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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-18

IL Is possible to make a trip 10 Cali
Tornia with great economy If one elects
70 go via the personally conducted ex-
SurSions or the Washington-Sunset route
Tourist sleeping cars arc EMPLOYED for
TINS service, reducing expenses. but en-
failing no sacrifice Of comfort or con-
venience on the part OF the traveller. Pull
mans are provided In addition for those
10 whom expense Is no object Oil-burn-
ing locomotives, splendid scenery through
out the transcontinental trip, and a per
feet rOadbed are among the many other
contributors 10 the pleasure Of journey
ing via this route. Three of these ex-
euTsions are made weekly. Information
at the office OF A, J. PostOn, general
agent, Oh Pennsylvania avenue, and 705
Fifteenth street.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-18
MISS CHARLOTTE SMITH DIES.
End Comes After an IIIness.of Sew
eraI Weeks,

Miss Charlotte Medium Smith died las,
night after an illness Of several weeks. at
the home of Col. X. J. Bright. 23s Mary
land avenue northeast
Miss Smith was a sister of Col. Brieht.s
wife, who died several years ago. and had
been a member Of his household for more
than forty years.
She was born in Madison, Ind, in $40
and had lived !n Washington twenty
years.
Besides her brother, she is survived by a
niece. Hiss Brooke Bright, and two
nephews F. S. Bright and r. r. Bright
The funeral arrangements have NOT been
decided upon.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-18
LESS BUILDING NOTED.
Number of Permits show Falling
OF Since July,

-Four hundred and twenty-one build
Ing permits. involving an expenditure
oof 1867 300. were issued during the
month Of July, according to the report
of Building Inspector Ashford
decrease is shown in building
operations Of 1925 1852 as compared with
the month Of June.
Permits for ffty-hve brick dwellings
were issued at a total estimated value
Of S996,020. thirty-two frame or third
class dwellings, S71,65O three ware
houses, SIO2.5OO. and one apartment
house, 5000.
The following summary will show
the distribution Of building improve
ments in the various sections OF the
city and the value Of the same:
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-18

FAKE INSPECTOR A THIEF.
steals POcketbook While Pretend
Ing TO Look at Pipes.

Mrs. Augusta Rowe, who lives at 71s
r street southwest reported 10 the
police yesterday that a young man rep
resenting himself to be a water inspector
had called at her house and asked per-
mission to look at certain piping and
sewer equipment.
She says he visited the kitchen OF the
house, where he made the pretense Of ex-
aiming the pipes and IN her absence
from the room appropriated her pocket
book, which she had left on a table
When she discovered her loss the sup
posed inspector had made his escape.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-18
FUNERAL DESIGNS.


Any solicitor who comes TO you
With a prize scheme, representing
himself, directly or indirectly, to
be connected with this newspaper,
The Washington Herald, is n fraud
and an iIBPosteT, bent upon swim
ding you. Be ON tho lookout for
him and turn him over TO the
police.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-18

While passing near Seventh and D
streets yesterday afternoon. an automo-
bile owned and operated by 3. Hughes.
OF rs Sixth street southeast, frightened
the morse attached TO a buggy belonging
10 John Penn, Of % NJ street southeast,
causing a runaway. No one was hurt,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-18
GIYEFUNNY ANSWERS
POstmaSters' Replies tOQueS-
tiOnS Cause Merriment.
MARRIED LIFE JUST LIKE WAR

One EmPIoye of Uncle sam Describes
His "NInritaI Relations" IA Words
Made Famous by Gen. w. T. Sher-
man - Another Answers, Every
Good, 'dy Wife Dead Ten Years."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-18

To-day-High tide 80 s. n. AID pa p H.: low
tide s2s a n. and e.2o p n.
To-mo7rox-Hgh tide 3.3i a n. and p n /:
low tide 1895 a. n. and 1875 p. n
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-18
Prosser Is sanguine.

Manager Prosser, Of the Postal Com
pany. supplemented the above statement
with the remark that the strike mad
proved a great failure and that all the
men who went out did so before President
Small's order was issued
President Groves, of the local union.
has not yet decided when the first bene-
TT meeting viii be given here. Il was
his intention 20 go through the strike
without calling on the public. but at that
time he thought that 1t would be over
sooner. Now that a hard fight is as
sured, he intends calling mass meetings
and in other ways augmenting the treas
ury Of the strikers.
1t Is understood that one OF the local
theatrical companies will give a benefit
performance this week
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-18
MARRIED.

sTACY-sAIITH-On Monday. July 2. 1907 at
Flc1tt City. Nd. b. Rev c. F. ". Hsrtlaea,
4 HARVEY STACY. n Washington, and
LULU SMITH, Of Philadelphia.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-18
BOTH SIDES HOPEFUL
TelegrapherS and Companies
Claiming a Victory.
GoMPERs AND NELL SILENT

Both Return from Chicago, but Have
Nothing to Say Concerning Strike
Go TO Oyster Bay 10 Confer with
Observation-Disclosures May Follow.
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seven-year-oId Boy Missing.

The police were requested last night 70
try TO locate Vermont Sonnerman, aged
seven, who has been missing from his
home at 1906 Rhode Island avenue north
west since about 10 o'clock yesterday
morning.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-18
Condition of ,he Water,
Temperatures i'm other cities

Special 20 The Washington Herald.
Hsrpers Ferry, v. va. Aug. T.-Both rivers clear
this evening
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Local Temperature.

Midnight u 2 a. n, s.: a. n s.: a. n. Sc
8, n, =. 10 q. n. e; z noon. 50: p n. s..
p. n. S; ?. m. s.; ,. ~. 50; % ?. n. 3.
Maximum. s. minimum s.
Relative hJmidity-s a. m S. 5 O. m =.
Rainfall q r n. 70 p m, 7. Hours of sun
shine. I38. Per cent Of possible sunshine. IS
Temperature sane date last yeaT-Aiaximuul. 50;
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-18

If you have any furnished rooms TO
rent, a want ad in The Herald will bring
YOU q good tenant
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-18
AFFLECK's
Tide Table.

Registered Standard Thermometer: g a. n. S.; L
noon. 81 2 ?. n. IS; p. N. 50; p. N. 81.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-08-18

Temperatures in other cities. together with the
amount Of rainfall, Tor the twelve hours ended AZ
p n. yesterday. are as follows:
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1907-01-22
Gortfebuns folst)

Riefenpetitto II. Der bris
tii9e Mb1eoronete Gnis Sriffttb, mel
der in8beionbere es iibernommen bat,
Die @iiniGa Ger engliI den S6ierl3uss
pereine i'm Parliament SIT pertreten,
iiherreihte Sem 6ouie Of Commons
cine Wonitrspetition gegen Die 8ibiief>
tion ppn Sunben. Die 9etitipn 1T 9
enqIii9e Meilen lang, trd9t 100000
lInterf9riften uno ipiegt cine @iertele
tonne.
81 I'M einen S6lud
9 q snaps g. Sn 0d5 2dnogeri9.Ss
gefdnqSiB gu Ru0olita0t, S6uringen.
ipur0e ser 55id6rige GiienOreEsr 2tbs
mann aus 2im6a9 Eel GbemniB elm
geIiefert, Gsr III Ger 9erterge 81 Stao.s
lin einen DonOergenoiien tpegcn eire2
S9ludes S6udps 0ur3 MelierftiGe
get0otet bate. Ser M0roer mar Elm
arbeitsf9euer, Dem Srunte er9efener
Weni9.
9ef6ent ii Sen Papf.
Sin in maII:ces @olo gebunbenes OIL
BUM bon II PfuTp @epi9t bat cine
braiilianiIte 9~eputdtion Germ 9apite
iibereeben. SIN Snneren Oes Ilbums
befinoet ii9, duf Gol0 %graDirt, oas
Bib oes Papites, bon einem Sriaants
tern i6errag!; gegsniiber. glei9fdns
in Golo esIdnittea. eire adrte BON
8roiilien nit spei Ois propinSials
bauptitGote se3ei6renOen Sri1anten.
Der 5iibrer Der Population lpini6te,
ole 3iebe un0 @erebrung Der 10000
OC0 9raflianer m0ae cen Papit iiber
Die Scrsen bintpsgtr0Iten. Die ibm GU
ropa bereite. - Der perf.ogtene GrSs
biidof bon @Giarefu. Moniisnore @ius
fino @oamt bat Dem papite elm 2esai
bon 100000 2ire ($772.000 pers
riaht.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1907-01-22
@1emhahn =Tabrplau.
DanodKa Sine.

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ct. 4outs SpeI, 'dsl d.. 1 6O8m 8tttsburo ep.I tdoG6 q Q sowm
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= Souts ae tast --.-..7 s00m S@neaer NatI tdsIi4 80. 8 O0gu
50 ct g erpeb tdei& d IL s0Hm &eafone grpres tSoIi6 d = 2 l09m
ct 3ou:S eypreb tdsl .-..s 15Nn Nnants grsrek tdoaX 4 IkRm
& 8 & Gffuabam See tael. 4 00Gm Butsb grb. tmI sd.-~ a 56Rm
~ = gag WMl tdSlt@ - l04m 3be Re 3tmiteS tdsI sdb Z O5Ru
~ wv Speoa'' a8u@ g.. / 5o0m %tts5ur5 SaI .agh& sd IL s5Rm
gtucennes S%tbtftou.
eat,o & Btusen grpr tasi9 8 O5Bm Simeon & Nren6 Bid exp toI 10 OOsr
Btussuues eypreb tdsI~--.12 3osm goiro grtreb taeIG. a 1ss,
opener 8ren@ Sd IT, tl I 55Rn BrnsenueS eypreb tdgR&.. 10 S0Rp
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-24

fifteen counties made report he TO-
tai acreage was 457, showing falling
off of about 2,4OO acres in bearing
yielding 2,670 tons, valued at Slo,o6.
Putnam county acreage dropped 70
three, Volusia to ffty-seven. Marion
county led with 210 acres to its credit,
at little over S. per ton. In DeSoto
eight and a half TONS more than three
times that OF Marion, value a little
below So per ton. But it was left to
IT the figures are correct, and at least
one must assume them to be So from
AZ acres there was a yield of 1,O46
tons, or over twenty-five (25) tons
per acre. Just here, perhaps, it
might be well to quote from the excel
lent article on cassava in the Imnli
grafton Pamphlet issued two years
ago, by the Florida Department of
Agriculture, as follows: "Most extra
ordinary statements have been made in
regard to the yield of cassava per
acre Careful measurements, however,
made under the direction of this divi-
sion, show that the magnitude Of the
crop is usually much less than is stated
in the reports which have been made
An average crop, under favorable
circumstances, may be placed at five
tons Of roots per acre." which state
ment seems to be fully confirmed by
the reports from Marion and DeSoto
counties:
In Central and South America, this
tuber forms the greater portion of the
food of the people. On visit to Hon
duras in 1892, I saw the Carib children
with a pile Of "cakes,' perhaps two
feet in diameter, on their heads, in the
early morning, going from house to
house huckstering.
Used as cracker in soup, these
cakes were very palatable. A large
export trade is also established, in the
shape Of tapioca, which is one of the
forms of starch in which the lManioc-
the true name for this root we call
cassava-root- is prepared. We all
know what an excellent pudding it
makes.
And now, to conclude, what's the
matter with cassava, and why has it
almost ceased to be grown in Putnam
and Volusia counties?
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-24
The German.

This is the common name OF trop-
ical fruit which is not often seen in
this country. 1t might be much more
commonly grown in South Florida, if
it's merits were known. Unless he
has lost it within a few years, Mr..
Theo. L. Mead has a fruiting vine of
it, from which he sent us a specimen
Of fruit some years ago. No printed
or verbal description can do It JUS
tice The aroma and flavor are in
describable and very delicious. The
following account is from the Amerf-
can Nut Journal:
This fruit, little known to Our read
ers, has its native home in tropical
America It's botanical name is Mons
terra deliciosa, Liebm. Generally, it is
known only as greenhouse plant,
its large, perforated grOtesque leaves
making a most striking object.
The German NAV be grown OUT of
doors in any moist climate where
freezing weather does not occur.
Slight frosts do not affect it injuri-
ously, and the little protection oc-
casionally required may be given by
erecting Stat cover. The plants
should not be allowed to climb upon
posts, walls, or trees, as is their ma
tural habit Allowed to grow on the
ground in a PROSTATE position, they
fruit much more abundant1y, produce
ing large number Of fruits at the
end of the short, thick stems
The fruit is from eight inches to
fourteen inches in length, checked on
the outside, and requires about a year
and a half to reach maturity after the
time Of blooming. The taste is Sigh
ly acid, and the flavor somewhat re-
sembles pineapple and banana as COM
monty combined in deserts as tutti-
fruitti
The plants are best propagated by
cutting the PROSTATE stems into short
pieces and allowing them to remain
in place until buds form upon them
They may then be taken up and
transplanted to new location Once
established, the plants live to a great
age and are easy to cultivate. AS
yet, the fruit is known in this country
only locally in Florida at Palm Beach
and Miami The best specimens of
plants which we have seen are those
belonging to Prof. F. Gale, Mon
gonia, Fla. John B. Beach, West
Palm Beach, Fla; and Mrs. Florence
Haden, Cocoanut Grove, Fla. Before
very long this fruit may become more
generally known.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-24
Homemade Fertilizer For Cotton.
A. T. Gunner, MD.

Under the caption "Cow and Cot
ton," the Southern Ruralist Of recent
date says:
THAT there is natural relation be-
tween these two products is so appar-
ent as to be a truism. The real i'm
portance of this relation is not so
generally recognized.
GA few Of these natural relations
may, therefore, be properly urged for
consideration.
every one Of our special dairy
articles mentioning the matter Of feed
stuffs mentions the use of cotton seed,
cotton-seed meal, or cotton-seed hulls.
This is not solely because these are
home products and convenient to use.
Every modern table Of dairy ratlons
includes cotton-seed meal. 1t is ship
ped to the great dairy sections Of
the North by the train-load. There
is more Of the meal fed in New York
or Wisconsin than in any cotton
growing state.
The rapid increase in the price Of
the meal during the past five years
has been astonishing. The reason is
not to be found in the increase in cost
of fertilizers, because cotton-seed
meal has advanced relatively much
more rapidly than other fertilizing
great increase in the cost Of all feed
than kept pace with the advance Of
other feeds
"Cotton-seed meal is fed to dairy
cows almost universally, not because
it is convenient, certainly not because
it is cheap 1t is fed because the
principles and experience of RATIONAL
scientific, economical feeding show it
to be, in many cases and conbina
tons. the best protein cow-feed.
"There is here, therefore, a very
distinct and important relation be-
tween cow and cotton.
IF there was any logical reason
why cotton mills should come South
move nearer the cotton felds-the
same reason dictates that the COW
the butter factOry-should come near
er and develop close to the cotton
fields.
"The success-proflts- any indus
try depends first on cost Of produc-
"The COW is machine. She is the
milk and butter machine of the dairy
IdIIII, WHICH is d II uC ldClOl y. WI
ton products are only a part of the
raw materials used by this machine in
making milk and butter. Grass, hay,
root crops, ensilage, and pasturage,
are indispensable. All are produced
more cheaply where cotton grows
than in any other section Of Our coun-
try.
"Land and labor must be used Both
are cheaper in the South than in the
sections where the dairy industry is
older and more highly developed
"Climate, which SO materially in
huences many manufacturing pro-
cesses, has been continually urged as
a disadvantage to the Southern dairy
man. AS a matter of fact. this IS
really one of his greatest advantages.
The long, warm summer, if possibly
slight hindrance, is far more than
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-24

hydrocarbon, therefore selling him
takes little or no fertility from the
ground The excrement voided by
the hogs will be found, if analysed, to
contain as much, if not more, fer
tilizing material than his sold carcass.
If butter dairying does not pay in
Florida (of which there is some
doubt there is an ever increasing de-
mand for sweet cream which can be
shipped many hundred miles.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-24

DdldICCQ ny INC 11llu WlllLCl, Will llO
waste of food for maintaining ami
NAL heat, and green pasturage
through the entire season.
"Next to supply of raw material,
and cost of production, regular and
convenient markets, are most import.
ant in controlling the success of any
manufac curing business
eco into any town or crossroads
store in the, South and you will find
tub butter shipped from the North
always on hand, and sold at from
rs cents to IS cents per pound.
"Here is the market, at Our door,
right close to the cotton fields This
must continue to exist just SO long as
the people who make and handle the
great staple are consumers and not
producers of dairy products.
"Then, while the cow is making
butter, milk and money, she is restor-
ing and maintaining the fertility Of
the Matchmaking more cotton.
Can anyone doubt the intimate re-
1ation-the profit to be made-by
combination of cow and cotton?"
We have emphasized the last two
paragraphs as we intend to use them
as a text for the few remarks we
propose to make as an addition and
supplementary to this most excellent
editorial.
Cotton-seed meal is found on an
a1ysis to contain a larger amount, of
nitrogen than the cereals.
Now when the farmer raises cotton
he must necessarily impoverish his
land more than he does by planting
corn or wheat Therefore he finds
it necessary to fertilize heavily This
is generally done Cor was formerly
by means Of commercial fertilizers.
This item of expense was a great
drain on the financial returns for a
crop. It is true that the price OBJ
tanned for the seed offsets this some
what However, our experiment sta
tons are, through their bulletins
gradually instructing cotton growers
in better way Let me contribute
nv mite to this education
First The cotton fiber is almost
pure carbon, which is obtained main
w from the atmosphere. therefore it
does not impoverish the ground to
raise it.
Second The oil is an hydrocar-
bon, consisting Of the elements of wa
lCI anu CdIDOH. therefore us Sale
from the land does not impoverish
it.
Were a farmer to take a WORKOUT
old field and plant cotton on it for
several years, selling the fiber and oil
from the small crop raised, and re-
turning the meal and residue of the
plants grown back to the soil, his
land would progressively become rich
er each year without his adding any
other fertilizer to it.
Third Or, better still, if he keen
stock, feed the meal to them and use
their excrement for fertilizer he will
enrich his ground still more.
The fat, or butter, is almost identi-
cal in composition with cotton-seed
OIL The skim-milk can be fed to
hogs or chickens. The bulk of the
weight of the hog is fat, another
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-04-24
Cassava in Florida.

Five years ago, eight counties report
ed cassava crops Putnam in the lead,
with 1920 acres, yielding 1870 tons,
valued at 5000 per ton Volusia stood
next, with 1850 acres, $500 tons, worth
S41 400 These two had 2,47O out Of
the ?, 81 acres reported. The total
valuation was $96,262. There is a re-
markable falling off i'll 1905, although
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-13
Capt. John Smith.

From the London Outlook.
 Capt. John Smith of Willoughby In Lincolnshire, was the man to whom the success of the first English permanent settlement in North America was di- rectly due. Though only 26 when the expedition sailed with him on board, he had already enjoyed such a succession of thrilling experiences as was the lot of few men. even in the adventurous age of Elizabeth. At the age of 16 he had en- tered on military career in France and the Low Countries. In 1600 he sought ser vice against the Turks. who were then at the height of their power and had only lately ceased to threaten Vienna itself. On the way to the east he was thrown over board as a Huguenot and was rescued by pirate. from whom his inexhaustible resourcefuness enabled him to escape after a time He then entered the Aus trian service and soon signalized himself by a series of brilliant exploits. One of these-the defeat of three Turkish cham pions in single flght-earned nim his we'll known coat-of-arms three Turks heads in a shield.' from Sigismond Bathort, Prince of Pennsylvania Later he was taken prisoner by the Turks, and owed his escape to the interest with which he inspired Turkish lady. Whatever might happen" as Gardner says, "he was always able to turn it to account In the worst dangers he knew what was the right thing to be done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-13

try, more than any English-speaking con temporary except Henry Irving. He greatly admired the English actor. and he frankly admitted that he received his in- spiration for pictorial mounting from his knowledge of the Lyceum productions in London. And it Is to Lawrence Barrett that America owes the introduction of big stage productions in connection with the classic drama. He broke away from the old system of eXalting the player at the expense of the play. He aimed at q rounded production and interpretation combined When he became prosperous he spared neither money nor pains in mounting and casting the dramas and tragedies he presented
 Indeed, it was late in Edwin Booth s life, while under the management of Bar rett that the greatest of all American actors was presented to the people in his most favorable light. Left to his own re- sources, Booth had contented himself with the traditional methods of the theatre. His acting was very strongly individual, but his surroundings were often commonplace. The only exception to this rule was when Booth had his own theatre in New York-an enterprise that ended In pecuniary disaster Barrett gave Booth a proper setting, He never felt the least jealousy because of Booth s greater genius and vogue With a gen
 
 himself to the greater tragedian playing such roles as Bassanio to Booths Shy lock De Mauprat to Booths Richelieu, and the Ghost to Booths Hamlet Only in Julius Caesar and "Othello" did he have equal opportunity with his fellow star.
 And before the union with Booth, Bar rett displayed the same generosity toward the public-and the drama He had strong casts. He shared honors with Louis James and Marie Wainwright when those players were in their earlier powers and their greatest popularity. And Barrett did not need to shine by reflected light. His powers were not transcendent, but they were great enough to have permit ted him to make cheap productions and furnish cheap casts and to get along without paying royalties. He might have lived much longer and died much richer but he would not have done much for the stage as he did in his comparatively short but wonderfully productive life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-01-13

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