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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
Trade Schools Are Needed.

1t is probably toe late during the present
session of Congress to organize a campaign
In behalf of the establishment In this civ
OF two manual training Institutes The
national legislature Is in a hurry to adj
tourn. and is not likely to look with favor
upon any proposition which calls for the
immediate expenditure of quite two hun
dred thousand dollars. but it Is not too
soon to plan and prepare for what must
De ours In the near future. The Star has
already pointed out the waste of energy
and money in the conduct of the public
schools for colorsd children, and II is sat-
fsned that the same argument which
makes manual training schools essential
to the welfare of colored children can be
fairly applied to pupils of the white schools
also. A census which would show the
number of unquestionably we'll educated
but wholly idle young women in the Dis
trict Of Columbia would be instructive.
and an analysis Of that census would un-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

doubtedly show an astounding percentage
Of colored girls who have q smattering Of
Greek and Latin and German and vague
ideas of the higher mathematical, but who
are because Of their false training, moth
ing more than so many drones Suitable
trade schools would surely have attracted
a large number of the mistaken ones who
thoughtlessly imagined that High School
course would be the open sesame to a sat
isfactory livelihood. and In place Of a vast
army OF unemployed and discontinued
young folks we might reasonably hope for
sufficient supply Of educated wage-earn-
era. There are In the streets and alleys Of
this city today very many girls who. had
they graduated from the cooking depart
ment Of a manual training institute. would
be earning twenty-five or thirty dollars q
month. with their board, and other induce
ments, in frst-class homes. Other girls
might have become clever seamstresses or
miII,ners.
The artisticaIly inclined who develop skill
enough to secure diploma from the school
Of design would probably find no difficulty
whatever in securing remunerative employ
ment from the manufacturers Of pottery.
Of carpet, of cotton prints and Of wall
paper. The boys too, would have a better
chance In the struggle for existence if the
practical features Of their preliminary
training were considerably broadened. That
the opportunity to acquire this more prac-
teal education IS appreciated can be proven
conciusiVeiy by the rapid growth of our
Business High School, ar Institution which
Is supplying the mercantile establishments
of the city and of other cities with thor
GuShly qualified employees in whose minds
have been successfully implanted those
Ideas which are at the root of commercial
success. The Star understands that this eX-
trenely important proposition to establish
trade schools in Washington is now receiv-
the board of school trustees who are sim
cerely engaged in doing all that can con-
serYatively be done at present to smooth
the way for the growth of the practical
and the abolition of the nol-esSential in
our public school system. There is moth
ing revolutionary in the prosram-at least
as the term revolutionary is generally I'M
derstood-for there will be no d.minution in
the supply of purely scholastic education to
those whose desire it Is to prepare them
selves for the further acquisition of knowl-
edge in college or university or who desire
to follow the profession of teachers in the
grade schools. 1t is to be hoped that the
work of reform-of more real value to the
community and to the nation than any
other variety Of reform now being dis
cussed-Wili be carried to a conclusion
where the public school system of the ma
honal capital will be the continents ex-
enplar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

After what has undoubtedly been pleas
ant sojourn among those who were his
friends in early days, and are still his
friends. and those who knew him not
twenty years ago, but who honor him now.
ex-Gov Alexander r Shepherd leaves this
city tomorrow for his home In Mexico.
Gov Shepherd takes with him on his long
Journey the hearty good wishes, for his
health and prosperity. of his many admir-
ers who reside in the city which he made
worthy of the nation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

The authorities Pit the new city post
office building report the presence of only
one hundred and thirty workmen on that
structure today. A considerable proper
ton of the force was engaged in pushing
along the construction of the roof which
the supervising architect, and he only, de-
clareS Is fireproof.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

1t the old-line republican managers Of
the Senate could only persuade their NOM
fnees to accept places on the sesl-fisf,ery
investigating committee one could easily
guess the names of the five Senators who
would at once be sent to Alaska and be
kept there for at least six months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

There Is time before us for many things
and an arbitration conference may yet pro-
gress SO far as to discover some method for
holding peaceful sessions by the Colonial
Danes and Daughters Of the Revolution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
LOUuacity,

Money talks" said Senator Sorghum
with oracular emphasis
"Thets So" said the old-fashioned man.
But 1 don't sees it orter hev monopoly
on the argument in campaign"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

Governor Morton is reported to be losing
no sleep over his presidential boom. He is
a man who does not allow himself to wor-
ry over small things.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
No Longer Pasxihle

Il don't see why people have SO much to
cay against pugilism," said the prize fight
er's friend. Il have heard of prize fight
er's being elected to high official position"
Eyes, but dat was in de old times Ye
couldn't git one ter run fur Congress er de
legislature now-not wit de scrappin' OATS
liable ter start up any minute in either
place"
'Er father hab er hah'd argument ahaid
er 'im," said Uncle Eben, "ef he bets money
on boss race an scolds his little boy foh
playin mahbles fob keeps"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
SHOOTING STARS,
A Spa nish Addition,

He who fights and runs away
May live to fight another day
But he who only fights in print
Saves both a battle and a sprint.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

If Mr.. Whitney does not feel like going
into the ring himself. possibly he will con-
sent to utilize his experience by becoming
somebody's trainer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

The modern engines Of devastation which
were to make war an impossibility do not
appear to have been brought to bear on the
African situation yet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

1t is time to call a halt. The public must
be spared the spectacle of hot-blooded con-
gressional duelists being carried to their
homes bathed in red ink
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

The growing Indignation toward the
"scorcher" now manifesting itself has not
yet expanded 80 as to include Senator
Chandler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

No modern military engagement Is COM
plete without at least two sets Of reports as
to the result.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

Mr.. Mckinley evinces a discreet disposi-
ton to let the democrats settle the silver
question among themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

The presidential fight is approaching the
POINT where the statistical mortality is
always something dreadful to contemplate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

All that realism demands for Mr. Russelrs
boom 10 little more competition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

The new comet Is described as almost
visible" There are several booms in the
same condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
TOdRy's Hero

The presidential candidate
Doth now seem small beside
The pitcher for the base ball nina
Who Is the city's pride.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
A Personal Peculiarly,

Personal Peculiarly.
The young man who prides himself on be-
ing original was talking to Miss Cayenne.
Your mother seemed very much amused
at that little story told her last night"
he said, self-approvingly.
Eyes," she replied. Ever since can re-
member. mother has laughed whenever she
heard that story"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

1t could hardly be said that a fire which
occupied the area surrounded by the wooden
roof OF the new post-ofilce was, to quote the
language Of the supervising architect, Con
fined to a small space"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
w ash
Goods.

NEW SWIVEL SILK GINGHANIs AS SOFT AS
WASH HABUTIA SILKS, AND As PRETTY
AS THEY COULD POSSIBLY Be SO DIFFERENT
DESIGNS AT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
SOl0Cn.

Public questions? Tell ye WHAT
Them Is puzzles, sure;
Never could make up my mind
What 'ud kill er cure.
But amt bit ashamed
Cause they bother me
Smartest men the country's got
Seems slowest to agree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25

MfEItiAL DiMITIES-THE CORRECT NAME
FOR THESE GOODS. THERE SEEMS A GREAT
DEAL OF DIGNITY ATTACHED TO THE STYLES
15c.
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CSC.

LACE STRIPED VICTORIA, FINE AND SHEER
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FnhNoii GooDS-AT DISTANCE THEY
LOOK LIKE PLAIN TINTS THE SET ppIcE
EVERYWHERE Is lSc. A YARD.
UuI/c
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
Linen Department.

90 DOZEN OF q SIZE BLEAGIED DINNER
NAPKINS, ALI. LINEN e. oo nozr,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-25
White Goods Dema ~f neenH

10 PIECES OF ELEGANT QUALITY FRENCH
u,.''ANpiE' OS INCHES WIDE. REGULAR 45c
$500 - '.''. -........-.........31c, YARD
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-13
some Altitude.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Eiffel Tower is 800 feet.
The Rock OF Gibraltar is lao feet.
The famous tower Of Utrecht is 464 feet.
Mount Pilatus, in the Alps, is $3.50 feet
high.
Bunker Hill monument is go feet in
hight.
The Holland dykes are from ten to forty
Mount Hecla. 5000 feet, is the highest in
Iceland
The Brooklyn bridge is 27S feet above
The porcelain tower at Nankin was 24s
feet hlgh.
Carthage is the highest town in Kansas
81 COS feet.
Harvard is the highest land in Colorado
-14,452 feet
A part eT.New Orleans is below the
vesuvlus. the famous italian volcano,
is 1892 feet high.
The Sea of Galilee is 653 feet below the
Mediterranean.
Mount Ophir. 1880 feet high. is the tall
est in Sumatra.
Alta is the highest town in Iowa, 1.519
feet above sea level.
The Dead Sea, In Palestine, is 1,3l6 feet
below sea level.
Pine Knot is the highest place in Ken
lucky, 1,428 feet.
The famous Mount Hood of Oregon is
11,570 feet high.
Warren is located on the highest land
in Illinois, 1,005 feet.
Highland Trail is the highest land in
FLORIDA, 210 feet.
The Washington monument is SIS feet
from base TO tip.
The steeDle of the Milan cathedral ia
355 feet in hight.
The towers of the Cathedral of Cologne
are J11 feet high
Alaska has four mountains, each over
10000 feet in hight.
The Caspian Sea is $50 feet below the
level of the ocean.
The noted steeple of st. Stephens, in
Vienna, is 400 feet.
Mount Rich, 1869 feet high. is the tallest
in South Carolina.
The statue of Liberty, in New York har
Dor, is 305 feet high.
AhamonI is the highest recorded point
in Maryland $500 feet.
large part of Holland is from ten TO
thirty feet below sea level.
Mount Emmons, 1864 feet, is said to be
the highest in Utah.
Meade Point, 1854 feet above the sea.
Is the highest in Idaho.
There are three mountain peaks in Ida
no exceeding 10000 feet.
one OF the highest peaks In the Andes
is Sorato. $3.50 feet
Mount Whitney Is the highest peak in
California. 1883 feet
The greatest altitude in Arizona Is San
Francisco. 1852 feet
Ben Nevis, 400 feet. Is one OF the high
est elevations ia Scotland
Porcupine Mount Is the highest eleva-
ton In Michigan 2.023 feet
Mount fagnassus, the home OF the
MUSES., Is only $3.50 feet high.
Tho tower Of the Parliament house IN
London Is $40 feet high.
DuPonts u the highest place Ia Della
ware, - feet above sea level
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-13
The Spanish Peanut.
Florida Agricultnrist.


I think you will do a valuable service
to orange growers If you call their atten-
ton to the possibilities in the Spanish
peanut as a crop to be planted in their
groves. 1t is an easy crop to raise and
makes excellent forage. 1t is a nitrogen
gatherer and hence does not impoVerish
the land. 1t can be planted as late as
from the first to the fifteenth of July,
making its growth during the rainy sea-
son, and therefore does not rob the or
ange trees of moisture. In fact, II Is the
ideal crop to raise among orange trees,
but, under the present conditions, it is not
a cash crop.
The nuts sell readily enough in the
market but the cost of getting them off
the vines is so great it destroys all prof
it's. They make a very fine oil which
has a market value. l understand that
a machine is to be had that will strip off
dition for forage. If the machine is
portable it will meet our requirements.
We want information about this machine.
We also want information about oil mills,
prices paid by them for nuts, etc. l I'M
derstand that il will require the crop
from a very large number of acres TO
keep an oil mill running probably. l am
very sure there will be little difficulty in
finding capital TO establish a mill if there
is a certainty of a crop large enough 10
give it business.
| hope orange growers will plant ex-
perimental crops this season and that be-
fore another season comes around, you
Will be able to obtain the desired infOr-
nation regarding stripping machines, oil
mills, etc.
raised by large number of orange grow
ers in Florida for forage, and l hope we
shall hear from some of them.
Huntington. Fla. b. N. Bradt.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-13
Raising Chickens for Market.

When one expects to make anything out
of raising chickens for the market, he has
got to be ready for business by the LIST of
December. One can make a comfortable
living out of broiler raising if he is very
energetic, and can hatch off 90 per cent
of his chickens during the month of De-
cember and January. for they will be large
enough to market in March and April
when prices are high, but if he waits until
early spring to do the Matching the profits
VIII be very small. In order to get the
hens to setting early, one must mate IN
MS lows about Nov. /, and by judicious
feeding, a number can be made to set
by Jan. l. South Georgia is admirably
adapted to "broiler raising" Land is
cheap, and it is surprising that there are
not more broiler farms, for the demand
year.
The white Plymouth Rocks make ex-
cellent broilers. They are very healthy
VIII thrive on almost any kind of food
and during the most disagreeable weather
Owing TO their color they are, we think
preferable to the black fowls
one of the most important points to be
observed in raising chickens is regular
1ty in feeding" Chickens that are given
the same amount of food three times a
Gay VIII make much finer fowl than one
Which IS over-fed one meal and sHnted the
next; We often attribute the dying of
small chickens to the kind of food we
give them, when, in reality, it is the ir-
regularity with which we give il to them
A. b. c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-13
Onions From seeds.

Says an authority, onions will grow in
almost any soil that is well filled with
humus, possesses fertility and can be
thoroughly drained. A rich sandy loan is
preferred Endeavor TO have the land free
from stone rubbish and foul weeds Ex-
perienced growers claim that 1t is almost
impossible to put on too much manure
Any good compost will answer. Many use
poultry manure and ashes applied as a
top dressing, in addition TO other manure
Soils which have previously been fertil-
lied as the one mentioned in the query
fertilizer than nitrate of soda. From COO
to $50 pounds per acre is sufficient but
that amount should be divided into two
or three parts and applied at different
times during the season. The onion ma
nures which are advertised have also prov
ed satisfactory as a fertilizer for such
land. A top dressing of ashes, phosphate
or other manure when bulbs are half
grown is very beneficial.
Formerly 1t was the custom to SOW the
seed directly in open ground, where the
crop was to come to maturity. Now many
progressive growers SOW seed under glass
and transplant. II is claimed that onions
will bear transplanting better than almost
any other plants; that the crop natures
more satisfactory, and that the task OF
wedding Is less difficult than when the
seeds are sown in the field. 1t is absolute
" essential that the seeds be fresh Three
pounds of seed per acre Is the amount
usually sown. although a beginner can
safely SOW at the rate of four pounds.
Where seed IS sOwn directly in field II
possible to get the ground in first class
condition.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-13
Care of Fruit Trees.

Apples and some other fruits yield so
well under neglect that 1t has come to
be common notion that they do not
need tillage, says the Southern Cultivator.
But If one contrasts for a moment the
known effects of tillage and of neglect
upon the soil, he will see at once that good,
judicious cultivation must give the better
results in orchards.
Let us recall some of the effects of till
age upon the soil: 1t sets free plant food
promotes nftrifcation, supplies air to the
soil and roots, makes all the soil aVaila-
bic by filming 1t, breaks up the hard pan,
makes a reservoir for water, warns and
dries the SOIL saves the rain by taking it
into the soil, prevents evaporation or
conserves moisture, sends the roots of
trees downward and makes the moisture
and fertility of the subsoil available All
these benefits may be a useful TO the apple
tree as they are to strawberries or cur
rants.
Begin to till when the orchard is planted
and till the entire surface. If trees are
properly set and If cultivation is begun
the first year, the roots will go deep
enough to escape the plow. In spite of
what Is commonly said to the contrary
the roots of trees spread much farther
than the tops, therefore it is important
to till all the land between the rows
Tillage should be begun early in the sea-
son in orchards. Early tillage saves the
moisture which has accumulated during
the winter and spring; it is capable Of
putting the soil in fine mechanical condi-
ton, and this condition is more import
ant Lndn IeIlllflgt IL warns up the soil
and sets the plant quickly to work, it turns
under the heritage when the heritage is
soft and moist and when there is moisture
in the soil so that the heritage soon breaks
down and decays. All catch crops on the
orchard should be plowed under lust az
soon as the ground is dry enough in the
spring, for these crops soon pump the
water from the soil and cause it to bake
and cement together, and the longer thev
remain the more difficult ii is to cause
them to rot when dried under. The chief
value of clover. rye or other catch croDs
in the orchard lies in its fall growth and
in its protection of the soil in winter, not
in its spring growth.
Tillage should generally be STONED in
late summer or very early fall. The tree
has completed its growth. 1t can spare
some Of the moisture which comes with
the fall rains. We may, therefore. sow
some catch or cover crop. This crop will
catch the rains and snow fall and win
ter and hold them until they gradually
percolate into the earth 1t will prevent
the pudding and cementing of the soil
during the winter; it will dry out the soil
quickly in spring.
What this crop should be must be de-
termined by local conditions. Crimson
clover is certainly one Of the best. other