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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-26
DUPONT APARTNE
CHANGES OWNERS,
PRICE IS 100000
Other Large TranSac-
tons Pending in Dis
triCt Realty.
P st Weeks Business
of Larger Volume
Than Usual.

The Dupont apartment house, on
Twentieth. near r street, facing Con-
neCticut avenue, has been sold for about
100000. Franklin T. Sanner sold It
through the Harrison Realty Company
10 a New York client OF this firm, who
viii hold the property as an invest
ment.
The Dupont was erected about five
years aso under the personal super
vision OF MI SdnneT. who has retained
il until this time. 1t is a siX-stOry stone
structure. containing twenty apart
ments of six and seven rooms and bath
and brings in an annual income O.
$4,000.
Mr.. Harrison reports that he has 'sey-
eral other large deals pending that are
expected to be closed within the next
few days.
The sale in the past week OF two large
apartment houses, representing a value
together Of S355. 900. together with the
fact that a number of large deals that
have been pending for some time are
now about ready to close, is regarded
among real estate men as most hope
ful indication of a healthy revival in
realty transactions.
The optimistic predictions of dealers
and other business men expressed in
last Sundays Times have taken on a
new value by reason Of the activity Of
the past week. In fact, the weeks bust
ness has been of larger volume than
any recently, and the Indications are
that this is but a beginning
The passage by the Senate Of the bill
TO acquire the block of land southeast
Of the Treasury has also acted as a
stimulant TO a quiet market, and the
prospect of favorable action at this
session upon the bill TO take over the
entire tract south Of the Avenue by the
Government adds brightness to the out
look.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-26
SHERWOOD GROWING
IN POPULARITY
Residences Springing Up
and Improvements
Coming.

A number Of recent sales Of lots on
Rhode Island avenue, near Twentieth
street northeast, and the completion of
several residences in that neighborhood
indicate that Sherwood and its vicinity
is growing in popularity as a suburb.
On jackson street. between Eighteenth
and Twentieth. John I. Knopp has just
completed a residence, making a total Of
seventeen houses that nave been built
on this one street in, the past three
years.
Five cottages on Lawrence street, be
tween Twentieth and Twenty-second
streets, have just been completed for
the spring market. a city water main
has been laid from Eighteenth to
Twenty streets on Lawrence and
on Twcnty-second streets.
Charles A. Capell, Thomas II. Collins
and Isaac II. Bryant have contracted 70
build three residences on lots recently
purchased from the Edwards Land and
Building COMPANY at Sherwood.
b Z Harper has just completed a
sIx-room cottage on KeaTney street, and
has recently purchased a corner lot in
Sherwood.
N. II. Bronson has let a contract for
six houses at Woodbridge, just west OF
Sherwood.
Business houses are also keeping pace
with the residential portions since Ierch
& Wright established their store al
Sherwood. DR.. Dorsey has built two
stores which have been occupied con-
stantIy since completion.
Plans have been prepared by c. F.
Webb for two brick stores with a large
hail. This enterprise is being promoted
| by the Odd Fellows for an investment
and will be named odd Fellows Hall
The Langdon schoolhouse contract has
/ been let and will also soon be built
| The administration building at the Boys
| Reform school has just been completed
Work is slowly but steadily progress
/ ing on the east side int5rcepting sewer
and from the present outlook sewerage
will soon be a reality here.
| The board Of trustees OF the Lutheran
| Horaa have under way a project 20 build
| a new building containing 100 rooms tol
| the accommodation Of aged Lutherans
| r A and W. Z. Bolen have recently
| purchased the lot on the northeast cor
uer OF Twentieth street and RhOd'
/ Island avenue for investment
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-26
ARSFNT-MINDED KELVIN.

The late Lord Kelvin. when he was
deep in some abstract problem. was very
abser tminded and unpUnctual- So much
so. that his parrot used always to cry
out: Late again! Late agaln!" when
the scientist came in to his meals. He
never gave himself time to catch trains
and for many years persisted in jump
ing into trains whilst they were in mo-
tonic the great risk OF his limbs His
friends declared that the ice accident
which famed him. was q blessing in
disguise. for it saved his neck.-Black
and White.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-26
HIS LIMITED POWER.

You. my fTiend," beloved the orator
leaning over the desk and pointing MS
long finger at the honest old farmer in
the front row. You realize. do you not,
that you occupy a prouder position than
any monarch Of the old worid2 You
can make and UEmake menI You can
adopt or defeat the policies of Presi-
dents, curb the ambition of the dema-
gogue, and in the last analysis you
can declare war or peace, punish mon
opoIy. reward patriotic endeavor and al
most change the face of the world! You
are al American sovereign In your own
right, and you know it,"
ITS a burned lie" Indignantly an
swered the honest old farmer. I'm the
only green-backer in the whole town
ship and I hain't got influence enough
to Wad a pOpgunH'-Chicago Daily
Tribune.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-26
MRS. FOLK SELLS
BRICK RESIDENCE
Mrs. TomlinSon Now Owner
of House on Columbia
Heights.

Mrs. Beulah d. Folk, has sold the
thToe-stOry Roman brick residence, 1910
GiraI5 street. northwest, just east OF
Fourteenth street on Columbia Heights.
The house has twelve rooms, two baths,
and modern hot-water heating sys-
tenn. The property was purchased by
Mrs. Ruth ]. Tomlinson, who will occu-
DIV il as a residence. The sale was made
by Willige, Gibbs & Daniel in connec-
ton with the office Of David Moore.
WflIige. Gibbs & Daniel have also
negotiated the sale for Joseph J. MOebs,
Cf the three-story red pressed brick
residence, 1911 Newton street northwest.
This house has in addition to nine large
rooms and reception hail. a fully
equipped billiard room. The house is
deliberately decorated with handmade
china closets. French plate cheval mir
rors, and combination gas and electric
fixtures of unique design. Il is the in
tertion OF the purchaser, George J.
Washington, TO hold the premises as
an investment.
The same company has also sold foI
Harry B. Wilson and Harry Wardman
the two-story, pressed-brick dwelling
numbered 35lS Eleventh street north
west, at the terminus OF the Eleventh
street car line. for $500 The property
! was purchased by DR.. Bruce i. Taylor
! for Investment purposes.
They have also sold for II. RozieI
/ Dulany and John W. Pilling, trustees
/ for The Waggaman estate, lots mum
| bered q and q, in square GIG. on tn
/ south side of street, between NOTti
/ Capitol and First streets northwest. I
/ is the purpose Of the purchaser. Henry
/ L. Clayton. To improve the propeTt!
( with two-story dwellings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-26
DEIREL LINEN COMPANY
GETS STORE ON LEASE

The Deimel Linen Mesh Con pany, 1919
F street northwest. has leased from
Stone & Fairfax the store al 80 Thir-
teenth street northwest, n few doors
south OF New York avenue. for a term
OF five years from February I, at a
rental Of 81, 500 per annIm-
This store has a width OF twenty-five
feet, with a depth Of 100 feet. through
to the wide public alley. which affords
excellent facilities for receiving freight.
The adjoining premises are occupied by
the Derby L'esk Company, which re-
Gently took possession under q lCng
lease
The CON p3etiOn Of the new building at
the corner OF Thirteenth street and New
York avenue, now occupied by the MI
tual Fire Insurance Company, and the
construction in progress of the new Ma
sonic Temple is adding further strength
to property in that locality.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-26
LONDON DIRECTORY
A MASSIVE BOOK
Volume Weighs Thirteen Pounds and
Gets Larger as Great City Grows.

London keeps on growing and so does
its directory, the 1893 edition OF which
Just made its appearance. The London
p0stohice directory, il is claimed, is the
biggest hook published This 109th edi-
ton Of it weighs thirteen and quar-
ter pounds, is eight inches thick and
contains 1898 pages one wonders how
much longer 1t Will be possible for the
publishers to keep pace with the in
crease of the population Of the metrOp-
Oils and confne the record of it TO
single volume.
Like the dictionary the "P. o. D" is
a book OF solid merits. It is full Of fas-
cin5 ing facts. For one thing it makes
clear why not even the oldest inhabitant
ever knows his way over the whole
OF London. Nearly every street is re-
pea.ad once at least. Many of their
names appear over and over again.
There are, for instance, no less than
forty-nine High streets, one borough
alone containing five of them within
sts boundaries Yet if a letter Is ad-
dressed to any one IN High street, Lon
don, without anything TO indicate what
particular district IL is in, the infinitely
painstaking. pOstOffice department viii,
If need be, make thirty-nine attempts to
find the correct High street before
giving up the job. There are twenty
two John streets to perpleX the in
Quirer who knows only that the person
he seeks lives in one Of them. There
are fourteen King streets, but they
really are evidence Of progress in a
street nomenclature. There used to be
forty-nine of them, but thirty-five have
had TO accept less exalted titles. And
there used TO be fOrty-thTee Queen
streets, OF which only eleven remain,
which Is still just ten too many.
But II is its record Of names that
makes the 2. o. D. veritable store
house of unique and interesting in
formation. Nowhere else is the fe-
cJfndity OF the Smiths, compared with
that Of folk bearing other patronymics,
so strlHngly revealed There are many
pages OF them Taking an average OF
nirsty names to the column there are
nearly 1000 Of them. which, OF course.
does not include their families And
this, too, is exclusive Of their aTistO-
cratic off-ShOOtS, the SmythS, SmytheS,
De Smyths and the hyphenated Smiths.
The Joneses are hopelessly Outnum Der
ed by the Smiths. Their clan monopo-
Lies a mere score of columns, and even
the Browns and the Brownies together
can muster only nineteen and a half
columns The RObinsons I'LL only ten
columns.
There are $50 Whites and only fifty
four Blacks. Grays and Greens are
fewer still. There are $50 Bells, but only
one Peal. Agriculturists viii be inter
ested to know there are four Acres and
ninety-seven Fields in London, which
has also fOrty-eight Farmers. thirteen
Plowmen and three Cows. There are
ffty-eight FrOsts and five Foggs.
Two columns shelter the Foxes.
There are some twelve Joys. twenty
three Gays and only one Tear; fifteen
Friends are all that can be found in
London and eleven Fabians. There
are three columns of Cooks and one
OF arpenters.-Exchange
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-26
CITY MEN AS FARh.ERS.

Great is the debt Of gratitude due the
man who makes money in trade OF pro-
fessionally and spends it on farming as
a fad. He is laughed At by the real
yeomanry as one to whom the proper
purpose and value of ready cash are
unknown, and who scatters 1t on fan
tastic experiments; but the amateur
takes his own course and enjoys 1t more
than his critics imagine. a city's most
energetic population is recruited from
the farms, and the old merchant or
practitioner, as a rule. Graves the coun-
try when he TetiTes. This passion is
strong even among those porn in cities,
and If they want to amuse themselves
with little eXtravaganCes on the soil
they ought to have sympathetic en-
Ccuragement.-St. Louis Globe Demo-
crat.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-26
CRIME WAVE SWEEPS
ITALIAN PENINSULA

ROME. Jan. 25.-The influx Of emf
grs hts from the United States which
has been in PROCESS since last Oc-
tober has created a new problem for
the police and judicial officers in Sicily
and the southern provinces An alarm
ing increase Of domestic crimes and
separation suits has been reported TO
the Government. Murder after murder
has been reported
It was expected that in view Of the
financial crisis in America, the amount
OF money which these emigrauts would
bring to Italy would be small, and that
they would be added to the ranks of
the unemployed. The opposite has
proven to be the fact, however, and
most Of the wanderers are well sup
piled with funds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-26
ZERO.

The word zero" is from the Spanish
and means empty" hence nothing. It
was first used for a thermometer in
1IS5, by a Prussian named Fahrenheit
BY experimenting with snow and salt
Fahrenheit found that he could produce
degree Of cold equal to that OF the
coolest winter day. It happened that
the day on which ne made his final
experiment was the coolest that any
body could remember, and, struck with
the coincidence OF his scientific dis
coveTy. he hastily concluded that he
had found the lowest degree of terl-
peTature either natural or artificial
He called the degree zero and con-
structed a thermometer graduating III,
numbered 212 and the freezing DOIrt 90
New York American.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-26
BIDS ARE OPENED
FOR MARKET ADDITION

Bids for the construction Of an add
ton TO the Eastern Market were opened
in the District building yesterday
The lowest bid was that Of Milton
C. Davis, Of Baltimore. whose proposal
OF 81, 293 will probably be accepted by
the Commissioners, although their Of
fetal decision will not be made known
for several days.
The other bidders were Burgess &
Parsons, S25I55: s. J. Brinkley. SIS 80,
Boyer & Smith, 22s,6a2; Pennsylvania
Bridge Company, S29,939; J. NJ Dunn,
81, $50; William z. Mooney S249SI;
Thomas z. Melton. $25, go; Benjamin T..
KneH. SIS. eS9 and Pavarini & Wynne,
s25, 800
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-26
NEW PARK BILL REFERRED
TO THE COMMISSIONERS

The Senate Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds has forwarded
70 the Commissioners for a report a
copy Of the bill recently introduced by
Senator Warner Of Missouri, providing
for the establishment Of a public park
in the square bounded by Eva ts.
Douglas, Twenty-seCOnd streets ana
Queens chapel road, LangdOn, D. {.
The sum of $4,000 is provided for the
purpose.
The bill was referred co the Engineer
Department.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-26
SAME OLD STORY.

q wonder what 1893 will bring forth?''
"I can tell you. Troubles in the
Balkans. a bum spring. more Presiden-
tlal booms, war clouds IN Morocco, Sen
atorial refusals 10 resign. q hot sum
mer, and some vague talk about re-
forming the tariff. Exchange.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-26
SALE OF DUPONT APARTMENT WEEKS BIGGEST DEAL ~
Real Estate

Henry a. Llnger, jr.. has sold the
two-story frame dwelling. 1915 Thirty
seventh street northwest, which he pur-
chased about a year ago from c. Irving
Wood
John Ready has completed extensive
improvements on his business buildings,
1914 and 1916 n street northwest. A new
back building was erected. while The
second floors OF the old building were
entirely remodeled. The improvements
represent an expenditure Of about 5000
The home Of the late John A Barber,
3z45 y street northwest, is being re-
modelled. and It is understood that quite
a large sum Of money viii be expended
on the OIL mansion, which contains
eighteen rooms, and is surrounded by
spacious grounds. The property Is
owned by Victor Meiusbridge, Of 29l5
y street northwest, who purchased it
| from tho Barber heirs some months ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-26
A PRACTICAL HOUSEWIFE.

She-No need Of your wasting time
because you're going 10 the BARRIERS
Here, take this basket OF potatoes along.
You can peel them while he cuts your
air!-Transatlantic Tales,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-26
Mother takes a CasCaret
and baby gets the benefit. It is
easy to supply, in this natural way,
all tIe laxative a babv needs

Oh IIVO Ic1AeNO1FO q DC'UJ I1OO1S'
exclusive milk constipation with US.
So does inactivity.
exercise without food green
vegetables our bowels active.
Is it wonder that nursing baby who yet walk
needs the help of a laxative2
AL babies do as you know.
baby grows older
baby play active place
of laxative
But until then gentle laxative is almost necessity
mothers know that.
isn't necessary the laxative direct baby.
the mother takes it.
baby gets part
same line
But nothing but
They gentle natura-urey vegetable No irritation
gripping.
Cascarets They druggists
in bulk genuine every price
is so cents, Is cents
Ten Cents per Box. ~
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-30

by its proper name Of bee-moth, YET
number reported 1t under other
names, such as worms" moth, :"
rweb-worm," "weevil," "bee-worms, {"
Ely" etc Going carefully over all the
reports Of this pest and tabulating
hem In connection with the race Of
oees kept and the type Of hive used,
we find that we must drop a large
number because they fail to answer
one or another Of these questions, or.
N cases where they use several types
Of hives, It is not possible to tell
which is most to blame. Leaving out
all these doubtful or incomplete rec
ords, and conflning ourselves strictly
TO clear and positive reports (of which
we have enough to make our conclu-
sions safe), We get the following re-
suit:
5ee-Moth as Affecting Different Races
Of Bees in Different Kinds Of Hives.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-30

Says President Hadley. Il firmly be
lieye that the selfish pursuit of happi.
ness menaces alike the efficiency Of
our individual citizens. the stability OF
our institutions and the power Of re-
sistance OF our country to dangers and
calamities, and that the fate of the
American people-nay. the fate Of the
whole civilized worlds bound np
with the possibility OF maintaining
amid all these difficulties an essential.
ly Christian philosophy Of life" That
is the calm and convincing conclusion
to which he led the sober thought of
the graduating class. a message which
will not soon be forgotten. but one
that is likely TO suggest its impelling
power al a moment when it is tempor,
arily laid aside for selfish reasons.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-30
UNIQUE METHOD OF TEACHING
DUTIES or CITIZENSHIP.
Remarkable Results Obtained by the
Organization Of School Repub-
lies in Public Schools
Of the East.

The school republic is a movement
started By Wilson L. GIN, we'll
known worker in the Geld Of eduea-
lion. FOR the purpose Of giving chill
dren their first lessons in citizenship.
The movement has grown in The
United States and the United States
government. observing the good ac-
complished among American school
children. carried the method into all
the schools Of Cuba. Within the last
year some schools In every state Of
the union have taken up the method.
Commissioners Of education from sew
eral nations. In session in New York
city, in April, 1908. signed articles Of
agreement founding the Children's In
ternational state TO add interest and
I. strength to this cause OF healthful,
loyal citizenship in every country
Children in American schools be-
gan signing the pledge Of information
al citizenship on May is, 1908.
Mr.. Gin is enthusiastic over the de-
yelopment Of his idea. and declares
that he believes there never was a
movement which was making so
powerfully for the betterment OF child
life throughout the world as the school
republic. And while It is effective, II
,s so simple, so practical, SO accepta-
bic TO young people, so helpful TO those
gho have the care OF children, and
% full of reasonable hope that II is
surely winning its way into the
schools Of the country.
Every thinking. observing, true
patriot" declared Mr. Gill. in discuss
Ing his plan. has hoped that some way
might be found by which men who
lake the initiative in business affairs
sould be induced TO attend primary
meetings. vote at local elections and
axe their turn In serving on Juries
rhis has seemed hopeless, since every
Slime the educated part Of the people
{ has been aroused to action by some
Extraordinary crisis It has immediate
sunk back into It's old state ol
lpathy, and boss rule has again as
erted itself undisturbed. and public
money, health and life have beer
sasted as before.
Nearly every city has its illusua
ions such as followed the Parkhurs
! tprising in New YORK ana the gas TO
lellIon in Philadelphia.
In 1897 experimental in a New
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-30
REAL FATHER OF HIS CITY.
susy French Mayor Who Has Been m
Office 81 Years Reelected.

II set some politicians and others
thinking last Memorial day when
Kingston. N. Y. in honoring the mem
Dry Of Gov. George Clinton. pointed
with pride to the fact that he had held
the Office Of county clerk Of Ulster
county for 52 years, not Telinquishing
the post even when serving as gov
ernor or as vice-president Of the
United States But there are modern
instances of long Office holding in
elective communities, and one of them
came 10 light in the last election in
the Commune of Serigny, in France.
Henri Lehoux has been mayor OF
Serigny for 81 years and he has just
been reelected. Moreover, his cleo
ton was almost unanimous, for out
Of 100 votes in his small commune he
received 81.
Il is said OF him that he has made
no enemies in his long service as head
of his commune. but his record contra
diets the adage that man who never
makes mistakes or enemies never
makes anything, for Mayor Lehoux
executes all the acts Of state, SO to
speak, himself.
He makes out all civil papers. He
distributes official aid and attends to
all benevolent work Of the commune,
Furthermore he Is economical and for
many years he has dispensed with the
services Of a secretary.
"A sage and a fortunate man" is the
comment Of his fellow countrymen.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-30

selves as natural enemies, but their
families. When the boys and girls, as
school citizens. made laws and en-
forced them in the interest Of order
and good fellowship the lighting
among the young people ceased at
once, and the conditions among the
older people gradually improved.
Every person on becoming inter
ested in the school republic asks:
How many are there? That question
can not be answered directly, for the
method is free, much has been pub
lished about it, and. apparently,
thousands Of teachers have adopted
II. many lntelligently, some not SO
intelhgently, and. OF course, many with
success. and some have failed partly
and others totally, because the few
and simple principles involved are not
always understood or the motive Is
mistaken. In New York city in 1907
supt. Jasper prohibited the school city.
but the board Of education immedi-
ately investigated and authorized
every principal who might wish to
adopt the method to do so. and MT.
Jasper eo-operated with me most
heartily. On my invitation q few
principals took It up with gratifying
results
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-07-30

feet dig out a sufficiently large space,
sloping both plats toward the center,
as seen In diagram. In the center dig
out a trench two feet wide by one
foot deep, so as to catch and hold the
teachings from both manaie piles.
Cover the sloping parts and trench with
cement, so that none of the teachings
can escape into the ground.
The manure is placed on the In
clined plats, so arranged that the
teachings drain into the trench. from
which they are pumped up and dis
tributed over the manure heap. It is
best to provide two manure heaps, 20
arranged that when one IS full, six
to eight feet high. It may be allowed to
fesment undisturbed while the other
is heinp fnea