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Evening star., 1912-09-08

Rev. r. S. Litsinger of Fredericksburg,
Va, assistant to Rev. DR.. r. J. McBryde.
rector of st. Georges Episcopal Church,
has received a call to the rectorship of
St. Johns Episcopal Church at Warsaw,
in Richmond county.
Evening star., 1912-09-08
Hill Can Go Free.


Ruben T. HILL the former cashier of
the True Reformers. the negro order.
will have plain sailing IN future. The
officers of the order offered s., 900 for the
arrest of the man. but it has now de-
clared In an open letter, ITO whom it
may concern" that the reward is with
drawn on and after September 10 Hill
is under many indictments here for al
legged peculations. but he has been miss
ing more than year with not the least
trace Of his whereabouts. The order has
been reorganized and Is struggling to re-
gain it's FORMER position. the members
standing by with earnestness.
For City Positions.
After a campaign which has been on
for five months, the primary to name five
members of the administrative board will
be held Tuesday. The campaign was
rather quiet for q time. but within the
last few days it has assumed bitter
ness that was not dreamed of. The per-
sonal affairs and acts of men. their pub
lie records and issues long since dead
have been dragged in and the skeletons
are being paraded before the public. The
city attorney has jumped into the fray in
opposition to one of the candidates. One
of the candidates is the owner of a print
ing shop, which Is known as an ''open
shop" and he has been induced to have
his cards printed where the union label
could be used. Interest is at fever heat
and the situation is SO mixed that no one
Evening star., 1912-09-08

Beautiful CHARTERED Oak Hast
ings" Dining Table. just like the
cut. to the right. The top is the
new Tyden removable pattern,
fitted with the Tyden top lock
and the Tyden leaf lock that locks
in one, two or three leaves and
holds the pedestal rigidly under
the center of the table. The ped
estal is round, with claw feet. and
it is highly polished. Extends to
six feet, and has three leaves.
Evening star., 1912-09-08
Overcomes Hoodoo.

The Merritt Chapman Wrecking Com
pany next tried its luck, and managed to
overcome the hoodoo. for 1t got the
vessel afioat and into port, but has not
The Washington herald., 1912-06-02
aLlE

large wooden box and I'LL it with this
mixture, using enough water to make
the mass the consistency Of dough. If
you are working out of doors the box
is not necessary, as you may mix the
concrete on the ground.
Two boxes are used for moulding the
pots into the required shape. The outer
form consists of four pieces. There is
also a platform on which the form may
be set, so that the bottom Of the pot win
be level Any board will do for this.
Any sort of wood may be used to make
the forms, but in order to keep them from
warping it is necessary to sheIlac the
wood.
The pot, when finished, is six and one
half inches square By seven inches deep
and the sides are one inch thick. The
four outer pieces of wood which COM
pose the outer form must be just large
enough to allow for these dimensions, in
side measurement. To prevent the four
outer sides of the outer box from warp
ing, strips of wood about two inches
/ dCEOos aEG AaucQ On Luc OupolOe on eac1
side vertically and a little apart. Two
of these strips on each side are suf-
6cient. As you viii see BY one of the
lpictures, there are narrow strips Of wood
nailed on the ends of two opposite sides,
81 that the other two pieces may be
shipped inside these strips and the box
thus held together.
The inner box or core b made Of taper
ing sides, two Of which are four and one
half inches wide at the top and four
inches wide at the bottom. The other two
are three inches wide at the top and
two and one4haf inches wide at the bot
tom The two larger sides, a. you win
see b. the photograph, ana fastened to-
gether part way up By twisted copper
wire. Two holes are bored in each
wooden side and the copper wire slipped
through these holes and twisted together
in the middle. The narrower sides fit
inside the wider ones and the wider sides,
beng hid together b. the copper wine,
bod TIE na10EE Gdss = plaeo also.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-02

sneaked around to the back alleyWay,
on which three windows opened.
For perhaps ten minutes there was pro-
found silence. Then something started
in the alley. The noise was a fairly good
imitation Of a social gathering at DOnny-
brook Fair, on a small scale. 1t was as
dark as q stack Of black cats in the alley,
but the boys were all provided with small
electric searehights. These they flashed
Gs they ran, followed by the policeman.
By the time they arrived on the battle
field Joe had Bill Larkin on the ground
and was sitting on him.
Say, Joe, don't you find the real estate
business a trfhe e1citingT' asked Joseph
Harker, Sr., the next morning at break
fast
Joe made a painful effort to smile
through a cracked lip, while he examined
q paper he had found under bis plate. This
was an order on a big sporting goods fu
for q set Of the best uniforms they could
turn out, and was signed BY his father.
'Tt is bit strenuous, when you're get.
ting established, dad; but / imagine II
The Washington herald., 1912-06-02

She o. KID his scheme, however, which
was an exhibition Of the disappearing
ghost The show was held in 4 barn. A
wire was strung from a platform p
beam at the other end of the building.
The ghost was a figure made Of white
cheesecloth, suspended from the wire BY
a small Snatch block" which Is a pulley
that could be hooked over the wire and
removed quickly.
As the wire sloped downward the con
trivance moved outward by force Of grav-
ity, to be pulled back By q string, a. de-
sired. By a second cord Il could be
raised and lowered. It's sudden appear
ance and disappearance were accom-
pIished by q somewhat complicated AZ
rangement.
A circular envelope Of black muslin
surrounded the white figure. This was
! fastened at either end to two barrel
hoops. By means of halyards the bottom
hoop could be pulled up. The black mus
] lin, puckering together somewhat ike .
tOpsa1, displayed the ghostS white figure
TO view, while the letting down of the
sombre shroud caused it to disappear.
Of course, it required a dark night 10
successfully produce the illusion, aud Bill
Larkin saw to it that his ghost never ven
tured out under unfHVOrable weather
conditions.
One of the most interested specabon
Of the exhibition was Captain LArkin,
who, with Joe's father, was present tbs
first night.
The Captain had no knowledge Of ths
plot, as the whole scheme had been con
eeiTed and operated By Bill, with the as
sistance of his ehum, Red Durkfn, who
was with him the night of the capture.
Red had been hiding in the building, and
had remained under cover until things
quieted down. There was no legal prose
cution. owing to Mr.. Harkers regard for
Captain Larlin- But as Bill failed to
appear in public for q couple of weeks,
rumOr among the boys had it that the
pair of black eyes that Joe had given
him had been supplemented By a con-
trfbution from the old salt.
The ghost exhibition, under the auspices
of the baseball association, made enough
money to rebuild the bleachers and leave
a handsome surplus m the treasury. As
for Joe's future, his proud father declares
that when he starts in business he win
make the great detectives Of hetion look
ike a collection q kindergarten pupiA
The Washington herald., 1912-06-02

they didn't catch the spcok! When about
six feet away the shape rose into the ali
and Hoated gracefully over their heads
While in this position the same phenome
non occurred that had ratified the police
man on a previous occasion The sppah
ton absolutely disappeared. Just melted
out Of sighti
The mystery of the thing stiIIed thoss
in the street to silence, and Joe could
feel that Burke, who, with him, wa
watching the proceedings, was trembling
Come on, Burke" whispered Joe
ITS got to come back across the roof
and Wen land it."
The Iongshoreman pulled himself to
gether, and they arrived at the corner
just in time to intercept a mass Of black
drapery hanging from the telephone wire
Grab 1t, Burkeg'' yelled Joe, who had
already secured hold on the object.
Burke toed the scratch under Joe's spur,
ring, and they soon had a tangled mas
Of drapery and cordage heaped up on the
roof. The rigging all led into the corner
window of the Larkin Building, and Joe
felt pretty certain of who it was that
manipulated the strings. Leaving Burke
TO guard the dry goods, he shouted in
struciOns TO the street forces, which
were Immediately acted on. Not a sound
had come from the window, which was
now closed, as they carried the ghostIy
paraphernalia down to Burke's rooms,
where they found Mns Burke in a blue
funk.
Leaving the iongsh6reman with his
wife, Joe Joined Policeman Starring and
the boys around the corner. He quickly
explained the situation and posted his
forces. There were three entrances to
the oyster depot. The policeman
guarded the front or main doors, and
Spofford and Blinky one of the sides, while
Joe and Chick Samuels watched the
third. This didn't quite satisfy the com
marder in chief, so he left Chick and
The Washington herald., 1912-06-02
W-FRANK CRANE

at the thing agrees that its appearances
happened on a dark night 50 wen just
have to wait for favorable conditions"
! A week Of fair weather and bright
nights kept Joe and his friends on the
anxious seat, before the atmospheric con-
ditions favorable to spook manifestation
were obtained. A cloudy day, succeeded
by a night Just suited to deeds Of dark
ness. set Joe's chums chortling with glee.
His restraining hand kept them from pre-
cipitate action, however, and It was well
after dark when they, one by one,
sneaked into the Water street house,
using the new tenants apartments q, q
rendezvous.
Burke, the longshoreman, was steady
going, temperate mantle sort that has
savings bank account-in fact q de-
pendable kind of person. After sizing
him up, Joe told him his plans and found
him eager to take part in the hunt Mrs.
Burke was courageous enough when her
husband was around, but would probably
20 into mysteries at the appearance Of
anything resembling a spook.
After enjoining strict obedience to his
orders. the commander in chief placed
his men. Bud Spoford and Blinky An
drews dropped out of q rear window, and
stationed themselves in the alleyway.
Chick Samuels was left with Mrs. Burke,
both to reassure her and to be in readi-
ness to rush to the street If required.
Patrolman Startling was on duty that
night and knew what was going on He
had promised to stand by if anything
started and refrain from doing any hap
hazard shooting. After arranging all
these preliminaries Joe, accompanied by
the husky longshoreman, crept silently
to the roof, where they took their places
in the shadow of big chimney. If his
deductions were anything like as accu-
rate as those Of Sherlock Holmes the
spook would travel in the same line as the
telephone wire. This Obliged his ghost
ship to cross the corner of their roof at a
height Of about eight feet, Captain Lar
kin's building being that much higher than
the tenement house. On previous occa-
sions the spparition had appeared before
twelve O'Clock, so everything was in readi-
ness for its reception by shortly after ten.
Joe had his hands full for q while in
The Washington herald., 1912-06-02
BOY POTTERS OF A NEW YORK SCHOOL &s
Pies Which Turn Into Beautiful Garden Ornaments

The outer form is first put together,
corded around for greater security as
you see it in the picture, and then placed
on its platform. The layer of concrete
which Is to form the bottom of the jar
is then put in with a troweL This layer
should be an inch thick. After it has
been smoothly put in it is patted down
with a stick to make it as compact as
possible. If it is not pressed down very
hard there will be holes in the concrete
when It dries.
After the bottom layer of concrete Is
properly laid the core is put in, having
first been fitted together. The concrete
is then filed in around the sides and
patted down very hard. Fill in the space
between the outer and inner forms in this
The Washington herald., 1912-06-02

though they were only about forty feet
away the night was 80 dark that they
couldn't see a thing. Some rort Of rig-
ging operations appeared to be going on,
a. Joe could hear the creaking of pulley.
Then, by straining his eyes, he thought he
could see somebody moving around inside
the window, and made out black form
suspended from the wire.
That's the wrong color for . ghost, /"
thought Joe, as the Sombre figure ghded
across the corner of their roof and dis
appeared IN the darkness Holding hiS
impatient ally back, he awaited develop
ments, which came very quickly in the
shape Of loud yells from the street.
The Water Street Ghost had appeared
and the Entertainment Committee Of che
The Washington herald., 1912-06-02

II either OF them had been alone he
would probably have retreated, but there
Is strength In numbers. Besides, they
heard a shout from Chick samuels, who
saw the thing from the front window.
Jumping to the sidewalk Chick was in
the van as the three made dash for the
object. When the attack was made the
figure was gliding away from them Sud
denly 1t turned and started rapidly in
their direction.
"Stand your ground, boys, and wen
land itr' yelled Bud spoGord.
To the credit of the youngsters be It
said that not one Of them hinehed. Per-
haps the encouraging shouts Of Police
man Startling, who came running from
the corner, braeed them up q bit. But
The Washington herald., 1912-06-02
Two Sides of the Inner Core
Are Fastened Together with
Copper Wire. Bottom Piece
Of the Core

way until the top is reached.
It takes FIVE hours for the pot to harden
sufficiently 20 that the core may be re-
moved and twelve hours must pass be-
fore the outer form can be taken away.
When the core is removed the side pieces
which are not fastened with the wire are
hrst taken out, one at a time, then the
other two pieces and, last of all the bot
tom piece is pulled up. When 1t Is time
to take OF the outer form the cord which
is around 1t Is united and then the sidea
are taken away.
When it Is desired to color the pots,
powdered mineral colors are used. The
color is mixed in with little cement and
water and put on with q brush. The
colors obtained in this way are very scfi
ana interesting. This should Be not Be
dons uztz The pS1 srs Almost do.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-02

a real box. If the inner core had to be
lifted out in one piece, the Pot would
probably be damaged.
The bottom board Of the core consists
Of one piece Of wood the size Of tie cut
side Of the core and another pisee TIE
size Of the inside Of the core. The small
piece Is nailed on top Of the other and q
hook is screwed into the centre Of the
top piece. To this hook a cord Is at
tached % that after the side pieces Of the
core have Sesn lftsd out the bOtton
piece may b pulled up b. thseora
The Washington herald., 1912-06-02


York city have been making this pas
spring under the direction of Mr.. Roberi
J. Leonard, head Of the industrial Ar
Department
The materials Of which the pots an
made cost very little and the frames IN
which they are moulded may be made
of any pieces Of old wood which happen
to be st hand, 30 that any boy o. cir;
who vans 70 may try making one od
these pots during the summer vacation
They are not very difficult of construe.
ton # one is suf8ciently diligent 70 d.
enough packing down to make them come
out smooth and compact
The pots are made Of concrete, which
b substance composed Of three parta
sand ana one part cement First set 4
The Washington herald., 1912-06-02
EYNoPsls oF PART l

Joe HaJter's fathsr tells him be can earn
sons Nancy for the BayTiHe BASEBALL ,Asso-
eiaton 4 be can secure some tenants for Mr..
Harker'B Water Etreet house. which has long
ben vacant because 0f rumored Ghost. TIE
hsuss Is next to ne oyster Wareh0use Of Cap
TIA Larkin. father Of BHl LArkin. JOe's
GnGent enemy and the captain Of a rival
baseball team. 'sTbe Oyster Pirates" Joe dis
covers that Captain Iarkin has long been tTy-
Ing to buy the ghost haunted tenement. a. be
wishes to expand his business. BE then in
vestigztes the roof Of the ghost" house and
The adjoinlng LArkin property. Bud spoford.
''BIinky'' AndreEs and ''ohiek' Samuels, all
nSnbers Of the BayviHe Baseball Association.
were selected By Joe to help capture the SDook.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-02

will be quieter from now on. So I'm go
ing TO let Mr.. Jones do the routine worE
in the future, as I've got another project
on hand.
Your new scheme will have to b
o. KID by me, Mr.. Joe" interrupted his
mother, as even her confidence in the
sturdy boys ability to take care of him,
self had been shaken BY the last nights
events.
The Washington herald., 1912-06-02

MUD pies are all very well when one is
extremely young-fOur or five, for in
stance-but of course when one is
really old-ten or thirteen, for instance
plain mud pies are impossible. Still it is
rather too bad to have to abandon alto
gether that nice, pleasant feel Of the heavy
wet earth, and so here is a new kind Of
mud pies, although, really, it is a shame to
use that term to describe the beautifully
eolored and shaped flower pots which the
boys of the Horace Mann School of New
The Washington herald., 1912-06-02

their nerves." and the longshoremRn
showed signs of reStleSSness. Then the
show started!
Just as a distant clock was Ginning
eleven they heard the corner window IN
Captain Larkin's building opened. Al
The Washington herald., 1912-06-02
How JoE hkRKERs
BAGGED A SPOOK

keeping Burke quiet. He wanted to taxi
and insisted on lighting his pipe, but final
ly subsided. Time passed very slowly on
the lonesome roof. It seemed as If hours
had passed and nothing had happened.
The stiffness Of the night was getting on
The Washington herald., 1912-06-02

BayviBe baseball club was on the job!
To Bud Spoford and Blinl0 Andrews,
who were watching from the alleyway, il
seemed as Il the great white figure sprang
up Sfrom the ground about half way
across the street!
The Washington herald., 1912-06-02
PART II.

IELEHhONb wire sIretcnep
from the Larkin Building dag.
~ onaly across the street was what
y had started Joe to thinking real
hard. The wire ran from the cor
ner of the roof to pole in front
Of a big warehouse. Reviewing the po-
Hceman's story, Joe saw that the ghostly
pilErimages exactly followed the course
IF the telephone wire. He also noticed
that the wire Joined the roof directly
over the corner window. This didn't
clear up the mystery by a jugfuL but it
was a start ins the right direction.
While on the roof Joe saw something
else that interested him. This was Bill
Larkin, down on the street corner, watch.
ing the moving operations with that same
Trin on his face. Bill didn't see him, for
which Joe was duly thankful
Il can't figure out just how the trick
Is done" said Joe later on at a meet
ing of the Entertainment Committee,
'fbut it's dollars to doughnuts that that
wire has got something to do with it!'
Lets 60 down tonight and lay for
Nj. Spool," suggested Samuels. I'VE
can hide in that alley between your house
and the oyster foundry"
Not tonight" cautioned Joe. The
weather is clear and it will be moonlight.
Everybody who claims to have got peek
The Washington herald., 1912-06-02
PREFIX PUZZLE ANSWERS.

The prefix in last weeks puzzle was
bur-" and the words represented BY the
pictures were lap (buriap), row (burroT),
den (burden) and dock (burdock).
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-02

struck out II Of the hard-hitting
Youngstown team, and on July 18
famed 10 South Blenders, walked
10 and allowed one hit.
Goulait is a little fellow, as
pitchers go, being but 5 feet 8
inches and weighing only 100, but
he has more stuff than most big
leaguers. His curve is big, with
a fast break, and his fast ball is
hard to hit. He has a change of
pace, and the only thing he lacks
is control, which is fast coming to
him, to make him desired by
major league scouts. In two
games he was injured and forced
to quit.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-02
A STRIKEOUT PITCHER.

- = @N4@AA@SS = = = SA4Al&Ns
Hailed as 'the strikeout king of
the Central League, Theodore
Goulait of the Springfield, O.,
club has gone to the Indianapolis
club of the American Association,
leaving behind a record Of 10
games won and 3 lost and 153
strikeouts in $50 innings, which
is close to a worlds record.
Goulait, on his record, is the
pitching find of the season, and he
will probably be in the majors
within a year. His record is bet
ter than that of any member of
Connie Mack's big three" and he
is but green kid.
When Charley O'Day resigned
as manager of Springfield to &C
cept similar position with the
jinx-ridden Indianapolis club, he
took along Goulait, to burn up the
American Association.
Goulait was turned over to
Springfield by indianapolis this
season. Upon his initial appear
ance he was knocked out of the
box in 3 % innings, looking one
degree better than nothing, but in
his next and in subsequent games
he went like a gasoline-fed fire,
having been knocked out of the
box but once.
June and early July witnessed
the boy winning eight games in a
row. Dayton and Terre Haute are
the only clubs to make as many as
10 hits off him, and. seven runs is
the largest number scored against
him.
The tabulated version of Con
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-02
Resourceful Lucy.

Walter was eight years old. He
had been very naughty. In point
of fact, he had emptied bottle of
red ink over his mothers white
Pomeranian-just for fun, Of
course!
Now the price had to be paid
for the enjoyment and father was
taking hand in the game.
Little Lucy, Walters sister,
was in the room at the time of the
conflict. Thud, thud, thud! fell
fathers hand, punctuated by
Walters wailings.
At last Lucy could stand it no
longer. Bursting with indigna-
ton, she stamped her tiny foot on
the floor.
Tread on his corn, Walp she
cried. "That'll stop him !"-An-
swerS.
-O-O-
H. noaS 1yr,,1,- father 0Iniac% e.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-02

He-Does your father object to
my staying late?
She-No; he says it serves me
right for being in when you call
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-14
TOURING EARa TRAIN.

Morgantown.- Of the finest
equipped agricultural trains is being
run through the state of West Vir.
ginia. under the auspices of the Col
lege of Agriculture of the University.
The train started from Lumberport,
and, Judging from press reports, it
was enthusiastically received all
covered the eastern part of the state
and the trip will conclude ON March
14th, the last day being spent at Phil
ippi. 1t had been arranged to hold
meetings for the farmers in the great.
er number of the towns to be visited
and addresses upon subjects of gen.
eral interest to the tillers of the soil
were delivered by instructors con-
nected with the agriculture depart.
ment of the university Prof C. r,
Titlow, director Of the extension work
was one of the instructors on the
train as we'll as Director Sanderson
and e. w. Sheets. The latter will
have charge of the boys and girls
corn club exhibits. Prof. w. H. Al
derman Of the horticultural depart
ment delivered several talks to those
interested in this particular occupa-
ton. The agricultural trains which
have been run through different parts
OF the state have proved extremely
popular and of great benefit to the
farmers.