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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03
ROCK FORMATION
UNDER NEW YORK

Some curious facts about the rocky
ledge, on the shelving slope OF which
lower New York. with its millions of
tons Of skyscrapeTs. teeters, have been
revealed by the engineers who have been
boring hundreds of feet below the sur
face in connection with the plunger
elevators IN the big office buildings.
The center Shafts in these elevators
so as deep into the ground as the shaft
itself is high. The plungeT shaft in a
building 400 feet high, for instance, must
have hole dug for it 100 feet deep, into
which It can sink every time the ele-
vator. goes down into the basement.
At Rector and Church streets, under
the United states Express Company
building. the rock ledge IS forty feet
below the surface. Just few hundred
feet TO the northward shis rocky ledge
Is sixty feet down un1er the ground.
Under the old Times building, at Park
Row and Spruce street, the ledge is 100
feet below the surface. II lies at the
greatest depth yet touad-l5O teet-un-
der the southeast corner Of the Tribune
building, at Nassau and Spruce streets.
Under the WaldOrf-AstOTia Hotel the
ledge comes 10 the surface
The rocky ledge is hardest over on the
east side OF the CITY. ana gers more
Chaiky and crumbly toward the Hudson
river. The rock also grows softer, in
all the bortngs, as the depth increases.
In one or two cases the pores have
Of 200 feet which We're from twelve 10
fifteen feet deep. They are supposed 10
be old rain holes, before the glacial
The deepest holes made have been
under the Carroll building, on West
street Under the Trinity and Boreel
buildings twenty borings were
made. averaging about 800 feet. From
one of these the largest solid core of
rock ever eXCavated was recently taken
from q depth Of nearly 800 feet. The
core was twenty-five feet long and
sixteen inches I'm diameter and weighed
{, 40 pounds. The rock Was gray free
stone.
Some OF the rock encountered in Dor
ing the Pennsylvania railroad tubes
under Manhattan was very hard ana
brittle Much Of the rock under the
city contains iron. with here and there
a decided trace Of gold. If there were
no skyscrapers below Fourteenth street,
the experts say. il would pay 10 mine
be- lower Manhattan for gold and iron
provided land here was worth only 500
or SO an acre. Resting a. II does on
an inclined deep hidden ledge, the whole
town could be swept down 0y the touch
OF some giant hand In the sky.-New
York World.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03
STYLES IN COFFINS
GREATLY CHANGED
Once They Were Only Black.
Now In Number of
ColorS.
CARE is TAKEN
SELECTING TYPES
Much Trouble In Pleasing Living
In the Matter of
Caskets.

How many people know there was a
large difference between a coffin and a
casket, large not only in the way that
they are made, but large in the differ
enee in the cost 4 coffin can be bought
as cheap as SIS and look presentabIe
enough for a modest funeral, but a
casket cannot be had under S45. A
coffin may be recognized by its shape,
which Is rounded at the head and comes
nearly to a point at the foot. A casket
is a long rectangular shaped box that
can cost as much as g. go or more.
Styles in coffns have changed as the
years have gone by. just as styles in
clothes do Once upon a time, there
were black, brown, or white caskets;
now they come In a number Of colors
and in different shades of the same
color. II might be interesting TO know
that one of the largest undertaking es-
adjustments states that the greatest
demand is for black brOadcloth covered
cedar caskets. These are not cheap by
any means, but for some reason they
seem TO be popular just now.
One would hardly think there would
be much trouble about pleasing the liv-
ing IN the matter of coffins or caskets
for the dead, but there are tastes in
this matter as well as in everything
else A WideIey experienced undertaken
says that there are two things with re-
gard to funerals. One is that the peO-
pie as a rule viii not patronize funeral
parlOrs. All undertaking establishments
of the first class have them. but they
are seldom used. Even in boarding
houses the b0arders who die there are
buried from them in preference to the
funeral paTlor. Hotel guests are the
only ones who can be relied upon to
patronize the funeral parloT in case a
funeral Is necessary. In other cities the
case is different, he said. The under
taking parlors are considered the thing
for people OF modest means. and fu-
neral from an undertaking establish
ment is OF such common occurrence
that II Is taken a s a matter of course.
The other peculiarly about New Or
leans funerals is that so many people
want a coffin or casKet for the recently
dead, just ike one that was used for
mother or father or husband. as the case
might be. Sometimes hat first casket
was ordered twenty years ago. but the
order must be duplicated, for the be-
reaved one had q special sentiment
about this matter. For this reason all
the large establishments preserve every
order they receive, and il the request
10 duplicate 1t comes forty years after
ward, they are able 10 do II, provid I'd
the material used in the first case has
not gone entirely out Of style.-New Or
leans Itmes-DemOcrat
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03

Queen Helene OF Italy VIII give
4 series Of Talks TO Mothers, he
ginning to-day, on The Washington
Times Moman's Page.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-03
RULER OF TURKEY
HAS MANY TITLES

For the hrgt time In history a Turkish
Sultau has made a speech 10 his parlla-
Trcnt in session
,rbe sultan, bv the way. is not known
10 his subjects by that title. who in
vsriabIv speak to him as the Padishah-
II is strange that. while Westerners
give him an Arabic title and his own
,,eorle a Persian one. the ancestral and
Inrelv Turkish tile Of Khan should be
i,sed only ia state documents. To the
mass of Turks It IS almost as unfamiliar
a. Sultan.
has much the same sense as Emperor,
A. better suited 10 a monarch VINO. IN
some sort is a successor Of the Caesars
nan either Of the others. which are
elastic A Khan may be "A Jenghiz or
. Tinotr. or he may be the chief Of
a small principally or wandering
tribe. The Memiook Sultans OF Egypt
were powerful rulers, but the Sultans
OF Zanzibar and Maskat are not. and
the same title may be applied TO a po-
tentate whose authority Is limited 20
sew square miles and whose robe OF
state Is a cast-06 soldiers tunic.-POrt-
land (Ore.) Telegram.
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-23
What He Saw.

Do tell me something about MT. Oldplot's latest play." said the young lady on the bottom stair at the dance. "They say the climax at the close of the third acts superb. Won't you de scribe it to me as you saw it?"
 T will," grimly consented the young man with the split white kid gloves. "The heroine came slowly on and knelt, dagger in hand, behind clump of pink ribbons. Then the hero emerg- ed from a large bunch of purple flow CTS, and as soon as she perceived him she fell upon him, stabbed him twice with handsome hatpin, and he sank back into beautiful aigret.'
 What in the world are you talking about?" exclaimed the fair listener
 ''Well," replied the narrator, ''you see, the lady in front of me refused to move her hat, and that is just how the scene appeared to me. London Scr8nS
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-23
One of EIorance,s Jokes.

That genial comedian W. J. Florence had habit of promising man fish or some game when he was about starting on a hunting or fishing trip. Day after day would pass, and the game would not be forthcoming. But almost every day letter or telegram would come saying that Florence had not forgotten; that Florence was just about sending the game; that there was no cause for worry, as a fine fish or deer was on its way to the express office. At first this solicitousness would cause courteous letters and tele- grams in return. As the delay got longer the victim would get impatient and would finally be literally haunted by huge fishes or deer, with the com pliments of W. ]. Florence" Then some fine day when it was least ex- pected, the fish or deer would come.
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-23
The Story of . Ia..le ,asal.

A butterfly hunter te.I5 the follow ing story of swamp lie:
 ''In the water right ietTeen my feet was a spotted turtle tI,u had just cap- tured an appetizing but by no means dainty morse. This Yli a terrapin- like bug that was more than mouth ful. His body was already out of sight, but clawlike legs protruded from both sides of that isoceles triangle which a turtles mouth makes when il is closed and waved frantic fare we'll to the passing underwater world. The turtle was long time ill masti- eating his terrapin. but it was happy time. His whole body blinked con- tentedly, and he waved his fore legs with caressing outpush. q motion ex- actly like that of a child at the breast. Then he wa~ged his head solemnly from side to side, as a wise turtle might who feels that such good lunches are put up by fate only for the knowing ones of this watery world, and pushed himself halfway under the roots of q tussock for a nap."
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-23
The Fate of the Oneida.

/ One of the most extraordinary catag- trophies thut have Eefalien vessels Of the United States destroyed the sloop of war Onella in 1869. She was bound homeward. with a jolly ships com pany. eager to see wives and sweet hearts anti nf tive land once more, when net fS: 0ut of port she was struck by the British steamer Bombay coming in. The stem of the Bombay cut off the stern of the Oneida. The ship was sinking rapidly, and guns of distress were immediately fired, but the Bombay steamed on her way and left the vessel to her doom. She went down, and all but one or two of her crew were drowned. The captain of the Bombay gave no other reason for his conduct than that he had Lady Eyre. the wife of distinguished Brit ish satrap. on board and did not wish to disturb her nerves with scenes or shipwreck. He was mobbed when ht reached Yokohama, dismissed from the service, socially tabooed from that time on and died in disgrace a year CT two later.
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-23
Where Hypnotism Failed.

When Daysey Mayme Appleton re- turned recently from party where the influence of several minds over one had been the evenings entertainment and told her mother how six girs, with their minds bent on one thought had made a man stand on his head, another man at their silent command had tried on a woman's hat and an- other1man had tried to eat water with a fork, it put suggestion into Mrs. Lysander John Appleton's brain. That evening when I.ysander John came home his wife and four daughters sat in circle with their hands covering their faces and their heads bowed. To all his inquiries they said nothing, and at last, fearing they had gone mad, he sent for the doctor We concentrat- ed our minds on the thought that Ly- sander John must give us $5 each, and instead of that we have doctor bill to pay" sobbed Mrs. Appleton, "and they said it would be particularly easy to work if the mans mind was a blank. ."-Atchison Globe.
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-23
To Get His Monsx,o Worth.

In a village near Edinburgh there lived all old baker and his son. Their trade was in a nourishing condition. but unfortunately in the midst of their prosperity the old man, who had once been great drinker. turned insane. The son, who was renowned for his love of money, was forced to put him in lunatic asylum and. according to the terms of the establishment, to pay a fee for three months in advance, amounting to ESQ. The old man was scarcely in fortnight, however. when he died The son, thinking to raise all action against the establish ment for the recovery of the. as he termed it. unused money, inquired of an old lawyer who was bit of q was whether he thought it would be pru. dent to try to recover the money or not. The chip of the law, putting on Il grave face, replied seriously, Dye no think it wad be best to gang and put in the rest Q the time yersePT
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-23
He Saw a Great Liaht.

Wrecks on the coast of Cornwall England, were once source of reve. nue to the natives. A writer says that in the local dialect "the folks on the coast taich their children to gay in their prayers night times, God bless father an mother an zend ship ta shore wore mornin'.' The Cornish folk were great smugglers too. The Rev. R. S. Hawker had in his service as man of all work old Tristram Pen tire, the last of the smugglers. One day he made to the vicar this notable confesslon: 'Well, sir, I do think. when I come to look back and to con- slider what lives we used to live drunk all night and idle abed all day, cursing, swearing, fighting. gambling, lying and always prepared to shoot the gauger-I do really believe, sir, we surely was in sin!''
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-23
Rrounht Down the House.

On one occasion, when Arthur Rob erts, the English actor, was perform ing the part of Captain Crosstree in the burlesque of Black Eyed Susan" at Glasgow he converted an awkward contretemps into hit. In one of the scenes Crosstree entered supposed to be inebriated and staggered about the stage. In doing so Mir. Roberts acci- dentally came i'll contact with the scenery of the inn. bringing the whole set down. The curtain had to be low cred, and the vivacious comedian came to the front and said, Ladies and gentlemen. you see when we come to Glasgow we always bring down the house"
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-23
A Darinq Aroument.

A quick witted and daring lawyer once saved guilty client from sure conviction on a charge of poisoning. It was proved that the poisoning had been done by means of certain cakes, portion of which was produced i'll court. When the counsel for the pris- oner had finished his speech he said: And these, gentlemen of the jury, are some of the alleged poisoned cakes. We declare to you, gentlemen of the jury. that they are not poisoned cakes. They are as harmless cakes as ever were made, and in order, gentle men of the jury, to show you that these cakes are not poisoned I will eat one of them right here in your pres ence." And he did eat one. He took good care, however, to leave the room at the earliest opportunity and to make bee line for an adjoining room. where he had an emetic in readiness and an antidote. But the jury nel CT heard about the emetic or the al ti- dote until the lawyers client had been acquitted.
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-23
Quaint Hymns.

For unreality of sentiment in hymns we must go back to the eighteenth century. Here is an instance:
 An, lovely appearance of death!
 What sight upon earth is so fair?
 Not all the gay pageants that breathe
 Can with a dead body compare. It seems strange that death should have been the occasion for q touch of unconscious humor i'll a hymn. In the collection entitled Hymns, Ancient and Modern" there was and possibly still is the following verse:
 They do not hear when the great bell
 Is ringing overhead.
 They cannot rise and come 10 church
 With us-for they are dead.
 The list of things which they" are unable to do might be indefinitely ex- tended.-London Chronicle.
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-23
The Generous Barber.

Here, l say. Be Il bit more careful with that razor. That's the second time you've cut me-"
 "Well, well, so it is. But there! always deduct q ha'penny for every cut. Why, it's nothing for a man to go out of here having won fourpence off me"-London Tatler.
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-23
Had Hn waIk

The intoxicated gentleman stared in a bewildered manner at the sign on the bridge. The sign read. Loads Must Not Be Taken Across the Bridge Faster Than a Walk
 After giving the sign profound study he observed:
 Don't shee how fellersh wi loadsh can do better'n a walk nohoww
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-23
A DisraeIi Anecdote,

Sitting next Disraeli at dinner. Mrs. Jeune said that Lord Sherbrooke must be allowed one virtue-namely, his pa tient and affectionate behavior toward his wife. Do you think" said Dis raeli ill his deep tone, that he has ever seen her?''-"Memoirs of Lady St Helier'
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-23
Minht Be on Ones Nose.

Don't get down in the mouth, old man." said the optinist. Look on the bright side of things"
 "Thats all very we'll" mournfully re- piled the sufferer. but what is the bright side of a gumboil?"
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-23
Related.

"T understand that Frailman has come to the conclusion to contest his wife's will"
 "Well, what is there courageous about that? She's dead. isn't she?'
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-23
The rcncIn of Eo-tuna.

"What do you think. my dear? Such uck. We lnaye for Paris in an hour"
 "Yes; we're gcing to Pasteurs. My iusEaGd has iust been bitten by 2 mad d3;."--Eon Eirant
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-23
Scientific,

Why did you get q divorce?"
 My wife poisoned my whole life" "But you hastened to marry again" .'Well, l had an antidote coming to me, didn't I?'-Cleveland Leader
Connecticut western news., 1909-12-23

Yirtne that parleys is near ,urrep- der. fench Proyerb.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06
CIVIL SERVICE BILL STAYS
State Officers Lose in Fight for secur-
ing Absolute Power

The Civil Service Commission has
won victory over the state officials
in regard to the changes to be made
in the civil service law. A bill has
gone to the committee on claims which
embodles the idea of the Civil Service
Commission and provides that no dis
charges shall be made from any state
department unless such discharge is re-
ported to the Commission and an appeal
on the part Of the employee lies to the
Commission if the employee so desires.
The state officials, with the exception
possibly of Gov. Davidson and Attor-
ney-General Gilbert, have been fighting
hard for law which should give them
an absolute power of discharge as far
as the control of employees in concern
ed. The officials are much disappointed
that the committee on state affairs has
turned the bill of the Civil Service
Commission over to the committee on
claims in the form it has and a floor
fight is promised over the measure.
The civil service question promised
early in the session to be one of the
hardest subjects with which the legis-
lature would have to contend, as the
state officers are powerful and their
influence, it was thought, would go a
great way in defeating the Civil
Service Commission.
The employees around the capitol
are generally much in favor of the bill
in the form in which it has now been
drawn, as they believe it guards them
from the possibility of unjust discharge
at the hands of state officers. The
question arose over several discharges
which occurred in the offices of the
state treasurer and secretary of state.
The two of these discharges occurring
in the treasury department were the
subjects of litigation and one resulted
in the reinstatement Of the discharged
employe.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06
BIC STRIKE NOW ON
Lake Seamen on Strike for New
Scale Of Wages and a Long
Fight Is Expected
WILL AFFECT KENoSHA TRADE

The lake seamen's strike, which be
gan Saturday, may result in the tying
up of local coal importation indefinite
|ly, and coal men state that there is a
direct bearing Of the strike on Keno
sha.
Beginning at this time, the biggest
industrial conflict on the great lakes
will be waged. Official notification
was received here by the agent OF the
Lake Seamen s Union, that the organl-
cation had decided by referendum
vote not to accept the conditions of
fered by the Lake Carriers ; Associ-
alton.
The agent is instructed to act in
accordance with the decision OF the
majority Of the members and not to
ship any men on boats owned and
operated by the Lake Carriers Assocla-
ton. All union men on the boats will
leave them on Saturday.
"During the last few days, our mem
bers have been waiting for the re-
suit, but now that it is known we will
begin the fight in earnest, said a
lake man. "All the members Of the
union that are on boats will finish the
trip and then step off. The members
have decided not to take the fedora
ton books and not to join the "wel-
fare plan,' which is the blacklist
system in sleeps clothes.
cit has been clearly proven to us
that the fight being made by the own
ers in the association against the union
organizations is for the purpose of re-
ducing the wages and not for the rea-
sons advanced by the association.
"When the association announced
it's welfare it said that it in
tended to run it's own affairs and
maintain the regular schedule of
wages. On Thursday a deckhand of
the steamer Chile, which was in port
at Milwaukee, was paid at the scale of
$3.50 month. This is $3.50 less than
the scale maintained by the union.
Gin paying off this man at that rate,
! it is conclusively shown that the ulti-
mate aim of the association is to cut
wages
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY

Mr. and Mrs Thomas A. Healey,
formerly well known residents of Ke-
nosha county, recently celebrated the
forty-fourth anniversary of their mar
riage at Milford, Neb., where Mr..
Healey is now postmaster. There was
no special celebration of the wedding
anniversary, but on the evening of the
anniversary Mr.. Healey was summoned
before the Milford Lodge of Odd Eel
lows and presented with a veteran S
jewel. These jewels are only given to
men who have been connected with the
order for more than twenty-five years.
Mr. Healey was one of the old members
of the Kenosha Lodge of Odd Fellows
having joined the order here more than
forty-one years ago. He was one of
the charter members of the Milford
lodge and had been active in the affairs
of the order in the Nebraska city for
nearly twenty-five years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06

Both the street railway company and
The paving contractor who has the con
tract for West Main street, should go
right to work and fix up the block
on West Main street between Prairie
avenue and South street. This job has
been held up waiting for the street
railway company to lower it's tracks
on this block to the same level as the
track running north from South street
on West Main which should not be a
very big task for the company with the
big gang it has at work now in the
city This street is used by strangers
in the city going and coming to and
from the factories on the south and
west sides and the big mud hole ilt this
one block is no credit to the city and
is apt to give a stranger very un,
favorable impression besides being an
eye-sore to all the property owners in
the vicinity. The big mud hole right
on a much Travelled street will be re-
membered when the blocks of fine paw.
ing passed over are forgotten and the
street should not be allowed to remain
in its present condition a minute long
CT than is absolutely necessary.