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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-31

Eminence Now deal with them as they deserve
This last sentence spoken with great intensity,
and she retired in a stately into the back
ground. Her retirement forced the guilty pair
obtrusively forward. The young man observed this,
and with chivalry stepped forward, that he
might draw all the avenglng wrath upon his head.
For an instant he and the Cardinal were face to
face 1t would be difficult to say which was the
more embarrassed; for when the Cardinal had heard
of the young mans crime, it had been upon the tip
of his tongue to announce that he did not blame him.
Subduing such feelings, however, he managed to
ask, somewhat sternly:
We'll, sir how do you explain your conduct"
The young silent for time. Then he
raised his eyes and gazed frankly at the Cardinal
"Eminence" he said in firm voice, it was because
/ patriot.
But why" said the Cardinal did patriotism
compel you to-er-to-er-to salute this young
woman?
made that oath to Madame the Countess meant
it here humping himself weightily upon the chest
in my heart; for l figured to myself that while
it was difficult from kissing mademoisele in France,
it would be no difficult in America, and had
shown that had the strength sufficient.
But l am here but week when l know that l
am wrong Here there is something in the air that
creates the desire to kiss. Besides, also one
meets with it on every hand. When l walk
through the park l observe the young American
and his girl, as he calls her. sitting with their arms
around each other. As | pass they trouble them
selves not in the least. Indeed, unembarrassed by
the presence of me- they continue the embrace and
also kiss the man thereafter asking of me if do not
wish that was him. Certainly l do not wish it,
unless there beside sat Mademoiselle Elise.
He paused and Redeemed. 1t did not need the
CounteSS's warning to inform him that he was upon
dangerous ground
The Cardinal however, rescued him from his
plight. Proceed" he said.
Very well, the young man began again. " As
said before, the thing-ths kiss is in the ART is
how shall l say it?-contagious. fall, then,
victim to the contagion. But l resist, once more
he thumped his chest soundly, " am tempted, but
l put temptation aside. | remember my oath"
His herosm brought him a wonderful,
shipful glance from the girl The drama of it also
evidently appealing to the mother. Apparently
however, he was oblivious of this. for he went
sternly
Then came last night We went to ball
During of the dances mademoiselle and myself
stole out to the conservatory. There moonlight
there, and alone. Strolling outside on the
lawn young American demoiseles with
They observed they thought through
the glass but they wrong had been removed
So then we heard each word of what they spoke. 1t
all in dsparagenent of me. They pointed out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-31
Colored Glass for Plants

OiooS
nNE of the latest devices proposed by
~ pert of the Department of Agriculture for
improving the growth of plants and fruits is that
of placing them under colored glass, the idea
being that light of particular hues is especially
favorable to vegetation. The expert referred to
has recently experimental with strawberry plants
grown in lighthouses under glass of different coors
His conclusions interesting.
Orange colored glass, he says, caused the plants
to grow Vi gorously, but at the expense of the
berries, which both smaller and later in develop
ing than when the plants grown under ordinary
conditions Under violet colored glass the plants
yielded great quantity of fruit, but it slow in
ripenng, small, and of inferior quality Red blue,
and green glass all proved injurious to the growth
of the plants. The finest berries and those which
ripened earliest grown under plain white glass.
1t would appear, then, from these experiments
that light of different colors does have different
effect upon vegetation, has been claimed but
that, as far strawberries concerned, all the
colors that sunlight possesses, when united in ordi
nary daylight, effective in the production of
good fruit than any single color
Of it is not the color itself, but the char
acter of the light which gives that color, that pro-
duces the effect: Every color of the sunbeam cor
responds to light possessing particular rapidity
of vibration and particular wave length in the
ether. Colored glass cuts off some useful rays by
absorbing them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-31
When the Earth Will Be Full

PROFESSOR RAVENSTEIN of the Royal
T. Geographical Society has estimated that the
fertile lands of the globe amount to twenty-eght
million square miles, the steppes to fourteen
millions, and the deserts to million.
Fixing two hundred and seven persons to the
square mile for fertile lands, ten for steppes, and
for deserts the greatest population that the
earth could properly noursh the professor arrives
at the conclusion that when the number of inhabl-
tans reaches about six thousand million the earth
will be peopled to its full capacity AT present it
contains somewhat more than one-quarter of that
number.
If the rate of increase shown by the latest census
statistics should be uniformly maintained, Professor
Ravenstein shows that the globe would be fully
peoped about the year 2o72.
Wonders of a Watch
A WATCH is the smallest most delicate ma
n chine that constructed of the
number of parts About hundred and
seventyfve different pieces of material enter into
its construction and upward of twentyfour hundred
separate operations comprised in its manufacture
When considered in the aggregate, of the
facts connected with its performances appear in
credible. A blacksmith strikes several thousand
blows on his anvil in day; but the roller Jewel of a
watch makes every day, and day after day, four
hundred and thirty-two thousand impacts against
the fork
However, the marvel does not stop here. 1t has
been estimated that the power that moves the watch
is equivalent to only four times the force used in
flea jump; consequently, it might be called four
flea power. One horse power would suffice to run
two hundred and seventy million watches.
The balance wheel of a watch is moved by this
four-fea power one and fortythree- one hundredths
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inches with each vbration-three thousand five hun
dred and tifty-nine miles continuously in year
In conclusion, 1t may be added that it does not
take large of oil to ubricate the little machine
on its thrty-ive hundred-mile One-tenth of
drop of oil is sufficient to oil the watch for year
But it has great need of that tenth drop.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06
BOUGHT TWO NEW TRACTS
Acreage Near Newton Heights and
South of Florence for Early
eveIopment

Mrs. Frank Cattern has sold to the
Burck-Gwynn company and associates
a tract of twenty-five acres adjoining
Newton Heights on the north for a
stated consideration of about sac, 900,
or $1,000 an acre. The land was bought
by a syndicate of which the Burck-
Gwynn company is a member. Ar
rangements are being made for sub
dividing the tract into medium priced
lots, which will be placed on the mar
ket in the near future. The situation
of the property is extremely favorable
for this purpose, lying on both sides
of the Short Line track and being
served by the Pasadena Monrovia, San
Gabriel and Sierra Madre lines. 1t
also is on the line of the proposed
Los Angeles-Pasadena boulevard
The Burck-Gwynn company also has
closed contracts for handling another
tract Of fourteen acres lying between
Main street and Moneta avenue and a
short distance south of Florence. This
land is owned by Charles D. Pierce
former mayor of Oakland, and is to be
known as Sunset Square. Arrange
ments have been made for the ex-
penditure of large amount of money
for high class improvements. Large
palms and other trees will be set out
along the streets and every lot in the
tract will be cleared and graded. Four
inch water mains will be laid in every
street The Burck-Gwynn company
will build several houses on the tract
at once.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06

Real Estate and
Classified Section
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06

the Y. M. G. A. cadets. There will be
an armory and drill hall 50X100 feet,
with squad rooms and officers quarters,
together with parlors and music room.
IN addition to this there will be rooms
for the We Boys club.
On the fourth floor will be found the
educational department Of the Y. NJ. G.
A. Provision has been made here for
large class rooms ad laboratories, to-
gether with offices for the educational
director.
The fifth, sixth and seventh floors
VIII be devoted to dormitories. There
will be forty-flve of these on each floor.
so arranged that they can be thrown
into suites. The dormitories will be
built around a court opening to the
south with a roof garden on the fifth
floor.
On the eighth floor the Y. M. G. A.
Business Mems club rooms will be sit
uated These will include parlors, din
ing rooms, Kitchen. amusement room.
handball court, baths and flower bal
comics.
The building will be equipped with a
steam heating and electric plant two
passenger and two service elevators. a
vacuum cleaning apparatus and a mod
ern ventilating system. The estimated
cost of the structure and equipment is
$400,0 900.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06
SALES IN FLORENCE HEIGHTS

The Mccarthy company report the
following recent sales in Florence
Heights tract, which is located on Ver-
mont avenue-the-gr great and Florence
avenue:
r.. Nelson. lot 10, block Z, on Aileen
avenue. near Vernon avenue, $575: N.
Lynn, lot n, block s, on McCreery
place, $500; Frank Davis, lot 81, block T.
on Monroe avenue, near Vermont ave-
nue., $3.50; r. Woodbury., lot 40, block s.
on Madison avenue, near Hoover street,
$3.50; f. stark, lot 3, block 4, on Vermont
avenue, near Madison, 5000, II. Leebolt,
lot -, block >, i'm McCreery place, S575;
r. Miller, lot I. block /, corner Vermont
avenue and Florence, $500; f.. Lynn, lot
Al, block I on Mckinley avenue, $3.50:
r. Fish, lot II, block 2. on Mckinley
avenue, $575; f.. Siston, lot 38, block 2,
corner Hoover street and Mckinley ave-
nue., 5000; E. Null, lot 23 block Z. on
Aileen avenue, $3.50; r. Hinckley, lot "a,
block l. on Aileen avenue, $780, r. Bran
non, lot %, block 8, on McCreery place,
1925.
improvements are progressing in this
attractive subdivision, which promises
to be one of the handsomest suburban
properties in or around Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06
VALUES ON EAST SEVENTH
Work Commenced on the Street Rail-
way Extension-Ties Are

Values in real estate on East Seventh
street are soaring and investors are
busy selecting frontage between Main
street and the river-all because actual
work on the extension of the street
car line from the intersection of Broad
way and Seventh street east across
the river to a point beyond Euclid
Heights, has commenced.
1t is planned to construct substan-
tial steel bridge across the river for
the railway, teams and pedestrians.
When the four-mile extension is COM
pleted thousands of residents Of the
Ninth ward will use the Seventh street
car line.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06
REALTY MARKET
IS MORE ACTIVE
GRAND ARMY OF 1900 AGENTS
HUSTLlNG
January, 1907, Starts of with a Bia
Bunch Of Important Deals-Brlaht
Outlook for Prosper
Gus Season

The year 1907 In the Los Angeles
realty market opens up fairly active.
A number of good sales are reported by
hustling agencies whose representatives
state that many large deals are pend
ing, and that as soon as a few details
are adjusted the news will be ready for
publication.
January settlements and otter condi-
tions that affect stock operators and
the larger commercial firms do not APP
pear to apply to the real estate frater-
nifty.
There are said to be nearly eighteen
hundred real estate agents in Los An
geles, and all are busy the year round
handling property. They have but lit
Tie or no time for vacations, and as
rule deals are closed up promptly with
out reference to the first of the month
or year-end periods. 1t is constant
grind. The year 1906 was a banner
year for the Army of 1900" The pres
ent year in realty transactions starts
off jauntily with every Indication of
continued activity in both city and sub
urban property.
Prominent among the realty sales of
the past week were the following:
John M. Laronde sold to w. p. JEFF
1ries, through Robert Marsh & Co. and
Brown Bros, a vacant lot 50x165 feet
on the west side of Flower street, be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh streets:
consideration $17,500.
Mrs. w. G. Nevin sold to A. NJ. Rose,
through w. B. Merwin & Co., a lot
25x100 feet on the south side of East
Fifth street, between Crocker street
and Towne avenue improved with a
four-story frame building; considera-
tion $23,5OO.
James M. Riley and George Birkel
have purchased from a local syndicate
of investors, through the agencies of
A. E. Halsey and Cunningham & Nc
Gonigle, the property described at
1929 South Hill street, for $32, ,395.
The lot Is 5S.9x145.6 feet in size and
contains two cottages, but the value of
these is small and cut no figure in the
deal. The consideration, therefore. was
practically on the basis of $3.50 a front
foot for the land.
Carl Pauly has sold for f. A. Geier
to local investor the three-story brick
rooming house, modern, on the east
side of Flower street, between Seventh
and Eighth, known as the Chateau
Frontenac, with lot 60x165 feet: consid-
Grafton $65.000. AS the improvements
are worth about $40. 900 and the ground
$500 pHr goot. the purchaser secured n
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06
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bargain. The property pays over 6 per

bargain. The property pays over per
cent net.
Albert Cohn sold to J. H. Roberts,
through w. II. Allen & Son, lot 50x155
feet to an alley, located on Flower
street. improved with a nine-room
dwelling; consideration $4,000.
Susan e. Eckley has sold to Charles
G. Pratt. through Althouse Bros, ten
room two-story residence at 1881 Har-
ward boulevard. The house contains all
modern improvements and the grounds
are large and highly improved. The lot
is 76X210 feet. Mr.. Pratt Is a retired
capitalist and has purchased the prop
erty for his winter home; considera-
ton $20,00O
r. A. Wurtz and A. T. Taylor have
sold to w. F. Thorn, through the agen-
cy of c. N. Randolph, lot 30x165 feet
on the west side of Hill street, between
Second and Third, for $4,000.
Oscar b. Smith sold to Frank Walker
a lot on the northeast corner of
Eighteenth and Figueroa streets for
$50, 900.
Edwin S. Romley has sold to Dwight
Hart the property on the northeast cor
ner of Hill and Seventh Streets con-
sideration $4,000. Hr. Hart is one of
the proprietors of the Natick house
and Hotel Rosslyn, and bought the Hill
street corner as an investment. 1t is
suggested that he may erect a modern
hotel on the corner. The frontage on
Hill street is S81a feet, on Seventh $685.
L. M. Young has sold to r. E. Graves
through the agency Of Black Bros, a
lot 3Ox125 feet on the west side of Fig
ueroa street, about ninety feet north of
the corner of Third, vacant. The con-
sideration was $9250.
George T. : Jordan sold RI Z, T Scott
lot on the south side of Pico
street, between Flower and Hope, for
$27 800. The lot Is 55x150 feet in size,
which places. the transaction on the
basis of $500 a front foot. The pur-
chase, which was made for investment
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06
Japanese BUNGALOW Office

A beautiful little office building, on
the Japanese bungalow llan, has just
been constructed on the northwest
corner of Euclid and Stephenson ave-
nues and will be occupied at once by
the Greater Los Angeles Realty COM
pany, of which Sam j. Harris is the
outside manager. The building, oppo-
site the new Euclid Avenue school, is
quite an ornament to the neighbor-
hood, which is rapidly filling up with
new homes.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06

Maud-Pve just received an offer of
marriage which came by post this morn
ing. He said his love for me was very
great but that his income was small.
Marie-What pity. Who was it
from? .
Maude-I really didn't notice; that was
enough.-The Tatler
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06

''Aiid shall you carry out your plan
of visiting the blue grotto at Capri this
year. Frau Lammer?
ALAS! no. Frau Spits. We are in
mourning this summer, so we are go
ing to the Black forest ?-Figaro.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06

was made through the agencies of
Croake & Mccain and w. l. Hollings-
worth &- Co.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06
MODEL STRUCTURE
FOR THEY. NJ. CA.
HANDSOME BUILDING OF TEN
STORIES
100000 improvement on Hope Street,
Between Seventh and Elehth-Of-
fees, ParIors, Dining Room
and Dormltorles

Plans for the handsome building for
the Young Mems Christian association
to be erected on Hope street, between
Seventh AMI Eighth streets, have been
completed by Architect a. h. Benton.
The building will be of steel frame
construction and strictly fireproof. 1t
will be eight stories high, including
general effect of a ten-story structure.
The exterior of the first story will be
of stone and the remaining stories of
pressed brick. Exterior trimmings will
be of terra Gotta and the roof of rein
forced tile The height of the building
will be 180 feet and it will cover a
ground space Of 100x15O feet, exclus-
i've of the plunge and boiler rooms. The
lot on which the building will stand
has a frontage Of 147 feet and is 160
feet deep.
The basement, which will be half un-
der ground, will contain a plunge bath,
25x7O feet, shower and Turkish baths,
locker rooms, bowling alleys, bicycle
room, auto school and the machinery
for heating and lighting the building.
The main entrance to the building,
which will be in the center of the
building, Will be sixteen teet VIDE anu
lined with marble. 1t will lead directly
to the main floor, which will contain
large lobby, the general offices of the
association, committee rooms, cloak
rooms and the mems physical depart
ment. Included in the physical depart
ment will be gymnasium 5Ox9S feet
in size.
On the first mezzanine story there
will be a large dining room, cafe,
the members library and parlors, pri-
vate Offices and directors rooms.
The second floor will be devoted to
the boys department, including a gym
nasium baths and reading, games and
social rooms. On this floor also will
be the main auditorium, which will
have a seating capacity of about 500,
and which will be fitted up with a
stage on which entertainments can be
given.
Large Lecture Room
The second meZzanine floor will con-
tain the lecture room and auditorium
balcony. There also will be Bible class
rooms and boys department on this
floor. The boys department will be
reached by it's own stairway from a
side hall. The entrance will be through
a court at the side of the building, lead
| ing directly from Hope street.
The third floor will be fitted up for
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-06

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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-04
cR|ssEY IS NOW At ABERDEEN
Former Portland Man Becomes Secre-
tary Of the Chamber Of Commerce
of Grays Harbor City.

ABERDEEN, Wash, Jan. Nv. l..
Crissey, for three years associated
with the Portland Commercial club, has
assumed the secretarysnip of the Aber-
deem chamber of commerce.
Discussing the work in anticipation,
Secretary Crissey said: upon my first
visit TO- Aberdeen some three weeks ago
| was astOnished to learn that this
little Washington city ships more lum-
Der than any other port in the world.
Coming in on the train with great mills
on one side and ocean vessels moored
to the docks on the other, gives one
the impression of entering a city of at
least $4,000 inhabitants. That a town
of this size should have a pay roll ex-
ceeding $4,000 day seems almost in
credible to me-"
The business interests of Aberdeen
have raised a fund of more than $4,000
to conduct this work. Several sub
scriptions were made at $35 a month,
others at $50 and $25 month with a
great many smaller amounts. The
fact that this sum was obtained in
two days work is indicative of the
civic enterprise of Aberdeen.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-04
THIRD RAIL" KILLS WORKMAN.
While Repairing, Schoetter Falls, and
Electricity Ends His Life.

CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-John Schoetter
209 East North avenue, stumbled at
work on the Northwestern elevated
railway structure at Franklin and
Michigan street early yesterday morn
ing and fell on the current rail. He
was killed instantly. The body was
taken to Curtin's undertaking rooms,
148 Wells street, where an inquest will
be held this afternoon.
Herman Herdy of Milwaukee, 33
years old, who was run over Saturday
evening by a Chicago and Northwest
ern railroad train, died at the Dunning
institution hospital.
He was attempting to board a freight
train at North Forty-eighth and Wilson
avenues, when he fell beneath the
wheels. His left leg was chit off.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-04
STRANGLED TO DEATH,
Oregon Invalid Commits Suicide Be.
cause He Had to Wait for Money,

LONG CREEK, Ore, Jan. 4.-Nail-
ing board across the top of the door
way of his lonely Grant county home,
Leon Battig, half-invalid bachelor,
living by himself on the old Keeney
ranch Topped piece of clothesline
over the board and let himself stran-
gle to death.
Battig's suicide was a curious one,
being executed in such way that he
could have called it off at any time
before Inconsistencies set in, as the
loop was so arranged that by hands
or feet he could have gotten his toes
on the floor and have freed himself
When found, after the body had been
hanging probably several days, the
knees were touching the floor Hans
Hanson found him. On calling at the
cabin and opening the door, he was
man he came to see swaying at a
ropes end. Battig must have had ex-
traordinary resolution.
Battig had just sold his ranch for
$4,000, but he owed the state 81 900 on
it, the purchase having been school
land, and by the terms he was not to
get any of the money for two years.
In addition, he suffered from stomach
trouble, and it is supposed he decided
not to wait and suffer.
The corOner's jury verdict was
death from an unknown cause"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-01-04
WORK THREE WEEKS; GET sl.oO
Russians to Complain to Cars Con-
sui of Having Been Defrauoeo :"
St. Paul Railroad Camp.

SEATTLE. Jan. 4.-Charglng tna'
10 russian laborers, unable to spear
=. understand word of English anu
;anorant Of the ways of American peo-
10 we're defrauded of their wages
while working in a camp on the 81
paul railroad Martin Markuzon' ior-
,nariv a lieutenant in the Russian
INV has filed a report of the anaiI
9TH paul Kozoeke, Russian consul at
San francisco. He has asked that the
s sa come to Seattle and investlgate
tho treatment of the ignorant nus,
Tons and find out why, when eacn one
had worked "a days on the risn NV "
w uau near Maple Valley, they got onis
soa45 to divide among the wnole par
~ or a trife over 81 each: >, -
The former lieutenant declar a+ he
,otinn should be taken to prevent ms
countrymen from being sM,n oon
While working for the raiiroau Gun
eft was called to investigate, Marku-
ION saws "the pitiful plight OF ~ new,
~ arrived Russian laborers, VINO nave