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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-05
No< CHANGE EXPECTED.
Present Weather Conditions May Con-
tinuCS Several Days.

Present Weather Conditions May Con-
tinucS Several Days.
I'VE have weather on holidays just the
same as at any other time. and have to
look out for it," said an official at the
weather bureau today, when he went over
TO find out If any relief from the heat was
to be had. Most of the force had gone
but the forecasters were hard at work.
Indications are that the same style of
weather will be in fashion for some little
time yet. 1t is really not near so warm as
the imaginations of people lead them to
pelleve. Yesterday the mercury touched
the ninety mark, which for the Fourth of
July is something out of the ordinary The
maximum yesterday was IS degrees about
. o CLOCK in the afternoon. The maximum
temperature will be just about the same
To-Day, so that persons who are contem-
piatiiis visit to the arctic regions can af-
lcru 10 walt until hot weather arrives In
earnest. 80 ~
ne humidity at o'clock this morning
registered SO degrees and the temperature
I'd oesrees. The lowress Of the humidity
was Que to the cloudless sky, Old Sol lick
ing up the moisture in short orqer At
noon the mercury showed 81 degrees The
minimum last night was 6S1a degrees or in
I 70 numbers. the thermometer registered
~ Which IS by no means too warm to
make sleeping a comfort
me hottest places in the United States
yesterday w=re Parkersburg. w. Va, and
Inoehlx, Ar1z., where the mercury reach. d
the foo-degree mark. 1t is not SO warm in
lne south and southwest as it has been, the
ar having been cooled off by thunder
storms. In Nashville and Cincinnati yes
teruay the maximum temperature was 9S
degrees PASSPORT, Me-, took the palm fer
Selns the coolest place in the United
states, the maximum temperature there
telng 90 degrees. The Atlantic coast on
the north has not yet been affected by the
warm weather to any great extent. 1t Is
cooler in New York by several degrees
imam here and Philadelphia can claim
lower mercury.
The probabilities are that the same
temperature will remain tomorrow and
next day. 1t will in all likelihood be partly
CLOUDY tomorrow, which will make the
humidity greater
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-05
DOMESTIC TEA CULTURE.
Highest Prices Being Paid for t
American Product.

American Product.
Most people will be surprised TO learn
that tea growing is a successful Industry
in this country, and that the highest prices
are being paid for the American product of
this popular beverage.
Secretary Wilson of the Department If
Agriculture lately requested William Saun-
ders, the veteran horticultural of his de-
partment, to visit the tea farm of Chas. w.
Shepard at Summerville, S. c., and report
upon what he should see there. Seventeen
years ago Mr.. Saunders prepared an ar
ticle on Tea Culture as a Probable Amer
lean Industry" which was mainly intended
to answer requests coming from all parts
of the country to the status OF tea cIl-
ture in the United States. For twenty years
previous tea plants had been annually dis
tributed in varied quantities, the only pur-
pose at that time being to encourage the
culture of tea plants for domestic purposes
in limited way. The cost of labor and de-
ficiency of rainfall were the main obstacles
in the way of making tea culture success
full commercially.
The tea farm visited by Mr. Saunders is
gently undulating and the soil is mainly
sandy loan, and he found the tea farm to
be under perfect cultivation. The labor
question had been settled by DIR. Shepard
by building a school house on his farm, IN
wiling the people of the surrounding coun-
tr.y to send their children there for instruc-
tion, and in the intervals of the school
term lie Employs the ScnOi6TS, unuor pay,
to pick tea. DR.. Shepard has procured tea
plants from all quarters of the globe. has
experimental extensively with them and
has beer so greatly encouraged that he de-
ciared that were he twenty years younger
he would plant 800 acres as rapidly as he
could procure the plants. His experiments
with the tea plant have been thorough
and successful that Mr.. Saunders has rec
commended that some arrangement should
be made whereby he could impart his
knowledge to others. and for this purpose
he advises the establishment of a school
struct young men, so that they msht I'm
dertake the work of developing the tea in
dustry in this country. The tea from DR..
Shepard's farm sells for 81 per pound. Is CT
a high quality, and it is believed that his
success establishes the fact that tea can
be grown in this country SO as to be COM
mercially successful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-05
DISTRICT IN CONGRESS.

Senator Cullom has introduced a bill in
the Senate authorizing interested persons
to intervene III the equity cause Of the
United States against Morris and Others,
row pending in the District Supreme Court,
and to share in the awards made by the
court.
The United States treasurer has submit
ted to Congress, in accordance with the
terms of the highway act, copy of the
decree of the Supreme Court of the District
in re subdivision known as Denni5on and
Leighton subdivision of part of Mount
Pleasant and Pleasant Plains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-05
PENSIONS RECENTLY GRANTED.
Applicants From the Dis
trict, Virginia and MnryInnd.

Pensions have been granted as follows:
District of Coiumbia--William Coogan,
Robert Harrison, Nelson Booker, William
Rodgers, John Nolan, United States Sol
diers' Home; Elizabeth NJ. Mueller, Mary
A. Parker.
Observation-Disclosures A. Figgs. Finch
vile, Jesse Morris, Belair; Joseph NJ. Col
Inns. Salisbury; John Humphreys, Iona
coming; Marie Biessman, Baltimore; Jane
Harps, Baltimore; Julia A. Ellis, Sharps-
town; minor of William Brown, Baltimore;
Elias Harrison, Glendale; Leveran Steph-
ems, Baltimore. Alexander Martin. Baltt-
more; David Winters, Bark Hill; Levi
Brittman Habriad: Louisa Gather, Bowie.
Observation-Disclosures Eastwood, National
Military Home, Elizabeth City county;
Isaiah Whitehouse dead, Norfolk; Geo.
w. Bowles, Columbia; Julia Hopkins, Nor
folk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-05
GEN. CHARLES f. HOVEY ILL.
Suffering From Nervous Exhaustion
mt His Old Home In Illinois.

NORMAL, ILL.,, July Gen. Charles E
Hovey of Washington, d. c., is lying crit
ically i'll at the home of his brother-in law
John F. Cook president of the Illinois State
Normal University.
Gen. Hovey was the first president of the
Normal University. from its organization in
1897 to 1861, when he went 70 the war as
colonel of the E'd Illinois Regiment. He
was about seventy years of age. He came
here Two weeks ago from Washington to
attend the fortieth anniversary of the
founding of the university. He was i'll
when he arrived, and was barely able to
appear at the celebration.
He is suffering from general debility snd
nervous exhaustion. He Is a prominent
member of the bar at Washington and the
father of Richard Hovey, the poet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-05
Examination for DiViaion Chief.

The civil service commission announces
that July - an examination will be held
at Washington and other large cities
where there are applicants to fill va
cancy in the position of chief of the divi-
sion of post Office supplies In the Post Office
ID. partment. the salary Of which is 5000
per annum. Persons desiring to be exam
ined should write to the civil service CON-
mission for an application blank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-05
Personal Mention.

Secretaries Gage and Sherman remained
away from their departments today. but
Secretary Long went to his Office for
awhile. attending to some personal cor
Iespondence. Secretary Alger IS in New
York.
Rev. Robt. G. Gongue Of the diocese of
Connecticut. who has been visiting his
father. the Rev. 7. o. Tongue. during his
illness. has returned to his work in Con-
necticut.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-05

laundrymen stand around AMI watch with
an expression of semi pleasure in their dull
countenances. They never under any cir
cumstances get beyond the semi part.
From all indications the display Of fire.
works tonight will be fine one. Dealers
say that they have sold more than ever
before. ana this is an augur Of success for
a good Fourth celebration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-05

tice. My friends, that cry will free the
American people. Even IL We should be
borne down again and again. the voice of
humanity will arise from the dust, and
drive the money changers out of the tenn
pie. and the traitors out of the land. The
Benedict Arnold of 1850 sleeps on English
soil. Let the Benedict Arnods of this age
make their graves beside him."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-05

1t matters little what 1t Is that you want
whether situation or servant-a
want ad. n The Star will reach the per-
son who can fill your need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-05

EDINBURGH. July 5.-The freedom of
the city of Edinburgh will be conferred up
on the premier Of Canada, Sir Wilfrid
Lauritr next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-05

Death of Higgins, the Onrsmnn.
LONDON, July 5.-Higgins, the oarsman,
is dead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-05

The Oregon at Semitic.
The battle ship Oregon has arrived a,
Seattle. Wash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-05
England Acquires. New Po..e..,.,.

England Acquires New Possessions.
LONDON. July "a special dispatch
from Sydney. n. 8. W.. says that the Brit
ish warship Wallaroo has ho:steo the
rion Jack on Russell. Bellona and Stuart
is'ands' belonging to the Solomon group
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-05

There is a leaky water main at a1st ana
Q streets.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-23
HOW TO SAVE THE SEALS.
The Females to BE branded So TO
SnnIl Thcir Hider.

Pref David Starr Jordan, of Stanford
university, lately returned from Wash
ington, ID. c.. where he had been for
some weeks attending to matters con
nected with the fur seal investigation
Prof. Jordan went to Washington to see
that the Behring sea fur seal inyestiga-
tion was properly carrieSi over from one
administration to the other lie was the
United States commissioner in the in
veStigation made last summer at the
seal islands, and he is interested in see
ing carried out his recommendations
for the protection of the seal herd.
DR.. Jordan said that steps would he
taken by the new administration look
ing to a final settlement of the fur seal
question on the basis of the inyestiga-
tion made last summer. He said:
Great Britain sent to the fur seal
islands a commission of her own, which,
III connection with the American com
mission, has thoroughly Investigated
the condition of the seal herd. This
commission agreed in all matters of fact
with the findings of the American com
mission. Their report, however, has
not yet been published.
The only possible settlement of the
fur seal question lies in the total prohi-
bition of pelagic sealing. Great Brit
ain will. therefore. doubtless he asked
to unite with the United States in some
equitable arrangement whereby killing
of females at sea can be done away with.
1t iS believed that Great Britain viii not
refuse to unite with us in taking steps
to preserve the fur seals. However, in
ease she should refuse to make any fair
arrangement. the United States will be
prepared to take the matter in its own
hands and protect its own interests by
aggressive measures. STEPS viii imme-
diately he taken to brand the female
seals in such way as to destroy the
value of their skins and also to project
the males by herding them in the salt
lagoon on St. Paul island during th..
scaling season. Practical experiments
made last summer have demonstr rated
the feasibility of these measures, and
their effect will be to put an end To the
business of pelagic sealing. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-23
AN AWFUL DISAPPOINTMENT.
He Declared IL the Worst Sell He


One Sunday morning a poor man,
dressed in his best. having trIdged all
the way from Boston, entered the
church at Ncvvburyport and took a seat
near the pulpit. SAYS the New York Re
cordcr. Presently the service began
and the preacher had not been speaking
long before the visitor from Boston he
gan to show signs of excitement. AS
the sermon proceeded his body swayed
backward and forward. his eyes gilt
tered strangely and at length he fell
in a tit on the floor. Two deacons Of
the church carried him outside. laid
him down on the church green, unfast-
cned his collar and dashed water upon
him. while he writhed and rolled on the
earth.
At last the man recovered his senses
and was asked what allied him. 'Oh,
such pow crful preaching!" said he. Il
had heard before of men going into fits
under W hitficld's preaching. but never
supposed it would double me up So
But" said one of the deacons, that
was not Mr.. Whitfield preaching. but
only a nearby minister substituting for
him this morning"
At this point the Boston man be
came mad clear through.
What" said he. Have | walked 50
miles. spoiled my hest suit of clothes
and had fits and never heard Mr.. Whit
field after all? Well. I'll be goldarned
if that isn't the worst sell l ever had ~
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-23
GLASS MADE BY MACHINERY.
HedncinG the Price of Finished Prod
net and AVcrtinE Trouble.

Machinery Is beginning Ia play "A very
important part in lint and rrecu-glaSs
manufacture, says the Pittsburgh Dis
patch. The Introduction of one ma
chine alonc for simplifying the making
of fruit jars was instrumental in re
ducing the price list last fall. and its
further application is expected to be
Il large factor in the settlement of wages
this year. To give an idea of the rcvo-
luton which is impending in this
branch of the glassware business, one
firm turned out last September. with
five machines, $4,000 jars day. For
month past the four additional ma
chimes have been in use. and the daily
output has been $1,000 jars. There Is
now being built an additional tank
furnace, which will double the capacity
of the works and bring up the daily
production To over 100000 Jars, or say.
3O,OOO,GOO jars per year, which VIII be
fully one-third of the entire fruit jar
production of the United States. Lamps
the foot and bowl of which were former
ly jointed by hand, and often very inn
perfectly done, are now made by ma
chimes. which form the oil fount and
foot at one operation and out of one
piece of glass, and the lamp is prac
ticalIy in,lstructible. One firm of
punch tumbler blowers has hitherto en-
pIoyed n few hand blowers, each hand
turning out about GOO tumblers per
turn. In the same factory ten machines
will soon be at work, which Will give an
output of 100000 punch tumblers per
daV
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-23
DniniN Shirt NAnIsfs

Various are the manifestations of
the protein shirt waist. that has turned
up once more, with detachable collars
and cuffs made in the shape of linen
bands, over which fall full. finely plait-
ed linen frills. The frills are white
edged. with one or two narrow lines of
color, and TO these special shirts are at
tachcd belts of white duck. linen or
pique. very narrow. and caught in front
by small, perfectly plain steel buckles
Here and there one finds the tails OF
these ornamental little bodices cut in
scallops, edged with embroidery or
corded, while "A great deal ofattention
is given 10 the decoration with lace of
very delectable bareCe and brown batistc
shirts. But to so elaborate a point has
the making of these kodices been car
ried that they are selling in the shops
plain ones. i'm taffetas. of all coiors,
to wear under those which are embel-
lished with lace. and of too fine linen
gauze or silk grenadine to he worn
without a silk fOundation.-St. Louis
RPDublic
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-23
TREE SAP
Idea That IL Rises and Fails with the
Seasons L. ERRONEOUS

sap Is a ylacery fund found in the in
terror Of the cells of plants and trees
and contains dissolved or suspended IN
Il tbs, materials required for the life
and growth of the cell The idea THAI
IN winter the sap goes down into the
roots and in The spring rises again II
quite erroneous. SAYS a reliable au-
thority- Trees and plants arr fun Of
wa1ery sap all The winter The phenom-
cna OF freezing in the case of trees and
plants are hut little understood The
sap in leaves and IN smaller branches
j. often frozen This j. seen especially
ia the twigS OF hickory, which IA very
cold weather are a. brittle a. glass
though the same 1NviEs al = higher
temperature cannot hy any possibility
bt. broken with the hands. For various
causes the water contained ia the cells
only begins TO cryS1allize al some de
grecs below the ordinary freeing point
This X partly due Ia the chemical com
position of the sap. which contains
e Various salts. starch. etc, IN solution
Besides this the bark OF t1eeS IL a had
conductor Of heat. and the interior tenn
perature of trees and plants J. general
~ higher in winter and lower il sum
mer than that of the surrounding at
mOSphere-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-23
WHY HE WOULDN'T FORGET
One Man Who AIway. Mails n Let
Once

ter AT Once
Can ! trust YOU To mail this" asked
Miss JaNvkins of the new boarder. re
latee the New ork Journal 'tor are YOU
the kind of man who carries letters
around in his pocket for week before
mailing them
"'You may trust me-" said the new
boarder. taking the letter. Il was
cured of that disease at my first al
tack | was boarding in the same house
with IA very good friend, married man.
He lost his wife suddenly and WAS in
consoIable. Loads of letters came to
him from sympathetic friends and one
of them was handed to me to- give Ia him
by the postman. l carried IL upstairs
to my room and inadvertently put il
into my desk with lot of rubbish from
my breast pocket and then forgot ali
about it.
just Year later my friend had so
far forgotten his loss that he became en-
gagged To very pretty girl The morn
ing of the wedding. To hich had been
invited, | WAS putting my desk in order
"A habit l have about once in six years
and | came across the letter for him.
Forgetting the time at which IL had
come l hun ried downstairs with it, and
with many words of apology handed II
to him. He had a habit of reading out
loud and he began: Ny Dear Jack:
You have received 4 blow in the loss of
your wife from which YOU Will never
recover. but don't forget. my dear fell
low, that Then he dropped IL and
glared at me.
Il didn't go to the wedding and he's
never spoken TO me from that day Ia
this Yes, indeed, you may trust me 10
mail YOUR letter without fall
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-23
STORY OF TWO DOGS.
Damon L. Dead and stuffed, but Pyth-
in- StIII Lives

\ stuffed dog ia "a glass casa com
m"n- ordinary street cur-adorns tbs.
private apartments of one of Philadel-
phia'> largest hotels, SAYS the PhiIadel-
phia Record. There ~ "a rather curious
story connected with The defunct ami
mai. which the hotel man recites a. fol
lows One day the dog came nosing
about the lobby. and although elected
several times always returned. evident
u in search of the kitchen. Finally. IN
order L. get rid OF the cur. IL Was given
large piece OF raNy meat Instead OF
eating the meat the canine took the Of
fcring ia its I.lou1h and went out into
the street. out OF sheer curiosity the
hotel man followed the animal and saw
IL take the terf Jo another dog. " Inch
MAS crou-hiug behind the step The lat
Ter stood up un receiving the meat. and
I~ it did SO held one foot of the lground-
n wa> discovered that the second dog
Mas lame
When the crippled dog was eating its
moar the other stood guard 10 s,-e that
there Mas NO interference. 80 IL came
tn pass that the proprietor took both
dogs into th, hotel and christen,-d them
Damon and Th1Lias. Damon T. the one
in 1h, csi~, and IE1hias still runs about,
although odd age Is creeping on apace-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-23
FIODLIN' JOHNS VENGEANCE
How lie Made May with the ..BIoody
sixteen Bnnd.

"Fiddlin' John" Turner was born in
yellow Greek Valley - years ago. His
father lived 10 Ice I03 years old. and
Virginia and settled in the mountains
of Kentucky on the farm on which
"Fiddlin' John" mO>v lives, says the CHI
cago Record.
"FiddIin' John" at the age of Sc
years. IL hale and hearty, and there
never WIS q better fighter. as his his
tory shows He was a scout under Gen.
Morgan during his occupancy of Cum
Lcrland Gap and his famous retreat to
the Ohio river. One thing about I'D
dim .Trhn'' which makes him so dear
iy loved by the mounta;necrS is that
there never was better fiddler ia all
the mountains. "Fiddlin' John" IL
noted throughout the mountains he
cause hc ended the lives of Ii of the
worst mountain despcradoes that ever
tr"I Kentucky soil.
The ''bIOodv sixteen" rs this band
Of dcSpcradocs WAS called. killed "Fid-
dIin' Johns" brother. Sam. cut his ears
OF. and nailed him to a tree. and lid
din John" in turn eNterminatcd the
entire band by "bushwhacking" them
on" after another.
He never received n scratch in all
his fighting, and he IS very proud of the
flct. telling everyone who asks him
about h's fcud:
II jest erot close up TO EN-, and then
huShv hacked en-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-23
HIS GRAVE OFFENSE-
He Tried to Outdo the Il ai-er and So
Had Flee

10
1t il leze majesty in Germany 10 out
do the MAR lord in anything That is why
otto SchOen, a young Berlin architect of
high family fled from hiss native land
lately in fear of the wrath of his en-
peror. says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The facts in this singular case are as
follows:
Schoen WAS employed to plan and build
a magnificent restaurant and concert
hall near the kaiser'S palace at POtsdam.
Without intending disreSpect. he drew
plans which provided for a building one
story higher than the emperor's. When
the building authorities learned Of this.
they stopped the work on Schoen's
building. telling him he was beside him
self with impudence to dream of putting
mp 4 structure that should overuop the
palace.
That day. while at dinner in "A res
taurant. Schoen aired his injured feel
ings, blmntly declaring the conduct Of
the authorities WAS Infamous. The next
day h"waS summoned before the livuten-
ant of police of that district. who told
him that his remark in the restaurant
had been overheard and that hc stood
guilty OF having insulted his emperor.
the penalty for which was imprison-
mcnt and possibly worse.
Scnoen was frightened and asked the
lieutenant what he should do. The lat
ter assured him his safest course would
he to fly To a foreign country. 50
Schoen. leaving his wife. and family
took ship at Antwerp and sailed for
New York. He believes he would have
been ruined and his property confis-
Gated had he remained in Berlin.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-23
Making Railroads smoother.

The fact that within the past ) years
two-thirds of the unevenneSs in rail
road tracks has been done away with
on certain lines WAS discussed at re
cent meeting of the New York Academy
of Sciences. The Improvement has been
brought about principally through new
designs and methods of manufacture of
rails. \ "track-indicator" car. travel
ing 30 or 80 miles an hour, sums up the
INEQUALITIES, the ups and downs, IN
the rails for each mile travcrsed. For
merly the total inequality Ier ml'e
amounted to six or seven feet. even
for the best roads; now it has been re
duced To only Is or 20 inches. and tins
remnant is said to bc due to dents ia
the rails. 1t was pointed out that the
imnrovement, which may be carried
farther. brings with it heavier loc0m"-
tives and ears, longer trains and higher
sueed.-Youth's Companion.