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The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
TO MOUNT VERNON,
STR. CHARLES MAcALESTER.

Daily 10 a. M. and 1:45 p. m. Sundays
excepted). Fare--Round trip, including
admission, 75e.
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Terry Service to alexandra.

Steamer LaekawsnnA every HOUR and 4 HALF.
EACR y
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CARS TO KENsINcToN

tIom 18TH st. and y. y ave. every Is minutes Pass
Rock Greek Bridge PARK, MAIN ENTRANCE Zoo.
to Chevy Chase Lake. Connect with Ksnsingtoa
ears, Roun3 trp tickets, 8e, at Fussells,
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ARLINGTON. FORT MYER, FALLS CHURCH,
CLARENDON BALLSTON, DUNN-B0kIN5.
yfENNA OAkTON. AND FAIRFAX CUURr
HOUSE Cars at frequent intervals IRON Mouat
Vernon station 18th street and Pennsylvania avenue
tPhone main ssil and from south end Aagedues
BTiaze ('Phcne west ~. HistoTic suhur56 Fight
inE ground OF the Civil War. See Colonial Records
and last VIII Of George Washington et Fairfax O0CTE
House. ASK for tcAets VIA 'Falls Chrreh LAne.
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LORD CROMER AND GEN. GORDON

Other stories and sketches VII be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-17
AMERICAN BEAUTY IN
 PARIS FRENCH BORN
BY MARQUIS DE cAsTELLANE.

Paris, May 16.-My readers may remem- Der that I have more than once told them that every year Paris finds it necessary to select an American beauty and to wor- ship her, for at least the spring season. It is her name and no other that fills the newspapers and it is of her alone that society talks.
 This spring Paris has not failed to fol- low the old tradition. But what is rather unusual is the fact that our American Beauty this year is French by birth and origin.
 Mrs. Rutherford Stuyvesapt, who is hailed so enthusiastically in the press and in society," married a brother of Mrs. White, wife of the ambassador of the United States, in Paris. Her American husband is her only claim to being an American, but as few people are aware of her French birth, she is celebrated every where as the Great American Beauty" Anyway her beauty is remarkable and worthy of all the enthusiasm it arouses.
 She and her husband have just taken n charming hotel in the Rue Dumont dur vile. Nor, at the present moment, Is there anything so eagerly sought in Paris as an invitation to the 'at homes' or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-17
TO THE VOTERS OFJEFFERSON COUNTY

R. J. Sloan, merchant, Brooksde, Ala; J. M. Shelburne, pastor East Lake Bap- tist church. J. H. Finch, doctor East Lake, Ala. N A. Barrett doctor, East Lake, Ala.; p. G. BurchfieI, druggist, East Lake, Ala; T. P. English, building con tractor, Birmingham, Ala; James B. Wood clerk, Birmingham, Ala; J. D. Camp, farmer. Partridge, Ala; C. P. Bed dow, lawyer. Birmingham, Ala; B. L. Whatley, bookkeeper, Birmingham, Ala; f; w. w. Dorman, pastor East Lake Meth odist church; G. w. Haley. hotel pro prietor, Warrior, Ala; J. c. Allbritton, merchant, Warrior, Ala; E. J. MeDaniel, farmer Irondale, Ala; w. T. Browning, pastor Irondale, Ala; G, M. Simpson, pastor Cumberland Presbyterian church. East Lake; l.. L. Eppes, merchant, Truss vile, Ala; D. N. Talley. merchant, Truss vile, Ala; E. M. Durham, engineer of construction Southern railway Birming- ham; F. D. Smith, Jr, superintendent of Smith Gin Works, Avondale; B. E. Pur- ser superintendent mines, Dolomte, Ala; c. D. Comstock, lawyer, Birmingham, Ala; J. w. Morrow, clerk county tax assessor, Birmingham; Thomas T. Huey. lawyer. Bessemer, Ala; F. W. Acton, farmer. R. F. D. No. 4, Birmingham; A. P. Montague. president Howard college; T. J. Batson, merchant Bessemer; G. w. Sherling. mine operator; Mike McCarty, farmer, Coal Creek; Carl G. Daly, farm CT. Irondale; Hughes B. Kennedy, trav- cling salesman, WoodlaWn; Jack Biddle, Warren Bros. Birmingham; E. B. Nor ton, professor Owenton collese' I. J. I,anpe. merchant, Ensley; w. T. Snow. merchant Ensley; J. H. Ham, superin- tendent Southern Express company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-17

We, the undersigned citizens of said county, being personally acquainted with Mr. James R. Tarrant, ani being aware of his peculiar fitness. by reason of his ener- gy, education andfpractical experience, for the position of member of the Board of Revenue of this county, take this meth cd of commending1 him to the voters of this county and bespeak for him their hearty cooperation and support.
 Mr. Tarrant is young man, native of Jefferson county, having been born and reared at East Lake, in the upper part of the county, being son of the late John B. Tarrant. By reason of his having been engaged in the work of civil, mining and municipal engineering for several years, his thorough training in this regard will be of vast benefit to the county and this county needs above all things thorough, practical men to govern and control it's affairs.
 Again urging the election of MT. Tar rant, we are, respectfully
 James Weatherly, lawyer, Birmingham, Ala; J. T. Stokely. lawyer, Birmingham, Ala; F. M. Roof, real estate agent, Bir- mingham, Ala; R. J. Waldrop, ex-pro- lessor Ho ward college, East Lake; V. D. Melee, Jr., engineer of construction. Sea- board Railway, Birmingham; H. M. Waite superintendent Seaboard railway, Birmingham, Ala; w. J. Martin, mayor of East Lake, East Lake, Ala; l.. D. Lea, city engineer of East Lake. East, Lake, Ala; T. O. Harrison, engineer of construction. Louisville and Nashville railway, Birmingham; T. E. Greene, trav- cling salesman Woodlawn, Ala; A. G.. Smith, lawyer, Birmingham, Ala; D. D.. Smith, city attorney, Birmingham, Ala: {:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-17

the reigning American Beauty'-who is French.
 The democratic newspapers of Paris have been crammed with sensational calumnies about the unfortunate Due de Chaulnes. who only a few months ago married your beautiful Miss Shonts. Now 1 happen to know the exact truth in regard to his death.
 The Due de Chaulnes did not commit suicide, as certain newspapers said Nor had he taken an unusual dose of morphine in order to forget certain mythical losses at cards. Of late the duke had not gam bled. He died, as anyone might have died, of heart disease. On one of his flying visits to Paris the other day I met General Lyautey, com mander-in-chief of the French forces in Morocco. The conversation was worth while.
 What of Morocco?' I asked.
 We shall have to go to the end" the general replied.
 That will be the conquest of Morocco, then.''
 Don't use that word" the general said i've call it the occupation of Morocco
 "The word is different; the thing is the same," remarked. And now what is the attitude of Germany?'
 "Of course that is the main point" Gen eral Lyautey answered, but, as it is evil dent that our occupation of Morocco will cost us heavily in men and money, you
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-17

From the New York Herald.
 When Robert Blanken retires he goes 1 to sleep in a bed which, outside of the value of wood, is worth in the neighbor-
 hood of s2,500. He keeps his collars, shirts and other apparel in a bureau worth probably s1.ooo. The table by which he sits as he reads or studies in the, evening he values at something like sS75.
 Mir. Blanken Is not an unusually veal tLy man, but he has a fad. Every inch Of the three pieces of furniture, including 1, the casters of the bed and bureau, is covered with a United States postage stamp.
 It has taken him eight years to com rlete the work of covering his furni- ture. During that time he has collected and used 75.5oo of the little pieces of pa per which carry letters through Uncle Sam's mails They range in value from 5 to one cent and in date from 1850 to the present They include virtually ev- cry stamp issued by the government during tfe 5S years. Of the number, 46,OOO are pasted on the bed, 23,0oO on the bureau and $500 on the table.
 In the lot are 35 designs. On the foot boards of the bed is a large keystone composed of 560 pieces of stamps and d diamond-snape design containing the American and Cuban flags crossed, above which is an American gle and below a Liberty Bell. On either side are the dates IT'S and 1898, the years of American and Cuban independence.
 MT Blanken probably has one of the most complete collections of Columbian stamps in existence. Three thousand of them are pasted on the three pieces of furniture. He also has 600 stamps of the Buffalo Exposition issue. On the top of the tabl, is a circle of messenger boys cut from special delivery stamps. All of these were obtained from an Arch street coffin firm, and originally were on letters with rush orders for coffins. From the opposite side of the room the various designs bear the appearance of intricately colored Dresden china or cley- erly executed mosaic of pink and green, Probably the handsomest design is that on the headboardg of the bed. It is an American shield, only three inches in height and one and a quarter inches in | width, but it contains pieces of 250 stamps.
 The most valuable stamp of the lot is a five-dollar revenue stamp issued during the Civil War. It is one of complete set of revenue stamps printed during the struggle between the states.
 MT. Blanken, who Is a draughtsman for the J. G. Brill Car Company, began his decorative work when he was a boy of IS, eight years ago. He is very much at tached to the handiwork. To prevent possible harm to his treasures he makes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-17
ZoIa's Famous Letters.

From the Springfield Republican.
 Zola's ashes will soon be placed in the crypt of the Pantheon, not far from Vic tor Hugo's. The date officially fixed for the ceremonials is April ?, when the pop ular demonstration is sure to be impress sive. It was ten years ago that the one great and immortal act of Zola's life em- blazened a page of, French history. It was that act which earned for his ashes a resting place in the Pantheon and makes his name remembered long after his string of novels has been forgotten. On January B, 1898, the celebrated ''J ac- cuse" letter by Zola was printed in Cle- menceau's paper, the Aurore. Clemen- ceau profited by his courage in opening the columns of his journal to that au- dacious and staggering attack upon the prosecutors of Capt. Dreyfus, for he is now Prime Minister of France Zola for a time was a sufferer from his perform ance for he was arrested and subjected to harassing libel suits. The "J' accuse' letter will always be a literary classic in it's kind of thrilling and titanic denun- ciation even after the circumstances that produced it have lost in interest. This estimate was very general at the time Of Zola's death, and the passage of time is confirming it. The French people im- mortaliZe the man because he stood so grandly for the truth in an hour when the champion of the truth had to be an intrepid hero.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-17
COVERS FURNITURE WITH
 75., 500 POSTAGE STAMPS

his bed himself every morning, working with the greatest care. Except for one favored chum, no person but himself has ever slept in the bed
 While the real value of the stamps used on the furniture was s4375, he says several curio dealers have valued the set at S501O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-17

Vote for J. T. Burton for re election constable, Beat 21.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-17

Write M. w. Parsons for constable, Precinct 37, on bot tom of your ballot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-17

I have made no combination. I am, with the help of my friends, conducting my cam paign alone.
 R. F. LOVELADY.
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% n' ,r s WARREN GAHAS OLD STAND s,s ss "sssa ssss'

may be quite certain that Germany will not interfere. The more France is hurt and enfeebled the better for Germany, and she will place no obstacles in our way-in- deed, she will rather encourage us to push on into Morocco"
 That is dismal outlook, general"
 .I do not deny it. But it is not the fault of the military authorities nor of the pres ent French government. Those who first set on foot this Moroccan expedition are alone responsible"
 ''You mean M. DelcasseT'
 "Yes, and he alone"
 And our troops, general?"
 ''Admrable,' said the general; they are admirable!'
 Marching to victory?"
 And to conquest-it is the only thing we can do.''
 And so I am able to give you this au- thoritative account of what France is do ting and has yet to do in Morocco. I ad- mire the generals energy, but I am not reassured as to the political outcome of this war, which was forced upon us by German diplomats at the unfortunate con- gress at Algeciras
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-17

Wonderful Japs-East Lake today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-17

Mark X opposite J. A. Roun- tree, for presidential elector.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-17

All members of Troop D, Riding Hall association are hereby ordered to report to the armory Monday night, May IS, at D. m., for business meeting. Those who have tickets for sale are especially re- quested to attend, also members of Troop D. J. c. MICHAEL,
 Sec Troop D. Riding Hall Assn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-17

Vote for I. w. McAdory.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-18
The Best Fertilizer for the
Garden

There is probably no better Fertilizer
for use on Gardens, Lawns, Shrubbery,
ETC., than Pure Raw Ground Bone. 1t
is excellent when used alone, but it
becomes especially valuable when used
with Ashes, and such chemicals as Nit
rate of Soda, Muriate of Potash, Acid
Phosphate etc.
Raw Ground Bone. guaranteed to
be absolutely pure and unadulterated,
will be furnished by C. S. Page. Hyde
Park, VT, at $500 per barrel of 200
pounds. freight prepaid to almost any
railroad sttaion. He also furnishes
the chemicals above named at reason
able prices.
Send him your name on a postal
card, mentioning this paper, and he
will send you free. postpaid, little
booklet giving directions for using
Raw Ground Bone. The booklet also
contains formulas for mixing complete
Fertilizers at home, both for the farm
and garden, as we'll as lot of other
valuable information regarding the use
of Fertilizers on lawns and for differ
ent kinds of plants and flowers.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-05-18
the plant. It would be good business

the plant. 1t would be good business
policy for the managers to close a
contract with him. If no outside
person offers such policy of .'simple
endowment" insurance. as it were,
then the managers of the plant should
see to it to insure themselves by max
ing sufficient payments each year to
reserve fund for reinstallation.
But" it may be said, liberal
expenditures for repairs and renewals
will take the place of accommodating a
reserve for depreciation. 1t has
turned out otherwise in practice, Elk
to 'patch-up" to any advantage. An
electric light plant. after time, does
become virtually defunct. This con-
sideration takes US back again to the
chief cause of the impairment of the
value of assets, which is obsolescence.
In patching up an old style plant you
are keeping along with something that
is old style and hence after a time
improbable. "Well then." it may be
urged, "admitting that, how can any,
body know in actual practice just
when the end of the patching up time
will come? Can anybody foresee that
the plant will need to be rebuilt in
exactly 10 years,or any other exact
number of years?" No. he cannot
and neither can anybody tell in advance
just what it will cost to rebuild when
the time for reinstatement does come.
And furthermore it is obvious that in
practice all parts do not get out of
date and dilapidated equally; some
parts will have to be replaced before
the time of general rehabilitation.
Finally, much will depend as to the
length of the period for which the
reserve must be accumulated, on how
good was the quality of the original
installation. 1t is clear, therefore,
from all these admissions, that the
precise amount of depreciation to be
! allowed for is largely matter of arbi-
trary averaging and pure estimate.
Any expert accountant is we'll aware
that "depreciation" is highly specu-
lative, indeterminate element in
accounts. He aims to get as near the
truth as he can and to err ION the safe
side" Depreciation is. in the long
run, most assured fact; but in the
| CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
Badly Of Form.
Phil Stubener's Mare CarGcita
One Of the Gan1eSt EUer Raced

The ga..cst race mare owned in this
Dailiwick is thought by many TO be the
bay mare Caricitai 2:2l4, owned by Philip
j. Stubener. of Bladensburg, Prince
George county, Nd
No horse. mare, stallion, or gelding
owned in Washington OF Maryland has
greater racing qualities. A horse may
possess 2:l0. or better speed, but if he
will not race, If he viii not be rated. IL
he viii not stand the gaf of split heats,
if he wir not try and continue to try, he
is absolutely worthless as a racing ma
chine,
Many horses, by reason of the short
turns. cannot race well over half-mile
rings. CaricIta races well over any
track, and does not have TO be plastered
TO her ears with boots. All she needs Of
eNtraUeous leather is protection 10 her
quarters and pasteTns. In comparison
10 some tTotteTs she goes light il 'front.'
needing little weight TO balance her aC-
ton. She was, by all odds the busiest
mare during the season of 1908 owned
within fifty miles of Washington, racing
week after week through the Maryland
and Peursy lEauia circuits, and she not
only won more money than any other
horse owned in this vicinity, but was
never outside OF the money She met
such good ones as humboldt, LinkwoOd,
May, and Baron Rogers, and always
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held her own, i'm spite OF her speedy
preparation and lack Of condition
Tie event that stamped CaFicita as
great race mare occurred at Rockville
utrlug me racing season of 1907. Here
she met humboldt, 2;l6lz, and a field OF
IasIl game tTOtters, and beat them She
not only OUTRAGED but Outgamed them
all After dropping the first two heats
10 HUMBOLDT in the third heat she col
lded with him, soon after receiving
the word, smashed her sulky wheel
dumped her driver, and ran three miles
around the track before she was caught.
Twenty-Five minutes later she was
HarntSSed and hitChed and scored for
the word. Everyone thought she was
zone TOT, but, TO the amaZemeut of all.
m the three succeeding heats she cut
down her opponents one by one as if
they were tied except Humboldt. and
him she beat right at the wire in every
heat It was one of the gamest per-
tormances ever Witnessed on a race
track.
Caricita has frequently been close M
IN 2sl5. and has JrOtted quarters in 328b
seconds, IS a member Of the great EIeC-
tlOneer family, her sire being Clay. Fps
by Electioneer, Lilly H., her dam, is a
daughter OF NutWOOd, PISS the great
est brood mare sire that the world has
ever known. while her second dam is A
daughter Of Sentinel by GOldsmith's
Volunteer. 1t was Sentinel that sired
the sire OF the dam OF Peter the Great
Z,0Si4. |utuTlty winner, and a wonder
ful sire ar early speed. Caricita should
make a great brood mare, when her rae
ing days are over.
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
EXHIBIT TROPHY
WON BY TAUTOG
Prize for International Race of
DOries Property of George
Gardiner Fry.

NEW YORK, Nov. si.-The interna-
tional silver trophy for dories. which
was won last August In Holland by
George Gardiner Fry's dory Tautos. en-
tered from the American Yacht Club, is
now on exhibition here.
it is a beautiful representation of an
old Dutch full-rigged ship with fifteen
little men in silver on the deck. and
every detail Of the rigging admirably
designed. II Is not a perpetual prize,
but was won outright by Mr.. Fry.
1t IS learned that negotiations are un-
Ger wav with representatives of the
Royal Yacht Clubs OF Holland for a
rlce i'm this country next season. Two
or three meetings have already been
held at the New York Athletic Club
with the yachting committee Of that
club, which win, In all probability, man
age the forthcoming race, and three or
four members of the ROYAL de koop
Club OF Amsterdam, and the ROYAL
Mas Club who are residents Of this
city.
The Washington times., 1908-11-22

George Washington scored five touch
downs and kicked five goals, for total
Of thirty points, in TWO fifteen-minute
halves against Technical High School
yesterday afternoon. at American
League Park.
The game was a disappointment in
many respects. Technical did not have
its regular team, and as a result, the
high school eleven did not play up 10
form. The Hatchetites failed to display
the same vim and speed that has
characterized their play this season.
Four of George Washingtons touch
downs were OF the nuky order, and had
Tech taken advantage Of their oppO-
nents' loose work the chances are
George Washington would have been
held 10 much smaller score.
Shift Weakens Lineup.
Coach Nielsen shifted his lineup yes
terday in the hope Of strengthening the
eleven for the big game next Thursday
with Bucknell Yesterdays play did not
demonstrate that the new lineup Is
likely to prove advantageous 10 the Bun
and Blue in the final contest. Captain
Sommers cayorted about at right end
i'm lively fashion. but is hardly Of suf-
ficient caliber against a fast and heavy
team such as Bucknell will probably
bring to Washington Several times. In
yesterdays game, Quarterback Farmer,
for the high school, circled around Som
meTS for substantial gains. Attempts
10 execute the forward pass around the
same end resulted disastrOusIy.
Jacobson went in at right tackle in
Sommers' place and, though weighty.
carrying around some two hundred
pounds, the former Notre Dame player
appears too cumbersome and slow in
getting into plays when the other men
are carrying the bail The injury sus-
tanned by Byrd brought to light an
other weakness in the George Wash
ington squad as It stands today. Max
cy, who was substituted for Byrd in
the second half is far from being in
Byrd's class. The varsity end IL about
three seconds slower TO the play IN get
ting the men started after scrimnage.
taking away the phenomenal speed dis
played by Coach Nelson's men this sea-
son.
Badly OF Form.
The task OF playing three games in
four days along with attending q ban
quet prepared by the high school girls,
was undoubtedly too big an undertaking
for the Preparatory school eleven, The
Tech team was plainly on form, when
compared with its former games.
George Washington made it's first
touchdown after six minutes of active
play Attempts to circle TechnicaPs ends
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
ENGINEERS TOO STRONG
FOR FORT WASHINGTON
Pile Up Five Touchdowns in First Half - Lieutenant
Sutans Coaching in Evidence-Fort Myer
Trims Hospital Corps.

At the washington Barracks yester-
day, tt Engineers smotleged the Fort
Washington eleven by 81 10 o.
At no time was the Engineers goal in
the slightest danger. for it was with
the greatest difficulty the Fort Wash
ingtOn men made their few scattered
first downs It was evident that the
visitors either knew little about foot
bali or else had very little practice.
Almost as many fumhIes as correct
passes could be credited 20 them, and
Misunderstanding as 10 signals were
frequent.
ways under the cool, skiilfuI guidance
OF their quarterback, Lieutenant Sui
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tan, remained one of a well-oilsd ma
chine in the regularity Of their pic.
They started in with a rush which
would have swept a much better team
than their opponents completely of its
feet. and they Ecored almost at viii.
The Engineers won the toss and chose
10 kick to Fort Washington. The bail
was Immediately fumbled and was re-
covered by the Engineers on the visit
Or's 20-yard line Buck gained five yards
on a plunge through center, and in the
following play Fort Washington was
penalized five yards for Off-side play.
On the 10-yard H. e the Engineers fun
Continued on Sixth Page)
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
DEFEATED
BY Y. Nj. c. A. FIVE
Loses One-Sided Match by Big
Score-Hubbard the
Star.

The strong Y. NJ. c. a. quint added
another to it's string of victories last
night. on the Y. NJ c. A. floor, when
it defeated the Carroll Institute five by
81 10 Is
Hubbard. y NJ c AS crack center.
was the star of the contest, his goal
throwing and strong defensive work
keeping him IN the limelight throughout
the contest. He threw eleven of his
teams seventeen goals. Hildreth and
Fuse played well for the losers.
The summary.