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St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-19
EXCLUSIVE
0PTlCIAN
FIRST class work a
a-asonable prices
Pres ehamination
and perfectly httad
slazses A. igs a.
$2.oo
=. fakina aa.fha.l.
The Flrst Year

The Flrst Year
Remember. my boy. that the first
year OF married life Is always the
hardest"
-That sof''
-Yes. Il viii take you all that time
10 give dinner parties 10 the relatives
and friends who believe they ought
10 be invited TO test your wife's cook
ing
Generous Mendaeity.
your Thermometer ID wholly ineor>
rect. Il registers ten degrees less than
the actual temperature"
That's why like H. I dread thsss
fearfully candid friends"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-19
The Pity OF n.

The Pity of n.
-'Tis one OF the sAddsst things OF
married life"
What isf"
-rhe fact that the wife can't think
OF anything new for dinner. and the
husband. while dissatisfied, can't sug.
gsst anything"
Unrest.
-1s NJ. Biiggins at home on horse
bAekr'
Il should think so." replied Miss
Cayenne. "He seems equally uneom.
Portable IN either place"
A Painful Fact
II takes q lot OF waiting 10 bob up
precisely az the moment a certain girl
comes along.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-08-19
RAIL CHIEF HAS A SCHOOL

H. f, Byram viee-president OF the Burlington
system. has been teaching school IN St. Louis
Naturally IL is railroad school and notable from
the fact that the occasion was the first upon
which the man who recently shouldered the re.
sponsibilities OF operation OF the Burlington sys,
TEN had been In ST. Louis.
From the time Mr.. Byram left the Chicago
headquarters he became peripatetic pedagogue-
travelling teacher as II were-for he is going
all over the Burlington System meeting members
OF tho operating and trafne stan at division and
district headquarters and holding little education.
al meetings.
He had school composed of local celebrities
In ST. Louis. One w. A. Taloe, assistant gen
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
"Thurston Of Orchard Valley"
By Harold BindlOss.

Canada has Jared better In the hands
OF the writer's than most of America
In SIR Gilbert Parker the Dominion
ciaims an author who writes history into
his uctIon with the skill OF a master.
Quebec has long been a figure Of note
in the literary world and the French
Canadians have been faithfully used by
poets and story teilers for more than
century. The great Western empire,
however, has been left largely to de-
veIop its own literature, as IL was left
to develoy its own civilization, up 10 a
few wears ago But the big territory 10
tho ives. which teemed with the rO-
nance of the national builder is coming
into stS own through the stories OF Har-
old BindlOss. British Columbia has
meant little more than a name 10 the
average reader of fiction in times past
II has been regarded as a dreary waste
of forest and prairie and few minds
have pictured modern romance stalking
thu path OF progress. Mr. Bindloss has
selected this section as the setting for
several stories of more or less merit,
however, the latest or these being
''Thurston of Orchard valley In this
hook the author -emIndS the reader
strongly Of Hardy and Black. He starts
his story i'm tine Old country and takes
for his hero young esquire OF long
lineage and many hereditary weak
nesSeS which he strives 20 overcome nN
skipping 70 newer lands and scenes, The
story Is a strong tale % love and ambi
| ton. II describes vividlE The perlis and
hardshipS Of tho men who are building,
| bringing prosperity to the great North
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
"The Seventh Noon,"
By Frederick 0Zin Bartlett.

Those literary failures who seek To
drown the 6iscOrd they make IT. not at
timing themselves with the requirements
OF their art BY their whining complaint
over the lack of new motives, new plots,
are advised TO read THE Seventh
Moon" Mr.. Bartlett has achieved what
the ne e'e~-io-welis claim TO be impos-
sible- Ia this day and age he has
evolved an original plct tliat lacks
neither pisusibillty in the planning OF
logic IN its progress toward accomplish
mcnt To those who like q real story
well told. there has not been hook 20,
many months that viii answer the pur-
poSP The iaGed reader VIII find The
red blood dancing in his veins and the
midnight oil viii be burned in tracing
the thread Of the theme 20 it's end
In the character Of his hero Mr.. Bart
lett paints a Todcrn young man who
has many prototypes in tho WORLD oi
things as they arc Be has not Cone
outside or the average IN make up his
central figure. The setting Of the story
is IN the heart Of busy modern tlmsE
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
TENANTS To- ENTER
LAWN COMPETITION
Will Seek Prize Offered by
the Mt. Pleasant Citizens
Association.

Tenants Of the Kenyon, Mount Pleas
ants newest apartment house, will en-
tei the comretition next summer for the
most beautiful lawn IN that section OF
the city
This is a feature OF the neighbOrhood
life OF Mount Pls lsa2ant and is entere
into with zcst by tkose who take great
pride in their lawns. Heretofore the
competition has been confined to house
holders.
The Kenyon. which uas Just been COM
pleted. has ample lawn space In front
and will affDr'l excellent opportunity for
decorative flower Jeds. The owner OF
the apartment John F. Lynch, who
was also ,he builder takes a keen in
teTest in lawn competition. and VIII
encourage his tenants 10 win the prize
offered bv the Mount Pleasant Citizens
Association 7 he Kenyon is a colonial
building and was des gned ~ Speiden <
Speiden. architects
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
H. A. KAUF NAN BUYS
HOUSE mo STREET
Andrew G. Shannon Sells
Colonial Dwelling for
S8, 500.

Robert NJ and Lillian y. Hunt have
sold through Willige, Gibbs & Daniel the
thTee-story brick dwelling AT 1915 Q
street
The purchaser Henry a kaufman,
viii hold a as an investment He paid
s. 80 Tor the property.
The house contains twelve rooms and
bath, and occupies a lot with a front
axe Of p sect and a depth OF 10 feet 70
a thirJy foot alley
The same firm has sold for Andrew
G.. shannon the colonial dwelling at
lS5l street northwest. Immediately
east Of the Chinese legation i is con-
structed OF bUn Roman brick with IN
diana limestone trimmings. and contains
ten spacious rooms. two baths. and Is
heated by hot-water system.
The house Is one OF three constructed
by the CAPITAL Building Corporation,
and is understood 20 have brought SS.54)
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
STORES ENCROACH1
UPON RESIDENCES
E. c. Brainerd Making I'M
proVementS in Connec-
ticut Avenue.

Another handsome residence on Con
necticut avenue viii soon make way for
the encroachment Of business when T.
G Brainerd, real estate broker. com
pletes tl-a Improvements he proposes n
make al No. I215.
Mr. Brainerd purchased the property
from Mrs. Alexander Graham Bel
through Ffceh. Brown & Fox. at price
said 20 have been $500. He will re-
model the house into p modern store
and Offices. The building on the south
side Of the former Bel property Is now
being remodeIed into a store and Offices
improvements also viii be made 70
I22S Connecticut avenue. which has Just
been sold by the King estate 70 General
Buchanan The price is understood 20
have been $4,000 This property has A
frontage Of fifty feet
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
BANKS WORK ROOMS
BEIaG ENLARGED

Elaborate improvements to the Home
Savings Bank. At Seventh and Ma ssa-
chusetts avenue northwest. are con
templated in plans being prepared by
Appleton p. CLARK. jr.. architect The
entire interior OF the bank VIII be al
tered TO provide adequate facilities for
handling the Institutions rapidly In
creasiIg business
I'd 20 this time the bank officers have
used only one side ~ the banking room
for telIers and clerks. but by the i'm
proved arrangement both sides Of the
lobby viii be utilized and viii provide
for two windows IN each cage. There
win be accommodations for a double
force OF paying. receiving. note. ana
ladies' tellers.
After seven years Of successful bank
ing this instHgtiOn has found II neces-
sary 20 make these improvements 10
keep abreast OF It's increasing busi. As.
IL this time the deposits have f1creaseI
from $4,000 10 s.. $1,000
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
SUBURBAN HOMES
TO SOON BE BUILT
Frederick J. Heider Will Erect
$4,000 Residence on Property
at Wisconsin Avenue Park.

Clinton NJ. Moore has bought four
lots through the II. +. Mandler Com
psny, at Wisconsin Avenue Park,
where he will erect four colonial de-
tached dwellings with side yards.
They will be ideal suburban resi-
dences and viii be put on the mar
kef in the spring
Homes also are being built at Wis
consin Avenue Park bv Arthur Carr,
Milton =. Riley. William Huhns,
Rankin 9. Rice. James Madore. and
Frederick J. Heider Mr. Heider'
home will cost 10000 when com
pieted They are all ideally situated
and src adjacent 10 Friendship and
TIE Cathedral School
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
MUMMY DETECTIVES AND POISON FEATURED
IN BEST OF LATEST BOOKS FROM PUBLISHERS
MeA Who Base Their Fiction History Give Readers Interesting TaeS
Ouannl Are Told by William Elsey Conneley

Though more than four centuries have
passed since America was discovered 20
civilization. the countries that claim II
as fatherland have been too busy with
their present 20 take time to delve into
the past
Among the wild peoples Of the two
continents there are hundreds OF tales
that are told about camp fires or in
council. for the compilation Of which
there has been sporadic effort put forth
from time TO time. But Of recorded folk
lore, in the meaning OF the term ss
found in Europe or Asia. the countries
that settle the two big western CONT
nents are sadly lacking. This deficiency
has been more or less the basis OF com
ae-t from foreign students OF history,
and has led 10 the general conclusion
hat America possessed nothing Of the
kind.
There are stories OF wonderful things
that happened in the long ago. how
ever. that have been told by the old
wives of the various peoples TO the
south OF The borders Of the United
States, from the rio GraHde To Cape
dC-n. Bat few Of them have been writ
ton. These conditions nave attracted 10
e. tuau Thomas A Janvier, who has
given much time and study TO folklore
the world over. and whose keen scent
for the unusual led him some years ago
10 Mexico. whe~e he made careful in
vestiSat!ou Of the stories aticst- SO at
trscted vas ne by 1heir simplicity and
clarity that he mas recorded IN vol
ume he calls legends OF the city of
Mexico" nineteen separate tales hat he
rrSG rds a Is particularly national IN char
ncIer and highly valuable not alone 10
historians but TO the story writers Of
the future
Many Of them have been used from
time to time as the basis for more am
bilious works, bat IN most such efforts
they are more OF less -arbled. They
deal with all phases OF human emotion.
Some Of them are ETUesOme. with plCts
and counter-plOtS complicated enough 10
suit the most cOid-D!Ooded realist, while
others have that light, airy simplicity
that appeals most strongly TO the sem
tinenJalis; While Mr. Janvier dis
claims all attempt AZ revision or author
ship vet there are here and there
touches in all Of the stories he has re-
corded taat show the master hand or
the distinguished scholar and author.
The book is not only worth reading
from the standpoint Of its historical
value. but ls hkew'ge a volume that
VIII while away an idle hour in most
proGta bic and pleasing manner.
{"Iegends Of the city Of Mexico BY
Thomas 4. Janvier. illustrated by Wal
ter Appleton Clark Harper & Bros,
publishers, New York. Sl-3o metz
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
AVENUE PROPERTY
TO Be RENODELED
Circle Amusement Company
Will Spend $4,000 to
Start Theater.

Plans are being prepared 20 remodel
rhe thrce-story brick building AT 2l6
Pennsylvania avenue into scent thea
ter for the Circle Amusement Company
Tne property has just been sold
through Willige, Gibbs & Daniel FOR
Morris Hahn and Dr.. william P. Hsrbst,
the price being approximately $1,000
The new owners will expend as much
more In their proposed improvements
This property has a frontage Of more
than twenty-seven feet by depth Of
l15 feet. II Is expected Lnat the i'm
provemsnts viii De completed abou;
March Is.
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
LANDMARK To GO,
STORE IS PLANNED

Hornblower & Marshall. architects, OF
New York and Washinton. are prepar-
inE plans By which the old residence
at the southwest corner Of Connecticut
avenue and jefferson place viii be
changed INTO a business building.
The first floor VIII be turned into a
spacious store with a plate glass front
The entrance to the rooms on the W
per hCOrs viii b. from the jefferson
place side The building Will be finish
ed in stUcCO-
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
MOUNT PLEASANT
HAS NEW HOUSES
Residences IN Several Sections
Completed by Francis R.
BlundOn.

+ Building operations IN Mt Pleasant
viii furnish a notable feature OF the
spring realty activities Ground has
been broken, and work win so forward
shortly on six colonial dwellings on
Euclid street. between Eleventh and
Thirteenth streets. for Francis a Blum
cor. real estate broker. They viii be
three stories. with zen rooms. and two
baths. and wiz b, erected 10 sell for
SI.250
Mr.. BlundOn has Just completed a
row OF seven houses. al Eleventh ard
Girard streets northwest They contain
six rooms and bath. have front porches
and are finished in hard wood.
The six dwellings erected by him on
Monroe street between Eleventh ard
Thirteenth streets are also ready for
the market They are OF colonial de-
sign. and contain nine rooms and two
baths.
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
Mr.. PtahmeS
A Lively Mummy.

ar. Ptahmes. once priest Of Amen.
Of the eighteenth dynasty. and now a
thoroughly dried out and overworked
mummy. is used by Ambrose Pratt in
giving you an evenings ertertar rnment
beside the library lamp. and GUIDED BY
Alr Pratt, Air Ptshm7s males one
hesitate and peer back into tie gloom
20 seek the reason for that creepy feel
ing
Tire Living Mummy" is the title OF
Mr.. Pratt's book and he has given US
an entertaining story. At timrs il may
border q trife too far on the melodra-
matte. but IL is so interesting as a
whole as to warrant this criticism.
The Living Mummy Is the story OF
q young Esyptologist who encounters
an old Psychologist about the time the
old mar IS about 10 discover Mr.
Ptahnes. The old man shortly after
discovers the mummy, and then things
happen win a rapidty that startles.
For a thoroughly dried-out mummy
that wears portions Of itself into dust
every time = moves. Mr.. Ptahmes IS "A
ver= strenuous priest Of Amen. He
would prove the q eight OF any 'SpOOk"
rsanipulatOr. and were the mediums
ever 10 learn the secrets gathered by
the old ESyptOlOgiSt and his doctor
Z friend. the villain. there would be many
stories for the Sunday papers
II would spoil the story 10 tel! the
pot. II is enough 20 say The Living
Mummy is worth seeking out and
reading
C'The Living Mummy" BY Ambrose
Pratt. Frederick A Stokes & Co., New
York;
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
THREE HOUSES SOLD
N THE NORTHWEST

Edward A Norris has just purchased
as home the two-story brick dwelling
AZ 004 keefsr place northwest fOT $500
The transaction was made through
shannon & Luchs. who have also sold
lH2 Meridian street northwest 10 Mrs.
Daisy Madison for $50. and the three
story dwelling al 1886 Park road 10
Henry NJ McDsde Tor S7.l50. Mr. Nc
Dade viii make the Park road house his
home.
The house Is one of row OF eight.
containing nine rooms and bath with
hot water Eeat. which have just been
completed by MiddauEh < Shannon, Inc.
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
EDWARD NEWCOMB
is BUILDING HOME
Postmaster of Congress Heights
Arranging Office Quarters on
the First Floor.

Postmaster Edward J. Newcomb. Of
Congress Heights, is having A modern
home built for his own use fronting
on Nichols avenue. incidentally it
viii supply a much-needed postal
quarters of a more COmmOdiOus type
rhan exist at the present time.
Mr.. Newcomb's home, which Is ap
preaching completion. contains eight
rooms, slate roof, hot-water heat,
electric lights. and modern plumb
ing and he has arranged 20 have the
pustoffice quarters occupy a large
part Of the dwelling on the first floor.
The cost Of the building will be 81 ,20O
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
"Quantrill and the Border Wars"
By William Elsey Connelley.

II is an unfortunate ching for inter
national peace that the horrors Of war
bring nothing to the mind OF the av-
erage citizen beyond the battlefield sh0ru
OF the FIRE o. 81 .ife. lying shameless with
its dead and maimed or the empty
hearts OF tie striken wife and child
Awesome as these things are none Of
them. IL is safe 20 assume. was ia the
mind of General Sherman when Re DO
nounecd his famous trUiSm. To a man
so learned i'm the science or conflict the
mere incidents OF a night. though it's
losses be immense. would weigh little in
comparison with the evils that follow
the trail Of wsr-the crimes committed
in the name OF a cause sacred enough
in the minds o. strong men 10 bid them
10 battle ana 70 die. The worst o. the
Destilence that follows an armv'S route
through an enemy's country is the IL
cense taken by criminals in the unset
lied state Of affairs 10 practice unmen-
tionable outrases.
80 country in the world has suffered
so terrible from the ravages o. such
marauders as our own, and az no time
was this despica5le type so prevalent
rs during the period Of the war he
tween the States when the sO-Cailed
, border ruffians practiced their arts with
terrible lmpartiaiity North and South in
the name OF one side or the other. as
, 20 suited the eNISancies 0f the occasion.
among the great mass OF the people OF
this part of the rebsllion's hIstory-the
lesser crimes being lost In the cOntem-
plation of the great battles. FUN un-
I derstandinG Of these conditions. without
lessening patriotism. would be sure 70
promote caution in Warlike talk.
Y i probs bic. therefore that William
E.sev Connolly has contributed much 10
the cause of universal peace by the pub
ilcatiOn OF a history Of the dOlngS OF
Quantril. with description Of the bOr-
der wars. The author does not attempt
10 gloss over any or the evils OF the
situation. He paints his p,cClre as
. truly. as eXhausCiVely. as IS possible
Perhaps the only criticism that can be
offered is IN it's exhaUStiveness-its vol
ume But this book would fail its evi-
dent purpose were II curtailed. IL is in
strUctive reading which tells not only
of the crimes OF border warfare, but
the methods. the motives, and the life of
the criminals
C'OuantriT and the Border Wars. BY
William ElSey COnnelley The Torch
4 Press; $500
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
80 Day Treatment FREE

You Wan5 - . curcd and cured Quich-n.
poisoned with mercur- and potash for ysar
A c0-DAE Treatment Is yours for the ask --
You viii u-+u your eyes ar what I- HI.
FOR you u a month. We treat y-Iu free rrr
month. Just write 90 Us and Ee- tho o.
meuL free. Then f YOU are satisfied d.
the most remarkable treatment you
took sou car coEIlnue u you wish Ne".
in your lIfe VIII YOU ever again have s.
an opportunity for a complete cure. a. s
-f.a, Vor1 by- -HFs
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
WOMAN IN WILD FLIGHT.

BOSTON, Feb. I9.-Being held for de-
p0rUation gnder the new white slave
law. Narwdra karIOszcZak a vOuu &
Austrian woman. escaped from the iD'-
migration detention room here. and al
ter wild 1ichJ jumped into tie hay
Dor. a policeman rescued her and re-
Turned her TO her quarters unconscious.
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
Blood Poison

but drives q OUT T. positively contains IA
by -ne Obusc Treatment YOU never gun rH.
terrible risk Of havIlL your bones softer
your n~rgeS collapse. our teeth -aL u-.
your kidneys degenerate OF your H-ss
weaken The ObbsC Treatment Is r1a-rs-
producing remarkable changes in Only
DAYS This IS why We Offer 10 any 1.D~
poison victim living no matr-r how bad
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
Some Plain Truths About

teal side. The climate OF the region
around Kijs5e, almost or the equator, IS
described with enthusiasm. At night
We Eeeded blazing camp fires and the
days were as cool as September on Long
Island
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
BUYS BRICK BUILDINGS

NJ Goldenberg has purchased through
l. Richod two three-sJory brick build
ings az 1l25 and 1927 Seventh street
northwest II is Mr.. GoIdenberg's in
tention TO hold the property as an in
vestment
The Washington times., 1910-02-19

and the hero Is the product OF the twen-
teth CENTURY wsv OF doirg things and
looking Al things Without being a.
AT preachy the book brings home some
Wholesome truths IN & way that would
not offend Tho fancy or the most sensi-
tive.
C'The Seventh Moon" BY Frederick
Orin Fa-tiett with Illustrations BY cd-
muDd Frederick. Smali. Maynard and
Company. Boston. publishers)
The Washington times., 1910-02-19

Houghton. Mihlin Company have Just
issued a bulletin describing abo,,t 10
Of their books OF history and travel.
arranged in CLASSIFIED gro -ps and at
tractively Illustrated Il will be sent
free 20 any address on request.
In Praise OF Gardens which the
Baker & TAYLOR Company are publis n
Ing, appeals 20 the lover OF gardens srd
also 10 the lover Of suu-dials fauOus
sun-diai mo,toss having been used for
the headings throughout the book
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
NATIONAL UNION
MEETINGS TONIGHT

The following councils or the National
Union will meet tonight, Joseph Henry
Council, and Municipal Council, Al
Schmidts Hall
The Washington times., 1910-02-19

west. The chic: character is well drawn
and the heroine is a strong minded
young woman OF an unconventional
tyre.
C'Thurston Of Orchard valley By
Harold BiUdloSs Frederick A Stokes,
New York, publisher. sl30 metz
The Washington times., 1910-02-19

Howard Chandler ChTisty, has made
the Illustrations for Harper & Bros.
New York Society on Parade" the
loo. OF observations by Raj ph Pulitzer
on those members Of society who are
entitled to begin the word in upper
..ase Il is noteworthy that neither au-
thor nor artist was in New York to
witness society'S expression when tails
book was published. Mr.. Christy is in
Ohio. where the Christy family has its
home. Mr.. Pulitzer is abroad.
The Washington times., 1910-02-19

The Hon John BigeIow. whose
''RctrOspeCtions" have been lately pub
iiShed by the Baker * Taylor Company,
is. in spite Of his advanced age DE
ing now IN HIS ninety-tliTd year, Al
work upon tie remainder Of his auto
biographical material which viii prob
ABLY made at least one -nors volume.
pr Lorenzo Sears scholarly bioGra-
ply Of the great orator and agitatCr
Wendell Phillips, published by Double
day. Page & Co. is spiced with a num-
her OF interesting anecdotes Here is
one Of them.
a minister from Ohio, returning from
q convention in a car full Of clerical
brethren. felt called upon to stand up
and ask him in The stiffness OF a stop
ping place:
Are YOU Mr.. Phillips
i am, sir
Are YOU trying 20 free the niggers .
" Yes. SIT. Z am an abOlItOniSI.
Well. why do you preach your doe
trines up here Why don't you 20 over
into Kentucky
'' Excuse me. are you preacher
, am sir
Are you trying to save souls from
help
Yes. sir thar Is nv business
81 Well, why don't you 80 there2
The assaiIant hurried iDcu the smoker
amid roar Of unSanctided laughter
The Washington times., 1910-02-19
Dr.. Mitchell's
Eightieth Anniversary.

The eightieth birthday anniversary Of
Dr 3 Weir Mitchell. fell on February
u. and the date was celebrated by pub
liCation o. Dr. Mitchell new book OF
verse entitled The Comfort of the
Hilis." by the Century Company The
collection includes besides the poem Of
this name the ode on a Lycian Tomb. %
An ode 10 Battles The song o. the
Captured Confederate BattlefiaEs
The Birthday Of Washington" In
Memory Of William Henry Drummond. -
and a score Of other poems, long and
short
The Washington times., 1910-02-19

IN Col Theodore RoOScvelt's sixth ar
tfcIe. in the March SCribner. he de
Scrihes his visits &c the American indus
trial and French Catholic missions. both
Of which interested him on their Drac-