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VIRGINIA'S RATE LAW.
Officials Seeking Means to Get Two
Cent Fare Act Into Operation.

RICHMOND. Va. August 3.-"'If the cor.
poration commission should request me to
call a special session of the legislature to
consider making a change In the present
rate laws l would call the general assembly
together" said Gov. Swanson yesterday
when asked concerning certain difficulties
now obstrucing the putting into effect OF
the two-cent passenger rate recently pro-
mulgated by the commission.
The governor said that the question of
calling the legislature together for the pur
pose OF affecting certain changes in the
state constitution bearing on rate laws had
been under consideration for some time. He
is waiting. however. for the corporation
commission. the action of which body In
making the rate has been attacked and en-
joined by Judge Jeter c. Pritchard of the
United States circuit court. to make the
formal request for the extra session.
Henry T. Stuart. the only member of the
commission who Is at present In the city, In
reply to question as to the attitude of the
commission in the matter Of the proposed
call for extra session. said he felt d;sin-
clned to discuss the matter In the absence
of his colleagues He did not hesitate, how
ever. to indicate his own personal view.
which is that the present status Of the rate
case Is far from satisfactory and that II
may become necessary to take some posi-
tive action In order to clear away the tech
meal difficulties which are now impending
the exercise OF the powers vested in tho
commission by the constitution and laws OF
Virginia.
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The Mysterious Etruscans.
From Putnam's.


Why did they devote their whole lives So
the incessant making Of pottery. until it go
cumulated in such quantities that they were
compelled to bury 1t In order to keep room
for themselves in their streets and houses?
Then again there is the mystery of the
Etruscan inscriptions. These inscriptions
are fairly numerous. but hitherto they have
proved to be utterly undecpherable The
Etruscan is the only dead language that
has defed investigation. Considered as
language nothing could seem more improb-
able than the hieroglyphIcs of the Egyp-
tians: but Egyptologists can read them
with such ease that almost any given series
Of hieroglyphics can be read In three or
four ways by an equal number of rival
Egyptologists. Any language more utterly
impossible at first glance than the Assy-
rian arrow-headed language could not we'll
be imagined but there are many learned
men who can read. write and speak arrow
head with facility. And yet no man can
make the least sense Of the writings left by
the Etruscans, although they are written in
Roman characters All that we know of
the Etruscans seems unreasonable and pre-
posterous. Naturally this makes them
fascinating to every one who delights in
mystery and the solution Of puzzles. 1 need
hardly say that, although I felt the fas-
cination Of the Etruscans, I had not the
slightest hope. when I went to Volterra. of
hitting upon probable explanation of those
remarkable people. Nevertheless l founE
there a clue to the Etruscan mystery which
I should like to submit to some archaeo-
logical Sherlock Holmes.
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Lead That Sells for Gold.
From Tit-Bits.


The collector on the lookout for wind
falls is with US everywhere now. and even
the vast quantities of scrap iron that are
melted down and converted to various uses
by the dealers are carefully sorted and ram
sacked. mainly for two classes OF articles
old Sussex firebacks and other ironware
and ancient lead cisterns. the latter being
curiosities.
when all those vast, bare but beautiful
tracts OF Sussex we now know as the
downs were covered by rich forests, but
most of the wood growing in these was
cut down in order to feed the iron furnaces
which then existed In various parts Of the
county and which supplied the whole nation
with its most artistic ironware especially
with Its resources OF coal instead Of wood
for the manipulation OF the iron. Thus the
Sussex ware became rare and more rare.
and certain OF the ironwork of this kind
now brought from ancient mansions fetches
fancy prices. Many a fine piece has been
discovered in old scrap iron.
The lead cistsrns In old mansions were
piece. but they were. as to their front
portion at least. cast In the most artistic
2 nd quaint designs. some of the greatest
craftsmen and designers In the country
being engaged In the making OF the pat
terms. These old cisterns are sometimes
discovered in heaps OF material classed as
waste and not long ago a splendid speci-
men Of the time OF Charles that had come
o Whitechapel dealer from an old War
rickshire mansion sold for 200 guineas. the
lesign being particularly beautiful Rnc
iaimpaired by time
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jy27. 80. au1 .3.6
THos. J. OWEN 4 son. AUCTIoNEERs

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE. BEING THE TWO-STORY
SIX-ROOM FRAME DWELLING ON LOTS 80
AND 80, BROWNING'S SUBDIVISION OF D
ON BROWNING ST. NEAR SHERIFF ROAD.
DEANWOOD. d. C.
corded In liber No. 2e43. folio 1886 ct seq. OF the
land records OF the District OF Columbia. and ut
the request of the party secured thereby the under
signed trustees will sell at public auction In front
ENTH BAY OF AUGUST. 1901. AT. FOUR
premises situated In the county of Washington.
District Of Columbia. and designated and being
part of original lot eight 49, In J. H. w: Burleys
subdivision Of Sheriff estate. recorded In Gov.
Shepherds No. I: folio g.. surveyors office Of the
District Of Columbia, and known as lots 81 and 80
IN Brownings subdivision Of said original lot eight
Said Browning's subdivision recorded In the land
records Of the District Of Columbia liber 1865.
folio $40. beginning at the northwest corner OF
original lot eight ~ and running easterly along
51loO n02: 80 feet to a xty-foot street. thence
southeriy along line Of saidSstreet aftytwe 671O0
t52.6D feet thence westerly NQne hundred Que 5-10
Qo1.6) feet to western line Of said original lot 8.
thence northerly seventy 3100 7OOS) feet to place
of beginning
Terms Of sale: one-third of the purchase money
to be paid in cash; balance In monthly notes Of
$2s each. with interest at per centum per annum.
secured by deed Of trust upon the property sold.
or all cash. ct the option Of the purchaser. All
conveyancing recording and notary fees at the cost
Of the purchaser. Terms Of sale to be complied
the trustees reserve the right to resell the property
at the risk and cost of dsfauting purchaser after
days advertisement Of such resale in some news
paper published In Washington, d. G. .;
GALEN E. GREEN,
JOHN W. BROWNING.
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railway

Schedule IN enect July 30 1907.
200 P;M.-OLD DOMINION EXPRESS week days
tibule train: standard coaches; parlor car to
Hinton. handled In train No. Is from Gordons-
Vile. which has a In carte dining car and
connects at Covnston for Virginia Hot Springs
Pullman Sieepers Clifton Forge to Louisville,
Cincinnati. indianapolis. ST. Louis and Chicago
$40 P.M.-NEW G. & o. LIMITED. daily-Fsst
new vestibule train: stops only at Gordonsviils
Charlottesville. stanton, Clifton Forge and
Covington: Va; White Sulphur. Ronceverte and
Hinton, W. Va. Pullman seepers to Lexington.
Louisville. Cincinnati. Indiana polls st. Louis
and Chicago Dining cars. Z La csrte service.
One night out.
1:1O PM.-F. 3. v. LIMITED. daiIy-solid YES.
tfbule train. Pullman slsepers to Cincinnati
Lexington and louisville: Compartment sleep
Ing car to Virginia Hot Springs week DAYS
Dining cars: a Ia carte service. sleepers Gin
cnnah to Chicago and st. Louis and Louisville
to Memphis Nashville and southwest.
Reservations and tickets at Chesa peake and Ohio
Omces; 6la Pennsyivania avenue. 900 i4th street,
near +. and Sixth Street Station. Telephone Main
8730 for pennsylvania r. r. Cab Service and Min
1906 for c. 0. Ticket ONCE,
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ALCOHOL A NUTRIENT.
Ono Theory Of Its Effect on the Nerve
and Muscle Systems.
From Current Literature.

From Current Literature
Alcohol. up to a certain point. Is an old
acquaintance of the bodily cells even of
those persons who from their birth have
lived an abstinent life. For the living or
ganism to come into contact with alcohol it
is not at all necessary that the latter be
made artfhcially and then ingested. The
cells of plants. Of animals and also Of man
already know alcohol. since 1t Is formed in
almost every organism when 1t Is not arti-
f1ctally furnished to It, Such Is the prelim-
Psychologist. DR.. ]. Starke. bases his vindi-
cation Of alcoholic drinks as beverages. Dr.
Starke Is an able German physician who
has long specialized in dietetics.
Alcohol nourishes DR.. Starke is con-
WINGED Of that after years Of patient inves-
tigation. The alcohol ingested-which af-
fects digestion favorably. he says, so far as
1t affects it at all-is easily and rapidly alb
sorbed from-the stomach and incorporated
with the juices OF the body, and In the lat
nutrient material.
Alcohol exerts likewise specific action on
the nervous system. So DIR. Starke says at
any rate. Up to the time that the ingested
alcohol performs Its part as nutrient ma
terfal, there Is a period during which 1t cir
culates in the blood as yet undecomposed
alcohol, and may act specifically on the or
gans The duration and intensity of this
specific action of alcohol depend on the
amount ingested and on the needs Of the
system for nourishment The smaller the
former and the greater the latter-greater
with Increased muscular activity and with
diminished ingestion Of other nutriment-
the less are the duration and intensity Of
the specific effects of alcohol. On the whole
these specific effects of alcohol are exerted
on the nervous system. either on the ter
minal apparatuses Of the nerves or on the
central nervous system. The nerve trunks
are not essentially affected. neither are the
blood vessels directly. With the latter. as
with the heart, the effect Is either on the
vasomotor nerves or on those of the heart ;
or else. In the case Of the heart. this muscle
like any other, makes use of the alcohol as
a nutrient material in the performance of
Its work. On the whole. insists DR.. Starke.
alcohol Is nutrient and a nervine. exert
ing at the same time q nutritive and
specific action.
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Well Drillers'- Presence Of Mind.


Two oil we'll drillers. Earl Sheets and
Frank Winks. near Carl Junction. UNDER
went an experience last week that would
make a feature for life and death
melodrama The two men were superln-
tending the shooting of a well. Three
hundred quarts Of nitroglycerin had been
brought to the well to be used in the shot.
shell" containing thirty quarts had
been lowered, but 1t stuck in the we'll The
operators thought they could shove the
can on down in the well by letting the
baler down in the well on top Of It. The
plan appeared to have worked all right.
and the baler was drawn up out Of the
well. and part way up toward the top Of
the derrick before the Mortified spectators
noticed that the can Of deadly explosive
had caught in the baler and was then
dangling in the air. ready to fall.
Just as Sheets and Winks looked up. tho
shell came lose and started toward the
ground. Realizing that II 1t ever hit the
ground those thirty quarts Of nitro would
explode and kill every one In the vicinity.
the tive men. with presence OF mind. ran
under it and caught 1t in their hands If
they had failed in this not one Of the spec
tators would have lived to tell the story"
It was q real thriller.
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WILSON 4 MAYERs. AUcTI0NEEas.

REAL ESTATE NOS. 435 AND 457 SIXTH
STREET SOUTHWEST. ATTRACTIVE TWO
STORY BRICK DWELLINGS,.
BY virtue of decree Of the Supreme Court Of
the District Of Columbia passed in Equity Cause
No. 26071. We, the undersigned trustees. VII sell
At pubic auction. IN front Of the 2rcn,ises on
TUESDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST. AID.
1907. AT HALFPAST FOUR O'CLOCK r NJ. the
following described land and premises. situate In
the city Of Warrington In the District OF Colum
bia. and designated as and being all ut lot mum
bered iOuf a. and the south seven feet and ten
inches Il It. 10 in) by the full depth thereof Of
lot I've o. In square numbered four hundred and
sixty five (4G5l. together with the improvements,
consisting Of Nos. As and 437 Sixth street south
west.
Terms Of safe: Oue-third Of the purchase money
to be paid In cash. and the balance in two equal
installnents payable in one and two years. with
interest at SIX per eentum per annum payable
Of trust upon the property sold OF al 49, at the
required OF the purchaser at the time Of sale. All
convey ancing, recording and notarial fees at the
cost Of the purchaser. Terms Of sale TO 3e COM
piled with within fifteen days from day OF sale,
otherwise the trustees reserve the right to resell
the property at the risk and cost Of the defauttng
purchaser after i've days advertisement Of such
resale in some newspaper published tn the city OF
Washington. d. C.
JAMES B. ARCHER, Jr..
45S Louisiana ave.,
FREDERICK A. FENNiN1.
ty27-llt Trustees
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RAILROADS.
SOUTHERN RAaG WAY.

N. B.-Following schedule figures published only
as fnforma ton. aud not guaranteed.
100 am.-pauville and way stations.
500 a.m.-Harrisonbure and way stations.
800 am.-Sleepers and cOaches to Atlanta ana
New Orleans. Sleeper to Columbus Ga. Dining
Car
eli: 100 a.m.-Sleepers and coaches to Columbia.
Savannah and jacksonville. Dining
f4:01 pm.-Harrisonhurg and way stations.
1855 p.m.-Charl0ttesvi1le. Warrenton and way
atoms; Strasbnrg week days.
'6:1o pm-Sieepers and coaches to Atlanta.
Sunset Route Tourist sleeper to San Francisco tri
weekly.
$50 p.m.-sleepers and coaches to Charlotte.
Columbia and Augusta. Dining car,
"10:15 pm.-Sleepcrs and coaches tvfa Lynchbur8
and BRISTOL to Chattanooga, Memphis and New
Orleans Dining car.
.l1:00 p.m.-New York aud New Orleans It'd.
solid Pullman to Asaeville. Atlanta. Birmingham
and New Orleans. Club and observation cars.
Dlningecar.
Note.-'Dafly. fweek days.
Through trains from the south arrive Washington
7:35, s:4s and 9:0s an. 2:3O. 5:25. s:45 II: 40
aud II 40 pm. daily. Local trains from Harrison
burg. 1928 pm. week days and 500 pm. daily:
from Charlottesville daily. and Strasburx week
days. BIG am.
Frequent trains to and from Bluemont
Ticket Offices: 705 18th St. 81 Pa. ave and
Pennsylvania station.
w. H. TAYLOE, G.P.A. /. g. BROWN, GA.
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THOS. ]. OWEN 4 SON, Auctioneers.

TRUSTEES SALE OF FRAME DWELLING ON
THIRD STREET SOUTHWEST.
by virtue of the last will and testament Of Alb
Salon Lindsay. deceased. duly recorded in the Of
fee Of the register OF Wills of the District OF Co.
lumbia and authorized by decree Of the Su-
preme Court OF the District Of ColumbIa, passed
In equity cause No. 28304. will offer for sale
At public auctions in fg9ns Sf the premises PR, on
A. D. 1907 AT HAI.FPAsT FOUR O'CLOCK
p NJ, the parts Of sublots Fl and l, In square 594
embraced In the following description, namely,
beginning Sd street southwest at q point ITO
feet from the southwest corner Of the said square,
thence east along alley 81 feet, thence north
l6 feet thence west 80 feet to Sd street, and
thence south 10 feet to the place of beginning the
same being improved by a two-story frame dwell
ing known as No Ills Sd street southwest.
Terms of sale: One third Of the purchase money
to be paid in cash. the balance in two equal In
spectivey. from the day of sale. to be evidenced
by the purchasers promissory notes, bearing In
terest at the rate Of per centqm per annum:
payable semi annually and secured by deed Of trust
upon the property sold or all cash , at the option
quired OF the purchaser at the time Of sale. Al
cost Of the purchaser. Terms of sale to be COM
piled with within fifteen days from the day Of
sale, otherwise / the right to resell the
property at the risk and cost Of the defaulttng
purchaser. RUFUS P. CLARKE,
Trustee and Administrator C. t. q.
fy27 30 au1 30
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Houses Without Owners.
rom the Philadelphia Record.

From the PhlIAueIphla RecOru.
You would scarcely believe it," said an
employee of the bureau Of surveys recently.
that scattered throughout the city are
numerous houses and lots that have no
known owners. altho Ugh dilIgent search has
been made for them. The taxes are. of
course, assessed yearly against them. but
they remain unpaid for years. Recently
the city solicitor began proceedings against
several of these properties for the purpose
Of collecting the arrearages in taxes, which
amount to more than the actual value of
the properties. One OF the big lots. the
owner of which Is unknown, is at Ontario
and Casper streets in the twenty-third
ward. 1t measures 625 feet by IS feet
and will be sold by Sheriff Brown. 1t is
assessed for $1,000
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THos. J. OWEN . son. Auctioneess.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE BEING TwO-STORY BRICK
IS DWELLING NUMBERED s410 PROSPECT
AVE. NV, WASHINGTON. D. G.
By virtue Of certain deed of trust duly recorded
In Nber No. 29<2, folio Is ct seq, Of the land
records Of the District Of Columbia. and at the
quest Of the party secured thereby. the under
signed trustees will sell. at public auction. IN
front of the premises. on FRIDAY: THE NINTH
DAY OF AUGUST, A. D. 1907. AT FIVE O'CLOCK
PM, the following described land and premises,
lituate In the city of Warrington, District Of
Columbia, and designated and being lot num-
bered (43}. In G. A. Kidweil and others
subdivision Of part OF square numbered twelve
hundred and four u2OA. d per plat recorded In
Ltbsr Georgetown Subdivision, No. g folio 81. Of
the records Of the ONCE Of the surveyor Of the
District Of Columbia, together with the improve
ments, consisting Of two-story brick dwelling No.
B4l0 Prospect ATE. NV.
Terms q sale: One-th Of the purchase money
to be paid IN cish. balance In two equal INSTALL
meuts, payable in one and two years. with inter
est at Ave 90 Pc, Ssnu% per nnnum PAYABLE
Of trust upon the property sold, all cash, at
the option OF the purchaser. deposit Of $26o. 90
will be required At time OF ss1s All conveyance
ing. recording. etc., at cost Of purchaser. Terms
Of sale to be complied with within ten days from
day OF sale, otherwise the trustees reserve the
right to resell the property at the risk and cost
Of defaultn9 purchaser. after dss days advertise
ment Of snch resale in some Newspaper published
JOSEPH H. BRADLEY,
q. DUNCAN BRADLEY,
1919 Wisconsin ave. NV.
1yz5-d&ds. ED Trustees.
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The Toughness Of Fish.
From The Cutters Bool

effect does this catching have upon the
fish? Some think they will soon learn to
let the lure alone. but guess not. 1 guess
1t has no effect in that direction. I have
seen otherwise quite intelligent men bitten
by the Same dog In the same place re-
peatedly. As to physical effect. have had
q chance to learn that fish are as tough
as tripe. and 1 know Of one small lake
where it would seem as though every bass
in 1t must have been caught out and re-
turned to the water several times but no
dead one has ever been found in or about
the lake. One more evidence Is that In
Florida fish have terrible enemy In the
alligator. I have caught a number of blacL
bass that have been chewed to a deformity
by alligators. and yet healed up and be
come as lively and determined to puAIsa
the lure as ever
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Atlantic Coast Line.

Elective April ., 1901
Notice.-These departures are given a. inforns.
tfon well connections with other com On mica
but arrivals and connections are not gusra stesd.
40 an. daily-Sleeping car New York to Jaca.
scnyille, Fla. Through coaches Warrington 70
Jack son Vile.
8:45 pm. daily-sleeping Car New York to Jack.
sonville, Fla; New York to Port Tampa. Fla, via
Jacksonville; New YORK to Augusta. Ca; New
York to Charleston. 8. c.: Washington to VII
minGton, N. @. Through coaches Washington to
Jacksonville. UNExCELLED DINING CAB SkHv-
ICE.
For tickets and all informa ton apply at the
OFFICE OF THE LINE. col PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUE NORTHWEST. AND PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD STATION.
GEO. p. JAMES
District Passenger agent. Washiugton D. O.
T. 9. WHITE. Gen. Pass Agent.
". J. CRAIG.
Pass. Trafnc Mer. Wilmington N. q.
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RAILROADS,


Baltimore and Ohio r. r.
LEAVE srAr1 RS9Ak EeE ELu taEs'f, s AZ and st.
EVERY OTHER HOUR oN THE ODD HOUR
NEW TO PnI3RELP Ell s APP new x1hK
1900 am. Buffet. Parl :. 5-hour Train.
s9.OO an Diner and Pullman ParlOr Car.
I'll 90 an. piner and Pullman Parlor ca:
800 pm Royal Limited" Al pullman.
t4.O0 pm. Coaches TO Philadelphia.
800 pm. Diner and Pullman Farlor.
Ill 80 pm. sleepers
ATLaS vic s cffT. t7oo. .s.oo t,1oo an.
'i xSSAroLIEs. s." xee.d.y. 500 am: laos noon.
EVERY HoIR on THE HOUR"
e"esiday; 70 ' Sat TN * 500 Dn.9
1900 tS:p om fi3ee noso So
1ss ds ss sS 49, 49, sSS t::s
1000 ''o-''' Of % ~ " B."
e cINGiSSir 81 FOULS an. mao L8BTlsv
. F r # an: 20 :sss . .s,o pn..
IF SIRy S;fEss;n =: :s q pm.
WHEELING. .s.lo an. $50 pm:
r1 EfHkSHka ts5 tSS ;sis 20. :1 s.e
'' HsGERs S 1910 am. $500 pm.
'Dsily. tE1eept Sunday; tsunday only.
Of fare. etc. win be guile ly furnished BIZ fELE:
q ST. NV. Telephone Main 1891: e1s penn.yi.
:sy Ave- and 9 s'...rictet once, Telephone East
6S7. Information Bureau. East TIA.
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Seaboard Air Lime Railway

TICKET OFFICE, 1921 PENNA AVE.
NOTlCE.-Foilowing schedule not guaranteed.
For Raleigh, Wilmington. Columbia Savannah.
Jacksonville. Tampa. Atlanta. Birmng CHAM, Mem
sos An: DAILY-Seaboard Mall. Through
coaches and Pullman Sleepers to Savannah aud
yacksonvile. Through Seepers Washington to
Hamlet and Hamlet to Atlanta and Birmingham
Dining Cars.
600 M. Daily-Seaboard Express. Solid train
with coaches and Pullman Sleepers to Savannah
Jacksonville and Tampa. Through Sleeper to At.
lanta and birmingham. Dining Cars.
z H. STANSEIII. District Passenger Agent
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sloppy-Mindedness.
From the Spectator.

The sloppy literary mind affords a curl
GUS study. for there are signs that the love
OF misty verbiage Ia over. Difficult SEN
fences bore the latter-day reader. There
are men OF letters today who can accom-
plish tho amazing tour dc force OF writing
with wit. conciseness and indeed v1rulence.
upon q burning question. and yet leave
their readers In doubt as to which side they
are on.