davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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turning to the file and as L recall the
facts, Golden bought this land from
h:ezin Arnold in 1858. who had il from
his father-in-law, Henry Talbot. in
1885. who had it from the administrator
of the estate of William Sidebotham,
who had 1t from a man named Cram
phin, which carried the history of the
farm back to the American Revolution
Golden and his wife, Maria f.
Golden. sold the property to Henry
A. Linger. April %, 1890, and on the
day Linser sold to Bliss. the latter
transferred the land to Theodore A.
Hayemeyer of New York. The Ram
bier believes that Overlook Inn was
built on this land
June IA, 1890, Bliss bought from
Joseph S. Worthington and his wife
Sarah r. Worthington, tract of
land, the metes and bounds of which
are given, but not the area. The
price named in the deed was IS but
on June Is, 1890, Bliss transferred a
part of this land, the acreage not
given. to Theodore A. Havemeyer. and
the consideration named in the deed
was s1s,525.
The Rambler regrets that he can
not follow this important investiea-
tion further at this session. He NAV
have erred in consecrating so much
space to his recollections of the ar
rival of Capt. John Smith. but he
wanted to enShrine in history n true
account of that event
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ington, explained to the captain that
all the great American explorers. IN
Guiding Colnmbu and De Soto. were
members of the true political taIth
and that the discovery of America
and creation OF the Potomac River
were among the achievements of the
Democratic party.
Capt. Smith replied as follows: Il
am aware that all the original 1nhab-
itants Of your magnificent city who
could stinguish between good and
evil, We're members of the jackson
Democratic Association. yet l am told
that in later and decadent times
number of heretics have taken apart
ments in this metropolis, but / re-
frair from commenting further on
this lamentable circumstance"
One of WaShingtons oldest inhabi
tants. with whom the Rambler still
maintains affectionate companion
ship. grasped Capt Smith by the
hand-the right hand-and said: 'Sir,
have had no greater pleasure in
welcoming distinguished travellers
than | feel at this moment l remem-
ber that when Columbus came, 1t
was beautiful October day He
would have proceeded with his
speech. but another oldest inhabitant
interrupted and said: 1.-The gentleman
is right about its having been an Oc-
tober day-but he is wrong about the
weather. 1t was a stormy day. /
remember it because Tiber Creek
overf1owed the Avenue, several trees
were blown down in Parrott's Woods
and two houses We're unroofed in
FunkStown and CarrollSburg"
Capt. Smith was then escorted to
a seat in one of the Vandewerken
four-horse omnibuses and the tri-
Evening star., 1924-10-05

On April IA, 1890, Fendall Marbury
and his wife, Sarah c. Marbury, of
Prince Georges County conveyed to
Bliss, in consideration of $40, part of
a tract called Green's Purchase, lot
No. 25. in the division Of the estate
of Matthew Wigfeld. 1t lay in the
angle between the Bladensburg road
minnesota avenue) and Naylor road
and contained four acres. Sarah E.
Berry and Lucy C. Marbury were the
witnesses before John c. Rawlings
justice of the peace in Prince Georges
County.
on April II, 1890, Catharine Minnix
and her husband, John A. Minnix,
conveyed to Bliss, for n nominal con-
sideration. lot 5 in the James Dam
forth estate, and the same day there
was recorded a deed of trust from
Bliss t$ Henry X. Willard and Louis
Boyer, jr., of Washington to secure
payment of $500 to Catharine- A.
Minnix.
April % 1890. John G. Acton and
his wife, Martha +. Acton. convened
to Bliss lot in the Danforth estate,
containing four acres. April %, Roley
Lee White. unmarried, conveyed, to
Bliss lot in the Danforth estate
April %, 1890, Henry A. Linger and
his wife. Cassandra Linger conveyed
to Bliss parts of the tracts Discovery
and Perrys Farm. more particularly
described in A deed from stephen NJ
Golden to Henry A. Linger"
This was the l00-acre tract which
the Rambler wrote of two or three
Sundays ago, when he told the story
of stephen Mitchell Golden. Without
Evening star., 1924-10-05

umphal procession proceeded first to
Hancock's and then to Shoemaker
Melvin Hazen, Johnnie Gheen and
Tom Bones were marshals of the
parade. In the evening a public dim
ner was given Capt. Smith at the
st. Cloud Hotel and George O'Con-
nor sang "Caruse." with Matt Horne
at the piano. There was a hop at
the National Rifles Armory and
later Capt. Smith and members OF
the reception committee had boxes
at FordS Opera House TO see Mag
gle Mitchell, in "Fanchon."
In all the ceremonies attending
the reception of Capt. Smith, DICK
Conner of the Board of Trade and
Charlie Columbus of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association were
active.
N1ASHINGTON was not so large a
w town in the days of Capt. John
Smith as il is now. The Memorial
Bridge had not been built and the
Eastern Branch flats had not been
made a park. The high-presSure wa
ter system had not been put in and
the Patterson and klingle tracts had
not been bought for public use. The
Fort Drive had not become one of
Washington's highways, the Hall of
Records had not been built. the tenn
porary war buildings had not been
taken out of Potomac Park, there
was a shortage in public school IA
cilitieS, and the authorities had found
no other solution of all-day park
ing than cutting down the trees and
Evening star., 1924-10-05

though it were but yesterday" is not
original with the Rambler. Other ia
nous authors have used it,.
!; X :. =
THE visit of Capt. Smith was CON
sidered an important local event
When the captain was 30 miles below
Alexandria in his shallup, or it may
have been his pinnacc. The Star got
out an extra giving all the news of
his arrival in Washington. He land
cd at the George Leary'S wharf. and
the Mary Washington. Pilot Boy. Ar
rowsmith, River Queen and Pentz
We're decorated with bunting
AS Capt. John Smith came ashore.
the keys of the city were presented
to him by DR.. William Tindall on be-
half of the District commissioners
The address of welcome was made by
Isaac Cans and a chorus led by Percy
Foster sang We Are Discovered
Milton Allies was treasurer of the
citizens committee; Josh Evans, jr..
was on eight or ten committees. and
Corcoran Thorn. Charlie Glover. Ed
Stellwagen, John Larner Gene
Thompson. Billy Hibbs. Bill Spaid,
Eddie Droop and other celebrated
men were on committees.
When Capt. Smith finished his reply
to Isaac Cans speech of welcome.
Allen c. Clark of the Columbia His
torical Society handed him "A history
of The Mayors of Washington
Col Robert y. Harper. addressing
Capt. Smith and speaking in behalf
of the 100000 Democrats of Wash
Evening star., 1924-10-05
Workers of Japan.

IT appears that nearly every village
in Japan is the seat of some
special. characteristics industry. each
carried on in an individual way by
separate families in their simple and
narrow homes, and each family and
each member working in some little
touch of individuality.
In one village. say. one may see
an ordinary little boy sitting in a
doorway not whiting a stick. as an
American boy might be doing. but
embroidering chrySanthemums on
great square of satin. True, the
outlines are stamped on the fabric
stretched in its frame before him,
but without help to direct him. or Il
model TO copy from, he will fill in
the pattern according to his own
sweet will, in eXquisitely shaded
colds and browns and pinks. He
seems perfectly happy in his work
An American tells of seeing near
the door of a furniture factory a lad
sitting with fine emery cloth. indus
triously smoothing the corner of a
box or Golfer. Duly stamped On the
back OF his coat was the seahorse,
which is the trademark of workers
in wood. When the American came
back that way. half an hour later,
the boy was still carefully at work
on the same corner of the same
Golfer. The stranger did not wonder
that it was about as near perfection
as the hand Of man could make it.
Every town has its peculiar in
duStry. II may be famous only for
cheap, coarse straw work, for d par
ticular kind OF inlaid wood. for
queer little ornamental owl, dang
ling from stick and made of the
~ ha
for white enamel concocted from
powdered eEgshells.
Japanese cities, of course. contain
dabSters at every art. From the hot
SOUP merchant to the vender of bean
cakes, everybody seems to keep busy.
OF course, these o4e-man business
ventures have not Yet beet caught
in the current of progress and up-to-
dateness that is sweeping modern
japan, but the old ways still hold
their own. And when they are
crowded out they will carry with
them a quaintness and charm that
briSker methods can never replace.
Like all oriental countries. Japan
welcomes and patroniZes the fortune
teller. OmenS are usually regarded
as warnings not to be disregarded.
Too many things depend upon signs
TO treat them lightly. So the way
sue lOTtuHe lelier plI'S HOl al TuSH-
ing but a steady business This last
is also true OF the public letter
writer Countless Japs can neither
read nor write and yet are called
upon to do little of both at times.
This embarrassing position can
always be relieved by visit to the
public letter writer. He need not be
sage, for his customers are not
critical. a bit of shrewdness often
serves in place of real knowledge.
Selecting a likely spot where those
in need may easily locate him, the
public letter writer spreads his tools
about him and settles back to wait
for the customer who is sure to come
soon.
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~ HE site of overlook Inn is
tanglc. Locust trees ana
cedars grow there and vines
i lace themselves among the
trees and, with low Shrubbery,
make thicket or a "braKr tutou-n
which not even runs a rabbit path.
The park of the inn may be identified
by tall ciumps of ornamental grasses
and by some of those arbor vitae
trees which old Maryland boys used to
call blessed palm" because their
branches were often blessed on Palm
Sunday.
Fart of the park between the site
of the inn and Alabama avenue has
been cleared Of wild growth, and
through it runs gravel street on
which are three bungalows. new and
neat. The street was a drive from
Bowen road to overlook Inn. On it
arc the three fresh, bright homes with
flower beds about them. electric door
bells. electric lights and gilt numbers
on the tranSomS.
Looking through a window to the
livinGroom Of one Of these houses.
tho RamblcS saw a telephone. and at
tn" back Of each bungalow is
garage. Some of the pee pie told me
they had been living there for some
iIme"-about three yearS-and they
had heard % overlook Inn and Col.
Arrhba Id Bliss. but none had ever
come from Washington in hack to
drink mint juleps and sherry cobbIers
on the porch of the inn and on Sum
mer nights to look at Washington
and its merry gas lamps.
The Rambler climbed to the site of
the inn by following lane which
leads west into woods from PennSyl-
vanta avenue about half mile east
Of the Pennsylvania avenue bridge.
II is officially a street and its deSiG-
nation may he 44th or Goth street but
no matter. That means nothing to
you or me. 1t is u road with a few
houses. 1t leads into another road
which may be laid down on the map
39th or 93rd street and that leads
into A narrow road. which because
of being treSpaSScd on by woods is
in places but path. It is a pebbly
path down which a springfield stream
flows. Its name is Bliss avenue
Climbing the ridge and leaving the
woods, this avenue becomes d com
Portable gravel street and passes
across the park OF what many per-
sons knew as Overlook Inn. The walk
is of that kind which romantic per
sons call picturesque" but at the
end of II pine stump invited the
Rambler to rest.
From this pine stump there was a
good view of the city, and to the
Rambler came many recolleCtions of
the old town. You know how it is
when ones thoughts drift back to
other times. The Rambler fell to
thinking of the time when Capt. John
Smith came up the river to Wash
ington. II does not seem so long
ago. 1t was in 1908. but time flies
and lit Seems as though it were but
yesterday" The phrase. lit seems as
Evening star., 1924-10-05
Ears Tell Fishes Age.

HERETOFORE it has been impos-
i sible to tell the age of fish with
any degree of accuracy, but now Prof.
W. J. X Harkness of the University
of Toronto declares that by looking
into the fish's ear one can tell its age.
This scientific conclusion will prove
of value to fish ca9neries and fishing
preserve experts.
In the internal ga. the fish there
is little bony pocket. IN this pocket
there is a tiny stone, called an
"otholith," which rolls about as the
fish tips this way and that and helps
him to know if il is right side up.
AS the fish grows older the otolith
grows larger. Prof. Harkness has
made a study of the rate of the
otoliths growth and can now tell
from the size of this 'ear-stone" just
how old the fish really is.
Evening star., 1924-10-05
BASE BALL IN PARIS AS SKETCED PHIL
ICAN PAINTER AND ORGANIZER OF BASE BALL TEAMS IN

FRANCE,

won by the Students Club AS II
keeps this lead, / speak of it at
length.
The rating of the clubs at present
is as follows. in order of standing:
The Students club, the American
Legion Club, the Clef Club (made up
of colored fellows playing in jazz
orchestras in Paris). the Ranelagh
Club tmostly Frenchmen. playing
good balD and the japanese Field
Club.
Evening star., 1924-10-05

co.'s came to England with the A. Z
r. and took charge of the Paris gym
nasium in 1919. Cleveland Chase is
another Sorbonne student. Joe Bon
vouloir Is an ex-serviCe man. ir
charge of a garage in Courbevoie
Andre Deslandes is a Frenchy who
studied at Columbia, now back fol
his French military service
A. 6. Warshawsky is the distin.
guished American painter of that
name, from Cleveland, Ohio, who
served both with the Y" and the
Evening star., 1924-10-05
Freak Lightning.

A FREAK bolt of lightning struck
the upraised shovel Of a work.
man at Salem, Ohio, split into three
parts and jumped to three different
houses In one house it stunned six
months-old twins. Weather boarding
and plaster were torn from the sec
ond, house. The third house was a
bungalow. just completed, which was
damaged slightly. The workman was
uninjured
Evening star., 1924-10-05

ceased playing recently. verbum
sat. A words enough! We regret
it sincerely. Verbum sap, talso-a
word to the wise,
The competition of the illdstrious
Students Club is as, follows: John
LOTUS is in charge OF transportation
for the United States graves eegistra-
ton. Ted Cubbage is a student of
the Sorbonne. Wallace kilmer. is with
a sporting goods house. LEO Brady is
law student of Columbia working
temporarily with the Paris edition of
the Chicago Tribune. CASTOR Fran
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Horseshoe Grows in Tree.
Drank ROMEO chon,a L.

FRANk ROMEO chopped down an
old tree at Haddonf1eld, N. j., and
was making ready to lay in his sup
ply OF Winter kindling when his ak
gave a metaliic ring. When the log
was split he found an imbedded
horseshoe. From the position. of the
horseshoe in the tree and from the
rings indicating the trees age Romeo
inquired that the shoe must have been
in the tree since 1777.
Evening star., 1924-10-05
Alaskan Plane Service

SUBSCRIBERS for the Fairbanks
- News Miner Citizen in Alaska who
live in lonely cabins and isolat ed
camps within 100-mile radius of the
town have their papers delivered by
airplane a few hours after publica-
ton. This method is saving weeks
for the readers. The old method was
to send accumulated issues by dog
teams once month.
Evening star., 1924-10-05

French army as physical instructor.
George Adamson is in charge of the
Colgate house in Paris. And Snyder
Snyder at the bati"-regarded by
some of his admirers as phenomenon,
is an eX-soldier who has a theatrical
booking agency in Paris,
X !!
H1CKS, you understand, does not
- belong to any club. Some day,
they'll get him. Stranger things have
happened.
The Palette Club (base ball by art
Evening star., 1924-10-05
Capt. John Smith Met Local Citizens

mbr Iauses His
Eventsin n Iitor.
Evening star., 1924-10-05

HE site of Overlook Inn is
tanglc. Locust trees ana
cedarS grow there and vines
lace themselves among the
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Una ceIebridad medica
de los EstadOs IJnidos
vendra al pals en- Ell in
viernO prOximO'
El iIustfe galenO dara una
impOrtante cOnferencia en- Ia
Association Medica de PutriO
Rico sObre la tuberculosis

Ell sabio medico newyorquino, DR..
Ronime, que es autor de un metodn
para la administration de la tuber-
culina en- los casos de tuberculosis
de los huesos, de los ganglios y dc
las articulaciones, es casi SECURE que
hara una vista en- ell invierno pro
xino Puerto Rico, con su sonora
siendo huespedes del DR.. Gutierrez
Ortiz actual Director de Benefcencia
Municipal.
Ell doctor Guetierrez Ortiz fue in
troducido en- la clfnica del Doctor
Bonime en- Nueva York, por ell Dr..
Lopez Antongiorgi, durante ell We
rano tltimo. Ambos m&dicos puerto
rriqueiios pudieron comprobar per-
sonalmente los exitos alcanzados, por
el DR.. Bonime en- centenares de en-
fermos tratados por la Tuberculina.
Ell Dr. Gutierrez Ortiz ha traducido
al castellano la obra del madico new
yorquino la cual sera probablemente
editada en- el idioma de Cervantcs
en- una importante casa de America,
el invierno proximo.
Los casos tratados por ell Doctor
Gutierrez Ortiz en- ell Hospital de
contagiosos Y cronicos de San Juan.
han sido decisivos en- cuanto Sc re-
fiere a la efcacia del tratamiento.
Como decimos al principle ell Dr..
Bonime vendra Puerto Rico con
el DR.. Gutierrez personalmente pre-
sentaran los casos aqui tratados
ante la Association Medica, en- la quo
Sc discutira ampliamente sobre es-
ia materia.
Felicitamos al DR.. Gutierrez Ortiz
por el triunfo que para el signifca
(Cont1nda en- la pAgina 81
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FL Secretario Executive
de P. R. desea saber
81 suS facultades son
discreCionales 0 de ca
racter ministerial, ex-
clusiyamente
DOcumentOs radicadOs en- Ia
Secretarla pOr Ell presidente
TOus Soto

FL Secretario Executive dio aver a
la prensa La nota que sigue:
''En relacion con la presentation
de la candidautra del senior Roberto
H. Todd para ell cargo de Comisionado
Residente en- Washington por ell Par
lido Republican, Puertorriquefio, Sc
ha presentado en- la Secretaria Ejecu-
tiva una certificaci6n suscrita y ju-
rada por el sehor Jose Tous Soto, CO.
mo Presidente del Partido Republica-
no Puertorriqueilo, al efecto de que
dicho Partido no ha celebrado nin-
guna asamblea o convention con pos
terioridad la efectuada EN- Maya
guez los dias 8, y S de mayo de
1924, para la election de candidates
q ninguno de los cargos que han de
elegirse en- las elecciones generates
que han de efectnarse en- ell presen-
te aiio. Con tai motive, la Secretaria
Ejecutiva Ia ssolicitado una opinion
del Attorney General de Puerto Rico
en- cuanto 81 debe aceptra la can6i-
datura del senior Todd para Ell refe-
rido cargo por Ell Partido Republican,
Puertorriquefio.
Ell documento a que Sc hace refe-
rencia en- la anterior nota consta de
una certificaci6n jurada por ell sefior
Tous Soto ante ell notario Timothee,
estableciendo que la tinica asamblea
celebrada por ell Partido Republican,
Puertorriqueio fpe la de Mayaguez,
durante Ell mes de mayo, despues de
cuya fecha ell Partido no ha celebra-
do actos de esa clase, asi como tam
POGO convenciones de ninguna indole
para elegir candidates los cargos
que han de cubrirse en- las pr6ximas
elecciones generates de noviembre.
Sc incluye, tambien, en- ell referi.
do documento certificates probatorios
de quien es ell verdadero Secretario
del Partido Eepubhcano, asl como
tambien una copia del acta de la asam
blea de Mayaguez dando cuenta de
cuales son los miembros del organis.
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Los domingos. despues de las once
de la manana, hora en- que la Iglesia
Protestante de la Parada Once de M
ramar, celebre sus ofcios religiosos, Sc
sitna frente a dicho temple ell Cabo
Casiano, acompahado de otro Iniembro
de la uniformada, procede la de-
toncion de cuanto automovil guagua
pasa por ese sitio tocando claxon o
bocina. Ultimamente han sido tantas
las qnejas que en- ese sentido hemos re-
cibido, de personals respetables en- es-
Ia capital, que no nos queda otro re-
medic, que tratar ell asunto desde nues-
tras columnas Antes que NADIA, hemos
procurado convencernos personalmente
de que tai medida existe al efecto,
uno de nuestros redactores ha podido
comprobar que todo CAIRO que toque
claxon bocina al pasar frente al
4 Union Church, es detenido por el
Cabo Casiano Y amonestado para que
no haga tai cosa.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1924-07-16
EI Director del Ndo. de.
Enseilanza Libre declara
q. eI prOmedio total de
graduates alcanza al 70
Dor cientO del nimerO de
alunlnOs matricula1Os
Ell NegOciadO Sc prOpOne ce-
lebrar examenes espeCiales
durante el mes de diciembre

Bajo la competente direction del pc
dagogo, senior Luis Gil, Ell Negociado
de Estrdios Libres infornla haber en-
viado va todas las personas intere-
sadas las tarjetas indicando ell resus-
tado de los examenes celebrados ultima
mente por esta Division del Departa-
mento de Instruction. Como resultado
de dichos examenes alrededor de dos
cientas personas recibiran notas. FL
promedio total de notas satisfactorias
alcanza a setenta por ciento del numero
total
Como resultado de estos examenes un
-rtmero de personals recibiran su diplo-
ma de Escuela Superior Y aunque IL
Esta de candidates. no Sc ha terminado
ain, las siguientes personas han lle-
nado todos los requistios para dicho di-
ploma.
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una vez f2bricados, pasaban Hna-
nos del hermano de TrumbuIl.
Ell ENIGMA DE LA MANo RoJA
Uno de los pasajeros que suhi6
bordo del ferrocarril local de Londres,
al salir de Hackney, Sc detuvo repen-
tinamente, y EN- alta voz 1Iam6 Los
guardias.
-irjensel-gr grttf, senalando a. trA-
YES del cristal del compartments q
asiento del frente. -iNo ven usto-
des? Hay ahi un- charco de sangrs.
Tambi6n ell bast6n de I'M hombre, y
um saco de viaje-pero,, Id6nde estA
La persona que ocupa ese compart4-
miento? :.
Esta era la pregunta que preocupa-
ba toda La policia de Londres, =
especialmente al Coronel James Fra
ser, quien Sc hizo cargo del case.
ID6nde eStaba Ell hombre que Ia
bia sido asesinado en- Ell coche, y quien
era el? Tambieu, Iquien cometi6 81
horroroso crimen?
Las primeras dos preguntas fuercn
contestadas cuando varios detectives,
bajo la direction del Coronel Fraser,
encontraron ell cadaver del hombrs
cerca de La via ferroviaria en- Vic
toria Park-era Thomas Briggs. 70
fe de oficina de una firma bancaria
v Ell cral tenfa la peligrosa costum-
bre de 1evar consigo grandes stlmas
de dinero. Ell dinero y ell reloj que
usaba Briggs habfan desaparecida; =
era evidente que la muerte fuS pro-
vocada por una herida de estoqus o
de slguna otra arma punzante.
En- una de las paredes del compar-
timiento donde Sc cometio Ell crimen,
ell Coronel Fraser descubrio La huella
de una mano ensangrentada, una ma
no con dedos cortos y gruesos, pero
con las huelIas digitales tan borro-
sas que era impossible hacer buen uso
de elias.
lHabria usted podido hacer uso lie
esa sola clave para resolver ell miste-
rioso crimen? &
FL Coronel Fraser pudo hacerio.
IC6mc?
TIA Contestaci6n aparecera maHAns)