Careful search did not o Miss
Emma's v%aluables. 80 tearfully she
, 1907-11-25
GIRL DRIVES MAIL
COACH IN DAKOTA
PLUckY sixTEEN-YEAR-oLp MAID
RUNS STAGE ON LONELY
TRAIL.
S IDOL OF THE COWBOYS
fakes Up Fathers Work When Health
Fails Hlm-Rattlssnakes, High
waymen and Billiards Don't
Terrify Her.

Mile, S. DIT a bold bandit should
step out from behind a clump of BUSH
es IN the lonely trail between this
place and washington Springs and de-
mand that the d~ust-covered mail stage
halt he would be faced by q small de-
termined looking girl behind a small
determined looking revolver.
The girl would be Miss Della Spain.
who has recently celebrated her six
teenth birthday and Is known as the
pluckiest lassie in the land Of the Da-
kotas.
Four trips a week. 20S miles in all,
does Della make In the stage, journey
ing flfty-two miles each way, and q
difficult trip 1t is. Lighter and less
cumbersome than the old-fashioned
rumbler, perhaps, but still very much
the genuine article is the stage that is
driven by the winsome little maid
in her cowboy garb. with 'kerchief
knotted loosely about her slender
throat and broad sombrero browning
her curly locks, as picturesque a fig
ure as ever stepped out before h
footlights in a play Of the Wild West.
Though so thoroughly the girl of the
plains, Miss Della is quite able to hold
her W in the social world, for the
little girls father was too proud OF
his daughter not to give her all the
advantages hat could be had, al
though many a sacrifice 1t cost him.
Unlike many a girl for whom much
has been done. the little maid Of the
plains was not unmindful Of the effort
that had been put forth, and when the
time came that her father, himself the
driver OF the stage and mail carrier
over the route from Miller to Messing
ton Springs. failed in health and
strength by reason Of exposure to the
elements and long years of driving
little Della instantly took up the work.
At first her fathers affection for
but with clear business logic she
pointed out to him the hiring OF men
to drive the stage would e up all
the profits and also open the way for
him to be deposed; so he gave up to
her.
That "a a long time ago. and for
many months little Della has been per.
forming all the duties Of the regular
messenger Of Uncle Sam, as well as
carrying out the usual side lines OF
the mail carriers Of the plains. thus
earning a few pennies In addition to
the meager pay Of a stage driver.
Not only do the prairie postmen
carry the through mail, but they deliv.
err letters in individual mail-bags to
the homesteaders.
Then,too. shopping is done for the
ranchers-eggs and butter are brought
from town, a roll Of tar paper perhaps
for the shanty, or even a calico gown
for q school teacher.