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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-11

Although established within 50 COM
paratively recent a period. there are Few
cemeteries in the world that contain
more Interesting features than does
beautiful Arlington the place which the
United States government selected as the
last resting place OF its soldiers ana
sailors. Its location is all that could De
desired from the standpoint OF natural
beauty, as it is on high ground command
ing a.view across the Potomac OF the
city of Washington and all its manitoid
beauties. In addition 1t possesses MS
toric value from having been the couh-
try home of several persons intimately
connected with the history Of the nation
The grounds comprising the cemetery
are part of the original Gusts estate
formerly known as Arlington Heights.
The property belonged first to John Parke
Gusts. who was son Of Martha ASH
ington by her first marriage. He was
aid-de-camp to Washington during the
war of the revolution. and died NoVem-
Der & 1881. Of camp fever contracted
during the siege of Yorktown Upon ms
death Washington adopted his two chill
dren. George Washington Parke Custis
and Eleanor Parke Gusts. George Wash
ington Parke Gusts Inherited the Ar
lington estate" from his father. but he
was a member of Washington family
until the death Of the latter in 1873. when
he removed to Arlington. where ne re-
sided until he died in 1857. He had only
one child. a daughter, to whom he be-
uueathed the darlington house estate by
a will dated March 26. 1855.
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Property Not Worth Price.

ITO straiShten out the present tangle."
Stanton Sickles said, would involve the
expenditure of a larger amount OF money
than the property is worth. The bank
will have to take the obvious course for
the satisfaction of its claim. as We cam
not hazard anything more for my father.
who should be able to take care OF the
matter himself. His pension of s6.oeo 4
year has not been squandered at least
There is a growing belief among friends
of Gen. Sickles that he is not particularly
concerned regarding the financial emhar-
easements that have latterly come 20
him. His personal welfare and comfort
are assured under any circumstances nv
his pension. and the complications that
have arisen involve property TO winch
his wife and son would naturally ran
heir upon his death. The generals recent
controversies with them, II is said, have
made him Indifferent to their claims.
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AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON.
TRUSTEES SALE OF NEARLY NEW TWO
STORY BRICK DWELLING No :iil6 WAR


TRUSTEES SALE OF NEARLY NEW TWO
STORY BRICK DWELLING NO. J4l6 WAX
DER STREET NV.
Ry virtue of a certain deed OF trust. duly re-
corded in Liber No. 3492. AT folio 229 ct seq
one of the land records for the District of Co
lumbia. and at the request Of the party secured
thereby. will sell at public aucton. in front
If the premises. FRIDfY. THE EIENtNIH
DAY OF OCTOBER. 1872 AT HALFPAST
FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the following described
land and premises. situate in the District OF Co.
iumhia. known and distinguished as lot II in NJ
Isabella Parker's subdivision of part OF block y
Whitney Close "a per plat recorded in Liber No.
81. folio "a. of the records OF the Office OF the
surveyor of the District OF Columbia.
Terms: Sold subject ia n prior deed OF tr'Ist
for &c.Ono. hearing interest at 80. maturing No
vrmher 2S 1914 and the amount over said trust
20 he paid as follows: 500 deposit required
upop acceptance Of bid. $40 within fifteen days
and the remainder In monthly instailments of
Sos 30 each. secured by second deed of trust.
or all casb over said prior trust. at purchasers
option sale to be closed within fifteen days. or
deposit forfeited. Conyeyancing. etc, at pur-
chaser's cost.
RRAINARD W. PARKER.
FREDERICK A. FENNINt;,
oci-dSfis eSu Trustees
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AUCTION SALES.
TOMORROW.

ADAM a. wEsCHLER. AUCTIONEER.
Large and Attractive Sale
of Household and Office
Furniture, Z prig h t
Pianos, Carpets, Rugs,
Etc, by Order West End
Storage Company, Trus-
tee in Bankruptcy, and
Others
BY' PUBLIC AUCTION.
At Weschler's, go Pa Ave. NV.
SATURDAY. COMMENCING
AT~0:3O AM.
Including. in part. five Upright Pianos. Mahog-
ers. Chihoners and Dressing Tables. vcrnis Mar.
tin Curio Cabinet. Psrlor Suites and Odd Pieces.
Music Cabinets Mah'gsns and oas ,,s hn
Closets. Dining Room Chairs. An-brass and En-
smel Bedsteads; 80 Wire Springs. Hair and Felt
wardrohes. Mahogany and Oak Flattop Desks.
Drop Lights. OH Paintings: Ornaments, Couches.
Couches Rubber Trees. Cash Registers, Rugs
Carpets, etc. etc.
At IL O'Clock Noon,
Automobiles. Auto Sundries, in
Guiding Tires, Lamps, Gaunt-
lets, Etc. also Carriages.
Wagons. Surveys, Buggies,
Runabouts. Harness. Etc.
Terms cash. ADAM A. wESCHLER. Auct
ocIo-2t
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Grounds Divided
Into Sections.


throughout the grounds. as we'll as many
monuments of different kinds. erected
either to commemorate a single hero or
a group of men connected with some par
ticular event.
There are now inferred in Arlington
1892 known and 1890 unknown dead.
Each grave is marked by a marble tablet
erected by the United States government.
unless there is some provision for mark
ing them by private auspices. One OF
the newest additions to be made to Ar
lington is the preparation of section to
which has been gathered all Of the Con-
federate dead already at Arlington and
within the District of Columbia, for
which purpose a special appropriation
was made by Congress. This section
comprises three and a half acres. which
is. appropriately decorated with shrub
berry and flowers. Preparations for the
erection of handsome memorial monu-
ment are under way.
The government has made provision for
marking graves Of known soldiers uni
fOrmly with headstones of the best
American white marble, 80 inches long,
IL inches wide and inches thick. The
portion Of the stone which will be above
ground is sand rubbed. Each headstone
is inscribed with the name, rank (if above
private). the company, state and regi-
ment or other organization to which the
deceased belonged, cut in relief within
a sunken shield. No deviation can be
made from the above specifications,
of War. There are thousands of these
simple headstOnes in. carefully arranged
plots in Arlington, although their coun-
terparts can be found in each of the ma
tional cemeteries in the country.
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AUCTION SALES.
BOWLING 4 CO.. AUCTIONEERS.
Receivers Sale of Valu-
able Saloon Business
at 6O4 Pa. Ave. NV.

BIZ virtue of order of the Supreme Court
Of the District of Columbia. in equity cause No.
1888. the undersigned receiver Will sell at pub
lie auction. within the above premises. on
Tuesday, October IS. 1912,
At II O'Clock AM,
the valuable saloon business. including stock In
trade. fixtures. license etc.
Terms cash. A deposit of $500 required at
time OF sale Terms to he complied with when
the license is ready to transfer, otherwise the
right is reserved to resell at risk and cost Of
defaulting purchaser after days advertisement
of such resale in some newspaper published in
Washington. u. c. All conveyance, transfers.
etc., at purchasers cost
HENRY LATTERNER. Receiver.
Oc4 dts lilo + at. ".
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Stanton Sickles Threatened.

Stanton Sickles made public letter ad-
dressed to himself. IL read:
An article telling that you propose TO
publish the name of some society woman,
for years now the wife OF a prominent
New York man. as revenge on your father.
shows you to be cur of the lowest
stamp.
This is to advise you that if any such
action is taken by you I'm bringing to dis
grace any woman who is decently living
down her past, no matter what il was.
punishment will be sent you In physical
way that will make you regret il as long
as you live
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This daughter Mary Ann RandOiph
Lee was the wife of Gen. Robert f. Lee
She was to have
Once the Home the use of Ar
of Gen. r. E. Lee. her life after
which it vas TO revert to her son. George
Washington GUSTS Lee. and his heirs
forever. Robert f. Lee. who was
colonel in the United States Army before
the breaking out of the civil war; resided
at Arlington, aid left it to enter the
service of Virginia on the secession or
that state. For this reason it has SEEM
ed especially fitting that now. when past
differences are overcome. the Confederate
as we'll as the Union soldier should rest
in a spot having such touching associa-
tons for both. The story of how Ar
lington was acquired by the federal gov
eminent first In payment or delinqueht
taxes. and OF the suit which iolo"eu
by which the United States finally paid
$4,000 additional for the property, has
been frequently told.
The national cemetery at Arlington
now contains between 400 and out acres
of ground, inclosed by a substantial brick
and stone wall. 1t has five principal en-
frances. : fo1r on the eastern and one
.upor the western side. Those upon the
eastern front are designated as the north.
Mcclellan, Sheridan and south gateWays
There are two stone columns. one on each
side Of the north gateway. on which are
inscribed the names Of Ord and
''Weitzel." The Sheridan gateway has
two columns on each side and the four
are surmounted by a stone tablet upon
which ting name of Sheridan" is In
scribed The four columns contain the
names Of Lincoln" Grant Stanton
and "scdt
The s6lth gateway is built of Seneca
sandstone in the form Of a massive arch
composSd of capstone resting upon two
columns. The name of Mcclellan" Is
engraved upon the capstone and the
names of Hooker and Burnside" upon
the columns. In this way even the en-
frances to the cemetery commemorate
the memory of the men who defended the
nation in her need. The Mcclellan gate
way was originally known as the south
gateway, while the present south gate
was originally called the new gate.
X
The grounds inside are divided into nu-
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Provision for
Burial of Nurses.

necessary, the government will provide
appropriate headstoIles. One Of the most
interesting monuments is erected upon a
small section devoted to the nurses in
the Spanish war. At present there are
only eight nurses buried upon this plot,
but there is room for other graves as
they are needed.
In September 1866. there was erected
an imposing monument to the memory OF
2111 unknown dead who died either in
the battle of Bull Run or along the route
to the RappahannOck. This was prac-
tically the beginning of the utilization of
Arlington as a national cemetery. The
monument is of massive gray granite,
and is now sufficiently moss-grOwn to
add greatly to its interest.
Each year additions are made to the
monumental wealth of Arlington. Last
year there was an impressive ceremony,
attended by thousands Of people, connect
ed with the dedication OF a monument to
Mai L'Ehfant. which was provided for
by a. special appropriation of Congress.
This is in the form Of q large fiat altar
bearing upon 1T an officers sword and
the following inscription:
..Pierre Charles l. Enfant, Engineer. Art
ist. Soldier, under the direction of George
Washington. Designed the plan OF the Fed
eraI City. Major L. S. Engineer Corps.
1852 Charter member Of the Society of
Cincinnati, designed it's certificate and in
sigma. Born in Paris France, August ?,
1855 Died June H. 1923. while residing
at Chilham Castle Manor. Prince George
County, Maryland, and was inferred
there Reinforced at Arlington, April ..
1902
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From its earliest history Arlington has
been especially noted for the enormous
crowds which fire.
Enormous Crowds quently a ther
there. Last March
0aIAeA AAoAe' there were esti-
mated to have been over 5000 visitors In
attendance upon the exercises connected
with the interment Of the bodies OF the
victims Of the Maine disaster. which were
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1t is interesting to know that the
women who served their country as
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THos. J. OWEN & SON. AUcrIoNEERs.

J. DAWSON WILLIAMS. Trustee.
oc10 -d6ds. eSu Columbian building
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TiIos j. OWEN & SON. AUCTIONEERs.

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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-09-20

Nothing could more clearly empha-
size the need of change in our State
primary law than the recent action of
the citizens OF st. Cloud, the old soldier
colony in OSceola county, where over
$50 voters recently met and organized a
Republican Club. These voters are all
or nearly all federal pensioners who
have come 10 Florida TO prolong their
days. All, or nearly all, OF them have
heretofore participated in our Demo
cratic primaries; they did that last
spring, and in so doing made tact
agreement TO support the nominees of
that primary; the new club means that
they will now repudiate that agree
ment. In outlining the work of the
new club, President Frost said: "ThiS
organization marks a new era in the
political history of OSceola county, and
is the beginning of STRAIGHT POLL
TICS. There has hitherto been no
alternative for the voter. Election has
been farce SO far as state and county
we're concerned. The I'd primary was
the real contest, and then only as be-
tween two of the same faith, sentiment,
and the same ring. We do not charge
dishonesty or corruption, but we do
claim there should be two parties" etc,
Here is virtual acknowledgement that
these men have voted in the Democratic
primaries. 1t will be an important bust
ness of the next legislature 10 so amend
the primary law that they will not do il
again. There was never time when
these coloniSts could not have joined
with the good colored people of Osceola
and carried on their work of reform"
outside the Democratic primary.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-09-20
III Saturday
Sertnonette.
Believe Me for the very works

believe Me for the very works
sake. y John Hail.
For several successive weeks we
have been challenging men 10 look
al Jesus as manifested in the most
potent lines of the worlds thought
and work. We have but caught
gimpSeS, il is true; and yet glimpSeS
that showed Jesus in the HumanilieS,
the Missions, the Art, Music and
Literature of the world. We have
seen Him inspiring and molding the
thought and action expressed in these
splendid lines. And now, with these
several reviews closely in the relroS-
peCt, with some realization of the
Masters life and activity before US,
we hear Him saying TO us: "Believe
Me for the very works sake. More
and more the world is coming TO es-
innate men by actions. Not acadc-
mic knowledge, not blooded anCeS-
try, not monied possessions, but
achievements are the measure OF the
man. We like ''lhc man who does
things. " Jesus has done things. He
is doing things. And the things He
does are the best and the biggest.
And marShalling His ChriSlly deeds
before men, He says, "Believc Me
for these" Look back at the world
of Nero, or even of Augustus, and
then at the world of today. Is it
better, or worse today? Are the con-
ditionS of childhood, servanthood,
womanhood, better or worse? Are
human thought and action freer now
than then? Were you TO say that
the world, in these nineteen Chris
tian centuries, has gone backward,
all history would brand you a falsilier,
all philosophy of any standing would,
brand you peSSimiSt; all sane and
safe judgment would brand you an
idiot. 1t is true, the world is not all
paradise. Ii is not all Christ wants
ii TO be. Maybe you are hindering
Christ'S program. Progress in right
eouSncss is slow, all too slow; for
the human will Stubbornly rcsiStS
Christ. And so, sometimes
"TiS weary watching, wave by
wave;
But still The tide sweeps onward.
We rise, like coralS, grave by grave,
But pave path that's Sunward."
And who leads this advance? He
who, as Richter says, Gifted with
His pierced hand empires off their
hinges, and turned the stream of the
centuries out of its channel" He
who loved most, suffered most and
most inspires the noble discomfort
that issues in bcttcrmcnt. He leads.
Shall we not follow? ]. NJ. B.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-09-20
Quiet for PUPILS,

The noise and dust of the streets
are unnecessary nuisances in many
places, where they now impede the
work of teachers and pupils, and the
school committee Is justified, there
fore, in asking that when pavements
in the neighborhood of school build
ings are to be renewed material
which is easily cleaned and compare
lively noiseless shall be substituted.
Even in the city proper there Is hard
ly schoolhouse so situated that this
reasonable request would be difficult
Of fulfillment. So long as 1t remains
We shall continue to worry
along with certain structures in
which, in the hottest weather, the
opening Of window involves annoy
ances that are almost equivalent to.
the torment Of a hot and fetid at
mostphere.- Boston Transcript.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-09-20
BACK GIVES OUT
Plenty of Palatka Readers Have
This Experience.

You tax the kidneys-overwork them
They can't keep up the continual
strain.
The back gives Quit aches and
pains;
Urinary troubles set in,
Don't wait Ionger-take Doans Kid
ney Pills.
Residents of this vicinity endorse
them.
Can Palatka people doubt the follow
ing evidence?
l.. H, LeVeUe, II Davis St, Jack SON
Vile, Fla, says: 81 can honestly rec
ommend DOans kidney ! ills as they
are good kidney medicine. was an
noyed by a lame and aching back and
my kidneys did not do their work as
they should Doan's Kidney Pills acted
just as represented, relieving the lame
ness and ache and Strengthening my kid
ueys. This remedy did me more good
than any other I ever used and conse-
quently, l can speak highly of it,"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the nsme-Dosn's-and
take no other.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-09-20
Do You Know?

Do you know that the G. s. & f.
RY. now operates Pullman SlccpcrS
from Palatka, Fla TO Macon and At
lanta, Ga, and that you can get
aboard the sleeper at Palatka at $50
P. NJ. and go through TO Atlanta with
out change OF cars, arriving Atlanta
sos A. NJ. next morning?
Do you know that you can make
close connection at either Macon or
Atlanta for all points North and West
if you travel via q. S. & f. R'Y. and
use this sleeping car line?
DO you know that this sleeper
leaves Atlanta returning every night
at $50 P. NJ. and reaches Palalka at
Hos A. NJ. next morning?
Do you know that the g. S. & +.
RG. now has on sale excursion tickets
TO the various Summer Resorts, also
New York and other Eastern Cities,
at greatly reduced ratcSl
Do you know that it would be 10
your advantage TO patronizc service
that was established for the mutual
benefit OF the people of your com
munity and the G. S. & G.. RG. Com
pany?
Do you know that there is another
train via G.. S. & +. RI. leaving Palat.
ka at $50 \. Nj. for Naldosta, Macon
and Atlanta, that makes all conncc-
lions for points North, East and West?
Your patronage will beappreciaicd.
For further information, apply TO
the nearest Agent of q. S. & +. RI.,
or address,
c. A. DEWBERRY, T. P. A.
Naldosta, Ga.
c. B. RHODES, Gen. Pass. Agent.
Macon, Ga.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-09-20

The St. Cloud Tribune, organ of the
Seminole Land & Investment Co. and
the Republican party in Osceola county,
finds fault with the Florida Constitution;
it is an ancient document; sit was adopt
ed when the state had enjoyed no de-
velopment TO speak of and contained no
towns worthy OF the name of city,"
But the ST. Cloud Tribune is advised
that while our Constitution is old-25
yearS-and covered with moss, il is
nevertheless vast improvement on the
even more antiquated one that il sue
ceeded and which enjoyed all the adj
vantages(o OF Yankee, carpet-bag con-
Struction. Yes, the present constitution
of Florida is old, and should, probably
soon will, be superseded by a more
modern instrument; but thank God and
the patriotic democrats of Florida who
wrote it, there is no right guaranteed 10
citizens of this republic which is not
fully safe. guarded, and that is more than
could be said of the Negro carpet bag
Constitution which we struggled under
until this came to our relief.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-09-20

What profound galabooS do some
times break into the ministry! Now
there is the Reverend William Morrison
o New York who has just discovered a
new way" TO deal with gamblers.
Gambling can no more be stopped in
New York than the sale of liquor" says
the Reverend William. The state
recognizes that it cannot stop the sale OF
liquor so it enacls laws 10 regulate il.
Why not do The same thing with gambl.
log: When you do that you will do
away with all opportunity for police
graf" And when you do that, Willie,
you will make the state take the graft
instead of the police, and instead of the
state crushing both gambling and graft,
ing it will be endorsing the central
principle of both. And then there is
the crime of larceny; it is going on all
the time in spite of the police; why not
license thieves and regulate their pro-
fession2
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-09-20

The deep concern felt for the people
of Florida by Pastor Russell" the spirit.
ual advisor of The Times Union and
Tampa Tribune, is most touching. The
Pastor" seems TO think that we would
be a much happier, more contented
people, could we but rid ourselves OF
the idea of hell as our portion, and he is
spending good deal of his ill.gotten
gains in sending things he calls "Evange-
lists" down from Brooklyn TO talk to US
about "Man's Final Destiny" and SIGH
like things. These lectures are free
not even collection being taken TO
give them religious tone. E. w. Bar
Der is the latest "Evangelst" of this
pattern 10 do the state, and he is adver.
Using himself as one who knows all
about mans destiny after he quits do.
ing business in the flesh. Only trouble
is he's making hell too blamed attrac-
tive for some people we know.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-09-20
CANALS STANDARD DEPTH
Along Atlantic Seaboard, Urged at
Waterways Meet.

New London, Conn.-The standard
ization in depth of all canals along
the Atlantic seaboard was advocated,
amid much enthusiasm on the part
Of the delegates by Congressman
John H. Small of North Carolina in
his address to the Atlantic Deep Wa
terways convention at its fifth an
nual convention.
Mr.. Small had been introduced as
the apostle of deeper waterways and
followed Charles Elmer Smith, sGcre-
tary of the Philadelphia builders eX-
change, who read the report of Gen.
w. II. BiXby, chief of engineers, in
the United States, in which a ia
vorable report had been made for a
canal twelve feet deep from Norfolk
to Beaufort Inlet, N. c., at a cost Of
$5,O0O,0OO.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1912-09-20

There's been good deal of talk in
the State press over the arrest and con
viction of few blind tigers" at ITALIA,
hassee, with sentences ranging from SIS
and sixty days TO $3.50 and the same
time in the chain.gang. And yet the
punishment isn't circumstance to that
meeted out by Judge Coke of this coun-
ty who generally makes the fine from
$3.50 to $500 and sentence to hard la
Dor, and this without respect to color or
previous condition of servitude.