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The Washington times., 1907-09-17
WRECK INQUIRY
POSTPONED AWHILE
Twenty-Five Were Killed
in Boston and Maine
Disaster.

CONCORD. y. H. Sept. 17.-Now that
the last victim OF the West Canaan
wreck, on the Boston and Maine. has
been Identified. no doubt remains that
the total number of fatalities was
twenty-five. Tho twenty-fifth victim
was identified last night as c. z. Derby,
of Boston. Today many OF the mangled
bodies were sent home for burial.
Surprise has been caused by the an
nouncement that the State board OF
railroad commissioners viii not now
hold on official investigation OF order
any arrests for the purpose OF fixing the
responsibility for the disaster. EVentu-
ally, however, the commission promises
10 make a full inquiry.
The Washington times., 1907-09-17
COLUMBIA HIGHLANDS LOTS
SELLING FAST, SAY DEALERS

The managers Of the subdivision
known as Columbia Highlands. David
l. Gilt & Co.. report that this new sub
division, almost within sight OF the
Capitol. is being rapidly disposed Of for
homes or for investment.
The special features that make the
ground so attractive are plenty OF
shade. excellent water, ideal sites for
bungalows. and what is best OF all, re-
markably low prices for lots.
The Washington times., 1907-09-17
Car Jumps Track.

A motor car of the electric tran which
left washington at $50 O'Clock yester-
day afternoon jumped the track at the
corner OF King and Peyton streets,
where the old line joins that recently
constructed to go down Cameron street
Tire car ran some distance before II was
stopped. Traffic vas delayed several
hours on account Of the accident No
one was hurt, but many men on the rear
car. thinking that collision had oc-
cured, Jumped through the windows.
The Washington times., 1907-09-17
TWICE FAILS TO DIE;
MAN ENJOYS HIS CELL

After making two desperate attempts
upon his life last night, william Bres-
1ahan, a baker OF s402 Reservoir street.
Is apparently suffering no III effects to-
day, and Is resting eon1entedly at the
Seventh street station.
The Washington times., 1907-09-17
IRE sWEEPs OHIo TOWN.

NARYSVILLE, Ohio. Sept. 1.-THE
town OF Broadway was almost destroyed
by fire yesterday. The township hall
Odd Fellows Hall, and DR.. John J. Nc
Combs residence and barn and contents
were destroyed. Other buildings were
badly damaged
The Washington times., 1907-09-17
Rland-Downa Wedding.

Miss Stella Dent browns, daughter Of
John T browns and Landy II Bland,
OF this city. will be married at the home
OF the bride, rs Wolfe street, TINS even
ing The Rev. Joseph R Sewer. pastor
of the Second Presbyterian Church, viii
perform the ceremony.
The Washington times., 1907-09-17
Cats Funeral Thursday.

The funeral OF Harry Cats. who died
at his home. in West End. yesterday
afternoon. will be held from his home
Thursday afternoon at o'clock. The
burial will be in the Presbyterian Gene
terry.
The Washington times., 1907-09-17
CHEERING.

7 shan't forget the glacial summer
OF 1907 in q hurry
cheer up; they say we are going 70
have a hot winter Bon Vivant.
The Washington times., 1907-09-17
WESTERN NEWS.

A Nebraska man and woman have
Just been married to each other for
the fourth time. Marriage in Nebraska
doesn't seem 10 tske,-Chicago Journal.
The Washington times., 1907-09-17
Headed Navigation Bureau.

he was appointed chief OF the Blu.
reau OF Navigation IN 1881 and served
as such for eight years. On October /.
1885. ne was appointed rear admiral, and
the squadron OF evolution, recently lIuiit
and organized, was placed under bis
command. He commanded with distin-
The Washington times., 1907-09-17
Police Court.

In the police court. Justice Harry B.
Cation presiding, the following cases
were disposed of this morning:
Isaac Edney, colored, charged with
assaulting and beating Mary Allen. was
fined 40.
Frederick Watkins, cOlored, charged
with assauIting and beating Basel Luz
cas-. was fined S..
The Washington times., 1907-09-17
Real Estate Sold.

Harry Aitcheson and others have sold
to J. Matthews two houses and lots on
the south side Of Princess street, be-
tween Fayette and Payne streets,
The Washington times., 1907-09-17

Miss Mary Ardelle Russell. OF this
city, and Miss Annie z. Thomas. of
Washington, have gone to the James
town Exposition.
The Washington times., 1907-09-17

William T Litchman. OF Marblehead,
Mass. who attended the meeting Of the
Great Council. OF the .. S J. o. R. NJ,
at Norfolk last week, was the guest
of Mrs. Charles Steiner. of PIG North
Royal street the latter part of the week.
He left for his home Sunday evening.
The Washington times., 1907-09-17
ADMIRAL WALKERS ASHES
WILL REST In ARLINGTON
Body Will Be Cremated.
Was Authority on 18TH
mian Canal.

The ashes OF Rear Admiral John
Grimes Walker, U. S. N. retired. who
died yesterday at Camp Ieddick. Ne,
will be brought TO Washington after
cremation for interment In the National
Cemetery.
A telegram was received at the Navy
Department today from the family stat
ing that the ashes would be brought
here at the end of the week. and that
they would Ike to have arrangements
made for burial at Arlington with full
military honors.
Admiral Walker had been III for sew
eral days. but his death was entirely un-
expected. He was seventy-two years
old. and prior TO his retirement served in
tho navy for forty-nlne years.
Authority on Isthmian Canals.
Perhaps his bert services were those in
behalf Of the Panama Canal, for he
studied the subject thoroughly and was
said 10 DO more familiar with the 18th,
miap project than any other American.
He WIS accordingly appointed as chair
mall OF the Panama Canal Commission
In 1897, He was again appointed IN 1893.
For several years Admiral Walker "a
vored the Nicaragua route. but signed a
report fayOring the Panama route after
the French company hal made the pr sp-
ositIon for the sale Of rs machinery and
rights.
Admiral walker was born IN New
Hampshire on March %, 1885, and was Of
distinguished ancestry. He entered the
navy IN 1850 and saw service during the
civil war. first as lieutenant and later
as a lieutenant commander. He was al
ways known as q fighter OF unusual
ability among his superior officers. and
in 1885 was appointed TO a full command
Three years after the war be WIS de-
tailed at the Naval Academy.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07
QUEER FAD IN JEWELRY.
Ornaments Are Made to Initiate Won.
ems Pet Aversions.

A spirit of daring has infected the
modern woman. She still shrinks
from a caterpillar or an earwig, but
her jewelry must be. made to initiate
them, though they are among her
deadliest foes. The most up-to-date
brooch is such clever replica of a
moth that a careful housewife might
be excused for peppering her furs and
flannels. Lace pins, which used to be
set with pearls and diamonds, are now
decorated with a fearsome wasp or a
gigantic daddy long legs.
cCreepy'', sets are offered by some
West end jewelers.. They comprise a
spiders web necklet made of fine
gold wire in the center of which a
hungry spider waits for the fly hover
ing on the outskirts Al spider brooch
and fly bangle complete the set.
''Caterpillar" hatpins are effective
in hat trimmed with flowers and
foliage, but the spirit of daring has
been best exemplified in the cock
roach"N safety pin. The cockroach
ranks as the "creepiest" in woman's
category Of insects, and the jeweled
representation is so accurate that
even it's owner is calculated to mis-
take her latest purchase for the orig
inal and scream.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07
HOW TO CHAT WELL.
Subject Is Well Worthy Of Important
Consideration.

How comparatively few there are
who can chat well, who can practice
the art pleasantly, easily and enter.
tainingly
Chatting is not conversational is
not mere talking, it is not speaking
to a person on any special subject, it
is not talking with purpose, and yet
it is not purposeless.
1t is simply acquiring the art OF
touching lightly on a variety of every.
day topics.
There must be an element of the
unexpected in chatting, slight uncer.
tainty as to what will come next,
and not firm conviction that be.
fore the speaker quits there will be a
dissertation on health or a special
hobby.
Those who would chat we'll must
have sense of proportion; they must
learn not to spend too much time
oyer a mass of details that are really
unimportant, and yet they must not
ignore those details, however small,
which serve to give realistic touches.
The essence of chatting, the most
delightful form Of conversation, is to
pass lightly and naturally from one
subject to another
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07

Proper Treatment Adds Greatly to
Their Durability.

A little knowledge as to the care Of
copper and brass ware, silver and so
forth, is necessary in every well-man-
aged home, and if servants are taught
TO- properly clean and care for such ar
ticles, they will last much longer and
look better, of course, than if careless
ly treated
Perhaps nothing is so durable, orna-
mental and satisfactory as copper
ware when it is properly cared for.
In cleaning copper saucepan or
stewpan, it should be washed with hot
water and soda, thoroughly rubbed
with sand or salt, and then polished
on the outside. Stains may readily
be removed with a cut lemon, after
which any brass polish may be ap-
piled. 1t should then be rinsed in
warm water and dried near the fire.
Copper jelly and pudding molds
should always have a tin lining.
Aluminium ware is rapidly coming
into favor, and is easily kept clean.
1t is very light, bright and nonpoison-
GUS, and may be cleaned as directed
by the manufacturers, from whom the
polish may be procured.
Of course, the metal which needs
the most care is silver The silver
should first be washed in very hot
,, soapsuds and thoroughly dried with a
soft cloth. In case the silver is tarn-
ished or stained, the polishing powder
must be made into a paste and left
on for an hour before brushing off,
The final polishing should be given
with a clean bit of chamois. If the
| chamois is used daily after the wash
ing, with now and then~a sprinkling
of good powder, the wet treatment
will seldom be required.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07
ing what this means, but it involves
the use of considerable brainproof

ing what this means, but it involves
the use of considerable brainproof
language. Reduced to first principles,
however, it means that the dome of
the capitol soaks up stray electricity
like a poplar tree or storage bat
terry, and that instead of lightning
striking the platinum and travelling
down into the dome, it soaks into the
dome and travels out of the pits, back
up into the sky.
Freaky lightning wasn't the only
thing the human flies found up around
the dome. In the big gutter just be-
low the top bulge they discovered
four mems derbies, a lady's toque,
nine ordinary straw lids, one medium
Panama, 13 cents in pennies, a nurs-
Ing bottle, two har2 sandwiches in
poor repair and nest containing 38
English sparrow eggs. This latter dis
covery is considered the most i'm
portant, as it bears out the theory of
some bird fanciers that a community
OF sparrows, when: settled in a. thor
oughly safe and secure place, place
all their. eggs in one nest and employ
larger bird of another species at SO
many worms an hour to do the hatch,
ing.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07
SIMPLE AND PRETTY
FASHIONS IN BoNNETs FOR THE
LITTLE ONES.
Elaborate FriIIs and .Laces Are no
Longer Used on These Dainty
Head Coverings-One Of the
Latest Pictures.

More than one mother will welcome
the knowledge that the day of the be-
frilled, befurbelowed lace hat is over,
and that it's place has been taken by
the simple and pretty linen and pique
bonnets and hats, such as the one pic
tured on this page. The fact that they
may be often and easily laundered
certainly adds to their attractiveness,
and they are as dainty as they are
practical.
The bonnet shown is of pale pink
linen, with scalloped edge and big
coin dots, hand-embroidered in white.
The crown is stitched, but it may
also be scalloped around the edge. It
should have buttons and buttonholes,
so that it can be removed when laun-
dered. The ties are of soft white
null
The dress bonnets for small girlies
are unusually charming and quaint.
Most of them are in poke effects, trim
med with tight little ribbons. Others
are the cloche or mushroom shape,
trimmed with simple scarf and loop,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07
FUN FOR THE MOTHS.
Cedar Chest Just Their idea of :
Domicile.

One day last winter a Washington
newspaper man was talking to a
friend and the subject turned to the
pesky moth and the best means of ex-
terminating the busy little creature.
The newspaper man told of innumer-
able garments that had been riddled
by the~wee destroyer, and the friend
was springing that ancient chestnut
on him about capturing the moth and
pulling it's teeth out, when a practi-
cal man of the world, a carpenter by
trade, came along and joined in the
conversation
You can take my word for it," in.
terpolated the carpenter, that the
best way to protect your clothing
against moths is to pack them in
chest made of cedar wood. The
strong odor of cedar is pizen to the
moth and you can't get one of 'em
to light within smelling distance OF
the cedar chest. A friend of mine
tried it and his goods proved to be
perfectly immune to the destroyers."
Impressed by the words of the man
of wood, saws, hatchets and the like,
the. newspaper man forthwith had a
cedar chest constructed and proudly
Informed his wife he had at last
reached "a safe and sane solution of
the moth problem. Of course he
packed his best garments in the chest,
and it was but the other day that he
had occasion to go into the immune
chest to get garment, when 10! to
his horror flock of moths were seen
hustling about in the receptacle.
He removed his clothing piece by
piece and found that each of the gar
ments had been perforated early and
often by the pestiferous insects, un.
til they looked as though they had
been. shot at and hit by several loads
OF bird shot, causing him loss of
many of his best articles of dress.
Now the newspaper man is looking,
for the carpenter to give him some
good advice, and in the meantime the
cedar chest has been used as kindling
to start blaze in the furnace,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07
! Did Not Mean to Tell Her.

the church. l had not thought could
ever go there again. l had dwelt NOR
bidly on the curiosity with which the
congregation would look at me- l
never thought Of that now. God had
opened the eyes of my spirit. l went
there to thank Him for this great
mercy. l had never before been so
deeply thrilled with the church music.
Hearing seemed to me like new
sense. Through it I drank in deep
draughts of pleasure. l had sat in the
choir and when prayers we're over I
entreated the organist to play for me
again. Soon we became fast friends
But soon felt-I think an intuitive
sense of power revealed it to me-
that the organist was no artist. Some.
times | longed to sweep him off the
stool and interpret with my own
fingers the music that was in my soul.
This idea that | could be musician
dawned upon me slowly; but day after
day the sense of power strengthened.
At length | asked him to let me try.
| think he was astOnished. My soul
u.
sweet strains came to me like the
whispers Of angels. From that night,
| was the master and he my pupil
When l was 21, John Cunningham
had left Ryefeld and I had been
chosen the Organist of our village
church. 1t was my business, for which
a small salary was paid me- This was
all I was, all l ever could be; but I
was content.
My brother was in college, He was
taking my place; he would realize my
early dreams. The world called him
a brilliant young man. At home, there
was little change, save that Leona's
light football less often crossed our
Threshold For some years she had
been at school in Boston. In the vaca-
tions she came home, and then I could
tell by her voice that she was good
and innocent as ever. The next spring
it was winter now-her schooldays
would be over At last the time came.
Oh, how joyfully I welcomed her,
though l scarcely knew why her pres
ence seemed so infinitely precious!
She never wearied of making all
things visible to me. She would tell
me how the mist was lying white and
purple in the valley-how the far, hazy
hills were sleeping in the sunshine;
and, seeing with her eyes, 1 scarcely
realized that was blind. -,
But this dream also had an awaken
ing. My brother Richard came home.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07
WITH THE SIGHT.
OF LOVE
By LOUISE CHANDLER M0ULT0N,
"a Blind Mans Storv.1
copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)

had not been blind from my birth.
Sitting alone, in the utter darkness,
my closed eyes could make pictures.
could call back glories of nature and
glories of art. blue sky and wind
swept fields, and, above all, dear faces,
faces whose very memory lightened
my night-time-my father, my gentle
mother, my young, dark-eyed brother.
There Was another, too, not of our
blood. whose face saw oftener than
any. This was strange, for Leona
Ashland, the daughter of my mothers
most intimate friend, was but a child
Of ten, six years younger than myself.
She was very dear to me. however.
For Is years the world had been
visible to me, with it's beauty, it's mys-
terry, its romance. Then darkness be-
gan to steal gradually over me. 1t
was a whole year before the last ray
of light had faded. l was stone blind
at 16
had so much to give up! 1t was
not alone the JOY of sight, the dear
faces, the beautiful world, but all my
high hopes, my plans for the future,
my ambition, my pride. l had meant
to be a student | had had visions of
fame. There were months of stormy,
surging discomfort before I could set
tie calmly down to my destiny, but
change Of feeling finally came.
When supper was over one evening
I went out to go to evening prayers at
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07
How to Launder Curtains.

Carefully fold each curtain into a
small square and keep it folded until
ready to pin down on sheet. Spread
on carpeted floor: Do not use frames
for old curtains. Put to soak in luke
warm water, using good soap, and
pressing them down under the water
with the, hands. Change water every
ten #or Is minutes or as often as. it
becomes dirty, being careful not to
rub or wiring but, squeeze the water
out. and when clean rinse in two wat
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07

while through the knot is stuck tiny
bunch of rosebuds. These little bon
nets could be easily copied by moth
er with even slight aspirations to mil
lfnery.
Fascinating bonnets are also shown
of soft, open straw, bent in poke
shape. The lingerie hat has by no
means lost prestige, and many dainty
embroidered or flounced ones are
shown. A favorite lingerie hat is of
sheer linen, viii h an embroidered frill
and fiat bow of liberty satin ribbon,
with a big rose on each side.-Mon-
treal Herald.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07
Women in Postal Service.

;;One Of the signs of growth in our
postal system appears in the employ
ment of women. Up to 1862 women
had never been employed in the. ser
vice. Then they were admitted to~the
sdead-letter of1ce-eight Of them. Now
of the i 1876 employees in the depart
ment. in. Washington so9 are women,
and there are in the whole country
~ 800 women employee generally in
the stamp delivery or money order
Offices. and receiving salaries running
from $500 to- 81, ,70O. a year. !..;..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07

haps Richard thought could not hear,
or that slept. He did not know what
a second sight hearing is to the blind.
Not a murmur, not a culver of their
voices escaped me. It seems that he
had never told her Of his love before.
He poured it forth now with passion
ate, fervid eloquence. listened breath
less1y for her answer.
Il cannot" she says; "oh, I cannot!
thought you knew thought you
must have known And here the
tender, troubled voice breaks up into
pitiful sobs as she beseeches him to
leave her, only to leave her. Richard
makes no attempt to comfort her. 1
hear him go out Then I cross the
room; kneel at her feet; I tell her
I have heard all; and then a mad i'm
pulse seizes me; pour out at her feet
the libation of my love. 1 cannot help
it. Blind, and poor, and helpless as /
was, l had dared to love her. did not
mean to tell her. I knew she could
never return it. But when l had heard
her grieve, I had longed SO to comfort
her; had wanted her to know how
gladly would die to give her peace.
Oh! how can tell the story? She
did not spurn me. Once more, in the
darkness, her tender arms were laid
about my neck. For the first time l
felt upon my mouth the kisses of her
fresh, pure lips. Her words were SOL
emn and earnest: DO not die for me.
Live! live, dear Allen! and, IT you love
me. let me be your wife,
When our betrothal was made known
there was struggle in my brothers
heart. He loved me; he strove to re-
joice in my happiness; but he could
not stay to witness it. I, who knew
Leona's worth, did not blame him. He
left home, the next week, for year of
foreign travel; and, three weeks after,
Leona became my wife.
l miss no pleasant sights or sounds
of nature, for in her have all things.
I do not even need to look on her be-
loved face, for I see it in my heart
forever, fresh, and young, and fair as
when my eyes first beheld it. She was
-DuL d Cullu "uOu Sue LII 81 d1OuScu ulc
from my blind despair. She was my
comforter then. She will be all the
days of my life. The two years since
our bridal have been full of JOY. My
heart has hardly space for more. And
yet Leona told me, last night at twi-
light with her glowing face buried in
my bosom, that I must find space in
my love for new claimant. I am to
be a father.
A month ago Richard brought home
his BRIDE. They call her more, beauti:
full than Leona, but her voice is not
so thrilling in it's music. l do not be-
lieve so much soul looks from the eyes
they call so dark and bright. am full
of content. 1 know, when Gods own
angels shall unseal my vision-when,
in the everlasting light of heaven, the
blind shall see again-fairest among
women, fairest and truest will stand
by my side, my God-given-my wife,
LeOna.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07
For Poor Marksmen,

If bullet to be fired by a marks.
man is coated with fine paste of
gunpowder and gum, says the Dun.
dee Advertiser, and then with a thin
covering of some friction powder, the
latter, as the bullet passes out of the
gun barrel, will ignite and in turn set
fire to the gunpowder waste. The
bullet will then leave long stream of
smoke behind it, indicating the exact
course it has taken and enabling the
marksman, if necessary, to correct his
aim for his next shot.
Many man gives up bad habit
after he gets tired of it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07

ers. If the curtains are white put a
little bluing into the last water. Then
starch and pin down. If you have
several pairs to do up, divide your
starch into two or more dishes, so the
curtains will be equally stiff
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-09-07

model has been Philadelphia
the authors the Declaration which
be erected in Washington
United States
The
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1907-09-13
WELLMANS TRIP is OFF
Will Probably Make No Attempt to
Reach the North Pole Via
Balloon This Year.

Tromsoe. Norway, Sept. 10. = Ac
cording to Captain Isachen, in com
mend of the Norweg ian Arctic expedi.
ton, which has arrived h5re from the
north, Walter Wellman and his party,
Of the Chicago Record-Herald eXpedi
ton, will probably return here at the
end of the present month, abandoning;
their plans to attempt to reach the
pole in an airship for the present year.
No start had been attempted up to
Aug. 26, and Tie weather subsequent
to that date precluded an ascent OF
the airship, northerly winds, fog and
snow prevailing