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Evening star., 1897-12-03
Wild Pigeons in Nebraska.

FROM outing
A recent report from Nebraska stated
that a flock of from seventy-five to one
hundred wild. or passenger, pigeons had
been seen in that state. This will be in
teresting news to those who remember the
birds when they flew in countless thou
sands, like dark rivers, across the sky dur
ing the spring migrations. Some griZzled
old trappers, who regularly followed the
flight of pigeons and netted them by thou
sands per week. have for years gone on
hoping against hope that the flights of
pigeons had merely been diverted from the
old routes and that the birds would some
day rcappear in all their former numbers.
This idea, of course, is erroneous; the
pigeons are not haunting inaccessible por-
tionS of the country-they have been de-
strOyed. During the early autumn of 'S7
| shot lone pigeon. a male of that year,
near the city of Eau Claire Wis, and a
few days later ] saw a flock of perhaps
twenty-five birds flying low near where
had shot the single one. In March, 1894
while travelling by train near London, Ont.
/ saw four pigeons flying east. The day
was very mild, with a warm rain falling
and the pigeons passed in plain view from
the car window. 1t was just the sort of
day We used to deem the best for pigeons
in the long ago, when one gun could bag
more birds than a man could carry.
Evening star., 1897-12-03
FIVE REMARKABLE TREES.
Which Rank Among the CuriOsitfes
| Of Plant Life.
From the philadelphia Times.

.
The "whistling tree or acacia fistula, is
found in Nubia and the Soudan. The Arabs
call it "soffar,'' or pipe, because of the
whistling sound that it produces, and the
specific name of ''fistIla," a word also
meaning pipe or flute, has been given it
for the same reason.
Insects infest the tree, and deposit their
eggs in it's shoots. A gall-like excrescence
about an inch and a half in diameter, is
produced at the base of the shoots. and
when the larvae have emerged from the
circular holes in the sides of the shoots
the holes, played upon by the wind. pro-
ducc a whistlirg sound equal to that pro-
duced by sweet-toned flute.
The "cow tree is SO called because it
yields an abuneant supply of milk. To OBJ
tain the milk deep incisions are made in
the tree, from which the fluid flows into
vessels placed ready to receive it. This
vegetable milk is white, somewhat viscid
and has an agreeable flavor. and an analy
sis of 1t shows that 1t is very much like
the milk of a COW in its composition. The
COW tree grows on the slope of the noun
Evening star., 1897-12-03
HE DID-Nor WRITE 1T.
How . Mother Concealed Herself
From Her Child.

How q Mother Concealed Herself
From Her Child.
From the Louisville Cosfier- journal.
remember story that did not write.
1t is not a pretty Story. You must go to,
the slums with me if you wish to hear it.
For there is no gilded vice in such a little
city as ours. Tkeren is only the thinnest.
yellow veneer, fytsbecked at that, over
the revolving baroness. In the bygone
years, among the women, graced with the
name Of women by sex, though seemingly
by no other attribute, was one, notorious.
Viler than she there was none, and more
than one crime stands opposite her name
In the police records. Theft, murder and
suicide take the police reporters day after
day into the quarters of the city that such
as she inhabit, and it was while making
my daily round Of news points that soon
scented mystery. On two afternoons
each week a closed carriage would wait
at the street corner nearest the house of
this harridan. A woman gowned in black
and wearing thick Grape veil would leave
the house. walk hurriedly to the corner,
enter the carriage and be driven westward.
The problem was an easy one for re-
porter to solve A bribe to the driver OF
the carriage. trip down town. plausible
lie to one of the good sisters In Catholic
institution, chat with one OF her pupils
anu L HaO the chlef faCtS OF the Story. Inc
scarlet woman and the crape-clad one were
the same. Each visit of hers to the con-
vent Was to see a pretty child fast growing
into womanhood. And there In the dimly-
lighted room the pure girl in her demure,
conventue1 dress would sit by the hour
listening to stories of her mother from
The lips of the woman who called herself
that mothers friend. They were stories of
happy childhood spent in a country town,
of girlish merry makings, of life in an old
farm house among the elms after youth
f'il marriage, and last of an early death.
And they were true. these storles-all
true. For there are deaths and deaths.
These visits and these talks had been
going on for years before 1 knew of them.
And during all that time the veil of the
visitor was never lifted in the convent par
lor; the lips OF the woman never touched
those of the girl. Trained with jealous care
by good women, the child grew into wom-
anhood, and it was time for her to leave
the notorious woman disappeared from
Louisville. TIE police here knew she was
continuing her career in eastern city,
ana within the year came the news OF her
death from morphine poisoning. Long be-
fore that, however, the girl in the convent
had been told that her mothers friend was
dead and by will had left her little cot
come large enough to keep her from temp
tation and want
The sisters knew the wretched woman's
secret. No others did. 1t was good story
from reporters viewpoint But somehow
kept thinking of the yelled woman whose
face was never shown, whose lips never
touched her child's, who never felt the re-
sponsive arm-clasp of a daughter drawn to
a mothers breast and l did not write the
story.
Evening star., 1897-12-03
His Hard Luck.

From the Cleveland Leader
Just my dashed luck" said the low
browed murderer.
What's the matter?" asked the horse
thief in the next cell.
You know dis is de day dat was set for
me Jig dance on de atmosphere"
"Yes."
And you've seen how 1 buckled down
and got all ready for it-prayin' and singin'
and all dat, dash it,''
Yes, and I'm surprised to hear you use
cuss words now"
ITS enough to make anybody cuss. 1t
wasn't no easy job fer me TO git converted,
I'm tellin' you. And now what do you
spose dey've went and done? Respited
me!'
We'll, what of it? They'll swing you Off
sooner or later, you can bet on that. IL
YOU can't have a chance to do the act to-
day, you'll get ii later on all right
Il know; but I'm TO have sixty days. and
L can't hang on to me religion dat long. 1
might do it fer a week, but two months
-cere's no use talkin, I'll have to do de
whole ting over again, OATS what Il feller
gifts fer quitten before de las minute.'
Evening star., 1897-12-03
Lacks Are Smaller,
n the Baltimore American.

There is nothing which more illustrates
the progress of science and invention than
the decrease in size, weight and mechan-
ism of locks and keys since these instru-
ments were first put in use for the purpose
of keeping out intrusive strangers Years
ago these mediums to secret chambers
were made of wrought iron, and were of
ponderous size and weight. The nineteenth
century, however, has made wonderful
improvements on these Instruments Now
adays a person may carry a dozen KEYS in
his pocket with ease that will open
stronger and more intricate locks than the
gIotesque specimens which prevailed in
ths days of our grandfathers.
Evening star., 1897-12-03

between the Big Store and the
people. They promise only what
the stocks can perform. They are
the signals that tell of our posi-
bilities and your opportunities
that guide you to the greatest as
semblage of sound and reliable
qualities. They are proclamations
of leaders--the messengers that
whisper i'm your economy ear the
matchless privileges that await
you here.
Evening star., 1897-12-03
Sporting Goods Specials.
Always lowest

-NiN > lONeSl -
M@as Handmade Al-wool Sweaters with
roll neck: Blue, Maroon and Black -
'''i'h Fi-''' l'f- %
Boys All-wool Sweaters: all d,sIr- O.
able shad IS Worth 81 125......... oOC.
Goth Century Bicycle Lanps-this q
price for Saturday only. ....... S1 40
Boys Hockey Sticks. neatly finished;
regulation slZrs. Observation-Disclosures. ~.
Barney X Berry's Au-clamp Skates
G~Niii ut ,oDN-
Yankee Watch wcrraEtcd good
timekeeper. ...................... ~ 95c.
Ways Mun -ts-wcrts s:-for..... S9c.
St's' Reg 'l-r 81 valre Foot Fall
iSr SAT rd "a. 4 &c.
So!inger Fencing Foils-for the
set................... .................. ST .2S
Evening star., 1897-12-03

1t matters little what 1t is that you want
whether a situation or a servant-a
want" ad. in The Star will reach the
person who can fill your need.
Evening star., 1897-12-03
Smoking Jackets and
Bath Robes.

We invite you ladies TO he perfectly free
TO come in and inspect our stock Of House
Coats and Bath Blnnkets. We don't want
You 10 feel that you're expected to buy
until you're ready. We can afford to have
you make comparisons. We know the more
looking around you do the more consIic-
uous, as the best, line becomes
We're showing all the novelties-and all
those ever-popular staples. We are sure
we've get four or i've times the variety
that S to be seen anywhere clse-and Saks'
prices at Christmas time are no different
from Saks' prices all the year around
ALWAYS LOWEST.
We will take charge Of your selection for
later delivery il you want us to- Any
exchanges that may he necessary after
Christmas cheerfully made.
Evening star., 1897-12-03

writes: Il have the highest praise TO give TO DIR,
Bulls Cough Syrup. We have used Il In ou(
family for live years with the best eiects."
Evening star., 1897-12-03
Mems Clothing.

There has never been a bet
ter value offering than this Suit
and Overcoat sale at S!2.5o.
Its only our policy that gives
you a share in every advantage
we have that makes them Sf2 20
instead OF SIS and Sr75o.
Those are the grades they COM
pare with.
THE SUITS are Single and Double breast,
ed Sacks, in Black and Blue th"vints Tlihets
and Fancy theyiuts and CaSsiurl,.S. made
up j"Si as Mell ar Ne fug', ho" 10 make
Italian cloth. All sizes.
THE ovERcoATs are Blue aud Rlack
kerseys. Brown Irish FroZe and Tan Covert
Cl"ths-cut the latest lengths. made in the
most stylish ard th"r"rg2 manner. with
strap seams. fancy wool Innings. with Skin-
ner's satin yokes and sleeve l.aings, and
plain Italian cloths.
Your choice of
any Suit or Over
coat in the lot to- S 4 O.SO
morrow for. ..... IL Il
Boys Shoes.
The special Shoe selling is
giving you chance for the bows
that you want to take advantage
Off you want to save more
than you ever did before.
Boys BLACK Satin Calf Lace Shoes. war
Iaftel all solid ieattcr; good shapes. Sizes
II TO oi@. Worth Sl.75. ronor- < 1 Nd
row only .......-.....-........N ~ o u Il
Another lot of Boys Black Calf Shoes
that are good value at Som
Portable shapes. Sizes =. to en- 81
"i2-"hi! .-'--..-.---...-...-..s ~ eS1
About IS pairs Of Boys Ela,i, solid
Calf Slices. shapely and roI.,-- G n 2m
Portable. Worth 81 2a-fur ..... - oaI'Y
TormOrrOW==Mcia's
SIS Shoes for - $500
A lot Of a. out aoe pairs af pateat Lcttier,
Russia and Box Calf ans = wet SI,cs m ID,
"n all the latest lasts: t!,. Talent Isatt,.Is
are sine.e. the others 18th singh. and
Double snled; There are ail sizes. and right
ih me WIN lhe "Ntran'Girl'N selling We
have been doing these last few ,iays
TomorroW==Merl's
81 Shoes $3.50
Choice uf l5o pair Of Blsck and Tan
t1lf Hand -seved Shaes, in BnlI bog aud
Other new lasts. with single ami dodblc soles
all sizes-Horth 81.
Tomorrow Mems
$3.50 Shoes S1.S0
Black Satin Calf Lace Shoes with double
and single sole. in opera and globe shapes
Worth $3.50. All sizes.
Shoes shined free.
Evening star., 1897-12-03
Shoes sllined free.
Boys Hats.

We've about 100 OF these
Blue Yale Hats, trimmed in
white and red, SO popular for
both boys and girls, that we
shall sell tomorrow at. .2zc.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-25
THE COST OF LE(;lSI.ATTnN.

The average citizen has no idea of the
cost Of legislation, and. perhaps, less at
tention Is paid to this one item OF |,
States expenses than any other and yet
1t enters more largely In the grand total
than any other one item.
IT is said, for instance, that il cost the
people OF Missouri sG5 every minute the
House OF Representatives is in session
The cost Of the Senate Is about S33 a
minute: total. $103 per minute for legis-
lNtion in Missouri. No bill can get
through the House in less fn;.n twenty
five minutes even il it has no opposi-
ton and no speech, Is made upon it,
Fifteen minutes are consumed in the
Senate in the passage Of bili under
equally Favorable circumstances. Forty
times 1903 therefore, represents, the ac-
tual cost TO the people incurred in the
enactment Of a law tina; encounters no
opposition.
1t would seem from this that le.isla-
tors come high IN Missouri, but they
must have them.
The fact Is Legislation in very many
instances has proved an expensive
luxury, and in no State in the Union is
this an exception. Costly State legisla-
lures and billion dollar CONGRESSES have
fastened upon the people Of This coun-
try many burdens in tho way of Taxa
ton, and yet there seems to be no re-
lief
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-25
NOTES AND OPINIONS.

No person under Is years Of age Is
in Heigoland.
In homo for sandwicllinell in London
there are said 20 be several UNIVERSE
~ Era duate:S and medical men, and 4
Scotchman who run through ESQ 900 in
three years. s
Where it is desirable to see the tongue
OF very small child the object may lie
accomplished by touching the upper lip
with bit OF sweet oil, which will cause
the child TO produce its tongue.
y baby that weighs lbu; eight pounds
at the age of is rnonths which i: q
pound and Il half less than it. weighed
when born, is the centre OF gossip in
the little town of Danbuy, n II.
Senator Morrill,, of Vermont IS nearly
81 years old and Will soon entc: upon
MS sixth consecutive term IA Senator.
This will he record breaker. Thomas
H. Benton's thirty years service having
heretofore been the longest.
An expert at figures say: that 1000
vehicles, a quarter of them onnibuscs,
pass through the Strand in 1.ondnn every
day. and the narrowness or The street
causes ca CHI of their Gu. 900 OCCUPANTS 10
waste OF an average three minutes
4 preacher at Cadillac Mich. by way
OF illus ira ting the evil effects OF tobac-
co. killed Il couple Of eats by dropping
nicotine on their tongues. The act was
performed in the pulpi:. and several
young men threw away their cigarettes
III The close OF the service.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-25
The HL1CIiADE or CRETE.

Since THE American flag is never seen
in Il commercial way in The Crct:ln ports.
the impression obtains in some quar-
tiers that the blockade by the Powers
or Europe Is Il maItcr with Which the
United States should nave no concern,
anu were conditions IN Crete other .han
what they are this would be fact.
But IT Is the peculiar conditions which
now prevail on the island which should
give. and does give, us concern
1t is the fact that the Christian people
OF Crete arc placed in a position by the
blockade which sooner or later will
cause great distress and possibly star
walton among that people, while their
enemies. the Turks, are not restricted in
their movements that should give us
concern. The Turkish people on the is
land are in no danger Of want or OF
suffering, because relief is afforded them
by Turkish means. but the Christians
have no way Of replenshing their sup
plies after the present store shall have
been consumed. The object Of the block
ade Is to starve the Cretans into sub
mission to the will Of the great Powers
experience has shown that Christian
subjects cannot live in security under
the rule Of Alolianlmedans. and yet the
statesmen OF Europe seek by the sever
est measures to compel them 70 remain
under that domination. The world
that is our world--should not look on
and feel no concern for the condition Of
the Christian people OF Crete who are
hemned in on all sides. with no signs
Of relief III sight.
1t is an international crime for the
Christian nations to permit their breth-
rem to be longer 1lcld under The heel Of
the Turk. 1t does not appear just what
the United States can do to help the
Christians In Crete, but it will never do
to say that because we have no COM
mercial relations With the ports Of the
island. that the blockade Is q matter
With which we should have no concern.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-25
Mr. WILSON ON THE DYSt,IEy
DIEIs.

The Hon. William L. Wilson. In n,
able article in the New York Herald n
recent date, gives his views on the Ding
ley bill, from which The following il
taken:
rhat the Dingley bill. present
conditions considered, is the most
hltra protective tariff, ever proposed
~ oe enacted III this country plainly
appears from Chairman Djr.lov's
statement that if levied on the i'm
poftauons Of the last fiscal ear It
Moiid have increased The revenue
Slis,ooo'o0o; that Is TO say, il would
nave nav, gathered from mn importa-
..on OF $Ho,77i,2Gi of imported
ss.atee a n the enormous SUM IF
~ Saaas,Voa.00 wlicl, is nearly :.6.oOG.-
wy more than any customs revenue.
e'sr collected in one year ii. this
c'o1hIery IN the past. Ani to say that
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-25
PERSONALS,

Ii Hung Chang has written Brook
lyn girl & letter.
John Lawrence, master Of the Liam
Sibby huns III Monmouth Wales has
hunted continuously for 20 YEAR: lie
is now 90.
Francisco Guanboa. who died recently
in Peru at the age OF % years, was At
one time the confidential secretary Of
General simon Boliver.
John NJ. Ward the once renowned
sho.tstop Of the old New York baseball
team, has been made claim agent OF a
Brooklyn trolley company.
Daniel r.. Church. whom The Demo
Gratis OF Rhode Island have nominated
for Governor, is the oldest Of seven
bothelSs. OF whom six are alive.
John Tweed. OF Chelsea. and once OF
Glasgow. has been commissioned 10 cX-
ecute THE statue Of Mr.. Cecil Rhodes
which is TO be erected at Buluwayo
Richard Olney, cX-Secretary OF State
is at his desk i'll his Boston law Office
attending to business. lie is in good
health and spirits. Mr.. O!ney evades
the reporters.
General Harrison is said 10 have re-
fused to indorse his own sons appl.ca-
ton for an office, not because he and
Russell were out but because lie did
not care TO emmalTa.s.s Mckinley.
The proposal was seriously made in
South Africa 10 make Cecil Rhodes the
nameaake for every baby born there
during the great mans period Of trial
before the parliamentary committee
President Clinton l.. Rossiter, of the
Brooklyn Heights Railroad company of
New York, has successfully opened read
ing rooms for The employees Of the sys-
tenn Of which he Is the head. \ new
one that he has in view will contain
Will have a we'll equipped gymnasium as
m adjunct.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-25

s rates will Dr0ba bly, check dutiable Is
imports 10 the extent Of reducing the
= esttmatessta SIC. D0D,n00 IL only am
1 pther way Of sa ying tia, to that ex-
s. tent such rates are FrohibiSnrY. y. gNs
$#,s3 :; AMERICAN consumers: ace shut in
: fhe nome market, to DC Dreyed upon s
by combinations and trusts, without II
possibility OF relief from outside 3
compositions. Such combinations, by
Joining to keep up prices and to cur
tail production, wage more merciless
war sainst the employment, the ri.
opportunities and the compensate ion f$
81 Nmerlcan labor than any possible
competition from abros; 4 could do
Mr.. Wilson holds that The enormous
duties imposed under the Dingley bill
amounts ractical.y to prohibition, ana
this the country will SO discover It
simply places home consumers at tile
mercy Of trusts anu combines, with no
relief from outside composition He
claims that 1t is not true that the pres
ent tariff, az; q revnue producer, has not
proven equal to the Mckinley act, and
goes on to shGw that even in this dis
astrous period, customs duties under the
existing law have Increased from less
than 32.000,000 in 1894. the last year of
the Mckinley bill, to even s152, ,OOO. 900 in
1885. and to over $1Go, coo, 900 in 1896 He
says that in the sugar schedule alone the
balance in favor Of the existing law is
about s55, 100000. The customs revenue
reached nearly $4,000. OOO scarcely any
Of wrich would have been receivable
under Inc Mckinley bill. and under that
bill We would have been paying $4,000
coo in bonds.
lis belief is that in time the receipts
from the present tariff would have
brought relief to the Government, and in
the meanwhile the American consumer
would not have been oppressed as he will
be under the operation of tho Dinghy
bill. He sees in the proposed new law
great hardships for the people, but q
perfect harvest for combines and trusts
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-25
GuDD AnvlcEro III + n -. n. Il v Ems.

The New Orleans ,stateslis urging the
farmers:of the South 10 adopt The policy
advocated by the Cotton Growers AS
sociation, swhichSis to reduce their cot
ton acreage and raise more provisions.
The Virginian has often urged The policy
OF diversity of crops and ti,ej raising
OF more meats, holding that such Il
course was the surest road to indepand-
ence for the Southern farmer Certainly
The farmers of the South should at
least raise all they need fo. home con-
and II is gratifying TO know
that in MANY cases this is not only be-
ing done, but that many farmers III the
Southern country are actually selling
meats to other sections. Here Is what
the States has to say:
In all the appeals t:;u, have been
made to the farmers. and the argu-
ments advanced why they should
diversity their crops, lessen the cot
ton acreage, we do not remember to
have seen any reference made to
what strikes us as Il matter Of the
EItIvest import 1t is Il universally
conceded fact that Europe Is now Il
s!nmberinE volcano that may Hurst
into terrible eruption at any day or
hour. In such event the price OF
provisions would go up like j rocket
and the price Of cotton come down
like stick. In what srev.ous plight
the Southern farmer would then he
ii needs no seer to tell"
Let the farmers think OF this ana the
more they do the palmer will be the
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-25
The Norfolk Printing Co,

AS owner OF the types, presses, fixtures
&c. IN the establishment formerly known
as the Lardmark job Printing Office, liz
avenue. and heretofore used ~ browne &.
Co. lessees, will ccmuuct q General
firm narc '"rhe Norfolk Printing CO"
Estimates VII be given OH all classes OF
work and satisfaction will be guarantee1]
I hereby appoint John Whitehead nv
agent and manager of the said business
mail-st NJ. +. BROWNE
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-25

Ihe New York Tribune has published
iee.er rom Governor Russell. Of North
carolina, saying that Congress should
oeclare that Southern States have yio-
'ated fundamental conditions under
which they were readnitted to +ha Tn
AoiA ana remand them for territorial
status" 49,
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-25

Amid the prevailing excitement the
public has lost track, to some extent, OF
he South American revolulionists They
are still on
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-25

aeroerc Spencer has refused the offer
OF Cambridge University to make him
a doctor of science, on the ground that
ne mas always declined to accept such
honors.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-25

Nearly 1000 Texan Republicans have
applied for places under the new admin
IStrat!On. H
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-25

The New York Tribune is of The opln-
ION that Mr.. Gladstone is the freshest.
nveilest. most thoroughly up to date
back number existing in the world
to-day.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-25

Russia may want peace in Europe
but 1t Is IL piece or Turkey.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-25

AS we study the Dmgley BILL" says
the New York Times. I'VE grow more
and more amazed at the hardlhood and
the shamelessness or its authors"