Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-15
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ZenS In the United States senate. hdhStiS
City is credited with Senator Vest, but he
lived in Sedalia so long that he is counted
as belonging there" remarked Gen. Beck-
with of st. Louis at the Cochran. Spring
field, ILL.,, is the only city that can boast
being the home of both Senators from the
state. 1t is a singular fact that politics is
a profession in which brains can be sue
cessful only III the rural districts, as rule.
and the result is the best men OF the United
States generally die unknown. 1t Is an al
mitted fact that the best lawyers, pnysl-
clans, educators, scientists and business
men go to cities on account or the greater
advantages offered, and yet they rafeiy
arise to political distinction mat Su sue.
centers of population as Ne" YORK, ~
cago ST. Louis PhiladelDhia and boston
do not furnish Senators for the states III
which they are located is significant: sen,
ator-eIect Foraker lives in Cincinnati anu
when he takes his seat he VIII feprcseii.
the largest city of which resident Is III
the Senate
IF the law is passed by Congress opening
I'D the Colville Indian reservation IN my
state" said f. G. Kems of Spokane at ti'e
Howard, cit will cause an influx SUCH do
has not been known since the days OIL the
first discovery of gold in California. do
not know how rich that section Is IN au-
riferous metal, and neither does any one
venture and romance that will make the
rush even greater. For many Seai III
miners of the northwest nave WallIu ~
enter that field. Indians have re.iilir >'ioiS
legends concerning the mines there, ana
enough gold has been taken out IN a cfuie
way to show that the section is Woil'ict
fully rich. If one-ha,f the STORES .oiu
about it are realized there VIII oe NJ! i
great fortunes made in a very short time.
There is very considerable excitement con-
corning the bill, and thousands are already
preparing for the opening.
Thos. w. Lewis of Chicago Is at the al
lington Mr.. Lewis some years ago was eli
gagged in the Hudson Bay country ann
speaking of the recently proposed NoSaae
for the north pole, said: L pelieVe 1t WIZ
fail as all others have; but, at the same
time, I thinl, it is very possible 10 50
around the world by travelling north, just
as it is by travelling east or west NO eApe
di.ion, however, VIII ever be successful upon
the plars heretofore adopted. 1t would cost
a great deal Of money to make the first
trip. but there need rot be a great deal OF
hardship connected with it. Had onc-haii
tt money been expended in the right wa!
that has been lost by going In the wrong
way we would long ago have become
familiar with that country. he only sue
cessful plan is for the explorer to stop al
the fur stations as far north as they So'
| staying long enough to get acciirna.ea'
Then press forward, establishing store
houses and building tents. Sometimes no
progress would be made for weeks but
| eventually he would reach the pole. rs
quiInaux should be employed, each tFlne
| taking the explorer to the TeXt trite hofth.
| Ample supplies of provisions should De pro
vidcd, and the explorer ought to expect the
| first trip to take five years.
There are a fey Minorcans left IN Flor
| 1f ,,l-e will Ia
| at the Shorehann. '"rhesc Muorcans came
| originally from the Island of M.noEca, and
| were taken to Florida by DR.. Turnbrll,
who had great scheme to reclaim the
everglades. They were practically in sla-
| very, and ruins of the stone wallasand roads
they built remain yet. A few Of them sur
vived after the failure Of the land reclama-
| ton scheme and these nave descendants
| who still live in Florida. y singular fact
| is that they have ever outlived the st!g-
| ma that slavery put upon them, and to
| call a nan a M:norcaE in Florida is re
| garded as an insult. In this way it has
| been possible fer hem to retain very
| much of the appearance, manners and Gus
| toms Ct their forefathers. and Minorcan
| can be recognized at a glance, even though
his ancestors have lived in Florida for the
| past hundred years"
R. A Kirven of Charlotte. Tenn, is at thf
| Howard House. Mr.. I<irven raises peanuts
| and in discussing that line of farming said
| Il live in The center of the best peanut dis
trict in the United States, and the entr,
community relies largely upon the fund!
derived from this industry. Fer many year!
| the peanut business remained about tht
same fairly good prices prevailed and tn
supply was very little, if any, in excess o
the demand. Americans eat more peanut
than people of any other nationality do, ans
| the sXportations are not large, compare
lively. For the past five years, however
there have not been so many consumed
| proportionately. Probably the pecan farms
| by making the prices upon their products
| much lower, have had some effect and thei
| South American nuts are less than one-hai
the price they were a few years ago, whicl
has caused great many people to chang
from peanuts to other kinds. The suppl.
will show a decrease this year, and it i
probable that this will keep the market pric
about the same"
| IT was greatly interested during a recen
trip through Arizona to observe the way II
which watermelons are kept fresh.' said {
E. Batchelder of Denver at the Cochran.
THE love of the colored race for water
melons is proverbal, but / doubt If it cal
equal that of the Yuma Indians in Arizona
When the luscious melons are cheap, the
| being so plentiful that they are almost give
| away in the height of the season, the In
| dams get as many as they can and bur
them in the sand. They construct pits i
the sand almost identical with those mad
in the ground by white men for the preser
!; walton of potatoes and apples From tim
| to time melons are taken from the pit, an
it is only d question of how many are cate
Pas to how Ions, they keep. When the mos
aristocratic cannot get melons at any price
the Arizona Indian is eating them freel,
| Why the plan is not adopted in CONNER
| cal way in the east is a mystery to me, an
I suppose it is only because no one has eve
| had an idea that the melons would kee
| good. 1t seems strange to eat at an Indian
tent and have boiled dog and watermelo
served in January; but that is an exper
ence I have enjoyed"
, Alabama republicans have been visitin
, Washington during the past two week
, several small delegations having registe
! ed from time 70 time at the leading hotel
= The members of these parties look innt
cent ard declare there is nothing polite;
in their trips, but each asserts that tt
democratic party will be defeated in tt
. next election in that state. Following II
f democrats came Reuben kolb, the lead'
5 of the populists, and in whose behalf tt