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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-12
SURVEYORS ANNUAL REPORT
CHANGE IN TAX RATE IN
GEORGETOWN SUGGESTED.
Wants Status of Certain Streets De-
fned-Record of Operations
During the Year.


W y Richards. surveyor of the District.
Submitted ne annual .coort of the opera
a4 Co., go, ,l,,,.,I ,.a,r ended
W. ~ nus '"', '
june '' l'S' l" III o. .''''''''i" ''''''' ~
which D. shown a -'lSit decrease IN me
rraiuglt, of the different c asses of work
.Iir I'D. r-.4.tsJ :, slack in IuiidIn..
go, -. ,-,J Man., vs. ,.',rIv 900,
which B.. slightly les. traa the number fcr
tn. rr,.,io..s wear. Tn, number of lots
..,,..,-,.-.j has h,,.n go! AGAINST only I1aa
for I'M. rrev.ous vcIr. ana the number of
.,.aus heated ras zen ii,4 AGAINST g.
Tor the nr..,rnis vc.,9 II, stated that the
srbdivfd.ng and reg.r,iiiia OF I4rs. parcels
a. Lana mao OTIS pln,<.. stress exc. mas
,,utiri..,. through .u.. ct. Twenty -tw,
OF th.sr subl.y. sIJ,s have beet mate,
against ;wrntv-oae or last year. and ,Igut
.pl tin. ,,..ir before.
Slr.,., g.. Richards stated that as all OF
these Subdivisions require tue RAINING u; old
houndar. lines, the location OF new ST.. cts
aud H., placing Of .TIoLuments at block Cor
rC!S. 81 ..,l M seen that tins class Of work
has h,-r exceptionally heavy.
The Surveyor mate an interesting state
n-cut AZ Ills report 10 the effect thIt IT,"
western edition of Geo! Setown Is beng
taxed I'll too low r"t- IL tiat II is Case
tact tnot II Is dppI. eat suoulNiued. lie
stated tnIt the status Of streets III quest. on
has n-vcr been ie'erm nd. tnes being
neither fenced in nor uruScd. He Is OF the
opinion. however. nat examination of
tn rc.OruS VIII SHOW that both P.OspeCt
avenue and y street are pubic To the
Canal amt Conduit rOtds, and on account
of tho need for the opening and use of
these streets he recommends that their
status he determined at once.
Work of the Year
y record Of work dcnc by this office dur
.ng the past year shows the completion Of
four volumes of piats under the act for
designating paJcels ii land. These volumes
were placed on record last october and they
show the outlines Of every individual hold
Ing in this county. numbering about $4,000
nar.as They Also NV, A REMEMBERING of
all blocks and squares in the various sub
div sinns
In rerumhcring the squares provision is
made for new numbers in future subdi-
visions i'm accordancr with the permauent
systar, at higbwaIt Tins all sniIares west
~ Ro.k creek have been or will be- num-
he rad from 111o IN r-,a,. those east of Rock
.rs,I. =, Eortl C'anitoI street axtendad will
irI,, I'm, oino Ia 35p,. east of North Capitol
str..., tn the Eastern BRANCH the numbers
49, 80, n5nn 70 IN a y-bi1a ali numbers
-. - nh lie soutb Of tn. Eastern
Trs,ch Ly,cL .,crcaea tract has been ,es-
i.,,.',td os . Marcel win a number she w
. - .ft,,,tid,,
To- r,iIrs haead on ttese new Mats. have
- ,iIi,ad d,,rina tha nast var so tnat
- s,.s'l,,, c.,1 NO longer no considered n
noy,Itl or an experiment The system is of
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17

electric machine and asked Mr.
Cranksniff to teach her to run It!
bought car about the same time
but not to catch any man, want you
to understand that. l bought my car
to please myself-not Mr.. Cranksniff,
though 1t was awfully sweet of him
to offer to teach me. So after all
Henrietta Keeney didn't have any
thing on me! She is"
you are making Mrs. Putfington
blush more on the right side than on
the left" interrupted Lilly critically.
"Well-I'm not landscape garden
er by profession" retorted Tilly, max
ing another dab ct Mrs. Puffingtons
expansive faSG6
"If do r. resumed Mrs. Puff
f1ngton. Xsgot on much better than
Henrietta and Mr.. Cranksniff was very
complimentary. He said II he ever
loved woman 1t would be one who
could handle a car we'll. Dear me SUI
how tinsss have changed! Why when
John Puffington was calling OH me II
was considered enough II girl was
ladylike and good housekeeper.
Nowadays, If YOU want to attract a
man you've got to be able to run a
locomotive If the gentleman happens
to have fancy for railroading.
well. Henrietta saw the hit was
making with Ez-Mr. Cranksniff, and
she goes off on the quiet and takes
lessons of an expert-maybe it was
you girls? Well, anyway, of some
one. Ever since it's been Mrs. Keen
ey this and Mrs. Keeney that with
Ezra.
There Is sort of crisis in the air
to-day. i heard he was going to be at
the Brightwood club and / knew that
Henrietta knew 1t. i decided to get
ahead Of her for once ride out there
the first time I've yentlred out alone
surprise Ezra and take him for a
nicesspin. iSgot the start ofiIIenrietta
everything was going, so nice-and
then I net a pair Of horrid horses
hitehed tota dreadfulsrattling wagon,
and just lost my nerve and went
right off the essrosd Into the pond !
eaiways was an eScitable woman. John
used ito asay-A Ass.,.sit u ~
TITS up to us. Tilly, to get Mrs. Put,
tingtons.out to rhas clubs'2ssaid Lilly
briskly.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17
NOTHING HID FROM KAISER.
How German Emperor Keeps In Touch
with Worlds Affairs.

B. f|#
The German emperor's interest In
everything that goes on in the world
Is we'll known, but few are aware Of
the trouble he takes to keep in touch
with current affairs. According to a
Munich newspaper, the kaiser reads
at least three papers every day. chang.
ing the list several times week in
order to become fully acquainted with
the ideas of all political parties in the
state. But this by no means exhausts
bis appetite for information. Every
day the ministry Of foreign affairs, as
well as that of the interior, has to pro-
vide newspaper cuttings, properly
named and dated, and pasted on slips
ready for the emperor's perusal.
These he carefully reads, making mar
ginal notes as he goes along, end they
are then scrupulously classified and
put aside, ready for immediate refer
ence. Often, too, the emperor asks
for cuttings relating to the particular
technical subjects in which for the
time he Is specially interested.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17

lief Of Mrs. Punington, they found.
her reduced to q weeping goNiobe! q
She's pretty big Limousine body
to haul out of5the puddleT said Lilly.
who is going to row out and attach
the towing rope?" .----4
You'd make regular pond Lilly
suggested Tilly. rf1l start up! our
car when it's time for the tug of war"
The Googana girls were clever at
getting people, 0ut iof predicaments of
this sort, SO in short order Mrs. Puff
fington was diyiding her thanks be-
tween Heaven and the Googans for re-
storing her to dry land. But 1t was
not done without few April showers,
for Mrs. Puff1ngton's other troubles in.
creased as her danger lessened.
Look at mel" she sobbed. "And H.
took me all the morning to get fixed
up SWELL"
1--WE brought our repair kit" whis-
pered Tilly, "and we'll have you love
ly in ten minutes. That's part OF
the Googan systemic cover up all
trace of mishaps."
well, that's blessing" sighed
Mrs. Puffington with relief 81
wouldn't have Henrietta Keeney see
me like this-and know the truth
for all the world. And as for Ezra
Cranksniff-" she broke into a dismal
howl.
do tell us about it," urged Tilly,
lighting the little burner to heat the
curling tongs.
we'll don't know but l just as
soon tell you as not-you are such
nice sympathetic girls. You see.
there's gentleman of my acquain-
tance who has paid me quite lot of
attention--and l will say for him,
haven't seen such a likely man since
John Puffington died, though / always
did say>I wouldn't marry the best man
living. Now this Mr.. Cranksniff is
all wrapped up in automobiles Of all
kinds. There's d very designing per
soma sort Of friend of mine that was
by the name OF Henrietta Keeney-
and what did she do? She bought an
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17
FURIOUS HuMoR ON CHILD.
Itching, Bleeding Sores Covered Body
Nothing Helped Her--cuticura
Cures Her In Five Days.

after my granddaughter of about
seven years had been cured Of the
measles, she was attacked about a
fortnight later by furious itching and
painful eruption all over her body,
especially the upper part of 1t, forming
watery and bleeding sores, especially
under the arms. of considerable size.
She suffered great deal and for three
weeks we nursed her every night,
using all the remedies we could think
of. Nothing would help. We tried the
Cuticura Remedies and after twenty
four hours we noted considerable i'm
provement, and after using only one
complete set of the Cuticura Remedies,
in five consecutive days the little one,
much to our Joy, had been entirely
cured, and has been well for long
time. Mrs. F. Ruefenacht, r., F.. D. No.
8. Bakersfield. CAL. June rs and July
20. 1906"
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17
A Slanlflcant Nickname.

The unfeeling frankness Of youth
does not stop at unpleasant truth-tell-
ing. Even the gentle sex may suffer
at the hands of its brothers. 1t Is
dangerous for girl-at least for q
girl at coeducational school-to echo
Burns wish,
20 wad some Pow'r the giftie gle US
To see ourseTs as others see us!
lest her desire be realized with unex-
pected fulness. For-could mind Of
women ever think it?-the boys Of
these schools have nicknamed their
sister students "fussers!" Was the
name born of the numerous sofa pill
lows and footstools with which the
maidens fill their rooms, the chafing-
dishes and teatables and hatpin-cases
and ring-boxes and alpenstocks and
rocking chairs which make dangerous
a hasty progress through the femi-
nine study? At all events, the COM
bination Of these feminine acquisitions
has embodied itself in the crisp, mas.
culine epithet, "fusser." Perhaps the
phrase is comment on a state of
mind as well as OH method of house
keeping. In the opinion of the college
boy, Maid Marian "fusses" about les
sons, about marks" about commit
tees, about what faculty or classmates
think of her. She lacks his cheerful
fatalism, and he tags her with the
epithet which, he thinks, fits her con.
science and her mind, as well as her
room and her wardrobe. The modern
girl, says Youths Companion, must
find way to free herself of impedi-
menta, both physical and intellectual,
II she would induce her critics to drop
the Objectionable nickname. and grant
her rank as an artist in the pleasant
business Of living.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17

All the iron furnaces in the world
produced less iron in 1894 than will be
turned out of the furnaces in the
United States during the current year.
II the rate Of production for the first
six months is maintained. This fact
indicates a marvellous expansion in
the iron business. No more convincing
proof of the solid foundation Of the ma
tional prosperity could be afforded
than this, for 1t Is we'll known that a
nations consumption of iron is an in
dex to its business condition. This
Is not because there Is any mysterious
virtue in iron, but because iron is used
extensively only in prosperous times.
Nearly 13,5O0,000 tons of pigiron were
turned out from January till June.
This is more than the total yearly out.
put for any IL months prior to 1899.
and more than either Germany or
England have ever made in any full
year. There are no indications of a
falling off in the American production.
On June 80 29 new furnaces were un-
der construction, and 13 more were
projected. The United States produces
more iron and more cotton than any
other country. 1t exports the greater
part of the cotton, but uses nearly all
OF the iron In its own industries.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17


The scarabaeus, the sacred beetle
of Egypt, was an object of worship in
olden days, and was most carefully
embalmed at death. The ancient
Egyptians believed the heart to be the
center of intellect as we'll as the
source of life, and removed this organ
when the embalming process took
place, a model of the scarabaeus be-
ing put in its place. There are many
varieties of this sacred beetle, as the
monuments in Egypt show. The scarab
was the favorite insignia of both men
and women, and was worn as charm
to protect from harm and insure de-
sirable qualities to make them attrac.
tive. Many hard stones were used for
these models, and turquoise matrix,
lapis-lazuli, jasper, amethyst, agate
and onyx being much in favor. Some
of the ancient ones are cleverly cut
and were used as coin of the realm
The finest are found with the num-
mics in old tombs.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17

fused to surmount "thank-you,
ma'am." and. finally. the car, stopped
altogether. Mrs Keeney had been sit
ting there over an hour, trying to de-
wise some way out of her dilemma,
when she heard the honk, honk of a
motor car. ~. -s ta'l 7a.. ,,i,i,a..'
1t was the Googans transporting the
subdued and grateful Mrs. Pufington
"Why-if there isn't poor Henrietta
Keeney in trouble!" cried Mrs. Puff
fington. '--
"oh-is that you sarah?" asked
Mrs. Keeney. "Well-I'm glad to see
anyone" ert.l
Which isn't much Of a compliment
to present company" commented Sar-
ah Pufiington patronizingly. But
we'll be charmed to give you help
ing hand, won't we, girls?"
And SO the Googan girls acquired
Mrs. Keeney. Mrs. Puflngton was so
delighted at her rivals discontinue
and her own insonspicuous escape
that she made herself very agreeable
to Henrietta.
isn't that Mr.. ,Cranksniff getting
into Fannie Wheeler's automobile?"
demanded Mrs. Puffington, clutching
Mrs. Keeney's arm.
1T Isl" stated Mrs. Keeney with
tightening lips.
Ezra Cranksniff has got a car
burettor instead of a hearth shifted
Mrs. Putfington. "Oh-the two-faeed-
ness of that man."
"The three-facedness!" corrected
Mrs. Keeney. "Oh!"
Indeed Mr.. Cranksniff had loved
and ridden away. The girls he left
behind him for gasoline widow
watched him whirl out Of sight. Then
they turned to the sisters Googan.
How much do you charge to teach
anyone to run gasoline carr" they
asked in the same breath.
Copyright. 1907, by w. g. Chapman,
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17
HOMEMADE REMEDY
IEExPENstvE AND EASILY PRE-
-------PAREp BY ANYONE. $50.
10 Said to Promptly Relieve eackache
and Overcome. .ktriney Troubis- -xnds
Bladder Weakness. Though Hssms-s
less and Pleasant to Take. :.

What will appear very interesting
to many peeple here is the article
taken from la New York daily paper,
sgivinga simple prescription, as formu.
lated by a noted authority, who claims
that he has found positive REM
edy to cure almost any case of back
ache or kidney or bladder derange.
ment, In the following simple prescrlp-
ton, II taken before the stage Of
Bright's disease:
. Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup sarsaparilla, three
ounces. Shake well in a bottle and
take in teaspoonful doses after each
meal and again at bedtime. &
A well-known authority, when asked
regarding this prescription, stated
that the Ingredients are all harmless,
and can be obtained at small cost.
from any good prescription pharmacy
or the mixture would be put up II.
asked to do so. He further stated that
while this prescription is often pre-.
scribed in rheumatic Affections with'
splendid results, he could see no reas,
son why 1t would not be a splendidt
remedy for kidney and urinary trou,,
bles and backache, as 1t has a peculiat'
action upon the kidney structuref
cleansing these most important orr.
gans and, helping. them. to ,sift and
filter from the blood the foul acids
and waste matter which cause sick
ness and suffering, Those who suffer
can make no mistake in giving it a
trial.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17
Noisy London.

London's Strand is the noisiest
street in the world. It has been for
years London's boast that 1t was noisy
The roar Of traffic and humanity can
be heard above the mere rattle and
bang of the thoroughfares, and 1t
sounds to the acute sense of hearing
much like the roll OF thunder. Begin
once to notice 1t and the nerves culver.
1t never ceases. for during the one
unworking hour, from three to four
a. M. the echo of a million of London
sounds will still reverberate In space,
London is never silent. Paris, how.
ever. has spasms Of quiet In its more
respectable quarters, though when II
recommences it fairly shrieks itself
hoarse.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17

ment the only member at home. Mrs.
Puffington's fate rested in her hands.
II don't know any Googans round
here" she called across the divide.
But | can call up some men at the
nearest house on the telephone and
they'll come pull you out!"
That's just it-they'd pull me out
and I'd be worse off than I am now,
AMI the laughing stock of the town.
Nc sirree-when the Googans rescue
yolt-they do it right. Call 'em up at
their studio or III die in watery
gravel" And then came another down.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17

What a pity it would have been had
the Bastile been taken in the winter,
rather than in tho summer. No doubt
those who participated in that famous
victory found 1t full hot enough at the
time, bqt those who now recall their
doughty achievements with feast and
daaceAtould have found far less in.
centivEfrom French winter than
from aSFrench summer. In this way
does Kindly fate look heedfully to
the future. The perspiring and pow
def.grir>ed fighters of the Place de la
BN tipe a aphundred years. ago. little
thought how nauch their desesndahts
wqIid appreciate tia. July weather
which Is an established part Of the
guest national fete.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17
Luxury. for Motor TourIsts.

France is to be divided into so
zones, and flrst-class modern hotel
built in each, for the convenience Of
motorists and cyclists.
The scheme has been elaborated by
the Touring club Of France and the
Automobile club. The hotels will
have. garages, forages, and everything
necessary for repairs, as we'll as an
electric plant for recharging electric
cars and accumulators.
Shelters, built of light material 30
as to be easily removable will be
erected at convenient places. These
will have comfortable restaurants,
bedrooms, and will be, equipped with
repairing shops and garages.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17

il Mrs. Henrietta Keeney satin her
electric victoria by the sIdsSof the
Soad. q most detected end Unhappy
woman. u She was mile8 froi. ann
where-suspended as 1t we're between
town and the Brightwood Country.
club, because she had overlooked the
,important1ii item Aof having her car
charged and the current had been
-coaxed to the- utmost limit From a
brisk pace that would land Mrs. Keen:
ey at the club before her friend and
rival Mrs. Puffington. the car had set
tied down to q discouraged jog. then
to spasmodic Jerks that almost re-
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17
IEBe Polite.

Every lovely. kindly grace is worth
scultiyating and will add much to your
Ehappiness= and usefulness when you
|.aee older. 4 rudes iil.mannered per.
SORTS Bhunhed and disliked in every
,circiefaHd unless sthe ppposite habits
are FORMED In early lite they sgs sel.
dom formed at Ill.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17
Mr.. cRANkSNIFF AND THE FAIR
MOTORISTS.
BY Helena Smith Dayton.
Pictures by Anqie Breakspear.

Pictures by Angie Breakspear.
II refuse to be rescued by anyone
but the Googan girls" whimpered Mrs.
Pufington from the middle of Frog
Pond, whittier. she had gracefully glid-
ed in her brand new electric phaeton,
"3ut oh dear, oh dear! What1l l do
till they get here?'
The sole witness of Mrs. Putting
tons plight stood on the bank and
eyed her with mingled disgust and
amusement. She was girl. of IA and
lived in the only house in the vicini-
ty of Frog Pond and was at that mo-
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17
Full Of Knots.

The lanky tramp removed his tat
tered hat and displayed his intellect
ual brow.
"Ah. lady" he confided, II have
brains to burn. There is nothing I
like better than to tackle knotty prob
lems." . =
The busy housewife reached for the
az.
n Indeed" she said. well, go
down to the woodpile. You will find
that last load the most knotty prob
lem you ever tackled during your
career" - s7s,.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17

Across the Pond to Drop Every.
thing and Come. -
pour Of Mrs. .Puffington's grief. She
stamped her foot; at the girl In explains
ing how to reach the Googans-and she
was well splashed for her impatience.
While she was sinking deeper IN.
to the pond, Mrs. Keeney, her bit
tersrivai in motoring craft Was set
ting deeper fnF the atfectionss of Mr.
Ezra Grapksnitf. - ~ J.
When, in an Incredibly short time.
the Googa1 girls dashed up TO the ys-
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17

That an article may be good as wen
as cheap, and give entire, satisfaction.
is proven by the Extraordinary sale Of
Defiance Starch. each package con-
tanning one-third more Starch than
can be had Of any other brand for the
same money. ,s,.s 49,, 4.
The Jasper news., 1907-10-17

Mildred OF course, ,Irpare more for
q mans true love than for the amount
Of money he spends" Clothilde-'soh,
OF coursel" Mildred-"But still. it's
avfuily hard 70 hold . cheap man
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-02

policies-to the Monroe doctrine, for
instance, and to the duty not only Of
building, but, when it is built, Of
policing and defending the Panama
canal. We have definitely taken our
place among the great world powers,
and it would be sign of ignoble weak
ness, having taken such a place, to
shirk it's responsibilities. Therefore,
unless we are willing to abandon this
place, to abandon our insistence upon
the Monroe doctrine, to give up the
Panama canal, and to be content to
acknowledge ourselves weak and
timid nation, we must steadily build
up and maintain a great fighting navy.
Our navy is already so efficient as to
be a matter of just pride to every Am
erican. So long as our navy is no
I larger than at present, it must be con-
sidered as an elementary principle that
/ the bulk of our battle fleet must al
ways be kept together. When the Pan
anna canal is built it can be trans
ferred without diff1culty from one part
of our coast to the other; but even be-
fore that canal is built it ought to be
thus transferred to and from from time
to time. In a couple of months our
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-02
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Do not imagine that because a heavy
thunderstorm is far away to leeward
it is not likely to arise and wet you.
Even If the wind is blowing right
against the cloud it will come your
way all the more surely, for thunder
storms always travel against the wind
The reason for this is that there is in
variably commencement of air above
the breeze that you feel close to the
earth, and this sky high wind blows in
the opposite direction to the one which
alone you can detect. Thus the tenn
pest seems to work it's way right
through the winds eyes in very con-
trary sort of way. Fog never does this
neither does ordinary rain-at least
very seldom-but snow or sleet some
times works its way up wind just as
the tempest does. Sheet lightning, by
the way, is not a distinctive sort OF
light, but merely the reflection in the
sky of forked flash many miles away.
You can tell how far away a tempest
Is by counting the number of seconds
that pass between the flash and the
peal. Each second stands for about a
mile.-New York Herald.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-10-02
Gooseherries on Trees.

Travellers in Burma see many strange
things, and perhaps one of the stran-
gest is the way in which some kinds of
fruit grow. For instance, gooseberries
that at home grow on small bushes In
this part Of the world grow ON trees
over twenty-five feet high. They are
not soft, pulpy fruit, but are as hard
as marbles. The real Burman grapes
also grow on high trees and not on
vines. They hang from the branches
and trunk of the tree in clusters on a
long stalk and are covered with a
thick outer skin, which cannot be eat
en-. The cachou, or monkey nut, is
also peculiar and consists of a large,
juicy fruit of soft pulp, with its nut
or kernel attached to the outside of the
fruit at the end farthest from the stalk
from which it hangs.-Lou1on Stand
ard.