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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-04
MAY CROSS SEA
IN THREE DAYS
Australian Inventor Hopes
to Make Record With
New Engine.

LONDON. Oct 3-To travel from
New York to England in three days
will be possible as soon as anew steam
engine invented by Mr.. Very, a
young Australian. saan have been
built into one of the largest ocean
liners. At least that is what the in
ventor himself claims, and he says that
his engine will require no more coal
than the engine of a slow freighter, and
cost even less to build.
The wonderful engine at first sight
seems very little different from the re-
ciprocating engine now in use, but each
engine does wrok in two directions
at once-as each cylinder is provided
with two pistOns and two piston rods,
two cranks and two shafts being pro-
vided.
The enormous advantage Of this is
that all shock due TO the work done
in one direction is cOunteracted by
that done in the opposite direc-
ton. and in consequence il is pos
sible TO run a G5-horsepower engine
on an ordinary table at full speed
without any fixtures, so smooth is the
running.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-04
WRIGHT WILL FLY
FOR 100000 PRIZE
American Aviator Has No
Fear of French
AViatOTS.

PARIS, oct. 3.-The exciting struggle
between the two would-be conquerors OF
the air, Mr.. Wright and NJ Delagrange.
acquires an additional interest from the
fact that. according TO a statement re-
Gently made, NJ Lazare WELLER is pre-
pared to pay the sum Of 100000 to any
aeronaut who first complies with the
conditions laid down for the fifty kilo-
meters fight.
These conditions stipulate that the
aviator must fly against a wind of siA
meters per second thirteen and one-halt
miles an hour. and with passenger on
board. Mr.. Wright has so far not at
tempted to carry any additional weight,
though his aeroplane Is made to carry
two persons
NJ Delaf ige's aeroplane. on the
other ham, vas intended for only one
person, but, it must be remembered,
that he has already made one flight
with NJ Henry Farnam on board. and.
though the machine did not rise much
"bOve the ground, there is nothing 10
prove that it may not do so if proper
provision is made.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-04
N. COQUELIN. LONG
ILL, RECOVERING NOW
Famous French Comedian
Loses Senses for a Time.
May Return to Stage.

PARIS, Oct. 3-M. Coquelin. jr., the
famous actor, who has been very sick
since February last, is now said to be
recovering, though the melanchOlia with
which he has been afflicted has not
yet disappeared.
II was on the fifth night Of the play
Love Watches" that the actor was
found to be missing. He was discover
ed weeping and talking to himself on
a church porch and was taken to a
He left this shelter secretly and went
TO his own house on Boulevard Males
herbes. His senses failed him at the
door and he sat down on a bench and
behaved ike a lost child. He was then
taken to a Sanitarium at Suresues,
where he still is. His face is emaciat-
ed, his alert expression has given way
to one OF fear. and he has allowed his
mustache to grow. Haunted by the be-
lief that he is blind, and suspicious
Of his friends and even Of his relatives,
he refuses TO talk. and has utterly lost
the geniality and bonhomie which made
him so excellent a comedian. When 2.
visitor approaches him he shows signs
OF the utmost fear, and tries to run
away.
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'ONE OF TIVE OLD-TIMERS.

Incidentally the colonel is one Of the
Old-timers and remembers when people
had 10 pay the Rockville and George
town Turnpike Company I'm order 10
pass through a toll gate which guarded
Tenleytown. said toll gate once stood
where now abides a sign reading
Gloria Point
Bob" Burrows. fifty years on the job
as contractor, explained to me that the
public scales were aUctioned of each
year by the District. Everybody pays
50 cents a load to get anything weighed
out that way It's season the scales
are owned by +. B. Lafferty. Young
Leonard Burrows. son Of Bob, was
weighing a load Of stone when / hove
TO- Leonard weighs whenever he gets
away from school, but says he's never
made any big thing out Of It.
Just now Leonard is much peeved be
cause they've piled up seven studies on
him at the high school This IS pretty
tough on a young fellow who wants TO
come down to the drug store every
night.
But TO return to Robert Burrows. the
elder He's a man noted for his long
lived ancestors. He started a life insu-
rance examiner not long since. Like
this
Your age, please?'
Answer-"Fifty years"
Your mothers age when she died?"
AnsweT-'NOt dead yet"
Your grandmother's age when she
Answer-"lot dead yet
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INSINUATIONS DENIED.

Eli Riley, retired, thirty-two years
on the Tenleytown police force, was
sweeping his front porch. when we de-
scended upon him We had heard that
Tenleytown was a great fighting
mecca in the olden days. Mr.. Eli re-
scented the cock-fght SANDER with all
the vigor commensurate with his sew
erty-uine years Twas a base canard
put out by rival village, he opined. #
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-04
SEVEN KINGS PLAN
FOR A VISIT TO PARIS
Gay French City Will Be
come Mecca for Many Eu-
rOpean Rulers.

PARIS, oct. 3.-The people Of Paris.
who, as all good republicans, love
Kings, are TO bask IN the rays of royal
sunlight during the next six months,
for no less than seven real Kings and
one Emperor have announced that they
are coming 10 visit the gayest CITY in
the world.
King Haakon of Norway, ACCOMPANIED
by his beautiful consort. Queen Maud.
will be the first, and as he is one OF the
modern Kings who does not consider
visit to Paris complete without look
ing in-in strictest incOgnito, Of course
at Maxim's and Hal Tabarin. Parisians
VIII even have a chance to shake his
royal hand.
He viii be followed by the more
sedate rulers of Denmark and Sweden.
who sworn all such pleasures and who
come only TO return ire visit Of Presi-
dent Fallieres- Later on comes the
King OF Greece, who combines in his
royal person the man about town,
the business man and the monarch, and
Eho Is popular here
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BUT ONE OF MANY.

However. this little domestic spelling
trouble Is but one Of the grievances
Tenleytownites have. II seems the
Commissioners and Congress haven't
improved the place just as II might
have, II the Capitol Grounds were in
that vicinity.
The main street hasn't a sidewalk
part Of the way. and, as pointed out
most eloquently by J. J. O'Day. lead
ing merchant. the street car tracks oc-
cupy the greater portion Of the street
At the time this was pointed out to ms.
an exciting scene was witnessed and a
near tragedy occurred. A gentle no.
VINE mad thoughtlessly placed herself
In front Of an Oncoming car ana per-
sisted in walking placidly up the track
rather as pilot, you know. Aftervva I'd
lhe CONDUCTOR told me If he hadn't beerT
member of the Society for the Pre-
Venuon Of Bruises on Animals he v,o1,i7
certainly have bumped her cowsbin
point. - LAY ;
The Falls Branch sewer. which is al
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-04
SEWERS, NOT EXPLANATIONS.

Only last Friday night the Citizens
Association had a special meeting, 10
hear from a prominent District official
who had promised to explain the sewer
situation to TenleytOwn. However, there
was an undercUrrent of feeling that
sewers, not explanations, were wanted
As to other divers grievances that be
set the TenleytOwnite, the reader is in
vited to peruse the manner in which
they are delicately mentioned in the va
rious interviews I had with leading citi-
zens.
Samuel DuvalI, who has been black
smithing for thirty-eight years, was one
Of the first village celebrities discovered.
Mr.. DuvaH was surrounding the town
scales. together with Bob" Burrows
and his boy, and consented to talk as
long as his breath held out.
Mr.. DUvaIl is a gentleman built along
the Spanish style Of architecture, with
overhanging gardens of avoirdupOis, dis
tributed in convenient places about his
person.
Especially around the equator does
Mr.. DUvall emualte a certain Presi-
Dental candidate now before the people
His bump Of good living is so pro-
nounced that all persons must remain
at a certain distance during a face-tO-
face conversation. The ancient custom
Of rubbing noses as a means Of greet
ing, in vogue more or less between the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-04
PRIZE BACHELOR PACKAGE.

Or. A. NJ. Ray is the prize bachelor
package out Ten,eytcwn way He tried
hard to throw as on the scent. but his
alleged friends exposed the doc" and
his record From them I learned that
doc might get married. If he'd devote
his attentions TO only one. As Il is, he
fits about from parlOr 20 parIor and
never lights permanently anywhere
The Citizens Association gets every
thing IL wants, mostly, says the doctor.
except perhaps-Wives for lonely mem
bers.
Neaudering on up the street. I came
20 the police substaton. Serg. William
Easily. for nineteen years a fixture.
in charge. The sergeant had in the
tolls, one Ethiopian by tie name Of
Jim Johnson. or Tom Smith or some
thing like that. Jim was Inlportuning
the ''searg'' 10 lend him so TO get out
with "Jes' as a pussonaI favor, YOU
knows III pay hit back" The sergeant
was unable to SegTeEate his personal
from hts official self, and held Jim fast
The sergeant and his men were most
jubllant. because, after many years,
the District has at last installed a
bathtub for the TenIeytown station.
other stations have haC shower baths.
says the sergeant, while TenIeytown
had rot even had a tub appropriated
for Consequently. the men have had
to gaze raptur0usly at a motto on the
hall: Cleanliness Is Next 70 Godli-
ness" and make out the best they
.
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Mr. Burrows oldest ancestor was thea
lo2- Yes, he got the policy.
LET CHANCE CO By.

Mr. Burrows says the late Governor
Shepherd would have made 3 good place
OF Tenleytown, II they'd Ie. him alone
He yearns for the old days when We
olde Irving Road House" was a great
political center and the spelIbinder held
forth almost nightly.
Bob's friends tease him a little for
living out toward Hungry follow
and having TO carry a lantern TO find
the way most OF the time. but that's
another story, for he doesn't look bit
hungry.
Referring to ''ye olGe Irving Road
House" This historic place now has a
sign like this over il:
WIN. AckterIUirchen, Bar AMI Res
taurant.''
1t must be admitted that Proprietor
Ackterkirchen's name is "A nightmare 70
any bibulOus person who strolls out
that way and sees a sign like thai con-
frorting him. It's really enough 10
make a man feel dizzy if there weren't
other reasons for doing so. There is a
standing offer OF So for anybody that
can take four highbals and then pro-
lCunCe it.
Within the bar we were confronted
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LOSS IS THREATENED.

c. g. Lancaster Is president Of the
Citizens Association As such. iJ be-
hC0l es him 60 speak al great length
and demand reforms. Could any pubic
spirited citizen do Iess2 DIT Chappeu
is secretary Of the association and stays
on weight about ten pounds by reason
of having 10 record everything Mr. Ian
caster cuits as his opinions.
tried 10 run down a rumOr that Mr.
Lancaster IS soon 10 HE himself TO other
fields one Of the neighbors told me
he'd convinced a purchaser that mis-
place Of twelve acres. with improve
ments. was worth about $4,000, and had
sold out while the other fellow was IN
the notion.
IF he goes, Il viii be hard to find
nan who can protest as often, as eio-
quentiy and as effectively as Mr.. Ian
caster Mr.. Lancaster's protests come
on letter heads reading 'TenIeytoWn."
which I have accepted as the Official
spelling for the time being.
Temeytown points with pride to two
near-residents whose estates may be
seen from the car windows These citi-
zens could improve the whole place II
they had a mind to- 1 refer 20 John r.
Mclean and Banker c c Glover
After all. the town Is pretty well bal
anCed. and If they get a few sewers,
wideped streets. a better school build
ing. a real police station instead OF q
sub. and an official decision how 20 spell
that name, the town will be all right
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-04

natives OF Australia, would be Utterly
impossible in Colonel DUvaIrs case
Colonel Duvail freely expressed faith
( in the John l. Sullivan maxim. that ID
( he cculd have as good time getting rid
OF the embOnpoint as he had IN acquir-
/ ing &, he would Immediately begin tax
ing ar ti-fat.
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THE REAL GRIEVANCE.

Twas his son, John B. Harry. leading
grocer, who told me Of the lack OF sew
eraEe- He has just built a handsome
home which is as perfect as a sewer
less house can be. Mr.. Harry and his
neiEhbors have also been fighting for a
road from Chesapeake street 20 the car
line II was promised them. they claim.
If the land was donated The land
was forthcoming, whereUpOn Mr.. Harry
fenced or his lots. hitherto used for
Cr9ss-coUHtry travel thinking the road
would surely be built
The District authorities now say
they're waiting on the chain gang. The
chain gang is willing. so is TeuIeytowu
Yet there's Eo road. and since 8Ir- Har-
~ fenced of his land. the pJpulace
walks All around some seven UlOc-lS.
Guessing vai1iy all the while.
7 discovered -wo uonopolles IN Ten
IeytoWl- w A Trigger is the towns
official barber and they think so much
OF him, he can stay open Sundays =
he wishes The District closing Law.
s-rangeI- enough. does not apply there-
Yong Lee. q sunny celestial. does col
lars and cuffs It's either patroEize
Lee. come up town. or wear dirty ones.
7 persuaded Lee 10 give US his signature
only after much argument He was
confident at urst that he was being
signed u fc- a years advertising con-
trg..
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most there and yet isn't. causes much
concern and loose verbiage. out Tenley-
town way. 1t seems half the town has
sewer facilities. while the other half
throws the dish water out the back
yard. This Falls Creek sewer has oeen
built. at a cost OF some $500, to within
a mere block or so OF Chesapeake street
An indignant citizenry now demands 70
know why the sewer doesn't proceed on
its way up Chesapeake. so that all real
estate along that section may be adver-
tlsed with all modern imprOVements."
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A Guessing" DRUGGIST.

DR.. George P. Parton runs o drug
store and the United States postonice.
As 1 waited for the doctor to assert
the heavy Tenleytown mail. I noticed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-04
WIN. Ackterkitchen" Now
Over ''Ye Old irving
Road House"
TELLS
SECRET OF OLD AGE
Lack Of Long Promised Sewers
Is Real Crouch Of
Citizens.

quite an influx OF coIored drug hunters
who were after something, but didn't
know how 20 ask for H. The doctor
las 20 be a good guesser. While /
waited a bit Of a dusly tot came IN
and asked for ''numo liums-" Doctor
gave her stramOnium, an asthma rem
edy- Uncle Epus salts" 'ROcksheH
salts Smellness castor oil. Mis-
Windy's snOozin' syrup are daily re-
quests Recently a customer returned a
-pous" plaster because he found It had
holes in it.
John Henry Harry. aged seventy-fiys.
a mounted police officer for some fifteBn
years, is another old resident Mr..
Harry is fun Of stories. and derives
much pleasure in worrying the young
sters 10y Offering 10 bet a large sum that
ne can break a stone with MS fist There
are none so bold as 10 take him Up, for.
although they doubt his ability, he has
way Of making good which is most
annoying when a let Is on
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With another dazzler in sign language.
e said
ANY person under twenty-one years
of sc is not allowed IN this place II
the proprietor doubts a1ybOdy's o. age
anc II he don't go out peacefully. he
viii be put out by force. by order Of
the proprietor"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-04
Even Old Inhabitants Fail to
Agree on Correct
Orthography.
BIGGEST GRIEVANCE
OF TENLEYTOWNITES
Spelling on Tombstones De-
ponds Usually on Death
Bed Requests.
By THEODORE TILLER.

YUST AS soon as a youngster passes
the milk-bottle stage, he draws
his fond parent aside and asks a
- few pertinent questions II he's
a real bright lad. with an ambition to
become a politician some dayhe first tries
TO learn his name and how to spell it.
Then, inasmuch as a politician must be
born somewhere. or everywhere, he pro-
ceeds TO that important detail, ascer-
tanning from whence he came and how
to spell II.
II you were TO see that same lad
forty years later and he didn't know
how to spell the name Of his own town.
'twould be an awful jolt TO you. Yet
ran into a whole 'covey Of fellows out
Tenleytown way the other day, who
didn't know how to Spell the place
never had, never will, and never ex-
pect TO. Wherefore. I started an in
vestigation.
ran up on several old residents who
had been there ever since they were
born, which was all I could expect OF
them, who cOnhded to me that the same
distressing state Of affairs existed in
the old days. Whenever teacher would
find a real scholarly lad. who had a
nickname for every word in the Blue
Back Speller, and moved down the
other fellows at the spelling bee each
Friday, teacher would always end the
agony by saying: Now spell Tenley-
town, Willie" Then Willie made five
stabs and took his seat with the rest Of
them.
HOW IT IS SPELLED.
1 didn't have time to get acquainted
with all the different ways Of spelling
this village, but was formally intro
duced TO the following:
Tenlytown.
TenleytOWn.
Tenalytown-
Tenallytown.
TennalytOwas-----
Tennallytown.
Tenley, D. c.
Indignation meetings, street corner
confabs, petitions. official rulings, mass
meetings and various other devices have
been tried. 1 was TO understand by the
Oldest residents. with a view to deciding
the question The old fellows spoke
plaintively as they were made to realize
that the undertaken would call at their
house, sooner or later. and that, apt
as not, some young fellow would carve
Tenleytown on the tombstone in a man
ner altogether different from what the
departed had been accustomed to in
life
AS everybody IN Tenleytown has
favorite way Of spelling the name It
Should be a well-recognized theory that
all death-bed requests. as to how the
epitaph shall read, must be faithfully
. observed
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there had been c0ck-hghuug. he guessed
he would have heard about IT,
There might have been O few back
IN the woods toward Nj Pleasant. he
said. bat the Williams hsd assuredly
steered away from the valiant Tenley-
town police
Mr.. Riley didn't know how To- spell
the towns name and never had. exactly
9e had seen almost All the letters IN the
alphaoet utilized during his time
Howard Riley, his son. g. one OF tIe
towns most ardent SWANS. TIE en-
vious ones emit loud cries OF ~Oh. YOU
mnlion-doIIar Beau Brummel- most
frequently.
Pining because he'd been given a. job
that required but little exertion. found
Uncle W E Dobhins. aged vlEhty-d-e
next St PatricS's Day. JEir-y-three
years with the Water Department ana
now stationed a. the Fort Reno reser-
voir. He's been in the Distric- since 40.
coming over from Baltimore He got
away as soon IS he could. IL seems
SECRET OF LONG LIFE.
I asked Mr.. Dobbins 60 tell me the
secret Of long life. There was no par
tIcular secret. he said He used 10
have a good time when ne was a young
ster and has managed 10 keep enter
tanned since growing. up. He had no
hesitancy in admitting that ne had al
ways turned up the glass when he felt
like 1t, and he named particular
brand. which 1 can't use. rs IT'S too
good an ID and besides, might lead as
tray some white ribboner- Yes, Jobac-
co. too. He ought TO know. he's eighty
five and looks good for many more
I have referred briefly 20 one J. J.
OUay, leading merchant for score OF
years. He handles anything from q box
OF axle grease and AK handles TO Dor
ated taIcum powder. and sells IT, He
spells it the shortest way-T-e-n-I-y-
LIES too short for the extra rs and Is,
he observes. He also observes that
there are many things the Citizens
Association hasn't secured, among them
that widened street and sidewalk.
"A GUESSING" DRUGGIST.
DR.. George P. Parton runs q drug
store and the United States postohfce.
AS I waited for the doctor to assert
the heavy Tenleytown mail. I noticed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-04
HOW IT IS SPELLED.

I didn't have time to get acquainted
with all the different ways Of spelling
this village, but was formally intro
duced TO the following:
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BOD" BURROWS SEHSSAL CoHT72AcToS
Ely40 rz4EES 8 S9<cHLTT OF BLASTING SLuFSS
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o(UlCk SALES AND SMALL
PROTESTS THE SECRET
or COH1ERCiAL SUCCESS
SAYS GROCER OOAY
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-08-06
CURE YOUR KIDNEYS.
Do Not Endanger Life When an Alb.
erdeen Citizen Shows You the
Cure.

Why w.u people continue 70 sutfe-
The goaies Of kidney complaint.
backache, urinary disorders. lame
ness. headaches. languOr, why allow
themselves 10 become chronic IL
yalids. when d certain cure IS offered
Them?
Doan : kidney Pills is the remedy
70 use, because II gives 70 the kidneys
the help they need 70 perform Their
work.
II you have any. even one, Of The
symptoms Of kidney diseases, cure
yourself now before diabetes, drops
Or Brignt's disease sets in. Rea-
this Aberdeen testimony:
Mrs. H. Gibler, H. ". Hume s..
Aberdeen, Wash. says: Il just a.
enthusiastically endorse Doan KID
ner pills today as did some years
ago, after hey cured ne II kidre,
complaint. For over q year had
been q victim of this trouble and ~.
general health became in q run.
down condition. I had terrible back
aches, accompanied by dizzy spell
ana general feeling cf languOr. Thf
Kidneys also acted irregulaTly and
felt generally miserable. NleI
Doan kiGne- Pills were brought q
nay attention, procured box a. tho
Red Cross drug store and obtained
50 much relief from the first that
continued taking them until cured
My husband also used Doan : Kid
uev Pills for z similar trouble am
obtained just As beneficial results.
have recommended Deans Kidne-
pills IN several occasions as know
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-08-06
state Guaranty Illegal.

Washington, Aug. I'm a formal
opinion rendered by Attorney-Gener-
al Bonaparte at the request OF Sec
Rotary Of the Treasury Cortelyou, it
is held 20 be illegal for any National
bank TO enter into contract or
other arrangements with state Off
Gals for the purpose Of creating a
guaranty fund out Of the banks de-
posts or capital stock to be used in
paying the depositors Of any bank in
cluded within the terms Of a state
statute, any deficiency there may be
In the amount to be received by them
from assets Of such bank in the event
of its failure.
Mr.. Cortelyou requested the Attor-
ney-General's opinion "as TO the legal
right Of National banks in the State
of Oklahoma to contribute toward
the guaranty fund or to avail them
selves OF the other privileges Of the
state banking act"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-08-06
Chronic Diarrhoea Relieved.

Mr.. Edward Z. Henry, with the
United States Express Co, Chicago
writes: cur General Superintend-
ent. Mr.. Quick, handed me a bottle
Of Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy some time ago &c
check an attack Of the old chronic d.
arrhoea. I have used it since that
time and cured many on our train.
who have been sick. I am an old sol
der who served with Rutherford p
Hayes and William Mckinley four
wears in the % Ohio Regiment, and
have no ailmeut except chronic diar-
rhoea which this remedy stops at
once" For sale by Evans Drug Co