Evening star., 1933-07-02

1ne washington mOuumcut NdS
slowly rising so years ago toward its
IT, p;.;, ultimate height Of SIS
Inc hlslns feet. The Star of June
Monument. IS: 1888, says: ..
by tonight the Washington Monument
will have reached a height of $40 feet,
an increase Of 80 feet SO far this sea-
son. It was thought that by the end
Of the season the Monument would have
been increased IN height by 100 feet.
It is feared now, however, that the work
has come practically to q standstill, for
some time to come at least. All Of the
marble that was on hand at the opening
of the season has been used and the
shipments by the Lee Marble Co. of
Massachusetts,, the new contractors,
have been insufficient to allow of any
further material progress, On the 9th
Of June 13 pieces of marble were re-
ceived from the quarries and on Satur-
day Is pieces more were received. Upon
examination, however, 1t was found that
two-thirds Of the amount received was
not suitable for the work for which it
was intended and will be rejected.
Capt. Davis Of the Monument office IS
now making an examination Of the Lee
quarries for the purpose Of seeing what
IN any quantity this season"
What with the Western floods, the
fall of stocks and the collapse of the
Economic great corners IN wheat t
Conditions. says The Star of June
IS, 1883, "the bears
are in the ascendency Just now, but
there Is nothing particularly discour-
aging in the outlook ahead. The pros
poets for average If not abundant crops
are good, and though the sale Of our
products abroad may not be large
enough to keep up the flush times Of
1S79-80-8l, when we were feeding the
world, so to speak, there does not seem
be fair business year. It may be
necessary to curtail our enormous i'm
portations Of foreign goods in order to
keep the balance of trade even, but
that will do no harm. The public can
very well do without these expensive
luxuries."
The automobile was unknown so years
ago, but transportation was nevertheless
Unkrowr hazardous. In The Star
OF June 20, 1883, Is let
Heroine. ter written by q lady to
the editor expressing her
thanks for an act of heroism:
will you allow me through your
paper to offer my most sincere thanks
to a young lady who bravely stopped
my runaway horse yesterday. Near the
corner Of Fourteenth and K streets my
horse became frightened and started to
run away, when q young lady sprang
into the street in front OF the horse,
startling him 50 that he nearly stopped,
when she caught his bride and held him
TIL I was out Of danger. She quietly
slipped away. I made inquiries of sew
eral persons standing near, and q gen
tleman finally told me he thought 1t
was Miss Nellie Canfield. could not
find out her address, as I am a stranger
here. II that is the young lady's name
she will confer great favor by sending
her address to me-
Cholera was greatly feared half
century ago and the manner Of its
r..r. .e transmission was not
Va learned until more than
Cholera. decade later. The fol-
lowing in The Star Of
June SO, 1883, reflects the dread caused
by every outbreak OF that disease:
Egypt is long way OF In miles, but
20 numerous and swift are the means
Of communication between remote
points nowadays and % rapidly do con-
tagious diseases find their way from one
country to another that the accounts
Of the frightful ravages Of the cholera
on the lower edge Of the Mediterranean
basin cannot be read without apprehen-
sion even at this distance. Those whose
memories run far enough back to re-
call the terrible scenes which accom-
panied the presence of that disease
in this country third of q century ago
will pray that we may be spared an
other such visitation; and all win agree
that our public authorities, both ma
tiona1 and local, cannot be too prompt
or too vigorous to prevent It from gain
| ing Q foothold ON American soil The
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