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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-04
Will Return to Canal Zone
After Trip to Atlantic
City.

Mrs. D. du B. Gaillard. wife OF Major
Gailard. OF the Isthmian Canal Com
mission, is spending a few days In
Washington. preparatory to returning
to the isthmus for an indefinite period.
Mrs. Gaulard. like all army women. IL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-04
Holmes, Pies Are Preferred

in thousands OF homes throughout the
CITY Made in the real home way OF care
fully selected ingredients All favorite
kinds. delivered direct, DOC each. Home
made Milk Bread. &c. Holmes Bakery,
lst & E SITS. Phones Linen. 1910 & l441
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-04
A GOOD DUST COLLECTOR.

Bits of damp newspaper or soft brown
paper strewn about a room before
sweeping vii collect loose dust while
sweeping and prevent II from spreading.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-04

Black Arrow. 3ox7 foot open cruising
launch: IS hip. 4-cylinder 4 cycle motor
underwater exhaust. fully equipped
price 81. 200. Inquire after p. m. J. Z.
Battenheld 1924 D ne. or Smiths Boat
house, foot Of 18th Sc. Phone Lincoln 534 NJ.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-04
Three Cakes Mammoth Glycerine
Great Bear Spring Water, ! CAL,

Soap for l0c today. at 1920 eth ST. NV. and
J. T. D. Pyles' other stores.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-04
LOCAL MENTION.
The Most Delicious Pies

are those baked by the Connecticut Pie
CO-SCientifically made under sanitary
conditions. guarantees a pie of high
quality Crispy Crusts identify them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-04
Straight Sherwood Whisky.

II hard 20 please you viii like Satin skin
cream and satin skin powder. z5c.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-04
Hotel Johnson Cafes

Seafoodi SeafOOd! SeafoOd! Direct
from the catchers on all Lunches. Table
d'FIote Dinners and Special Orders
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-04
THE FASHIONABLE STRIPE
~ ~ ~
By MAY mANT0N.

Striped materials are having
great vogue this season and are
utilized TO give exceedingly novel
and altogether attractive results.
Here is a costume made Of wolfe
with trimming Of satin bands and
which IS chic and smart in the
extreme. The coat is one OF the
pretty ones with the sleeves cut
IN one with the side portions and
with seams that extend 20 the
shoulders so that is becomes easy
TO IT. while the skirt combines
circular side and back portions
with a narrow front gore. l.
this instance the gore is scanned
at the center 10 give A chevron
effect ana the circular folds are
edged With dark coIored silk.
Linen. serge. and all seasOnable
suitings can be utilized for the
design and it may be well to add
that the coat also makes an ex-
ceedingly attractive model for the
separate one of lace. OF embroid-
cry. Of satin, Of pongee,- or any
material Of the sort.
For the medium size will be re-
ouired. rOr the cOay. yards Of
material q. go yards q. or Ia
yards a inches vice. with yards
Of banding; for the skirt ~ yards
q, yards - inches wide, with
yards Of banding.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-04
Black Arrow for Sale.

S1.00 size. So cents.
Bush S. 1110-1lIz + ST. NV.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-04

soc. once. 7o4 18th st, Phone Maine $40.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-04

Chicago Jewel Gas Ranges Are the
best. c. A. Muddiman & Co.. 6ls 18th NV
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-04
Piano
Opportunity
Knocking
at
Your Door

An opportunity like this viii
knock at your door but this
once. If you don't hear or
heed it, the loss is yours. We
had the cash to buy this lot Of
pianos with and the factories
had more pianos than they
knew what to do with. The
result is this Special sale
which We call our Lucky Strike
Sale.
If you are going to buy a
piano now or i'll a year from
now, it will pay you well to
seize this chance, for its gen
uine.
These are NEW pianos. All
fine, celebrated make irEtru-
mentS Of established value. The
prices put on them now must
not be taken as an index Of
their grade, for they will never
again be offered at these fig
uTeS.
Just give it a moments
thought. Here are $3.50, $500
and up to $500 uprights, sell
ing now for SIPS, Sl45 up
ward. Some of the finest in
struments produced in the
world.
AT the same time we are
offering a lot of grandS and
UprightS Of various makes.
which have seen a little wear.
Some of them have been rent
ed. Among them are such
makes as Chickering, Hartman,
SteinWay, HUFFMAN, Fischer,
Weber, Price & Teeple, Knabe,
Cote, Marshall & Wendell, and
others, and the prices We put
on these are S85, SiIO and up
ward.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-28

mockng indifference, but he never fin
ished the question.
| He sprang to his feet, frenzied and
despairing, to face her, standing with
l. her everlasting smile on her face, just
outside the door. He read her purpose,
and knew his own fate in a moment.
He had planned all too wisely. He
had planned for her.
He sprang toward the door.
"Oh, Lurline, Lurline, for the sake of
Cod" he cried.
Yes, Mr.. Lyman, for the sake of
Cod" she replied, mockingly, as she
shut life and hope against him.
He sprang with all his strength
against the door.
But he was too late. The spring.
lock held it. If Lurline Bannottie had
wished to undo the deed she had just
done, it was beyond her power. But
think she had neither desire to undo
it, nor regret for the fate to which
she had sent Samuel Lyman. She open
ed the outside door with a steady hand.
She took the valise of money. She
locked the door behind her. She went
to her sleigh. She drove away-away
from the horror behind her-away from
the scarcely less terrible fate that the
dying cashier had planned should be
hers as his wife.
To be Continued.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-28

that time comes the brotherhood OF
man, which missionaries have been
vainly preaching for nineteen hun
dred years, will have become In
business sense an accomplished fact.
1t will no longer make any difference
whether a nation Is strong or weak,
invader or invaded. The wounds Of
one will be the wounds Of all, and all
alike will have to pay for wars de-
struction, wherever it may fall.
IF the red slayer think he slays,
Or If the slain think he Is slain,
They know not we'll the subtle ways
1 keep and pass and turn again."
Even in the romantic days Of chiv-
airy, people used to fight, not only be-
cause they liked it, but especially be-
cause they thought they could make
something out Of It. The fact that
modern warfare is reaching the stage
in which none Of the parties to 1t can
make anything, but all must inevita-
bly, lose, explains better than the
growth of peace societies why nations
are less willing to fight now than they
ever were before.
We find ourselves, therefore, in
this situation. Every great nation In
the world, and indeed almost every
nation, great and small, Is spending
from fifth to third of its income on
preparations for doing the greatest
possible injury to its own people. It's
as If the guests at a colored ball
should go armed with raZor-blades
without handles ready to begin the
festivities by cutting their own hands.
The statesmen of the world, who are
commonly supposed to have a some
what higher grade Of intelligence, are
spending thousands Of millions Of dol
lars in just that way. The suppression
of the razor-budgets would transform
the rocky roads over which most f.
nance ministers are hobbling into
fiowery beds Of ease. AS long as war
meant simply trying to injure ones
neighbor the Golden Rule was power
less to stop It, Now that 1t means in
juring ones self the Golden Rule Is
REINFORCED by practical sense.-Sam-
uel c.. Moffett in Golfers Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-28
FISH THAT GLOW.
Some Deep Sea Creatures Able to Shed
Phosphorescent Light.

The inhabitants Of the ocean vary in
many respects. according to the depth
at which they live, but most Of all in
their powers Of vision. Fish that live
at very great depths have either no
eyes at all or enormously big ones.
There are two methods Of getting
about in the gloomiest abysses-by
delicate organs Of touch and by sight
that collects the few rays Of light due
to phosphorescence or other accidental
sources.
The fish which live near the top Of
the ocean have smaller eyes than those
say eighty fathoms down. One hun
dred and twenty fathoms deeper where
daylight disappears, the eyes are big
ger still. Beyond the depth Of 200
fathoms small eyes prevail, with long
feelers to supplement them.
At this depth. in fact, sight is prac-
tically useless. In the greatest abyss
-es the fish are usually blind, feeling
their way about solely by means OF
their sensitive bodies. Some indeed
show signs externally Of having once
possessed eyes, but that is all.
In other-the oldest and most con-
firmed abysmal species the eye has
disappeared altogether externally
though traces Of it are still to be rec
ognized, embedded deeply in the tissues
Of the head.
Many deep sea fish have a curious
system of hollows in the skull or about
the body which hold kind OF phos-
phorescent slime. Others have round
or oval shining opalescent spots.
placed on the head or along the body
| or tail.
All of them are abundantly sup
piled with nerves, and they are appar-
emily organs for the production or
lphosphorescent light. If so, such fish
must swim about surrounded by a
faint glow. somewhat like that thrown
by luminous paint.
One scientist even suggests that these
fish may have the power Of directing
their rays in any direction, like
archlight.-Pearson's Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-28
IN THE MULLET BELT.
What the Inhabitants Of the Gulf
Coast Owe to Biloxi Bacon.

What the Inhabitants Of the Gulf
Coast Owe to Biloxi Bacon.
Down on the easy going gulf coast,
where everybody loafs and is happy,
there are one or two awful thoughts
which occasionally shudder through
the pleasant dreams of the inhabitants.
the most dreadful of these is the hor-
rife suggestion Of a possible failure OF
the mullet crop.
The mullet crop is locally known as
Biloxi bacon, because down there 1t Is
as absolute a necessary Of life as pork
Is elsewhere in the south. The visitor
to all the gulf resorts is more addicted
to mullet than he realizes. It some
times parades on the bill Of fare as
trout or something else which gives
variety to the menu.
But be not deceived. While the coast
can furnish a good mullet no other fish
need apply. The names are changed
to satisfy the uneducated northerner,
but the fish remains the same. Just
what a hold the mullet diet has on the
natives is clear from a story they tell
about Biloxi.
A good many years ago there was
mullet famine along the coast The
people had to fall back on other fish,
such as the humble speckled trout and
the unintellectual sheephead. 1t was
a time of sacrifice whose memory has
survived until this day, when, 1t Is
declared, the old inhabitants recall 1t
with a shudder as they repeat their
morning supplication: "Give us this
day our daily mullet."
1t is said that a Biloxian can pretty
nearly navigate his whole career from
infancy to death and burial, with null
let as his chief dependence. When he
Is a baby he cuts his teeth on a piece
of mullet: as boy he fishes for 1t;
the chief requirement in a wife Is that
she shall know how to cook it, and 1t
Is most consolatory when served to
the funeral guests.
During the civil war the people Of
the mullet belt would have had mighty
slim pickings If 1t had not been for
their favorite fish. Many a Confed-
crate soldier imprisoned by Butler on
Ship Island has cause to be grateful
to Biloxi bacon or black eyes, as the
mullet is also called.
1t is not an easy fish to land with
hook and line or even to catch with a
seine. But any one who can throw a
cast net to spread over a circle of
twelve or fourteen feet" says an au-
thority, "can catch enough of them in
an hour to supply a dozen families"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-28

38' At the last session no fewer than
100000 letters and packets have been
posted at the house of commons post
office. and 1,0S7,450 delivered.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-03-07

A fortune awaits the man who in.
vents q trap that will spare the
chicken and catch the chicken
thieves.
&sM...
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-03-07
A Substitute for Concrete.

A composition resembling concrete,
now being considerably used in
France and known as lime beton, is
described as being more generally
used than concrete. 1t is a cheaper
composition than cement beton or con.
crete. easier to work. and II the initial
load be not too great 1t is for nearly
every purpose just as good. A good
lime beton can be obtained by mixing
mortar and stones. gravel, or cinders.
mortar and goOd-sized stones making
the best competition. Probably one
half of the houses In Marseilles have
been built Of this material. and thou
sands Of the older buildings, many
hundred years old. are held 0gether
BY ordinary lime. Walls built of quick.
lime beton must be laid up slowly, but
with hydraulic lime beton they can
be erected as fast a. masons can
work. The solidity Of lime beton con-
struction il shown by the sea walls
and docks in Marseilles. where mason.
~ Of this kind may be seen both
above and below sea water, the most
di6lcult test to which BUILDING mate
rial can be subjected
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-03-07
Languages Studied by japanese.

A letter from Japan. published In
Berlin, says that the study of the
German language in Japan has fallen
OF in the last few years. At the
close Of the school term of 1900 In
Toxic the department of examinations
reported that the following languages
had been studied in the schools: Eng
lish, Chinese, German and Russian.
French. Korean and Spanish were
neglected. In 1904 the number of stu
dents Of Chinese increased 100 per
cent. and the study Of English fell
OF, while there was a marked in
crease Of German students.
In 1907 statistics show that the Ger
man language has lost in favor, and 1t
has gone back to seventh place. Eng
lish has not refrigerated, and has
80 students in the final class to 10
who study German.
young men who are being edu-
Gated for business careers" says the
writer. "do not study German, but it
10 still popular for those who are
In the scientific circles
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-03-07
Wayside FancIes.

Ny wife laughs at me during the
breakfast quarter-of-an-hour when. In
my hurry to catch the next train. l
hit my boiled egg too gently with my
knife and the shell has to be picked
away In pieces. What we need In this
hurry-up land is lot Of hens that
will lay eggs with shells of equal
thickness. Then a man can get onto
the stroke and stop this facetious
levity.
The fellows who have to live In the
city nat. always pretend to like 1t
immensely, joking the suburbanite on
chasing trains and wading through
the mud to the post office. Let 'em
joke. Poor devils, they don't know
the ecstasy Of being awakened every
morning by q meadowlark.
A young husband who will eat his
new wife's hash without shying, has
the perfect faith.
Many woman's skin is whittier than
1t is painted.
1t is now too late in the year for
apple blossoms-but orange blossoms
are still to be had for Yes"
Bread Is like the sun because 1t
rises. 1t is unlike 1t. because you
cannot eat the sun any more than
you can eat some bread.
Be deep! II you can't be deep, be
quiet! Sometimes people confuse the
two virtues.
Few mon ever repent holding their
tongues. Most Of the trouble comes
from releasing them.
The man who yearns to be boy
again is quite apt to forget what a
Lask it was to wake up from sound
sleep on the sofa and go out to the
kitchen and wash his feet before he
could go to bed.
Pick your parents with care and
then you never will be embarrassed
bS father eating pie with a knife
when you have company.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-03-07
Cologne the Mop.

Everything Ia being reformed these
Gays-everything except housecl'Aning.
Women stiH clean house in the same
cd way they did in old Pharaoh. time.
They still leave tacks on the floor and
buckets of water where baby is s<re to
fall into them and sweep the stairs down.
No one seems to have yet thought of
leaving the water on the floor. putting
tie tacks In the pail and sweeping the
stairs up. throwing the residuum out of
tie garnet window. No one ever sends
tie windows down to the laundry or puts
ei,u de cologne on the mop. But some
DIV there will arise a reformer in skirts
ard these things will be attended to-
'prrtopolis Post
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-03-07

perfect arch. The original course Of
the canyon stream is traceable around
the west end of the bridge.
The permanent camp Of the party
was made three miles below Edwin
bridge In Armstrong canyon. and q
quarter of a mile above the Caroline
bridge. under whose arch White
canyon comes to its junction with the
Armstrong. The Caroline bridge lacks
some Of the symmetry and grace of
the Edwin bridge. and while it is 300
feet high. the distance from the bot
tom of the arch to the creek bed is
only 81 feet. showing thickness of
the floor Of 1O7 feet. Three recedins
lodges form the roof of the bridge.
Up White canyon. two miles from
the junction. stands the Augusta
bridge. the most majestic of the three
From an imposing height of 222 feet
one looks over the edge of the great
structure to the creek bed beneath.
Walls rising to greater and dizzier
heights flank the bridge on both sides.
The floor Of the bridge is IS feet thick.
and under the arch, 1877 feet high. the
average ten-story building might be
set without touching the under side of
the bridge. The floor is 261 feet long.
The erosion of ages has cut away
all of the irregular edges. leaving a
perfect arch Of splendid proportions.
The same story of chemical and water
action is written on the Augusta,
traces Of the water that poured down
from the Elks are still found around
the south end Of the bridge. and the
confusion Of great rocks below shows
that huge pieces were torn away at
time in that titanic work which re-
suited In the present freak formation.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-03-07
7'':'|:'f}ER|'|||ll
NrW UNCLE BY
by Byron Williams

Copyright: 1907: by Byron Williams
0tubbie and Fatty and Billy and ME-
we wuz hunting fer Holes yisterdee.
there Is a lot OF Them down In the Run
but we aint got only of them Dore!
One wuz a Hole where the Squirrels had
hid
Plenty of Knuts-we gist took them and
Slid!
Mother won down by thee Crick was a
Krab
he bids his Hole oful Queer and Its
Drab.
he Maiks his Home very close thee
Shore
leaving a lot of Mud daubs by thee Door
we digged him out and we started thee
third
1t wus the Hole of woodpecker bird
next wuz thee Fourth-and RABBIT
Hole Q.
1t wuz so Long that 1t Tuckered our
then we found out Where thee RABBIT had
laid!
Stub struck thee Phase with his Grand
daddy's spade.
Fat held thee Sack very close thee
Mouth
we had 1t iggered his gump wood B
south.
that wuz thee Funniest thing that we
Found
they wux 2 ends 2 that Hole in thee
Ground.
there wasn't nothing a tall fer rout-
awl we Good do wuz 2 Dig ourselves out.
there Ii a Hole at thee Side of the Hill
holding Purity Bad kind of a Pill!
Fat seq 1t must B squeegee dwells
there
Billy believes 1t is Only a Bare,
Stub see a Bob-cat lives there he will
Bet
l have knot stated my think on this yet!
there In reason-i smelled where 1t
goes!
Mercy. clapped up my Hand to my
nose!
It In thee Kind of Thing that we drove
out of thee Log in thee Hickry Nut
Rrove
when we start In for Dig up that Phase.
| will be fooling around with sum grace.
Stub he kin dig and let Fat hold thee
lack
will pertend 2 helping way Back.
bet tree Boys will awl feel very punk
when shey are hit by Another BIG
SKUNK!
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-03-07
CRAZE
plsFioURiNa ONES SKIN NOW
THE PROPER THING.
Americans In Europe Seem to Havs
Gone Mad Over the subject
According to an Authority
In London.

Americans have gone tattoo mad.
Such is the inference to be drawn
from a recent conversation with Al
fred South. a famous English and con-
tinental tattooist. According to the
artist the rich have stolen the thunder
Of the poor. The practice Of covering
the body with elaborate designs. which
was supposed to be the special weak
ness of the low-class sailor. has as
cended the social ladder and Is now
the amusement Of the aristocracy.
Certain well-known Americans. II
we are to believe Mr.. Smith, would
present the appearance Of animated
picture galleries could we see them In
the nude. Their backs, chests, legs
and arms are covered with crouching
tigers, poised snakes and more or less
beautiful women. The son OF one of
the largest watch manufacturers In
the United States. who is many times
millionaire, had fac ,simile Of his
fathers particular brand of timepiece
tattooed on his chest by Mr.. South.
He had the hands showing the hour to
be exactly IL and remarked that NO
matter where he was he could always
refer to 1t at exactly that time Of day
and always correct his fallible time
piece.
Many Americana have commits
stoned Mr.. South to tattoo copies Of
pictures by their favorite artist on
their shoulders. chests or backs. In
this respect Charles Dana Gibson east
ly leads the field as the most popular
American draughtsman. One Ameri-
can millionaire. a crack ride shot and
premier horse owner, Is the proud pos
SCISSOR of Gibson Girl" ON his left
shoulder.
1t seems that many Americans have
had their full names tattooed on their
wrists and IUrearms. Mr.. South says
he has many American women as GUS
toners. They are more sentimental
than the sterner sex, according to the
artist, and they run to names, or the
private crests Of their sweethearts.
The work Is usually done ON the legs.
but many of the fairer sex are having
elaborate designs executed on their
backs. In this as in other walks Of
life fair woman has lived up to her
reputation for a chameleonlike state
Of mind, for the artist declares he has
several times changed the name OF q
sweetheart for women customers.
The tattooing craze appears to be
even more advanced in England and
on the continent than in the United
States. Here is seems to have touched
even the highest rung Of the social
ladder. The prince of Wales himself
10 said to have some most artistic
work on his arm, while the crown
princess Of Denmark. Lady Cornwall
lis West and members of the royal
family Of Russia are said to be de-
voices Of the craze. Some of them are
even said to have become adept at the
art itself.
Among society at the present time
problems in bridge are especially pop
ular as subjects for the tattoo artist.
One woman recently had her last will
and testament" in four colors and
many Celebrations, tattooed on her
back. Religious devotees have Pc
culiar hobbies. and particularly
pious old lady recently had likeness
Of her priest tattooed ON her arm by
Mr.. South.