Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-03-07

'"ThoCgh the supreme court of Arkansas"
said Senator Berry of that state, mas never
passed upon the question. the legislature
of the state has passed a joint resolution
declaring that the proper pronunciation of
Arkansas is as if the name was spelled
Arkansaw. In the state every one says
Arka nsaw, and it is only outside of the
state that the name is ever heard of with
the as pronunciation, as in Kansas. There
is a legend that the supreme court has Of
ficially declared this pronunciation to be
the correct Ole. but such is not the fact.
Originally the name was Arkansa. Sibey,
one of the first writers on the question,
held that the proper way TO spell the
name was TO add the $. and his idea WIS
adopted. This was in 1885, and it has been
spelled with the s since. though, as said
before is pronounced if the termina-
ton was .aw' instead of as.
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Prof. J.. F. ConGon of Bos ION, who has
been here for some weeks. recuperating
his health. like many other Bostonians.
wants to introduce reforms in connection
with educational matters. In explanation
of one reform which is very near to his
heart he said: II am trying to get educa-
tiOnal people Interested IN the extension Of
the multiplication table AS you know, the
ordinary child conqUers the multiplication
table in one tern: or less Many CT them
learn 1T as song, il is true, but they learn
1t-now il they can get up to the twelve
times twelve as easily as they do. what
good reason is there that the table should
not D. extended, say up I, fifty times fifty.
1t is learned easily. is good practice, and
i am sure it would be CT benefit to the
average person to 5be able TO instantly give
the multiple of any figure up to fifty, as
readily as the great number now do those
up to twelve"
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Zone of he sad things in our business
said z, all o1rtt
tents of boarding houses. There are a
rumber of women who open up a boarding
house without the slightest experience
whatever IN the business, and it very fire.
Quently happens that they fail. They think
that because there are number of other
women who make boarding houses sue
cess that they can Go 50. SO they get to-
gethe- the necessary money to make
start. md IN they go. 1t does not take
long for them to discover that there is
scierce In keeping boarders of which they
are iSn0rant- Their boarierS find it out
also The result is that they have to give
up, and we are called in to sell them out"
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THE photographs OF the White House
children. if we could secure tkem would
have an enormous sale said a wcll-known
photographer. but SO far Mrs Cleveland
has never allowed picture of them to
be made for sale. OF course she has had
there ii = surprising how many calls we
have for them from visitors to the city.
During the Atlanta exposition Il fake Pho
t0SrapneT got out picture of what lie
c:aimed to be The White House children,
and it had ready sale thsre, but the Pres
ident Dut veto or it when he went down !
there, and the sale was killed.
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Il think the patent business feels the |
hard times remarked a hustling patent
y ssrr1nr han h ar-
ventors are as plenty d ever. but they have
not got the money to carry IN :heir in
ventions. Up to two years ago we were
Kept busy. but just now We have plenty of
leisure time on hands. The fact that
not one patent in every hundred issued
ever pald the expenses of the patent has
no such effect upon the business as the pre-
vailing tin es.''
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II was glad to see that the proprietor of
one OF our saloons on wheels was arrested
here last week. said Mr.. Frank Harding
of Montgomery county, MI LAS you
know he said. local option prevails in
Montgomery county, and a consequence
quite number of fellows are engaged in
The business of cart,ng liquor from this
city out into our county. The most of
those engaged in this traffic are colored as
are the majority of the buyers. The sa-
looms on wheels. however now keep the
customers in the county regularly supplied
and cause great deal of trouble. There
are at least a dozen of these vehicles
which now make daily trips through our
county.
Contrary to the general opinion" said
Mr.. Russell Stephens, one of the largest
fruit growers of the Sacramento valley.
''it is the small fruit farms in California
which pay the best. The big fruit farms
are very expensive to manage. and as every
person about them has to be hired there
are many leaks and weak points, The
transportation feature is, perhaps. more
important than all things else combined
for unless the fruit can be shipped. and
properly shipped, there is no money in the
business In the end the big farms Will
pay. but at present the small growers have
the best of it, for they can handle all they
raise. Ii is strange to Us that you people
in the east pay twenty-five cents per pound
for Malaga or Tokay grapes, when out
there We are glad to sell them for from
So to ST. per ton, or less than ore cent per
pound. The railroads and middle men ge:
all the money, and what is worse. the con-
sumer has to pay such high prices that he
does not feel able to buy all the fruit he
should
One of the most interested persons in the
United States Supreme Court room on
Monday last was a lady. AS Mr.. Justice
Harlan began to read the opinion of the
court in the Stanford case she was so anx-
ious TO hear every word of it that she
stood up and leaned forward. The Star
writer sat next to her. AS the last words
of the decision were read AFFIRM ing the ac- !
ton of tie courts in California her face
frightened up and as she turned to leave
the court room she remarked audibIy |
THANK God for that for it will be good
news for Helen, now 1 will telegraph her"
In explaining her remark afLerward sht. !
said: "One of the professors of the Stan
ford University was engaged to be marria! T.,
To my niece. but he hesitated about getting
married until this case was decided for. ii |
IL Went against Mrs. Stanford, the univers-
ity would be greatly damaged, and he |
woIld be out of Il position" The telegram |
Was sent, and thee hours afterward came
this reply: II hanks for your telegram. We |
VIII De married May H. The young |
lady was formerly resident of this city
should the law finally order the Secre- |
fary of Agriculture to purchase seeds for |
public distribution" said a clerk of the |
Agricultural Department, cit Will play no |
figure with this years crops. for the rea-
Son that ii will take considerable time to |
get fhA aa1