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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-24
DYNAMITE FOR MOSQUITOES
CANAL ZONES PROCEDURE

Science has called dynamite TO it's as
sistance in the canal zone Of the 18th
mus in the warfare on mosquitoes and
malaria The explosive is being used in
blowing out distractions in the rivers.
the waters Of which are unusually low
by reason of long drought, so as to per
NIT a free flow and break UP stagnant
pools in which Misunderstanding mos
quitoes breed. Kerosene is also to kill
the mosquito larvae.
c. & S. Ice Cream-Velvet Kind
famed for purity and quality. Druggists
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-24

famed for purity and quality. Druggists
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-17
A QUEER HOUSE.
Tho Novel and Famous Fossil Bono
Cabin In Wyoming.

The Novel and Famous Fossil Bono
Cabin In Wyoming.
THE qucercst house In the world -
said Zoolosist, lis undoubtedly the
famous bone cabin in Wyoming. near
the Medicine Bow river. This cabins
foundations are built of fossil bones.
Bones OF dinosaurs jaws of the dip
lodocus, teeth of the brontosaurus
knuGflcs of the ichthyosaurus verte-
Drae of the camaraS;lurus. chunks of
tile baroSaurus, the cetiasaurus, the
DrnchlosauruS, the stcgiosaurus, tho
ornitholestcs or bird catching dinosaur
all entered into this wonderful cab
ms foundations, making it the most
curious and most costly ediiice in
America
This hut was built by Mexican
sheep herder who had happened by
chance on the grandest extinct animal
bed in the world. This vas plot
about fifty yards square, wherein lay
i'll rich profuSion the bones of all the
animals of the rcptilan age. The heav-
lest and the lightest, the largest and
the smallest, the most tranquil and the
most ferocious, lay side by side.
THE place WAS evidently once riv-
er bar, and the dead bodies that float
cd down the stream were here arrested
to lie for hundreds of thousands OF
years TIL sheep herder came along
and, roofing among bones rs big ms
powders. set about the building OF tho
worlds quccrest cabin."-New Orleans
Times Democrat
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-17
Chewing and Dyspepsia.

The lean dyspeptic. taking mouth
full Of chop, chewed 1t Unfortunately.
Forty chews," lie paused to say,
'for every bite" And his jaws began
to grind again.
'iou make me laugh" his compan-
ion, Psychologist, returned. "A1cat
requires little, If any, chewing. You
must have wasted lot of chews in
your time"
Go on!'
Its true. Vegetables require chew
Ing, for they are digcstcd largely by
the alkaline mouth juices. but meat Is
| dignstcd by the acid stomach juices,
ana to chew it more than enough to
make 1t go down easily does harm In
stead of good. The mouth alkalis, nd
mixing with 1t, hinder the stomach
acids work
Chew vegetables indefatigably, my
friend, but let your meat slip down I'M
ground."-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-17
The Word "diot."

"ldiot' is Il word with curious his
tory. In Greek "idiotcs' began by
meaning private individual, as APP
posed To the state or to n state official;
then 1t meant Il noneXpert or luyman
and finally an ignorant man or an
awkward fellow. 1t was left for Eng
lish TO carry the meaning further to
mental deficiency In Piers plow-
man. an idiot is an ignorant per-
Eon. and as late as 1903 it could mean
person who knew only one language
Wyclif and Jeremy Taylor used Ii In
the sense of "layman," and the latter
also IN that OF private person" And
n professional fool or jester was at
one time an idiot" too.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-17
HIDDEN TREASURE.
New zeaIanders Dig For kauri Gum
In the Ground.

In the Ground.
Many New Zcnlandcrs find It profit
able to dig for hidden treasure. That
for which they dig. however. is not
gold or Captain Kdd's Ill gotten
wealth, though it has dull yellow
color. 1t is kauri gum, rcsinous sub
stance which Is the product of the
knuri pine tree. The gum can be So
cured from the trunks OF trees while
they are alive. for 1t protrudcs in
Jumps but it is especially profitable
to dig for 1t in the soil about the
stumps remaining after the trees have
been cut down. Sometimes chunks
weighing as much rs 100 pounds are
taken up. from the ground.
Digging for kauri gum Is profitable,
Tor the gum is used In the manufacture
OF varnish, and apparently it is one Of
those products OF nature whose place
cannot be filled by anything else which
has yet been discovered. 1t has been
found that it can be used in certain
enamel paints, and this has had the
effect of bringing tho demand up to n
point above the supply.
The kauri pine is a magnificent tree.
It rises as straight rs needle to Il
height OF from 100 to 2C0 feet and
attnins ut times n diameter of fifteen
feet. 1t IS noted for It's dark, dense
foliage and Is much used for masts
for vessels constructed for the British
navy.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-17
SILK OF THE SPIDER.
The Delicate Machinery That Spins
the LIQUID Threada

the Liquid Threads.
The spider is able to secrete at least
three colors of silk stuf'-thc white.
which forms the web, and the en-
swathcmcnt OF captives and the egg
cocoon; the brown mass that fills the
cocoon interior and the nossy yellow
between that ana the inside of the
sac. The glands end in minute duct.
which empty into spinning spools reg
ularly arranged along the sides ami
upon the tips Of the six spinnorcts. or
spinning mammals" or spinning fin
gers" which are placed Just beneath
the apex of the abdomen. The spin
ncrets are movable and can be flung
wide apart or pushed closely together,
and the spinning spools can be man
aged in the same way.
The silk glands are infolded In mus
cular tissue, pressure upon which, ut
the will OF the spider, forces the liquid
silk through the duct into the spool.
whence 1t issues us minute 1lament,
since it hardens upon contact with the
air. One thread rs seen In Il web may
he made up OF Il number of the fila
mcnts and is formed by putting the
tips of the spools together us the liquid
jets are forced out of the ducts Whcr
the spinnercts are Joined and mum
bcr of the spools are cmpticd ut once
their contents merge. and the sheets
or ribbons are formed which one secs
in the cnswathcmcnt OF captive or
the making OF Argiopc's central shield
This delicate machinery the owner op-
crates with utmost skill. bringing into
play now one part and now another
and again the whole with unfailng
dcftncss and mystery complete.-Dr
III. G. McCook in Harpers
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-17
Six Masterpieces Of Fiction

Written especially for the Easter
HERALD by leading American
noVelists.
"The Fortescue Forgeries,"
BY WILLIAM HAMILTON OSBORNE
"The Hermit"
BY ETHEL BRET HARTE
"DaffodiIs," By IONA GALE
"The Parting Dinner"
BY ELEANOR RAEBURN
"The Expert"
BY ROLAND 3. MOLlNEUX
"Fluffy Ruffles." CAROLYN WELLS
delightful page of humor shows
how Fluffy again loses another
job.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-17
BIG CARNATIONS.
They Were Cultivated In England In
shakespeare Time.


shakespeare Time.
A florist says that we pride ourselves
nowadays ON the size or our carna.
tons. but the florists of 300 years ago
grew carnations three to four inches
ucross. as lnrge us any that we see.
pnd thought nothing of 1t.
"All through Spain, southern France
and Italy the carnatlon Is the fuvorite
Hover and has been for hundreds OF
years, but along the Mediterranean
there are few glass houses, for In pro-
tectcd situations and on southern
alopcs of hills even delicate flowers
grow outdoors all winter long ana
bloom as freely at Christmas as In
July.
THE big carnations, however, were
not grown i'll Spain or Italy. but in
England outdoors during the summer
time and before glass houses were
known. They may have grown lust
Ns large carnation flowers in Spain as
In England Mt that time, but In Eng
land there was record made OF the
fact and also OF the size. while I'm Spain
there was not Shakespeare mentions
carnations and gillylowers, or July
fiowcrs, together us blooming at the
same season, which shows that the
carnation was then II summer flower,
whereas IN or greenhouses 1t is now
winter bloomcr. How the florists OF
those days treated the plants to OBJ
tain blooms OF such size nobody knows,
for old time florists grew flowers in
stead of writing books about them. SO
all we know is that they had very
large carnations In Queen Elizabeth's
time without knowing how they were
grown. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-17
Where Her Father Mas,

The daughter of the house had Just
returned from boarding school. Her
finishing branches had made her lit.
tie sensitive.
rs your father out in the wood shed
splitting wood?" the caller asked her.
NO" replied the naughty girl; pa.
pa is at the town meeting splitting in,
fnitives. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-17
Norfolk & Washington
Steamboat Co.

The new and powerful Iron Palace
steamers, Newport News, Washington
and Norfolk will leave daily as fol.
lows:
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-17
Liquid Spirits.

Il don't give money to tramps.
What do you do for n living?'
"Pleasc, mum, | work for the Soci-
ETY. of Psychical Research"
Indeed! And what work do YOU
do for the society. pray:"
Il help In the investigation of mate
rial spirits. American.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-17
Mary Stewart Cutler

Easter fashions, Easter hats. Easter
Novelties, Easter decorations and
score more of other entertaining
features.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-17
Ellis Parker Bu!Iar

author of "Pigs Is Pigs" tells
of the further adventures of
Eliph' Hewitt.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-17

Hard knocks often help to make the
man, buShe will encounter plenty of
them without purposcly getting IN the
way of the rock as 1t comes rolling
Gown the Macomb Eagle.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-17

The new and powerful Iron Palace
steamers, Newport News, Washington
and Norfolk will leave daily as fol.
lows:
NoRTHBoUND.
Leave Portsmouth, foot of
North street ........... 500 D
Leave Norfolk, foot of Wa
ter street .............. 600 p IN
Leave old Point Comfort 700 p m
Arrive in Washington 49,. 700 m
Arrive in Philadelphia,
Penn. R. r. ......... .ss1O:5O m
Arrive in Philadelphia, B.
G O. r. r. .s.11:1O m
Arrive In New York, Penn.
X. r. ........ ITO p M
Arrive in New York, B. &
Q. R. r. ............... 1900 p m
SOUTHBOuND.
Nv New YORK, Penn. X. r., 1900 m
Nv. New YORK, %. d o. X. Il. f1:0u p M
Lv. Philadelphia, Penn. r. r. 1855 pm,
Lv. Phila., B. & o. r. r.. 2:Os m
Ar. Washington, Penn, r. R. 6:1Opm
Ar. Wash, B e o. r. R. .ss5 100 m
Nv. washington .......... $50 p m
Ar. Old Point Comfort. :. 1900 a m
Ar. Norfolk IS: 90 m
AT: portsmouth ........... $3.50 m
SDaily. **Daily except Sunday.
The trip down the historic Potomac
River and Chesapeake Bay on the
elegant steamers of this company Is
unsurpassed. The steamers are com.
paratively new, having been built in
1891, and are fitted up in the most
luxuriant manner, with electric lights.
call bells and steam heat in each
room. The tables are supplied with
every delicacy of the season from
the markets of Washington and Nor
FOLK, For tickets, reservation of
staterooms, and further information.
apply to D. ]. CALLAHAN, Agent
Norfolk, Va.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-03-17
TRANSPORTATION GUIDE.
Chesapeake s.
Ohio Railway
HOURS THE QUICKEST LINE

See Il. w. Robinson, Agent c. & o. Ry.
Before arranging for your trip.
Through Trains, Vestibuled, Electric
Lighted, Steam Heated, Dining
Cars n La Carte through the
grandest scenery East of
the Rocky Mountains.
For Richmond, Cincinnati, Indlanap.
oils, Nashville, Chicago, Louis.
vile, Nashville, Memphis,
West and Southwest.
10: 10 A. M. and 5:25 p. NJ daily.
Local for Richmond and James Rivec
Points:
7:40 A. NJ, daily. .ai
Local for Richmond: ~ |
$40 p. M, daily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-31

wife by agreement; and nearly all the
courts where the common law has been adj
ministered-that is to say, in America. Aus
tralia. Scotland and other countries, ex-
cepting English courts themselves-have de-
cided that under the common law a mar
rage was good by agreement without any
religious services or celebration.
"Of course. this condition of law has often
been awaited Of by adventuresses claiming
to be widows of rich men, but for one case
of that kind there have probably been 100
in which men have awaited themselves Of
some technicality to repudiate their wives.
ut seems a hopeless task to attempt to
secure uniform marriage and divorce laws
in the United States. Certainly the other
states would not recognize that South Car
DINA. where alone no divorces can be grant
ed, !s in any way superior to them or has
any claim to be a model for them, nor
would South Carolina be likely to allow
divorces so as to become like other states.
My idea, therefore, is that the object of
those who are trying to improve the law Of
marriage and divorce should be to prevent
the fraudulent use of the courts Of any
state, and while securing by penalties
proper formalities in marriages should not
make these formalities essential to the va
lidty Of marriage"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-31
TRANSFORMATION Facilities.
Among the Pleasure Craft.

The power launch Louise. one OF the fleet
Of pleasure craft owned in this city, was
yesterday hauled out at the foot Of 9th
street southwest to have some repair work
done to her shaft and wheel and to be
painted and put in order for hunting and
fishing trips on the river during the coming
fall. The little craft will be ready for
service in the early part Of the coming
week.
The power launch Sport. Capt. Coleman.
which was hauled out at Cumberland'S
boathouse Thursday. is to renew her rudder
shoe. which was injured by running In
shoal water. and to have other work done
to her that will put her in trim for cruising
during the fall and early winter Before
returning to service the vessel will also be
painted inside and out
The work of construction on largo
power launch at Cumberland's boathouse at
the foot of 9th street was stopped by the
death Of the owner at Providence Hospital
a few days ago. 1t Is expected the boat
will be completed and placed on the market
some time during the coming fall. The new
craft is an able one and is built for rough
weather service on the Potomac and on
Chesapeake bay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-31
PLANS OF THE DOWAGER
CHINESE EMPRESS WOULD HAVE
A MODERN CABINET.

PEk1NG, August 31.-With the arrival Of
Yuan-Sht-Kai, commander-in-chief of the
Chinese forces, there began in the summer
palace yesterday an unusual series Of de-
alterations concerning the condition Of the
empire. The dowager empress has assem-
bled her most important and influential ad-
visers and the arrival of Viceroy Chang
Chi Tung, who came on q pilgrimage from
Hankow. was surrounded with secrecy.
The imperial family believes and the gov
eminent fears that the Chinese race Is
bent upon unseating the Manchus. The
Chinese imperial family is of Manchu orr
gin. All the previous devices adopted by
the throne to remove the existing distinc-
lions between Chinese and Manchu having
failed, the throne now contemplates the
amalgamation Of the two races, and this
purpose led the throne recently to call for
suggestions from the memorialists These
came in and a course of action is now
ready for PRONUNCIATION.
The four main points are-first. the dis
bandment of the Manchu banner troops
the abolition Of their pensions and the
submersion of their officers into the regular
army; second, the daughters of Cinnamon
of the upper classes will be eligible to marry
into the imperial family, and this promises
future Chinese-Manchu emperor; third,
Chinese females will no longer be permitted
to bind up their feet, and this will remove
the difference in the appearance between
Chinese and Manchu women, and, fourth
Manchus will be required to take surnames
like Cinnamon. The government hopes
that within ten years the two races will be
indistinguishable.
The recent comet was subject of anxious
discussion at yesterdays meeting and the
court Is disturbed account of the uni
versal belief that comets presage revolution.
The dowager empress is falling rapidly
She has suffered two apoplectic strokes in
the past two years and her vitality clearly
Is lessening. The failing OF the empress
health has been accompanied, during the
last days of her reign, by the unusual oc-
currence Of a Kaleidoscope recast of the
department Of state, as well a resolution
to prepare China for a constitution and
the first participation in the government of
an electorate
Furthermore, the dowager empress con-
templates wide-reaching and fundamental
changes in the metropolitan government
She plans to change the grand secretariat,
which has been destitute Of power since
the days of the Ming dynasty into a mod
ern cabinet and to rescue the throne from
prOm1ScuOus advisers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-31
ADn1EM
DEWsxJ H6nE

ing's base With land in the financial dis
trict selling as high as $500 a square foot
the base of a building is naturally not a
huge thing II the skyscraper could have
an unlimited base it could have an I'M
limited height.
Before ever a spadeful Of earth is dug
for foundation the skyscraper must be
weighed. 1t is weighed with paper and
pencil, and hundreds of sheets are covered
with figures. The great Orders and beams.
stone. cement, desks, human beings, even
nuts and rivets. are carefully figured in be-
fore the building is begun.
Another Large Building.
One Of the newest skyscrapers now in
course of construction, at Cortlandt street
and Broadway, which will be the largest
office building in the world. will. 1t is esti-
mated. weigh. when completed, $4,000 tons,
an amount equal to the combined weight
Of all the inha bitants Of Philadelphia. This
enormous weight will be placed on a plot
Of ground hardly $4,000 square feet in area.
or about equal to ten ordinary city dwell
ings. The steel skeleton Of the building
has eighty-nine legs or columns, which will
bear its whole weight, and the engineers
have had most delicate problem to see
that the weight was evenly distributed on
these legs, lest some Of them should COL
lapse. There about 900 sections of steel
columns weighing from one to ten tons
each, and several thousand Orders and floor
beams weighing from one to twenty tons
each. The number Of rivets being used
will run into the millions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-31

after another, adding not only to the
beauty and attractiveness of the section,
but to the value
"One of the largest enterprises ever I'M
dertaken by a single firm in this particu-
lar section is that of Kennedy & Davis.
who have purchased and subdivided the
entire square No. 1886, bounded by 18th,
18th, and B streets and North Caro-
lima avenue northeast. They intend to
erect on this new subdivision q total of
now in course of erection, and from present
appearances these houses will be an orna-
ment to this section of the city. They are
twenty feet wide. with fronts of Flemish
bond brick. containing six rooms. with
modern bath and furnace heat. The in
terror finishings will be first class in every
respect, as this well-known firm will allow
no other kind of work to pass from its
hands. These houses will be sold at
remarkably low price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-31
TO CLEAN RESERVOIR.
Large Number of Fish and Frogs in
the Big Reno Tank.

One of the largest fish hauls in the vicin-
ity of this city in a long time will occur
early next week. when the officials of the
water department commence cleaning the
Reno reservoir. near Tenleytown. The res
ervoir has not been cleaned for a number
of years and the presence of considerable
green growth its sides and bottom
caused the Commissioners to order action
taken.
The reservoir Is divided into two sections
and the cleaning will be conducted SO that
only one section will be out of service at
one time. and the portions of the city sup
piled from the distribution point will not
be in any way affected. Superintendent
Mcfarland Of the water department. who is
busily engaged in making preparations for
the work, says that thousands of fish and
frogs are in the water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-31
Happenings at Herndon.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
HERNDON. Va, August 81, 1907.
The Dranesville district school board,
composed Of w. A. Thompson, w. H. Fox
and j. P. Tucker. met at Herndon last
Thursday afternoon for the purpose Of Or
ganizing and arranging the list of teachers
for the coming school term. NJ. d. Hall,
county Superintendent Of schools, was also
present
Mr.. Fox was chosen chairman and Mr..
Tucker clerk.
The following appointments were made:
Vale School, No. 1, j. F. Wilson; Powell
School. No. 2. Ellen Franzel: Colvin Run
School. No. g. Bessie Ramey. assistant to
be supplied: Forrestville School. No. 4. to
be supplied; Dranesville School, No. 3,
Lulu o. Fulton: River Bend School, No 9,
to be supplied: Floris Schools. Nos and 8.
Sadie c. Detwiler (principaD, Katherine
Grow (assistanD; Navy School. No. 8. LII
liam w. MILAN; Moneys Corner School, No.
10, Mary Neff; Colored School, No. A, to be
supplied
The boam will meet at Herndon Septem-
Der IL for the purpose of making contracts
with the teachers and opening bids and
contracting for fuel for the schools OF the
, district.
Edgar Wiley Is visiting his parents here
Mr.. Wiley. who has been away from Hern-
don for sixteen years, Is located at South.
ern Pines 8. c.
John B. Sleman. ST.. Of Washington. D. c..
and Lucius D. Alden and daughters OF
Dunn Loring. Va. were in Herndon Thurs
| day attending the Fairfax county Sunday
school convention.
| 1t is announced that r. E. Thornton, can
| didate for the democratic nomination for
state senator from this district will make
| the only public address of his canvass be.
fore the primary election September 10 a,
| Herndon Saturday. September Z,
The new town council. which Is composed
| Of E. L. Robey. H. B. Hutchinson c, H
| Reed. C. F. Russell, C. NJ. Burton, E.
Dyer, E. N. Fitzhugh and NJ T. Wilkins
| clerk. and e. w. Bauckman sergeant, will
meet the first Monday in September for the
l purpose of organizing.
| Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Blanchard have re-
| moved from Herndon to their cottage or
the Shenandoah river. where they will re-
main until the late fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-31
Prince George County Politics,
Special Correspondence of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO

UPPER MARLBORO, Md,
August 81, 1907.
Affairs In the republican camp In Prince
George county appear to be in an unsettled
condition, and II the leaders have decided
on any candidates for county offices TO be
nominated next month they seem deter
mined TO enjoy monopoly of their tnten-
lions. report is current here that the
leaders are by no means certain of the
wisdom of nominating q candidate for chief
Judge of the seventh judicial circuit. in
Guiding Prince George, Calvert, Charles
and st. Mary's counties, to oppose John p.
Briscoe, recently nominated by the demo-
Gratis. II is said to be recognized that
Representative Mudd would make a formi-
cable candidate, but II he has any intention
of entering the race people who ought to be
posted either do not know anything or de-
cline TO make an announcement. They say
Mr.. Mudd has not decided what he will do;
that when he does he will probably lose no
time in making IT known. There Is some
talk OF the republicans nominating T. Snow
den Hill OF near Marlboro
There Is just as much uncertainty con-
corning the local ticket While the gen.
eral impression prevails that either r. H.
Vincent of Hyattsville Thomas NJ. I'm
Gerwood OF Piscataway will be nominated
for the office OF sheriff, there are several
others In the county who appear to be i'm
pressed with the idea that they would make
excellent guardians OF the peace.