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The Washington times., 1911-03-11
He Was GUILTY..

Mrs. Harry Lehr, at a luncheon in
Nefport, ridiculed the assertion of a
French novelist that men object to Gig
arette-smok1ng women because their
and keen.
If mans sense of smell were really
SO extraordinary" said Mrs. Lehr, "hp
couldn't stand his rooms and clothes
and mustache all saturated with stale
tobacco and whisky fumes.
Mans keen sense of smeIlr And vet
now well the average man is hit off by
the story Of the tramp arrested for
vagrancy.
"As this man stood up IN the dock,
the magistrate said to him:
well, my man, what Is the charge
against you?
'Fragancy, your honor the tramp
replied. .'-Philadelphia Record.
The Washington times., 1911-03-11
Grandpa Aged 20 weds
Grandmother Aged 81

KANSAS CITY. March 11.-Alfred
Howe, of Harper, Kan, aged seventy,
and Mrs. Sarah A. Atwood, fifty four
of Pratt county. Kan. were married
here.
Mrs. Atwood-now Mrs. Howe-is
the mother of ten children and Mr..
Howe is the shepherd of a flock of
nine. All are married, and many little
tongues call Mrs. Atwood grandmother
and Mr.. Howe Is called grandfather
in nine different homes.
The parents of Mr.. and Mrs. Howe
were neighbors back in Streator Ill.
When Mr.. Howe was counting an older
sister of Mrs. Howe, half a century
ago, he used to take the present Mrs.
Howe on his knee and tell her what a
pretty little girl she was.
The Washington times., 1911-03-11
Dead Sea Island Has
Entirely Disappeared

The Dead sea is encroach,np unor
me land about it so rapidly in this
decade that whole forests of trees
which formerly grew at some distance
merged
Maps of the sea made twenty wears
ago show an island near the northern
extremity of the lake which was not
round during a recent survey. and it
is supposed that this has been lost III
the rising waters. The Turkish gov
shores to syndicate for about
$35O,OO0, and If the sea for some un-
known reason continues to rise these
holdings viii be almost unattainable.
From the Chicago Tribune.
The Washington times., 1911-03-11
Motif of the Pig Tail.

There is said to have been a reason
entirely Chinese, TO be sure-why the
Chinese stuck to their pigtails. They be-
lieved that in passing from this world
10 the next they would have to walk on
the edge Of a sword, and that If the
walker had so lived as to earn a home
In the Chinese heaven some Great Power
would reach down, grasp his pigtail and
guide him safely over. If he had no
pigtan he would have to go it alone,
and so was in danger of falling off into
dannatiOn, or whatever state existed be-
low. Having recovered from the super
stition that made the pigtail necessary,
the Chinese are abolishing 1t as a use
less pendage.-Baltimore Sun.
The Washington times., 1911-03-11
Near-Urban.

North Columbia Heights-Charles Some
ct uN. to Joseph B. Lanahan and
Francis D. kliukiewicz, lots q and
3, block 3, SO.
IndoleHce--William f. Cartwright "a
Harry Wardman and Thomas Bones.
lot =, s4uare go, so.
Columbia HeightS-John L. Warren ct
4G, square 1868, SIC.
West oomingdale-William c. Allard
Ct al; to James H. Kerrick. lot ). block
MattingIy Traet-Lucy McRae sadler
lot i. square 2S35, SO. Oscar H. Nci,
son conveys same property to Carl 7.
and Lucy McRae Sadler, SO.
Insleside-Harry Wardman ct al to
John II. NJ. Chaney. lots SO, IS, 56, 81,
IS, 81 to a. block 3, $40
Holmead Manor-A. Kenton NuhIeman
to c. Q. and Will II. Towles. lot Ia,
Columbia Heigbts-Charles E. Howe.
trustee, to Thomas R. Wiley. lot %,
North. Columbia Heights-wiliam H.
Hitchcock to Augustus W. Stuhrman,
lot Z, square 2906, SO
Mt Pleasant-Charles w. Rider to CIar
ence b. Hight. lot 627, so.
North Columbia Heights-Adam A. Will
helm ct uX. to Augustus w. Stuhrman,
lot 3. square 29O6. SO Joseph n. Horn
baker ct ux. to same. lot 6, square
2g06, SO
place-Faul s. A. johnson ct
al. to Emma L. c. Johnson, lot Il,
block 4. $l0.
w. Martin ct ux. to
Charles L. Tankersley, lot A, block 1,
SO.
overwhelmingly & Davis Company
to James ]. Becker, lot 81, block II. SO
Mount Pleasant and Pleasant Plains
William L. Browning et ux. to Libble
Foer, lot 80, block 4. SO.
Mount Pleasant ard Pleasant Plains
William L. Browning ct ux. to Libbie
Foer, lot %. block 10. 80
Meridian Hill-John II. Holmead ct uN. |
TO Luther A. Swartzell, lot 26, block Il, |
500
West Rloomingdale-Joh NJ. Henderson |
to Clara A. Anderson, lot 40. block 1, |
SO.
ParK-Edward B. Olney ct ux. |
to Nina Woodward, part lot 81, square |
22O4. S10
T. Spence ct ux. to
Joseph A. Roth, lot rs, square 5, $40.
Joseph A. Roth conveys same property
to William T. and Vena NJ. Spence, sic |
estate-Harry Wardman ct al.
TO Samuel G. Kirby. lot 70, square
south Of 2S27. SO.
Iong Meadows-R. Golden Donaldson,
adminis:rator- to Thomas Mcmahon,
part, $50.
Columbia Heights-Adele A. TAFT to lii
ian ]. Newman, lot 80, block "a, $40.
e Droit Park-Jennie E. Tucker ct yir.
William H. to Josephine E. and Anns
L. Wormley, lot 80, block s, SO.
Clifbourne-The Newlands Company to
Carl Fl. Smith, part of lot 2, block 3.
So N o.
Heights-Clarence F. Nor
.ment ct ux. to Allan McLane Albert
lots a and 20. block 4, $40. Allan Nc
Lane Albert conveys same property to
Ernest NJ. Pease, $40.
iolmead estate-Ernest NJ. Pease ct ux.
to Allan McLane Albert, lots A to AZ,
$40. ~ ~
)obolns Addttion-Helen B. Pumphrey
ct al. to Eckert J. Sacks, lot 20, SQUARE
5, $500.
The Washington times., 1911-03-11

to the blackstone. Her distress appeal
ed so strongly to the management that
HnllSt"in was mentioned as the former
occupant Of the room. Holstein receiv-
/ ed letter from the management asking
him II lie had left shirt in his room,
Tic replied that he had. He received a
letter from the woman in the earliest
nail entreatinS him to communicate
with the New Orleans merchant and ac-
knowledge ownership of the shirt. Holl-
stein thought there was something queer
in that request and did not answer A
second letter arrived, in which she said
her future was at stake unless she could
prove she had had nothing to do with
the shirt.
Detectives Put on Case.
HOll3tcin showed the letters to his wife
and told the story 10 several friends,
VINO knew him as ar ultra-conservative
man and devoted to his family. At the
end of a week third letter came The
woman wrote that she would come to
New York and insist ON HoIlstein giving
proof of his whereahout on the days
designated by the. New Orleans mer-
chant in his charges. Several men call.
ed at HOllstein's office and made in
quiries which suggested that the woman
had placed the case ir the hands of
detectives
IRON regarding the incident as joke
Hollstsin became annoyed. If not alarm
ed. He gave the correspondence to his
lawyer and got a corrobOratcd record of
his wherea bouts on the days mentioned
by the merchant. The lawyer wrote to
beth the merchant and the woman who
described herself as his wife, saving
that unless they ceased all communica-
tion with Hollstein the affair would be
taken into court.
The lawyer said HollStein acknowledge
ed ownership of the shirt, denied ever
having seen tho woman. and was willing
to extend any assistance in his power |
TO clear her from suspicion if regotia- |
tons were carried on exclusively by his |
Hollstein said last night that nothing
new had developed within the last week |
He believes the merchant is convinced |
by this time that even If the shirt could |
speak it would carry ne tales.
The Washington times., 1911-03-11
Southeast.
1910 South Carolir

1910 South Carolina avenue southeast
Mark Blum ct ux. to Frederick G..
Cmhau, lot %, square go. and lot %,
Peter Mill Seat. so. Frederick C.
Imha conveys same property to Addie
Blum, 30
Nineteenth street southeast, between
East Capitol and \ streets-Josepi1
McGuchan to Edwin H. Neumeyer,
Pdrt original lot is. square 11IO, SO.
SS5 Ninth street southeast-Henry Espey.
trustee, to Ernest S. and Maize +.
Martin, lot 3S, sGuare 924. SO.
The Washington times., 1911-03-11
Always Nonpartisan.

There's one thing about the Con-
gressional Record that l like said SEN
ator Scroggins.
What's that?" asked his dignified col
league.
1T never refers to my speeches as
statesman-like utterances or dismisses
them with the remark that they were
feeble efforts or mere strings OF nlatt-
tudes. RECORD Herald
The Washington times., 1911-03-11
Church Extravagance.

Two oysters were in a big pot full of
milk, getting ready for stew. said one
oyster to the other:
Where are we?'
AT church supper" was the reply.
Whereupon the little oyster said:
What on earth do they want of both
Of us?"-Milwaukee Free Press,
The Washington times., 1911-03-11
Southwest

N street southwest. between Half and
First streets-William SewelI to Min
ME Hawkins, part original lot 5, square
6l5. SO
4S6 + street southwest-Bertha L. Shaf-
SO
The Washington times., 1911-03-11
Woman Overcome by Smoke.

A woman whose name was not learned
was found overcome by smoke in a
hallway on the third floor and was car
ried to the street by Private Fred Koch,
of No. Engine Company.
Practically everything in the apart
ments on the third, fourth, and fifth
floors was destroyed.
Warning that the building was on fire
was given the persons living in the
apartments by Policeman J. H. Holmes
The drug store of GTier & Grier, on
the corner. was badly damaged by
water, as well as the Ohio Dairy Lunch,
the Mt. Vernon fruit store, and the
Russell cigar store, all of which are on
the ground floor Of the apartment
house,
The Washington times., 1911-03-11
INVESTIGATE CAUSE
OF DANGEROUS FIRE
Twenty Persons in Apart
ment House Have Mar
row Escape.

Chief Wagner and Marshal Nicholson
| of the Fire Department, are making a
searching investigation today to deter
mine the cause Of fire which endan-
gered the lives of twenty persons living
on the upper floors and did 5000 damage
to the Frederick apartment house, Ninth
street and New York avenue northwest.
shortly before 12 o'clock last night.
The fact that the twenty persons who
were trapped by the flames, which made
escape Oy the stairway impossible,
reached the ground in safety, was due
who assisted them down the fire-escapes.
Starting in the basement, the flames
went up the dumb-waiter shaft, and
spread so rapidly that only those on
the second floor were able to leave by
the stairway.
Three Alarms Sent In.
When No. Engine Company, which
has its headquarters in Twelfth street
northwest, arrived in response to a local
alarm. the flames were shooting fifty
feet in the air. Captain Darlington i'm
mediately ordered two more alarms.
downtown section.
Men and women were crowded on the
tire-escapes on the New York avenue
and Ninth street sides Of the building.
and after making their way to the last
landing. were assisted to the ground by
the ftremen. According to the firemen,
the drop ladder on the escape on the
Ninth street side failed to work proper
ly, and 1t was necessary TO carry some
OF the women to the ground.
Diamonds Saved by Officers.
The only persons sleeping on the
top floor were J. T. HolIidge, the
janitOr. and his wife. On the fourth
floor were Mrs. a. L. Chapman, +. B
Lask. J. NJ Bobbitt. Mr.. and Mrs. J.
w. Walker n O'Brighton, Mr. and
Mrs. James 5. ROxburgh, and Miss X. J
NJ. Rhodes. The third floor apartment
was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. L. H. |
McMillen, Mrs. MCMillen's mother, |
Mrs. H. F. Davis. and Mrs. Kate Har- !
baugh. Miss Louise Harbaugh, and |
Miss lisa bella Rodgers.
diamonds valued at $500 balOnciug |
TO Mrs MCMillen were saved by Chief |
Wagner, who fought his way through |
the iames and smoke and took them !
from bureau drawer Fire Marshal |
Mich olson and Battalion Chief Sulli- |
Van saved about $1,000 worth Of Jew
airy
The Washington times., 1911-03-11
Creditor Happy.

The Debtor-Well, old man, I'm going
to marry a rich widow next week.
The Creditor-Indeed? WeII-oh-con-
gratulate me, old chap.-Toledo Blade.
The Washington times., 1911-03-11
Northeast.


Congress street northeast, between L
and NJ streets-Luther l.. Apple ct ux.
to Kate Sloan, lot 81, square 7iS, $500.
and G streets-James K. Wilder ct
uX. TO Patrick F. and Margaret L.
O'COnnor, lot So, square rs, so.
1873 to 1872 T. street northwest.Max S.
johnson ct IIX. to Colyer Meriwether,
lots AZ, 4s, 40, square 1929, SO
Z street northeast, between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets-Joseph B. Lana
han ct al. to Thomas NJ. +. Dom and
Katie d. Dom, lots GO and Il, square
1907, so.
Tennessee avenue northeast, between D
and Z streets-George w. Barkman ct
ux. to Samuel w. Armor, lot 28, square
1880, so.
405 H street northeast-Americus Davis
to William A. Murray, trustee, lot p,
square 500, so.
Third street northeast. between East
Capitol and A streets-Joseph Nc
Guckin to Mary V. Neumeyer. part
lots / and NJ, square 759, $40.
4O5 II street northeast-Willlam w. NIL
Ian, trustee, to Americus Davis, lot q,
square 800, 81.
14S d street northeast-Thomas C. Flem-
ing ct al. to Harry L. Brown, lot l3,
square 723, so.
1913 and 12131A c street northeast-Henry
F. Houck ct ux to Edward F. Pick
ford, lot Al, square 1910, SO.
Mort Carolina avenue northeast be-'
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets-John II. Roberts ct ux to
Harry A Kite, lot 81, square 1924, $40,
A street northeast, between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets-Herman X:
Howenstein ct ux. to Theodore A, and
Sadie A. Sevenhuysen, lot q, square
1895, S4.975.
423 First street northeast-George R.
Riggs to Mary E. Riggs, lot 80, square
723, $40.
B street northeast, between Third and
Fourth streets. and A street north
east, between Second and Third
streets-Helen II. Pratt to Ella V.
Harrison, part original lot 4, square
7si, part original lot II, square 759, and
all interest in lot Is. square 7S4. So
al First street rOrtheast-Margaret E.
Cox 10 NJ. Eugenio FugazZi and MazZa
c. Fugazzi. lot 43. square 724, S3.050.
50 Fourteenth street nOrtheast-Bertha |
L. Schafer to Joseph j. Mcpherson, |
lot IS, square 1051. so.
Is Eleventh street northeast--Joseph a. |
Hanlon ct al. to Julia HanIon, lot 81, |
square $50, SO.
Is Ninth street noTtheast-RObert L. |
and Permeia L. Campbell to William !
{. MCCurdy. lot 13, square 9I9, $500.
o. East Capitol street northeast-MaryI /
w. French, trustee, to Phoebe z. Cole
part original lot 3, square $40, So
The Washington times., 1911-03-11
CONTINUED from Seventh Page.)

p street northwest, between Twenty
first and Twenty-second streets-Anna
Kriksteine ct vlr, Isaac, to Frank N.
Bauskett, lot 4, square 81, $40.
c street northwest, between Third and
Four-and-a-halfs streets-J. Worth Car
nahan ct ux. to the Carnahan Press,
part lot ., reservation 10, so.
S29 Seventh street northwest-David
DerZavitz to Hyman Dodek, lot 81,
square 453, So
and N streets northwest
Levi Woodbury. ct ux. to William j.
Johnson, lots So and S. and part lots
50, 50, 81, square so, so.
The Washington times., 1911-03-11
FINANCIAL
The Safest Investments.

Are those that do not nuctunte durfuR di..
turbed conditions Of the money or GtocE 80,
kets First deed Of trust notes drst nnoTf.
Uges), well secured on real estate In ~.
bistrict Of Columbia, constitute ''Rflt 49,.
They do not depend upon ~.
financial responsibIISey Of individuals or 60
noratIons for their stability and are exernn,
from taxation as personal property We csc
supply such Investments In amounts frons
800 upward. Send for booklsI. "Concer0Ias
Loans and Investments"
The Washington times., 1911-03-11

North Columbia Heights-Charles Some
ct uN. to Joseph B. Lanahan and
Francis D. Klimkiewicz, lots 81 and
3, block 3, SO.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-05-15
EDITED BY F. WALDEN.

saw are raised and l am told by the
growers there that the business is
quite successful. Down the Columbia
river at Vancouver, Washington, the
sweet cherries are very successfully
raised. 1t must be that near kenne-
wick, the springs are so early that
cherry buds are pushed out before the
danger from late frosts is passed.
This only confirms what | have re-
peatedly stated in these columns,
that each locality must be studied
separately in determining its adapta-
bility for the growing of any kind of
fruit. The growers there must settle
this matter themselves and then stick
to that kind of fruit that can be sue
cessfully grown. If | we're in Mr..
Cox's place, it seems to me that L
would try those Bling cherry trees a
few years longer. Good crops
occasionally would pay very we'll for
they could be sent to market SO early
that phenomenal prices would be re-
ceived for them. Mr.. Cox must keep
these trees as they are or dig them
up. The reason for this statement
can be seen when we get correct
answer to his inquiry as to whether
these trees can be successfully budded
to prunes or plums at this age. No,
they can not be budded at that age or
any other age.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-05-15
The Bling Cherry.

Chas. e. Cox, of Kennewick, Wash,
under date of April II writes as
follows:
81 have about 400 Bling cherry trees
that have been set six years, and l
have come to the conclusion that this
is no country for them. Last year
there we're a few cherries, but this
year again the freeze got them before
the buds started to swell to amount
to anything. | realize that cherry
tree does not do much till 6, 7 or 8
years old, but regardless of this, do
not believe it a good locality for them
as | have not seen even older trees
here do anything. What would be
your advice? Leave them a year or
two longer or tear them out? How
would it do to bud them to plums or
prunes, or could that be done ad-
vantageously at that age? [ am in
clined to believe that plums or prunes
are better crop here for they are
more sure. | hope this will not be
asking too much of favor of you to
give me your advice in the matter. l
wish to thank you for the valuable
information / get from your depart
ment in ''The Ranch as we'll as for
this. -
| would think that the location at
Kennewick would be almost ideal for
cherry growing in the absence of such
information as Mr.. Cox has furnished
in the above letter. At Charleston in
Asotin county, less than hundred
miles away and situated on the Snake
river, the finest Bling cherries l ever
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-05-15
THE FUNDAMENTALS OF
GRATING.

This question of budding or grating
one kind of tree on another is so
impor tant and far reaching that | wish
to call attention to some things that
are fundamental. First, l want to
call attention to the fact that budding
and grating are merely different ways
of doing the same thing. The best
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-05-15

| authority nave Oh Sucu udLCeT ls
the 40 volumes entitled "United
Editors Encyclopedia and Diction-
ary." These volumes are a regular
thesaurus of information on such
questions as we are now considering.
Each department is presided over by
specialists in their line. Horticulture
is no exception, and here in this great
work we find the cream of all that has
been published in that line of work
Under the heading of Budding in
the sixth volume, we find this defini-
ton: can operation analogous to
grating, of which indeed it is merely
particular mode, in which a leaf
bud is used as graft instead OF a
young shoot. 1t is generally prefer
ed for trees which are apt to throw
out much gum when wounded, as the
plum, cherry, peach, apricot and
stone fruits in general. Again in
volume II under the head of "Graft-
ing'' we find the following: In
horticulture, method of propagating
specific varieties of fruits or plants.
1t consists in placing in contact por-
lions of two different parts OF the
same plant in such way that organic
union shall be secured. 1t can be
successfully performed on fruit and
timber trees, and on herbaceous
plants: but in practice is almost con-
fined to the propagation of choice
varieties of fruit. Grating has been
in extensive use from very early times.
The ancient Romans were familiar
with 20 different methods. 1t is at
tended with little difficulty and, under
favorable circumstances, if we'll done
is very likely to prove successful.
While grating can be made success
full on large variety OF trees and
plants, it is necessary that the stock
| 1.-THE tree or plant to be grafted), and
| the scion (portion Of the tree or plant
that is to be combined with the stock),
should belong to the same natural
order. The more closely they are
related the more readily the desired
union is effected. The apple grated
on the apple is entirely successful,
while on the pear the apple scion
makes only a weak growth. The
cherry grated on the plum Tor the
plum on the cherry is short-lived
and practically useless, but each may
be successfully grated on its own
kind. ="
accept these statements as perfect
ly reliable, hence l have said above,
that plums and prunes can not be
successfully grated or budded onto
cherries at any age. The only way
that our scientific men know the truth
of such statements is by experiments.
If we were to try to reason abstractly
on this operation we might conclude
that plums could be successfully
worked onto cherries, and apples onto
pears, but when We put our theories
into practice we break down with a
failure. The apple and the pear both
belong to the same genus (pyrus) and
the plum and the cherry belong to the
same genus (prunus), and we might
expect the successful working of the
one on the other, yet we know by tests
that we can not do such a thing. We
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1911-05-15

(All inquiries for information from this
Department should be addressed to
No. Howe Street, Seattle.)
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-24
HIGHER CREATURE
MAY FOLLOW Man
Scientist Says Human Intelligence
and Power Not Likely To Remain
Always in Bodily Frame.

BUDAPEST. March "a Prof.
Franz Resek, In lecture before a
learned society, advances the novel
view that the seat or supreme intelli-
gence on earth was transferred, at
remote time In the past, from in
sects 70 animals, and then, after the
lapse or further ages, from animals to
man. From man, at some period In
the far distant future, he holds,
the faculties OF highest intelligence
VIII pass TO some other and higher
form OF life on the globe.
The wonderful instincts and habits
; OF bees and ants, the professor as
serts. are yestiges of the era when In
sects were the "lords or creation.
The customs OF ants and bees, as to
slavery, communal life, fighting, and
domestic organization and industry,
all have been handed down In In
stinct form, through the animals to
man. The beaver thus possesses, In
striking state OF preservation, In
stincts II has Inherited through its
ancient insect predecessors.
The tendency OF men at all times
and In all countries to dream they
are falling or flying may be regarded
the Hungarian savant AYERS, either
as q "Reminiscences or a prophecy, just
az different schools OF science look
upon the woolly haired thick-lipped
black race OF Africa either as a rever-
sion from. or q progression toward, a
white type.
jelly Life Remains at a StandstilI.
Az for the talk to the effect that
Jelly, or protoplasm, was the earliest
form Of life on the globe, Prof. Resek
says there Is no conclusive evidence
whatever on that point, and he points
to what he says is fact, namely, that
the so-called jelly or protoplastic
forms OF life exist on the earth today
and apparently have existed through