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in OLD WASHINGTON
By James Croggon.

Gated at the southeast corner Of 18th and
streets in Grammer's old stand.
Mary Hayre was on Virginia avenue
between eth and Sth streets, as was Owen
McCue Jesse Evans was on 18th and K
streets. Walter Evans was on X street
between 10th and 11th streets. P. Deve-
raux was on l. street between 4th and
9TH streets
Near Western Market.
In the neighborhood OF the Western
market were the stores Of Christian and
Matthew Hines, at the northwest corner
Of the Avenue and Goth streets. Philip
Williams, also clerk of the Western
market, had a store a few doors west
Samuel Hutchinson was at the northeast
corner OF 10th and l streets. Mrs Ann
kedglie was few doors east Lewis
Leprueux was on the Avenue between
18th and 10th streets and afterward at
12th street and the Avenue Joseph
Beardsley located on the southwest cor
ner OF 18th street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and Peter Gogot at 18th and 1
streets.
East Of the Treasury was John Ken
nedy, at the southeast corner of 18th and
r streets, in the store later known as
Laubs. Nicholas Callan had a grocery
to the east, while John McElwee was
opposite.
Levi Washburn's grocery was near the
X Street bridge. Morris Lambert was OIL.
the Avenue near Rock creek. S. Rogers
was on the Avenue between 18th and 18th
streets.
At the northeast corner Of 9TH street
and Pennsylvania avenue, in Varnum' S
row, was the store of Fales & Showers
who did wholesale and retail business
On the Avenue between 18th and 18th
streets was Joseph Gibson. Between 18th
and 18th streets was John Hughes f.
Singer was on the south side between
10Th and 18th streets. At the southwest
corner OF 9th and B streets was Michael
Ward. Jerry Sullivan was on the west
side of Sth street between D and e
streets.
Ann Smith had store on the north
west corner of 9th and E streets. John
Philips located on the southeast corner
or 9TH and G streets A. Lynch was on
the corner of 9th and f streets in the
house still standing. s. Holtzman was
on r street between 18th and 18th streets
r. Miller was on r street between 18th
and 18th streets F.. Keno was on the
| east side of 18th street north of III street
John Green had his store on the south
east corner of 10th and F streets f.
Brooks was on the northwest corner of
9Th and f streets
These perhaps do not include all the
grocers. There were any number OF
shops in which small stocks of groceries,
with side lines of fancy goods Wer. kept
by women. Some Of these afterward be
came important as the settlements grew
up around them.
| There were few policemen at that dav
They best knew that where to find jul
Venile offenders was about the corner
grocery.
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instruction in Honesty.
From the Salt Lake Herald.

From the Salt Lake Herald.
A few years ago there was a shiftless
colored boy named Ransom Blake, who,
after being caught in a number of petty
delinquenCies, was at last sentenced to
a short term in the penitentiary. where
he was sent TO learn a trade. On the day
of his return home he met a friendly
white acquaintance who asked:
We'll what did they put you at in the
prison. Ranse?'
"Dey started in to make an honest boy
out'n me, sab.
That's good, Ranse. and / hope they
succeeded"
They did. sah.
And how did they teach you to be hon
estf'
''Dey done put me in the shoe shop,
sab. nailin' pasteboard onter shoes TO
leather soles, sah."
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commanded the editor. and the laborer
went down to where o. Henry was wait
ing and. after a great deal of per-
suasion got Henry to mount to the
editors Sanctum.
That's how o. Henry made his begin
ming His quaint. witching stories in the
New Orleans newspaper attracted the
same wide attention that the stories Of
Lafcadio Hearn had attracted in the
same newspaper years before. and 1t was
not long before the magazine editors were
hammering at o. Henry's gate to get him
to New York
CLARENCE L. CULLEN.
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HERE died rather
suddenly in New
York the other
day a man who,
in the dimcult art
of short story
writing. took rank
wi tn the t W o
great masters in
that d o m a / n
Guy de Maupas-
SAINT. the French
man, and Robert
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The Al Fresco Toilette.

From the Pele Mele.
Already out this fine morning. ma
dame?"
Eyes. my maid takes such long time
doing my hair I'm just taking a walk un-
til she has finished
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Women Voters in Australia.
'estminster Gazette

The full figures of the commonwealth
general election are now at hand. They
show that the enfranchised ladies pre-
scented themselves at the polling booths
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In the first quarter of the last century.
in the neighborhood of the Capitol, navy
yard, west end and eth street and Penn-
sylvania avenue, markets had been es-
tablished, grocery stores had taken foot
hold and stands erected, some Of which
continue to this day.
Washington, except on the Avenue and
f street, was largely made up of hamlets
with widely separated habitations. Around
the market on New Jersey avenue, estab-
lished before 1900 for the convenience OF
workmen in the Capitol, were a few
stores, and there were others around Cen
ter. Navy Yard and Western markets.
The establishment of markets in some
cases called neighborhoods into existence,
while in others the settlement produced
markets and stores
The green grocery or market store was
then unknown. In some cases the grocer
carried lines of dry goods, hardware.
paints and oils, and dealt in wet goods,
such as New England rum and native
spirits.
A few of these groceries did wholesale
and retail business. AS rule Alexandria
and Georgetown were patronized by the
wholesale trade.
Boys Meeting Place.
establishments. There were few neighbor-
hoods that did not have a corner grocery
with cellar door, utilized by the boys as
meeting place. A well known stand was
that of G. c. Grammer. at the southeast
corner of 18th and F streets, used for
fifty years more as such and known as
Simms' corner.
At 18th and l streets Samuel Brereton
kept a we'll known place for some years,
but located in the thirties at the corner
of 9TH and F streets. Another famous
grocery was that of John Chase, at the
northeast corner of 10th and E streets,
which is still standing. 1t was once used
as printing Office. a medical college and
a Masonic hall
| The corner of 9TH and Pennsylvania
avenue, once FitZgeralds. was in the
| twenties the grocery of Samuel Bacon.
| whose sons continued the business until
| about twenty years ago. Opposite the
| market, south of Bacon's corner, were
| the stores of John Conway, NJ. Mcdaniel
and Thomas Murray On the north side
of the Avenue, at the corner CT eth street,
! Rapley * Avery had wholesale and re-
tail store. On the point on which the
! Bank or Washington stands located
the well known grocery of Mrs. Cana
streets. south side, were A. E. Hough
9th street was D. Carroll's establish
ment. On the west side of eth street. be-
| tween d and f streets, Joseph Harbaugh
had been in business many years. Be-
tween c and d streets Richard Dean
| Eenr CT
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Youngieigh-Which is the better way to
propose. orally Or by letter?
Cynicus-By letter. certainly. There is
a chance that you might forget to mail
ft.-BoSton Transcript.
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Carolina drawl. some day to become
the Charles Battell LOOMS Of Goth
street" Charles Battell LOOMS being
a sort OF humorist, according to certain
cliquish classifications. That's the last
time I ever said anything in praise of
o. Henry's stories to his face.
/ say 1T in all positiveness, this won
derful writing man. the top-notch story
writer of his epoch, man to whom all
literary workers of whatever degree
fguratively removed their hats-I posi-
lively declare that o. Henry hadn't the
least respect or liberation for his en-
chanting stories. He thought nothing
whatever of them. He didn't affect any
such pose. He didn't run his stories
down for the purpose of being dis
puted He didn't argue the matter out
at ALL Simply, it was perfectly mani
fest from his general attitude and man.
ner toward the work that he did that
he considered it mere foolishness, and
he actually did regard it as a joke. q
sort of SELL upon the literary world.
that his stories were so highly rated.
/ happened to be with him once when
he was opening a batch of newly ar
rived mail. One of the letters-the en-
velope containing which he carelessly
slitted-contained a check for pat
$1,000. 1t was from the editor of a
famous weekly publication. The letter
said in essence: Enclosed herewith
please find check for $1,000. Will you
be good enough to write me a four-thou-
sand-word story-any sort Of story
you choose-for the same?".
Henry laughed in his quiet way. Then
he addressed an envelope. scrawled few
words to- the effect that his time for the
next six months was all used up. put the
check in the letter. and tossed 1t on a
pile Of outgoing mail. 1t amused him
intensely that anything he wrote should
have SO great valuation placed upon
1t. And his amusement was the real thing,
not an imitation.
Joseph Conrad is the greatest living
writer. and yet they're not clever enough
to keep him at it, o. Henry said to
me only half year ago. He named a
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in considerable force. In some places the
female voters were more numerous than
the males. In Bendigo. for example. the
figures were: Females, II. Ala; males, r.
337. Mas Vide Goldstein, the lady candle
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At table pushed up to the wall
would be seen, on such visits Of the lucky
ones, a blocky man in his shirt sleeves.
pushing a pencil slowly over yellow copy
paper. The first thing you'd notice would
be the fine shape of the shirt-sleeved
mans head-a head covered with closely
cut, decidedly blondish hair. Then you'd
notice the serene pair of oddly colored
eyes-dark grayish. shot through with
glints of brown. If you were making
your first fortunate call. you'd notice
full placidity, of the man, his utter lack
of business. With a mere glance OF his
eye he'd indicate to you where the cigar
cites or the cigars or the Scotch hap
pened to be; and then, tossing down his
pencil, he'd wheel about in his chair and
begin to twiddle his thumbs and regard
you with a kindly, half-quizzical smile.
in which there was no trace of criticism.
He would abandon his work without the
least air of unwillingness when the ex-
ceedngly few friends on his list thus
dropped in upon him.
I'm all through for the day-been
waiting for you to pop up through the
floor or down from the ceiling" he
would say. appeasingly. to the caller,
who really feared that he might be
breaking in seriously upon the writer's
work
He hated beyond all things to have
even his closest friends congratulate
him upon one of his recent-printed
stories. Once. filled with enthusia SIN
over one of his wonderfully colored
atmospheric stories Of the southwest I
was guilty of mentioning my appreci-
alton of the yarn to him as soon as
walked in. At that I tried offhandedly
to mitigate the praise.
That last thing of yours in No
body's.' 1 said to him. mentioning a
magazine, was a little bit of all
right"
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date for the commonwealth senate, poIled
close to $4,000. an improvement on her
previous attempt. but still a long way
behind the number requisite to place her
lRmong the elected.
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LOUIS stevenson. the Scotchman
The man who died was William
Sydney Porter. an American. Perhaps.
all told, not one hundred persons knew
him by that name. His pseudonym
was O. Henry. AS .. Henry he was
known to all literate persons speaking
and reading the English tongue. 1 say
this advisedly, for the English folk
knew and appreciated o. Henry's short
stories as we'll as they did the work
in that line of any of their own men.
happen to know, too. that a few
years ago Rudyard Kipling wrote to
New York friend:
Your man Henry easily forces me to
take his dust. His craftsmanship beats
mine the best day 1 ever fumbled quill
Assuming that everybody reading ding, TINS rs
write the magical, short stories Of O.
Henry, I purpose writing a few words
about the man. He was unquest1onably
the least known man personally among
famous writer's of the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries. His diff1dence. his
actual shyness. could not be exaR-
gerated. He summed literary sets. He
had not met half a dozen writer's Of
any distinction up to the day Of his
death HIS modesty was almost an
obsession. 1t was with the utmost diff
ficulty that anybody not extremely
well acquainted with him could induce
him to utter a word about his writings
I should take no pride Of it had l been
on the most cordial terms with the
late King of England. Yet l am ex-
tremely proud of having been, for
considerable stretch Of years. on close
terms of intimacy with o. Henry.
He had a tiny apartment of two rooms
and a bath, in the Caledonia. on West
26th street, New York, where he did his
writing. His home was elsewhere-a
lavish home.
A Gordon was thrown around his little
1at in the Caledonia, which only those
who had the password and the counter
sign could penetrate. The fiat was on
the second floor, but on the main floor
were three or four st. Kits negroes, all
idolaters of the squat, kindly faced writ
ing man upstairs, and these negroes mad
to know. and know positively. that o.
Henry would care to receive the eager
visitor before they would permit him to
pass the deadline. For such as had not
the password, they would go through the
bland motions OF telephoning up to o.
Henry's apartment; then they would turn
to the visitor lacking the countersign and
o. Henry wasn't in. No. they didn't
know where he was. when he would re-
turn. what his writing hours were, any
thing whatever about him. And when a
81. MUS negro desires 10 look Edpu anu
wholly uniformed, he achieves positive
mimetic genius at that sort of thing.
Otherwise. however, for those who, by
some whimsy chance, had gained terms
of friendship with the whimsical, retir-
ing writing man working away in the
second story front of the Caledonia. The
st. Kits boys knew the right ones to ad-
nit, and they were not required to DO
any announcing for such fortunate ones
1t was merely matter of stepping into
the elevator and going to the second
floor and walking down the dark, narrow
hall to the front door and opening the
door without even knocking.
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The matey took the bundle Of stories
and when the boy at the editors door
tried to flag him he pushed him aside and
walked right into the editors office. He
placed the package of stories on the
EDITORS desk
What's this?" the editor asked. glanc-
ting up.
"A bit av me wor-r-rk," calmly replied
Henry's pal.
The editor laughed and waved the man
to chair. Then he opened the bundle
Of manuscript and glanced at the begin
ming OF one Of the stories. This man was
and is a noted editor. and he saw at q
glance that he was holding a bit of a
short-story masterpiece In his hand. He
read on and on finishing the story with a
gasp when he came to the Cracker" with
which O.. Henry always finished Lis
magical yarns. Then he looked up.
my man." said the editor to the Ia
borer, ''you never wrote this stuff
The laborer grinned.
"'Tis tn truth We tell. OF didn't" he
replied, grinning. ''Afe buddy, waitin'
down below. he writ EN-"
Get your buddy up here at once,
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Patent Colt, Tan or Black Calf,
Turn or Goodyear Welt Soled,
Attractively Styled Ankle strap
Pumps. or Eyelet Ties-sizes
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EXPERTS MAY CLASH OVER
REVISION OF The RULES
Stagg and Camp Have Different
Opinions of Suggested Foot
ball Changes.
BOTH WILL EXPRESS VIEWS

A sharp fight over the forward pass
provisions in the football rules to be
adopted by the committee which meets
in philadelphia today and tomorrow
may crop out, according TO Director
Stage Of the University Of Chicago.
Stagg favors greater freedom for
the pass, while Walter Camp the Yale
expert. declares for restrictive meas
ures and these two authorities are
sure TO enliven the session in an
orfatorical way. The Maroon director
Yesterday outlined the arguments 10
be brought up by him, and the rules
he VIII offer in place Of the present
tentative clause. II is expected that
Camp also will have decided views
regarding the matter and support them
with good arguments.
According TO Stagg the forward pass
Is the only question which likely is
to take up much time, but added that
the two days set aside for the
thrashing out of this matter are not
too many for the purpose.
IN a general way the one side, with
Mr.. Camp as the leader, favors allow
ing forward passes only behind the
line of scrimmage and the opponents
want the forward pass permitted be-
yond the line Of scrimmage,' says
stage.
1T is claimed by Mr.. Camp that
the forward pass beyond the line of
scrimmage scatters the defense and
throws chance for injury upon the
tackles" continued Stagg. con the
other side. there are those who insist
that there is less danger. due largely
TO ruling out of body checking of the
player receiving the pass"
In speaking Of the six rules adopted
by the committee, Stagg said the
chances Of the offense will be lessened
by forbidding pushing and pulling.
compelling seven men on the line OF
scrimmage, and legalizlng onside
kicks only when they go twenty yards
The offense will be aided. he de-
clared, by cutting out flying tackles.
and allowing the quarterback to run
from position through any part Of the
opposing defense. He declared that
all the rules in addition to those at
present under consideration. will less
en- the injuries to players.
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SPORTING EDITORS NOTES.

Freddy Parent looks to be good for
the season in center field for the White
Sox.
Jake weimer begins to look better
every day. A good year is predicted
for the former Cincinnati and Cub
pitcher.
Even If Brooklyn should fail to land
the pennant, it viii at least have
record of couple of triple plays for
the training season.
A movement is under way to boost
the salary limit of the o. and p.
, teams to $500. At the present time
the limit is fixed at $1,000.
Senior Arelanes, Boston Red Sox
pitcher, has n new ball he has named
the Salome. The senior says he calls
it by that name because 1t has moth
ing on 1t.
"Zeider will prove a valuable man
to bat second for the Sox. He is an
who gets on bases ahead Of him."
says Chicago writer.
There are three Colinses in the
American league this year. Two of
them are second basemen-Eddie of
the Athletics and John of the White
Sox. Ray Collins of the Red Sox is a
pitcher.
Connie Mack will only carry % play
ers. The Philadelphia manager doesn't
believe in having a lot of youngsters
hanging around who can't get into the
game Better to farm them and de-
velop Them" he says.
Pittsburg is counting on Southpaw
Leifield to pitch at least 40 games this
season. The four pitchers the Pirates
will depend upon will be Howard
Camnitz. Adams, Maddox and Leifield
Manager Clarke has two other good
left handlers in Cleon Webb and Eu-
geno Moore.
The first thing Chick Brandon, late
OF Pittsburg, did after being notified
\ OF his sale to Kansas City. was &c
[ light and smoke a Cigarette prac-
/ tice Fred Clarke does not permit. 20
r am not going to drown my disappoint-
ment In drink" he said, but I've go
TO dissipate in some way"
Hobe Ferris is ticlxled to death will
Minneapolis. That left field fence Il
so close in that Hobe in batting fife
to outfielders can pestle IL over thu
: barrier about eight times out of ten
y This Is Hobe's specialty-losing BALL
: by batting them over the fence II
d practice II he ever gets n sight o
that pill-box park at st. Paul he will
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American League.
Detroit Z; ST. Louis 1.

Detroit 7; st. Louis I.
st. Louis, NO., April 29.-Bailey was
hit hard and MS support was indiffer-
ent. Mullin was in rare form.
R.H.E
st. Louis 80. ..O0O0O1OOO-1 4 3
Detroit go. 30O30O1OO-7 10 1
Bailey, Stremmel and
stephens; Mullin and Stanage.
New York 7; Philadelphia 3.
New York n. Y, April 29.-The
game was featured by Ford's pitching
and VOTERS hitting.
RH T..
New York .....2O23OOOOx-7 Q .
Philadelphia ...1O11OOOOO-3 8 4
Batteries-Ford and Sweeney;
.Coombs, Dygert Thomas and Lapp.
Washington 2; Boston I.
Washington, ID. c., April 29.-John-
son was unusually effective with men
on bases.
r. IT. r.
Wash. ..mOOO1OOOOOOO1-21 ~ 1
Roston OOOOOO1OOOOO 16 9
Batteries-Johnson and Street; Col
Inns and Carrigan.
Cleveland Chicago; no game; cold
weather.
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rs

, pounds. Switzerland has been devel-
oped by Jack Rowett. the Cornish style
champion. and weighs 2l5 pounds,
Their instructors have been anxious TO
bring them together for some time and
as each seems 10 have a future before
him. they wiz work hard to win.
on April 4. ole Olsen Of Calumet met
Switzerland in a catch-as- CATCH can
match. losing the first fall TO him in
Is minutes and the second in 50 min
utes. There was considerable differ
ence in the weight OF the men, how
ever. as Olsen went on the mat weigh
ing los pounds. AS a result Of this
contest. Olsen believes Salotti is due
10 win.
Good Preliminaries Arranged.
Two good preliminaries have been
arranged, both being Cornish style
matches. The semi wind-up will be a
Cornish style contest between Joe
Ziehr OF Calumet and ole Olsen. As
these men are very evenly matched, this
bout should prove almost as interest
ing as the final
Beeman- Collins Contest.
Calumet people are taking much in
teresC in the match 10 be conducted
between Joe Collins and Pearl t. Bee
man AT the Amphidrome this even
ing. and it is thought that a large
number OF the local fans will attend.
The well known rivalry between Bee
man and Collins should make the con-
test one Of the best that has ever been
held in the copper country.
Kruger kangas Preliminary.
Arrangements have been made for
a contest to take place between Louis
Kruger. the welterweight wrestler and
Matt Kangas OF Negaunee as a pre-
liminary TO the main contest this
evening. Both men are in good con-
dition and although there is big diff
ference in their respective weights, II
is thought that the Negaunee man will
have considerable difficulty in downing
Kruger. The match is a handicap af-
fair, Kangas agreeing TO throw Kruger
twice in 40 minutes.
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College Baseball.

Beloit College 2; University OF
Iowa 8.
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PITCHER SLAGLE SOLD.

Indianapolis, Ind, April 29.-The
sale of Walter Slagle followed the deal
for Pitcher Cheney. Manager Grit
fifth of the Cincinnati club has had his
eye on Slagle for some time, and the
chances are that Slagle would have
been playing ball for Griffith ere this
If Griffith had continued as manager
of the New York American league
team.
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defeated Boston by heavy hitting in
poorly played game yesterday.
r. II. f.
Boston .....2OOOOO1OO-S 8
Brooklyn .....2OOO1OSO 40 II 8
Batteries-Richie Evans and Gra-
ham; Rucker and Bergen.
New York 5; Philadelphia 2.
Philadelphia, Pa. April 29-The Wis
itors won out in the thirteenth inning,
landing on Moore's delivery for three
singles and a double by Doyle.
R.H. f.
Phnadel .OOOOOOO2OOOOO-2 I 3
n. York .O1OOO1OOOOOOS-5 II 8
Batteries-Moore and Doom; Ray
mond and Schlei.
Pittsburg 5; Cincinnati 2.
Pittsburg, Pa, April 29-sA home run
by Flynn in the eighth. with two men
on bases won for the locals.
r. II. T..
Pittsburg .2OOOOOOSO-5 6 3
Cincinnati .. .OO0101O0O-2 s .
Batteries-Adams and Gibson; Bee
be and Mclean.