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The Washington times., 1907-07-14
BUILDING RETURNS
SHOW A DECREASE
Falling Off of Thirteen Per
Cent in Operations for
Six Months.

Building operations for the first half
OF the year show falling off of 13 per
cent In comparison with the correspond
Ing period q year ago. Permits were
taken out in thirty-four leading cities,
according TO official reports TO Con-
struction News. for $3.50 buildings. in
volving a total ESTIMATED cost OF S264. =
S6l,223 during the half year Just closed
against 50 SSS buildings. aggregating in
cost $500. 6s3, 752, for the same period a
year ago, a decrease OF 1.lH buildings
and Sal. 800, 433
Decrease in Big Cities.
In all OF the big cities there was de-
crease. New York leading with "a per
cent, Chicago IS, and Pittsburg Al. while
OF the other large cities Philadelphia
saved the day with a gain of per cent.
Even St Louis. which has recently ex-
perienced a boom the like Of which was
never before known, fell of II per cent
Brooklyn. which has been making re-
markably high records for years, re-
manned stationary.
But there are no indications Of a let
Up IN the smaller cities. Mobile because
OF two buildings larger than usual, has
gain OF "a per cent and Topeka o.
nor is building on the north PACING
coast less active. The north coast cities
maze a splendid showing, Portland lead
ing with gain OF 70 per cent, Seattle
-. Spokane %, Tacoma 80. while Los
Ahseies' Ine most conspicuous point IN
southern California, has a loss OF n per
cent IN some Of the interior cities there
were heavy gains. Indianapolis 36 per
cent minneapolis 2. San Antonio 43, De-
'roit 10 Allegheny II, and Davenport S.
Decrease Is Natural.
There Is no occasion for wonder at
the decrease. however, when one takes
into consideration the notwithstanding
pace of building in this country for a
decade The totals have been mount
ing higher and higher and in keeping
with the increasing activity the cost OF
material and wages has advanced TO
an extent never before known.
IL was 10 be expected that there would
ne a mild let up and II would not be
surprising II II were 10 be greater in
order 10 give affairs an opportunity 70
get back 10 a normal basis when many
people who have had building In con-
temptation for long time. but because
Of the abnormal cost Of labor al this
time nave not felt justified IN building,
VIII then 90 ahead with their plans.
Building in June.
Building for June in the leading cities
shows a gain Of per cent as compared
with the corresponding month a year
ago During the month just closed per-
mits were taken out On forty-five cities
for the construction OF 13Is2 buildings.
Involving a total estimated cost Of So. .
76o.6G against 13,721 buildings aggre-
eating In cost So. $50. 702 for the same
month year ago. a decrease Of 80
buildings and an Increase of 1854 02. or
! per cent IL Is believed this is pretty
close TO the high water mark for the
month CT June.
The Washington times., 1907-07-14

Answer.-The Times is practi-
cally the favorite paper of the Gov
eminent employees. II is always
watchful Of their interests, and has
been thanked for its material aid
in such projects as the retirement
pension for aged clerks.
The Washington times., 1907-07-14

Answer.-For the first six months
Of 1907 The Times gained 3s2 COL
umns, and the Star lost 451 columns
from the preceding year.
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The prize announcement and the
details Of the contest are printed
on page OF this issue.
The Washington times., 1907-07-14

You know who Collins is, of
course. He's the man who uses a
law book as a brake on all automo-
biles that go through Glen Echo.
He's the only and original halt" in
this part of the country. When it
comes to Furnishing speeding auto
The Washington times., 1907-07-14
Lowest Rate S Cents a Line

Advertising Manager.
The Times. City.
Dear Sir: What is the lowest adver-
Using rate in The Times. now is it OBJ
tanned: how much does il figure per
thousand circulation / b
The Washington times., 1907-07-14
THE SUNDAY TIMES QUESTION
What's the Use of Collins?

$1O-Ten Dollars for the Best Answer - $40
$5-Five Dollars for the Next Best Answer SIS
$1-One Dollar for the Third Best Answer ST
$1-One Dollar for the Fourth Best Answer ST
$1-One Dollar for the Fifth Best Answer 49, ST.
$1-One Dollar for the Sixth Best Answer 81
$1-One Dollar for the Seventh Best Answer ST
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Charge for Illustrations.

Advertising Manager,
The Times, Washington
Sir: Does The Times make additional
charge for the use Of Illustrations IN
advertising? H o. NJ
The Washington times., 1907-07-14

Answer.-No; this question was
anwered more completely in issue
of July s.
The Washington times., 1907-07-14

Times and Star for the first six months
Of 1907; that IS, gain or loss OF each7
N K
The Washington times., 1907-07-14
AND STRENUoUSLY PEACEFUL.

Our President is a man OF infinite "a
riety. with many lucid-and unexpected
-intervais.-New York sun.
The Washington times., 1907-07-14
Times Gained aaa Columns.

Advertising Manager.
The Times. City
Dear Sir: Can you give me the COM
parative advertising record Of The
The Washington times., 1907-07-14
Government Clerks Like Paper.
Advertising Manager.
The Times C,ff-y

How about The Times circulation
among department people2 CLERK
The Washington times., 1907-07-14

What's the use of Col
IinS?"
The best answer to that
question will get you $40.
The second best answer
will get SIS, and the five
next best answers will be
worth 81 each.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06

show that a certain amount Of radiurn is bens-
fetal to plants and grasses. acting upon them
as stimulant. but that, like all stimulants, an
overdose is injurious. The effect of this is curl
ously shown in two cultures of timothy grass
grown on blotters. On one, over the centre or
which a tube containing minute particle OF
radium was suspended during the growth OF the
grass, there is regular shape. formed by the
grass. which entirely stunted directly be-
meath where the tube hung, though that on
each side gradually increased In height to the
outside edges of the blotter. Another exhibit
shows the effect of radium on oats In one jar
were planted seeds which had been previously
exposed to radium while terminating. and in
another perfectly normal seeds Those exposed
10 the radium brought forth only few strag-
Cling shoots of green. while the others developed
perfectly normal shoots.
There is much In the geological section OF
popular interest, also. One OF the most striking
exhibits is the stuffed figure OF Hannibal. the
lion, presented TO the city by little Miss Car
negie This is shown an example Of intelli-
gent thoughtful and artistic taxdermy. In this
connection the wonderfully nfelike bird groups
recently added TO the museum collection. now
thrown open to the inspection of the public for
the first time. form interesting study. These
groups represent the result of years OF research.
For the purpose Of creating them special ex-
peditions were made by Professor Frank NJ.
Chapman. ornitholosist; Bruce Horsfall. artist,
and j. D. Higgins. head taxidermist at the rnu-
scum. BY the use Of screens and photographs
the ha bits of the birds and the nature OF their
haunts and nests were studied. and later re-
produced in wax with cleverly painted back
grounds at the museum. Each OF the groups is
so ingeniously lighted that the observer forgets
for the moment that the scene he IS looking
upon is not one from life and that he is looking
at IL through glass
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
BORN INTO POLITICS.

Why did you take up politics with SO much
enthusiasm"
Because was born into politics My father was
= member OF Congress from Connecticut, and took
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
TIMOTHY L. WOODRUFF'S HOODOO.

to Washington. where heard debates in the
House of Representatives and got elements into my
blood which have never come out
How do YOU explain your failure to be nom
mated for Vice President at the Philadelphia Con-
vention. in I90O?''
Theodore ROosevelt's immense popularity In the
West forced his candidacy the delegates, not
withstanding his wish and determination 70 stay in
New York and for the CiOvernOrship again.
Back from Cuba but a short time, he was strsk-
ing and romantic personality. I don't say could
have been nominated although the seventy-two
delegates from New York met in Philadelphia and
iudorsed my candidacy. II is true. however. that
New Yorks demand for place on the national
ticket il usually respected.
Mr.. Hanna. I believe. thought you were too
young man for the Otfce?"
II was In Washington several months before the
convention met Mr. Hanna sent for When
got to his he sat down and put his knees
against mine. Timothy he said. 4 hear that you
will be a candidate for Nice-President' told him
my friends had suggested ii. but that my own mind
open the subject.
e But YOU are too young he argued And II
argument for ne had his heart set on Cornelius
so far as that goes / replied. 4 am three
months and twenty-tilree days older than Governor
Roosevelt. and NV son is a Junior az Yale
:" Well he answered. winking his right eye. you
look Young -"
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06

places OF stems. TO be taken as proof that
ordinary potatoes are stems. and not roots, de-
spite the fact that they grow underground.
There is also in this section an interesting
series Of charts and microscopic slides shown
by DR.. Albert Francis Blakeslee which de-
monstrate his discovery Of the fact that bread
moulds possess male and female organisms as
distinctly marked as IN plant life OF the high
est type.
Lovers OF cheese spend much time before the
series Of test tubes demonstrating the discov
cry OF DIR. Charles Thon. that the ripening and
flavor of the different brands OF cheese are not
generally supposed. due TO bacteria, but TO
two distinct and minute forms OF plant life. DR..
Thon has proved that ripening is due 10 one
form OF plant life, mould which he has named
pendulum. and the flavor TO another mould,
which he has named odium lactls. He has also
shown that for every kind OF cheese there is a
different strain OF peniclllium. 1t is claimed Tor
these discoveries Of DR.. Thon that they possess
great commercial value. and that the making
OF different sorts OF fine cheese will no longer
be confined to the locality in which each orig
mated.
The results OF experiments made to determine
the effect OF radium plant life also contain
much OF interest TO the layman. The expert
ments made a the New York Botanical Gardens
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06

ordered to proceed under cover of some CHM
neys standing in the field. until having cleared
them to advance against our redoubt on the
right. Rennie executed these orders with great
bravery and, urging forward. arrived at the
ditch. His advance was greatly annoyed by
Captain Pattersons battery on the left bank
and the cannons mounted on the redoubt; but,
reaching works and passing the ditch.
Rennie sword in hand. leaped on the wall, and
calling to his troops bade them follow He had
scarcely spoken when he fell by the fatal aim OF
rif1emen. Pressed by the impetuosty OF
the superior numbers. our troops had retired TO
the line in the rear OF the redoubt. A momen-
tary pause ensued, but only to be interrupted
by increased horrors. Captain Beal. with tho
(New Orleans) city rifemen. cool and self-pos-
sessed, perceivng the enemy at his front opened
upon them. To advance maintain the point
gained was equally impracticable for the enemy.
To retreat surrender the only alternative
for they already perceived the division this
right thrown into confusion and hastily leaving
the field. Afrighted at the carnage they
moved from the scene hastily and in confusion %
The battle of New Orleans was fought after
the treaty of Client, which ended the war OF
1872, had been signed. which occurred on De-
cenber "a. 1914. but the news had not been
ceived in this country
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
Gay Clothes and Youthful
Looks Have Handicapped
Him Politically.
BY james q. Morrow.

The OF OF the finest cottages IN tho
Adirondacks had como out OF the woods and waS
in the sunshine of the open country, where
speckIed cattle feeding IN the fields Condi-
tions being friendly, I asked:
Have good clothing, fine horses and tho lux
uries Of life been prejudiciai TO you !n pol!tcsr'
Sometimes I think" end Timothy Lester Wood
ruff, ex-heutenant Governor, put touch Of
gravity into his discourse, that IL had been
careless in my dress. and perhaps little unciean.
geniuses said 10 belong nails. ragged
hair and all that you know-I might have made
things easier for myself.
when I elected Lieutenant Governor of
New York I thirty-eight years old 1 had
never held public office. In state the Leuten-
ant Governor is OF considerabl Importance
and dignity For one thing. he sits in an onyx
hall that cost a million dollars I only meant to
maintain traditions. ! wore my usual clothes, but
hired a house and took my horses and carriages to
Albany. Newspaper correspondents. editorial par
agraphers and cartoonists began TO exploit my
personal appearance. They didn't regard seri-
ousy, whereas I have been serious all my
life.
Il didn't want to show annoyance and ESQ I
laughed at the alleged pictures Of my gay
and The humorous stories about my love of fnery
Thus my reputation grew. Trifes We're emphas sized
in my life, and the work tried 70 do was fire.
quently overlooked that the public might be
amused Even TO this day you will read and
then of the immaculate Woodrun-the feeble echo
of dead joke. Looking back. I that 1 ought
10 have bought & gold-headed cane, wrapped a
heavy watch chain once around my neck. worn
long black coat grown beard looked wise and
talked laboriously about the organic law and the
rights of man
Fifty feet away Mr.. Woodruff to be a
youth OF thirty yet his the years OF a grand
father. His eyes are brown and round and very
bright. The face is without wrinkles and the hair
is thick and unsplashed by gray. There is passion
In the mouth. Audacity is in the nose Words
come quickly and with energy. A short man, Ma
| al
ber azure neckscarf of exquisite tint and a
pear shaped pearl run slantwise into the silk.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
OLD sEAvRsoARp HOUSE chALMETTE sATTLEFIELo
Railway png will obltsrate

exhibits kept on view for the benent OF the
public until January IA.
The opening of tho exhibition has also bean
opportune occasion for the display OF recent
valuable additions 10 the regular collection, and
last week the institution was daily thronged
with persons anxious to feast their eyes on the
wonders OF nature. While It is true that most
of the recent discoveries OF the scientific world
are so technical in their nature as to appeal to
the men of science alone there are many which,
because OF their close relation to the things Of
ordinary everyday life. appeal strongly to the
lay mind.
One of these is spneless cactus. Not long
ago the newspapers contained accounts Of the
success OF Luther Burbank the California
plant wizard" In producing by hybrdization
a spineless cactus That such a cactus existed
in a state of nature was not known until
few weeks ago. but one was discovered in Cule-
bra by Dr. Nathaniel Lord Britton. a director
OF the New York Botanical Garden The plant
grows in q rocky spot the shore. One speci-
had reached a height OF fifteen feet and
1t in both flower and fruit when found
there room for doubt as to its exact
classification. The small specimen shown at the
museum Is absolutely free from spines and
forms a striking contrast to several OF its
prickly cousins. which flank It on either side In
the exhibit
Scarcely less interesting s the first potato
known by the authorities at the botanical gar
den to have been grown above ground in broad
daylight. This specimen. together with the old
tuber from which 1t sprang is preserved
IN alcohol but photographs taken before II was
preserved show 1t to have been in every respect
the equal Of the healthiest murphy" that was
ever boiled in pot baked IN an oven. Dr.
c. Stuart Gager. who has studied the specimen
closely says that leaves and buds which ap-
peared on the freak in its growth in the usual
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
HIS FIRST BOLD STROKE.

"one day while riding on a streetcar 1 saw a
large vacant building that was for rent. J. Taylor
Johnson was the agent I remembered that his
son was my classmate at college, That evening
called on the Johnsons and got figures the empty
building My cousin had a warehouse In Brooklyn
and was making money He said that Mr. John
sons terms were reasonable enough. Then | pro-
posed to my employers that they should rent the
building and go into the bonded warehouse busi-
The tariff shipload OF imported
merchandise runs into a large sum of money. 1t
doesn't have TO be paid all once. however IL the
goods go into bond. So there are warehouses at all
large ports OF entry for the convenience of mer-
chants and others. My employers accepted my sug-
gestion. rented the building and turned It over to
the firm three months got cargoes right and left
than the salt and fish business In little while 1
Our salt came from Syracuse Better FIELDS We're
there, buy land and build factory to save our
business That was twenty Ave years 1 have
been making @ salt ever since
one Is ib dead o,ba and one stu in business With
he he. is @ the @ secretary ot our company"
"A friend and neighbor asked me to put some
money into company that was manufacturing
ment Of the concern to save my investment. 1t has
ss "a arss sp
First as an nSestor e By and bv was made
director we three four times "a: year, ru and
thing about life insurance and hadn't the time to
learn. Like directors in general. accepted what
was told 10 me and then hurried about my own
business. When Charles E. Hughes. as attorney
Tor the Armstrong investigating committee began
TO uncover the disreputable methods of the big
companies left my typewriter factory in Syracuse
ana came to New York to look into the condition
or my own company. found extravaganza and
other matters that were disgrace to the manage
nlent compelled the president 10 resign put a
large sum of new money into the undertaking and
the business declined both dividends and IDS salary ,.
Some Of my political enemies now try to connect
hrnu uuhf
piiory OF shame and condemnation What did
In my humble way. however. to reform conditions
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
WONDERS OF SCIENCE.
Effectively Displayed at american
Museum of Natural HistOru.

Though the exhibition OF the New York Acad-
enly Of Sciences held IN connection with the
recent sessions Of the American Association for
the Advancement OF Science. at the American
Museum of Natural History. was not orig
tnally intended to be a popular exhibit in the
generally accepted sense of that term the at
tendance since its opening has proved its popu-
larity IN unmistakable manner and those
having II IN charge of the opinion that Pro-
fessor Herrnon Carey Bumpus. director of the
museum, acted wisely IN arranging to have the
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
COMING FROM ABROAD.
DR.. &. 4. liked Added to Ne1g York
Ministers Called from England.

The Rev. DIR. Charles +. Aked. the Liverpool
clergyman who has accepted call to the Fifth
Avenue Baptist Church in this city. OF which
John d. Rockefeller is one of the trustees. said
the other day at his English home that the
American millionaire Is grossly misunder-
stood abroad
the latter part OF last year. Mr.. Aked met a
considerable number of wealthy Americans in
Guiding the head of the Standard OIL Company.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
A YALE GRADUATE.

Who paid your way through Yale?' / asked
large enough to support comfortably my mother
and to educate his children. When / was grad
uated l had nothing. 1 had an ambition to be a.
lawyer but was compelled to give 1t up.
What your first employment"
My cousin wrote letter OF introduction to
firm which dealt in salt and salt fish on the
waterfront in New York. l started with it one
the locality TO which / was going / know i wore
gloves and carried cane. Picking my way among
trucks and around crates barrels and boxes which
were piled on slippery sidewalks, / came to the
place wanted ii was dingy old building full
OF eyll odors The windows looked as If they
nadi-l peen washed for ages, while the floors were
damp with paste Of brine and dirt from the
street. l carried my letter 10 the office q Ynustv
" INTO the hands OF one Of the partners He looked
me over rather sharply, read the letter, and was
sorry ne couldn't do anything for the cousin OF
ai s oIu IEieno. lhe other partner. large cheer
" What in thunder can you do? he asked put
ing more emphasis than l thought was necessary
on the pronoun you
:, 4 don't know / replied I do know. however
tnat want employment, and should like an oppor-
tunlty TO prove that | am I'm earnest
The partners talked between Themselves and
then the large, cheerful said: The young fell
low on the stool at the desk Is getting SIS a week
Take on your coat and gloves. hop upon the stool
peslce him and then we shall who is the
better man " W
was angry al my cousin for sending me to
such nlthy and smellabe place I shall show
them, said to nAself that I can do business and
shall hold my job. too engaged to be mar
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
WORK IS THE THING.

for which ! was in no measure responsible
NE a quarter OF IL million dollars
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
COBBETT'S ACCOUNT.

In the life OF Andrew jackson by William
Cobbett the engagement is described as follows:
1.-The day dawned and the signals intended 10
produce concert in the enemy's movements were
deserted On the left, the swamp, sky
rocket was perceived rising in the air. and pres
entity another ascended from the right next the
river. They were intended 10 announce that all
was prepared and ready TO proceed and carry by
storm defence which had twice foiled their Ut
most efforts Instantly the charge was made
and with such rapidity that soldiers at the
outposts with difficulty fed in.
The British batteries opened and show
ers OF bombs and balls were poured upon our
line while the air lighted with their Con-
rreve rockets. The two divisions, commanded
by Si- Edward Pakenham IN person and sup
ported by Generals Keane and Gibbs pressed
Forward; the right against the centre Of General
Carrolps command, the left against one redoubt
on the levee. thick fog that obscured the
morning enabled them to approach within short
distance oc our inIrenchments before they We're
discovered They were perceived advancing wlth
frm, quick step in column with front OF sixty
or seventy deep. Our troops, who had for some
time been In readiness. gave three cheers ard
instantly the whole line lighted with the
blaze of their fire. A burst of artillery and small
arms, pouring with destructive aim upon them
1.-THE Britishl ], moved down their front and ar
rested their advance Notwithstanding the Sc
verify OF our fire, some Of these brave men
pressed on and succeeded in gaining the ditch In
front of our works, where they remained during
The action and were afterward made prisoners
The light companies of (English) fusileers
-A the regiments led on by Colonel Rennie were
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06

Eted TO the daughter of the president Of Eastman
Business College, and had gone TO PouShksepsis.
after leaving Yale, to be near my fancee.
While there studied bookkeeping. 30 I know
something eoout accounts when went into the
salt and fish business got to work early in the
morning beating every one but the porters I had
the floors cleaned and the windows washed. I also
tfdied the office