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pounds to the acre would be a very good
YIELD
The Worlds Greatest Tobacco Market
1 shall not soon forget the auction rooms
at Danville, which 1 visited today with
Col. j. NJ. Neal, one Of the oldest of the
tobacco buyers. There are here eleven i'm
mense warehouses, each of which covers
several acres, in which thousands of pounds
of tobacco are sold at auction every day.
The sales during the tobacco year which
closed last month amounted to 4O,OOO 900
pounds which brought more than $3, 900 900
in cash. The warehouses are under the
control of the Danville Tobacco Associa-
ton, and everything is done by rule. The
tobacco. raised as Col. Walker has de-
scribed it, is brought in by the farmers
and laid in long rows of piles each about
as big around as a washtub, upon the floor
Each mans crop is separate, and each pile
is marked with a card which bears the
name of the owner. The warehouses are
lighted by many skylights and windows,
and the lemon-colored tobacco shines out in
all its beauty. A rich tobacco aroma fills
the room Il is not like that of store to-
bacco, but sweeter and purer. Walking
about among the piles are scores of tobac-
CO buyers. They are wd-looking men
who have been in the business for many
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2&1S5I1{53E :
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ing prayer, Rev. o. A. Brown, pastor,
Foundry nj. +. Church.
Junior Workers Qecture room, 4:15 to b
O'clock
Miss A. f. Crump. District superin:end-
ent, presiding.
Miss Mamie Murphy, Fletcher Chapter,
secretary.
Singing.
Prayer-Rev. ]. r. Cannon, pastor Ten
leytown NJ. f. Church.
THE Catechism in the Junior League"
Mrs. J. l.. Walsh. Douglas Chapter
How TO Get Juniors and How to Keep
Them" Miss Jennie Watts Grace Chapter
"Epworth Guards Mrs. l. Q. II. AL
ward, Fifteenth Street Chapter.
General Observation-Disclosures, leaders,
business meetings, reading circle and socia-
bles
Announcements.
Closing prayer-Rev. ]. l.. McI.ar an pas
tor Anacostia NJ. +. Church.
The Evening Session.
Saturday evening (audtorium), o'clock,
business session, Mr.. Fred r. Tasker, Dis
trict president presiding; Messrs. F. T.
devotional exercises. Rev. J. b. StitL pas
tor Dumb rton NJ. E Church; roll-call OF
chapters, response with two-minute re-
ports from presidents, annual reports from
the officers, reports of committees. report
OF committee on credentials, report OF COM
mittee on resolutions. unfinished business,
new business, election Of officers adjourn
ment, with benediction, Rev. l.. b. Wilson,
presiding elder.
Sunday morning-Metro tropoitan ". L.
Church, II O'Clock. convention sermon.
Rev. Madison Swadener. Cincinnati, Ohio
Sunday ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS NJ. L
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Ike potatoes. and the weeds are kept down.
The plants grow to a height Of three or
four feet. The leaves branch out In all
directions, and where each leaf joins the
stalk suckers sprout out. These have to
be pulled off again and again that all Of the
strength Of the plant may go into the leaf,
and for the same reason the top is cut
to seed. Every plant has to Re examined
night and morning, to see that worms and
insects are not eating 1t. Man is by no
means the only thing that likes a mouth
fU of tobacco. There are cut worms, VINO
attack the plants, feas and beetles chew
at it, and grasshoppers and crickets are
fond of it's juice. The worst enemy: how
ever. is the horn worm, or tobacco worm.
This comes from a moth, which can lay a
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sistent and pestilent house nuisance than

sistent and pestilent house nuisance than
the true house ant.
This seems to be the species referred to
by Kahn in 174s as often occurring in
houses in Philadelphia, and manifestfng a
great fondness for sweets. He records
also some Interesting experiments made by
Mr.. Franklin, indicating the ability of
these ants to communicate with one an
other.
The colonies Of the pavement ant are
often large, and they may frequently be
uncovered in masses of quart or more on
tagging in paths.
This ant may be often with little difficulty
traced to it's nest, which, IL accessible, Or
not thoroughly protected by unbroken
pavement as Of asphalt can be rather
easily exterminated So well established is
the species, however, that new colonies
will usually soon take the place of those
destroyed
Drenching the nests with boiling water
and saturating them with coal oil, which lat
ter also may be introduced into cracks in
pavements or walls are effective means of
abattng the nuisance Of this ant.
Underground Galleries.
There are several other ants closely re-
semblirg this last, mostly species of La
sius, some foreign and some native, which
form large colonies in yards, throwing up
earthen ant hills, beneath which are ex-
tensive systems of und erground galleries.
These may often get into nearby houses
and become quite as troublesome as the
ants already mentioned.
Excellent success has been had in de-
stroylng these ants with the use of bisul-
phide of carbon applied in their nests. The
method consists in pouring ounce or
two of the bisulphide into each of num-
Der of holes made in the nest with a stick,
promptly closing the holes with the foot.
The bisulphide penetrates through the un-
dereround tunnels and kills the ants in
enormous numbers, and If applied with
sufficient liberality will exterminate the
whole colony.
Whenever the nests of any of these>ants
can be located, there is no other resource
but the temporary eXpedient of destroying
them wherever they occur in the house.
The best means of effecting this end is to
attract them to small bits Of sponge moist
ened with sweetened water and placed in
the situations where they most nu-
merous. These sponges may be collected
several times daily, and the ants swarming
in them destroyed by immersion in hot
water. 1t is reported also that a sirup
made by dissolving borax and sugar in
boiling water will effect destruction of
the ants readily and in numbers. The re-
moval of the attracting substances
wherever practicable, should always be the
first step.
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A Wonderful Speller.

You can't spell nothing" said Willie Brown,
AS AZ, he held the old speller upside down.
And you can't spell this, and you can't spell that
look Of serenity settled down
On the fat little face of Baby Brown.
II can spell dog, and can spell cat,
And harder words than this and that
Spell turkey. then and let me see''
Turkey said Baby Brown, "a. B. o.
Now, Miss Missy, spell chickadee"
''Chickadee," said Baby Brown, "A. B. O."
II dare you to spell old donkey for me-"
Donkey" said Baby Brown, "a. B. O."
And now spell coffee and then spell tea'
Blithefy said Baby Brown, "A. B. c.
So all the morning Willie Brown
Held the old speller upside down,
And Baby Brown, so little and fat,
Spelled harder words than this and that
Louise r. Baker in Youths Companion,
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Apple Cores for Sale.

From the Chicago Record.
OF all the markets that combine to give
South Water street It's distinct originality
undoubtedly the most unique, not to say
unseemly, is the one which derives its life
from the cores and peelings Of apples. Per-
sons who pride themselves upon their ad-
herence to strictest economy, who eat ap-
pies and throw the skins away, do not con-
scientiously feel that they have committed
a deed Of extravagance.
If the cores, even the merest structure
Of the cores, and the skins were saved.
dried and taken to the dealers In dried
fruit IN South Water street they could be
sold. The dealers in the street are never
overtaxed for space to store the cores and
peels that come from the people, but they
to satisfy the demand, which IL generally
small. Dried apple cores and peels sell at
X Of q cent and cent a pound.
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n Al O&N AVA L w "a u
s o u I h t % t a k e a
bird's-eye view of
the industrial situa-
tion of the country.
l propose 20 visit the
chief centers of the
United States and to
give the facts as l
find them. Notwirh-
standing tie present
nard times, we are
said to be the wealth.
lest nation on the
globe. / want tn
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Garrett Played Poker With a King.
From the Chicago Record.
The newspaper biographies of the late
Robert Garrett contained no mention Of
the fact that he once enjoyed the distinc-
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Insects That ATE a Great Nuisance to
the Hausekeeper.
p0NDNESS For SWEET THINGS
Methods Adopted of Getting Rid
of These UnweIcome Visitors.
D 1 F F E r E Mt SPECIES
nm HERE ARE A MUM.

DcT OIL species OF
ants often occurring
In houses, the more
important of which
are common to both
hemispheres, and are
probably of old world
origin, writes C. l..
Marlatt in a bulletin
recently issued by
the Agricultural De-
partment. One Of
these. the little red
n n "orA,,,n ri.,r,,
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snow where great part of our wealth
comes frcm and how we get it. My first
travels have been in the great tobacco
belts of Virginia and North Carolina This
region is filled with tobacco plantations
You see the square log cabins known as to-
bacco barns. on every farm, and the farm
ers are now bringing in their crops in
wagons to the great auction markets here
The tobacco raised here is some of the
best Of the world, and buyers from the diff
ferens countries of Europe are stationed
here the year round. The Danville loose
in the world, and there is no market like
it under the sun.
Our Enormous Tobacco Crop
Before l describe it, let me give you some
idea OF what tobacco means to the United
States. 1t is one of our great money crops
and IL brirgs US millions of dollars in gold
from Europe every year. 1t amounts at
times to almost as much the product of
our gold mines. In 1S!s: it sod for more
than N$',n",uNn. and in 1891 about S21,W1,-
900 of this last amount $G'Ssi,oDU was
sold to Europe. Asia, Africa and South
America, and the most of it was composed
OF tobacco leaves packed Up for shipment
almost as they came from the farmer. Our
tobacco crop comes from nearly every state
and territory of the Union and it is of a
dozen or more different kinds. Some is espe-
cially htted for export, some for plug. some
for fine cut, some for the different varieties
Of smoking, and some for snuff. l saw at
Durham. y. c., yesterday a snuff factory,
which makes large quantities of snuff for
the snuff dippers of the south. The tobacco
iS half rotted and mixed with other III
gradients before it is ground into the it'll
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IN TOBACCO LANDS
Biggest Market in the World is in
Virginia.
how THE AUCTIONS ARE MANAGED
Snuff Factories and Dippers, and
How Cigarettes are Made.
ON I'll E p L A n 7 a 7 l 0 n s

copyrighted, 1895. by Frank G. CarpenterD
DANVILLE, Va, November =, 1896.
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thousand eggs in a night. The eggs are
not bigger than mustard seeds, and they
hatch in a few hours into worms of the
thickness Of a horse hair, and about one
sixteenth of an inch long. They at once
begin to eat tobacco, and within a week
or so they are more than an inch in length
ard as big around your little finger. A
full-grown worm will eat up tobacco leaf
in a night, and If not watched they will
destroy the crop.
Curing the Weed.
How is the crop harvested?' I asked.
This is done when the leaves begin to
turn yellow. Some farmers strip the leaves
from the stalk and string them on wires.
Others cut off the stalks and string them on
sticks which are stuck in the ground. They
are then carried to the tobacco barns and
hung Up to be cured. These barns are
closed houses. Each has set of tiues and
pipes il. it, so that it can be heated, and by
d thermcmater the temperature is kept
just at the right point till the tobacco is
cured. This requires days and nights of
firing. ard the tobacco must be watched
bacco is cured all the moisture has been
dried out of it. 1t has turned yellow and
it is ready to be prepared for the market.
1t has to be sprnkled to make the leaves
soft. that they may be stripped from the
stalk and sorted. Different parts Of the
plants go into different piles The leaves
nearest the ground are placed in one class,
those next higher in another. and SO on to
the top. Then a half dozen mere leaves
are tied together by wrapping another leaf
about their stems. and in such bundles the
v hole crop is carried to the market or
auctions, where it is sold and the farmer
at once gets the cash for it, A thousand
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be reached by injecting bisulphide of car
bon or little kerosene. If under flooring
1t may sometimes be possible to get at
them by taking up a section. Unless the
colony can be reached and destroyed all
other measures will be Of only temporary
avail. " n
The little black ant (Monomorium minu-
tum Mayr) Is not strictly house species.
although frequently occurring ng indoors. and
becoming at times quite as troublesome as
the red ant. Its colonies usually occur un-
der stones in yards, but are frequently
found In the fields, and will be recognized
from the little pyramids Of fine grains Of
soil which surround the entrances to the
excavations. If these colonies be opened
they will be found to contain workers, and
usually one or more very much larger
gravid females. This species. when oc-
curing in houses, can often be traced to its
outdoor colony, and the destruction Of this
will prevent further trouble.
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The Pavement Ant.

The pavement ant of our eastern cities
Tetramorium caespitum Linn.) is in Eu-
rope the common meadow ant. and 10 two
or three times larger than either Of the
other species referred to. It was early in
troduced into this country, and. while not
yet reported from the west, is very oom-
mon in eastern towns, and particularly
here in Washington. It has readily ac-
commodated itself to the conditions Of ur-
ban existence, and commonly has its colo
MES under pavements. where it is often
stnnas IN OF ACCESS or Is eftan
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pounds to the acre would be a very good
Weld"
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n E M AY RE TIR e
Judge Cox Eligible the Goth of Next
Month.
He Has Not Decided When He VIII
Leave the Dench-Terms OF
Other Judges.

Judge Walter s. Cox of the District Su-
preme Court will have. the 18th of next
month. reached the age of three score
years and ten. and, having served nearly
eighteen years on the bench. will then be
eligible to retirement on full pay for the
remainder of his days. 1t has been sup
posed by many members Of the District
bar that Judge Cox would retire almost
Immediately after he became authorized
by law to so retire, but when Star re-
porter mentioned the matter to the judge
today he was informed that his honor has
rot yet determined when he will retire.
Il have not yet made up my mind in the
natter, said the judge so i cannot say
now when I will retire"
Judge Cox. native of Georgetown, was
admitted to the bar in 1917 and was APP
pointed to the District Supreme Court in
March, 1879 His senior on the District
bench is Judge A. +. Hagner, whose serv-
ice exceeds Judge CoX's a month or SO.
Judge Hagner is also understood to be
Judge Cox's senior in age. having. it is
said reached the age of seventy during he
past summer. He, 1t is said. has at pres
ent no intention of retiring for some time.
being, as Judge Cox also is, a remarkably
wel-preserved and vigorous man.
1t was rumored some time ago that
Judge Cole, the junior member of the court,
contemplated resigning, that he might de-
vote himself to the practice of the profess
sion. 1t can be stated on the best of au-
thority. however. that Judge Cole has at
the present time no intention of retiring
from the bench. whatever might have been
his inclination or intention some time ago.
Judge Cole was appointed TO the bench by
President Harrison during the last few
weeks of Gen. Harrison's term. so he has
not Yet served quite four years on the
Iench.
There is an impression among those ac-
quainted in the matter that if Mr.. McKn-
ley is elected Judge Cole will give him an
opportunity of appointing his successor.
And 1t is also believed that if Judge Cox
becomes convinced that some local man
will succeed him. he will retire during Mr..
Clevelands term. If not convinced, it
is believed that he will remain on the bench
until Mr.. Mckinley is inaugurated. provid-
ed the Ohio man defeats the Nebraska can
dilatc.
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Miners on Their Way to Leadville to
Take Strikers Places.
TRYING TO END fHE LONG STRIKE
President of the Union Says
That He Cannot.
EFFORTS TO FREE PRISONERS

LEADVILLE Col. September 2i.-Un-
der the latest orders of Gen. Brooks. this
city was today placed under the control
of a provost guard or military police force.
The miners from Joplin. Mo-, numbering
about 100 men, who will arrive here today
hs te been engaged to work In the Marian
Small Hopes and Emmett mines OF the
Small Hopes Company. of which >. w.
Mudd is manager. The Emmett has been
working right along with d small force OF
uon-uEion men. The other two MINES
named will be started up at once undef
strong guard
mon Edward Boycc. president OF the
Western Federation of Miners. TO lnduc'
him TO use his influence with the LeaoVIlie
Miners Union to call the strike OIL ne
refused and said that not > per cent OF
the members of the union would vote u
call the strike off. 800
An ATTEMPT will be made today to have
The accused men admitted to bail judge
owens will probably grant the app.a Iii
1t is expected that General BROOKS Nv, WI,
law. them Immediately rearreStea- 1hes
may then obtain writs OF haoeas corpus'
should General Brooks ignore such "rits;
ne VII, he cited for contempt OF coui an" any
The governors report to place the coiii
rnuniiy under military rule Will De feNte"S
in conrt The case is likely to reach the
supreut. court on a writ OF error -,
Iater-The cases of the ofhcers VI W,
Nirers. Union who are under arrest came
M in the district court today on an ap-
piicatfor. by their counsel for Their release
on bail The sheriff and the CITY ma.
shals being examined said they mad ar
rested the men on the advice of the AIS
trt,t attorney. The district attorne!
moved that the cases be nolled, thus CON
Tossing that he had no evidence against
the prisoners. -. ,;l
Judge Overs denied the motion. but said
Re would elease the prisoners under pohos.
FORT SCOTT, Kan, September 2'.-AbouI
10D miners from the southern Kansas ahl
.fouIin district have left here in special cars
fcr Iaadville. Col. to take places Oh tne
.tr;tire miners there They go under con-
tract. and are pfloted by a representative
OF the mine owners.
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ON THE BELMONT GROUNDS.
PhiIadeIphtans Begin Their SECOND
Match With the Australians.

PHI ADELPHIA Pa, September n
The second match between the Australian
rricketers and the gentlemen of Phtladei-
r,hia Mas begun on the grounds OF the Bel
mont Cricket Club this morning. Since the
first match the Philadelphans have been
strength ened both in batting and bowling
by The substitution Of J. A. Lester, the
Hayerford College crack. who did such re-
n,arkable work for his team on their recent
European tour. and A. NJ. Wood for Cregar
and Muir. Both Lester and Wood are good
batsmen and the former Is. in addition.
strong bowler
The Australians have also been strength
ened by the addition Of ]. X. Mckibben.
one of the best slow bowlers in the world.
The Belmont wicket is superior to that of
any of the other clubs, and was in the best
grounds that the Philadelphians gathered
- runs m two innings against the Aus
tralians in 1898, and it is expected that to-
days match will witness some heavy bat
ting.
The teams are as follows:
Australia-F. A. Iredale. F. H. Darling.
q. Giffen. {. Hin. 8. E. Gregory. II. Don
rar. G.. n. S. Trott. H. Trumble. J. ]. kel-
H. +. Jones' j. r. McKibben.
Philad-lphia-W. W. Noble. G. S. Patter-
son. II. j. Brown. F. H. Bohlen, E. W.
clark. Jr-. f. W. Ralston. II. P. Bailey. j.
n Lester. G. Coates, jr., A. NJ. Wood, }. b.
King.
All of the Australians expressed regret
AT the death of Percy Mcdonnell. the we'll
known cricketer. which was announced in
an Associated Press dispatch from Bris-
bane. Mcdonnell was noted stone
walr' player. and all the members of the
team had something pleasant to say about
the veteran.
Captain Trott of Australia won the toss,
as usual and elected to bat first. sending
Iredale and Darling to the defense King
and Patterson began the bowling.
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DIR. GOODIES SUCCESSOR.
Speculation in Scientific Circles Over
AN Interesting Question.

Speculation in Scientific Circles Over
AN Interesting Question.
Much gossip of quiet sort is being in
dulged In by the scientists regarding the
Successor to the late DIR. G. Brown Goode
as assistant secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution in charge of the National Mu-
scum. OF course. nothing Of an authorita-
tive sort is known. as Prof Langley is alb
sent from the city. and has not indicated
in any way what his ideas on the subject
may be. He will return. however. to Wash
ington about the first of the month. Some
OF the scientists seem to think that a nat
uraiist will be chosen to succeed the late
DIR. Goode because DR.. Goode was a nat
uralist. But there is no known rule which
would forbid physicist a chemist from
being selected for the position. 1t is well
known that the first assistant secretary in
charge of the National Museum was IL
brarian. and the custom in the secretary
ship of the Smithsonian itself seems to
have been to have physicist and a nat
uralst alternately. Those who hold to the
theory that naturalist will of a necessity
be selected regard two gentlemen as having
the most favorable chances for selection.
one of these is Mr. F. r. True who is at
present in charge of the National Museum.
and who is a naturalist of exalted attain
mentS. Mr.. True is recognized authority
on mammals. and is best known by his
work. The Mammals of Vermont" He is
III present enSdSeI upon All lhlpoftd Ht Hlou-
ograph the antlers of North America.
Visit, rs to the National Museum perceive
in the large room at the northwest corner
| of The building great number of the horns
and antlers of deer. moose. elk. etc, scat
tered over the floor in seeming careless
ness. These are the subjects which Mr..
True is studying for his forthcoming work.
The impression Is strong that MIR. True Will
succeed DIR. Goode.
There are others interested in the dues-
| tion. however, who regard DIR. c. Hart
Merriam of the Agricultural Department
the coming man. He is also a recoa-
| nized authority on mammals. and is an Or
nithologist of much distinction. But. as
said before, nothing definite can he learned.
| and mere speculation will be the proper
way to characterize the present talk until
Prof. Langley returns.
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Washington stock EAchnnge.

TIL. board will adjourn saturday during
Sales regular calI-i2 O'Clock -Metropolitan
r. thread scrip: sLo6l at lol. Washington Gas.
bid 3o-year fund Us, gold. II obid. Mater stock
as, 1901, currency lilo bid. Water stock as. 1873
currency. III bid. 3.Gls. funding. currency. 102
Miscellaneous Bonds-Metropolita Railroad IS.
10: bid Metropolitan Railroad 6s: lo4t hid.
s.. = asked ELLINGTON Raiiroad 6. rs asked.
Gas Company Company SIS s SERIES iss nd
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephoae 5e 100 hid.
Amer ri. seeuri,y and Trust g. and A. 100 I'D
Ma[ts. S amlaay iSp iss bid bid
Masonic Hall Association Is. loa hid Vs. wv ''''
National Bank Stocks.-Bnnk of Washington, go
s so s hlnk G CT ns e BID $40 sG S h5
Capital. no bid West End. Ill asked. Traders'
Safe deposit and Trust Com. ,auies.-NationaI safe
Deposit ard Trust, l23 asked. Washington Loan
Trust, I42 asked. Washington Safe Deposit 81
Railroad stocks.-Capi,aI Traction Company. .ss
,sked.
Gas and Electric Light stocks Washington Gas
80 bid 40 asked. Georgetown Gas 40 lid. L s
Insurance stocks..F'ir mems. 30 bid. franklin
IL asked. Columbia. 10 bid. ~ aske-f stfcs. Z
bid, 81 asked Peoples. 5 hid asked; LAneoln
title Insurance ssaks-Dtstrsct Title. 10 asksd
Tslephone, siosks- pe Peg 70 bid Chesa
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