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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-19

MARGINS winds are not strong enough
to stop entirely the work on the city post
ONCE There were one hundred and ten
men laboring there today, striving to
falsify The Stars schedule which has it
that the structure will not be ready for
use before August II, 1906.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-19

Admiral Ting presents his compliments
and begs to state that his reported death
was simply case of mistaken identity The
Chinese may be slow in some things but
the admiral evidently knew enough to CLEAN
valuable suggestions from the career of
the American highWayman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-19

Mrs. Lease, to her credit, does not run
her political campaigns in a manner which
compels MIR. Lease to provide Lis drug
store with a speak easy attachment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-19

1t should be stated that the christening
of a race horse after DIR. Parkhurst was
in no way with the knowledge and approval
of the eminent reformer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-19

Bourke Cochran is resting in London. 1t
is to be inferred from this news item that
Richard Croker made him tired.
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Works Both Ways.

ITS curious said one philosopher, that
a man is always wanting something that
he can't GET
Yes" replied the other; land that he is
always getting something that he doesn't
want"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-19

1t would be rather hard for a new party
to conduct a campaign with '.Sibley, Silver
and Slump as a platform.
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SHOOTING STARS.
No OmciaI Announcement.

II am told that Smithers Is quite cured of
his Illness
II don't believe it, replied the blunt cit
izen.
why not?"
II haven't seen his picture in any patent
medicine advertisement"
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She Didn't Like 1t.

She DfUn'f Like It.
ITS very hard to understand what men
see in base ball, remarked young Mrs. Tor
kinS.
Did you ever attend game?"
"Once; but I didn't like it. 1t seemed too
effeminate''
"Effeminate"
Yes, to see all those great, stalwart crea-
lures running around in boomers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-19

What the Spanish soldier appears to need
most is little military discipline
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-19

China's principal part in the Asiatic war
will be to hustle when Japan gets ready to
declare a dividend.
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Reliable.

Now doth no slippery sleet CONCEAL
On sidewalks as of yore;
But our old friend. the banana peel,
Doth business as before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-19

CIn order to avoid delays, on nc
count of personal absence, letters to
to any Individual connected with the
ONCE, but AMPLY to THE STAR, or to
the Editorial or business DEPART
meats, according to tenor OF purpose.
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The Borc's Holiday.

The BOrc's Holiday.
Alas for the man who has nothing to do.
When labor he sets out to shirk,
No pleasure he knows
Till he ruthlessly goes
And talks by the hour Of his joys or his
woes,
necessarily keeping his noise meath the
nose
OF a man who Is anxious to work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-19

Its terrible to .hink of the luck a man
will have at the races" said the melancholy
citizen.
Have you been having experience"
Il should say SO. l don't mind losing my
money. I'm used to that. But yesterday
took my dog over with me for company's
sake"
"Wen?"
Now my dogs lost
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Tomorrow

wi <s.t.tpea>
Covering every department i'm the house from first to
fifth floor, and representing practical, seasonabe
goods at less than their regular market value Every-
thing is fres and up=to=date, for this store-as
we have said again and again-can never be a re-
ceptacfe for poor merchandise however favorable the
condition or low the price.
From exceptional cause another come sucE,
extraordinary happenings we tell of today Youth
do we'll to read Of them, but it's only by seeing that
YOU'LL fully comprehend their Importance.
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Pacific Mail s. s Co.
Occidental and OfisqtaI S. $50.
Tor YOKOHAMA aRi HUEGEOgG

"a Steamers OF The above Companies viii
oatI Al Honoiulu to their way to inc abovs
porte on or about the following detes
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sSA18nueda''

Of the Oceanic Steamship Company viii
due at Honolulu from Sydney and Aucklar.
on or about
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RATES OF PASSAGE ARE Is FOLLOWS

.lld,ss ~ ,ssssngsrs raying fun fare viii DO
turning within twelve months. ''AAs Il fe'
- For Freight and Passage AMY 70
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For SAN FRANqSCg

"a Steamers the above Companie, win
- an :, h99oie'1 Oh their say hon Hone.
a. aUa Ian ana 4. 9hAma to the above port on
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January 10th,

And will leave for the above port with Mails
and Passengers on or about that date.
The leader., 1895-10-08
FEEDING LIVE STOCK.
A Successful Missouri Man Talks About
His Experience.

A Successful Missouri Man Talks About
His Experience.
The profitable preparation of cattle
for market is still in it's infancy in the
west. The price of beef will not admit
of practicing the methods of feeding
that are practiced in the far east. The
labor necessary in connection with
stall feeding. loosipg and tying up the
animals, bedding and cleaning out
compels us to discard this plan; and
since dehorning has become practical
BILE new possibilities are open for the
successful handling of cattle in bulk.
Some feeders advocate the plan OF
keeping cattle in a room in cold
weather, not allowing them out when
it is freezing. Other breeders allow
the fat cattle to stay out of doors
through all kinds of weather. Where
cattle are confined in room it is al
most impossible to furnish bedding
enough to keep them dry, and constant
tramping presses the bedding SO close
that it is of no prac tical value. To al
low an animal to lie on wet bed
causes severe chills. Their natures are
SAO" 0hu oAoS Aoh, ohu IL % AOchh sAiSAO
will be more or less crowding, no mat
ter how much space is given them.
One restless animal causes the dis
turbance of several, which is not con-
ducive to putting on flesh. In the
north it may pay, but where storms
are not continuous it is a dead loss to
feed in stables. During stormy weather
it will pay to have sheds under which
cattle may gather but big fat fellows
will eat for long time in a freezing
blast without hardly trembling, but
there is no gain made, and even a loss
of weight. AS soon as possible allow
cattle the full liberty of large lot,
with bedding scattered in dry places,
even if the weather is cold. What
have been working for. and will work
for in the future. will be the feeding
on part of a meadow which l intend
breaking up the following year, using
temporary sheds This will lower the
cost of pr oduction and / think give
better gains for food consumed and
allow the manure to be deposited
where it is needed with a minimum Of
waste. Eli er Laughlin, in Prairie
Farmer
The leader., 1895-10-08
FARM AND GARDEN.
THE AMERICAN FARMER.

IL He BcIng Undermined By the Agricul-
turists of other Landss
The American farmer 10 threatened
with a worse danger than drought and
locusts He Is being undermined by
his fellow-workers in other countries
Formerly the American agriculturist
had things all his own way and other
countries came a.bcgginR for his wheat
and corn and live s ock, but there has
been such astonishing progress lately
in other lands in the agricultural line
that he may be forced to discover that
he is not entirely essential to the
carrying on of the worlds business.
Secretary Morton himself acknowl-
edges that there is danger of this and
that the department Of agriculture is
watching with concern the strides in
produce and export msdc by other ma
tons The wheat fields of Russia yield
crops that would seem fabulous to our
farmers, and the producers have the
advantage of a market close at hand.
When competition grows brisk our
farmers will find that their most seri-
Gus handicap is the cost OF land trans
portation to the seaboard. Nothing
can ever alter this, for the Mississippi
river route lengthens the distance to
be traversed until the saving in freight
is more than lost. South America also
presents itself as dangerous rival
The navigable rivers which extend
hundreds of miles inland enable farm
ers way In the interior to lead their
grain on ocean steamers which anchor
alongside their very fields. All the
farmer has to do is to SOW his grain
and cut it. lie is not bothered by
freightage, he has no per cent. to de-
duct from his profits and he knows no
railroad combine is liable to step in
and bcggar him. II he raises enough
wheat he has a corner on all sales.
Argentine and Australia are inter
fering with our monopoly of the beef
and cattle exports. Australia, with
it's immense capability for cattle-rais-
ing, is beginning to send dressed beef
to England, which formerly purchased
all this commodity from US, and Argen-
tine is shipping live cattle by the hun
dred thousand to the same market.
Still, nothing can change the existence
of the fact that the land resources of
the United States are practically un-
limitable. Rivalry may develop char
acteristics in the American farmer to
bis credit.-Chicago News
The leader., 1895-10-08

that many of the entrances alone were
visible, the nest itself being built round
by Others"
Mr.. Gould has given the accompany.
ing remarks on the species as noticed
by him in Australia:
~ observed it throughout the dis
trict of the Upper Hunter, as well as in
every part of the interior, breeding in
various localities, wherever suitable
situations presented themselves; some
times their nests are constructed in the
cavities Of decayed trees; while not in
frequently clusters of them are at
tached to the perpendicular banks OF
rivers, the sides of rocks, etc, general
~ IN the vicinity of water. The long
bottle-shaped nest is composed of mud
or clay, and, like that of our common
martin, is only worked at in the morn
ing and evening, unless the day be wet
and showcry. In the constructing of
the nests thos birds appear to work In
small companies, six or seven assisting
in the formation of each nest. one re.
naming within and receiving the mud
brought by the others in their mouths;
in shape their nests are nearly round,
but vary a size from four to six or
seven inches in diameter; the spouts OF
some being eight or nine inches in
length."-Good Words.
The leader., 1895-10-08

The school that the farmer should
send his boys to. if he desires them to
inherit his acres and keep his home
stead, is where his boy can be taught
agricult ure pure and indebted in all
its branches and the school that gives
employment to teachers that have good
practical, agricultural sense, instead
of theoretical agricultural nonsense.
The great trouble in many schools
where agricultural science is taught is
that the teachers are not practical
men. Too many Of them If given a
hundred acres of the best land in the
state, fully equipped with live stock
and farming utensils. could not run the
business FIVE years without putting a
mortgage on the farm. Therein is
where much of the trouble lies in the
present day in the education of the
farmer boy. Too much of tits of the
kind that educates him off the farm in
stead of preparing him for his work. -
Colman's Rural World.
The leader., 1895-10-08
NOTES FOR BEEKEEPERS.

SEE that every colony has q laying
queen.
RAISE few good queens to take the
place of the poorer ones.
ALL empty combs that areaway from
the bees should be looked after.
MAKE a general cleanup. Arrange
everything in its place while there Is
time.
DISTURB the bees as little as possible
now. Handling them now tends to
make them consume their stores.
FEEDING in autumn Is done for the
purpose in part of stimulating brood.
rearing and also for the purpose OF
supplying such colonies as lack food
for winter.
A HIVE of bees, in order to be ready
to occupy surplus boxes, must be full
of bees-so full that they are crowded
for space, SO that when the boxes are
put on they will crowd into them.
A CELLAR intended for bees should
not be used for any other purpose, and
it will be much better If it is away
from building that is occupied by a
family, in order to lessen disturbance
Of the bees.-St. Louis Republi:.
The leader., 1895-10-08

that the whole will tip clear forward
and lie in the bottom Of the box toward
its front end. b is step and brace.
A man doing his own work can
blanket his team, drive along the shock
row, fling enough cornstalks upon the
frame, a, husk it, throwing the corn
into the wagon bed, tie the bundle,
step on b, walk to front end of wagon
box, place it crosswise and continue
the husking until loaded. When start
ing home, raise the frame and put the
end gate which keeps fodder from roll
ing off in the rear. Returning to the
field, turn the step b forward and use
the inverted end for a seat. The fod-
der may be stacked in convenient
places, covering with light canvas or
cheese cloth. The corn is picked up.
assorted and cribbed. A few days
work may be hired or exchanged to
get the fodder stacks topped out
Farm and Home.
The leader., 1895-10-08
vina,nc tho Ch;csen, Tn.

There is pretty little girl Of fvt
years in northwest Baltimore who has
been tenderly raised. Her mother has
guarded her against witnessing acts o.
violence or cruelty, and she l. in ignor
ance of the methods employed in kill
ing fowls for the table. Several days
ago, unknown to the careful parent
the little girl strnyed in.othe rear yar6
of her home, where servant was kill
ing number Of chickens for dinner bs
wringirg their neclzs. The ch;E
watched the proceedings with great in
terest for several minutes. aad then /:
q glow of excitement rar TO der mother
Mammal" she cried, s.just cors AM
see the fen Mary il winding ths
chickens M.
The leader., 1895-10-08
Animal uum1ugs Arc Numerous.

In military stables horses are known
to have pretended to be lame, in order
to avoid going to a military exercise.
A chimpanzce had been fed on cake
when sick; after his recovery he often
fcigned coughing in order to procure
dainties. The cuckoo, as Is well
known, lays its eggs in another birds
nest, and. to make the deception surer,
1t takes away one of the other birds
eggs. Animals are conscious of their
deceit, as shown by the fact that they
try to act secretly and noiselessly; they
show a sense of guilt If detected; they
take precautions in advance to avoid
discovery; in some cases they manifest
regret and repentance. Thus bees
which steal hesitate often before and
after exploits, as if they feared punish
.nent. A naturalist describes how his
monkey committed theft. While he
pretended to sleep the animal regarded
him with hesitation and stopped every
time his master moved or seemed ON
the point OF awakening.
The leader., 1895-10-08
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
A SURE CURE.

When the snow begins 20 fall
On the lawns and tree-tops tall,
And the blizzard Is . clustering through the
the slow old village street,
Then HE me from my bed,
And get cut my old boo-sled.
And polish MP the run1ers TIL they shine
like giistening sleet-
when they ring the breakfast-bell,
Iannounce am not we'll.
And sigh and say I'm tired, and am simply
Just worn out:
And my mother says she thinks,
As my weary eyeiid blinks,
That I'd best not go to school to-day there
isn't any doubt.
But by ten o'clock feel
SO recovered that an eel
Could not give me any points on moving con-
stantly around.
All the pain deserts my head,
And take the old bob-slcd,
And am shortly whizzing with IL Ger the
saow-incrusted ground.
Whence think It's very plain
That to cure . small boys pain,
And to got him back to health without an
ache within his head,
There Is not dose or pill
That so fully nils the bill
As a good old well-packed snowfall. add q
chance to use q sled.
-Harpers Young People
The leader., 1895-10-08
MUCH IN LITTLE.

In simple manners all the secret Hes,
- Kind and virtuous. you'll be blest
md wise. Young.
No WIND enthusiast ever yet could
lest till half mankind were like him
Sslf posseesed.-Cowper.
A NATIONAL nature admits Of nothing
but what Is serviceable TO the rest OF
mankind.
WHEN tho fight begins within him.
belf . mans worth something. The
boul wakes and grows-Browning.
HoSEsr designs justly resembles our
levotions, which we must pay and
wait for the reward.-Sir Robert How.
srd.
THKnE Is nothing that wears out .
Inc face like the vigils Of the card Ia
ole, and those cutting passions which
intend them.-Steele..
The leader., 1895-10-08
Keep Only One Breed.

The farmer who would indiscrimin-
ately cross his stock, breeding to FIRST
one breed and then another, would
not be called wise, and this applies to
poultry as well as other stock. Select
q breed and stick to it, for there is not
so much in the breed as in the care. If
the stock is mongrels to begin with
breed to pure bred males all the time,
and constant improvement will be
made. Fit Is pure bred. do not breed
to some other breed, for whatever
benefit must be derived from the first
cross, will be lost in the next, for the
second generation will be only mon
grels, and will lose the valuable points
of their ancestors very often. Con-
slant improvement along all lines
should be the rule.-Rural World.
The leader., 1895-10-08
SOME QUEER NESTS
The Architecture Of Bifds IL very won
derfui Indeed.

The Architecture Of birds IL Very Won
derfui Indeed.
A curious Australian bird Is the little
rock warbler tOrigma rabricata), whose
method Of nest constructing Is prob
ably unique among birds:
Mr.. Gould writes: "The true habitat
of this species is New South Wales,
over which part of tho country IL Is
very generally distributed, wherever
situations occur suitable to its habits;
water courses and the rocky beds Of
gullies, both near the coast and among
the mountains of the interior, being
equally frcquented by il: and so cx-
clusive,y, in fact, Is 1t confined to such
situations that IL never visits the forests,
nor have l ever seen it perching on the
branches of the trees. Itdoes not even
resort to them as resting place for
its nest, but suspends the latter to the
ceilings of caverns and the under
surface of overhanging rocks, In a
manner that is most surprising; the
The leader., 1895-10-08
The Importance of Rec Keeping.

Few people in America realize the
importance Of the Bookkeeping indus
try. 1t is estimated that Europe pro-
duces about sis, 900, 900 worth Of wax
and honey, and that . similar sum re-
suits from the benefits conferred by
the fertilizing habits Of the bees. So
highly is this industry esteemed abroad
that Germany has 1900, 900 hives,
Spain. 100000; Austria, 1850, 900,
France, ESQ. 900; Holland, $40. 600; Rus
STA, 10000; Denmark. 10000; Belgium,
zoe, 600; Greece, $4,000. These countries
practically consume their own honey
crop. There is no reason why our con-
sumption should not be proportionately
great. The chief obstacle is the gem
eral ignorance of the value Of honey as
food and the use OF it only IS an oc-
casioDal treat instead Of an article Of
daily food.
The leader., 1895-10-08

nest, which Is of an oblong, elobular
form, and composed of moss and other
similar substances, is suspended by
narrow neck, and presents one OF the
most singular instances OF bird archi-
lecture that has yet come under my
notice"
DIR. Z. P. Ramsay has also given an
account of the species in the Wide
Bay DISTRICTS "The rock warbler is
very pleasing and lively little bird, and
seems to love solitude. 1 have never
seen it perch on tree, although have
spent several evenings in watching it.
1t runs with rapidity over the ground
and over heaps of rubbish left by floods,
where 1t seems to get good deal of ita
food. Sometimes it will remain for a
minute on the point Of a rock, then, as
IL falling over the edge, it will repeat
It's shrill cry, and dash Off into soma
hole in the cliffs.
1.-THE nest is of an oblong form, very
large for the size of the bird, with al
entrance in the side about two inches
wide. 1t is generally suspended under
some overhanging rock, and is com
posed of fbrous roots interviewer wltE
spiders webs; the bird evincing pref
erencc for those webs which contain
the spiders eggs, and that are of o
greenish color. The moss does not as
sumo the shape of a nest until few
days before it 10 completed, when a
hole for entrance is made, and the in.
side is warmly lined with feathers; but
when finished, it is a very ragged strue-
ture, and easily shaken to pieces. The
birds take long time in building their
nests; one found on the 9th of August
was not finished until the 25th of that
month; on the S0th three eggs wera
taken from 1t.
"Of the Australian cliff swallow, the
fairy martin of Gould and othc1
writers, DIR. Ramsay records an in
stance in which he found a mass OF
| nests fastened under an overhangina
rock on the banks of the Bell river. =
counted he says, upward of one hun
dred nests, all built together SO closely
The leader., 1895-10-08
PRINCE OF GNAWERS.
Beavers Have Won . Good Reputation by
Their Industry.

Beavers Have Won . Good Reputation by
Their Industry.
Celebrated as the prince Of gnawers
Is this sturdy rodent, and his we'll
earned reputation Of industry has
given rise to the familiar proverb of
working like beaver" The beaver
belongs to the order rodentia, but his
family relations are all deceased. A
glance OF the animals personal appear
ance is sufficient to indicate his mode of
living. A strong-made fellow of red
dish brown color, with big orange
colored front teeth, small eyes and ears,
head and body in the neighborhood of
two feet long, tail about ten inches in
length-broad, fat and covered with
scales-fore feet small, bind feet much
larger and webbed. The coat is better
than macintosh, being composed Of
two kinds of fur, the outer of long, stiff
hair and the under coat of fine, soft,
The leader., 1895-10-08

compact down. 1t Is therefore not diff
cult to arrive at the conclusion that the
beaver Is aquatic, and that his princi-
pal occupation is gnawing. The young
are produced in April or May, and in
four or five weeks are able to follow
their mother in the water. Tho aver
age weight of the adult individual is
about forty pounds; their winter food
consists OF bark and the roots of
aquatic plants, especially the yellow
pond-lily. In summer, however, they
go some distance from the water in
search Of berries, leaves, etc. This in
offensive creature has suffered a long
and severe persecution on account Of
his very valuable fur and castoreum.
The latter "a substance secreted in two
sacs near the root of the taiD has been
known since very ancient times for its
medicinal properties; it is chiefly used
now to bait beaver traps.
Two centuries ago these animals were
SO numerous in what now constitutes
the state of New York, that from 5000
to 10000 skins were annually taken in
that section alone. The trade in beaver
skins was one of the leading induce
ments to the early French and English
colonists to settle in this country. The
home of the beaver was once in nearly
ell the wooded districts of the northern
hemisphere; at the present time it is
entirely exterminated in many places,
and is scarce in the United States east
of the Mississippi river. Much has been
told Of the wonderful building instinct
of the beaver. Working only in tho
night. it is not easy to know the exact
manner in which thAs little engineer
proceeds, but in the morning the
amount of work accomplished speaks
for the diligence OF this builder of
dams, canals and houses, or lodges" as
their babitations are termed. The
canals afford an easier mode of trans
portation than dragging the wood
overland. and are dug through clear
ings back to the timber; they are some
times many feet in length, and may be
made on two or three different levels.
IN. Y. Recorder.