Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-23
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS

81 was out in Springfield. Ill. recently. and |
saw Abraham Lincoln's tomb" said n. NJ. |
Curtis of Portsmouth. N. H. at the Riggs |
House last night. 1T made my blood boil
to see the way In which the last resting |
place of the greatest American ever born |
is kept. Decay and dilapidation are visible |
everywhere and IL some measures for i'm
provement are not shortly adopted the
tomb Of Lincoln will soon resemble the
ruins of burial places in Europe. There is
a long fight of terraced steps leading up
from the roadway to the monument, and i
found them broken In numberless places
and oversrown with weeds. The rlauso-
leum is built Of granite. and this rock was
cracked by the weather until assures
traverse the structure in every direction.
The groups OF bronze statuary which stand
at each corner Of this building showed
marks of vandals' visits. They were mutt
lated and broken and many pieces were
missing from them, notably a sword and a
spear. In the museum, where invaluable
mementoes Of the great martyr are kept, the
paper and plaster was peeling from the
walls on account of dampness. When /
spoke to a native of Springfield about the
disgraceful condition OF the holy shrine he
informed me that the only money avail
able Tor Keeping the tomb in condition was
the funds received from admissions, visitors
being charged . cents each, and that pill
grims to Lincoln's tomb were few and
growing less every year. No one can visit
Springfield and see what I saw without
FEELING ashamed OF his fellow-citizens for
allowing SO hallowed a spot to be neglected
II the Illinois people won't take care of
Lincoln's last tenement the national gov
eminent should have enough veneration
for the man who did more than any one
else to save the republic to preserve his
DUST In something like decency."
The way the public regarded the appar
entity interminable tariff controversy lust
concluded and the delay of President Cleve-
land In signing the bin reminds me of q
pretty good story" said Carroll TAYLOR of
Nashville at Wormley's this morning. An
old fellow was plodding along over a rocky
read In the mountainous part of Tennessee
when ne met another traveller coming in an
opposite direction. The Inhabitants in that
part of Tennessee don't get away from
home very much, and consequently IL is
orly by the merest accident that neigh
bors who live at any considerable distance
from each other have a chance to meet
The first old man was mighty glad to see
the other. while the latter appeared to be
suffering from some great trouble. This
excited his friends curiosity.
'How's tn CROWN hin? he inquired
"Ur-r-r. tust-class. I reck'n. They amt
ruthin' ter complain of bout ther growin','
was the reply.
still a runnIn' all r.ghtr asked the in
terrogator.
Zine ez corn silk responded the man.
with just shade Of enthusiasm in his
tone. Never see SO much good ticker cum
from no mans mash
En- how's tn good ole wifer persisted
the interlocutor.
The others jaw dropped and hunted
look came In his eye.
Poly, Tom. poly came the reply. in
a whine. Fac is Henrietta is damn poly.
She ain bin able ter If a fut er git outer
he'd flr pigh efpbfaau he L fo1l
yer, Tom, and the ejaculation came with
earnest emphasis. i wisht ter tn good
Lawd tibet she'd git well er do suthin' 7
That's just how the country feels about
the tariff concluded Mr.. Taylor; and
like the old mountaineer, II don't care much
what occurs SO 'suthin'' is done"
Georgia is going to give Delaware a
close race one Of these days for supremacy
as the peach-growing state" said George
Mcfarland of Savannah at the Ebbitt yes
terday. IF the express companies could
only be brought down from their high
horses sufficiently to deal fairly with the
growers Of early fruit in the south and
reasonable rates were charged for shipping
1t to northern markets the increase in this
branch of agriculture would be immediate
and enormous, but in spite OF such draw
backs it is already going ahead 50 rapidly
as to be the subject of remark. In Berrien
pursuit into peach growing. and thousands
of trees will be set out this coming winter
Just now II Is the budding season and the
operation is quite interesting. In the win
ter the peach growers plant quantities of
peach stones In drills about six inches wide
and three feet apart. They sprout readily,
and in August have reached a height Of
twenty to thirty inches. The nurseryman
then goes to an older tree of the variety
he wishes to grow and clips a bud from It. |
After removing all the hard wood and leav-
ing the bark remaining he goes to the
sprouts, and selecting one which is -four |
ishing he splits its bark near the ground |
and inserts the bud against the juicy sap |
and binds 1t on with soft Irvine or grass. |
When the bud has taken sufficient growth |
the sprout is cut of just above IL and next |
winter these little trees are transplanted TO |
the orchard. 1t has been sufficiently proven |
that the soil and climate Of Georgia COM
bine to produce the finest peaches In the |
world. both in size. firmness Of flesh and |
flavor" |
THE average reader OF advertisements is
apt to smile sardonically at announcements |
of sales Of goods at cost below cost"
said Edwin Hawkins OF New York at |
Wormleys yesterday. 1T seems impossi-
BILE to them that merchants can dispose Of |
articles at the price they paid for them, |
and thus lose all the expense Of handling |
them and for other causes. The trouble is |
shat such persons imagine that the cost |
price Of an article is the actual price paid /
for 1t at the mandatory. This is an err |
ror. The successful and sensible merchant |
always includes In the cost price OF his |
wares the cost OF handling and every Item |
Of expense that is incurred from the time |
the goods are bought until they ere disposed |
of to a customer. There are cost rales an /
nounced continually by reputable merchants, |
and usually the reason is found in the fact |
that they need a large amount of cash and /
take this means to get II. Then, again, |
such sales are ordered SO as to make room |
for new stock and other purposes. You will |
make no mistake IL you believe that the an |
nounced sales OF first-class stores can pretty /
nearly always be relied upon to be just what |
they are represented to be-