Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-30

eff citizens generally would lend aand
now, and for the next month";" said an at
tache of the parking commission, I'VE could
almost defy the caterpillars and other ene-
mics of the trees. Around the neck of
every tree should be placed a collar of + wv
cotton. The tree enemies cannot crawl
over it. The elms of New Haven and
throughout New England generally have
been protected in this way for years. Two
or three hours attention given to a tree
now means a great deal later on in the
summer. Some OF our citizens have already
begun to move in this matter, but they are
very few in comparison with the thoGs-
ands who howl over the ravageS of the
caterpillars during the warm days of the
summer
'Watchmakers cannot guarantee a main
spring" observed a leading watch dealer,
for the reason that they are the most &C.
centric thing in trade. They will break
at the most trying time, it matters not how
careful we are in their adjustment. Some
watch springs will last for years and 9th
ers for not so many hours. All We can say
about a main spring is that We think and
hope it will last. But further than that we
cannot honestly CO. for we cannot tell
anything about it, 1 have had main springs
10 break while watches have been living in
our snow cases. when they were no. wound
up even The weather at times seer1s to
erect them; we can explain it in no other
way. Springs are better tempered ami
MADE now than formerly, but there is no
such thing as guaranteeing their life
s sHHusH we replace them If they break in
SIDE or a reasonable time"
The United States Supreme Court in adj
Journins on Monday last without deciding
the constitutionality OF the California irri-
CATION law" remarked a California LAWYER.
put the fourteen million dollars now in
vested in irrigation bonds there in the
hands Of the stock gamblers until October
rext and very serious consequences will
Hollow in many ways, outside of stopping
all further investments in irrigation works
This was the case that ex-President Harri-
son camC here in January last to argue
The lower court held that the bonds were
unconstitutional, and the irrigation COM
panies, backed by the state which PASSED
the law. spent great deal of money in en-
deaVcr1ng to show that the court was in
error 1t IS aid that the Supreme Court
founG itself all mixed up on the matter.
and unable to decide anything Under rule
OF that court, and as has frequently been
done before. the hest the court could do
was to postpone it's decision until the next
term, which IegiDs in October"
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Horses never were cheaper" remarked
well-known horse dealer, than they are
the market ard must be sold at any price,
but good family horses, safe and ready
drivers, still command good figure For
the past year or so thousands of horses
have Teen thrown on the market from this
city, Baltimore and Philadelphia by the
street car companies which adopted cable
or electric service Then the hundreds of
horses that were used in various capaci-
ties, and for which bicycles are now used,
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were more horses offered than there were
purchasers, and the price came down Won
oerfuIly- II is the same in almost every
section of the country The horse how
ever, that brings the price is the young
korse that has some sFeed and is a good
locker. The demand for such an animal IS
aIwa"s good in the spring and early sum-
mer- 1t is looks and general get-up that
count in the horse business, as 1t is in
other business"
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How times change" observed a member
OF the United States Supreme Court bar
ION Monday last a motion was made in
the ordinary routine way to admit Ellen
Spencer AIussey of this city to practice be-
fore the court. Hardly any notice was
taken Of it, and the chief justice granted
it, the same be did all the similar mo-
lions, With his pleasant and welcoming
smile
such {. motion been made IT would have at
tracted attention all over the land, and, in
deed. Ill over Europe 1. remember the
preparation of my first argument in favor
of the admission of women to practice law
/ was hampered at every point because of
the lack Of precedent. Now there are hun
dred5 of precedents, but there Is no use for
them, because no one opposes such mo-
ton. and women have nearly every oppor-
tunity tFat men have in the practice of
7ay 2 har- 10 Iorr .
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''Snaky Jcres is dead, but he was ter
ror in his way while he lived" said Police
man Harding. land gave policemen more
frights than many men twice his size could
have given them. Jones was a snake
charmer-not one of these people who han
die snakes at museums. county fairs and
such like places. but one Of the fellows
who caught srakes for the snake handlers.
Jones always went by the name of Snaky,
and while a pleasant fellow when sober,
was simply a terror to officers when he
drunk. for the reason that those of
who knew him were aware that he fire.
quently had snakes in his pockets or in a
bag which ne carried under his coat OF
course We had to lock him Up without
searching him. for We did not care to run
our hands into lot of Srakes in his pock-
cts. Now and then the srakes would crawl
out OF his pockets and over the floor of
the cells In case II ere were other prison.
ers in tie same cell there would ba the
most terrible hOwls, followed by urgent
demands that Jones and his snakes should
be taken out of the cell. We have fire.
quently turned him out of the cells before
he was half sober-he was never arrested
for anything except drunkenness-so to
get rid Of him and his snakes. Jones
caught some very large snakes in his day.
He generally got the biggest ones in the
old arch that stood near the Four-mile
Run station, between here and Alexandria.
His excuse for drinking so much was that
he required to be whisky soaked so as
to neutI alize snake poison He hunted up
many rare snakes for the Smithsonian and
for natural history museums all over the
Country"
The echo stones prove to be the most
Interesting things we show visitors" said
Guide Mclaughlin Of the Capitol force.
Public men are an attraction to many and
SO are many OF the historic things about the
Capitol, TIE paintings and statues; but the
echo stones seem to interest every one
Visitors will spend all the time you can
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