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Evening star., 1896-06-11
COMMODORE MARCH.
He Wasn't Going to Act AS Court In
terpreter Unless He Was Paid for 1t.

He Wasn't Going to Act AS Court In
terpreter Unless He Was Paid for 1t.
From the Seattle Post -Intelligancer
good story was told lately of Com
modore March of Marchs Point, Fidalgo
Island, whose ready wit Is well known to
the habitues of the Hotel Butler, and, in
deed, all over the sound. The commodore
was called as witness in the Point Rob-
erts dispute between the cannery men and
the Indians. and the lawyer on the other
side, with "what-can-you-know-a
air" put the question to him:
"How long have you been in this part of
the country. Mr.. March?'
Mr.. March has pretty chin, and he
shaves his white whlskers to either side to
show it Off When the question was so
suddenly put he softly caressed the pretty
chin and slowly and meditatively said, as
to himself:
Forty. forty-fve. fifty" end at length
answered: "Fifty-fve years"
"Fifty-fve years!' said the lawyer. and
then. as II he were addressing Christopher
Columbus asked:
And hat did you discover, Mr. March o.
"A dark-visaged savage"
.Dark-visased savage. eh? Yes; and
what did you say to him?"
said 1t was a fine day."
Zine day? Yes, and what did he say to
you?" ss.,.-.l
Mr.. March ratified ioff a whole yarn in
CHINOOK, and kept on, tosthe mirth of the
whole Court room. until pc -emptorily cut
off by the gavel Of the Judge.
Il asked you what reply the savage made
to you. Mr.. March, Please answer the
question" said the irate tecross-eAaminer.
l was answaring." on
Tell US what the savage said''
That was what he said"
Then tell it to US In English"
NOT unless 1 am commissioned by the
court to act as Interpreter and paid the
customary fee" IL
The lawyer thought moment. looked. at
the judge. who could not resist smile
and said severely, Mr.. March, you may
stand down" IS
Evening star., 1896-06-11

From the Baltimore Sun.
The hair tonic business will not thrive
in the future if a decision handed down by
a Virginia magistrate few days ago is ac-
oepted as a sound and just construction of
the law. 1t appears that the proprietor of
a drug store at Accomac Court House laid
in supply Of potent fluid, which was
guaranteed by the proprietor to produce
tiourishing hirsute growth upon the most
ha!dheaded man in the county. The store
keeper disposed of this magic restorer' to
several neighbors who We're destitute of
capillary adernment To these customers
he sold the tonic with the manufacturers
guarantee. that it would restore to them
The hair which had adorned their heads
when they were in the first bloom of youth
and beauty.
The ingenious baldheads used the tonic
with a vigor equal to the desire with which
they yearned for a suitable covering for
the domes that had too long been exposed
10 the elements: but, although their faith
was great and their energy tremendous.
they were not rewarded by a crop worthy
of their exertions. AS the registering blades
of the time of the Georges used to boast
that they could take four bottles of port
and never turn a hair" SO also might the
baldheads of Accomac aver that they had
tried each a half dozen bottles of the tonic
and if a hair had been turned out it was
not visible to the naked eye. When they
were convinced that the tonic was a fraud
and the capillary outgrowth which II was
guaranteed to produce was an iridescent
dream they fatty refused to pay the drug
gist on the ground that the contract was
void, az they were still as bald as they
were before they applied the 'restorer."
The druggist thereupon declined to re!m-
hurse the manufacturer and when suit was
brought to recover the Virginia Justice de-
cided in favor of the baldheaded men and
the druggist
Evening star., 1896-06-11

w NO " 0S INC ATSt ShAoACKs
From The Gentlemnn's Magazine.
THE learned Camden speaks of Lane as
the original English smoker. 1t is remark
able that so much doubt should have ex-
listed among writer's even in Eliza-J acobean
times both as to the date when tobacco
was first received in this country and the
person by whom II was first introduced.
The painstaking annalist Stow, says that
tobacco came into England about the
twentieth year of Queen Elizabeth QsJO.
But Aubrey speaking of Sir Walter Rd-
leigh says that he was the first that
brought tobacco into England and into
fashion d5s6). In our part of North Willis
for example. Malmsbury Hundred-it
came first into fashion by Sir Walter Long
They had first silver pipes. The ordinary
sort made use of a walnut she'll and
straw. L have heard my grandfather Lyle
say that one pipe was handed from man
to man round the table. Sir Walter Ra-
leigh, standing in a stand at Sir Ro.
Poyntz's parke at Acton. took pipe of to-
bacco. which made the ladies quit 1T till
he had done"
The author of gossipy Tour in Wales"
(PennanD, in 1910. speaking about the
great houses and their associations. says
that Captain Price of Plasyoilin. with
Captains Mydleton and koet, on their re-
turn from the Azores in 1891. were the
first who had smoked or tas they called
iD drank tobacco publicly in London. and
that the Londoners fiocked from all parts
to see them. Pipes were not then invented.
so they used the twisted leaves, or cigars.
The invention is usually ascri5ed to Sir
Walter Raleigh 1t may be so, but he was
too good a courtier to smoke in public, es-
pecially in the reign of James," Again, In
the 1853 translation of DIR. Everard's S
"Panacea" (Antwerp. 15eD is 1t remarked
that Capt. Richard Greenfield and Sir
Francis Drake were the first planters of it
here (England) and not Sir Walter Ra-
leigh. which is the common error, SO diff
ficult is 1t to fix popular discoveries"
These few selections show us how easily
origins are lost sight of.
Evening star., 1896-06-11
From The Pittsburg Dispa tch.

An impertinent young man asked Sarah
Bernhardt in her dressing room at the
Grand Opera House. st. Louis. how old she
was.
LET me see," answered the witty ac-
tress Il was eighteen years old at the
birth of my son Maurice. His father was
thirty-four years old, and he would be now
twice that age II alive. According to that
l ought to be twice eighteen years also.
but YOU had better figure that for your
SELF
The fun of it Is that the proposition of
the madame was correct, If her solution
was purposeiy misleading. The f1qusliiye
young man did not understand the Joke.
however.
Evening star., 1896-06-11
Heard in the Silly Night.

From the Eastern Argus.
The man In the upper berth leaned over
Its edge and jamming his frown firmly
down on his brow. cried in a aarsn, coarse
voice that was audible above the rattle and
rumble of the engine:
Hi. you; down there. Are YOU rich?"
Reh?' CALCULATED the nan in the lower
berth. almost swallowing his Adams apple.
"Whazzer maZzer?"
Il say. are you rich?"
What's that sir! Rich? What do you
mean by waking me up in the middle of
the night to ask me such a question as
thatT' 1'
I want to know-that's why"
We'll, then, confound you, I am rich
Now l hope your curiosity is satisfied and
You will let me go to sleep"
Very rich?"
"Miilio-aire, oonfound you. Now shut up
and" Up
We'll, then, why in torment don't Won
charter whole train to DO your snoring
in?'
Evening star., 1896-06-11

From the Cincinnati COMMERCIAL Gazette
The three-year-old son of Marion and
Mrs Scott. at Kokomo. Ind. on visit
from Chicago. wandered from the house
and got lost After three hours hunt by
the officers. bloodhounds were put on the
scent of the child. The beasts struck she
trail at once, and within twenty minutes
were standing beside the missing child
waiting for the attendants to arrive They
found the child beyond the city park three
miles distant. The hounds made no mo-
tons toward inturing the little wanderer.
although they had been trained to run
down desperate criminals. This Is a new
feature of bloodhound work.
Evening star., 1896-06-11
The Ring California Gave Pierce

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
One Of the most curious as well as NEST
valuable of American rings was presented
to President Pierce in 1852 by the citizens
Of California. 1t is of massive gold, weigh
iEg upward of pound: the circular por-
ton Is cut into squares, which are en-
bellish.d with beautifully executed designs,
the entire group presenting pictorial his
tory of California. The seal Of the ring Is
really a lid, which swings upon a hinge.
and is covered with the arms Of the state
of California. surmounted by the stars anG
stripes. Underneath is a square box di-
vided by bars of gold into nine separate
compartments. each containing pure
specimen Of the varieties of ore found in
the country. On the inside is the following
inscription: Presented to Franklin Pierce.
the fourteenth President of the United
States"
Evening star., 1896-06-11
NUMBER OF STARS.
One Hundred Millions of Shining
Orbs by Late fCo1nputntions.

0rbs by Late Computations.
The latest computation on the stars WIS.,
ible in both henispheres puts the number
of such shining orbs up to the high mark
of 1oO.OGo,OO1. The astronomers have odd
ways of estimating the number of these
brilliant points Of light says the st. Louis
Republic. By figuring from the apparent
diameter Of the full moon 1t is shown that
the area OF the whole sky visible to man
dn both hemispheres) is Al, 255 square de-
grees. The area of the whole star space,
according to this mode of reckoning, is
only equal to about 210,0O times the area
of full moon. figuring that the moon 3
apparent diameter at that time Is slightly
over half a degree
This would give 2,424 stars to each
square degree, or a total of a hundred
millions, which would be equal to 800 stars
on each space in the sky as large as a
full moon.
Evening star., 1896-06-11

From The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Got a highly laudatory letter from
Statesman Barks I'm response to our present
OF a copy of the dictionary" said the secre-
tary.
Good" said the publisher. Have q
l;thograph copy of II made and print I'm
every paper In his district"
Cant do 1t. He has misspelled four
words"
Evening star., 1896-06-11

Ex-senator T. c. Pfatt left New York
fer st. Louis yesterday. He was ac-
companied by Chairman Hackett of the re-
publican state committee, B. B. Odell and
Louis F. Payne.
Evening star., 1896-06-11

During the official trial yesterday of the
new French iron-clad Jaureguiberry one
Of her boilers exploded, injuring nine men.
Evening star., 1896-06-11

The hotel at Piney Point will be opened
Sunday for the season. The steamer Sine
will leave at 5 O'Clock Saturday evening
stopping at the Point.
Evening star., 1896-06-11
Miscellaneous.

I Steam Cooker. s.. 10. Now 81. 90
Arnold Steam Coffee Pot, s.. - anu 81 80. Eithe
size zoe
Ar,.old Steam Cookers. 500. Now 90c.
NJ ii. Coffee Pot. soc Moving price. re.
Nj. II. Coffee Pot. sl.2O. Moving price. 96c.
NJ. ii. Coffee Pot, 81. 10. Moving price. ST.. d
Evening star., 1896-06-11

Heavy 3-wick Doeble-lid oil Stove. Originally
81 y. Now Sl-.p.
i 2-ld oil steve. $40 Now 81 80.
1-burner bi Sieve. ABE Now 33c.
2-t..IeI oil Stove. 81 -. Now G5c.
Evening star., 1896-06-11
Gas Cooking Stoves.
Window Screens.

II In. high. Only 1Sc.
p in. high. Only 2lc.
30 in high. Only 2+c.
No. 1. Only pc.
All are adjustable TO fit any width Of window
The Progress., 1896-11-07

Aug. ~, and warm, showery weather
followed. Within five days so per
cent of the seed of this year had ger
minated and was growing nicely, and
three days later 8 per cent more Aad
appeared above ground The old wheat
all started little more quickly than
the new, and just 80 per cent of that
planted was above ground on the lftn
day; only one more plant had appeared
on the eighth day, the percentage OF
termination on that day being 81 1or
the wheat of 1898, 79 for 1894, 81 Tor
1895 and SO for 1896. Apparently, there
fore. it is safe to use wheat OF TINS
years growth for seed, except where
the condition is exceptionally bad; but
in view Of the less vigorous CROWN
shown at first in this test the station
would advise the use of larger quan-
tity of seed than ordinary. 1t should
be observed that this test was mace
under exceptionally favorable conul-
tions, and in unfavorable weather II
would be reasonable to expect that a
larger proportion Of the seed would
fail to grow.
The Progress., 1896-11-07
The Family Horse.

A horse that is difficult to hnd' anu
ono that is in constant demand, is one
that can be guaranteed to be safe 1or
family use, says writer in Horse
world" At any place where horse
sales are held, one cannot but be I'M
messed bv the large number OF search
orc after horses suitable for family use.
For this purpose horse must not only
ha sound and good looking, but he must
he absolutely safe in the strlctest sense
~ rho word. He must be afraid OF
no+h;ne and must be possessed OF
,oneo enough to behave under circum-
stances which to the average horse
.uo,,,a mean a runaway. He must be
s,fo for woman to drive, and in many
oa oases the woman will know little about
driving and absolutely nothing about
nhot shou,d be done in case OF an acci-
dont In view of the dependency that
nust necessarily be placed on the fam
;Iv horse it is not to be wondered at
+hat horses suitable for that purpose
sre scarce. and also that they COM
mend a high price whenever they are
offered. ~ The only wonder is that some
enterprising man does not make a spe'
o;a,tv Of high-class, reliable family
horses.
The Progress., 1896-11-07
IiarnYard Manure.

In a farmers bulletin issued by the
Department of Agriculture, Prof. w. H.
Beal says that barnyard manure Is
probably the most efficient means at
the disposal of the farmer to perma-
nently improve his soil. No other 1er-
tilizer possesses to so great degree
the power of restoring worn SOILS 10
productiveness and giving them last
ing fertility. 1t accomplishes this re-
suit, however, not SO much by the actu-
al fertilizing constituents which 1t sup
plies as by improving the physical
properties of the soil, increasing the
| amount of humus, which is generally
deficient in worn soils, improving It's
texture and increasing its water an
sorbing and water holding power. Tx
periments have shown that the lnhu
ence of manure may be perceptlbie
twenty years after application. w
seryations at Rothamsted, England
during forty years on barley nnmah
ured, manured continuously, and man
ured during the first twenty years, onl
showed that there was gradual exhaus
tion and reduction of produce with
out manure, and gradual accumu
lation and increase of produce with IN
annual application of barnyard man
ure. But when the application wa
stopped, although the effect of the res
due from the previous applications We
very marked, it somewhat rapidly q
minished, Notwithstanding that calc'
lation showed an enormous accumuli
ton of nitrogen as we'll as other col
stituents.
The Progress., 1896-11-07
ECZEMA.

,.,.n Pronounced 1t Ring-Worm
yre,cribed for That Ai'ment, But
:. Patient Used Dr. Williams Pink
su,. and Was Cured.
I" the Free Press, Corning, Iowa.
Srom Sos off1icted with what physicians
Wa me was eczema and began doc
esuet tor that disease about two years
'el,De Said Mrs. Eva L. Evans, OF Har-
y" 1owa. to q reporter lew days ago.
~ s Arst doctor l consulted did me no
'ils ot all. He pronounced the disease
goM morm and gave me remedies for
nns but soon found out his error.
ilas .bsn hen tried another physician, With
better success but did not sue
d sd IN obtaining permanent relief. On
,ontrary. got worse and my face
". hodv broke out badly and q severe
sns sng sensation constantly accom-
musd mnisd II. This physician pronounced
isa nalady eczema and l believe now
w .a., his diagnosis was correct. My
ma tond saw IN article on DR.. Will
ns, nu,, pink Pills in the county papers
aa'I n at his solicitation l tried them.
asI nro make a long story short, | took
..,rc hoxes Of this wonderful rem
sv and am now entirely relieved. l
~ ss,a not been troubled with the least
a a.sn Of this disease since August, 1895
Is'ad been taking the pills since June
:, that wear. I am glad 20 testify tc
v. worth Of this excellent remedy. II
sot % only cured me, but my .ather triec
~ !. for Ia grippe and was materiall.
s.rs6ted-in fact he insists it relieved
him at once. .-e
ro confirm this statement beyond al
aonbt Mrs. Evans signed the forego
yS sTSATE OF IOWA, COUNTY Ol
ADANS.-ss. ,co,
Signed this 18th day of March. 1886
before me. ~ 1.,,,;o
nr williams Pink Pills for Pal
paon,e are now given to the public a
~ rnfailing blood builder and nerV
,sstorer 80 curing all forms of weakness
.r,sing from watery condition OF Tn
Mood or shattered nerves. The PAL
.re sold by all dealers, or Will be ser
costnaid on receipt Of price. oO ceh'
Snx or six boxes for $3.50, by az
Sressing DR.. Williams Medicine &c
schenectady, N. Y.
The Progress., 1896-11-07
v To Seed Wheat In Ohia.

Comparatively little of this years
uheat crop in Ohio was threshed OF
hoysed before the rains set in. ana IN
consequence the grain, which was poor
in quality to begin with, has oeen lul
her injured by sprouting in the snock,
lays bulletin of the Ohio experiment
station. The station is making germin-
alton tests, both with wheat grown Oh
he station farm and. with samples
sent in from other parts OF the
state. In one Of these tests compafi-
SON was made between wheat OF TINS
jEyear's crop, which has stood In tne
shock throughout the wet spell, and
similar lots Of grain grown in 1896, 1884
Iard 1893. The wheat was planted =
leasefully prepared garden coll g
The Progress., 1896-11-07
Treatment of Seed Wheat for Smut.

Bulletin Ga of the Ohio Experiment
Station reports the results of a series OF
experiments made on the station farm
at Wooster in 1895 in the treatment OF
oats for the prevention of smut, in
which it was shown that from duplicate
samples of seed, taken from the same
sack, the untreated seed produced as
high as 40 per cent of smutted heads,
while the treated seed produced a con-
siderably larger crop entirely free from
smut. These experiments have been
repeated with the same result in 1864
year when the smut Of oats has been
exceptionally prevalent. 1t has also
been demonstrated that, with a very
slight modification, the same treatment
will absolutely prevent the sinking
smut of wheat, and the bulletin named
gives full directions for this treatment
hoth for oats and wheat. From the re-
ports which have come to the station i
seems probable that the farmers o
Ohio have this year lost not less thai
half million dollars from oats smu
alone.
The Progress., 1896-11-07
v.rpest Bible in the World.

The largest Bible in the world, It ie
said, is in the Vatican. 1t is manu-
script Bible and written in Hebrew.
The book ~eighs three hundred and
twenty pounds, and there is his
Tory connected with it. Some Italian
Jews obtained a view of the precious
volume, and told their co-religionists Of
Venice of it. The consequence was
that a evndicate of Venetian Jews en-
deayored to purchase it, offering the
Pope the weight of the book in gold as
the price. Pope julius II, however, re-
fused the offer At the present prlcs
of gold the offer was one OF no less
than 100000 francs G62,oOW,
The Progress., 1896-11-07
Renef,.c Of a Foul Brood Law
3. naner read before the Wisconsin

IN a paper read before the Wisconsin
state convention, Mr.. N. r. france
said: Perhaps this subject can as wen
be answered by answering some Oh 'iie
questions I so often hear. am sofis
to say there are too many keeping oee'
who seem to talk and act as II 100 WISE
to learn from our valuable bee papers
or books. They ask, What is TINS us.
ease? Is it contagious? Is II near 10,
Has any state a foul brood law? fouA
brood is a very fatal and contagious
disease. doing it's work by killing lhe
bees in the grub or worm stage OF NE
As it takes only few days from the
egg to the hatched bee you can sV7
how short time it would take TO oe-
stroy the colony after once eXposeu'
This dreaded disease became serious
in Canada so that the industry seeilieu
doomed: those wide-awake nelghpols
and members of the Ontario Bee-heep-
ers' Association could not be contehl
to give up so valuable an Industry al4o
on April 7, 1890, had law passeo pro-
viding for an inspector, and hea's
fines to any one to sell or expose any
diseased bees or appliances. y" H.
McEvoy, as inspector, has so careluilS
and thoroughly done his duty that the
disease can scarcely be found. ann
often asked, "How near is the disease
20 my beeyard?" AS long as the disease
IS in this country, and no law to con-
troll it with our mail service carrying
bees and supplies, consider we are an
in danger. A bee-keeper told me nc
wanted a choice Italian queen, so SEM
to one of our eastern states for 1t. 1he
queen with few bees came, anu "e1e
introduced with the cage as lnstructeu
, He felt proud of his pretty queen, AM
after time he opened the hlVe u
; find by some means the colony hao lou
: brood. Not being the honey harVes
season, the disease spread very fast
causing loss of over 100 colonies
2 California, for several years, has ha'
: a foul brood law. and their inspecto
!, has done great good there, so that nov
= that state is noted for her train LOAD
: of honey shipped to various places
Colorado also has foul brood law
J. Last winter Illinois and Minnesota, an
! at the same time I, as Wisconsin dele
l. gate, tried to get foul brood laV
e Why did we fail to get it? Simply bf
l. cause the bee-keepers Of the state d1
is not do their duty. How careful "
j. require by law a case of smallpox, {
IS other contagious disease, to be qua
j. antined and doctored. Likewise ol
l. eases among farm stock. Why II
A. have a. similar law to protect our bee'
J. If YOU want such law, you can ma
il if you will only ask for it. AS gel
gate to appear before our leglsiatu
last winter, l soon learned that We
few members of either house had De
NJ called on by bee-keepers OF thelr a
OF tricts, and did not know one I'M
m about the disease, or whether th
OF wanted a law or not did all cou
IN but failed simply because l dld I
re have backing. At least dozen me
ne hers of the legislature told me I'll
as would vote for the bill if bee-men tr'
Is, their districts would request IT,
n stitch in time. brother bee-keepe
)m will accomplish 1t.
The Progress., 1896-11-07

month. To insure good results
every spraying must be thol
ough, and an even distribution ol
the poison over this fruit must be re-
ceived. Some orchardists go SO lar as
to spray every ten or twelve days our
ing the summer for the codiing iho'n,
Such energy is very commendabie' anu
probably brings better returns 'h"n
fewer sprayings, albeit the LABOR anu
expense is much greater. Before rains
begin, burn all rubbish about orcharaS
and about the farm generally III WI
ners, along fence rows, that no soou
place be left for insects to hlberhal0
in. Do not pile green cord wood along
side of orchard; you are likely to there.
by bring into the vicinity OF your 1iu.'
trees pests which, if left in the loies''
would not injure you.
October - Put away spray pump
after last spraying and all spl"' oa
ing machinery, tanks, ETC., III soou s,
order, thoroughly clean and Tree iA'i
any .corroding substance. ..
November-Buy good BOOKS oh - ~.
pests and diseases of fruit trees anu lsS
out course of reading which will help
you the coming season. You Will "ah'
to look over your file OF Experllhe,i,
Station Bulletins. You have no aouo'
carefully put them away, as they nave
been received from time to time. l.
any member of your family, or II so'
have taken time to collect specimens
of pests and insects generally, 1t IS
good time with the literature you nav
to become familiar with their appear
. ance and habits.
Observation-Disclosures the last OF Decei'
ber you have probably, having hlot ~
ceived price lists from rellaDle Al Ms
made arrangements for purchasing
spray pump if you need one, ana nav
obtained lye, sulphur, quick llme' sal
D. >, blue vitriol paris green, or LONDON pai
n ple and any and all insecticides "hic
YOU will need for winter and sprln
70 70 use. Be careful to get good paris gre,
'r A good quality Of this poison shou'
mix readily with water and fofm
mass of the consistency of cream.
he fact this is the way we have alwa!
~. ns mixed it in spraying. First mix
n n with a. small quantity OF water al
ne ne then pour it into the larger quan'i
,eS ,eS of liquid.