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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-01
MINERS INDORSE KOLB.
Taking COnvfcts From the Mines the
Inducemcnt That Won Them.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. March IA special to
the Republic from Birmingham, Ala, says:
Representatives of 10000 miners in north
Alabama held a secret caucus here last
night to decide upon what course to pursue
in the state campaign. The platform of the
kolbites was indorsed and miners nomi-
mated for the legislature. Their candidates
names will be placed on the Kolb ticket
This Is somewhat Of surprise to the DEM
ocrats, but the miners claim. 1t is said, the
Kolbites have promised to give them relief
by removing the convicts from The mines,
and for that reason they favor their plat
form.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-01
LARGE REDUCTIONS.
Working Forces to BE Greatly Re.
duced in Departments.

1t is a matter of current gossip in all the
executive departments that the House ap-
preparations committee propose to make a
large reduction in their appropriations for
the next fiscal year. Among the changes
known to be in contemplation is decrease
Of $50 in the clerical force of the record
and pension office Of the War Department,
a decrease of 200 in the force of the CEN
sus bureau. and a decrease of thirty seven
in the registers office OF the Treasury De-
partment. Another rumored proposition is
the abolition of the bureau presided over
by the first and second controllers Of the
treasury and the commissioner of Gus
toms ir that department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-01
AN ALAR MING REPORT
Representative Wilson's Condition Said to
Be Critical
A Press Dispatch From Mexico which
is Not Borne Out by Advices
Received Here.

BUFFALO. n. Y. March IA special to
the Evening News from the City of Mexico
says: 1t is reported here that a crisis has
been reached in the condition Of Chairman
Wilson Of the committee on ways and
means Of the United States House of Rep
resentatives and that his death may be ex-
pected at any hour.
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Inconvenience From Breaking Of q
Natural Gas Main.

Natural Gas Main.
FORT WAYNE. Ind, March l.--Fort
Wayne is buried in gloom. The natural gas
main is broken. Nine-tenths Of the resi-
dents are without fuel. and citizens are suf-
fering greatly. Many homes Illuminated by
the gas suffer a double Inconvenience. The
engines In al the night factories failed on
account OF no fuel, and at 9 O'Clock the
electric car service stopped and rhe cars are
dead at different points
In homes where sickness reiyns the suf-
fering is terrible. Entire congregations were
buried in gloom in the churches, and many
escaped with difficulty in the rush for exits
No serious accidents have been reported
The gas company says that The break in
the main line. several miles from here. will
be repaired today. All burners ere open
and fears Of explosions will make iae turn
Ing on the gas In several pipes hazar ious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-01
THE HOUSE.

At the opening Of the session OF the
House this morning Mr.. Cummings asked
unanimous consent for the consideration
Of the bill appropriating $4,000 for re-
claiming the wreck OF the u. s. s. Kear-
sarge. aground on Roncador Reef,
Mr.. Simpson wanted to know whether
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-01

Acting Secretary Of the Interior Sims
has signed a requisition on the Secretary
of the Treasury for 81 100000. to be issued
to Pension 4lrent Harvey at Detroit, Mich.
This is to used for the regular quarterly
payment 81 pensions at that agency on
N>-,s.h
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IMPRISONED MINERS RESCUED.

Taken Out of Boston Run Mine With
out jnry.
ASHLAND, Pa, March 1.-The five men
who were imprisoned yesterday in Boston
Run mine by a fall of coal were rescued a
an early hour this morning. They were un-
injured The damage to the workings
which is extreme. will be repaired at once
and operations will he resumed in a few
days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-01
MEMORIAL TO LINCOLN.
Mr.. Hubbard Urges the Purchase O
the House I'm Which He Died.

Mr.. Gardiner G. Hubbard addressed the
House committee on public buildings and
grounds this morning upon the bill pending
before that committee to purchase the
house where Lincoln died and preserve it
as a memorial Mr.. Hubbard spoke in be-
half of the Memorial Association Of the
District. and urged the committee to act
favorably upon the bill. He said there is
really no adequate memorial to Lincoln in
this city. and. in fact the Argentine Re-
public has erected a more conspicuous me
mortal than Lincoln's own nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-01

Gen. COxey's Idea Pleases the Okla
hOma POpulists.

GUTHRIE, Okla, March 1.-The Okla
homa populists are greatly taken with the
idea of s. j. Coxey of Massillon, Ohio, who
announced that he will lead an army of
10000 unemployed American citizens into
Washington on May /, and demand certain
legislation for the relief of the people. L. o.
vincent late of the Indianapolis Non-Con-
formist has taken up the matter, and is cr-
ganizing large excursion, which will leave
mere by special train in time to join Coxey's
army at Washington May l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-01
No COnfirmatory Advices.


Representative Breckenridge OF Arkansas,
one Of Representative Wilson's most init
mate associates, telegraphed at noon to
Representative Tarsney, who is with Mr..
Wilson. to learn the sick mans condition.
Mr.. Breckenridge and others who would
be first to get personal intelligence have
heard nothing Of fatal termination of Mr..
Wilson's illness. and they give no credence
to the flying reports.
"They undoubtedly come from the fact
that Mr.. Wilson's condition is worse
said Mr.. Breckenridge. I'VE expected him
to be worse. for this is the eliminating
period Of the disease. and his condition, a
day or two ago, was too favorable to hope
for long continuation. The serious turn
is. therefore. to be expected, and while IL
may be grave 1t does not. necessarily, in
dicate fatal results"
The news Of Mr.. Wilson's less favorable
condition spread through the House and
caused grave anxiety to his associates. The
reports took on a magnified form they
passed through the corridors, and soon
there was the vague rumor that fatal ter
mination had occurred.
This stirred intense apprehe nsion, but the
rumors were shown to be unfounded. All
that was known was that the patients tenn
perature was up to l02 and his condition
was worse.
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A sportamaRs Paradise.

President Clevelands trip along the North
Carolina coast takes him into a sports
mans paradise. and the men familiar with
~ locality say he ought to come back
WIN ducks. geese, swans, curlew, brant
and perhaps a few deer and black bear.
Representative Reyburn Of Pennsylvania
has q game preserve on the North Carolina
coast. and is familiar with the hunting
grounds through which the presidential
party Is cruising. Mr.. Reyburn's preserve
Ia on Durant's Island and includes x 600
acres. upon which 1t Is estimated there are
ooo deer NJ. Reyburn has seen eight deer
at q time while out hunting. He has five
pear skins. recently taken from black bears
tns largest one being equal in size to
Below Mr.. Reyburn's preserve stretches
P1mlico sound. filled with wild fowl, oysters
and. as the hunters of the locality say.
everything that has hair on" The others
are very abundant In the low places
Northward from the Reyburn preserve Is
Curr1tuck sound. Many club houses run by
are located there. The brackish water with
thick growth of wild celery, attracts game
IN the greatest abundance. Ducks espe-
e,any canvasoacks. cover the celery fields:
also wild geese and swan. Mr. Reyburn
says he has seen a line of swans two miles
long flying across the water The voun0
swans. called signets are choice eating. and
are so shy as to make fine game Bodies
Island. not far away, is a famous place for
brant. English snipe, wild geese and ali
kinds Of water fowl On Roanoke Island
Mr.. J. H. Weeks Of New York city has
hunting rendezvous. 1t is the center for
hunters who seek curlew and what sports
men call hay birds. 1t Is an historic local
ny also. as Ballast Island. one of the group
taxes its name from the ballast thrown over
Lrom Sir Walter Raleigh's ship when he
hrst larded.
Mr.. Reyburn thinks the presidential
party Is cruising along the line of light
houses which dot these islands and make
tne coast resemble at night a well-lighted
aVenue He says that game Is plenty at
ths present time. He has just received
a consignment of wild geese from the
iocality where Mr.. Cleveland's party is
cruising, SO that II the presidential gun
- - put TO use 1t will have plenty Of occupa-
uon The locality is well suited also to
taSe Mr.. Cleveland far from business and
onicial cares. as the stretch of North Caro-
ma hunting grounds Is said to be thirty
mIes from nowheres." and is without
s,eamooat. railway. mail or telegraphic
communication
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-01

Rev. B. Beall pastor Of the Second Pres
byterian Church at Lincoln, Neb was as
saulted yesterday by Fred Covey. a gam
bier. but not seriously injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-01

After graduating from college and serving
as assistant librarian in the Boston Athe-
neum Mr.. Poole was elected librarian of the
Boston mercantile library. 1t was while in
Boston he published dictionary catalogue
of the library on the "title-a-line" plan,
which has been copied in every catalogue
since. In rapid succession he organized Ii
braries at Waterbury. Conn.,. st. Johnsbury
VT, at Newton and East Hampton, Mass
and at the United States Naval Academy at
Annapolis After leaving Annapolis he de-
voted five years to the public library at
Cincinnati. In January. 1874. he began the
organization Of the now famous Chicago
public library. At the conception of the
Newberry library Mr.. Poole was asked to
aid in the collection Of books. &c. He de-
signed the interior arrangements which are
acknowledged for their purpose to be the
best in the world
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MIR. WILSON BETTER.


News That He is Out Of Danger.
The following dispatch was received at
the State Department late this afternoon:
CITY OF MEXICO, March 1.-Just heard
from Wilson; temperature normal: general
condition good; convalescence sure If not
imprudent, but slow. needing good nourish-
ment and rest; out Of all danger.
(Signed) CRITTENDEN, consul gen.
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An index 90 advertise.
aents Will be founA q
Page q.
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Grave Doubts Expressed of His Re-
cOvery.
CHICAGO. March 1.-Dr. W. F. Poole,
the librarian of the Newberry library and
one Of the best known librarians In the coun-
try. who Is Ill at his home in Evanston, is
reported to be failing. Late last night his
physicians expressed grave doubts Of his
recovery.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1894-02-24

and other countries to such vast extent
that to the American farmer on the east
ern side of the country, who cannot apply
the cheaper methods of harvesting in
vogue on the great farms of the West, the
crop can scarcely be regarded as paying
one. Even in the West the fall in the
price of wheat is responsible for much of
the discomfort there The memorable law
of supply and demand, which battles all
so-called remedial Legislation, and is as
much beyond control as the law of gravi-
tation, regulates the price of wheat, and
the American farmer must adapt himself
to it.
Within few years past Tue Argentine
Republic has become an aggressive and
powerful competitor of the United States
in wheat production and expectation
Argentine wheat is raised at considerably
less cost than it can be produced in this
country, making the rivalry Of that coun
try formidable. This competition will be.
come more fierce in the futue, as the Ar
gentine Republic seems to have little more
than begun wheat raising and exporta
ton. Vast expanses of its productive ter
ritory have been untouched by the pillow
According to the most trustworthy data al
hand, only about one per cent. of its area
is under cultivation for all purposes, and
but one-half of this area is under wheat
The wheat producing capacity of thi:
one South American country is enormous,
while there are other countries of the con
tinent to the south of us with vast un-
developed fertile areas sooner or later to
become wheat producing regions. India
Australia and the Baltic country, in the
meanwhile. will continue to pour then
product into the worlds wheat markets in
greater and greater profusion, checked
from time to time, temporarily. by crop
failures over extended districts
1t is quite clear that the general ten
dency of the price of the cereal will b.
toward low figures, and the increase Of
the use of corn for food throughout the
world will assist this tendency. There
will doubtless be recovery from the re
cent fall in wheat quotations, due in part
to passing conditions, but the fact thai
quotations have descended to point un
touched hitherto will be regarded by many
as a symptom of the weakness of the
cereal in the future. There is no way te
sustain the price of wheat, so desirable fol
our worthy farming population. by any ar
tiicial expedients as long as the world
raises such vast supplies.
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Aoetr.
THE OLD ARM CHAIR.

The recent death at her home, at Wimbledon,
England. Of Eliza Cook, touches a plaintive chord
IN the memory of many thousands on both sides OF
the Atlantic Indeed, Eliza Cooks poems have long
lieen loved wherever the English language IS
spoken There is certain class of verse which.
touches The popular heart. A dainty bit of senti-
ment. a touching experience, trife of paihos:
when given in little poem or song consisting OF
n few stanzas. often warns the geniler feelings
and finds lasting place where far more preten-
ti0ns pieces are born and die comparatively I'M
noticed. Ifsuch poem has been taught US when
were children by some one especially beloved.
il becomes sanctifed to us and is apt be revered
and admired even beyond IFS actual merritt 4
Hove it, love it, and who shall dare
To ehide me for loving that old chair?
I've treasured il long as Il sainted prize
I've bedewed it with tears; I've enbalmed il with
signs
IT'S bound by a thousand bands 10 my heart
Not tie win break not a link will start.
Would you know the spell? A mothersat there!
Aud sacred thing is that old arm ehair.
In childhoOds hour fingered near
The halowed seat, with listening ear;
And gentle words that mother would give.
To lit me to die and teach me to live.
She told me that shame would never belide
With Truth for my creed, and God for my guide;
She taught me 10 lisp my earliest prayer
As knelt beside that old arm chair.
sat and watched her many Il day
When her eyes grew dim and her locks were gray:
And almost worshlpped her when she smiled
And turned from her Bible to bless her child.
Years rolled on but the last one sped
My idol was shattered my earth star He'd
! learnt how much the heart can bear
When saw her die in her old arm chair.
Ills past It's past but gaze OH it now,
With quiyering breath and throbbing brow;
Twas there she nursed me- twas there she died,
And memory flows with lava tide.
Say il is folly, and deem inc weak.
Whilst scalding drops start down nv cheek:
But love it. love it. and cannot tear
Ny soul from my mothers old arm chair.
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The Value of Leaves.

Leaves are valuable for mulching the
soil, and when they rot, as they do in time,
they form much-needed fertilizer for the
future growth of the forest They are
very useful to use as bedding for the horses
and cattle, as also for the pigs. Sows with
pigs should always be bedded with leaves,
as they are so light and loose that the young
pigs can quickly run through them, and
thus avoid the danger from smothering.
Leaves make very warm bedding-su-
perior to straw Straw will absorb the
liquid manure more readily than leaves,
but does not retain it so we'll
Leaves and horse manure, mixed in equal
proportion. make one of the very best heat
ing materials for the hot-beds. They are
also excellent to pack on the outside of the
cold frames to keep out the frost. Used
for this purpose, they should be packed one
foot thick quite up to the top Of the frame,
and then covered with boards or a slight
coating of earth to keep them in place A
cold frame packed on the outside with
leaves, as described above, with the glass
carefully covered with mats at night, will
keep out the frost in the coolest weather.
This is the plan followed by the large let
tuce-growers. Lettuce grown in cold frames
are seldom troubled with the aphis, and
can be grown at half the expense of hot
bed lettuce.
The quickest way to gather leaves is to
rake them up with fine-toothed horse-rake,
and then throw them into wagon with
deep side boards, using the wooden oat-fork
for this purpose. If the wagon is kept
we'll tramped, great many leaves can be
packed upon each load The leaves, as
gathered, should be placed under cover
handy to the stables. If there are more
leaves than can be put under cover, rake
them up in large piles and let them remain
until wanted. They will shed the rain and
snow, and in the spring can be hauled into
the stables when wanted. A great many
people burn the fallen leaves, thinking
them of very little value. But the ashes
made from large pile of leaves amount to
but little, most of their value being dissi-
pated in the air. If they are not wanted
for bedding, rake them up and pile them
in the garden, covering each layer with
earth, and sprinkling one bushel of I'M
Stacked lime to each load of leaves. In a
months time this pile should be turned
over and mixed with an equal quantity Of
manure and thrown into square, high
pile. By spring large amount of valua-
bic compost, suitable for any crop, will be
ready for use, and at little expense.
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How to Cook a Husband.

Some wives already know how to do
this, and they cook the poor souls to a nice
brown crisp, but as all of them do not we
publish the following
As cooking clubs have had revival as
social entertainments, it is supposed that
good recipes will find favor. A Baltimore
lady, pupil of Miss Corson, is responsible
for the following one, which is especially
valuable to married ladies', it is entitled:
COOKING HUSBANDS so AS TO MAKE THEM
GOOD AND TENDER.
A good many husbands are utterly
spoiled by Encouragement. Some women
20 about ii as if their husbands were blad-
ders, and blow them up. Others keep
them constantly in hot water; others let
them freeze by their carelessness and in
difference. Some keep them in II stew by
irritating ways and words. Others roast
them; some keep them in pickle all their
lives. 1t can not be supposed that any
husband will be tender and good managed
in this way; but they are really delicious
when properly treated.
In selecting your husband, you should
not be guided by the sivery appearance as
in buying mackerel, nor by golden tint,
as if you wanted salmon. Be sure not to
90 to market for him. as the best is always
brought to your door, 1t is far better to
have none, unless you will patiently learn
how to cook him. A preserving kettle of
the finest porcelain is best; but if you have
.,o.l,;,.. h,t nm aartb apwora mini in II will
do-with care See that the linen in which
you wrap him is nicely washed and mend
ed. with the required number of buttons
and strings nicely sewed on. Tie him in
the kettle by a strong silk cord called COM
fort, as the one called duty is apt to be
weak. They are apt to fly out of the ket-
tie and be burned and crusty on the edges,
since like crabs and Holsters, you have to
cook them while alive Make clear,
steady fire out of love, neatness and cheer
fulness; set him as near this as seems to
agree with him. If he sputters aud friz-
zles, do not be anxious some husbands do
this until they are quite done. Add
little sugar in the form of what the con-
Petitioners call kisses, but no vinegar or
pepper on any account. A little spice i'm
proves them but it must be used with judg-
ment. Do not stick any sharp instrument
in him to see if he is becoming tender, stir
him gently, watch the while lest he be too
fiat and close and so become useless. You
can not fail to know when he is done. If
thus treated he will be digestible, agreeing
nicely with you and the children, and he
will keep as long as you want, unless you
become careless and set him in too cold a
place
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greatly improved the music, and the women
furnished the pulpit with nice sofa, and
the altar with neat table. A new stove,
and book case for the Sunday school were
also purchased The Dr., in recent let
ter, states that it was pleasure to him 10
minister tothese people, whom he continued
to serve until May LIST, 1887, when the
charge was divided and st. Johns was
combined with ST. Benjamin's Church,
thus forming the Salem chage.
Rev. j. U. Asper was called as pastor
Of the newly formed charge and entered
upon his duties May LIST, 1887, and faith
fully discharged them until November LIST,
1891. During his ministry the cemetery
was enlarged and much improved by the
addition of a new fence. The congregation
was encouraged to believe that the spiritual
graces of the people were developed under
the preaching of the Word. The congre-
cation united with St. Benjamins and
built comfortable parsonage in Westmin-
ster in which it holds a one-third interest.
The present pastor, Rey. S. A. Diehl,
took charge December lst, 1891, and he
finds the membership kind and generous
with a commendable devotion to the church
at home and abroad The en.elope system
for gathering the benevolent funds has
been introduced and is meeting with en-
couraging success A fine pulpit Bible
and new pulpit lamps have been secured
during the last year. October 18th, 1892,
Young Peoples Missionary Society was
organized and has now a membership of
about twenty young people of both sexes.
The devotional as we'll as benevolent spirit
is cultivated in the society.
The congregation is to be congratulated
on the progress it has made since its organi-
cation The membership has more than
tripled. There are now about one hundred
and seventy-fve members on the church
record. The Sunday school is prosperous
and is doing efficient service for the Mas
ter This brief sketch of the rise and
progress of this Christian church is but a
feeble description of the boundless blessing
that it has brought to this community dur
ing the first fifty years of its existence.
May the congregation be inspired with re-
newed zeal in the Masters service, con-
tinually pressing forward to greater things
so that the result of the next fifty years
may be infinitely greater and be the cause
of much more rejoicing on the occasion Of
the second jubilee.