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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-15
Specified Changes in Service.

The specific changes in the number Or
grades OF officers and employees of the
District of Columbia government AMI
their rate of compensation as compared
with the current law recommended in
the bill are as follows:
Executive office-One clerk. who shall
be Il stenographer and typewriter in
creased from $1,000 10 81 100. One mes
senger increased from $3.50 to 5000.
Excise board-One messenger at $500
provided for new.
AUDITORS office-One messenger in
creased from siSD TO $500
Sinking fund olfice-One clerk at 81 600
- omitted and 900 appropriated 10 pay
the clerk in the Office OF the treasurer Of
the United States designated 10 Perform
the necessary clerical service in conuec.
ton with the sinking fun and pam mt
of the interest on the debt OF the District
Of Columbia.
Free Public Library-The salary of
the librarian Is Increased from $500 to
$4,000; six charwomen are increased from
sfso to $40 each. The following addi-
uonal are recommended: One assistant
In charge of school work. 5000; one as
sistant, 800. one assistant, 500; one as
sistant, $500 one messenger $3.50.
senger, $3.50.
Highway hridse-One draw operator
IL 800 is provided for tncWl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-15
More Than One Way.

From the Boston Transcript.
ITO cure warts" says a Chicago doctor.
burn them out with a red-hot pin"
Another method is 10 put In a charge OF
dynamite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-15
Grouped in One Sum.

1T Is proposed in the bill to provide
in one place and under one sum for
the maintenance, care and re pair of
ali motor vehicles owned by the Dis
trict Of Columbia and operated by GER
tain offices and divisions of the execu-
tive department of the District For
manifest reasons, and chiefly in order
TO preserve under their respective
heads exhibits of their entire expenses.
the metropolitan police, fire depart
ment. health department, board of
charities and water department, are not
embraced in the proposition.
Tho amount recommended for the
motor vehicles in question Is s11.t50.
which includes $3.50 for those now
owned and operated. and not exceed
ing 5000 for purchase and mainte-
nance Of two motor vehicles for the Of
fetal use OF toe civilian Commission
ers, the Engineer Commissioner being
already provided with one
The whole expenditure, except for the
two new vehicles proposed, is Offset by
reductions In certain appropriations
heretofore drawn upon for this service
as follows:
Repair of streets. ssh
General expenses. electrical depart ment.. 1.s50
Surveyor, office Observation-Disclosures. 425
STRENGTHENING division ................. =. ioo
Park commission Observation-Disclosures. $40
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 81. $50
1T is believed that by providing for
these necessary. il not Indispensable, aids
in the public service i'll one place ana in
one sum Of expenditure instead OF in
many different places and In varying cX
preston OF authority in the appropria-
ton law. some OF the alleged abuses in
connection Herewith may be corrected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-15

erty that may have come into their GUS
tody that shall have been consumed in
use, statement showing the quantity
thereof and the purpose for which used
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-15
Provision for Fairgrounds.

Piaygrounds-Two watchmen at SIS
per month each are provided for (nep)
one general utility man at $50 per rnontl
for four months IS provided for (new);
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-15

All of said motor vehicles and all
other motor vehicles provided for in this
act shall be used only for purposes d.
rec pertaining to the public services oil
sal District, and shall be under the d.
recrion and control of the Commission
ers who may from time to time alter or
Grange the assignment for use thereof or
direct the joint or Interchangeable use
or any of the same by officials and en-
pioyes of the District of Columbia: Pro-
vided. that no automobile shall be &C
CURED hereunder. by purchase or eX-
change, at a cost, including the value or
vehicle exchanged, exceeding S2oo1 for
one seating more than two persons or
si,eo Tor one seating not more than two
persons; provided further. that all motor
xenlcles owned by the government of the
District OF Columbia shall be of uniform
color and have painted conspicuously
.hereoh, In letters not less than six inches
hlgh and markedly contrasting in color
with the body color OF the motor vehicle,
the words: City Service
Practically the same limitation is franz
ed to cover horse-draXn vehicles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-15
Charged to Street Railways.

a legislative provision enabling the Dis
trlct to collect from street railway COM
panies the amounts spent for repairing
bridges when carry public streets over
the rights Of way or properties of rail-
way companies. The occasion for this
proposed legislation is that certain
Dfldges now in need OF repair are in dis
pute between the District ard the rail-
way companies whose tracks are carried
over the bridges. The District believes
the repairs are q proper charge to the
companies and the companies deny this
me proViso incorporated in the bill would
definitely fix the responsibility and pro-
vide practical means of procuring the re-
pairs at the expense of the corporations,
whereas there Is now only the ground for
suit at law without any funds to de-
fray the expense
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-15
Forbids Change at Franklin Building

Plans Of the board of education to turn
the Franklin School into an office build
ing for the administrative Headquarters
of the public school system were upset
by the subcommittee. The Commission
ers asked for money to remodel the build
ing. The bill not only makes no appro-
priat.on, but proposes to limit the use Of
the Franklin building by specifying that
mo greater amount of floor or room
space shall be occupied in the Franklin
School building for office purposes of the
board of education or of the superin-
tendent of education than was SO used
January ], 1918: and the remainder of
said building shall, until otherwise pro-
vided, be devoted solely to the actual
work Of teaching"
The subcommittee was not much inn
pressed with the necessity for q full fire
engine company at Randle Highlands,
where there Is s11,JOO worth of equip
ment and a full complement Of fire.
fighters. The committee therefore recon-
mends that the Commissioners be directed
to transfer apparatus and men at the
Randle Highlands engine house to the
lished or to any other fire station in the
District in the discretion OF the Commits
sioners. This new legislation was
prompted BY the report Of the chief of
the fire department, which shows that
the Randle Highlands company respond
ed to only eight alarms in a year, laid
only 900 feet OF hose and put up only
thirty ladders. Other companies have
responded to as many as 100 alarms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-15
Improvement Items Scaled.

The Commissioners asked for 500, 600
for special alterations to the Western.
Eastern, Central and Business High
schools, and for several graded schcls.
This was in addition TO 100000 for gem
eral repairs. The bill cuts down the
combined total to $4,000 and adds this
paragraph:
"A detailed statement of the expendi-
ture OF the appropriation made for pur-
poses expressed in the foregoing para
graph shall be submitted to Congress in
the book of estimates for the fiscal year
1916 and annually thereafter
The subcommittee came to the con-
ciusion that 1t would be good thing TO
incorporate in the law provision pro-
hibiting once for all the soliciting or do
mating OF money for the purpose of offer
ing testimonials to school officers or
teachers. The proposed section of the
law is as follows:
1T shall not be lawful for any person,
employed under or in connection with the
public schools of the District of Column
bia. TO solicit or receive, or permit to be
solicited or received, on any public school
premises, any subscription or donation
of money or other thing of value from
pupils enrolled in such public schools for
presentation Of testimonials or for any
other purposes.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-08-23

u b a vera popular idea thut q psr.
son when dead weighs heavier than
when living. One reason that dead
body b thought to be heavier than a
living one Is probably this: In carry
ing living person we have the center
OF gravity adapted by the person car
ned to suit the convenience OF the car
her and maintained In a position a.
Tar as possible to fall within the base
OF his body. Again. the elasticity Of
the structure Of the body. especially
the eartlages. though not in reality
diminishing the weight. gives an ap-
pearanee Of llghtness. as we see In
the beautiful movements Of the stag.
and this would seem to eorroborate the
notion that living creatures are lighter
than dead ones. It has also been as
serted that the breath makes the living
body lighter than the dead. But we
need hhrdly say that a man when
dead weighs no more than when living.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-08-23


Il believe that the country. which
God made, is-more beautiful than the
city, which man made; that life out OF
doors and In touch with the earth IL
the natural life OF man. / believe that
work Il work wherever we find It, but
that work with nature IL more inspir-
ing than work with the most intricate
machinery. believe that the dignity
Of labor depends, not on what you do,
but on how you do IL; that opportunity
comes 10 a boy on the farm a. often
a. to the boy In the city; that life h
larger and freer and happier on the
farm than In town; that my success
depends, not upon my location, but
upon myself; not upon my dreams, but
upon what actually do; not upon luck,
but upon pluck. believe In working
when you work and In playing when
you play and In giving and demanding
q square deal In every act Of nfe."-
Suburban Life.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-08-23
Canary. Your Steam.

A man who never amounted 10 much
once got a job running the engine Of
q sawmill. He was greatly impressed
with the importance Of his position
and wanted every one to know that be
was the man who made all the wheels
90 round. The first morning he steam
ed up the engine be Jerked the whistle
wide open and made the weikin ring
for miles around. saying to himself as
the echoes bounced over the hills, II
am certainly the big noise In this part
Of the country" Just then the fore
man started the force on a big days
work and discovered that there was
not enough steam left to start the ma
chinery. He Of the big noise was
promptly canned. and the Job was CIV
en- % q hole. MoraL-You can't saw
wood II you use all the steam blowing
your whistle.-Exchange-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-08-23

Julian Grande. who recently return
ed to England from Bible lands, has
had some interesting things to say
about Damascus. The pride Of the
district lies still In its rivers. ALBANIA
and Pharpar. but this does not hinder
the citizens from polluting them with
the refuse OF the streets. making the
water quite undrinkable in summer.
Water is brought from distance and
sold In the streets at about a farthing
a quart. and to buy a cupful Of cold
water and give Il TO ''one Of those lit
tie ones" is a typical act Of eastern
charity. Pious Moslems viii buy wa
ter and then gather the thirsty chill
dren round them. using almost the
very words Of Isaiah--Ho, every one
that thirsteth. come ys to the waters I"
-Homiletic Review.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-08-23
Niek.I In soapmakIna.

II win probably be news to the aV-
erage abluionist that the metal nickel
d used in making his soap. And fur
ther, perhaps, he viii be glad to learn
that although the nickel. finely ground,
Is mixed with the other soap ingredi-
ents. the finished product contains none
Of IT. This Is 30 because the nickel
acts as what the chemists call q cata-
lyst-that IT. its presence causes GER
tain desirable changes to occur, al
though It takes no part In the chemical
reaction. Offensive oils and those too
thin for satisfactory use. when mixed
with finely divided nickel and subjected
to the action Of a current Of hydrogen,
become deodorized and harder and suit
able for the soap makers use Cotton
seed oil for example. after the nickel
hydrogen treatment. makes a satisfae-
tory soap.-New York Post
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-08-23
rha End Of th. Earth.

The ancient Persians believed In the
renovation OF the earth. A comet In
the course OF It's revolutions VIII strike
the earth and set II on FIRE. Rivers OF
molten metals will noat down the
mountains and deluge the valleys. All
men must pass through these streams.
The good will ind them like baths Of
milk. The evil will end them Ike
torrents Of lava, but they will be puri-
fed thereby and finally viii Join the
good upon the new earth and sing
praises to the eternal source OF all
This belief was held also among the
American Indians and the Hindus.
The Egyptians believed that the earth
would be destroyed by FIRE and water.
The Chaldeans said that when all the
planets met in the sign Of Capricorn
the earth would be overwhelmed with
q deluge OF water. aud whenever they
all met in Cancer 1t would be con-
Sumed by fire.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-08-23
Power Of SUGGESTION.

What be calls an effective sugges-
don test f. given by Professor Hugo
Munsterberg In an article on How
Can We Know Ourselves" In the
Youths Companion Draw several
pairs Of circles" writes the psyeholo-
gist and let your friend decide which
circle In each pair is the larger. In
some cases make one circle slightly
larger than the other; usually, how
ever. make the circles OF each pair the
same size. In each circle write q hg-
ure OF two digits. Although the circles
are alike. you will Ono that II In one
you have written q small number, such
as twenty-one. and In the other a
larger number. such as seyenty-nine,
the boy or girl who is open to sugges-
don viii tell you that the circle that
contains the higher number Is the lar
ger. The size Of the number suggests
= wrong idea about the size Of the cir
cleS"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-08-23
NilIst,. ni6eulti.N

Two OF MiiIet's famous pictures. the
-SOwer~ and the Binder were pro-
duced In q damp studio. Intellectually
warmed By a tiny stove. In order %
keep warm be would work with his
feet In big wooden shoes stuffed with
straw, himself enveloped In q heavy
horse cloth with a hole In the.eenter,
through which be put his headl In
these pictures Millet bad simply sought
70 express with all his might one OF
the phases Of mans unceasing combat
with nature. But political" parties
drew their conclusions. The labor"
party declared that these pictures pro
tested against the misery Of the labor
er. while oHicial critics said that the
artist sought to set class against class.
At this time MiIlet willingly painted q
signboard for q Partisan tradesman-
But then he painted II 50 well In the
end 1t figured in an exhibition Of his
works In the School OF Fine Arts.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-08-23
Dreamland.

An dreams are rapid. A. tutor fen
asleep rs a S'hoIar was reciting.
dreamed a littie- pIaylet and aROke to
hear the end OF the boys sentence.
elapsed time not more than fifteen Sc
onds- Touch sight and hearing are
prominent In dreams, but taste and
smell exceptionally rare. Dreams can
be made to order by outsiders, but not
BY the dreamer. Yell -Firep In the
ear OF a sound sleeper or allow q sud
den draft Of cold air TO play on the
back OF his neck and he viii dream 70
order, but he can't 60 to sleep with bis
mind made up to dream Of any certain
thing and then actually dream Of It
In spite Of this fact books are sold In
Europe which tell what one must do
In order to dream the lucky number In
the lottery. Furthermore, there are no
ethics in dreamland. One sees or com
mits himself the most atrocious crime
with no feeling Of pity or guilt-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-08-23
Sheets In Scotland.

The custom Of sleeping in one large
sheet. doubled at the foot. seems to
have been peculiar to Scotland and to
have made special impression on more
than one English traveller. Fynes
MORRISON. writing in 1893 says. They
used but one sheet. open az the sides
and top. but closed at the feet and 90
doubled" and John Ray, the natural
list. who visited Scotland about 1862.
remarked that 1T is the manner In
some places there to lay on but one
sheet as large as two. turned up from
the feet upward" The practice. i'm
agine, was continued until recent
times. and ] have. when a boy. slept
in a sheet Of the kind. Such pieces OF
linen were termed sheets. par excel
Ience. the single coverings which are
now used being called half sheets"-
London Taller.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-08-23
UsSs Fer Old British uDif,ru,.

- - DNNNtsM QUil4TmA
Black cloth clothes purchased by SC.
ondhand dealers. provided they ara too
far gone 70 be revived" are sent 10
France Russia and Poland 30 be made
into caps, which the working people OF
these countries wear. The CASTOR red
coats Of the British soldiers almost an
80 70 Holland. for In that damp coun-
~ the people have a notion that red
cloth keeps OF rheumatism There
fore, all careful Dutchmen OF the IA
boring classes wear red cloth waist
coats next their skin These are made
by cutting on the sleeves Of the Brit
tsh soldiers red coats and altering the
shape little. The snowy uniforms Of
the guards and the full dress Hveries
Of the lord mayors footmen and the
royal servants come into the hands Of
the old clothes dealers and 90 chiefly
10 the south coast Of Africa, where
they are sold TO the native chiefs.
Travellers are sometimes amused at be-
ing received In full state BY a swarthy
chief on his throne dressed out IN foot
mans livery or rineman's Uniform
London Answers.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-08-23
Th.r 81 Is, R,I, o. th. hooL

OF all sad things Of tongue or pen.
the saddest Of all Is the Gunner, that
skinny, bOny little dsh that knows
how to enter the jaws Of hell and car
~ on its teeth. This measly vermin
Of the painless deep Is stronger for it's
size than the lion Of the desert or the
red ant OF tradition. Il Il quicker
than the wit Of woman and more elu-
sive than the shadow OF a dream. Il
Il holder than q Bengal tiger and more
Justly entitled to kingship among the
creatures OF the sea than Jobs leyia-
than or the great whale OF Scandina-
Wan mythology. Hats on 70 the cum
ner. Man Is both fearfully and won
derfully made. but in the presence OF
this superhnny miracle OF subaqueous
evolution be stands humble and
aghast The best way to get him II
with q small hook about the size OF q
bent pin and a goose pimple full OF
clam.-New London Telegraph
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-08-23
sax.d By Anril Fool Tine.

When Francis, duke OF Lorraine, and
his wife were awaiting death in the
prison Of Nantes they chose as the
day for an attempt to escape the 1st
Of April.
Disguised as peasants. says a ehron-
icler. the one bearing q bod on his
shoulder. the other carrying a basket
Of rubbish on her back, they both at
an early hour Of the day passed through
the gates Of the city. A woman naving
q knowledge Of their persons ran to
the guard to give notice to the sentry.
april fool!' cried the soldier. and
bis comrades to a man shouted out,
april fool"'
The governor. to whom the incident
was related as a great jest. became
suspicious. and ordered an investiga-
tion. but it was too late, for In the
meantime the.duke and his wife were
well on their way. The-1st Of April
had saved them.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-08-23
Fir. British Mounted Police.

When the departure Of the Roman
Iegions from Britain, as Tennyson tells
Us. left men to do about as they pleas
ed In the absence OF any adequate
government. the roads were filed with
robbery. and everywhere outside OF
walled towns men generally adopted
the robbers simple plan, That they
should take who have the power and
they should keep who can" There
fore, King Arthur gathered men OF no
Bile instincts about bis round table and
made them knights to 60 forth, not
to conquer territory or markets or win
spoIls. but to redress wrongs, to de-
fend the weak. especially womanho0d,
in the spirit Of the cross. They were
knights without fear and without To-
preach" who took King Arthurs oath
Christian Herald
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-08-23
Captain Cooks Shilling.

Young James Cook. destined later to
become Eng!and's greatest navigator.
was at seventeen placed on probation
In the shop Of a small tradesman at
StaIthes. near Whitby. Seeing a new
shilling in the till. the lad took It out,
replacing Il by one Of his own The
master. missing the bright shilling.
searched Cooks box and found It there,
sent for a constable and for Cooks IA
ther and charged the boy with theft
The boy declared his innocence and ex-
planned The master expressed his re-
gret. and. although Cooks father and
the master both pressed him to stay,
bis reply was: NO. father. ! can't
Once a thief. always a thief. must
60" And he then went to whitby and
was there apprenticed to the sea-
Captain James Cook"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-08-23
pe.,s Airship Hoax.

Edgar Allen Poe was a pioneer In
the art Of aerial hoaxing. In 1874 the
New York Sun announced one morn
ing: Astounding news: Atlantic
crossed in three days! Triumph Of
Mr.. Monek Mason's flying machineg'
Folks rushed for the paper. and found
therein a long and detailed account Of
the crossing Of the Atlantic in a steer
able balloon by Mr. Monck Mason,
Harrison Ainsworth and four others.
The balloon was infinitely described,
long extracts were printed from q
diary which Harrison Ainsworth was
supposed to have kept on the way, and
the whole story had such a touch OF
truth that It took some. days for New
Yorkers to realize how completely they
had been Decentralization Chronicle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-08-23

Western arehiteets are often puliod
By the origin Of the japanese roof
curve and the ease with which Japa-
nese carpenters can 50 accurately con
Struct what their architects design.
The curve Of \ japanese temple roof
n about as dlflcult q line 70 draw e.
man has eontrived. but how the Jspa-
nese artists themselves succeed 30 wen
In reproducing II has never been ex-
planned. Modern artists and writer's
see In these unique and beautiful
curves q resemblance 10 the sagging
outlines Of the primitive tents used
ages ago by the forefathers Of the Jap
anese race. who dwelt on the burning
plains Of China. but there does not ap-
pear to be any evidence 10 support
such. q conclusion The curve Il q
eatenary. the most beautiful perhaps
Of all natural curves, formed BY graYi-
tation when a chain or cord Il suspend
Cd between two pOintA-London Globe.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-08-23
schousss Seymour.

There was an Irish actor named Sey-
mour, who had the nickname "Chouse,"
which came from his unlucky slip In
the passage in "Othello." when | love
thee not chaos is come again" II was
in Cork that be made the break. and
Cork did not forget. When be return
ed year later the city was placarded
by an artist In chalk. 'Chouse has
come again" He played othello. and
the gallery observed. "Deueed good.
ChouseF The dying Moor sat mp,
shook his ist in the direction Of the
observer and invited him. II be were
man, to come down and have bis head
punched