Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-02

Franklin Park leads the public parks of
this city in attractiyeness," said tine watch
man on duty there, eff we can judge by the
number who gather here daily. AT one
time Lafayette Square drew the greatest
crowds. but for the past three or four
years the number of frequenters of Frank
lin Park has steadily been on the increase.
There are one hundred and twenty park
seats in Lafayette Square, and hun
dTed and twenty-five in Franklin Square.
From 10 to IL in the morning and
from 3 to 4 in. the afternoon, Lafay
cite Square contains the largest num-
Der Of people. During the other hours Of
the day Franklin Square is nearly always
full. Lafayette Square has street car lines
on the north and south sides of it, and
herdic line on the east This continual
hubbub interferes seriously with those who
go to the parks to spend leisure hour in
reading newspapers or books. On the 9TH
er hard, Franklin Square has car line
only one side of it-l4th street. This
makes it more quiet and retired. 1t makes
1t especially advantageous for nurses and
children. l have noticed also that Franklin
Square Is the resort of the residents, while
Lafayette Square is mostly occupied dur
ing the day by non-residents or the visiting
classes, 1t being particularly convenient
and attractive for tourists
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Most of the cabbage on sale in this city
now" observed q leading commission deal
er, SIS imported the cabbage grown N
this section of the country not keeping
well throughout the winter. Last fall and
summer cabbage sold here low as forty
2 cents per hundred head, good cabbage, 100;
and at retail low as three heads for five
cents. This cabbage, however, deteriorates
as the spring advances, and even cold stor-
age, which is depended upon, does not save
1t. The imported cabbage comes from Ger
many, Sweden and Norway 1t is wonder
fully hardy, and is packed so closely that
II Keeps as well as a cocoanut. OF course,
IL IS much more expensive than the home
grown out there Is none other to be had at
any price. Inc cabbage crop in this conn
Try last year was the largest ever known
ana this caused the tumble in prices The
result IS that it did rot pay. and there will
De less cabbage grown this year, and, as a
consequence, higher prices will prevail
POTATOES paid those Sho raised them but
HttIe last year, and prices for good ones
nave seldom been as low they are now"
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The headquarters of the army" said an
army officer, ARE where Gen. Miles is To-
Gated, or, at least, where he keeps his
headquarters flag. Should he take his flag
up in balloon, the headquarters would be
Up in the air. He seldom takes his flag
with him when he leaves the CITY, but
should he do so, headquarters would be ex-
actIy where the flag is, whether he was in
the cars or at hotel The law has never
designated an official headquarters When
Gen. Sherman moved his residence from
TINS city, some years ago, to st. Louis the
neadquarters flag went with him, and the
war Department found it was no longer
headquarters. Neither was there any Way
Dy which the department could find where
Headquarters were except by telegraphing
Ior the whereabouts of Gen. Sherman and
his flag"
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have strange case now In charge"
remarked a weIl-known physician. The
patient is lady who lives in the fashion,
able part of the city and in rather a fine
house. Her malady is cleanliness, and her
efforts to keep the things about the house
clean are wearing her out. She labors under
the idea that everything about her and her
house is dusty and dirty, so she turns the
contents of her entire house upside down
every day. Not satisfied with the reDorts
or her servants that the work is all done
she takes up every rug. sheet. pillow case
blanket- curtain or any other article she
can hit from its place and shakes il yigor-
oGsly out of the window. She is known in
the neighborhood as the Shaker She has
shaken herself down from ordinary weight
70 almost skeleton. She works steadily
from in the morning until about every
evening, only to go all oyer the same self
imposed task the next morning Still she
thinks everything is dreadfully dirty all
about her.
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cannot understand why our folks"
remarked Capt. Fred Nally, should persist
IN giving running race horse meetings here
to the exclusion of first-class trotting meet
ings, for believe that frst-class trottinp
horses would draw better than the runners
or jumpers. We had the opportunity of
trying both at Ivy City during the fair
there some years ago. The runners were
fhaT To- i.
grew over 6,OOO people to the course while
the day Blind Tom, st. Julien and Iucv
trotted, or paced, there were by exact count
IboD people on the grounds These stars
or the trotting turf of the day by no means
cost as much as an attraction as the run
nersr and on the several occasions the big
rioters were pftted against the runners
they always drew doubly as large
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1--WE can always tell when 1t is 4 O'Clock
in the afternoon" remarked the enz;naar
OF the Normandie, land I'll give Won the
pointer. 1t is dollars to cents that at ax
actly o'clock you will see Chief Paris of
the fire depsr tment drive by on his Wav
down 18th street. He is remarkably regu-
lar in his habits. end has not varied four
minutes In the post twenty-seven days We
have kept a count on him Just to see If he
varied. but find that he does not. TRY IT
eny day. and see for yourself If 1 am not
right"
The sparrows have more nests in the
Jackson statue this year than usual" OBJ
served Capt. Craighill. "On my way to the
War Department a few mornings since l
counted five distinct nests. OF course there
was - nest in the hair OF the tail of the
horse and another in the NAME as there
has always been. The additional one was
IN the generals lat. Besides these a cou-
pie of sparrows were hard at work building
nest in tie nOstrils OF the horse. l no.
tice also hat the sparrows have nests in
both of the stirrups of the Mcpherson
static. The statue of Gen. Scott Is used
Tor three nests. that of Gen. Washington
LOT two, and that OF Gen. Green on Capitol
HllI Tor two nests, the most interesting one
being that built in the sword handle
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The rustic lawr chairs that are being
sold about the city now" said one of the
parties interested in making and selling
them, "are made of marsh willow, which
grows cry luxuriantly in the reclaimed
Potomac flats and on the Virginia side of
the river. 1t is a new growth for this Sec
ton. Fifteen years ago 1t was not known