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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-01
SINGLE TAKERS IN JAIL.
Many Others Willing to Suffer for the
Right of Free Speech.

A special dispatch to the Baltimore Sun
from Dover, Del, says: Fifteen up-to-date
martyrs are in jail at Dover. They are adj
vocates of the Henry George theory of sin
gle tax. Their enthusiasm for the cause
has led them to speak from one end of Del
aware to the other Recently the Dover
authorities have taken it into their heads
that this speaking was violation of an old
municipal ordinance which was unearthed
by some one opposed to the single-tax doc
trine. This ordinance is as follows:
'It shall be the duty Of the president of
the council, the councilmen, the constable
Of Kent county residing in Dover and Of
the town constables to suppress all riotous,
turbulent. disorderly or noisy assemblages
or gatherings Of persons in the streets,
within the limits Of said town, and for this
purpose 1t shall be the duty of any of the
said constables forthwith to arrest any
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-01

According to report recently received al
the State Department, the criminal code Of
Austria includes an offense described as a
verbal injury" consisting of language re-
fiecting upon the conduct of officials, es-
pecially policemen. in the discharge of their
duties The penalty for such an offense f.
Imprisonment for forty-eight hours
bread and water. An American citizen
Gently visiting Vienna had a personal ex-
perience with this law. He had done some
thing which seemed to call for tine inter
cession of the local rolice and in the course
of his conversation with the officer of the
law he expressed the opinion that he had
been treated in Outrageous manner"
jury" under the law, and the perpetratcr
was subjected to forty-eight hours impris-
onment on a bread and water diet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-01
what the people want is right; it cannot be
nYh ar

The democratic national platform, adopt
ed at Chicago, as certified by the official
stenographer, E. b. Dickinson, contains
cause IN the money plank. which, accord
ing 10 senator Jones' chairman of the
democratic national committee, was reject
eo ny the convention, and has no place In
inc omclal platform. In the certified copy
such legislation as will prevent for the
iutuTe the demonetization of any kind of
legai tender money by private contract"
;.ppears the clause but it shall be care
fully provided by law at the same time
That any change In the monetary standard
should not apply to existing contracts"
Thls latter clause, according to Senator
Jones, was not adopted. 1t was offered as
an amendment by Senator Hill
All amendments to the platform proposed
by Senator Hill were rejected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-01
Clearing Out
Summer
Floor Coverings.

MATTINGS-25 hundred yds.
in Remnants and Odd Rolls of
Fine Japanese and Chinese Mat
tings will be sold now at ONE
HALF their regular value. We
must get ready for our new Car
pet stock. and these Mattings must
go. We lose, YOU gain.
Remnants from 8 to 30 yards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-01
Mating Rugs.

81 St Jo Mating Rugs. sc by 2
in. Regular price Sl.I0 Now. Pi'oo
so Fancy japanese Mating Rugs.
vi 10y 81 In. Regularly ioc. Now ~
IL Fancy japanese Mating Rugs.
~ by a. in Regularly IJc. Now ~.
loo Fancy Art japanese Mating
Rugs. SO by - in. Regularly
$50. Now. Observation-Disclosures. Yi.OO
200 Inlaii Art Mating Rugs. SO
by - in Regularly 81 so and ~
Now pA.Oo
10 Yamoto Mating Rugs 8 yds. by
yds. Regularly s. Now. 9S-OO
10 Dresden Grass Mating Rugs,
sl5 Jus: xa ny sas- Were 81 and $500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-01

Storing, Hauling, Nov
ing and Packing are spe-
cialtics with us. Best of
service, smallest of charges.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
Alanpuage of Her Own,

There is woman IN the county OF
Cornwall, England, who speaks n Ian
guage known by no other person in
the world. 1t is the ancient language
of Cornwall and once was spoken by
hundreds of people.
Dolly Pentreath is the woman in
question, and she lives in the town Of
Monshale, in Cornwall. She was born
in 1906. Notwithstanding this fact,
she is very vigorous, and her memory
is good.
The Cornish language is branch of
the Celtic tongue, which was once
widely spoken throughout the Euro
pean world. 1t began to decline about
the first quarter of The last century,
being superseded by the English Ian
guage. At the beginning of this GEN.
tury there were no more than two
heads of families who could speak the
language. The father of Dolly Pent-
reath was one of them. He was a
fisherman by occupation. Up to her
twentieth year she could speak only
Cornish fluently, while her English was
just about Ineligible. When she grew
up there was no one with whom she
could converse in Cornish except her
father, and after his death, in 1890,
she was the sole one in all Cornwall,
in fact, the whole world, who could
converse in that language.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
FOOD FOR LAMBS.

When the lambs will not eat grain
food of any kind give it to them
through the ewes. That is, give the
ewes a pound of mixed bran and lin
seed oil meal in equal parts. 1t will
help both, ana through the two the cost
will be got back with interest and
profit. You should get the lambs up to
eighty pounds If possible, and it may
be done in this way. The writer has
taught lambs to eat grain thus: Some
oats and corn was ground finely to-
gether, and lamb was caught and
held until it was quiet and then little
of this meal was given in the hand. At
first the food had to be put into Its
mouth and sweetened little with mo-
lasses. After two or three trials in
this way the lamb followed its feeder
to get its ration, and the others crowd
ed around to see what was doing.
Lambs are curious little things, and in
this way others got n taste, and very
soon it was necessary to get lot of
troughs ready for them. The trouble
was over then, and the lambs came on
finely. 1t is easy to get them to eat
three or four ounces each, which Is
enough to begin them. Try some rape
seed, the fall kind, or some white globe
turnip seed, which will come on quick
ly.-American Sheep Breeder.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
The Color of the Eyes.

II has been discovered land not mere
ly discovered, but also proved) that,
taking the average of Europe ana
America, 44.6 is the percentage OF men
having light eyes, including blue and
gray. The proportion of girls and
women having blue or gray eyes Is by
the same computation 34.2 per cent.
In other words, blue eyes are decidedly
rarer among women than among men,
and it is for this reason. perhaps, that
blue eyes, especially in combination
with blonde hair, are esteemed so high
ly as a feature of feminine beauty.
Men have light eyes oftener than
women. but in the intermediate grade
of color between light and dark the per-
centage of the two sexes Is very nearly
though not quite, the same. In this IN
termediate category are brown and
hazel eyes, neither pure light nor gen.
uine black The percentage OF these
among men Is 43.1, and among women,
45.1. The percentage of dark, or, more
properly, black eyes, is larger among
women, being 20.7 per cent. Of the
whole number, while among men 1t Is
1913. Perhaps 1t is the relative rarity
Of dark eyes among men which estab-
fishes the rule that dark-eyed men are
esteemed by women to be more for
tunate in the color of their eyes than
blue-eyed men.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
A Record Rose Bush,

"A remarkable rose tree grows in the
gardens OF the Chateau Eleonore, at
Cannes, France. 1t Is II specimen Of
the well known tea rose, Marie Van
HOuthe. This plant, which Is only six
years old, already measures sixty
seven feet in circumference, and Will,
If permitted, grow very much larger.
This remarkable rose bush Is on prop
erty owned by Lord Brougham, who
attributes its extraordinary dimen-
sions principally to the SOIL which con-
sists of rich loan Of great depth. This
tree is planted on the slope which de-
scends from the chateau to the main
road. 1t is of interest, says the Lon
don Graphic, in noting this extraordi-
nary rose growth, 10 recall the fact
that the Chateau Eleonore was the
first winter residence built at Cannes,
which was literally discovered by
the Chancellor Brougham, uncle of the
present owner, while in the beautiful
garden, not far from this gigantic rose
bush, is still to be seen a tree beneath
the shadow OF which the great Cnan-
cellor used to sit toward the evening
of his busy life. The chateau itself re-
mains much as 1t was when he lived
in it, but the gardens have been great
ly extended and improved, now con-
tanning fine collection of palms, CO.
cos, shrubs and all sorts of flowers.
The gardens are, however, specially IA
nous for their tea roses, of which 80
varieties are grown. and are. beyond
all question, the finest in Europe.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

ner In which man shafpens his pencn
a. there IL In the formation Of his let
ters. Take. for instance, the man who
habitually gives to his pencil short,
stumpy point, showing but little Of the
lead. Meanness Is the key to his char
acter. He has acquisitiveness largely
developed, and his temper IL as short
as the point Of his pencil. In cali
graphy he would make his ''ys" small,
with short tails, and physiognomically
speaking, he would have protruding
under lip, which generally indicates
avartce, and In walking he would not
swing his arms.
The commercial man would give his
pencil moderately long. very even
and carefully sharpened point. His
writing would be the sloplng business
hand which everybody knows, and, as
rule, he would have an even shaped
head with square chin.
The man who gives his pencil long,
narrow, uneven point, showing much OF
the lead, Is generous to prodigality,
careless and frequently hasty-tem-
pered. His writing Is loose and uneven
and he is likely to have literary ability.
The artistic taste Is shown by long,
irregular point and finely sharpened
lead. The cutting in the wood is deli
cate, with many burrows. This kind
of point shows Individuality, and Is
open to more variations than one would
suppose.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
SELF BLEACHING CELERY.

lf-bleaching celery will not endure
banking up with earth. 1t tends to
rust in the ground. 1t must be pro-
tected from the sun by boards. Large
gross receipts per acre are obtained
from celery culture, but it Is very ex-
pensive crop to raise 1t Is a prodhg-
ious feeder and requires great quaint
ties of fertilizer Celery raised on or
binary rich land is tough and stringy
and sells very low, If at all. A CORE
spondent of the. Florida Agriculturist
says that successful grower applies
ton of cotton seed meal to an acre
when setting his plants, followed by
ton of high grade complete fertilizer,
and later by about 400 pounds of nj
trates between the rows. The new
method of bleaching by planting so
close that the plants touch and crowd
each other requires still higher feed
ing. But truck farming is a business
by itself. The ordinary farmer can
successfully practice it only after
learning it.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
Tree Climbing Crabs.

An Ohio man, Il. q. Newcome, who
has recently returned from South Az
RIGA, tells this story about that country
which is unfortunately not accompa-
MED by afiidavits:
"They have crab out there that
climbs the cocOanut trees and bites on
the nuts and let's them fall to the
ground. Then he backs down the tree
and eats the fruit.
1.-The natives who inhabit the regions
infested by this ill-coDditioned crab are
well aware that the lower portion or
the crabs anatomy is soft and sensi-
tive. and they believe that the crusta-
ceap was thus constructed In order
that he might know when he had
reached the ground, and when, conse-
Quently, he might with safety Selease
his grasp of the trunk.
$50 what they do In order to stop
the depredations. which often ruin the
cocoanut crop, Is this: While the crab
Is engaged in nipping off the cocoanuts
they climb half way up the trees and
there drive row of long nails right
round the tree, allowing an inch or so
to protrude.
"The crab has no knowledge of dis
aster, nor yet of the fitness of things.
As he descends the sensitive part OF his
body suddenly touches the nails.
Thinking he has reached the ground he
naturally lets go. Instantly he falls
backward and cracks his own shell on
the ground"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
The Sick Buried Alive.

A tribe of natives on one of the Phil
ipine Islands, known as the Ahetas,
have the custom Of burylng the sick
before death. So soon as n high fever
sets in the patient is taken out of his
hut, wrapped in his old clothes, and
deposited in a grave. No sooner has
the body been placed in the grave than
it becomes at once apparent to his
relatives, that his death (which should
more properly be termed murder) must
be avenged. Accordingly, the warriors
Of the tribe sally forth with lance and
arrow to STAY the first living thing they
encounter, whether it be man, woman
or child, or wild beast.
When thus in quest of an expiatory
victim they take the precaution Of
breaking off young shoots of the shrubs
as they pass by, leaving the broken
ends hanging In the direction they are
going as warning to travellers and
neighbors to shun their path. Even
should one of their own people be the
first to meet the avengers they dare
not suffer him to escape.
Whether an Aheta is buried alive or
after death, his kinsmen at once as
semble and destroy all goods and chat
tells he had accumulated during his life
time, breaking his gong to pieces.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
Distrust was Mutual.

Many stories are told of Daniel Web
ster, but this Is one of the best. On
one occasion when Webster-was a SEN
ator and on his way to Washington he
was compelled to take the night stage
from Baltimore. 1t so fell out that he
was the only passenger, and as he
thought the driver had a sort Of
highwayman-look about him the sena-
tor felt i'll at ease. However, like the
small boy, he kept up his courage by
whistlng till they came to n dark woods
near the duelling grounds at Bladens-
burg. when he was accosted by the
driver with Where are you goingY
"To Washington" replied Webster, as
soon as he could recover his composure.
II am senator and am going to my
duties there" Upon which the driver
grasped him by the hand joyfully and
exclaimed: How glad 1 am! have
been trembling in my seat for the last
hour; for to tell the truth. did not like
your looks and took you to be a high
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
FARMERS, DON'T MOVE TO
TOWN.

For a number of years there has been
n strong movement of population from
the country to the town. Many evils
come to agricultural districts because
of this practice, while it Is doubtful If
the town is permanently benefited or
If enough happiness is found in town
life to repay those who have long lived
i'm the country for making the change.
Men move to town and consume the
savings of a lifetime. They sell their
farms to former hired men who have
proved themselves honest and indus
trious and who then become farm own
ers, but incur debt which requires a
lifetime for its liquidation. This Is
why SO many farms are mortgaged
and the calamity cry Is so difficult to
appease. These new proprietors ex-
haust their farms trying to pay inter-
est. and IL after q life of toll and self
denial, they succeed in lifting their
mortgages, they in turn move to town,
and the story is repeated.
Permanent homes in the country are
not contemplated. Instead, cheap
house does duty as Il shelter, and 1t is
often so close to the road that the pas
ser-by may gaze in, and in addition fill
Il with dust. Farmers build near the
highway so that they may save every
rod of ground. There Is no room for
forest tree or lawn that will indicate
leisure or taste. Rents are high be-
cause landlords must have money to
live in towns. Country churches IAN
guish and finally have to be abandoned
because there Is none to support them.
Without any purpose but to escape the
country, the farmer moves to town.
How much better 1t would have been
for him to remain where the experience
of lifetime would be of greater value
than the labor that has gone before,
and where he may be blessing to a
community in numberless ways. :
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
THE GOOSE.

No fowl can be reared with as much
profit and so little care as the goose.
After they have attained the age OF
four months but little attention Is re-
quIred other than supplying plenty OF
fresh water, a good grass range and
scrupulously dry roosting place. which
also must be free from lice and other
vermin fatal to the young.
If it is impossible to provide free
range, the next best substitute IL
wire netting, which need be but about
eighteen inches high to confine them
until mature, says a writer In the Fan
cier's Review. Give them fresh water
twice each day. also green food such as
turnip tops, celery and cabbage, or al
low them free range morning and even
ing.
There Is no doubt that there Is profit
in goose culture. When Thanksgiving
time arrives you can generally dispose
of the young gOslings at ten cents per
pound, and their average weight VIII
be about ten pounds. Suppose for IN
stance you have twelve 'gooselets" at
81 each, the receipts from the sale
would be $12 and the cost OF feed has
been but trife. 1t is safe to say thar
your profit would have been $40 on the
transaction. OF course they cannot al
ways be disposed of at 81 each. but on
the other hand the price Is often more
than a dollar hence we take II as a
basis on which to figure. We doubt II
fancy fowls would pay better, consid-
ering of course that we always have n
ready market for our geese. BY cross
ing n China gander on Tolouse geese
large goslings are obtained, quick to
grow, nicely marked, with medium
length necks, yellow bills and remarka.
bly, easy to domesticlte.
My experience has clearly demon
strated that the rearing of geese should
be done entirely separate from the
rearing of fowls, as the old and young
of both are naturally inclined to be
pugnacious, especially so after the
young are about half grown.
We favor Matching by hens, giving
four eggs to each, and after one month
the attention of biddy is no longer nee
essary. Late in the season il females
are plenty we allow the goose to hatch
her young, and we give each hatch
of ten eggs. This number is sufficient
for safety. If too large a number is
placed under the goose, some are liable
to be broken.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
AFRICAN ETIQUETTE.
The Wisest Plan to Follow in Visiting the
Big Native Chiefs.

In African travel 1t Is always wise
to visit the biggest chief In any part of
the country. One can always learn
from other points at distance who they
are and something Of their character.
In approaching them, always send
word of your coming, and get, If pos
sible, information in advance Of the
feeling of the chief toward whites. Up
on nearing the village, send on ahead
to announce your arrival, and wait un-
til your messenger returns with some
of the villagers to escort you to their
chief. Greet the chief civiliy, and ask
him to send one of his people to show
you good place for your tent, IL you
decide to camp in the village, which
have done invariably in this country,
though it Is not always advisable in
every part Of Central Africa. When
you have rested. the chief will come to
see you. Then state to him your bust
ness, talk frankly with him and explain
plainly your needs, whether you want
guides or to buy food.
l seldom stayed in a place more than
one day, and generally the first night /
called the chief privately into my tent,
had long talk with him, and gave
him a present, consisting generally Of
a good cloth, four yards of Americana,
four of wide blue, four of narrow cali
co, and about an egg-cup full of beads,
and sometimes an empty bottle or two.
Invariably received next day the CO.
operation of the chief In every way, and
also big goat or sheep or bullock, and
fifty or sixty pounds Of -four. Some
times gave a small additional present
before leaving. If the chief took a
fancy to any particular thing, and I
could spare it, / did so. Sometimes
one wanted sheath knife, and another
a hat. Old Kambuidi was determined
to have a shirt. He wanted a candle,
matches, and needles, which gave
him; and as / had previously given
him cloth, suggested, as feeble sort
of joke. that, as he now had cloth and
sewing materials and light, he might
sit up mt night and make a shirt. I'm
medIately the old fellow replied: ut
Is the candle that Is interfering with
my success Here take back the can
die. and give me the shirt" I finally
yielded. and gave him much-patched
garment, which satisfied him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
The Prolonged Bath.

Modern medicine says that patient
In the st. Louis Hospital was recently
kept Immersed In bath-tub for six
weeks, for the cure Of large slough
ing abscess, current of water being
constantly passed through the tub.
The writer has, within the last twenty
years, treated many coses Of gangrene,
crushed limbs, sloughing sores, etc,
by this method, and has found better
results than by any other. It's success
is due to the asepsls secured by the
constant immersion. The presence of
a large quantity Of water Is not favor
able to the development of pus-forming
germs, so that suppuratIon Is lessened
and at the same time the poisons re-
sulting from the action of the disease
germs are washed away. These pois-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01
MEXICAN METHOD OF UTILIZ-
ING CORN FODDER.

Much has been written about hand
ling corn fodder, but we have method
In use here In Arizona, writes $. M.
Hall, which is much superior to any
thing suggested. The corn Is cut and
shocked in the usual way. When 1t Is
cured and ready to husk, we prepare a
large number of strings about a yard
long, made Of baling rope or large rope
unraveled. A loop one inch long is tied
I'm the end Of each string. 1t Is best to
handle the fodder after rain, while
II is yet somewhat moist, as the blades
waste when very dry. Very wet fod-
der, however, must not be baled or
stacked, as it will spoil. Husk the corn
and lay the fodder In bundles about as
large as man can hold In his arms,
placing the cut ends all one way. En-
circle the bundle with the string, slip
the free end through the loop, pull the
bundle up tight and firm and tic Sc
curely. These bundles are easily ham
died for stacking and feeding and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-10-01

ons, when left IN contact with the IT,
sues, pamlyxe the LIVING cells and d.
stroy them. thus hindering the repara-
tive efforts: but by the constant cleans
Ing effected by contact OF water kept
pure by frequent renewal, the Tissues
are protected from the toxic influence
Of these pois0ns. and healthful repair
Is thus promoted.
While In Vienna some twelve years
ago, the writer found patients living
In tubs OF water, who had been I'm
mersed for periods varying from six
months to year or more. The cells OF
the body are accustomed to contact
with moisture; in this respect they may
even be compared to aquatic animals.
The blood cells are carried by current
Of watery fluid, and the tissue cells are
all constantly bathed in this fluid, so
that the contact Of water with the hv-
ing tissues Is condition closely analo-
gous to that which Is naturally main
tanned within the body.