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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05
How the Elbe Was Conquered.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
In the beginning the Elbe, like any
other river, wandered at its will. now
spreading out among a multitude of
islands, now narrowing into short and
crooked turn. now widening over shoal.
AS a proper beginning for the correction
of this sort of thing the Prussians-in
true German style-prepared a map of
the stream as 1t was. decided by simple
mathematical calculation how wide a
channel 15O meters deep at middle water
could be with the existing flow, and then
upon the map, in red ink, eliminating all
sharp turns. drew in graceful curves and
long straight reaches regardless of the
existing banks two nearly parallel lines,
Indicating the banks as they were intend
ed to be.
The engineers began at the head of the
stream and built out from. the old shore
to the location of the red line transverse
bikes, ground sills-ordinary contraction
works Sometimes where they seemed to
be needed they built long parallel bikes.
exactly on the new red line. Sometimes
they Wove hurdles and revetment mat
treSSes of willow brush, much as we do
at home, and sunk them on bars between
the tips of the transverse bikes, and then
on the top of them set up upright sticks
and Wove waffle or basket fences of
willow through them to make pens, and
into these piled sand dredged from the
stream, to build up the shore. Mile by
mile they advanced. dredging the river or
letting it dredge itself. leaving no ends
loose to raVel out, gradually reducing the
river to an even slope and current.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05
CHURCH HOME LOCATION
Large Property on Massachusetts,
Avenue Purchased.

In the course of a few days the inmates
of Epiphany Church Home will remove
from the building on the north side of
II street between 18th and 14th streets
to their new home. 1221 Massachusetts
avenue. This latter property has just been
acquired for the home through James NJ
Green, real estate broker, in connection
with the Washington Loan and Trust
Company. The new location is on the
high ground in that section of the city
and on the north side of Massachusetts
avenue. The improvements consist of a
large residence, with side yard and d
stable at the rear of the deep lot.
The ground has a frontage of IS feet
and contains over IL 900 square feet. The
house is a large three-story structure
which will be suitable for the use of the
home for the present 1t is the purpose
to erect in the rear large addition some
five or six stories in height, which will
be hreprOof in construction and will &C.
cupy the entire width of the lot.
The price paid for the property was $27,-
O0. 1t is understood to be the intention
OF the authorities of the home to dispose
of the ground on VI street between Con-
necticut avenue and 18th street. which
was purchased some time ago. in antici-
patton of the sale of the III street prop
erty, bat II was found the arrangement
now made, would be OF more advantage to
the institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05
The Tokay.
From the Ohio State Journal.

From the Ohio State journal.
You can see the Tokay grapes on the
market benches now. plenty of them at
10 cents a pound the cheapest and love-
Hest sweetness that grows on vine or
bush in all the earth 1t is a plentiful
product to be SO new. At the confluence
of the Bodrog and the Thesis rivers in
Hungary it was born many years ago,
and was famous for the wine it made,
but in recent years it appeared on the
slopes of California where it was fon-
died by the soft ocean breezes and shared
with the orange and the nectarine the
honor of the sunbeams
There is a fam, faraway spiciness in
the Tokay grape that is like the misty
borders of lovely dream sometime
that needs no argument or analysiS-it is
theresa thin and rare that it gets into
the soul and makes it glad for the love
of a good thing does not come from it's
solid and essential quality. but from
some fair and subtle suggestion. like the
glance of ones sweetheart as they pass
on the crowded street
The Tokay is bulky and chuck full of
sweetness, but down in it's depths is an
aromatic flavor which one can taste all
through him-a flavor that came from
the vale of Heyaltya and sifted through
the moonbeams and zephyrs of long Cali
fornla nights Do YOU think this too
high praise? Break the day with "A
bunch of TOkays, but limit your love
1T is said that angels fly away if one
tries to be too familiar with them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05
Working Too Hard.
the New York Enrnll-

From the New York Herald
The owner of the farm lad been enjoy
ing himself at the country fair while his
hard working wife stayed at home to see
that the farm suffered no loss in his abb
sence.
well. Sarah said the owner upon his
return. I'm about all tired out. Is the
cows in the barn?'
Yes. long since replied his wife.
barely looking up from the task then in
hand.
rs the bosses embarrassed an fed?'
Yes
Chickens locked up?'
yes"
Wood chopped for mornn'? ?"
Yes"
"Wagon-wheel mended an ready { start
in TIL mornin ~
Yes.
We'll. then. concluded the exhausted,
owner. with sigh of relief LET me have
my supper. I'm going 4 turn in. Farmin's
beginnin' f tell on me-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05
Yale Has 1896 Living Graduates.

FROM the Boston Transcript.
The auadrennial directory of living
graduates of Yale University. published
yesterday. shows that the total number
of living graduates is IA. SOC as compared
with 12.6Go four years ago. OF the grad
yates 14.211 live in the United States.
The directory calls attention to the fact
that the percentages of increase in four
years have been in the South Atlantic
states about % per cent. in south central
states about 81 per cent and in the wes
ern division OF states about - per cent.
These percentages compare with only
about II per cen, increase in New Eng
land and about II per cent in north At
lantic states. The statistics of occupa-
ton of Yale graduates show only slight
increase in the ministry. d considera BILE
increase In Yale lawyers and a large In
crease of men who going into mer-
camille profession, finance and manufac-
turing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05

acres on Morris road, Anacostia. The
property is now being subdivided and
plated, and will at once be placed or
the market. A number of houses will be
erected by the owners.
The same firm has sold to David d.
johnson of North Carolina a farm of 226
acres in Culpeper county, Va. The price
paid was $4,000.
Other sales by the firm are: For Louis
Rosenberg, 913 9Th street southeast; for
G. T. Shepherd, 1886 X street northeast;
for Mary Jaeger, 637 l. street northeast;
for M. II. Keim, fifteen acres at Spring
field. Md: for G.. r. Jenkins, dwelling and
one-half acre of land at Columbia Park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05

park. but the outline of some specimen
OF the taste in architecture of whoever
happens to be the owner of the property
that is thus given command of a public
thoroughfare-a situation which was
never intended by the designer of the
much-admired plan of the city.
Connecticut Avenue Bridge Vicinity
However. this mutilation was not suf-
ficient. and SO. after mounting the hill
and passing along the summit. another
twist was given to the line of Connecticut
avenue. with the effect of bringing the
south end of the magnificent bridge
the plaza Intervening. 1t has been. or
Will be. presumably. a very good thing
Tor the property holders, but that is
hardly the point
On the east side of the sweep Of the
plaza and extending to the embankment
above Rock creek is more private prop
erty, which is subject to such improve
ments as individual taste may dictate,
and which will be in full view of the
bridge, so that there is a possibility of a
row of houses backing up against the
bridge, and In that case the outlook from
that structure will not be particularly
pleasing. In order to avoid such a blot
upon that structure, or, rather, its imme-
dlate surroundings, an effort was made
at the last session of Congress to have
the public acquire the ground between
the street bordering the embankment of
the creek and the mbankment itself so
as to have that space forever Open No
doubt the attempt will be renewed this
coming session.
Chance Has Passed.
In the opinion of some persons a mis-
take has already been made in not ac-
curing for the public the triangular space
at the north entrance to the bridge and
lying between the two bridges. But the
opportunity for doing that has passed,
as couple of dwellings have been built
there.
The wisdom of protecting this fine struc-
ture by the purchase of land in the i'm
mediate vicinity will not probably be gen.
orally questioned, such purchases will
not be large either in area of land ac-
CURED or III the outlay of money while
1T Will prevent the appearance of those
frayed edges which are so apt to be seen
In connection with work of the sort
The detection made in the course of
connecticut avenue is not entirely re-
sponsibe for all these defects and much
could be said in explanation or even in
defense of the change made as q straight
continuation would have involved the con-
domination of expensive property and
would have added materially to the cost
IT is the reason given for the change
farther south, but at the same time il is
quite evident that both have resulted in
marring the beauty of that thoroushfare
and that must still be the conclusion even
~hen the money saved is considered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05
Would Not Know They Called.

From LONDON Chronicle
Here is a touch of disappointed human
vanity from Sandringham. Once week
Sandringham grounds are open to Wis
itors, who are admitted by permits OBJ
tanned from the estate steward These
permits are delivered up at the entrance
lodge. which is in charge of a comedy
old dame, who, by royal permission, is
allowed to sell picture post cards. The
other day writes a correspondent lady
and gentleman burst on the scene with
the shrill inquiry. Where is the book
for us to sign?' There was no visitor
book What! no book to sign" the
lady exclaimed. she turned away from
picture post cards in disgust. She haze
been conjuring up visions of inscrbing
name and (American) address at iull
length in the fond belief that it would
be read by royalty in leisure moments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05

covery Of the mine and other representa-.
tions being monumental fabrications. Ar
rests and convictions subsequently fol.
lowed.
Another class Of fraudulent schemes
against which the public should guard is
any and all, no matter what may be theil
character. from those inviting alleged
pleasant. congenial home work. to min
ing shares, in which something appears
to be given for nothing, and those which
are represented to be absolutely free. II
is simply astonishing how certain Of the
public will continue to bite at this old
time-worn but nevertheless still effective
bait of obtaining something without either
cost or effort, or getting things which
any child must know cost money, 'abso-
lutely free
Preserve the Wrappers.
Gin communicating with the department
on the part of patrons Of the mails who
may have reason to believe that they are
being victimized. or those who may de-
sire to communicate with the inspecting
force regarding the fraudulent character
or Illicit o. improper nature Of any piece
of mail matter received, always preserve
with care and forward the envelope OF
wrapper in which the questionable piece
of mail was incloSed. Many persons
thoughtlessly open and then destroy the
envelopes of such mail matter, and for
ward only the Enclosures. whereas it is
the envelopes or wrappers themselves
with their pOstmarks, which establish the
prima facie case that the piece of mail
really was transmitted through the malls
Frequently in this manner much valuable
evidence has been lost as to the prelimi-
nary investigation or subsequent trial OF
cases.
1.-The investigation OF all classes of cases
in which the general public is involved
which go Through the mails Is invited by
the department, and the policy Of apply
ing and enforcing more strictly the stat
ute prohibiting the transmission in the
mails of publications or other matter con-
tanning obscene or suggestive illustrations
or advertisements is being vigorously car
ried out, the department being more than
willing to meet the public half way and
desiring the cooperation of all interested
to the end that these schemes and prac-
tees may be put out Of business and the
parties engaged in them placed In con-
finement where they obtain board and
lodging free"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05
The Gilt Off the Motor Car.
rom Motoring Illustrated

Ut.
Everybody i'm the entire motoring
scheme today. whose presence in 1t goes
back to more than year ago Is more
sober and less eXtrayagant and certainly
spends less on his motoring mile for mile
than he did before the keen edge Of his
ent lusiasm was 1ulISSS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05
Sales of Realty.

The Soule Realty Company has sold for
Hattie II. Graeme to William V. Atha and
j. Il. Campbell. a tract of four and half
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-04-10

The latest official information
received in St. Paul is to. the effect
that the Stanard Oil Go. is making
arrangements to develop into the
largest butter making concern in the
world. Always on the look out for
some process to enrich it's sharehold.
ers, and able to apply the latest de-
velopments of scientific research, it's
chemists have solved the problem. of
manufacturing butter from tar and
crude oil. This is going a good step
in advance of manufacture vaseline
from petroleum, and, after all, the
step from vaseline to butter is only a
matter of flavor and color. This new
commodity-it would be scandalous
to call it burter-bas already been
placed on sale in New York, and de-
clared by some New Workers to be
superior in texture, sweeter scented,
more delicious in flavor, and more
grassy in quality than the srarest
kinds of creamery butter. At the
Buttermakers convention at St. Paul
one of the delegates asserted that. few
people east Of the: Mississippi knew
the taste of good butter, having be-
come so accustomed to bad The in
ference is therefore that the taste for
good butter in New York is sadly
perverted if it can accept the Stand
ard Oil quality made from tar and
petrol 1t IS essential that the,
Minnesota buttermakers thru their
.associ ations should keep a watchful
eye on the octopus or they may lose
some Of their best markets thru the
Indifference Or ignorance ST the butter
buying public. OF late the Dairy
and Food d artment have been az
tive inst Paul. They have been ID.
vestigating into the tactics 81 B imita.
ton farmers who have been repre- u
'senting to innocent housewives that
they are from the conntly and
getting them 4 take oieo rgerine
1as5 the best creamery butt @ wing
10 the ficiency of the 81. Panl Hpolic.ee,
these pests have boon got sof
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-04-10
.woRTHlNGT0N ADVANCE
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. e%s5f SE
THos. DovERY, PUBLISHER. !,

:. =. .na T ~ 3ls=@ !
In discussing state politics in last
Saturdays S.. Paul Dispatch the
County Chairman had the following
to say of the situation regarding the
governorshi:p >.t=z
"There is no use beating about the
bush or trying to hide the fact J. F.
Jacobson, of Lac qui Parle, has the
call for the republican nomination for
governor at the present writing. This
is not conceding the plum to the
Madison man, as in the next three
months convention will not be
held until July 1st-many things can
happen to change public sentiment,
but it is safe to say that if the state
meeting was held within the next
thirty hays Jake would be- nominated
on the first ballot. This is his own
view Of the situation as he sees it and
it comes colse to being the truth.
"speaking truthfu1ly of the Jacob
son candidacy, which received it's first
bid for republican support in the har-
mony speech of R. G. Dunn at the
meeting of Ethe St. Paul Roosevelt
club, it's rise has been rapid until now
the territory credited to the standard
Of the Minnesota Commoner includes
practically all zof the northern part
of the state, some of the central part
and quite few of the counties in the
southern section. None of the terri
tory spoken of has made known it's
allegiance in the form of instructions
as the county conventions and pri-
maries have not yet been held, but if
talk and newspaper comment count
for anything the conditions spoken of
are practically sure of attainment.
'The u4explainable feature of the
Jacobson candidacy, and one that has
been responsible for not little news
paper comment, is the complete
change of front on the part of those
sections and politicians who fought
and put him out of business two years
ago. Duluth and the Iron Range de-
cidedly antagonistic to his candidacy
two years ago is reported to be solid
for him now, and the twin cities at all
times poor territory for man of
Jacobson's known character, is said
to be ready to gather under his ban
ner. This naturally has brought out
the charge that Jake has made his
peace with the interests and the op-
position has not been slow to make
use of it.. Jake's official record has
been too much of an openbook to per-
NIT of even hint along these lines,
and though they maybe charged it is
hardly likely that his rivals will be
able to make good in the way of ver-
fcation. The best I can make out OF
this new feature is that Jake instead
of talking is saving wood. The only
one in this state that has made good
in recent years with bis mouth is Gov.
Johnson. The others sawed wood"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-04-10

hen you hear some hing stop at
your door with q rumble and roar,
throw away your bottle Of cherries and
climb llp tt's the waite
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-04-10
Spearin'.

Stubbie and ME we have bin spearin.
Fish
it is thee joliest Fun yew could wish.
when we had reached where the Suckers
are thick
we cut a hole through thee ice of thee
Crick.
then we shelled Corn through thee hole
very bold
making the bottom all covered with gold!
then while waited for Suckers come
oluo whacked the ice up above and
that is the way that we. scare them
across
where we have scattered the corn on
the moss!
stub he was yelling and whackin' like
sin,
when a Black Sucker cum hjner,ns in,
maid jab with my spear oful quick
next thing knew had fell in thee Crick!
1t was so cold that yelled very loud,
bawl1ng my best to the ice-cutting crowd!
stubbie was whacking away like the
deuce
he couldn't HER nett wasn't no use!
Oh jest knew wood DIE in that place
being sucked under, clean down thee
race!
so Yelled louder than ever and then.
some one called back from the ice-cut-
ting men!
next thing Teller cum rushing along
fishing me out with a Pole, big and
strong!
maybe yew think that i wasn't most
froze-
mi! but the Ice formed awl over m,
Clothes!
when reeched home Mother sprang to
mi Side
then she hanged onto my Shoulder and
CRIED!
Gosh, that amt nothin' to worry about
after Teller is SAVED and gifts out!
there was piece in thee Paper that sed
went in under-clean over mi he'd!
then it ran on for six inches or more
warning us fellers keep on thee Shear!
there is SO Blamed Litel News in this
they must write every small Incident
down.
Stub is a Dandy to scare fish around,
leeVing his Friends in thee River z
DROWND!
next time go spearing fish on that
scene,
will take sumone whose hearing is
Keen
there is won thing forgot, most, 2 say
that there Black Sucker speered, got
away!
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-04-10

Hope You Never Felt That way.
One of the hardest things to under
stand when you 60 home late at night
IS why it takes you so long to get up
stairs when the stairs seem to be com,
Ing down.-New York Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-04-10
Life.


Every mans life is a book, but &C.
casionally I meet man who reminds
me of book I got one Christmas.
Upon opening it, found the lnsides
to be pack of playing cards!
Life is so sweet that even the poor
est beggar would keep his.
One day of noble thinking and gen
erous acts is worth life of selfish
ness and deceit.
Our lives are but the turnpike to
the station of Death.
The loom of life never takes a holi-
day. 1t weaves on and on, by night
and by day, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday Friday, Satur-
day and again, continuously, until it
wears itself out and breaks down of
disease or old age!
And of this mysterious Life we
know nothing, except that it is pre-.
cious beyond all else. /,
The man who lives right, lives the
longest--if not in years, in satisfac-
ton! = !
II The man who sins and pays for it
on this earth, and pay he. must, be-
gins to doubt the existence Of fu-
ture hell, believing that, hell is on
earth. to-day for those who suffer for
Wrongdoing. -, - II. s $780, .-..@@
F.. It is against the greatest law of life,
the law Of retribution, that man do
wrong and escape punishment!
We are born with one whose love
and care is the greatest thing Of life,
but we must die alone! III . I s5sa /.
Too many gauge life merely as a
span in which to *'eat, drink and be
merry for tomorrow We de- They
forget that life is eternal in the many,
if brief in the individual, and that be-
fore the many has been placed a duty
that demands a task well done. Be a
true cog in the wheel Of eternity! .
The eccentric John Edwin said that
mans ingress into the world was
naked and bare, his progress marked
BY care and trouble and his egress UNI
known. we do B well here, we shall
do we'll there
hen you hear som netting stop at
your door WI az rumble and roar,
throw away your tie Of cherries and
climb nol' Up - g the Ii agon
New-York tribune., 1908-08-21
FIGHT FOR LIFE IN RIVER.
Dro1cning Man Clutches Rescuer
l4bOut Neck-Sared by Launch

While hundreds of women and children were
at the recreation pier at East oath street and
the East River last night, David s Sheppard. a
member of the United States Volunteer Life
Saving Corps, struggled in the water for fifteen
minutes 10 free himself from the clutches Of
Michael Rice of No. 166 East 90th street whom
he finally rescued.
Rice fell off the pier and sank immediately.
When he came TO the surface Sheppard plunged
in after him. The drowning man grasped Shep-
pard about the neck and both of them went
under. Then the 1ifesaver struggled desperately
TO loosen the others hold his throat The
two were fully clothed. and it required a super
human effort on Sheppards part TO keep above
water
once the rescuer fought free. but when he
tried to reach the man second time, he
caught again. The current had carried the two
men far out into the river. when Patrolrna an
Rohrs. Of the East 22d street station. threw
two life preservers TO the men Sheppard tried
to tie one around Rice. but his strength failed
and he sank A launch from the L. s. s. Han
cock was passing at the time. and the jackes got
both men aboard They were rushed TO Bellevue
Hospital. Rice was in a serious condition, and
his rescuer also had 10 be treated. Both are
expected to recover