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The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29
LITTLE RUG-MAKERS.

In describing Persian industries, Mrs. Hume-Griffith, in Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia, " tells how the beautiful carpets of that | country are made, of course without machinery of any kind. The warp is stretched on loom, which. is merely a i frame. The wool consists of short i threads woven and knotted by hand without the aid of a shuttle. When row is finished it is pressed tightly i to the rest of the web by means of a comb inserted into the warp. i The weaver does not see the pat tern as he works, for he sits with the i reverse side of the web toward him. ! The looms are generally kept in an underground vaulted room, often with water running through the center. At each loom three or four workers sit, according to the size of the carpet Sometimes the workers consist of one man and two children, and occasionally the owner uses boys and girls only fer the weaving, one man acting as over seer to the children.
 I sat on the high stool by the side
 
 of tiny girl, whose fingers were work her movements The overseer was walking up and down the room. call ing out instructions to the workers. To me it sounded a horrible, incoher- ent tumble, but the children seemed to understand it perfectly
 The overseer held in his hand pa per, from which he was apparently reading out instructions. It was some thing like this:
 'To Number One, three blue threads. one white, two green; Number Two, four yellow, one white, and so on each child repeating after the master" the instructions given. As it was all said in a high-pitched monotone, the result was confusing and deafening; but there the little weavers sit, day in, day out. week after week, in this dark, gloomy cellar, kept hard at it by the unrelenting overseer.
 The children are taken on as "weav- CTS" when very young, some even starting when or years old. Their hours of work are from sunrise to sun set in the summer, and two or three hours after sunset in the winter.
 The consequence of this abominablc sweating" system is that today there are hundreds of little children in Ker- man, from 8 to g years of age, con firmed cripples from rheumatism and other diseases.
 From sitting so long in one position. while still of tender years, amid such damp surroundings, their little feet and hands become knotted and de- formed. They can no longer earn their daily bread, so perforce must help to swell the great multitude ol beggars who throng the streets and bazaars Of Herman.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

actors. Not all of us are qualified to express really valuable opinion on this question of increased living, for household accounts or have kept them long enough for comparisons. It is easy to lay our increased expendi- lures upon high prices, and it helps to allay that little inward monitor called conscience. Standards of town and city life have changed amazingly since people now middle-aged were young. We must have telephones, and there goes $1.5O to $2.5O per month Our wives and daughters must cook with gas, and there is another charge against the family income We must have electric lights, notwithstanding they cost three or four times as much as it cost once to light our homes with kerosene. We want a furnace-heated house, and that means a bigger fuel bill, and we desire finer furniture, beautiful lawns, better attire, more ex- pensive plumbing and score or more of other conveniences and luxuries that most of us at one time or another were without, and, strange as it may seem, we were happy, too. Of course the girls must have pianos and music lessons, and as for getting along with out amusements, why, one would al most rather go without bread or meat, and theater tickets do cost money All these useful and pleasant things are desirable, and with them others that the individual reader could emu merate with no great effort, and it is good to have them-if we can afford it. But if we must have them, let us consider the reckoning and not tumble up the cost with the comparatively slight increase of the cost of living that results from the higher prices that we pay for bread, meat, milk and butter
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

What is the cost of war? It is hard to tell, for the losses sustained by trade and the devastation wrought by the contending armies can never be tabulated. Nor does the expense cease with the declaration of peace. Our own country is still paying out nearly two hundred millions a year on account of the Civil War. ended almost half century ago. The French Min ister of Finance has made an attempt to estimate what the war with Ger many cost France, and fixes the amount at ten billions of dollars. A high price to pay for a few months of war. ending at last in complete na- tional humiliation.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

tance. First, there is a stand raised few inches off the table. In the front of this stand are two rows of spikes, on which the fruit or vege- tables to be sliced are stuck, and in the back is an apparatus consisting of series of blades fastened togeth- CT parallel to each other and operated by handle. A blow or two from these blades will slice as many vegetables as cook could slice in ten minutes. It is not difficult to see how this de- vice would save time in restaurant kitchens. besides doing the work with greater precision than it could be done by hand. The back row of spikes in this apparatus is movable with the mo- tion of the knife blades. As the blades move the spikes shift up and down through the slots in the stand whence tA. ' protrude.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

By a happy cooperation between in- dividuals and the State, New York bids fair to have enc of the largest and finest parks in the world. extend ing along the Hudson River for fifteen miles, and including 25,000 acres. The magnificent Palisades, saved from de struction by private generosity. were dedicated as park during the Hud- son-Fulton celebration The proposed new park is an outcome of that. and an addition to #. Ii will owe its ex- istence to a gift of 10000 acres of land and million dollars by Mrs. Edward H. Hartman. Other wealthy persons have given million and a half more. and now Governor Hughes has asked the Legislature 10 appropriate the nee essary two and one-half millions to complete the project. Eke- propoEed reservation will include the beautiful Ramapo Hills, hardly inferior to the Catskills themselves in wild, romantic picturesqueness
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29
APPENDICITIS AND GOUT
 IN VOGUE 5000 YEARS AGO
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If the world was created coco years ago and the story of the expulsion from Eden is not a myth, conhrma- tory evidence of that fact will be found by old-line Bible people in some of the things recently unearthed in Nubia. From very recent research it has been established that disease en- tered the world in the form of gout and tuberculosis not less than coco years ago-either entered it at that time or had been there for an indeter- minable time previously.
 Nearly sixty centuries have rolled away since the Nubians lived in the Valley of the Nile and were victims of the intestinal concretions which seem to be the cause of appendicitis. For tunately for archaeological science, the diggers took with them an anatomist or two, who knew a thing or so about their business, and turned over to their inspection the bodies that were un- earthed from this ancient civilization which has been lying buried under the wash and sands of the Nile from 8 llIAc MulCu mGT6cS 1ulO lHS NdAlSnluS S point of history. In these excavations were found evidences of civilization from a date preceding the earliest known dynasties of Egyptian kings down to the Byzantine age. These peo- pie seem to have lived undisturbed in the possession of their fertile fields and their well-built towns, probably under the protection of the kings of Egypt. In fact, careful examination of their heads and faces showed that they were in reality Egyptians them selves. They did not belong to the aristocracy, but were rather the hum- ble tillers of the soil-the farmers of that prehistoric time. They had knowledge of copper, but they had not yet progressed sufficiently far in the metallic arts-in the period previous to say 1900 B. C.-to use that metal for instruments. The only utility they could find for copper was its use as ornaments for the person. For this purpose it was manufactured and sold
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29
PRAIRIE DOG TOWN.
Wonderful Wyoming Settlement the
 Last of the Kind.

W W yOHAHs SCNtACluChA tAC
 Last of the Kind.
 The prairie dog has never had any protection, even from the Audubon so- cieties. Farmers have poisoned him, and the department of agriculture has published pamphlets telling how it can best be done. Yet when the prai- rie dogs town has finally become a field of corn or wheat, no more of the west remains that is worth seeing.
 In the great states of Texas, Okla homa, Kansas, Nebraska and the Da- kotas the prairie dog is pretty well gone. In all the west 1 know of but one great town, the like of which used to be observed everywhere from the Missouri River to the mountains, says Charles Askins in Recreation. From Laramie Peak in Wyoming, extending thence east for nearly forty miles, there is an unbroken town of prairie dogs, a huge city forty miles long and as many wide in places. It is worth seeing, for when this town is gone its like will never be seen again in all the world. Besides, the prairie dogs of Laramie Peak still have their old companions of the plains with them the sage cock, sharptail grouse, blue grouse, mountain quail, antelope. black-tail and whitehall deer, few bears and rarely an elk.
 Try a trip to the prairie dog town at the foot of Laramie Peak, and per haps you may decide that after all the west once deserved to be called land of romance You may see the antelope sail on invisible wings, hear the splash of the mountain trout, have your camp fire ringed about with wolf chorus in treble and bass, and the stumpy tail of the prairie dog will wag you as fearless and merry a welcome as he ever did in the days of Lewis and Clark.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29


 
 
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The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

the knights by way of bodyguard we. e called esquires. Later, in England the king created esquires by placing col lars about their necks and bestowing upon them pairs of silver spurs. The title has never lapsed in that countIy. There are now legally esquires by heritage, by creation, or by virtue of the holding of some office.
 In this country the title mas come into general use simply by courtes.r, but it must be admitted that it is very fimsy excuse for its adoption. In England there is a disposition 10 use it as applying to men not engaged in trade.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

Women who have not much except themselves to think about necessarily think a good deal about themselves. One London woman who has a very fair complexion, and who has found that none of the prevailing styles in wallpaper set of her colorihg well. has devised a wall covering of dead black imagine it!-relieved by figures in dull green and blue and pink. So far as she is concerned, the scheme is said to be effective, but not many persons will care to copy the fashion >s..
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29
Figure It Out.

A beggar boy asked an old gentle man in the street for sixpence.
 What will you do with it if I give you one?" asked the old gentleman.
 Turn it into ninepence quick" re. piled the boy.
 "How?'
 Give me the sixpence and I'll soon show you"
 The boy got the money. darted of to bakers shop and bought a three penny loaf, with which he returned to the old gentleman and handed him back pennies.
 Flows this? You said you would make the sixpence into ninepence."
 50 I have. The bakers got three pence, you've got threepence, and Pre got threepenny loaf That's nine pence."-Pearson's Weekly.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

make much of a hit, but where there are many mouths to feed, or in hotels and restaurants, it will be found a time-saver of con- siderable impor-
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

The reminder by B. F. Yoakum that there are, in the Mississippi Valley, 25.o0O.OOO acres of the richest land in the world. which can be brought un- der the blow by drainage, should allay the fears of anybody who imagines that the United States is anywhere near the limit of its agricultural pos abilities.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

When you start out to do thing ,'' sententiously observes Mir Rockefeller, you generally do it if you try" h. deed you do. Commander Peary can tell you how one man who started out to do a thing succeeded finally-and all he asks is S1,O0O per-
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

lar material which gath CT about an ordinary household. The bonfire is effective, but it is all ways attended with a considerable element of danger. Wire baskets which have been invent ed for the purpose re duce this danger very
 much, but it is said
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

Another man has inventor a uni versal language. We will soon have enough universal languages to be able to supply one for every country un- der the sun.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29
A Clear Instance.

When I was a little boy" lisped Q very stupid society man to a young lady. "all my ideath in life were thentred on being a clown"
 Well, there is at least one case of gratified ambition," was the reply Tit-Bits
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

Admirers of the song Darling Nel- lie Cray are trying to raise a fund for the purpose of erecting a monu- ment to its author, but nobody has done anything thus far to have the au- thor of "A Hot Time in the Old Town to-Night" placed among the immortals.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

4 Pittsburg dentist says that it was . nut diet that made Sampson so strong, which is one of the best boosts the beef boycott has had yet.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

A New York walters wife, in her demand for alimony, sets up the claim that his tips" amount to more than $100 a week. One must have great courage to offer a mere dime to a man with such an income as that.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29
Snnrfnn SeIf DcniaI.

When MT. D., known to be miserly but not believed to be a miser, was approached delicately for a contribu- tion to the organ fund, he shook his head courteously, but with an air of finality.
 Charity" he said, ''is a pleasure one must do without"
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

for the newest device for this pur- pose, which is made of sheet metal and entirely inclosed, that sparks and flames cannot escape, and consequently no damage can be done from its use.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

A Hoboken preacher has resigned because he thinks there is no possibil- ity of saving the people of that town. We hope this will not make Pittsburg jealous.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29
RUBBISH BURNER.

Flames, Hot Ashes or Sparks Cam
 not Escape from it While in Use.
 There seems to be some urgent de mand for a means of consuming the accumulation of paper boxes and simi-
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

One of the ministers advises every married man to buy a house and put it in his wifes name. It should be urged. however, that every house buyer should keep his snow shovel and his lawn mower in his own name.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

A Cleveland mother broke her hand while earnestly spanking her wayward son. Some sons need the services of reinforced concrete spankers.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

Among the inspiring sights of the meat strike the spectacle of a fat man boycotting beefsteak Is suggested as probably the most exhilarating.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

Some part of the increased cost of living is due to the higher prices of necessaries, but personal indulgence and extravagant desires are the chief
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29
TifIe of .Esouire,, .,

Esquire dated back to the days wheh the Greeks and Romans were in the heydey of their existence. The armor bearers who served as attendants of
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

A Duluth ski expert has jumped IA feet. A man who can jump that far and get down without hurting himself ought to find the aeroplane a compar- atively easy thing to handle.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29
sLICING MACHINE.

Fruit or Vegetables Spiked and
 Series of Knives Cuts Them.
 In a small household the slicing machine invented by an Oklahoma man and described here would not
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

If that invention really enables us to see by wire, it will mean a lot of bother to dress for the telephone.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

There are some men who can only be described in this way: If wind blows their fence down, it stays down foreveT
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

Undertakers talk of raising prices. Speaking of the high cost of living
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

To a man who does his business by means of checks, $20 bill looks like a lot of money.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

When baby talks without saying anything it attracts lot more atten- tion than a man who is doing like wise.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

It is easy to see the silver lining oi other peoples clouds.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

Japan having closed the door, Baron Komura whispers through the keyhole that he loves us as much as ever.
The Holbrook news., 1910-04-29

The prospect of postal savings banks should increase the deposits of appli- cations for jobs considerably.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-25
FUNERAL OF C. E. HOOKS.
Union Veterans in Charge of the
Final Services.

Funeral services for Charles F.. Hooks.
the veteran gallery doorkeeper at the
Senate, were held at st. James Church.
Sth and e streets, this morning at l"
o'clock The services were in charge OF
officials of the Union Veteran Legion of
the District and of the Department OF the
Potomac c. A. r., and the interment was
in Arlington cemetery.
Mr. Hooks lost an arm in the service OF
his country Early in the civil war he
enlisted in Company III, 7th Connecticut
Volunteers of which Gen. Hawley was
the commander. His empty sleeve won
him respect and special attention. At the
time of the visit of Prince Henry Of Ger
many to the United States dinner was
given in honor of the distinguished visitor
i'm the room of the Senate committee on
military affairs Mr.. Hooks was stationed
at the door.
AS Prince Henry was being escorted to
the room he noticed the empty sleeve.
He went over to Mr.. Hooks and shook
him by the hand, declaring that he was
proud to meet man who had fought TOT
his country.
Mrs Lorinda Ann Hooks, wife OF the
deceased, was nurse during the civil war
and was often under fire. Mr.. Hooks met
her at national G. A. r. encampment,
when her valiant service in the war was
being lauded by comrades who had seen
her work. and they were married shortly
afterward She survives him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-25
ADMITTED TO BAR.
Fifty Applicants Acted Upon Fa-
vorably by District Court.

The Supreme Court of the District or
Columbia. sitting in general term today,
on motion of William Henry Dennis OF
the examining committee, admitted TO
practice fifty successful applicants at the
recent examination for admission to the
bar.
The new lawyers are: Charles Roberts
Aldrich, Thomas NJ. Baker, William j.
Bacon, jr., William NJ. Birney. octave A.
Bigoness, George r. Bliss, Frederick j.
Brennan. j. L. Bra ndenburg. John Joseph
Buckley, Hunter Holmes CardWell, lr.,
Woodbridge Clapp, Zed Hetzei topp,
John II. Drake. Theodore Cornell Fefton,
John j. FoSselman, Charles r. Gerry,
w. Malcolm Gettinger, Louis y. Greene.
John Raymond Grinstead, Eugene Girls
som. e, w. Hawkins, Harry ]. Houston.
Elwood G.. Hubert, Eustacio 5. Ilustre,
Leslie j. Johnston, Frank \. Kane, Ed
ward y. La Rossiere, Henry Lanahan,
w. +. Lilly. Richard ID. Micou. Joseph v.
Morgan. John \. Murphy. Warren 5. Or
ton. w. l.. Pollard. Ward Prouty, John
\. Quinn. Clinton Robb. Sidney Roche.
Clifford \. Rowley, Roswell w. Snow,
Charles Stevenson, Ellery {. StoWell.
George W. Tyler, Elliott l.. Wallace,
Walter w. White. Frank 4. Whiteley,
James r. Williams, Stanley p. Willis,
Gustave W. Wiegand and Richard w.
Thomas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-25

Heating Plants Made Newlilke.
See us if that furnace or latrobe is not
heating. Hutchinson & Mccarthy, 1917 fifth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-25
German Society Entertains

The Germania Maennerchor gave, As
OF its annual entertainments last
night, concert. two comedy sketches
and ball at the old Masonic Temple
After Wagners overture of "Rienzi,"
which was rendered by Helbig'S orches-
ira. the Maennerchor. with a chorus of
fifty or more. under the direction of Prof
Christani. sang "klosterglocken," by
Wely, and Die Schoene Jugendzeit,' by
Juengst Henry Saunder sang the solo
parts and Mrs Eva Frank presided at the
piano. Joseph Abel sang a tenor solo and
Mrs. \. Brink a soprano solo, after which
the two sketches. entitled 1.-THE New Pas
tor and AT Heavens Gate" were pre-
scented.
The floor committee was composed Of
Fred Boeckler. l.. Geiher, Carl Voehl
William Becker and A. Hoffman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-25
DR.. w. D. HUGHES DEAD.
Came to Washington Thirty Years
Ago to Practice Medicine.

The funeral of DR.. William d. Hughes.
who died at his home 1858 18th street
northwest, yesterday morning after a
brief illness. will be held there to-
morrow morning at 1890 o'clock. The
services will be conducted by Rev. DR..
Wallace Radcliffe of the New York Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church. The list of
pailbearers will include former Represent
alive Harvey S. Irwin Of Kentucky and
Messrs. n. II. Darneille. Keene, Fish
baugh, John d. McChesney and Charles
A. Baker The interment will be in
Glenwood cemetery.
DIR. Hughes was born in Ohio, and spent
his early years in that state. He came
to this city about thirty years ago and
engaged in the practice of medicine IN
East Washington. He retired from ac-
tive practice about one year ago
He leaves wife. who was formerly
Miss Clara Mccarter of Columbus, Ohio,
and one daughter, Mrs. ID. f. Wiber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-25
WILLIAM HOFFMAN DEAD.
Helped Construct the Union Station
and Congressional Library.

Word has been received here of the
death Sunday in Philadelphia of William
Hoffman. He was president of the Hoff-
man Engineering Company which, allied
with the McDermott Construction Com
pany, built the Union station here. and
was Identified with much of the public
construction in this city, having helped
in the erection OF the Library of Con-
gress and the Long bridge across the
Potomac river.
Mr.. Hoffman was sixty-one years old
and was born in Maryland. He had
amassed fortune of between 100000
and S.,GO,OW With W. y. Copeland as
his engineer, he undertook important
work for the Southern railway, Atlantic
Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line and other
roads.
Mr.. Hoffman leaves wife and two
daughters, one of whom married son
of the late President Cassatt of the Penn
sylvania railroad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-25
Give Twelfth Annual Ball.

The twelfth annual ball of the navy
yard apprentices was given last evening
at the navy yard ballroom. The hall was
decorated with flags. ferns and bunting,
and novel electrical effects were pro-
duced. Twenty-six numbers, including
waltzes, two-steps and the barn dance,
made up the program. Music was fur
nished by Prof. Naecker's orchestra
The officers and committee on arrange
ments are: Edward Cagan, president:
Charles f. Belts, vice president; William
Naecker. secretary, and Jack l.. Dade.
Floor committee. Harry Duyall, chair
man; Barry Chase and Raymond II. Glib
son. Reception committee. John l.. Full
Ter, chairman, Leo c. Flaherty and Fred
Hermann.