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The Washington times., 1908-05-30
HELP wANTED-Male and Female.

WAITERS-Two experienced y bite walters
at once. GLEN ECHO PARK. Nd my23-2t
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woRKINGMANs WANTS.

WORKINGMEN, is II hot eonugh 10! YOU ?
Then know that We can save YOU 4 1--WE
spot on good tailor made suit Of clothes
slightly w7ru)5 have a big stock and ws1I
treat you right. JUSTHS OLD STAND. ia
. st l7,y25-7r
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EOTICE-Packing and shipping OF furniture
to all points. Carpet Cleaning and general
upholstery work. Repairing or nne furniture
my speciality. J. J. DUVALLLa 2lsl ST
The Washington times., 1908-05-30
CLAIRVOYANTS.

NINE. JEWEL, psychic palmlsti what sac
tells j. true, gives reliable advice on AL az
fairs OF lie. 90 Sth ST. nv.
Look for signs on iron steps.
apz2-u
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YOUR MATTRESS carefully renovated and
made comfortable as new at small cost. You
can see your work done. Factory ana sales
room, 633 II NV. Phone n 2097. /. T. JONES'
ap2S-SGt
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I.A1f ttIGERATORS, gas ranges. gasoIene
aua Oh stoves; window screens. screen doors;
oi tepaAFlng painting; stove repairing q
PgS'9lty, guttering, spOuting. Phone NJ.
~ C09sMEL.L aL5 ~ 81 nlHZ.-aat
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HELP WANTED-FEMALE.

CHAMBERMAID and wait on invalid. neat
co!ored GIRL must have references ana Ia
willing % stay nights and 20 away ia sum
mer. l702 $ 81 NV. NEE -
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MRS HESKLE claIryoyanL card reader
reliable business advice given. hours / TO g.
Engagements Oh sunday b appointment only.
u 4th 81. myll-50t
SOC (MME. CATEERINE.) SI.O0
WashingtOn's favorlJs PIANIST and card
reader, gives advice on all business and love
analrs. So New York ave. a nOCr front.
walk up EEyI-sOt
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GEORGETOWN PLUMBING.
FURNACE WORK.

HIGH GRADE furnace work and timing;
largest operations in Mt. Pleasant reason
able rates; prompt and accurate service. LEO
o. GOETzINGER. 2lO4 18th 81. Phone y. s5fO.
uly20-eod -S0t
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COUNTRY BOARD.

BOARDERS at Si2 per month; good country
fare and excellent water miles from Bum
pass &C. and o, r. RI Address MISS HOPE
Bumpass, Va
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TURKISH BATHS.

TURKISH ana Russian bath. only Turkish
bath for ladies in the citys hours 9 70 6;
gentlemen's department never closed 1899 q
St nR, Phone Al. 5ssss. myA-sos
The Washington times., 1908-05-30

FOX SALE-NeW upright pianos fully war
ianted, Sl35, on s. monthly payments; no in
lrfest charged; new HelbIg PLAYER piano
500; open evenings. HELBIG BROS. I74z |
9TH 81. rD,,so -
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MODERN wooDMEN OF AMERICA

WASHINGTON CAMP, No. 1884. Van W
Roberts, 635 18th St ne. clerk, meets Thurs
day evening at Typographical Temple. 425
G ST NV my24-q0t
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FOR sALE-MOdel incubator, Cypher's make;
holds $50 eggs. slightly used. Address BOX !
556, Times Ofiice. r1ayz0- 2f
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MRS. ENRY reads palms and advises on
business, health love, marriage. and an
swers AL questions satisfactory soc Eye 81.
NV ugLz-90t
New-York tribune., 1908-07-12
BRITISH-RUSsIAN ALLIANCE.

England's conclusion with Russia of an ALL
ance that is regarded throughout Islam as alrned
against such Moslen powers as Turkey, Persia
and Afghanistan, following as It does her con-
ventfon with France, by which she agreed 10
allow the latter to obtain control of Morocco
and her seizure and military occupation on
Egypt in defiance of the protests OF It's suzeraln
the Padishah, have all contributed TO emphasize
IN the minds Of the followers of the Prophet that
Great Britain has ceased TO be the defender OF
their faith as she was throughout the greater
part of the nineteenth century. especially in the
Cr,p,esn War OF 1855 and in the Turlko-Russian
War Of 1876 and 1871 and that IT is to the Ger
man Emperor alone that they can look as their
friend and protector among the Christian pow
ers.
He alone has never manifested any designs
upon the territorial integrity Of Independent
Mahometan states. Austria has taken armed
rossassion of Bosnia and Herzegovina, two
n-o,-inces of the Ottoman Empire with large
Mahometan populations. Italy does not conceal
her designs upon the Turkish provinces Of
Tripou and Of Albania. while Greece. OF course
,rs+s for Crete and for the Sutan's provinces
along her northern frontier. The Kaiser alone
in the ewes Of the followers OF the Prophet is
territorialIv disinterested where they are con-
cerned In fact, he has interfered on more than
rocco three years ago, to prevent the seizure Of
q MosIem empire by a Christian power. And
what this means to Mahometans may be re-
allied when IL is understood that the one case
in which the Koran sanctions a tehad, holy
war. is when the territorial integrity and the
fndependence OF Moslem state are threatened by
one or more infidel powers. Then. according to
the teachings OF Mahomet. II is the duty Of all
his followers TO rise in its defence
Mahometans in Turkey, as In Morocco. realize
that all the Emperor wishes is for their COM
merce; that he has no desire to interfere with
their methods OF government with their re-
ligious pre1udices so long he can secure ac-
they gladly accord to him, and ii is due TO this
that Germans gradually acquiring monOp-
oily Of trade in Mahometan countries. especially
In Turkey and IN Morocco. while they are now
even competing actively with English industry
in the Land OF the Nile and in India In short,
Emperor William by his policy with regard to
Mahometan countries has not only benefited
German trade and industry to an extraordinary
degree but has likewise obtained thereby the
confidence and the friendship of every Moslen
empire, kingdom and principality7in fact. Of all
Islam II will be well to bear this In mind. and
not to ascribe 70 mere sudden impulse TO a
silly desire 10 occupy the linlelight the an
nouneement which Is likely to arrive at any
moment that the Kaiser without waiting for the
other powers has recognized Muiai Hahg as
Sultan of Morocco. Ex-ATTACHE.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-12
orEER ENTRIES IN
C[TY'S FIRST LEDGER
,,rsNCIAL RECORDS FROM
1921 TO 400.
1,itm Budget Less than $1,000
Nor Nearly sI50,o0o,0O0-
Book We'll Preserved.

,..v treasured in the vaults of the finance de-
- is book of rare value, the existence of
e known 10 few. II is the first ledger OF
sA'..-.o-stion VIZ. Of the City of New York and con-
ne financial records from May. 1851. to No
y. ,ook is in the custody Of H ]. Storrs chief
The finance department, whose term Of
-.s-s Of service there was celebrated by a
y sor,e months ago, but there are probably
sozen others, even in the Controllers office.
=. hsve seen IL
ssoneb IL years old. this interesting book is
-oo5 state OF preservation, for, tucked away
= ,vht proof vaults for all these years. il has
-. tbe ravages Of time and has preserved the
I1. IF the early days Of the municipality much
- han many record books of half a century
y y tsve preserved theirs.
= - s,ance department, happily has most OF its
-..ons books for the period since then, but
u assesses the interest value of this first
- They are IN a storeroom which is not
C hut Ledger Nc. l reposes in vault that
iss.sb 4-I burglar and fire proof Probably many an
. .-0 - or bibhophile would give several thou
-oiars to own this volume. but its value can
. hs dete-nned-
New-York tribune., 1908-07-12

would eliminate in the reduction of Morocco 10
something akin to Tunis, that is to say, into a
French dependency This, Of course, would
never be tolerated by Germany, which three
wears ago almost came to blows with France in
order to prevent her from securing control OF
Morocco and of enjoying there the free mana
promised to her by England in her agreement
with that power regarding Morocco and Egypt
War was averted only by the Algecfras Con-
ference which established the principle. insisted
upon by the Kaiser, Of equal rights for all IN
the land of the Moors, both politically and eco
nomically so as to prevent it ever becoming a
French colony. either temporarily or perrna-
nentE
Now, If the Emperor, feeling himself backed
in the matter by ell Germany and yielding to
the considerations of what is most advantage
Gus for German trade in Morocco and OF what is
best calculated to assure the safety of German
life and property there. takes upon himself SUD
denly TO recognize the de facto ruler or the
country Mulai Hafig. Sultan he Will n'ld
himself oncs more face to face with France, ana
Europe will be again confronted by crisis OF
much the same character as that of 1903. which
was ended only by the complete backdown on
the part OF the Partisan government, that even
went SO far jettison its most able MEMBER
M Delcasse, the Minister for Foreign Analrs' IN
order to placate German anger.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-12

Charnoers street and the North River About this
.ilne are several entries reading: ITO cash pd
the oellman for whfping negro,-three shillngs"
inefe appears to be no record that a white man
was ever whipped
They did not have a Park Department in those
Gays. but they must have had the small beginnings
for there is an entry reading ''To the porters for
working the nowers-two shillings. three ard one
half pence"
Salaries certainly low in those days for it
is recorded that English Smith, ofice not desig-
mated received fs 15s. for six months salary. And
another item reads: TO- cash pd to We Citty's
Attorney. pounds" One instalment of the salary
of Ebenezer Wilson. treasurer, paid February 8.
1895, amounted TO q 14s
One Thomas Clark seems to have had pull with
the city administration in those days for there is
special account devoted to him. which has several
items something like this: ITO cash for noatt, 10
pounds" Clark evidently paying up loans
made on his note
This peculiar way OF spelling note is only one
of the many vagaries of orthography that appear in
the old book. Generally letters used than
in the present spelling. Balance is spelled with
two rs New York" is often written with
final "e." Rope is spelled "roap' Whipping
is spelled with p The word hire is spelled
"hyre paid, 'payd." and licenses, "1ycenses
Instead Of the term carried forward used in
modern bookkeeping, the treasurers of 1851 to 100
used transported to folio so-and-so'
There city police force in those days and
every and then appears & record Of money paid
for whipping negro. One shilling seems to have
been the prevailing rate for the service.
The periodical audits Of the accounts are inter-
esting. and show the city to have been municipal
pauper compared with the wealth Of the city to-
day One Of the reports reads:
We have examined this acct. and fnde ii shows
money in Wilson's hands. 4s pounds six pence and
three farthings BRANDT SCHUYLER.
THO. CLARKE.
STEPHEN DE L.ANDY-"
Another audit. dated October g. 1885, reads:
We've examined the above acct We here un-
derwritten doe fnde that the balance is pounds,
shilling and five and three quarters pence-
~ VAN CoRTLANDT.
ROBERT DARKINS.
RIP VAN DAM
New-York tribune., 1908-07-12
A BALANCE OF $40.

About so on hand On January 1. 1905 the cash
balance Of the city S10.47sN0.
But that some of the officials Of the olden time
had LIQUID refreshments at the expense of the
city is evidenced by several items scattered
through the book reading, "Payd for two half
gals good Beer-1s shillings." That was rather
steep. when you consider that good beer can
be had for s. 80 half barrel to-day. But then,
there were no hreweres here in that time, ard
all the beer imported. There is nothing in
the record to show who rushed the growler' for
the two half gals
Lyme and ''nailes.'' strangely enough, appear
most prominently among the iteraized supplies
In the entire Ane years only seven pounds were
spent in spades and shovels. wonan-Cornelia
DePeyster by name-evidently had g monopoly Of
selling males TO the city.
Considerable money, in comparison with the total
expenditures. spent the Notifications, which
have a separate account. When thinks of the
vast sums the city to-day is paying for the new
piers known as the Chelsea improvement, he
stops TO wonder that in 1885 the bill against the
CITY for building wharf only S75
History does not record that there any
graft in those days but the entry, "Payd sundry
persons for sundrys' seems TO have been a favor
New-York tribune., 1908-07-12
RECOGNIZE MOORISH PKEIENDtK|

ing Christian nations. England being compen-
stated for getting the less important moiety OF
PERSIA by receiving from Russia free hand In
the Mahometan kingdom Of Afghanistan.
The convention is regarded by all Moslems IN
Turkey, In Egypt, in India and elsewhere as a
distinctly anti-Moslern alliance. and, recalling
that Russia has for the last two hundred years
had designs upon the Bosporus. and that the
keynote of it's policy since the days Of Peter the
Great has been to secure the mastery OF Stam-
bouI they constr7Ie this new treaty OF England
with Russia as constituting withdrawal by
Great Britain of all her objections to the sub
stftutfon of the Muscovite cross for the Ottoman
crescent on the Mosque of St. Sophia, at Con-
stantinopIe.
These impressions have been still further
strengthened by the announcement that at their
recent meeting at Reval King Edward and the
Gar arranged for joint action in Macedonia
against the Sultan for the purpose Of forcing
him to inaugurate forms Of government there to
which both he and his co-religtonists are siren
uously opposed. regarding them as an injury to
THAR faith.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-12
FRANCE BACKS SULTAN.

There is much to show that France bitterly
regrets the course which 1t pursued on that oc-
casion, which was serious blow to the pride
of the nation and 1t is probable that II such
situation We're to occur again there would be less
piiability the banks OF the Seine, ana the
bluff of the Kaiser would be called. with the re-
suit that would probably ensue, as 1t dld IN
1870 NJ. Pichon. the Minister of Foreign Al
fairs in France. only two or three weeks ago pro-
claimed to the Chamber Of Deputies tfat so Tar
as the recognition of new Sultan OF Morocco
was concerned no power could act alone; that
the recognition could only be accorded jointly by
all the powers signatory TO the Algeciras treaty
He declared that Abd-el-Aziz was the only iegiti-
mate Sultan OF Morocco and that the French
troops in Morocco were there to restore order, to
which the Pretender, Mulai Hahg. was the prin-
cipal obstacle.
He added that Abd-el-Aziz deserved support,
New-York tribune., 1908-07-12
RENTING PROFITABLE THEN.

4 would appear that In those good old days.
--t ne sources Of revenue TO the city were I'M
hey made money by selling property IN
O. squsnder1ng revenues by purchasing 4aho
ae raan twice it's value, as is often cone Ho"'
y i'sn IN l6s3 reads: BY cash reed for sonuis
lsad-352 pounds, five shAlines' tnsee
John Ellison appears as tenait oA I'
- paying $50 for remit Of certain propei 'y'
cY got revenue from renting some properly
a. IMAM Morris Now IL spends huholeus '
~ S&aos OF dollars on rent for public oinces.
:. o'ner source Of revenue aside from taxes ap-
:, 70 have bsen nnes and freedoms IN &c
-. lsh year before the end Of the period COW
- %$Deers the first item 20 show the receipt oi
h1 iosa -1ycenses." The amount Was i1< l's
a. s1o seem that IN those good old days "hen .
unfortunate enough 10 get landed IN 'i1e
ss.. he had 10 subscribe 10 the city-s fuho ~
s. get his freedom" Or possibly the cit'
a. slaves. who occasionally purchaser tnSi
ssaer 10 o0'e ~ ''-o
1. -s page OF the account referred 10 aooso -
'sora to balance II is headed: Pr perI
h., II Credit The same system il foiio"eo
s,-elolf the book. On the page with the ifsI
sss1 record Of expenditures We hnd interestias
- Of the methods OF punishment nseo ~
ss -s.f II the following entry, dated haatcn to'
So 10 cash pd for Cage and Ducking sioH
= !. .,-tSenty pounds, five shillings. Ihis oueA-
wy a ssao TO have stood at what - Ho"
New-York tribune., 1908-07-12

ite One John Evarts got fss for 'sundry dis
bursements" Two items in 1899, appearing to-
gether, read
ITO cash payd for sundrys. 141s:7lz.
ITO ditto for ditto. So
Then the City Hall account is charged with
"severals pavd," Il 2s.
In connection with the City Hall there appears
in 1899 an account Of f674 IS Oad. which looks as
If il might have been some sort of sinking fund
for building new structure. That there was
iron construction in those days is shown by an
entry of f22 for 'fronwork.'
The Widow Ktrboyle'' seems TO have got con-
siderable money out of the city. which frequently
hired negroes Negro hyre'' IS always specified
in distinction from the hiring Of other laborers-
They frequently had TO tie slaves in those days,
and the purchase of Il rope is sometimes coupled
with negro hire, thus: ITO cash payd for negro
hyre and a roap'
New-York tribune., 1908-07-12
This Would Revive the Franco
German Crisis, Says
Ex-Attache.
rcopxrtght. 1eos. BY ne Brentwood compsny.I

rCopyright. 1905 by the Brentwood Conpany.l
Although for some time King Edward has
been occupying the centre of the stage Of what
is popularly known as the Concert Of Europe
lust at the present moment the focus has shifted
to his nephew the Kaiser, who is now yachting
somewhere in northern latitudes. This is not
because Of the interview which, Il is said he will
have with the Gar at sea, somewhere off the
coast of Finland but it is owing to the uncer-
tafnty as TO what he is likely to do within tbs
next few weeks with regard 10 Morocco
II is known that great pressure is being
brought TO bear upon him not only in Germany
hut also by his friends Constantinopie- TO take
the lead in recognizing Mulai Hafg as the
Sultan of Morocco in the place Of his brother,
the actual ruler Abd-e1-Aziz. The latter has
been defeated all along the line by the Pre-
tender; he has been driven from his capital OF
Fez and the only vestige Of sovereignty remain
ing to him is that at Tangier and one or two
other seacoast towns which are commanded by
the guns OF the French ships in port. He has by
his childish Introduction Of foreign Inventions
calculated not 10 benefit but only TO offend ma
tional sentiment aenated all loyalty to his per-
son. while by his vacillating character and his
pitfabIe manifestation of weakness he has lost
all that prestige which is Indispensable to su-
thority over so turbulent a race as the Moors
New-York tribune., 1908-07-12
Used NEWSPAPERS
FOR BED COVERING
NOV HE'S n UNITED
STATES SENATOR.
Hozc Er-Governor Bradley of Ken
tucky Rose from a Mountaineer
to a Political Porcer.
Nv James b. Morrow.

The interview had taken US into the mountains
among russet-co1ored men and lynx-eyed women
Bradley was talking-Wiliam OConnel Bradiey
recently elected q Senator from Kentucky In the
rrongress Of the United States succeed Senator
Iannes 3. McCreary, whose term expires March l.
1909.
One episode had followed another, and now IN
Village hacked out of the wilderness there Is
pfstoI shot The latitude. however. Is right for
rifles and bowie knives; nitroglycerne too for thae
roattar In romantic elements, also. Bradley IS a
human rnelodrarna- written In blood instead o INK.
with blazing lights and much fierce music
When first saw Governor Bradley ne was seat
cd on a kitchen chair, stoutly girded with copper
wire before an amazingly tall desk that was
skewed across a corner of his Law office HIS BACK
was toward the door-a coatless oack- oroan ahu u
squat and solid as a block Of cement A orao nat
Was on his large, round head The iumediare
.ccasso-tea IN the picture were a checkbook. an
account book and an awed and silent client Brad
leyss blunt pen made much noise almost as
lawn mower.
There" he presently said, and he was curt As
country doctor. take that TO the oanh anu se'
your money
The client. fumblIng with his check, respectfully
and nnutely backed away The patriarcnaI auenor-
ity ard dignity OF the professions law ana neoi-
cine, especially, can still De nalntdiheo III eOAh7
parts of the country.
Rut we were In the mountains and Bradley was
talking with his gray-brown eyes and his musicai
voice Violence had been the subject Gaunt
nnountaineers in hickory shirts and boots mad
slipped into the discourse and passed on Bradley
intense emotional, but prudent, was smiling he
often smiles and often laughs
'I have never had any serious personal en-
counters myself he said. Once a drunken fellow
named Mason who had previously attacked a num-
Der of Republicans. accosted me in the streets OF
Lancaster and called me a damned niger stealer
He had a club in his hand I warned him on. our
he continued to follow toward my office When l
turned to knock him down he swung his club. but
1 caught the blow my left arm. which fell help
less at my side In friendly scuffie that morning
took a little four barrelled pistol from young
Ixrau IN rocket.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-12
FEAR FRENCH POWER.

The very fact that he should be indebted to
the French for what remnant Of power has been
left 70 him is calculated still further 10 embit-
fer his fellow countrynen against him. For
they regard the French as the principal peril to
their independence and their most dangerous
enemy-an enemy that has recently been inva7-
ing their empire from the east and is still en-
gagged in attacking 1t from the west at Casa
blanca. They see in France. in word, the
ro7Eer which has in view their transformation
into a mere Gallo colony. such as Algeria and
Tunis where the Jews whom they despise, are
accorded the rights of franchise and of citizen
shin. which are denied 70 a Moslem. no matter
what the latters rank and station. Muai
Hahe has the whole Of Morocco at his back, and
since he first raised the standard Of revolt IN
Marakesh, last August, his progress has been
uninterrupted In fact, his victorious entry. the
other day into Fez, which is not only the me-
tropolis but likewise the holiest city of Maure-
tania and one OF the great centres of Moslem
orthodoxy and learning as well his proclama-
ton at Tetuan, which is only few hours ride
on horseback from Tangier, demonstrated that
he is the de facto ruler of Morocco and that its
people have transferred to him their allegiance
from his utterly discredited and defeated
brother
Germany's interests in Morocco are of an eco
noInic character. and there Is no DOUBT that the
welfare of her trade in the Moorish empire de-
nands that there should be a speedy recognition
by the Kaiser of the prince who is the virtual
master of the country and who alone possesses
IN. mower and the authority to assure the safety
O. Te1Iton life and property within its borders;
all the more so, as he has pledged himself to
respect all existing obligations between Morocco
and the foreign nations with whom he desires TO
establish friendly relations.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-12
MosLEM REGARD FOR KAISER.

Emperor williams recognition of Mulai Hang
as Sultan while it would be regarded at Paris
as an act of defiance, would meet with warm
approval throughout Islam. the sympatnles
Of which ere all with Mulai Hahg and op-
posad to ADD -el-Aziz. This is very important
consideration in the eyes OF William IL and OF
his Chancellor Prince Won Bulow. and will weigh
heavily in the balance against the risk of con-
fict with France. For the friendship OF the
Mosem world is one OF the great assets OF the
Kaisers policy, and enables him TO speak with
q degree of authority which not even his COM
mand of the most wonderfully equipped and per-
fectly organized army the face of the globe
would warrant France, Great Britain and Rus
sta have each of them many millions of followers
Of the Prophet subject TO their sway, whose ris-
ing for the purpose of furthering the cause of
their great friend at Berlin must always be
horne in mind as not merely a possibility but
even a likelihood in certain eventualities.
or late this regard of the Mahometans for the
Kaiser as the one European sovereign who has
no designs upon the Independence OF Moslem
empires and .4ngdoms has become more pro-
uounced than ever. The convention Of last Sep
tember between England and Russia has excited
not only their deep resentment. but likewise
their apprehension for they look upon il an
agreement for the virtual partition of the Mos
lem empire OF Persia between the two contract