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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-31
TO TAKE MEXICAN CENSUS.
President Diaz Will Be One of the
CATERERS

From the Mexican Herald.
The central committee on census work
appointed by the local authorities to draw
plans for the taking of the census in the
Federal District has completed arrange
ments for making an accurate estimate
of the Inhabitants of the capital and out
lying towns and has decided to appoint
prominent persons in every town to take
down the names of residents personally
to preclude the possibility of any names
being left off the lists.
In former years it has been the expert
ence of census takers that large ma
jorty of the natives refused to give the
names of all the members of their house
ho.d, for fear that they might be re-
cruted in the army. The government
has decided TO appoint prominent persons
census takers. in order that the ac-
tual number of inhabitants of the repub-
lie may be secured within close margin
of accuracy.
President Diaz will personally take the
census OF the block on the north side of
Gale de Cadena, where he lives: men,
bers of the cabinet will perform a SINH
lar duty in their respective neighbor-
hoods: the archbishop of Mexico will TAX
the census Of population III his own quar-
tiers, and an effort will be made to have
all prominent citizens to accept the APP
pointment for their neigtlborhoods gener-
ally III order that confidence may be IN
spired among the natives and the figures
may be as accurate possible.
But in interior Mexico an uphill task
majority Is bent upon thwarting the cen
sus work, being formed of illiterate poems
and farm laborers who are still afraid of
compulsory military service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-31
Marks Indelible.
Destructive Sand Dunes.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
Shifting sand dunes are eausing trouble
on the borders of Lake Michigan. The
dunes formed by the onshore winds,
which sweep the beach sand beyond the
reach of the waves. The sand accumu-
lates in low mounds about any obstruc-
tons. such stones or bushes: thus
started the dune is sufficient cause for its
own growth. The wind keeps piling the
sand up from behind. the dune grows
and the sand on it's crest is blown over
to the leeward side of the mound so
that the dunes gradually march inland
On the east side OF Lake Michigan tho
dry west winds have heaped up num-
bers of dunes. ranging in height up TO
300 feet. In Indiana the dunes have
moved inland across forested area
burying and killing trees, leaving the
dead trunks as skeletons behind them in
their march onward. A famous instance
Of dune migration is that Of the Kurische
Nehrung. a long sandbar off the coast OF
Germany, where a dune ridge marched
over church. burying IL for thirty years
at the end of which time 1t was gradually
uncovered by the progress OF the dune
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-31
KINGS MOUNTAIN MONUMENT.
To Be Dedicated on 129th Anniver-
sary of Battle.
stOn News and Courier.

from the Charleston News and Courier
October 4 of the present year which
is the 10Th anniversary of the battle of
Kings mountain. there will be dedicated
on that historic battlefield a monument
to commemorate that famous event
1t is intended that the occasion be
marked by proper ceremonies. President
Taft has been invited to attend, as have
also the governors of many of the south
ern states, 1t is hoped that the dedica-
ton will be event of such magnitude
that 1t will attract the attention OF the
Union. for few Americans comparative
ly speaking, have read McCradys splen-
did history of the revolutionary period,
and the New England historians have
unfortunately neglected to acknowledge
the important effect which Kings noun
tain had on the ultimate outcome of the
war. Notable addresses by men acaua!nt-
ed with the facts will serve to give the
general public a more exact idea OF Just
what effect this battle had and also a
more accurate idea of the value of such
men as Sumter, Pickens and Marion in
making possible the final victory at
Yorktown
Kings mountain is lonely place
Many pilgrims are prevented from going
there because of the lack of accommo-
dations. All honor is due to the good
people OF York county who have made
the monument possible. and all honor is
due them also for the efforts they are
dedication ceremonies. After all, the
battle-ground is the glory of the entire
state. and no one locality should be eX-
pected to preserve it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-31
BEAUTIES OF THE HoHENwEG.
A Little-Known Walking Journey
Region Neglected by Tourists.
From ScrilIncr


1t is a subject of no small wonder and
speculation that there has been SO little
written about the Hohenwes. Guide
books. il Is true. you will find in plenty
and of an excellence. but although every
other line and corner of the SchWarZwa!d
has been celebrated in verse and legend.
the Hohenweg is as neglected by the lit
erary photographers as if it were not at
all the most beautiful walk in the world.
can only suppose that this is because
all ones poetical feeling rises to its
height toward the end of long day Of
exercise in the open air. while at the
same time ones energies are at their low
est ebb, so that the flesh. as usual. is
weak at the only moment when the spirit
is not only willing. but able.
Take. for instance. the view from the
bare and marshy summit of the HORNS
grinde What could furnish a finer in
spiration for tie open of a loving son OF
the fatherland? You leave Barenstein
and it's rushing stream hurrying toward
the Rhine and strike southwark through
little forest that opens once to disclose
the oyer-frequented hostelry of Humid
seek and then closes around you again
like the walls of long. green. fragrant
tunnel. inclining upward till YOU rea ch
Bretein Bronn and begin the real ascent
of the mountain. Then the trees melt
away into broad. green lake behind you
and you emerge upon a shelving shore
dotted with bushes. and climb slowly
steadily and happily toward the summit.
If il is at all cloudy day--and it is like
~ TO be on the Hornisgrinde. whatever
the weather may be below-it easily APP
pears why the guide books call il Il
"marShy summit II is one great up
land pasture. turquoise and green, of
quiet pool and meadow grass. One mo-
ment you are bathed in cool mist gray
and impenetrabe as the clouds sweep
westward across the barrier. and the
next you catch your breath at the rain
washed beauties below. Northward, the
slow decline of the forest toward Barren
stein and Sand. rising in the distance to
Baderier Hohe with its watch tower
small as lifted finger against the sky.
Eastward. wild. cloud banked valleys leap
recklessly down and then stretch their
length radially into the indefinite dis
lance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-31
NICKEL A NECESSARY COIN.
Without It Many Small Articles
Would Jump in Price.
from the Milwaukee Sentinel,

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
If the government should discontinue
the coinage OF nickels and call in those
in circulation it would make it necessary
to reyoiutiouiZe the present car fare sys-
tenn, the telephone pay system and would
make changes in the price of practically
every small article.
The government could better afford TO
quit coming most any other coin than
the nickel. according TO Henry hloes.
cashier of the First National Bank. In
the opinion Of Mi. Illoes there are COM
paratively more nickels coined than any
other piece and the government could no
more do away with them than it could
with dollar bills.
There are hundreds of thousands of
five-cent pieces lost every year. he says.
this being responsible for the unusually
large coinage of this particular piece.
1t has been said that if it were not for
the street cars the nickel as a coin would
soon become extinct. This is not SO. says
Mr.. Kloes. The department stores take
in nearly as many nickels during a day
as the street car companies.
II the nickel were abolished new sys-
TEN of car fare would have TO be adopt
ed. Nickel shoe shining parlors would
be put out of business and the telephone
companies would have to change the
price of city calls
Beer, soda water. ice cream and other
articles would Immediately jump in price
and the cost of living would be materially
increased.
There has practically been nothing
done to diminish the need of the nickel"
said Mr.. Kloes, Except that slot ma
chimes are being abolished. They used
many, but if every machine was wiped
out the effect would be hardly noticeable
There is no danger that Uncle Sam will
quit coming nickels"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-31
TO RACE ON MISSISSIPPI
Fastest of River Steamboats, Will
Revive the Old Sport.
'atch TO New York Press.

ST. Louis Dispatch TO New York Press
River steamboat racing, the pastime OF
the early 10s when Mark Twain was
young and working for living, prom
iSes to be revived by the challenge OF
Commodore Henry W. Leyhe of the
steamer Alton to Capt w H. Thorwe-
gen, master of the steamer City of Prov
idence, TO race for any amount from
Sl.Nn to 10000 Capt. Thorwegen has
accepted this challenge. and soon
the Wagers are placed the race will be
run.
This will be the first real river race
since the days when river traffic was at
its height and rival masters set a mig
ger on the safety valve" of the boiler
to insure more speed
The steamers Alton and City of Provi-
dence are the two biggest and fastest
boats on the Mississippi. The proba hility
OF an old-fashioned river race between
them has set the whole river front wild
with excitement equal to that in the
early days when much of the real estate
in st. Louis changed hands as result
of wasers on river races
Probably the most famous of these
was the race July 4. 1875. between the
Robert f. Lee and the Natchez. The
course was from New Orleans TO st.
Louis. and the Lee was victorious, ar
irving here five hours ahead of the
->dtCieZ WeHtS thousand persons
stood on the levee in St. Louis and ap-
plauded the Lee as she steamed by, with
clouds of smoke pouring out OF her
stacks and probably something heavier
than the far-famed niger on her safety
valve.
In those days it was not extraordinary
for a master to blow up his boat IN
pushing her to more speed. and fire.
quently when the coal supply ran low
and the race was at critical stage
turpentine was resorted to. The heads
of the barrels were broken in and wood
soaked in the liquid was thrust into the
roaring furnace to add TO the steam pres
sure.
At least one boat is recorded as hav-
ing been lost In this way. The oil drip
pings from the barrels TO the furnace
where the stock was stored before IL
was noticed. SO intense was the situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-31
BETTY" TAYLOR.
Mistress of White House in 1849.
Great Names in Washington


When Uncle Joe" Cannon was gam
boiling boy of thirteen in Illinois. far from
dreams of Speakerships, a gracious young
woman presided at the White House who
was known 10 the popular tongue as
Miss Betty. She was the daughter of
President Zachary Taylor. taking as hos
tess the place of her invalid mothe The
wife then of Maj W. w. S. Bliss. her
fathers secretary. SIZE has just died al
Winchester. Va. as the widow of Philip
Pendleton cambridge.
III 1s48. when Miss Betty went TO the
White House. there We're the days still
of Clay. Webster Benton. Everett Cal
iloun, Marcy. Lincoln had been sent to
Congress. but made no national figure
Grant a lieutenant OF twenty-seven
at Sackett.s Harbor. Hayes was in his
late twenties. Garfield was learning at
eighteen the trade Of a carpenter. having
been graduated from his course i'm driv
ing on the Ohio canal. and Chester Alan
Arthur. young blade of nineteen, was
following his college course with the
study of law.
Grover Cleveland was boy of twelve
at this time, with Tom Reed two years
Younger. James q. Blaine was nine
teen-year-old teacher at Blue Lick
was a college ooy of sixteen Mckinley
was six years old Theodore Roosevelt
was TO be born in nine years and William
Howard Taft in eight
1t was the year of the Argonauts. that
1919. when prairie schooners set the path
westward which the Pacific railroads
We're TO follow later.
Those who knew Miss Betty as first
lady of the land remembered her as one
of the most gracious women who ever
adorned the place. She entered the White
House at twenty-five bride of three
wears. loved and petted and proud. Nor
was hers the only romance of the TAYLOR
circle. II was her sister Sarah who went
quietly away into marriage with jefferson
Davis. the young West Pointer of whose
aspirations to his daughters hand the
general had been unable to approve. but
who was destined to go far in his own
way in the chronicles of America
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-31
THos. J. OWEN & son. AuCrroxEERs
TRUSTEES SALE OF NALU ABLE RFAI. FS
TATE. BEING TWO-STORY BRICK DWELL


TRi STEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE real, ES
TATE. BEING Two-STORY BRICK DWELL
ING, No. HOS 9TH ST. Sc
by virtue Of n certain deed OF trust duly re-
cofded in Liner No. 3eo6. folio l21 81 se,i. o,
The land records of the District Of Columbia and
- the request OF the party secured thereby the
undersigned Trustee will sell AT public auction
~ front of the premises. MONDAY. THE
NINTH DAY OF AUGUST. 4. d. 1909 AT FIVE
O'CLOCK PM. the following described land
AID premises. situate in the city Of Washington
District Of Columbia. and DESIGNATED as and
being lot numbered fftyeight (5S, In Sands &
Paraers subdivision OF lots in square numbered
eight hundred and eighty 1.-TWO 1882 rs per pia,
accorded in the Office NJ the surveyor for the Dis
tsfct OF Caiumbis in Liner Is. at folio 1O6 TO-
Seihnr with the improvements.
Terms of sale: One-thlrd OF the purchase money
20 Se paid in cash balance In two equal inst all
men's payable in one and two years. with inse.-
est AT six per centnm per annum. payable semi
annually, from day df sale. secured by deed of
rus upon the property sold. all cash. at the
option of the purchaser. 4 deposit Of 800 will
be required at time of sale. All conveyancing.
recording. etc. at cost OF purchaser. Terms OF
sale 70 he complied with within hfteen days from
day OF sale. otherwise the trustee reserves the
right to resell the property AT the risk and cost
Of dcfauling purchaser after five days adver-
fisfment Of such resale In some newspaper pub
isbed in Washington. n. G.
THE WASHINGTON LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY Trustee
BY ANDREW PARKER Vice President.
iy2a-d&ds.eSu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-31
PRAISE OF GREEN CORN.
Luscious Food Reaches Perfection
Only in Maryland.

From tho Baltimore Sun
At the height of tho Sreen-corn season
II behooves us TO offer a few random
thoughts regarding the cultivation cook
ing. eating and psychology of that most
exquisite of delicatcssen. Green cora,
we believe, Is essentially "A Maryland
herb. for here only Is il found i'm fun
perfection. Go south but a hundred
leagues, and the best hotels will serve
YOU corn that leaves a hinge ring feeling
OF mutation and inauthenticity II is.
as II were, bit horsey Go north the
same distance and you will find the
green corn habby and watery Go west
isnd IT will disgust you utterly In
Maryland alone does il reacn the flaw
less heights. Nowhere else is every ear
perfect IN curvature and specific gravity
nowhere else does every grain linger in
the memory like a luscious chord from
some immortal love song
The taste for green corn like that for
the symphonies al Ludwig van Beethoven
Is not universally diffused among the
races of men. The Scotchman thourh
he eats oats with gusto, regards corn
as feed rather than food and the
German. busy with his rye bread and
sauerbraten, has no time To master the
difficult art of eating il. In all Paris.
with its 10000 restaurants there is but
one depot for green corn. and that one
lS Htpt bA Two flOI1PSick Americans. IN
London, Madrid. Rome and ST Peters
burg an ear of corn would excite rs
much curiosity as a diamond OF twice
its bulk
Certain misguided persons. in an effort
to spread the cult of corn on the COP.
have recently devised ingenious hooks and
prongs for holding ii to the face. The
idea OF these inventors seems to be that
the prejudice against corn, among many
races. is due entirely TO the risks at :
tending the orthodox method of eating it,
The new-fangled corn hooks make the
operation SO simple that novice can
master ii in one lesson. When they are
employed the fingers do not touch the
ear at all. Instead ii is safely impaleI.
like beetle on pin, and all danger
to the clothing, eyes and surrounding
public is removed.
Despite the apparent refinement of this
device we are unable to approve ii. TO
get the true flavor of green corn one
must eat it in the manner followed for
centuries by those epicurean eastern
Shoremen who the acknowledged
Rapha els Of the art. If the fingers do not
touch it. how can one get the fun measure
Of it's electric warmth? With steel prong
piercing its vitals. how can ii appeal to
the Imagination? With all danger of its
sudden flight removed, where is its Old
romance Away with all such mechani-
cal impediments to poetic eating. AS
we'll kiss a pretty girl through sieve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-31

islands and countries Of Central and
South America. For the eleven months
ending May. 1908. there were total i'm
ports of 10 ,919 pounds. of which g.
o9S5.I pounds came from places in Latin
America and the West Indies. while but
go 16 pounds came from Portugal or
its possessions. The increase from
Portuguese possessions in the eleven
months ending May. 1900. however. was
astonishing, for the number of pounds of
Portuguese cocoa rose TO II, 156. rs While
this amount is still only about One-Sixth
OF the total cocoa imports of the United
States for the period mentioned, the re-
cent sudden rise in the bulk of the
Portuguese cocoa imported calls FOR
explanation
The Portuguese cocoa is grown by slave
labor on the islands of Principe and San
Thome. located off the coast of tropical
West Africa. and recently the product
has lost its market in Great Britain owing
to the refusal OF the large British firms
TO buy it. Their action is due to an agi-
tation against slave-grown cocoa. and
viewed boycott, it serves as pro-
test that may force the abolition of what
is virtually slave labor in the Portuguese
islands. But correspondent of the Lon
don Spectator. who is thoroughly familiar
with the subject by reason OF a two-year
residence in West Africa points out that
the British boy colt alone may accomplish
nothing. Writing under recent date he
says:
Thanks to the refusal of large firms in
England and elsewhere to buy slave
grown produce, we can now drink clean
cocoa. This is satisfa Glory and this
action of business firms Is moral protes;
that will appeal to all. But the suffering
natives will not benefit unless slavery is
actually stopped. and there is little pros
pect of this at present. for. the Econo-
mlSta pointed out some months ago the
only economic result of the boycott is
that the cocoa goes to another market
As proof that there Is no difficulty I'm
dlsposlng of the San Thome cocoa the
Jornai daS Colonias states that while in
January. 1905 the Lisbon stock of cocoa
was 12t01o sacks, by March this year i:
had been reduced TO 81, 76: and at the time
OF writing the stock was as low as 10000
sacks. nearly all of which. has already
been sold to America. / ask How does
the native benefit by the action of these
Isolated firms? 1t is nothing to him where
the produce is sold
Ihe explanation of the abnormal in
crease IN Americas cocoa imports from
portuguese ports during the past year is
thuS MADE entirely clear. The slave
grown product that the British refuse 10
buy is being dumped upon the United
States.
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ADAM A wEsCHI.ER, ArCrIoNEER.
TRt STEES SALE Of UNDIVIDED ONE-
SIXTH INTEREST IN VALUABLE REAL

TRt STEES SALE DE UNDIVIDED ONE
SIXTH INTEREST IN VALUABLE REAL.
ESTATE
.su". folio II: 81 seq. Of the land records Of
fhr District of Columbia. and al the request OF
the party secured thereby. the undersigned tr,is-
Tees viii sell Al public auction the sales
Iooins Of Adam 4. Weschier. 900 Pa. ave. NV.
SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST, AID. 1909. At
TEN O'CLOCK M. one-sixth (1-6) undivided
interest in lots 70 II. both inclusive In square
~, and lots IS to %. both inclusive, in square
80 IN the city OF Washington District of Co
luMbia. together with the improvements thereon.
Terms OF sale: Cash. A deposit Of 800 re-
quircd ri the time of sale. MI conveyancing
recording. etc.. al cost OF purchaser Terms to
no complied with in II days otherwise property
viii bc resold at risk and of defanltinc pur-
chaser after :; days advertisement in this news
paper MICHAEL J. kEANF
GEORGE DENHAM.
TrnStaaa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-31
MEANING OF PuMSOll LINE
MARKS THE DEPTH TO WHICH
A SHIP MAY BE LADEN.
How to Read the Characters to Be
Seen on the Side of
English Vessels.

From the New York Press
The Plimsoll mark derives it's name
from Samuel Pimsoll London coal
dealer. lie represented Derby IN pariia-
ment and WAS known The Sailor :
Friend" Charles Readcs Foul Play
was written to arouse Rrifons to put an
end TO the practice IF British ship owners
in sending out craft overloaded or unsea-
worthy. or both. that heavy insurant.
might be collected on both ship and car
so. Piimsoll also noticed that great loss
of life was caused in the British met-
chant marine service by such heartless
practices. He appealed to parliament TO
do something To end the scandal. Re
forms were proposed by him which were
adopted. and the greatest monument
his memory today is the Plimsoil mark
IT means TO sailors an element of safety
which they never had before Plimsol
aroused himself in their behalf.
Plimsoll's merchant shipping act became
Jaw In 1876 1t was amended i'm 1890 and
lS99. Any ship owner whose craft sails
under the British flag and who disre-
CARDS the marks provided for by thosa
acts and the rules OF the British board
of trade invites reprisals which are not
to his liking. There are two 'Plimsoll
marks One is a freeboard marking for
sailing vessels and the other freeboard
marking Tor steamships.
The 80" and q"
If you see on the side OF steamship
characters which look like an O and A
4. with straight horizontal line drawn
through the center of the o, and extend
ed few inches beyond il on each side.
and with three extra horizontal lines ex-
tending from the main stem to the Il,
that is the Plmsoll mark. On one side
of the O or disc you will see rhe letter
l.. and on the other side r. They stand
for Loyd's register. Beginning with the
top Of the and passing from one to
another of its stems downward you will
see: FW. meaning the line to which the
ship may be loaded when lying In fresh
water. is, or Indian summer. the sum-
mer load line in the Indian ocean: S.
summer: w, winter: VIVA. winter, North
Atlantic. On dark hulled ships those
markings are painted in yellow or white.
When the hull is light the markings
must be with black paint Nor Is The.
suspicious Brtisher content with that
The mark must be punched into the
plates of steel or iron craft and cut into
the timbers of wooden one
Marks Indelible.
In salt water in summer the vessel
must not be laden so IL will sink deeper
than the upper edge % the horizontal
line running through the O. or disc. The
same rule applies to the lines on the Il.
the letters telling plainly when the limit
of safety in loading has been reached
in any OF the waters or seasons to
which the letters refer Without a GER
uficate showing that those markings have
been placed properly on the hull British
vessel cannot sail from a British port.
Many foreign vessels obtain such Ger
tificates. The letters l. and r on each
side of the disc mean that the freeboards
have been assigned by the committee of
the British board of trade TO Iloyd's
register.