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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30

six inches across the left breast,
narrow thin line that one could
hardly see. II was shaped like
this:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30
ARREST COUPLE.

Suspected Of having entered
the room of Thomas Svartrud, in
a lower Pacific avenue rooming
house, and stolen 1925 in cash
from him, Aida Shield, white,
and Henry Brown colored, were
arrested last night and taken to
the city jail.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30
BeSure toGet
real Resinol

II you want to get rid of eczema,
pimples, or other distressing skin
eruption. you will accept no Sub
stitute" for Resinol. Preparations
similar in name or appearance ara
mot lust the same as Resinol."
Although q few unscrupulous deal
ers may offer them as or for Res
inol, they are often crudely made,
of little healing power, and some
may even be dangerous to use.
Buy in the original blue package.
Resinol Is never sold in bulk
Resinol has bean psescribed by doctors
for more than 10 years. All druggists sell
Resinol Ointment IN opal Jars (60c. and
t1.0o}. and Rssinol Soap t46c.). For trial
size Of each frse whts 20 Dept. 1913.
Reslnol. Baltimore. Md.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-30
IS RICHEST BOY

NEW YORK, March Boy
decree of the court validating
requests OF John Caty Brown,
John Nicholas Brown, jr., aged
Ia, becomes the richest boy In the
world with $25, 100000.
You can ''swap" anything by
using a Times Swap adj. See Want
Ad rage.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-09
INGENIOUS TOMMY

Tommy had teased, begged and
5implored his father to buy him a
watch. The impatient fathers an
swer was, "No; once and for all, no!
If hear you mention the word watch
again, 1 shall punish you severely"
J, That evening the family assembled
at the dining table, and, as was their
-eustom before eating. each repeated
a verse from the Bible.
When Tommy's turn came, he said,
"What1 say unto one of you, say
unto all of you-watch!"
:. The watch was forthcoming
Fun.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-09
RARY's COLOR Line

A young mother, who had just re-
turned from India, engaged a new
nurse for her baby. The nurse came
to her and said: 81 don't know what's
the matter, madam, but the little one
cries and cries. 1 can do nothing to
quiet it The mother thought mo-
ment; then, frightening up, she said:
81 remember now. Baby's last nurse
was a black one. You will find the
stove-polish on the third shelf in the
kitchen. "-Argonaut.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-09
NOT FOR HIM

Cyrus (entering sixteenth-floor
office, panting)-Them stairs must
be sev'ral miles long!
lawyer Why didn't you come up
in one of the elevators there?
Cyrus-Not much! l jes see one
of 'em full O. people fail down that
hole there!- Bohemian.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-09
FIRST AID

A train slowed up at busy station,
and a man was seen to put his head
excitedly out of the window of a
third-class carriage.
There's woman in here faintedp'
he cried. HAS any one got any
brandy or whisky? Quick"
Some one in the crowd on the plat
form handed him a bottle He I'M
corked it frantically, put it to his lips
and took noble pull.
! ''Ah," he sighed; that's better. 1t
always did upset me to see a woman
faint. "-Top-Notch.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-09
HER ORDER FILLED

A certain surly old Yankee who
runs small summer hotel on the
coast once received letter from a
prospective guest" who wrote to en-
gage two large, sunny rooms over
looking the ocean and connecting
with private bath"
One may imagine the lady's sur
prise at getting the following curt
reply:
Dear Madam: All rooms face the
ocean, and that's your BATH
Everybody's.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-09
NEARSIGHTED

When Beanbrough was in Florida,
he sent what he said was a postcard
picture of big fish he caught"
~ "Is that so?"
Eyes; but, you know. he is a .trife
&pearsighted, and the postcard he
! picked out bore the picture of sub
marine boat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-31

same room in which the reporter saw
Kearney sat Carl Brown. who was
writing. His coat was off and under
his checked shirt. the sleeves of
which were rolled up. was red fan
mel shirt
Kearney told The Star man that he
meant to remain In Washington until
the following Friday: that he would
address the workfngmen of Washing
ton from the Capitol steps Thursday
evening, and that he would organize
them IL they were not already: that
the country was ripe for a social revo-
luton, and that his party. the national
labor greenback party. was going to
elect a great many men to office in
the elections then approaching, kear-
ney denounced the newspapers and the
press associations. saving: When I
speak to 10000 men they say ! ad
dressed a very enthusiastic audience
of hoodlums.''
He said that on leaving Washington
he intended visiting Baltimore. Phila-
delphia. Newark and New York. and
that then he would go to Massa :
for BENJAMIN Butler. then campaign
ing for the governorship. kearney
did campaign actively for Butler. who
was defeated. and the Rambler remem-
bers that after the unsuccessful cam
paign. in which Kearney had sought
professional non workingmen up to a
high state Of fervor in Buffers behalf,
several Of kearney's lieutenants gave
it out that Kearney had supported But
Ter because he wanted him defeated.
Kearney spoke at the Capitol in the
Washington became muddled and quite
a crowd Of people gathered at the
city hail. thinking that Dennis would
appear there. larger crowd was at
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lines they have dug their homes They
fit and twitter in large f1locks. You
know that in their quick and eccentric
motions they are chasing and capturing
winged insects Soon after seeing this
colony Of swallows the Rambler found
copy Of the National Geographic Maya
zine. in which he read some interesting
facts about this bird. The length OF the
bird Is about six inches. the rufous up
per tail coverts serving to distinguish
this swallow from other species. Inc
birds breed from central Alaska and
northern Canada south over the United
States. except Florida and to Guatemala,
and winters in South America.
1t Is written that 1.-The cliff and barn
swallow are members in good standing OF
the original guild of masons. and their
clever constructive work in nest BUILDING
with mud pellets will bear the severest
professional inspection. Through much
of the west the cliff swallow still at.
taches it's mud house to The races OF
cliffs as from time immemorial. and l.
was not until the farmers house and
barn offered a satisfactory substitute for
granite and sandstone bluffs that the
bird really became numerous IN our east
ern states. In some localities 1t is not a
welcome guest about the homestead. rs
its nest is apt to contain parastes "nlch
the good housekeeper fears. Such para
sites are not to be dreaded, however. as
they will live only on birds. The CHI
swallow performs invaluable service 10
man since its food consists wholly OF IN
sects. and among them are many pest1-
erous kinds such as leafbugs. leafnop-
pers and the boil weevil. Whoever, then'
protects this and other species OF sWai-
lows and encourages their presence on tne
premises does good and patriotic service
and can, moreover, be sure OF adequate
reward"
Rut the Rambler after reading this finds
that it refers to the cliff swallow and not
to the bank swallow, which is dinerent
suecies and is that which you Will see
down by the old gray stone ruin turning
to the little bird book which the Rambler
usually carries with him he reads that
the bank swallow, or riparia raparta, av-
erages about five and a quarter inches IN
length; that they are the smallest OF the
family OF swallows. and that this species
can be distinguished. even at a distance.
by the conspicuous band across the breast
showing in bold relief against the llghter
throat They are found throughout NORM
America, breeding from the middle OF the
United States north to the arctic regions
They nest in colonies in holes in banks.
LAYING from four to seven eggs on grass
nest in an enlarged chamber at the END
of the tunnel.
There are many other kinds of swat
lows and the Rambler early in the spring
wrote of the colony of purple martins
which was expected to take possession OF
quarters provided for them at the hre
engine house at the corner of Delaware
avenue and c street and which have since
arrived. There is the barn swallow. said
to be the most beautiful of all the swal-
lows; the tree swallow. the male OF Whicn
has steely blue or greentsh plumage, ana
the rough-winged swallow which breeds
from the gulf north to Massachusetts In
banks or in crevices of stone bridges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-31

iron picket fence of familiar design. In
side Is grassy terrace that slopes nearly
as high as the fence. Then, one comes
to the rosebushes growing in we'll
worked. rich earth. At the top Of the
little terrace and around the edge OF the
rose jungle is a low wire fender intended
to have perhaps psychological effect on
pies the top of the terrace at the front of
the house on 18th street and along the Q
street side Hundreds of rose bushes,
carefully pruned and tended and each
having its own stake. are growing there.
any many fthem are blooming. They
are planted not more than a foot apart
and are several rows in depth. There are
roses that bloom all summer and roses
that will bloom into the chill weather Of
next autumn. There are roses red. white
creamy and yellow and roses of many
tints Of pink. Running roses are climb
ing over the walls of the house"
A few evenings ago the Rambler's tele-
phone bell rang, and very gentle voice
wire The speaker was a woman and this
is the substance Of what she said:
You published little article last year
about the rose garden at 18th and Q
streets. It was mothers garden and she
her pets. The little article pleased her so
much that she wanted to find out who
wrote it. that she might send the writer
an armful OF the roses. Mother died not
long after the article appeared, and as
the garden is in bloom again l wish you
would come up and help yourself to the
roses. I am in Office and if nobody is
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Dennis Kearney's Visit.

THE recent visit OF Coxey suggests to
tho Rambler an incident which prob
ably most Washingtonians have forgot
ten. but which many will recall. 1t was
the coming to Washington Of Dennis
Kearney. the Californian and else
where labor agitator. who was gem
orally called the sand lot orator. be-
cause of his meetings on vacant lots
in San Francisco. kearney came to
Washington to hold a meeting and
make speech on the steps of the
Capitol. He was not arrested. and he
addressed an assemblage not far from
that part of the central stairway from
which he desired to speak. but from
the south side of the staircase.
1t was late in August. 1878. Washing
ton was wrought up over the yellow
fever epidemic in the south and was
lending noble aid in the relief work.
In Washington disconnected laboring
people. under the leadership of an agi
tator named Isaac Cohen. were keep
ing the police and other city officers
busy. Dennis Kearney and his private
secretary. Carl n-"un- arrived in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-31
A Rose Garden.

THE rose garden at the northwest cor
ner of 18th and @ streets is blooming
in springtime or summer radiance and is
one of the fioarl shows of the city. There
one sees a mass of gorgeous blossoms in
all the shades of red and pink, yellow and
cream which roses can put on. and there
are many varieties of roses white. 1t Is
a beauty spot to one who feels fondly to-
ward roses. and it is beauty spot any
way There is a little story associated
with this rose garden which the Rambler
takes pleasure in telling.
More than a year ago the Rambler.
walking along Q street noted this gar
den. Its color gladdened the scene and Its
perfume filed the air. The Rambler en-
joyed the beauty OF the garden, pa ssed on
and later wrote a little story in which he
said:
For an urban rose garden, look at that
which grows along the east and south
sides Of the house at the northwest corner
of 18th and Q streets 1t is rather an
old fashioned house. brick. painted lead
color with brown trimmings. and it Is
perched somewhat above the grade of the
streets. Around the rose garden is low
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-31

spring than at this season of the year,
for the ruin is closely grown around by
trees and vines. and because of the inter
vening foliage the Rambler doubts
whether these ruinous walls can be made
out from the Chain Bridge road. Four
walls with great gaps in them. which
once were doors and windows, stand.
The roof is gone and the doors were
burned away when fire swept this ould-
ing somewhat more than a quarter OF a
century ago.
What was the ground floor OF the mill
is now grown up with trees. There are
many sycamores around the place, and
thickets of silver poplar There is also
a tangIe of weeds and wild flowers. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-31

same enthusiasm and thoroughness that
had won him success as a young en-
gineer.
ed: in February, 1911, his gallantry in
action his soldierly abilities, and. above
ALL his high standing In an examination,
won for him a commission as SECOND
lieutenant of cavalry. The dream OF MS
Of the army The 9th Cavalry, a ia
nous and hard fighting regiment. claim
ed him.
When his tour Of duty was done he
came home on detail to take the adVanc-
ed course for qualified officers IN the
Infantry and Cavalry School at Leaven-
worth, Kan From this institution ne
was graduated in 1904. Then came a
course in the still more advanced stan
College from which he was graduated
in 1905.
In the meantime, during one four
month leave, he had INDUCED his love
for engineering by taking job as an
engineer in constructing a branch line
for the Rock Island railroad IN Arkah-
sas.
By now John F. Stevens was chief en-.
eineer of the Panama canal He got
trace of his former cub engineer 70
whom he had taken such fancy, ana
determined to get him to the canal
There was work aplenty for just such
Young men. Not until May, l3oo, uio
Mr. Stevens manage it. and then Lieut..
Mears was detailed from bis res1Wehl
to go to the canal and report TO MT.
Stevens.
The first Job assigned him was track
foreman on the Panama railroad II
wasn't much. but it broke him into Pan
ANA conditions. And also 1t gave MIN
chance to study the road. Three months
he remained and then he was made as
sistant engineer of the railroad.
This Panama railroad. property OF the
Panama Railroad Company, which IN
turn is controlled by the government, ran
In the old days parallel to the line OF tne
canal entirely across the isthmus, put on
account of the lake overflow ana .ne
slides in Culebra cut 1t became eVioenl
10 Mr. Stevens that it must be relocated
For thirty-two miles. from Gatun 70
Pedro Miguel, 1t must be showed oacA
beyond the hills.
Assistant Engineer Mears was assigned
~. dufy Of going out there in the jungle
end ending route for the new line;
Idaho and Arkansas and Minnesota nao
shown him nothing like the veselae .ea
that he encountered But ne ioeasu ~
route and had his surveys coiipa
Thereupon he was told to go out ana
A;id tho road He did. He spent $s,oUV :
600 and moved seventeen miihon Suo' =
vards ri materials and he turned out
railroad. The Job was done IN DECEMBER
7, WAS a rood job like all other jobs
On the canal Public interest was cen,
tered in the canal, however, and 1t dio
not attract as much attention as II
might
by this time was boss in the Canal Zone.
now take charge as chief engineer Of
the road
Meara did Since then he has been in
charge of all construction work-and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-31
An Eastern Branch Ruin.

FIFTEENTH street from Pennsylvania
avenue east to the Eastern branch.
or at least to the railroad tracks Of the
Baltimore and Potomac. leads through a
deep cut, banks of gravelly clay rising
high on either hand. At the southwest
intersection of the street and the Avenue
is frame house about which vines are
climbing, and which nestles snugly in a
garden full of green and blossoming
shrubbery inclosed by an old-fashioned
paling fence. 1t probably Is one of the
very old residences of that neighborhood,
and was a happy home before rapid tran
sit cars and electric lights began to dis
turb the quiet of the neighborhood. Fiji
teepth street is a dirt road. muddy or
dusty according to the weather. and with
out sidewalks or other improvements
which usually go with what is called
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-31

street If you follow southwark for about
the length of a town block you will come
to a wide plazalike space above the rail-
road tracks-a space that has been dug
out of the hillside. The excavation does
not seem to be very old. for grass and
weeds have not vet overrun it. though
here and there they are asserting them
selves.
Here stands great gray ruin The
walls are of Potomac bluestone and are
intact, but the roof is gone and charred
timbers show that fire painted things red
there not SO long ago. The Rambler met
there an old woman of the neighborhood.
with a pretty child, both collecting frag-
ments of f1rewood, and they were using
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-31
lWN

the Capitol. When Kearney appeared
at the Capitol. escorted by Cohenites.
there was some cheering from the men
to climb the steps at the east front
Capt Blackford Of the Capitol police
stopped him. squad of city police
under Lieut. Noonan was also on the
scene. Blackford told kearney he could
not speak there. the rules prohibiting
such a meeting.
Then Kearney shouted: "These grounds
belong to the people. and as an American
citizen I claim the right to speak. The
chief of police threatens to stop me. II
this is our boosted liberty l want the
people to know it, and if l am arrested
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-31

great deal of industry for very meager

a great deal of industry for very meager
returns.
This point in Washington. which so
few Washingtonians have ever visited,
is just above the place on the shore
where Aquila Wheeler used to run a
small ferryboat over to the lands of
Matthew Wigfield. before the District of
Columbia was created. and before a
bridge was thrown across a river near
the site of Washington.
The old woman ceased her work to
talk with the Rambler, and told him
that the gray stone ruin had been dis
tiliery and that before that it had been
a warehouse of some kind which had
been erected alongside the tracks of the
Baltimore and Potomac railroad soon
after the building of that line between
Baltimore and Washington, which was
in the early seventies.
There Is another feature of this place
which you should notice if you conclude
to go down that way. In the bank at
the back of the area which has been
scooped out, thousands of cliff swallows
make their summer home. Two or three
feet below the turf and in long Irregular
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-31

at home when you come please go into
the garden and help yourself. Mother
wanted you to have some
There was something very touching and
pathetic in this message, and some time
the Rambler is going to pass that way
again and pluck one white rose in mem
ory of that good mother.
OF course when the Rambler walked
that way he did not know whose rose
garden it was. He just knew that some
body who loved roses lived there. There
Is always a certain element of risk or
danger in asking questions Of strangers
about a matter for publication.
But this is a little DEPRESSION into which
the Rambler has been led because of the
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ease with which the typewriter runs on
which he is writing this. And to return
not to our muttons. but the roses. the
Rambler made no effort to find out who
owned the rose garden and the flowers
until he received the very kindly message
which has been set down above Then he
learned that the lady who wanted to send
roses to the man who wrote of her roses
was Mrs. Anna e. McCardle. since de-
ceased. and who was the widow OF Col.
William McCardle. for many years promi-
nent in the affairs Of Mississippi and long
the editor of the Vicksburg Herald.
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the deem brush-everywhere the instru-
ment man directs him. 1t is no sinecure
Presently. having shown his ability TOT
better things, he was promoted to level
man in a party constructing the Coon
Creek cutoff This gave him an instru-
ment, a simple instrument, to be sure. but
it marked the first rise above mere me-
chanical labor And then, John F. Ste
vens the famous chief engineer of the
Great Northern, afterward to be CHIEF
engineer of the Panama canal. advanced
Mears to be full engineer and gave him
charge of a party Of his own. 1t was
swift promotion, but won absolutely on
merit.
Jim Hill, about that time, was build
ing two branch roads from his main line
in Idaho up across the international Dor
der to reach coal fields and gold mining
districts in British Columbia and Alberta.
To the Kootenai valley line. one of these.
Stevens sent the STRIPPING engineer and
there he began his career OF planning and
directing engineering work.
Promotion came again when Mears was
made assistant engineer of the Bedding
ton and Nelson railroad. the second of
these two feeders. There he worked on
the location of the line. When construc-
ton started he became resident engineer
in charge Of constructing section.
X 4
This sort of work is engineering under
against the forces of nature, floods and
slides and mountains to be overcome, all
to the end OF putting down a railroad
line on the easiest grades. with a mini
mum Of curves and with minimum Of
mileage. Make these three fit in together
and you are an engineer.
Meanwhile, the Spanish-American war
came along. Mears military instincts
were aroused anew. He yearned to go to
the war. But here he was in a trusted
and responsible position. with great work
TO be done. and his superors placing de-
pendence on him to complete that which
he had undertaken.
1t was a trying position for soldiers
son, a youth educated in the profession
Of arms Only the frs and the tama-
racks. the hills and the streams of North
Idaho were his confdants in the battle
he fought out with himself. And the up
shot was a determination TO stay with
the job
autumn Of 1899 nowhere was nothing
to hold him in the way of responsibility.
Only better engineering job awaited
him. nothing he was in honor bound to
accept; while out in the Philippines the
American soldiers were fighting and dying
for the flag. 1t wasn't the spectacular,
hero-making warfare of the Cuban cam
paign; but the dreary. nasty. arduous bat
ting with a treacherous. savage foe;
much the same sort of fighting that
in which the old 4th of his childhood
on the frontier had been engaged in the
days when his father led
1t was the sort of fighting in which
Uncle Sam needed the best of his neph-
ews. but for which Uncle Sam had no
large rewards in the shape of popular
adulation to offer. IN other words it was
just plain. everyday soldering. with the
ever-present chances Of bolo thrust
from seeming amigo IN the dark or