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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-07
SOCIAL NEWS.


Mrs. Lille r. Stout. 217 South Thir-
taenth street
The Washington times., 1908-04-12
SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE
SHOWS MARKED ADVANCE.
SAYS O. B. ZANTZINGER
Describes Improvements at
Capitol Heights in
Recent Years.

Real estate conditions in and about
Washington especially IN the suburbs
were never better" said o. p. Zant-
zinge-. one OF the largest subdivision
operators in washington. Il can
speak for the suburbs and outlying
districts probably better than / can
for the city proper because my bust
ness is confined almost wholly 70 these
districts
1T seems to me that the people
Of Washington are just awakening 10
the fact that they can locate their
homes outside the city proper and for
the same amount they now pay for
rent secrre a comfortable home that
Will even .uaIIy become their own prop
erty. Other cities awoke TO this fact
years ago yet Il IS within the last
Eve years that the business OF selling
lots and erecting homes outside the
city proper has been developed 10 any
extent in washington
Realized Possibilities.
Three and a half years ago I saw
the possibilities IN that direction and
secured the subdivision called Capitol
Heights. This property has in the
neighbOrhoOd Of three thousand lots,
and IL located along Sixty-first, Sixty
second. Sixty-third. and Sixty-fOUrth
streets. Just outside the District line.
I put a large gang OF men 70 work IL
develop and improve this property. and
its colonization began Immediately.
was really surprised al the eagemess
OF many Of the moderately paid men
OF Washington 20 purchase lots and
erect homes and The osgzy rlavrnpur
plan made It easy for them. If most
OF these men had 20 pay for their
properties outright it would have been
impossible for them to- own their owl
homes
7 set a number OF restrictions in the
deeds TO the property. 7 prohibited the
sale OF liquor and the sale OF the prop
critics TO coIored people. and these fea-
lures seem IN great favor with the
hundreds Of citizens OF Capitol Heights
School and Churches
ct IS now a thriving little town with
its own school and its own churches.
Two years ago 7 erected at my own ex-
/ pense commodious two-story frame
/ school house. and there are over 10
/ children receiving Instructions there
I from four teachers
What am more proud OF than any
thing else in connection with the de-
/ velopment OF Capitol Heights IS the
fine class OF people who have taken up
/ their homes there. They are men with
and a little more In their occupation or
business. They are sincere They are
| the men who build Up a substantial
The Washington times., 1908-04-12
REpREsENrATvE HUFF OF PENNsYLvAEA

han. n reception room. two offices FOR
the use of Mr.. HUH in his Congress
sional duties. the male servants quar-
tiers and the kitchen. The second floor.
the principal one. has u large oval stair
hail, a small salon. library. drawing
room. dining room and buffers pantry.
Among the entire front of the next
floor are ranged the sleeping chambers
large, light rooms looking out upon the
street. A wide hallway traverses the
width OF the house and at one 2. d OF
this are two guests chambers. There
are five bath rooms and a dressing
room on this floor besides "A sewing
room. a serving room and linen room.
The top floor has three bed rooms.
two bath rooms, seven servants rooms.
a servants bath room, and large trunk
room
In about the center OF the building
there IS an electric elevator rs-=ning
from the main hall on the first floor 10
the third. At the end OF the building
there is also a trunk elevator from the
The Washington times., 1908-04-12

1t Is termed a three-story and base
ment building. but more exactly is a
fOur-stOry structure. The entrance is
on the ground floor facing the corner.
OF light brick with Indiana limestone
and terra Gotta trimmings, there is lit
tie extraordinary about the house. but
IL is quite in keeping with The high
standard of residence building in that
section Of the city and the house itself
VIII cost fully S125.GO0.
n the rear and facing on Corcoran
street there, also. is a stable, carriage
house and gareSe, OF the same mater
80, 81. waking q real ornament 10 The
street and costing about $1,000.
The arc Iitect, Horace Trum5auer. Of
Philadelphia. has designed a home that
IS calculated to satisfy all the needs OF
C. wealthy family residing at the Ma
tional Capital. The arst floor Of the
ground flour contains a large reception
The Washington times., 1908-04-12
PAYS $7O,O0O,OOO
FOR DREAM LOT
Worlds Most Valuable Prop
erty Located on
lSthmuS.

speaking about the phenomenal
value Of real estate in the crowded
parts of Manhattan Island" said the
real estate man, II had a dream last
night of place where land was so
valuable that it made land here seem
like acreage property.
This place was on an isthmus be-
tween the two hemispheres. a narrow
strip Of land that was the most
crowded spot on earth. There was Just
one street along through this isthmus,
and all creation that passed from one
hemisphere to the other had to pass
along this thoroughfare
Sure. tbis was a place to do busI-
ness, II there ever was one. and, by
graciousi there was vacant lot on the
great isthmus ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS one
vacant lot-with a sign stuck up: For
Sale TO Close an Estate. Inquire OF
So-and-so.'
"And. of course. I sort of saunters
into the office indicated on the sign
right away, and I says to the man
there:
" What you asking for that lot down
there at %? And he says:
A million dollars a front foot
q" How much is there of it?' asked
him. and he says:
" Seventy feet and I says:
We'll, I'll take IT. just like that,
because I knew it was bargain;
neverd been offered at that price in
the world, l knew. except to close an
estate, and the only wonder TO me was
that 50 melody hadn't snapped it up
before ! came along.
so I bought the only vacant lot on
the great isthmus thoroughfare, and
the man said he'd have the papers
made out right away. and I could drop
in at 9 o'clock the next morning and
pay the money and he'd hand over the
deed; and then I went out and stood
on the sidewalk and saw those wonder
ful multitudeB Of all the people OF the
earth passing in those amazing process
sions-SrOwds that made the people
passing on Broadway and Fifth ave
stragglers working their way out along
to some county fair; and then I goes
down 10 that vacant lot at 2-my lot
and stands there and sees 'em go by
from there. and pats myself on the
back and says to myself:
We'll. son, thank goodness yOu'v
finally hit up on something that you re
going 10 make something enlarge
money
And was congratulating myself
Ike that, watching the people go by,
when all of a sudden II struck me that
tWenty-fCur hours was a pretty short
time for me to raise $4,000. 900 in. with
me good ways from home: for this
was cash sale. you understand; cash
on delivery Of the deed; and I knew
perfectly well that I'd find string of
men waiting in the office in the morn
ing, any one of them ready 10 snap
this bargain If 1 wasn't there with the
money, and I suppose it must have
been worrying over how I was going to
get the 100000 together in that time
that woke me up.
The Washington times., 1908-04-12

community. solid American commun-
ity.
In selecting Capitol Heights ] dId 50
advisedly- The property is within three
miles Of the city and can be reached
for one carfare- 1t IS elevated the sur
rounding country Is beautiful aud the
public highway 10 the Capital City IS
a delightful stretch Of country road
which enters the Benning road about a
mile from the subdivision The natural
drainage IS unusually good, and now
many Of the lots are OvergroWn with
pines and oak trees.
The residents on Capitol Heights are
taking a deep interest in the welfare
OF their community, and the Capitol
Heights Citizens Association never
ceases in its endeav0rs 10 secure what
Improvements they desire
The Washington times., 1908-04-12
An Additional Ornament to
New Hampshire
Avenue.

IN Washington IS nearing completion
IN New Hampshire avenue, just north
Of Dupont circle. This is the residence
Newman & Smith are building for
George F. HUFF, Representative from
Greensbrug, Pa.
Facing seventy-fve feet on Q street
and forty-eight feet on New Hampshire
avenue, It's exterior now presenting a
finished appearance, stands the hand
some structure that is TO be the home
Of the Pennsylvania Congressman. 1t
has been in course Of construction for
about a year and the builders expect to
have It ready for occupancy in the fall
The Washington times., 1908-04-12
FIVE HOUSES PLANNED
BYL. E. BREUNINGER

/. F. Breuninger Is constructing q
row OF five attractive houses az AIUnroe
and Holmead streets northwest Thomas
J. Fisher x Co have been given the
agency for them.
The Washington times., 1908-04-12
EFFECTS OF COLD ON OIL.

Nature is engaged in the manufacture
OF gasOlene from natural gas through
out the local oil field, a fact that makes
70 difficult 20 run oil frUm the wells.
and IS making the gauSe-s earn their
wages The intense cold COndenses the
gas as IL comes from the wells with the
oil and transforms IL into gasOlene,
which freezes in the pipes. only twenty
two out OF a total Of fifty-three wells
In ROcklaud township were not affected
Derrick.
The Washington times., 1908-04-12
Pennsylvania Congressman
Is Spending Upwards
of $4,000.

basement TO the third floor. Wine
vaults, laundry. boiler. and storage
rooms take up the basement space.
Just a block 10 the northeast Perry
Belmont, Of New York. Is erecting
another exp ensivc residcuve. now about
half up.
The Washington times., 1908-04-12

Fronts Half Mile On Tenallytown
and Rockville Trolley Line

N way
I'll possible
like this controlled The properties surrounding
by parties everything
is a spot 70 build suburban home
if
T andn nad drainage A N proximity
vi the which the home builders
great building operations convincing Building
in
every Washington and Rockville viii be occupied and val
Wilt inres
m There are al les thirty hmc pave
leaving alleys the The
smallest many
o twof suburban
eales ,shoudbu here before the prices
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-18
An AII.Round Book.

The book agent had spent dis
couraging morning, and when he had
an opportunity to scan the face of Eli
Hobbs at close range, he felt that
there was small chance of making a
sale. However, he had more than one
method of suggestion.
Sitting out here on the piazza after
moons with your wife, this would be
the very book to read aloud" he said,
ingratiatingly. to Mr.. Hobbs, taking
the other rocking chair and opening
the large red-covered volume.
81 don't read and ! haven't any
wife," replied Mr.. Hobbs, dryly.
Dear mel" said the book agent.
well if your wife is dead, perhaps
there are children. Now, children find
this book"
There are no children" interrupted
Mr.. Hobbs. There's nobody but my.
self and my cat"
"Well," said the book agent, don't
you ever want a good heavy book to
throw at her, just to ease your feel.
ings?'-Youth's Companion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-18

The Xrays are now used by the
fishermen en- the coast of Ceylon for
distinguishing the oysters containing
pearls without opening the shells.
A South Sea Islander, whom an
English traveller had brought home
with him as a servant, in local
tavern was praising up the British
constitution, when one OF his hearers
said to him: what do you known
about it? You're not an Englishman.
You haven't drop of English blood
In your veins" Don't you be so sure
about that" replied the black; my
grandfather helped to eat Captain
Cook"
Some of the cabbages in Cuba each
grow to be twenty pounds in weight.
The difference between high and
low tide in the Mediterranean, at
Algiers, is only three and one-half
inches.
Mice succeeded in multiplying will
made by John Arrowsmith, of San
Francisco. One clause of the will
awarded $4,000 to my kind nurse,
Mrs. Mary Brown" When the will
was offered for probate, it was seen
that in the place once occupied by
the signature there was a ragged
hole, evidently made by mice, which
had eaten away the testator's name.
A mans brain attains its maximum
weight at the age of twenty years;
that of a woman at seventeen years.
China has the lowest tax-rate. A
house worth two thousand dollars
rarely bears a tax over five dollars
year.
All pistols sold in Texas have to
pay tax Of fifty per cent. 1t is
therefore not strange that nearly all
of the pistols disposed of in that
State for the past ten months are
leased for fifty years, not sold. The
leasing rate is about equal to the
selling-price.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-18
HOT ONIONS FOR PNEUMONIA.
Dread Disease Robbed Of Its Terrors
by Simple Remedy.

Owing to the prevalence of pneu.
monia and the great mortality which
attends its ravages during the winter
and spring, several boards Of health
In northern New Jersey have been TAX.
ing measures to protect the citizens OF
their towns from the disease. The
health board of Washington, n. j., has
published a remedy which is said to
be a sure cure for pneumonia, and
other health boards are looking into
the matter with a view OF having the
same thing published for the good OF
the general public. This is the pub
lication as 1t has appeared in the pa
pers of Washington:
Take six or ten onions, according
to size, and chop fine, put in large
spider over hot fire, then add the
same quantity of rye meal and vine.
gar enough TO form thick paste. In
the meanwhile stir II thoroughly. let.
ting 1t simmer Ave or ten minutes.
Then put in a cotton bag large enough
to cover the lungs and apply to chest
as hot as patient can bear. In about
ten minutes apply another, and thus
continue by relocating the poultices,
and In few hours the patient will be
out of danger This simple remedy
has never failed to cure this too,often
fatal malady, Usually three or four
applications will be sufficient, but con
tinue always until the perspiration
starts freely from the chest. This rem
edy was formulated many years ago
by one of the best physicians New
England has ever known, who never
lost patient by the disease. and won
his renown by simple remedies"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-18
PROGRESSIVE coNUNDRuMs.

Miss Oracle" he said, with an en-
gaging smile, did you ever try your
hand at one of these progressive CO.
nundrums?"
What is a progressive conundrurn,
Mr.. Spoonamore? inquired the young
lady.
Haven't you heard of them? Here
is one: Why is a ball of yarn like the
letter to Because ball of yarn is
circular, circular is a sheet. sheet
is fiat, a fat is $40 month, $40 6
month is dear, deer is swift, a swift
Is a swallow, swallow is taste, a
taste is an inclination, an inclination
is an object aimed at, an object aimed
at is target, target is mark, a
mark is an impression, an impression
Is a stamp, stamp is thing stuck
on, thing stuck on is young maria
love, and young man in love is like
the letter t. because he stands before
u Miss Oracle"
II don't think you have the answer
quite right" said the young lady. "A
ball of yarn is round. round is a
steak, stake is wooden thing, a
wooden thing is young man in love,
and young man in love is like the
letter t. because, Mr.. Spoonamore"
and she spoke clearly and distinctly
because he is often crossed"
The young man understood. He
took his hat and his nrO3reSSiVe CO
nundrums and vanished from Miss
Oracle Garlinghouses visiting-list for
ever.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-18
Saunlna at Shoulders.

Are you letting yourself sag a bit
at the shoulders? Don't, if you want
to keep either young or WELL There
is nothing so fatally easy as stc grow
round-shouldered. Keep sharp watch
on yourself to prevent it.
Each morning stand up against the
jamb of a door and see If you have
begun to sag. Also walk around your
room each day with piece of broom
stick or short umbrella under each
arm and brought across the back. This
keeps the chest up and head well
poised
Deep breathing exercises, whenever
you think of them, will help ward off
those round shoulders, also making a
practice to wall with the chest up.
This last is the simplest of all proven.
tives, for if IL is always practised the
rest will follow
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-18
INvALlD's SAD PLIGHT.
After Inflammatory rheumatism, Hair
Came Out, Skin Peeled, and Bed
Sores Developed-only Cuti-
cura Proved Successful.

About four years ago l had very
severe attack of infiammatory rheuma-
tism. My skin peeled, and the high
fever played havoc with my hair,
which came out in punches. / also
had three large bed sores on my back.
/ did not gain very rapidly, and my
appetite was very poor. tried many
sure cures but they were of little
help, and until l tried Cuticura Re
solvent | had had no real relief. Then
my complexion cleared and soon / felt
better. The bed sores went very soon
after a few applications of Cuticura
Ointment, and when used CUT
cura Soap and Ointment for my hair
1t began to regain its former glossy ap-
pearance. Mrs. Lavina j. Henderson,
1873 Broad ST., Stamford, Conn, March
6 and IL, 1907"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-18
useful RemodeIlna Suggestions.

Have you last years white linen
suit which requires only a few new
little touches to make it suitable for
this summer? If so, follow one Of the
latest ideas from Paris, and introduce
q bit of color by using colored ere.
tonne for the trimming. Just touch
of it will be sufficient. Perhaps you
will need to make only a aew set OF
cuffs, and possibly an adjustable shawl
collar, which may be worn or removed
at your pleasure.
Then, again, you could introduce a
renovating touch in your linen skirt
and-coat suit merely by changing the
buttons. If your suit happened to
have large pearl buttons last season
rip them off, buy some molds and
cover them with cretonne.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-18
|Yys3A . q zZE q 50,
STILES
DISAPPOINTED HER.

MY dear" said Mr.. Wagge, 'as I
came by Mrs. Gazzam's house just
now | saw Mrs. Gazzam in the parlor
kissing someone who was not--er-
was not Mr. Gazzam."
"oh, Henry" gasped Mrs. Wagge.
Are you sure? Well, did you ever?
oh. my! But I've always suspected
Mrs. Gazzam. She's much too sanctl.
monious, you know. Kissing-why, !
must call up Mrs. Jorkins on the tele-
phone and tell her all about it. kiss
ing al don't suppose you could see
who it was, Henry?"
yes, said Mr.. Wagge, Il could,
quite distinctly"
You could? oh, Henry, who was
it? Anybody we know?"
"Oh, yes. 1t was Mrs. GaZzam's
mother"
"You-brute!"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-18
1.-TWO ToPERs."
A Teachers Experience.

NY friends call me The Postum
Preacher" writes Mimi. school teach
err, because / preach the gospel of
Postum everywhere / go, and have
been the means of liberating many
'coffee-pot slaves
Il don't care what they call me so
long as can help others to see what
they lose by sticking to coffee, and
can show them the way to steady
nerves, clear brain and general good
health by using Postum.
while school girl I drank coffee
and had fits of trembling and went
through siege of nervous prostration,
which took me three years to rally
from.
Mother coaxed me to use Postum,
but | thought coffee would give me
strength. So things went, and when
| married / found my husband and l
were both coffee topers, and can
sympathize with drunkard who tries
to leave off his cups.
"At last in sheer desperation |
bought package of Postum, followed
directions about boiling it, served II
with good cream, and asked my hus
band how he liked the coffee.
eve each drank three cups apiece,
and what satisfied feeling it left. Our
conversion has lasted several years
and will continue as long as we live,
for it has made us new-nerves are
steady, appetites good, sleep sound
and refreshing"
There's Reason" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read
THE Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-18
Whose EauIt2

We talk so much, and we think SO
much more, of the trouble we have
with others, that we more than half
persuade ourselves that if everybody
else were. just right, we could get on
easily in life, but the fact is that more
than half of all our troubles, even of
our troubles with others, grow out of
our own faults and our own failures
and not the faults and failures of
other people. Until we get rid of our.
selves, or until we are lifted above
all selfish thought of ourselves, there
is continual trouble for us, however
other people bear themselves
Home Chat
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-18
New Chart correots Errors.

The great practical utility OF the
magnetic survey made in the Pacific
ocean by the yacht Galilee since 1905
is shown by new magnetic chart,
from which it appears that the charts
previously used by navigators In the
pacific ocean were erroneous along
some much,traversed routes to the ex.
tent Of from three to five degrees,
and the errors at times were syste-
matte. Errors OF this magnitude are
Of importance in practical navigation
where the indications OF the compass
should he as accurate as possible.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-18
After the Honeymoon.

'Boo-hoo!" sobbed Cynthia under
her blue sunbonnet. II don't believe
you love me any more"
Wall, do declare" laughed Jason,
as he washed the milk pals, what put
that idea into your head, little gal?"
'Why, before our marriage you used
to honey me up and say was as sweet
as sweet cider and now you say ] am
sour"
ooh, don't worry, pet Even the
sweetest of sweet cider turns to vine
gar after a time. Chicago Daily
News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-18
Knew What Was Comma.

George, DEAR said his wife,
we're invited to the McDonalds' for
dinner tomorrow evening"
Which, l presume" interrupted
George, "is a preface to the old chest.
nut about you not having thing to
wear"
Later conversation proved the truth
of his surmise.-Detroit Free Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-18
MIGHT YET BE PERSUADED.
Sweet Girl Brought to Ask Time for
reconsideration.

"Since you can be no more than q
sister to me-" said the heartbroken
young man, "will you not give me one
kiss of FAREWELL"
She assented, albeit coldly,
And Mannering drew the girl to his
heart, he pressed his lips to hers with
a passionate fervor born of his de-
spair.
Afterward her head sank gently up
on his shoulder.
"Mr Mapnering." she breathed,
"this is all so-all so new to me-so
strangely different from my expecta-
tions-perhaps, If you would give me
time-time to reconsider"
But. dear reader. let us draw web
over the sacred scene-Exchange
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-18
Thn Mlsslnn LInk

What was said 10 be the missing
link between man and ape" was found
by DR.. Dubois in 1895 on the banks
of the Bengawan river, in central
Java. These fossil remains consisted
Of skull, thigh bone and two molar
teeth, from which the scientists "con.
structed" an animal. not human, yet
nearer to man than the ape. The
link" was named "Pithecanthropus
Erectus. New York American.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-06-18
Water, Water, Everywhere.

During the food of 1903 an old
darby living in the East bottoms
awoke one morning to find his
premises four feet under water
Later he was found by a party
of rescuers walking aboHt the yard
prodding into the ground with fish
ing pole. He was asked his purpose.
Good gracious, men," said he,
what do you think All am a-doin'? All
am tryin' to find NAH dog-goned well
so All can git mahself pail Of watah."