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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10

FOR EXCHANGE
EXCHANGING EVERYWHERE.
II you cannot easily sell your property, why
rot trade II for real estate which you can ussS
State your wants. describe your offerings; NO
CHARGE FOR LISTING.
We viii not handle property unless offered %
q fair basis.
II you have an old house you would exchange
for . new. 4 large for . small. an equity
tor clear. vacant for improved. we offer clear
properties ana valuable equities and cash. We
can help you to . satisfactory exchange.
STONE 4 FAIRFAX. lag New York sve
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-10
FOR EXCHANGE.

FOR EXCHANGE-$4.5 500 ALEXANDRIA. VA
home: incumbrance. 1000: want NV. home.
and will assume larger incumbrunce.
Washington Heights home; will take
colored property.
$25. OO0-ath st. business property: want farm.
$1O,00O-Equifies In well rented NV. housesS
want ground 40
speciality OF all kinds Of real estate eEs
l.. E. r. PRINCE. ri Bond bldg.
FOR ExCHANGE-CoRNER NE: RENTED Az
$3.50. Price, t4.25O. Trust. 1000 at 6Hss
February. 1915. Equity for clear lots.
OWNERS
Are invited to list properties with ns. No
deal, charge. GEO. y. W0RTHlNGTON q
SON. Woodward bldg
A SPECIALITY OF real. ESTATE ExCHANGES-
large, active list OF residences, business
and suburban properties, apartments and buildss
ing lots. We have advantageous propositions
for you.
A. r. FOX COMPANY. 1-s-l1 III NV.
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
LOT l25xl35 FIT, LOCATED At THE Me-
corner Of Lenox and Connecticut sve.. CHEVY
Chase. comprising 1855 square feet This
beautiful lot In the most elite section Of Wash.
ineton's best suburbs can he exchanged fog
Washington city income pfoperty.
T.. II. TAGGART. l410 st. NV.
EQUITY OF $4,000 IN FINE INCOME NORTH
west property for good farm; give all details
Address Box 1s2. Star once. H.
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VERY ATTRACTIVE APTS. AT REASONAbLE
RENTS IN
THE SARANAC. 100 n Cap. at.
THE CLIFTON. 1928 Clifton st.
THE WILTON. 1891 18th ut. NV.
TIE WALLkAFF, 3025 18th ct NV.
THE INGLENDE. 1857 Lamont st.
THE ALTON, 2O16 ct. NV.
REAL ESTATE TRUST CO.,
1914 ut. NV.
THE CADIZ. 115 q ST. &E.--APARTMENTS
Of four and i've rooms and bath each, renting
from 5000 to $225O per month. Sec jan
itor. on premises, for keys.
JAMES F. SHEA, 643 La. ave. NV.
APARTMENT, FIVE ROOMS AND BATH, IN
very convenient location, near two car lines
and Union station. within walking distance Of
business section. 4S n. Y. ave. Phone Linen.
966.
FOR RENT AND ROOM AND BATH
apartments. The Terrace. 3241 ct. Leree
SHADED grounds Janitur service. SIS and 80.
HENRY W. OFTUTT. Wis. ave. and N st
FOR RENT-FLORENCE COURT. EAST CALI.
fornia ave. and Phelps place: two rooms and
bath; also Ave rooms and bath Apply at
Florence Court.
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APARTMENTS TO LET.

APARTMENTS TO LET.
THE PLYMOUTH. 1886 llth NV
and rooms and bath $500 to $500
THE HILLSIDE, 1913 Chaplin st. NV
2 and rooms and bath. $3.50. $23. 90 TO $40. 90
THE CAROLINA. 706 18th NV
AMERICAN REALTY CO.. los iith nv
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-12

Mems and Women's Aretics
heavy felt lined, $3.50 0an
value, only 1850. ll1u.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-12

was dangerously hurt near Freemans-
burg Tuesday while helping unload
some heavy machinery from wagon.
He was taken to E. T. Halls hospital
at Freemansburg, where It is thought
he will recover. He was struck in
the pit Of the stomach by the ma
chinery and for time it was thought
he could not live.
The Horkin gas station blew up
at Freemansburg Thursday. All
the pipes and gas mains were torn
out by the explosion and the tele-
phones in that immediate section
were put out OF commission.
DR.. NJ. S. Holt is able to be on the
streets again after being confined to
his home for several days OH accoun,
of an attack of lagrippe.
small child of Mr. and Mrs job
Smith died of pneumonia fever We'd
nesday night at their home on Polk
creek.
The people of Weston are now
looking forward to the establishment
of a local hospital. There is no rea-
son why a city as large as Weston
cannot have a hospital of its own.
Each day some one is taken from
Weston or the immediate vicinity to
ia hospital. Every train that left the
station here last week carried one
and sometimes two patients to var
ious hospitals. 1t is to be hoped that
the movement which is now on foot
to establish an institution Of this kind
here will meet with much approval
and success.
On account of the heating apparatus
at the new High school building be-
ing out of commission school has
been somewhat handicapped during
the present cold spell.
Wednesday evening at the home Of
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-12

the bride on West Fourth street the
Rev. j. n. Criswell united in marriage
L. A. Miller and Miss Alice Bush.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. j. j. Bush. The bridegroom is
we'll known young man of Gilmer
county. The happy couple will go
to Indiana to reside.
The Weston banks have held their
stockholders meetings. No changes
were made in the officers. The banks
were found to be in first class con-
dition.
The funeral of William Keener was
held Wednesday at the United Breth-
rem church on Walnut Fork near this
city. Mr.. Keener was nearing his
nlnety-ninth year and was native
of Hampshire county. then Hamp-
shire county, Va. He came to this
section number of years ago, where
he has ever since made his home. He
was active up until short time
prior to his death The county is rap
idly losing its old land marks.
George W. Bland, of Clarksburg is
here doing some abstracting for the
gas company.
E. L. Lawson and sister, Mrs.
Sarah Harrison, were called to
MeadowbrOok Wednesday by the
death of their sister, Mrs. Lambert
Barnes.
R. Ad. Hall, of the Weston hide
pendent left here Wednesday morn
ing for Battle Creek Mich, where h
will enter the hospital for treatment
of the stomach. He has been in very
poor health for the last few months
and his many friends hope he will
return much improved.
The Rev C Lanham is conduct
ing series of services at the Meth
odist Episcopal church Sunday.
The Rev. and Mrs. H, B. Lee are
in Baltimore. There viii be no SER
vices at the Protestant Episcopal
church Sunday.
a three million foot gasser came
in at the J, c. Collins well on Goe
Lick Wednesday.
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DEEDS FILED.

Myrtle B. Plant to F. B. Haymaker,
1-l6 of oil and 10 of gas, "a acres,
sardis district
Martin Brothers Company to Mon
ongahela River Railroad Company, I
lot Lumberport.
Davis-Hornor Company to Meta
Bush, lot. Grasselli.
Davis-Hornor Company to Charlie;
Steiner, lot, Grasselli.
Missouri F. shrader to Harry T
Hardesty, lot, near wilsonburg.
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The Newsof Weston:
: : : 44a#A444 44444

WESTON. Jan 12-Miss Elizabeth
shoeman, one of the teachers in the
public school, was called to West
Union recently by the illness of her
sister whom she later accompanied
to Baltimore hospital for treatment
Miss Mary Flynn, a trained nurse
of Baltimore, is here visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. E. ]. Fades. Miss Flynn nursed
Eugene, the little son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Fades, here four years ago.
Mrs. H. Smith and son, Harold,
have returned from visit to relatives
at Glenville.
J. E Harris, teamster, who drives
a team belonging to W. H. Aspinwall
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-12
Eases Neuralgia
In a Mi1EEfey

Massage with MUsTERoLE and notice how
the pain lessons and the delicious comfort that
takes Its place. Sufferers all over the country
write US about this amazing quick relief.
MuSTERoLE Is clean, white ointment
made with the purest oil of mustard.
BETTER THAN A MUSTARD PLASTER
AND POSITIVELY DOES NOT BLIsTERI
Keep jar at hand and In your home for Cold
In Chest, Group, Asthma. Sore Throat, Tonsil-
ills, Congestion. Headache. Rheumatism. Pleu-
risy. Lurnbago, Sore Muscles, Sprains. etc.
Sold by druggists everywhere. Look for the
MUSTERQLE sign shown below. Many dis
play this In their windows. NuSTEROLE
comes In 2Sc and Soc jars. Accept no substitute
If your druggist cannot supply you. send 2Sc and
We will send you a jar prepaid. -
The MusteFole Company. Cleveland. Ohio.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-12

That apartment not quite suited to
your tastes and needs? Cultivate a
prompt interest in the For Rent"
ads.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-12

Mems extra heavy double
soles and heels, rolled 1Ofl
edge, $3.50 values J0U
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-01-12

Mems Rubbers, first quality
s Sly values .'i'.. & q. /. 6SG
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-25
The New Rich.

WALTER GI.ASCO CHARLTON, presi-
w dent of the Georgia chapter of the
Society of the Cincinnati was talking. at
the Oglethorpe Club in Savannah, about
snobs
We'll born and well bred people," he
said. ARE never snobs. 1t is your nou-
veau richie who makes a snob of him.
self
An American nouveau richie took a
house for the London season i'm Park
lane He hired Nijinsky chief OF the
Russian ballet, to dance at one OF his
Sunday dinners And when Nijinsky ar
rived. he was ushered into the servants
hall and there he was fed along with the
butler and upper servants.
The famous young artist was amiabfI-
lily itself, and after dinner a pianola was
put to work, and Nijinsky danced a beau-
tiful and difficult pas seul before the de-
lighted domestics. Then he was ushered
upstairs to the ballroom. where a stage
had been erected, and where a large
audience and an orchestra awaited him.
But I've already given my entertain
ment.' Nijinsky. the favorite OF Rodin,
said to his host.
Given 1t? Nonsense! Where% the
host demanded
Down In the servants hail. the great
Nijinsky answered. 1t has always been
my privilege to dine with those I enter
tain. and I thought you had arranged a
little treat for your servants Good even
ing SIR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-25
Rather Inaccurate.

xDY all means let American ships pass
- through the Panama canal FREQ
of toll" said Senator Lodge. at a lunch
con in Washington: "but American ships
are men-of-war, transports and the like
American ships are those that belong To
the whole American people. whose money
built the canal. To let private ships pass
through free will but be the setting up
of another of those abominable special
privileges with which our country is al
ready honeycombed."
Senator Lodge smiled and resumed:
ITO call privately owned ships. then.
American ships Is to be inaccuracies
inaccurate as the nature faker on the
liner.
"A nature faker. in the smoking room
of a liner, listened to dozen sea tales.
and then said:
Those stories are very remarkable.
], too once saw while voyaging a
markable occurrence-an occurrence con-
nected with a rat.
This rat. gentlemen, was tossed over
board from a trap alive. A seagull
f1oated near him. He swan for the gull.
sunk his teeth in its throat and soon
killed it. He then seated himself its
carcass. unfurled its right wing for a
sail, dipped its left wing in the water for
an oar. and. using one of its webbed
feet as a rudder, glided swiftly away In
the direction of the nearest land
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-25

Nimrod's dam. Once these barrages ara
finished the canals and drains will ba
very easy and the works remunerattNe-
This spot on the Tigris is full of Interest.
THE Tigris enters its delta at Beled.
south of Samarra. where were situated
the famous weirs OF antiquity, which.
Judging from the bed-level of the E-Gaing
head of the Nahrwan. must have held ~
the water OF the Tigris 10 a height OF ten
meters In this reach Of the Tigris. unde-
the surface alluvium. lies ten-meter bit
OF very compact congiomerate, Nhi6h
again overlies "a stratum OF clay. This hcd
of conglomerate dips to the southeast ana
disappears under the bed of the river eat
of Beled. Formerly the Tigris rolled il
waters above this hard conglomer-te
and entered the delta at a high level The
undermining of the conglomerate began
in historic times. and the serious cor -
duences to the country moved some siant
of antiquity to construct an earthen dam
across the channel and turn the water
over the hard conglomerate on the riLhi
bank Of the river. In this new channel
the river flowed for many years and. III
deed through historic times The SIZE
known locally as Nimrod's dam todaN
From upstream OF the work were TAKEN
the two lower heads of the great NAH
wan canal
I'm the troublous days which followed
the devastation of Halaka everything Ia
the country went to rim, and either tho
earthen dam was swept away by the
floods of the Tigris or the undermining =
the rock on the Tigris diversion reached
the dam and annhilated IL. The terminal
line OF the conglomerate. as II was gradh-
ally undermined must have been eata-
ract ten meters high. and II this
which Tavernier saw In his travels -
has often been accused OF gross eNaE
geration. as there is no sign of cataract
today, but he simply stated what he saw.
Similarly in antiquity the Assuan car araci
may have been a real cataract with q
laundering roar of water.
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ENGLISH ENGINEER CLAIMS OF

the surplus population would be Egypt
and Babylonia-
1.-THE Arabs Of today are descendants
Of the Semites, who overlooked into the
desert GASES from the north and over
came the ancestors of SuIner and Akkad.
Still they mingled their blood, drank in
the spirit Of the deserts, and became the
children of the soil. In the delta of the
Tgris and Euphrates today, with the
uncontrolled floods of the rivers and
irrigation without any system. the pres
ent inhabitants must have many charac-
teristics of the first people who strayed
into the plain Of Shinar. and who were
probably forced to take to agriculture by
force of numbers.
Every part Of the Euphrates delta,
from Hit to the Persian gulf. has at some
time or another been called Eden, the
irrigated and cultivated plain as distinct
from 'ura,' the unirrigable hill or plain.
So in Egypt today the reef is the lrrl-
gated plain, and everything else Is the
'ebeI' the desert, where there is no rain.
and hill or mountain, where there is
rain. Soil and climate are emtnently
suited to fruit gardening. From date
palms and oranges to peaches and plums,
every fruit tree is at home. The GATE
palm is really the indigenous tree OF the
country"
Speaking of his work Of reclaiming the
land, Sir William said:
Every engineer beginning work in the
delta for canal or railway must always
keep before him the memory of Noah's
flood. One has only to see the old Baby
lonian banks. never less than 100 feet
RADALIA OASIS IN THE DESERT.
SHOWING FRESH-WATER SPRING.
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veranda Hints.

IF you use your veranda as a living
room, have the color scheme green
and white, with green wicker furniture
and use heavy unbleached muslin TO
cover the chair backs. Cut these COW
ers the shape Of the backs of the chairs
but about two inches narrower at the
bottom than at the top. Finish with a
two-inch hem all around and with inch
wide tape sewed at the four corners
OF the covers to tie. When they are
tied to the chairs they do not sag
nor wrinkle. Porch cushions may also
be made OF unbeached muslin, as they
can be frequently Numbered. and will
stand exposure and dust admirably
pretty veranda hat tree may be
made from a young white birch sapling
Select a small tree about six or seven
feet high. having a number OF branches
at regular intervals. Trim to a good
length, SO as to hold hats and coats
Bore into the butt end slanting holes.
into which fit short legs made of the
cutoff branches. Cover hammock pill
lows with table oilcloth. very light i'm
weight. before the outside cover Of wash
able material is put on, then if the pill
lows are left out over night or in the
rain no damage at all can be done.
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now-at least that is what the repre-
sentative says who introduced the bill
So Ii goes. Frauds and heartbreaks
shelved side by side. Deceits, measures
offered FOR purely political purposes,
measures that have merit-all these and
q thousand other brands OF bills each
with its story.
One can imagine that at night when
the corridors Of the Capitol are stilled
and only the wan shadows reflect from
the far-away lights flicker through the
windows that the ghosts OF generations
foregather in this graveyard OF thou
sand hopes Again they fight their night
with Congress. striving desperately to lift
their bills from the shelves. They cannot
lift the bills. And in the early dawn, just IA
the first sleepy-eyed charwoman comes
to the western entrance, the ghosts with
a wall like the signing Of the wind fit
away
The graveyard OF a thousand hopes re-
mains graveyard
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IA. Al


wide, to understand that the gods of the
earth were helpless against the dragon
Of the Euphrates. The gods of the high
est heaven had to be invoked. II Baby
lonia is to be thoroughly reclaimed with
Out the aid of tens Of thousands Of hard
worked captives weeping by it's waters.
the Euphrates certainly. and. if possible.
the Tigris must be provided with escapes
into the deserts in a more effective man
ner than the ancients could accomplish.
Heavy. rain in April, with a warm south
wind melting the SHOWS on the Persian
and Armenian hills. brings down such ex-
traordinarily heavy floods that the chan
nels cannot possibly contain them.
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sessed of fine frenzy, with eyes glancing
from heaven to earth, and earth to
heaven.
1T was far different with Babylonia.
The Tigris and Euphrates in flood are
raging torrents, and their ungoverned
and turbid waters need curbing with no
ordinary bride. Babylonia's soil is very
fertile. but the winters are severe indeed
and the summers savage and prolonged.
The range of temperature is between 20
degrees and 12O degrees in the shade.
Brought up in hard school they possess
ed virile intealects. Moses first contact
with Babylonian beliefs and creations,
in the house OF the priest of INDIAN on
the slopes OF Horeb, entranced him: in
the burning bush Of the deserts he saw
the footsteps of the Almighty. while
heavenly voices spoke to him out of the
storms raging on the summit Of Sinai.
The extraordinary dry heat of the
summer, by day and by night, gives
luster to the stars, distinctness to the
consultations. and a glow to the fields
of powdered stars called here the milky
way which cannot be conceived by one
who has not spent the whole summer i'm
the plains of Shinar The sons of Sumer
and Akkad We're the first astronomers
anu thinkers OF the WOrlQ. Iney divided
the year into months. the months into
weeks. and the weeks into days. on a
system which lasted to the days of julius
Caesar. They created the Sa bbath day,
peopled heaven with cherubim and sera-
phim. and they first saw Orion leading
out the starry hosts of heaven Perennial
irrigation was their creation, and that in
the face of floods such as the Tigris and
Euphrates bring down. BY their skill
they, introduced wheat on the earth. but
in the domain of abstract thought they
We're especially predominant. In evolu-
ton they out Darwined Darwin.
Darwin has stated that man bore
about his body the indelible traces of
his origin: but these people had been
very bold-they had said that every
thing in heaven and earth and under
the earth bore witness to its lowly orr
gin.
Now, where was the original home
Of these interesting people to whom we
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1.-The ancients controlled the Euphrates
by an escape into a wide depression in
the deserts northwest Of Erbela. This
depression is 500 square miles in extent
half the dangerously high flood of the
Euphrates and so mastering 1t. While
studying the question of the Wadi Rayan
escape for the Nile. and the location of the
ancient Lake Moeris. was surprised to
find one day on the slopes of the des-
ert thick belt of Nile shells. 1 had
the level taken. and found 1t to be TWEEN
ty-two and one-half meters above sea
level. Engineers were sent east and west
and north and south to find those shells
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-25
Marking Household Linen.

/ INITIALS on the household linen are
both useful and ornamental. The work
should be done i'm medium weight mer-
cerized cotton, and 1t is considered mis-
take to do the embroidery with too fine
a thread Monograms are for the most
part embroidered inlaid or satin stitch.
The material should be stretched when
working, either in hoop or basted over
stin paper, SO that the stitches can be
placed with perfect uniformity.
But 1t Is next to impossible to do good
work with the covering stitches unless
the under filing is carefully done. Ii
should be carried lengthwise OF "A form.
or with its direction. Lay an equal
quantity OF cotton over the surface and
keep IL we'll within the outline. Tho
overwork, or embroidery proper should
be made to cover the width OF the letters
from side to side. entirely without shading
and with perfect regularity. Table
cloths and napkins should be marked In
the corner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-25

cane ,he SaraRossa sea of legislation.
and in the twilight hour one can almost
see the spirits Of men who fought Ior tne
legislation crowding the ancient littie
bin. please." be taken from the files and
offered to the House and Senate
-.
Officially the room is known as the doc-
ument room. George II. Boyd is the gen.
eral SUPERINTENDENT of this room and an
other similar room in the Senate wing OF
Congress 1t is a room seldom visited py
tourists. and by newspaper men only "neh
they can persuade no one to go there TOT
them Yet this room contains the pegh-
nings and endings Of more tragedies ano
comedies than any single room In the
whole Capitol.
There was the case Of the old inventor,
for instance. Years ago he invaded
washington with some sublime combina-
ton of combustibles which he guaranteed
would blow the Capitol out of its founda-
lions. He urged Congress to give him
some money with which to continue ms
exneriments, and some accommodating
CONGRESSMAN agreed to introduce bill
allowing him $1,000 to go. on with his
4 bill introduced does no harm. The
..hn1'. or pest" then leavea the man who
introduced the bill and tackles the COM
mittee, which Is morally certain to ignore
him.
duced he started after the committee.
Day after day the chairman would find
his ancient visitor waiting and the query
was always the same: