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The Washington herald., 1907-05-22

! Oak. twenty-five miles east Of the bound
/ airy between Dakota, Wyoming, and Mon
| tana.
Statistics in regard TO the size Of the
United States invariably have the clause
including Alaska. or with the excep-
tion of Alaska. until curiosity makes us
wonder what difference Alaska would
really make one way or the other. This
famous territory is larger than most peo-
pie imagine. 1t has coast line greater
than the cOmbined lengths OF the Allan
tic and Pacific seaboards of the United
States. The governor. in his office at
Sitka, is farther from the western limits
Of his Territory than he is from Eastport.
Ne. Alaska has an area of 10000
square miles. an eXpanse Of land greater
than all that part of the United States
that lies east Of the Mississippi and
north Of the Carolinas. Il is twice as
large as what was once known as the
Oregon country, a tract now embracing
Oregon, Washington, Idaho. and parts
OF Montana and Wyoming. The little
island Of Attu is so far wes- that It is
east
When Washington was a little village
fh.
and before map makers recognized Chi
cago. Sitka was a thriving city under
Russian dominion. Its quaint old church
and m0ss-covered stores tell their own
story Of an honorable and ancient past.
Sitka is 200 miles from the State Of
Washington and occupies a longitude
about 700 miles west Of San Francisco.
For many years il was the government
seat of a region that extends far into the
strange and silent North On the shortest
day OF the year the sun is only visible
about twenty minutes while during the
summer months Il is so light that one
can see to read newspaper or take a
photograph at midnight The posters an
nOuncing baseball at 10 p. m." convince
the traveller that he is really I'm the land
Of the midnight sun.
Sand has played an important part in
the geological makeup of our country.
not so much in the structural work as in
the peculiar condition it creates. In the
desert lands of the West, much to the
distress of superstitious Indians. there
are mountains Of sand that move GER
tain distances with the shifting Of the
wind The blowing of the wind changes
the shape of the mounds and gradually
moves them onward across the plains.
Golden Gate Park. San Francisco. is
built almost entirely on great sand dunes.
reclaimed from the vagabond existence
they had led at the will of wind and wave.
They were planted with coarse grass
and flowers and converted into a garden
spot. In Louisville the famous trem-
bling prairies are dangerous quicksands.
covered with tangle Of grass and flow
ers. a treaCherOus lure TO unwary cattle
and sometimes TO people.
At Manchester-by-t y-the-Sea, Mass. and
Long Beach, Ocean County, n J., are
the wonderful singing sands" that pro-
duce sounds as weird and as musical as
the famous sands Of the Hawaiian coast.
The sands are heaped in dunes and when
the wind blows the grains slip and slide
down the sides Of the elevations. pro-
ducing a humming. singing sound. Hands
ful of this sand rubbed between the fin
gers will produce the same notes. A
s-eat undercurrent of sand is ever flowing
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22
Perfect Drainage,

A svift-running stream. fed by springs
passes through this property; the ele-
walton on the boulevard IS lS5 feet, in
the center on the electric line 80 feet,
and on the eastern side at the 3. and Q.
Railroad. 100 feet. which makes the natur-
al drainage perfect
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22

Earthquakes. disastrous as they seem
to be. are not without their uses They
have made or marred kingdoms IN a day.
and in the dawn Of the world were fac
tors I'm land building. In their attention
20 big jobs they have not neglected little
ones. A well in san Francisco is proof Of
this. In the rear Of the United States
mint in that city was a well "a simple.
ordinary well. with a pump. After the
quake. when things began 90 readjust
themselves, r. was found that no pump
would be needed at this particular we'll
The water was flowing out I'm "a steady
stream i'm true artesian style-Natures
small compensation for the great havoc
she had wrought
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22
Pure Water.

Wells already dug and numerous springs
insure an abundance of water Of the pur-
est quality
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22

If you ever have the good fortune to go
driving with some citizen of Honolulu.
through the fair valleys near his beauti-
fuI city. you will find that he invariably
casts his weather eye toward a particular
valley, and more than likely viii postpone
drive that would take him in that direc-
ton in the late afternoon. lie Will tell
YOU that IL rains there every day az al
most the same hour; that peculiar atmos-
pheric conditions bring this about, and
that it is known 70 ali as the Valley Of
Rain The fact seems plausible and
prosaic enough, but ask the nowcr-deCked
natives Of the valley and 'hey will tell
you another tale, one that has no dealing
with the weather charts. currents Of air.
and cumulus clouds.
They will tell you Of a rarely beautiful
maiden who was murdered there long
ages ago by an enraEod lover, because
he thought she had betrayed him to a
god. The maiden. innocent Of the charge.
was a great favorite with the gods. and
in memory Of her goodness they decreed
that gentle rain should fall each day
and so keep the valley forever green in
remembrance of her. The rain falls on
her grave as tears from the gods. and the
crystal beauty Of the sparkling drops rep
resents her many graces and virtues
Reelfoot Lake in Western Tennessee. is
one Of the favorite shooting and fishing
resorts Of the Southwest and is in many
respects one Of the most interesting spots
in America. Prior to 1911 there was no
lake there. only a little river Then the
great series Of earthquakes came. lasting
from April 10 September cf 1911 and the
forest land sank, the river filled in the
basin and ReelfOot Lake was born. II
is over thirty miles long. and at places
is eight or ten miles wide The forests
are still Standing under water on the bot
tom Of the lake. aud one may row about
over the tops of giant trees many feet
below. There has been some talk Of
draining the lake, but the opposition from
the spOrtsmen was so strong that the
scheme has been practically abandoned.
Minnesota is the nOrthermost State in
the Union, one little portion Of It ex-
tending further into Canada than does
the State Of Maine. This northern bit Of
the State cannot be reached by land from
the southern part of the State unless one
goes through the territory Of the Dcmin-
ion of Canada. as It is connected with
Minnesota through the Lake Of the
Woods, a body Of water Of which Mime
sofa owns the middle. and the northern
and southern ends, while Canada owns
both its eastern and western shores.
Tomorrow - Types Of American
Fighters.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22
As an Investment.

Washington, the Capital Of the greatest
country on earth the most beautiful city
I'm the world. Baltimore. a great and rap
idly growing commercial city. The steam
electric and boulevard connecting these
two great and rapidly growing cities pass
through Hollywood" and are the great
arteries or factors which are bringing
these two cities together rapidly. Does il
need a great financial mind-one who is
able to look into the future and see things
to tell you that
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22
Pure Air.

The elevation. together with the pines.
give you as healthful air as you could
wish TO find
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22
Free transportation.

Car tickets. 20 be used on our special
cars. can be obtained free oS charge by
calling az the office. No. 80 Commercial
National Bank building. l3th and C sts
NV. or ar cars, leaving for Hollywood ON
morning Of sale. Thursday, May @, 1877.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22
Terms of sale.

Sloo down and S1o3 per month. No in
terost no taxes for three years. Five per
cent of for cash.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22
Cars IeaYe

18th and G streets NV. First car leaves
at 10 a. m, others follow every five min
utes until crowd is accommodated.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22
Free Building NInterInI.

800 feet Of lumber will Doe given 20
each of the first five purchasers who will
start to build six-room house I'm the
next sixty days.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22
Free Music.

a popular brass band has been engaged
for the occasion and will be in attendance
all day.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22
Free Lunch.

For every one present at this sale Plenty
for ALL
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22
Hollywood on the Hiu

With its many advantages. cannot fail 10
grow and increase in value, and in the
very near future become a beautiful little
city within itself?
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22
The Location Cannot he Surpassed,

Lying between the Washington and Bal
timore boulevard and the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad with the Washington and
Suburban electric line running through
the center Of this property.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22
We VIII Present

we VIII Present
To the couple getting married I'm our new
station, on the day Of the
Great Lot Sale at Hollywood,
s5O.00 In Cash.
II the couple viii buy a Tot and build a
house and commence housekeeping i1
Hollywood within three months. we viii
present them
WITH AN ADDITIONAL 800.
OR a TOTAL OF $50
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22
Hollywood

Has an elevation Of 1Sj feet on the b1ule-
ward and $50 feet on the electric railroad,
perfect drainage. beautiful shade trees.
artificial lakes parks. sites for churches.
schools. Everything has been done 10
make this most desirable place for a
suburban home
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22

Tomorrow - Types Of American
Fighters.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22
Nature Has Done Much for "HOIIy-
wood"

Here you'll find both hill and dale. beau
uful shade. grand old oaks beech. chest
nut. pines. and thousands Of holly.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22
Location.

This beautiful subdivision Of 5000 lots
is located on the hin north Of Berwyu, ad-
joining Daniels Park. and lies between the
Washington-Baltimore boulevard and the
b. and O. Railroad The City and Subur-
ban electric line runs through its center.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-22

1t will show him that I'm holdin him
fast meditated Miss Lane as the train
sped cityward And as / didn't give any
address, ne won't know where TO write
He isn't one to go very far with that
Searles's girl until he breaks with me.
And he can't break with me until he finds
out where 10 send a letter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08

Trenton, and then the band aboard that vessel
played God Save the Queen"
In the meantime the Nipsic had gone ashore.
The German gunboats had gone down, and the
Vandaia had struck the most dangerous
part of the reef, with all her men dashed to the
rigging, helpless. But the Trenton's band was
to play once more. Her four hundred sailors
had spread themselves human sail out on
the wards so that their bodies might offer some
resistance to the wind and aid the navigator
to steer the vessel,-not to a haven of safety,
for there was none, but to the least menacing
part of the ledge That was hopeless. The
hagship was rushed on by the hurricane toward
the stranded Vandalia. When the wreck finally
doomed up through the blackness of the storm,
the outline of every spar blurred by the clinging
men, the sailors of the Trenton and the Van
dalia cheered each other, and the band played
the national air.
The horror of that disaster was so great that
even the first formal report of Admiral KIM
berly suggested something of it. The Tren-
ton" he said, is sunk; the water is coming
over the port side of the gun deck at high tide.
/ think her back is broken. She has no rudder,
rudder post or propeller, and lies with her deck
slightly inclined seward. She lies alongside
the wreck of the Vandalia, which is shoreward
of her. The latter vessel is a total wreck and
broken in two. At high tide the water rises
over her topgallant forecastle. Only her fore
mast is standing. Almost every vessel was,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08
All Went Down with the Drum

TT was the roll of a drum that inspired over
= four hundred British soldiers to stand at
attention, with coors flying and bayonets
fixed, while the troopship Birkenhead sank
beneath them. They going out from
England renforcements in the with the
Kafrs in 1882. There were several infantry
organizations in command of Colonel Seton
Twenty women and children, members of
army families, were also aboard.
When off the Cape of Good Hope in False
Bay the Brkenhead struck rock. There was
storm, no wind, no sea, to speak of. Less
than a minute before the disaster the leadsman
had called out the safe depth of thirteen
fathoms. The women and children were put
in the three boats avaab with enough sailors
to man them, and these boats, by order of the
Captain, at once put away from the vessel. By
this time the forward part of the ship had gone
down, she had broken in two, and the stern was
rapidly sinking. seaman called out for all
hands to jump and swim to the boats. Colonel
Seton realized that that would mean the
swapping of the boats and the loss of the
women. He gave his order just as the men
began to rush for the side A long roll of the
drums was the response, and every infantry
man aboard ship sprang to his place in the
ranks, and all went down with their Colonel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08

EnIef DIT, Sng1ng
Oh, met her down in Boston, Pennsylvania;
She walking on the lake;
She looked like halt-past seven-and
A nickels worth of cake.
CHORUS
Did You ever see Matilda?
Hark! How the banjos blow
Ringing Of sleigh bells by orchestra
utility man
Down on the Apalachicolai
Listen to the white, white snow
Snare dram.]
Oh, she asked me for to marry her;
But the automobile it broke.
When the ship went down, all hands was lost,
And-a this is what she spoke.
Did YOU ever see Matilda?
Listen to the whistles ringi
[Sandp pering by 0. u. MI
1t was then that Esmeralda said she loved
Oh, never call a man
Enter Stiff, 1uho across stage with string
OF Tin cans trGiItns.l
BlFF-See here, VIVA d'you mean by inter-
sr ruTPting my song:
BlFF-Was | singln'? Cert'n'y was sinsin'.
s SITE 1. now
STIFF-Oh, thought it was the animals
bein' fed
BlFF-You thought it was the animals benz
fed Look "a here! | wunchu t DISTINCTLY
understan' not to cast no aspersions my
voice.
STIFF-Somebody ought play the hose on it.
BlFF-kin you sing any better?
STlFF-No; but my wife kin.
BlFF-I didn' know you married.
STIFF-Sure. My mother in law says got
fine wife.
BIFF-Your mother in law says so7
STlFF-Sure, she does.
BlFF-Well don't YOU know
STlFF-No; | amt home much
BlFF-I wisht | had a wife.
STIFF-l1l match you for mine
BIFF-I got lovely sweetheart.
STlFF-The same big onef
BIFF-YCP, same big one.
STlFF-FaCe like a German pancake?
BIFF-Face like German pane No, she
amt got face like German pancake
STlFF-Course she amt.
BIFF-Cert' my she hasn't.
STIFF-Looks like bunch o bananas.
BlFF-Like bunch O ban No! She's
beautiful girl.
STIFF-And you'd do the same for her
BlFF-Course I'd do the same for her No,
/ Here, cut it out You amt fit to talk
about my girl.
STIFF-All right; lets talk about somethin'
BIFF-We how do you like this suit
STlFF-Won't they take it back?
BIFF-No- Yes No, they won't
don't want EN- to take it back ! think it's
u lovely suit Looks good on me, don't it !?
STIFF-lt'd look better hanger
BIFF-Made t order.
STIFF-Whose1
BlFF-Say. you're awful smart, amt your i
in the paper where it says a doctor says
tell me what You eat and I'll tell you what
You are.
STIFF-Cinch
BIFF-W'y, kin You do it
STlFF-Sure kin do it. VIVA d'you eat'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08
IFF A N D S TIFF F
By Franklin p. Adams
By Franklin p. Adams

BIFF-Well, f'r lunch l had some little neck
oysters on the blink, mock turtle soup, crab
meat la PdsisS, mushrooms, champagne,
quail on toast, a surline steak, terrapin,
and a little boiled dinner.
STlFF-Gou had all that!
BIFF-Sure. What am |?
STIFF-You're liar.
BIFFISqairts siphon at Stiff I'm dry
one anyway.
STIFF-Now leave me alone I'm soin to
sing some opera.
BlFF-kin you sing opera
STIFF-Like an operator
BIFF-Well. go on. YGuningl Cali me at
$40
STIFF-I'rl call you something in minute if
You don't keep quiet.
BlFF-Let me sing.
STIFF-With me?
BIFF-Sure
will indeaver t sing our lates' success, in
BIFF-"D Not Scorn the Lady, Though She
Has Teddy Bear
STIFF-No inttulled. Amt You Coming
Back to Lift the Mortgage Soon?"-written
by the pen of my talented partner, Mr.. Biff
tBif makes bo1Dl which he loaned me. fB. hits
S. rih neps paper To orchestra leader, wbo
also plays the piamo.] If You pleas Nr.
OShaughnessey:
A young man babe his folks farewell
For he from home was going.
The weather it was chilly quite;
The snow was swiftly showing.
He in the big world was to go
His fortune for to seek.
1t was SO sad that everyone
Did start then for to weep.
[Chdnge TO minor key
My son. his father said to him,
You're going far away,
Out in the wide world everywhere,
Throughout the U. S A
But we will look to see YOU back
business man SO swell,
And don't forget these here few words
Which to you | now tell:
CHORUS
Don't forget to lift the mortgage soon
It's due ten years from Wednesday afternoon.
Whatever else you do
These words | say to You,
Don't forget to lift the mortgage soon"
The years they quickly did pass by,
The way the years they do;
They went SO quickly you might al
Most say, in fact, they flew.
The young man he did prosper; but
Forgot those words, You know.
Which unto him his father did
Say ten long years ago.
lChdnge TO minor kcpl
Until one day a telegram,
Which he did not expect,
Did come unto his swell hotel
Addressed to him, collect
He packed his trunk with greenbacks
And to his old home sped
For this is what that telegram
So sweet and earnest said
CHORUS
Amt you coming back to lift the mortgage
soon?
It's due at three tomorrow afternoon.
Whatever else you do,
These words say to You,
Amt you coming home to lift the mortgage
soon?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08
WHEN THE BAND PLAYS
Continued tump
Continued from page 4

at one time another in collision with some
other vessel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08
Will You Partner With Us in Concrete!

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their own localities.
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this wonderfully growing business.
We supply you with machine, molds,
ETC., complete with 50 different at
tractive block faces to meet every
variety of architecture and design.
The fact that Concrete is 20& cheaper
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-12
A MUSICAL TREAT

on November 2Ist at the armory the
people of Ocala will be treated 10 g rare
musical feast. The Merton Sheridan
Co. is coming TO Ocala under a heavy
icient TO make a profit over the guar
antee the library viii receive that
profit.
Madam Merton is a pianist Of rare
skill. She brings her own piano, an
Everett Grand.
Madam sheridan is a vocalist and
possesses a contralt0 voice Of rare
sweetness. She has only recently re-
turned to America from a long course
of study in Europe. Tickets for the
concert will be on sale in a few days.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-12
COMMITTEES HAS COMPLETED
ment Affars-A 100000 Word
Report

Tallahassee, Nov. 12-The work Of
the investigating committee having
been completed. the members took
their departure last week. leaving the
manuscript in the hands of the steno-
grapher to complete the work. The
document will probably be not less
than 700 typewriter pages which will
be about 300, 900 words, or twice as
much as the average popular novel.
The report will remain in the Gus
tody of the chairman of the commits
sion until it is submitted to the legis-
lature. IF there is an extra session
the report will be presented then and
Will in all likelihood be printed for
distribution. If the report of the COM
mission serves no other purpose it
will be valuable as a historical work,
for every person who had any official
connection with the Internal Improve
ment Fund has testified before the
commission. with the single exception
Of Z. j. TRAY, who was formerly a
member of the board of trustees.
TRAY is under indictment in New
York for violation Of the United
States statute against peOnage. He is
now special agent for the Florida East
Coast Railway. and il was in securing
labor for the Florida East Coast Rail-
way extension that he came in conflict
with the peonage laws. The COM
mission had him summoned. but was
unable 70 have the summons served
on account Of inability 10 locate him.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-12
A MURDEROUS MYSTERY
A MiI'ionaire's Son Shot by Trusted
Servant, who Then Committed
Suicide

White Plains, y. Y. Nov. John
Bjorlin. butler at Hilliar farm. the
country home of Paul G. Thebaud, the
New York commission merchant, kill
"a himself yesterday after he had shot
and dangerously wounded his employ
er's eldest son. Paul G.. Jr. The lat
ter. who alone can explain the shoot
ing. was unconscious last night.
The family was aroused at daybreak
by the two revolver shots. Young
Thebaud was found senseless in bed.
a bullet had struck his skull and,
though DETECTED. had fractured and
depressed the bone. The butler, who
Was stretched upon the floor. was dead
with a bullet in his brain. 1t is be-
heved that Thebaud will recover.
Bjorlin was So years old and had
been in the family several years.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-12
KARA TAGH'S CATAsT ROPHE.
Direct Reports from Turkestan Con.
firm the First Estimates of
Destruction to Life

st. Petersburg, Nov. 12.-The first
direct reports from the scene Of the
great earthquake at Kara Tagh. Rus
sian Turkestan, about three weeks ago
reached this city yesterday from a
CORES pondent who accompanied the
relief expedition sent in from lamar
kan. Telegraphing under date Of Nov.
20, this correspondent says:
The town Of Kara Tagh was COM
pletely destroyed. The fatalities num-
Der about 1900 in Kara Tagh and
about 10000 in the adjoining districts
OF Denaunm.
All the villages in the vicinity were
wrecked. Ii is probable that there are
hundreds more dead in these villages.
but investigation is only now deter
mining the approximate number"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-12
MAR0'S FOOLISH MISSION
He is Trying to Promote Ten Thou
sard Marriages Between Japanese
Men and American Women

Seattle. Nov. l2.-To induce 10000 OF
The best young women on the Pacific
coast to 60 u Japan and marry the
flower Of Nippon chivalry and great
ness. in order 10 more firmly estab-
fish the cordial relations that diplo-
mats say exist between the domain Of
L ncle Sam and the land Of the rising
sGn. is the bold enterprise that Marc
TakyanO. one Of the leading japanese
from Toxic, is in this country 10 bring
70 a successful conclusion. If he is
successful in this extraordinary de-
s.rn. he proposes that Japan will re-
G., rocate by sending an equal number
Of its best men To the coast, where
they might find fair affinities and as
dare hope for.
He thinks that before marriage the
young women should go to Japan.
study the conditions on the ground,
the character Of the men and the lam
guage. and he promises that they will
be- 80 entranced by the prospect that
they will not desire to return to the
United States, except when they want
- make a dutiful visit 70 their par
eHts.
rakyano says the expenses will all
be met by an association Of japanese
gentlemen. who have conceived the
IDEA of cementing the relations be-
tween the two countries in SO practi-
cal Il manner. and if any Of the sweet
things become dissatisfied with the
prospect after a reasonable time they
will be returned TO America at the ex-
pense OF the society.