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the opposite shore at the foot OF Nay
lors road. Those pies mark the site OF
bridge authorized and built in 1875. par
TALLY burned by the Americans in August.
1914, when il was believed that the Br fish
invaders. would cross the Eastern branch
at that point. 1t was restored by the
toll company owning il, and was set Oh
fire by sparks from a steamboat in the
early fortes, and was not rebuilt The
competition Of a newer toll bridge lower
down stream had Slapped its trade.
Up to recently there We're visible at
low tide nearly parallel.ng the present
Navy Yard bridge a line of old p les
marking the site of the first Navy Yard
bridge, a toll bridge bult in 1e2J by the
Navy Yard Bridge Company. Incorporated
by an act of Con5re appro ed by Prest-
dent Madison February IS 1873
x
The Eastern Branch ferry was between
these bridges. AS far back as the Ram
bier has searched he finds references to
this ferry. which at the earliest men,io
was ca! cd Dyer ferry, later Mayor ana
Ta4bert Terry, ana then Mayor > Jerry
Du..e oil La kocnefouCau u-L.ancourt,
writing in ll3s OF MS travels through the
United States in The years 40, 1..,o and
1891, had the following observation 10
mahe on the Anacost-a ferry:
The country from CLper Marlborough
TO the Eastern branch rises successfully.
Il
border upon the Eastern branch, the
river Po.owmac is seen far beyond
Georgetown and as far as Alexandria
The Eastern branch is also seen in its
course Tor five or miles and. in short
there is a prospect Of the whole site of
the new city, the public and privase
buildings OF which may be distinguished
as they rise: this view is sublime and
beautiful, but sufficiently confined by the
heights beyond the Potowmac TO enable
the eye to embrace the various objects
of it without being lost in its immensely
THE Eastern branch is passed In
tolera bly, good boat. little too fat and
a great deal too smal for the quantity
of horses which are taken into ii. |
passed in this boat with ten horses and
a carriage and was uneasy until l ar
rived on the other side. The passage
over the river is from three-quarters OF
a mile to league. After having crossed
it you enter the Federal City-that is
to say, its site, for at present there are
only a few houses to be seen in this
Capital of the United States--in this me-
tropolis of North America.
In connection with this ferry it is in
teresting to read that the Eastern branch
was, when the seat of government was
removed to the District OF Columbia, a
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Experience Counts.

GOV. GLYNN, at a dinner in Alba ny.
~ said OF a reformed CRATER:
Tile Is always reforming. He j. al
ways turning over a new leaf. Thea re
slips back again.
I'm a word the governor ended he
is one OF those professional New Year
resoluters of whom il has been well
said:
The man with the largest experience
in resolution making turns out the poor
est quality of resolutions
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Eastern Branch ferry. 1t was con-
spicuous place before the construction OF
hridres over that river, and ii continued
to run in competition with the first toll
bridge for several years. Then 1t sue
cumbed. Its landings must have been
the present Navy Yard and Pennsyl-
vania Avenue bridges.
As Won cross the Pennsylvania Avenue
bridge you will see here and there at
low tide a rotting, shiny pile You may
see several of them in ragged line at
varying distances from one another BY
their aid you can trace a line from the
foot of Kentucky avenue to place on
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stood a small square brick structure
1t might have been the meathouse.
but one does not know. 1t is a pile of
broken brick now, excepting that the
wall corners, breast high to man. are
still erect Close by is the spring-
house, a little square house with walls
of blue stone and a single roof The
walls are green with moss. and the
shingles, thick grown with moss, have
nearly collapsed. big holes having rot
ted in the roof
The ruin stands on an elevation
where one commands wide view of
the valley OF Rock creek to the east
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81 place In the season OF dead grass
md bare trees, even when the Hermit
10 Clean Drinking Manor lived, but now
that he Ia dead its desolation is COM
piete.
There you see q ruinous house which
stares at you through broken Window
oids q dreary welcome with yawning,
gaping doorways and pathetically beckons
TO you with chimneys. old. crumbling and
tottering under years and neglect, and
long. long uncheered by fragrant smoke
Inside are broken floors Uttered with
plaster fallen Z: ON the walls and steps
that answer you with doleful creaks IL
sou but set foot on them. Around
the house Is a bIighted garden. and in
This long INTENDED shrubbery is row
~ nameless graves II would seem to be
"A nospitable place for ghosts If ghosts
really do like the kind Of places they are
aid 10 haunt.
Jones Mil roads there is a shattered
locust tree TO which IL tackled q big
triangular piece of ca aboard on which
m faded letters is this: Trustees sale
Manor-Saturday. May IL. at 2 pm At
his spot
You pass northwardly along the Brook
Vile road from this locust tree and fits
faded sign On your left, and paraileling
YOUR way. is an old road. or what was
once a road. but is now a mere trace
cry nearly hidden under dead weeds On
he left OF that old road Is a low terrace.
md on top of the terrace Is a rough and
loose rock wall closely Melted with leaf
ess vines. This Is the wall OF the garden
Of Clean Drinking Manor. You come
10 what was the entrance TO this garden
at the east front of the house Formerly
there was flight of stone steps leading
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TME NATIONS STANDARD
CLOC1S.

substance is thus derived from the foun
tain head at Washington, attempts only
TO give astronoInic information for its i'm
mediate locality of circulation. Thus you
find its time tableS-for sunrise, sunset,
moonrise, moonset and for the appear
ance of the sun on tie meridian or for
the beginning and end of twilight of the
moon phases. of eciipses or OF occulta-
tions-given merely for limited group OF
states. Some of the more pretentous al
MANAGES however. give these data in sep
arate columns for the country at large.
The principal astronomic events for
1914 Prof. Eichelberger tells me. Will be:
February 24-An annular eclipse OF the
sun, visible only in the south polar re
gions.
March ia partial eclipse of the moon.
visible throughout the United States gen
orally.
August COCA tota' eclipse of the sun.
visible especially in Russia, India and
Persia but not in the United States.
September 3-4-A partial eclipse of the
moon, parts of which will be generally
visible in this country.
November GA transit of Mercury
which planet will be seen on the edge OF
the sun at sunrise in eastern United
States.
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up the terrace by the roadside One OF
these steps is all that remains. and you
climb the terrace by a path worn by the
feet of persons curious. as was the Ram
bier and the merry party with him, or,
better, the merry party with which he
was.
~. eae- ar1 e7r.her'7 ei1as Of the
house were. up to two or three years ago.
box trees near Washington. These are
gray. brittle, leafless, dead. In the north
east part of the garden are few box
bushes which cling TO life. deep and
generous porch. which ran across the
eastern front of the house, has decayed.
The northerly half OF this porch, with
its roof and flooring. lies in rottng heap
before the house and the southerly part
of the porch, though still standing. shakes
and threatens To break down IL you climb
upon il.
In the east front are four windows.
Three are tight closed with wooden blinds
that We're once green, and the fourth win
dow is without binds and the little
square window panes are broken out ON
the single roof, which Is deep-matted
with moss, two doTner windows stand
out, and in theee the little glass panes
are missing.
At the west side of the house is a
clearing that was a lawn The grass has
where the grass is not -over-the-
ground and dolls cheeses cover the
ground. Two gaunt locusts stand close to
this side OF the house. There are two
doors at this front and one of them is
broken in. Through a small unglaZed
window over the closed door you get
glimpse or dilapdated wooden steps
leading to the attic. There were four
chimneys. two at the south and two AT
the north end. Those AT the south are
standing; those at the north have fallen.
About IL hundred yards west of the
house In a thIcket of ailantus is a row
OF graves The jungle has been cleared
directly on and around these tombs. The
head and foot stones are rough native
rocks. such as you can pick up in the
fields around.
There seem TO be about six OF these
graves. but there may be others here
that are not marked. The headstones
are Potomac blue stone. the same rock
of which the terrace wall is built At
some graves the foot stones are large
pieces of white quartz. So far as the
Rambler saw. there was no inscription
on any of these stones to tell the
names of the slumberers there.
In the northeriy part of the garden
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valuable fishing ground, and i man hav-
ing a Fishing shore ON that stream had
q property of considerable worth. In the
National Intelligencer OF December -.
1S00. is this:
Notice is given that | shall attend at
the Eastern branch ferry on Monday,
the Goth Instant for the purpose OF rent
Ing the fishing landing. If any person
should want 10 rent IL. with whom l am
not acquainted. security will be required
John Wallace OF William.
The Eastern branch ferry was inn
portant place in the young Washington
1t is frequently mentioned in many kinds
of advertisements as a means Of identify
ing lands and houses. To be near the
Eastern branch ferry was about the
same as being convenient to the business
section. in the Intellisencer Of March
=. 1871. is this:
Public sale of Lots in Washington
city-Will BE- sold at public auction 20 the
highest bidder on Friday. the iirst day OF
May next, 1t William Tunnecl.n Hotel.
Two Hundred Lo.s situated eastward OF
the Capitol and near 10 tine Eastern
Branch Ferry. George Walker"
In the National Intel isencer OF April
II. 1901 the Rambler found an advertise
ment mentioning the Eastern branch
ferry as Dyer's ferry and offerin for
Of Anacostia. The advertisement follows:
The subscriber offers for sale four
hundred acres OF valuable land upon the
Eastern branch opposite the city of
Washington. 1t is bounded by the water
from opposite the navy yard nearly up
TO Overs ferry and extends back across
the rance of hills southeast of the city,
where are several as elegant situations
for buildings as any in the vicinity. Two
hundred and fifty acres ~ least are COW
cred with wood and timber, which inGe-
pendent Of every expense VIII, in the
judgment OF iudicious persons. yield to
purchaser 80 per cent more than the
proprietor will ask for the land.
< &
The soil upon the water is a rich
sandy loan. of course excellent for early
vegetables Of every kind, clover, etc. AS
all doubt respecting the continuance OF
the government AT Washington must
surely now be removed from the mind of
the most incredulous, the subscriber is in
duced to offer this property for sale In
the expectation that 1t must attract the
OF those who have money and
who want to vest it in such a manner as
will produce an handsome interest for the
present without risk and the chance OF
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problem was to select the meridians
which should divide the belts, and it
was decided not to have them so far apart
as might cause any very marked variation
from the old local mean time at any
point. So they were located fifteen de-
grees apart, which made four time belts
the eastern, centra,, mountain and Pacific;
and it was arranged that when it was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28

This book gives for every day o: the
coming year the precise positions OF the
sun and moon, as well as of each of the
planets OF our solar sy stem. and each
of those thousands OF distant suns which
we call stars.
II states. to the fraction OF second.
when the sun and moon VIII rise and
other astronomic phenomena of 1914 will
begin and end. In short il furnishes
almanac and calendar publishers, ex-
plorers, surveyors. mariners and astrono-
mers all needed information relating to
celestial signs ana events. Ships are
guided on their way by the beacon lights
OF the heavens, while by the same signs
the surveyor and explorer estimate their
latitude and longitude.
That part of Uncle Sans official al
manac which is known as the "Ameri-
can Ephemeris' is computed for the
.aeridlans "a both Washington and
Greenwich, while the other section,
called the Nautical Almanac because it
computed only for the NERD an of Green
wich. England. that imaginary line from
which all seafaring men mark off their
distances.
Work upon our official almanac has
been going on for sixty-f1ve years, al
though the first volume did not appear
until six years later, or 1853. since when
editions have been prepared for each
year. w tHout ihleiiuptios Inc iiiioiiIio-
ton used in completing these volumes Is
obtained from all of the great astronomic
observatories OF the world, including our
own Naval Observatory. where, every
cloudiess night, the great telescopes are
icing swept across the heavens TO
easure eternity.
these facts have been given to me by
CrcIe Sans Father Time"-the man
70 makes his official almanac. He Is
of William S. Eiehelberger. Z. S. N.
a. d. of Johns Hopkins University. who
eocame a pupil and later an assistant OF
re great astronomer, Simon Newcomb.
2 has been connected with the scientific
aft of the Naval Observatory for
wenty-four years and was In charge OF
rs eclipse stations In Sumatra and
main He has been director of the ma
onal almanac office since 1910.
The typical household almanac, whose
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Eastern Branch Ferry.

Tr is not probable that any of the old
observation-disclosures who have gone deep
into the records of early Washington can
point out with assurance the site OF the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28

Year almanac and
calendar complied .?
You have often
wondered just at
this season when
the holiday edi
tons are upon the
shop counters or in
your collection %
Christmas & fits.
/ have just been
talking with t1e
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and south. If you happen to stray in
the neighborhood of Chevy Chase
lake or Forest Glen you might inquire
the way to Clean Drinking Manor and
Ioiter a few minutes in the desolate
garden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28

noon in the eastern belt it should DC II
a n. everywhere in the central, 10 am.
in the mountain and 8 a m. in the Pac &c
bel. The same system has been extended
to Porto kico Hawaii and the Philippines
ana has spread over the civilized world.
1t has lately come into use even a-ong
the coast of non-Brltish China.
The head OF our national time service
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T YOU would en-
courage S o m b e r
thoughts on the
mutability OF life
and things. or life
and other things,
you might visit
Clean Drink XII n 8
Manor at chill twi-
light or while a
cold moon floats in
the winter sky. 1t
was not the chceri-
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two men who supply the informatio',
used BY all publishers o. these useful
publications.
The almanac for 1911 has cost Cnolc
Sam $4,000, I mean the official publica-
ton. from which are compiled the as
Economical data for all local household
almanacs and calendars.
The national almanac office i housed
in the United States Naval Observatory,
whose white. mosGuelike edifces gaze
down upon the Capital city from = hill
crest west of Rock creek.
Publishers OF our New Year household
almanacS had 10 occasion TO rush them
TO press upon the eve of the holiday
season. For their 1914 editions the ma
tionat almanac office had the needed in
formation ready for them as early as
1912. II was then that there appeared
from press Uncle Sans official almanac
"a volume entitled. THE American
Epheneris and Nautical Almanac Tor
1915"
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The National Almanac
Omce-Here $4,000 a
Year Is Spent Compil-
ing Facts Used by New
Year Almanac and
Calendar Publishers
How This Material Is
Cleaned From the Stars
and Made Available to
the People Where
New Year Day Will
Fall Twice This Year
and Where There Will
Be None at All.
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is Commander Edwin T. Pollock. L. S.
y. We have seen how his standard
clock is corrected by the stars. Close L.
IL stands a similar timcpece which, To-
courtesy Of tho telegraph lines Of tn
country is daily connected in electric
circuit with clocks and time balls in az
OF our four time belts. shortly bcfora
noon or each day this .transmsU.u
clock" is exactly corrected by the stand
ard clock" aforesaid. and when the sec
ond of noon is reached an electric sigma.
daily goes ont through the countr
autoualcalr coTrcctin CLOCKS an
dropping tine bais in tho eastern hylf.
and in each or the other belts correcting
relay tiraepieces, which hold the signal
for one. two or three hours, as the case
may be,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28

rhe typical household almanac, whose
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BY JOHN FLrRETH WATKINS.

OW are your Ne"
Year almanac and
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25
30 aAaa FOR
lN@G@S WANT aADs'

THE RATE for inserting Want Ads" In
The Call is 10 cents line tcount SIX words
10 Iine) each insertion. minimum charge ~
cents. Six insertions will be allowed for the
price Of feur. EXCEPTIONS: situations
Wanted four lines time, 10 cents;
Rooms to Let" and Boarding. private
houses. two lines, six times, 80 cents: "Busi-
ness Personals" % cents line, one tlme
NOTICES. Is cents line one time, subse-
euent insertions. 10 cents line.
TELEPHONE your Want Ads to The Call
Tour order viii receive prompt and careful at
tention. Bill VIII be rendered the following
day
TIE CALL win not be responsible for more
than one incorrect insertion Of any advertise
Dent ordered for more than time
ANY ADVERTISEMENT ordered TO run '.till
forbid" must be stopped by written order
Verbal or telephone orders to discontinue or
change not be accepted.
OUT OF TOWN advertisements must be se-
rcmBsnied with remittances.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25
EDUCATIONAL

Amy young man with a
backbone where it
ought to be, who has
5000 cash and cam fur
nisHl reliable refer
ences, would make a
business move i'm his
own behalf to see
Ferry Advergraph Co.,
lSz Pacific bldg.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25
REDWOOD CITY REAL ESTATE

ELEGANT HOME SITES, only $3.50 each. S.
down and IS per month; interest. no
taxes. Write or cali for handsome booklet
766 Market ST.. s. r. AGENTS WANTED.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25
FEMALE HELP WANTED


FEMALE HELP WANTED
LEARN HAIR DRESSING-The famous
PEAVY tP. W SYSTEM; enroll now. CAL
TF0RNIA SCHOOL OF HAIR DRESSING.
e67 Market ST.. second door. near Impress
tbeater- Write for booklet
LADIES and girls to tint pillow tops at home:
So per doz- and up: experience unnecessary
starting WORLDS FAIR ART ASSN, 927
Broadway. room 30. 10 TO D.
p. SPUGNARD. chiropodist and manicure will
teach full course. 3 lessons. So Room 51S
Grant bldg. 1895 Market. st
MEDICAL massage taught: positions secured.
DIR. REIDL, 1897 Telegraph av. Oakland.
NURSES
CLEAN young wants TO board and
take mofheriy of children. sunny ya~d
airy bedrms $50 26th av.: phone Pac. 4230.
EXPERIENCED nurse wants confinement case:
references. 5000 26th ST.; PHI. Mission 49Us.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25
BUSINESS CHANCES

YOU can lease an Adver=
graph at a small
amount per month
WE WILL FURNISH
THE LOCATION, and
inn three months to one
year you control a
business with a per-
rmanent monthly i'm
come. Go TO the Ferry
Station and take a
look at these Advertis=
ing Advergraplns i'm
operation - then = if
YOU are interested,
call at the office and
we will talk the mat
ter over. FERRY
ADVERGRAPFT COM
PANY, 4S7 Pacific bldg.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25
PARTNERS WANTED

WANTED partners with $1,000 cash. with
cation. Call at room s33. Aonadnock bldg
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25

SONOMA COUNTY Real Estate
WRITE j. w Horn Co., Petaluma. Cal. for
free copy "sonoma County Bargains
IMPROVED and unimp. Gravensrein apple and
berry lands w. Widehase. Sebastopoi. Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25

THE following named orphans have been re-
ceived into the Mt st. Joseph's Infant Or
phan asylum during the three months end
Ing September 80. 1918: Mary Bua. age
years; Fernando Alright. age years: David
NcWalters age years. John McWalters-
age years; John r. Forbes. age 5 years:
frankie Lopez. age years; Mary Lopez. age
year: Frances Mcsiurrsy. age year.
SISTER MARY CAME Superintendent
HAVING left my bed and board. shall not
be responsible for any debts contracted by
my wife. O. B. OLSEN. 1899 Stanyan ST.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25
MONEY TO LOAN-Real Estate
LEGAL AND OFFICIAL

NOTICE OF INTENTION OF CHANGE OF
PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS-Notice
is hereby given that the owners and holders
of more than two-thirds of the capital stock
of The National Identification company
corporation organized and existing under and
by virtue Of the laws OF the state y Cali
fornia have consented to and directed that
the principal place Of business Of said Ma
tonal Identification Company be changed
from the city and county Of San Francisco.
state of California. to the city and county
or Los Angeles. state of California and
that the directors have passed resolution
IN accordance with said written consent
that said place Of business be so changed
and have directed this publications; and no
tice is further given that 1t Is the inten-
tion of the said National Identification Com
pany to change its principal place of bust
ness from the city and county of San Fran
cisco. state of California. to the city and
county OF Los Angeles. state of California.
said change 10 take effect on the list day Of
December. 1913
BY order Of the Board of Directors of the
National Identification Company.
DALLAS Fl. PLATr. Secretary.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-25
THE CONDOR SCHOOL.

MISS kILGO-Piano lessons Accofnp- 92
Haight ST. Phi. Park 2854; hours to p. m.
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"a EsTATE TO ExCHANGE

FOR real bargains in good lands. SONoMA
co. LAND CO.. 223 4th St. Santa Rosa