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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23
AROUND THE CITY

An agent stood in a doorway trying to
persuade the colored cook Of the house
to buy bowl and pitcher on the INSTALL
ment plan--a small payment down and
80 much per.
1t was an ent:cing proposition and the
cook was about to yield when a warning
in really elegant languages:
I'D love to have a set. but it would
only be in, my way. as 1 don't intend to
make WASHINGTON my native home"
a pretty woman in furs and a bright
winged hat rushed distractedly up to the
box Office window of a theater the other
afternoon and laid before the ticket seller
q handful of tiny bits of red cardboard.
1t represented one reserved orchestra
chair for the matinee which she had put
in an envelope and torn up while cleaning
out her handbag, Would. oh. would he
let her in to see the play? He did.
And as the woman Joined another
woman whose ticket seemed to be In I;
state Of perfect preservation she ex-
claimed happily:
It's all right. I knew he wouldn't
mind. because last time they let me in
after had dropped my ticket in the mail
box-instead of letter. don't you know
w
And it truly was.
A woman was going along the avenue
the other day when she noticed a crowd
swarmed In the middle of the street. A
man was watching the crowd from the
curb and she asked him please would he
tell her what had happened.
The man said he didn't know. for sure.
but he had heard somebody tell some
body else that 1t was a murder.
This was thrilling. but indefinite, SO
the woman asked another man who was
crossing the asphalt from the scene OF
action.
He didn't know. either. All he could
make out was that the track had beer
blown up. and somebody had said that a
dynamite bomb had been thrown in front
of a crowded car.
This was worse and more of it, SO the
woman kept on waiting until she caught
sight of ragtag colored boy who had
squirmed out of the Jam and was hop
ping curbwards like a kangaroo. Their
she knew she had found the bureau Of in
formation.
Here. son. tell me. Is it murder or
bomb?"
The ragtag colored boy grinned his con-
tempt.
Amt nary one or 'em. Nothin' but =
splosion. De. gas leaked In de manhole
an a accidental spark cotch it afire-dat's
ALL" o..
He dispensed his knowledge as If ex-
plosions were daily events to be reck-
oned with. and when he was through the
woman eiaculated:
well. I'm glad it wasn't true about a
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($1CO. a twO-story frame house, and Mr.
Coltman a brick s1.SOO).
The fatiron formed by Massachusetts,
avenue. 18th and M streets, known as
square 246. was divided into two lots and
was included In the Greenleaf holdings.
Like square 244, 1t was in possession of
the United States till 1890, when it went
as donation to the Washington Orphan
Asylum. Ten years afterward Mr.. Charles
Tschiffely. clerk in the typographical
engineers bureau of the War Department
bought the entire square. and in 1913 he
sold the western portion to William Nc
Lean Mr.. Tschinely built a neat brick
cottage facing on NJ street, and made it
his home for many years.
On the west part OF the square, facing
NJ street. two or three frame dwellings
were erected. which were occupied by
William A. Richardson. a merchant tai
ior. and q. Y. Bowen, a sweep master of
the second ward.
Some Early Valuations.
On the east side Of 14th street above. l.
| street there was some Improvement made
nearly hundred years ago. for the heirs
OF Walter HELEN acquired five lots in
1908 and his heirs were taxed $500 for a
house on lot 10 in 1920. This was a
| frame occupied by Archie Brown, a we'll.
known gardener employed at the Linnian
Hill nurseries. This square. south OF
.ntSSdcHuSettS avenue between 18th
and 14th streets. was numbered "a
and consisted of eighteen lots. which in
1905 were vested in the United States.
In 1902 five of the lots had passed to
BENJAMIN Stoddert and one to Peter
Lenox. The next year Mr.. HELEN owned
| five of them and DR.. William Thornton
| eight. Seventeen years later John Nc
Duell bought lots and s. including the
northeast corner of 14th and L streets.
Here he first erected modest frame
dwelling. assessed at $780, and afterward
larger and handsome frame cottage, as
sessed at $1,000. Mr.. McDuell beautified
| his grounds with a garden of flowers in
| front and a vegetable garden in the rear.
About 1889 Mr.. McDuell built elsewhere
and sold this property to Col w. w.
| Billing, who for long years was collector
Billings family was rendered homeless
| by fire In 1927 William Jewell and Col.
| Bomford were investors in the square,
| and in 1890 the formers three lots were
sold to John Nickoll and the latter's lots
| to Caroline Gill and T. Johnson At this
time the buildings on this lot were valued
at $500. On lot 1. at the corner Of L and
18th streets. Nicholas Lowe was assessed
$780, for improvements. and the ground
was still valued at cents per foot. In
| 1896 Lewis Dulany. colored herb doc
| tor moved into one of the houses in the
| square. and short time afterward several
colored families resided in L street Du-
| lany met with considerable success as E
practitioner among the poorer classes.
race in that section. Early In the ffties.
when excitement was oocasioned by the
escape of slaves. Dulany was suspected
of aiding them. and. becoming fearful Of
| arrest. he left the city.
! JAMES CROGGoN.
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WAS attached to the State Department
over fifty years ago. owned and lived IN
the house at the corner of 10th and
streets.
Square 90, formed by Vermont avenue,
l. and 14th streets. of which the Port
land Hotel now occupies the northern
portion of the two original lots, In lG9o
was owned by Da6idson's heirs. The
original assessment was cents per 1OOt-
reduced for time to one-half cent. In
the twenties the valuation Increased to 3
cents. In 1923 II was owned by SnoWoen.
E. Stephens in 1893 bought lot ! for $i2o
and five years later sold to John darcy,
who erected three-story brick with
store on the ground floor.
Jim Daley's grocery store and the town
pump on the corner were landmarks OF
the vicinity for many years.
South of n street. between 14th street
and Vermont avenue square 244 was oi-
vided into two lots in 1880 and assigned
to the United States. On the south point
of this square Is the statue OF Martln
Luther, in front of the Luther Memorial
Church. Rev. Dr. Butler. pastor, which
occupies the remainder of the square.
There is no evidence that valuation was
placed on the ground hundred years
ago. but in the twenties the lots were
listed for half cent per foot.
Donation to Charity.
The history Of the triangular plat is
unique in that 1T passed from the owner
ship of the national government in the
shape of a donation TO charity. From
1856 TO December. 1892, the title remained
with the government. and in the latter
wear. by an act of Congress. 10000 worth
of the public lots In Washington were
donated to the two orphan asylumS. St.
Vincent's Catholic and the Washington
Protestant This square was part of the
selection made for the Washington Protes-
| tant Orphan Asylum by the commissioner
Of public buildings. Col Joseph Elgar. for
the alter On December H. 1872. he made
the deed to the following trustees for the
Washington City Orphan Asylum: Rev.
DR. William Hawley. Rev. o. b. Brown.
| Cen. ] p Van Ness. Col. Nathan Towson
! and Col James Larned OF this square and
| others
streets sixteen lots were plated. and In
| 1896 they were vested in the United States
| The appraised value was the same as In
other adjoining squares. The first pur
| chaser was Charles l.. Coltman. who for
| many years was prominent in the brick
business and in corporation affairs. He
purchased lot N 1928 from Col. Elser
| as commissioner. for $103.31.
| On the lot which fronted on NJ street he
| erected a comfortable brick dwelling. In
| which he resided for many years In the
next year Luke Richardson bought the
lot adjoining on the east. and in 1927 Mr.
| Coltn,an bought westward to the corner
| LOTS. g and T. In 1880 Mr.. Richardson
| bought lot Is. on 18th street. and lot =
| lots and 10. at the corner OF NJ and
| 18th streets.
| Columbian College had title to lots 8 to
| II. the northern part of the square In
1893. In 1880 the only improvements as
| sessed were those Of Mr., Richardson
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which has not been

taken the use of which has not been
proved and tested.
Richard KeartOn. the elder of the two
brothers. looks the part of a nature lover.
His appearance reminds one irresistibly
of the wild Yorkshire moors on which he
was born and brought up. He is con-
nected with one of the largest London
publishing houses. but of late years he
has found less and less time to devote to
this branch of activity. Most Of his time
is now spent in hunting with the camera
or In writing his nature books in the old
world home that he has established In
one of the most beautiful parts of Sur
rey. He stin owns little land in York
shire, enough to be buried in he says,
for somehow one does not fancy being
buried in London. You must live with
nature to understand it, he adds.
But his history is best given in his own
words as he to it to me a few days ago.
Il was born in 1862 he said. lin one
of the widest parts of Yorkshire, where
mile after mile of moors stretch away to
the horizon on every side / was keeper
of sheep until ] was more than twenty
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carful of passengers being blown up,
Gee. I amt! Eff cab had blowee
up I'd be sellin' extrys."
You dreadful little scamp. you! VIVA
get it7'
'Oh. throws it away on my NANNY
an de kids. / pays house rent, l do
look here. lady"
He fished out Of his ragged jacket {
fiat tin box and held I'D a. receipt which
so for house rent from February 1.
And. oh. the chesty importance of him
as he watched the woman read the slip
his eyes shining in his brown little face
and his grin jubilantly regardless of {
front tooth that was gone.
Which small incident shows I'D the wis.
dom of the man who Eot anead with tn.
maxim that "everything IN this WORLD
depends on the point Of view"
In front of the patent office:
Never heard Of him! That's funny. be-
cause he works in your division Well
anyhow. he has roomed at my aunt s
house for over three months and hasn't
paid her cent. You know what a shy
sort Of woman Aunt julie is-so she let
the bill run on until this morning when
she got the nerve to tell him that If ne
wouldn't pay he would have to give uu
the room SO that she could rent it ia
some one who would. as she positively
had to have the money-and don't you
know he told her up and down that he
wouldn't bulge until sprinR?'
And for goodness sake. what did your
aunt tell him?"
Well. nothing. She isn't quick at
repartee."
A stylish young woman who buys her
clothes abroad was walking up 10th
street the other afternoon. Behind her
walked two young persons of the class
called daughters Of the people," who
discussed her appearance in voices that
showed for perfectly healthy lungs.
She amt been BLOWN jr the plunks q
little bit. has she. Maggie?"
That's what: Catch on to the coat.
Name. l tried on one like it Satdy
Mathematical down to S08S. for that
day only. 1t was too rich for my blood.
but it fit me SWELL.
Them awstrich plumes is beauts. amt
they? Guess she got 'em when they were
% cents bunch Theys reduced now
to 59-d'ye know it?'
Yep, I'm goin' to have 'em on my
Easter hat. if I'm lucky. Say. that
daisy skirt. amt IT?
Grand. They was advertised the
other day for S1.49. Exactly like hern,
only the ruffles was some bigger and me
color more of a red
'Betcher can't buy 'em for that on
installment."
Yep. Same as cash. Watcher think
of them shoes. Heels amt high enough
for me-. Skirts all right. though
But. law. she don't snow 1t on none.
Amt got no style-hoofin' 1t along same
as If she was in her workin' buds"
"Betcher she amt got no workin'
duds.'
"Betcher she has then! Betcher she's
got everythin' that money can buy"
1t was an Interesting argument, but
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To Bar Big Life Companies.

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo-, February d.
State Insurance Superintendent W. D.
Vandiver announced yesterday that when
the Missouri licenses of the Metropolitan.
Equitable and Prudential Life Insurance
companies expire on March he will re-
suse to grant new licenses because of the
act passed by the last legislature prohih-
iting the licensing of any company which
pays any of It's officers salaries above $50
600 year.
Mr.. Vandiver has requested Attorney
General Hadley to begin proceedings as
soon as possible to test the law
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LONDON, FEBRUARY 1915.
ATURE lovers in America will
MI have an opportunity shortly Of
III hearing the leading British field
u naturalist tell Of his exploits in
pursuit of wild game with a
camera and incidentally of listening to a
scathing condemnation Of the mature
takers" whom President Roosevelt has
denounced so strongly.
There are no names better known among
modern nature students. on this side Of
the water at least. than those of Richard
and Cherry kearton. the two Yorkshire
men who really originated nature photog-
raphy In Britain. They have worked to-
gether for over sixteen years. Richard
Kearton. who Is going to America in
March. is perhaps the better known of the
two. for he is the scientist and writer.
while his younger brother. Cherry, is the
photographer of the combination.
Richard Kearton is a great admirer Of
President Roosevelt, whom he considers
one of the best informed practical nat
uralists in the world. and his first journey.
after he lands in New York. will be to
Washington to visit the President. with
whom he has long been in correspondence
and who Is familiar with all his books. No
doubt when these two lovers of nature
meet they will be able to exchange tall
but true-stories. for the Kearton BROTH
ers have had more thrilling experiences
in their pursuit of wild birds with the
camera than fall to the lot of most men.
More than once Cherry Kearton has
narrowly escaped being killed by falling
masses of rock while descending cliffs at
the end of q swaying rope to secure photo
graphs OF birds in their nests. The strik-
ing qualities displayed by these two nat
uralistS, however, are patience and in
genuity. Cherry kearton once stood up
to his neck in water six hours day for
three days holding a camera mounted on
stills to secure a photograph Of an os-
prey. Richard kearton once built himself
hut stone by stone, on the edge of
black-th roated diver and lay in this hut
for several days. not daring to stir until
the bird approached near enough to be
snapshotted
Some of the devices which they have
adopted to enable them to approach shy
wild birds are remarkably ingenious. Ar
tificial bulls and sheep, /, the bodies of
which they have concealed themselves
while the camera was pointed through a
tiny aperture In the side chest of the
animal and tents and huts Of rushes and
natural grasses are only some of the de-
vices. Any one who believes that nature
photography is a simple thing should see
the Kearton brothers when they leave
London for weeks expedition on the
moors or in the mountains. They carry
enough impedimenta for a small army.
but everything Is compact and nothing is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-11
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The oriqin of a Miserable Joke.

From Success Magazine.
 Confucius had just met William Penn at one of Cleoparta's 5-o'clock teas
 civilian Penn?" he said. William Penn? Seems to me have heard of you. sir"
 "Yes?' said Penn. with pleased smile. q am the man who was mightier than the sword"
 'Ah, yes," said Confucius. You are also the man who invented sleep, are you not?'
 '.No," said Penn, T founded Philadel- phia"
 "Oh, yes," said Confucius. "I knew it was something of that kind"
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A Means of Identification.
, Everybody's Magazine.

From Everybody's Magazine.
 woman entered police station in Holland and asked the officer in charge to have the canals dragged.
 My husband has been threatening, for some time to drown himself" she ex- plained, "and he's been missing for two days"
 Anything peculiar about, him by which he can be recognized?' asked the officer, preparing to fill out a description blank.
 For several moments the woman seemed to be searching her memory. Suddenly her face frightened.
 .Why, yes, sir. He's deaf"
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Account State Fair, Atlanta, Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets at the spe- cial low rate of $5.20. Tickets on sale daily, Oct. 8 to g, ex- cept Sundays, limited Oct. 26. Trains leave 7:30 am, 4:25 pm. and 12:30 midnight.
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An Unpleasant Experience.

That is certainly a sweet start, and you don't tell your friends what you've seen for fear it may spoil their good time. You find out afterward that they knew it and did not tell you for the same req son. Anyway you are not at all sorry when the coffin and the boys with the hat bands disappear up the gorge where the railroad runs and your own train with it's little knee-sprung engine behind it comes clicking down the cogs. They tell you that the engine is not coupled to the car, that gravity does all that. but you are too busy feeling your pulse to wonder much about that.
 When you get into the car you look around and try to spot the people who will be laid off first. You pick out a fat woman who is already flaming herself eXctedly. She is due to be stretched out at the first stop. You're sure of that woman who Is clutching the arm of her big husband. You wonder if he'll get out too, and waste $5 or will let her lie and wait alone to catch her breath. One by one you pick out the places for them where the altitude will get in it's good work and some one asks you about your self.
 'Feeling fineP'-but you know well that you think that your heart is humping most peculiarly, and wonder if that is the first symptom.
 The train starts ahead and clicks its steep way along through a canon. Noth- ing on either side but walls of rock and an occasional big boulder, and as you keep on climbing you have time to think about the fat woman and wonder if your heart is your imagination. You come to turn, look aroud and forget about your heart. Looking down through the canon as a telescope you see Colorado. a plain, stretched out before you. Then you duck around another curve, and Colorado is shut out by big rock. On either side, of you are mountains. They looked big end unassaiable from the Garden of the Gods. Now they look very puny and Harlem-like.
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houses that they may have company.
 "It's mighty strange they escape with their lives so often, for nearly every caged animal here would devour or trample upon the young birds should they fall out of the nest before they learn to fy."
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 The the best Northwestern Rye and Malt and Tenne Valley Corn, large portion of which grow.
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BIRDS DANGER
 IN ANIMAL CAGES Build Nests In RafterS Above
 Wild Animals FOR THE LOVE OF COMPANY This Is the Only ExpIanation-sut Curator Ditmars Says It's All
 Puzzle to 1im-How Young Birds Escape.
FOR THE LOVE OF COMPANY
From the New York Times

from the New York Times
 The propensity of birds to build their nests in the cages of animals in the Central Park and the Bronx Park zoo has puzzled the directors of both zoologi- cal gardens of late. They can ascribe no satisfactory reason why the sparrows, phebes, wrens and swallows should choose the cages where there is always danger, both to themselves and their young. rather than the other likely enough resting places in trees or out buildings.
 It is not question of food which in fiuences the birds to nest so close to danger, the zoo people say, for in most cases the birds feed in cages or corrals other than those which they choose for their nesting sites. Raymond L. Dit mars, one of the curators at the Bronx Park zoo, is one of those who has en- deavored to find out why the birds court danger needlessly, but MT. Ditmars said yesterday that he given the puzzle up as a bad job.
 Dr. William T. Hornaday, director of the Bronx Park zoo. has also been im- pressed with the number of birds which have chosen nesting sites in seemingly preearious places in the park. pr. Horn aday says that it is remarkable no more accidents befall the nestlings of those birds than do. Now and then nestling will tumble out and is devoured by the animals in whatever cage the nest hap pens to be. but in nine cases out of ten the parent birds succeed in getting their young safely outside and away without being molested by the caged animals.
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The Step is Taken.

Then you think of when you get home.
 What! Didn't so up Pikes Peak? Went 5000 miles, got there, and didn't t go to the top? 'Fraid of your heart? Well, I'll be darned!'
 You go away quick and buy ticket. You know well that after you have spent 8 you will not back out. The next morn- ing finds you with the other two waiting at the station for the train to come. You have already refused a drink that you wanted and you have not been smoking much Both those things they say affect the heart. There is a fraternity conven- ton, or part of it, waiting on the plat form, too, and it bothers you. The boys with the hatbands are laughing loudly and emptily and don't seem to realize the gravity of the experience that is before them. A fat man with a loud voice goes running around yelling Come on, all you Kappa Yappas, get aboard our train!"
 He comes up to you and says, Are you in this Kappa Kappa party?" and you say 'No!' out loud and Thank heaven, I'm not" under your breath. You hope the fat man has a weak heart and don't know it. Finally they are all on board. Then two train men come along stagger- ing under a load and put a white pine coffin on the back platform You wonder if this is a usual precaution, and ask. The trainman answers you in a natter of-fact way:
 "Oh, that's for a fellow that tried to walk up the Peak yesterday. He didn't t know he had a weak heart, and when he got to the top, the altitude killed him. They done all they could for him. but they couldn't bring him around