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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20
Mutual Surprise,

Senator Gallinger yesterday expressed
his surprise upon being told that there is
in existence such menace to the health
of the citizens of the District and the
members of Congress as the James Creek
canal. His surprise Is not greater than
that of the residents of the capital to find
that the senator who has served eleven
years in the two branches of Congress
and for large portion of that time an
active and wide-awake member of the Dis
trict committee should not have heard of
the James Creek canal. Thus the revela-
lions of yesterday in the Senate were mu-
tually astonishing. The James Creek canal
has been the subject of persistent assaults
from the citizens for many years. The
Star has recognized the force of the ar
guments that were advanced in favor of
some cure for its ills and has given voice
to the pleadings for an abatement of this
deadly nuisance without stint or cessa-
ton. During the past ten years column
after column has been printed noting the
dangers In the most pointed and conclusive
manner, and If now, after all this agita-
ton, which has assumed every known
form of campaigning for congressional ac-
ton, 1t is to become apparent that these
pleas have not been heard there is surely
cause for wonderment. The District Com
missioners have not neglected the matter,
and their records and reports are punctu-
ated with references to the malaria
breeding, death-inviting open sewer that
has cast such a baleful influence upon the
section through which it sluggishly flows.
The canal has been considered as a factor
in the comprehensive scheme of sewage
disposal. and plans for it's transformation
from a foul agency for disease into a
means of preserving life and health have
been drawn and are now on file. This
project is a good thing and Congress
should push it along
In all this agitation, which has been re-
vived whenever the time seemed ripe for
resumption, attention has been called to
the fact that the canal is a direct menace
to the health of those who occupy the
Capitol building. Senator Kyle expressed
the situation yesterday when he painted a
word picture of the microbes bred in the
fostering shadows of the canal invading
the halls of Congress.
There are other grave local needs that
affect the comfort and health of the mem
bers of Congress quite as materially and
directly as does the James Creek canal
The Star and other agencies have been at
work upon them for long and wearying
period, calling their condition to the notice
OF Congress in every possible form. 1t is
to be hoped that this canal surprise of
yesterday will serve to give point to future
protestations about such evils as the East
ern branch flats, the Rock creek open
sewer, the need of contagious diseases hos
pitfalls and the lack of sufficient sewage dis
poSal facilities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20
Possess yerself in patience until eve,
Autonomy Can't Stand Criticism.
From the Norfolk Landmark.

From the Norfolk Landmark.
1t is ominous that the newspapers, both
in Spain and in Cuba, are being subjected
to a censorship more rigorous than ever
before. Autonomy's condition Is such that
the effect of adverse criticism is abjectly
feared by the government.
Unless General Blanco can maintain order
in Havana, unless the rioting can be sup
pressed and the property of Americans be
protected, 1t Is clear that the United States
will have to act with promptness and de-
cision. If autonomy fails. the indication
intervene.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20
From a Personal Standpoint.

I'm free to admit remarked Farmer
Corntossel, that won't never git through
demandin' mere prosperity"
But you are in comfortable circum-
stances. What do you mean by prosper
ity?"
There's jes' the difficulty. 1t means
somethin' different fur everybody. Eff
you've got a mortgage, 'prosperity's' get
tin 1t paid off. Eff we've got it paid off.
'prospcrity's' ownin' a cabinet organ. Eff
we've got cabinet organ, 'prosperity's'
havin enough TO be able to trade 1t in fur
a grand pie-anno-an' SO on, without no
limit v hatsomever"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20
Peace ut Any Price

Sit down here. Uncle Sam, an femme give
We some advice.
Philanthropy is suthin', which is allus
good an nice.
But is it practical? That there's the Dues
ton nowadays
Before We show yer sympathy, be certain
that it pays.
You're still youthful nation, notwith-
standin' your great size.
Like men S, a country's moods may be
more generous than wise.
Don't quail at hints that honor NAV be
,trailn' in the dirt
Don't even think of fghtin', cause We might
git
hurt.
somethfn' that
your gittin' fat.
Declare that this is still the greatest CONN.,
try meath the sun;
Pint to the pilgrim fathers an likewise to
Washington;
An other old-time heroes that despised all
threats of strife.
Their courage was enough to last country
all its life.
We amt afraid of no one-but all danger
let's avert.
Don't even think Of fghtin', cause We might
git
hurt.
Possess yerself in patience until every en-
vious land
GIFTS kind of curious fur to see jes' how
much you will stand.
No matter though the insignificant may
rise an try
To make you seem more humble in the in
ternash'nal eye,
Content yourself with sayin' that he isn't
dom right
An you think his conduct suthin' that is
very impolite.
But never call no bluffs. Fur "sure things
allus be alert.
Don't even think Of fightin' cause you might
git
hurt,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20

Mr.. Hit need have no fear that the peo-
pie will not stand by the administration.
And doubtless the administration will like
wise stand by the people and give their
sentiments judicious but sympathetic con-
sheraton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20
UnStintedly Used.

"Rememher," said the business man,
that time is money"
THAT explains something that 1 never
quite understood before rejoined the
young man. Il see now why some irrev-
erent people call the U. S. Senate the mil
lionaires' club"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20

George Gould told Russell Sage that he
was an expensive inheritance from his
father. This to a gentleman who prided
himself on economy as Mr.. Sage did must
indeed have been CALLING.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20

The anniversary of Washington's birth
will be here in few weeks. 1t will be a
mournful reminder of the attempt to ar
range funeral for liberty in Cuba.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20

Mr.. Pingree complains that capital is try
ing to fill too many offices at once, and Mr..
Pingree is in position to declare that this
is not practical program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20

If Spanish officials will keep as cool as
General Lee does, the chances of serious
trouble with this country will be greatly
minimiZed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20
Morning Hours.

Mrs. Secher, our mani
cure expert, is less fatigued
and has fewer appointments
during the morning hours.
Dnose desiring facial massage are
also advised to make a morning call.
Private Parlor. .Palais Royal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20

Ambassador White does not propose to
risk being told that there is no hat-hook
marked with his name when the kaiser
gives diplomatic party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20

Mr.. Mason of Illinois is more concerned
about statesman's belligerent rights than
he is about senatorial courtesy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20

Columbus is realizing the old truth that
holding an investigation and finding any
thing out are two very different matters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20

Japan's new American war ship will
doubtless help the Chinese Emperor to keep
one eye on the calendar so as not to miss
indemnity days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20
Spain Must Make Progress.
From the Savannah News

1t is quito clear that Spain will have to
make great progress toward the pacifica-
ton Of Cuba in the very near future or she
will have foreign Interference In the Cuban
trouble to deal with. Commercial interests
and humane considerations are pressing
for an early ending of the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20
A Criminal Matter.
From the Pittsbury News.

EtOm Inc FItt1ouf8 NeW6.
And the thinlimbed sister who suspects
herself OF being q singer still ambles to
the front Of the stage and lets 1t be known
that there Will be a calorifc period in the
ancient municipality this evening. And still
we wonder ct crime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20
Publicity Somewhere.

From the San Francisco Examiner.
One way for the country to Offset the
disadvantages Of debate In the Senate on
this subject with closed doors, and Of a
secret vote. Is to hold as many public
meetings in the interest Of annexation as
possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20
Thank the Rain.

Most Of the remnants adj
vertised in yesterdays Star
for today will await you here
tomorrow.
OAnd don't forget this offer:-25c.
Tor reprinttng 80 visiting cards from
your plate. Only Soc for making en-
graved plate and printing SO cards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20
An Imputntion Resented.

do you" said the friend who had in
vited Piute Pete into restaurant. DO
you-er-make practice of eating pie with
your knife?''
COURSE" was the reply. Eye didn't
think didn't know no better than to grab
it In my fingers, did you?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20
SHOOTING STARS.
The Circumstance

ct love the ground you walk on
This was the tale he told.
They lived up by the Klondike
And the ground was full of gold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20
Concern for Andrew jackson.
From the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Sometimes we hope, for worthy Andrew
Jackson's sake. that he is beyond hearing
Of the voices Of this world. Unless he is
he must be nightly puzzled to decide what
he really did stand for. anyhow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-20

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-12-13
ODDS AND ENDS.

Now is the season when there is no
big job driving but there are plenty
small ones to keep the farmer out of
mischief until winter sets in. Most of
them will begin at the barn and more
likely than not never get to the house
a5 all, but we will begin with the house
in reminding them of the things which
they know very we'll ought to be done
bat are very liable to overlook.
See that the house is we'll banked if
it needs it and that the cellar windows
are all right and fit snugly. See that
some of them are windows, not plank,
80 that the women will not have to
light q lamp or grope around in the
dark two or three times a day. Have
your cellar protected for you do not
want to wake up some zero morning
and fnd your garden sass" fr zen.
You will miss your billed dish" when
you cannot have it. See that the house
windows are we'll puttied and broken
places replaced with new glass, also
that they ave snugly wedged up. It
will save fuel and it may save your
getting a Scotch Blessing" if the
house plants do not freeza this winter.
You will be pretty sure to get one il
they do.
Look to the stove pipe and chimneys.
They have an inconvenienE way Of do
ing mischief in the worst possible
weather if not kept safe and you do
not want your insurance money just
yet. See to the water pipes and tubs.
You will use bad language if your
water freezes up and you have to lug
it from the brook. See if the kitchen
aoor does not need a coat of paint. 1t
it does. put it on. See that your shed
is full Of dry wood and some light stuff
for kindling.
Now you may go to the barn and
tinker around there awhile. You will
find plenty of places where a board, or
some banking or hinge or hasp will
make things more comfortable for
your cattle, and the more comfortable
they are, the greater will be your in
come from them, also your pleasure in
them. Domestic animals have no life
but at our will and spend that life serv
ing US faithfully as they can. It is a
sin not to treat them kindly and make
them comfortable aud happy.
II you make everything. snug and
shipshape about your premises before
cold weather comes on, you can then
sit down by your fire with contented
mind, but If you neglect these things,
they will constantly remind you that
they should be done and prove source
OF annoyance to you all winter
Green Mountaineer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-12-13
MAKE WINTERLEIsURE PROFIT
ABLE.

Winter should be the farmers time
of rest. Whether it is not depends
largely on himself. II he is properly
prepared for winter by having his feed
stored handy to his live stock, his fuel
stored in a dry place and his farm
work done on time he may find many
rest days during the winter. If feed
must be hauled for the stock, fuel for
the house and odd jobs of all kinds at
tended to, winter may be time OF
hard work at a time when work is
hardest. It is not too late to prepare
for severe weather and after this is
done it would be we'll to take little
time to think how much the best Of US
fall short of doing as we'll as we know.
We know we could make every field
tillable by draining few low places
early in the spring, When you come
to this just note it down in big letters.
We know we lose a great deal of the
value of the manure made by allowing
it to leech away in the rains of winter,
and we know we could save all this by
little preparation and small amount
Of work every day.
We know plows and cultivators
work better if the bright parts are Gov
cred with tallow when they are put
away in the fall, and if so it happens
we have not put them away, we know
we are wasting money by letting them
ro5. Better attend to that TO day,
don't you think7 We discover, when
we come to think the matter over, that
we have onr farm buildings soarranged
that we are walking miles and miles
needlessly every year while doing the
chores.
IL isn't very good excuse to say we
haven't time to attend to all these
things. D3lDg the best we know is the
one sure way of making as much as we
can, and to say we haven't time to do
the best we can is very much like the
excuse the man made who said he had
50 much to do that he couldn't attend
to business. Let US take time this
winter to make plan that will allow
us to do the best we can next year.
Thls would be a profitable way to use
the winter leisure. Farmers Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-12-13
RALEIGH, N. G., DECEMBER 13, 1898.

child has strongly advocated some
measures being adopted by the United
States looking to the shutting out OF
the many diseases and insect enemies
which are constantly being imported
along with foreign seeds and plants,
through the ignorance of growers and
merchants. It seems reasonable to as
sumo that action should be taken to
keep out, by quarantine, deadly dis
eases ot plants, as well as diseases dan
gerous to human life. A mans life
may pay the result of cnrelessneas in
the latter instance; his fortune or
means of a livelihood in the former
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-12-13

Consul General Holloway reports to
the State Department that the rice in
dustry in Russia has largely increased
of late years. The demand for this
product is constantly increasing and it
Is now generally used by the peasants
throughout the empire. The finished
product ia packed and sold in jute bags
the broken grains are made into starch
and the flour" is fed to hogs. The
price in Russia for cleaned rice fuc-
tuates from 80 cents to 81 per 36 pounds
and the -four bran sells for about Is
cents per Sc pounds
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-12-13

The President of the Continental
Company, of Chicago, states it is his
opinion that the Tamworth is the com
iug hog. after scm9 experiments
and quite little experience, he says,
II think that that breed possesses more
qualities of general utility than any
other II desired, it can be slaughtered
at 175 pounds and makes excellent
bacon; otherwise it can easily be
brought to SO or 600 before killing
The virtue OF the Tamworth lies large
ly in its uniformity. Ihave seen hogs,
however, of the TamwOrth variety,
weigh as high as 1000 pounds Cana
dian bacon, the popularity Of which is
undeniabIe, is produced almost exclu-
sively from the Tamworth. / am GER
tain that as soon as the merits Of this
breed are known to the American
farmer and packer, it will be but q
short time before it will be very large
ly bred"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-12-13

Alsike clover is a valuable forage
crop and can be grown to advantage in
many places where ordinary red clover
will not yield prodtably. 1t is a pc
repnial and has no hairs on the stalk
so is not dusty Its bloom is sweet and
makes good honey. 1t will stand any
amount of wet. Planted in wet swales
and depressi0nE, it will make abund.
ant growth and reseed itself from year
to ear, effording a vast amount Of ex-
cellent feed. It does nos throw out
and freez2 out as do red and mammoth
ciovers. Farmers would do we'll to
try patch on any low lying land on
the farm. 1t Withstsnds cold well and
has made good growth in Alaska.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-12-13

The experiments of the Cornell Sta
ton go to snow very clearly that till
age is fully as important factor in
g'owing successful crops as even soil
fertility. For seven years the station
has been making careful experiments
in tillage and soil fertility. Potatoes
were grown on a soil containing less
fertility than the average soil, yet by
means of careful tiIlage, and without
the use of any commercial fertilizer or
manure OF any kind, crops have been
grown which are far above the aver
age of the State. The crop raised this
year is the fifth one removed from the
soil since fertilizers of any kind were
applied; yet it Is very satisfactory
one The time for listing in crop and
cultivating it once has gone by.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-12-13

Mr.. D G Fairchild, who has charge
of the work of sead and plant introduc
tion of the Department of Agriculture,
has recently started on trip to South
America, where he hopes to find new
plants which will be advantageous to
this country. Mr.. Fairchild is an &C
complished linguist, which smoothes
over many difficulties in such an un-
dertaking, is a botanist, and also a
specialist on plant diseases. Mr.. Fair
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-12-13

Prendent Andrade, Of Venezuela,
has Issued a proclamation concerning
national exposition to be held at
Caracas. The Ministers of Agriculture,
Industry and Commerce will take the
matter IN hand and afford opportunity
Tor foreign governments and mer-
chants TO participate and exhibit goods.
American exporters will doubtless OBJ
tain their fun share of the increased
trade likely to result from such an IN
oeftaking The exposition will open
January 1, 1900.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-12-13

Secre' 'ary Wilson says that the hog
furnishes the best market In which to
sell the by products of the mill and
dairy. He assimilates more Of the
most coucen trated feed SIT ifs than any
other animal on the farm In con
junction with the COW he will rede eem
the worn out cotton and tobacco fields
Of the South. Select your breed ing
sows, ne says, from good mixers; that
Is the best Indication of fecuDdity.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-12-13

No animal tax es more comfort IN a
fgood warm bed than does the pig. a
damp bed is apt to be fatal to him. A
farmer who believed in giving his pigs
warm sleeping quarters allowed them
70 lie on the fresh horse manure,
thrown out daily. Those pigs never
went to market.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-12-13

The Wisconsin Experiment Station
reports that about five pounds of skim
milk ars the equivalent Of one pound
of corn meal in nutrition value, But
tarmuk holds the came relation as
skinnllk. Much more, however, than
their actual nutrition value, lies IN
their relishsome qualities and their
balance as a diet.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-12-13

Many who have given the subject
easetul thought and study believes
that the COW coming in fresh in the fell
ls about quarter more profitable dur
ing the year than one comiL 6 in dur
ing the spring, other things being
eq1al. The calves are dropped from
September, to December and are car
RED through the winter on skimmilk
largely, with good shelter against the
cold. When the pastures are ready,
tney are turned out and need little at
'ention till the following winter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-12-13

Reports from some Of our sister
States would seam to indicate that
II any planters of the South are rea.iz
ing that an agricultural people cRnno1
thrive who buy their grain and meat
with the price of other farm products.
Next year will see some real diversii
cation of farm crops, and North Caro-
lima should Join the procession,