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The Washington times., 1909-01-31
HELP WANTED-MALE.

3IAN-Ezperisne5d for soldering together
bronze hauITaI. Apply Monday corning
g. l.. HILLNANs New senate oIii-e hull1-
ing. IL
3rAN-CoIarsd. around grocery store Apply
at once. bring reference doRN5TUNE. LIST
lIUN 10 LEARN BARBER TRADE-Nev
system. only few HE-k- Er. .ulI .lr anyone can
learn. wages after urs- Ha#th, steady post
don guaranteed. Write lo ..1e catalogue
1IJLER.S BARBER COLLEGE Z0t B7werT
New York city Ja-l-eL
Men WANTED QUICKLY 10y big Chicago
mail order house 90 distribute catalogues adj
reIElse- E-a weekly $50 expense allowance
PHOTOGRAPHER 10 rent fully equipped
ngu. business. $40 month. central location
Address LOCK BOX IS. Gcstolace- DO
PORTER i'm tailoring store. PRICE & CO.
lFa 3 st. ". vs.. DO
Observation-Disclosures to- handle household
article stores and residences easy 20 make
SIX WEEKS INSTRUCTION in salesman
ship and position as travelling salesman with
reliable arm secured. Write iaT our boon
Glow To Succeed as "a Salesman. BHAI -
slI,EEl SYSTEM E2chester ~ g.
WA&IED-AEentz r. solicit ON @11lrnis.f..9.
~ BUREAU. ". l.. d r. B.ds- IL
WANTED-snzIe c9lorei man, sta nights.
apply basement ais 18th 81. n. ISL. n
EyAET1u-saoa salesman. airh experience
in retail business. Apply AZ once. llh-.i
SHOE STORES Io-#-l.-s 9TH ST. y. w. IL
WANTED subscription and advertising So
ueitors for the National Democrat .Nash-
uEtau new paper. also Tor special iuauE-
uration guide Apply L. q, WAkFL I'D, atl
18th So. ". w LaZ9-ar
YOUNG NIAN-White. to make himself gen.
orally useful DAIRY. rear of g. Rhode
Island ave y. ~. jasl--t
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ASTROLOGY

Mr.. z. MILLION. scientific astraIoss. sl1
Eye % IT, NV H5rory az-r1loEy. yearly
horoscope. uatIvitiss, 81. Information given
on any subject Horoscopes erected ~ means
Of spherical lriEouoneLry- Main e. deII-rf
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TAILORING

Gus has removed across the way,
from 5I3 to $40 E ST. n. w.
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CHEVY CHASE. Nd.
z A. sCSSE2IAN.
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MANICURING

MISS " HOLT. 9l9 C. 81. N. W.--fantcur-
luE facial and scalp treatment no Irs. $50
a. ia. 40 =. M Sunday. IL e. u. % p. Boz.
ja55-5-
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HELP wANTED-mala and Female.

EFA,STED-rT man or young lady in
every town in L.. S. TO sell Our popular music
direct % me people. Piano pIa5 ers preferred
write for particulars. NIGHIINGALE
MUSIC PUB. CO.. 80 w. oath ST., New York
city. 10
A FINE Correspond for press or
write stories. experience unnecessary send
stamp 10. particulars. PRESS SYNDICATE.
san Francisco. Eaal--l
sLENOERAPHER- beginner VIII answer
small salary 10 start with. good chance for
advancement good experience. BOX 3-,.
Times office it
NAN AND WIFE wi.hou. chiIaren, on a
small farm. u. A. LOGAN, silver Sprl-.
Md. 5ag1-gr
A STUDENT Of the Peabody Conservatory OF
Music desires pupils ON piano az their homes
beginning February 4. 1909. For particulars
address BOX al5. Times Office. Jasg-at
EXPERIENCED sTENOGRAPHER-S Male
or female must Doe accurate and wiling. good
position references required Underwood ma
chine Address UNDEEW OCD Times office.
Ja15-tf
Complete course in syllable
sgslem in $50 hours. $50, including type"rit-
ing. positions guaranteed. STENoGEAPHTC
ACADEMY Colorado Building CCZ--tf
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Three tines WL-lll .l5 week - cents q
lins5 Z tiHlsss ConzeClt.ys4y. o. yenLa a line
Minimum space, Inca
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AND OTHERS
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All other classification, - cents a uaes
5 times, 10 cents lIIl5--ui uluum, lines
Personals. j. cents line any number Of
times
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ELEEFECCF STORAGE
Separate locked rooms. E--gg per month ~.
Estimates furnished.
MEEEIAE L5 TRANSFER STORAGE
CO.. s-y-"@- T. St. a". Ja7-tf
PADDED fA-S EHg0 LOAD.
a-HOEs9 FyAGo>- $500 LOAD.
COLUMBIA IIslEEE-L co.
-y NEW YORK AVE.
auLE--E
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$lOJ SWEATERS ......-.-.....-........-Gs c
H. @. CLICK, 1903 9Th ST. n. W..
js25.23.81
FOR sALE-Haaz printing press. size 5zs
tcCsJ 5lI5 50 pounds lg-paluL naWsp ser type
lclsL sL-I- eight fonts job type ana cases
lc1zt $40, small sJap--nE machine '-y.- E.'5
hand drill lclsr $40 nest aL say D. te3st f-5
numbering machine .c.sr .1I- 81 ID ---a amy
of the above for about hall The -H-. address
BOX 81 Times once 5a--1L
FIRsT-CI-Ass upright piano. s-5, very
cheap, wiI sell on monthly payments BOX
FOR SALES light Irahuass cheap O. ~
FRASER, Warren - Linden. sd 55-s-.-
10000 BRICKS ana all maternal from 5
Government blialazs Apply -4la ana q
sls. s. ". or q. IT, LDe- Glars ---.
New jersey ave- E- ~. Phone N. 49,
FINE AUTOMATIC drop head EaH dome
Sewing Machine just Ike new 1850. stan
laEl Grand. s4s-y.. Good drop mead stan
a4rl So. These are uHaear1-ot bargains.
O. great many new machines He take 10 eZ-
change t-E che Davis critical Feed. the best
machine FOR plain sewing ana me only la=
for eah--l-elll=s lessons -I--- DAY Is
AGENCY aE st- - ~ W. -1-l--L
EEMOEAL SALE BARGAINS IE HIGH
GRADE UPRIGHT PIANOS.
We f-"e-s- -.tt--7 -.5 5 .--l--0 N ~
Players before VIC move.
" =-EE--y-Ee 10.
CHIC A-I-LAl ---s-s 100
- IL--
o. j DIE -doLL g. 60. ASH O. So.
FOR EaIE-gng square open tank. heavy
pressure tank. heavy Ia-. capacity 300 SAL
Ions. One .-P.aaE-T. Gould electric pump
yua-l-Tasu9FeE motor direct current 20
volts. one open round r--a la. gallons All
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one cent wola e4-4 lasertioa- Minimum
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-16
SALE
CONTINUES UNTIL
July 9TH, 900

100000 STOCK
Of high grade Clothing,
Furnishings, Shoes for men,
women and children, La
dies Suits, Coats, Skirts
and Waists, Notions, Hoo
siery, Underwear, Rugs,
Crockery, Glassware and
Kitchen Goods will be
thrown to the
r OF THE PUBLIC
with slaughter of prices
that will cause amaZement
and CONSERVATION to all
competition and bring Joy
to the people, who will
shout the praises of THE
FAlR--the Place to save
Money.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-16

HIS GREAT SALE will be a commercial event Of the
l greatest magnitude-a mighty upheaval and wrecking
of prices never before known in Montana, north, east, south,
and west a grand carnival of bargains that will make history
and will set a new high mark record in merchandising never
before attempted by any mercantile establishment in this
state. This will be the event that the people will speak Of
as the one where they received the greatest value for their
money, and it will positively pay you to come One Hundred
Miles to take advantage of this greatest of all money saving
opportunities. The Fair Stores reputation for carrying fine
goods assures you of it's superior quality. The stock is enor-
nous and the assortment almost unlimited, so that if you
cannot come at first you will be sure of finding what you want
later but come as early as possible, for first choosing is al
ways the best. But don't fail to come or you will always
regret it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-06-16

Ladies' suits and skirts, made by the best
manufacturers in the country from the new
est and most desired materials, and in all the
new shades of Rose, Smoke, Green, Tan, Mode
Taupe: Brown, Gray and Black, and in the
newest and best fabrics, at almost your own
price.
Ladies' fine tailored suits made Of the new
stripe and shadow stripe materials in the
new shades, with the long coat full silk
lined, worth $25.O0, on sale at..$l .85
Ladies' $500 and $3.50 tailor-made suits,
high class tailoring, materials the very new
est and the most desirable, trimmed with
buttons and fancy braids 8.35
The entire line Of ladies dress skirts have been
put into five lots and priced so as to make
a saving to you of fully one-half.
Space forbids further quotations, but every
garment in the ready-to-wear section is put
or special sale at forced prices.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
A-inch white pine or spruce for siding OF

II carpenter had been hired to do the work
he would have charged about $50, bringing the
cost up to $50 10.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

persons might be added mosquitoes. flies. heas ard
other vernin. OF course. the clothes and bedding
Of persons actually sick should be disnfected. The
chance Of ships vermin bringing in disease, com
pared with persons, IS slight The yellow fever
mosquito for example, as l have shown by expert
ments can hardly survive voyage from any for
egn port TO this country, and II 1t gets here can't
stand the climate. Experience has demonstrated
that cabin passengers and crews do not generally
transmit disease any more than the cargo. They
are not exposed TO infection. rule Unlike the
ignorant steerage traveller, moreover, the cabin
passenger does not conceal his sickness, and II
taken III is prompt 10 call in medical aid There
fore II The ships doctor Certfes that the cabin
passengers and crew are well. DO not ordinarily
subject them 20 examination
When ship comes In with thousand OF two
steeraEe passengers. one of our health officers goes
aboard and has them lined mp bareheaded. They
pass the officer by one, and his experienced
eye detects suspicious while he clicks off the
number Of immigrants on a hand counting machine.
If any person looks weak pale he Is put aside
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
QUARANTINE STATION ON STATEN ISLAND.

all right. He had been a little indisposed but had
quite got 70. But inspection OF his
glands showed that he had the plague. On a Pan
anna vessel a cook and cabin passenger had high
temperatures They protested that they were well
The cook died OF plague the second day. and the
other man was very sick.
I'VE could freely admit yellow fever patients to
New York and let them go where they pleased in
tho city without fear that they would transmit the
disease in the absence Of the stegomyia mosquito.
but adopt precautions to protect the South II
a yellow fever victim who landed here went South,
where the stegomyia is found he would spread the
disease. So We take of the sick ones. Well pas
seuCers from fever ports who have immune
certificates allowed to land upon their word OF
honor that they will stay in New York two days
before going South. and sn the interim Will have
their temperatures taken by health officer.
very few years ago every such passenger was
quarantined for two days before landing.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
Copyright. 1901, BY (. A Austen

FOR a further examination. The discrepancy OF n
single person IN the count between the manifest
and the machine record means that the entire
process has 10 be repeated. The ships officers are
al anxious as the health representative to avoid
that our man then goes the ships hospita! 10
examine cases there and receives the report on
cabin passengers and crew.
In cases If vessels coming from infected ports,
especially from plague regions, the visual method
Of examination Is reinforced by taking the tenn
peratures Of the passengers We have thirty or
forty clinical thermometers just for this purpose
II !s pretty sure test although some persons t-y
10 fool us by keeping their mouths open or chewing
on bits OF ite SO as TO show a low reading Of the
mercury. II the temperature is high the next think
IS 10 examine the glands for symptoms OF bubonio
plague. often plague victims show the slightest
indications being III. they do not know It them
selves. and these the most dangerous cases
with which have 10 deal The statements or
passengers regarding their condition are not taken
except as corroborative evidence. There was the
captain OF a ship from Rio who assured Us he was
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
a Small Motor Boat Recon-
mended, as 1t Has
Many Other Uses.
mo. a.

It is natural assumption thzr houseboat
should contain its motive power and should not
be dependent ether craft for changes Of position
or extensive voyagiEg Experience however has
shown that il IS in every way preferable have the
power outside, except in the case Of those paatal
vessels which are more yacht than houseboat. Much
less power is required tow q houseboar than 10
p1opd Il with its engine; considerable dwell
ing space IS saved by not having machinery aboard
and there is ir avoiding the ideness Of an
expensive engine during prolonged anchorages The
typical houseboat is sef-Inoving; in fact il
is not primarily Intended gadabout institu-
ton, snd lis progress under any circumstances is
leisureiy The best means OF transportation is a
motor boat which also serves as an indispensabl
tender and permits quick side trips and excursions
20 points within score Of miles. The Householder
usually needs power tender. whether to enable
him 70 catch morning train cityWard or 10 traffic
with land stores and this furnishes him with ample
means to shift his floating home wherever he
wishes.
To install engine in ark for self-propul-
sion wouid cost S7e0, whereas equivalent towing
power IL launch would cost only sIT5. le-foot
gssciene tender with zz-horsepewer will haul a
snoaesats sized heuseboat at the rate Of three
an hour. The same speed in self-propelleG ark
7Vogl5 expenditure Of 2e-horsepowe- Often
one may pick up second hand launch a bargain
say 500 The cost of fuel and OIL for q summers
toHsge and side trips viii not much exceed s2s
Vaile repairs ana the occasional service of a me-
absolutely essential 10 have power boat FOR the
purpose OF moving the ark Two pairs Of muscular
arms IN rowbcat equal 10 a small launch for
? limited time and. wind and tide faYorfng will
accomplish all that may be desired A ToWboat
be purchased for $50 $50. Some houseboat-
might be inclined &c get along with mere skin
or eSnce as tender. and depend hiring towsge
when needed New York waters always churned
hv motor craft whose are willing TO earn a
dollars by towing.
ais lagtv af vss7so
q houseboat anywhere al an alarming rate OF speed
:efs miles hear: the ark fairly skins the
surface OF the water. occasionally wave sIaps the
sccx frcnt fat bottom and causes a waltzing
movement. and the sxhllarated rejoces until
ne thinks of the bill The tug charge for toT7age
from fsrayesend Bay &c the Shrewsbury River Port
Washington New Rochelle. distance OF about
thirty miles is $40. Compared with land rates for
z Vsnlaad of furniture, the price is cheap for Il
lncfu6es the transportation of house and contents
Mary housepoaters depend On tugs for moving, ana
rot shift anchorage more than two three times
Ia g eeason- Il New York bank president fer ex-
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

ample. has his bachelor boat laid up at the Colonial
Yacht Club anchorage in the early part OF the
summer, and then gets towed TO Larchmont TO be
on hand for the annual regatta.
Saii propulsion is scarcely available for the house
boat; it takes too much space and spols the pur
pose OF the ark There is more to be said for horse
on mule power; In fact this is the approved motive
force when traveTsing canals There are many
picturesque canal journeys TO be had in nearby
states and the cost of hiring horse or mule may
be as low as IS a week. A small boy may be en-
gagged to act engineer TO the quadruped laboring
on the towpath, the members of the party may
prefer 10 Keep me job for themselves stretching
their legs oy turns OF course, ark floating down
river has no use for power other than the current
The shanty boAters OF the Mississippi who are
water hoboes Of respectable sort and with large
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

and growing families. launch their craft at the
headwaters OF the great river and spend weeks
floating down TO New Orleans, where they spend n
balmy winter TO return North IN the spring. as
is the wont of birds and tramps they must earn
the cost of towage by tugs Some vacation seekers
have taken hint from the shanty boaters. OBJ
tanning at little expense a rough house. they
drift several hundred miles down some interesting
river. fishing, hunting and excursioning along the
way, and when they reach the destined terminus
after delightful weeks OF rest and adventure they
simply abandon the old boat and return home by
train.
For such rough and to be abandoned ark can
is q good material above and below the water
line tent may be erected a scow founds-
ton, and in this only the hull is lost at the
end OF the voyage, the canvas being recovered and
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with the understanding that quarantine that
would not wreck the commerce OF the world can
guarantee 100 per of safety Anthrax in hides
is still a little questionable. Practically speaking,
there is no danger in any cargo.
Take rags, which are imported in large quaint
ties for paper making, especially from Egypt
They were believed to harbor all sorts Of viTulent
bacteria and on arrival this port were treated
with sulphur dioxide gas which now know Is
useless because the gas won't penetrate After
trying gas, auger holes bored in the bales Of
rags and live injected. This merely dis
infected the sides of the holes, while the cost Of
tearing open the bales for thorough steam dis
infection was found 10 equal the value OF the rags
investigated the rag question and looked into the
theory that paper men and others who handled
rags contracted diseases from them. 1t simply
wasn't so: they had more infectious diseases
than other people. Then during the cholera out
break in Egypt several years ago 1 went there for
further light on rags and visited the villages where
the pedlers got the rags from the fellaheen in ex
change for pottery and trinkets. These bits OF
cloth. old wearing apparel and the like, were as
suredy filthy, but / found evidence that the ma
tives who handled them and sorted them over at
Alexandria for shipment this country had any
more cholera, or as much even, the others.
disnfection Of these rags by sulphur Of course
meaningless. ! became amply convinced that tex
tiles could carry infection. During the Spanish
War startled some conservative folk by refusing
to disinfect the clothes of well soldiers arriving
from the yellow fever belt. Soon afterward it was
shown that yellow fever is not transmitted by
clothes but by mosquito. In the old days iron
rails and furniture were spared by the jealous
disinfector.
Persons and not things. carry disease. That is
tie modern view which act upon here To the
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
FESTIVITIES IN THE TYRoL.

Innsbruck June 19.-This place which is the
capital OF the Tyrol is the centre of interest this
season for American tourists who are attracted
by the festivities to be held In memory of the great
patriot Andreas Hofer, whose strategy drove
NapoIeon's army from the Tyrol. Carl Iandsee
proprietor OF the Hotel Tyrol OF Innsbruck a lead
ing hotel OF the Tyrol. is chief organizer of the
festivities and sports in which natives Of the Tyrol
viii take part ia costumes representing all parts
of that interesting land. thus giving Americans an
opportunity of seeing a remarkable sight that may
never be seen again.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
MAKEUP OF wlLKEs-BARRg CHORUS.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring to your saengerfest article pub
lished in your last Sundays edition. permit me
say that the Gesang Verein Concordia ofWilkes-
Barre is not composed mostly of Welsh singers.
but of l25 singers, divided follows: 81 Germans
27 Americans, is of English parentage. 13 Welsh
men. Irishmen, Poles and 1 Indian.
FELIX WENGER.
Wilkes Barre. Penn. June IT, 1909
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

two wears ago. which was an average year, 20 ss-
taIned two thousand persons for two 70 four days
took off $50 plainly sick cases which proved noe
70 be infectious. and had about thirty-hve aetua1
cases Of infectious disease We have had no eholere
since 1888 There were five cases OF bubontc pasue
about four years ago. Ny policy IS not 10 conceaI
any facts from the public There are two news
pape- men on nv STAFF who have access 70 the n
coming ships and who send out all the news N
regard 70 cases. Naturally I do not care 70 nave
an alarm sounded on suspicton-oeIore the LAc.S
in the case ara established Our laboratory -
fully equipped make microscopic examination O
the blood to AFFORD tests living animals, manu-
facture antitoxin and all that IN fact, We havs
the best all-around equipment here OF any quarah-
tine station in the world. We can put Zooo pas
sengers on Hoffman Island. which is the detention
place and feed them the next meal Ihere aro
separate accommodations. with single rooms, Tor
30 cabin passengers The companies pay =
dav for cabin passengers and 81 a day for others
detained in quarantine IN this manner There aIs
five medical assistants. including three deputy
health officers and foTty-tve employees II US
tained for emergencies The total annual coS' 70
the state Of New York is under Sdo.O0-
"A most important development OF the quar-
antlne station IS the educational feature Tor ths
benefit of medical students and health olcerS rom
all parts OF New York State have been maAins
Il a practice every year 10 invite the gradlatlhs
classes OF medical colleges in the metropolitan DIS
trict 20 spend a day studying our equipment anu
methods This year had i've graduating classes
We sent boat to the city for them. brought 'He'n
10 Quarantine showed them the practical operation
Of steam and gaseous disinfeCtiOn. explained ana
exhibited everything around here. then took them
to Hoffman and Swinburne islands for a study Oh
the care OF suspects and the like Not q penn!
of expense to men colleges was involved CL
course. the students appreciated very highly tAs
chance TO inspect unrivalled sanitary plant anu
10 see demonstrations OF what they had mercy
read about MANY students have told me that ths
practical work in disinfectou invaluao!e -
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
(BEST WAY OF MOVING 4 HOUSEBOAT DISCUSSED

shipped home Sometimes two old rowboats placed
side by side with space between and boards
laid for flooring provide a serviceable
foundation. II the hull amounts TO anything, there
is chance for little salvage by sale TO the local
inhabitants at the terminus. a complete canvas
hOuseboat q wooden frame has been built by
amateur I'm three weeks at expense Of
S36 10. The outside dimensions were "A by feet;
the house part single room il by feet and
It Is said the boat easily portable on a farm
wagon. No experience boat builder carpenter
required. according 10 the amateur. Some Of
the material obtained from old boxes roofing
paper was had from n torn down building and a
sawmiil supplied. two cents foot miscellaneous
lumber which the builder seasoned dressed and
matched himself. The hull frame built in the
usual box style, with ends. tightly
stretched IT and painted with several coats of
paint allowing plenty of time for each coat to dry
before the next coat was applied Unperturbed by
fears of puncture by rock sharp pointed drift
wood the builder embarked his family. consisting
of wife. child and maid. this ark and enjoyed
weeks OF somewhat ccngested comfort There
q wood stove for cooking and for heating cold
days. and O. supply or fuel in the shape OF drift
wood YVES always available on the nearby shore.
The detailed cost of the canvas ark according TO
Country Life In America" follows: