Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-10

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"Chestnuts will be very scarce this season.
after all. though the supply promised was
very large" observed a farmer. The trees
were loaded with them until the storm,
which whipped them off rather suddenly
The result is that the trees are bare and the
ground surrounding them is covered with
the imperfect nuts, which have to be le1t 10
rot The chestnuts in the ordinary way
would not be fully ripe for a couple OF
weeks. so it is not safe to eat them. TO
thoroughly season a chestnut frost is ac-
tually necessary. When the frost comes
there.wiIl be no chestnuts this year. The
supply, therefore, will have to be brought
here from other sections OF the country,
places where the storm did not whip the
nuts from the trees.
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Zone of the smartest things that the
Cuban republic. that Is to be. did was 70
issue postage stamps" remarked a state
Department official. ''Of course, these
stamps will not be used on letters for some
time yet Those who bought the stamps,
however, are not SO anxious In that dlrec-
ton The great majority of persons bought
the stamps because they could contribute
in this small way to help on good work.
There about 6u.UUO stamp collectors in this
country, and hardly any telling how many
there are throughout the world. Well. word
went out that the new series of Cuban re-
public stamps We're out, and 1mmedlaseIy
came orders for the stamps.
THE full set costs 60 cents. and the great
majority of stamp collectors had to get the
full set, though the more modest collectors
had to content themselves with an incom-
piete set The receipts from this source
must have been very large. OF course, The
Idea is that the money which was raised
was and is being used in helping to make
Cuba free
Il had a peculiar experience down at the
Marlboro fair last week., volunteered a
prominent temperance agitator and orator.
Il was the guest Of Quaker family, who
drove me over TO the fair grounds from
their elegant home. several miles distant.
The fair management is somewhat new,
but in a couple of years it will know
much more than Ii does now 1t is ahead
of some other Maryland fairs. notably the
Rockville fair, in that sufficient supply
of ice water was provided and tin cups
also. With the others 1 took several drinks
of ice water during the day.
Just we were eating lunch the aged
mother of the gentleman of whom 1 was
the guest, remarked to me: am sorry,
friend. that thy statements are not true.
Thee told me that thee did not drink liquor.
knock-down argument for me. and, though
l was perfectly innocent Of the charge, l
felt that there was no way by which l
could regain the confidence of the lady.
Luck and circums tances saved me- for in a
moment she observed to her daughter,
Ruth. thy breath smells of liquor. too Ex-
plantations followed and all was again we'll
1T appears that some of the gentlemen Of
Marlboro or the adjoining country had
drunk their whisky from the tin cups that
We're attached to the barrels containing the
ice water, and that the liquor being of that
very strong and pungent grade which some
of the people Of lower Maryland 80 devoted
ly love, il Favored the tin cups with Its
abundant bouquet Had it not been that the
young lady had drunk from the same cup
that / did all my reputation for temperance
would have gone for nausht for all the cir
cumstances We're dead against me-.
Yes the bicycle cold is distinct dis
ease. and one that frequently comes to us
fer treatment as the cool nights come
along. remarked a physician There Is
nothing wonderful or unusual about the
bicycle cold. 1t is not different from any
Other annoying colds in the head. and is
about as slow and unsatisfactory in its
cure. These bicycle ladies and men, with
out knowing it. very often. during their
long runs at night. get themselves into a
perspiration. and allow themselves to cool
OF too suddenly. They thereby catch a
beautiful cold, ard one of those colds that
take longer to get rid of than it does to
catch 1t. too 1t is, however, very fashion
able. and some seem to be actually proud
of it,
ITO western men, and especially those of
the Pacific states" said Judge Henry L.
Harmon OF California. "a visit to Washing
ton means. among other things. a royal
repast of oysters. 1t Is generally under
this coast as far packing oysters is con-
cerned. Certain Is 1t that the best-packed
oysters that come to California are put w
there. By the same understanding Wash
ington Is put down as the best place for
getting cooked oysters on this earth. There
is other city in 1t with Washington.
The people here seem to have forgotten
that Washington is the birthplace of the
steamed oyster. as we'll as the home there
of, for here it was that the first oyster was
steamed. In several of the oyster saloons
in San Francisco there are large signs
Oysters Cooked Washington Style
They not Only cook the bivalve in Wash
ington style. but the cooks are colored
men and women who were born raised
and learned to cook oysters in Washington
Among western men. and the same idea
prevails in other sections, there is a strong
belief that the colored people are the
natural cooks of the oyster The French
chefs are nowhere in comparison with the
colored cooks as far the oyster is con-
cerned. And the French chef seems tc
know it,
There are some customs in this city thai
are admirable remarked an Arkansas
official but there are other customs tina,
the city should adopt. For instance:
have gone into several bar rooms here anG
purchased goods. In each case for I have
not been feeling very pert recently / asked
the barkeep to put little quinine in it
They have all informed me that quinine is
not in their line. and referred me to the
drug stores Now, in Kansas, Arkansas