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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-11
Talks by Puzzle Workers
By Frances Carroll

ing 70 have a wild Flower Contest
1 was certainly glad
~ Is so late I don't know Il mine
VIII be on time or not, but II takes
me some ume 10 find the names.
have never studied botany much, as
] am just fourteen years OF axe. Il
has been very difficult 20 find some
OF the names, but have enjoyed Il
immensely
4Ours respectfully.
lAilssl Kathleen LONG
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Value of NickeIs in 1882

Z A-Ln. regard to your inquiry a.
TO whether hve-cent piece of 1855
without the word cents upon ii /,
held at a premium have received
the following Information from the
Treasury Department:
From February l, 1883. to April
five-cent nickel pieces without ~
wopd cents" The omission of tbe
value Of the coin upon the niece
was the cause Of great compIainf
by the public, as II was ail ed
az the time th2t they were electro
plated and passed as ive-dolIsr
gold pieces. 1t was, therefore Cle-
cided TO place the word Cents ON
the reverse Of the coin.
No premium paid by coin dealers
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From Two Juvenile
Members Of Circle

Then here are two in succession sen
IN by juvenile members Of the puzzI
circle.
81 r street northwest.
Dear Editor
7 herewith incIose a list OF names
OF flowers, which 1 believe to be cor
rect OF I hope so. for IL represents
much research. nd whether I win
a prize or not, 7 have gained some
valuable knowledge by entering the
contest
I am not skilled with paint and
brush
Neither clever in making rhyme;
I'm coming late. 20 avoid the rush
VIII Try 10 be prompt another time
Your little friend.
HALLE HAYS.
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am not skilled with paint and


BaIIstOn. "a, June .
Dear Miss Carroll This f. the first
puzzle ever tried 70 answer, as
have only been here about a month
But, though have never tried to
answer a puzzle. I always look at
the puzzle corner with interest
I have always enjoyed bOranfZfng,
as I have never lived IN the city
When you stated that you were go
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LOCAL MENTION

Carpets Rendered Clean and Mothproof
at moderate cost CONGER. 2Sd & \ Y
ave NV, employs this special mothproof-
ing process solely Your carpets should
be cleaned right il worth it. Tel. ". 427
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- KATHIEEN LONG.
Letter From the Author
Of the Puzzle

Letter From the Author
Of the Puzzle
To bring this conversations 20
conclusion read this from the autho
OF the puzzle
Ny Dear Miss larrolI-Fron the
gentle hints given US by you in our
puzzle corner the last few days,
feel that IL is up 70 me" 70 show,
as the author Of this weeks puz-
zle. that can sa just & little OF
the disguised flowers.
To say that I IS delighted TO
see my puzzle IN int Is putting
II mildly; truth 70 IL, 7 have felt
as big as a house" all week
The flowers may al be found
within our. native land, and the
most OF them right here in our
own part
Hoping that you are not tired OF
hearing so often from me, and
trusting that my luck win not end
with this, my beginning, / am
Very sincerely yours,
(Mrs-) D. VEIHLETER
1905 Y street northwest
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WHEN STARCH STICKS .

To keep starch from sticking use
flatirons that are perfectly clear. and
when making the starch add : oiece
or 6orax and stir with a tallow
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The Drnerr

Miles Fuller, Founder.
100 n. Y Ave Pftman Sbortba-5
Touch Typewriting, Double Entry Book
keeping.
he best business school in the civ
Summer rates start now.
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WHAT HOME REQUIRES.

a house is no home unless IL con
as the BODY ''--MarEare Fuller OssolL
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kissing Is Worse
Than Unhealthy.

~ LIFFORD CARRAL, the
poet? Oh, know him quite
~ we'll"
You do? Oh, how inter
esting! Tell US about him. came the
feminine chorus.
Flushed with pleasure at the interest
she had aroused. Miss Brainard leaned
back and stirred her tea slowly.
w ~ 1 don't know that there is very
much TO tell with a charmingIy as
suned Indifference. Il met him at a
number of receptions, and he-he called
on me Z few times"
He called on your
What a wonderful experience
ITO have him call on your
These We're some Of the admiring com
ments.
But what did he say-what did you
talk about?'' some one insisted.
'Oh. we talked about art-about his
latest book Of poems"
How old does he Iook?"
as he as handsome as his pictures -
And does he really wear his hair so
Ions?'
She tried to answer them all, and
was the center Of interest until a new
arrival came to distract their atten-
ton
She Knew
Artist Also.
1t was a another tea some time later.
that Miss Rreinard again won admira-
ton and eager attention by her &C
quaintancs with another well-knovn
perscn-this time the artist, Kari VIII
mer. .
Some one had CHANGED to speak of
one OF his pictures, then on exhibition
at Fifth avenue art gallery.
And he has such a charming per-
sonality.' she interposed. "One of ,he
most interesting men have met"
oh, have you met him?y Where -
''How?' "Oh, 90 tell US something
about him"
Well, he is a friend Of some friends
Of mine met him with them, and
then II was invited to a reception at
his studio"
His studio?'
oh. how I envy YOUR
1t must have been the most wonder
ful place."
Yes, he has a very beautiful studio
three large rooms at the top Of the
- building His tapestries are ex-
Quisite. And he is so very notes.-the
had almost nothing Of his own exceDt
on
And then, in response to more eager
inquiries, she gave them long de-
tailed description Of the place-his
hours ano methods Of work.
She Had Read Of Him
In a Magazine.
"Oh, I'm so glad you told US this"
exclaimed a young woman who had
been listening breathlessIy. "I read
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By Dorothy Dix

he shets his eyes. an grits his teeth, an
sayin' to hisself. "Heah goes a generous
Christian act" he kisses her. an what
does she do but SD him in de courts
for hit. an de judge fined him so.
An dat amt de wust Of hit; one kiss
kinder leads to anodder kiss, an befO'
you knows hit you has done Kissed
70 self into matermony- You don't hear
OF none OF dem great unkiSSed gittin'
married. Nav, sir; dey stays single, on
de safe side Of de fold. When woman
lnVeigieS man into Eissin her she's got
him. des de same as you can catch a
bird when you puts salt on hits tail.
OATS de reason dat a gals mouf is al
ways sort of pOuted lax. whilst a boys
mouf is straight.
Now. eff de men had got UP an Anti
htssin' S'ciety I could understand hit:
but dem sho'ly IS foolish women dat
wants 10 call of de kiSsin' bee
Maybe, says I, wild a meanin' look
at Ike, 'dey is all married women, what
has done had 'sperience Of de deCeitful-
ness of kissin' Specially when de hus-
band does de 'kissin'.
] amt a I.amin no Names 7 goes
on. but I has heard tell OF a woman
whose husband. when things is a
runnin' along in a kinder ev'ry day
way when he starts out Of a nav
min an when he comes home Of a even
In gives his life a sort Of peck dat IS
des as liable TO land on de end Of her
nose. or de burr OF her year. or her back
hair as anywhar else.
Such a Kiss Is
Like a Cold FIapjack.
"Hit'5 a kind Of a ham an eggs
favored kiss, dat seems TO say,
Thank Cord has done my duty" an
has got des about as much thrill TO
hit, an feelin' in hit, as a cold flap
jack.
"'But some days, when dat man
comes home from Wuk, he sides up
70 his wife, an puts his arm around
her, an takes her hand. an he saws:
ole lady, I declares to goodness
dat you don't look enc day older dan
you did when fust come a-courtfn'
you, 'cep'n maybe you is little
plumper, an never did have no use
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Woman kissing Woman
Like An Egg Without Salt.

Hits LAX n egg widout salt Hit
amt cot no favor TO hit Ike breaks In
As for women kissin' each odder.
goes on widOut noticln' him. I shoIy
does hold Wild dat Cincinnati Crusade,
an. whilst ] amt no liner as a gen
eral thing. I'd lax TO be a charter menu
Der of dat Anti S'ciety an TO wea- a
bushel Of dem buttons wild Don't kiss
me- on EN-.
% For desc heah lady kfssin' bugs IS
dangerous. an whenever I meets up wa
woman what calls me dear" an
kisses me eV'ry time we meet. I begins
70 think over my past record an thank
Cord dat Use got a clean slate. Yes,
SIT. lady kisser is a snake IN de grass
Yes. sir, I'm down on kissin'. whedder
hit is done by males or females
oh. don't know. SAYS Ike. 'ef you
put de ldbOsh on kissiu'. you'll do way
Wild a lot OF marriage.
An mo divOrsch.' spoons ]. for. In
&c way = husband kissed her 'befo' mar
rage. an de way he kisses her after
marriage. Is de thermometer wfd which
a woman tells how his love is done
cooled Of a"
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/, for dem stringy puIlets nohOw.
An de woman she's tickled most
half TO death, but she says, GO Ions
wild you foolishness,"
An de man say, "Des give me a
kiss fust, an he plants one far an
sGuar on her lips, dat sets her thinkin
about de time when she was gal an
set her cap az de lakiest young buck
IN dc neighborhoOd. an den, whilst
Sfe Is sorter dOped up on dat kiss. an
her mind is a wool gatheTin', he Dor
rows 70 dollars from her an lights
out Tor dc crap game, a-well KNOWN
oat she is down in both of dem prac-
ticeS.
An de funny part Of hit all is dat
dough dat man has Wukked dat kisSin
racket on dat woman for fhutty years
he can still take her in on hit
never said dat de kiss. rightly
wukked Wild Judgment an, science
warn't a handy thing to have around
de house spoons lie wild a chuckle.
As for women kissin' each Oder
I Nacrfwo
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Value of GolOid Dollar.

Value of GolOid Dollar
A P Fin response to vo1r frr,,i,.,,
as 70 the value and history Of the coin
OF Iols having uPOn one side the head
OF Liberty the thirteen stars. ana H.
legend, z pluribus unum." and unr.-
the reverse the legend, United e;tsta
Of America. GOloid Metric Dollar Teo
Est Gloria, 100 cents, together WITH .
circle Of thi-ty-eight small starr CO.
rounding 1873 gold. 236.7 silver. q conner
II grams"
1 am Indebted to B. F. Butler. ac,,,g
director Of the mint, for the follou41e
In reply to your letter Of Nav d
relative 70 the goloid dollar Won orc
respectfully informed that this coin
was made Of formula prepared bv
DR.. William Hubhell.
A bill was introduced into Con-
gress for its coinage At the in
stance, Of the Committee of the
House on Coinage, Weights 81
Measures. about 45O OF fbese ,se e,tlI
were struck in the mint az PhfIadeI
phia by order of the Secretary of tba
Treasury.
The object sought to be accom-
pllsned by making the Combination
OF the Two merals was to maintain
the parity between gold and silver
The piece contained I53 grains NJ
goid. Z56-l grains Of silver and -
grains OF copper. It is understood
that coin dealers and collectors nav
premium for these pieces.
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Mirandy on the Anti-Kissing Crusade

~ z odder night" remarked Nj
randy, May jar was a.
readin' me, in de paper.
about dem women. out in
Cincinnati, what has done organized a
Anti-Kissing Crusade; an what wears a
button yid Don't you kiss me- on hit.
Bless Cord for some women OATS
got gumptOn. sclaims I when 1 hears
dat. Fer ef dere is one thing in de
worl' dat dere is too much of hits
kissin''
. Well says Ike. I bet my hat dat
dem women what wears dat button wild
Don't yod kiss me" on hit, don't need
TO hang out no sign to warn folks often
de grass. I bet dat dey amt in no dan
ger Of bein' kissed, onless dey was
kissed by accident in de dark. An
furdermo'. Use got my suspicious dat
you don't see no young gals. wild nice
mOufs. a-wearin' dat button
Scientists say puts in May Jane.
what's done been of TO a cemitary an
got de higher education, dat kissin' is
onsanitary, an dat ev'ry kiss is sur
charged with bacteria
I amt never met I'D with dat Mr..
Bactery, or whatever his name is
spoons l. but whatever he is. I lay dat
he amt no better dan he ought TO be.
an amt got no opinion Of anybody
a-kissln' him. specially young girls
says l. a-tryin' to dc my duty as
mother. an hand out good advice 10
May Jane. whenever de occasion offers.
oh. what dem scientists means is
dat kissin' Is Unhealthy says May
Jane.
kissing Is Worse
Than Unhealthy.
Hits wuss dan unhealthy Hits
expensive puts in Ike. I knowed a
man once dat sorter took pity on a
scraWny ole maid dat looked lax she
never had been kissed in her life; an so
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House Repair, Large OF Small. c. D
Collins. carpenter 71s 18th nv. Phone.
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"For Automobile Eye Insurance.
Ask Druggist for Murine Eye Remedy.
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tMrs-) d ElhAE 1 TX
1905 V street northwest

an going 10 pass over the sugzes-
ton that I limited" % and say that
I an never tired Of hearing from my
readers indeed. you've no idea how
much your letters help along. and tust
70 show you that this IS a fact and not
q Jolly" you viii find Mrs. Vein
meyers history Of the flowers IN sun
day evenings edition OF The Times
You viii also find the winners OF the
prizes al a new puzzle problem on
wild flowers.
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Carriages Coz Iune Weddinas

Special rates for the finest eouiDoed
teams in the CITY. The Portland Stables
643 n Y. Ave. n. ". Tel. Main lS5S.
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Stones Often Built
On Slim Foundation

there Is no such thing as a hard and fss-
RUE OF valuation, at least everv Iit+Ie
tirne there are conducted auctions FOR
me disposal Of the assortment Of booL,s
gathered by famous collectors yobo1,
deatn or financial disaster has over
taken, and on these occasions the booI-z
60 OF course, 20 the highest bidder
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caverIy's plumbing. 1881 c St N. W.
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Look for Something New

Just IKE a woman, I have kept what
I think you viii consider the most i'm
pOrtant Information 20 the last I an
going 20 start something new. That
is, we all are going TO 90 in for an
other sort OF contest, which I am sure
viii appeal 70 every one OF you
Housekeepers viii DO well 10 bring
out their books. for some worthwhile
information viii soon be at your hand,
while geniuses who have a faculty OF
telling a good story 70 introduce said
Information" VIII have an opportunity
20 win S0rle very generous prizes
My a<Tlce 20 you IS TO look very
carefully over the woman's page OF
The Times tomorrow and tfEn set 10
work.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1910-01-06

The President evidently has lit- tie faith in the man or his ideas, If we are to judge by the heed he has paid to either, and daily, the fact is brought forth more plainly that the District made big mistake in electing him to Congress at the last election, and will make a worse enc if they return him there.
 Results are the only things We are able 10 judge mans ability or qualifications by. These in Mr. Wickersham's case are conspicu- ous by their absence. In other words, that gentleman has not made good, and until he does, 1t were better and more seemly that he remain little more in the back ground until he has succeeded in accomplishing something,
 Alaska needs and must have able, efficient and successful men to represent her in the halls of Congress. This, Mr. Wicker sham is not, and the only thing for us to do is to see to t that the next man we send can make good.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1910-01-06
Escape Nicely Timed

\ German shoemaker left the gas turned on in his shop one night, and upon arriving in the morning, struck a match to light i, There was a terrific explosion, and the shoemaker was blown out through the door almost to the middle Of the street,
 \ passerbyerushed to his assist ance and, after helping him to rise, inquired if he was injured,
 The little German gazed in at his place,of business, which was now burning quite briskly, and said:
 'No, l aindt hurt. But I got out shust in time, eh?"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1910-01-06
LET HIif MAKE GOOD

Delegate to Congress James Nickersham is working overtime these days-vith his mouth-if current press notices are to be ere dited. He is accomplishing a lot in his mind. Today he is being banqueted, at ave dollars plate,' at a spread where nothing but
 claW-hainmer" coats are admitted Yesterday he is quoted as having listened to the felicitations of the bunch of Alaskans(?1 who spend the greater part of their valuable time keeping. the chairs warm at the Hotel Butler in Seattle. To- morrow he will probably be telling somewhere else what he has accom- plished for his beloved and gulli- ble north, but all the time the re- suits he has so long been promis- ing to Us fellows up here: do not materialize. His famous Terri torial Government bill, from which we were to receive so much. is ap- parently as far away from passage as 1t was a year ago, perhaps a little further, as the people didn't know at that time just how poor it was. His mining inspection bill is repudiated by ali concerned, employee and employer alike, and is today without a, friend in the district f We except busted poll tician or two, who, ip the past, per haps, entertained the hope that possibly one of the jobs the bill was supposed to provide. might come thelr way. His other bills are if anything a little less appre- ciateJ, and the end is not yet.
 Even those of Us who did not fa- vor or assist in the election of MT. Wickersham are disapDointed in the lack of results he has given us. The majority of us had been of the opinion that Mr. Wickersham was of sufficient caliber to get away with part of the free advertising he has been cornering, but apparently he hasn't it in him, His bills and theories are going begging, while he himself is left apparently with out a friend at court.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1910-01-06
Here And There Ln
 ~ The North

Army engineers want congress to potlatch another fifty thousand dollars for the completion If the St. Michael canal.
 Godfrey Chealander has resigned as member of the civil service com mission of the city of Seattle, and will visit Sweden.
 Curtus Upp, the first boy of the Dawson school to pass the examin- atiop for admission to the Toronto university, was born in Seattle in 1894.
 The Pittsburg Dick Creek Min ing Co, is constructing a ditch 25 miles long, from Quartz creek to Dick creek, a tributary of the Kougarok.
 While drunk in Fairbanks Pat rick J Mahoney and Brick Fonaas engaged in a scufle m the Pioneer saloon and when the scuffle ended Fonaas was dead. An autopsy re- revealed a rupture of a blood yes seI in the brain, and Mahoney was exonerated by a coroner's jury.
 Immigration inspector Kazis krauczunas, in his report to the department of commerce and labor. says that there have been breaches of labor contracts and violation oi the contract labor laws both at Nome and Fairbanks. The charg- es will be investigated by the de- partment.
 MT. H. C. Strong informs the Daily Miner that it is his intention to make a freight rate of four dol lars per ton on general merchan- dise@as long as this rate war lasts. If the Northland can get the busi- ness it will remain in the service, but if it's former patrons deem it wise to give their business to the other companies, 1t, of course, will necessitate laying off the independ- boats. When the independent boats are gone, 1t is certain that public will be milked for the amount 1t cost to put them cut of the eid.-ketchikan Miner.
 The Cordova chamber of com merce has invited the Seattle cham Der to cooperate with 1t in the ef- fort it is making to secure larger appropriations for the construction of trails and roads in Alaska, and has forwarded a resolution 1t has adopted. The resolution cites as evidence of the effect of road and trail building, a statement that be. fore the Valdez and Fairbanks road
The Wrangell sentinel., 1910-01-06

The government road from Haines inland is said to be impds- sible during the winter season.
 First Lieutenant Walter Jones, of the thirteenth infantry, has been given command of the cabelship Burnside.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-24
BRUCKER HEADS THE COUNCIL
Councilman from Fifth Ward Elected
on First Ballot.
DAVIS rs VICE PRESIDENT
Election VIII Make Bfucl<er Acting
Mayor During the Absence of
Mayor Dahlman from
the City.
DAVIS IS VICE PRESIDENT

President of council. Cooley Brucker,
councilman Fifth ward democrat.
Vice president. Charles NJ Davis, Twelfth
ward, republican.
This was the outcome of the voting at the
meeting OF the city council for reorganiza-
tion at o'clock this afternoon.
But one ballot was taken in the election
of each man. No other names were pre-
scented.
For the first year OF the council just
ended. Councilman Burmester. republican
has been president and thus acting mayor
when Mayor Dahlman is out of the city
The agreement between the six republicans
and three democratic Observation-Disclosures
Johnson and Sheldon-last year was that
one OF the three latter should be made
president this year and "a republican next
year. Brucker was the man picked by the
combination. sHf
Brucker was nominated by johnson and
received nine votes. Councilman McGovern
received two votes, cast by Bridges and
Funkhouser
Davis received nine votes likewise, on
the first ballot. the two negative votes
being cast by Funkhouser and McGovern
Previous to the voting Funkhouser nom
mated Bridges, who withdrew; Bridges
nominated Funkhouser. who withdrew; Nc
Govern nominated Burmester, who with
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-24

Persistent advertising in The Omaha Bee
is the road to Big Returns.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-24

leave OF absence for one month has
been granted Second Lieutenant Wads-
worth, jr.. Of the Fifteenth cavalry. Fort
Riley
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-24
BETTER MAIL SERVICE
FOR SUBURBAN JEWELLERS
TanEIe is StraiShtened Out by Pat.
ting Disputed District Into
Omaha.

After considerable correspondence and
much tribulation, Postmaster Thomas has
finally loosened the Gordian knot in the
matter of the distribution ana collection OF
malls in that territory lying between the
western limits of Omaha and Benson. The
route comprises a big area of territory
sparsely populated, and has been served
heretofore from Benson by Benson rural
route No. g.
An order has just been received from
the Postoffice department directing the
transfer of the route from Benson No {
to route No. 2, Omaha, to be operated
from Station ID at Fortieth and Cunning
streets, Omaha. The carrier will leave Sta
ton d at $50 a. m. and will return with
collections at 2 p. m. Benno A. Nickels
now serving this route. will be transferred
with the route to Omaha. The total mile
age of the roIte is eighteen and one half
miles. Some of the patrons live within the
city limits OF Omaha. but most of them
live outside the corporate limits.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-24

Honorable discharges from the regular
army by purchase have been granted Cor
poraf James L. Rogers OF Company l.
Third battalion OF engineers; privates
Daniel Hood OF Battery f, Sixth field ar
tilleFy, and Clayton Hnligos OF Troop C
Seventh cavalry.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-24

drew; Bridges nominated McGovern, who
forgot to withdraw being busy smoking.
City Clerk Butler, presiding while the or
ganization was made, named Funkhouser
and McGovern to escort the new president
to the chair President Brucker made a
brief speech of thanks and then Council
man Davis, who is absent on his honey
moon, was made president pro tenn.
President Brucker at once becomes acting
mayor, as Mayor Dahlman leaves this even
ing for a visit of few days in the west
ern part of the state.