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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-11

building in good order. A second letter
bearing on the same school building was
in regard to the defective drainage COM
planned about by the association. Engineer
Commissioner Morrow replied that trenches
have been excavated and down-spouts con-
nected up, using terra-cotta pipe. extending
fifteen feet from the school building, emp
tying into a pit filed with broken bricks.
The janitor, he wrote, reported that sew
eral heavy rains have occurred since this
work was completed. and the system is
working satisfactorily. 1t is thought, the
Commissioner stated, this manner of dis
posing of waste water will result in keep
ing the basement walls dry. In the near
future he said, cement walks will be laid
around the building, which will result In
further protection from damp walls.
Reply to Protest.
In a third communication the Commits
sioners reported, in reply to the protest Of
the association against the present grade
Of Pennsylvania avenue extended, as well
as against using any part of the unexpend-
ed balance at this time for graveling the
incomplete part Of the avenue now opened.
between Branch avenue and Bowen road,
that the unexpended appropriation for i'm
proving Pennsylvania avenue extended,
amounting to about s., 500, will be spent to
the amount of $500 in widening the exist
Ing fills, and about 81 600 will be expended
In crawling the roadway, SO as to make
the same passable. This work, 1t was stated
In the letter, would not in any way inter-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-11
MASONIC FUND GROWS.
Total Of Building Subscriptions Re-
ported by the Committee.

Saturdays festivities and the report of
Sunday that the subscriptions to the
Masonic Temple Association funds had
passed the $4,000 mark made all members
OF the Masonic Order sit up and take no
tice. The stock subscription committee,
Mr.. Tom c. Noyes, chairman, reports the
following additional subscriptions to the
Masonic Temple fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-11
fere with a change of grade in the avenue,
should such change be decided upon here

fere with a change of grade in the avenue,
should such a change be decided upon here
after.
The Commissioners believe, it was said,
that their present procedure in the matter
Is the proper one. They concluded by an
nouncing to the association their willing
ness to hear the organization in the matter
Of the needs Of the locality, and will give
the requests made consideration in making
up their next estimates to Congress. Fol-
lowing the reading of the communication
concerning what 1t is proposed to do on
Pennsylvania avenue extended there was
discussion Of the matter by Barney Harris,
Mr.. Fountain and others
A resolution was passed urging that the
avenue be opened to the District line with
a change of grade at Branch avenue and
that 1t be built into a substantial roadway
with macadam or gravel. The Improvement
Of Branch avenue was also discussed. Both
matters were referred to the executive COM
mittee for presentation to the Commission
ers. The secretary made a report on the
work of the central committee represent
ing the six citizens associations east of the
Eastern branch in the efforts being made
to secure an extension of the District water
service to the suburban heights near Ana
costa
Population Of the Section.
Mr.. Fountain said the committee had col
lected data indicating the population of the
section interested in the water extension to
be Il, 500 people, with property liable to de-
struction by fire estimated to be worth
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Daffodii Poisoninq.

A large number of plants which are usually looked upon as harmless pos sess poisonous properties. says the Dundee Advertiser Those who are employed in picking daffOdils and nar- cissus frequently suffer severely from troublesome skin affection known as -"daffodil poisoning" The most trying feature of this ailment Is the small gatherings which form under the fin ger nails. It is said that minute crys- tals of lime exist in large numbers in the juice of the stems of the pretty blooms and that these are responsible for the poisoning. Regular daffodil pickers are accustomed to rub their hands with oil and work tallow in un- derneath their finger nails before be- ginning their work. The bulbs of the white Roman hyacinth have similar unpleasant properties.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Economy.

Economy is the science of buying a two dollar hat for $3.75 when a good one may be had for S4. It Is harm less and fascinating pursuit for those who can afford it, but a poor man has no business to fritter away his time and substance on such extravagances. Women are particularly addicted to it and often become so skillful that they are able to get through January with out encroaching on their April allow
 naturally very proud of them and are willing to redouble their efforts, if nee essary, in order to provide them with the means to develop the habit.-Life.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Proof of Martian Life.

That life is in Mars is founded on no assumption, but on massed evidence that is conclusive, and the reader should realize that opposition to the idea that we now have proof of life on Mars Is not based on reason, but on emotion, however speciously cloaked All scientific objections have been met and shown untenable as to tempera- ture, snow, etc, but human prejudice as with the Copernican system or the origin of species, time alone can dispel Professor Lowell in Century.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
:. Pirates of the Caspian.

The Turcoman dwelers in central Asia are terrible robbers. They are also slave dealers, selling all the pris- oners whom they make in war or in their thieving raids. Besides plunder ing by land, they carry on their evil work by water. for they have num- Der of pirate ships on the Caspian sea which lie in wait for Russian and Per sian vessels. They seize all the goods on board these ships, and the unfortu- nate crews are sold into slavery. The chief markets for slaves are Khiva and Bokhara. Sometimes they have q difficulty in finding purchasers for all their captives if these have been nu- merous, and they have been known to dispose of Persian prisoner for sum equal to IS pence of British money. They keep many slaves to till their fields and treat them most cruelty London Answers.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Frances Roads Best In the World.

Among the reasons which make the highways of France the best in the world is the requirement. that all pre- liminary roadmaking operations shall be thoroughly performed. When em- bankments are made the earthwork Is built up only a few inches at time. and the successive strata are leveled and in the neighborhood of masonry rammed. Every ditch is carefully cut at a proper angle, rammed and If necessary paved with stones. Danger ous turns are protected by stone para pets. At each crossroad there are sign posts, always in order, and the Touring club of France has established indi- cators to remind the tourist of danger ous curves, rapid descents, etc. Every railroad crossing is protected by a gate, which has q watchman in charge day and night.-Leslies Weekly
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Coronets.

It is a mistake to suppose that dukes, marquises and other noble Britons sleep in their coronets, In fact, they never wear them at all except at the coronation of the sovereign, when they put on their coronets at the precise mo- ment when the primate of England places the crown upon the anointed brow of the king or queen. And when peer or peeress dies the coronet is again used at the funeral, being placed in the coffin or borne on purple cush- ion behind the hearse by one of the attendants. That is the extent to which the coronet is used according to the official rules and regulations. But sometimes they are made to serve oth- CT purposes than those for which they were intended. They are made of sil- yer gilt, edged with ermine and lined inside with purple velvet cap topped with a gold tassel and are quite orna- mental baubles. One belonging to a noble marquis which was sold at auc- ton in London had been cut in half and arranged to serve as brackets for candlesticks.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
A Perfumed Caravan.

Everybody knows how subtle, pene trating and permanent is the rich per fume of altar of roses. The larger part of the worlds supply of this delicious scent is made in Persia, where there are many hundreds of acres devoted tc the cultivation of roses for this pur pose At certain seasons of the year long caravans of donkeys, laden with altar, and under guard of soldiers to protect the rich booty from attacks by robbers, journey from central Persia to the little port of Bushire, whence it is exported to Bombay Other donkey trains similarly escorted proceed to ports on the Caspian sea, which, after Hindustan, are the largest consumers of the costly luxury. When the wind is in the right direction the approach of one of these caravans Is announced by the scent long before it can be seen, and the line of its progress can be traced by the odor for days after it has passed by.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
The Crack In the Plate.

There was company to dinner at Nellie's house in South Broad street. and the diners were enjoying the first course, which consisted of oyster soup Nellie made away with hers for some time in silence until she had nearly cleaned the plate, when she suddenly paused and, looking at her mother across the table, said in a stage whls per:
 Mamma, what you fink? Dere's a hair in the soupv'
 Hush, Nellie" said mamma, frovn- ing. "It's nothing but a crack in the plate"
 Nellie moved the bowl of her spoon back and forth over the supposed crack and then exclaimed triumphantly:
 "Kin crack move"-St. Louis Re public.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
A Diplomatic System.
public.

''To what, sir" we asked middle aged, happily married man recently "do you attribute the success you have made of your married lifeT
 "'Tis bit of elementary wisdom, my son." he replied. "When my wife Is in the wrong, I agree with her, and all Is well. When she is in the right, argue against her; she emerges tri umphantly, proves me foolish. feels good all day-and again all is we'll Learn this, my son, ere you marry."- Cleveland Leader.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
When She Goes to the Theater.

"I just don't want any seats at all unless they're good ones. The last time l was here 1 sat behind a post, come into the place again if-I think those over there might do- Huh! Um-m-ml Mighty funny how all the good seats are taken before the box of flee opens.
 No, I don't want those. There's a post In the way, and, besides, the Wot- shername family always sit there and chatter through the whole play. Yes, there Is a post too I guess I've been in this theater before. I wouldn't mind those, but they're right by the bass drum, and you can't hear yourself talk
 "What! Two dollars apiece for that kind of show? And not next to the aisle, either. Lots of people say you can see just as good and hear better in the balcony, anyhow Well, you can give me those two down there They're not as good as I'm used to having, but l guess No, I don't be lieve I'll take them, either
 Cant you lay aside thosa two, and those two, and those two for me, and when l decide I'll send my husband around after them? Huh? We'll, l think you're very unaccommodating What? Of course I want to buy seats. Just you give me those two, young man, without any comment of any kind Impertinent!'-Indianapolis News.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Artesian WeIIs,

The theoretical explanation of She phenomenon Is easily understood. The secondary and tertiary geological for nations often present the appearance of immense basins, the boundary or rim of the basin having been formed by an upheaval of adjacent strata. In these formations it often happens that a porous stratum, consisting of sand, sandstone, chalk or other calcareous matter, is included between two imper- meable layers of clay so as to form a flat porous U tube, continuous from side to side of the valley, the outcrop on the surrounding hills forming the mouth of the tube. The rain Altering down through the porous layer to the bottom of the basin forms there sub terranean pool, which, with the liquid or semiliquid column pressing upon 1t, constitutes sort of huge natural hy- drostatic bellows. Sometimes the pres sure on the superincumbent crust Is so great as to cause an upheayal or dis turbance of the valley. It is obvious, then, that when hole Is bored down through the upper impermeable layer to the surface of the lake the water will be forced up by the natural law of water seeking its level to height above the surface of the valley, greater or less, according to the elevation of the level in the feeding column, thus forming a natural fountain on precisely the same principle as that of most artificial foun- tains, where the water supply comes from considerable height above the jet
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Calling q Skeptic.

Wayback Senior-The time went to see Barnum's world famous white eie phant-
 Wayback Junior Qnterrupting)-H He never had a white elephant, dad. It was fake
 Wayback Senior Cbristling up)-A fake wuz 1t? Col durn ye! I s'pose ar ter ye go to college fer another year CT two yell be tellin' me never seen a real live mermaid in tank uv water! Brooklyn Life.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Could Mako Allowances.

The young mother, who was trying to put the baby to sleep, had darkened the room. Somebody tried to enter the side door, and she went and opened it.
 .I beg your pardon" said the elderly matron who had come up on the porch 'but is this house for rentT"
 Not at all"
 Seeing the blinds down. I thought there was nobody living here, and as am looking for house I was going to step in and inspect it."
 ''Well, it's not empty, and it's not for rent, ma'am. The reason why the blinds are down, if you must know'-
 "Oh, I see. The lace curtains are in the wash. Well. we all have to clean house once in awhile. Sorry to have troubled you. Good "-Chicago Tribune.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
With Thanks.

John Budd was most sedate, pre- else and altogether exemplary young man. When he wooed and won Susan Smiley, the belle of the village, every body rejoiced at Johns good fortune However, he bore his triumph with modesty and decorum until the day of the wedding. Then for one awful mo- ment his air of aplomb failed him. When the officiating clergyman asked, twill you, John, take this woman to be thy welded wife?" John respond ed blushingly. "Yes, please. ."-Harper's Weekly.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
America Alone Has Running Birds.

America Alone Has Running Birds.
 Though the art museums of Europe may have some treasures of which America cannot boast, our continent has the distinction of a monopoly of the worlds supply of humming birds the gems of all the feathered creation Of these there are said to be some 400 species-the Four Hundred we may well call them-nearly all of which are peculiar to the tropical regions Only eighteen cross the borders of the United States from Mexico and occur only in our southwestern states. The popular idea is that the hummer lives only on honey gathered from flowers This Is mistake. The bird does se- cure some honey, but it's food consists mainly of the small insects which ire. quent the flowers. Some of these in sects are injurious to the blossom, and the tiny bird fulfills a useful function in destroying them. That the hummer is insectivorous is also shown by its habit of catching tiny insects on the wing, which Is occasionally observed d.- H. K. Job in Outing Magazine.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Extravaea nee of the New Yorker.

Is not the native New Yorker the prey and the plaything of the waiter, the cabman, the ticket speculator and the market man? Does he not pay two prices for food in the glittering Broad way cafe and then, after waiting an hour, receive a cold, dead portion of something that he didn't order and never would think of ordering unless delirious? Does he not recognize that the legal tariff of cab charges is pure fiction and fork over what the weather beaten Rube Burrows on the top of the hanson may demand? Does he not But, oh, what's the usel The scales they weigh him on at birth give false returns, and at his funeral the under taker charges his estate for extra car riages that never show up.-I. S. Cobb in New York World.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
lnserastad.

q had narrow escape from being run over this morning." remarked Johnson. Hughes, who was with me, only saved me by showering blows on the horses head with an umbrella. Just as the umbrella broke the animal stopped, and was pulled out from be- meath the wheels of the wagon"
 "Had the umbrella silver handle shaped like shepherds crookT" asked his friend Binks anxiously.
 'I didn't notice particularly, and, be- sides, he broke 1t to pieces stopping the horse. Whyw
 Nothing; only he borrowed mine terday."-Pearson's
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
The Utility of the OK.

l should think the OK is the most useful = postmortem = of all animals We eat its flesh. We make manure of Its blood. We use it's horns for Ian terms and combs Buttons and glue come from its hoofs. It's bones be come margarine or manure. In the knife handle we use 1t, in leather. in gold beater's skin, felt roofing; every part of its internal economy is part of our external economy, and its fat is incandescent tor not) as tallow.-Fry's Magazine.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Aia Mathod.

"Your speech sounded fine," said the attentive listener, "but, do you know, can't remem Der half dozen words of it."
 ''That's good" answered Senator Sor- ghum. '"The art of speechmaking con- sists in pleasing the ear without fur nishing any data for subsequent con- tradiction. ."-Washington Star.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Guessing at 1t.

Let's see," said Dudley whats the rest of that old saying, don't you know. that begins. Man proposes and "--
 Why" replied Mugley, tits Man proposes and the breach of promise suit exposes isn't it?"-Philadelphia Press
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Inside Information

"Well. you've won your bet that l was going to marry that widow" 'I knew I would"
 ''But how did you know? 1 scarcely knew her when I made the bet" "She told me- ."-Houston Post.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Something Good.

Johnnie on his first visit to his grand parents, who live in the country. com municated with his anxious family as follows:
 Dear Nal em well and hope you are Your loving son, JOHN. If you want something good. get a red cabbage and eat 1t raw.
 New York Press.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
His Arch Look.

Sally Gay-What a cunning little fel- low Mir. Callipers isl Dolly Swift Cunning? Why, he's dreadfully bow legged. Sally Gay-Yes, but that gives him such an arch look, you know Truth.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
An Oversiuht.

''I want to pay this bill," he said at the hotel bar, but I think you have made slight error here in my favor I've been reading over the extras, and I cannot find that you have charged anything for telling me you thought 1t might rain."
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Ais EIaffarv-

''Yes, ma'am," the convict was say ing, "Pm here jist for tryin' to fatter a rich man."
 'SThe ideaw exclaimed the prison vis- itor
 "Yes. ma'am; jist tried to initiate his signature on a check"
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
His Counting Habit.

'Your husband says that when he is angry he always counts ten before he speaks;S said one woman
 "Yes," answered the other. q wish he'd stop 1t. Since he got dyspepsia home seems nothing but class in arithmetic. ."-London Mail.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Her Own Money,

Husband-What! Another new dress? Wife-Well, don't be so cross. bought 1t with my own money. Husband Your own? Where did you get 1t from? Wife-I sold your fur coat.-Bocian.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
The Rattles.

Jimmy-I was walking in the woods when all at once came on the biggest kind of a rattlesnake. Pa-How do you know 1t was a rattlesnake, Jim my? Jimmy-By the way my teeth rattled as soon as saw him.-Chicago News.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Her Rexenaa.

A lawyer asked woman in the wit ness box her age, and she promptly replied:
 "Old enough to have sold milk for you to drink when baby, and haven't got my money yet.''
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Crushing a Bore.

Young Borem (back from travelling in Europe)-And so you see. didn't take the advice of that fellow who said, "See Naples and diev'
 Miss Sharpe (with yawn)-What a pity!
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Quite Easy.

Do you know how to turn a steak into tramp? Nothing easier. You ask the tramp in, and, having dlshed up the steak. you set it on plate be fore him. That's all
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Any erroneous reflection upon the charac CT standing or reputation of any person, firm or corporation which may appear in the col umns of The News will be gladly corrected upon it's being brought to the attention of the publishers.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Rah. Rah. In 0armanx.

Theater Official (to students)-You are not allowed to join in the chorus, gentlemen. students-Don't you wor- ry. We are singing something quite different Fliegende Blatter
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26
Also Takes Them of.

"Your friend puts on good many airs.'
 "I should say he does. He's a dem Onstrator in photograph store"- Exchange
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26

Who demands justice must admins ter justice.-German Proverb.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26

Contentment gives a crown where fortune has denied it.-Ford.
The Prescott daily news., 1907-12-26

The upper crust of society depends on the amount of dough underneath Philadelphia Record
The newspaper., 1907-04-05

UNDER the head of IAN Un-
just Comparison" the Palisades
Tribune censures Paonia papers
for printing comparative state
ments of the prices obtained for
Elberta peaches. We regret that
after investigation we cannot
change our figures. AS Palisades
has the advantage of shipping
early fruit in car lots, they can
and do get as high prices as is
possible for their early peaches
Doubtless the price obtained is
such as to compare favorably with
the Elberta shipments and they
bunch them in their reports
Sure it is that if this taking of an
average reduced the figures they
would segregate the varieties. We
don't believe they have any just
grounds for complaint over our
comparing their official figures
with ours.
The newspaper., 1907-04-05
far every bill that makes for the

far every bill that makes for the
upbuilding of sister county. In
this connection we want to go on
record now as being in favor of
the building of the Gunnison
Normal. Rub out aspirations in
that particu ar.
The Gunnison Normal is now
established by law and only re-
quires an appropriation 20 make
it effective. If every other
county on the Slope will assist
we can defeat the efforts of Sen
ator Clayton, and endow that
school at the next session. Next
we need and should have a branch
penitentiary and Insane asylum
on this side the range. The home
for bad girls should be sent west.
The contiguity of Denver is a
power for evil to that institution
and tie west offers many sites
that would be much superior.
If we can get the newspaper
boys together on this question we
can do world of good for the
western slope 1t will not be a
hard task to convince the people
of the advantage of placing some
of these institutions nearer the
source of supply. 1t costs the
taxpayers dear to ship insane
patients and convicts to Pueblo
and Canon City. and again, the
crowded condition of these in
stitutions calls for relief. We
shall always think the surround
ings at Glenwood for instance are